Exhibit 10.7
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN
PRICESMART, INC.
and
THE SOL AND HELEN PRICE TRUST
Dated as of October 6, 2005
TABLE OF
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1.
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AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL
STOCK
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2.
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CLOSING
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2.1
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Time and Place
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2.2
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Investor Deliveries
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2.3
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Company Deliveries
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3.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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3.1
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Organization, Good Standing and Qualification
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3.2
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Authorization
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3.3
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Valid Issuance of the
Shares
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3.4
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Capitalization
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3.5
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Noncontravention
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3.6
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Absence of Certain Changes
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3.7
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No General Solicitation
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3.8
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Reports Filed Under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934; Financial Statements
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4.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
INVESTOR
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4.1
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Organization and Qualification
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4.2
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Authorization
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4.3
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Purchase for Own Account
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4.4
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Accredited Investor Status
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4.5
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Restricted Securities
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4.6
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Due Diligence and No Solicitation
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4.7
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Further Limitations on Disposition
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4.8
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Legends
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5.
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PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS OF THE
PARTIES
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5.1
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General
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5.2
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Notice of Developments
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6.
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CONDITIONS TO THE
INVESTOR’S OBLIGATIONS AT CLOSING
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6.1
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Representations and Warranties True
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6.2
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Compliance with Covenants
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6.3
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No Litigation
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6.4
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Securities Exemptions
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6.5
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Proceedings
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6.6
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No Material Adverse Effect
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6.7
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Other Agreements
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CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS AT CLOSING
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7.1
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Representations and Warranties
True
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7.2
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No Litigation
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7.3
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Securities Exemptions
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7.4
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Other Agreements
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8.
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR RESALE OF THE
SHARES
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8.1
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Registration
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8.2
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Company Obligations
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8.3
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Restrictions on Registrations
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8.4
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Investor Obligations and Rights.
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8.5
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Indemnification.
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8.6
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Expenses
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TERMINATION
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9.1
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Termination
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9.2
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Effect of Termination
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MISCELLANEOUS
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10.1
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Survival of Warranties
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10.2
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Specific Performance
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10.3
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Successors and Assigns
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10.4
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Governing Law
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10.5
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Counterparts
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10.6
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Headings
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10.7
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Notices
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10.8
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No Finder’s Fees
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10.9
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Amendments and Waivers
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10.10
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Attorneys’ Fees
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10.11
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Severability
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10.12
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Entire Agreement
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10.13
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No Third Party Beneficiaries
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10.14
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Public Announcements
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10.15
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Further Assurances
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10.16
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Fees and Expenses
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10.17
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Waiver of Jury Trial
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SCHEDULE
Schedule 3.4(b)
ii
STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(including the Schedule hereto, this “ Agreement
”) is made and entered into as of October 6, 2005 by and
between PriceSmart, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), and the Sol and Helen Price Trust (the
“ Investor ”). The Company and the Investor are
referred to herein individually as a “ Party ”
and together as the “ Parties .”
