SECURITIESPURCHASE AGREEMENT

EX-10.1 3 a06-8615_1ex10d1.htm MATERIAL CONTRACTS

EXHIBIT 10.1

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of March 20, 2006, by and among Think Partnership Inc., (formerly known as CGI Holding Corporation), a Nevada corporation, with headquarters located at 5 Revere Drive, Suite 510,  Northbrook, Illinois 60062 (the ”Company”), and the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (individually, a “Buyer” and collectively, the “Buyers”).

 

WHEREAS:

 

A.                                   The Company and each Buyer is executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and Rule 506 of Regulation D (“Regulation D”) as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the 1933 Act.

 

B.                                     The Company has authorized a new series of convertible preferred stock of the Company designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, the terms of which are set forth in the certificate of designation for such series of preferred stock (the “Certificate of Designations”) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (together with any convertible preferred shares issued in replacement thereof in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Preferred Shares”), which Preferred Shares shall be convertible into the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations.

 

C.                                     Each Buyer wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) that aggregate number of Preferred Shares set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers (which aggregate number for all Buyers shall be up to 26,500) (as converted, collectively, the “Conversion Shares” and (ii) Warrants in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Warrants”), to acquire that number of shares of Common Stock (as exercised, collectively, the “Warrant Shares”) set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers.

 

D.                                    Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto are executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights with respect to the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.

 

E.                                      The Preferred Shares, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares are collectively referred to herein as the “Securities”.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and each Buyer hereby agree as follows:

 



 

1.                                       PURCHASE AND SALE OF PREFERRED STOCK AND WARRANTS.

 

(a)                                  Preferred Shares and Warrants. Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below, the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer, and each Buyer severally, but not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company on the Closing Date (as defined below), the number of Preferred Shares, as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers, along with Warrants to acquire that number of Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers.

 

(b)                                 Closing. The closing (the “Closing”) of the purchase of the Preferred Shares and the Warrants by the Buyers shall occur at the offices of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, 919 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022. The date and time of the Closing (the “Closing Date”) shall be 10:00 a.m., New York City Time, on the date hereof, subject to the notification of satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below (or such later date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and each Buyer). As used herein “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

(c)                                  Purchase Price. The aggregate purchase price for the Preferred Shares and the Warrants to be purchased by each Buyer (the “Purchase Price”) shall be the amount set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (5) on the Schedule of Buyers. Each Buyer shall pay $1,000 for each Preferred Share and related Warrants to be purchased by such Buyer at the Closing.

 

(d)                                 Form of Payment. On the Closing Date, (A) each Buyer shall pay its portion of the Purchase Price to the Company for the Preferred Shares and the Warrants to be issued and sold to such Buyer at the Closing, by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Company’s written wire instructions and (B) the Company shall deliver to each Buyer the Preferred Shares (in such denominations as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers), along with the Warrants (exercisable for the number of shares of Common Stock as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers), each duly executed on behalf of the Company and registered in the name of such Buyer or its designee.

 

2.                                       BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

 

Each Buyer represents and warrants with respect to only itself that:

 

(a)                                  Organization; Authority. Such Buyer is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the requisite power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (as defined below) to which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.

 

(b)                                 No Public Sale or Distribution. Such Buyer is (i) acquiring the Preferred Shares and the Warrants, (ii) upon conversion of the Preferred Shares will acquire the Conversion Shares, and (iii) upon exercise of the Warrants will acquire the Warrant Shares, in

 

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each case, for its own account and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the 1933 Act; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, such Buyer does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act. Such Buyer is not a broker-dealer registered, or required to be registered, with the SEC under the 1934 Act. Such Buyer is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such Buyer does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the Securities.

 

(c)                                  Accredited Investor Status. Such Buyer is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D.

 

(d)                                 Reliance on Exemptions. Such Buyer understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Buyer to acquire the Securities.

 

(e)                                  Information. Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Securities which have been requested by such Buyer. Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such Buyer or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect such Buyer’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained herein. Such Buyer understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk. Such Buyer has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Securities.

 

(f)                                    No Governmental Review. Such Buyer understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.

 

(g)                                 Transfer or Resale. Such Buyer understands that except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement: (i) the Securities have not been and are not being registered under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, in a generally acceptable form, to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration, or (C) such Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurance that such Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A

 

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promulgated under the 1933 Act, as amended, (or a successor rule thereto) (collectively, “Rule 144”); (ii) any sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of the Securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the Person (as defined in Section 3(s)) through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any other Person is under any obligation to register the Securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder. The Securities may be pledged in connection with a bona fide margin account or other loan or financing arrangement secured by the Securities and such pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Buyer effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (as defined in Section 3(b)), including, without limitation, this Section 2(f).

 

(h)                                 Legends. Such Buyer understands that the certificates or other instruments representing the Preferred Shares and the Warrants and, until such time as the resale of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares have been registered under the 1933 Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, the stock certificates representing the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares, except as set forth below, shall bear any legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any state and a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such stock certificates):

 

[NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE [CONVERTIBLE] [EXERCISABLE] HAVE BEEN][THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN] REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.

 

The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of the Securities upon which it is stamped, if, unless otherwise required by state securities laws, (i) such Securities are registered for resale under the 1933 Act, (ii) in connection with a sale, assignment or other transfer, such holder provides the Company with an opinion of counsel, in a generally acceptable form, to the effect that such sale, assignment or

 

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transfer of the Securities may be made without registration under the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, or (iii) such holder provides the Company with reasonable assurance that the Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A.

 

(i)                                     Validity; Enforcement. This Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of such Buyer and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Buyer enforceable against such Buyer in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.

 

(j)                                     No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by such Buyer of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the consummation by such Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Buyer or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which such Buyer is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment  or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to such Buyer, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Buyer to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

(k)                                  Residency. Such Buyer is a resident of that jurisdiction specified below its address on the Schedule of Buyers.

 

(l)                                     Certain Trading Activities. No Buyer has directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Buyer, engaged in any transactions in the securities of the Company (including without limitation, any Short Sales involving the Company’s securities) since the time that the Buyer was first contacted by the Company or Roth Capital Partners LLC regarding an investment in the Company. Each Buyer covenants that neither it nor any Person acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will engage in any transaction in the securities of the Company (including Short Sales) prior to the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed pursuant to Section 4(i). Short Sales include, without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the 1934 Act and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges, forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, swaps and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), and sales and other transactions through non-US broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers.

 

(m)                               General Solicitation. No Buyer is purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication (including a research report issued by the Agent) regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar.

 

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3.                                       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.

 

The Company represents and warrants to each of the Buyers that:

 

(a)                                  Organization and Qualification. The Company and its “Subsidiaries” (which for purposes of this Agreement means any entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns capital stock or holds an equity or similar interest) are entities duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are formed, and have the requisite power and authorization to own their properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect. As used in this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or current prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, both taken as a whole and individually as to any Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary (as defined in Regulation S-X), or on the transactions contemplated hereby or in the other Transaction Documents or by the agreements and instruments to be entered into in connection herewith or therewith, or on the authority or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents (as defined below). The Company has no Subsidiaries, except as set forth on Schedule 3(a).

 

(b)                                 Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(b), the Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Certificate of Designations, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions (as defined in Section 5(b)), and each of the other agreements entered into by the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the issuance of the Preferred Shares, the reservation for issuance and the issuance of the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares, the issuance of the Warrants and the reservation for issuance and issuance of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, have been duly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors and (other than the filing with the SEC of one or more Registration Statements in accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement and any other filings as may be required by any state securities agencies) no further filing, consent, or authorization is required by the Company, its Board of Directors or its stockholders. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents of even date herewith have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies and except as rights to indemnification and to contribution may be limited by federal or state securities law. The Certificate of Designations in the form attached

 

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hereto as Exhibit A shall be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada on or prior to Closing.

 

(c)                                  Issuance of Securities. The issuance of the Preferred Shares and the Warrants are duly authorized and upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents shall be free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof, and the Preferred Shares shall be entitled to the rights and preferences set forth in the Certificate of Designations. As of the Closing, the Company shall have reserved from its duly authorized capital stock not less than the sum of (i) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares (without taking into account any limitations on the conversion of the Preferred Shares set forth in the Certificate of Designations) and (ii) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (assuming for purposes hereof that the Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrants) is equal to $2.00, subject to adjustment for stock dividends and stock splits and without taking into account any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth in the Warrants). Upon issuance or conversion in accordance with the Certificate of Designations or exercise in accordance with the Warrants, as the case may be, the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares, respectively, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights, taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. Subject to the representations and warranties of the Buyers in this Agreement, the offer and issuance by the Company of the Securities is exempt from registration under the 1933 Act.

 

(d)                                 No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Preferred Shares, the Warrants, and reservation for issuance of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the Articles of Incorporation (as defined in Section 3(r)) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any capital stock of the Company or Bylaws (as defined in Section 3(r)) or the Certificate of Designations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, except to the extent such conflict, default or termination right would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of the American Stock Exchange (the “Principal Market”) applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected except, in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above, to the extent such violations that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e)                                  Consents. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court, governmental agency or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings

 

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and registrations which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the Closing Date, and the Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances which might prevent the Company from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings pursuant to the preceding sentence. The Company is not in violation of the requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts which would reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock in the foreseeable future.

