Exhibit 4.3
SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement
”), is made as of _________________, 2009, by and among
EnterConnect Inc., a Nevada corporation, with headquarters located
at 100 Century Center Court, Suite 650, San Jose, California
95112-4537 (the ” Company” ), and the
investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto
(individually, a “ Buyer” and collectively, the
“ Buyers” ), with reference to the following
facts:
The Company and each Buyer are 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
Rule 506 of Regulation D (“ Regulation D ”)
as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “ SEC ”) under the 1933
Act.
The Company’s Articles of Incorporation
(the “ Articles ”), as amended and currently in
effect, authorize 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value
$0.001 per share (“ Preferred Stock ”), none of
which is currently issued and outstanding. Pursuant to
the Articles, the Company’s Board of Directors has provided
for Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Series A
Stock ”), and has caused to be filed, pursuant to the
provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “ NRS
”), a certificate establishing the number of shares of Series
A Stock available for issuance, and setting forth the powers,
preferences and rights of the shares and the qualifications,
limitations and restrictions thereof, a copy of which is attached
hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Series A Designation
”). The Series A Stock is convertible into the
Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“
Common Stock ”) (as converted, the “
Conversion Shares ”), in accordance with the terms of
the Series A Designation.
Each Buyer wishes to purchase, and the Company
wishes to issue and sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in
this Agreement, (i) that aggregate number of shares of Series A
Stock set forth opposite the Buyer’s name in column (3) on
the Schedule of Buyers and (ii) warrants, in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “ Warrants
”), to acquire up to that number of shares of the
Company’s Common Stock set forth opposite such Buyer's name
in column (4) of the Schedule of Buyers (as exercised,
collectively, the ” Warrant Shares ”),
which Warrant Shares shall be equal to the number of Series A
Stock.
The Series A Stock, the Conversion Shares, the
Warrants and the Warrant Shares collectively are referred to herein
as the “ Securities .”
NOW,
THEREFORE , the Company
and each Buyer hereby agree as follows:
1.
PURCHASE AND SALE OF SERIES A STOCK AND
WARRANTS.
(a)
Purchase of Series A Stock and Warrants .
(i)
Shares and Warrants . Subject to the
satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 6
and 7 below, the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer, and
each Buyer severally, but not jointly, shall purchase from the
Company on the Closing Date (as defined below), (x) that number of
shares of Series A Stock set forth opposite such Buyer's name in
column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers and (y) Warrants to acquire up
to that number of Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such
Buyer's name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers, (the “
Closing ”).
(ii)
Closing . The date and time of the
Closing (the “ Closing Date ”) shall be 10:00
a.m., New York City time, on the date hereof (or such later date as
is mutually agreed to by the Company and each Buyer) after
notification of satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions to the
Closing set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below at the offices of
Taylor English Duma LLP, 1600 Parkwood Circle, Suite 400, Atlanta,
Georgia 30339.
(iii)
Purchase Price . The aggregate purchase price for
the shares of Series A Stock and the Warrants to be purchased by
each such Buyer at the Closing (the “ Purchase Price
”) shall be the amount set forth opposite each Buyer's name
in column (5) of the Schedule of Buyers. Each Buyer
shall pay $.10 for each share of Series A Stock and the related
Warrant to be purchased by such Buyer at the Closing.
(b)
Form of Payment . On the Closing Date, (i) each
Buyer shall pay its Purchase Price to the Company for the shares of
Series A Stock and the Warrants to be issued and sold to such Buyer
at the Closing, by wire transfer of immediately available funds in
accordance with the Company's written wire instructions (or by such
other means as agreed to by Company) and (ii) the Company
shall deliver to each Buyer certificates representing the shares of
Series A Stock that such Buyer is then purchasing hereunder along
with the Warrants that such Buyer is purchasing, in each case duly
executed on behalf of the Company and registered in the name of
such Buyer or its designee.
2.
BUYER'S REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES. Each Buyer, severally and not jointly,
represents and warrants with respect to only itself that, as of the
date hereof and as of the Closing Date:
(a)
No Sale or Distribution . Such Buyer is
acquiring the Series A Stock, and the Warrants, and upon conversion
of the Series A Stock and exercise of the Warrants (other than
pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in the Warrants)) will
acquire the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the
Series A Stock and 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. 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 . Such Buyer is an
“accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule
501(a) of Regulation D.
(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 is
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 that 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 the Company's representations and
warranties contained herein. Such Buyer understands that
its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk and
is able to afford a complete loss of such
investment. 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, and is not relying on the Company in that
regard.
(e)
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.
