FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This First Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of February 19, 2013 by and between Titan Iron Ore Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) and Ascendiant Capital Partners, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (the “Purchaser”). Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Article I.

WHEREAS, the parties entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 18, 2012 (the “Original Agreement”) and a First Amendment thereto dated January 9, 2013, both of which are replaced in their entirety and restated herein;

WHEREAS, the parties desire that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, the Company shall have the right to issue and sell to Purchaser from time to time as provided herein, and Purchaser shall be obligated to purchase from the Company, up to $10,000,000 worth of shares of Common Stock on a private placement basis pursuant to an exemption from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933; and

 

WHEREAS, the Purchaser shall be entitled to resell shares of Common Stock acquired hereunder pursuant to a resale registration statement established by the Company pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement between the Company and the Purchaser which shall be declared effective by the Commission prior to the delivery of the first Draw Down Notice.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, and the promises and covenants herein contained, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, the parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

DEFINITIONS

 

1.1           Definitions.  In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1.1:

 

“Action” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).

 

“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 144 under the Securities Act.  With respect to the Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as the Purchaser will be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Purchaser.

 

“Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble.

 

“Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which shall be a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

 

 

 “Closing Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the closing price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted for trading as reported by Bloomberg Financial L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)) and (b) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchaser and reasonably acceptable to the Company.

 

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Commitment Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1 hereof.

 

“Commitment Period” shall mean the period of 36 consecutive months commencing on the twentieth trading date following the Effective Date.

 

“Commitment Shares” shall mean the shares of Common Stock issued to the Purchaser at the Closing and to be issued to the Purchaser pursuant to Section 4.16.

 

 “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value of $0.0001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed into.

 

“Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.

 

“Company Counsel” means Clark Wilson, LLP.

 

“Consolidation Event” shall mean a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or a merger pursuant to which the holders of the voting securities of the Company prior to the merger do not own a majority of the voting securities of the surviving entity.

 

“Disclosure Schedules” means the Disclosure Schedules of the Company delivered concurrently herewith.

 

“Draw Down” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1(a) hereof.

 

 

“Draw Down Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1(e) hereof.

 

“Draw Down Shares” or “Shares” shall mean the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable pursuant to a Draw Down and the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(iii) and Section 4.16 herein.

 

“DTC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1(f).

 

“DWAC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1(f).

 

“Effective Date” means the date that the initial Registration Statement filed by the Company pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the Commission.

 

“Equity Conditions” shall mean, during the period in question, (i) all liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the Purchaser pursuant to the Transaction Documents have been paid, (ii) there is an effective Registration Statement pursuant to which the Purchaser is permitted to utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the Draw Down Shares (issued and to be issued pursuant to the applicable Draw Down) and the Commitment Shares (and the Company believes, in good faith, that such effectiveness will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future), (iii) the Common Stock is trading on the Trading Market and all of the shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents are listed or quoted (if applicable) for trading on a Trading Market (and the Company believes, in good faith, that trading of the Common Stock on a Trading Market will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future), (iv) there is a sufficient number of authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved shares of Common Stock for the issuance of all of the Draw Down Shares (issued and to be issued pursuant to the applicable Draw Down) and the Commitment Shares, (v) the issuance of the Draw Down Shares subject to the applicable Draw Down would not violate the limitations set forth in Section 4.12, (vi) the Company, directly or indirectly, has not provided the Purchaser with any material, non-public information that has not been made publicly available in a widely disseminated release, (vii) the VWAP on the date of delivery of the Draw Down Notice is not less than $0.05, and (viii) the Shares are eligible to be deposited and cleared by the Purchaser’s clearing firm.

 

“Evaluation Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(r).

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Fifth Issuance Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.16.

 

“Fifth Issuance Price” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.16.

 

 

“Fourth Issuance Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.16.

 

“Fourth Issuance Price” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.16.

 

“GAAP” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

 

“Initial Closing” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.2 hereof.

 

“Initial Closing Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.2 hereof.

 

 “Intellectual Property Rights” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o).

 

“Investment Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1(e) hereof.

 

“Legend Removal Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).

 

 “Liens” means a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right, royalty or other restriction.

 

 “Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).

 

“Material Permits” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).

 

“Person” means an 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.

 

“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.

