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EXHIBIT 10.1
COMMON STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
THIS COMMON STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the "
Agreement ") is entered into as of December 7, 2006, by
and among SUPER VISION INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation
(the " Company "), with its principal executive offices
located at 8210 Presidents Drive, Orlando, Florida 32809, and the
purchasers (collectively, the " Purchasers " and each a "
Purchaser ") set forth on Schedule 1 hereof,
with regard to the following:
RECITALS
A. The Company and Purchasers 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 Purchasers desire to (a) purchase, upon the terms
and conditions stated in this Agreement, shares of the
Company’s Class A Common Stock, $.001 par value (the "
Class A Common Stock ") and (b) purchase, upon the
terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, the Class A
Common Stock Purchase Warrants (the " Warrants ") to
purchase shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock,
in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit A and
Exhibit B (the " Base Warrants " and the "
Additional Warrants ," respectively, and collectively, the "
Warrants" ). The shares of Class A Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant to the Warrants are
referred to herein as the " Warrant Shares ." The
Class A Common Class, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares are
collectively referred to herein as the " Securities ".
C. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the parties hereto are executing and delivering a
Registration Rights Agreement in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C (the " Registration Rights Agreement
," and collectively with this Agreement, the Warrants 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 Purchasers hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
PURCHASE AND SALE OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK AND
WARRANTS
1.1 Purchase of Class A Common Stock and Warrants .
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the
issuance, sale and purchase of the Class A Common Stock and
Warrants shall be consummated in a " Closing ." The purchase
price (the " Purchase Price ") per Unit shall be equal to
the product obtained by multiplying (a) 100, by (b) the
closing bid price of the Class A Common Stock on the NASDAQ
Stock Market on the last trading day immediately preceding the
Closing Date (provided that if the Closing occurs after 4:00 PM
Eastern Time on a trading day, then the price shall be the closing
bid price of the Class A Common Stock on the Closing Date) and
adding $.11 to the result. The Company shall not sell Units having
an aggregate Purchase Price of more than NINE MILLION DOLLARS
($9,000,000). Each " Unit " will consist of (a) one
hundred (100) shares of Class A Common Stock, (b) a
Base Warrant for the purchase of 60 Warrant Shares at an exercise
price per share of 1% of the Purchase Price, with a term of five
(5) years and (c) an Additional Warrant for the purchase
of Warrant Shares at an exercise price of $3.00 per Warrant Share.
The number of shares for which the Additional Warrant will be
exercisable is set forth in the following table:
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Warrant Shares
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On the date of the Closing, subject to the
satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in
ARTICLES VI and VII hereof, the Company shall issue and sell
to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser severally agrees to purchase
from the Company, the number of shares of Class A Common
Stock, a Base Warrant to purchase the number of Warrant Shares and
an Additional Warrant to the purchase the number of Warrant Shares
as set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule
1 hereto. Each Purchaser’s obligation to purchase
Class A Common Stock and Warrants hereunder is distinct and
separate from each other Purchaser’s obligation to purchase,
and no Purchaser shall be required to purchase hereunder more than
the number of shares of Class A Common Stock and Warrants set
forth on Schedule 1 hereto. The obligations of the Company
with respect to each Purchaser shall be separate from the
obligations of each other Purchaser and shall not be conditioned as
to any Purchaser upon the performance of obligations of any other
Purchaser. The Purchase Price will be paid into Escrow pursuant to
an Escrow Agreement between the Company and RBC Centura Bank, as
escrow agent (the "Escrow Agreement").
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1.2. Closing Fee . The Purchaser
acknowledges that the Company has engaged Great American Investors,
Inc. as the exclusive placement agent (the " Placement Agent
") in connection with the offering of the Units (the "
Offering ") and, as consideration for its services, has
agreed to pay to the Placement Agent at the Closing a cash
commission equal to seven percent (7%) of the gross proceeds
received by the Company from the sale of Units in the Offering and
to issue to the Placement Agent and/or its designees a Base Warrant
(the " Placement Agent Warrant ") to purchase that number of
shares of Class A Common Stock equal to eight percent (8%) of the
quotient obtained by dividing (a) the aggregate gross proceeds
received by the Company from the sale of the Units, by (b) the
exercise price of the Base Warrants issued to Purchasers hereunder.
