Exhibit 10.2
COMMON STOCK AND WARRANT
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS COMMON STOCK AND WARRANT
PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is
entered into as of
, 2008 , by and among
Progressive Gaming International Corporation, a Nevada corporation
(the “ Company ”), with headquarters located at
920 Pilot Road Las Vegas, NV 89119, and Private Equity Management
Group Financing Corporation, a California corporation (the “
Purchaser ”), with regard to the following:
RECITALS
A. The Company and Purchaser are
executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the
exemption from securities registration afforded by the provisions
of Regulation D (“ Regulation D ”), as
promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “ SEC ”) under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “ Securities Act ”).
B. The Purchaser desires to
purchase, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement,
(a) shares of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.10 par
value per share (the “ Common Stock ”) and
(b) a warrant (the “ Warrant ”) to purchase
shares of Common Stock, in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A . The shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant to the Warrant are referred
to herein as “ Warrant Shares .” The shares of
Common Stock (exclusive of the Warrant Shares) issued to the
Purchaser hereunder at the Closing (as hereinafter defined) are
referred to herein as the “ Initial Shares .”
Any shares of Common Stock issued to the Purchaser hereunder
subsequent to the Closing are referred to herein as the “
Additional Shares ” (and, together with the Initial
Shares, the “ Common Shares ”). The Common
Shares, the Warrant and the Warrant Shares are collectively
referred to herein as the “ Securities
”.
C. The parties hereto have executed
and delivered a Credit Agreement (the “ Credit
Agreement ”) pursuant to which the Purchaser shall make
available to the Company proceeds from a senior secured credit
facility in consideration of which the parties hereto are entering
into this Agreement. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall
have the meaning ascribed to them in the Credit
Agreement.
D. Contemporaneously with the
funding of the Loans pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the parties
hereto are executing and delivering this Agreement and a
Registration Rights Agreement in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B (the “ Registration Rights
Agreement ” and collectively with this Agreement, the
Warrant and any other documents or agreements executed in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder, the
“ Transaction Documents ”), pursuant to which
the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights under
the Securities Act, the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder and applicable state securities laws.
AGREEMENTS
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
their respective promises contained herein and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the Company and Purchaser hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
ISSUANCE AND SALE OF COMMON STOCK AND
WARRANT
1.1 Issuance of Initial Shares
and Warrant . In partial consideration of the provision of
credit to the Company pursuant to the Credit Agreement and subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the issuance of One
Million (1,000,000) Initial Shares and Warrant to the
Purchaser shall be consummated in a “ Closing
.”
1.2 Issuance of Additional
Shares . In partial consideration of the provision of credit to
the Company pursuant to the Credit Agreement and if on
November 15, 2008, the dollar volume weighted average price of
the Common Stock as traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (“
Nasdaq ”) for the twenty (20) trading days prior
to such date (determined as of such date) (the “ 20-day
VWAP ”) does not equal or exceed $1.50, then the Company
shall issue Additional Shares to Purchaser such that the sum of the
Additional Shares plus the Initial Shares multiplied by the 20-day
VWAP equals a total value of One Million Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($1,500,000), provided , that, in no event may the
aggregate number of Additional Shares issued exceed 900,000 shares
of Common Stock.
1.3 Closing Date . Subject to
the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in
ARTICLES VI and VII below, the
date and time of the issuance, sale and purchase of the Initial
Shares and Warrant pursuant to this Agreement shall be at
12:00 noon Eastern Time, on August 15, 2008.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
The Purchaser represents and
warrants to the Company, as of the date hereof and as of the
Closing that the following statements are true and
correct:
2.1 Incorporation and
Standing . Purchaser is a corporation duly incorporated,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation. Purchaser’s corporate
headquarters are in the State of California.
2.2 Authorization;
Enforcement . This Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement have been duly and validly authorized, executed and
delivered on behalf of Purchaser and are valid and binding
agreements of Purchaser enforceable in accordance with their
respective terms, except to the extent that such validity or
enforceability may be subject to or affected by any bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws
relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of,
creditors’ rights or remedies of creditors generally, or by
other equitable principles of general application.
2.3 Investment Purpose .
Purchaser is purchasing the Securities for Purchaser’s own
account for investment only and not with a view toward or in
connection with the public sale or distribution thereof. Purchaser
will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, pledge or otherwise
transfer its Securities or any interest therein except pursuant to
transactions that are exempt from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act and/or sales registered under the Securities
Act. Purchaser understands that Purchaser must bear the economic
risk of this
investment indefinitely, unless the Securities
are registered pursuant to the Securities Act and any applicable
state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is
available, and that the Company has no present intention of
registering any such Securities other than as contemplated by the
Registration Rights Agreement.
