STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This stock purchase agreement (this
“ Agreement ”), dated as of February 2, 2009, is
entered into by and among Pipeline Data Inc., a Delaware
corporation, with principal offices located at 1515 Hancock Street,
Suite 301, Quincy, MA 02169 (the “ Company ”),
and the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached
hereto (each, a “ Buyer ” and, collectively, the
“ Buyers ”). Capitalized terms used and not
defined elsewhere in this Agreement have the respective meanings
assigned to such terms in the Appendix hereto.
WHEREAS:
A. The
Company and the Buyers are executing and delivering this Agreement
in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration
afforded by Rule 506 of Regulation D (“ Regulation
D ”) as promulgated by the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ 1933 Act
”).
B. The
Buyers, severally and not jointly, desire to purchase from the
Company, and the Company wishes to sell to the Buyers, upon the
terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, shares of the Common
Stock (defined below) of the Company and shares of the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, par value $.001 (the
“ Series A Preferred ”), as described in
Section 1 . The rights, preferences, terms and conditions of
the Series A Preferred are as set forth in the Certificate of
Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series A Preferred Stock
attached hereto as Exhibit A .
C. Contemporaneously
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties
hereto are executing and delivering an Investors’ Rights
Agreement, in the form attached as Exhibit B (as the same
may be amended, supplemented, restated or modified and in effect
from time to time, the “ Investors’ Rights
Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Company agrees to
provide certain registration rights under the 1933 Act, and other
rights to the Buyers, with respect to the Shares and the
Registrable Securities (as defined in the Investors’ Rights
Agreement).
NOW THEREFORE
, the Company and each of the
Buyers, severally and not jointly, hereby agree as
follows:
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1.
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PURCHASE AND SALE OF
SHARES .
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a.
Purchase and Sale of Shares . Subject to the satisfaction
(or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 7 and
8 below, the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer and
each Buyer severally agrees to purchase from the Company the shares
of Common Stock and Series A Preferred set forth next to each such
Buyer’s name on the Schedule of Buyers attached
hereto. The aggregate purchase price for the Shares purchased by
each Buyer shall be as set forth opposite such Buyer’s name
on the Schedule of Buyers (the “ Purchase Price
”). Upon the effectiveness of amendments to the Certificate
of Incorporation of the Company contemplated in Sections
3(b) and 4(m) authorizing 500,000,000 shares of Common
Stock, 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, and Preferred Stock
having voting and other rights as set forth in the Certificate of
Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series B Preferred
Stock
attached hereto as Exhibit C
(the “ Series B Preferred ”), the Common Stock
and Series A Preferred purchased pursuant to this Agreement shall
be automatically exchanged for 5,000,000 shares of the Series B
Preferred and the Series A Preferred shall be cancelled.
b.
Closing Date . The closing (the “Closing
”) shall be on the date first set forth above, subject to the
satisfaction (or waiver) of all of the conditions to the Closing
set forth in Sections 7 and 8 (or such later or
earlier date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and the
Buyers) (the “Closing Date” ). The Closing shall
occur remotely via the exchange of electronic signature pages which
shall be followed by the exchange of original signature pages via
overnight delivery to each party’s principal business address
or at such other place as either party designates in
writing.
c.
Form of Payment and Delivery of Shares . On the date that is
the later of ten (10) days from the Closing Date, the date that
this transaction is permitted to close under applicable Securities
Laws, or the date that all conditions to Buyers’ obligations
to purchase the Shares as set forth in Section 8 are
satisfied in full, (i) each Buyer shall pay to the Company the
Purchase Price (less the ComVest Fees and Expenses), by wire
transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the
Company’s written wire instructions, and (ii) the Company
shall deliver (or cause its transfer agent to deliver) to each
Buyer certificates representing the Shares that such Buyer is
purchasing hereunder on the Closing Date (the “ Share
Certificates ”), duly executed on behalf of the Company
and registered in the name of such Buyer or its
designee.
d.
