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Title: COMMON STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Delaware     Date: 6/30/2005
Industry: SOFTWR     Law Firm: Fenwick & West LLP, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP, Akerman Senterfitt    

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E XHIBIT 10.01

 

COMMON STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

THIS COMMON STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT dated as of June 25, 2005 (this “ Agreement ”), by and among Kana Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with headquarters located at 181 Constitution Drive, Menlo Park, California 94025 (the “ Company ”), and each of the Buyers set forth on the signature pages hereto (the “ Buyers ”);

 

WHEREAS:

 

A. The Company and the Buyers are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon an exemption from securities registration afforded by Rule 506 under 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 “ 1933 Act ”);

 

B. The Company has authorized the issuance to the Buyers of Two Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,400,000) of units (the “ Units ”), each Unit consisting of (i) one (1) share of the Company’s common stock, par value $.001 (the “ Common Stock ”), and (ii) one half of a warrant, in the form attached hereto as ExhibitA ” (each, a “ Warrant ” and, collectively, the “ Warrants ”), at the Purchase Price Per Unit described in Section 1.2. The shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant hereto, together with any shares of Common Stock issued in replacement thereof or as a dividend thereon or otherwise with respect thereto, are hereinafter referred to as the “ Purchased Shares .” The shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant to the Warrants are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “ Warrant Shares .” The Purchased Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares are collectively referred to herein as the “ Securities ”;

 

C. The Buyers desire to purchase and the Company desires to issue and sell upon, and subject to, the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Units for an aggregate purchase price of Two Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,400,000) (the “ Aggregate Purchase Price ”); and

 

D. Contemporaneous with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company and the Buyer are executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “B” (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

PURCHASE AND SALE OF COMMON STOCK AND WARRANTS

 

Section 1.1 Purchase and Sale of Units . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on the Closing Date (as defined below), the Company shall issue and sell to the Buyers, and each Buyer shall purchase from the Company, such number of Units as set forth immediately below such Buyer’s name on signature pages hereto.


Section 1.2 Purchase Price Per Unit . The “ Purchase Price Per Unit ” shall equal 90% of the VWAP for the three consecutive Trading Day (as defined herein) period beginning on the Trading Day immediately following the Release Date; provided, however, that the Purchase Price Per Unit shall not exceed $1.78. The aggregate number of Units to be issued by the Company to the Buyers on the Closing Date (as defined below) shall equal the quotient arrived at by dividing (x) the Aggregate Purchase Price by (y) the Purchase Price Per Unit. “ Release Date ” shall mean the date on which the Company discloses publicly its (i) ending cash balance as of March 31, 2005 and (ii) licensing revenue for three months ended March 31, 2005 ((i) and (ii) are collectively referred to as “ Q1 Disclosure ”); provided; however, that the Release Date shall not be more that one (1) Trading Day after the date of this Agreement. “ VWAP ” means, with respect to any particular Trading Day or for any particular period, the volume weighted average trading price per share of Common Stock on such date or for such period on the Nasdaq National Market (the “Principal Exchange”) as reported by Bloomberg, L.P., or any successor performing similar functions. “ Trading Day ” means any day during which (i) the Principal Exchange shall be open for trading and (ii) trading in the Company Common Stock shall not have been halted at any time during such day for any reason.

 

Section 1.3 Form of Payment; Delivery of Purchased Shares and Warrants . On the Closing Date, (i) each Buyer shall pay the purchase price for the Units to be issued and sold to it at the Closing (as defined below) (the “ Purchase Price ”) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Company (in accordance with the Company’s written instructions) against the Company’s delivery of duly executed certificates for the Purchased Shares and Warrants representing the number of Units set forth immediately below such Buyer’s name on the signature pages hereto and (ii) the Company or its transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”) shall deliver such certificates, duly executed on behalf of the Company, to such Buyer, against the delivery of such Purchase Price. In addition, on or prior to the Closing Date, each of the Company and the Buyers shall deliver all documents, instruments and writings required to be delivered by either of them pursuant to this Agreement in order to implement and effect the transactions contemplated herein.

