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EXHIBIT 2.1
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the "AGREEMENT") is made and entered into as
of November 17, 2004 by and among SUNAIR ELECTRONICS, INC., a Florida
corporation (the "COMPANY"), and COCONUT PALM CAPITAL INVESTORS II, LTD., a
Florida limited partnership (the "PURCHASER").
1. AUTHORIZATION. The Company has authorized the issuance and sale to
the Purchaser, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, of up to
Five Million (5,000,000) Units (as herein defined) for a purchase price per Unit
of Five Dollars ($5.00). For purposes of this Agreement, the term "UNIT" means
(a) one (1) share of the Company's common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the
"COMMON STOCK"), (b) warrants to purchase an additional one (1) share of Common
Stock for each share of Common Stock purchased hereunder at an exercise price of
$6.00 per share of Common Stock exercisable in whole or in part at any time and
from time to time on or after the date of issuance of such warrants on the
applicable Closing Date (as herein defined) and at or before 5:00 p.m. on the
third anniversary thereof, pursuant to the terms of the warrant certificate
substantially in the form of EXHIBIT A attached hereto, (c) warrants to purchase
an additional one (1) share of Common Stock for each share of Common Stock
purchased hereunder, at an exercise price of $7.00 per share of Common Stock
exercisable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time on or after
the date of issuance of such warrants on the applicable Closing Date and at or
before 5:00 p.m. on the fifth anniversary thereof, pursuant to the terms of the
warrant certificate substantially in the form of EXHIBIT B attached hereto.
2. AGREEMENT TO SELL AND PURCHASE.
(a) On the basis of the representations and warranties
contained in this Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, (i) on the
First Closing Date (as herein defined), the Company shall issue and sell to the
Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, Three Million
(3,000,000) Units (the "INITIAL UNITS") for a purchase price per Unit of Five
Dollars ($5.00) or an aggregate purchase price of Fifteen Million Dollars
($15,000,000) (the "FIRST CLOSING PURCHASE PRICE") and (ii) if the Purchaser
shall exercise the Additional Purchase Option (as herein defined) in accordance
with Section 2(b) hereof, then on the Second Closing Date (as herein defined),
the Company shall issue and sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall
purchase from the Company, Two Million (2,000,000) Units (the "ADDITIONAL
UNITS") (or such fewer number of Additional Units as the Purchaser in its sole
discretion shall elect pursuant to Section 2(b) below), for a purchase price per
Unit of Five Dollars ($5.00) or up to an aggregate purchase price of Ten Million
Dollars ($10,000,000) if all Two Million Units are purchased (the "SECOND
CLOSING PURCHASE PRICE"). The aggregate amount of the First Closing Purchase
Price and the Second Closing Purchase Price paid by the Purchaser pursuant to
this Agreement is hereinafter referred to as the "PURCHASE PRICE."
(b) The Purchaser shall have the right, but not the
obligation, to purchase some or all (at the Purchaser's option) of the
Additional Units on the terms set forth herein (the "ADDITIONAL PURCHASE
OPTION"). The Purchaser may exercise the Additional Purchase Option only one
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time by delivering written notice of exercise to the Company at any time after
the date hereof until five (5) days prior to the First Closing Date (the
"ADDITIONAL PURCHASE EXERCISE NOTICE"). The Additional Purchase Exercise Notice
shall set forth the number of Additional Shares (as herein defined) and
Additional Warrants (as herein defined) that the Purchaser desires to purchase.
The parties agree that the closing of the Additional Purchase Option shall be
simultaneous with the First Closing Date, however, if, despite their best
efforts, the parties are unable to close the Additional Purchase Option at such
time, then the parties shall mutually agree on a closing date (not later than
seven (7) business days after the First Closing Date) on which to consummate the
purchase and sale (if necessary, the "SECOND CLOSING DATE"). Upon the
Purchaser's exercise of the Additional Purchase Option, the Company shall be
obligated to issue and sell to the Purchaser that number of Additional Units
that the Purchaser desires to purchase as set forth in the Additional Purchase
Exercise Notice delivered to the Company, at the purchase price per Unit of Five
Dollars ($5.00), up to the maximum number of Additional Units.