 

(f)                                    Acknowledgment Regarding Buyer’s Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and that no Buyer is (i) an officer or director of the Company, (ii) an “affiliate” of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 144) or (iii) to its knowledge, a “beneficial owner” of more than 10% of the shares of Common Stock (as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”)). The Company further acknowledges that no Buyer is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and any advice given by a Buyer or any of its representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such Buyer’s purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Buyer that the Company’s decision to enter into the Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives.

 

(g)                                 No General Solicitation; Placement Agent’s Fees. Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers’ commissions (other than for persons engaged by any Buyer or its investment advisor) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such claim. The Company acknowledges that it has engaged Roth Capital Partners LLC as placement agent (the “Agent”) in connection with the sale of the Securities. Other than the Agent, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged any placement agent or other agent in connection with the sale of the Securities.

 

(h)                                 No Integrated Offering. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, any of their affiliates, and any Person acting on 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 require registration of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act or cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the 1933 Act or any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, their affiliates and any Person acting on their behalf will take any action or steps referred to in the preceding

 

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sentence that would require registration of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act or cause the offering of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings.

 

(i)                                     Dilutive Effect. The Company understands and acknowledges that the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, will increase in certain circumstances. The Company further acknowledges that its obligation to issue Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Preferred Shares in accordance with this Agreement and the Certificate of Designations and its obligation to issue the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with this Agreement and the Warrants is, in each case, absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company.

 

(j)                                     Application of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement. The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Articles of Incorporation or the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation which is or could become applicable to any Buyer as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s issuance of the Securities and any Buyer’s ownership of the Securities. The Company has not adopted a stockholder rights plan or similar arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of Common Stock or a change in control of the Company.

 

(k)                                  SEC Documents; Financial Statements. During the two (2) years prior to the date hereof, the Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements, notes and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the “SEC Documents”). The Company has delivered to the Buyers or their respective representatives true, correct and complete copies of each of the SEC Documents not available on the EDGAR system that have been requested by each Buyer. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(k), as of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect as of the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). No other information provided by or on behalf of the Company to the Buyers which is not

 

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included in the SEC Documents, including, without limitation, information referred to in Section 2(e) of this Agreement, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made.

 

(l)                                     Absence of Certain Changes. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(l), since the date of the Company’s most recent audited or reviewed financial statements contained in a Form 10-KSB or Form 10-QSB, there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the business, assets, properties, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or prospects of the Company or its Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(l), since the date of the Company’s most recent audited financial statements contained in a Form 10-KSB or Form 10-QSB, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (i) declared or paid any dividends, (ii) sold any assets, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $500,000 outside of the ordinary course of business or (iii) had capital expenditures, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $500,000. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any bankruptcy law nor does the Company have any knowledge or reason to believe that its creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a creditor to do so. The Company and its Subsidiaries, individually and on a consolidated basis, are not as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur at the Closing, will not be Insolvent (as defined below). For purposes of this Section 3(l), “Insolvent” means, with respect to the Company, on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries, (i) the present fair saleable value of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ assets is less than the amount required to pay the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ total Indebtedness (as defined in Section 3(s)), (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries are unable to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured or (iii) the Company and its Subsidiaries intend to incur or believe that they will incur debts that would be beyond their ability to pay as such debts mature. The Company has not engaged in business or in any transaction, and is not about to engage in business or in any transaction, for which the Company’s remaining assets constitute unreasonably small capital.

 

(m)                               No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances. No event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or is contemplated to occur with respect to the Company, its Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, prospects, operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws on a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its Common Stock and which has not been publicly announced.

 

(n)                                 Conduct of Business; Regulatory Permits. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default under its Articles of Incorporation, the Certificate of Designations, any other certificate of designation, preferences or rights of any other outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company or Bylaws or their organizational charter or Articles of Incorporation or bylaws, respectively. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any judgment, decree or order or any statute, ordinance, rule or

 

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regulation applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will conduct its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except in all cases for possible violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company is not in violation of any of the rules, regulations or requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances that would reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock by the Principal Market in the foreseeable future. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(n), since March 3, 2005, (i) the Common Stock has been designated for quotation on the Principal Market, (ii) trading in the Common Stock has not been suspended by the SEC or the Principal Market and (iii) the Company has received no communication, written or oral, from the SEC or the Principal Market regarding the suspension or delisting of the Common Stock from the Principal Market. The Company and its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit.

 

(o)                                 Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee.

 

(p)                                 Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company is in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof.

 

(q)                                 Transactions With Affiliates. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents filed at least ten (10) days prior to the date hereof and other than the grant of stock options disclosed on Schedule 3(q), none of the officers, directors or employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than for ordinary course services as employees, officers or directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any such officer, director or employee or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any such officer, director, or employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.

 

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(r)                                    Equity Capitalization. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 200,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which as of the date hereof, 43,904,261 including 2,500,000 shares held in treasury are issued and outstanding and 11,769,949 shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to securities (other than the Preferred Shares and the Warrants) exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, shares of Common Stock and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, none of which, as of the date hereof, are issued and outstanding. All of such outstanding shares have been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(r): (i) none of the Company’s capital stock is subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company; (ii) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) there are no outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments evidencing Indebtedness (as defined in Section 3(s)) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound; (iv) there are no financing statements securing obligations in any material amounts, either singly or in the aggregate, filed in connection with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (v) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the 1933 Act (except pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement); (vi) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (vii) there are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities; (viii) the Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement; and (ix) the Company and its Subsidiaries have no liabilities or obligations required to be disclosed in the SEC Documents but not so disclosed in the SEC Documents, other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has furnished to the Buyers true, correct and complete copies of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Articles of Incorporation”), and the Company’s Bylaws, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Bylaws”), and the terms of all securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.

 

(s)                                  Indebtedness and Other Contracts. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(s), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has any outstanding Indebtedness (as defined below), (ii) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument, the violation of which, or default under which, by the other party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) is in violation of any term of or in default

 

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under any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 3(s) provides a detailed description of the material terms of any such outstanding Indebtedness. For purposes of this Agreement:  (x) “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (B) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (including, without limitation, “capital leases” in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business), (C) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (D) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (E) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (F) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (G) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (A) through (F) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (A) through (G) above; (y) “Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto; and (z) “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

(t)                                    Absence of Litigation. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(t), there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by the Principal Market, any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Common Stock or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ officers or directors which is outside of the ordinary course of business or individually or in the aggregate material to the Company.

 

(u)                                 Insurance. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which

 

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the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(v)                                 Employee Relations. (i)  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining agreement or employs any member of a union. The Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relations with their employees are good. No executive officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 501(f) of the 1933 Act) has notified the Company or any such Subsidiary that such officer intends to leave the Company or any such Subsidiary or otherwise terminate such officer’s employment with the Company or any such Subsidiary. No executive officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement, 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.

 

(ii)                                  The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations respecting labor, employment and employment practices and benefits, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where failure to be in compliance would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(w)                               Title. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(w), the Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

(x)                                   Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights or licenses to use all trademarks, trade names, service marks, service mark registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights (“Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ Intellectual Property Rights have expired, terminated or been abandoned, or are expected to expire, terminate or be abandoned, within three years from the date of this Agreement. The Company does not have any knowledge of any infringement by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Intellectual Property Rights of others. There is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought, or to the knowledge of the

 

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Company, being threatened, against the Company or any of its existing Subsidiaries regarding its Intellectual Property Rights. The Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing infringements or claims, actions or proceedings. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their Intellectual Property Rights.

 

(y)                                 Environmental Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all Environmental Laws (as hereinafter defined), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where, in each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The term “Environmental Laws” means all federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder.

 

(z)                                   Subsidiary Rights. The Company or one of its Subsidiaries has the unrestricted right to vote, and (subject to limitations imposed by applicable law) to receive dividends and distributions on, all capital securities of its Subsidiaries as owned by the Company or such Subsidiary.

 

(aa)                            Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(bb)                          Tax Status. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has made or filed all foreign, federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim.

 

(cc)                            Internal Accounting and Disclosure Controls. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(cc), the Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset and liability accountability, (iii) access to assets or

 

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incurrence of liabilities is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets and liabilities is compared with the existing assets and liabilities at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any difference. The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-14 under the 1934 Act) that are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, including, without limitation, controls and procedures designed in to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and its principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(cc), during the twelve months prior to the date hereof neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have received any notice or correspondence from any accountant relating to any potential material weakness in any part of the system of internal accounting controls of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(dd)                          Off Balance Sheet Arrangements. There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in its 1934 Act filings and is not so disclosed or that otherwise would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(ee)                            Investment Company Status. The Company is not, and upon consummation of the sale of the Securities will not be, an “investment company,” a company controlled by an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of  1940, as amended.

 

(ff)                                Transfer Taxes. On the Closing Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other than income or similar taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the sale and transfer of the Securities to be sold to each Buyer hereunder will be, or will have been, fully paid or provided for by the Company, and all laws imposing such taxes will be or will have been complied with.

