Exhibit 10.1
DEBENTURE AND WARRANT PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 18,
2008
by and between
ELECTRO ENERGY, INC.
and
THE QUERCUS TRUST
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DEBENTURE AND
WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
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ARTICLE I
PURCHASE AND SALE OF WARRANT
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1.1.
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Purchase and
Sale of Debentures and Warrants
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ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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2.1.
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Representations
and Warranties of the Company
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2.2.
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Representations
and Warranties of the Purchaser
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ARTICLE III
COVENANTS
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3.1.
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Securities
Compliance
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3.2.
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Registration
and Listing
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3.3.
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Inspection
Rights
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3.4.
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Compliance with
Laws
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3.5.
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Keeping of
Records and Books of Account
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3.6.
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Reporting
Requirements
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3.7.
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Other
Agreements
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3.8.
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Use of
Proceeds
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3.9.
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Reporting
Status
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3.10.
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Disclosure of
Transaction
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3.11.
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Amendments
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3.12.
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Reservation of
Shares
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3.13.
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Transfer Agent
Instructions
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3.14.
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Form S-3
Eligibility
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3.19
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Board
Representation
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ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS
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4.1.
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Conditions
Precedent to the Obligation of the Company to Close and to Sell the
Securities
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4.2.
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Conditions
Precedent to the Obligation of the Purchaser to Close and to
Purchase the Securities
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ARTICLE V
CERTIFICATE LEGEND
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5.1.
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Legend
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ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION
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6.1.
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Company
Indemnity
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6.2.
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Indemnification
Procedure
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ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
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7.1
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Protective
Provisions
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7.2
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Amendments to
Registration Rights Agreements
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7.3
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Amendments to
Existing Warrant
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7.4
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Amendments to
Existing Debenture
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7.5
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Amendment to
Security Agreement
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7.6
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Short
Sales
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7.7
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Fees and
Expenses
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7.1.
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Specific
Performance; Consent to Jurisdiction; Venue
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7.11
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Waivers
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7.12
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Headings
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7.13
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Successors and
Assigns
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7.15
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Governing
Law
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7.16
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Survival
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7.17
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Counterparts
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7.18
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Publicity
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7.19
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Severability
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7.20
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Further
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DEBENTURE AND WARRANT PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This
DEBENTURE AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of August 18,
2008 (this “ Agreement ”), by and between
Electro Energy, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “
Company ”), and The Quercus Trust (the “
Purchaser ”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the parties hereto entered into that certain Debenture and Warrant
Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2007 (the “2007
Purchase Agreement”), and capitalized terms contained herein,
to the extent they are not defined herein, shall have the meanings
as may be expressly provided in the 2007 Purchase
Agreement.
WHEREAS,
the parties hereto entered into that certain Warrant Purchase
Agreement, dated July 23, 2008 (the “July, 2008 Warrant
Purchase Agreement”).
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and
pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “
Securities Act ”), the Company desires to issue and
sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser desires to purchase from
the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in
this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in
this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
PURCHASE AND SALE OF DEBENTURES
AND WARRANTS
1.1.
Purchase and Sale of Debentures and Warrants .
(a)
Upon the following terms and conditions, and upon each of two (2)
of Purchaser’s notifications to the Company that the Comapny
has reached a set of business milestones, set forth on Schedule
1.1(a) hereto (each, a “Milestone Set ”), the
Company shall issue and sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser
shall purchase from the Company, a 10% Senior Secured Convertible
Debenture in the principal amount of Six Hundred Twenty Five
Thousand Dollars ($625,000), in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A (each a “ Debenture ”). The
Company and the Purchaser are executing and delivering this
Agreement in accordance with and in reliance upon the exemption
from securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the
Securities Act, including Regulation D (“ Regulation D
”), and/or upon such other exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act as may be available with respect
to the investment to be made hereunder.
(b)
Upon the terms and conditions contained herein, and upon each of
two (2) of Purchaser’s notifications to the Company that the
Company has reached a Milestone Set , the Company shall issue to
Purchaser a Warrant to Purchase Common Stock, in substantially the
form attached hereto as Exhibit B (each, a “
Warrant ”), to purchase up to One Million Five Hundred
Sixty-Two Thousand Five Hundred ( 1,562,500 ) shares of the
Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
“ Common Stock ”). Each Warrant shall expire
three (3) years following the date of its issuance and shall have
an exercise price per share equal to the Warrant Price (as defined
in the Warrant).
