Exhibit 99.2
EXECUTION COPY
SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(this “Agreement”), dated effective as of
December 1, 2005 (the “Effective Date”), is made
by and among ICOP Digital, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the
“Company”), with headquarters located at 16801 W. 116th
Street, Lenexa, Kansas 66219 and the investors named on the
signature pages to this Agreement (each of whom is referred to as
the “Investor” and all of whom collectively are
referred to as the “Investors”).
Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined have the meanings given them in Article
IX.
RECITALS:
A. The Company and the Investors are
executing and delivering this Agreement in accordance with and in
reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded
by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), and Rule 506 under Regulation D
(“Regulation D”) as promulgated by the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under
the Securities Act.
B. The Investors desire, upon the
terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, to purchase Units,
each Unit comprising 10,000 shares of Common Stock and warrants to
purchase 3,500 shares of Common Stock, for an aggregate purchase
price of no less than $2,000,000 and no more than $4,000,000. The
purchase price per Unit is the Unit Purchase Price set forth in
Article IX.
C. Contemporaneously with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company and the
Investors are executing and delivering a Registration Rights
Agreement in the form of Exhibit A hereto under which the
Company has agreed to provide to the Investors certain rights with
respect to registration of the resale of the Offered Securities
under the Securities Act.
AGREEMENT:
In consideration of the premises and
the mutual representations, warranties and covenants contained
herein, the Company and the Investors hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
PURCHASE AND SALE OF
SECURITIES
1.1. Purchase and Sale of Units. At
the Closing, subject to the terms of this Agreement and the
satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Articles VII
and VIII hereof, (i) the Company will sell to the Investors
the Units, and (ii) each Investor will (on a several and not a
joint basis) purchase from the Company the number of Units set
forth beneath such Investor’s name on the signature pages
hereof.
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1.2. Payment and Delivery. Prior to
the Closing, each investor will pay, by wire transfer of
immediately available funds, the total purchase price for the
number of Units set forth beneath its name on the signature pages
hereof to the Escrow Agent in accordance with the written wire
instructions set forth on the signature pages hereto. At the
Closing, (i) the Escrow Agent will wire such funds to the
Company’s account in accordance with written instructions to
be provided by the Company and (ii) the Company will deliver
to each Investor certificates (each bearing a legend as set forth
in Section 2.8) representing the constituent Offered Shares
and Offered Warrants so purchased by such Investor.
1.3. Closing Date. Subject to the
satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Articles VII
and VIII hereof, the Closing will take place upon the earlier of:
(i) the receipt by the Company of executed signature pages to
this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement from all the
Investors and the receipt by the Escrow Agent from the Investors of
the aggregate purchase price for all the Units to be sold under
this Agreement; and (ii) at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time on
December 8, 2005 (the “Closing Date”). The Closing
also may take place at another date or time agreed upon by each of
the parties to this Agreement. The Closing will be held at the
offices of Holland & Knight LLP, 111 SW Fifth Avenue,
Suite 2300, Portland, Oregon 97204, or at such other place as the
parties agree.
1.4. Independent Nature. The rights
and obligations of each Investor under this Agreement, the
Registration Rights Agreement and all other agreements, documents
and instruments contemplated hereby and thereby (the
“Transaction Documents”) are several and not joint with
the rights and obligations of each other Investor, and an Investor
shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the
obligations of any other Investor under any Transaction Document.
Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and
no action taken by any Investor pursuant hereto or thereto, shall
constitute the Investors as a partnership, an association, a joint
venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that
the Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with
respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents. Each Investor confirms that it has
independently participated in the negotiation of the transaction
contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and
advisors. Each Investor shall be entitled to independently protect
and enforce its rights, including, without limitations, the rights
arising out of this Agreement or out of any other Transaction
Documents, and it shall not be necessary for the other Investors to
be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such
purposes.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
INVESTOR
Each Investor, severally and solely
with respect to itself and its purchase hereunder and not with
respect to any other Investor, represents and warrants to the
Company that:
2.1. Investment Purpose. The
Investor is purchasing the Offered Securities in the ordinary
course of its business for its own account and not with a view to
the distribution thereof; and it does not have any contract,
undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any person or entity to
sell, transfer, distribute or grant participation to any third
person or entity with respect to any of the Offered Securities;
provided, however, that by making the representation herein, the
Investor
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does not agree to hold any of the Offered
Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the
right to dispose of the Offered Securities in accordance with or
pursuant to an effective registration statement or an exemption
from registration under the Securities Act. The Investor
understands that the Investor may be required to bear the economic
risk of this investment indefinitely, unless the Offered Securities
are registered pursuant to the Securities Act and any applicable
state securities or blue sky laws or an exemption from such
registration is available, and that the Company has no present
intention of registering the Offered Securities other than as
contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement.
2.2. Investor Status. The Investor
is either: (i) a “qualified institutional buyer”
as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act; or (ii) an
“accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 of
Regulation D. If an Investor is subject to the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and is acquiring the
Offered Securities as a fiduciary or agent for another
investor’s account, then the Investor will have sole
investment and voting discretion with respect to such account and
will have full power to make the acknowledgments, representations
and agreements contained herein on behalf of such
account.
2.3. Reliance on Exemptions. The
Investor understands that the Offered Securities are being offered
and sold to it in reliance upon specific exemptions from the
registration requirements of the United States federal and state
securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and
accuracy of, and the Investor’s compliance with, the
representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and
understandings of the Investor set forth herein to determine the
availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Investor
to acquire the Offered Securities.
2.4. Information. The Investor 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 Offered
Securities, that have been requested by the Investor or its
advisors, if any, except that such furnished materials do not
contain any material non-public information. The Investor and its
advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask
questions of the Company and have received what the Investor and
its advisors, if any, believe to be satisfactory answers to any
such inquiries. The Investor acknowledges and understands that its
investment in the Offered Securities involves a significant degree
of risk, including the risks reflected in the SEC
Documents.
2.5. Experience. The Investor is
experienced in evaluating companies such as the Company, is able to
fend for itself in transactions such as the one contemplated by
this Agreement, has such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters that such Investor is capable of evaluating the
merits and risks of such Investor’s prospective investment in
the Company, and has the ability to bear the economic risks of the
investment in the Offered Securities.
2.6. Governmental Review. The
Investor understands that no United States federal or state agency
or any other government or governmental agency has passed upon or
made any recommendation or endorsement of the Offered Securities or
an investment therein.
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2.7. Transfer or Resale. The
Investor understands that:
(a) the delivery of the Offered
Securities has not been registered under the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities laws, and consequently, the Investor
may have to bear the risk of owning the Offered Securities for an
indefinite period of time because the Offered Securities may not be
transferred unless (i) the resale of the Offered Securities is
registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under
the Securities Act; (ii) if requested by the Company, the
Investor has delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel (which
opinion shall be in form, substance and scope customary for
opinions of counsel in comparable transactions and which counsel
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company) to the effect that
the Offered Securities to be sold or transferred may be sold or
transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration;
(iii) the Offered Securities are sold or transferred pursuant
to Rule 144; or (iv) the Offered Securities are sold or
transferred to an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the
Investor;
(b) any sale of the Offered
Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in
accordance with the terms of Rule 144 (including the holding period
requirement, the volume limitations and the manner of sale
restrictions, if applicable); and
(c) except as set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement, neither the Company nor any other
person is under any obligation to register the Offered Securities
under the Securities Act or any state securities laws or to comply
with the terms and conditions of any exemption
thereunder.