2.4 Accredited Investor
Status . Purchaser is an “accredited investor” as
that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation
D.
2.5 Reliance on Exemptions .
Purchaser understands that the Securities are being offered and
sold to Purchaser in reliance upon specific exemptions from the
registration requirements of United States federal and state
securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and
accuracy of, and Purchaser’s compliance with, the
representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and
understandings of Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine
the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of
Purchaser to acquire the Securities.
2.6 Governmental Review .
Purchaser 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 Securities or the
fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities nor
have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the
offering of the Securities.
2.7 Rule 144 . Purchaser
acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144, as amended, of the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act (“ Rule 144
”). Purchaser understands that except as provided in the
Registration Rights Agreement: (i) the Securities have not
been and are not being registered under the Securities Act or any
state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold,
assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered
thereunder, (B) Purchaser shall have delivered to the Company
an opinion of counsel, in a generally acceptable form, to the
effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may
be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such
registration, or (C) Purchaser provides the Company with
reasonable assurance that such Securities can be sold, assigned or
transferred pursuant to Rule 144; (ii) any sale of the
Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in
accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is
not applicable, any resale of the Securities under circumstances in
which the seller (or the Person through whom the sale is made) may
be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the
Securities Act) may require compliance with some other exemption
under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC
thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any other Person
is under any obligation to register the Securities under the
Securities Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the
terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder.
2.8 Legends . Purchaser
understands that, subject to ARTICLE V hereof,
the certificates for the Warrant and, until such time as the
Warrant Shares and Common Shares have been registered under the
Securities Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement
or otherwise may be sold by Purchaser pursuant to Rule 144 (subject
to and in accordance with the procedures specified in
ARTICLE V hereof), the certificates for the
Common Shares and the
Warrant Shares will bear a restrictive legend
(the “ Legend ”), which will include language in
substantially the following form:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY
NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN
THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE
SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL,
IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED
UNDER SAID ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR (II) UNLESS
SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
COMPANY
The Company represents and warrants
to Purchaser as of the date hereof and as of the Closing that the
following statements are true and correct, except as set forth on
the disclosure schedules attached hereto as Schedule
3 (the “ Company Disclosure Schedules ”)
and except as disclosed in the SEC Documents (as hereinafter
defined).
3.1 Organization and
Qualification . Each of the Company and its subsidiaries
(i) is a corporation, limited liability company or limited
partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the state or jurisdiction of its organization,
(ii) has all requisite power and authority to conduct its
business as now conducted and as currently contemplated and, in the
case of the Company, to issue the Securities hereunder, and to
execute and deliver each Transaction Document to which it is a
party, and to contemplate the transactions contemplated thereby,
and (iii) is duly qualified to do business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the
properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its
business makes such qualification necessary except where the
failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. “ Material Adverse
Effect ” means any change or event that has had or could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
(i) the operations, business, assets, properties, or financial
condition of (A) any Loan Party (other than the Inactive
Subsidiaries), (B) any Subsidiary of any Loan Party that holds
a Gaming License or otherwise has assets, revenues, operations or
businesses that are material to any Loan Party, (C) the Loan
Parties taken as a whole or (D) the Loan Parties and their
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of any Loan
Party to perform any of its obligations under any Loan Document to
which it is a party, (iii) the legality, validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or
(iv) the rights and remedies of Administrative Agent or any
Lender under any Loan Document.
3.2 Authorization;
Enforcement . (a) The Company has the requisite corporate
power and authority to enter into and perform under the Transaction
Documents, and to issue,
sell and perform its obligations with respect to
the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof and
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Transaction
Documents; (b) the execution, delivery and performance of the
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including,
without limitation, the issuance of the Initial Shares and the
Warrant, and the reservation for issuance of the Additional Shares
and the Warrant Shares) have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action and no further consent or authorization of the
Company, its board of directors, or its stockholders is required
with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby (except for any action taken by the board of directors
necessary in the future to carry out the purposes of the
Transaction Documents); (c) this Agreement, the Registration
Rights Agreement, the Initial Shares, and the Warrant have been
duly executed and delivered by the Company; and (d) this
Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Warrant
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective
terms, except (i) to the extent that such validity or
enforceability may be subject to or affected by any bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws
relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of,
creditors’ rights or remedies of creditors generally, or by
other equitable principles of general application, and (ii) as
rights to indemnity and contribution under the Registration Rights
Agreement may be limited by federal or state securities laws.
“ Person ” means any individual, sole
proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture, trust, unincorporated association, corporation, entity or
government (whether federal, state, county, city or otherwise,
including, without limitation, any instrumentality, division,
agency or department thereof).