 

“Purchase Price” shall mean, with respect to Draw Down Shares, the lesser of (i) 75% of the Volume Weighted Average Price (“VWAP”) as reported by Bloomberg Financial L.P. on the date of delivery of the Draw Down Notice, and (ii) 75% of the Closing Price of the last transaction on the date of delivery of the Draw Down Notice as long as such price is within the bid and offer at the close (if such transaction is not within the bid and offer at close, then the next most recent transaction shall be selected until one is located that is within the bid and the offer at close).

 

 

“Purchaser Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.7.

 

“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated the date hereof, between the Company and the Purchaser, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

“Registration Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the Purchaser of the Shares and shares of Common Stock issued and issuable pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(iii) and Section 4.16 hereof.

 

“Required Approvals” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).

 

“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.

 

“Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.

 

“SEC Reports” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

 

 “Securities” means the Shares and the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(iii) and Section 4.16 hereof.

 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Settlement” shall mean the delivery of the Draw Down Shares into the Purchaser’s DTC account via DTC’s DWAC system and the Purchaser’s delivery of payment therefor.

 

“Settlement Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1(b).

 

 “Short Sales” shall include all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act.

 

“Subsidiary” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(a).

 

“Threshold Price” shall mean $0.0375 or more.

 

 “Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.

 

 

“Trading Market” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the NYSE Amex, the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, the BX Venture Market, the OTC Bulletin Board, the OTCQB or the OTCQX (for the avoidance of doubt, the listing or quotation and public trading of the Common Stock on any listing or quotation system operated by OTC Markets Group, Inc. other than  OTCQX or OTCQB shall not be a Trading Market).

 

“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

 

“Transfer Agent” means Computershare Inc., the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 250 Royall Street, Canton, MA 02021, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

“VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted for trading as reported by Bloomberg Financial L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)) and (b) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchaser and reasonably acceptable to the Company.

 

PURCHASE AND SALE

 

2.1           Purchase and Sale of Draw Down Shares.  Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the Company may sell and issue to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall be obligated to purchase from the Company, up to an aggregate of $10,000,000 of shares of Common Stock (the “Commitment Amount”).

 

2.2           Initial Closing. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other agreements referred to herein (the “Initial Closing”) shall take place at (i) the offices of Purchaser at 10:00 a.m. local time within 5 Trading Days of the date hereof or (ii) such other time and place or on such date as the Purchaser and the Company may agree upon (the “Initial Closing Date”).  Each party shall deliver the following documents, instruments and writings at or prior to the Initial Closing, unless otherwise indicated:

 

(a)          the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser the following:

 

(i)           this Agreement duly executed by the Company;

 

(ii)          a legal opinion of Company Counsel, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (Purchaser acknowledges the prior receipt of the legal opinion);

 

 

(iii)         a certificate evidencing 1,142,858 shares of Common Stock, registered in the name of the Purchaser (Purchaser acknowledges the prior receipt of these shares); and

 

(iv)         the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company.

 

(b)          the Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:

 

(i)           this Agreement duly executed by the Purchaser; and

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

3.1           Representations and Warranties of the Company.  The Company hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth below to the Purchaser:

 

(a)           Subsidiaries.  All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth in the SEC Reports (each a “Subsidiary” and collectively the “Subsidiaries”).  The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.  If the Company has no subsidiaries, then all other references in the Transaction Documents to the Subsidiaries or any of them will be disregarded.

 

(b)           Organization and Qualification.  The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation or default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents.  Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity 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, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”) and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.

 

 

(c)           Authorization; Enforcement.  The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.  The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, its board of directors or its shareholders in connection therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals.  Each Transaction Document has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

(d)           No Conflicts.  Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or 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 or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of clause (ii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e)           Filings, Consents and Approvals.  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 Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than (i) filings required pursuant to Section 4.4 of this Agreement, (ii) the filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement, (iii) application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the listing of the Securities for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, and (iv) the filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).

 

 

(f)            Issuance of the Securities.  The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents or imposed by federal and/or state securities laws.  The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(g)           Capitalization.  As of the date hereof, the capitalization of the Company (excluding the issuance of Shares hereunder) is as set forth in the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1/A filed on January 10, 2013 (the “Original Registration Statement”)).  The Company has not issued any capital stock since the Original Registration Statement, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plan and pursuant to the conversion or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the Original Registration Statement.  No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, and except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, there are no outstanding options, warrants, script rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents.  The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchaser) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities.  All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.  No further approval or authorization of any shareholder, the Board of Directors of the Company or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities.  There are no shareholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s shareholders.