(c) The aggregate shares of Common Stock comprising the Units
issuable hereunder are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "SHARES," and
the Shares purchased by the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "PURCHASED SHARES." The aggregate warrants to
purchase shares of Common Stock comprising a portion of the Units issuable
hereunder are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "WARRANTS," and the
Warrants purchased by the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "PURCHASED WARRANTS." The shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant to the Warrants are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "WARRANT SHARES," and the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant to the Purchased Warrants are
hereinafter collectively referred to as the "PURCHASED WARRANT SHARES." The
Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares are sometimes hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "SECURITIES," and the Purchased Shares, the
Purchased Warrants and the Purchased Warrant Shares are sometimes hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "PURCHASED SECURITIES." The Shares and Warrants
constituting the Additional Units are referred to herein as the "ADDITIONAL
SHARES" and the "ADDITIONAL WARRANTS."
(d) The Purchaser shall provide to the Company on or prior to
Closing a form of Schedule 13D to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") due to Purchaser's beneficial ownership subsequent to the
First Closing of more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding Common Stock of
the Company.
3. PAYMENT AND DELIVERY; TERMINATION.
(a) Payment for the Initial Units shall be made to the Company
by the Purchaser by wire transfer in immediately available funds in accordance
with wire instructions provided by the Company against delivery of the Initial
Units and all other documents and items required to be delivered hereunder by
the Company to the Purchaser at the First Closing (such payment and delivery
hereinafter referred to as the "FIRST CLOSING") at 10:00 a.m., Miami time, on
the date that is between two (2) and five (5) days following the date that all
of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4 and Section 5 have been
satisfied or waived by the party to whom such performance is owed, at the
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offices of Akerman Senterfitt, One Southeast Third Avenue, 28th Floor, Miami,
Florida ("AKERMAN SENTERFITT"), or at such other time on the same or such other
date and at such other location, as shall be agreed by the Company and the
Purchaser, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The time and
date of the First Closing are hereinafter referred to as the "FIRST CLOSING
DATE."
(b) Payment for the Additional Units to be purchased by the
Purchaser hereunder shall be made to the Company by the Purchaser by wire
transfer in immediately available funds in accordance with wire instructions
provided by the Company against delivery of such Additional Units and any other
documents or items required hereunder to be delivered by the Company to the
Purchaser at the Second Closing (such payment and delivery hereinafter referred
to as the "SECOND CLOSING") on the date and at the time agreed to by the Company
and the Purchaser after receipt by the Company of the Additional Purchase
Exercise Notice, which Second Closing shall occur on the First Closing Date,
unless the parties, despite their best efforts, are unable to close on such
date, in which case the Second Closing shall occur on a mutually determined date
not later than seven (7) business days after the First Closing Date, subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Second Closing shall occur at
the offices of Akerman Senterfitt or such other location as shall be agreed by
the Company and the Purchaser.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, the term "CLOSING" or the
phrase "APPLICABLE CLOSING" shall refer to and mean the First Closing or the
Second Closing, as the context shall reasonably require, and the term "CLOSING
DATE" or the phrase "APPLICABLE CLOSING DATE" shall refer to and mean the First
Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the context shall reasonably
require.
(d) Certificates evidencing the Purchased Shares and the
Purchased Warrants purchased by the Purchaser hereunder shall be registered in
the name of the Purchaser. The certificates evidencing the Purchased Shares and
the Purchased Warrants purchased by the Purchaser hereunder shall be authorized
for issuance by the Company by written authorization to its transfer agent on
the applicable Closing Date, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with
the transfer of such Purchased Shares and the Purchased Warrants to the
Purchaser duly paid, against payment of the Purchase Price therefor.