3.3 Capitalization . The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of
(x) 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which the number of
shares issued and outstanding, shares reserved for issuance
pursuant to the Company’s stock option, restricted stock and
stock purchase plans and shares issuable and reserved for issuance
pursuant to securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or
convertible into, shares of Common Stock are set forth on
Schedule 3.3 and (y) 5,000,000 shares of Preferred
Stock, $0.10 par value of which 50,000 shares have been designated
Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, and none of which
are issued and outstanding. All of such outstanding or issuable
shares have been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued and are
fully paid and nonassessable. Except as disclosed in Schedule
3.3 , (i) no shares of the Company’s capital stock
are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any
Liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company;
(ii) there is no outstanding Indebtedness of the Issuer nor
are there any outstanding leasing or similar arrangements that, in
connection with GAAP, consistently applied for the periods covered
thereby, are classified as a capital lease; (iii) except for
the Securities and the IGT Subordinated Debt and the warrants
related thereto (and any registration rights related thereto),
there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to
subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever
relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or
exercisable for, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or
arrangements by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or
may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip,
rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character
whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or
exercisable for, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries; (iv) except for the Registration Rights
Agreement, there are no agreements or arrangements under which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is obligated to register the
sale
of any of their securities under the Securities
Act; (v) except for the IGT Subordinated Debt, there are no
outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries that contain any redemption or similar provisions, and
there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements
by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may become
bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries; (vi) there are no securities or instruments
containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be
triggered by the issuance of the Securities or the IGT Subordinated
Debt and the warrants related thereto (and any registration rights
related thereto); and (vii) the Company does not have any
stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or
agreements or any similar plan or agreement. The Company has
furnished to the Purchaser true and correct copies of the
Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as
amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Articles of
Incorporation”). The Company has furnished to the Purchaser
true and correct copies of the Company’s Bylaws, as amended
and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Bylaws”). The
Company has set forth on Schedule 3.3 hereof all
instruments, certificates, documents and agreements (other than the
Articles of Incorporation and By-laws) governing securities
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock of
the Company (and the Company shall provide to Purchaser copies
thereof upon the request of Purchaser).
3.4 Issuance of Securities .
The Initial Shares to be issued and the Warrant to be granted at
the Closing have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action and the Initial Shares, when issued in accordance with the
terms hereof, will be validly issued and outstanding, fully paid
and nonassessable and free from all taxes, Liens and charges with
respect to the issue thereof, with the holder being entitled to all
rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. The Additional Shares
and the Warrant Shares have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action, and when the Additional Shares (if any) and the
Warrant Shares are issued in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and the Warrant, respectively, such shares will be
validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable and
free from all taxes, Liens and charges with respect to the issue
thereof, with the holder being entitled to all rights accorded to a
holder of Common Stock. Assuming the accuracy of each of the
representations and warranties set forth in ARTICLE
II of this Agreement, the issuance by the Issuer of the
Securities is exempt from registration under the Securities
Act.
3.5 No Conflicts or
Violations . Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of
the Company Disclosure Schedules, the execution and delivery and
performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby (including, without limitation, the reservation for
issuance and issuance of the Securities) at the Closing will not
(i) result in a violation of the Articles of Incorporation or
By-laws; (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an
event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a
default) under, or give to others any rights of termination,
amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any material agreement,
indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party; or (ii) assuming the accuracy of each
of the representations and warranties set forth in ARTICLE
II of this Agreement, result in a violation of any law,
rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and
state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations
of the Principal Market) applicable to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected. Except as disclosed
in Section 3.5 of the Company Disclosure Schedules,
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of
any term
of or in default under any contract, agreement,
mortgage, indebtedness, indenture, instrument, judgment, decree or
order or any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company
or its Subsidiaries, except where such violations or defaults would
not result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material
Adverse Effect. The business of the Company and its subsidiaries is
not being conducted, and will not be conducted, in violation of any
law, ordinance or regulation of any Governmental Authority, except
where such violations would not result, either individually or in
the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its
subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances that might
give rise to any of the foregoing. Neither the Issuer nor any of
its officers or directors have violated Section 9(a) of the
Exchange Act or any rules promulgated thereunder or analogous
provisions of any applicable state securities or Blue Sky
laws.
3.6 Nasdaq Compliance;
Repurchase . The Company is not in violation of the listing
requirements of The NASDAQ Stock Market, including, without
limitation, the requirements set forth in Marketplace Rule
4350(i)(1)(D) and except as set forth on Schedule 3.6 , has
no knowledge of any facts that would lead to delisting or
suspension of the Common Stock by The NASDAQ Stock Market in the
foreseeable future. The Company has not purchased any issued and
outstanding shares of Common Stock on the open market or in
privately negotiated transactions or otherwise during the two month
period prior to the Effective Date. The Company’s application
for an exception to the shareholder approval requirements contained
in Section 4350(i)