 

(gg)                          Acknowledgement Regarding Buyers’ Trading Activity. It is understood and acknowledged by the Company (i) that following the public disclosure of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in accordance with the terms thereof, none of the Buyers have been asked by the Company or its Subsidiaries to agree, nor has any Buyer agreed with the Company or its Subsidiaries, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term; (ii) that any Buyer, and counter parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Buyer is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a “short” position in the Common Stock which were established prior to such Buyer’s knowledge of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and (iii) that each Buyer shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that following the public disclosure of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents,

 

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in accordance with the terms thereof, one or more Buyers may engage in hedging and/or trading activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined and (b) such hedging and/or trading activities, if any, can reduce the value of the existing stockholders’ equity interest in the Company both at and after the time the hedging and/or trading activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging and/or trading activities do not constitute a breach of this Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants or any of the documents executed in connection herewith.

 

(hh)                          Registration Eligibility. The Company is eligible to register the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares for resale by the Buyers using Form S-3 promulgated under the 1933 Act.

 

(ii)                                  Manipulation of Price. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (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.

 

(jj)                                  U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not, nor has ever been, a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Buyer’s request.

 

(kk)                            Disclosure. The Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Buyers or their agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material, nonpublic information. The Company understands and confirms that each of the Buyers will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure provided to the Buyers regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the Company is true and correct and does 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 the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(kk), each press release issued by the Company or its Subsidiaries during the twelve (12) months preceding the date of this Agreement did not at the time of release contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. No event or circumstance has occurred or information exists with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their business, properties, prospects, operations or financial conditions, which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure at or before the date hereof or announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or disclosed.

 

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4.                                       COVENANTS.

 

(a)                                  Best Efforts. Each party shall use its reasonable best efforts timely to satisfy each of the conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Form D and Blue Sky. The Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to each Buyer promptly after such filing. The Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for or to qualify the Securities for sale to the Buyers at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Buyers on or prior to the Closing Date. The Company shall make all filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Securities required under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States following the Closing Date.

 

(c)                                  Reporting Status. Until the date on which the Buyers shall have sold all the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares, and none of the Preferred Shares or Warrants is outstanding (the “Reporting Period”), the Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would no longer require or otherwise permit such termination.

 

(d)                                 Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities solely as set forth on Schedule 4(d).

 

(e)                                  Financial Information. The Company agrees to send the following to each Investor (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) during the Reporting Period (i) unless the following are filed with the SEC through EDGAR and are available to the public through the EDGAR system, within one (1) Business Day after the filing thereof with the SEC, a copy of its Annual Reports and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-K, 10-KSB, 10-Q or 10-QSB, any interim reports or any consolidated balance sheets, income statements, stockholders’ equity statements and/or cash flow statements for any period other than annual, any Current Reports on Form 8-K and any registration statements (other than on Form S-8) or amendments filed pursuant to the 1933 Act, (ii) on the same day as the release thereof, facsimile copies of all press releases issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (iii) copies of any notices and other information made available or given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the making available or giving thereof to the stockholders.

 

(f)                                    Listing. The Company shall promptly secure the listing of all of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) upon each national securities exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which the Common Stock is then listed (subject to official notice of issuance) and shall maintain such listing of all Registrable Securities from time to time issuable under the terms of the Transaction Documents on such exchange or automated quotation system or an Eligible Market. The Company shall maintain the Common Stocks’ authorization for quotation on the Principal Market. Neither the

 

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Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action which would be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common Stock on an Eligible Market. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 4(f).

 

(g)                                 Fees. The Company shall reimburse Magnetar Financial LLC or its designee(s) (in addition to any other expense amounts paid to any Buyer prior to the date of this Agreement) for all reasonable costs and expenses, not to exceed $65,000, incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and due diligence in connection therewith), which amount shall be non-accountable and withheld by Magnetar Capital Master Fund, Ltd. from its Purchase Price at the Closing or paid by the Company upon termination of this Agreement. The Company shall reimburse William Blair Small Cap Fund or its designee(s) (in addition to any other expense amounts paid to any Buyer prior to the date of this Agreement) for all reasonable costs and expenses, not to exceed $20,000, incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and due diligence in connection therewith), which amount shall be non-accountable. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or broker’s commissions (other than for Persons engaged by any Buyer) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, any fees payable to the Agent. The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any claim relating to any such payment.

 

(h)                                 Pledge of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Securities may be pledged by an Investor (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) in connection with a bona fide margin agreement or other loan or financing arrangement that is secured by the Securities. The pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Investor effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. The Company hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as a pledgee of the Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge of the Securities to such pledgee by an Investor.

 

(i)                                     Disclosure of Transactions and Other Material Information. On or before 8:30 a.m., New York Time, on the second Business Day following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K describing the terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in the form required by the 1934 Act and attaching the material Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement (and all schedules to this Agreement), the form of Certificate of Designations, the form of Warrant and the Registration Rights Agreement) (including all attachments, the “8-K Filing”). From and after the filing of the 8-K Filing with the SEC, the Company shall have disclosed any material nonpublic information delivered to the Buyers by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents. The Company shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and its and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, not to, provide any Buyer with any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the filing of the 8-K Filing with the SEC without the express written consent of such Buyer. In the event of a breach of the foregoing

 

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covenant by the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, in addition to any other remedy provided herein or in the Transaction Documents, a Buyer shall have the right to make a public disclosure, in the form of a press release, public advertisement or otherwise, of such material, nonpublic information without the prior approval by the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees or agents. No Buyer shall have any liability to the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees, stockholders or agents, for any such disclosure. Subject to the foregoing, neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor any Buyer shall issue any press releases or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of any Buyer, to make any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions (i) in substantial conformity with the 8-K Filing and contemporaneously therewith and (ii) as is required by applicable law and regulations (provided that in the case of clause (i) each Buyer shall be consulted by the Company in connection with any such press release or other public disclosure prior to its release). Without the prior written consent of any applicable Buyer, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall disclose the name of any Buyer in any filing, announcement, release or otherwise.

 

(j)                                     Restriction on Redemption and Cash Dividends; Additional Registration Statements. So long as any Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, redeem, or declare or pay any cash dividend or distribution on, the Common Stock without the prior express written consent of the holders of Preferred Shares representing not less than a majority of the aggregate number of the then outstanding Preferred Shares. Except as set forth on Schedule 4(j), until the Effective Date (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the Company shall not file a registration statement under the 1933 Act relating to securities that are not the Securities.

 

(k)                                  Additional Preferred Shares; Variable Securities; Dilutive Issuances. So long as any Buyer beneficially owns any Securities, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of Buyers holding a majority of the Preferred Shares, issue any Preferred Shares (other than to the Buyers as contemplated hereby) and the Company shall not issue any other securities that would cause a breach or default under the Certificate of Designations or the Warrants. For so long as any Preferred Shares or Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall not, in any manner, issue or sell any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock at a conversion, exchange or exercise price which varies or may vary after issuance with the market price of the Common Stock at the time of issuance, including by way of one or more reset(s) to any fixed price unless the conversion, exchange or exercise price of any such security cannot be less than the then applicable Conversion Price (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) with respect to the Common Stock into which any Preferred Shares are convertible or the then applicable Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrants) with respect to the Common Stock into which any Warrant is exercisable. For so long as any Preferred Shares or Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall not, in any manner, enter into or affect any Dilutive Issuance (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) if the effect of such Dilutive Issuance is to cause the Company to be required to issue upon conversion of any Preferred Shares or exercise of any Warrant any shares of Common Stock in excess of that number of shares of Common Stock which the Company may issue upon conversion of the Preferred Shares

 

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and exercise of the Warrants without breaching the Company’s obligations under the rules or regulations of the Principal Market. The Company shall not, in any manner, enter into or affect any Dilutive Issuance if the effect of such Dilutive Issuance would cause the Conversion Price (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) or the Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrant), as applicable, to be reduced below $2.00 (as adjusted for stock splits or stock dividends).

 

(l)                                     Corporate Existence. So long as any Buyer beneficially owns any Preferred Shares or Warrants, the Company shall not be party to any Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Certificate of Designations and the Warrants.

 

(m)                               Reservation of Shares. The Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, no less than (i) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares (assuming for purposes hereof, that the Preferred Shares are convertible at the Conversion Price and without taking into account any limitations on the conversion of the Preferred Shares set forth in the Certificate of Designations) and (ii) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (assuming for purposes hereof that the Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrants) is equal to $2.00, subject to adjustment for stock splits and stock dividends and without taking into account any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth in the Warrants).

 

(n)                                 Conduct of Business. The business of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity, except where such violations would not result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(o)                                 Additional Issuances of Securities.

 

(i)                                     For purposes of this Section 4(o), the following definitions shall apply.

 

(1)                                “Convertible Securities” means any stock or securities (other than Options) convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.
 
(2)                                “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
 
(3)                                “Common Stock Equivalents” means, collectively, Options and Convertible Securities.
 

(ii)                                  From the date hereof until the date that is thirty (30) Trading Days (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) after the Effective Date (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) (the “Trigger Date”), the Company will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, grant any option to purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition of) any of its or its Subsidiaries’

 

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(other than Real Estate Online, Inc. and Cherish, Inc. and its Subsidiaries) equity or equity equivalent securities, including without limitation any debt, preferred stock or other instrument or security that is, at any time during its life and under any circumstances, convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (any such offer, sale, grant, disposition or announcement being referred to as a “Subsequent Placement”); provided, that the term Subsequent Placement shall not include the issuance of any Excluded Securities (as defined in the Certificate of Designations).