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(c)
Purchase Price. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and upon
the Company’s reaching each of the two Milestone Sets, the
Company agrees to issue and sell to the Purchaser and, in
consideration of and in express reliance upon the representations,
warranties, covenants, terms and conditions of this Agreement, the
Purchaser agrees to purchase, a Debenture and a Warrant for a
purchase price of Six Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars
($625,000) (the “ Purchase Price ”), in
cash.
(d)
Closing. The closing of the purchase and sale of the first of two
Debentures and Warrants to be acquired by the Purchaser from the
Company under this Agreement shall take place at the offices of Lev
& Berlin, P.C., 200 Connecticut Avenue, 5 th Floor,
Norwalk, Connecticut 06854 at 10:00 a.m., Eastern time, (i) on
August 18, 2008; provided, that all of the conditions set forth in
Article IV hereof and applicable to the Closing shall have been
fulfilled or waived in accordance herewith, or (ii) at such other
time and place or on such date as the Purchaser and the Company may
agree upon (the “First Closing Date ”). The
closing of the purchase and sale of the second of two sets of
Debentures and Warrants to be acquired by the Purchaser from the
Company under this Agreement shall take place at the offices of Lev
& Berlin, P.C. at 10:00 a.m., Eastern time, (i) on that date
that is within three business days of the Purchaser’s
notification to the Seller that the second Milestone Set has been
reached, provided that all of the conditions set forth in Article
IV hereof and applicable to the Closing shall have been fulfilled
or waived in accordance herewith, or (ii) at such other time and
place or on such date as the Purchaser and the Company may agree
upon (the “Second Closing Date ”). Subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at each Closing Date
the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser
a Debenture and a Warrant and any other documents required to be
delivered pursuant to Article IV hereof. At each closing, the
Purchaser shall deliver the Purchase Price by wire transfer to a
bank account designated by the Company.
(e)
Underlying Shares. The Company has authorized and has reserved and
covenants to continue to reserve, free of preemptive rights and
other similar contractual rights of stockholders, a sufficient
number of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to
effect the conversions of the Debentures and exercises of the
Warrants Any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Debentures and exercise of the Warrants (and such shares when
issued) are herein referred to as the “Underlying
Shares.” The Debentures and the Warrants, and the Underlying
Shares are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the
“Securities.”
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
2.1.
Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company
hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser, as of the date
hereof and the Closing Date (except as set forth below; and as may
be modified by or updated by the Commission Documents) that the
Company’s representations and warranties set forth in Section
2.1 of the 2007 Purchase Agreement are hereby repeated and
incorporated herein by reference with the following modifications
and additions:
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(a)
Capitalization . The authorized capital stock of the Company
as of the date hereof is set forth on Schedule 2.1(a)
hereto.
(b)
Commission Documents; Financial Statements . At the times of
their respective filings, the Forms 10-QSB (or Form 10-Q, as the
case may be) for the three most recent fiscal quarters
(collectively, the “ Forms 10-QSB ”) and the
Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 (the
“ Form 10-KSB ”) complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and the
Forms 10-QSB and Form 10-KSB did not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit 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.
(c)
Ratification of Price Adjusment to Securities . Upon the
issuance of a Debenture and a Warrant as provided herein, in
accordance with Section 5(d) of the warrant that the Company issued
to the Purchaser pursuant to the 2007 Purchase Agreement, on
December 7, 2007 (the “2007 Warrant”), the Warrant
Price, as that term is defined therein, shall be reduced to
$1.25.
(d)
Ranking of Securities Issued to KIT Financial, Inc. The
$500,000 Senior Secured Convertible Debenture to be issued to KIT
Financial, Inc. (“KIT”), or any of its affiliates (the
“KIT Debenture”) shall rank in payment and security (i)
junior to that certain 10% Senior Secured Convertible Debenture
issued to the Purchaser pursuant to the 2007 Purchase Agreement and
(ii) pari passu to the Debentures issued to the
Purchaser pursuant hereto. .
2.2.
Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser . The
Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows
as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date that the
Purchaser’s representations and warranties that are set forth
in Sections 2.2 of the 2007 Purchase Agreement are hereby repeated
and incorporated herein by reference. The Purchaser also hereby
waives the right of first refual contained in Section 3.18 of the
2007 Purchase Agreement with respect to the issuance and sale by
the Company of the KIT Debenture and those certain warrants to
purchase the Company’s Stock to be issued to KIT in
connection with its purchase of the KIT Debenture.
