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EX-4.6 3 g16150exv4w6.htm EX-4.6 SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT EX-4.6 Securities Purchase Agreement
Exhibit 4.6
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the Agreement), dated as of October 17, 2008, by and among Liberator Medical Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation, with headquarters located at 2979 South East Gran Park Way, Stuart, Florida 34997 (the Company), as issuer, Liberator Medical Supply, Inc., a Florida corporation and a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of the Company (Liberator Supply), and Liberator Health and Education Services, Inc., a Florida corporation and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of the Company, as guarantors (the Guarantors; the Guarantors and the Company are collectively referred to herein as the Issuer Parties), 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 unsecured senior convertible notes of the Company, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Notes), which Notes shall be convertible into the Companys common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Common Stock) (as converted, the Conversion Shares), in accordance with the terms of the Notes.
C. Each Buyer wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) that aggregate principal amount of the Notes set forth opposite such Buyers name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (which aggregate amount for all Buyers shall be $2,500,000) and (ii) warrants, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the Warrants), to acquire up to that number of additional shares of Common Stock set forth opposite such Buyers name in column (4) of the Schedule of Buyers (as exercised, collectively, the Warrant Shares) (which aggregate amount of Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants issued to all Buyers shall be 1,166,667).
D. The Notes, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares collectively are referred to herein as the Securities.
E. The obligations of the Company under the Notes shall be unconditionally guaranteed (substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, each a Guaranty) by each of the Guarantors.
F. The obligations under the $1,664,000 in aggregate principal amount of promissory notes (collectively, the Subordinated Notes) issued by Liberator Supply to Mark Libratore and assumed by the Company, will be subordinated to the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors to the holders of the Notes pursuant to a Subordination Agreement to be executed and delivered by Mark Libratore, for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, and acknowledged and agreed to by the Company and each of the Guarantors, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the Subordination Agreement).
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company, each of the Guarantors and each Buyer hereby agree as follows:
1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF NOTES AND WARRANTS.
(a) Purchase of Notes and Warrants.
(i) Notes 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, shall purchase from the Company on the Closing Date (as defined below), (x) a principal amount of Notes as is set forth opposite such Buyers name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers and (y) Warrants to acquire up to that number of Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyers name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers, (the Closing).
(ii) Closing. The date and time of the Closing (the Closing Date) shall be 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date hereof (or such later date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and each Buyer) after notification of satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below at the offices of Lowenstein Sandler PC, 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 18th Floor, New York, New York 10020.
(iii) Purchase Price. The aggregate purchase price for the Notes and the Warrants to be purchased by each such Buyer at the Closing (the Purchase Price) shall be the amount set forth opposite each Buyers name in column (3) of the Schedule of Buyers. Each Buyer shall pay $1,000 for each $1,000 of principal amount of Notes and related Warrants to be purchased by such Buyer at the Closing.
(b) Form of Payment. On the Closing Date, (i) each Buyer shall pay its Purchase Price to the Company for the Notes 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 Companys written wire instructions and (ii) the Company shall deliver to each Buyer the Notes (allocated in the principal amounts as such Buyer shall request) which such Buyer is then purchasing hereunder along with the Warrants (allocated in the amounts as such Buyer shall request) which such Buyer is purchasing, in each case duly executed on behalf of the Company and registered in the name of such Buyer or its designee.
2. BUYERS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each Buyer, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants with respect to only itself that:
(a) No Sale or Distribution. Such Buyer is acquiring the Notes, and the Warrants, and upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants (other than pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in the Warrants)) will acquire the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, 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;
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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 and pursuant to the applicable terms of the Transaction Documents (as defined in Section 3(b)). 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 (as defined in Section 3(s) below) to distribute any of the Securities.
(b) Accredited Investor Status. Such Buyer is an accredited investor as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D.
(c) 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 Buyers 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.
(d) 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 that 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 Buyers right to rely on the Companys representations and warranties contained herein. Such Buyer understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk and is able to afford a complete loss of such investment. 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.
(e) 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.
(f) Transfer or Resale. Such Buyer understands that: (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; provided that, except as set forth in that certain letter agreement regarding registration rights of Millennium Partners, L.P. (Millennium), dated October 17, 2008, between the Company and Millennium (the Millennium Letter Agreement), such Buyer understands and agrees that the Company is under no obligation to register the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, (B) such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, in a form reasonably acceptable to the
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Company, 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 promulgated under the 1933 Act, as amended (or a successor rule thereto) or any other similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Buyers to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration (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 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).