Failure to Satisfy Conditions to Purchase Shares . In the
event all of the conditions to Buyers’ obligations to
purchase the Shares as set forth in Section 8 are not
satisfied in full within ninety (90) days of the date of this
Agreement, the Transaction Documents shall automatically terminate
and the Buyers and the Company shall be relieved of any and all
obligations under the Transaction Documents, including, but not
limited to, any obligation of the Buyers to pay the Purchase Price
to the Company. Upon such termination, the Company hereby grants
each Buyer a full, complete, and unconditional release from any and
all obligations under this Agreement and the Transaction
Documents.
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2.
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BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES .
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Each Buyer represents and warrants,
as of the date of this Agreement and as of each Closing Date, with
respect to only itself, that:
a.
Investment Purpose . Such Buyer is acquiring the Shares
purchased by such Buyer hereunder, for such Buyer’s 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 under, or exempted from the registration
requirements of, the 1933 Act; provided , however ,
that by making the representations herein, such Buyer does not
agree to hold any of the Shares for any minimum or other specific
term and reserves the right to dispose of the Shares at any time in
accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an
exemption under the 1933 Act.
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
Shares are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific
exemptions from the registration requirements of the 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 Shares.
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 Shares 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 in this Agreement or in
any of the other Transaction Documents. Such Buyer understands that
its investment in the Shares involves a high degree of risk and
that it has reviewed the Company’s SEC Documents and the
disclosures contained therein, including, without limitation, those
set forth under the heading “Risk Factors.” 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 Shares.
e.
No Governmental Review . Such Buyer understands that no
Governmental Entity has passed on or made any recommendation or
endorsement of the Shares or the fairness or suitability of an
investment in the Shares nor have such authorities passed upon or
endorsed the merits of the offering of the Shares.
f.
Transfer or Resale . Such Buyer understands that, except as
provided in the Investors’ Rights Agreement: (i) the Shares
have not been and are not being registered under the 1933 Act or
any other 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 the Shares 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 the Shares can be sold, assigned or
transferred pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act, as
amended (or a successor rule thereto) (“ Rule 144
”); (ii) any sale of the Shares 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 Shares
under circumstances in which the seller (or the Person 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 any other Securities Laws; and
(iii) except as set forth in the Investors’ Rights
Agreement, neither the Company nor any other person is under any
obligation to register the Shares under the 1933 Act or any other
Securities Laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
paragraph, the Shares may be pledged in connection with a bona fide
margin account or other loan or financing arrangement secured by
the Shares.
g.
Legends . Such Buyer understands that, except as set forth
below, the Share Certificates shall bear a restrictive legend in
the following form (the “ 1933 Act Legend ”)
(and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such
Share Certificates):
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 APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR
(B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM,
THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO
RULE 144 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 Shares, if (i) such Shares are
registered for resale under the 1933 Act, (ii) such holder provides
the Company with reasonable assurances that the Shares can be sold
pursuant to Rule 144(k) promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a
successor rule thereto), or (iii) such holder provides the Company
reasonable assurances that the Shares have been or are being sold
pursuant to Rule 144.
h.
Authorization; Enforcement; Validity . Such Buyer is a
validly existing corporation, partnership, limited liability
company or other entity and has the requisite corporate,
partnership, limited liability or other organizational power and
authority to purchase the Shares pursuant to this Agreement. The
Transaction Documents entered into by such Buyer have been duly and
validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of such Buyer
and are valid and binding agreements of such Buyer enforceable
against such Buyer in accordance with their respective terms,
except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally and general principles of equity.
i.
Residency. Such Buyer is a resident of that jurisdiction
specified below its address on the Schedule of Buyers
.
j.
No Other Agreements . As of the applicable Closing Date,
such Buyer has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements
with the Company relating to the terms or conditions of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents except as
set forth in the Transaction Documents.
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3.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE COMPANY .