ARTICLE III
COVENANTS
The
Company covenants with the Purchaser as follows, which covenants
are for the benefit of the Purchaser and its permitted
assignees.
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3.1.
Securities Compliance . The Company shall notify the
Commission in accordance with its rules and regulations, of the
transactions contemplated herein and by any of the documents
executed in connection herewith, including the Debenture(s) and the
Warrant(s) and the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the
date hereof (the “Transaction Documents”), and shall
take all other necessary action and proceedings as may be required
and permitted by applicable law, rule and regulation, for the legal
and valid issuance of the Securities to the Purchaser, or its
subsequent holders.
3.2.
Registration and Listing . The Company shall cause its
Common Stock to continue to be registered under Sections 12(g) of
the Exchange Act, to comply in all respects with its reporting and
filing obligations under the Exchange Act, to comply with all
requirements related to any registration statement filed pursuant
to this Agreement, and to not take any action or file any document
(whether or not permitted by the Securities Act or the rules
promulgated thereunder) to terminate or suspend such registration
or to terminate or suspend its reporting and filing obligations
under the Exchange Act or Securities Act, except as permitted
herein. The Company will take all action necessary to continue the
listing or trading of its Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market
or other exchange or market on which the Common Stock is trading.
Subject to the terms of the Transaction Documents, the Company
further covenants that it will take such further action as the
Purchaser may reasonably request, all to the extent required from
time to time to enable the Purchaser to sell the Securities without
registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the
exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities
Act. Upon the request of the Purchaser, the Company shall deliver
to the Purchaser a written certification of a duly authorized
officer as to whether it has complied with the issuer requirements
of Rule 144.
3.3.
Inspection Rights . Provided the same would not be in
violation of Regulation FD, the Company shall permit, during normal
business hours and upon reasonable request and reasonable advance
notice, the Purchaser or any employees, agents or representatives
thereof, so long as the Purchaser shall hold the Debenture or shall
beneficially own any Underlying Shares, for purposes reasonably
related to the Purchaser’s interests as a stockholder, to
examine the publicly available, non-confidential records and books
of account of, and visit and inspect the properties, assets,
operations and business of the Company and any Subsidiary, and to
discuss the publicly available, non-confidential affairs, finances
and accounts of the Company and any Subsidiary with any of its
officers, consultants, directors and key employees.
3.4.
Compliance with Laws . The Company shall comply, and cause
each Subsidiary to comply, with all applicable laws, rules,
regulations and orders, noncompliance with which would be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.5.
Keeping of Records and Books of Account . The Company shall
keep and cause each Subsidiary to keep adequate records and books
of account, in which complete entries will be made in accordance
with GAAP consistently applied, reflecting all financial
transactions of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and in which, for
each fiscal year, all proper reserves for depreciation, depletion,
obsolescence, amortization, taxes, bad debts and other purposes in
connection with its business shall be made.
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3.6.
Reporting Requirements . If the Commission ceases making the
Company’s periodic reports available via the Internet without
charge, then the Company shall furnish the following to the
Purchaser so long as the Purchaser shall beneficially own
Securities:
(a)
Quarterly Reports filed with the Commission on Form 10-Q as soon as
practical after the document is filed with the Commission, and in
any event within five (5) days after the document is filed with the
Commission;
(b)
Annual Reports filed with the Commission on Form 10-K as soon as
practical after the document is filed with the Commission, and in
any event within five (5) days after the document is filed with the
Commission; and
(c)
Copies of all notices, information and proxy statements in
connection with any meetings that are, in each case, provided to
holders of shares of Common Stock, contemporaneously with the
delivery of such notices or information to such holders of Common
Stock.
3.7.
Other Agreements . The Company shall not enter into any
agreement in which the terms of such agreement would restrict or
impair the right or ability to perform of the Company or any
Subsidiary under any Transaction Document.
3.8.
Use of Proceeds . The net proceeds from the sale of the
Securities hereunder shall be used by the Company for working
capital and general corporate purposes, including growth
initiatives.
3.9.
Reporting Status . So long as the Purchaser beneficially
owns any of the Securities, the Company shall timely file all
reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the
Exchange Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an
issuer required to file reports under the Exchange Act even if the
Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would permit
such termination.
3.10.
