EXHIBIT D TO THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
Non-Reliance Letter
In connection with the Notes Offering, we represent, warrant, agree and acknowledge as follows, for ourselves and on behalf of each of the other beneficial owners listed under that certain Subscription Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between ourselves and the Company, for whom we hold contractual and investment authority, if any:
1. No disclosure or offering document has been prepared in connection with the Notes Offering by J. Wood Capital Advisors LLC or any of its affiliates (“J. Wood”).
2. (a) We have conducted our own investigation of the Company and the Notes and we have not relied on any statements or other information provided by J. Wood concerning the Company, the Notes or the Notes Offering, (b) we have had access to, and an adequate opportunity to review, financial and other information as we deem necessary to make our decision to subscribe to the Notes Offering, (c) we have been offered the opportunity to ask questions of the Company and received answers thereto, as we deemed necessary in connection with our decision to subscribe to the Notes Offering, and (d) we have made our own assessment and have satisfied ourselves concerning the relevant tax and other economic considerations relevant to our investment in the Notes.
3. J. Wood and its directors, officers, employees, representatives and controlling persons have made no independent investigation with respect to the Company or the Notes or the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of any information supplied to us by the Company.
4. In connection with the Notes Offering, J. Wood has not acted as our financial advisor or fiduciary.
5. We are (x) a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)) and (y) an accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and, in the case of (y), either (i) an institutional account as defined in FINRA Rule 4512(c) or (ii) a qualified purchaser, as defined in Section 2(a)(51)(A) of the Investment Company Act, as amended. Accordingly, we understand that the Notes Offering meets the exemptions from filing under FINRA Rules 5123(b)(1)(A), (B), (C) or (J). We are aware that the issuance and delivery to us of the Notes are being made in reliance on a private placement exemption from registration under the Securities Act and are acquiring the Notes for our own account or for an account over which we exercise sole discretion for another qualified institutional buyer or accredited investor.
6. We are able to fend for ourselves in the transactions contemplated herein, have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our prospective investment in the Notes and have the ability to bear the economic risks of our prospective investment and can afford the complete loss of such investment.
7. The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any other applicable securities laws, are being offered for resale in transactions not requiring registration under the Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be offered, sold or otherwise transferred except in compliance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act or any other applicable securities laws, pursuant to any exemption therefrom or in a transaction not subject thereto.
8. The terms of the Notes Offering have been mutually negotiated between ourselves and the Company. We were given a meaningful opportunity to negotiate the terms of the Notes Offering.