 

(iii)                               From the Trigger Date until the two year anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, effect any Subsequent Placement unless the Company shall have first complied with this Section 4(o)(iii).

 

(1)                                               The Company shall deliver to each Buyer a written notice (the ”Offer Notice”) of any proposed or intended issuance or sale or exchange (the ”Offer”) of the securities being offered (the “Offered Securities”) in a Subsequent Placement, which Offer Notice shall (w) identify and describe the Offered Securities, (x) describe the price and other terms upon which they are to be issued, sold or exchanged, and the number or amount of the Offered Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged, (y) identify the persons or entities (if known) to which or with which the Offered Securities are to be offered, issued, sold or exchanged and (z) offer to issue and sell to or exchange with such Buyers at least 50% of the Offered Securities allocated among such Buyers (a) based on such Buyer’s pro rata portion of the aggregate number of Preferred Shares purchased hereunder (the “Basic Amount”), and (b) with respect to each Buyer that elects to purchase its Basic Amount, any additional portion of the Offered Securities attributable to the Basic Amounts of other Buyers as such Buyer shall indicate it will purchase or acquire should the other Buyers subscribe for less than their Basic Amounts (the “Undersubscription Amount”), which process shall be repeated until the Buyers shall have an opportunity to subscribe for any remaining Undersubscription Amount.
 
(2)                                               To accept an Offer, in whole or in part, such Buyer must deliver a written notice to the Company prior to the end of the tenth (10th) Business Day after such Buyer’s receipt of the Offer Notice (the “Offer Period”), setting forth the portion of such Buyer’s Basic Amount that such Buyer elects to purchase and, if such Buyer shall elect to purchase all of its Basic Amount, the Undersubscription Amount, if any, that such Buyer elects to purchase (in either case, the “Notice of Acceptance”). If the Basic Amounts subscribed for by all Buyers are less than the total of all of the Basic Amounts, then each Buyer who has set forth an Undersubscription Amount in its Notice of Acceptance shall be entitled to purchase, in addition to the Basic Amounts subscribed for, the Undersubscription Amount it has subscribed for; provided, however, that if the Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for exceed the difference between the total of all the Basic Amounts and the Basic Amounts subscribed for (the “Available Undersubscription Amount”), each Buyer who has subscribed for any Undersubscription Amount shall be entitled to purchase only that portion of the Available Undersubscription Amount as the Basic Amount of such Buyer bears to the total Basic Amounts of all Buyers that have subscribed for Undersubscription Amounts, subject to rounding by the Company to the extent its deems reasonably necessary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company desires to modify or amend the terms and conditions of the Offer prior to the expiration of the Offer Period, the Company may deliver to the Buyers a new Offer Notice and
 
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the Offer Period shall expire on the seventh (7th) Business Day after such Buyer’s receipt of such new Offer Notice.
 
(3)                                               The Company shall have ten (10) Business Days from the expiration of the Offer Period above (i) to offer, issue, sell or exchange all or any part of such Offered Securities as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by the Buyers (the “Refused Securities”) pursuant to a definitive agreement(s) (the “Subsequent Placement Agreement”), but only to the offerees described in the Offer Notice (if so described therein) and only upon terms and conditions (including, without limitation, unit prices and interest rates) that are not more favorable to the acquiring person or persons or less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Offer Notice and (ii) to publicly announce (a) the execution of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, and (b) either (x) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such Subsequent Placement Agreement or (y) the termination of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, which shall be filed with the SEC on a Current Report on Form 8-K with such Subsequent Placement Agreement and any documents contemplated therein filed as exhibits thereto.
 
(4)                                               In the event the Company shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities (any such sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified in Section 4(o)(iii)(3) above), then each Buyer may, at its sole option and in its sole discretion, reduce the number or amount of the Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance to an amount that shall be not less than the number or amount of the Offered Securities that such Buyer elected to purchase pursuant to Section 4(o)(iii)(2) above multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the number or amount of Offered Securities the Company actually proposes to issue, sell or exchange (including Offered Securities to be issued or sold to Buyers pursuant to Section 4(o)(iii)(3) above prior to such reduction) and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the original amount of the Offered Securities. In the event that any Buyer so elects to reduce the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, the Company may not issue, sell or exchange more than the reduced number or amount of the Offered Securities unless and until such securities have again been offered to the Buyers in accordance with Section 4(o)(iii)(1) above.
 
(5)                                               Upon the closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused Securities, the Buyers shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall issue to the Buyers, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in the Notices of Acceptance, as reduced pursuant to Section 4(o)(iii)(3) above if the Buyers have so elected, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer. The purchase by the Buyers of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases to the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company and the Buyers of a purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Buyers and their respective counsel.
 
(6)                                               Any Offered Securities not acquired by the Buyers or other persons in accordance with Section 4(o)(iii)(3) above may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they are again offered to the Buyers under the procedures specified in this Agreement.
 
(7)                                               The Company and the Buyers agree that if any Buyer elects to participate in the Offer, neither the securities purchase agreement (the “Subsequent
 
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Placement Agreement”) with respect to such Offer nor any other transaction documents related thereto (collectively, the “Subsequent Placement Documents”) shall include any term or provisions whereby any Buyer shall be required to agree to any restrictions in trading as to any securities of the Company owned by such Buyer prior to such Subsequent Placement.
 
(8)                                               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4(o) and unless otherwise agreed to by the Buyers, the Company shall either confirm in writing to the Buyers that the transaction with respect to the Subsequent Placement has been abandoned or shall publicly disclose its intention to issue the Offered Securities, in either case in such a manner such that the Buyers will not be in possession of material non-public information, by the tenth (10th) Business Day following delivery of the Offer Notice. If by the tenth (10th) Business Day following delivery of the Offer Notice no public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to the Offered Securities has been made, and no notice regarding the abandonment of such transaction has been received by the Buyers, such transaction shall be deemed to have been abandoned and the Buyers shall not be deemed to be in possession of any material, non-public information with respect to the Company. Should the Company decide to pursue such transaction with respect to the Offered Securities, the Company shall provide each Buyer with another Offer Notice and each Buyer will again have the right of participation set forth in this Section 4(o)(iii). The Company shall not be permitted to deliver more than one such Offer Notice to the Buyers in any 60 day period.
 
(9)                                               The restrictions contained in subsections (ii) and (iii) of this Section 4(o) shall not apply in connection with the issuance of any Excluded Securities (as defined in the Certificate of Designations).
 

5.                                       REGISTER; TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS.

 

(a)                                  Register. The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to each holder of Securities), a register for the Preferred Shares and the Warrants in which the Company shall record the name and address of the Person in whose name the Preferred Shares and the Warrants have been issued (including the name and address of each transferee), the number of Preferred Shares held by such Person, the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares and Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants held by such Person. The Company shall keep the register open and available at all times during business hours for inspection of any Buyer or its legal representatives.

 

(b)                                 Transfer Agent Instructions. The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent, and any subsequent transfer agent, to issue certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), registered in the name of each Buyer or its respective nominee(s), for the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares in such amounts as specified from time to time by each Buyer to the Company upon conversion of the Preferred Shares or exercise of the Warrants in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto (the “Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions”). The Company warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 5(b), and stop transfer instructions to give effect to Section 2(f) hereof, will be given by the Company to its transfer agent with respect to the Securities, and that the Securities shall

 

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otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company, as applicable, and to the extent provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. If a Buyer effects a sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities in accordance with Section 2(f), the Company shall permit the transfer and shall promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue one or more certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at DTC in such name and in such denominations as specified by such Buyer to effect such sale, transfer or assignment. In the event that such sale, assignment or transfer involves Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement or in compliance with Rule 144, the transfer agent shall issue such Securities to the Buyer, assignee or transferee, as the case may be, without any restrictive legend. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to a Buyer. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 5(b) will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section 5(b), that a Buyer shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an order and/or injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

6.                                       CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATION TO SELL.

 

(a)                                  The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Preferred Shares and the related Warrants to each Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing each Buyer with prior written notice thereof:

 

(i)                                     Such Buyer shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and delivered the same to the Company.

 

(ii)                                  Such Buyer and each other Buyer shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price (less, in the case of Magnetar Capital Master Fund, Ltd. the amount withheld pursuant to Section 4(g)) for the Preferred Shares and the related Warrants being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to the wire instructions provided by the Company.

 

(iii)                               The representations and warranties of such Buyer shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date), and such Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Buyer at or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(iv)                              The Company shall have obtained approval of the Principal Market to list the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares.

 

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7.             CONDITIONS TO EACH BUYER’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.

 

(a)           The obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase the Preferred Shares and the related Warrants at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for each Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof:

 

(i)            The Company shall have duly executed and delivered to such Buyer (A) each of the Transaction Documents and (B) the Preferred Shares (in such numbers as is set forth across from such Buyer’s name in column (3) of the Schedule of Buyers and the related Warrants (in such numbers as is set forth across from such Buyer’s name in column (4) of the Schedule of Buyers) being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(ii)           Such Buyer shall have received the opinion of Shefsky & Froelich Ltd., Rosenfeld, Roberson, Johns & Durant Group the Company’s outside counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit F attached hereto.

 

(iii)          The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a copy of the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto, which instructions shall have been delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Company’s transfer agent.