 

 

(h)           SEC Reports; Financial Statements.  Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements, and other documents required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension.  As of their respective dates, or as subsequently amended, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports, or subsequent amendments thereto, comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing.  Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.

 

(i)            Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments.  Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its shareholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans.  The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information.  Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as disclosed in any SEC Reports, no event, liability or development has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.

 

 

(j)            Litigation.  Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, there is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”) which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty.  There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company involving fraud or any potential or alleged criminal violation.  The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.

 

(k)           Labor Relations.  No material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company, and neither the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees are good.  No executive officer, to the knowledge of the Company, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters.  The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(l)           Compliance.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to its business and all such laws that affect the environment, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

 

(m)           Regulatory Permits.  The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.

 

(n)           Title to Assets.  Except as disclosed, the Company and the Subsidiaries own title to and rights in all real property that is material to the business of the Company and Subsidiaries through unpatented mining claims (with paramount title in the United States of America) and mineral leases, and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries,  Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, and federal mining claim assessment and maintenance fees and related charges, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties, and Liens incurred with respect to the purchase of or acquisition of rights in the real property (including a purchase money mortgage and royalties in favor of the sellers and lessors of the such real property to the Company).  Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.

 

(o)           Patents and Trademarks.  The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights necessary or material for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”).  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or any Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person.  To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights.  The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(p)           Insurance.  The Company and the Subsidiaries currently do not carry any general or vehicular liability, or directors and officers insurance or indemnity coverage..

 

 

(q)           Transactions With Affiliates and Employees.  Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers, directors and consultants), 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 entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than (i) for payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) for other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.

 

(r)           Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls.  The Company is in material compliance with all required provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which are applicable to it as of the Initial Closing Date and each Settlement Date.  Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, (1) the Company and the Subsidiaries maintain 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) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with 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 differences; (2) the Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms.  The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by the Company’s most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date”); (3) the Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date; and (4) since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

(s)           Certain Fees.  Except in connection with a bridge financing that was executed and closed contemporaneous with the Original Agreement, whereby Ascendiant Capital Markets, LLC received a commission as a placement agent (the “Bridge Financing”), or to Carter, Terry and Company, no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  The Purchaser shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

 

(t)           Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchaser representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchaser as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.

 

(u)           Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.  The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act.

 

(v)           Registration Rights.  Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, in the Bridge Financing, or to the Purchaser, no other Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company.

 

(w)           Listing and Maintenance Requirements.  The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration.  The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements.

 

(x)           Disclosure.  Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchaser or their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information.   The Company understands and confirms that the Purchaser will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.  All disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchaser regarding the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, with respect to the representations and warranties made herein are true and correct with respect to such representations and warranties and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The press releases disseminated by the Company during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements, in light of the circumstances under which they were made and when made, not misleading.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.

 

 

(y)           No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchaser’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act or any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.

 

(z)            Tax Status.  Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each Subsidiary has filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon, and the Company has no knowledge of a tax deficiency which has been asserted or threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

(aa)          No General Solicitation.  Neither the Company nor any person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising.  The Company has offered the Securities for sale only to the Purchaser and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.

 

(bb)          Foreign Corrupt Practices.  Neither the Company, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

(cc)          Accountant.  The Company’s accountant is Manning Elliott LLP.  To the knowledge of the Company, such accountant, who expressed their opinion with respect to the financial statements to be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2011, is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act.

 

 

(dd)           Acknowledgment Regarding Purchaser’s Purchase of Securities.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby.  The Company further acknowledges that Purchaser is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by the Purchaser or any of the Purchaser’s respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchaser’s purchase of the Securities.  The Company further represents to the Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.

 

(ee)           Regulation M Compliance.  The Company has not, and will not during the term of this Agreement, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, or will during the term of this Agreement, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company.

 

3.2           Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser.  Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

 

(a)           Organization; Authority.  Purchaser is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full right, corporate or limited liability company power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or similar action on the part of the Purchaser.  Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by the Purchaser, and when delivered by the Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

(b)           Own Account.  Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and has acquired or is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has no present intention of distributing any of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities (this representation and warranty not limiting the Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws) in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law.  Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.

