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EXHIBIT
10.1
SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase
Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of
July 26, 2007, between Lightpath Technologies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and each
purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including
its successors and assigns, a “ Purchaser ” and
collectively the “ Purchasers ”).
WHEREAS, subject to the terms
and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder,
the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the
Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN
CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement,
and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each
Purchaser agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions . In
addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings
set forth in this Section 1.1:
“ Action ”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(j).
“ Affiliate
” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one
or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under
common control with a Person as such terms are used in and
construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act. With respect to
a Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed
on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such
Purchaser will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such
Purchaser.
“ Board of
Directors ” means the board of directors of the
Company.
“ Business Day
” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day
which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on
which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized
or required by law or other governmental action to
close.
“ Closing
” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the
Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.
“ Closing Date
” means the Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents
have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto,
and all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’
obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the
Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities have been
satisfied or waived.
“ Commission
” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Common Stock
” means the Class A common stock of the Company, par
value $0.01 per share, and any other class of securities into which
such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed
into.
“ Common Stock
Equivalents ” means any securities of the Company or the
Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at
any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt,
preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that
is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for,
or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common
Stock.
“ Company
Counsel ” means Baker & Hostetler LLP, with
offices located at 200 South Orange Avenue, SunTrust Center, Suite
2300, Orlando, FL 32801.
“ Disclosure
Schedules ” means the Disclosure Schedules of the Company
delivered concurrently herewith.
“ Effective Date
” means the date that the initial Registration Statement
filed by the Company pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement
is first declared effective by the Commission.
“ Escrow Agent
” shall mean Signature Bank, a New York State chartered bank
and having an office at, 261 Madison Avenue, New York, New York
10016.
“ Escrow
Agreement ” shall mean the escrow agreement entered into
prior to the date hereof, by and among the Placement Agent, the
Company and the Escrow Agent pursuant to which the Purchasers shall
deposit Subscription Amounts with the Escrow Agent to be applied to
the transactions contemplated hereunder.
“ Evaluation
Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(r).
“ Exchange Act
” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ Exempt
Issuance ” means the issuance of (a) shares of
Common Stock, options, restricted stock units and awards and
similar issuances to employees, officers, directors or consultants
(provided that issuances to consultants shall not exceed 200,000
shares in any 12 month period (subject to adjustment for reverse
and forward stock splits, recapitalizations and the like)) of the
Company pursuant to any stock option, stock purchase, stock award
or similar plan or arrangement duly adopted by a majority of the
non-employee members of the Board of Directors of the Company or a
majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors
established for such purpose, (b) shares of Common Stock
issuable upon the exercise of any stock options, warrants, or
similar rights outstanding as of the date hereof or which the
Company is obligated to issue under any agreement or other
arrangement currently in effect, (c) securities upon the
exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued
hereunder and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for
or convertible into shares of Common Stock
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issued and outstanding on the
date of this Agreement, provided that such securities have not been
amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of
such securities or to decrease the exercise, exchange or conversion
price of any such securities, (d) securities issued pursuant
to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of
the disinterested directors, provided any such issuance shall only
be to a Person which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an
operating company and in which the Company receives benefits in
addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a
transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily
for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary
business is investing in securities, (e) Common Stock or
options or warrants (not to exceed 200,000 shares in any 12 month
period (subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits,
recapitalizations and the like)) to purchase Common Stock issued to
commercial lenders, equipment lessors, vendors or suppliers of the
Company, (f) Common Stock or options or warrants (not to
exceed 200,000 shares in any 12 month period (subject to adjustment
for reverse and forward stock splits, recapitalizations and the
like)) to purchase Common Stock issued to underwriters, brokers or
finders for payment of reasonable and customary fees in connection
with fundraising (debt or equity) activities, including the sale of
the Securities; provided , however , that subsections
(e) and (f) in this definition are applicable to
Section 4.13 of this Agreement and are not applicable to
Section 4.14 of this Agreement and (g) with the prior
written consent of the Placement Agent, up to an amount of Common
Stock and warrants equal to the difference between $3,200,000 and
the aggregate Subscription Amounts hereunder, on the same terms and
conditions and prices as hereunder, with investors executing
definitive agreements for the purchase of such securities and such
transactions having closed on or before the earlier of (i) the
Filing Date (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) or
(ii) the date that the Initial Registration Statement (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) is actually filed
with the Commission.
“ Force Majeure
” shall mean the following acts or omissions provided that
they are beyond the direct control of the Company: an act of God,
an act of war, terrorism, natural disaster or prolonged and
systematic failure of communication or electrical services. Force
Majeure shall not include any act or omission by the Commission or
the Trading Market.
