Exhibit 10.1
SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
TRC COMPANIES, INC.,
AND
THE PURCHASERS NAMED ON SCHEDULE I
HERETO
DATED AS OF JUNE 1, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.
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Sale and Purchase of Preferred Stock
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1.1.
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Sale and Purchase; Purchase Price
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1.2.
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Closing
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2.
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Required Stockholder Approval
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3.
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Representations and Warranties of the
Purchasers
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3.1.
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Organization and Power and Authority; Legal
Capacity
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3.2.
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Validity
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3.3.
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No Brokers
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3.4.
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Acquisition for Own Account
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3.5.
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Ability to Protect Own Interests and Bear
Economic Risks
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3.6.
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Accredited Investor
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3.7.
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Access to Information
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3.8.
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No General Solicitation
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3.9.
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Sales and Confidentiality Prior to the Date
Hereof
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3.10.
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Residence
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4.
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Representations and Warranties by the
Company
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4.1.
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Organization and Qualification
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4.2.
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Capitalization
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4.3.
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Authority; Valid Issuance of Shares
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4.4.
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Consents and Approvals; No Violation
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4.5.
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SEC Reports; Financial Statements
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4.6.
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Litigation
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4.7.
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Compliance with Law; No Default
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4.8.
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Absence of Certain Changes
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4.9.
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Exemption from Registration
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4.10.
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No Brokers
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4.11.
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Title
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10
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4.12.
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Patents and Trademarks
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10
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4.13.
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Labor Relations
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10
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4.14.
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Exchange Act Registration
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4.15.
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Application of Takeover Protections
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4.16.
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Insurance
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11
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4.17.
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Regulatory Permits
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11
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4.18.
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Environmental Laws
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11
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4.19.
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Investment Company
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12
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4.20.
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Offering of Securities
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12
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5.
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Conditions of Parties’
Obligations
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5.1.
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Conditions of the Purchasers’
Obligations
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5.2.
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Conditions of the Company’s
Obligations
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5.3.
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Conditions of Each Party’s
Obligations
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6.
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Covenants
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6.1.
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Transfer Restrictions; Legend
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6.2.
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Reporting Requirements
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6.3.
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Reasonable Best Efforts; Consents and
Governmental Approvals
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6.4.
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Integration
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6.5.
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Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity
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6.6.
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Non-Public Information
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6.7.
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Listing of Common Stock
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6.8.
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Use of Proceeds
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6.9.
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Indemnification of Purchasers
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6.10.
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Form D; Blue Sky Filings
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6.11.
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Sale Restriction
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6.12.
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Expenses of Purchasers
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6.13.
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Board of Directors
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7.
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PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS
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7.1.
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New Issuances; Preemptive Rights
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7.2.
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Right to Purchase Offered Securities
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7.3.
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Sale of Offered Securities
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7.4.
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Exempt Issuances
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7.5.
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Termination
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8.
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Miscellaneous
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8.1.
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Entire Agreement; Amendments and
Waivers
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8.2.
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Notices
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8.3.
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Remedies
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8.4.
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Successors and Assigns
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8.5.
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No Third-Party Beneficiaries
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8.6.
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Headings
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8.7.
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Governing Law
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8.8.
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Independent Nature of Purchasers’
Obligations and Rights
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8.9.
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Jurisdiction
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8.10.
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Counterparts
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8.11.
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Severability
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8.12.
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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APPENDIX A: Definitions
SCHEDULE I: List of Purchasers
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LIST OF EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT A
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Certificate of Designation
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EXHIBIT B
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Registration Rights Agreement
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SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK
PURCHASE AGREEMENT (“ this Agreement ”) is made
and entered into this 1 st day of June, 2009 by and between TRC
Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), on the one hand, and the entities and
individuals as listed on Schedule I attached hereto, as such
Schedule I may be amended from time to time as set forth
herein (the “ Purchasers ”), on the other
hand. Certain terms used and not otherwise defined in the
text of this Agreement are defined in Appendix A
hereof.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company desires to
issue and to sell to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers desire to
purchase from the Company, shares of a newly created series of the
Company’s preferred stock, to be designated as Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.10 per share (“
Series A Preferred Stock ”), convertible into
shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.10 par value per
share (“ Common Stock ”), all in accordance with
the terms and provisions of this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties and
covenants herein contained, the parties hereto, intending to be
bound, hereby agree as follows:
1.