 

Section 1.4 Closing Date . Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) to the conditions thereto set forth in Article VI below, the date and time of the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares and Warrants pursuant to this Agreement (the “ Closing Date ”) shall occur on a date (i) no less than four Trading Days after the Release Date and (ii) after satisfaction of the conditions to closing set forth in Section 6 hereof; provided however that the Closing Date shall not be later than July 6, 2005. The closing of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement (the “ Closing ”) shall occur on the Closing Date at the offices of Akerman Senterfitt, One S.E. 3 rd Avenue, 28 th Floor, Miami, Florida 33131, or at such other location as may be agreed to by the parties.

 

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ARTICLE II

 

BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Each Buyer severally (and not jointly) represents and warrants to the Company solely as to such Buyer that:

 

Section 2.1 Investment Purpose . The Buyer is purchasing the Securities for its own account and not with a present view towards the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted from registration under the 1933 Act; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, the Buyer does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act.

 

Section 2.2 Accredited Investor Status . The Buyer is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D (an “ Accredited Investor ”).

 

Section 2.3 Reliance on Exemptions . The Buyer understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it 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 the Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Buyer to acquire the Securities.

 

Section 2.4 Information . The Buyer 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 Securities which have been requested by the Buyer or its advisors. The Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigation conducted by Buyer or any of its advisors or representatives shall modify, amend or affect Buyer’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in Article III below. The Buyer understands that its investment in the Securities involves a significant degree of risk.

 

Section 2.5 Governmental Review . The Buyer 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.

 

Section 2.6 Transfer or Re-sale . The Buyer understands that (i) except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, the sale or re-sale of the Securities has not been and is not being registered under the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws, and the Securities may not be transferred unless (a) the Securities are sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act in accordance with the prospectus delivery requirements thereunder, (b) the Buyer shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel (which opinion shall be in form, substance and scope reasonably acceptable to the Company) to the effect that the Securities to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an

 

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exemption from such registration, (c) the Securities are sold or transferred to an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule) ( “Rule 144” )) of the Buyer who agrees to sell or otherwise transfer the Securities only in accordance with this Section 2.6 and who is an Accredited Investor or (d) the Securities are sold pursuant to Rule 144 and Buyer shall provide customary documentation to the Company confirming eligibility for such exemption; (ii) any sale of such Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of said Rule and further, if said Rule is not applicable, any re-sale of such 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 1933 Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 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 such Securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder (in each case, other than pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else contained herein to the contrary, in accordance with Section 4.14, the Securities may be pledged as collateral in connection with a bona fide margin account or other lending arrangement.

 

Section 2.7 Legends . The Buyer understands that the Warrants and, until such time as the Purchased Shares and Warrant Shares have been registered under the 1933 Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, the Purchased Shares and Warrant Shares, may bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of the certificates for such Securities):

 

“The securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The securities may not be sold, transferred or assigned in the absence of an effective registration statement for the securities under said Act, or an opinion of counsel, in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions and reasonably acceptable to the Company, that registration is not required under said Act or unless sold pursuant to Rule 144 under said Act.”

 

The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of any Security upon which it is stamped, if, unless otherwise required by applicable state securities laws, (a) such Security is registered for sale under an effective registration statement filed under the 1933 Act or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, or (b) such holder provides the Company with an opinion of counsel, in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions and reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that a public sale or transfer of such Security may be made without registration under the 1933 Act and such sale or transfer is effected or (c) such holder provides the Company with reasonable assurances that such Security can be sold pursuant to Rule 144. The Buyer agrees to sell all Securities, including those represented by a certificate(s) from which the legend has been removed, in compliance with applicable prospectus delivery requirements, if any.

 

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Section 2.8 Authorization; Enforcement . This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Buyer, and this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Buyer enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of creditor’s rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application from time to time in effect.

 

Section 2.9 Residency . The Buyer is a resident of the jurisdiction set forth immediately below such Buyer’s name on the signature pages hereto.

