Exhibit 10.1
SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT (the "
Agreement "), dated as of December 29, 2005, by and
among PainCare Holdings, Inc., a Florida corporation with
headquarters located at 1030 N. Orange Avenue, Suite 105, Orlando,
Florida 32801 (the " Company "), and the investors listed on
the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (individually, a "
Buyer " and collectively, the " Buyers ").
W I T N
E S S E
T H
WHEREAS, The Company and each Buyer is executing and
delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from
securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the " 1933 Act "), and Rule 506 of
Regulation D (" Regulation D ") as promulgated by the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission (the " SEC ")
under the 1933 Act;
WHEREAS, each Buyer wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes
to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement,
(i) that aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock, par value
$0.0001 per share, of the Company (the " Common Stock "),
set forth opposite such Buyer's name in column (3) on the Schedule
of Buyers (which aggregate amount for all Buyers together shall be
3,305,033 shares of Common Stock and shall collectively be referred
to herein as the " Common Shares ") and (ii) a warrant to
acquire up to that number of additional shares of Common Stock set
forth opposite such Buyer's name in column (4) on the Schedule of
Buyers (the " Warrants "), in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A (as exercised, collectively,
the " Warrant Shares "); and
WHEREAS, the Common Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant
Shares collectively are referred to herein as the "
Securities ".
NOW, THEREFORE , the Company and each Buyer hereby agree as
follows:
1.
PURCHASE AND SALE OF COMMON
SHARES AND WARRANTS
(a)
Purchase of Common Shares and
Warrants .
Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver)
of the conditions set forth in Section 1(d) below, the Company
shall issue and sell to each Buyer, and each Buyer severally, but
not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company on the Closing
Date (as defined below), the number of Common Shares as is set
forth opposite such Buyer's name in column (3) on the Schedule of
Buyers, along with the Warrants to acquire up to that number of
Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer's name in column
(4) on the Schedule of Buyers (the " Closing "). The
Closing shall occur on the Closing Date.
(b)
Purchase Price . The purchase price for the Common Shares and
related Warrants to be purchased by each Buyer at the Closing shall
be the amount set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column
(5) of the Schedule of Buyers (the " Purchase Price
").
(c)
Closing Date . The date and time of the Closing (the "
Closing Date ") shall be 10:00 a.m., New York City Time, on
the date immediately following the date of approval of the American
Stock Exchange to the listing of the Common Stock and Warrant
Shares (or such other date and time as is mutually agreed to by the
Company and each Buyer).
(d)
Form of Payment; Closing
Deliveries . On the
Closing Date, (i) each Buyer shall pay its respective Purchase
Price to the Company for the Common Shares and Warrants to be
issued and sold to such Buyer at the Closing, by wire transfer of
immediately available funds in accordance with the Company's
written wire instructions, and (ii) the Company shall deliver
to each Buyer:
(A)
one or more stock certificates, free and
clear of all restrictive and other legends (except as expressly
provided in Section 2(g) hereof), evidencing the number of Common
Shares such Buyer is purchasing as is set forth opposite such
Buyer’s name in column (3) of the Schedule of
Buyers;
(B)
a Warrant pursuant to which such Buyer
shall have the right to acquire such number of Warrant Shares as is
set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) of the
Schedule of Buyers;
(C)
a legal opinion of Company Counsel, in
the form of Exhibit B , executed by such counsel and
delivered to the Buyers; and
(D)
the irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions, in the form of Exhibit D (the “
Transfer Agent Instructions ”), executed by the
Company and delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the
Transfer Agent.
1.
BUYER'S REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES .
Each Buyer represents and warrants with
respect to only itself that:
(a)
No Public Sale or
Distribution . Such
Buyer is (i) acquiring the Common Shares and the Warrants and (ii)
upon exercise of the Warrant will acquire the Warrant Shares
issuable upon exercise thereof, in the ordinary course of business
for its own account and not with a view towards, or for resale in
connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except
pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the 1933 Act and
such Buyer does not have a present arrangement to effect any
distribution of the Securities to or through any person or entity;
provided , however , that by making the
representations herein, such Buyer does not agree to hold any of
the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves
the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance
with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under
the 1933 Act. Such Buyer is acquiring the Securities
hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such Buyer
does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or
indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the
Securities.