(g) Legends. Such Buyer understands that the certificates or other instruments representing the Notes and the Warrants and, 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 FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 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.
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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; provided, that, except as set forth in the Millennium Letter Agreement, such Buyer understands and agrees that the Company is under no obligation to register the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, (ii) in connection with a sale, assignment or other transfer, such holder provides the Company with an opinion of a law firm reasonably acceptable to the Company, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that such sale, assignment or 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.
(h) Validity; Enforcement. This Agreement has 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 its 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.
(i) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by such Buyer of this Agreement and the consummation by such Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby 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.
(j) Residency. Such Buyer is a resident of that jurisdiction specified below its address on the Schedule of Buyers.
(k) Certain Trading Activities. Other than with respect to the transactions contemplated herein, since the time that such Buyer was first contacted by the Company, the Agent (as defined below) or any other Person regarding this investment in the Company neither the Buyer nor any affiliate of such Buyer (as defined in Rule 144 of the 1933 Act) which (x) had knowledge of the transactions contemplated hereby, (y) has or shares discretion relating to such Buyers investments or trading or information concerning such Buyers investments and (z) is subject to such Buyers review or input concerning such affiliates investments or trading (collectively, Trading Affiliates) has directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Buyer or Trading Affiliate, effected or agreed to effect any transactions in the securities of the Company. Such Buyer hereby covenants and agrees not to, and shall cause its Trading Affiliates not to, engage, directly or indirectly, in
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any transactions in the securities of the Company or involving the Companys securities during the period from the date hereof until such time as (i) the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced as described in Section 4(h) hereof or (ii) this Agreement is terminated in full pursuant to Section 8 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to the identification of the availability of, or securing of, available shares to borrow in order to effect short sales or similar transactions in the future.
(l) Legal Investment. Such Buyer acknowledges that the Company has not provided any advice as to whether the Securities are a suitable investment or whether the Securities constitute a legal investment for such Buyer.
(m) Compliance with SEC Telephone Interpretation. Such Buyer acknowledges the SECs position set forth in Item 65, Section 5 under Section A, of the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations, dated July 1997, compiled by the Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance, and such Buyer will adhere to such position.
(n) General Solicitation. Such Buyer is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar.
(o) Organization. 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 corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the applicable Transaction Documents (as defined below) and otherwise to carry out its obligations thereunder.
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ISSUER PARTIES. Each of the Issuer Parties, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to each of the Buyers that, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, except as set forth in any disclosure schedules hereto or as otherwise described in the SEC Documents (as defined in Section 3(k) below) prior to the date hereof:
(a) Organization and Qualification. The Company, its Subsidiaries (which for purposes of this Agreement means Significant Subsidiary as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X of the 1933 Act) (including, without limitation, Liberator Supply) and the Guarantors are entities duly organized and validly existing and, to the extent legally applicable, 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 to the extent legally applicable, 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 reasonably be expected to 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
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prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the transactions contemplated hereby and 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 other than Liberator Supply. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entities in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns any of the capital stock or holds an equity or similar interest which are not Subsidiaries, taken as whole, do not have income, revenues or assets which are material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, individually, or taken as a whole. The Company does not, directly or indirectly, own any joint venture or similar entity or capital stock or hold an equity or similar interests.
(b) Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. Each of the Issuer Parties has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, and to the extent it is a party thereto, the Notes, each Guaranty, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions (as defined in Section 5(b)), the Warrants 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) to which such Issuer Party is a party, and with respect to the Company, to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Issuer Party party thereto and the consummation by such Issuer Party of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the issuance of the Notes and the Warrants, the execution and delivery of each Guaranty, the reservation for issuance and the issuance of the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes, and the reservation for issuance and issuance of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, have been duly authorized by the applicable Issuer Partys board of directors, no further filing, consent, or authorization is required by any Issuer Party, 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 each Issuer Party party thereto, and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Issuer Party, enforceable against such Issuer Party 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 the rules and regulations of Medicare and Medicaid.
