Exhibit 4.1
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this "Agreement") is dated as of
January ___, 2006 among Navstar Media Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
"Company"), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each,
including its successors and assigns, a "Purchaser" and collectively the
"Purchasers").
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act") and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires
to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not
jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more
fully described in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in
this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree
as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement:
(a) capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
given to such terms in the Debentures (as defined herein), and (b) the following
terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1.1:
"Action" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(j).
"Affiliate" means any Person that, directly or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is
under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and
construed under Rule 144 under the Securities Act. With respect to a
Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on a
discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Purchaser
will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser.
"Closing" means the closing of the purchase and sale of the
Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.
"Closing Date" means the Trading Day when all of the
Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the
applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the
Purchasers' obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the
Company's obligations to deliver the Securities have been satisfied or
waived.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common Stock" means the common stock of the Company, par
value $.001 per share, and any other class of securities into which
such securities may hereafter have been reclassified or changed into.
"Common Stock Equivalents" means any securities of the Company
or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire
at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt,
preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is
at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or
otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
"Company Counsel" means Baker & McKenzie LLP.
"Conversion Price" shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in the Debentures.
"Debentures" means, the 8% Convertible Debentures due, subject
to the terms therein, 180 calendar days from their date of issuance,
issued by the Company to the Purchasers hereunder, in the form of
Exhibit A.
"Disclosure Schedules" shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 3.1.
"Effective Date" means the date that the initial Registration
Statement filed by the Company pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement is first declared effective by the Commission.
"Escrow Agent" means Signature Bank, a New York State
chartered bank and having an office at, 261 Madison Avenue, New York,
New York 10016.
"Escrow Agreement" shall mean the Escrow Agreement, dated on
or about the date hereof, by and among vFinance, the Company and the
Escrow Agent pursuant to which the Purchasers, prior to the date
hereof, deposited Subscription Amounts with the Escrow Agent to be
applied to the transactions contemplated hereunder.
"Evaluation Date" shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 3.1(r).
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Exempt Issuance" means the issuance of (a) shares of Common
Stock or options to employees, officers or directors of the Company
pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted by a majority of the
non-employee members of the Board of Directors of the Company or a
majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors
established for such purpose, (b) securities upon the exercise or
exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder and/or
securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares
of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement,
provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of
this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease
the exercise, exchange or conversion price of any such securities, (c)
securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions
approved by a majority of the disinterested directors, provided any
such issuance shall only be to a Person which is, itself or through its
subsidiaries, an operating company in a business synergistic with the
business of the Company and in which the Company receives benefits in
addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a
transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for
the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business
is investing in securities and (d) for purposes of Section 4.14 only,
up to 15,000,000 shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents
(subject to adjustment for forward and reverse stock splits, stock
dividends, recapitalizations and the like) issued for cash
consideration with vFinance as placement agent, which transactions
shall have closed before the earlier of (i) the Filing Date (as defined
in the Registration Rights Agreement) or (ii) the actual date the
Registration Statement is filed with the Commission.
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"FW" means Feldman Weinstein LLP with offices located at 420
Lexington Avenue, Suite 2620, New York, New York 10170-0002.
"GAAP" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(h).
"Intellectual Property Rights" shall have the meaning ascribed
to such term in Section 3.1(o).
"Legend Removal Date" shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 4.1(c).
"Liens" means a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance,
right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
"Material Adverse Effect" shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 3.1(b).
"Material Permits" shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 3.1(m).
"Maximum Rate" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 5.17.
"Participation Maximum" shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 4.13.
"Person" means an individual or corporation, partnership,
trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture,
limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an
agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
"Pre-Notice" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.13.
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"Proceeding" means an action, claim, suit, investigation or
proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial
proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
"Purchaser Party" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 4.11.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company and the Purchasers,
in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.
"Registration Statement" means a registration statement
meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement
and covering the resale of the Shares and Underlying Shares by each
Purchaser as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Required Approvals" shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 3.1(e).
"Required Minimum" means, as of any date, the maximum
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issued or potentially
issuable in the future pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including
any Underlying Shares issuable upon exercise or conversion in full of
all Warrants and Debentures, ignoring any conversion or exercise limits
set forth therein, and assuming that the Conversion Price is at all
times on and after the date of determination 75% of the then Conversion
Price on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of
determination.
"Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time
to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the
Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
"SEC Reports" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(h).
"Securities" means the Debentures, the Shares, the Warrants,
the Warrant Shares and the Underlying Shares.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Shares" means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable
to each Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.
"Short Sales" shall include all "short sales" as defined in
Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be
deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares
of Common Stock).
"Subscription Amount" means, as to each Purchaser, the
aggregate amount to be paid for Debentures, Shares and Warrants
purchased hereunder as specified below such Purchaser's name on the
signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading "Subscription
Amount", in United States Dollars and in immediately available funds.
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"Subsequent Financing" shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 4.13.
"Subsequent Financing Notice" shall have the meaning ascribed
to such term in Section 4.13.
"Subsidiary" means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth
on Schedule 3.1(a).
"Trading Day" means a day on which the Common Stock is traded
on a Trading Market.
"Trading Market" means the following markets or exchanges on
which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in
question: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the American Stock Exchange, the
New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or the OTC Bulletin
Board.
"Transaction Documents" means this Agreement, the Debentures,
the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Escrow Agreement
and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereunder.
"Underlying Shares" means the shares of Common Stock issued
and issuable upon conversion of the Debentures and upon exercise of the
Warrants.
"vFinance" means vFinance Investments, Inc., the placement
agent for this transaction.
"VWAP" means, for any date, the price determined by the first
of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then
listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average
price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date)
on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or
quoted as reported by Bloomberg Financial L.P. (based on a Trading Day
from 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time to 4:02 p.m. Eastern Time); (b) if the
Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on a Trading Market and if
prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the "Pink Sheets"
published by the Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or agency
succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid
price per share of the Common Stock so reported; or (c) in all other
cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined
by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers
and reasonably acceptable to the Company.
"Warrants" means collectively the Common Stock purchase
warrants, in the form of Exhibit C delivered to the Purchasers at the
Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof, which Warrants shall
be exercisable immediately and have a term of exercise equal to four
years.
"Warrant Shares" means the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants.
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ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 Closing. On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein, concurrent with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and each Purchaser
agrees to purchase in the aggregate, severally and not jointly, up to $1,000,000
of Debentures, Shares and Warrants. Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Escrow
Agent via wire transfer or a certified check immediately available funds equal
to their Subscription Amount and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser
their respective Debenture, Shares and Warrants as determined pursuant to
Section 2.2(a) and the other items set forth in Section 2.2 issuable at the
Closing. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3,
the Closing shall occur at the offices of FW, or such other location as the
parties shall mutually agree.
2.2 Deliveries.
(a) On the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to each Purchaser the following:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a legal opinion of Company Counsel, in the form of Exhibit D
attached hereto;
(iii) a Debenture with a principal amount equal to such
Purchaser's Subscription Amount, registered in the name of such
Purchaser;
(iv) a certificate evidencing a number of Shares equal to such
Purchaser's Subscription Amount divided by five (5), registered in the
name of such Purchaser;
(v) a Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to
purchase up to a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 100% of
such Purchaser's Subscription Amount divided by $1.00, with an
exercise price equal to $1.25, subject to adjustment therein; and
(vi) the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the
Company.
(b) On the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Company (except as noted) the following:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
(ii) such Purchaser's Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the
Escrow Agent; and
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(iii) the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such
Purchaser.
2.3 Closing Conditions.
(a) The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the
Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects when made and on the
Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers
contained herein;
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Purchasers
required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have
been performed; and
(iii) the delivery by the Purchasers of the items set forth in
Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.
(b) The respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in
connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being
met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of
the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein;
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company
required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have
been performed;
(iii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in
Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement;
(iv) Forbe International Ltd. shall have delivered a leak out
agreement regarding its shares of Common Stock to vFinance, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers;
(v) the Company shall have entered into an agreement with
vFinance to be its exclusive financial advisor and placement agent for
a term of not less than 90 days, which agreement shall have such other
terms and conditions as are reasonably satisfactory to vFinance;
(vi) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with
respect to the Company since the date hereof; and
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(vii) from the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the
Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the
Company's principal Trading Market (except for any suspension of
trading of limited duration agreed to by the Company, which suspension
shall be terminated prior to the Closing), and, at any time prior to
the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by
Bloomberg Financial Markets shall not have been suspended or limited,
or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose
trades are reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor
shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United
States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any
material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or
international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any
material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case,
in the reasonable judgment of each Purchaser, makes it impracticable
or inadvisable to purchase the Debentures at the Closing.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth
under the corresponding section of the disclosure schedules delivered to the
Purchasers concurrently herewith (the "Disclosure Schedules") which Disclosure
Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof, the Company hereby makes the
representations and warranties set forth below to each Purchaser.