(f)
Transfer or Resale . Such Buyer understands that:
(i) the Securities 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, or (C) such Buyer provides the Company with
reasonable assurance that such Securities 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 ”); (ii) any sale of the Securities
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 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. The Securities
may be pledged in connection with a bona fide margin account or
other loan or financing arrangement secured by the Securities and
such pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer,
sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Buyer
effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the
Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to
the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document (as defined in Section 3(b)), including, without
limitation, this Section 2(f).
(g)
Legends . Such Buyer understands that the
certificates or other instruments representing the Series A Stock
and the Warrants and, until such time as the resale of the
Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares have been registered under
the 1933 Act, the stock certificates representing the Conversion
Shares 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):
[ NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE
SECURITIES ARE [ CONVERTIBLE ] [ EXERCISABLE
] HAVE BEEN ][ 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 a law firm reasonably acceptable to the
Company, 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.
(h)
Validity; Enforcement . This Agreement a has 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 its 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.
(i)
No Conflicts . The execution,
delivery and performance by such Buyer of this Agreement and the
consummation by such Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the
organizational documents of such Buyer or (ii) conflict with, or
constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of
time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any
rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of,
any agreement, indenture or instrument to which such Buyer is a
party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation,
order, judgment or decree (including federal and state
securities laws) applicable to such Buyer, except in the case of
clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights
or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
ability of such Buyer to perform its obligations
hereunder.
(j)
Residency . Such Buyer is a resident
of that jurisdiction specified below its address in column 2 on the
Schedule of Buyers.
(k)
Certain Trading Activities
. Other than with respect to the transactions
contemplated herein, since the time that such Buyer was first
contacted by the Company or any other Person regarding this
investment in the Company, neither the Buyer nor any affiliate of
such Buyer that (x) had knowledge of the transactions contemplated
hereby, (y) has or shares discretion relating to such Buyer's
investments or trading or information concerning such Buyer's
investments and (z) is subject to such Buyer's review or input
concerning such affiliate's investments or trading (collectively,
“ Trading Affiliates ”) has directly or
indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to
any understanding with such Buyer or Trading Affiliate, effected or
agreed to effect any transactions in the securities of the
Company. Such Buyer hereby covenants and agrees not to,
and shall cause its Trading Affiliates not to, engage, directly or
indirectly, in any transactions in the securities of the Company or
involving the Company's securities during the period from the date
hereof until such time as (i) the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are first publicly announced as described in Section 4(i)
hereof or (ii) this Agreement is terminated in full pursuant to
Section 8 hereof.
3.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
COMPANY. The Company represents and warrants to each of
the Buyers that, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing
Date:
(a)
Organization and
Qualification . The Company is duly organized and
validly existing and, to the extent legally applicable, in good
standing under the laws of the state of Nevada, and has the
requisite power and authorization to own its properties and to
carry on its business as now being conducted. The
Company is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and to
the extent legally applicable, 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 reasonably be expected to 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, individually or taken as a whole, or on the transactions
contemplated hereby or in 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” (which for purposes of this Agreement
means any joint venture or any entity in which the Company,
directly or indirectly, owns any of the capital stock or holds an
equity or similar interest).
(b)
Authorization; Enforcement; Validity . The
Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter
into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the
Warrants 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
Series A Stock and the Warrants, the reservation for issuance and
the issuance of the Conversion Shares issuable upon
conversion of the Series A Stock and the reservation for issuance
and issuance of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the
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. This Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents of even date herewith have been duly executed and
delivered by the Company, and 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 . Upon issuance in
accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, the Series
A Stock and the Warrants shall be 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 to the holders of the Series A
Stock and the Warrants which equals or exceeds 130% of the
aggregate of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable
(i) upon conversion of the Series A Stock, and (ii) upon exercise
of the Warrants. Upon conversion or exercise in
accordance with the Series A Stock or the Warrants, as the case may
be, the Conversion Shares and the 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. Assuming the accuracy of each of the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 of this
Agreement, the offer and issuance by the Company of the Securities
is exempt from registration under the 1933 Act.
(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
Series A Stock and Warrants and reservation for issuance and
issuance of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares) will not
(i) result in a violation of any article of incorporation,
certificate of formation, any certificate of designations or other
constituent documents of the Company, any capital stock of the
Company or bylaws of the Company or (ii) conflict with, or
constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of
time or both would become a default) in any respect under, or give
to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which
the Company is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law,
rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree, including foreign,
federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and
regulations of The OTC Bulletin Board (the “ Principal
Market ”) applicable to the Company or by which any
property or asset of the Company is bound or affected.
(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.
(f)
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 intends to
utilize one or more placement agents in connection with its efforts
to issue and sell the Securities, and shall be responsible for the
payment of 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. The Company
anticipates that it may pay placement agent fees up to an amount
equal to 10% of the purchase price for the Securites sold, plus an
amount up to 3% in non-accountable expenses, plus warrants to
acquire equity in the Company.