(c) Issuance of Securities. The issuance of the Notes and the Warrants are duly authorized by the Company and upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. As of the Closing, a number of shares of Common Stock shall have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance which equals or exceeds 110% of the aggregate of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable (i) upon conversion of the Notes and (ii) upon exercise of the Warrants. Upon conversion or exercise in accordance with the Notes or 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. Assuming the accuracy of each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement, the offer and issuance by the Company of the Securities is exempt from registration under the 1933 Act.
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(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by the Issuer Party party thereto and the consummation by such Issuer Party of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, with respect to the Company, the issuance of the Notes and Warrants and reservation for issuance and issuance of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of any certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation, any certificate of designations or other constituent documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or bylaws 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) in any respect 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, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including foreign, federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of the Pink OTC Markets Inc. (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 clauses (ii) and (iii) above, to the extent that such violation conflict, default or right would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Consents. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is 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 any Issuer Party to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which such Issuer Party is a party, in each case in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof, except for any consent that may be required in connection with any restriction on transfer under any laws, rules or regulations relating to Medicare. The Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances that 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 listing requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts that would reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock in the foreseeable future.
(f) Acknowledgment Regarding Buyers Purchase of Securities. Each Issuer Party acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer is acting solely in the capacity of an arms 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 any Issuer Party, (ii) to the knowledge of any Issuer Party, an affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 144 of the 1933 Act) or (iii) to the knowledge of any Issuer Party, 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)).
(g) No General Solicitation; Placement Agents 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 agents 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
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transactions contemplated hereby. The Company acknowledges that it has engaged Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. as placement agent (collectively, 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 the issuance of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act, whether through integration with prior offerings or otherwise, or cause this offering of the Securities to require approval of stockholders of the Company for purposes of 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 sentence that would require registration of the issuance of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act or cause the offering of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings for purposes of any such applicable stockholder approval provisions.
(i) Dilutive Effect. The Company understands and acknowledges that the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes and 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 Notes in accordance with this Agreement and the Notes 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 Certificate of Incorporation (as defined in Section 3(r)) or the laws of the state 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 Companys issuance of the Securities and any Buyers ownership of the Securities. The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any 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. Except as disclosed in the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 26, 2008, during the twelve (12) months 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 during the twelve (12) months 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
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SEC Documents), and during the twelve months prior thereto, the Company, to its knowledge, 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. The Company has delivered to the Buyers or their respective representatives true, correct and complete copies of the SEC Documents not available on the EDGAR system. As of their respective filing 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. As of their respective filing 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. 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 included in the SEC Documents, including, without limitation, information referred to in Section 2(d) of this Agreement or in any disclosure schedules, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made not misleading.
(l) Absence of Certain Changes. Since December 31, 2007, there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the business, properties, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or prospects of the Company or its Subsidiaries. Since December 31, 2007, the Company has not (i) declared or paid any dividends, (ii) sold any assets, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $100,000 outside of the ordinary course of business or (iii) had capital expenditures, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $500,000.
(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 is required to be, or should have been, disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws in the SEC Documents.
(n) Conduct of Business; Regulatory Permits. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default under its Certificate of Incorporation, any certificate of designations of any outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company or the Bylaws or their organizational charter 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 regulation applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries, and neither
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the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will conduct its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except for possible violations which could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Since June 30, 2008, (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 material 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. 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.
(r) Equity Capitalization. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 200,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which as of the date hereof, 32,050,366 shares are issued and outstanding, 14,502,435 shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to the Companys stock option and purchase plans and 5,933,333 shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to securities (other than the aforementioned options, the Notes and the Warrants) exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, shares of Common Stock. All outstanding shares of the Companys capital stock have been, or upon issuance will be, validly
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issued and are, or upon issuance will be, fully paid and nonassessable. With respect to any debt or equity instruments of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (i) none of the Companys 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 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; (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 Companys or its Subsidiaries respective businesses and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Issuer Parties have furnished to the Buyers true, correct and complete copies of the Companys certificate of incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the Certificate of Incorporation), the Companys bylaws, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the Bylaws), each Guarantors certificate of incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (collectively, the Guarantors Charters), and each Guarantors bylaws, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (collectively, the Guarantors 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. 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 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 Companys officers, has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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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. 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 Companys Subsidiaries or any of the Companys or its Subsidiaries officers or directors.