(b)
Accredited Investor Status
. Such Buyer is an "accredited
investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation
D.
(c)
Reliance on Exemptions
. Such Buyer understands that the
Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific
exemptions from the registration requirements of United States
federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying
in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Buyer's compliance
with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments
and understandings of such Buyer set forth herein in order to
determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility
of such Buyer to acquire the Securities.
(d)
Information . Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have
been furnished with all materials relating to the business,
finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to
the offer and sale of the Securities that have been requested by
such Buyer. Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been
afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company.
Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence
investigations conducted by such Buyer or its advisors, if any, or
its representatives shall modify, amend or affect such Buyer's
right to rely on the Company's representations and warranties
contained herein. Buyer has no current knowledge of any
representation or warranty of the Company set forth in this
Agreement that, as of the date hereof, contains any untrue
statement of material fact, or omits to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which it was or will be made, not misleading.
Such Buyer understands that its investment in the Securities
involves a high degree of risk and is able to afford a complete
loss of such investment. Such Buyer has sought such
accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to
make an informed investment decision with respect to its
acquisition of the Securities.
(e)
No Governmental Review
. Such Buyer understands that no
United States federal or state agency or any other government or
governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or
endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the
investment in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon
or endorsed the merits of the offering of the
Securities.
(f)
Transfer or Resale
. Such Buyer understands that
except as provided in this Agreement: (i) the Securities have not
been and are not being registered under the 1933 Act or any state
securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or
transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) such
Buyer shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, in
a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that
such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold,
assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such
registration, or (C) such Buyer provides the Company with
reasonable written assurance that such Securities can be sold,
assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A
promulgated under the 1933 Act, as amended, (or a successor rule
thereto) (collectively, " Rule 144 "); (ii) any sale of the
Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in
accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is
not applicable, any resale of the Securities under circumstances in
which the seller (or the Person (as defined in Section 3(r))
through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter
(as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance
with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company
nor any other Person is under any obligation to register the
Securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to
comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Securities may be pledged
in connection with a bona fide margin account or other loan secured
by the Securities and such pledge of Securities shall not be deemed
to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder,
and no Buyer effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to
provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any
delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document, including, without limitation, this Section
2(f); provided, that in order to make any sale, transfer or
assignment of Securities, such Buyer and its pledgee makes such
disposition in accordance with or pursuant to a registration
statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act.
(g)
Legends . Such Buyer understands that the certificates
or other instruments representing the Common Shares and the Warrant
Shares and, until such time as the resale of the Common Shares and
the Warrant Shares have been registered under the 1933 Act as
contemplated hereunder, the stock certificates representing the
Warrant Shares, except as set forth below, shall bear any legend as
required by the "blue sky" laws of any state and a restrictive
legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer
order may be placed against transfer of such stock
certificates):
[ NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE
SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN ][ THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN] REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD,
TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A FORM
REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT 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.
(h)
Validity; Enforcement
. This Agreement has been duly and
validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of such Buyer
and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of
such Buyer enforceable against such Buyer in accordance with their
respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
general principles of equity or to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other
similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement
of applicable creditors' rights and remedies.
(i)
No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance by
such Buyer of this Agreement and the consummation by such Buyer of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i)
result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Buyer
or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which
with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under,
or give to others any rights of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or
instrument to which such Buyer is a party, or (iii) result in a
violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree
(including federal and state securities laws) applicable to such
Buyer, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such
conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the ability of such Buyer to perform its
obligations hereunder.
(j)
Residency . Such Buyer is a resident of that jurisdiction
specified below its address on the Schedule of Buyers.