2.8. Legends. The Investor
understands that, until (a) the Offered Securities may be sold
under Rule 144(k) or (b) such time as the Offered Securities
have been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 144 or pursuant to
another exemption from registration under the Securities Act, the
certificates representing the Offered Securities will bear a
restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a
stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of the
certificates for such Offered Securities):
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THEY MAY
NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE
ABSENCE OF (i) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH
RESPECT TO THE SECURITIES UNDER SUCH ACT, OR (ii) AN OPINION
OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH
REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
The legend set forth above will be
removed, and the Company will issue a certificate without the
legend to the holder of any certificate upon which it is stamped,
in accordance with the terms of Article VI hereof.
2.9. Organization and Existence. To
the extent indicated on the signature pages hereto, each Investor
is either (i) a limited partnership duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of
formation, (ii) a limited liability company duly organized and
validly existing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of
formation, (iii) a corporation duly
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organized and validly existing under the laws of
its respective jurisdiction of incorporation, (iv) a
registered investment company, (v) a trust fund whose trustee
is a bank or trust company or (vi) an individual. Such
Investor represents that it was not organized solely for the
purpose of making an investment in the Company.
2.10. Authorization; Enforcement.
This Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and all other
agreements, documents and instruments contemplated hereby and
thereby have been duly and validly authorized, executed and
delivered on behalf of the Investor and are valid and binding
agreements of the Investor enforceable against the Investor in
accordance with their respective terms, subject to the effect of
any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and the
application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether
such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law) and except as the indemnification provisions in the
Registration Rights Agreement may be legally
unenforceable.
2.11. No Conflicts; No
Violation.
(a) The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by the Investor will not
(i) conflict with or result in a violation of any provision of
its charter documents or (ii) to its knowledge, result in a
violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree
applicable to the Investor.
(b) The Investor is not required to
obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing
or registration with, any court or governmental agency or any
regulatory or self regulatory agency for the Investor to execute,
deliver or perform any of its obligations under this
Agreement.
2.12. Acknowledgments Regarding
Placement Agent. The Investor acknowledges that there is a
Placement Agent (defined in Article IV) for the Offered Securities
being offered hereby and will be compensated by the Company for
acting in such capacity. The Investor further acknowledges that the
Placement Agent has acted solely as placement agent for the Company
in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities by the
Company, that certain of the information and data provided to the
Investor in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby
have not been subjected to independent verification by the
Placement Agent, and that the Placement Agent makes no
representation or warranty with respect to the accuracy or
completeness of such information, data or other related disclosure
material. The Investor further acknowledges that, in making its
decision to enter into this Agreement and purchase the Offered
Securities, it has relied on its own examination of the Company and
the terms of, and consequences, of holding the Offered Securities.
The Investor further acknowledges that the provisions of this
Section 2.12 are also for the benefit of, and may also be
enforced by, the Placement Agent.
2.13. No Public Offering. Investor
has not received any information relating to the Offered Securities
or the Company, and is not purchasing the Offered Securities as a
result of, any form of general solicitation or general advertising,
including, but not limited to, any advertisement, article, notice
or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine
or
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similar media or broadcast over television or
radio or pursuant to any seminar or meeting whose attendees were
invited by any general solicitation or general
advertising.
2.14. Representation. The Investor
has had an opportunity to consult with an attorney and other
advisors in connection with the Investor’s investment in the
Company.
2.15. Certain Trading Activities.
From the initiation of discussions between Investors and the
Company (or its Placement Agent) regarding this Agreement or the
transaction(s) contemplated herein, and until the earlier of a
public announcement by the Company about this Agreement and the
transaction(s) contemplated herein via press release or submission
of a Form 8-K report or the termination of discussions between
Investors and the Company regarding this Agreement or the
transaction(s) contemplated herein, each Investor and its
affiliates has not directly or indirectly traded, bought, sold or
solicited offers to buy or sell (including without limitation
engaging in short sales or maintaining open positions) in the
Company’s Common Stock, warrants or other
securities.