(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 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.
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(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 officers 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, to their knowledge, 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. 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 (in each case, other than Permitted Liens (as defined in the Notes)) or 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 and 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, service marks and all applications and registrations therefor, trade names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, original works of authorship, inventions, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights (Intellectual Property Rights) necessary to conduct their respective businesses as conducted on the date of this Agreement. None of the Companys registered, or applied for, Intellectual Property Rights have expired or terminated or have been abandoned, or are expected to expire or terminate or expected to be abandoned, within three years from the date of this Agreement. To the knowledge of the Company, no product or service of the Company or its Subsidiaries infringes the Intellectual Property Rights of others. There is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought, or to the knowledge of the Company or its Subsidiaries, being threatened, against the Company or its Subsidiaries regarding (i) its Intellectual Property Rights, or (ii) that the products or services of the Company or its Subsidiaries infringe the Intellectual Property Rights of others. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is aware 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.
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(y) Environmental Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries, to their knowledge, (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) 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.
(bb) Internal Accounting and Disclosure Controls. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements 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 incurrence of liabilities is permitted only in accordance with managements 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. Except as described in Item 8A of the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed with the SEC on January 18, 2008 and in Part I, Item 3 of each of the Companys Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB filed with the SEC on February 14, 2008, May 15, 2008 and August 14, 2008 (collectively,
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the Controls Disclosures), 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 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 Companys 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 described in the Controls Disclosures, 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 material weakness in any part of the system of internal accounting controls of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(cc) Ranking of Notes and Guaranty. Except for the 3% Senior Convertible Notes due 2010 issued by the Company pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 22, 2008, by and among the Company, Liberator Supply and Millennium, which shall rank pari passu with the Notes, and the guarantees of such notes by the Guarantors, which guarantees are unsubordinated and shall rank pari passu with the Guarantee of the Notes by the Guarantors, no Indebtedness of the Company or the Guarantors is senior to the Notes or either Guaranty in right of payment, whether with respect of payment of redemptions, interest, damages or upon liquidation or dissolution or otherwise.
(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. Neither Issuer Party is, and upon consummation of the sale of the Securities neither Issuer Party will 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, documentary stamp taxes 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) 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) other than the Agent, sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) other than the Agent, paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company.
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(hh) Disclosure. All disclosure provided to the Buyers regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, their business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of any Issuer Party 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. Each press release issued by the Company or any of 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 were made, not misleading.
4. COVENANTS.
(a) Best Efforts. Each party shall use its 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 Notes or Warrants is outstanding, (the Reporting Period), 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 permit such termination.
(d) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities for general corporate purposes, and not for the redemption or repurchase of any of its or its Subsidiaries equity securities.
(e) Financial Information. The Company agrees to send the following to each Buyer 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 or e-mailed 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
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stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the making available or giving thereof to the stockholders. As used herein, Business Day means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
(f) Listing. The Company shall promptly secure the listing of all of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares, 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, in accordance with the Notes and Warrants, such listing of all such securities from time to time issuable under the terms of the Transaction Documents. The Company shall maintain the Common Stocks authorization for quotation on the Principal Market. Neither the 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 the Principal Market. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 4(f).
(g) Fees. Each party to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall be responsible for paying its own fees and expenses, except to the extent specifically provided for otherwise under any Transaction Document. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agents fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers 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 attorneys fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any claim relating to any such payment.
(h) Disclosure of Transactions and Other Material Information. Each of the Issuer Parties agrees that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any of the Buyers or their agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material, nonpublic information. Each of the Issuer Parties understands and confirms that each of the Buyers will rely on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. On or before the second (2nd) Business Day following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall issue a press release and 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, the form of the Notes and the form of Warrant) as exhibits to such filing (such filing, including all such attachments, the 8-K Filing). From and after the filing of the 8-K Filing with the SEC, no Buyer shall be in possession of any material, nonpublic information received from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents, that is not disclosed in the 8-K Filing. Each Issuer Party 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, including, without limitation, in connection with offers made to any Buyer pursuant to Section 4(j) below.
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(i) 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 110% of the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable (i) upon conversion of the Notes issued at the Closing and (ii) upon exercise of the Warrants issued at the Closing (without taking into account any limitations on the Conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants set forth in the Notes and Warrants, respectively).