Disclosure of Transaction . The Company shall issue a press
release describing the material terms of the transactions
contemplated hereby (the “ Press Release ”) not
later than the second Trading Day following the Closing Date. The
Company shall also file with the Commission a Current Report on
Form 8-K (the “ Form 8-K ”) describing the
material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby (and
attaching as exhibits thereto this Agreement, the form of Debenture
and Warrant and the Press Release) as soon as practicable following
the Closing Date but in no event more than four (4) Trading Days
following the Closing Date, which Press Release and Form 8-K shall
be subject to prior review and reasonable comment by the Purchaser.
“ Trading Day ” means any day during which the
principal exchange on which the Common Stock is traded shall be
open for trading.
3.11.
Amendments . The Company shall not amend or waive any
provision of the Articles or By-laws of the Company in any way that
would adversely affect exercise rights, voting rights, or
redemption rights of the holder of the Securities.
3.12.
Reservation of Shares . So long as any of the Debentures or
Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall take all action
necessary to at all times have authorized and reserved for the
purpose of issuance of a sufficient number of shares of Common
Stock needed to provide for the issuance of the Underlying
Shares.
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3.13.
Transfer Agent Instructions . The Company shall issue
irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent, and any subsequent
transfer agent, to issue certificates, registered in the name of
the Purchaser, for the Underlying Shares in such amounts as
specified from time to time by the Purchaser to the Company upon
conversion of the Debentures or exercise of the Warrants in the
form of Exhibit D attached to the 2007 Purchase Agreement
(the “ Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions
”). Prior to registration of the Underlying Shares under the
Securities Act, all such certificates shall bear the restrictive
legend specified in Section 5.1 of this Agreement. The Company
warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer
Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 3.13 will be given
by the Company to its transfer agent and that the Underlying Shares
shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of
the Company as and to the extent provided in this Agreement. If the
Purchaser provides the Company with an opinion of counsel, in a
generally acceptable form, to the effect that a public sale,
assignment or transfer of the Underlying Shares may be made without
registration under the Securities Act or the Purchaser provides the
Company with reasonable assurances that the Underlying Shares can
be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the
number of securities acquired as of a particular date that can then
be immediately sold, the Company shall permit the transfer, and, in
the case of the Underlying Shares, promptly instruct its transfer
agent to issue one or more certificates in such name and in such
denominations as specified by the Purchaser and without any
restrictive legend.
3.14.
Form S-3 Eligibility . The Company currently meets the
“registrant eligibility” and transaction requirements
set forth in the general instructions to Form S-3 applicable to
“resale” registrations on Form S-3 and the Company
shall file all reports required to be filed by the Company with the
Commission in a timely manner.
3.15
Right of First Refusal .
(a)
For the twelve (12) month period following the Closing, the
Purchaser will have the right of first refusal (the “Initial
Purchase Right ”) to purchase, on the same terms as
other investors, up to one hundred percent (100%) of any debt
securities, equity securities, securities convertible into equity
securities, or options or warrants therefor (“ Purchase
Securities ”) that the Company proposes to offer, other
than the securities excluded by paragraph (e) below.
(b)
Subsequent to the twelve (12) month period following the Closing,
the Purchaser will have the right of first refusal (the
“Pro-Rata Purchase Right ”) to purchase, on the
same terms as other investors, that percentage of any Purchase
Securities that the Company proposes to offer, other than the
securities excluded by paragraph (e) below, which is equal to the
Purchaser’s pro rata ownership of the Common Stock of the
Company on a fully diluted basis. The Initial Purchase Right and
the Pro-Rata Purchase Right are collectively referred to herein as
the “Purchase Rights”.
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(c)
If the Company proposes to issue any Purchase Securities, it shall
give the Purchaser written notice of its intention, describing the
Purchase Securities, the price and the terms and conditions upon
which the Company proposes to issue the same, together with a
signed and accepted term sheet. The Purchaser shall have ten (10)
Trading Days from the giving of such notice to elect to purchase
all or part (in the case of the Initial Purchase Right), or part
(in the case of the Pro-Rata Purchase Right), of the Purchase
Securities for the price and upon the terms and conditions
specified in the notice by giving written notice to the Company and
stating therein the quantity of such Purchase Securities to be
purchased.
(d)
The Purchaser shall then effect the purchase of the Purchase
Securities at the closing of the issuance of Purchase Securities
described in the notice delivered by the Company pursuant to
paragraph (c) above. On the date of such closing, the Company shall
deliver to the Purchaser the certificates representing the Purchase
Securities to be purchased by the Purchaser, each certificate to be
properly endorsed for transfer, and at such time, the Purchaser
shall pay the purchase price for the Purchase
Securities.