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The Company represents and warrants,
as of the date of this Agreement, to each Buyer, with respect to
itself both before and after giving effect to the Acquisition, that
except as set forth in the Schedules to this Agreement delivered by
the Company to Buyer or in the schedules to the Acquisition
Agreement:
a.
Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries . The Company
was formed on June 23, 1997. Set forth in Schedule 3(a) is a
true and correct list of the Company’s Subsidiaries and the
jurisdiction in which each is organized or incorporated, together
with the authorized and outstanding Capital Stock or other equity
interests of each such entity. Other than with respect to the
entities listed on Schedule 3(a) , the Company does not
directly own any security, equity interest or beneficial ownership
interest in any other Person (including through joint venture or
partnership agreements) or have any interest in any other Person.
Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is a corporation, limited
liability company, partnership or other entity and is duly
organized or formed and validly existing in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized
and has the requisite corporate, partnership, limited liability
company or other organizational power and authority to own its
properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted and
as proposed to be conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries.
Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do
business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its
ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted or
proposed to be conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries will
make such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the
failure to be so qualified or be in good standing could not have
and could not be, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in
Schedule 3(a) , the Company holds all right, title and
interest in and to 100% of the Capital Stock, equity or similar
interests of each of its Subsidiaries, in each case, free and clear
of any Liens (as defined below), including any restriction on the
use, voting, transfer, receipt of income or other exercise of any
attributes of free and clear ownership by a current holder, and no
such Subsidiary owns capital stock or holds an equity or similar
interest in any other Person.
b.
Authorization; Enforcement; Validity . Each of the Company
and its Subsidiaries has the requisite corporate or other
organizational power and authority to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and each of the other Transaction
Documents to which such Person is a party and to issue the Shares
in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The execution and
delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and each of
its Subsidiaries and the consummation by the Company and each of
its Subsidiaries of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, including the issuance of the Shares to be issued at the
Closing, have been duly authorized by the respective boards of
directors (or a committee thereof), members, managers, trustees,
stockholders, other equityholders or holders of beneficial
interests, as applicable, of the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries, as applicable, and no further consent or
authorization is required by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries
or any of their respective boards of directors, members, managers,
trustees, stockholders, other equityholders or holders of
beneficial interests, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the Company does not
currently have enough authorized shares of Common Stock (as defined
below) to satisfy all conversions of Shares of the Series A
Preferred. The parties to this Agreement agree that promptly after
Closing the Company will prepare the necessary corporate
documentation to amend its Certificate of Incorporation and will
make the applicable proxy filing pursuant to the applicable
Securities Laws and the Buyers shall approve the amendment of the
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number
of authorized shares of Common Stock to 500,000,000, to increase
the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock to 10,000,000,
and to authorize Preferred Stock having the voting and other rights
of the Series B Preferred. This Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries
that is a party thereto, and
constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries, enforceable against the Company and each
of its Subsidiaries in accordance with their respective terms,
except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally and general principles of equity.
c.
Capitalization . The authorized Capital Stock of the Company
consists of 155,000,000 shares, of which 150,000,000 are designated
as Common Stock, par value $.001 (“ Common Stock
”) and 5,000,000 are designated as Preferred Stock, par value
$.001 (“ Preferred Stock ”). No shares of
Preferred Stock are outstanding. Pursuant to the Certificate of
Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series A Preferred Stock,
adopted by the Company and attached hereto as Exhibit A ,
5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock are designated as Series A
Preferred. Of the Common Stock authorized:
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(i)
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49,976,937 shares are issued and
outstanding;
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(ii) 12,150,309
shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company’s
stock option, restricted stock and employee stock purchase plans
described in the SEC Documents (the “ Equity Plans
”), including 12,150,309 shares issuable pursuant to
outstanding awards under the Equity Plans;
(iii) 15,463,453
shares are reserved for issuance pursuant the Company’s
outstanding warrants described on Schedule 3(c)(iii) (the
“ Existing Warrants ”), 11,100,000 of which are
reserved for issuance pursuant to warrants related to the Bond
Financing (as defined below);
(iv) 28,576,038
shares are reserved for issuance pursuant the Company’s
outstanding Convertible Debentures described on Schedule
3(c)(iv) (the “ Convertible Debentures ”)
(the convertibility feature of certain Convertible Debentures shall
be removed at Closing leaving a single Convertible Debenture
convertible into 114,500 shares of Common Stock); and
(v) 483,259
shares are reserved for issuance to Millennium Merchant
Services.