(a) Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the
Company are set forth on Schedule 3.1(a). The Company owns, directly or
indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each
Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all the issued and outstanding
shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully
paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe
for or purchase securities. If the Company has no subsidiaries, then
references in the Transaction Documents to the Subsidiaries will be
disregarded.
(b) Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is
an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization (as applicable), with the requisite power and authority to own
and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently
conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation or
default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles
of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each
of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business
and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each
jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property
owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to
be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have or
reasonably be expected to result in (i) a material adverse effect on the
legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a
material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business,
prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the
Company's ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its
obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a
"Material Adverse Effect") and no Proceeding has been instituted in any
such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke,
limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.
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(c) Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite
corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the
transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and
otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The
execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company
and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby have
been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and
no further action is required by the Company, its board of directors or its
stockholders in connection therewith other than in connection with the
Required Approvals. Each Transaction Document has been (or upon delivery
will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in
accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and
binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general
application affecting enforcement of creditors' rights generally and (ii)
as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance,
injunctive relief or other equitable remedies.
(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of
the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not:
(i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company's or any
Subsidiary's certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other
organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a
default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become
a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the
properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others
any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or
without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility,
debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or
otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is
a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary
is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict
with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or
governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject
(including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which
any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected;
except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not
have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to
obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to,
or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state,
local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with
the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction
Documents, other than (i) filings required pursuant to Section 4.6, (ii)
the filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement, (iii) the
notice and/or application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the
issuance and sale of the Debentures and Warrants and the listing of the
Shares and Underlying Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner
required thereby and (iv) the filing of Form D with the Commission and such
filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws
(collectively, the "Required Approvals").
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(f) Issuance of the Securities. The Securities are duly authorized
and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction
Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,
free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions
on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Underlying
Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Transaction
Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and
clear of all Liens imposed by the Company. The Company has reserved from
its duly authorized capital stock a number of shares of Common Stock for
issuance of the Underlying Shares at least equal to 200 % of the Required
Minimum on the date hereof.
(g) Capitalization. The capitalization of the Company is as set forth
on Schedule 3.1(g). Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g), the Company has
not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed SEC Report,
other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the
Company's stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to
employees pursuant to the Company's employee stock purchase plan and
pursuant to the conversion or exercise of outstanding Common Stock
Equivalents. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right,
right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as a result
of the purchase and sale of the Securities and as set forth on Schedule
3.1(g), there are no outstanding options, warrants, script rights to
subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to,
or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or
acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments,
understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or
may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the
Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person
(other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of
Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset
price under such securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock
of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been
issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none
of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights
or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further
approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors of the
Company or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities.
There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar
agreements with respect to the Company's capital stock to which the Company
is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the
Company's stockholders.
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(h) SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all
reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be
filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the
date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law to
file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits
thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively
referred to herein as the "SEC Reports") on a timely basis or has received
a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports
prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective
dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the
requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC
Reports, when filed, 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. The financial statements of the
Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the
Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis
during the periods involved ("GAAP"), except as may be otherwise specified
in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited
financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and
fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof
and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended,
subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial,
year-end audit adjustments.
(i) Material Changes. Since December 31, 2005, except as specifically
disclosed in the SEC Reports, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or
development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any
liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and
accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the
Company's financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed
in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its
method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any
dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or
purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares
of its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity
securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to
existing Company stock option plans. The Company does not have pending
before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of
information. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this
Agreement or as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i), no event, liability or
development has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its
Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, operations or
financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company
under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made
that has not been publicly disclosed 1 Trading Day prior to the date that
this representation is made.
