SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “
Agreement ”) is dated as of October 13, 2009,
between Fibrocell Science, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“ Company ”), and each purchaser identified on
the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and
assigns, a “ Purchaser ” and collectively, the
“ Purchasers ”).
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(2) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities
Act ”), and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the
Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the
Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual
covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and
valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as
follows:
1.1 Definitions . In addition to the
terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement: (a) capitalized terms
that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to
such terms in the Certificate of Designation (as defined herein),
and (b) the following terms have the meanings set forth in
this Section 1.1:
“ Acquiring Person ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.7.
“ Action ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
“ Affiliate ” means any
Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common
control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed
under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“ Board of Directors ” means
the board of directors of the Company.
“ Business Day ” means any
day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal
legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking
institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by
law or other governmental action to close.
“ Certificate of Designation
” means the Certificate of Designation to be filed prior to
the Closing by the Company with the Secretary of State of Delaware,
in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
“ Closing ” means the closing
of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to
Section 2.1.
“ Closing Date ” means the
Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been
executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all
conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’ obligations
to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s
obligations to deliver the Securities, in each case, have been
satisfied or waived, but in no event later than the third Trading
Day following the date hereof.
“ Commission ” means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Common Stock ” means the
common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 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
Cozen O’Connor with offices located at 1900 Market Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19103.
“ Conversion Price ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Certificate of
Designation.
“ 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.
“ Escrow Agent ” means
Signature Bank, a New York State chartered bank and having an
office at 261 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016.
“ Escrow Agreement ” means
the escrow agreement entered into prior to the date hereof, by and
among the Company and the Escrow Agent pursuant to which the
Purchasers, shall deposit Subscription Amounts with the Escrow
Agent to be applied to the transactions contemplated
hereunder.
“ Evaluation Date ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(r).
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“ 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, consultants, officers or directors of the Company
pursuant to any stock or option plan or agreement duly adopted for
such purpose, by a majority of the non-employee members of the
Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of
non-employee directors established for such purpose,
(b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion
of any Securities issued hereunder and/or other securities
exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of
Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement,
provided that such securities have not been amended since the date
of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to
decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of
such securities, (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or
strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested
directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall
only be to a Person (or to the equityholders of a Person) which is,
itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an
asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company
and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to
the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in
which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose
of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is
investing in securities, and (d) securities issued to the
Placement Agent.
“ FDA ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(kk).
“ FDCA ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(kk).
“ GAAP ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“ Indebtedness ” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(aa).
“ Intellectual Property Rights
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(o).
“ Legend Removal Date ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.1(c).
“ Liens ” means a lien,
charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal,
preemptive right or other restriction.
“ 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).
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“ Maximum Rate ” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.17.
“ Person ” means an
individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or
unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability
company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or
subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“ Pharmaceutical Product ”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(kk).
“ Placement Agent ” means
Viriathus and John Carris Investments LLC.
“ Preferred Stock ” means the
up to 9,000 shares of the Company’s 6% Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock issued hereunder having the rights,
preferences and privileges set forth in the Certificate of
Designation, in the form of Exhibit A
hereto.
“ Proceeding ” means an
action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including,
without limitation, an informal investigation or partial
proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or
threatened.
“ Public Information Failure
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.3(b).
“ Public Information Failure
Payments ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 4.3(b).
“ Purchaser Party ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.10.
“ Registration 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 of the
Underlying Shares by each Purchaser as provided for in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
“ Required Approvals ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(e).
“ Required Minimum ” means,
as of any date, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock then issued or potentially issuable in the future pursuant to
the Transaction Documents, including any Underlying Shares issuable
upon exercise in full of all Warrants or conversion in full of all
shares of Preferred Stock, ignoring any conversion or exercise
limits set forth therein, and assuming that any previously
unconverted shares of Preferred Stock are held until the third
anniversary of the Closing Date and all dividends are paid in
shares of Common Stock until such third anniversary.
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“ 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
Preferred Stock, the Warrants, the Warrant Shares and the
Underlying Shares.
“ Securities Act ” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“ Series A Warrants ”
means, collectively, the Series A Common Stock purchase
warrants delivered to the Purchasers at the Closing in accordance
with Section 2.2(a) hereof, which Warrants shall be
exercisable immediately and have a term of exercise equal to five
years, in the form of Exhibit C attached
hereto
“ Series B Warrants ”
means, collectively, the Series B Common Stock purchase
warrants delivered to the Purchasers at the Closing in accordance
with Section 2.2(a) hereof, which Warrants shall be
exercisable immediately and have a term of exercise equal to five
years, in the form of Exhibit C attached
hereto
“ Short Sales ” means all
“short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of
Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed
to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of
Common Stock).