 

 

(c)           Purchaser Status.  At the time the Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and at the date hereof it is, either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.

 

(d)           Experience of Purchaser.  Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment and as such is an “Accredited Investor” under the Securities Act.  Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

 

(e)           General Solicitation.  Purchaser is not 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.

 

OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

4.1           Transfer Restrictions.

 

(a)           The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws.  In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an affiliate of the Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act; provided, however, that in connection with any transfer of Securities pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may require the transferor to provide a customary Rule 144 sellers representation letter.  As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights of the Purchaser under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, as to issued Securities only.

 

(b)           The Purchaser agrees to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.1, of a legend on any of the Securities in substantially the following form:

 

 

THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.  THESE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, the Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties.  Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith.  Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge.  At the Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities, including, if the Securities are subject to registration pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of Selling Stockholders thereunder.

 

(c)           Certificates evidencing the Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b)), (i) while a registration statement (including the Registration Statement) covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144 and the current information requirements required pursuant to Rule 144 are then met, or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission).  The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Transfer Agent promptly after the Effective Date if required by the Transfer Agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder; provided, however, that the Company may request a customary Rule 144 seller’s representation letter.   The Company agrees that following the Effective Date or at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 4.1(c), it will, no later than three Trading Days following the delivery by the Purchaser to the Company or the Transfer Agent of a certificate representing Shares as the case may be, issued with a restrictive legend (such third Trading Day, the “Legend Removal Date”), instruct the Transfer Agent to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser a certificate representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. All Draw Down Shares shall be delivered without any restrictive legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section.  Certificates for Securities subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Purchaser by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System or, if cannot be done electronically, then via physical delivery of the certificates to the Purchaser.

 

 

(d)           In addition to the Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to the Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Shares (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date such Securities are submitted to the Transfer Agent) delivered for removal of the restrictive legend and subject to Section 4.1(c), the lesser of: (i) $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day five (5) Trading Days after such damages have begun to accrue) for each Trading Day after the Legend Removal Date until such certificate is delivered without a legend, and (ii) the difference in the VWAP of the Common Stock on the Legend Removal Date and on the date the certificate is delivered without a legend; provided, however, that such delay in the legend removal is the direct result of the intentional actions of the Company and provided further, that the VWAP of the Common Stock has decreased from the Legend Removal Date to the date the certificate is delivered without the legend.  Furthermore, until such certificate is delivered without a legend, the Company will not be permitted to request a Draw Down. Nothing herein shall limit the Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Company’s failure to deliver certificates representing any Securities as required by the Transaction Documents, and the Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief.

 

(e)           Purchaser agrees that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance that the Purchaser will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein.

 

4.2           Furnishing of Information.  As long as Purchaser owns any Securities, the Company covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act.  As long as the Purchaser owns any Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchaser and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the Purchaser to sell the Securities under Rule 144. The Company further covenants that it will take such further action as any holder of Securities may reasonably request, to the extent required from time to time to enable such Person to sell such Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the requirements of the exemption provided by Rule 144.

 

 

4.3           Integration.  The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the Purchaser or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.

 

4.4           Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity.  The Company shall, by 8:30 a.m. Eastern time on the fourth Trading Day immediately following the date of execution hereof by both parties, issue a Current Report on Form 8-K, disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and shall attach the Transaction Documents thereto.  The Company and the Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any press release with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor the Purchaser shall issue any such press release or otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of the Purchaser, or without the prior consent of the Purchaser, with respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication.

 

4.5           Shareholder Rights Plan.  No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that the Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that the Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchaser.

 

4.6           Non-Public Information.  Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide the Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto the Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information.  The Company understands and confirms that the Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

 

 

4.7           Indemnification of Purchaser.   Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.7, the Company will indemnify and hold the Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls the Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a “Purchaser Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any material breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against the Purchaser, or any of its Affiliates, by any shareholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of the Purchaser, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon a breach of the Purchaser’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings the Purchaser may have with any such shareholder, or any violations by the Purchaser of state or federal securities laws, or any conduct by the Purchaser which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance) (“Losses”).  If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, the Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party.  Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel (unless the Company has a reasonable basis to refuse to assume the defense based on the conduct of Purchaser described in this paragraph) or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of such separate counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of the Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel.  The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (i) for any settlement by the Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents.