The Placement Agent Warrant will have the same terms and conditions
as the Base Warrants issued to the Purchasers hereunder. At or
before the Closing, the Company will also reimburse the Placement
Agent for all expenses incurred by such Placement Agent, subject to
any limitations set forth in any agreements between the Company and
the Placement Agent. The Company hereby agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Placement Agent and its officers, directors,
employees, agents and shareholders, individually and collectively
(" Placement Agent Indemnified Person(s) ") from and against
any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, costs and
reasonable expenses incurred by any Placement Agent Indemnified
Person (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel)
which are related to or arising out of: (i) any untrue
statement of any material fact made by the Company; or
(ii) any omission of material fact necessary to make any
statement not misleading, made by the Company. The Company will not
however, be responsible for any claims, liabilities, losses,
damages, or expenses, which resulted directly or indirectly from
the Placement Agent’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
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
Class A Common Stock and Warrants pursuant to this Agreement
shall be on or before 5:00 p.m. Orlando, Florida time, on
December 7, 2006.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
Each Purchaser represents and warrants to the Company, as of the
date hereof and as of the Closing, severally and not jointly, with
respect to itself and its purchase hereunder and not with respect
to any other Purchaser or the purchase hereunder by any other
Purchaser, that the following statements are true and correct:
2.1 Investment Purpose . Purchaser is purchasing the
Class A Common Stock and the Warrants for Purchaser’s
own account for investment only and
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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
Class A Common Stock, Warrants or Warrant Shares 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.
2.2 Accredited Investor Status . Purchaser is an
"accredited investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)
of Regulation D.
2.3 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
Class A Common Stock and Warrants.
2.4 Information . The Company has made available to the
Purchaser the documents publicly filed by the Company with the SEC
(such documents collectively, the " SEC Documents ").
Purchaser has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the
Company, was permitted to meet with the Company’s officers
and has received what the Purchaser believes to be complete and
satisfactory answers to any such inquiries. Except for the SEC
Documents and the answers received by Purchaser as a result of
inquiries made by Purchaser to Company officers, and except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Purchaser is not relying
upon any information, representations or warranties of any other
party. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence
investigation conducted by Purchaser or any of its representations
shall modify, amend or affect Purchaser’s right to rely on
the Company’s representations and warranties contained in
ARTICLE III. Purchaser understands that Purchaser’s
investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk,
including, without limitation, the risks and uncertainties
disclosed in the SEC Documents.
2.5 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.
2.6 Transfer or Resale . Purchaser understands that
(i) except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement,
the Securities have not been and are not being registered under the
Securities Act or any state securities laws, and may not be
offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred unless subsequently
registered thereunder or an exemption from such registration is
available (which exemption the Company expressly agrees may be
established as contemplated in clauses (b) and (c) of
Section 5.1
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hereof); (ii) any sale of such Securities
made in reliance on Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or a
successor rule) (" 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 such Securities
without registration under the Securities Act under circumstances
in which the seller 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 in order for such resale to be
allowed, (iii) the Company is under no obligation to register
such Securities under the Securities 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 this Agreement or
the Registration Rights Agreement) and (iv) the Company has
agreed to register the Class A Common Stock and Warrant Shares
as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement.
2.7 Legends . Purchaser understands that, subject to
ARTICLE V hereof, the certificates for the Class A Common
Stock and Warrants, and, if the Warrants are exercised the
certificates for the Warrant Shares, until such time as the
Class A Common Stock and the Warrant 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), will bear a
restrictive legend (the " Legend "), which will include
language in substantially the following form:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS
OFFERED, SOLD OR TRANSFERRED PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION
FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE LAWS.