“ FWS ”
means Feldman Weinstein & Smith LLP with offices located
at 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 2620, New York, New York
10170-0002.
“ GAAP ”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(h).
“ Indebtedness
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(aa).
“ Intellectual
Property Rights ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 3.1(o).
“ Knowledge of the
Company ”, “ the Company’s Knowledge
” and terms and phrases of similar import, whether or not
capitalized, means (i) actual knowledge, awareness or belief
possessed by Kenneth Brizel, the President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, and (ii) the knowledge, awareness or
belief that Kenneth Brizel would have possessed by using reasonable
care and diligence under the circumstances.
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“ Legend Removal
Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.1(c).
“ Liens ”
means a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of
first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 3.1(b).
“ Material
Permits ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(m).
“ Participation
Maximum ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.12.
“ Per Share Purchase
Price ” equals $4.00, subject to adjustment for reverse
and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and
other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the
date of this Agreement.
“ Person ”
means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust,
incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited
liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or
subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“ Placement
Agent ” shall mean First Montauk Securities
Corp.
“ Pre-Notice
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.12.
“ Proceeding
” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding
(including, without limitation, an investigation or partial
proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or
threatened.
“ Purchaser
Party ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.8.
“ Registration
Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company and the
Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto.
“ Registration
Statement ” means a registration statement meeting the
requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and
covering the resale by the Purchasers of the Shares and the Warrant
Shares.
“ Required
Approvals ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 3.1(e).
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“ Rule 144
” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to
the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time,
or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the
Commission having substantially the same effect as such
Rule.
“ SEC Reports
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(h).
“ Securities
” means the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant
Shares.
“ Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ Shares ”
means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to each
Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.
“ Short Sales
” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200
of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed
to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of
Common Stock).
“ Subscription
Amount ” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate
amount to be paid for Shares and Warrants purchased hereunder as
specified below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page
of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription
Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately
available funds.
“ Subsequent
Financing ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 4.12.
“ Subsequent
Financing Notice ” shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 4.12.
“ Subsidiary
” means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(a) , and shall, where applicable, include any
subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date
hereof.
“ Trading Day
” means a day on which the Nasdaq Capital Market is open for
trading.
“ Trading Market
” means the following markets or exchanges on which the
Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in
question: the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Capital Market,
the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New
York Stock Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board.
“ Transaction
Documents ” means this Agreement, the Warrants, the
Escrow Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and any other
documents or agreements executed in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereunder.
“ Transfer Agent
” means Registrar and Transfer Agent Company, the current
transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 10
Commerce Drive, Cranford, NJ 07016 and a facsimile number of 908
497-2310, and any successor transfer agent of the
Company.
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“ VWAP ”
means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the
following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is
then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume
weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the
nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common
Stock is then listed or quoted for trading as reported by Bloomberg
L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to
4:02 p.m. (New York City time); (b) if the Common Stock is not
then quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for
the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets”
published by Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or agency
succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent
bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported; or (c) in
all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock
as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by
the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Shares then
outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and
expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
“ Warrants
” means, collectively, the Common Stock purchase warrants
delivered to the Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with
Section 2.2(a) hereof, which Warrants shall be exercisable
immediately and have a term of exercise equal to 5 years, in the
form of Exhibit C attached hereto.
“ Warrant Shares
” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
the Warrants.
ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 Closing . On the
Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company
agrees to sell, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly,
agree to purchase, up to an aggregate of $3,200,000 of Shares and
Warrants. Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Escrow Agent, via
wire transfer, immediately available funds equal to its
Subscription Amount and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser
its respective Shares and a Warrant as determined pursuant to
Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each Purchaser shall
deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable
at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions
set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the
offices of FWS or such other location as the parties shall mutually
agree.
2.2 Deliveries
.
(a) On or prior to the
Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
each Purchaser the following:
(i) this Agreement duly
executed by the Company;
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(ii) a legal opinion of
Company Counsel, substantially in the form of Exhibit B
attached hereto;
(iii) a copy of the
irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent instructing the
Transfer Agent to deliver, on an expedited basis, a certificate
evidencing a number of Shares equal to such Purchaser’s
Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price,
registered in the name of such Purchaser;
(iv) a Warrant registered in
the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to a number of shares of
Common Stock equal to 30% of such Purchaser’s Shares, with an
exercise price equal to $5.50, subject to adjustment therein;
and
(v) the Registration Rights
Agreement duly executed by the Company.