 

(iv)          The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the formation and good standing of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries in each such entity’s jurisdiction of formation issued by the Secretary of State (or equivalent) of such jurisdiction of formation as of a date within thirty (30) days of the Closing Date.

 

(v)           The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the Company’s qualification as a foreign corporation and good standing issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of each jurisdiction in which the Company conducts business and is required to so qualify, as of a date within thirty (30) days of the Closing Date, provided, that the Buyers and the Company shall receive verbal affirmation from the Secretary of State of the states of Nevada and Illinois that the Company is in good standing on the Closing Date.

 

(vi)          The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certified copy of the Articles of Incorporation as certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada within twenty (20) days of the Closing Date.

 

(vii)         The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate, executed by the Secretary of the Company and dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the resolutions consistent with Section 3(b) as adopted by the Company’s board of directors in a form reasonably acceptable to such Buyer, (ii) the Articles of Incorporation and (iii) the Bylaws, each as in effect at the Closing, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G.

 

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(viii)        The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date. Such Buyer shall have received a certificate, executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Buyer in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit H.

 

(ix)           The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a letter from the Company’s transfer agent certifying the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of a date within five days of the Closing Date.

 

(x)            The Common Stock (I) shall be designated for quotation or listed on the Principal Market and (II) shall not have been suspended, as of the Closing Date, by the SEC or the Principal Market from trading on the Principal Market nor shall suspension by the SEC or the Principal Market have been threatened, as of the Closing Date, either (A) in writing by the SEC or the Principal Market or (B) by falling below the minimum maintenance requirements of the Principal Market.

 

(xi)           The Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Securities, including without limitation, those required by the Principal Market.

 

(xii)          The Certificate of Designations in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A shall have been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada and shall be in full force and effect, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms and shall not have been amended.

 

(xiii)         The aggregate Purchase Price paid to the Company for the Securities by the Buyers at the Closing shall not be less than $25 million.

 

(xiv)        The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer such other documents relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as such Buyer or its counsel may reasonably request.

 

8.             TERMINATION.

 

In the event that the Closing shall not have occurred with respect to a Buyer on or before five (5) Business Days from the date hereof due to the Company’s or such Buyer’s failure to satisfy the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 above (and the nonbreaching party’s failure to waive such unsatisfied condition(s)), the nonbreaching party shall have the option to terminate this Agreement with respect to such breaching party at the close of business on such date without liability of any party to any other party; provided, however, if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 8, the Company shall remain obligated to reimburse the non-breaching Buyers for the expenses described in Section 4(g) above.

 

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9.             MISCELLANEOUS.

 

(a)           Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, 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 brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. 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 to such party at the address for such 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 manner permitted by law. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

(b)           Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which 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; provided that a facsimile signature shall be considered due execution and shall be binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if the signature were an original, not a facsimile signature.

 

(c)           Headings. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.

 

(d)           Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.

 

(e)           Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents supersede all other prior oral or written agreements between the Buyers, the Company, their affiliates and Persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the instruments referenced herein and therein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor any Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be amended other than by an

 

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instrument in writing signed by the Company and the holders of at least a majority of the Preferred Shares issued and issuable hereunder, and any amendment to this Agreement made in conformity with the provisions of this Section 9(e) shall be binding on all Buyers and holders of Securities, as applicable. No provision hereof may be waived other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the Preferred Shares then outstanding. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents, holders of Preferred Shares or holders of the Warrants, as the case may be. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements with any Buyers relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents except as set forth in the Transaction Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company confirms that, except as set forth in this Agreement, no Buyer has made any commitment or promise or has any other obligation to provide any financing to the Company or otherwise.

 

(f)            Notices. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered:  (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:

 

If to the Company:

 

Think Partnership Inc.

5 Revere Drive, Suite 510

Northbrook, Illinois 60062

Telephone:

(847) 562-0177

Facsimile:

(847) 562-0178

Attention:

Gerard M. Jacobs

 

 

With a copy (for informational purposes only) to:

 

Shefsky & Froelich Ltd.

111 East Wacker Drive, Suite 2800

Chicago, Illinois 60601

Telephone:

(312) 527-4000

Facsimile:

(312) 527-5921

Attention:

Michael J. Choate

 

If to the Transfer Agent:

 

Colonial Stock Transfer

66 Exchange Place, Suite 100

Salt Lake City, VT 84111

Telephone:

(801) 355-5740

Facsimile:

(801) 355-6505

Attention:

Donna Webster

 

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If to a Buyer, to its address and facsimile number set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, with copies to such Buyer’s representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers,

 

with a copy (for informational purposes only) to:

 

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

919 Third Avenue

New York, New York  10022

Telephone:

(212) 756-2000

Facsimile:

(212) 593-5955

Attention:

Eleazer N. Klein, Esq.

 

or to such other address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change provided, that Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP shall only receive notices sent to clients of its firm. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

 

(g)           Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the Preferred Shares or the Warrants. The Company shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate number of Registrable Securities issued and issuable hereunder, including by way of a Fundamental Transaction (unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Certificate of Designations and the Warrants). A Buyer may assign some or all of its rights hereunder in connection with transfer of any of its Preferred Shares or Warrants without the consent of the Company, in which event such assignee shall be deemed to be a Buyer hereunder with respect to such assigned rights.

 

(h)           No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.

 

(i)            Survival. Unless this Agreement is terminated under Section 8, the representations and warranties of the Company and the Buyers contained in Sections 2 and 3 and the agreements and covenants set forth in Sections 4, 5 and 9 shall survive the Closing. Each Buyer shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder.

 

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(j)            Further Assurances. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(k)           Indemnification. In consideration of each Buyer’s execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and acquiring the Securities thereunder and in addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless each Buyer and each affiliate of a Buyer that holds Preferred Shares or Warrants and all of their stockholders, partners, members, officers, directors, employees and direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing Persons’ agents or other representatives (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (the “Indemnified Liabilities”), incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company in the Transaction Documents, (b) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents or (c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee by a third party (including for these purposes a derivative action brought on behalf of the Company) and arising out of or resulting from (i) the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Securities, (iii) any disclosure made by such Buyer pursuant to Section 4(i), or (iv) the status of such Buyer or holder of the Securities as an investor in the Company pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents; provided, that no Buyer shall be entitled to indemnification to the extent any of the foregoing is caused by its gross negligence or willful misconduct. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the mechanics and procedures with respect to the rights and obligations under this Section 9(k) shall be the same as those set forth in Section 6 of the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

(l)            No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

(m)          Remedies. Each Buyer and each affiliate of a Buyer that holds Preferred Shares or Warrants shall have all rights and remedies set forth in the Transaction Documents and all rights and remedies which such holders have been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such holders have under any law. Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any

 

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breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law. Furthermore, the Company recognizes that in the event that it fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of its obligations under the Transaction Documents, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Buyers. The Company therefore agrees that the Buyers shall be entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security.

 

(n)           Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Buyer exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Buyer may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights

 

(o)           Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to the Buyers hereunder or pursuant to any of the other Transaction Documents or the Buyers enforce or exercise their rights hereunder or thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, foreign, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

 

(p)           Independent Nature of Buyers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Buyer under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and no Buyer shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Buyer under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Buyers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the Company acknowledges that the Buyers are not acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Buyer confirms that it has independently participated in the negotiation of the transaction contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors. Each Buyer shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Buyer to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

 

COMPANY:

 

THINK PARTNERSHIP INC.

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name: Gerard M. Jacobs

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

 

BUYERS:

 

MAGNETAR CAPITAL MASTER FUND, LTD.

 

 

By:

Magnetar Financial LLC

Its:

Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

Paul Smith

Its:

General Counsel

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

 

BUYERS:

 

[OTHER BUYERS]

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 



 

SCHEDULE OF BUYERS

 

(1)

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

(4)

 

(5)

 

(6)

Buyer

 

Address and Facsimile 
Number

 

Aggregate 
Number of 
Preferred 
Shares

 

Aggregate 
Number of 
Warrant Shares

 

Purchase Price

 

Legal Representative’s
Address and Facsimile Number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Magnetar Capital Master Fund, Ltd..