2.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
COMPANY .
The Company represents and warrants to
each of the Buyers that:
(a)
Organization and
Qualification . Each of
the Company and its " Subsidiaries " (which for purposes of
this Agreement means any entity (i) in which the Company, directly
or indirectly, owns capital stock or holds an equity or similar
interest and (ii) which has operations and material assets) are
corporations duly organized and validly existing in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are incorporated,
and have the requisite corporate power and authorization to own
their properties and to carry on their business as now being
conducted. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good
standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property
or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such
qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to
be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material
Adverse Effect. As used in this Agreement, " Material
Adverse Effect " means any material adverse effect on the
business, properties, assets, operations, results of operations, or
financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, or on the transactions contemplated hereby and the other
Transaction Documents or by the agreements and instruments to be
entered into in connection herewith or therewith, or on the
authority or ability of the Company to perform its obligations
under the Transaction Documents (as defined below). All of
the Company’s Subsidiaries are listed on Schedule 3(a)
hereto.
(b)
Authorization; Enforcement;
Validity . The Company
has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and
perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Warrants, the
Transfer Agent Instructions and each of the other agreements
entered into by the parties hereto in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the "
Transaction Documents ") and to issue the Securities in
accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, subject to the
approval of the American Stock Exchange (the “ Principal
Market ”) to permit the Securities to be issued in
compliance with applicable rules of the Principal Market. The
execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company
and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the
issuance of the Common Shares and the reservation for issuance and
the issuance of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants have been duly authorized by the Company's Board of
Directors and no further consent or authorization is required by
the Company, its Board of Directors or its stockholders. This
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents have been duly
executed and delivered by the Company, and constitute the legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against
the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity
or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally,
the enforcement of applicable creditors' rights and
remedies.
(c)
Issuance of Securities
. The Common Shares are duly
authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms hereof,
shall be validly issued and free from all taxes, liens and charges
with respect to the issue thereof and the Common Shares shall be
fully paid and nonassessable with the holders being entitled to all
rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. As of the
Closing Date, the Company shall have duly authorized and reserved
for issuance a number of shares of Common Stock that equals the
number of Warrant Shares. The Company shall, so long as any
of the Warrants are outstanding, take all action necessary to
reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued
Capital Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of
the Warrants, 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants. Upon exercise in accordance
with the Warrants, the Warrant Shares will be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges
with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled
to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. The
issuance by the Company of the Securities is exempt from
registration under the 1933 Act.
(d)
No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance of
the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by
the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
(including, without limitation, the issuance of the Common Shares
and Warrants and reservation for issuance and issuance of the
Warrant Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the
Certificate of Incorporation (as defined below) or Bylaws (as
defined below) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii)
conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with
notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or
give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration
or cancellation of, any material agreement, indenture or other
material instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state
securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of
the Principal Market 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.
(e)
Consents . Except for the filing of a Notice of
Additional Listing and as set forth on Schedule 3(e) with the
Principal Market (which the Company has filed with the Principal
Market), the filing of a Form D, and the filing of any applicable
blue sky filings, the Company is not required to obtain any
consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or
registration with, any court, governmental agency or any regulatory
or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it to
execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case in
accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All consents,
authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company
is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been
obtained or effected on or prior to the Closing Date. The
Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or
circumstances that might prevent the Company from obtaining or
effecting any of the registration, application or filings pursuant
to the preceding sentence. The Company is not in violation of
the listing requirements of the Principal Market and has no
knowledge of any facts that would reasonably lead to delisting or
suspension of the Common Stock in the foreseeable
future.
(f)
Acknowledgment Regarding Buyer's
Purchase of Securities .
The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer is acting
solely in the capacity of arm's length purchaser with respect to
the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby and that no Buyer is (i) an officer or director of the
Company, (ii) ) to the knowledge of the Company, an "affiliate" of
the Company (as defined in Rule 144) or (iii) to the knowledge of
the Company, a "beneficial owner" of more than 10% of the Common
Stock (as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the " 1934 Act ")).