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(j) Litigation. There is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of
violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any
of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator,
governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal,
state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an "Action") which (i)
adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of
any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there
were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any
director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action
involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state
securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been,
and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated,
any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or
former director or officer of the Company. The Commission has not issued
any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any
registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the
Exchange Act or the Securities Act. None of the Company's or its
Subsidiaries' employees is a member of a union that relates to such
employee's relationship with the Company, and neither the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the
Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their
employees are good. No executive officer, to the knowledge of the Company,
is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any
employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information
agreement or 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. The Company
and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local
and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment
practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except
where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) Labor Relations. No material labor dispute exists or, to the
knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees
of the Company which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(l) Compliance. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is in
default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not
been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a
default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any
Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that
it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other
agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its
properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been
waived), (ii) is in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or
governmental body, or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute,
rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without
limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to its
business and all such laws that affect the environment, except in each case
as could not have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(m) Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all
certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal,
state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their
respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the
failure to possess such permits could not have or reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect ("Material Permits"), and neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating
to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
(n) Title to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and
marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them that is
material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries and good and
marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to
the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and
clear of all Liens, except for Liens as do not materially affect the value
of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and
proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries
and Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, the payment of
which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and
facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by
them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases of which the Company
and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.
(o) Patents and Trademarks. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or
have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions,
copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights similar rights
necessary or material for use in connection with their respective
businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have
could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the "Intellectual
Property Rights"). Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a
notice (written or otherwise) that the Intellectual Property Rights used by
the Company or any Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the rights of any
Person. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property
Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another
Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights of others. The Company
and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the
secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties,
except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expect to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(p) Insurance. The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by
insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and
risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in
which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not
limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage at least equal to the
aggregate Subscription Amount. To the best knowledge of the Company, such
insurance contracts and policies are accurate and complete. Neither the
Company nor any 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 without a significant increase in cost.
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(q) Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in
the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to
the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company is
presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary
(other than for services as employees, officers and 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 officer, director
or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which
any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or
is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each case in excess of
$60,000 other than (i) for payment of salary or consulting fees for
services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of
the Company and (iii) for other employee benefits, including stock option
agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.
(r) Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls. The Company is in
material compliance with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
which are applicable to it as of the Closing Date. The Company and the
Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient
to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in
accordance with management's general or specific authorizations, (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability,
(iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's
general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for
assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company
has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange
Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such
disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information
relating to the Company, including its Subsidiaries, is made known to the
certifying officers by others within those entities, particularly during
the period in which the Company's most recently filed periodic report under
the Exchange Act, as the case may be, is being prepared. The Company's
certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's
controls and procedures as of the date prior to the filing date of the most
recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the
"Evaluation Date"). The Company presented in its most recently filed
periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying
officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures
based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation
Date, there have been no significant changes in the Company's internal
controls (as such term is defined in Item 307(b) of Regulation S-K under
the Exchange Act) or, to the knowledge of the Company, in other factors
that could significantly affect the Company's internal controls.
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(s) Certain Fees. Other than the following amounts being paid or
issued to vFinance (or its designees): (i) 2% of the gross proceeds
hereunder as a management fee, (ii) 8% of the gross proceeds hereunder as
cash commission and (iii) shares of Common Stock equal to 10% of the Shares
and Underlying Shares, no brokerage or finder's fees or commissions are or
will be payable by the Company to any broker, financial advisor or
consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other
Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees
or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for
fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection
with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(t) Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration
under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the
Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby. The
issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules
and regulations of the Trading Market.
(u) Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate
of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not
be or be an Affiliate of, an "investment company" within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its
business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment
Company Act.
(v) Registration Rights. Other than each of the Purchasers, no Person
has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the
Securities Act of any securities of the Company.
(w) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Company's Common Stock
is registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the
Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is
likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common
Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification
that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. The
Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received
notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been
listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with
the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company
is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future
continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance
requirements.
(x) Application of Takeover Protections. 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 Company's Certificate of Incorporation
(or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation
that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the
Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their
rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a
result of the Company's issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers'
ownership of the Securities.