2.16. Section 13 Reporting. The
Investor acknowledges that the Investor is solely responsible for
the preparation, submission and filing of any materials required by
Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Securities Act.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE COMPANY
Subject to such matters as are
disclosed in the Company’s SEC Documents, the Company
represents and warrants to the Investors that:
3.1. Organization and Qualification.
The Company is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Colorado, with full
corporate power and authority to own, lease, use and operate its
properties and to carry on its business as and where now owned,
leased, used, operated and conducted. The Company is duly qualified
to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in
which the nature of the business conducted by it makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing in each such jurisdiction would not
have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.2. Authorization; Enforcement.
(a) The Company has all requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into and to perform its obligations under the
Transaction Documents, to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby and to deliver the Offered Securities in
accordance with the terms hereof; (b) the execution, delivery
and performance of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company
and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby, including without limitation the issuance and sale of
the Offered Securities, have been duly authorized by the
Company’s Board of Directors and no further consent or
authorization of the Company, its Board or Directors or its
shareholders is required; (c) each of the Transaction
Documents have been or will be duly executed by the Company; and
(d) each of the Transaction Documents constitutes or will upon
execution constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency,
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reorganization, or moratorium or similar laws
affecting the rights of creditors generally and the application of
general principles of equity and except as the indemnification
provisions in the Registration Rights Agreement may be legally
unenforceable.
3.3. Outstanding Capital. All
outstanding shares of Common Stock are duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The Offered Securities have
been duly authorized, and when delivered and paid for in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable, free from all taxes, liens, claims,
encumbrances and charges with respect to the delivery thereof
(other than those imposed through acts or omissions of an
Investor). No shares of capital stock of the Company, including the
Offered Securities, are subject to preemptive rights or any other
similar rights of the shareholders of the Company or any liens or
encumbrances imposed through the actions or failure to act of the
Company. Other than pursuant to this Agreement or as disclosed in
the Company’s SEC Documents, there are no outstanding
options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe for, puts, calls,
rights of first refusal, agreements, understandings, claims,
antidilution protection or other commitments or rights of any
character whatsoever that could require the Company to issue
additional shares of capital stock of the Company or adjust the
purchase or exercise price of any such instrument. Except as
disclosed in the Company’s SEC Documents, there are no
agreements or arrangements (other than the Registration Rights
Agreement) under which the Company is obligated to register the
sale of any of its securities under the Securities Act. Assuming
the accuracy of each of the representations and warranties of the
Investors contained in Section 2, the issuance by the Company
of the Offered Securities is exempt from registration under the
Securities Act.
3.4. No Conflicts; No
Violation.
(a) The execution, delivery and
performance of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and
the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby including, without limitation, the delivery of
the Offered Securities will not (i) conflict with or result in
a violation of any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or
Bylaws of the Company or (ii) violate or conflict with, or
result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or
an event which with notice or lapse of time or both could become a
default) under, or give to others any rights of termination,
amendment (including without limitation, the triggering of any
anti-dilution provision), acceleration or cancellation of, any
agreement, indenture, patent, patent license or instrument to which
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party, or
(iii) assuming the accuracy of the representations of the
Investors, result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation,
order, judgment or decree (including United States federal and
state securities laws and regulations and regulations of any
self-regulatory organizations to which the Company, any of
subsidiaries, or its securities are subject), applicable to the
Company or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is bound or affected, except in the case of
clauses (ii) and (iii) for such conflicts, breaches,
defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations
and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The Company is not in violation
of its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws. To the knowledge of the
Company, the Company is not in violation of any law, ordinance or
regulation of any governmental entity. The Company is not in
default (and no event has occurred
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which with notice or lapse of time
or both could put the Company in default) under any agreement,
indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which any property or assets of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or affected, except for
such defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the Company is not in violation of any of the
rules, regulations or requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market,
where such violation (individually or in the aggregate) reasonably
would be expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the
Common Stock or Warrants from the Nasdaq Capital Market, and has no
knowledge of any facts or circumstances which would reasonably lead
to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock or Warrants on the
Nasdaq Capital Market in the foreseeable future. The
Comp