Exhibit 10(i)
2.
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), dated as of
March 9, 2000, by and between Capita Research Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation,
with headquarters located at 591 Skippack Pike, Suite 300, Blue Bell,
Pennsylvania 19422 (the "Company"), and Dwight Nelson (the "Buyer").
WHEREAS:
A. The Company and the Buyer is executing and delivering this
Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded
by Rule 506 of Regulation D ("Regulation D") as promulgated by the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "1933 Act");
B. The Company has authorized the issuance of up to 50,000 of
the Company's units (the "Units"), each unit consisting of (i) one share of the
Company's common stock, $.001 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), (ii) one
of the Company's A Common Stock Purchase Warrants to purchase one share of the
Company's Common Stock exercisable at a purchase price of $.50 per share of
Common Stock (the "A Warrants"), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and
(iii) one of the Company's B Common Stock Purchase Warrants to purchase one
share of the Company's Common Stock exercisable at a purchase price of $1.00 per
share of Common Stock, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the "B
Warrants", and together with the A Warrants, the "Warrants") (such shares of
Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Warrants are hereinafter referred to as
the "Warrant Shares", and together with the Units, Common Stock and Warrants,
the "Securities");
C. The Buyer wishes to purchase, upon the terms and conditions
stated in this Agreement, an aggregate of $25,000 of Units; and
D. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the parties hereto are executing and delivering a Registration Rights
Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the "Registration Rights
Agreement") pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide certain
registration rights under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Buyer hereby agree as
follows:
1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF UNITS
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a. Purchase of Units. Subject to the
satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below,
the Company shall issue and sell to the Buyer and the Buyer shall purchase from
the Company an aggregate of 50,000 Units at the Closing (the "Closing"). The per
unit purchase price (the "Purchase Price") of the Units shall be $.50 or an
aggregate purchase price of $25,000. On the Closing Date (as defined below), the
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Company shall issue and deliver to the Buyer (i) a stock certificate(s)
representing such number of the shares of Common Stock and (ii) certificates
representing such number of A Warrants and B Warrants, which the Buyer is then
purchasing, duly executed on behalf of the Company and registered in the name of
the Buyer or his designee (the "Stock Certificates").
b. Closing Date. The date and time of the
Closing (the "Closing Date") shall be 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on March
9, 2000, subject to notification of satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions
to the Closing set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below (or such later date as is
mutually agreed to by the Company and the Buyer). The Closing shall occur on the
Closing Date at the offices of Torys, 237 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017.
c. Form of Payment. On the Closing Date, the
Buyer shall pay the Purchase Price to the Company for the Units to be issued and
sold to the Buyer at the Closing, by wire transfer of immediately available
funds in accordance with the Company's written wire instructions provided in
writing to the Buyer prior to the Closing Date.
2. BUYER'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
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The Buyer represents and warrants that:
a. Investment Purpose. The Buyer (i) is
purchasing the Units consisting of Common Stock and Warrants and (ii) upon
exercise of the Warrants, will acquire the Warrant Shares, then issuable for his
own account for investment only and not with a present view towards or for
resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except
pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the 1933 Act; provided, however,
that by making the representations herein, the Buyer does not agree to hold any
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.
b. Accredited Investor Status. The Buyer is an
"accredited investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D.
c. Reliance on Exemptions. The Buyer
understands that the Units are being offered and sold to him 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 Buyer's compliance with, the representations,
warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Buyer set
forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the
eligibility of the Buyer to acquire the Units.
d. Information. The Buyer and his 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 Units which have been requested by the Buyer. The Buyer and his 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 the Buyer
or his advisors, if any, or his representatives shall modify, amend or affect
the Buyer's right to rely on the Company's representations and warranties
contained in Section 3 below.
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e. No Governmental Review. The 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 Units 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 Units.
f. Transfer or Resale. The Buyer understands
that except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement: (i) the Securities
have not been and are not being registered under the 1933 Act or any state
securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred
unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) the Buyer shall have
delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, in a generally acceptable form,
to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be
sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration,
or (C) such securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144
promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule thereto) ("Rule 144"); (ii)
any sale of such 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 such 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 such securities under the 1933 Act or any state
securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption
thereunder.
g. Legends. The Buyer understands that the
certificates or other instruments representing the Warrants and, until such time
as the sale of the Common Stock or Warrant Shares have been registered under the
1933 Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, the stock
certificates or other documents representing the Common Stock and Warrant Shares
except as set forth below, shall bear a restrictive legend in substantially the
following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such
certificates):
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 HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND
MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE
ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT
REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT.