(e) This Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby
may be terminated by the Purchaser and the Company at any time prior to the
First Closing Date by mutual consent of the parties, or by either of the
Purchaser or the Company if the First Closing shall not have occurred by June 1,
2005.
4. CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATIONS. The Company's obligations
to issue the Units to the Purchaser and consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement on the applicable Closing Date are subject to satisfaction of
the following conditions:
(a) The Company shall have received on the applicable Closing
Date immediately available funds in the amount of the Purchase Price for the
Units to be issued and delivered on such Closing Date;
(b) All representations and warranties of the Purchaser
contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects
(if not qualified by materiality) or in all respects (if qualified by
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materiality) at and as of the applicable Closing with the same effect as though
such representations and warranties were made at and as of such Closing;
(c) The Purchaser shall have performed and complied in all
material respects with all the covenants and agreements required by this
Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Purchaser hereunder at or
prior to the applicable Closing;
(d) The Company shall have received from the Purchaser on the
applicable Closing Date a certificate, dated as of the applicable Closing Date
and signed by an executive officer of the Purchaser, to the effect that the
representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in this Agreement are
true and correct in all material respects (if not qualified by materiality) or
in all respects (if qualified by materiality) at and as of the applicable
Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties were
made at and as of such Closing and that the Purchaser has performed and complied
in all material respects with all of the covenants and agreements required by
this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Purchaser hereunder at or
prior to the applicable Closing;
(e) All material governmental and/or regulatory consents,
approvals, orders or authorizations necessary for the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained, all material
governmental and/or regulatory filings and notices necessary for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been made or
given, as the case may be, and all material third-party consents necessary for
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been
obtained;
(f) The Purchaser shall have delivered or caused to be
delivered to the Company at the applicable Closing an opinion of counsel for the
Purchaser, dated the applicable Closing Date, to the effect set forth in EXHIBIT
C ("PURCHASER'S OPINION OF COUNSEL");
(g) The shareholders of the Company shall have (i) approved
the issuance to the Purchaser of the Units and any other terms of this Agreement
if and as required by applicable law, (ii) approved expanding the Company's
Board of Directors from 5 to 7 members and (iii) approved the amendments to the
Company's Articles of Incorporation as set forth in the Articles of Amendment
attached hereto as EXHIBIT D ;
(h) All material documents, instruments and other items
required by this Agreement to be delivered by the Purchaser to the Company at or
prior to the applicable Closing shall have been delivered to the Company at or
prior to the applicable Closing.
(i) Between the date hereof and the applicable Closing Date,
there shall not have occurred any material adverse event affecting the
Purchaser.
(j) the absence of a withdrawal of the approval of the
transaction by the Company's Board of Directors where such withdrawal resulted
from the board's determination that its fiduciary duties required such
withdrawal pursuant to Section 8(n) below.
(k) the Company shall have entered into definitive employment
agreements with the designated management team under the terms and conditions
acceptable to Company on date of the First Closing Date and performance by any
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of the designated management team has not been prohibited or enjoined by a
judicial or administrative order or other agreement enforcing any
non-competition, non-solicitation or other restrictive covenant or agreement to
which any such member of the designated management team is a party.
(l) the Company shall have received Executed Employment
Agreements from James Laurent and Synnott Durham in a form acceptable to both
the Company and the Purchaser on or before the First Closing Date.