(e)
If the Purchaser fails to exercise in full its Purchase Right, the
Company shall have ninety (90) days thereafter to sell the Purchase
Securities in respect of which the Purchaser’s rights were
not exercised, at a price and upon general terms and conditions no
more favorable to the purchaser thereof than specified in the
Company’s notice to the Purchaser pursuant to paragraph (c)
above. If the Company has not sold such Purchase Securities within
such ninety (90) days, the Company shall not thereafter issue or
sell any Purchase Securities, without first again complying with
this Section 3.15.
(f)
The Purchase Right established by this Section 3.15 shall have no
application to any of the following issuances of Purchase
Securities (collectively, the “ Excluded Securities
”):
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shares of Common Stock issued
or issuable to employees, directors or consultants pursuant to
equity holder plans maintained by the Company and registered with
the Commission on Form S-8;
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shares of Common Stock issued or
issuable upon the exercise or conversion of currently outstanding
options, warrants or convertible securities; or
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(iii)
shares of Common Stock issued or issuable
upon any conversion of the Debenture or exercise of the Warrants
issued to the Purchaser concurrently with the Debenture;
or
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shares of Common Stock issued or
issuable solely as consideration for bank financings, equipment
leases, investor relations/public relations services, business
acquisitions, mergers, strategic partnerships, or public
offerings.
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3.16
Consultant. The July, 2008 Warrant Purchase Agreement is
hereby amended to delete in its entirety Section 3.16 thereof,
which relates to Company’s engagement of the services of Mr.
Lyle Deitch.
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3.17
Prohibition from Exercise, Shareholder Approval .
Until the Company has obtained the approval of the transaction and
issuance(s) of securities contemplated herein by a majority of the
Company’s holders of Common Stock, which the Company shall
use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain as soon as
possible, but in no event later than the Company’s next
annual meeting, which shall be held no later than October 31, 2008,
Purchaser shall not convert either of the Debentures or exercise
either of the Warrants to the extent that the aggregate number of
shares issuable upon such conversion or exercise, together with (i)
any penalty shares issued pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement between the Company and the original Holder executed in
connection with this transaction, and the Registration Rights
Agreement dated July 23, 2008, and (ii) shares of Common
Stock that may have been issued upon the exercise of the
warrant issued to the Purchaser pursuant to that certain Warrant
Purchase Agreement dated July 23, 2008, results in an aggregate
issuance of that number of shares of Common Stock that, is greater
than Nineteen and Nine-Tenth’s percent (19.9%) of the
Company’s total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock
as of July 23, 2008.
3.18
Withdrawal of Registration Statement . The Company shall
promptly withdraw the Registration Statement that the Company
submitted to the SEC on July 10, 2008 and shall file a new
registration statement within 90 days of Purchaser’s written
demand, as set forth in the Registration Rights Agreements, dated
December 7, 2007 and July 23, 2008, as amended by Section 7.2
hereof, and with the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the
date hereof.
3.19
Board Representation . In the event that the Purchaser does
not exercise its right to appoint one representative to the
Company’s Board of Directors pursuant to the terms of the
2007 Purchase Agreement, it shall have the right to appoint an
observer of Board proceedings.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS
4.1.
Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Company to Close
and to Sell the Securities. The obligation hereunder of the
Company to close and issue and sell the Securities to the Purchaser
at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction or waiver, at or
before the Closing of the conditions set forth below. These
conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be
waived by the Company at any time in its sole
discretion.
(a)
Accuracy of the Purchaser’s Representations and
Warranties . The representations and warranties of the
Purchaser shall be true and correct in all material respects
(except for those representations and warranties that are qualified
by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and
correct in all respects) as of the date when made and as of the
Closing Date as though made at that time, except for
representations and warranties that are expressly made as of a
particular date, which shall be true and correct in all material
respects (except for those representations and warranties that are
qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be
true and correct in all respects) as of such date.
(b)
Performance by the Purchaser . The Purchaser shall have
performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all
covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to
be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Purchaser at or
prior to the Closing Date.
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(c)
No Injunction . No statute, rule, regulation, executive
order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted,
entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental
authority of competent jurisdiction which prohibits the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(d)
Delivery of Purchase Price . The Purchase Price for the
Securities shall have been delivered to the Company on each Closing
Date.