 

4.8           Reservation of Common Stock. As of the date hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company shall continue to reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to issue Shares and Commitment Shares pursuant to this Agreement.

 

4.9           Listing of Common Stock.  The Company hereby agrees to use best efforts to maintain the listing or quotation of the Common Stock on a Trading Market. The Company further agrees, if the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded on any other Trading Market, it will include in such application all of the Shares, and will take such other action as is necessary to cause all of the Shares to be listed or quoted on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible.  The Company will take all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock on a Trading Market and will comply in all respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Trading Market.

 

 

4.10           Confidentiality After the Date Hereof.  Purchaser covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company as described in Section 4.4, the Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).  

 

4.11           Form D; Blue Sky Filings.  The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof, promptly upon request of Purchaser. The Company represents that no Blue Sky law filings are necessary to effect the sale of the Securities to the Purchaser.

 

4.12           Beneficial Ownership Limitation.  Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the number of Shares issuable to Purchaser cause the Purchaser (together with Purchaser’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Purchaser or any of the Purchaser’s Affiliates) to beneficially own in excess of 9.99% of the then outstanding Common Stock.  Beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

4.13           Accuracy of Registration Statement.    On each Settlement Date, the Registration Statement and the prospectus therein (including any prospectus supplement) shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made; provided, however, the Company makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement and the prospectus therein in reliance upon and in conformity with the information furnished in writing to the Company by the Purchaser specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement and the prospectus therein.

 

4.14           Notice of Certain Events Affecting Registration; Suspension of Right to Request a Draw Down.  The Company will promptly notify the Purchaser in writing upon the occurrence of any of the events set forth in Section 3(d) of the Registration Rights Agreement. The Company shall not deliver to the Purchaser any Draw Down Notice during the continuation of any of the foregoing events.  The Company shall promptly make available to the Purchaser any such supplements or amendments to the related prospectus, at which time, provided that the registration statement and any supplements and amendments thereto are then effective, the Company may recommence the delivery of Draw Down Notices.

 

4.15           Short Sales.  After the date hereof and prior to the termination of this Agreement, the Purchaser hereby agrees on behalf of itself and its Affiliates not to execute any Short Sales of the Common Stock.

 

 

4.16           Commitment Shares.    As a Commitment Fee, the Company has issued and delivered to the Purchaser 1,142,858 shares of Issuer’s Common Stock (“Initial Commitment Fee Shares”).  On the Trading Day in which the Company has received at least $1,000,000 in aggregate from Settlements (the “Fourth Payment Date”), the Company shall issues and deliver a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 0.5% (1/2 percent) of the Commitment Amount divided by 95% of the average VWAP during the ten trading days prior to the Fourth Payment Date (the “Fourth Issuance Price”).  On the Trading Day in which the Company has received at least $2,000,000 in aggregate from Settlements (the “Fifth Payment Date”), the Company shall issue and deliver a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 0.5% (1/2 percent) of the Commitment Amount divided by 95% of the average VWAP during the ten trading days prior to the Fifth Payment Date (the “Fifth Issuance Price”).  The Company shall include the Initial Commitment Fee Shares in the first Registration Statement filed subsequent to the Closing Date, and the Company shall include the shares issued on the Fourth Payment Date and on the Fifth Payment Date in the next subsequent Registration Statement filed thereafter.

 

4.17           Regulation M Compliance.  During the term of this Agreement, the Company will not, and any person acting on the Company’s behalf will not, (i) take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sell, bid for, purchase or pay any compensation for soliciting purchases of any of the Securities or (iii) pay or agree to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any securities of the Company.

 

CONDITIONS TO INITIAL CLOSING AND DRAW DOWNS

 

5.1           Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Company to Sell the Shares.  There is no obligation of the Company to sell Shares hereunder to the Purchaser; such sales are at the sole election and discretion of the Company. However, having elected to issue a Draw Down Notice to the Purchaser, the obligation hereunder of the Company to proceed to issue and sell the Shares to the Purchaser is subject to the satisfaction or waiver, at or before the Initial Closing, and as of each Settlement Date of each of the conditions set forth below.  These conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company in writing at any time in its sole discretion.