 

ARTICLE III

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

 

The Company represents and warrants to each Buyer that:

 

Section 3.1 Organization and Qualification . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (as defined below), if any, is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated, with full power and authority (corporate and other) to own, lease, use and operate its properties and to carry on its business as and where now owned, leased, used, operated and conducted. Schedule 3.1 sets forth a list of all of the Subsidiaries of the Company and the jurisdiction in which each is incorporated. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership or use of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect. “ Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean any material adverse effect on (i) the assets, liabilities, business, properties, operations, financial condition, prospects or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined below), if any, taken as a whole, (ii) the transactions contemplated hereby or by the agreements or instruments to be entered into in connection herewith or (iii) the authority or the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement. “ Subsidiaries ” means any corporation or other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, any equity or other ownership interest.

 

Section 3.2 Authorization; Enforcement . (i) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to issue the Securities, in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, (ii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Warrants by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including without limitation, the issuance of the Purchased Shares and Warrants and the issuance and reservation for issuance of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant to the Warrants, respectively) have been duly authorized by the Company’s

 

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Board of Directors and no further consent or authorization of the Company, its Board of Directors or its stockholders is required, (iii) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and (iv) this Agreement constitutes, and upon execution and delivery by the Company of the Registration Rights Agreement and the Warrants, each of such agreement and instruments will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of creditor’s rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application from time to time in effect.

 

Section 3.3 Capitalization . As of the business day prior to the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 1,000,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 29,240,523 shares of Common Stock are issued and outstanding, 18,827,825 shares of Common Stock are reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company’s stock option plans, 566,118 shares of Common Stock are reserved for issuance pursuant to securities exercisable for, or convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock and such number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Purchased Shares plus 1.25 multiplied by the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants have been reserved for issuance pursuant to this Agreement (including the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant to the Warrants); (ii) 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, none of which shares are issued or outstanding. All of such outstanding shares of capital stock are, or upon issuance will be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. No shares of capital stock of the Company are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights of the stockholders of the Company or any liens or encumbrances imposed through the actions or failure to act of the Company. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.3 , as of the effective date of this Agreement, (i) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrips, rights to subscribe for, puts, calls, rights of first refusal, agreements, understandings, claims or other commitments or rights of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, 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, (ii) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of its or their securities under the 1933 Act and (iii) there are no anti-dilution or price adjustment provisions contained in any security issued by the Company (or in any agreement providing rights to security holders) that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities (including the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants). The Company has furnished to the Buyer true and correct copies of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation as in effect on the date hereof (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”), the Company’s By-laws as in effect on the date hereof (the “ Bylaws ”), and the terms of all securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock of the Company and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto. The Company shall provide the Buyer with a written update of this representation signed by the Company’s Chief Executive or Chief Financial Officer on behalf of the Company on the Closing Date.

 

Section 3.4 Issuance of Shares . The Purchased Shares are duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable and free from all taxes, liens, claims and encumbrances with respect to the

 

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issuance thereof and shall not be subject to preemptive rights or other similar rights of stockholders of the Company and will not impose personal liability on the holder thereof. The Warrant Shares are duly authorized and reserved for issuance, and, when issued upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant to the Warrants, respectively, in accordance with the terms thereof, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free from all taxes, liens, claims and encumbrances and will not be subject to preemptive rights or other similar rights of stockholders of the Company and will not impose personal liability upon the holder thereof.

 

Section 3.5 Acknowledgment of Dilution . The Company understands and acknowledges the potentially dilutive effect to the Common Stock upon the issuance of the Securities. The Company further acknowledges that its obligation to issue the Securities in accordance with this Agreement is absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company. Taking the foregoing into account, the Company’s Board of Directors has determined, in its good faith business judgment, that the issuance of the Securities hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby are in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders.

 

Section 3.6 Sarbanes-Oxley Act . The Company is in substantial compliance with the applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, that are effective and intends to comply substantially with other applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, upon the effectiveness of such provisions.