No shares of Common Stock are
reserved for issuance under any plan, agreement or arrangement,
other than shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the
Equity Plans and with respect to the Existing Warrants, the
Convertible Debentures and except as described in the foregoing
provisions of this Section 3(c) , there are no shares of
Capital Stock, Options, Convertible Securities or other equity
securities of the Company authorized, issued or outstanding, and
the Company is not under any current or future obligations to issue
any such shares of Capital Stock, Options, Convertible Securities
or other equity securities of the Company. All of the outstanding
and issuable shares of Capital Stock have been, or upon issuance
will be, validly issued and are, or upon issuance will be, fully
paid and nonassessable. Schedule 3(c) sets forth (x) a list
of all outstanding Options, Existing Warrants and Convertible
Debentures and the exercise or conversion price for each and (y)
the maximum number of securities of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries that may be issued to Millennium Merchant
Services.
Except as set forth on Schedule
3(c)(1)-(5) :
(1) no
shares of the Capital Stock of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar
rights or any Liens suffered or permitted by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries;
(2) there
are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe
to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to,
or securities or rights convertible into or exercisable for, any
shares of Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to
issue additional shares of Capital Stock of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe
to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to,
or securities or rights convertible into or exercisable for, any
shares of Capital Stock of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(3) to
the Knowledge of the Company, there are no voting trusts, proxies
or other agreements, commitments or understandings of any character
with respect to the voting of any shares of Capital Stock of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and there are no agreements or
arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the
1933 Act (except the Investors’ Rights Agreement);
(4) there
are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries that contain any redemption or similar
provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings
or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries;
(5) there
are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or
similar provisions that will or may be triggered by the issuance of
the Shares;
(6) the
Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or
“phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan
or agreement; and
(7) to
the Company’s Knowledge, no officer or director of the
Company or beneficial owner of any of the Company’s
outstanding Common Stock has pledged Common Stock in connection
with a margin account or other loan secured by such Common
Stock.
The Company has furnished to each
Buyer true and correct copies of:
(X) The
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and in
effect (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”);
and
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(Y)
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The Company’s Bylaws, as
amended and in effect (the “ Bylaws
”).
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All of the equity interests of each
of the Subsidiaries are certificated or otherwise represented in
tangible form.
d.
Issuance of Securities . The Shares are duly authorized.
Subject to the need to increase the number of authorized shares of
Common Stock as discussed in Section 3(b) hereof, upon
issuance of the Shares, such Shares and Conversion Shares will be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from taxes
and Liens with respect to the issuance thereof, with the holders
being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Series A
Preferred or Common Stock, as applicable. The issuance by the
Company of the Shares is exempt from registration under the 1933
Act and any other applicable Securities Laws.
e.
No Conflicts . Except as set forth on Schedule 3(e) ,
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries,
the performance by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries of its
obligations hereunder and thereunder and the consummation by the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby (including the reservation for
issuance and the issuance of the Shares) will not:
(i) result
in a violation of the certificate or articles of incorporation,
certificate or articles of organization, bylaws, operating
agreement, partnership agreement or any other governing documents,
as applicable, of any such Person;
(ii) conflict
with, or constitute a breach or default (or an event which, with
the giving of notice or passage of time or both, constitutes or
would constitute a breach or default) under, or give to others any
right of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of,
or other remedy with respect to, any agreement, indenture,
instrument or other document to which any such Person is a party or
by which such Person is bound; or
(iii) result
in a violation of any Law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or
decree (including Securities Laws and the rules and regulations, if
any, of the Principal Market) applicable to any such Person or by
which any property or asset of any such Person is bound or
affected.
Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is in violation of any term of its certificate or
articles of incorporation, certificate or articles of organization,
bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement or any other
governing document, as applicable. Neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries is or has been in violation of any term of or in
default under (or with the giving of notice or passage of time or
both would be in violation of or default under) (x) any material
contract, agreement, mortgage, indebtedness, indenture, instrument,
document, judgment, decree or order of the Company or its
Subsidiaries or (y) any Law applicable to the Company or its
Subsidiaries. Except for the filings and listings expressly
contemplated by the Investors’ Rights Agreement and the
filing of the Certificates of Designation, neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries is, has been, or will be required to obtain
any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or
registration with, any court or Governmental Entity in order for it
to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or
contemplated by the Transaction Documents in accordance with the
terms hereof or thereof. All consents,
authorizations, orders, filings and
registrations that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or has
been required to obtain as described in the preceding sentence have
been obtained or effected on or prior to the date of this Agreement
and prior to the date of the effectiveness of such
requirement.
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f.
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SEC Documents; Financial
Statements .
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(i) Since
December 31, 2007, 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 this representation
is made (including all exhibits included therein and financial
statements and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by
reference therein) being referred to herein as the “ SEC
Documents ” and the Company’s consolidated balance
sheet as of September 30, 2008, as included in the Company’s
quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period then ended, as filed
with the SEC on November 14, 2008 and as amended on November 18,
2008, being referred to herein as the “ Most Recent
Balance Sheet ”). Each of the SEC Documents was filed
with the SEC via the SEC’s EDGAR system within the time
frames prescribed by the SEC for the filing of such SEC Documents
such that each filing was timely filed with the SEC (with giving
effect to any extensions of time permitted by Rule 12b-25 under the
1934 Act). As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied
in all material respects with the Securities Laws. 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 light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. Since the filing of each of the SEC
Documents, no event has occurred that would require an amendment or
supplement to any such SEC Document and as to which such an
amendment or supplement has not been filed and made publicly
available on the SEC’s EDGAR system no less than five (5)
Business Days prior to the date this representation is made. Except
as set forth on Schedule 3(f)(i) , the Company has not
received any written comments from the SEC staff that have not been
resolved to the satisfaction of the SEC staff.
(ii) As
of their respective dates, the consolidated financial statements of
the Company and its Subsidiaries included in the SEC Documents
complied in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and the Securities Laws with respect thereto. Such
consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with GAAP, 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) and
fairly present in all material respects the financial position of
the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the
results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then
ended in accordance with GAAP (subject, in the case of unaudited
statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments that are not
material individually or in the aggregate).
(iii) Since
December 31, 2007, none of the Company, its Subsidiaries and their
respective officers, directors and Affiliates or, to the
Company’s Knowledge, any stockholder of the Company has made
any filing with the SEC or issued any press
release on behalf of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise relating to the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries that contains any untrue statement of a
material fact or omits any statement of material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they are or were made, not misleading or
has provided any other information to any Buyer, including
information referred to in Section 2(d) , that, considered
in the aggregate, 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 circumstances under which
they are or were made, not misleading.
(iv) Except
as set forth in Schedule 3(f)(iv) , the Company is not
required to file and will not be required to file any agreement,
note, lease, mortgage, deed or other instrument entered into prior
to the date this representation is made and in effect on the date
this representation is made and to which the Company or any
Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary is
bound that has not been previously filed as an exhibit (including
by way of incorporation by reference) to its reports filed or made
with the SEC under the 1934 Act.