Sale and
Purchase of Preferred Stock .
1.1.
Sale and Purchase; Purchase Price . Upon the terms and
subject to the conditions herein contained, the Company agrees to
sell to each Purchaser and, subject to the terms and conditions
contained herein, each Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly,
to purchase from the Company, that number of duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of
Series A Preferred Stock (each, a “ Share ” and, collectively,
the “ Shares
”) set
forth on Schedule I hereto opposite such Purchaser’s
name, as such Schedule I may be amended from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of Section 1.2 hereof.
The purchase price per Share shall be $2,150.00, being the
equivalent on an as-if-converted basis as of the Closing Date of
$2.15 per share of Common Stock (the “ Purchase Price ”). The rights,
preferences, privileges and restrictions of Series A Preferred
Stock shall be as set forth in a Certificate of Designation, the
form of which shall be as set forth as Exhibit A hereto (the “
Certificate of Designation
”).
1.2.
Closing . A closing of the transactions contemplated
hereby (the “ Closing ”) shall take place on
such date and at such time and place as shall be mutually
acceptable to the Company and the Purchasers, immediately after the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the satisfaction or
waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 5 hereof.
At the Closing, (x) the Company shall deliver to each
Purchaser participating in the Closing certificates representing
the number of Shares set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name
on Schedule I hereto and (y) each Purchaser shall pay,
in immediately available funds, by wire
transfer to the
Company’s account, notice of which shall have been given to
the Purchasers not less than two (2) Business Days prior to
the Closing Date, the amount set forth on Schedule I hereto
opposite such Purchaser’s name, representing an aggregate
investment amount for all Purchasers of $15,500,000 (the
“ Commitment
Amount ”). The date of
the Closing is referred to herein as the “
Closing Date ”.
2.
Required
Stockholder Approval and Issuance Authorization
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As soon as practicable, and in any
event within ten (10) Business Days, after the Closing Date,
the Company shall cause to be prepared and filed with the SEC a
preliminary proxy statement relating to a special meeting of the
Company’s stockholders (the “ Special Meeting
”) to be duly called and held for the Company’s
stockholders to consider and act upon (a) a proposal the
requisite affirmative vote of the Company’s stockholders for
which is necessary to approve the issuance of shares of Common
Stock upon conversion of the Shares in satisfaction of the
requirements of Sections 312.03(b) and (c) of the NYSE
Listed Company Manual (the “ Required Stockholder
Approval ”), (b) a proposal to increase the number
of shares of authorized Common Stock to permit the full conversion
of the Shares (the “ Increase Authorization ”)
and (c) a proposal to amend the Company Plans so as to enable
the repricing or replacement of existing stock options and shares
of restricted stock and the grant of new stock options and shares
of restricted stock in order to provide equity incentives to
participants in such plans as the Board may determine to be in the
best interests of the Company from time to time. The Company
shall notify each Purchaser promptly of the receipt of any comments
from the SEC or its staff and of any request by the SEC or its
staff for amendments or supplements to such proxy statement or for
additional information and will supply each Purchaser with copies
of all correspondence between the Company or any of its
representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or its staff, on the
other hand, with respect to such proxy statement. Upon
resolution of all comments by the SEC on such preliminary proxy
statement to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction or, if the
SEC does not review such preliminary proxy statement, after the
expiration of ten (10) calendar days following the filing of
such preliminary proxy statement, the Company shall establish the
date of, shall establish the record date for stockholders of the
Company eligible to attend and vote at, shall call, and shall file
with the SEC and disseminate to such eligible stockholders a
definitive proxy statement relating to the Special Meeting and such
proposals. If the Required Stockholder Approval and the
Increase Authorization are not obtained at the Special Meeting,
unless the holders of a majority of the then outstanding Shares
otherwise notify the Company, the Company shall propose that the
Required Stockholder Approval and the Increase Authorization be
obtained at each subsequent special or annual meeting of the
Company’s stockholders until they are obtained; provided that
any such meeting shall occur no less than once in each subsequent
six-month period commencing on the Closing Date. Subject to
applicable fiduciary duties, unless the holders of a majority of
the then outstanding Shares have notified the Company that the
Company is not required to propose that the Required Stockholder
Approval and the Increase Authorization be obtained, the Board of
Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”),