(g)
No Integrated Offering . None of the Company, any
of its affiliates, or 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 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
affiliates or 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.
(h)
Dilutive Effect . The Company understands and
acknowledges that the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon
conversion of the Series A Stock and the Warrant Shares issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants will increase in certain
circumstances. The Company further acknowledges that its
obligation to issue Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Series
A Stock in accordance with this Agreement and its obligation to
issue the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants in
accordance with this Agreement and the Warrants is, in each case,
absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that
such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other
stockholders of the Company.
(i)
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 Company’s Articles
of Incorporation or the laws of the state of its incorporation
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 and its
board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in
order to render inapplicable any stockholder rights plan or similar
arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of
Common Stock or a change in control of the Company.
(j)
SEC Documents; Financial Statements
. Since the effectiveness of the Company's Registration
Statement on the Form SB-2, the Company has filed all reports,
schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be
filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of
the 1934 Act (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. 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 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 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.
(k)
No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or
Circumstances . No event, liability, development or
circumstance has occurred or exists, or is contemplated to occur
with respect to the Company or its 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.
(l)
Conduct of Business; Regulatory Permits
. The Company is not in violation of any term of or in
default under its Articles of Incorporation, any certificate of
designations of any outstanding series of preferred stock of the
Company or the Bylaws or their organizational charter or bylaws,
respectively. The Company is not in violation of any
judgment, decree or order or any material statute, ordinance, rule
or regulation applicable to the Company, and the Company will not
conduct its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except
for possible violations which could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to 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 and has no
knowledge of any facts or circumstances that would reasonably lead
to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock by the Principal
Market in the foreseeable future. Since November 30,
2007 (i) the Common Stock has been designated for quotation on the
Principal Market, (ii) trading in the Common Stock has not been
suspended by the SEC or the Principal Market and (iii) the Company
has received no communication, written or oral, from the SEC or the
Principal Market regarding the suspension or delisting of the
Common Stock from the Principal Market. The Company
possesses all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by
the appropriate regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their
respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such
certificates, authorizations or permits would not have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and
neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any notice
of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any
such certificate, authorization or permit.
(m)
Equity Capitalization . Immediately prior to the
Closing, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of
(i) 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $0.001 par
value, of which as of that time none are issued and
outstanding, and (ii) 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $.001 par
value, of which as of that time 27,205,261 shares are issued and
outstanding. All of the Company’s outstanding shares have
been validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable.
(n)
Intellectual Property Rights . The Company owns
or possesses adequate rights or licenses to use all trademarks,
service marks and all applications and registrations therefor,
trade names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, original works of
authorship, inventions, trade secrets and other intellectual
property rights necessary to conduct its business as now
conducted.
(o)
Environmental Laws . The Company (i) ise in
compliance with any and all Environmental Laws (as hereinafter
defined), (ii) has received all permits, licenses or other
approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to
conduct its business and (iii) is in compliance with all terms and
conditions of any such permit, license or approval where, in each
of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so
comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The term “
Environmental Laws ” means all federal, state, local
or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health
or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air,
surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata),
including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions,
discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals,
pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or
wastes (collectively, “ Hazardous Materials ”)
into the environment, or otherwise relating to the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage,
disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as
all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters,
injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters,
orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated
or approved thereunder.
(p)
Tax Status . The Company (i) has made or filed
all foreign, federal and state income and all other tax returns,
reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it
is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental
assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or
determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations,
except those being contested in good faith and (iii) has set aside
on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all
taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns,
reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes
in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of
any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis
for any such claim.
(q)
Investment Company Status . The Company is not,
and upon consummation of the sale of the Securities will not be, an
“investment company,” a company controlled by an
“investment company” or an “affiliated
person” of, or “promoter” or “principal
underwriter” for, an “investment company” as such
terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.
(r)
Transfer Taxes . On the Closing
Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other than income or
similar taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the
sale and transfer of the Securities to be sold to each Buyer
hereunder will be, or will have been, fully paid or provided for by
the Company, and all laws imposing such taxes will be or will have
been complied with.
(s)
U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation
. The Company is not, nor has it ever been, a U.S. real
property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(t)
Bank Holding Company Act. The Company is
not subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended
(the " BHCA ") and to regulation by the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System (the " Federal Reserve
"). The Company does not own or control, directly or
indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of
any class of voting securities or twenty-five (25%) or more of the
total equity of a bank or any equity that is subject to the BHCA
and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the
Company nor any of its affiliates exercises a controlling influence
over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is
subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal
Reserve.