(b) On or prior to the
Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to the Company the following:
(i) this Agreement duly
executed by such Purchaser;
(ii) such Purchaser’s
Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the Escrow Agent;
and
(iii) the Registration Rights
Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser.
2.3 Closing Conditions
.
(a) The obligations of the
Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the
following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all
material respects on the Closing Date of the representations and
warranties of the Purchasers contained herein;
(ii) all obligations,
covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed
at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
and
(iii) the delivery by each
Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this
Agreement.
(b) The respective
obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the
Closing are subject to the following conditions being
met:
(i) the accuracy in all
material respects on the Closing Date of the representations and
warranties of the Company contained herein;
(ii) all obligations,
covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at
or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
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(iii) the delivery by the
Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this
Agreement;
(iv) there shall have been no
Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date
hereof; and
(v) from the date hereof to
the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been
suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal
Trading Market (except for any suspension of trading of limited
duration agreed to by the Company, which suspension shall be
terminated prior to the Closing), and, at any time prior to the
Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by
Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum
prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades
are reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a
banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States
or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any
material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or
international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any
material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each
case, in the reasonable judgment of each Purchaser, makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the
Closing.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and
Warranties of the Company . Except as set forth in the
Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a
part hereof and shall qualify any representation or warranty or
otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in
the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules, the Company
hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each
Purchaser:
(a) Subsidiaries . All
of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set
forth on Schedule 3.1(a) . The Company owns, directly or
indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of
each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued
and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are
validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of
preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase
securities. If the Company has no subsidiaries, then all other
references to the Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction
Documents shall be disregarded.
(b) Organization and
Qualification . The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an
entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the requisite
power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to
carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary is in violation or default of any of the
provisions of its respective certificate or articles of
incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents.
Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to
conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation
or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature
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of the business conducted or
property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the
case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in
(i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or
enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material
adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse
effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material
respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction
Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “ Material
Adverse Effect ”) and 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.
(c) Authorization;
Enforcement . The Company has the requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to
carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution
and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company
and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on
the part of the Company and no further action is required by the
Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s stockholders
in connection therewith other than in connection with the Required
Approvals. Each Transaction Document has been (or upon delivery
will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in
accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the
valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by
general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application
affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally,
(ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of
specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies
and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution
provisions may be limited by applicable law.
(d) No Conflicts . The
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by
the Company, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the
consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or
violate any provision of the Company’s or any
Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws
or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict
with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or
lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the
creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the
Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of
termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or
without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit
facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or
Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the
Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or
asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or
(iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or
result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or
governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is
subject (including federal and state securities laws and
regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a
Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of
clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(e) Filings, Consents and
Approvals . The Company is not required to obtain any consent,
waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any
filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state,
local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection
with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the
Transaction Documents, other than (i) filings required
pursuant to Section 4.4 of this Agreement, (ii) the
filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement,
(iii) application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the
listing of the Securities for trading thereon in the time and
manner required thereby, (iv) the filing of Form D with the
Commission and such filings as are required to be made under
applicable state securities laws and (v) other consents,
waivers, authorizations or orders, or notice to, or filings or
registrations with other Persons which have already been obtained,
delivered or made as of the date hereof (collectively, the “
Required Approvals ”).
(f) Issuance of the
Securities . The Securities are duly authorized and, when
issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction
Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company
other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction
Documents. The Warrant Shares, when issued in accordance with the
terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the
Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the
Transaction Documents. The Company has reserved from its duly
authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of Common
Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement and the
Warrants.
(g) Capitalization .
The capitalization of the Company is as set forth on Schedule
3.1(g) , which Schedule 3.1(g) shall also include the
number of shares of Common Stock owned beneficially, and of record,
by Affiliates of the Company as of the date hereof. The Company has
not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic
report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise
of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option
plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant
to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and pursuant
to the conversion or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents
outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic
report under the Exchange Act. No Person has any right of first
refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar
right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents other than rights that have been waived.
Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) or otherwise disclosed in
the SEC Reports or as a result of the purchase and sale of the
Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents, there are no
outstanding options, warrants, script rights to subscribe to, calls
or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or
securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable
or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe
for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or contracts,
commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or
any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of
Common Stock or Common Stock
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Equivalents. The issuance and
sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue
shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other
than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder
of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange
or reset price under any of such securities. All of the outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Company are validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all
federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding
shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar
rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval
or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or
others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities.
There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other
similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital
stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the
Company, between or among any of the Company’s
stockholders.
