Exhibit 4.1
S TOCK P URCHASE A GREEMENT
November 8, 2004
The Sands Regent
345 North Arlington Avenue
Reno, Nevada 89501
The undersigned (the “ Investor
”), hereby confirms its agreement with you as
follows:
1. This Stock Purchase Agreement (the “
Agreement ”) is made as of the date set forth above
between The Sands Regent, a Nevada corporation (the “
Company ”) and the Investor.
2. The
Company has authorized the sale and issuance of up to 1,120,000
shares (the “ Shares ”) of common stock of the
Company, $.10 par value per share (the “ Common Stock
”), to certain investors in a private placement (the “
Offering ”). In consideration for the purchase of
aforementioned Shares, the Investor will also receive from the
Company a Warrant giving the Investor, upon the exercise thereof,
up to
Shares of Common Stock (the “ Warrant Shares ”)
of the Company (the “ Warrant ”). The Shares,
Warrant Shares and the Warrant are referred to collectively herein
as the “ Securities ”.
3. The
Company and the Investor agree that the Investor will purchase from
the Company and the Company will issue and sell to the Investor (A)
Shares at a purchase price of $8.25 per Share (the “ Per
Share Purchase Price ”) and (B) the Warrant, for an
aggregate purchase price of $
, pursuant to the Terms and Conditions for Purchase of Shares
attached hereto as Annex I and incorporated herein by this
reference as if fully set forth herein. Unless otherwise requested
by the Investor in Exhibit A, certificates representing the Shares
purchased by the Investor will be registered in the
Investor’s name and address as set forth below.
4. The
Investor represents that, except as set forth below, (a) it has had
no position, office or other material relationship within the past
three years with the Company or its affiliates, (b) neither it, nor
any group of which it is a member or to which it is related,
beneficially owns (including the right to acquire or vote) any
securities of the Company and (c) it has no direct or indirect
affiliation or association with any National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. (“ NASD ”) member.
Exceptions:
(If no exceptions, write “none.” If
left blank, response will be deemed to be
“none.”)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed
this Security Purchase Agreement as of the date first written
above.
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A NNEX I
T ERMS AND C ONDITIONS FOR P URCHASE OF S HARES
1. Agreement to Sell and Purchase
the Shares; Subscription Date.
1.1 Purchase and Sale of
Shares . At the Closing
(as defined in Section 2), the Company will sell to the Investor,
and the Investor will purchase from the Company, upon the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, the number of Shares set forth in
paragraph 3 of the Stock Purchase Agreement to which these Terms
and Conditions for Purchase of Shares are attached as Annex I and
at the purchase price set forth in such paragraph.
1.2 Purchase and Sale of the
Warrant . In
consideration of the purchase of the Shares by the Investor, upon
the Closing, the Company will issue the Warrant to the Investor,
giving the Investor the right to purchase, beginning 6 months after
the Closing (as defined in Section 2), up to
(
) shares of Common Stock upon exercise thereof.
1.3 Other Investors
. As part of the Offering, the
Company proposes to enter into this same form of Stock Purchase
Agreement with certain other investors (the “ Other
Investors ”), and the Company expects to complete sales
of Securities to them. (The Investor and the Other Investors are
hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “
Investors ,” and this Agreement and the Stock Purchase
Agreements executed by the Other Investors are hereinafter
sometimes collectively referred to as the “ Agreements
.”) The Company will accept executed Agreements from
Investors for the purchase of Securities commencing upon the date
on which the Company provides the Investors with the proposed Per
Share Purchase Price and concluding upon the date (the “
Subscription Date ”) on which the Company has notified
Roth Capital Partners, LLC (in its capacity as Placement Agent for
the Securities, the “ Placement Agent ”) in
writing that it is no longer accepting Agreements for the purchase
of Securities in the Offering.
1.4 Placement Agent
Fee . Investor
acknowledges that the Company intends to pay the Placement Agent a
fee in respect of the sale of Securities to the
Investor.