(e)
Delivery of Transaction Documents . The Transaction
Documents shall have been duly executed and delivered by the
Purchaser to the Company.
4.2.
Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Purchaser to Close
and to Purchase the Securities. The obligation hereunder of the
Purchaser to purchase the Securities and consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the
satisfaction or waiver, at or before the Closing, of each of the
conditions set forth below. These conditions are for the
Purchaser’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Purchaser
at any time in its sole discretion.
(a)
Accuracy of the Company’s Representations and
Warranties . Each of the representations and warranties of the
Company in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall
be true and correct in all material respects (except for those
representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality or
Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all
respects) as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as
though made at that time, except for representations and warranties
that are expressly made as of a particular date, which shall be
true and correct in all material respects (except for those
representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality or
Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all
respects) as of such date.
(b)
Performance by the Company . The Company shall have
performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all
covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to
be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior
to the Closing Date.
(c)
No Suspension, Etc . Trading in the Common Stock shall not
have been suspended by the Commission or the Nasdaq Capital Market
(except for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to
by the Company, which suspension shall be terminated prior to the
Closing), and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in
securities generally as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets
(“ Bloomberg ”) shall not have been suspended or
limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on
securities whose trades are reported by Bloomberg, or on the New
York Stock Exchange, nor shall a banking moratorium have been
declared either by the United States or New York State authorities,
nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation
of hostilities or other national or international calamity or
crisis of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse
change in any financial market which, in each case, in the judgment
of the Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase
the Securities.
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(d)
No Injunction . No statute, rule, regulation, executive
order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted,
entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental
authority of competent jurisdiction which prohibits the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(e)
No Proceedings or Litigation . No action, suit or proceeding
before any arbitrator or any governmental authority shall have been
commenced, and no investigation by any governmental authority, to
the Company’s knowledge, shall have been threatened, against
the Company or any Subsidiary, or any of the officers, directors or
affiliates of the Company or any Subsidiary seeking to restrain,
prevent or change the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
or seeking damages in connection with such transactions.
(f)
Opinion of Counsel . The Purchaser shall have received an
opinion of counsel to the Company, dated the date of the Closing,
substantially in the form of Exhibit E annexed to the 2007
Purchase Agreement , with such exceptions and limitations as
shall be reasonably acceptable to counsel to the
Purchaser.
(g)
Debenture and Warrant . At or prior to each Closing Date,
the Company shall have delivered to the Purchaser a Debenture and a
Warrant (in such denominations as the Purchaser may
request).
(h)
Officer’s Certificate . On the Closing Date, the
Company shall have delivered to the Purchaser a certificate signed
by an executive officer on behalf of the Company, dated as of the
Closing Date, confirming the accuracy of the Company’s
representations, warranties and covenants as of the Closing Date
(except those representations and warranties made as of a specific
date) and confirming the compliance by the Company with the
conditions precedent set forth in paragraphs (b) to (e) and (i) of
this Section 4.2 as of the Closing Date (provided that, with
respect to the matters in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section
4.2, such confirmation shall be based on the knowledge of the
executive officer after due inquiry).
ARTICLE V
CERTIFICATE
LEGEND
5.1.
Legend . Each certificate representing the Securities shall
be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend substantially in
the following form (in addition to any legend required by
applicable state securities or “blue sky”
laws):
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THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ SECURITIES
ACT ”) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE SOLD,
TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR
ELECTRO ENERGY, INC. SHALL HAVE RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL THAT
REGISTRATION OF SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER
THE PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS IS NOT
REQUIRED.