 

(a)      Accuracy of the Purchaser’s Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties of the Purchaser shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Initial Closing and as of each Settlement Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a particular date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such dates).

 

(b)      Performance by the Purchaser.  The Purchaser shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Purchaser at or prior to the Initial Closing and as of each Settlement Date.

 

(c)      No Injunction.  No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

 

(d)      No Proceedings or Litigation.  No material Action shall have been commenced against the Purchaser or the Company or any Subsidiary, or any of the officers, directors or affiliates of the Company or any Subsidiary, seeking to restrain, prevent or change the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or seeking damages in connection with such transactions.

 

(e)      Initial Closing Deliveries.  The delivery by the Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.

 

(f)      Threshold Price.  The Purchase Price for the applicable Draw Down shall be equal to or greater than the Threshold Price.

 

5.2           Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Purchaser to Close.  The obligation hereunder of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement and to purchase the Shares is subject to the satisfaction or waiver, at or before the Initial Closing, of each of the conditions set forth below.  These conditions are for the Purchaser’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Purchaser in writing at any time in its sole discretion.

 

(a)      Accuracy of the Company’s Representations and Warranties.  Each of the representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Initial Closing as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a particular date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date).

 

(b)      Performance by the Company.  The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all material covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Initial Closing.

 

(c)      No Injunction.  No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(d)      No Proceedings or Litigation.  No material Action shall have been commenced, against the Purchaser or the Company or any subsidiary, or any of the officers, directors or affiliates of the Company or any subsidiary seeking to restrain, prevent or change the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or seeking damages in connection with such transactions.

 

(e)      Initial Closing Deliveries.  The delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement.

 

5.3           Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Purchaser to Accept a Draw Down and Purchase the Shares.  The obligation hereunder of the Purchaser to accept a Draw Down request and to acquire and pay for the Shares is subject to the satisfaction at or before each Settlement Date, of each of the conditions set forth below.

 

 

(a)      Satisfaction of Conditions to Initial Closing.  The Company shall have satisfied at the Initial Closing, or the Purchaser shall have waived at the Initial Closing, the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 hereof.

 

(b)      Accuracy of the Company’s Representations and Warranties.  Each of the representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects as of each Settlement Date (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a particular date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date).

 

(c)      Performance by the Company.  The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all material covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company as of each Settlement Date.

 

(d)      No Suspension.  Trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the applicable Trading Market (except for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the Company, which suspension shall be terminated prior to the delivery of each Draw Down Notice), and, at any time prior to such Draw Down Notice, trading in securities generally as reported on the applicable Trading Market shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported on the applicable Trading Market unless the general suspension or limitation shall have been terminated prior to the delivery of such Draw Down Notice.

 

(e)      Material Adverse Effect.  No Material Adverse Effect and no Consolidation Event where the successor entity has not agreed to deliver to the Purchaser such shares of stock and/or securities as the Purchaser is entitled to receive pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(f)      Opinion of Counsel.  The Purchaser shall have received a legal opinion from Company Counsel, in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

 

(g)      Threshold Price.  The Purchase Price for the applicable Draw Down shall be equal to or greater than the Threshold Price.

 

(h)      Equity Conditions.  During the time period from the date of delivery of the Draw Down Notice through the Settlement Date, all of the Equity Conditions shall have been met.

 

DRAW DOWN TERMS

 

6.1           Draw Down Terms.  Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the parties agree as follows:

 

 

(a)      The Company may, in its sole discretion, issue and exercise draw downs against the Commitment Amount (each a “Draw Down”) during the Commitment Period, which Draw Downs the Purchaser shall be obligated to accept, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Before the Company shall exercise a Draw Down, the Company shall have caused a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to be registered to cover the resale of the Draw Down Shares to be issued in connection with such Draw Down and the VWAP shall be greater than $0.05 per share, subject to adjustment, on the date of delivery of each Draw Down Notice.

 

(b)      Only one Draw Down shall be allowed on each regular, full (non-holiday) Trading Day. The number of shares of Common Stock purchased by the Purchaser with respect to each Draw Down shall be determined as set forth in Section 6.1(d) herein. Each Draw Down shall be settled no later than the next Trading Day following the delivery of the applicable Draw Down Notice (each such settlement date shall be referred to as a “Settlement Date”).