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(y) Disclosure. The Company confirms that neither it nor any other
Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or their
agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or might constitute
material, nonpublic information. The Company understands and confirms that
the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representations and covenants in
effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure
provided to the Purchasers regarding the Company, its business and the
transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to
this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the Company with respect to
the representations and warranties made herein are true and correct with
respect to such representations and warranties and do 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 light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company
acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any
representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.
(z) No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers'
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, 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 cause this offering of the 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 Trading Market on which any of the
securities of the Company are listed or designated.
(aa) Solvency. Based on the financial condition of the Company as of
the Closing Date after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the
proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder, (i) the Company's fair
saleable value of its assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be
paid on or in respect of the Company's existing debts and other liabilities
(including known contingent liabilities) as they mature; (ii) the Company's
assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its
business for the current fiscal year as now conducted and as proposed to be
conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular
capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, and
projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof; and (iii)
the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the
Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking
into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay
all amounts on or in respect of its debt when such amounts are required to
be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to
pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts
of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). The Company has no
knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it
will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or
reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing
Date. The SEC Reports set forth as of the dates thereof all outstanding
secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for
which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of
this Agreement, "Indebtedness" shall mean (a) any liabilities for borrowed
money or amounts owed in excess of $100,000 (other than trade accounts
payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) all guaranties,
endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of Indebtedness of
others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company's
balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of
negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in
the ordinary course of business; and (c) the present value of any lease
payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized
in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in
default with respect to any Indebtedness.
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(bb) Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect, the Company and each Subsidiary has filed all necessary
federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid or
accrued all taxes shown as due thereon, and the Company has no knowledge of
a tax deficiency which has been asserted or threatened against the Company
or any Subsidiary.
(cc) No General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any person
acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Securities
by any form of general solicitation or general advertising. The Company has
offered the Securities for sale only to the Purchasers and certain other
"accredited investors" within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities
Act.
(dd) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company, nor to the
knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the
Company, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful
contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to
foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to
foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or
domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed
to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by any
person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in
violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of
the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
(ee) Accountants. The Company's principal independent public
accountants are Moore Stephens Frazer and Torbet, LLP. To the knowledge of
the Company, such accountants, who the Company expects will express their
opinion with respect to the financial statements to be included in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2005
are a registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act.
(ff) Seniority. As of the Closing Date, no indebtedness or other
equity of the Company is senior to the Debentures in right of payment,
whether with respect to interest or upon liquidation or dissolution, or
otherwise, other than indebtedness secured by purchase money security
interests (which is senior only as to underlying assets covered thereby)
and capital lease obligations (which is senior only as to the property
covered thereby).
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(gg) No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers. There are no
disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by
the Company to arise, between the accountants and lawyers formerly or
presently employed by the Company and the Company is current with respect
to any fees owed to its accountants and lawyers.
(hh) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers' Purchase of Securities. The
Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting
solely in the capacity of an arm's length purchaser with respect to the
Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company
further acknowledges that no Purchaser is 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
any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in
connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is
merely incidental to the Purchasers' purchase of the Securities. The
Company further represents to each Purchaser that the Company's decision to
enter into this Agreement has been based solely on the independent
evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its
representatives.
(ii) Acknowledgement Regarding Purchasers' Trading Activity. Anything
in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding
(except for Section 4.16 hereof), it is understood and agreed by the
Company (i) that none of the Purchasers have been asked to agree, nor has
any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or
short, securities of the Company, or "derivative" securities based on
securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any
specified term; (ii) that past or future open market or other transactions
by any Purchaser, including Short Sales, and specifically including,
without limitation, Short Sales or "derivative" transactions, before or
after the closing of this or future private placement transactions, may
negatively impact the market price of the Company's publicly-traded
securities; (iii) that any Purchaser, and counter parties in "derivative"
transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or
indirectly, presently may have a "short" position in the Common Stock, and
(iv) that each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with
or control over any arm's length counter-party in any "derivative"
transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that (a) one
or more Purchasers may engage in hedging activities at various times during
the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without
limitation, during the periods that the value of the Underlying Shares
deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined and (b) such
hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing
stockholders' equity interests in the Company at and after the time that
the hedging activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that
such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any of
the Transaction Documents.