5. CONDITIONS TO THE PURCHASER'S OBLIGATIONS. The obligations of the
Purchaser to purchase and pay for the Units and consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement on the applicable Closing Date are subject to the
following conditions:
(a) All representations and warranties of the Company
contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects
(if not qualified by materiality) or in all respects (if qualified by
materiality) at and as of the applicable Closing with the same effect as though
such representations and warranties were made at and as of such Closing;
(b) The Company shall have performed and complied in all
material respects with all the covenants and agreements required by this
Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Company hereunder at or prior
to the applicable Closing;
(c) The Purchaser shall have received from the Company on the
applicable Closing Date a certificate, dated as of the applicable Closing Date
and signed by an executive officer of the Company, to the effect that the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are
true and correct in all material respects (if not qualified by materiality) or
in all respects (if qualified by materiality) at and as of the applicable
Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties were
made at and as of such Closing and that the Company has performed and complied
in all material respects with all of the covenants and agreements required by
this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Company hereunder at or
prior to the applicable Closing;
(d) All material governmental and/or regulatory consents,
approvals, orders or authorizations necessary for the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained, all material
governmental and/or regulatory filings and notices necessary for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been made or
given, as the case may be, and all material third-party consents necessary for
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been
obtained;
(e) The Company shall have authorized for issuance by written
authorization to its transfer agent at the applicable Closing duly executed
certificates representing the Purchased Shares to be delivered at such Closing
registered in the name of the Purchaser;
(f) The Company shall have executed and delivered to the
Purchaser at the applicable Closing warrant certificates for the Purchased
Warrants to be delivered at such Closing in the respective forms set forth in
Exhibits A and B hereto registered in the name of the Purchaser;
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(g) The Company shall have delivered or caused to be delivered
to the Purchaser at the time of execution of this Agreement the Voting Agreement
in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT E (the "VOTING AGREEMENT") duly executed
by Michael Herman;
(h) The Company shall have delivered or caused to be delivered
to the Purchaser at the First Closing an opinion of counsel for the Company,
dated the applicable Closing Date, to the effect set forth in EXHIBIT F
("COMPANY'S OPINION OF COUNSEL");
(i) The shareholders of the Company shall have approved the
purchase by the Purchaser of the Units and any other terms of this Agreement, if
and as required by applicable law. The shareholders of the Company and shall
have also approved expanding the Company's Board of Directors from five (5) to
seven (7) directors; and the Company's Board of Directors shall have appointed
Richard C. Rochon and Mario B. Ferrari and two additional designees by the
Purchaser to the Company's Board of Directors and appropriate documentation of
such approval shall have been presented to Purchaser's counsel;
(j) All actions required to be taken by the Company under
Section 607.0902 of the Florida Business Corporation Act necessary to cause the
acquisition by the Purchaser of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement to not
constitute a "control-share acquisition" as defined therein shall have been
taken and appropriate documentation of such approval shall have been presented
to Purchaser's counsel;
(k) The Company shall have provided to the Purchaser a true
and correct copy, certified by the Company's secretary, of the resolutions of
the Company's Board of Directors approving this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby; and the Company's shareholders shall have approved, and the
Company shall have caused to be filed and effective with the Florida Secretary
of State, the amendments to the Company's Articles of Incorporation set forth on
EXHIBIT D attached hereto;
(l) Between the date hereof and the applicable Closing Date,
(i) there shall not have occurred any material adverse event affecting the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses,
operations, financial conditions, assets or liabilities (contingent or
otherwise) and (ii) the Company shall not have restated or announced its
intention to restate any portion of its financial statements as included in any
filing with the SEC or in any press release or other form of media;
(m) All material documents, instruments and other items
required by this Agreement to be delivered by the Company to the Purchaser at or
prior to the applicable Closing shall have been delivered to the Purchaser at or
prior to the applicable Closing.
(n) The Company shall have entered into definitive employment
agreements with the designated management team under the terms and conditions
acceptable to the Purchaser on the date of the First Closing Date and
performance by any of the designated management team has not been prohibited or
enjoined by a judicial or administrative order or other agreement enforcing any
non-competition, non-solicitation or other restrictive covenant or agreement to
which any such member of the designated management team is a party.
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(o) The Company shall make any public announcement regarding
the Purchaser's involvement, the designated management team, or the capital
raise, subject to the Purchaser's discretion, except that the Company may make
such disclosures which it believes in good faith to be required by law or by the
terms of any listing agreement with or the requirements of a securities
exchange.
(p) The Purchaser shall have received Executed Employment
Agreements from James Laurent and Synnott Durham in a form acceptable to both
the Purchaser and the Company on or before the Closing Date.
6. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. The
Company represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Purchaser that:
(a) The Company has on a timely basis filed all forms, reports
and documents required to be filed by it with the SEC since October 1, 2001.
Except to the extent available on the SEC's web site through the Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System ("EDGAR") two (2) days prior to the
date of this Agreement, SCHEDULE 6(A) lists, or the Company has delivered to the
Purchaser copies in the form filed with the SEC of, (i) the Company's Annual
Reports on Form 10-KSB for each fiscal year of the Company beginning since
October 1, 2001, (ii) the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB for each of
the first three fiscal quarters in each of the fiscal years of the Company
referred to in clause (i) above, (iii) all proxy statements relating to the
Company's meetings of shareholders (whether annual or special) held, and all
information statements relating to shareholder consents since the beginning of
the first fiscal year referred to in clause (i) above, (iv) all certifications
and statements required by (x) the SEC's Order dated June 27, 2002 pursuant to
Section 21(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"EXCHANGE ACT") (File No. 4-460), (y) Rule 13a-14 or 15d-14 under the Exchange
Act or (z) 18 U.S.C. ss.1350 (Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
("SOX")) with respect to any report referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii)
above, (v) all other forms, reports, registration statements and other documents
(other than preliminary materials if the corresponding definitive materials have
been provided to the Purchaser pursuant to this Section 6(a)) filed by the
Company with the SEC since the beginning of the first fiscal year referred to in
clause (i) above (the forms, reports, registration statements and other
documents referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above are,
collectively, referred to as the "COMPANY SEC DOCUMENTS"), and (vi) all comment
letters received by the Company from the Staff of the SEC since October 1, 2001
and all responses to such comment letters by or on behalf of the Company. To the
date of the Second Closing Date, the Company SEC Documents (x) were or will be
prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES ACT"), and the Exchange Act,
as the case may be, and the rules and regulations thereunder and (y) did not at
the time they were filed with the SEC, or will not at the time they are filed
with the SEC, 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 made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. No subsidiary of the Company is or has been required to
file any form, report, registration statement or other document with the SEC.
The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15
or 15d-15 under the Exchange Act; and such controls and procedures are effective
to provide reasonable assurance that all material information concerning the
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Company and its subsidiaries is made known on a timely basis to the individuals
responsible for the preparation of the Company's filings with the SEC and other
public disclosure documents. Except as set forth on SCHEDULE 6(A), to the
Company's knowledge, except as otherwise disclosed in the Company SEC Documents,
each director and executive officer of the Company has filed with the SEC on a
timely basis all statements required by Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and
the rules and regulations thereunder since October 1, 2001. As used in this
Section 6(a), the term "FILE" shall be broadly construed to include any manner
in which a document or information is furnished, supplied or otherwise made
available to the SEC.
(b) Except as otherwise disclosed in the Company SEC
Documents, the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included
in the Company SEC Documents (including the related notes) complied as to form,
as of their respective dates of filing with the SEC, in all material respects
with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations
of the SEC with respect thereto (including, without limitation, Regulation S-X),
have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
in the United States ("GAAP") (except, in the case of unaudited statements, to
the extent permitted by Regulation S-X for Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB)
applied on a consistent basis during the periods and at the dates involved
(except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and fairly present, in all
material respects, the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its
subsidiaries at the dates thereof and the consolidated results of operations and
cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited
statements, to notes or the absence thereof and normal year-end audit
adjustments that were not, or with respect to any such financial statements
contained in any Company SEC Documents to be filed subsequent to the date hereof
are not reasonably expected to be, material in amount or effect). Except (A) as
reflected in the Company's audited balance sheet at September 30, 2003 or
liabilities described in any notes thereto (or liabilities for which neither
accrual nor footnote disclosure is required pursuant to GAAP), (B) for
liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business since September 30, 2003
consistent with past practice or in connection with this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby, (C) otherwise disclosed in the Company SEC
Documents, or (D) otherwise set forth in SCHEDULE 6(B) hereto, to the knowledge
of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any material
liabilities or obligations of any nature. The Company has been in compliance
with all rules and regulations promulgated in response to SOX with respect to
non-audit services performed by BSS & S, certified public accountants since the
date of the enactment of such rules and regulations.