2.8 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.
2.9 Residency . Purchaser is a resident of the
jurisdiction set forth under Purchaser’s name on the
signature page hereto executed by Purchaser.
2.10 Short Sales and Confidentiality Prior To the Date
Hereof . Other than the transaction contemplated hereunder,
such Purchaser has not directly or indirectly, nor has any Person
acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with
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such Purchaser, executed any disposition,
including short sales, in the securities of the Company during
the period commencing from the time that such Purchaser first
received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any
other person setting forth the material terms of the transactions
contemplated hereunder until the date hereof. Other than to other
parties to this Agreement, such Purchaser has maintained the
confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with
this transaction (including the existence and terms of this
transaction).
2.11 General Solicitation . No Purchaser is purchasing
the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or
other communication regarding the Securities published in any
newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television
or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general
solicitation or general advertisement.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company represents and warrants to each 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
indicated below and attached hereto (the " Company Disclosure
Schedules ") and except as disclosed in the SEC Documents.
3.1 Organization and Qualification . The Company has no
subsidiaries. The Company is a corporation duly organized and
existing in good standing under the laws of the state of Delaware
and has the requisite corporate power to own its properties and to
carry on its business as now being conducted. The Company is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good
standing in every jurisdiction where the failure so to qualify or
be in good standing could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. " Material Adverse Effect " means any effect
which, individually or in the aggregate with all other effects,
reasonably would be expected to be materially adverse to the
business, operations, properties, financial condition, operating
results or prospects of the Company taken as a whole, or on the
transactions contemplated hereby.
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 Securities; (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 Class A Common Stock and the Warrants, and the reservation
for issuance of 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 or any other Person is required with respect to any of
the transactions contemplated hereby or
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thereby except with respect to the Exchange (as
defined below); (c) this Agreement, the Registration Rights
Agreement, the Class A Common Stock, and the Warrants have
been duly executed and delivered by the Company; and (d) this
Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Class A
Common Stock, and the Warrants 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 this
Agreement or 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 capitalization of the Company as
of November 15, 2006 including the authorized capital stock,
the number of shares issued and outstanding, the number of shares
reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company’s stock option
plans, the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to
securities (other than the Warrants) exercisable for, or
convertible into or exchangeable for, shares of any class of the
Company’s Common Stock and the number of shares to be
reserved for issuance upon exercise of the Warrants is set forth on
Schedule 3.3 hereof. All of such outstanding shares of
capital stock have been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable. No shares of capital stock of the
Company (including the Class A Common Stock and the Warrant
Shares) are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar
rights of the stockholders of the Company or any liens or
encumbrances. Except with respect to the Exchange (as defined
below) or as disclosed in Schedule 3.3 hereof, as of
the date of this Agreement, (i) there are no outstanding
options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe for, calls or
commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities
or rights convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, any
shares of capital stock of the Company, or contracts, commitments,
understandings or arrangements by which the Company is or may
become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the
Company, (ii) issuance of the Securities will not trigger
anti-dilution rights for any other outstanding or authorized
securities of the Company, and (iii) there are no agreements
or arrangements under which the Company is obligated to register
the sale of any of its securities under the Securities Act (except
the Registration Rights Agreement). The Company has made available
to Purchaser true and correct copies of the Company’s
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and in effect on the date
hereof (" Certificate of Incorporation "), and the
Company’s By-laws, as amended and in effect on the date
hereof (the " By-laws "). The Company has set forth on
Schedule 3.3 hereof all instruments and agreements
(other than the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws) governing
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any
class of its Common Stock (and the Company shall provide to
Purchaser copies thereof upon the request of Purchaser).
