Form of Investor Exchange Agreement
Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT AND EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
This Amendment and Exchange Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of the 23nd day of March, 2022, by and among Reliance Global Group, Inc., Inc., a Florida corporation with headquarters located at 300 Boulevard of the Americas, Suite 105, Lakewood NJ 08701 (the “Company”), and the investor signatory hereto (the “Holder”), with reference to the following facts:
A. On January 4, 2022, pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2021, by and among the Company and the investors party thereto (each an “Other Holder”, and together with the Holder, the “Holders”) (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), the Company issued to the Holder, among other things, shares (the “Existing Common Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.086 per share (the “Common Stock”).
B. The Holder currently owns such aggregate number of Existing Common Shares as set forth on the signature page of the Holder.
C. The Company has duly authorized the issuance to the Holder, in exchange for the Existing Common Shares (the “Exchange”): (i) a new Series C Warrant in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A to initially purchase such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock as set forth on the signature page of the Holder (the “Exchange Series C Warrant”, as exercised, the “Exchange Series C Warrant Shares”) and (ii) a new Series D Warrant in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B to initially purchase such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock as set forth on the signature page of the Holder (the “Exchange Series D Warrant”, as exercised, the “Exchange Series D Warrant Shares”). The Exchange Series C Warrant and the Exchange Series D Warrant are collectively referred to herein as the “Exchange Warrants”, the Exchange Series C Warrant Shares and the Exchange Series D Warrant Shares are collectively referred to herein as the “Exchange Warrants Shares”, and the Exchange Warrants Shares and the Exchange Warrants are collectively referred to herein as the “Exchange Securities”.
D. Each of the Company and the Holder desire to effectuate the Exchange on the basis and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
E. The exchange of the Existing Common Shares for the Exchange Warrants is being made in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
F. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
G. Concurrently herewith, the Company is separately negotiating, and intends to implement, the exchange of other shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Other Common Shares”) that are currently outstanding and held by Other Holders into warrants to purchase Common Stock in the form of the Exchange Warrants (the “Other Warrants”) by entering into agreements (the “Other Agreements”) in the same form as this Agreement (other than proportional changes based upon the difference in aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Other Warrants outstanding and the payment of legal expenses with respect hereto).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Exchange of Securities; Amendments; Ratifications. On the date hereof, pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Holder hereby agrees to convey, assign and transfer the Existing Common Shares to the Company in exchange for which the Company agrees to issue the Exchange Warrants to the Holder as follows:
(a) In exchange for the Existing Common Shares, on the date hereof, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Holder (or its designee) the Exchange Warrants at the address for delivery set forth on the signature page of the Holder. On the date hereof, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Exchange Warrants, irrespective of the date the certificates evidencing the Exchange Warrants are delivered to the Holder.
(b) The Holder shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company (or its designee) the Existing Common Shares (or affidavit of lost shares, in form provided upon request by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Holder) as soon as commercially practicable following the date hereof.
(c) Immediately following the delivery of the Exchange Warrants to the Holder (or its designee), the Holder shall relinquish all rights, title and interest in the Existing Common Shares (including any claims the Holder may have against the Company related thereto) and assign the same to the Company, and the Existing Common Shares shall be canceled.
(d) The Company and the Holder shall execute and/or deliver such other documents and agreements as are customary and reasonably necessary to effectuate the Exchange.
(e) On or prior to the date hereof, the Company shall have obtained (and delivered to the Holder a copy of) the prior written consent of the requisite shareholders of the Company (the “Shareholder Consent”) providing for the approval of the issuance of all of the Securities (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), the Exchange Warrants and the Exchange Warrant Shares in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Principal Market (as defined below) (such affirmative approval being referred to herein as the “Stockholder Approval”, and the date such Stockholder Approval is effective, the “Stockholder Approval Date”). The Company shall inform the shareholders of the Company of the receipt of the Shareholder Consent by preparing and filing with the SEC and mailing to the stockholders of the Company, at the expense of the Company, as promptly as practicable after the date hereof, but no later than the thirtieth (30th) calendar day after the date hereof (or, if such filing is delayed by a court or regulatory agency, in no event later than 90 calendar days after the date hereof), an information statement (the “Stockholder Approval Information Statement”) with respect thereto, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Holder and Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, with the Company obligated to reimburse the expenses of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP incurred in connection therewith in an amount not exceed $5,000. For the avoidance of doubt, on the effective date of the Stockholder Approval Information Statement, Section 1(f)(ii) of each of the Exchange Warrants shall have no further force and effect.
