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Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated October 25,
2007 by and among the Registrant and KIT Financial,
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Dated: October 31, 2007
COMMON STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT,
dated as of October 25, 2007, between Electro Energy Inc., a
Florida corporation ("EEI"), and KIT Financial, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Investor").
R E C I T A L
S
The
Board of Directors of EEI, deeming it advisable for the benefit of
EEI and its stockholders that the Investor subscribe for and
purchase shares of common stock of EEI, par value $.001 per share
(“Common Stock”) and a warrant for the purchase of
additional shares of Common Stock in the event of certain
subsequent issuances of equity securities .
THEREFORE,
for and in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
SUBSCRIPTION FOR AND PURCHASE OF COMMON STOCK
1.01
Subscription for Shares . Subject to and in accordance with
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on the date hereof, the
Investor hereby subscribes for and agrees to purchase, and EEI
hereby agrees to issue and sell to the Investor, 2,500,000 duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable
unregistered shares of Common Stock (“Investor Common
Stock”), at a purchase price of $.30 per share, or an
aggregate purchase price of $750,000, payable in cash.
1.02
Purchase and Sale of Warrant . Subject to and in accordance
with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on the date
hereof, for the purchase price of $10.00 plus other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Investor hereby agrees to purchase, and EEI
hereby agrees to issue and sell to the Investor, a warrant (the
“Warrant”) to purchase from EEI up to two million five
hundred thousand (2,500,000) shares of Common Stock of EEI at an
exercise price of $0.30 per share. The Warrant shall be exercisable
on the date or dates (each, a ‘Vesting Date”) that EEI
consummates any issuance of Common Stock or securities exercisable,
convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock (“Common Stock
Equivalents”) to any third party (a “Third Party
Issuance”) in the 24 month period subsequent to the date of
the Closing (as defined below). The number of shares of Common
Stock that Investor may purchase under the Warrant as of each
Vesting Date shall be equal to ten percent (10%) of the Common
Stock issued and issuable under Common Stock Equivalents issued to
such third party on each Vesting Date. The Warrant shall expire on
the date that is 36 months from the first Vesting Date to occur
thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the
total number of Common Shares issuable under the Warrant exceed the
lesser of (i) that number of shares, which when added to (x) 2.815
million plus (y) any shares issued to Investor pursuant to the
provisions of Article IV below, exceeds 9.98% of the total
outstanding Common Shares of EEI at the time of exercise or (ii)
2.5 million shares. In no event shall a Third Party Issuance
include issuances of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (i)
to the Investor, (ii) pursuant to any employee stock, stock option
or similar plan or grant, (ii) to any director, consultant, agent,
vendor or strategic partner in consideration of goods, services or
other non-cash consideration rendered in the ordinary course of
business or (iii) the conversion, exchange or exercise of any
Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of this
Agreement.
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1.03
The Closing . The closing of the subscription for and
purchase of the Common Stock and Warrant described in this Article
1 (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of
EEI on the date hereof. At or immediately following the Closing,
EEI shall deliver to the Investor (i) one certificate registered in
the name of the Investor representing 2,500,000 shares of Common
Stock and (ii) the Warrant.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS OF THE
INVESTOR
The
Investor represents and warrants to, and agrees with, EEI as
follows:
2.01
Validity of Transaction . The Investor has all requisite
power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement.