(u)
Disclosure . The Company confirms that neither it
nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the
Buyers or their agents or counsel with any information that
constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material,
nonpublic information. The Company understands and
confirms that each of the Buyers will rely on the foregoing
representations in effecting transactions in securities of the
Company. All disclosure provided to the Buyers regarding
the Company, their business and the transactions contemplated
hereby, including the Schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or
on behalf of the Company 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 the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. No event or circumstance has
occurred or information exists with respect to the Company or its
or properties, prospects, operations or financial conditions,
which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public
disclosure or announcement by the Company but which has not been so
publicly announced or disclosed.
(v)
Acknowledgement Regarding Buyers' Trading Activity
. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the
contrary notwithstanding, but subject to compliance by the Buyers
with applicable law and the provisions of Section 2(k) hereto, it
is understood and acknowledged by the Company (i) that none of the
Buyers have been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Buyer
agreed with the Company, 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)
that past or future open market or other transactions by any Buyer,
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) that any Buyer, and counter parties in
“derivative” transactions to which any such Buyer is a
party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a
“short” position in the Common Stock, and (iv) that
each Buyer 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 (a) one or more Buyers
may engage in hedging and/or trading activities at various times
during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including,
without limitation, during the periods that the value of the
Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares deliverable
with respect to Securities are being determined and (b) such
hedging and/or trading activities (if any) can reduce the value of
the existing stockholders' equity interest in the Company at and
after the time the hedging and/or trading activities are being
conducted. The Company acknowledges that such
aforementioned hedging and/or trading activities do not constitute
a breach of this Agreement, the Warrants or any of the documents
executed in connection herewith.
(a)
Best Efforts . Each party shall use its best
efforts timely to satisfy each of the conditions to be satisfied by
it as provided in Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement.
(b)
Form D and Blue Sky . The Company agrees to file
a Form D, if required under U.S. securities laws, with respect to
the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy
thereof to each Buyer promptly after such filing. The
Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, take such action as
the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to
obtain an exemption for or to qualify the Securities for sale to
the Buyers at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under
applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states
of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such
qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so
taken to the Buyers on or prior to the Closing Date. The
Company shall make all filings and reports relating to the offer
and sale of the Securities required under applicable securities or
“Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States
following the Closing Date.
(c)
Use of Proceeds . The Company will use the
proceeds from the sale of the Securities for general corporate
purposes, including general and administrative expenses and not for
(i) the repayment of any outstanding Indebtedness of the Company or
(ii) the redemption or repurchase of any of its equity
securities.
(d)
Fees . The Company shall be responsible for the
payment of any Agents’ fees relating to or arising out of the
transactions contemplated herebyt. The Company shall
pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or
expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney's fees
and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any claim
relating to any such payment.
(e)
Pledge of Securities . The Company acknowledges
and agrees that Buyer may pledge the Securities in connection with
a bona fide margin agreement or other loan or financing arrangement
that is secured by the Securities. The pledge of
Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment
of the Securities hereunder, and no Investor effecting a pledge of
Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice
thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to
this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, including,
without limitation, Section 2(f) hereof; provided that Buyer and
its pledgee shall be required to comply with the provisions of
Section 2(f) hereof in order to effect a sale, transfer or
assignment of Securities to such pledgee. The Company
hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as a
pledgee of the Securities may reasonably request in connection with
a pledge of the Securities to such pledgee by an
Investor.
(f)
Disclosure of Transactions and Other Material Information
. On or before 8:30 a.m., New York City time, on the
first Business Day following the date of this Agreement, the
Company shall issue a press release and file a Current Report on
Form 8-K describing the terms of the transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Documents in the form required by the 1934 Act and
attaching the material Transaction Documents (including, without
limitation, this Agreement, the Series A Designation, and the form
of Warrant as exhibits to such filing (including all attachments,
the “ 8-K Filing ”). From and after
the filing of the 8-K Filing with the SEC, no Buyer shall be in
possession of any material, nonpublic information received from the
Company or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents that
is not disclosed in the 8-K Filing. The Company shall
not, and shall cause its officers, directors, employees and agents,
not to, provide any Buyer with any material, nonpublic information
regarding the Company from and after the filing of the 8-K Filing
with the SEC without the express prior written consent of such
Buyer. If a Buyer has, or believes it has, received any
such material, nonpublic information regarding the Company, it
shall provide the Company with written notice
thereof. Subject to the foregoing, neither the Company
nor any Buyer shall issue any press releases or any other public
statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby;
provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled, without the
prior approval of any Buyer, to make any press release or other
public disclosure with respect to such transactions in substantial
conformity with the 8-K Filing and contemporaneously therewith and
(ii) as is required by applicable law and regulations.
