Exhibit
10.4
WASTE2ENERGY, INC.
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SUBSCRIPTION
AGREEMENT
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”) made as of the last date set forth
on the signature page hereof between Waste2Energy, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“ Waste2Energy ”), and the
undersigned (the “ Subscriber
”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Waste2Energy is offering for sale (the
“ Offering ”) its units (the
“Units ”), at a purchase price of $2.00
per Unit, each Unit consisting of (i) three (3) shares (the “
Shares ”) of common stock (the “
Common Stock ”), and (ii) a three-year warrant
to purchase three (3) additional shares of Common Stock (the
“ Warrant Shares ”) at an exercise price
of $1.25 per share (the “ Warrants ,” and
together with the Units, the Shares and the Warrant Shares,
collectively, the “ Securities
”);
WHEREAS, the Units will only be sold pursuant to
the Confidential Private Offering Memorandum dated May 7, 2009
(such Memorandum, together with all amendments, supplements and
exhibits thereto, collectively, the “
Memorandum ”) and only to “accredited
investors” as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation
D (“ Regulation D ”) promulgated under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “
Securities Act ”);
WHEREAS, the Offering is being made on a 250,000
Unit minimum ($500,000) (the “ Minimum Amount
”) and a 4,000,000 Unit maximum ($8,000,000) (the “
Maximum Amount ”), with an over-subscription
option (the “ Over-Subscription Option ”)
of up to an additional 1,000,000 Units ($2,000,000);
WHEREAS, Waste2Energy is conducting the Offering
on a “reasonable efforts, all-or-none” basis as to the
Minimum Amount and a “reasonable efforts” basis
thereafter as to the Maximum Amount and the Over-Subscription
Option;
WHEREAS, simultaneously with, and as a condition
to the closing of the Minimum Amount, Pubco will acquire in a
merger all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of
Waste2Energy pursuant to which all of the Waste2Energy shareholders
will receive newly issued restricted shares of Common Stock in
exchange for their Waste2Energy shares (the “ Reverse
Transaction ”);
WHEREAS, the Units are being offered by
Waste2Energy through Charles Vista, LLC (“ Charles
Vista ” or the “ Placement Agent
”) on a reasonable efforts basis pursuant to and on the
offering terms set forth in the Memorandum and herein;
1 The
Offering is for securities of Maven Media Holdings, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“ Pubco
”). Simultaneously with the initial closing of the
Minimum Amount, Pubco will effectuate the Reverse Transaction (as
defined herein) with Waste2Energy, all as described in the
Memorandum.
WHEREAS, the Subscriber desires to purchase and
Waste2Energy desires to sell that number of Units set forth on the
signature page hereof on the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth; and
WHEREAS, unless expressly provided elsewhere
herein, hereinafter the term “ Company ”
refers to the combined entity of Waste2Energy and Pubco following
the Reverse Transaction.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and the mutual representations and covenants hereinafter set forth,
the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:
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SUBSCRIPTION
FOR UNITS AND REPRESENTATIONS BY THE SUBSCRIBER
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1.1 Subject to the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth and in the Memorandum,
the Subscriber hereby irrevocably subscribes for and agrees to
purchase from the Company, and the Company agrees to sell to the
Subscriber, such number of Units as is set forth on the signature
page hereof, at a price equal to $2.00 per Unit. The
purchase price is payable by personal or business check or money
order made payable to “Signature Bank, as Escrow Agent for
Waste2Energy, Inc.” contemporaneously with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the
Subscriber. Subscribers may also pay the subscription
amount by wire transfer of immediately payable funds to:
950 Third
Avenue
New York, NY
10002
ABA#:
026013576
A/C#:
1501248807
1.2 The Subscriber
recognizes that the purchase of the Units involves a high degree of
risk including, but not limited to, the following: (a) the Company
has a limited operating history and requires substantial funds in
addition to the proceeds of the Offering; (b) an investment in the
Company is highly speculative, and only investors who can afford
the loss of their entire investment should consider investing in
the Company and the Units; (c) the Subscriber may not be able to
liquidate its investment; (d) transferability of the Common Stock
and the Warrants is extremely limited; (e) in the event of a
disposition, the Subscriber could sustain the loss of its entire
investment; (f) the Company has not paid any dividends since its
inception and does not anticipate paying any dividends; and (g) the
Company may issue additional securities in the future which have
rights and preferences that are senior to those of the Common
Stock. Without limiting the generality of the
representations set forth in Section 1.5 below, the
Subscriber represents that the Subscriber has carefully reviewed
the section of the Memorandum captioned “Risk
Factors.”