WITNESSETH
:
WHEREAS, on or about May 10,
2004, Milton Pfeiffer commenced an action by filing a complaint
(the “ Complaint ”) in the United States
District Court for the District of Delaware (the “
Court ”) against Sol Price and the Company, as nominal
defendant, captioned Milton Pfeiffer v. Sol Price and
PriceSmart, Inc. , C.A. No. 04-296, alleging that
Mr. Price violated Section 16(b) of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ 1934 Act
”), in connection with an alleged purchase and subsequent
sale of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value
$0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock
”);
WHEREAS, on August 22, 2005,
Messrs. Pfeiffer and Price and the Company (collectively, the
“ Litigants ”) entered into a Memorandum of
Understanding (the “ MOU ”), which specified
certain terms of a settlement in full of all matters and
controversies among the Litigants arising from all claims, known or
unknown, arising under or relating to Section 16(b) of the
1934 Act or the facts and circumstances alleged in the
Complaint;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of
the MOU, it is anticipated that the Litigants will file with the
Court a Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement and Release (the
“ Settlement ”), which will include the
following terms: (i) within ten business days following final
Court approval of the Settlement, the Investor shall purchase an
aggregate of $1,500,000 of Common Stock directly from the Company
at a price of $8.90 per share, which represents a per share price
that is $0.50 above the closing price of the Company’s common
stock on August 18, 2005, the business day immediately prior
to the date the parties reached an agreement in principle to settle
the facts forming the basis of the Complaint; (ii) the parties
will mutually release all claims, effective upon Court approval of
the Settlement; and (iii) the Company will pay
attorneys’ fees to plaintiff’s counsel in an amount to
be agreed upon by the Company and plaintiff (subject to Court
approval) or, absent an agreement, as determined by the
Court;
WHEREAS, in accordance with the
terms of the Settlement, the Investor, of which Mr. Price is
the trustee, desires to purchase an aggregate of 168,539 shares of
Common Stock (the “ Shares ”) at a price of
$8.90 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of One Million
Four Hundred Ninety Nine Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety Seven
United Sates Dollars and Ten Cents ($1,499,997.10) on the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Investor and the
Company desire to complete the contemplated purchase of Common
Stock prior to Court approval of the Settlement to provide needed
capital
to the Company; provided that such purchase
shall be subject to the Investor’s right to rescind the
transaction under certain circumstances if Court approval of the
Settlement is not obtained, as described below;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and the mutual promises contained herein and for good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are
hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
1. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND
SELL STOCK . Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company agrees
to sell to the Investor at the Closing (as defined below), and the
Investor agrees to purchase from the Company at the Closing, the
Shares at a price of $8.90 per share.
2. CLOSING
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2.1 Time and Place . The
purchase and sale of the Shares (the “ Closing
”) will take place at the offices of PriceSmart, Inc. at 9740
Scranton Road, San Diego, CA 92121-1745 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time,
on October 7, 2005, or at such other time and place mutually
agreed upon by the Parties, or if any of the conditions set forth
in Section 6 (other than conditions with respect to actions
the respective Parties will take at the Closing itself) have not
been satisfied, a later date selected by the Investor, which date
shall be within five (5) Business Days (as defined below)
following the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions to the
obligations of the Parties to consummate the transactions to occur
at the Closing (other than conditions with respect to actions the
respective Parties will take at the Closing itself) (such date, the
“ Closing Date ”). “ Business Day
” means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on
which banking institutions in the State of California are
authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to
close.
2.2 Investor Deliveries . At
the Closing, the Investor will deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Company the sum One Million Four Hundred Ninety Nine Thousand
Nine Hundred and Ninety Seven United Sates Dollars and Ten Cents
($1,499,997.10)
2.3 Company Deliveries . At
the Closing, the Company will issue irrevocable transfer agent
instructions instructing the Company’s transfer agent to
issue in the name of the Investor a certificate representing the
Shares.
3 .
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
. The Company hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees
with, the Investor that the statements in the following paragraphs
of this Section 3 are true and correct:
3.1
Organization, Good Standing and Qualification
. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined below) is a
corporation, partnership or limited liability company duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its organization and has all requisite power
and authority to own or lease and operate its properties and to
conduct its business as it is currently being conducted and is
proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries
is duly licensed, authorized or qualified as a foreign corporation,
partnership or limited liability company for the transaction of
business and is in good standing under the laws of each other
jurisdiction in which its ownership, lease or operation
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of property or conduct of business
requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the assets,
liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), results of
operations, prospects or business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole (“ Material Adverse
Effect ”). The Company is not in default under or in
violation of any provision of its amended and restated certificate
of incorporation, as amended (the “ Certificate of
Incorporation ”), or its amended and restated bylaws, as
amended (the “ Bylaws ”). “
Subsidiary ” means as to any Person (as defined
below), any other Person of which more than 50% of the shares of
the voting stock or other voting interests are owned or controlled,
or the ability to select or elect more than 50% of the directors or
similar managers is held, directly or indirectly, by such first
Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such first Person
and one or more of its Subsidiaries. “ Person ”
means any individual, corporation, company, association,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust,
unincorporated organization or Governmental Authority (as defined
below).