(g)
Restriction on Redemption and Cash Dividends . So
long as any Series A Stock is outstanding, the Company shall not,
directly or indirectly, redeem, or declare or pay any cash dividend
or distribution on, the Common Stock without the prior written
consent of the holders of a majority of the Series A
Stock.
(h)
Corporate Existence . So long as any Buyer
beneficially owns any Securities, the Company shall not be party to
any Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Notes) unless the
Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing
Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Series A Designation and
the Warrants.
(i)
Reservation of Shares
. The Company shall take all action necessary to at all
times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance to
the holders of the Series A Stock and the Warrants, no less than
130% of the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable (i) upon conversion of the Series A Stock issued at the
Closing and (ii) upon exercise of the Warrants issued at the
Closing (without taking into account any limitations on the
Conversion of the Series A Stock or exercise of the Warrants set
forth in the Series A Designation and Warrants,
respectively).
(j)
Closing Documents . On or prior to fourteen (14)
calendar days after the Closing Date, the Company agrees to
deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each Buyer executed copies of
the Transaction Documents, Securities and other document required
to be delivered to any party pursuant to Section 7
hereof.
5.
REGISTER; TRANSFER AGENT
INSTRUCTIONS.
(a)
Register . The Company shall maintain at its
principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the
Company as it may designate by notice to each holder of
Securities), a register for the Series A Stock and the Warrants in
which the Company shall record the name and address of the Person
in whose name the Series A Stock and the Warrants
have been issued (including the name and address of each
transferee), the number of shares of Series A Stock held by such
Person, the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of
the Series A Stock and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants held by such Person. The
Company shall keep the register open and available at all times
during business hours for inspection of any Buyer or its legal
representatives.
(b)
Transfer Agent Instructions . The Company shall
issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent, and any
subsequent transfer agent, to issue certificates or credit shares
to the applicable balance accounts at The Depository Trust Company
(“ DTC ”), registered in the name of each Buyer
or its respective nominee(s), for the Conversion Shares and the
Warrant Shares issued at the Closing or upon conversion of the
Series A Stock or exercise of the Warrants in such amounts as
specified from time to time by each Buyer to the Company upon
conversion of the Series A Stock or exercise of the Warrants in the
form of Exhibit C attached hereto (the “
Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions
”). The Company warrants that no instruction other
than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in
this Section 5(b), and stop transfer instructions to give effect to
Section 2(g) hereof, will be given by the Company to its transfer
agent, and that the Securities shall otherwise be freely
transferable on the books and records of the Company as and to the
extent provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents. If a Buyer effects a sale, assignment or
transfer of the Securities in accordance with Section 2(f), the
Company shall permit the transfer and shall promptly instruct its
transfer agent to issue one or more certificates or credit shares
to the applicable balance accounts at DTC in such name and in such
denominations as specified by such Buyer to effect such sale,
transfer or assignment. In the event that such sale,
assignment or transfer involves Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares
sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an effective registration
statement or pursuant to Rule 144, the transfer agent shall issue
such Securities to the Buyer, assignee or transferee, as the case
may be, without any restrictive legend. The Company
acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will
cause irreparable harm to a Buyer. Accordingly, the
Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its
obligations under this Section 5(b) will be inadequate and agrees,
in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the
provisions of this Section 5(b), that a Buyer shall be entitled to
seek, in addition to all other available remedies, an order and/or
injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate issuance
and transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and
without any bond or other security being required.
6.
CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATION TO
SELL.
The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue
and sell the Series A Stock and the related Warrants to each Buyer
at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the
Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that
these conditions are for the Company's sole benefit and may be
waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion by
providing each Buyer with prior written notice thereof:
(i)
Such Buyer shall have executed each of the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party and delivered the same to the
Company.
(ii) The
Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third
party consents, approvals, waivers or amendments to agreements or
instruments, if any, necessary for the sale of the
Securities.
(iii) Such
Buyer and each other Buyer shall have delivered to the Company the
Purchase Price for the Series A Stock and the related Warrants
being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing by wire transfer of
immediately available funds pursuant to the wire instructions
provided by the Company.
(iv) The
representations and warranties of such Buyer shall be true and
correct in all material respects (except for those representations
and warranties that are qualified by materiality or Material
Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all respects) as
of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at
that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as
of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such
specified date), and such Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and
complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements
and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed,
satisfied or complied with by such Buyer at or prior to the Closing
Date.
7.
CONDITIONS TO EACH BUYER'S OBLIGATION TO
PURCHASE.