“ Stated Value ” means $1,000
per share of Preferred Stock.
“ Subscription Amount ” shall
mean, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for the
Preferred Stock 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.
“ 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.
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“ 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 Certificate of Designation, the Warrants,
the Registration Rights Agreement, the Escrow 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
American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, the current transfer
agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 59 Maiden Lane, New
York, NY 10038 and a facsimile number of (718) 921 8355, and
any successor transfer agent of the Company.
“ 12.5% Notes ” means the
Company’s 12.5% promissory notes issued to the holders
thereof, dated as of September 3, 2009.
“ Underlying Shares ” means
the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion or
redemption of the Preferred Stock, upon exercise of the Warrants
and issued and issuable in lieu of the cash payment of dividends on
the Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of the Certificate
of Designation.
“ Variable Rate Transaction ”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.13(b).
“ Viriathus ” means Viriathus
Capital LLC.
“ VWAP ” means, for any date,
the price determined by the first of the following clauses that
applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a
Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the
Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the
Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted
as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30
a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)),
(b) if the OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the
volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or
the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board, (c) if
the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on the
OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then
reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink OTC
Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to
its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per
share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other
cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as
determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by
the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then
outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and
expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
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“ Warrants ” means the
Series A Warrants and Series B Warrants.
“ Warrant Shares ” means the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants.
“ WS ” means Weinstein Smith
LLP with offices located at 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 2620,
New York, New York 10170-0002.
ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 Closing . On the Closing Date, upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein,
substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and
the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, up to
an aggregate of $9,000,000 of shares of Preferred Stock with an
aggregate Stated Value for each Purchaser equal to such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as set forth on the signature
page hereto executed by such Purchaser, and Warrants as determined
by pursuant to Section 2.2(a). The aggregate number of shares of
Preferred Stock sold hereunder shall be up to 9,000. Each Purchaser
shall deliver to the Company via wire transfer or a certified check
of immediately available funds equal to its Subscription Amount and
the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective shares
of Preferred Stock and Warrants as determined pursuant to
Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each Purchaser shall
deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable
at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions
set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at
the offices of WS or such other location as the parties shall
mutually agree and Viriathus shall deliver to the Escrow Agent the
Form of Escrow Release Notice (as defined in the Escrow Agreement),
duly executed].
(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 D attached
hereto;
(iii) a certificate evidencing a number of
shares of Preferred Stock equal to such Purchaser’s
Subscription Amount divided by the Stated Value, registered in the
name of such Purchaser and evidence of the filing and acceptance of
the Certificate of Designation from the Secretary of State of
Delaware;
(iv) a Series A Warrant registered in
the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to a number of shares of
Common Stock equal to 25% of such Purchaser’s Subscription
Amount divided by $1.62, with an exercise price equal to $1.62,
subject to adjustment therein;
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(v) a Series B Warrant registered in
the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to a number of shares of
Common Stock equal to 25% of such Purchaser’s Subscription
Amount divided by $1.95, with an exercise price equal to $1.95,
subject to adjustment therein; and
(vi) 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; and
(iii) the Registration Rights Agreement
duly executed by such Purchaser.
(a) The obligations of the Company
hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the
following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects
on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the
Purchasers contained herein (unless as of a specific date
therein);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and
agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed at or prior
to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and
(iii) the delivery by each Purchaser of the
items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this
Agreement.
(b) The respective obligations of the
Purchasers hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to
the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects
when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and
warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific
date therein);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and
agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to
the Closing Date shall have been performed;
(iii) the delivery by the Company of the
items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this
Agreement;
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(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, to the extent the Common Stock is trading on a Trading
Market, 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) . Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(a) , the Company owns, directly or
indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of
each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued
and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are
validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of
preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase
securities. If the Company has no subsidiaries, all other
references to the Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction
Documents shall be disregarded.
(b) Organization and Qualification . The
Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated
or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization,
with the requisite power and authority to own and use its
properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently
conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation
nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate
or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or
charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly
qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign
corporation or other
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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 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.
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(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals .
Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(e) , the Company is not
required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of,
give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any
court or other federal, state, local or other governmental
authority or other Person in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction
Documents, other than: (i) the filings required pursuant to
Section 4.6 of this Agreement, (ii) the 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 Underlying Shares for trading thereon in the time
and manner required thereby, (iv) the filing of Form D
with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made
under applicable state securities laws, and (v) notices to the
holders of the 12.5% Notes (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 Underlying
Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Transaction
Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,
free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than
restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents.