subject to their fiduciary duties, shall recommend to the
Company’s stockholders that they approve the proposals for
the Required Stockholder Approval and the Increase
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Authorization and shall not withdraw such
recommendation. Each Purchaser hereby agrees to vote all
shares of Common Stock that such Purchaser holds and is entitled to
vote in favor of the proposals for the Required Stockholder
Approval and the Increase Authorization at the Special Meeting or,
if such proposals are not approved at the Special Meeting and
unless the holders of a majority of the then outstanding Shares
have notified the Company that the Company is not required to
propose that the Required Stockholder Approval and the Increase
Authorization be obtained, then at each subsequent special meeting
or annual meeting of stockholders of the Company until such
proposals shall have been approved by the Company’s
stockholders.
3.
Representations and
Warranties of the Purchasers . Each Purchaser,
severally as to such Purchaser and not jointly, represents and
warrants to the Company as follows:
3.1.
Organization and Power and Authority; Legal Capacity .
The Purchaser, if other than a natural person, is duly formed or
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of
its jurisdiction of organization or formation, and has all
requisite corporate, limited liability company, partnership or
trust (as the case may be) power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and instruments
referred to herein to which it is a party and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The Purchaser,
if a natural person, has full legal capacity to enter into this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and instruments
referred to herein to which he or she is a party and to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
3.2.
Validity . If such Purchaser is other than a
natural person, the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and instruments
referred to herein, in each case to which such Purchaser is a
party, and the consummation by such Purchaser of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, have been duly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of such Purchaser. This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Purchaser,
the other Transaction Documents and instruments referred to herein
to which such Purchaser is a party, have been duly executed and
delivered by such Purchaser and, assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery by the Company, each such agreement
constitutes and will constitute a valid and binding obligation of
such Purchaser enforceable against such Purchaser in accordance
with its terms, except: (i) as may be 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 may be 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.
3.3.
No Brokers . There is no broker, investment banker,
financial advisor, finder or other Person which has been retained
by or is authorized to act on behalf of such Purchaser who might be
entitled to any fee or commission for which the Company will be
liable in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
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3.4.
Acquisition for Own Account . Such Purchaser
understands that the Shares are “restricted securities”
and their offering, issuance and sale have not been registered
under the Securities Act or any applicable state or other
securities Law. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Shares as
principal for such Purchaser’s own account and not with a
view to or for distributing or reselling such Shares or any part
thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state
or other securities Law, has no present intention of distributing
any of such Shares in violation of the Securities Act or any
applicable state or other securities Law, and has no direct or
indirect arrangement or understandings with any other Person or
Persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Shares
in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state or other
securities Law. Such Purchaser acknowledges that, except as
set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, the form of which
is attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “
Registration Rights Agreement
”), the
Company has no obligation to register or qualify the Shares for
resale. Such Purchaser, if other than a natural person, is
acquiring the Shares hereunder in the ordinary course of its
business or investment activity.
3.5.
Ability to Protect Own Interests and Bear Economic Risks
. Such Purchaser, by reason of the business and financial
experience of its own management if such Purchaser is other than a
natural person or by reason of his or her own business and
financial experience if such Purchaser is a natural person, has the
capacity to protect such Purchaser’s own interests in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents. Such Purchaser is able to
bear the economic risk of an investment in the Shares and is able
to sustain a loss of all of such Purchaser’s investment in
the Shares without economic hardship if such a loss should
occur.
3.6.
Accredited Investor . Such Purchaser is an
“accredited investor” as that term is defined in
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
3.7.