 

(c)      The maximum dollar amount as to each Draw Down shall be equal to A multiplied by B, where A equals a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 20% of the average daily trading volume during the 7 Trading Days immediately prior to date of the applicable Draw Down Notice, eliminating the 2 days with the greatest trading volume and the 2 days with the least trading volume and B equals the VWAP on the trading day immediately prior to the date of the applicable Draw Down Notice (“Investment Amount”); provided, however, that no Draw Down shall exceed $25,000 or such amount that would otherwise cause the Purchaser to exceed the beneficial ownership limit set forth in Section 4.12.

 

(d)      The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued on each Settlement Date shall be a number of shares equal to the Investment Amount divided by the Purchase Price, subject to the following adjustments:

 

(i)           if the Purchase Price is less than the applicable Threshold Price, then the Draw Down Notice shall be invalid; and

 

(ii)           if during the Trading Day on which the Draw Down Notice is delivered, trading of the Common Stock on the Trading Market is suspended for more than 3 hours, in the aggregate, or if the Trading Day on which the Draw Down Notice is delivered is shortened because of a public holiday, then the Draw Down Notice shall be invalid; and

 

(iii)          if during the Trading Day on which the Draw Down Notice is delivered, sales of Draw Down Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement are suspended by the Company for more than three (3) hours, in the aggregate, then the Draw Down Notice shall be invalid.

 

 

(e)      The Purchaser will deliver to the Company, (A) by 10:30 am Pacific Time on each Trading Day, the VWAP for the prior Trading Day, and (B) by 1:10 pm Pacific Time on each Trading Day, the VWAP and the Closing Price contemplated under the definition of Purchase Price for the day.  The Company must inform the Purchaser by delivering a draw down notice, in the form of Exhibit B hereto (the “Draw Down Notice”), only between 1:00 pm and 1:30 pm Pacific Time, and must be delivered by facsimile or email to a person designated by Purchaser, as to the Investment Amount of the Draw Down the Company wishes to exercise. At no time shall the Purchaser be required to purchase more than the Investment Amount for a given Draw Down Notice.  On or before any Trading Day that a Draw Down Notice is delivered or notice of suspension of Draw Downs is delivered, the Company shall have filed with the Commission a prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act setting forth the terms of the Draw Down Notice or suspension notice.  The Purchaser will confirm the Purchase Price, Investment Amount, and the calculation of the number of Draw Down Shares to be issued pursuant to an applicable Draw Down Notice, and will confirm the same with the Company no later than 4:00 pm Pacific Time on the date that the Draw Down Notice is delivered.

 

(f)      On the Trading Day immediately following the date of delivery of the Draw Down Notice, the Draw Down Shares purchased pursuant to such Draw Down Notice shall be delivered to the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) account of the Purchaser, or its designees, as designated by the Purchaser, via DTC’s Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”).  Upon the Company electronically delivering such Draw Down Shares to the DTC account of the Purchaser, or its designees, via DWAC, the Purchaser shall wire transfer immediately available funds to the Company’s bank account, as designated by the Company, for the amount of the aggregate Purchase Price of such Draw Down Shares, less any DWAC fees, illiquid securities charges, and other brokerage fees.  At the sole election of the Purchaser, the Purchaser may elect to pay any broker fees disclosed in the schedules attached to this Agreement directly to the brokers pursuant to written instructions from any such broker.

 

(g)      The Company understands that a delay in the delivery of the Shares to the Purchaser could result in economic loss to the Purchaser.  In addition to the Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to the Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Shares (based on the Closing Price of the Common Stock on the date of delivery of the Draw Down Notice) required to be delivered, $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day five (5) Trading Days after such damages have begun to accrue) for each Trading Day thereafter until such Shares are delivered pursuant to this Article VI; provided, however, that such delay in the delivery of the Shares is the direct result of the intentional actions of the Company, and provided further, that the Closing Price of the Common Stock has decreased from the date of delivery of the Drawn Down Notice to the date the Shares are delivered to the Purchaser.  Nothing herein shall limit the Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Company’s failure to deliver certificates representing any Securities as required by the Transaction Documents, including but not limited to the cost of any buy-in to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief.

 

TERMINATION

 

7.1           Term.  The term of this Agreement shall begin on the date hereof and shall end 36 months from the Effective Date or as otherwise set forth in Section 7.2.