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3.4 No Conflicts . Except as set forth in
Schedule 3.4 , the execution, delivery and performance of
the Transaction Documents by the Company, and the consummation by
the Company of transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
(including, without limitation, the issuance and reservation for
issuance, as applicable, of the Securities) do not and will not
(a) result in a violation of the Certificate of Incorporation
or By-laws or (b) conflict with, or constitute a default (or
an event which, 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 agreement,
indenture or instrument to which the Company is a party, or result
in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or
decree (including U.S. federal and state securities laws)
applicable to the Company or by which any property or asset of the
Company is bound or affected (except for such possible conflicts,
defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations
and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have
a Material Adverse Effect). The Company is not in violation of its
Certificate of Incorporation or other organizational documents. The
Company is not in default (and no event has occurred which has not
been waived which, with notice or lapse of time or both, could
reasonably be expected to put the Company in default) under, nor
has there occurred any event giving others (with notice or lapse of
time or both) any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which
the Company is a party, except for possible violations, defaults or
rights as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect. The businesses of the Company is not being
conducted, and shall not be conducted so long as a Purchaser owns
any of the Securities, in violation of any law, ordinance or
regulation of any governmental entity, except for possible
violations the sanctions for which either individually or in the
aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Except
(A) such as may be required under the Securities Act in
connection with the performance of the Company’s obligations
under the Registration Rights Agreement, (B) filing of a
Form D with the SEC, (C) such as may be required in
compliance with the state securities or Blue Sky laws of applicable
jurisdictions and (D) such as may be required in compliance
with the rules and regulations of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") and The NASDAQ Stock Market, the
Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or
order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or
governmental agency or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency in
order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations
under this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement or to
perform its obligations in accordance with the terms hereof or
thereof.
3.5 Consents . Except as set forth in Schedule 3.5
, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the
Transaction Documents and the offer, issuance and sale of the
Securities require no consent of, action by or in respect of, or
filing with, any Person, governmental body, agency, or official
other than (i) filings that have been made pursuant to
applicable state securities laws, (ii) post-sale filings
pursuant to applicable state and federal securities laws,
(iii) filings with the NASD and (iv) any consent, action
or filing that either individually or in the aggregate would not
have a Material Adverse Effect. Subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of each Purchaser set forth in
ARTICLE II hereof, the Company has taken all action necessary to
exempt (i) the issuance and sale of the Class A Common
Stock, (ii) the
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issuance of the Warrants, and (iii) the
issuance of the Warrant Shares , from the provisions of any
stockholder rights plan or other "poison pill" arrangement, any
anti-takeover, business combination or control share law or statute
binding on the Company or to which the Company or any of its assets
and properties may be subject and any provision of the
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws that is or
could reasonably be expected to become applicable to the Purchasers
as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby, including
without limitation, the issuance of the Securities and the
ownership, disposition or voting of the Securities by the
Purchasers or the exercise of any right granted to the Purchasers
pursuant to this Agreement or the other Transaction
Documents.
3.6 SEC Documents; Financial Statements . Since
November 14, 2006, the Company has timely filed the SEC
Documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the
reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the " Exchange Act "). The Company has made
available to each Purchaser 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 Exchange 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. None of the statements made in any such
SEC Documents which is required to be updated or amended under
applicable law has not been so updated or amended. The financial
statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents have been
prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles, consistently applied, and the rules and regulations of
the SEC 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 do not include footnotes or are condensed or
summary statements) and present accurately and completely the
financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the
results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended
(subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end
audit adjustments). Except as set forth in a manner clearly evident
to a sophisticated institutional investor in the financial
statements or the notes thereto 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 consistent with past practice subsequent to the date of
such financial statements and (ii) obligations under contracts
and commitments incurred in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice and not required under generally
accepted accounting principles to be reflected in such financial
statements. To the extent required by the rules of the SEC
applicable thereto, the SEC Documents contain a complete and
accurate list of all material undischarged written or oral
contracts, agreements, leases or other instruments to which the
Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any
of the properties or assets of the Company is subject (each a "
Contract "). None of the Company or, to the Company’s
Knowledge, any of the other parties thereto, is in breach or
violation of any Contract, which breach or violation would have a
Material Adverse Effect. No event, occurrence or condition exists
which, with the lapse of time, the giving of notice,
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or both, could become a default by the Company
which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, " Company’s
Knowledge " means the actual knowledge of the executive
officers (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the
Company, after due inquiry.