The Company further acknowledges that no Buyer is acting as a
financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar
capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and any advice given
by a 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 Securities. The Company further represents to each Buyer
that the Company's decision to enter into the Transaction Documents
has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company
and its representatives.
(g)
Acknowledgement Regarding Buyers'
Trading Activity .
Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the
contrary notwithstanding, but subject to compliance by the Buyers
with applicable law, it is understood and acknowledged by the
Company (i) that none of the Buyers have been asked to agree, nor
has any Buyer agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long
and/or short, securities of the Company, or "derivative" securities
based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities
for any specified term; (ii) that past or future open market or
other transactions by any Buyer, including, without limitation,
short sales or "derivative" transactions, before or after the
closing of this or future private placement transactions, may
negatively impact the market price of the Company's publicly-traded
securities; and (iii) that any Buyer, and counter parties in
"derivative" transactions to which any such Buyer is a party,
directly or indirectly, presently may have a "short" position in
the Common Stock. The Company further understands and
acknowledges that (A) one or more Buyers may engage in hedging
activities at various times during the period that the Securities
are outstanding to the extent permitted by law and (B) such hedging
activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing
stockholders' equity interests in the Company at and after the time
that the hedging activities are being conducted.
(h)
No General Solicitation; Placement
Agent's Fees . Neither
the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any Person acting on
its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general
solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of
Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the
Securities. The Company shall be responsible for the payment
of any placement agent's fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers'
commissions (other than for persons engaged by any Buyer or its
investment advisor) relating to or arising out of the transactions
contemplated hereby. The Company shall pay, and hold each
Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including,
without limitation, attorney's fees and out-of-pocket expenses)
arising in connection with any such claim. The Company
acknowledges that it has engaged First Albany Capital as placement
agent in connection with the sale of the Securities (the "
Agent "). Other than the Agent, the Company has not
engaged any placement agent or other agent in connection with the
sale of the Securities.
(i)
No Integrated Offering
. None of the Company, its
Subsidiaries, any of their affiliates, and any Person acting on
their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales
of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under
circumstances that would require registration of any of the
Securities under the 1933 Act or cause this offering of the
Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for
purposes of the 1933 Act or any applicable stockholder approval
provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and
regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which
any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.
None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, their affiliates and
any Person acting on their behalf will take any action or steps
referred to in the preceding sentence that would require
registration of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act or cause
the offering of the Securities to be integrated with other
offerings.
(j)
Application of Takeover Protections;
Rights Agreement . The
Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action,
if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share
acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any
distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar
anti-takeover provision under the Certificate of Incorporation or
the laws of the State of Florida which is or could become
applicable to any Buyer as a result of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the
Company's issuance of the Securities and any Buyer's ownership of
the Securities.
(k)
SEC Documents; Financial
Statements . During the
two years prior to the date hereof, the Company has timely filed
all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents
required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting
requirements of the 1934 Act (all of the foregoing filed prior to
the date hereof or prior to the date of the Closing, and all
exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules
thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being
hereinafter referred to as the " SEC Documents "). The
Company has delivered to the Buyers or their respective
representatives true, correct and complete copies of the SEC
Documents not available on the EDGAR system. As of their
respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC
Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were
filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. As of their respective dates, the financial
statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as
to form in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC
with respect thereto. Such financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved
(except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial
statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited
interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may
be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all
material respects the financial position of the Company as of the
dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for
the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited
statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). No other
information provided by or on behalf of the Company to the Buyers
which is not included in the SEC Documents, including, without
limitation, information referred to in Section 2(d) of this
Agreement, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or
omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstance under which
they are or were made, not misleading.