3.2 Authorization . The
Company has all requisite power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and the Settlement and to perform its
obligations hereunder and thereunder. All corporate action on the
part of the Company necessary for the authorization, execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the Settlement and the performance
of the obligations of the Company at the Closing, the performance
of the obligations of the Company under Section 8 hereof and
the issuance and delivery of the Shares has been taken, and this
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and
constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited
by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other laws of general application relating to or affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally; (ii) the
effect of rules of law governing the availability of equitable
remedies; and (iii) the unenforceability under certain
circumstances under law or court decisions of provisions providing
for the indemnification of or contribution to a party with respect
to a liability where such indemnification or contribution is
contrary to public policy or prohibited by law.
3.3
Valid Issuance of the Shares . The Shares
will, as of the Closing Date, have been duly and validly
authorized, reserved for issuance and, when issued, sold and
delivered by the Company in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement for the consideration provided for herein, will have been
duly and validly issued, will be fully paid and nonassessable and
will be free of any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest,
claim, voting agreement, conditional sale agreement, title
retention agreement, restriction, option or encumbrance of any
kind, character or description whatsoever (“ Lien
”) (other than those that may be created by the Investor) and
free of any restrictions on transfer other than restrictions on
transfer under applicable federal and state securities laws and,
assuming the truth and correctness of the Investor’s
representations and warranties in Section 4 below, will be
issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state
securities laws.
3.4 Capitalization
.
(a) The entire authorized capital
stock of the Company consists of 45,000,000 shares of Common Stock,
of which 25,891,872 shares (not including 434,425 shares held by
the Company as treasury shares) were issued and outstanding as of
August 15, 2005, and 2,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par
value $0.0001 per share, of which no shares were
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outstanding as of the date of this
Agreement. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents (as defined
below), there are no outstanding or authorized warrants, options,
purchase rights, subscription rights, conversion rights, exchange
rights or other contracts, commitments or obligations that could
require the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, grant,
deliver or sell or otherwise cause to be issued, granted, delivered
or sold or become outstanding any capital stock of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, except for those granted in the ordinary
course of business since the dates of the SEC Documents. There are
no outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock,
profit participation or similar rights with respect to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries. To the Company’s knowledge, there
are no voting trusts, proxies or other agreements or understandings
with respect to the voting of the capital stock of the
Company.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule
3.4(b) hereto, the registration of the Shares pursuant to
Section 8 hereof will not give rise to any registration rights
on behalf of any Person under any agreement or instrument
applicable to the Company. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.4(b)
hereto, other than pursuant to Section 8 hereof, no Person has
any right to require the Company to register securities of the
Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “
1933 Act ”).
3.5 Noncontravention
.
(a) Neither the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, will (i) violate any
constitution, statute, regulation, rule, ordinance, code,
injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, charge, writ,
determination or other restriction (“ Law ”) of
any government or political subdivision or department thereof, any
governmental regulatory body, commission, board, agency or
instrumentality, or any court or arbitrator or alternative dispute
resolution body, in each case whether federal, state, local or
foreign (“ Governmental Authority ”) to which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject or any provision
of the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws or the
certificate of incorporation or bylaws or similar constituent
documents of the Company’s Subsidiaries or (ii) conflict
with, result in a breach or violation of, constitute a default
(with or without notice or the passage of time) under, result in
the acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate,
terminate, modify or cancel, or give rise to a right to put or to
compel a tender offer for outstanding securities of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or require any notice, consent, waiver or
approval under any agreement, contract, lease, license, loan, debt
instrument, note, bond, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, joint
venture agreement, approval of a Governmental Authority or other
arrangement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound
or to which any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’
assets is subject (or result in the imposition of any mortgage,
pledge, Lien, encumbrance, charge or other security interest upon
any of such assets or properties), except in either case, where
such violation, conflict or default would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(b) Except for (i) the filing
of a Form D with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“ SEC ”) and (ii) filings which may be
required under state securities laws, for which filings the Company
shall be responsible, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is required to give any notice to, make any filing or
registration with, or obtain any authorization, consent or approval
of any Governmental Authority in connection with the
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execution, delivery and performance
by the Company of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(c) No consent or approval of the
Company’s stockholders is required by Law, the Certificate of
Incorporation, the Bylaws, the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq
Stock Market, or otherwise, for the execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby.