1.3 The Subscriber
represents that the Subscriber is an “accredited
investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D
promulgated under the Securities Act, and that the Subscriber is
able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Units. The
Subscriber is referred to the section of the Memorandum entitled
“Investor Qualifications” and to the Confidential
Prospective Purchaser Questionnaire for a full explanation of the
term “accredited investor.”
1.4 The Subscriber
hereby acknowledges and represents that (a) the Subscriber has
knowledge and experience in business and financial matters, prior
investment experience, or the Subscriber has employed the services
of a “purchaser representative” (as defined in Rule 501
of Regulation D), attorney and/or accountant to read all of the
documents furnished or made available by the Company both to the
Subscriber and to all other prospective investors in the Units to
evaluate the merits and risks of such an investment on the
Subscriber’s behalf; (b) the Subscriber recognizes the highly
speculative nature of this investment; and (c) the Subscriber is
able to bear the economic risk that the Subscriber hereby
assumes.
1.5 The Subscriber
hereby acknowledges it has received, carefully reviewed and
understands this Agreement, the Memorandum (which includes the
“Risk Factors”), including all exhibits thereto, and
any documents which may have been made available upon request as
reflected therein, including the Warrant (collectively referred to
as the “ Offering Materials ”), and
hereby represents that the Subscriber has been furnished by the
Company during the course of the Offering with all information
regarding the Company, the terms and conditions of the Offering and
any additional information that the Subscriber has requested or
desired to know, and has been afforded the opportunity to ask
questions of and receive answers from duly authorized officers or
other representatives of the Company concerning the Company and the
terms and conditions of the Offering.
1.6
(a) In
making the decision to invest in the Units the Subscriber has
relied solely upon the information provided by the Company in the
Offering Materials. To the extent necessary, the
Subscriber has retained, at its own expense, and relied upon
appropriate professional advice regarding the investment, tax and
legal merits and consequences of this Agreement and the purchase of
the Units hereunder. The Subscriber disclaims reliance
on any statements made or information provided by any person or
entity in the course of Subscriber’s consideration of an
investment in the Units other than the Offering
Materials.
(b) The Subscriber
represents that (i) the Subscriber was contacted regarding the sale
of the Units by the Company (or an authorized agent or
representative thereof) and (ii) no Units were offered or sold to
it by means of any form of general solicitation or general
advertising, and in connection therewith, the Subscriber did not
(A) receive or review any advertisement, article, notice or other
communication published in a newspaper or magazine or similar media
or broadcast over television or radio, whether closed circuit, or
generally available; or (B) attend any seminar meeting or industry
investor conference whose attendees were invited by any general
solicitation or general advertising.
1.7 The Subscriber
hereby represents that the Subscriber, either by reason of the
Subscriber’s business or financial experience or the business
or financial experience of the Subscriber’s professional
advisors (who are unaffiliated with and not compensated by the
Company or any affiliate or selling agent of the Company, directly
or indirectly), has the capacity to protect the Subscriber’s
own interests in connection with the transaction contemplated
hereby.
1.8 The Subscriber
hereby acknowledges that the Offering has not been reviewed by the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “
SEC ”) nor any state regulatory authority since
the Offering is intended to be exempt from the registration
requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act pursuant to
Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The Subscriber
understands that none of the Securities have been registered under
the Securities Act or under any state securities or “blue
sky” laws and agrees not to sell, pledge, assign or otherwise
transfer or dispose of the Common Stock, Warrant Shares, or
Warrants unless they are registered under the Securities Act and
under any applicable state securities or “blue sky”
laws or unless an exemption from such registration is
available.
1.9 The Subscriber
understands that none of the Securities have been registered under
the Securities Act by reason of a claimed exemption under the
provisions of the Securities Act that depends, in part, upon the
Subscriber’s investment intention. In connection
therewith, the Subscriber hereby represents that the Subscriber is
purchasing the Units for the Subscriber’s own account for
investment and not with a view toward the resale or distribution to
others. The Subscriber, if an entity, further represents
that it was not formed for the purpose of purchasing the
Units.
1.10 The Subscriber
understands that although the Common Stock is listed for quotation
on the OTC Bulletin Board, there is no current trading market for
the Common Stock and no assurances can be given when, if ever, that
an active market will develop for the Common Stock. The
Subscriber understands that even if an active market develops for
the Common Stock, Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act
(“ Rule 144 ”) requires for
non-affiliates, among other conditions, a one-year holding period
commencing as of the date that the Company files “Form 10
information” with the SEC, prior to the resale of securities
acquired in a non-public offering without having to satisfy the
registration requirements under the Securities Act. The
Subscriber understands and hereby acknowledges that the Company is
under no obligation to register any of the Securities under the
Securities Act or any state securities or “blue sky”
laws other than as set forth in Article V hereof.