(c) The Company (i) has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its incorporation, (ii) has the corporate power and authority to own, lease, use
and operate its properties and to conduct its business as currently conducted
and as described in the Company SEC Documents and (iii) is duly qualified to
transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the
conduct of its business or its ownership, leasing, use or operation of its
property requires such qualification, except in connection with the
representation in clause (iii) where the failure to be so qualified as a foreign
corporation would not have a material adverse effect on the Securities, the
assets, liabilities, business, properties, operations, financial condition or
results of operations of the Company and/or its subsidiaries, the transactions
contemplated hereby or by the agreements or instruments to be entered into in
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connection herewith or the authority or the ability of the Company to perform
its obligations under this Agreement, the Warrants or the other agreements or
instruments to be entered into in connection herewith (a "MATERIAL ADVERSE
EFFECT").
(d) Except as set forth in SCHEDULE 6(D), the Company SEC
Documents set forth the name of each subsidiary of the Company or other entity
in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, any equity or debt interest
or any form of proprietary interest, or any obligation, right or option to
acquire any such interest, and the jurisdiction of its formation. Each
subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own, lease, use and
operate its properties and to conduct its business as currently conducted and
described in the Company SEC Documents and is duly qualified to transact
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of
its business or its ownership, leasing, use or operation of property requires
such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a
Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in SCHEDULE 6(D), all of the issued
shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and
validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned
directly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or
claims.
(e) Each of this Agreement, the Warrants, and the other
agreements and documents executed and/or delivered by the Company in connection
herewith has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid and
binding agreement of, the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws of general application affecting creditors' rights generally and
general principles of equity. The Company has all requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into and perform this Agreement, the Warrants, and the other
agreements and documents executed and/or delivered by the Company in connection
herewith and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and
to issue the Securities, in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
(f) The authorized capital stock of each of the Company and
its subsidiaries conforms as to legal matters to the description thereof
contained in the Company SEC Documents. As of the date of this Agreement, the
authorized capital stock of the Company consists only of 2,000,000 shares of
Preferred Stock of which no shares are issued and outstanding, 25,000,000 shares
of Common Stock of which 4,006,620 shares are issued and outstanding, 145,950
shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company's stock option plans,
and no shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to securities (other than the
Warrants) exercisable for, or convertible into or exchangeable for shares of
Common Stock. All outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. No shares of capital
stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries are subject to preemptive rights
or any other similar rights of the shareholders of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any liens or encumbrances imposed through the actions or failure
to act of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Except as disclosed in
SCHEDULE 6(F) hereto, (i) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip,
rights to subscribe for, puts, calls, rights of first refusal, agreements,
understandings, claims or other commitments or rights of any character
whatsoever that have been granted by the Company relating to, or securities or
rights convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the
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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 Securities Act
(except as provided in Section 9 hereof) 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.
(g) The Shares and the Warrants have been duly authorized and,
when issued and delivered 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 issue thereof and will not be
subject to any preemptive or similar rights, except as provided for in this
Agreement. The Warrant Shares are duly authorized and reserved for issuance,
and, when issued upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant to the Warrants in
accordance with the terms thereof, will be, except with respect to the
"broker-assisted exercises" provided for in the Warrant during the time period
between exercise of the Warrants and payment by the broker of the exercise price
to the Company (the "BROKER ASSISTED EXERCISE EXCEPTION") which Warrant Shares
upon payment to the Company of the exercise price in full will be, validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free from all taxes, liens, claims
and encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof and will not be subject to
any preemptive rights or other similar rights, except as provided for in this
Agreement.