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The
Company agrees to issue or reissue certificates representing any of
the Underlying Shares, without the legend set forth above if at
such time, prior to making any transfer of any such Underlying
Shares, such holder thereof shall give written notice to the
Company describing the manner and terms of such transfer and
removal as the Company may reasonably request. Such proposed
transfer and removal will not be effected until: (a) either (i) the
Company has received an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory
to the Company, to the effect that the registration of the
Underlying Shares under the Securities Act is not required in
connection with such proposed transfer, (ii) a registration
statement under the Securities Act covering such proposed
disposition has been filed by the Company with the Commission and
has become effective under the Securities Act, (iii) the Company
has received other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company
that such registration and qualification under the Securities Act
and state securities laws are not required (which may include an
opinion of counsel provided by the Company), or (iv) the holder
provides the Company with reasonable assurances that such security
can be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (which
may include an opinion of counsel provided by the Company); and (b)
either (i) the Company has received an opinion of counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that
registration or qualification under the securities or “blue
sky” laws of any state is not required in connection with
such proposed disposition, (ii) compliance with applicable state
securities or “blue sky” laws has been effected, or
(iii) the holder provides the Company with reasonable assurances
that a valid exemption exists with respect thereto (which may
include an opinion of counsel provided by the Company). The Company
will respond to any such notice from a holder within three (3)
business days. In the case of any proposed transfer under this
Section 5.1, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts
to comply with any such applicable state securities or “blue
sky” laws, but shall in no event be required, (x) to qualify
to do business in any state where it is not then qualified, (y) to
take any action that would subject it to tax or to the general
service of process in any state where it is not then subject, or
(z) to comply with state securities or “blue sky” laws
of any state for which registration by coordination is unavailable
to the Company. The restrictions on transfer contained in this
Section 5.1 shall be in addition to, and not by way of limitation
of, any other restrictions on transfer contained in any other
section of this Agreement. Whenever a certificate representing the
Underlying Shares is required to be issued to the Purchaser without
a legend, in lieu of delivering physical certificates representing
the Underlying Shares, provided the Company’s transfer agent
is participating in the Depository Trust Company (“
DTC ”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer program, the
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its transfer
agent to electronically transmit the Underlying Shares to the
Purchaser by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s Prime
Broker with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission
(“ DWAC ”) system (to the extent not
inconsistent with any provisions of this Agreement).
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION
6.1.
Company Indemnity . The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Purchaser (and its directors, officers, affiliates,
agents, successors and assigns) from and against any and all
losses, liabilities, deficiencies, costs, damages and expenses
(including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees,
charges and disbursements) incurred by the Purchaser as a result of
any inaccuracy in or breach of the representations, warranties or
covenants made by the Company herein, and the Purchaser agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company to the same extent as a
result of any inaccuracy in or breach of the representations,
warranties or covenants made by the Purchaser herein.
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6.2.
Indemnification Procedure . Any party entitled to
indemnification under this Article VI (an “ indemnified
party ”) will give written notice to the indemnifying
party of any matter giving rise to a claim for indemnification;
provided, that the failure of any party entitled to indemnification
hereunder to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the
indemnifying party of its obligations under this Article VI except
to the extent that the indemnifying party is actually prejudiced by
such failure to give notice. In case any such action, proceeding or
claim is brought against an indemnified party in respect of which
indemnification is sought hereunder, the indemnifying party shall
be entitled to participate in and, unless in the reasonable
judgment of the indemnifying party a conflict of interest between
it and the indemnified party exists with respect to such action,
proceeding or claim (in which case the indemnifying party shall be
responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of one separate
counsel for the indemnified parties), to assume the defense thereof
with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. In
the event that the indemnifying party advises an indemnified party
that it will contest such a claim for indemnification hereunder, or
fails, within thirty (30) days of receipt of any indemnification
notice to notify, in writing, such person of its election to
defend, settle or compromise, at its sole cost and expense, any
action, proceeding or claim (or discontinues its defense at any
time after it commences such defense), then the indemnified party
may, at its option, defend, settle or otherwise compromise or pay
such action or claim. In any event, unless and until the
indemnifying party elects in writing to assume and does so assume
the defense of any such claim, proceeding or action, the
indemnified party’s costs and expenses arising out of the
defense, settlement or compromise of any such action, claim or
proceeding shall be losses subject to indemnification hereunder.
The indemnified party shall cooperate fully with the indemnifying
party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such
action or claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the
indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the
indemnified party which relates to such action or claim. The
indemnifying party shall keep the indemnified party fully apprised
at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement
negotiations with respect thereto. If the indemnifying party elects
to defend any such action or claim, then the indemnified party
shall be entitled to participate in such defense with counsel of
its choice at its sole cost and expense. The indemnifying party
shall not be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or
proceeding effected without its prior written consent.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article VI to the contrary, the
indemnifying party shall not, without the indemnified party’s
prior written consent, settle or compromise any claim or consent to
entry of any judgment in respect thereof which imposes any future
obligation on the indemnified party or which does not include, as
an unconditional term thereof, the giving by the claimant or the
plaintiff to the indemnified party of a release from all liability
in respect of such claim. The indemnification obligations to defend
the indemnified party required by this Article VI shall be made by
periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of
investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or
expense, loss, damage or liability is incurred, so long as the
indemnified party shall refund such moneys if it is ultimately
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such party was
not entitled to indemnification. The indemnity agreements contained
herein shall be in addition to (a) any cause of action or similar
rights of the indemnified party against the indemnifying party or
others, and (b) any liabilities the indemnifying party may be
subject to pursuant to the law. No indemnifying party will be
liable to the indemnified party under this Agreement to the extent,
but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is
attributable to the indemnified party’s breach of any of the
representations, warranties or covenants made by such party in this
Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents.