(h) SEC Reports; Financial
Statements . The Company has filed all reports, schedules,
forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the
Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years
preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company
was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the
foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents
incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to
herein as the “ SEC Reports ”) on a timely basis
or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has
filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such
extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied
in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities
Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC
Reports, when filed, 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. The financial statements of the Company included in the
SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable
accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the
Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing.
Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis during the periods involved (“ GAAP
”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial
statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial
statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and
fairly present in all material respects the financial position of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and for the
dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the
periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements,
to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
(i) Material Changes;
Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments . Since the
date of the latest audited financial statements included within the
SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC
Report filed prior to the date hereof, (i) there has been no
event, occurrence or development that has had or that could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
(ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent
or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued
expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice and (B) liabilities
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not required to be reflected
in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or
disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the
Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the
Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of
cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed
or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its
capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity
securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant
to existing Company stock option plans and stock purchase plans or
as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i) . The Company does not have
pending before the Commission any request for confidential
treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Securities
contemplated by this Agreement, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or as set
forth on Schedule 3.1(i) , no event, liability or
development has occurred or exists 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 at the
time this representation is made or deemed made or deemed made that
has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 Trading Day prior to the
date that this representation is made.
(j) Litigation .
Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(j) , there is no action,
suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or
affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective
properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or
administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state,
county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “ Action
”) which (i) adversely affects or challenges the
legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction
Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were an
unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary,
nor any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of
any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under
federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary
duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company,
there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the
Commission involving the Company or any current or former director
or officer of the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop
order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any
registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under
the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.
(k) Labor Relations .
No material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the
Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the
Company which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or its
Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates
to such employee’s relationship with the Company or such
Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is
a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and
its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their
employees are generally good. No executive officer, 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 or
non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or
any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and, to the
knowledge of the Company, the continued employment of each such
executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to
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any of the foregoing matters.
The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S.
federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to
employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of
employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in
compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(l) Compliance .
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is in default under
or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been
waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in
a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the
Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in
default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or
credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it
is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound
(whether or not such default or violation has been waived),
(ii) is in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or
governmental body, or (iii) is or has been in violation of any
statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority,
including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local
laws applicable to its business and all such laws that affect the
environment, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Regulatory Permits
. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates,
authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal,
state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct
their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except
where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“
Material Permits ”), and neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
(n) Title to Assets .
The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in
fee simple to all real property owned by them that is material to
the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries and good title in
all personal property owned by them that is material to the
business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and
clear of all Liens, except for Liens as do not materially affect
the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the
use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company
and the Subsidiaries and Liens for the payment of federal, state or
other taxes, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject
to penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by
the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid,
subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the
Subsidiaries are in material compliance.
(o) Patents and
Trademarks . The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have
rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks,
trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets,
inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property
rights and similar rights necessary or material for use in
connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC
Reports and which the failure to so have could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the
“ Intellectual Property Rights ”). Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or
otherwise) that any of the Intellectual Property Rights used by
the
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Company or any Subsidiary
violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person. To the
knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are
enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person
of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its
Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the
secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual
properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(p) Insurance . The
Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized
financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such
amounts as are reasonably believed by the Company and the
Subsidiaries to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which
the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not
limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage at least
equal to the aggregate Subscription Amount. 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 without a significant
increase in cost.
(q) Transactions With
Affiliates and Employees . Except as set forth in the SEC
Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to
the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company
is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any
Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and
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 officer, director or such
employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which
any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial
interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each
case in excess of $60,000 other than for (i) payment of salary
or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement
for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other
employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any
stock option plan of the Company.
(r) Sarbanes-Oxley;
Internal Accounting Controls . The Company is in material
compliance with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
which are applicable to it as of the Closing Date. The Company and
the 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 GAAP 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. The Company has established disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls
and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed
by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the
Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported,
within the time periods specified in the
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Commission’s rules and
forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the
effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and
procedures as of the end of the period covered by the
Company’s most recently filed periodic report under the
Exchange Act (such date, the “ Evaluation Date
”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic
report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying
officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date.
Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such
term is defined in the Exchange Act) that has materially affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting.
(s) Certain Fees .
Except for the fees of the Placement Agent as set forth on
Schedule 3.1(s) attached hereto, no brokerage or
finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the
Company to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder,
placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with
respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to
any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of
other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that
may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents.
(t) Private Placement
. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers representations and
warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the
Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities
by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby. The
issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene
the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.
(u) Investment
Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and
immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not
be or be an Affiliate of, an
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