 

7.2           Other Termination.

 

(a)      This Agreement shall terminate if (i) the Common Stock is de-listed from the principal Trading Market unless such de-listing is in connection with a subsequent listing on another principal Trading Market, (ii) the Company files for protection from creditors under any applicable law or (iii) the Registration Statement is not declared effective by the Commission on or before the 9-month anniversary of the date hereof.

 

7.3           Subject to the full payment of all Fees and Expenses and Commitment Shares due and owing to Purchaser as of the date of termination, the Company may terminate this Agreement in writing upon 5 Trading Days’ notice.  Termination shall be effective following the full completion and Settlement of any pending Draw Down Notices.

 

7.4           Effect of Termination.  In the event of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.2 herein, written notice thereof shall forthwith be given to the other party and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be terminated without further action by either party.  If this Agreement is terminated as provided in Section 7.1 or 7.2 herein, this Agreement shall become void and of no further force and effect, except for Section 4.7 and Article 8 herein, which shall survive the termination of this Agreement.  Nothing in Section 7.3 shall be deemed to release the Company or the Purchaser from any liability for any breach under this Agreement, or to impair the rights of the Company or the Purchaser to compel specific performance by the other party of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

8.1           Fees and Expenses.  At the Closing, the Company has agreed to reimburse the Purchaser up to $10,000 for its actual legal fees and expenses incurred with respect to this Transaction (the Purchaser acknowledges the prior receipt of $5,000 of these fees and expenses).  Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.  The Company shall pay all transfer agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Purchaser.

 

8.2           Entire Agreement.  The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.

 

 

8.3           Notices.  Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or email at the facsimile number or email address set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or email at the facsimile number or email address set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the 2nd Trading Day following the date of transmission if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.  The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.

 

8.4           Amendments; Waivers.  No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Purchaser or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought.  No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

 

8.5           Headings.  The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

8.6           Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors.  Neither party may assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder (other than by merger).

 

8.7           No Third-Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.7.

 

8.8           Governing Law.  All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.  Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in Orange County. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in Orange County for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding.  Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.  The parties hereby waive all rights to a trial by jury.  If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

 

 

8.9            Survival.  The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Shares.

 

8.10          Execution.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart.  In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

 

8.11          Severability.  If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

 

8.12          Replacement of Securities.  If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction.  The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.

 

 

8.13           Remedies.  In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchaser and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents.  The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

8.14           Liquidated Damages.  The Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due and payable shall have been canceled.

 

8.15           Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments hereto.  In addition, each and every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in any Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

TITAN IRON ORE CORP.			Address for Notice: 3040 N. Campbell Avenue, #110 Tucson, AZ  85719
By:	/s/ Andrew Brodkey
	Name: Andrew Brodkey Title: President and CEO

 

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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO TFER SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

 

Name of Purchaser:  Ascendiant Capital Partners, LLC

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: /s/ Bradley J. Wilhite____________

 

Name of Authorized Signatory: Bradley J. Wilhite

 

Title of Authorized Signatory: Managing Partner

 

Email Address of Purchaser: ***@***

 

Fax Number of Purchaser: (949) 259-4949

 

Address for Notice of Purchaser:

Ascendiant Capital Partners, LLC

18881 Von Karman Avenue, 16th Floor

Irvine, CA  92612

Address for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as above):

Brokerage Identification Code (if delivered via DWAC)

Commitment Amount: Up to $10,000,000

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The undersigned hereby certifies, with respect to shares of Common Stock of Titan Iron Ore Corp. (the “Company”) issuable in connection with this Draw Down Notice and Compliance Certificate dated _____________ (the “Notice”), delivered pursuant to the Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of February __, 2013 (the “Agreement”), as follows:

1.           The undersigned is the duly appointed Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

 

2.           Except as set forth on the schedules attached hereto or in the SEC Reports (as defined in the Agreement), the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as though made on and as of the date hereof, except for representations and warranties that are expressly made as of a particular date.

 

3.           The Company has performed in all material respects all covenants and agreements and conditions required under the Agreement to be performed by the Company on or prior to the date of this Draw Down Notice.

 

4.           The Investment Amount is $___________.

 

5.           The Purchase Price is$______________.

 

The undersigned has executed this Certificate this ____ day of ____________, 20___.

 

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