 

1603 Orrington Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201
Attn: Richard Levy and
Matthew Ray
Facsimile: (847) 905-5603
Telephone: (847) 905-4707

 

5,000

 

1,000,000

 

$

5,000,000

 

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Attention: Eleazer Klein, Esq.
Facsimile: (212) 593-5955
Telephone: (212) 756-2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heller Capital Investments, LLC

 

700 E. Palisade Avenue
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
Facsimile: (201 ###-###-####

 

1,000

 

200,000

 

$

1,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heller Family Foundation

 

74 Fairview Rd.
Tenafly, NJ 07670
Facsimile: 201 ###-###-####

 

500

 

100,000

 

$

500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mac & Co

 

Mac & Co
CIBC Mellon
PO Box 3196
Pittsburg, PA ###-###-####

 

322

 

64,400

 

$

322,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calhoun & Co
FFC City of Dearborn Policemen and Firemen Revised Retirement Systems

 

Calhoun & Co
Comerica Bank
PO Box 75000-M/C 3404
Detroit, MI 48231
Attn: Sarah Grant, Trust Department
Facsimile: 313 ###-###-####
Telephone: 313 ###-###-####

 

84

 

16,800

 

$

84,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calhoun & Co
FFC City of Dearborn General Employees
Retirement Systems

 

Calhoun & Co.
Comercia Bank
PO Box 75000-M/C 3404
Detroit, MI 48231
Attn: Sarah Grant
Facsimile: 313 ###-###-####
Telephone: 313 ###-###-####

 

53

 

10,600

 

$

53,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

William Blair Small Cap Growth Fund

 

William Blair & Company, LLC
222 W Adams St
Chicago, IL 60606
Attn: Terry Sullivan
Facsimile: 312 ###-###-####
Telephone: 312 ###-###-####

 

7,120

 

1,424,000

 

$

7,120,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Booth & Co
FFC Hartmarx Retirement Income Trust

 

Booth & Co
Northern Trust
50 S LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60675

 

108

 

21,600

 

$

108,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Booth & Co
FFC Rush University Medical Center
Endowment Account

 

Booth & Co
Northern Trust
50 S LaSalle St, 7th floor
Chicago, IL 60675
Attn: David Applegate
Facsimile: 312 ###-###-####
Telephone: 312 ###-###-####

 

142

 

28,400

 

$

142,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Booth & Co
FFC Rush University Medical Center
Pension and Retirement

 

Booth & Co
Northern Trust
50 S LaSalle St, 7th floor
Chicago, IL 60675
Attn: David Applegate
Facsimile: 312 ###-###-####
Telephone: 312 ###-###-####

 

171

 

34,200

 

$

171,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bear Stearns Sec. Corp. Cust.
J. Steven Emerson Inv. Act.

 

Bear Stearns Sec. Corp. Cust. J. Steven Emerson Inv. Act.
1522 Ensley Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone: 310 ###-###-####
Fax: 310 ###-###-####
Att:: Steven Emerson
Custodian:
Bear Stearns Sec. Corp.
1990 Avenue of the Stars #2530
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone: 310 ###-###-####
Fax: 310 ###-###-####
Att: Rita Swann

 

600

 

120,000

 

$

600,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bear Stearns Sec. Corp. FBO
J. Steven Emerson Roth IRA

 

Bear Stearns Sec. Corp. FBO J. Steven Emerson Roth IRA
1522 Ensley Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone: 310 ###-###-####
Fax: 310 ###-###-####
Att:: Steven Emerson
Custodian:
Bear Stearns Sec. Corp.
1990 Avenue of the Stars #2530
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone: 310 ###-###-####
Fax: 310 ###-###-####
Att: Rita Swann

 

2,000

 

400,000

 

$

2,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bear Stearns Sec. Corp. FBO
J. Steven Emerson IRA Rollover II

 

Bear Stearns Sec. Corp. FBO J. Steven Emerson IRA Rollover II
1522 Ensley Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone: 310 ###-###-####
Fax: 310 ###-###-####
Att:: Steven Emerson
Custodian:
Bear Stearns Sec. Corp.
1990 Avenue of the Stars #2530
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone: 310 ###-###-####
Fax: 310 ###-###-####
Att: Rita Swann

 

3,400

 

680,000

 

$

3,400,000

 

 

 



 

Umbtru & Co.
FBO Oberweis Emerging Growth Fund

 

3333 Warrenville Road
Suite 500
Lisle, Illinois 60532
Facsimile: (630) 245-0470

 

2,700

 

540,000

 

$

2,700,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Umbtru & Co.
FBO Oberweis Micro-Cap Fund

 

3333 Warrenville Road
Suite 500
Lisle, Illinois 60532
Facsimile: (630) 245-0470

 

1,300

 

260,000

 

$

1,300,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fort Mason Master Fund, LP

 

Fort Mason Master Fund, LP
456 Montgomery Street, 22nd Fl.
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone ###-###-####
Fax ###-###-####
Attn: KC Lynch and Marshall Jensen

 

1,878

 

375,600

 

$

1,878,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fort Mason Partners, LP

 

Fort Mason Partners, LP
456 Montgomery Street, 22nd Fl.
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone ###-###-####
Fax ###-###-####
Attn: KC Lynch and Marshall Jensen

 

122

 

24,400

 

$

122,000

 

 

 



 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Certificate of Designations

Exhibit B

 

Form of Warrants

Exhibit C

 

Form of Registration Rights Agreement

Exhibit D

 

[Intentionally Omitted]

Exhibit E

 

Form of Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions

Exhibit F

 

Form of Outside Company Counsel Opinion

Exhibit G

 

Form of Secretary’s Certificate

Exhibit H

 

Form of Officer’s Certificate

 

 

Schedule 3(a)

 

Subsidiaries

Schedule 3(b)

 

Authorization; Enforcement; Validity

Schedule 3(k)

 

SEC Documents; Financial Statements

Schedule 3(l)

 

Absence of Certain Changes

Schedule 3(n)

 

Conduct of Business

Schedule 3(q)

 

Transactions with Affiliates

Schedule 3(r)

 

Capitalization

Schedule 3(s)

 

Indebtedness and Other Contracts

Schedule 3(t)

 

Litigation

Schedule 3(w)

 

Title

Schedule 3(cc)

 

Internal Accounting and Disclosure Controls

Schedule 3(kk)

 

Disclosure

Schedule 4(d)

 

Use of Proceeds

Schedule 4(j)

 

Restriction on Redemption and Cash Dividends; Additional Registration Statements

 



 

SCHEDULE 3(a)

Subsidiaries

 

MarketSmart Interactive, Inc. f/k/a WebSourced, Inc.

Cherish, Inc.

CheckUp Marketing, Inc.

MarketSmart Advertising, Inc.

RightStuff, Inc.

Ozona Online Network, Inc.

Personals Plus, Inc.

KowaBunga Marketing, Inc.

PrimaryAds, Inc.

Real Estate School Online, Inc.

Vintacom Florida, Inc.

Vintacom Media Group, ULC

Vintacom Internet Services, Inc.

Vintacom Software Services, Inc.

Relationship Exchange Holdings Ltd.

Relationship Exchange Limited

Intipro Dating Inc.

Morex Marketing Group, LLC

Smart Interactive Limited

 



 

SCHEDULE 3(b)

Authorization; Enforcement; Validity

 

The Company needs to obtain AMEX approval for the listing of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares and the Certificate of Designations will not be filed until AMEX approval has been obtained.

 



 

SCHEDULE 3(k)

SEC Documents; Financial Statements

 

The financial statements contained in the Company’s original filings of its Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004, and its Forms 10-QSB for the quarters ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, June 30, 2005 and 2004 and September 30, 2004 were restated on December 30, 2005 for the reasons described below (collectively, the “Restatements”).

 

On October 27, 2005, the Company concluded that it would need to amend and restate our previously issued unaudited consolidated financial statements and other financial information for the above mentioned periods. The restatements resulted from a change to the manner in which the Company then believed it must recognize revenue generated by its search engine enhancement (SEE) business segment.  The Company originally recognized revenues from the SEE business segment in the period that they are deemed to be earned and collectible under the accrual method of accounting using the proportional performance model. In the proportional performance model, revenue is recognized using the pattern in which value is provided to the customer over the term of the contract. Subsequently based on comments the Company received from the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company determined that the manner in which it applied the proportional performance revenue recognition model: (1) did not adequately rely on objective evidence of the value of services performed, and (2) did not provide sufficient evidence to prove the collectibility of the accelerated revenue stream. As a result, the Company restated portions of the above-referenced financial statements by recognizing revenue for each deliverable under its SEE business segment on a straight-line basis over the term of the contract. The Company believes it is appropriate to use straight-line if there is not adequate objective evidence of the value of services performed. Additionally, using straight-line allows the Company to more closely match cash receipts with revenue recognition. As a result, collection of amounts recognized as revenue is reasonably assured.

 

The restatements for the Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 also results from a change to the manner in which the Company presents revenues from its PrimaryAds, Inc. subsidiary. The Company originally recognized revenues from PrimaryAds on a gross basis by recording as revenue the gross amount received from advertisers and recording as cost of sales the amount paid to the publishers placing the advertisements. The Company believed the gross presentation was appropriate because, in accordance with EITF 99-19, the Company believed the following were the predominant factors:  (1) PrimaryAds had credit risk to the extent that it is responsible for payments to affiliates, despite standard contractual language stating that if PrimaryAds does not get paid for an advertisement, it is not obligated to pay the affiliate. In practice, PrimaryAds chooses to pay affiliates in the event of non-payment by advertisers in order to maintain its marketplace relationships, and (2) PrimaryAds sets pricing with respect to the amount paid to the affiliate. Subsequently, based on additional analyses performed by the Company in response to comments raised by the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company subsequently believed that the predominant factors underlying EITF 99-19 support the net treatment. Specifically, the factors the Company previously believed to be predominant are now believed to have a lesser significance in the gross versus net analysis, with PrimaryAds not being the primary obligor in the arrangement rising to predominant status. The

 



 

Company restated its quarterly report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 by presenting revenue from PrimaryAds on a net, rather than gross, basis.

 

Additionally, in the third quarter of 2005, the Company changed the useful life of the Customer Relations intangible asset for our PrimaryAds, Inc. subsidiary from ten years to five years. The Company retroactively applied this change to all periods that it owned this intangible asset, including the quarter ended June 30, 2005.