(v) The
accounting firm that has expressed its opinion with respect to the
consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s
most recently filed annual report on Form 10-KSB (the “
Audit Opinion ”) is independent of the Company
pursuant to the standards set forth in Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X
promulgated by the SEC and such firm was otherwise qualified to
render the Audit Opinion under applicable Securities Laws. Each
accounting firm that since such filing has conducted or will
conduct a review or audit of any of the Company’s
consolidated financial statements is independent of the Company
pursuant to the standards set forth in Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X
promulgated by the SEC and is otherwise qualified to conduct such
review or audit and render an audit opinion under applicable
Securities Laws.
(vi) There is
no transaction, arrangement or other relationship between the
Company and an unconsolidated or other off-balance-sheet entity
that is required to be disclosed by the Company in its reports
pursuant to the 1934 Act that has not been so disclosed in the SEC
Documents at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date of this
Agreement.
(vii) Since
December 31, 2007, there have been no internal or SEC inquiries or
investigations (formal or informal) regarding accounting or revenue
recognition discussed with, reviewed by or initiated at the
direction of any executive officer, board of directors or any
committee thereof of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(viii) The
Company is not a “shell company” (as defined in Rule
12b-2 under the 1934 Act).
g.
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance; Internal Accounting Controls;
Disclosure Controls and Procedures; Books and Records
.
(i) Except
for as set forth in the SEC Documents, the Company and its
Subsidiaries are in all material respects in compliance with the
applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively,
“ Sarbanes-Oxley ”).
(ii) Since
December 31, 2007, except as set forth on Schedule 3(g)(ii)
, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any director
or officer, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received
or otherwise had or obtained Knowledge of any complaint,
allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, regarding
the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or
methods of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its internal
accounting controls, including any complaint, allegation, assertion
or claim that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in
questionable accounting or auditing practices.
(iii) No
attorney representing the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
whether or not employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
has reported evidence of a material violation of Securities Laws,
breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors,
employees or agents to their respective boards of directors or any
committee thereof or pursuant to Section 307 of
Sarbanes-Oxley.
(iv) Except
as set forth in the SEC Documents, the Company has, and has caused
each of its Subsidiaries to, at all times keep books, records and
accounts with respect to all of such Person’s business
activities, in accordance with sound accounting practices and GAAP
consistently applied. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintains a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that
(A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorizations, (B) transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to
maintain asset and liability accountability, (C) access to assets
or incurrence of liability is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization and (D) the
recorded accountability for assets and liabilities is compared with
the existing assets and liabilities at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
(v) The
Company has timely filed and made publicly available on the
SEC’s EDGAR system no less than five (5) Business Days prior
to the date of this representation, all certifications and
statements required by (A) Rule 13a-14 or
Rule 15d-14 under the 1934 Act and (B) Section 906 of
Sarbanes-Oxley with respect to any Company SEC
Documents.
(vi) Except
as set forth in the SEC Documents, the Company maintains disclosure
controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15 or
Rule 15d-15 under the 1934 Act. Except as set forth in
the SEC Documents, such disclosure controls and
procedures are effective to ensure
that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in the
reports that it files with or submits to the SEC (A) is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported accurately within the
time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and
(B) is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s
management, including its principal executive officer and principal
financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosure.
(vii) Except as set
forth in the SEC Documents, the Company maintains internal control
over financial reporting required by Rule 13a-14 or
Rule 15d-14 under the 1934 Act. As set forth in the SEC
Documents, such internal control over financial reporting contains
material weaknesses.
h.
Absence of Certain Changes . Since December 31, 2007,
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any
steps, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
currently expects to take any steps, to seek protection pursuant to
any bankruptcy law, nor does the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
have any Knowledge or reason to believe that the creditors of such
Person intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any
knowledge of any fact that would reasonably lead a creditor to do
so. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is as of the
date this representation is made, nor after giving effect to the
transactions contemplated hereby or by any of the other Transaction
Documents will be, Insolvent. Except as set forth in the SEC
Documents, since December 31, 2007, neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has declared or paid any dividends or sold any
assets outside of the ordinary course of business. Except as set
forth in the SEC Documents, since December 31, 2006, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has had any capital
expenditures outside the ordinary course of its
business.
i.