The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a
certificate without such legend to the holder of any Securities upon which it is
stamped, if (i) any such Securities are registered for sale under the 1933 Act,
(ii) in connection with a sale transaction, such holder provides the Company
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with an opinion of counsel, in a generally acceptable form, to the effect that a
public sale, assignment or transfer of any of the Securities may be made without
registration under the 1933 Act, or (iii) any of the Securities can be sold
pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of securities
acquired as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold. The Buyer
acknowledges, covenants and agrees to sell any of the Securities represented by
a certificate(s) from which the legend has been removed, only pursuant to (i) a
registration statement effective under the 1933 Act, or (ii) advice of counsel
that such sale is exempt from registration required by Section 5 of the 1933
Act. In the event the above legend is removed from any of the Securities, the
Company may, upon reasonable advance notice to the holder, require that the
above legend be placed on any of the Securities that cannot then be sold
pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144(k) under the 1933
Act (or any successor rule thereto).
h. Authorization; Enforcement. This Agreement
has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the
Buyer and is a valid and binding agreement of the Buyer enforceable in
accordance with its terms, subject as to enforceability to general principles of
equity and 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. Residency. The Buyer is a resident of the
United States.
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
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The Company represents and warrants to the Buyer
that:
a. Organization and Qualification. The Company
and its subsidiaries are corporations duly incorporated and validly existing in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are incorporated,
and have the requisite corporate power 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 corporation to do business and is in good
standing in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by
it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to
be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
"Material Adverse Effect" means any material adverse effect on (i) the business,
properties, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) on the
ability of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder, under the
Registration Rights Agreement or under the other agreements or instruments to be
entered into or filed in connection herewith or therewith, or (iii) the
Securities.
b. Authorization; Enforcement; Compliance with
Other Instruments. (i) The Company has the requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the
Warrants and the Registration Rights Agreement, (collectively, the "Closing
Agreements") to issue, sell and perform its obligations with respect to the
Units and Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms hereof and the Warrants
and to issue the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants, in accordance
with the terms and conditions of the Warrants, (ii) the execution and delivery
of the Closing Agreements by the Company and the consummation by it of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the
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issuance of the Common Stock and the Warrants and the reservation for issuance
and the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants have been
duly authorized by the Company's Board of Directors and no further consent or
authorization is required by the Company, its Board of Directors or its
shareholders, (iii) the Closing Agreements have been duly executed and delivered
by the Company, and (iv) the Closing Agreements constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance
with their 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 creditors' rights and remedies.
c. Capitalization and Indebtedness. As of the
date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 100,000,000
shares of Common Stock, of which as of the date hereof, 21,655,946 shares are
issued and outstanding and no shares of Preferred Stock. All of such outstanding
shares have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. No shares
of Common Stock are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or
any liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company. Except as
disclosed in Schedule 3(c), as of the date hereof, (i) 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, any
shares of 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 shares of 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, any shares of capital stock of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) there are no outstanding debt
securities, notes, credit agreements, 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 and (iii)
there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under
the 1933 Act (except the Registration Rights Agreement). There are no securities
or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be
triggered by the issuance of any of the Securities as described in this
Agreement. The Company has furnished to the Buyer true and correct copies of the
Company's Certificate of Incorporation as amended and as in effect on the date
hereof (the "Certificate of Incorporation"), and the Company's By-laws, as in
effect on the date hereof (the "By-laws"), and the terms of all securities
convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock and the material rights of the
holders thereof in respect thereto.
d. Issuance of Securities. The Securities are
duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms hereof shall be
(i) validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, (ii) free from all taxes,
liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof and are not and shall not be
subject to preemptive rights or other similar rights of stockholders of the
Company. One hundred thousand (100,000) shares of Common Stock have been duly
authorized and reserved for issuance in connection with the Units.
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e. No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and
performance of the Closing Agreements by the Company and the consummation by the
Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without
limitation, the issuance of the Securities) will not (i) result in a violation
of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or (ii) except as disclosed in
Schedule 3(e), violate or conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision
of, 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 material agreement, indenture or
instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party, or result
in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree
(including federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and
regulations of the principal market or exchange on which the Common Stock is
traded or listed) 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. Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries are in violation of any
term of or in default under its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or their
organizational charter or by-laws, respectively, or in violation of any term of
or in default under any contract, agreement, mortgage, indebtedness, indenture,
instrument, judgment, decree or order or any statute, rule or regulation
applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries, except for violations or defaults
which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect. The business of the Company and its subsidiaries is not being conducted
in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity,
which violations, individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material
Adverse Effect. Except as specifically contemplated by this Agreement and as
required under the 1933 Act, the Company is not required to obtain any consent,
authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or
governmental or regulatory or self-regulatory agency in order for it to execute,
deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by this
Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement or the Warrants in accordance with
the terms hereof or thereof. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(e), all consents,
authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is required
to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on
or prior to the date hereof. The Company and its subsidiaries are unaware of any
facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing.