2. Delivery of the Shares at
Closing. The completion
of the purchase and sale of the Shares (the “ Closing
”) and the issuance of the Warrant shall occur at a place and
time, no later than December 1, 2004 (the “ Closing
Date ”), to be specified by the Company and the Placement
Agent, and of which the Investors will be notified in advance by
the Placement Agent. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to
the Investor (i) one or more stock certificates representing the
number of Shares set forth on the signature page hereto, each such
certificate to be registered in the name of the Investor or, if so
indicated on the Stock Certificate Questionnaire attached hereto as
Exhibit A, in the name of a nominee designated by the Investor
provided that, if requested by the Investor, stock certificates
representing such Shares shall be delivered in escrow to such
Investor’s agent prior to the Closing, to be held until the
completion of the Closing and (ii) the Warrant in an amount
determined in accordance with Section 1.2 hereof. In exchange for
the delivery of the stock certificates representing such Shares and
the Warrant, on or prior to this Closing Date, the Investor shall
deliver the purchase price for such Securities to the Company by
wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to the
written wire instructions of the Company.
The Company’s obligation to
issue and sell the Securities, as applicable, to the Investor shall
be subject to the following conditions, any one or more of which
may be waived by the Company:
(a) receipt by the Company of the purchase price
for the Securities being purchased hereunder as set forth on the
Signature Page hereto; (b) completion of purchases and sales under
the Agreements with the Other Investors; and (c) the accuracy of
the representations and warranties made by the Investors and the
fulfillment of those undertakings of the Investors to be fulfilled
prior to the Closing.
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The Investor’s obligation to
purchase the Securities shall be subject to the following
conditions, any one or more of which may be waived by the Investor:
(a) the Company’s agreement to issue and sell, as applicable,
and the Investors’ agreement to purchase, on the Closing
Date, not less than the amount of Securities set forth in paragraph
3 of the Stock Purchase Agreement; (b) the delivery to the Investor
by counsel to the Company of legal opinions in the form attached
hereto as Exhibits D-1, D-2 and D-3; (c) the delivery to the
Investor by the Transfer Agent of an executed certificate in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit E; (d) the representations and
warranties of the Company contained in Section 3 being true and
correct on and as of such Closing with the same effect as though
such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the
date of such Closing; (e) the absence of any order, writ,
injunction, judgment or decree that questions the validity of the
Agreements or the right of the Company to enter into such
Agreements or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby; and (f) the delivery to the Investor by the Secretary
or Assistant Secretary of the Company of a certificate stating that
the condition specified in part (d) of this paragraph, with respect
to the Company, has been fulfilled.
3. Representations, Warranties
and Covenants of the Company. Except as otherwise described in the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June
30, 2004 (and any amendments thereto filed prior to the date
hereof), the Company’s Proxy Statement for its 2004 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders or any of the Company’s Current
Reports on Form 8-K filed since July 1, 2004 (collectively, the
“ SEC Reports ”), the Company hereby represents
and warrants to, and covenants with, the Investor as of the date
hereof and the Closing Date, as follows:
3.1 Organization.
Each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”)) is
duly incorporated and validly existing in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its organization. Each of the Company
and its Subsidiaries has full power and authority to own, operate
and occupy its properties and to conduct its business as presently
conducted and is registered or qualified to do business and in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property
or transacts business and where the failure to be so qualified
would have a material adverse effect upon the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or the business, financial
condition, properties, operations or assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the Company’s ability to
perform its obligations under the Agreements (“ Material
Adverse Effect ”), and to the Company’s knowledge,
no proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction
revoking, limiting or curtailing, or seeking to revoke, limit or
curtail, such power and authority or qualification.
3.2 Due Authorization.
The Company has all requisite power
and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under
the Agreements and the Agreements have been duly authorized and
validly executed and delivered by the Company and constitute legal,
valid and binding agreements of the Company enforceable against the
Company in accordance with their terms, except as rights to
indemnity and contribution may be limited by state or federal
securities laws or the public policy underlying such laws, except
as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors’ and contracting parties’ rights generally
and except as enforceability may be subject to general principles
of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law).
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3.3 Non-Contravention.
The execution and delivery of the
Agreement and the Warrant Agreement, the issuance and sale of the
Securities to be sold by the Company under the Agreement, the
fulfillment of the terms of the Agreement and the Warrant Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby will
not (A) result in conflict with or constitute a violation of, or
default (with the passage of time or otherwise) under, (i) any
bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness, or any
lease, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, joint venture or other agreement or instrument to which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective properties
are bound, where such conflict, violation or default is reasonably
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or for which
consent has been obtained, (ii) the certificate of incorporation,
by-laws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, or (iii) any law, administrative regulation,
ordinance or order of any court or governmental agency, arbitration
panel or authority binding upon the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or their respective properties, where such conflict,
violation or default is likely to result in a Material Adverse
Effect or (B) result in the creation or imposition of any lien,
encumbrance, claim, security interest or restriction whatsoever
upon any of the material properties or assets of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or an acceleration of indebtedness pursuant to
any obligation, agreement or condition contained in any material
bond, debenture, note or any other evidence of indebtedness or any
material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or any other agreement
or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party or by which any of them is bound or to which any of the
property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
subject. No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or
registration, qualification or filing with, any regulatory body,
administrative agency, or other governmental body in the United
States is required for the execution and delivery of the Agreements
by the Company and the valid issuance of sale of the Securities by
the Company pursuant to the Agreements, other than such as have
been made or obtained, and except for any filings required to be
made under federal or state securities laws.