The obligation of each Buyer hereunder to
purchase the Series A Stock and the related Warrants at the Closing
is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of
each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions
are for each Buyer's sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer
at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with
prior written notice thereof:
(i)
The Company shall have duly executed and
delivered to such Buyer (i) each of the Transaction Documents and
(ii) the certificates representing the shares of Series A Stock
being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this
Agreement, and (iii) the related Warrants being purchased by such
Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement.
(ii) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a copy of the
Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in the form of
Exhibit C attached hereto, which instructions shall
have been delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Company's
transfer agent.
(iii) The
representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and
correct in all material respects (except for those representations
and warranties that are qualified by materiality or Material
Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all respects) as
of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at
that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as
of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such
specified date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and
complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements
and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be
performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to
the Closing Date.
(iv) The
Common Stock (I) shall be designated for quotation or listed on the
Principal Market and (II) shall not have been suspended, as of the
Closing Date, by the SEC or the Principal Market from trading on
the Principal Market nor shall suspension by the SEC or the
Principal Market have been threatened, as of the Closing Date,
either (A) in writing by the SEC or the Principal Market or (B) by
falling below the minimum listing maintenance requirements of the
Principal Market.
(v) The
Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third
party consents, approvals, waivers or amendments to agreements or
instruments, if any, necessary for the sale of the
Securities.
8.
TERMINATION. In the event that the
Closing shall not have occurred with respect to a Buyer on or
before five (5) Business Days from the date hereof due to the
Company's or such Buyer's failure to satisfy the conditions set
forth in Sections 6 and 7 above (and the nonbreaching party's
failure to waive such unsatisfied condition(s)), the nonbreaching
party shall have the option to terminate this Agreement with
respect to such breaching party at the close of business on such
date without liability of any party to any other
party; provided, however, that if this Agreement is terminated
pursuant to this Section 8, the Company shall remain obligated to
reimburse the non-breaching Buyers for the expenses described in
Section 4(g) above.
(a)
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial . All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and
interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal
laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice
of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State
of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the
application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State
of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to
the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting
in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication
of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any
transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby
irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or
proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the
jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or
proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of
such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party
hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents
to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by
mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such
notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service
shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice
thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted
by law. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY
RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE
ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR
ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
(b)
Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in
two or more identical counterparts, all of which shall be
considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective
when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to
the other party; provided that a facsimile signature shall be
considered due execution and shall be binding upon the signatory
thereto with the same force and effect as if the signature were an
original, not a facsimile signature.
(c)
Headings . The headings of this Agreement are for
convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the
interpretation of, this Agreement.
(d)
Severability . If any provision of this Agreement
is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or
unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision
that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall
be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be
valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of
such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
provisions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement as so
modified continues to express, without material change, the
original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof
and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the
provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the
respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or
the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be
conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in
good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or
unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of
which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid
or unenforceable provision(s).
(e)
Entire Agreement; Amendments . This Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents supersede all other prior oral or
written agreements between the Buyers, the Company, their
affiliates and Persons acting on their behalf with respect to the
matters discussed herein, and this Agreement, the other Transaction
Documents and the instruments referenced herein and therein contain
the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters
covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth
herein or therein, neither the Company nor any Buyer makes any
representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to
such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be
amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the
Company and the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate
number of Registrable Securities issued and issuable hereunder and
under the Notes, and any amendment to this Agreement made in
conformity with the provisions of this Section 9(e) shall be
binding on all Buyers and holders of Securities as
applicable. No provision hereof may be waived other than
by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom
enforcement is sought. No such amendment shall be
effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the
holders of the applicable Securities then
outstanding. No consideration shall be offered or paid
to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of
any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same
consideration also is offered to all of the parties to the
Transaction Documents, holders of Notes or holders of the Warrants,
as the case may be. The Company has not, directly or
indirectly, made any agreements with any Buyers relating to the
terms or conditions of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents except as set forth in the Transaction
Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company
confirms that, except as set forth in this Agreement, no Buyer has
made any commitment or promise or has any other obligation to
provide any financing to the Company or otherwise.
(f)
Notices . Any notices, consents, waivers or other
communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of
this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been
delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally;
(ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of
transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept
on file by the sending party); or (iii) one Business Day after
deposit with an overnight courier service, in each case properly
addressed to the party to receive the same. The
addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall
be:
If to the
Company:
100 Century
Center Court, Suite 650
San Jose,
California 95112-4537
Telephone: (408) 441-9500
Facsimile: (408) 452-9040
1600 Parkway
Circle, Suite 400
Telephone
No.: (770) 434-6868
Facsimile
No.: (770) 434-7376
Attn.: Bruce S. Richards,
Esq.
If to the
Transfer Agent:
Interwest
Transfer Co., Inc.