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(f) Amendments. Effective as of the time (the “Effective Time”) each of the Buyers shall have executed and delivered to the Company an agreement in the form of this Agreement (collectively, the “Agreements”), each of the following defined terms in the Transaction Documents are hereby amended as follows:
(i) “Warrants” shall hereby be amended to include the Exchange Warrants.
(ii) “Warrant Shares” shall hereby be amended to include the Exchange Warrant Shares.
(iii) “Transaction Documents” shall hereby be amended to include the Agreements.
(g) Ratification. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Securities Purchase Agreement and each other Transaction Document, is, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects, except that on and after the date hereof: (i) all references in the Securities Purchase Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereto”, “hereof”, “hereunder” or words of like import referring to the Securities Purchase Agreement shall mean the Securities Purchase Agreement as amended by this Agreement, and (ii) all references in the other Transaction Documents to the “Securities Purchase Agreement”, “thereto”, “thereof”, “thereunder” or words of like import referring to the Securities Purchase Agreement shall mean the Securities Purchase Agreement as amended by this Agreement.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to the Holder, as of the date hereof, and as of the time of consummation of the Exchange, that:
(a) Organization and Qualification. Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are entities duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are formed, and have the requisite power and authority to own their properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Authorization and Binding Obligation. The Company has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Exchange Warrants and each of the other agreements and certificates entered into by the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the “Exchange Documents”) and to issue the Exchange Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The execution and delivery of the Exchange Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the issuance of the Exchange Securities, have been duly authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company and, other than (i) the Stockholder Approval (as defined below), and (ii) such filings required under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States (the “Required Approvals”) and no further filing, consent, or authorization is required by the Company or of its Board of Directors or its shareholders. This Agreement and the other Exchange Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.
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(c) No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(i) The execution, delivery and performance of the Exchange Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the Certificate of Incorporation (as defined below) (including, without limitation, any certificate of designation contained therein), Bylaws (as defined below), certificate of formation, memorandum of association, articles of association, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any capital stock or other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (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, without limitation, foreign, federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Principal Market”) and including all applicable foreign, federal and state laws, rules and regulations) 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..
(ii) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is required to obtain any consent from, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with (other than the Required Approvals), any Governmental Entity or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its respective obligations under or contemplated by the Exchange Documents, in each case, in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company or any Subsidiary is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been or will be obtained or effected on or prior to the date hereof, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries are aware of any facts or circumstances which might prevent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings contemplated by the Exchange Documents.
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(d) No Integration. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, any of their affiliates, or any Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require registration of any of Exchange Securities under the Securities Act or cause this offering of the Exchange Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act or any applicable shareholder 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 or any Person acting on their behalf will take any action or steps referred to in the preceding sentence that would require registration of any of Exchange Securities under the Securities Act or cause the offering of the Exchange Securities to be integrated with other offerings.
(e) Securities Law Exemptions. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Holder contained herein, the offer and issuance by the Company of the Exchange Securities is exempt from registration under the Securities Act, pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 3(a)(9) thereof, and applicable state securities laws.
(f) Issuance of Exchange Securities. The issuance of the Exchange Warrants is duly authorized and upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Documents shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all taxes, liens, charges and other encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof. Upon issuance in accordance with the Exchange Warrants, the Exchange Warrants Shares, respectively, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights, taxes, liens, charges and other encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock.
(g) No Consideration Paid. No commission or other remuneration has been paid by Company for soliciting the exchange of the Existing Common Shares for the Exchange Warrants as contemplated hereby.
(h) Disclosure. Other than as set forth in the 8-K Filing (as defined below), the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided the Holder or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material, nonpublic information. The Company understands and confirms that the Holder will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in the Exchange Securities. All disclosure provided to the Holder regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the Company is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. No event or circumstance has occurred or information exists with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their business, properties, prospects, operations or financial conditions, which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or disclosed.
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3. Representations and Warranties of Holders. The Holder represents and warrants to the Company, as of the date hereof, as follows:
(a) Organization and Authority. The Holder has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Holder and the consummation by Holder of the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly authorized by Holder’s board of directors or other governing body. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Holder and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Holder, enforceable against Holder in accordance with its terms.
(b) Ownership of Existing Common Shares. The Holder owns the Existing Common Shares free and clear of any liens (other than the obligations pursuant to this Agreement, the Transaction Documents and applicable securities laws).
(c) Reliance on Exemptions. The Holder understands that the Exchange Securities are being offered and exchanged 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 the Holder’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Holder set forth herein and in the Exchange Documents in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Holder to acquire the Exchange Securities.