3.6 Absence of Certain
Changes . Except as disclosed in the reports required to be
filed by the Company under the 1934 Act, in the preceding twelve
(12) months (the “ SEC Documents ”) or
otherwise disclosed in public announcements or press releases,
since August 31, 2004, the Company and its Subsidiaries have
conducted their consolidated business in the ordinary and usual
course and there has been no change to the business, properties,
assets, operations, prospects, results of operations or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Company or its Subsidiaries (taken
as a whole), except for such changes which could not be reasonably
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.7 No General Solicitation .
Neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates (as defined below),
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 (“ Regulation D ”)
promulgated under the 1933 Act) in connection with the offer or
sale of the Shares. “ Affiliate ” has the
meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the 1934 as
in effect on the date hereof. The term “ Affiliated
” has a correlative meaning.
3.8 Reports Filed Under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Financial Statements . The
Company has timely filed all reports required to be filed by the
Company under the 1934 Act. The SEC Documents contain all
statements required to be stated therein in accordance with the
1934 Act and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. As of
their respective dates (except as they have been correctly
amended), 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 Securities and Exchange Commission (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 (a) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial
statements or the notes thereto or (b) in the case of
unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude
footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly
present 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).
4.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
INVESTOR . The
Investor represents and warrants to the Company that the statements
in the following paragraphs of this Section 4 are true and
correct:
4.1
Organization and Qualification . The Investor is
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its organization. The
Investor
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has all requisite power and
authority to enter into and perform this Agreement and to carry out
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
4.2 Authorization . All
action on the part of the Investor and Mr. Price necessary for
the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
Settlement, respectively, and the performance of all obligations of
the Investor and Mr. Price hereunder and thereunder, as the
case may be, have been taken, and this Agreement and the Settlement
have been duly executed and delivered by the Investor and
Mr. Price, respectively, and constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of the Investor and Mr. Price,
respectively, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as
may be limited by (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other laws of general application relating to or
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally;
(b) the effect of rules of law governing the availability of
equitable remedies; and (c) the unenforceability under certain
circumstances under law or court decisions of provisions providing
for the indemnification of or contribution to a party with respect
to a liability where such indemnification or contribution is
contrary to public policy or prohibited by law.
4.3
Purchase for Own Account . Except as
permitted pursuant to Section 10.3 hereof, the Shares to be
acquired by the Investor hereunder will be acquired for investment
for the Investor’s own account, not as a nominee or agent,
and not with a view to the public resale or distribution thereof
within the meaning of the 1933 Act, and the Investor has no present
intention of selling or otherwise distributing the same. The
Investor does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or
arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant
participations to such Person or to any third Person, with respect
to the Shares. The Investor also represents that it has not been
formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Shares.
4.4
Accredited Investor Status . The Investor is an
“accredited investor” within the meaning of
Regulation D. By reason of its business and financial
experience, sophistication and knowledge, the Investor is capable
of evaluating the risks and merits of the investment made pursuant
to this Agreement. The Investor confirms that it is able
(a) to bear the economic risk of this investment, as well as
other risk factors as more fully set forth herein and in the SEC
Documents, (b) to hold the Shares for an indefinite period of
time and (c) to bear a complete loss of the Investor’s
investment; and the Investor represents that it has sufficient
liquid assets so that the illiquidity associated with this
investment will not cause any undue financial difficulties or
affect the Investor’s ability to provide for its current
needs and possible financial contingencies.
4.5
Restricted Securities . The Investor understands that
the Shares are characterized as “restricted securities”
under the 1933 Act inasmuch as they are being acquired from the
Company in a transaction not involving a public offering and that
under the 1933 Act and applicable regulations thereunder such
securities may be resold without registration under the 1933 Act
only in certain limited circumstances. In this connection, the
Investor represents that it is familiar with Rule 144 promulgated
under the 1933 Act (“ Rule 144 ”), as presently
in effect, and understands the resale limitations imposed thereby
and by the 1933 Act. The Investor understands that the Company is
under no obligation to register any of the securities sold
hereunder except as provided in Section 8 hereof.