(h) Except as set forth in SCHEDULE 6(H) attached hereto and
except for the Broker Assisted Exercise Exception, the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the Warrants by the Company and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
(including, without limitation, the issuance of the Shares and the Warrants and
the issuance and reservation for issuance of the Warrant Shares) will not (i)
conflict with or result in a violation of any provision of the Articles of
Incorporation or By-laws of the Company 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, except for such
violations, conflicts, breaches or defaults under agreements, licenses and
instruments which would not cause a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) to the
knowledge of the Company, 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 any of its subsidiaries or their 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 those
violations of law which would not cause a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its Articles of
Incorporation, By-laws or other organizational documents and, to the knowledge
of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in default
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(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 such violations, conflicts, breaches or defaults under agreements, licenses
and instruments which would not cause a Material Adverse Effect. To the
knowledge of the Company, the businesses of the Company and its subsidiaries are
not being conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any
governmental entity, except to the extent that the failure to so conduct such
businesses does not and will not have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as
specifically contemplated by this Agreement and as required under the Securities
Act and any applicable state securities laws and by the rules and regulations of
the American Stock Exchange National Market ("AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE"), to the
knowledge of the Company, 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, or self regulatory organization or stock
market or third party in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its
obligations under this Agreement, or the Warrants in accordance with the terms
hereof or thereof or to issue and sell the Securities in accordance with the
terms hereof, except for those consents the failure of which to obtain would not
have a Material Adverse Effect. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings
and registrations which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the
preceding sentence have been obtained or effected or will be obtained or
effected on or prior to the First Closing Date and will be in full force and
effect as of the Second Closing Date. To the knowledge of the Company, the
Company is not in violation of the listing requirements of the American Stock
Exchange applicable to continued listings.
(i) Except as set forth on SCHEDULE 6(I) attached hereto,
there has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving
a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise,
or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and/or any of its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, since June 30, 2004.
(j) Except as set forth on SCHEDULE 6(J), there are no legal
or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened, to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to
which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject
other than proceedings accurately described in the Company SEC Documents or set
forth on SCHEDULE 6(J).
(k) Except as set forth in SCHEDULE 6(K) attached hereto or
the Company SEC Documents, and except where such has not had and could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, on the Company or, any
of its subsidiaries to the knowledge of the Company, the Company and each of its
subsidiaries (i) have obtained all applicable permits, licenses and other
authorizations, including the Company Permits (as herein defined), which are
required to be obtained under all applicable federal, state or local laws or any
applicable regulation, code, plan, order, decree, judgment, notice or demand
letter issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder relating to pollution
or protection of the environment ("ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS"), including laws relating
to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of pollutants,
contaminants or hazardous or toxic material or wastes, including petroleum, into
ambient air, surface water, ground water or land or otherwise relating to the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal,
transport or handling of pollutants, contaminants or hazardous or toxic
materials or wastes, including petroleum, by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries (or their respective agents); (ii) are in compliance with all
Environmental Laws and all terms and conditions of such required permits,
licenses and authorizations, and also are in compliance with all other
applicable limitations, restrictions, conditions, standards, prohibitions,
requirements, obligations, schedules and timetables contained in applicable
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Environmental Laws; (iii) as of the date hereof, are not aware of nor have
received notice of any uncured past or present violations of Environmental Laws
or any event, condition, circumstance, activity, practice, incident, action or
plan which is reasonably likely to interfere with or prevent continued
compliance with Environmental Laws or which could give rise to any material
capital expenditure or common law or statutory liability, or otherwise form the
basis of any claim, action, suit or proceeding against the Company or any of its
subsidiaries under any Environmental Law or otherwise based on or resulting from
the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal,
transport, handling, emission, discharge or release into the environment of any
pollutant, contaminant, or hazardous or toxic material or waste, including
petroleum; (iv) have taken all actions necessary under applicable Environmental
Laws to register any products or materials required to be registered by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries (or any of their respective agents)
thereunder and (v) none of the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered
into any agreement to undertake or pay for any response action of any kind or
nature or to pay any damages (including punitive damages), costs, fines or
penalties associated with any release or threatened release of any pollutant,
contaminant or hazardous or toxic material or waste, including petroleum, at any
location.