f. Acknowledgment Regarding Buyer's Purchase of
the Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Buyer is acting
solely in the capacity of arm's length purchaser with respect to this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company further acknowledges that
the Buyer is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or
in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby and any advice given by the Buyer or any of his
representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby is merely incidental to the Buyer's purchase of the
Securities. The Company further represents to the Buyer that the Company's
decision to enter into this Agreement has been based solely on the independent
evaluation by the Company and its representatives.
g. No General Solicitation. Neither the
Company, nor any of its 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 under the 1933 Act) in connection with the
offer or sale of any of the Securities offered hereby.
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h. No Integrated Offering. Neither the Company,
nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf has,
directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited
any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require
registration of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act or cause the offering
of any of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company
for purposes of the 1933 Act or any applicable shareholder approval provisions.
i. Disclosure. To the Company's knowledge, all
information relating to or concerning the Company or any of its subsidiaries set
forth in this Agreement and provided to the Buyer pursuant to Section 2(d)
hereof and otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby is
true and correct in all material respects and the Company has not omitted to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made herein or
therein, in 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, operations or financial condition, 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 (assuming for this purpose
that the Company's reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "1934 Act"), are being incorporated into an effective registration
statement filed by the Company under the 1933 Act). The Company has not provided
the Buyer with any material non-public information nor any projections or
assurance regarding the future financial performance of the Company.
4. COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS.
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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. 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 the 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 to qualify the Securities for, or obtain exemption for
the Securities for, sale to the Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement
under applicable securities or "Blue Sky" laws of the states of the United
States, and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Buyer on
or prior to the Closing Date.
c. Reporting Status. Until the earlier of (i)
six months after the date as of which the Investors (as that term is defined in
the Registration Rights Agreement) may sell all of the Securities without
restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) promulgated under the 1933 Act (or successor
thereto) or (ii) the date which is six months after the date on which none of
the Securities are outstanding (the "Registration Period"), the Company shall
timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934
Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to
file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and
regulations thereunder would otherwise permit such termination.
d. Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the
proceeds from the sale of the Securities for working capital and general
corporate purposes and shall not otherwise, directly or indirectly, use such
proceeds for any loan to or investment in any other corporation, partnership,
enterprise or other person (except in connection with its direct or indirect
subsidiaries) or for the repurchase, redemption or retirement of any capital
stock of the Company.
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e. Financial Information. The Company agrees to
file 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 financial statements of the Company will be prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied (except for any
required changes in such principles), and will fairly present in all material
respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries and results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then
ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit
adjustments). The Company agrees to send the following to each Investor (as that
term is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) during the Registration
Period: (i) within five (5) days after the filing thereof with the SEC, a copy
of its Annual Reports on Form 10-K or Form 10-KSB, as applicable, its Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q or Form 10-QSB, as applicable, any Current Reports on Form
8-K and any registration statements or amendments filed pursuant to the 1933
Act; (ii) within one (1) day after release thereof, 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 shareholders of the
Company generally, contemporaneously with the making available or giving thereof
to the shareholders.
f. 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 100,000 shares of Common Stock to provide for
the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement and the Warrants.
g. Disclosure. From and after the date hereof,
the Company will not provide to the Buyer any material non-public information
which, according to applicable law, rule or regulation should be disclosed
publicly by the Company but which has not been so disclosed.
5. CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATION TO SELL.
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The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the
Units to the Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before
the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these
conditions are for the Company's sole benefit and may be waived by the Company
at any time in its sole discretion:
a. The Buyer shall have executed this Agreement
and the Registration Rights Agreement and delivered the same to the Company.
b. The Buyer shall have delivered to the
Company the Purchase Price for the Units being purchased by the Buyer at the
Closing by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to the wire
instructions provided by the Company.
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c. The representations and warranties of the
Buyer shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when
made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for
representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date), and the 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 the Buyer at or prior to the Closing Date.
d. The transactions contemplated hereby shall
not violate any law, regulation or order then in effect and applicable to the
Buyer or the Company.