All necessary corporate proceedings of the Investor have been duly
taken to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Investor, is the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Investor, and is enforceable as to the Investor
in accordance with its terms. No consent, authorization, approval,
order, license, certificate, or permit of or from, or declaration
or filing with, any Federal, state, local or other governmental
authority or of any court or other tribunal is required by the
Investor for the execution, delivery or performance of this
Agreement by the Investor. No consent of any party to any contract,
agreement, instrument, lease, license, arrangement or understanding
to which the Investor is a party or by which any of its properties
or assets is bound, is required for the execution, delivery or
performance by the Investor of this Agreement, except for such
consents as have been obtained at or prior to the date of this
Agreement, other than such consents which do not and will not have
a material and adverse change in, or effect on, the financial
condition, properties assets, liabilities, operations or business,
of a person and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, a
(“Material Adverse Effect”). The execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement by the Investor will not (a)
violate, result in a breach of, conflict with, or (with or without
the giving of notice or the passage of time or both) entitle any
party to terminate or call a default under any such contract,
agreement, instrument, lease, license, arrangement or
understanding, or (b) violate or result in a breach of any term of
the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Investor, or (c)
violate, result in a breach of, or conflict with any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment or decree binding on the Investor or
which any of its operations, business, properties or assets is
subject, except in the case of (a) or (c) such violations, breaches
or conflicts which would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
2.02
Finder or Broker . Neither the Investor nor any person
acting on behalf of the Investor has negotiated with any finder,
broker, intermediary or similar person in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby.
2.03
Accredited Investor . The Investor is an “accredited
investor,” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation
D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”).
2.04
Investment Intent . The Investor is acquiring the shares of
Common Stock pursuant hereto for its own account for investment and
not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any public
distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act. The
Investor understands that such shares of Common Stock are
“restricted securities” and have not been registered
for sale under the Securities Act or qualified under applicable
state securities laws and that the Common Stock will be delivered
to the Investor pursuant to one or more exemptions from the
registration or qualification requirements of such securities laws
and that the representations and warranties contained in this
Article II are given with the intention that EEI may rely thereon
for purposes of claiming such exemptions. The Investor understands
that it must bear the economic risk of its investment in EEI for an
indefinite period of time, as the Common Stock cannot be sold
unless registered under the Securities Act and qualified under
state securities laws, unless an exemption from such registration
and qualification is available.
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2.05
Transfer of Shares . The Investor will not sell or otherwise
dispose of the Warrant, any Investor Common Stock or Warrant Stock
(collectively, the “Securities”) unless (a) a
registration statement with respect thereto has become effective
under the Securities Act and such Securities have been qualified
under applicable state securities laws or (b) there is presented to
EEI notice of the proposed transfer and, if EEI so requests, there
is also presented to EEI a legal opinion reasonably satisfactory to
EEI that such registration and qualification are not required. The
Investor consents that the transfer agent for the Common Stock may
be instructed not to transfer the Common Stock acquired pursuant
hereto unless it receives satisfactory evidence of compliance with
the foregoing provisions, and that there may be endorsed upon any
certificate representing the Common Stock acquired pursuant hereto
(and any certificates issued in substitution therefor) the
following legend calling attention to the foregoing restrictions on
transferability and stating in substance:
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“THE SECURITIES
EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR
QUALIFIED UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT
BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS THEY HAVE
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION IS
AVAILABLE.” |
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EEI shall,
upon the request of any holder of a certificate bearing the
foregoing legend and the surrender of such certificate, issue a new
certificate without such legend if (i) the securities evidenced by
such certificate have been effectively registered under the
Securities Act and qualified under any applicable state securities
law and sold by the holder thereof in accordance with such
registration and qualification or (ii) such holder shall have
delivered to EEI a legal opinion reasonably satisfactory to EEI to
the effect that the restrictions set forth herein are no longer
required or necessary under the Securities Act or any applicable
state law.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS OF
EEI
EEI
represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Investor as
follows:
3.01
Validity of Transaction . EEI has all requisite power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and to
issue and sell to the Investor the shares of Common Stock and the
Warrant. EEI is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the State of Florida. All