1981 East 4800
South, Suite 100
If to a Buyer,
to its address and facsimile number set forth on the Schedule of
Buyers,
or to such other address and/or facsimile number
and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party
has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5)
days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written
confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice,
consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or
electronically generated by the sender's facsimile machine
containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image
of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by an
overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal
service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from an overnight courier
service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above,
respectively.
(g)
Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their
respective successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the
Series A Stock or the Warrants. The Company shall not
assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of the holders of at least a
majority of the aggregate number of Registrable Securities issued
and issuable hereunder and under the Series A Stock, including by
way of a Fundamental Transaction (unless the Company is in
compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental
Transactions set forth in the Series A Designation and the
Warrants). A Buyer may assign some or all of its rights
hereunder without the consent of the Company, in which event such
assignee shall be deemed to be a Buyer hereunder with respect to
such assigned rights
(h)
No Third Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement is
intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of,
nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other
Person.
(i)
Survival . Unless this
Agreement is terminated under Section 8, the representations and
warranties of the Company and the Buyers contained in Sections 2
and 3, and the agreements and covenants set forth in Sections 4, 5
and 9 shall survive the Closing and the delivery and exercise of
Securities, as applicable. Each Buyer shall be
responsible only for its own representations, warranties,
agreements and covenants hereunder.
(j)
Further Assurances
. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done
and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute
and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments
and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order
to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(k)
No Strict Construction . The
language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language
chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules
of strict construction will be applied against any
party.
(l)
Remedies . Each Buyer and each
holder of the Securities shall have all rights and remedies set
forth in the Transaction Documents and all rights and remedies
which such holders have been granted at any time under any other
agreement or contract and all of the rights which such holders have
under any law. Any Person having any rights under any
provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such
rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to
recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this
Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by
law. Furthermore, the Company recognizes that in the
event that it fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of
its obligations under the Transaction Documents, any remedy at law
may prove to be inadequate relief to the Buyers. The
Company therefore agrees that the Buyers shall be entitled to seek
temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without
the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond
or other security.
(m)
Independent Nature of Buyers' Obligations and Rights
. The obligations of each Buyer under any Transaction
Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any
other Buyer, and no Buyer shall be responsible in any way for the
performance of the obligations of any other Buyer under any
Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any
other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Buyer
pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the
Buyers as, and the Company acknowledges that the Buyers do not so
constitute, a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any
other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers are
in any way acting in concert or as a group, and the Company will
not assert any such claim with respect to such obligations or the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the
Company acknowledges that the Buyers are not acting in concert or
as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Company
acknowledges and each Buyer confirms that it has independently
participated in the negotiation of the transaction contemplated
hereby with the advice of its own counsel and
advisors. Each Buyer shall be entitled to independently
protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the
rights arising out of this Agreement or out of any other
Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other
Buyer to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for
such purpose.
[Signature
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their
respective signature page to this Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first
written above.
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ENTERCONNECT
INC.
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[Signature Page to Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their
respective signature page to this Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first
written above.
[Signature Page to Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement]
SCHEDULE OF BUYERS
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Schedule of Buyers - 1
EXHIBITS
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Form of
Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions
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SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit A
Series A Designation
EnterConnect Inc.
CERTIFICATE OF
DESIGNATION: SERIES A STOCK
Pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes Sections
78.195 and 78.1955, the Board of Directors (the “
Board ”) of EnterConnect Inc., a Nevada corporation
(the “ Company ”), hereby establishes in this
Certificate of Designation (“ Certificate ”) a
series of authorized but unissued preferred stock of the Company
(“ Preferred Stock ”) to be designated
“Series A Convertible Preferred Stock” (“Series A
Stock”). This Certificate is a “Preferred
Stock Designation” referred to in Article IV of the
Company’s Articles of Incorporation (the
“Articles”). The Board hereby establishes
the following voting powers, designations, preferences,
limitations, restrictions, and relative rights for the Series A
Stock:
1.
DESIGNATION : Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock.
2.
NUMBER OF SHARES IN SERIES A STOCK
: [Insert number of shares]
3.
VOTING POWER : Registered holders of
Series A Stock (“ Holders ”) will have no voting
rights with respect to matters presented to the stockholders of the
Company for their action or consideration.
4.
DIVIDEND PREFERENCE : The Series A Stock
will have the following dividend provisions:
(a) Dividends
will automatically accrue with respect to issued and outstanding
shares of Series A Stock at the annual rate of 12% (on the basis of
a 360-day year) on the Series A Liquidation Amount for that stock
and be payable quarterly in arrears on January 1, April 1, July 1,
and October 1 (an “ Dividend Date ”) of each
year (the “ Preferred Dividend
”). The Preferred Dividend will be pro-rated for
any partial quarter. The Preferred Dividend shall be
payable to the Holder of the Series A Stock (i) in cash in an
amount equal to one-half (1/2) of the Preferred Dividend due on
such Dividend Date, and (ii) in additional shares of Series A
Stock, with the number of shares equal to the remaining one-half
(1/2) of the Preferred Dividend divided by the Conversion Price as
of the applicable Dividend Date).