(d) Validity; Enforcement. This Agreement and the Exchange Documents to which the Holder is a party have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Holder and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Holder enforceable against the Holder in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.
(e) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Holder of this Agreement and the Exchange Documents to which the Holder is a party, and the consummation by the Holder of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of the Holder or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Holder 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 the Holder, 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 the Holder to perform its obligations hereunder.
(f) No Consideration Paid. No commission or other remuneration has been paid by the Holder for soliciting the exchange of the Existing Common Shares for the Exchange Warrants as contemplated hereby.
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4. Disclosure of Transaction. The Company shall, on or before 8:30 a.m., New York City time, on or prior to the first (1st) business day after the date of this Agreement, file a Current Report on Form 8-K describing the terms of the transactions contemplated hereby in the form required by the 1934 Act and attaching the Exchange Documents, to the extent they are required to be filed under the 1934 Act, that have not previously been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company (including, without limitation, the Exchange Warrants and this Agreement) as exhibits to such filing (including all attachments, the “8-K Filing”). From and after the filing of the 8-K Filing, the Company shall have disclosed all material, non-public information (if any) provided up to such time to the Holder by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents. In addition, effective upon the filing of the 8-K Filing, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Documents or as otherwise disclosed in the 8-K Filing, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, affiliates, employees or agents, on the one hand, and any of the Holder or any of their affiliates, on the other hand, shall terminate. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and each of its and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents not to, provide the Holder with any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the date hereof without the express prior written consent of the Holder (which may be granted or withheld in the Holder’s sole discretion). To the extent that the Company delivers any material, non-public information to the Holder without the Holder’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Holder shall not have any duty of confidentiality with respect to, or a duty not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public information. Neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor the Holder shall issue any press releases or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of the Holder, to make a press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions (i) in substantial conformity with the 8-K Filing and contemporaneously therewith or (ii) as is required by applicable law and regulations (provided that in the case of clause (i) the Holder shall be consulted by the Company in connection with any such press release or other public disclosure prior to its release). Without the prior written consent of the Holder (which may be granted or withheld in the Holder’s sole discretion), except as required by applicable law, the Company shall not (and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and affiliates to not) disclose the name of the Holder in any filing, announcement, release or otherwise (other than in the exhibit of this Agreement attached to the 8-K Filing). Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary and without implication that the contrary would otherwise be true, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that the Holder shall not have (unless expressly agreed to by the Holder after the date hereof in a written definitive and binding agreement executed by the Company and the Holder), any duty of confidentiality with respect to, or a duty not to trade on the basis of, any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
5. Listing. The Company shall promptly secure the listing or designation for quotation (as applicable) of all of the Exchange Warrants Shares upon each national securities exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which the Common Stock is then listed or designated for quotation (as applicable) (subject to official notice of issuance) and shall maintain such listing of all the Exchange Warrants Shares from time to time issuable under the terms of the Exchange Documents. The Company shall maintain the Common Stock’s 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 5.
6. Fees. The Company shall reimburse Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP (counsel to the lead investor), on demand, a non-accountable amount of $[ ] for all fees, costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with preparing and delivering this Agreement (including, without limitation, all legal fees and disbursements in connection therewith, and due diligence in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby).
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7. Holding Period. For the purposes of Rule 144, the Company acknowledges that the holding period of the Exchange Warrants (and upon exercise of the Exchange Warrant, the Exchange Warrants Shares (if acquired using a “cashless exercise” pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Warrants)) may be tacked onto the holding period of the Existing Common Shares, and the Company agrees not to take a position contrary to this Section 8. The Company acknowledges and agrees that in connection with any resale of Exchange Securities pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act (“Rule 144”), the Holder shall solely be required to provide reasonable assurances that such Exchange Securities are eligible for sale, assignment or transfer under Rule 144, which shall not include an opinion of Holder’s counsel. The Company shall be responsible for any transfer agent fees or DTC fees or legal fees of the Company’s counsel with respect to the removal of legends, if any, or issuance of Exchange Securities in accordance herewith.
8. Blue Sky. The Company shall make all filings and reports relating to the Exchange required under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States following the date hereof, if any.
9. 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. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE HOLDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AGAINST COMPANY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION. THE COMPANY 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.
10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one 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 facsimile or PDF signature pages 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 and not a facsimile or PDF signature.
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11. Headings. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.
12. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).
13. 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.
14. 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 the 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.
15. 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.
16. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns in accordance with the terms of the hereof.