 



 

SCHEDULE 3(l)

Absence of Certain Changes

 

On Friday, March 17, the Company announced that its letter of intent to acquire Crystal Reference Systems Limited had been terminated, after the Company and Crystal Reference failed to agree upon mutually acceptable definitive agreements.

 



 

SCHEDULE 3(n)

Conduct of Business; Regulatory Permits

 

The Company’s press release dated October 28, 2005, pursuant to which it announced that investors should no longer rely on the Company’s financial statements, did not contain sufficient information regarding the Company’s estimate of the potential effect on earnings the restated financial statements would have. As a result, AMEX imposed a trading halt in the Company’s shares of common stock. On November 2, 2005 the Company issued a revised press release and trading resumed.

 



 

SCHEDULE 3(q)

Transactions With Affiliates

 

The Company issued a note to Scott P. Mitchell, its President in connection with the Company’s acquisition of WebCapades, Inc. (of which Scott was a shareholder). The outstanding balance of the note is $267,000 and calls for six remaining payments of $44,500. The note does not bear any stated interest.

 

The Company issued a note to Katherine Dennison, an employee of Cherish, Inc. in connection with the Company’s acquisition of WebCapades, Inc. (of which Katherine was a shareholder). The outstanding balance of the note is $3,000 and calls for six remaining payments of $500. The note does not bear any stated interest.

 

In connection with the Company’s acquisition of Ozona Online, Inc., the Company assumed two promissory notes Ozona issued in favor of Scott P. Mitchell, the Company’s President. The first note has a remaining balance $50,085, bears interest at 5.5% interest, and has 31 payments of $1,756.12 remaining.    The second note has a remaining balance of $52,471, bears interest at 8.0% interest, and has 34 payments of $1,756.12, 34 remaining.

 



 

SCHEDULE 3(r)

Equity Capitalization

 

(i)                                     No disclosure necessary.

(ii)                                  See attached excel spreadsheet for list of options/warrants and shares that may be required to be issued in the future with respect to earnouts from acquisitions.

(iii)                               The Company entered into loan agreement with Wachovia Bank, N.A. and the Company executed two promissory notes in the amounts of $15 million and $2.5 million, respectively in connection with the loan agreement. Additionally, see the notes to Scott Mitchell and Katherine Dennison described in Schedule 3(q).

(iv)                              In connection with the Wachovia loan agreement (described in (iii) above), Wachovia filed financing statements perfecting a lien on all of the assets of the Company. In addition, each “Guarantor Subsidiary” guaranteed the obligations of the Company under the loan agreement. The guarantees are secured by a lien on all of the assets of each Subsidiary which was perfected by a filing of appropriate financing statements. As used herein, the term “Guarantor Subsidiary” means the following Subsidiaries:  MarketSmart Interactive, Inc., Cherish, Inc., CheckUp Marketing, Inc., RightStuff, Inc., MarketSmart Advertising, Inc., Ozona Online Network, Inc., Personals Plus, Inc., KowaBunga! Marketing, Inc., PrimaryAds, Inc., Real Estate School Online, Inc. and Vintacom Florida, Inc.

(v)                                 See attached excel spreadsheet for the Company’s current obligations to register shares of its common stock issued in previous acquisitions and shares that may be issued as part of earnouts related to such acquisitions. In addition, the Company will be obligated to register 3,170,732 shares of common stock issued at the closing of the Litmus acquisition and up to $10.5 million of shares of common stock that may be issued as a result of earnouts related to the Litmus acquisition.

(vi)                              No disclosure necessary.

(vii)                           No disclosure necessary.

(viii)                        The Company’s 2005 Long Term Incentive Plan authorizes the board to grant “Other Stock Based Awards” in addition to options to purchase common stock and shares of restricted common stock. “Other Stock Based Awards” includes awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are otherwise based on, shares of the Company’s common stock or the fair market value thereof.

(ix)                                No disclosure necessary.

 



 

SCHEDULE 3(s)

Indebtedness and Other Contracts

 

(i)                                     A.                                   The Company entered into loan agreement with Wachovia Bank, N.A. and the Company executed two promissory notes in the amounts of $15 million and $2.5 million, respectively in connection with the loan agreement.

B.                                     The Company issued a note to Scott P. Mitchell, its President in connection with the Company’s acquisition of WebCapades, Inc. (of which Scott was a shareholder). The outstanding balance of the note is $267,000 and calls for six remaining payments of $44,500. The note does not bear any stated interest.

C.                                     The Company issued a note to Katherine Dennison, an employee of Cherish, Inc. in connection with the Company’s acquisition of WebCapades, Inc. (of which Katherine was a shareholder). The outstanding balance of the note is $3,000 and calls for six remaining payments of $500. The note does not bear any stated interest.

D.                                    In connection with the Company’s acquisition of Ozona Online, Inc., the Company assumed two promissory notes Ozona issued in favor of Scott P. Mitchell, the Company’s President. The first note has a remaining balance $50,085, bears interest at 5.5% interest, and has 31 payments of $1,756.12 remaining.    The second note has a remaining balance of $52,471, bears interest at 8.0% interest, and has 34 payments of $1,756.12, 34 remaining.

 

(ii)                                  No disclosure necessary

 

(iii)                               No disclosure necessary.

 

(iv)                              No disclosure necessary.

 

Description of Wachovia Indebtedness

 

On January 19, 2006, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Wachovia Bank, National Association (the “Loan Agreement”). Pursuant to the loan agreement, on January 20, 2006, the Company borrowed $15 million from Wachovia, evidenced by a revolving credit promissory note (the “Revolving Credit Note”), and $2.5 million, evidenced by a term promissory note (the “Term Note” and together with the Revolving Credit Note, the “Notes”). The Company used $7.5 million of the proceeds to repay amounts due Wachovia under the Company’s previous line of credit (which was cancelled as a result of entering into the Loan Agreement) with substantially all of the remaining proceeds used to fund the cash portion of the purchase price for the acquisition of Morex Marketing Group, LLC.

 

Repayment Terms; Interest Rate

 

The Company’s obligations under the Loan Agreement and the Notes are secured by a first priority lien, in favor of Wachovia, on all of the assets of the Company, including the stock of each of the Company’s operating subsidiaries. Further, each of the Company’s operating subsidiaries has guaranteed the performance of the Company’s obligations under the Loan Agreement and the Notes (each, a “Guarantor”) and the guaranty is secured by a first priority lien on each Guarantor’s assets. The aggregate principal advances available to the Company

 



 

under the Revolving Credit Note may not exceed 1.75 times the Company’s trailing twelve months EBITDA, as calculated quarterly on a consolidated pro forma basis, where the term pro forma is meant to include all EBITDA generated by an entity acquired by the Company during the trailing twelve month period, as opposed to just that portion of EBITDA generated by the entity after the acquisition. Interest on the unpaid principal balance of the Revolving Credit Note accrues at the LIBOR Market Index Rate plus 2.10% as such rate may change from day to day. Amounts due under the Revolving Credit Note are payable in consecutive monthly payments of accrued interest only until maturity at which time all principal and any accrued but unpaid interest is due and payable. The Revolving Credit Note matures on January 19, 2009. Interest on the unpaid principal balance of the Term Note accrues at the LIBOR Market Index Rate plus 2.15% as such rate may change from day to day. Amounts due under the Term Note are payable in 12 consecutive monthly payments of equal principal in the amount of $208,333.33 plus accrued interest with the final payment due on January 19, 2007, the Term Note’s maturity. In the event that the Company is in default of any of the covenants below, in addition to the remedies set forth below, the interest rate on each of the Notes shall automatically increase 3%.

 

Covenants

 

So long as there remain any amounts outstanding under the Loan Agreement and either of the Notes, the Company: (A) is required to maintain a “Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio” of not less than 2.00 to 1.00, calculated quarterly on a rolling four quarters basis, where “Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio” means the sum of all the indebtedness of the Company  and its subsidiaries for borrowed money divided by the Company’s EBITDA calculated on a consolidated pro forma basis; (B) is required to maintain a net worth of not less than an amount equal to $36.9 million plus 50% of the Company’s net income for each fiscal quarter (the “Minimum Net Worth Amount”), provided that the Minimum Net Worth Amount for any fiscal quarter must exceed the Minimum Net Worth amount for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter by at least $1.00; (C) is required to maintain, a consolidated “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” of not less than 2.50 to 1.00, calculated quarterly on a rolling four quarters basis, where “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, the sum of the pro forma net income from operations, depreciation and amortization minus all dividends, withdrawals and non-cash income divided by the sum of all current maturities of long-term debt, capital lease obligations and capital expenditures which were not financed; (D) may not, during any fiscal year, expend on gross fixed assets (excluding the pro forma impact of “Permitted Acquisitions” (as hereinafter defined) during any fiscal year, but including capital leases and leasehold improvements for the Permitted Acquisitions) an amount exceeding $2 million; (E) may not incur any additional indebtedness which causes the aggregate amount of the Company’s debt, excluding obligations to Wachovia to exceed $5 million; and (F) may not, during any fiscal year, declare or pay dividends in an amount in excess of 50% of its net income.