(l)
Absence of Certain Changes
. Except as disclosed in
Schedule 3(l) or the SEC Documents, since December 31, 2004,
there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse
development in the business, properties, operations, financial
condition, or results of operations of the Company or its
Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(l) ,
since December 31, 2004, the Company has not (i) declared or paid
any dividends, (ii) sold any assets, individually or in the
aggregate, in excess of $2,000,000 outside of the ordinary course
of business or (iii) had capital expenditures, individually or in
the aggregate, in excess of $2,000,000. The Company has not
taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any bankruptcy law
nor does the Company have any knowledge or reason to believe that
its creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings
or any actual knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a
creditor to do so. The Company is not as of the date hereof,
and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to
occur at the Closing, will not be Insolvent (as defined below).
For purposes of this Section 3(l), " Insolvent " means
(i) the present fair saleable value of the Company's assets is less
than the amount required to pay the Company's total Indebtedness
(as defined in Section 3(s)), (ii) the Company is unable to pay its
debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as
such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured, (iii) the
Company intends to incur or believes that it will incur debts that
would be beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature or (iv) the
Company has unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the
business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted
or is about to be conducted.
(m)
No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities,
Developments or Circumstances . No event, liability, development or
circumstance has occurred or exists, or is contemplated to occur,
with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective
business, properties, operations or financial condition, that would
be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable
securities laws on a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with
the SEC relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its
Common Stock and which has not been publicly announced.
(n)
Conduct of Business; Regulatory
Permits and Compliance .
Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries is in violation of
any term of or in default under the Certificate of Incorporation or
Bylaws or their organizational charter or bylaws, respectively.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any
judgment, decree or order or any statute, ordinance, rule or
regulation applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries, and
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will conduct its
business in violation of any of the foregoing, except for possible
violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have
a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, except as set forth in Schedule 3(n), the Company is
not in violation of any of the rules, regulations or requirements
of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts or
circumstances that would reasonably lead to delisting or suspension
of the Common Stock by the Principal Market in the foreseeable
future. Since December 31, 2004, (i) the Common Stock has
been designated for quotation or listed on the Principal Market,
(ii) trading in the Common Stock has not been suspended by the SEC
or the Principal Market and (iii) the Company has received no
communication, written or oral, from the SEC or the Principal
Market regarding the violation of an AMEX Company Guide rule or the
suspension or delisting of the Common Stock from the Principal
Market. The Company and its Subsidiaries possess all
certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate
federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to
conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to
possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect,
and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any
notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of
any such certificate, authorization or permit. To the
Company’s knowledge, neither the Company, nor any of its
Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other
Person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company
violated or is in violation of (i) Section 1877 of Title 18 of the
Social Security Act (the “Stark Law”) or any state laws
similar to the Stark Law or (ii) The anti-kickback provisions of
the Social Security Act. The Company is in compliance with
any and all applicable requirements of the federal Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”)
that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all
applicable rules and regulations that are effective as of the date
hereof, except where such noncompliance would not have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect.
(o)
Foreign Corrupt Practices
. Neither the Company, nor any of
its Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, agent, employee or
other Person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf
of, the Company (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful
contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses
relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect
unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or
employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of
any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as
amended; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence
payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or
domestic government official or employee.
(p)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
. The Company is in compliance with
any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all
applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder
that are effective as of the date hereof, except where such
noncompliance would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect.
(q)
Transactions With
Affiliates . Except as
set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the
year ended December 31, 2004, none of the officers, directors or
employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction
with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than for
ordinary course services as employees, officers or directors),
including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing
for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of
real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring
payments to or from any such officer, director or employee or, to
the knowledge of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust
or other entity in which any such officer, director, or employee
has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or
partner.