17. Notices. Any notice or other communication required or permitted under this Agreement must be in writing and must be given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement,
18. Remedies. The Holder and each holder of the Exchange Securities shall have all rights and remedies set forth in the Exchange 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, the Company recognizes that in the event that it fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of its obligations under this Agreement, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Holder. The Company therefore agrees that the Holder 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.
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19. Survival. The representations and warranties of the Company and the Holder contained herein and the agreements and covenants set forth herein shall survive the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the delivery and issuance of the Exchange Securities.
20. Indemnification. In consideration of the Holder’s execution and delivery of the Exchange Documents and acquiring the Exchange Securities thereunder and in addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under the Exchange Documents, the Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Holder and all of its stockholders, partners, members, officers, directors, employees and direct or indirect Holders 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”), as incurred, from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable and documented out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and disbursements (the “Indemnified Liabilities”), incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company in the Exchange Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Company contained in the Exchange Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby or (c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee by a third party (including for these purposes a derivative action brought on behalf of the Company) and arising out of or resulting from (i) the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of the Exchange Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, or (ii) the status of the Holder as a holder of the Exchange Securities pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Documents (unless such action, suit or claim is based upon a breach of such Holder’s representations, warranties or covenants under this Agreement and the other Exchange Documents or any violations by Holder of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by Holder that constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable under law.
21. Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or written agreements between the Holder, the Company, their affiliates and Persons acting on their behalf solely with respect to the Existing Common Shares, and this Agreement and the instruments referenced herein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor the Holder 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 Company and the Holder. No provision hereof may be waived other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought.
22. Other Covenants. All covenants of the Company set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference herein, mutatis mutandis, with “Exchange Warrant” replacing “Warrant” and “Exchange Warrants Shares” replacing “Warrant Shares” for all purposes thereunder.
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23. Most Favored Nation. The Company hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and covenants and agrees from and after the date hereof that none of the terms offered to any Person with respect to any consent, release, amendment, settlement or waiver relating to the terms, conditions and transactions contemplated hereby (each a “Settlement Document”), is or will be more favorable to such Person than those of the Holder and this Agreement. If, and whenever on or after the date hereof, the Company enters into a Settlement Document, then (i) the Company shall provide notice thereof to the Holder immediately following the occurrence thereof and (ii) the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be, without any further action by the Holder or the Company, automatically amended and modified in an economically and legally equivalent manner such that the Holder shall receive the benefit of the more favorable terms and/or conditions (as the case may be) set forth in such Settlement Document, provided that upon written notice to the Company at any time the Holder may elect not to accept the benefit of any such amended or modified term or condition, in which event the term or condition contained in this Agreement shall apply to the Holder as it was in effect immediately prior to such amendment or modification as if such amendment or modification never occurred with respect to the Holder. The provisions of this Section 23 shall apply similarly and equally to each Settlement Document.
24. No Commissions. Neither the Company nor the Holder has paid or given, or will pay or give, to any person, any commission, fee or other remuneration, directly or indirectly, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
25. Termination. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, if the Company does not deliver the Exchange Warrants to the Holder in accordance with Section 1 hereof, then, at the election of the Holder delivered in writing to the Company at any time after the fifth (5th) business day immediately following the date of this Agreement, this Agreement shall be terminated and be null and void ab initio and the Existing Common Shares shall not be terminated hereunder and shall remain outstanding as if this Agreement never existed.
26. Independent Nature of Holder’s Obligations and Rights. The obligations of the Holder under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any Other Holder, and the Holder shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any Other Holder under any Other Agreement. Nothing contained herein or in any Other Agreement, and no action taken by the Holder pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holder and Other Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Holder and Other Holders are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Other Agreement and the Company acknowledges that, to the best of its knowledge, the Holder and the Other Holders are not acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Other Agreement. The Company and the Holder confirm that the Holder has independently participated in the negotiation of the transactions contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors. The Holder shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any Other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Holders and the Company have executed this Agreement as of the date set forth on the first page of this Agreement.
COMPANY: | ||
RELIANCE GLOBAL GROUP, INC. | ||
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Name: | ||
Title: |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Holders and the Company have executed this Agreement as of the date set forth on the first page of this Agreement.
HOLDER: | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Address for Delivery of Exchange Warrants: | Number of Existing Common Shares: | |
Number of Exchange Series C Warrants Shares issuable upon exercise of the Exchange Series C Warrants as of the date hereof (without regard to any limitations on exercise): | ||
Number of Exchange Series D Warrants Shares issuable upon exercise of the Exchange Series D Warrants as of the date hereof (without regard to any limitations on exercise): | ||