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(jj) Manipulation of Price. The Company has not, and to its knowledge
no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any
action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation
of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or
resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid
any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities (other
than for the placement agent's placement of the Securities), or (iii) paid
or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to
purchase any other securities of the Company.
3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser
hereby, for itself and for no other Purchaser, represents and warrants as of the
date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows:
(a) Organization; Authority. Such Purchaser is an entity duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization with full right, corporate or partnership
power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its
obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and
performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or similar
action on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it
is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by
such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the
valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable
principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of
creditors' rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the
availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable
remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions
may be limited by applicable law.
(b) Own Account. Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are
"restricted securities" and have not been registered under the Securities
Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Securities
as principal for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing
or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the
Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has no present
intention of distributing any of such Securities in violation of the
Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and has no
arrangement or understanding with any other persons regarding the
distribution of such Securities (this representation and warranty not
limiting such Purchaser's right to sell the Securities pursuant to the
Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal
and state securities laws) in violation of the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities law. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities
hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such Purchaser does not
have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any
Person to distribute any of the Securities.
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(c) Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the
Securities, it was, and at the date hereof it is, and on each date on which
it exercises any Warrants or converts any Debentures it will be either: (i)
an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3),
(a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a "qualified
institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.
Such Purchaser is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under
Section 15 of the Exchange Act.
(d) Experience of Such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or
together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and
experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the
Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment.
Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the
Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of
such investment.
(e) General Solicitation. Such Purchaser 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 or any other general solicitation or general advertisement.
(f) Short Sales and Confidentiality Prior To The Date Hereof. Other
than the transaction contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not
directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant
to any understanding with such Purchaser, executed any disposition,
including Short Sales, in the securities of the Company during the period
commencing from the time that such Purchaser first received a term sheet
from the Company or any other Person setting forth the material terms of
the transactions contemplated hereunder until the date hereof ("Discussion
Time"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a
multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage
separate portions of such Purchaser's assets and the portfolio managers
have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio
managers managing other portions of such Purchaser's assets, the
representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion
of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment
decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than
to other Persons party to this Agreement, such Purchaser has maintained the
confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this
transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).
The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Purchaser does not make or
has not made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in this Section 3.2.
ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer Restrictions.
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(a) The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state
and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities
other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to
the Company or to an affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a
pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the
transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected
by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and
substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company,
to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such
transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of
transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the
terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this
Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.
(b) The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by
this Section 4.1(b), of a legend on any of the Securities in the following
form:
[NEITHER] THESE SECURITIES [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES
ARE [EXERCISABLE] [CONVERTIBLE]] HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN
RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE
OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN
A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS
EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT,
THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THESE
SECURITIES AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON [EXERCISE] [CONVERSION] OF
THESE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN
ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to
time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered
broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities
to a financial institution that is an "accredited investor" as defined in
Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the
provisions of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and, if
required under the terms of such arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer
pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a
pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no
legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor
shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be
required of such pledge. At the appropriate Purchaser's expense, the
Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee
or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a
pledge or transfer of the Securities, including, if the Securities are
subject to registration pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the
preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule
424(b)(3) under the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the
Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of Selling Stockholders
thereunder.
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(c) Certificates evidencing the Shares and Underlying Shares shall not
contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b)
hereof): (i) while a registration statement (including the Registration
Statement) covering the resale of such security is effective under the
Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such Shares or Underlying
Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Shares or Underlying Shares
are eligible for sale under Rule 144(k), or (iv) if such legend is not
required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including
judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the
Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion
to the Company's transfer agent promptly after the Effective Date if
required by the Company's transfer agent to effect the removal of the
legend hereunder. If all or any portion of a Debenture or Warrant is
converted or exercised (as applicable) at a time when there is an effective
registration statement to cover the resale of the Underlying Shares, or if
such Underlying Shares may be sold under Rule 144(k) or if such legend is
not otherwise required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act
(including judicial interpretations thereof) then such Underlying Shares
shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that following the
Effective Date or at such time as such legend is no longer required under
this Section 4.1(c), it will, no later than three Trading Days following
the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Company's transfer agent
of a certificate representing Shares or Underlying Shares, as applicable,
issued with a restrictive legend (such third Trading Day, the "Legend
Removal Date"), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a
certificate representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and
other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give
instructions to any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge the
restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section. Certificates for
Securities subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the
transfer agent of the Company to the Purchasers by crediting the account of
the Purchaser's prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System.