Absence of Litigation . Except as set forth on Schedule
3(i) or as disclosed in the SEC Documents, (i) there has at no
time been any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation
(“ Litigation ”) before or by any court, public
board, Governmental Entity, self-regulatory organization or body
pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against or
affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
assets, and (ii) to the Company’s Knowledge, no director or
officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been involved
in securities-related Litigation during the past five (5) years. No
Litigation disclosed in the SEC Documents or on Schedule
3(i) is material to the business, operations, results of
operations, condition (financial or otherwise), or properties of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any respect.
j.
Full Disclosure; No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities,
Developments or Circumstances . Since December 31, 2007 or as
set forth in the SEC Documents, there has been no Material Adverse
Effect and no circumstances exist that, individually or in the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to be, cause or have a
Material Adverse Effect. Except (A) as and to the extent disclosed
or reserved against on the Most Recent Balance Sheet, (B) as
incurred since the date thereof in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, or (C) as set forth on Schedule
3(j) , neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries has any
material liabilities or obligations of any nature, whether fixed or
unfixed, known or unknown, secured or unsecured, absolute, accrued,
contingent or otherwise and whether due or to become due. No
representation or warranty or other statement made by the Company
in this Agreement or any of
the other Transaction Documents, the
Schedules hereto or any certificate or instrument delivered
pursuant to this Agreement contains any untrue statement or omits
to state a material fact necessary to make any such statement, in
light of the circumstances in which it was made, not
misleading.
k.
Acknowledgment Regarding Buyers’ Purchase of
Securities . The Company acknowledges and agrees that each
Buyer is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length
purchaser with respect to the Company in connection with this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby. The Company further acknowledges
that no Buyer is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of any
party to this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents
(or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby, and any advice given by any Buyer or any of its
representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is
merely incidental to such Buyer’s purchase of the Shares. The
Company further represents to each Buyer that the decision of the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries to enter into the Transaction
Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation by
such Person and its representatives.
l.
No General Solicitation . Neither the Company nor any of its
Affiliates, nor any Person acting on the behalf of any of the
foregoing, has engaged or will engage in any form of general
solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of
Regulation D), including advertisements, articles, notices, or
other communications published in any newspaper, magazine or
similar media or broadcast over radio, television or internet or
any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by general
solicitation or general advertising, in connection with the offer
or sale of the Shares.
m.
No Integrated Offering . Neither the Company nor any of its
Affiliates, nor any Person acting on the behalf of any of the
foregoing, has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of
any security or solicited any offers to purchase any security,
under circumstances that would require registration of any of the
Shares under the 1933 Act or cause this offering of the Shares to
be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of
the 1933 Act or any other regulatory or self-regulatory
authority.
n.
Employee Relations . Except as set forth on Schedule
3(n) , neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is
involved in any labor union dispute nor, to the Knowledge of the
Company, is any such dispute threatened. To the Knowledge of the
Company, none of the employees of either the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is or has been a member of a union that relates, or
following the Closing will relate, to such employee’s
relationship with the Company, and neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries is or following the Closing will be, a party to a
collective bargaining agreement. No executive officer (as defined
in Rule 3b-7 under the 1934 Act), nor any other individual whose
termination would be required to be disclosed on a Current Report
on Form 8-K, has notified the Company that such individual intends
to leave the Company or otherwise terminate such individual’s
employment with the Company. The current employees of the Company
and its Subsidiaries constitute all of the employees necessary to
conduct the Company’s business as presently conducted and as
proposed to be conducted (as described to Buyers prior to the date
hereof). Except as set forth on Schedule
3(n) , to the Knowledge of the Company, no such
employee is, has been, or is now expected to be, in violation of
any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality,
disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition
agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive
covenant, and the employment of each such individual does not, has
not and will not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
any material liability with respect to any of the foregoing
matters. To the Company’s Knowledge, the Company and each of
its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with all
Laws relating to employment and employment practices, terms and
conditions of employment and wages and hours. The Company and each
of its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with
all Laws relating to employee benefits and employee benefit plans
(as such terms are defined in ERISA).
o.