1.11 The Subscriber
agrees that if and to the extent required by an underwriter of the
Common Stock in a public offering, the undersigned will execute a
“lock-up” agreement regarding some or all of the
undersigned’s Common Stock thereby agreeing not to sell such
securities for a period of time after completion of the public
offering whether or not such securities are included in the public
offering.
1.12 The Subscriber
consents to the placement of a legend on any certificate or other
document evidencing the Securities that such Securities have not
been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities or
“blue sky” laws and setting forth or referring to the
restrictions on transferability and sale thereof contained in this
Agreement. The Subscriber is aware that the Company will
make a notation in its appropriate records with respect to the
restrictions on the transferability of such securities. The legend
to be placed on each certificate shall be in form substantially
similar to the following:
“THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “
ACT ”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR “BLUE
SKY LAWS,” AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED,
ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED ABSENT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
THEREOF UNDER SUCH ACT OR COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144 PROMULGATED
UNDER SUCH ACT, OR UNLESS THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL, REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS COUNSEL,
THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.”
1.13 The Subscriber
understands that the Company will review this Agreement and is
hereby given authority by the Subscriber to call Subscriber’s
bank or place of employment or otherwise review the financial
standing of the Subscriber; and it is further agreed that the
Company, at its sole discretion, reserves the unrestricted right,
without further documentation or agreement on the part of the
Subscriber, to reject or limit any subscription, to accept
subscriptions for fractional shares of Common Stock and to close
the Offering to the Subscriber at any time and that the Company
will issue stop transfer instructions to its transfer agent with
respect to such Common Stock.
1.14 The Subscriber
hereby represents that the address of the Subscriber furnished by
Subscriber on the signature page hereof is the Subscriber’s
principal residence if Subscriber is an individual or its principal
business address if it is a corporation or other entity.
1.15 The Subscriber
represents that the Subscriber has full right, power and authority
(corporate, statutory and otherwise) to execute and deliver this
Agreement and to purchase the Units. This Agreement
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Subscriber, enforceable against the Subscriber in accordance with
its terms.
1.16 If the Subscriber
is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust,
employee benefit plan, individual retirement account, Keogh Plan,
or other tax-exempt entity, it is authorized and qualified to
invest in the Company and the person signing this Agreement on
behalf of such entity has been duly authorized by such entity to do
so.
1.17 The Subscriber
acknowledges that at such time, if ever, as the Common Stock and
the Warrant Shares are “registered” (as such term is
defined in Article V hereof), sales of the Common Stock and
Warrant Shares will be subject to state securities laws.
1.18
(a) The
Subscriber agrees not to issue any public statement with respect to
the Subscriber’s investment or proposed investment in the
Company or the terms of any agreement or covenant between them and
the Company without the Company’s prior written consent,
except such disclosures as may be required under applicable law or
under any applicable order, rule or regulation.
(b) The Company agrees
not to disclose the names, addresses or any other information about
the Subscribers, except as required by law; provided, that the
Company may use the name of the Subscriber for any offering or in
any registration statement filed pursuant to Article V in
which the Subscriber’s Common Stock is included.
1.19 The Subscriber
understands that the Securities are being offered and sold in
reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements
of federal and state securities laws and that the Company and the
principals and controlling persons thereof are relying upon the
truth and accuracy of the representations, warranties, agreements,
acknowledgments, and understandings set forth herein in order to
determine the applicability of such exemptions and the
undersigned’s suitability to acquire Units.
1.20 The Subscriber
agrees to hold the Company and its directors, officers, employees,
affiliates, controlling persons and agents and their respective
heirs, representatives, successors and assigns harmless and to
indemnify them against all liabilities, costs and expenses incurred
by them as a result of (a) any sale or distribution of the Common
Stock, Warrant Shares, or Warrants by the Subscriber in violation
of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities or
“blue sky” laws; or (b) any false representation or
warranty or any breach or failure by the Subscriber to comply with
any covenant made by the Subscriber in this Agreement or any other
document furnished by the Subscriber to any of the foregoing in
connection with this transaction.
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REPRESENTATIONS BY AND COVENANTS OF THE
COMPANY
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The Company hereby represents and warrants to
the Subscriber that:
2.1 The Company is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware and has full corporate
power and authority to conduct its business. The Company
is not in violation of any of the provisions of its Articles of
Incorporation, by-laws or other organizational or charter documents
including, but not limited to, all documents setting forth and/or
establishing the terms, rights, conditions and/or limitations of
any of the Company’s stock (the “ Internal
Documents ”). The Company is duly
qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign
limited liability company in each jurisdiction in which the nature
of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, would not result
in a direct and/or indirect (i) material adverse effect on the
legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Securities
and/or this Subscription Agreement, (ii) material adverse effect on
the results of operations, assets, business or financial condition
of the Company, or (iii) material adverse effect on the
Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a
timely basis its obligations under the Offering Materials (any of
(i), (ii) or (iii), a “ Material Adverse Effect
”).