(j) Additional Issuances of Securities. From the date hereof until the two year anniversary of the Closing, each Buyer who purchases at least $1,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Notes, so long as such Buyer and its affiliates collectively hold at least $1,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Notes (each such Buyer, a Major Investor), shall have the right in the event the Company, directly or indirectly, offers, sells, grants any option to purchase, or otherwise disposes of (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition of) any of its or its Subsidiaries debt or equity securities, other than in connection with Excluded Securities (as defined in the Notes) (any such offer, sale, grant, disposition or announcement being referred to as a Subsequent Placement), to purchase their pro rata share of such securities as follows:
(i) The Company shall deliver to each Major Investor an irrevocable 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 their pro rata share of the Offered Securities, allocated among such Buyers (a) based on such Buyers pro rata share of the Offered Securities (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 Major Investors as such Major Investor shall indicate it will purchase or acquire should the other Major Investors 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. For the purposes of this Section 4(j)(ii), a Major Investors pro rata share shall be equal to the ratio of (a) the number of shares of Common Stock (including all shares of Common Stock issuable or issued upon the conversion, exercise and exchange of all Convertible Securities (as hereinafter defined) for the maximum number of shares of Common Stock underlying such securities) held by such Major Investor immediately prior to the issuance of such securities to (b) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including all shares of Common Stock issuable or issued upon the conversion, exercise and exchange of all Convertible Securities for the maximum number of shares of Common Stock underlying such securities) immediately prior to the issuance of such securities. For the purposes of this Section 4(j)(ii), Convertible Securities shall mean securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, including, without limitation, convertible notes, convertible or exchangeable preferred stock, options, stock purchase rights and warrants.
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(ii) To accept an Offer, in whole or in part, such Major Investor must deliver a written notice to the Company prior to the end of the fifth (5th) Business Day after such Buyers receipt of the Offer Notice (the Offer Period), setting forth the portion of such Buyers Basic Amount that such Major Investor elects to purchase and, if such Major Investor shall elect to purchase all of its Basic Amount, the Undersubscription Amount, if any, that such Major Investor elects to purchase (in either case, the Notice of Acceptance); provided, however, that such Major Investors may not accept an Offer by electing to purchase less than 5% of the Offered Securities on an aggregate basis. If the Basic Amounts subscribed for by all Major Investors are less than the total of all of the Basic Amounts, then each Major Investor 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 Major Investor 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 Major Investor bears to the total Basic Amounts of all Major Investors that have subscribed for Undersubscription Amounts, subject to rounding by the Company to the extent its deems reasonably necessary. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, 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 Major Investors a new Offer Notice and the Offer Period shall expire on the tenth (10th) Business Day after such Major Investors receipt of such new Offer Notice.
(iii) The Company shall have fifteen (15) Business Days from the expiration of the Offer Period above 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 Major Investors (the Refused Securities), 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.
(iv) 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(j)(iii) above), then each Major Investor 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 Major Investor elected to purchase pursuant to Section 4(j)(ii) 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 Major Investors pursuant to Section 4(j)(iii) 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 Major Investor so elects to reduce the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in
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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 Major Investors in accordance with Section 4(j)(i) above.
(v) Upon the closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused Securities, the Major Investors shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall issue to the Major Investors, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in the Notices of Acceptance, as reduced pursuant to Section 4(j)(iv) above if the Major Investors have so elected, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if the Company does not consummate the closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused Securities within fifteen (15) Business Days of the expiration of the Offer Period, the Company shall issue to the Major Investors the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in the Notices of Acceptance, as reduced pursuant to Section 4(j)(iv) above if the Major Investors have so elected, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer. The purchase by the Major Investors of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases to the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company and the Major Investors of a purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Major Investors and their respective counsel.
(vi) Any Offered Securities not acquired by the Major Investors or other persons in accordance with Section 4(j)(iii) above may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they are again offered to the Major Investors under the procedures specified in this Agreement.
(vii) The Company and the Major Investors agree that if any Major Investor elects to participate in the Offer, (x) neither the agreement regarding the Subsequent Placement (the Subsequent 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 Major Investor shall be required to agree to any restrictions in trading as to any securities of the Company owned by such Major Investor prior to such Subsequent Placement, and (y) any registration rights set forth in such Subsequent Placement Documents shall be similar in all material respects to the registration rights contained in the Letter Agreement between the Company and such Major Investor.