necessary corporate proceedings of EEI have been duly taken to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, and the issuance and sale to the Investor of the shares
of Common Stock and the Warrant. This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by EEI, is the legal, valid and
binding obligation of EEI, and is enforceable as to EEI in
accordance with its terms. No consent, authorization, approval,
order, license, certificate, or permit of or from, or declaration
or filing with, any Federal, state, local or other governmental
authority or of any court or other tribunal or stock exchange is
required by EEI for the execution, delivery or performance of this
Agreement by EEI. No consent of any party to any contract,
agreement, instrument, lease, license, arrangement or understanding
to which EEI is a party, or by which any of its properties or
assets is bound, is required for the execution, delivery or
performance by EEI of this Agreement, except for such consents as
have been obtained at or prior to the date of this Agreement; and
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by EEI
will not violate, result in a breach of, conflict with, or (with or
without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both)
entitle any party to terminate or call a default under any such
contract, agreement, instrument, lease, license, arrangement or
understanding, or violate or result in a breach of any term of the
Articles of Incorporation or By-laws of EEI, or violate, result in
a breach of, or conflict with any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment or decree binding on EEI or to which any of its
operations, business, properties or assets is subject. The shares
of Investor Common Stock and the Warrant have been duly authorized
and, upon receipt by EEI from the Investor of payment therefor
pursuant to this Agreement, the Investor Common Stock will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, will not have been
issued in violation of any preemptive right of stockholders or
rights of first refusal, and the Investor will receive good title
to the shares of Common Stock, free and clear of all liens,
security interests, pledges, charges, encumbrances, stockholders
agreements and voting trusts (other than any created by the
Investor).
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3.02
Capitalization . As of the date hereof, the authorized
capital stock of EEI consists of (i) 50,000,000 shares of Common
Stock, of which 26,251,374 shares are currently issued and
outstanding, and (ii) 10,000 shares of preferred stock, par value
$.001 per share, of which 5,000 shares of preferred stock have been
designated as series A convertible preferred stock and 160 such
shares are currently issued and outstanding. In addition, as of
October 17, 2007, there are 4,749,345 shares of Common Stock
reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding warrants and
2,046,958 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon the
exercise of outstanding stock options. As of the date hereof, all
shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized, are validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable, have not have been issued in
violation of any preemptive right of stockholders or rights of
first refusal, and free and clear of all liens, security interests,
pledges, charges, encumbrances, stockholders agreements and voting
trusts. Except as described above and except for the transaction
contemplated by this Agreement, or disclosed in the SEC Reports (as
such term is defined below), EEI will not, upon the consummation of
the transaction contemplated hereby (A) have outstanding any
capital stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for
any shares of its capital stock and no person will have any right
to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options for the purchase
of, or any agreements providing for the issuance of, any calls,
commitments or other claims relating to, any capital stock or any
stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for any
capital stock of EEI or (B) be subject to any obligation to
repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any shares of its capital
stock or any convertible securities, rights or options of the type
described in clause (A) above.
3.03
Finder or Broker . Neither EEI nor any person acting on
behalf of EEI has negotiated with any finder, broker, intermediary
or similar person in connection with the transactions contemplated
herein.
3.04
Full Disclosure . All documents filed by EEI pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), since June 7, 2004 (“SEC Reports”), (i)
were prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Exchange
Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) did not at the
time they were filed contain any untrue statement of a material
fact, and (iii) did not at the time they were filed omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. From
the date as of which information is given in the most recent SEC
Report filed by EEI under the Exchange Act to the date of this
Agreement, there has not been any material adverse change in, or
any adverse development which materially affects, the business,
results of operations or financial condition of EEI and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole. EEI has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the
past 12 months.
3.05
Material Changes . Except as set forth in the SEC Reports or
as otherwise contemplated herein, since June 30, 2007, there has
been no Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the SEC
Reports, since June 30, 2007, there has not been: (i) any direct or
indirect redemption, purchase or other acquisition by EEI of any
shares of Common Stock; (ii) any declaration, setting aside or
payment of any dividend or other distribution by EEI with respect
to the common Stock; (iii) any borrowings incurred or any material
liabilities assumed, other than current liabilities incurred in the
ordinary course of business, liabilities under contr
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