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4.6 Due Diligence and No
Solicitation . The Investor has had a reasonable opportunity to
ask questions of and receive answers from the Company and its
officers, and all such questions have been answered to the full
satisfaction of the Investor. At no time was the Investor presented
with or solicited by any leaflet, public promotional meeting,
circular, newspaper or magazine article, radio or television
advertisement or any other form of general advertising.
4.7
Further Limitations on Disposition . Without
in any way limiting the representations set forth above, the
Investor further agrees not to make any disposition of all or any
portion of the Shares unless and until:
(a) there is then in effect a
registration statement under the 1933 Act covering such proposed
disposition and such disposition is made in accordance with such
registration statement; or
(b) (i) the Investor shall have
notified the Company of the proposed disposition and shall have
furnished the Company with a statement of the circumstances
surrounding the proposed disposition, and (ii) the Investor
shall have furnished the Company at the Investor’s expense an
opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Company that
such disposition will not require registration of such securities
under the 1933 Act; provided that the Company shall not
require an opinion of counsel for routine sales of shares pursuant
to Rule 144.
4.8 Legends . It is
understood that the certificates evidencing the Shares will bear
the legends set forth below:
(a) THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED
HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. THESE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD
EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT AND THE APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION
THEREFROM.
(b) The legend referred to in
Section 4.8(a) above shall be removed from a certificate
representing such Shares if the securities represented thereby are
sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933
Act, or there is delivered to the Company such satisfactory
evidence, which may include an opinion of independent counsel, as
reasonably may be requested by the Company, to confirm that neither
such legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are
required to ensure that transfers of such securities will not
violate the registration requirements of the 1933 Act.
5. PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS OF
THE PARTIES . The
Parties agree as follows with respect to the period between the
execution of this Agreement and the Closing:
5.1 General . Each of the
Parties will use its reasonable best efforts to take all action and
to do all things necessary, proper or advisable in order to
consummate and make
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effective the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (including satisfaction, but not
waiver, of the closing conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7
below).
5.2 Notice of Developments .
The Company and the Investor will give prompt written notice to the
other of any material adverse development causing a breach of any
of its own representations and warranties in Section 3 or 4
above. No disclosure by the Company or the Investor pursuant to
this Section 5.2, however, shall be deemed to cure any
misrepresentation, breach of warranty or breach of
covenant.
6. CONDITIONS TO THE
INVESTOR’S OBLIGATIONS AT CLOSING
. The obligations of the
Investor under Section 2 of this Agreement with respect to the
Closing are subject to the fulfillment or waiver, on the Closing
Date, of each of the following conditions:
6.1
Representations and Warranties True . The
representations and warranties of the Company contained in
Section 3 qualified as to materiality shall be true and
correct in all respects, and those not so qualified shall be true
and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date
with the same effect as though such representations and warranties
had been made on and as of the Closing Date (except where such
representation and warranty speaks by its terms as of a different
date, in which case it shall be true and correct as of such date).
The Company shall have delivered to the Investor at the Closing a
certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Investor dated the Closing Date and signed by the Chief
Executive Officer or an Executive Vice President and the Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Vice President of Accounting of the
Company to the effect that the condition set forth in this
Section 6.1 has been satisfied.
6.2 Compliance with Covenants
. The Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder
in all material respects and complied with all agreements,
undertakings, covenants and conditions required hereunder to be
performed by it at or prior to the Closing. The Company shall have
delivered to the Investor at the Closing a certificate in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investor
dated the Closing Date and signed by the Chief Executive Officer or
an Executive Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer or
Senior Vice President of Accounting of the Company to the effect
that the condition set forth in this Section 6.2 has been
satisfied.
6.3 No Litigation
.
(a) No Law shall have been
promulgated, enacted or entered that restrains, enjoins, prevents,
materially delays, prohibits or otherwise makes illegal the
performance of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(b) No action, suit or proceeding
sh