3.7 Absence of Certain Changes . Since December 31,
2005, there has been no material adverse change and no material
adverse development in the business, properties, operations,
financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the
Company, not clearly evident to a sophisticated institutional
investor from the SEC Documents, including, without limitation:
(i) any change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition
or operating results of the Company from that reflected in the
financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report
on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005,
except for changes in the ordinary course of business which have
not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, individually or in the aggregate;
(ii) any declaration or payment of any dividend, or any
authorization or payment of any distribution, on any of the capital
stock of the Company, or any redemption or repurchase of any
securities of the Company;
(iii) any material damage, destruction or loss, whether or not
covered by insurance to any assets or properties of the
Company;
(iv) any waiver, not in the ordinary course of business, by the
Company of a material right or of a material debt owed to it;
(v) any satisfaction or discharge of any lien, claim or
encumbrance or payment of any obligation by the Company, except in
the ordinary course of business and which is not material to the
assets, properties, financial condition, operating results or
business of the Company (as such business is presently conducted
and as it is proposed to be conducted);
(vi) any change or amendment to the Company’s Certificate
of Incorporation or By-laws, or material change to any material
contract or arrangement by which the Company is bound or to which
any of its assets or properties is subject;
(vii) any material labor difficulties or labor union organizing
activities with respect to employees of the Company;
(viii) any material transaction entered into by the Company
other than in the ordinary course of business;
(ix) the loss of the services of any key employee, or material
change in the composition or duties of the senior management of the
Company;
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(x) the loss or threatened loss of any customer
which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; or
(xi) any other event or condition of any character that has had
or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
3.8 Absence of Litigation . Except as disclosed in
Schedule 3.8 hereof or as disclosed in the
Company’s SEC Documents filed by it with the SEC, there is no
action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any
court, public board, government agency, or self-regulatory
organization or body pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge,
threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its directors
or officers in their capacities as such which could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no facts
known to the Company which, if known by a potential claimant or
governmental authority, could reasonably be expected to give rise
to a claim or proceeding which, if asserted or conducted with
results unfavorable to the Company could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.9 Tax Matters . The Company has timely prepared and
filed all tax returns required to have been filed by the Company
with all appropriate governmental agencies and timely paid all
taxes shown thereon or otherwise owed by it. The charges, accruals
and reserves on the books of the Company in respect of taxes for
all fiscal periods are adequate in all material respects, and there
are no material unpaid assessments against the Company nor, to the
Company’s Knowledge, any basis for the assessment of any
additional taxes, penalties or interest for any fiscal period or
audits by any federal, state or local taxing authority except for
any assessment which is not material to the Company. All taxes and
other assessments and levies that the Company is required to
withhold or to collect for payment have been duly withheld and
collected and paid to the proper governmental entity or third party
when due. There are no tax liens or claims pending or, to the
Company’s Knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of
its assets or property. There are no outstanding tax sharing
agreements or other such arrangements between the Company and any
other corporation or entity.
3.10 Transactions with Affiliates . Except as disclosed
in the SEC Documents, none of the officers or directors of the
Company and, to the Company’s Knowledge, none of the
employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction
with the Company (other than as holders of stock options and/or
warrants, and for services as employees, officers, consultants and
directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement
providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for
rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise
requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such
employee or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any entity in which
any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial
interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.
3.11 Internal Controls . The Company maintains a system
of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable
assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance
with management’s general or specific authorizations,
(ii)
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transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles (" GAAP ") and to maintain
asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only
in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets
is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any difference. The
Company maintains and will continue to maintain a standard system
of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP
and the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act. The
Company’s officers certified to the Company’s internal
controls as of the filing of the Company’s Form 10-QSB for
the quarter ended September 30, 2006 and since that
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