 

Section 3.7 No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the issuance and reservation for issuance, as applicable, of the Purchased Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares) will not (i) conflict with or result in a violation of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws 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, 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) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws and regulations and regulations of any self-regulatory organizations to which the Company or its securities are subject) 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 for such conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws or other organizational documents and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default (and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both could put the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in default) under, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action or failed to take any action that would give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, 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 possible defaults as would not,

 

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individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, are not being conducted, and shall not be conducted so long as a Buyer owns any of the Securities, in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity.

 

Section 3.8 No Consents . Except as specifically contemplated by this Agreement and as required under the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws, the Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court, governmental agency, regulatory agency, self regulatory organization or stock market or any third party in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof or to issue and sell the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the date hereof. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.8, the Company is not in violation of the listing requirements of the Principal Exchange and the Company is not aware of any event or condition that could reasonably be expected to cause the Common Stock to be delisted by the Principal Exchange in the foreseeable future. The Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing.

 

Section 3.9 SEC Documents; Financial Statements . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.9, since December 31, 2002, the Company has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities 1934 Act of 1934, as amended (the “ 1934 Act ”) (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents (other than exhibits to such documents) incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to as the “ SEC Documents ”). The Company has delivered or made available to the Buyer true and complete copies of the SEC Documents. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of their respective dates, 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 SEC with respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may not include footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). Except as set forth in the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents, the Company has no liabilities, contingent or otherwise, other than (i) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business subsequent to December 31, 2003 and (ii)

 

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obligations under contracts and commitments incurred in the ordinary course of business and not required under generally accepted accounting principles to be reflected in such financial statements, which, individually or in the aggregate, are not material to the financial condition or operating results of the Company. Neither the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 (the “ Form 10-K ”), nor any of the other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act, since the date of the filing of the Form 10-K, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, as of its filing date.

 

Section 3.10 Absence of Certain Changes . Since December 31, 2003, there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the assets, liabilities, business, properties, operations, financial condition or results of operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than changes which have been disclosed in the SEC Documents filed since such date or listed on Schedule 3.10 ).

 

Section 3.11 Absence of Litigation . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.11, there is no action, suit, claim, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or their officers or directors in their capacity as such, that could have a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 3.11 contains a complete list and summary description of any pending or threatened material proceeding against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances which are reasonably likely to give rise to any of the foregoing and would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.12 Patents, Copyrights, etc . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns or possesses the requisite licenses or rights to use all patents, patent applications, patent rights, inventions, know-how, trade secrets, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, service names, trade names and copyrights (“ Intellectual Property ”) necessary to enable it to conduct its business as now operated (and, except as set forth in Schedule 3.12 hereof, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, as presently contemplated to be operated in the future); there is no claim or action by any person pertaining to, or proceeding pending, or to the Company’s knowledge threatened, which challenges the right of the Company or of a Subsidiary with respect to any Intellectual Property necessary to enable it to conduct its business as now operated (and, except as set forth in Schedule 3.12 hereof, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, as presently contemplated to be operated in the future); the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ current and intended products, services and processes do not infringe on any Intellectual Property or other rights held by any person; and the Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances which are reasonably likely to give rise to any of the foregoing and would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of their Intellectual Property.

 

Section 3.13 No Materially Adverse Contracts, Etc . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any charter, corporate or other legal restriction, or any judgment,

 

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decree, order, rule or regulation which in the judgment of the Company’s officers has or is expected in the future to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any contract or agreement which in the judgment of the Company’s officers has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.14 Tax Status . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.14 , the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has made or filed all federal, state and foreign income and all other material tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject (unless and only to the extent that the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all unpaid and unreported taxes) and has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim. The Company has not executed a waiver with respect to the statute of limitations relating to the assessment or collection of any foreign, federal, state or local tax. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.14 , none of the Company’s tax returns is presently being audited by any taxing authority.

 

Section 3.15 Certain Transactions . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.15 and as otherwise disclosed in the SEC Documents and except for arm’s length transactions pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes payments in the ordinary course of business upon terms no less favorable than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries could obtain from third parties and other than the grant of stock options disclosed on Schedule 3.3 , none of the officers, directors, or employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or person


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