(l) The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess all
patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including
trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or
confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks and
trade names currently employed by them in connection with the business now
operated by them, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of
others with respect to any of the foregoing.
(m) To the knowledge of the Company, the Company is not, and
after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the
application of the proceeds thereof will not be, required to register as an
"INVESTMENT COMPANY" as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.
(n) Except as set forth on SCHEDULE 6(N), neither the Company
nor any affiliate (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D under the
Securities Act, an "AFFILIATE") of the Company has, directly, or through any
agent, (i) sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise
negotiated in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act) which
is or will be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner
that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the Securities
or (ii) offered, solicited offers to buy or sold the Securities by any form of
general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in
Regulation D under the Securities Act) or in any manner involving a public
offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act; and neither
the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company will engage in any of the actions
described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this paragraph.
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(o) Subject to the accuracy of the Purchaser's representations
herein, and upon the advice of the Company's legal counsel, to the knowledge of
the Company, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery
of the Securities to the Purchaser in the manner contemplated by this Agreement
to register the Securities under the Securities Act.
(p) The Company shall comply with all requirements of the
American Stock Exchange with respect to the issuance of the Purchased Securities
and the listing of the Purchased Shares or the Purchased Warrant Shares and any
securities issued as a dividend thereon or in replacement thereof or otherwise
with respect thereto (collectively, the "COMMON SHARES") on the American Stock
Exchange.
(q) The Company has not taken and will not, in violation of
applicable law, take any action designed to or that might reasonably be expected
to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common
Stock.
(r) The Company is eligible to file with the SEC a
registration statement on Form S-3 for purposes of registering the resale of the
Common Shares.
(s) Except as set forth in Section 9 hereof, no shareholder of
the Company has any right (which has not been waived) to require the Company to
register the sale of any shares owned by such shareholder under the Securities
Act in the Registration Statement (as defined in Section 9(a)) to be filed by
the Company on behalf of the Purchaser.
(t) Except in respect of any pest control business identified
by the Purchaser in accordance with Section 8(b) hereof, the Company is not in
discussions and has not reached any understanding, whether or not in writing,
regarding potential terms with respect to any transaction that would constitute
a business combination under Regulation S-X 11-01(a), where the business to be
acquired would constitute a significant subsidiary as defined in Rule 1-02(w) at
the 10% level.
(u) Except as otherwise disclosed in the Company SEC
Documents, the Company and each of its subsidiaries has made or filed, or
properly filed for an extension with respect to, all federal, state and foreign
income and all other 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. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Company SEC Documents or on SCHEDULE
6(U), there are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due to the
taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no
basis for any such claim. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Company SEC
Documents, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has executed a waiver
with respect to the statute of limitations relating to the assessment or
collection of any foreign, federal, state or local tax.
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(v) Except as otherwise disclosed in the Company SEC
Documents, 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, each of which is set forth in the Company SEC Documents,
other than the grant of stock options and warrants disclosed on SCHEDULE 6(F)
and other than the employment agreements and retirement agreements disclosed on
SCHEDULE 6(F), none of the officers, directors, or employees of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries 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 personal
property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer,
director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation,
partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer, director, or any such
employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or
partner.
(w) All information relating to or concerning the Company or
any of its subsidiaries set forth in this Agreement is true and correct in all
material respects as of the date hereof and the Company has not omitted to state
any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made herein or
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(x) The Company acknowledges that the Purchaser is acting
solely in its capacity of arm's length purchaser with respect to this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company further represents to the
Purchaser that the Company's decision to enter into this Agreement has been
based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company and its
representatives.
(y) The Company and each of its subsidiaries are in possession
of all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements,
variances, exemptions, consents, certificates, approvals and orders necessary to
own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now
being conducted (collectively, the "COMPANY PERMITS"), ex