The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock a
number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of the Underlying
Shares at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date
hereof.
(g) Capitalization . The capitalization
of the Company is as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) ,
which Schedule 3.1(g) shall also include the number of
shares of Common Stock owned beneficially, and of record, by
Affiliates of the Company as of the date hereof. 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 or options to
purchase Common Stock to employees, directors or consultants
pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans or
pursuant to other agreements approved by the Company’s Board
of Directors and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of
Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most
recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. Except as
set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) and except for the holders
of the 12.5% Notes, 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 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
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giving any
Person any right to subscribe for or acquire any shares of Common
Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by
which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue
additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. The
issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company
to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person
(other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any
holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion,
exchange or reset price under any of such securities. All of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in
compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of
such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive
rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.
No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board
of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the
Securities. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) ,
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. Except as
set forth on Schedule 3.1(h) , 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.
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(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
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, consultants or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing
Company stock option plans or pursuant to agreements approved by
the Board of Directors. The Company does not have pending before
the Commission any request for confidential treatment of
information. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated
by this Agreement or as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i) ,
no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development
has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist
with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective
business, properties, operations, assets or financial condition,
that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under
applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made
or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1
Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is
made.
(j) Litigation . Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(j) , there is no action, suit, inquiry,
notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the
Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties
before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative
agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or
foreign) (collectively, an “ Action ”) which
(i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or
enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the
Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision,
have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or
officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving
a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state
securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has
not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending
or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the
Company or any current or former director or officer of the
Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other
order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement
filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or
the Securities Act.
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(k) Labor Relations . No material labor
dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent
with respect to any of the employees of the Company, which could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None
of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a
member of a union that relates to such employee’s
relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective
bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe
that their relationships with their employees are good. No
executive officer, to the knowledge of the Company, is, or is now
expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment
contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information
agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or
agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party,
and the continued employment of each such executive officer does
not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability
with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its
Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local
and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and
employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages
and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(l) Compliance . Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of
(and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the
Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any
Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under
or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit
agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a
party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or
not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in
violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator
or governmental body or (iii) is or has been in violation of
any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental
authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state
and local laws applicable to its business and all such laws that
affect the environment, except in each case as could not have or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(m) Regulatory Permits . The Company and
the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and
permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign
regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective
businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the
failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect (“ Material
Permits ”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation
or modification of any Material Permit.
(n) Title to Assets . The Company and the
Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all
real property owned by them and good and marketable title in all
personal property owned by them that is material to the business of
the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of
all Liens, except for Liens as do not materially affect the value
of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made
and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the
Subsidiaries and Liens for the payment of federal, state or other
taxes, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to
penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the
Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid,
subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the
Subsidiaries are in compliance.
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(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 have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the
“ Intellectual Property Rights ”). Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or
otherwise) that any of the Intellectual Property Rights used by the
Company or any Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the rights of
any Person. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual
Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing
infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property
Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable
security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value
of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do
so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(p) Insurance . The Company and the
Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as
are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company
and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to,
directors and officers insurance coverage at least equal to the
aggregate Subscription Amount. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to
renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage
expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may
be necessary to continue its business without a significant
increase in cost.
(q) Transactions With Affiliates and
Employees . Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the
officers or directors of the Company and, to the knowledge of the
Company, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party
to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than
for services as employees, officers and directors), including any
contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the
furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or
personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or
from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of
the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such
employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director,
trustee or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than
for: (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services
rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf
of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including
stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the
Company.
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(r) Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting
Controls . The Company is in material compliance with all
provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which are applicable
to it as of the Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries
maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to
provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP
and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets
is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability
for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences. The Company has established disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls
and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed
by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the
Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported,
within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules
and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated
the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and
procedures as of the end of the period covered by the
Company’s most recently filed periodic report under the
Exchange Act (such date, the “ Evaluation Date
”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic
report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying
officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date.
Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such
term is defined in the Exchange Act) that has materially affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting.
(s) Certain Fees . Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(s) , no brokerage or finder’s fees
or commissions are or will be payable by the Company to any broker,
financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent,
investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The
Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or
with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons
for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
(t) Private Placement . Assuming the
accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties
set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities
Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the
Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby. The issuance and
sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and
regulations of the Trading Market.
(u) Investment Company. The Company is
not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of
payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an
“investment company” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall
conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become an
“investment company” subject to registration under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(v) Registration Rights . Other
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