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ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
7.1
Protective Provisions . So long as at least an aggregate of
twenty-five percent (25%) of the original principal balances of (i)
the Debentures(s) and (ii) the KIT Debenture remain outstanding,
consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding
Debenture(s) shall be required for any action (by merger,
reclassification or otherwise) that (i) results in the
redemption or repurchase of any stock, (ii) results in any
merger or other corporate reorganization that results in a change
of control of the Company, or any transaction in which all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company are sold,
(iii) authorizes the issuance of debt in excess of
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), (iv) changes
the business of the Company, or (v) involves any transaction
or compensation arrangements between the Company and its officers
and directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon successful and
timely completion of both Milestone Sets as set forth herein, and
the completion of the transactions contemplated and described
herein, the Purchaser will consent to an incentive and compensatory
award by the Company of warrants to members of the Company’s
management equal to three percent (3%) of the number of outstanding
common shares of the Company on a fully-diluted basis at an
exercise price and other terms equivalent to those set forth
herein, including without limitation repricing and anti-dilution
protection. One-third (?) of such award will be made to the CEO and
two-thirds (?) will be made to other members of the management team
and consultants at the discretion of the CEO, all subject to
reasonable approval of the grants by Investor.
7.2
Amendments to Registration Rights Agreements . The
registration rights agreements between the Company and the
Purchaser, dated December 7, 2007 and July 23, 2008 are hereby
amended to provide that the Company shall file a Registration
Statement covering all or a portion of the Registrible Securities,
as those terms are defined therein, as soon as possible following
Purchaser’s written request to do so, but in no event later
than ninety (90) days following such written request, subject to
the terms and conditions contained therein.
7.3
Amendments to Existing Warrant . That certain warrant issued
to the Purchaser pursuant to the July, 2008 Warrant Purchase
Agreement (the “Existing Warrant”) is hereby amended as
follows: (1) The Warrant Price is reduced to $1.00 per share, (2)
Section 5(d) of the Existing Warrant is amended to reduce the
minimum price set forth therein to $0.4545 per share and (3) Upon
any decrease in the Warrant Price, the number of Warrant Shares
shall be increased to the number of shares determined by
multiplying the Warrant Price that was in effect
immediately prior to such decrease by the number of Warrant Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Warrant prior to such decrease and
dividing the product by the Warrant Price resulting
from the decrease.
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7.4
Amendment to Existing Debenture . That certain 10% Senior
Secured Convertible Debenture issued by the Company to the
Purchaser on December 7, 2007 is hereby amended to permit the
Purchaser to convert such debenture at any time following the
execution of this Agreement.
7.5
Amendment to Security Agreement . The definition of
“Secured Obligations”, contained in that certain
Security Agreement between the Purchaser and the Company, dated
December 7, 2007, is hereby amended to include the
Debentures.
7.6
Short Sales . The Purchaser covenants that neither it nor
any affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding
with it will pledge, hypothecate, loan or execute any “short
sales,” as such term is defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO
under the Exchange Act, or other hedging transactions with
broker-dealers or other financial institutions that may, in turn,
engage in “short sales” of the Common Stock, during the
twelve (12) month period prior to conversion of the
Debenture.
7.7
Fees and Expenses . Except as otherwise set forth in this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, each party shall pay
the fees and expenses of its advisors, counsel, accountants and
other experts, if any, and all other expenses, incurred by such
party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement; provided that the Company shall
pay all actual, reasonable and necessary attorneys’ fees and
expenses (including disbursements and out-of-pocket expenses)
incurred by the Purchaser in connection with (i) the preparation,
negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereunder,
which payment shall not exceed $20,000 and shall be made at the
Closing, and (ii) any amendments, modifications or waivers of this
Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents. The Company
shall also pay all reaso