(r)
Equity Capitalization
. As of the date hereof, the
authorized and issued capital stock of the Company is as set forth
on Schedule 3(r) . All of such outstanding shares have
been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued and are fully paid
and nonassessable. Except as set forth on Schedule
3(r) : (i) no shares of the Company's capital stock are subject
to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any liens or
encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company; (ii) 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 or
exchangeable 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 or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) there are no
outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit
facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments evidencing
Indebtedness (as defined in Section 3(s)) of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
is or may become bound; (iv) there are no financing statements
securing obligations in any material amounts, either singly or in
the aggregate, filed in connection with the Company; (v) 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 pursuant to this Agreement);
(vi) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries which 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; (vii) there are no securities
or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that
will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities; (viii) the
Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or "phantom
stock" plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement; and
(ix) the Company and its Subsidiaries have no liabilities or
obligations required to be disclosed in the SEC Documents (as
defined herein) but not so disclosed in the SEC Documents, other
than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company's or any
Subsidiary's respective businesses and which, individually or in
the aggregate, do not or would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
The Company has furnished or made available to the Buyer upon
such Buyer's request, true, correct and complete copies of the
Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and as in effect
on the date hereof (the " Certificate of Incorporation "),
and the Company's Bylaws, as amended and as in effect on the date
hereof (the " Bylaws "), and the terms of all securities
convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Common Stock
and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.
(s)
Indebtedness and Other
Contracts . Except as
disclosed in Schedule 3(s) , neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries (i) has any outstanding Indebtedness (as defined
below), (ii) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument,
the violation of which, or default under which, by the other
party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument would result
in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) is in violation of any term of
or in default under any contract, agreement or instrument relating
to any Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults
would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material
Adverse Effect, or (iv) is a party to any contract, agreement or
instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which,
in the judgment of the Company's officers, has or is expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. Except for Indebtedness not
exceeding $30,000,000 owing from time-to-time to HBK Investments
L.P. (“ HBK ”) under that certain Credit
Facility and related promissory note dated May 11, 2005, no
outstanding Indebtedness is secured. For purposes of this
Agreement: (x) " Indebtedness " of any Person means,
without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (B)
all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred
purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables
entered into in the ordinary course of business), (C) all
reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of
credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (D) all
obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar
instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in
connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses,
(E) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale
or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in
either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with
the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and
remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of
default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (F)
all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement
which, in connection with generally accepted accounting principles,
consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified
as a capital lease, (G) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (A)
through (F) above secured by (or for which the holder of such
Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be
secured by) any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest
or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including
accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the
Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become
liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent
Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of
the kinds referred to in clauses (A) through (G) above; (y)
"Contingent Obligation" means, as to any Person, any direct
or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with
respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of
another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person
incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to
provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such
liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements
relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such
liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with
respect thereto; and (z) "Person" means an individual, a
limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a
corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a
government or any department or agency thereof.
(t)
Absence of Litigation
. Except as set forth on Schedule
3(t), there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or, to the
Company’s knowledge, investigation before or by the Principal
Market, any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory
organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against or affecting the Company, the Common Stock or
any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Company's or the Company's
Subsidiary's officers or directors, whether of a civil or criminal
nature or otherwise that, either individually or in the aggregate,
can reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(u)
Insurance . To its knowledge, 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
management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in
the businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are
engaged. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has been
refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for in the last
two years. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to
believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance
coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar
coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its
business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(v)
Employee Relations
. (i) Neither the Company nor any
of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining
agreement or employs any member of a union. The Company and
its Subsidiaries believe that their relations with their employees
are good. No executive officer of the Company (as defined in
Rule 501(f) of the 1933 Act) has notified the Company that such
officer intends to leave the Company or otherwise terminate such
officer's employment with the Company. No executive officer
of the Company, to the knowledge of the Company, is, or is now
expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment
contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information
agreement, 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 or any
of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the
foregoing matters.