3.4 Capitalization.
The capitalization of the Company
as of June 30, 2004 is as described in the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2004. The Company
has not issued any capital stock since June 30, 2004 other than
pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the stock
option plans disclosed in the SEC Reports. The Securities to be
sold pursuant to the Agreements have been duly authorized, and when
issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Agreements,
will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly
and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, have been
issued in compliance with the registration requirements of federal
and state securities laws, and were not issued in violation of any
preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase
securities. Except for (i) options issued under the Company’s
stock option plans, (ii) the Warrant dated March 25, 2004 issued by
the Company to David R. Belding, (iii) the Secured Note dated March
25, 2004 issued by the Company to David R. Belding (the “
Note ”), (iv) a Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement
dated May 11, 1998 by and between the Company and Louis J. Phillips
and (v) 61,349 shares of Common Stock issued upon the partial
conversion of the Note in accordance with its terms, there are no
outstanding rights (including, without limitation, preemptive
rights), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible
into or exchangeable for, any unissued shares of capital stock or
other equity interest in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or
any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement
of any kind, in either case to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party and providing for the issuance or sale of
any capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any
such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights,
warrants or options. Without limiting the foregoing, no preemptive
right, co-sale right, registration right, right of first refusal or
other similar right exists with respect to the issuance and sale of
the Securities, except as provided in the Agreements. There are no
stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar
agreements with respect to the Common Stock to which the Company is
a party. Other than the pledge of securities
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of the Company’s Subsidiaries pursuant to
the Credit Agreement with Wells Fargo, National Association, dated
as of April 2, 2004, the Company owns the entire equity interest in
its Subsidiaries, free and clear of any pledge, lien, security
interest, encumbrance, claim or equitable interest.
3.5 Reservation of
Shares. The Company will
at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of
issuance, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide
for the full exercise of the Warrants and the issuance of the
Warrant Shares in connection with the Agreements. Prior to the
expiration thereof, the Company will not reduce the number of
shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon exercise of the
Warrants without the consent of the Investor. If at any time the
number of shares of Common Stock authorized and reserved for
issuance is below the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants, the Company will promptly take all
corporate action necessary to authorize and reserve a sufficient
number of shares, including, without limitation, calling a special
meeting of shareholders to authorize additional shares to meet the
Company’s obligations under this Section 3.5, in the case of
an insufficient number of authorized shares, and using its
reasonable best efforts to obtain shareholder approval of an
increase in such authorized number of shares.
3.6 Legal Proceedings.
There is no material legal or
governmental proceeding pending, or to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened, to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or of which the business or property of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject. Neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary is a party to the provisions of any injunction,
judgment, decree or order of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other government body which is material to
the business or operation of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole.
3.7 No Violations.
Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is in violation of its certificate of incorporation,
bylaws or other organizational documents, or in violation of any
law, administrative regulation, ordinance or order of any court or
governmental agency, arbitration panel or authority applicable to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which violation,
individually or in the aggregate, is reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect, nor is the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in default (and there exists no condition which, with
the passage of time or otherwise, would constitute a default) in
the performance of any bond, debenture, note or any other evidence
of indebtedness or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or any
other material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is bound or by which the property of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries is bound, which default is reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.8 Governmental Permits,
Etc. Each of the Company
and its Subsidiaries has all necessary franchises, licenses,
certificates and other authorizations from any foreign, federal,
state or local government or governmental agency, department or
body that are currently necessary for the operation of the business
of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted, except
where the failure to currently possess such franchises, licenses,
certificates and other authorizations is not reasonably expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.9 Intellectual
Property.