Access to Information . Such Purchaser has been given
access to such Company documents, records, and other information,
and has had such opportunity to ask such questions of and receive
answers from the Company’s officers, employees, agents,
accountants, and representatives concerning the Company’s
business, operations, financial condition, assets, liabilities, and
all other matters relevant to its investment in the Shares as such
Purchaser has determined sufficient for such Purchaser to make an
informed decision to purchase the Shares. The representations
and warranties of Purchasers contained in this Section 3.7
shall not affect the Purchasers’ reliance on the
representations and warranties made by the Company pursuant to
Section 4 hereof.
3.8.
No General Solicitation . Such Purchaser is not
purchasing the Shares as a result of any advertisement, article,
notice or other communication regarding the Shares published in any
newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television
or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general
solicitation or general advertisement.
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3.9.
Sales and Confidentiality Prior to the Date Hereof .
Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder,
such Purchaser has not directly or indirectly, nor has any Person
acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such
Purchaser, executed any purchases or sales, including short sales
(as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange
Act), of the securities of the Company during the period commencing
from the time that such Purchaser first became aware of the
transactions contemplated hereby until the date hereof, and such
Purchaser shall not do so until the transactions contemplated
hereby are publicly disclosed in accordance with Section 6.6
hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a
Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby
separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such
Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct
knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio
managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets,
the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to
the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made
the investment decision to purchase the Shares under this
Agreement. Other than to any other Person who is a party to
this Agreement or to such Purchaser’s legal or financial
advisors who have been informed by such Purchaser’s
confidentiality obligations hereunder, such Purchaser has
maintained the confidentiality of the existence and terms of the
transactions contemplated hereby, and shall continue to do so until
such transactions are publicly disclosed in accordance with
Section 6.6 hereof.
3.10.
Residence . The office or offices of such Purchaser in
which such Purchaser’s investment decision was made, and
which is such principal place of business if such Purchaser is
other than a natural person or is such Purchaser’s residence
if such Purchaser is a natural person, is located at the address or
addresses of such Purchaser set forth on Schedule I
hereto.
4.
Representations and
Warranties by the Company . Except as set forth
in the SEC Reports or in the disclosure schedules attached hereto
(the “ Disclosure
Schedules ”), the Company
represents and warrants to each Purchaser as follows:
4.1.
Organization and Qualification. The Company and each
of its Subsidiaries: (a) is duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing (in such jurisdictions where the concept of
“good standing” is recognized) under the Laws of the
jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized; and
(b) has full power and authority and the legal right to own or
license and operate its property and assets and to carry on its
business as it is now being conducted and as contemplated in this
Agreement. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly
qualified and in good standing (in such jurisdictions where the
concept of “good standing” is recognized) as a foreign
corporation authorized to do business in each of the jurisdictions
in which the character of the properties owned or held under lease
by it or the nature of the business transacted by it makes such
qualification necessary and where the failure to be so qualified
and in good standing as a foreign corporation authorized to do
business would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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4.2.
Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the
Company consists of 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 500,000
shares of preferred stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the
Company. As of the date of this Agreement,
(i) 19,351,365 shares of Common Stock are issued and
outstanding (including 157,806 shares as restricted stock units),
(ii) no shares of preferred stock are issued and outstanding;
and (iii) 3,482 shares of Common Stock are held in
treasury. As of the date of this Agreement, there are
2,857,514 shares of Common Stock authorized and reserved for future
issuance under the Company’s Restated Stock Option Plan, as
amended on November 22, 2002, and the Company’s 2007
Equity Incentive Plan (collectively, the “
Company Plans ”) (including, as of
the date of this Agreement, outstanding Company Options to purchase
1,979,626 shares of Common Stock and 877,888 shares of unvested
restricted stock. As of the date of this Agreement, there are
110,493 shares of Common Stock authorized and reserved for future
issuance under outstanding warrants. Except as set forth
above, as of the date of this Agreement, no shares of capital stock
of, or other equity or voting interests in, the Company, or
options, warrants or other rights to acquire any such stock or
securities are issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding.
All outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are, and all
shares that may be issued pursuant to the Company Plans or
outstanding warrants will be, when issued in accordance with the
terms thereof, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non
assessable and not subject to preemptive rights.
4.3.
Authority; Valid Issuance of Shares
(a)
The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to
enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and
to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The
Company has taken all necessary action on its part required to
authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents and the performance of its obligations
hereunder and thereunder, except that the Required Stockholder
Approval is and the Increase Authorization may be required for the
full conversion of the Shares into shares of Common Stock.
Each of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been
duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery by the Purchasers,
constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company and is
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except: (i) as may be 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 may be 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.
(b)
The issuance of the Shares has been duly authorized by all
requisite corporate action. When the Shares are issued, sold
and delivered following the filing of the Certificate of
Designation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement for the
consideration expressed herein, the Shares will be duly and validly
issued and outstanding, fully paid, and nonassessable, and will be
free of restrictions on transfer other than restrictions on
transfer under this Agreement, the Certificate of
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Designation and applicable
United States federal and state or other securities Laws and,
except as otherwise set forth herein, the Purchasers shall be
entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Series A
Preferred Stock.
(c)
The shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the
Shares, upon receipt of the Required Stockholder Approval and the
Increase Authorization, the filing of the related Certificate of
Designation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
and the filing of an amendment to the Company’s Restated
Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized
shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Increase Authorization, will
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and
when so issued upon such conversion will be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable, will not subject the holders thereof to
personal liability and will not be subject to preemptive rights of
any other stockholder of the Company.
4.4.
Consents and Approvals; No Violation .
(a)
Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company
nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the
Company will: (i) assuming the Required Stockholder Approval
and the Increase Authorization are obtained, conflict with or
violate the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws (or
equivalent organizational and governing documents) of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) assuming all consents,
approvals, authorizations and permits contemplated by clause
(b) of this Section 4.4 have been obtained, and all
filings and notifications described in such clause have been made,
conflict with or violate any Laws; (iii) violate or conflict
with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or require any
consent, waiver or approval or result in a default or give rise to
any right of termination, cancellation, modification or
acceleration (or an event that, with the giving of notice, the
passage of time or otherwise, would constitute a default or give
rise to any such right) under, any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, lease, license, agreement,
contract, indenture or other instrument or obligation to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties or assets may be bound; (iv) result (or, with the
giving of notice, the passage of time or otherwise, would result)
in the creation or imposition of any lien on any asset of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (v) violate any order,
writ, injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation
applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which
any of their respective properties or assets are bound, except, in
case of clauses (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v), any such conflict,
violation, breach, default or lien as have not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b)
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby by the Company do
not and will not require any consent, approval, authorization or
permit of, or filing with or notification to, any Person or
Governmental Entity, except (i) the applicable requirements of
the Exchange Act, and the rules
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and regulations promulgated
thereunder, (ii) approvals and filings in connection with the
Required Stockholder Approval and the Increase Authorization,
(iii) as required by the NYSE, and (iv) any such consent,
approval, authorization, permit, filing or notification the failure
of which to make or obtain has not had and would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect .
The only
vote of the stockholders of the Company required to approve
(i) the conversion of the Shares into Common Stock for
purposes of Section Sections 312.03(b) and (c) of
the NYSE Listed Company Manual is a majority of the votes cast on
such proposal by holders of Common Stock who are entitled to vote
such shares on such proposal, provided that the total vote cast on
the proposal represents over 50% in interest of all securities
entitle to vote on the proposal, and (ii) the amendment of the
Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase
the number of authorized shares of Common Stock to at least such
number as will be sufficient to permit the full conversion of the
Shares into Common Stock, is the affirmative vote of the holders of
not less than a majority of the outstanding Common
Stock.
4.5.