(ii)
The Company and its Subsidiaries are in
compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws and
regulations respecting employment and employment practices, terms
and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where
failure to be in compliance would not, either individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(b)
Title . The Company and its Subsidiaries have good
and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good
and marketable title to all personal property owned by them which
is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in
each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects
except for a security interest in substantially all of the
Company’s assets held by HBK and 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 by the
Company and any of its Subsidiaries. Any real property and
facilities held under lease by the Company and any of its
Subsidiaries are held by them 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 by the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
(c)
Intellectual Property
Rights . The Company and
its Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights or licenses to use
all trademarks, trade names, service marks, service mark
registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights,
inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade
secrets and other intellectual property rights (" Intellectual
Property Rights ") necessary to conduct their respective
businesses as now conducted. None of the Company's
Intellectual Property Rights have expired or terminated, except for
rights which are not necessary to conduct its business as now
conducted. The Company does not have any knowledge of any
infringement by the Company or its Subsidiaries of Intellectual
Property Rights of others. There is no claim, action or
proceeding being made or brought, or to the knowledge of the
Company, being threatened, against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries regarding its Intellectual Property Rights.
(d)
Environmental Laws
. The Company and its Subsidiaries
(i) are, to their knowledge, in compliance with any and all
Environmental Laws (as hereinafter defined), (ii) have received all
permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under
applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective
businesses and (iii) are, to their knowledge, in compliance with
all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval
where, in each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the
failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
The term " Environmental Laws " means all federal,
state, local or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of
human health or the environment (including, without limitation,
ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface
strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions,
discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals,
pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or
wastes (collectively, " Hazardous Materials ") into the
environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing,
distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or
handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations,
codes, decrees, demands or demand letters, injunctions, judgments,
licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or
regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved
thereunder.
(e)
Tax Status . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i)
has made or filed all federal and state income and all other tax
returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to
which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental
assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or
determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations,
except those being contested in good faith and (iii) has set aside
on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all
taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns,
reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in
any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of
any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis
for any such claim.
(f)
Internal Accounting and Disclosure
Controls . The Company
and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's
general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to
maintain asset and liability accountability, (iii) access to assets
or incurrence of liabilities is permitted only in accordance with
management's general or specific authorization and (iv) 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 difference.
The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as
such term is defined in Rule 13a-14 under the 1934 Act) that are
effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by
the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934
Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the
time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC,
including, without limitation, controls and procedures designed in
to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company
in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is
accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management,
including its principal executive officer or officers and its
principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow
timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(g)
Form S-3 Eligibility
. The Company is eligible to
register the Common Shares and the Warrant Shares for resale by the
Buyers using Form S-3 promulgated under the 1933 Act.
(h)
Off Balance Sheet
Arrangements . 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 Exchange Act
filings and is not so disclosed or that otherwise would be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(i)
Manipulation of Price
. The Company has not, and to its
knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities,
(ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for
soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, other than the
Agent's placement of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay
to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase
any other securities of the Company.
(j)
Transfer Taxes . On the Closing Date, all stock transfer or
other taxes (other than income or similar taxes) which are required
to be paid in connection with the sale and transfer of the
Securities to be sold to each Buyer hereunder will be, or will have
been, fully paid or provided for by the Company, and all laws
imposing such taxes will be or will have been complied
with.
(k)
Investment Company. The
Company is not, and is not an affiliate of, and immediately after
receipt of payment for the Shares, will not be or be an affiliate
of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall
conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject
to the Investment Company Act.
(l)
Disclosure . The Company confirms that neither it nor any
other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Buyers or
their respective agents or counsel with any information that
constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material,
nonpublic information. The Company understands and confirms
that each of the Buyers will rely on the foregoing representations
in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All
disclosure provided to the Buyers regarding the Company, its
business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the
Schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the
Company are true and correct in all material respects and do not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. No event or circumstance has occurred
or information exists with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary
or either of its or their respective business, properties,
operations or financial conditions, which, under applicable law,
rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or announcement by
the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or
disclosed (assuming for this purpose that the Company's reports
filed under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are being
incorporated into an effective registration statement filed by the
Company under the 1933 Act). The Company acknowledges and
agrees that no Buyer makes or has made any representations or
warrantie