(b)
The Holders of shares of Series A Stock will be entitled to receive
dividends out of any assets legally available therefor, prior and
in preference to any declaration or payment of any dividend
(payable other than in Common Stock or other securities and rights
convertible into or entitling the Holder thereof to receive,
directly or indirectly, additional shares of Common Stock of the
Company) on the Common Stock of the Company, payable when, as and
if declared by the Board. Any dividends paid with
respect to the Series A Stock will reduce the Series A Liquidation
Amount with respect to such Series A Stock as of the date of such
payment; provided, however, that if, notwithstanding the
prohibitions herein, dividends are paid with respect to all classes
and series of capital stock of the Company, such dividends will not
be applied to reduce the applicable Series A Liquidation
Amount.
(c) As
long as any shares of Series A Stock are issued and
outstanding: (i) no dividends whatsoever, whether in
cash or in property, will be declared or paid, and no distribution
will be made, on any shares of Common Stock, and (ii) no shares of
Common Stock will be purchased, redeemed, or acquired by the
Company and no funds will be paid into or set aside or made
available for a sinking fund for the purchase, redemption or
acquisition thereof. The provisions of this Section 4(c)
may be waived upon the consent of the holders of 67% of the then
outstanding shares of Series A Stock.
5.
LIQUIDATION : The Series A
Stock will have the following liquidation preferences:
(a)
Liquidation . In the event of any
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, either
voluntary or involuntary, the holders of the Series A Stock will be
entitled to receive, prior and in preference to any distribution of
any of the assets of the Company to the holders of Common Stock of
the Company, by reason of their ownership thereof, an amount per
share equal to the Series A Original Purchase Price (as defined
below) for each share of Series A Stock then held by them,
plus accrued or declared but unpaid dividends, minus
any prior dividends paid with respect to the Series A Stock in
accordance with and subject to Section 4(a) above (the
“ Series A Liquidation Amount ”). If,
upon the occurrence of such event, the assets and funds thus
distributed among the holders of the Series A Stock will be
insufficient to permit the payment to such holders of the full
aforesaid preferential amounts, the entire assets and funds of the
Company legally available for distribution to the Series A Stock
will be distributed ratably among the holders of the Series A Stock
in proportion to the preferential amount each such Holder is
otherwise entitled to receive. The “ Series A
Original Purchase Price ” will mean the per share
original purchase price paid by holders of Series A Stock per share
(subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends,
reclassifications and the like).
(b)
Certain Divestitures .
(i)
Deemed Liquidation . For purposes of
this Section 5, a liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the
Company will be deemed to occur if the Company sells, leases,
conveys, or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its
property or business or merges with or into or consolidates with
any other corporation, limited liability company or other entity
(other than a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company) (any such
transaction, a “ Liquidation Transaction ”),
provided that none of the following will be considered a
Liquidation Transaction: (i) a merger effected exclusively for the
purpose of changing the domicile of the Company, (ii) an equity
financing in which the Company is the surviving Company, (iii) a
transaction in which the stockholders of the Company immediately
prior to the transaction own 50% or more of the voting power of the
surviving company following the transaction, or (iv) a transaction
which the holders of a majority of the Series A Stock elect to
treat as other than a Liquidation Transaction. In the
event of a merger or consolidation of the Company that is deemed
pursuant to this section to be a Liquidation Transaction, all
references in this Section 5( b) to “assets of
the Company” will be deemed instead to refer to the aggregate
consideration to be paid to the holders of the Company’s
capital stock in such merger or consolidation. Nothing
in this subsection 5(b)(i) or otherwise in this Section 5 will
require the distribution to stockholders of anything other than
proceeds of such transaction in the event of a merger or
consolidation of the Company.
(ii)
Valuation of Consideration
. In the event of a Liquidation Transaction as described
in Section 5(b)(i) above (a “ Deemed Liquidation
”), if the consideration received by the Company is other
than cash, its value will be deemed its fair market
value. Any securities will be valued as
follows:
Securities not subject to investment letter or
other similar restrictions on free marketability:
(A) If
traded on a securities exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market (“
Nasdaq ”), the value will be based on a formula
approved by the Board and derived from the closing prices of the
securities on such exchange or Nasdaq over a specified time
period;
(B) If
actively traded over-the-counter, the value will be based on a
formula approved by the Boardand derived from the closing bid or
sales prices (whichever is applicable) of such securities over a
specified time period; and
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