SEC Reports; Financial Statements
(a)
Since June 30, 2008, the Company has timely filed or
furnished, without any extensions thereof except as permitted by
Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act, all forms, reports,
statements, certifications and other documents (the “
SEC Reports ”) required by the
Exchange Act to be filed or furnished by it with or to the SEC, all
of which have complied, as to form, as of their respective filing
dates in all material respects with all applicable requirements of
the Exchange Act and, in each case, the rules and regulations
of the SEC promulgated thereunder. None of the SEC Reports,
including any financial statements or schedules included or
incorporated by reference therein, at the time filed or furnished,
and giving effect to any amendments or supplements thereto or any
subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the date of this Agreement,
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 light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading that has not been
superseded by a subsequently filed SEC Report that corrects or
completes any such untrue statement or omission. To the
knowledge of the Company, none of the SEC Reports is the subject of
ongoing SEC review or outstanding SEC comment. None of the
Company’s Subsidiaries is required to file periodic reports
with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act.
(b)
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 SEC with
respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with 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 of the Company and its
consolidated
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Subsidiaries for the periods
then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to
normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
(c)
Neither the Company nor any of its consolidated Subsidiaries has
any liabilities, obligations, claims or losses (whether liquidated
or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, absolute, accrued,
contingent or otherwise) that would be required to be disclosed on
the Company’s most recent consolidated balance sheet filed
with the SEC (including the notes thereto) in conformity with GAAP
that are not disclosed in the SEC Reports or reserved on the most
recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries included in the SEC Reports, other than
those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s or its
Subsidiaries’ respective businesses since the date of such
most recent consolidated balance sheet filed with the SEC or which,
individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.6.
Litigation. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports,
the Company has not received notice of any claim, action, suit,
proceeding, arbitration, mediation or governmental investigation
that is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
against or relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
any properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
other than any such claim, action, suit, proceeding, arbitration,
mediation or governmental investigation that would not reasonably
be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect.
4.7.
Compliance with Law; No Defaul t. Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries is, or has been since June 30,
2008 in conflict with, in default with respect to or in violation
of: (a) the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws
(or equivalent organizational and governing documents) of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) any Law applicable to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or
asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or
affected or (c) any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract,
agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or
obligation to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any
property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is
bound or affected, except in any such case as has not had and would
not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
4.8.
Absence of Certain Changes . Except as set forth in
the SEC Reports, since June 30, 2008 there has not been any
change, development, event, condition, occurrence or effect that
individually or in the aggregate has had or would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.9.
Exemption from Registration . Subject to, and in
reliance on, the representations, warranties and covenants made
herein by the Purchasers, the offering, issuance and sale of the
Shares in accordance with the terms and on the bases of the
representations and
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warranties set forth in this
Agreement may and shall properly occur pursuant to one or more
applicable exemptions from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act.
4.10.
No Brokers . None of the Company or any of its
officers, directors, employees or Affiliates, has employed or made,
or will enter into or make, any agreement, contract, arrangement or
understanding with any broker, finder or similar agent or any
Person that will result in any liability of any of the Purchaser or
any of such Purchaser’s Affiliates, for any finder’s
fee, brokerage fee or commission or similar payment in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby nor is there any claim by
any Person, or to the knowledge of the Company, any basis for a
claim by any Person for any such finder’s fee, brokerage fee
or commission or similar payment.
4.11.
Title . The Company and each Subsidiary has good and
marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and
marketable title to all personal property owned by it which is
material to its business, in each case free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances and defects except such as do not materially affect
the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made
and proposed to be made of such property. Any real property
and facilities held under lease by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries are held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable
leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
property and buildings.
4.12.
Patents and Trademarks . The Company and the
Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, patents, trademarks,
service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights,
and other intellectual property rights necessary for use in
connection with its business and which the failure to so have would
have or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect (collectively, the “ Intellectual Property Rights ”). Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has received any written notice that any
product or service offered by the Company or any Subsidiary as of
the date hereof, or any use of its Intellectual Property Rights as
of the date hereof, violate or infringe upon the rights of any
other Person. All such Intellectual Property Rights are
enforceable and, to the knowledge of the Company, there is no
existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual
Property Rights.
4.13.
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 or any of its Subsidiaries which has
resulted in or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. No executive officer is, or is now expected
to be, in material violation of any 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, and the continued employment
of each such executive officer does not subject the Company
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