(d) In addition to such Purchaser's other available remedies, the
Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages
and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Shares and Underlying Shares
(based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date such Securities are
submitted to the Company's transfer agent) delivered for removal of the
restrictive legend and subject to Section 4.1(c), $10 per Trading Day
(increasing to $20 per Trading Day 5 Trading Days after such damages have
begun to accrue) for each Trading Day after the second Trading Day
following the Legend Removal Date until such certificate is delivered
without a legend. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser's right to
pursue actual damages for the Company's failure to deliver certificates
representing any Securities as required by the Transaction Documents, and
such Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it
at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific
performance and/or injunctive relief.
(e) Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other
Purchasers, agrees that the removal of the restrictive legend from
certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section 4.1 is
predicated upon the Company's reliance that the Purchaser will sell any
Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the
Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements,
or an exemption therefrom.
(f) Until the six month anniversary of the Effective Date, the Company
shall not undertake a reverse stock split without the prior written consent
of the Purchasers holding a majority in principal amount outstanding of the
Debentures.
4.2 Acknowledgment of Dilution. The Company acknowledges that the issuance
of the Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock, which dilution may be substantial under certain market conditions. The
Company further acknowledges that its obligations under the Transaction
Documents, including without limitation its obligation to issue the Shares and
Underlying Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents, are unconditional and
absolute and not subject to any right of set off, counterclaim, delay or
reduction, regardless of the effect of any such dilution or any claim the
Company may have against any Purchaser and regardless of the dilutive effect
that such issuance may have on the ownership of the other stockholders of the
Company.
4.3 Furnishing of Information. As long as any Purchaser owns Securities,
the Company covenants 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 Exchange Act. As long as any
Purchaser owns Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports
pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and
make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is
required for the Purchasers to sell the Securities under Rule 144. The Company
further covenants that it will take such further action as any holder of
Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time
to enable such Person to sell such Securities without registration under the
Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144.
4.4 Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit
offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in
Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale
of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the
Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the Purchasers or that would be
integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules
and regulations of any Trading Market.
4.5 Conversion and Exercise Procedures. The form of Notice of Exercise
included in the Warrants and the form of Notice of Conversion included in the
Debentures set forth the totality of the procedures required of the Purchasers
in order to exercise the Warrants or convert the Debentures. No additional legal
opinion or other information or instructions shall be required of the Purchasers
to exercise their Warrants or convert their Debentures. The Company shall honor
exercises of the Warrants and conversions of the Debentures and shall deliver
Underlying Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set
forth in the Transaction Documents.
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4.6 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall, by 8:30 a.m.
Eastern time on the Trading Day following the date hereof, issue a Current
Report on Form 8-K, reasonably acceptable to each Purchaser disclosing the
material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and shall attach the
Transaction Documents thereto. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with
each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any
such press release or otherwise make any such public statement without the prior
consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any Purchaser, or
without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to any press release
of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, except if such
disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly
provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or
communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly
disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any
filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without
the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except (i) as required by federal
securities law in connection with the registration statement contemplated by the
Registration Rights Agreement and (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required
by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide
the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under subclause
(i) or (ii).
4.7 Shareholder Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the
Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any other Person that any Purchaser
is an "Acquiring Person" under any shareholder rights plan or similar plan or
arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser
could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by
virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any
other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers. The Company shall
conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the
Investment Company Act.
4.8 Non-Public Information. The Company covenants and agrees that neither
it nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Purchaser or its
agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes
material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have
executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such
information. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be
relying on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities
of the Company.
4.9 Use of Proceeds. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.9 attached hereto,
the Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder
for (A) working capital purposes and (B) up to $600,000 in working capital
contribution relating to the Company's acquisition of Beijing Dong Fang Zheng Yi
Media, and not for the satisfaction of any portion of the Company's debt (other
than payment of trade payables in the ordinary course of the Company's business
and prior practices), to redeem any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or
to settle any outstanding litigation.