(a) Except for matters which are not reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each of the Company
and its Subsidiaries has ownership of, or a license or other legal
right to use, all patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks,
customer lists, designs, manufacturing or other processes, computer
software, systems, data compilation, research results or other
proprietary rights used in the business of the Company or its
Subsidiaries (collectively, “ Intellectual Property
”) and (ii) all of the Intellectual Property owned by the
Company or its Subsidiaries consisting of patents,
registered
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trademarks and registered copyrights have been
duly registered in, filed in or issued by the United States Patent
and Trademark Office, the United States Register of Copyrights or
the corresponding offices of other jurisdictions and have been
maintained and renewed in accordance with all applicable provisions
of law and administrative regulations in the United States and/or
such other jurisdictions.
(b) Except for matters which are not reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, all material licenses or
other material agreements under which (i) the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries employs rights in Intellectual Property, or (ii) the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries has granted rights to others in
Intellectual Property owned or licensed by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, are in full force and effect and there is no
default by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
thereto.
(c) Except for matters which are not reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, to the knowledge of the
Company, (i) the present business, activities and products of the
Company and its Subsidiaries do not infringe any intellectual
property of any other person; (ii) neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries is making unauthorized use of any confidential
information or trade secrets of any person; and (iii) the
activities of any of the employees on behalf of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries do not violate any agreements or arrangements
related to confidential information or trade secrets of persons
other than the Company or its Subsidiaries or restricting any such
employee’s engagement in business activities of any
nature.
(d) No proceedings are pending, or to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened, which challenge the rights of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of the
Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ right to the use
of the Intellectual Property, except for matters which are not
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.10 Financial
Statements. The
consolidated financial statements of the Company and the related
notes contained in the SEC Reports present fairly, in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles, the consolidated
financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the
dates indicated, and the results of their operations, cash flows
and the changes in stockholders’ equity for the periods
therein specified, subject, in the case of unaudited financial
statements for interim periods, to normal year-end audit
adjustments. Such consolidated financial statements (including the
related notes) have been prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods therein specified, except that unaudited
financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by
generally accepted accounting principles.
3.11 No Material Adverse
Change. Since June 30,
2004, there has not been (i) a change that has had or is reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) any obligation,
direct or contingent, that is material to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, incurred by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, except obligations incurred in the
ordinary course of business, (iii) any dividend or distribution of
any kind declared, paid or made on the capital stock of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any loss or damage (whether or
not insured) to the physical property of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries which has been sustained which has had a Material
Adverse Effect.
3.12 Nasdaq
Compliance. The
Company’s Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section
12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“ Exchange Ac t”), and is listed on the Nasdaq
SmallCap Market (the “ Nasdaq SmallCap Market
”), and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which
to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the
registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or
delisting the Common Stock from the Nasdaq SmallCap Market. The
issuance of the Securities does not require shareholder approval,
including, without limitation, pursuant to the Nasdaq Marketplace
Rules.
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3.13 Reporting Status.
The Company has timely made all
filings required under the Exchange Act during the 12 months
preceding the date of this Agreement, and all of those documents
complied in all material respects with the SEC’s requirements
as of their respective filing dates, and the information contained
therein as of the respective dates thereof did not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein in light of the circumstances under which they
were made not misleading. The Company is currently eligible to
register the resale of Common Stock in a secondary offering on a
registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities
Act.
3.14 No Manipulation of
Stock. The Company has
not taken and will not, in violation of applicable law, take any
action outside the ordinary course of business designed to or that
might reasonably be expected to cause or result in unlawful
manipulation of the price of the Common Stock to facilitate the
sale or resale of the Shares or the Warrant Shares.
3.15 Accountants.
Deloitte & Touche LLP, who
expressed their opinion with respect to the consolidated financial
statements to be incorporated by reference from the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2004 into
the Registration Statement (as defined below) and the prospectus
which forms a part thereof (the “Prospectus”), have
advised the Company that they are, and to the best knowledge of the
Company they are, independent accountants as required by the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder
(the “ Rules and Regulations ”).
3.16 Contracts.
Except for matters which are not
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, the contracts
listed as exhibits to the SEC Reports that are material to the
Company, other than those contracts that are substantially or fully
performed or expired by their terms, are in full force and effect
on the date hereof, and none of the Company, its Subsidiaries nor,
to the Company’s knowledge, any other party to such contracts
is in breach of or default under any of such contracts.
3.17 Taxes.
Except for matters which are not
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company
has filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and
franchise tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes shown as
due thereon, and the Company has no knowledge of a tax deficiency
which has been asserted or threatened against the
Company.