2.2 The Company has
all corporate right, power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby as
well as all Reverse Transaction documents. All corporate
action on the part of the Company, its directors and stockholders
necessary for the (i) authorization execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by the Company as well as all Reverse
Transaction documents; and (ii) authorization, sale, issuance and
delivery of the Common Stock, Warrant Shares and Warrants
contemplated hereby and the performance of the Company’s
obligations hereunder has been taken. This Agreement as
well as all Reverse Transaction documents has been duly executed
and delivered by the Company and constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company
in accordance with its terms, subject to laws of general
application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of
debtors and rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive
relief or other equitable remedies, and to limitations of public
policy. The Common Stock and Warrant Shares, when issued
and fully paid for in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. The issuance and sale of the Common Stock
and Warrant Shares contemplated hereby will not give rise to any
preemptive rights or rights of first refusal on behalf of any
person which have not been waived in connection with this
offering.
2.3 The execution,
delivery and performance of the Offering Materials as well as all
Reverse Transaction documents by the Company, and the consummation
by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of
the Company’s Internal Documents, (ii) conflict with, or
constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time
or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights
of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or
without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any material agreement,
credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company
debt or otherwise), or other understanding to which the Company is
a party or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound
or affected, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other
restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the
Company is subject (including federal and state securities laws and
regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company is
bound or affected.
2.4 The Company is not
required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of,
give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any
court or other federal, state, local or other governmental
authority or other individual or corporation, partnership, trust,
incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited
liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or
subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind (a “
Person ”) in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of the Offering Materials
and the Reverse Transaction documents, other than the filing with
the SEC of a Form D and filing other applicable documents for
purposes of state securities laws.
2.5 The Company
possesses all licenses, certificates, authorizations and permits
issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign
regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective
businesses, except where the failure to possess such permits would
not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect (“ Material Permits ”), and it
believes it can obtain, without undue burden or expense, any
similar authority for the conduct of its business as planned to be
conducted, and the Company has not received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any
Material Permit.
2.6 The Company owns
its property and assets free and clear of all mortgages, liens,
loans, pledges, security interests, claims, equitable interests,
charges, and encumbrances, except such encumbrances and liens which
arise in the ordinary course of business and do not materially
impair the Company’s ownership or use of such property or
assets. With respect to the property and assets it
leases, the Company is in compliance in all material respects with
such leases and, to its knowledge, holds a valid leasehold interest
free of any liens, claims, or encumbrances.
2.7 The Company owns,
or possesses adequate rights or licenses to use all trademarks,
trade names, service marks, service mark registrations, service
names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses,
approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and rights
necessary to conduct its respective businesses as now and as
disclosed to be conducted. The Company does not have any
knowledge of any infringement by the Company of trademarks, trade
name rights, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions,
licenses, service names, service marks, service mark registrations,
trade secrets or other similar rights of others, or of any such
development of similar or identical trade secrets or technical
information by others and no claim, action or proceeding has been
made or brought against, or to the Company's knowledge, has been
threatened against, the Company regarding trademarks, trade name
rights, patents, patent rights, inventions, copyrights, licenses,
service names, service marks, service mark registrations, trade
secrets or other infringement, except where such infringement,
claim, action or proceeding would not reasonably be expected to
have either individually or in the aggregate a Material Adverse
Effect. The Company is not aware that any of its employees,
officers, or consultants are obligated under any contract
(including licenses, covenants, or commitments of any nature) or
other agreement, or subject to any judgment, decree, or order of
any court or administrative agency, that would interfere with the
use of such employee’s, officer’s, or
consultant’s commercially reasonable efforts to promote the
interests of the Company or that would conflict with the
Company’s business as conducted. Neither the
execution nor delivery of the Offering Materials, nor the carrying
on of the Company’s business by the employees of the Company,
as is presently conducted, nor the conduct of the Company’s
business, will, to the Company’s knowledge, conflict with or
result in a breach of the terms, conditions, or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any contract, covenant, or instrument
under which any of such employees, officers or consultants are now
obligated.
2.8 The Company has
made or filed all federal and state income and all other tax
returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to
which it is subject, except when the failure to do so would not
have a Material Adverse Effect, 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 otherwise due and payable, except those being
contested in
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