6. CONDITIONS TO THE BUYER'S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.
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The obligation of the Buyer hereunder to purchase the Units is
subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the
following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Buyer's sole
benefit and may be waived by the Buyer at any time in its sole discretion:
a. The Company shall have executed this
Agreement, the Warrants and the Registration Rights Agreement, and delivered the
same to the Buyer.
b. Trading in the Common Stock or Warrant
Shares issuable upon the conversion of the Warrants shall not have been
suspended by the SEC.
c. The representations and warranties of the
Company shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent
that any of such representations and warranties is already qualified as to
materiality in Section 3 above, in which case such representations and
warranties shall be true and correct without further qualification) as of the
date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except
for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the
Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects
with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be
performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing
Date. The Buyer shall have received a certificate, executed by the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing
effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the Buyer
including, without limitation, an update as of the Closing Date regarding the
representation contained in Section 3(c) above.
d. The Company shall have executed and
delivered to the Buyer the Stock Certificates for the Common Stock being
purchased by the Buyer at the Closing.
e. The Company shall have executed and
delivered to the Buyer the Warrants being purchased by the Buyer at the Closing.
f. As of the Closing Date, the Company shall
have reserved out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for the
purpose of effecting the exercise of the Warrants, 100,000 shares of Common
Stock.
g. The transactions contemplated hereby shall
not violate any law, regulation or order then in effect and applicable to the
Buyer or the Company.
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7. GOVERNING LAW; MISCELLANEOUS.
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a. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be
governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York
without regard to the principles of conflict of laws.
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. In
the event any signature page is delivered by facsimile transmission, the party
using such means of delivery shall cause four (4) additional original executed
signature pages to be physically delivered to the other party within five (5)
days of the execution and delivery hereof.
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
supersedes all other prior oral or written agreements between the Buyer, the
Company, their affiliates and persons acting on their behalf with respect to the
matters discussed herein, and this Agreement and the instruments and documents
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 Buyer makes any representation,
warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of
this Agreement may be waived or amended other than by an instrument in writing
signed by the party to be charged with enforcement.
f. Notices. Any notices, consents, waivers or
other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this
Agreement shall 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 a copy is mailed by U.S. certified mail, return receipt requested;
(iii) three (3) days after being sent by U.S. certified mail, return receipt
requested, or (iv) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized
overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to
receive the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications
shall be:
if to the Company:
Capita Research Group, Inc.
591 Skippack Pike
Suite 300
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania 19422
Telephone: 215-619-7777
Facsimile: 215-619-0775
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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with a copy to:
Andrew J. Beck, Esq.
Torys
237 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Facsimile: 212-682-0200
if to the Buyer:
Mr. Dwight Nelson
57 Strawberry Hill
Norwalk, Connecticut 06855
Facsimile: 203-861-4989
Telephone: 203-324-8425
Each party shall provide five (5) days' prior written notice
to the other party of any change in address or facsimile number.
g. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall
be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective
successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the Units. The Company shall
not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the
prior written consent of the Buyer. The Buyer may assign some or all of his
rights hereunder without the consent of the Company, provided, however, that (i)
any such assignment shall not release the Buyer from his obligations hereunder
unless such obligations are assumed by such assignee and the Company has
consented to such assignment and assumption, and (ii) the Buyer may not assign
his rights hereunder in a manner that would cause the offering of Securities
hereunder to be required to be registered under the 1933 Act.
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. The representations and warranties
of the Company and the Buyer contained in Sections 3 and 2, respectively, shall
survive the Closing until eighteen months after the Closing Date. The agreements
and covenants set forth in Sections 4, 5 and 7 shall survive the Closing.
j. Publicity. The Company and the Buyer shall
have the right to approve before issuance any press releases or any other public
statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided,
however, that the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of the
Buyer, to make any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such
transactions as is required by applicable law and regulations (although the
Buyer shall be consulted by the Company in connection with any such press
release or other public disclosure prior to its release and shall be provided
with a copy thereof), but only to the extent required by such law or regulation.
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k. 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.
l. No Strict Construction. The language used in
this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to
express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied
against any party.
m. Equitable Relief. 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 Buyer. The Company therefore agrees that the Buyer
shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case
without the necessity of proving actual damages.
n. Consent to Jurisdiction. The parties hereto
expressly submit themselves to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and
federal courts of New York in any action or proceeding relating to this
Agreement or any of the other documents contemplated hereby or any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. Each party hereby irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or
hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such action, suit or proceeding
brought in such a court and any claim that any such action, suit or proceeding
brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. The parties
hereto irrevocably and unconditionally consent to the service of process of any
of the aforementioned courts in any such action, suit or proceeding by the
mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, at
their respective addresses set forth or provided for herein, such service to
become effective 10 days after such mailing. Nothing herein shall affect the
right of any party to serve process in any manner permitted by law or to
commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against the other parties in any
other jurisdiction.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Buyer and the Company have caused this
Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written
above.
COMPANY:
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CAPITA RESEARCH GROUP, INC.
By: /s/ David B. Hunter
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Name: David B. Hunter
Its: President
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THE BUYER:
/s/ Dwight Nelson
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Dwight Nelson
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