3.18 Transfer Taxes.
On the Closing Date, all stock
transfer or other taxes (other than income taxes) which are
required to be paid in connection with the sale and transfer of the
Shares hereunder will be, or will have been, fully paid or provided
for by the Company and the Company will have complied with all laws
imposing such taxes.
3.19 Investment
Company. The Company is
not an “investment company” or an “affiliated
person” of, or “promoter” or “principal
underwriter” for an investment company, within the meaning of
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
3.20 Insurance.
The Company and its Subsidiaries
maintain insurance of the types and in the amounts that the Company
reasonably believes is adequate for the their businesses,
including, but not limited to, insurance covering real and personal
property owned or leased by the Company and its Subsidiaries
against theft, damage, destruction, acts of vandalism and all other
risks customarily insured against by similarly situated companies,
all of which insurance is in full force and effect.
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3.21 Offering
Materials. The Company
has not in the past nor will it hereafter take any action to sell,
offer for sale or solicit offers to buy any securities of the
Company which would be integrated with the offer or sale of the
Shares as contemplated by this Agreement such that the offer and
Sale of the shares would be brought within the provisions of
Section 5 of the Securities Act.
3.22 General
Solicitation. The Company
has not engaged in any form of general solicitation or general
advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with
any offer or sale of the Securities in the United
States.
3.23 Registration.
Subject to the accuracy of the
representations of the Investor set forth in Section 4 herein, the
sale of the Securities by the Company pursuant to this Agreement
does not require registration under the Securities Act or under any
stock securities laws or blue sky laws.
3.24 Listing.
The Company will use its best
efforts to maintain the listing and trading of its Common Stock
(including the Common Shares and the Warrant Shares) on the Nasdaq
SmallCap Market and will comply with all the requirements of the
NASD and the Nasdaq SmallCap Market.
3.25 Related Party
Transactions. Except for
the sale of Securities under the Agreements, no transaction has
occurred between or among the Company, any of the Subsidiaries and
their affiliates, officers or directors or any affiliate or
affiliates of any such officer or director that with the passage of
time will be required to be disclosed pursuant to Section 13, 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act.
3.26 Non-public
Information. The Company
confirms that, neither the Company nor any other person acting on
its behalf has provided the Investor or its agents or counsel with
any information that constitutes material, non-public information,
except as will be disclosed in accordance with Section 13 below.
The Company understands and confirms that the Investor will rely on
the foregoing representations and covenants in effecting
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. None of the
disclosures provided to the Investor regarding the Company and its
business set forth in the SEC Reports, this Agreement, or any other
documents provided in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
stat any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
3.27 Books and
Records. The books,
records and accounts of the Company and the Subsidiaries accurately
and fairly reflect, in reasonable detail, the transactions in, and
dispositions of, the assets of, and the operations of, the Company
and the Subsidiaries. The Company maintains a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances
that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability, (iii)
access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences.
4. Representations, Warranties
and Covenants of the Investor.
4.1 Investor Knowledge and
Status . The Investor
represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Company that:
(i) the Investor is an “accredited investor” as defined
in Regulation D under the Securities Act and has requested,
received, reviewed and considered all information it deemed
relevant in making an informed decision to purchase the Securities;
(ii) the Investor understands that the
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Securities are “restricted
securities” and have not been registered under the Securities
Act and is acquiring the Securities set forth on the Signature Page
hereto in the ordinary course of its business and for its own
account for investment only, has no present intention of
distributing any of such Securities and has no arrangement or
understanding with any other persons regarding the distribution of
such Securities (this representation and warranty not limiting the
Investor’s right to sell Securities pursuant to the
Registration Statement or otherwise, or other than with respect to
any claim arising out of a breach of this representation and
warranty, the Investor’s right to indemnification under
Section 6.3); (iii) the Investor will not, directly or indirectly,
offer, sell, pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of (or solicit
any offers to buy, purchase or otherwise acquire or take a pledge
of) any of the Securities except in compliance with the Securities
Act, applicable state securities laws and the respective rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder; (iv) the Investor has answered
all questions on the Signature Page hereto and the Investor
Questionnaire attached hereto as Exhibit B for use in preparation
of the Registration Statement and the answers thereto are true and
correct as of the date hereof and will be true and correct as of
the Closing Date; (v) the Investor will notify the Company
immediately of any change in any of such information until such
time as the Investor has sold all of its Securities or until the
Company is