Intellectual Property Rights . Except as set forth on
Schedule 3(o) , the Company and its Subsidiaries own or
possess adequate rights or licenses to use all trademarks,
trademark applications and registrations, trade names, service
marks, service mark registrations, service names, patents, patent
rights, patent applications, copyrights (whether or not
registered), inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental
authorizations, trade secrets and other intellectual property
rights (collectively, “ Intellectual Property ”)
necessary to conduct their respective businesses as conducted as of
the date this representation is made. Except as set forth in
Schedule 3(o) , (i) none of the rights of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries in its Intellectual Property have expired or
terminated, or are expected to expire or terminate within five (5)
years from the date of this Agreement, (ii) there has been no
infringement by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the
Company’s Knowledge, any of the Company’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ licensors or licensees of any Intellectual
Property rights of others, (iii) to the Company’s Knowledge,
there has been no infringement by any third parties of any
Intellectual Property owned or licensed by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, or of any development of similar or identical
trade secrets or technical information by others, (iv) there is no
claim, action or proceeding pending or threatened in writing
against, the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the
Company’s Knowledge, any of their respective licensors
regarding their Intellectual Property or infringement of other
Intellectual Property rights, and there is no claim, action or
proceeding pending or threatened in writing against the Company,
any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any
of their respective licensors regarding their Intellectual Property
or infringement of other Intellectual Property rights, (v) there
are no facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to
give rise to any of the foregoing, (vi) there is no patent or
patent application which contains claims that interfere with the
issued or pending claims of any of the Intellectual Property owned
or licensed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (vii)
none of the technology employed by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has been obtained or is being used by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries in violation of any material contractual
obligation binding on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or is
being used by any of the officers, directors or employees of the
Company or of its Subsidiaries on behalf of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries in violation of the rights of any Person or
Persons. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken commercially
reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy,
confidentiality and the value of all of their material Intellectual
Property.
p.
Environmental Laws . Except as set forth on Schedule
3(p) , each of the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) has no
Knowledge of any violation in any material respect of any
Environmental Laws (as defined below), (ii) has no Knowledge of any
current or prior liability for failure to comply with any
Environmental Law, (iii) has received all permits,
licenses
or other approvals required of it
under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct its business as
presently conducted, and (iv) is in compliance with all terms and
conditions of any such permit, license or approval.
q.
Insurance . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are
insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against
such losses and risks and in such amounts as is prudent and
customary in the businesses in which the Company and its
Subsidiaries are engaged. All of the Company’s insurance
policies are in full force and effect and are valid, outstanding
and enforceable, and all premiums with respect thereto are
currently paid and no basis exists for early termination of any of
such insurance policies on the part of the insurer thereunder. None
of Company or its Subsidiaries has failed to give any notice or
present any claim under any such insurance policies in due and
timely fashion, and there are no outstanding unpaid claims under
any such insurance policies. Neither the Company nor any such
Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or
applied for, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has
any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its
existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to
obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary
to continue its business at a cost that would not reasonably be
expected to result in a material increase in the Company’s
current cost of such insurance.
r.
Regulatory Permits . The Company and its Subsidiaries
possess all certificates, authorizations, approvals, licenses and
permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign
regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective
businesses (“ Permits ”) except to the extent
that the failure to be in possession of any Permits, individually
or in the aggregate, could not have, and could not be reasonably
expected to have, 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
Permit. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the
Permits in all material respects, and have no Knowledge that
they