 

Further, so long as there remain any amounts outstanding under the Loan Agreement and either of the Notes, neither the Company nor any Guarantor is permitted to: (A) change its fiscal year; (B) suffer a change in its board of directors, such that the members of the board of directors as of the date of this Agreement fail to constitute a majority of the members of the board; provided that any individual becoming a member of the applicable board of directors who is nominated by the applicable board of directors will be treated as if he or she were a member of the board as of the date of this Agreement; (C) create, assume, or permit to exist any

 



 

encumbrance on any of its assets, other than (i) security interests required by the Loan Agreement, (ii) liens for taxes contested in good faith, (iii) liens accruing by law for employee benefits, or (iv) acquired indebtedness to the extent permitted as set forth in (E) in the previous paragraph; (D) guarantee or otherwise become responsible for obligations of any other person or entity; (E) acquire any capital stock, interests in any partnership or joint venture except for investments by the Company or any Guarantor in the form of acquisitions of all or substantially all of the business or a line of business (whether by the acquisition of capital stock, assets or any combination thereof) of any other person in an electronic commerce line of business which has positive EBITDA for the most recent twelve (12) month period then ended, both prior to the acquisition and after giving effect thereto (a “Permitted Acquisition”); (F) retire any long-term debt entered into prior to the date of the Loan Agreement at a date in advance of its legal obligation to do so.

 

Default

 

The Company is permitted a five day grace period to cure any payment default and a thirty day grace period to cure any non-payment default, provided the Company will be permitted to cure a default once during any twelve month period. If there occurs a default that is not cured during the applicable grace period, Wachovia may accelerate the maturity of all amounts due under the Loan Agreement and the Notes and foreclose upon its security interest in the Company’s assets and the assets of the Guarantors.

 



 

SCHEDULE 3(t)

Absence of Litigation

 

MarketSmart Interactive

 

On May 27, 2005, the Company and its MarketSmart Interactive, Inc. subsidiary filed a lawsuit against Jason Dowdell, a former employee of MarketSmart Interactive, and his wife, Shannon Dowdell in the Circuit Court of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit of the State of Florida, in and for Brevard County, which is captioned MarketSmart Interactive, Inc. and CGI Holding Corporation v. Jason Dowdell and Shannon Dowdell. In the lawsuit, the Company alleged that Mr. Dowdell failed to perform his employment duties and other obligations under an Asset Purchase Agreement pursuant to which MarketSmart Interactive purchased certain business assets from the Dowdells. The Company also alleged that Mr. Dowdell breached a Confidentiality, Inventions and Non-Competition Agreement between him and MarketSmart Interactive. In the lawsuit, the Company asserted claims for replevin of certain computer equipment and files Jason Dowdell failed to return to MarketSmart Interactive following the termination of his employment. The Company also sought a declaratory judgment regarding its right to cancel shares of common stock issued to Mr. Dowdell as well as shares of common stock and warrants to purchase shares of common stock Mr. Dowdell alleged he is entitled to under the Asset Purchase Agreement. The Company also sought injunctive relief and damages with respect to the Dowdells’ breach of the Asset Purchase Agreement and Mr. Dowdell’s breach of the Confidentiality, Inventions and Non-Competition Agreement. This lawsuit was settled on the following terms:

 

•                                          MarketSmart Interactive agreed to allow Mr. Dowdell to keep the shares of stock that were promised to him in the Asset Purchase Agreement.

 

•                                          Mr. Dowdell agreed to the entry of a Permanent Injunction limiting his competitive activities until July 5, 2006.

 

•                                          The parties agreed to a mutual release of all claims.

 

Primary Ads

 

On May 16, 2005, the Company’s PrimaryAds subsidiary filed a lawsuit against Direct Response Technologies, Inc. in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, captioned as PrimaryAds Inc. v. Direct Response Technologies, Inc., GD 05-11414. Direct Response Technologies, Inc. (“DRT”) provided software services to PrimaryAds and threatened to terminate those services in breach of PrimaryAds’ agreement with DRT. Additionally, DRT possessed and controlled certain business information regarding PrimaryAds’ business. PrimaryAds sought injunctive relief to maintain the status quo (i.e., continued access to the services), as well as the return of its business information and data. This lawsuit was settled at the end of June, 2005 upon the following settlement terms in the form of a consent decree:

 

•                                          DRT agreed to provide PrimaryAds with a duplicate of its business information and data.

 



 

•                                          DRT agreed to continue to provide services to PrimaryAds for nine months after DRT provided PrimaryAds with a duplicate of its business information and data.

 

•                                          Both parties agreed to release the other from all liability relating to the lawsuit.

 

•                                          PrimaryAds agreed to dismiss the lawsuit within one month after it received its business information and data from DRT.

 

After DRT failed to properly return PrimaryAds’ business information and data, PrimaryAds filed a motion asking the Court to require DRT to comply with the terms of the consent decree. In response to the motion, the parties agreed to an amended consent decree which included a non-disparagement clause, a release from all liability relating to the lawsuit, an agreement that PrimaryAds would provide a presentation to DRT relating to its use of DRT’s Affiliate IDs, Codes, and Tracking Codes, an agreement that DRT would continue to provide services to PrimaryAds until October of 2006, and an agreement that PrimaryAds would dismiss the lawsuit. The presentation successfully took place on March 8, 2006 and thus the litigation has concluded.

 



 

SCHEDULE 3(w)

Title

 

In connection with the Wachovia loan agreement, Wachovia filed financing statements perfecting a lien on all of the assets of the Company. In addition, each Guarantor Subsidiary guaranteed the obligations of the Company under the loan agreement. The guarantees are secured by a lien on all of the assets of each Subsidiary which was perfected by a filing of appropriate financing statements. Additionally, the Company has pledged all of the stock of the Wachovia Subsidiaries to Wachovia in connection with the Company’s obligations under the loan agreement.

 



 

SCHEDULE 3(cc)

Internal Accounting and Disclosure Controls

 

In each of the Restatements, the Company made the following disclosure (the attached disclosure is from the Company’s Restatement for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, but the other disclosures read substantially similar):

 

As required by Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act, we conducted an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and the chief financial officer, of the effectiveness and the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2005, the end of the period covered by this report. This evaluation was subsequently modified due to the identification of items described below. Based on and as of the date of the foregoing evaluation as modified, we determined that our internal controls over revenue recognition for certain of our contracts at our search engine enhancement segment and presentation of revenue at our affiliate marketing segment were deficient, and constituted a material weakness, and therefore our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of June 30, 2005.

 

The deficiencies in our internal controls resulted in improper recognition of revenue at our WebSourced subsidiary and improper presentation of revenue at our PrimaryAds subsidiary. The first deficiency at WebSourced was the lack of adequate objective criteria of the value of services provided to customers to support use of the proportional performance model using the pattern in which value is provided to the customer over the term of the contract to recognize revenue generated by WebSourced. The second deficiency at WebSourced related to the lack of sufficient evidence to support the collectibility of amounts recognized under certain contracts on an accelerated basis. At PrimaryAds, the deficiency resulted from a misapplication of the principles governing whether the revenues of PrimaryAds should be presented on a gross or net basis.

 

During the fourth quarter of 2005, we began a process to improve upon our internal controls in an effort to remediate these deficiencies, in part by establishing additional policies and procedures related to revenue recognition. Management is implementing compensating controls and procedures, principally manual checks and additional levels of review as it relates to revenue recognition. In addition, our WebSourced subsidiary now performs a credit check at the time it enters into a contract with a client to determine the appropriate payment terms for the client, which provides an objective basis for our belief that the collectibility of amounts recognized as revenue associated with the client is reasonably assured. Additionally, management has directed our internal audit staff, which reports directly to our audit committee and is not involved in the preparation of our financial statements, to focus on evaluating and documenting our disclosure controls and procedures over financial reporting including revenue recognition. Further, on a going forward basis, our audit committee will review a list of all

 



 

critical accounting policies and estimates with supporting schedules for each pending acquisition prior to closing. Management has approved and intends to hire additional internal audit staff. To date, we have incurred expenses of approximately $25,000 to remediate these deficiencies in our internal controls. These expenses include the costs of the credit checks and a pro rata portion of the time incurred by our internal audit staff to improve our disclosure controls and procedures over financial reporting. In 2006, we expect these expenses to be approximately $35,000. We anticipate that the material weakness in our disclosure controls and procedures caused by the deficiencies set forth above will be fully remediated during the first quarter of 2006 and prior to the filing of our annual report for the year ended December 31, 2005.

 

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2005 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 



 

SCHEDULE 3(kk)

Disclosure

 

The Company’s press release dated October 28, 2005, pursuant to which it announced that investors should no longer rely on the Company’s financial statements, did not contain sufficient information regarding the Company’s estimate of the potential effect on earnings the restated financial statements would have. As a result, AMEX imposed a trading halt in the Company’s shares of common stock. On November 2, 2005 the Company issued a revised press release and trading resumed.

 



 

SCHEDULE 4(d)

Use of Proceeds

 

The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities to fund the cash portion of the purchase price of Litmus Media, Inc. and for general working capital purposes.

 



 

SCHEDULE 4(j)

Restriction on Redemption and Cash Dividends; Additional Registration Statements

 

The Company shall be allowed to file additional such pre-effective and post-effective amendments as it deems reasonably necessary to that certain Registration Statement on Form SB-2 which was originally filed with the Commission on December 30, 2004.

 

The Company shall be allowed to file a registration statement on Form S-8 in connection with its 2005 Long Term Incentive Plan so long as such registration statement shall not include for registration thereon more than 1 million shares of the Company’s common stock.