(viii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4(j) and unless otherwise agreed to by the Major Investors, the Company shall either confirm in writing to the Major Investors 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 Major Investors will not be in possession of material non-public information, by the fifteen (15th) Business Day following delivery of the Offer Notice. If by the fifteen (15th) 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 Major Investors, such transaction shall be deemed to have been abandoned and the Major Investors 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 Major Investor with another Offer Notice and each Major Investor will again have the right of
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participation set forth in this Section 4(j). The Company shall not be permitted to deliver more than one such Offer Notice to the Major Investors in any 60 day period.
(ix) The provisions of this Section 4(j) shall not apply in connection with the issuance of any Excluded Securities (as defined in the Notes) or with any issuance described on Schedule 4(j).
(k) Removal of Legends. Upon the request of a Buyer as set forth below, the legend set forth in Section 2(g) above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend or any other legend to the holder of the applicable Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares (such Securities, Underlying Shares) upon which it is stamped or issue to such holder by electronic delivery at the applicable balance account at The Depository Trust Company (DTC) if (i) such Underlying Shares are registered for resale under the 1933 Act (provided that, if the Buyer is selling pursuant to an effective registration statement registering the Underlying Shares for resale (the effective date of such registration statement, the Effective Date), the Buyer agrees to only sell such Underlying Shares during such time that such registration statement is effective and not withdrawn or suspended, and only as permitted by such registration statement), (ii) such Underlying Shares are sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 (if the transferor is not an affiliate of the Company), or (iii) such Underlying Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such securities and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions. Following the earlier of (i) the Effective Date or (ii) Rule 144 becoming available for the resale of the Underlying Shares without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such securities and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions, the Company shall cause its counsel to issue to the transfer agent for the Common Stock the legal opinion referred to in the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions or deliver to the transfer agent for the Common Stock irrevocable instructions that the transfer agent for the Common Stock shall reissue a certificate representing the applicable Underlying Shares or issue a certificate representing the applicable Underlying Shares without legend upon receipt by the transfer agent for the Common Stock of the legended certificates for such Underlying Shares or an Exercise Notice (as defined in the Warrants) or Conversion Notice (as defined in the Notes) relating to the Warrants or the Notes in respect of which the Underlying Shares are being issued, as the case may be. Any fees (with respect to the transfer agent for the Common Stock, the Companys counsel or otherwise) associated with the issuance of such opinion or the removal of such legend shall be borne by the Company. Following the Effective Date, or at such earlier time as a legend is no longer required for certain Underlying Shares, the Company will no later than three (3) Business Days following the delivery by a Buyer to the Company or the transfer agent for the Common Stock (with notice to the Company) of (i) a legended certificate representing such Underlying Shares (endorsed or with stock powers attached, signatures guaranteed, and otherwise in form necessary to affect the reissuance and/or transfer) or (ii) an Exercise Notice or Conversion Notice, as the case may be, in the manner stated in the Warrants or the Notes, as the case may be, to effect the exercise of such Warrant or the conversion of such Note, as the case may be, in accordance with its terms, and an opinion of counsel to the extent required by Section 2(g), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Buyer a certificate representing such Underlying Shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. Certificates for Underlying Shares subject to legend removal hereunder may be transmitted by the transfer agent for the Common Stock to the Buyers by crediting the account of the Buyers prime broker with DTC.
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(l) Furnishing of Information. In order to enable the Buyers to sell the Underlying Shares under Rule 144 for a period of one (1) year from the Closing, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the 1934 Act (collectively, Reports) through the one (1) year anniversary of the Closing. To the extent that the Company fails to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) Reports during the period commencing on the six (6) month anniversary of the Closing through, but not including, the one (1) year anniversary of the Closing (the Information Period), the Company shall pay to Buyers then holding Underlying Shares which are subject to the transfer restrictions of the 1933 Act, as liquidated damages, an amount equal to 0.5% per month of the portion of the Purchase Price relating to such Underlying Shares during that portion of the Information Period that the Company shall be in breach of its obligations under this Section 4(l). Any such liquidated damages shall be paid by the Company to each Buyer due said amounts on or prior to the tenth (10th) Business Day following the one (1) month anniversary of any such failure by the Company giving rise to such liquidated damages.
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 Notes and the Warrants in which the Company shall record the name and address of the Person in whose name the Notes and the Warrants have been issued (including the name and address of each transferee), the principal amount of Notes held by such Person, the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes and the number of 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 DTC, registered in the name of each Buyer or its respective nominee(s), for the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares issued at the Closing or upon conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants in such amounts as specified from time to time by each Buyer to the Company upon conversion of the Notes 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(g) hereof, will be given by the Company to its transfer agent, and that the Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as 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
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such Buyer to effect such sale, transfer or assignment. In the event that such sale, assignment or transfer involves Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement or pursuant to 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 COMPANYS OBLIGATION TO SELL.
The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Notes 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 Companys 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 for the Notes 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 (except for those representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all 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, which shall be true and correct as of such specified 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.
7. CONDITIONS TO EACH BUYERS OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.
The obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase the Notes 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 Buyers 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) (a) The Company have duly executed and delivered to such Buyer (x) each Note (allocated in such principal amounts as such Buyer shall request) being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement, (y) the related Warrants (allocated in
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such amounts as such Buyer shall request) being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement, and (z) the Millennium Letter Agreement, (b) each of the Guarantors shall have duly executed and delivered to such Buyer its respective Guaranty, and (c) each Issuer Party shall have duly executed and delivered to such Buyer each of the other Transaction Documents to which such Issuer Party is a party and such other certificates or instruments required to be delivered by it pursuant to the Transaction Documents.
(ii) Such Buyer shall have received the opinion of Siegel, Lipman, Dunay, Shepard & Miskel, LLP, counsel to the Issuer Parties, 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 Companys transfer agent.
(iv) The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate (or a fax or pdf copy of such certificate) evidencing the formation and good standing of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries in such entitys jurisdiction of formation issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of such jurisdiction, as of a date within 10 days of the Closing Date.
(v) The Issuer Parties shall have delivered to such Buyer a certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation as certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada and copies of the Guarantors Charters as certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Florida (or, in each case, a fax or pdf copy of such certificate).
(vi) The Issuers shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate, executed by the Secretary of each of the Issuer Parties and dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the resolutions consistent with Section 3(b) as adopted by each of the Issuer Parties board of directors in a form reasonably acceptable to such Buyer, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation, (iii) the Bylaws, (iv) the Guarantors Charters and (v) the Guarantors Bylaws, each as in effect at the Closing, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Buyers.
(vii) The representations and warranties of the Issuer Parties shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all 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, which shall be true and correct as of such specified date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Issuer Parties at or prior to the Closing Date. Such Buyer shall have received a certificate, executed by the Chief Executive Officer, President or Vice President of each of the Issuer Parties, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Buyers.
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(viii) 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 listing maintenance requirements of the Principal Market.
(ix) The Issuer Parties shall have delivered to such Buyer the Subordination Agreement executed and delivered by Mark Libratore, as subordinated lender, and acknowledged and agreed to by the Issuer Parties.
(x) The Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Securities.
(xi) The Issuer Parties 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. 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.
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(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 Issuer Parties, 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 any Issuer Party 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 instrument in writing signed by the Issuer Parties and the holders of at least two-thirds of the aggregate number of Registrable Securities issued and issuable hereunder and under the Notes, and any amendment to this Agreement made in conformity with the provisions of this Section 8(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 applicable Securities 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 Notes or holders of the Warrants, as the case may be. The Issuer Parties have 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, each of the Issuer Parties 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 any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise. The Company shall furnish copies of each amendment or supplement to this Agreement to each Buyer and each holder of record of then outstanding Securities within ten (10) Business Days after the date such amendment or supplement hereto was entered into.
(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:
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If to the Issuer Parties:
Liberator Medical Holdings, Inc. 2979 South East Gran Park Way Stuart, Florida 34997 Telephone: (772)  ###-###-#### Facsimile: (772)  ###-###-#### Attention: Mark A. Libratore, President |
with copies to:
Jonathan L. Shepard, Esquire Siegel, Lipman, Dunay, Shepard & Miskel, LLP 5355 Town Center Road, Suite 801 Boca Raton, Florida 33486 Telephone: (561)  ###-###-#### Facsimile: (561)  ###-###-#### Lowenstein Sandler PC 1251 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 Telephone: (212)  ###-###-#### Facsimile: (973)  ###-###-#### Attention: Steven E. Siesser, Esq. |
If to the transfer agent for the Common Stock:
Standard Registrar & Transfer, Inc. 12528 South 1840 East Draper, Utah 84020 Telephone: (801)  ###-###-#### Facsimile: (801)  ###-###-#### Attention: Ron Harrington |
If to a Buyer, to its address and facsimile number set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, with copies to such Buyers representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers,
with a copy (for informational purposes only) to:
Millennium Partners, L.P. c/o Millennium Management LLC 666 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor New York, New York 10103 Telephone: (212)  ###-###-#### Facsimile: (212)  ###-###-#### Attention: Terry Feeney |
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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. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the senders 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 Buyers of the Notes or the Warrants. Neither of the Issuer Parties shall assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the aggregate number of Registrable Securities issued and issuable hereunder, including by way of a Fundamental Transaction (as that term is defined in Section 15(j) of the Warrants) (unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Notes and the Warrants). A Buyer may assign some or all of its rights hereunder without the consent of the Issuer Parties, 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 in accordance with Section 8(e), the representations and warranties of the Issuer Parties and the Buyers contained in Sections 2 and 3, and the agreements and covenants set forth in Sections 4, 5 and 8 shall survive the Closing. Each Buyer shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder.
(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.
(i) In consideration of each Buyers execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and acquiring the Securities thereunder and in addition to all of the Companys other obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Issuer Parties shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless each Buyer and each other holder of the Securities 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
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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 any Issuer Party in the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby or (b) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of any Issuer Party contained in the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Buyers shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities that is permissible under applicable law.
(ii) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8(k) of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8(k), notify the indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided, however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability which it may have under this Section 8(k) except to the extent the indemifying party has been prejudiced by such failure. If any such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party under this Section 8(k) for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall:
(A) without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding, or
(B) be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), but if settled with its written consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.
(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.
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(m) Remedies. Each Buyer and each holder of the Securities 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 breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law. Furthermore, each of the Issuer Parties 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. Each of the Issuer Parties 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 Issuer Parties, 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 or either Guarantor 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, any Guarantor, 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.
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(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, and each of the Issuer Parties acknowledges that the Buyers do not so constitute, 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, and neither of the Issuer Parties will assert any such claim with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and each of the Issuer Parties 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 of the Issuer Parties acknowledges and 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 Pages Follow.]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer, the Company and each of the Guarantors have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
COMPANY: LIBERATOR MEDICAL HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Mark A. Libratore | |||
Name: | Mark A. Libratore | |||
Title: | President | |||
GUARANTORS: LIBERATOR MEDICAL SUPPLY, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Mark A. Libratore | |||
Name: | Mark A. Libratore | |||
Title: | President | |||
LIBERATOR HEALTH AND EDUCATION SERVICES, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Mark A. Libratore | |||
Name: | Mark A. Libratore | |||
Title: | President |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer, the Company and each of the Guarantors have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
BUYER: MILLENNIUM PARTNERS, L.P. | ||||
By: | Millennium Management LLC | |||
By: | /s/ Terry Feeney | |||
Name: | Terry Feeney | |||
Title: | Chief Operating Officer | |||
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A | Form of Note | |
Exhibit B | Form of Warrant | |
Exhibit C | Form of Guaranty | |
Exhibit D | Form of Subordination Agreement | |
Exhibit E | Form of Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions | |
Exhibit F | Form of Opinion of Companys Counsel |
SCHEDULES
Schedule 3(a) | Subsidiaries | |
Schedule 3(d) | No Conflicts | |
Schedule 3(e) | Consents | |
Schedule 3(l) | Absence of Certain Changes | |
Schedule 3(p) | Sarbanes-Oxley Act | |
Schedule 3(q) | Transactions with Affiliates | |
Schedule 3(r) | Equity Capitalization | |
Schedule 3(s) | Indebtedness and Other Contracts | |
Schedule 3(w) | Title | |
Schedule 3(bb) | Internal Accounting and Disclosure Controls | |
Schedule 3(cc) | Ranking of Notes and Guaranty | |
Schedule 4(j) | Additional Issuances of Securities |
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