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4.10 Reimbursement. If any Purchaser becomes involved in any capacity in
any Proceeding by or against any Person who is a stockholder of the Company
(except as a result of sales, pledges, margin sales and similar transactions by
such Purchaser to or with any current stockholder), solely as a result of such
Purchaser's acquisition of the Securities under this Agreement, the Company will
reimburse such Purchaser for its reasonable legal and other expenses (including
the cost of any investigation preparation and travel in connection therewith)
incurred in connection therewith, as such expenses are incurred. The
reimbursement obligations of the Company under this paragraph shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have, shall extend
upon the same terms and conditions to any Affiliates of the Purchasers who are
actually named in such action, proceeding or investigation, and partners,
directors, agents, employees and controlling persons (if any), as the case may
be, of the Purchasers and any such Affiliate, and shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of any successors, assigns, heirs and personal
representatives of the Company, the Purchasers and any such Affiliate and any
such Person. The Company also agrees that neither the Purchasers nor any such
Affiliates, partners, directors, agents, employees or controlling persons shall
have any liability to the Company or any Person asserting claims on behalf of or
in right of the Company solely as a result of acquiring the Securities under
this Agreement.
4.11 Indemnification of Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this
Section 4.11, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its
directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and
any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such
titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who
controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act
and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents,
members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally
equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such
title or any other title) of such controlling person (each, a "Purchaser Party")
harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims,
contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts
paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of
investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of
or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties,
covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other
Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against a Purchaser, or any
of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is
not an Affiliate of such Purchaser, with respect to any of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon a
breach of such Purchaser's representations, warranties or covenants under the
Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser may
have with any such stockholder or any violations by the Purchaser of state or
federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser which constitutes
fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). If any action shall
be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be
sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify
the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the
defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing. Any Purchaser Party shall have
the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the
defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the
expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment
thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the
Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and
to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of
such separate counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the
position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party. The Company
will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (i) for any
settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company's prior written
consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (ii) to the
extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is
attributable to any Purchaser Party's breach of any of the representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Purchasers in this Agreement or
in the other Transaction Documents.
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4.12 Reservation and Listing of Securities.
(a) The Company shall maintain a reserve from its duly authorized
shares of Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents
in such amount as may be required to fulfill its obligations in full under
the Transaction Documents.
(b) If, on any date, the number of authorized but unissued (and
otherwise unreserved) shares of Common Stock is less than 150% of the
Required Minimum on such date, then the Board of Directors of the Company
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Company's
certificate or articles of incorporation to increase the number of
authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to at least 200% of the
Required Minimum at such time, as soon as possible and in any event not
later than the 75th day after such date.
(c) The Company shall, if applicable: (i) in the time and manner
required by the Trading Market, prepare and file with such Trading Market
an additional shares listing application covering a number of shares of
Common Stock at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date of such
application, (ii) take all steps necessary to cause such shares of Common
Stock to be approved for listing on the Trading Market as soon as possible
thereafter, (iii) provide to the Purchasers evidence of such listing, and
(iv) maintain the listing of such Common Stock on any date at least equal
to the Required Minimum on such date on such Trading Market or another
Trading Market.
4.13 Participation in Future Financing.
(a) From the date hereof until the date that is the 6 month
anniversary of the Effective Date, upon any financing by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (a
"Subsequent Financing"), each Purchaser shall have the right to participate
in up to an amount of the Subsequent Financing equal to 100% of the
Subsequent Financing (the "Participation Maximum").
(b) At least 5 Trading Days prior to the closing of the Subsequent
Financing, the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser a written notice of
its intention to effect a Subsequent Financing ("Pre-Notice"), which
Pre-Notice shall ask such Purchaser if it wants to review the details of
such financing (such additional notice, a "Subsequent Financing Notice").
Upon the request of a Purchaser, and only upon a request by such Purchaser,
for a Subsequent Financing Notice, the Company shall promptly, but no later
than 1 Trading Day after such request, deliver a Subsequent Financing
Notice to such Purchaser. The Subsequent Financing Notice shall describe in
reasonable detail the proposed terms of such Subsequent Financing, the
amount of proceeds intended to be raised thereunder, the Person with whom
such Subsequent Financing is proposed to be effected, and attached to which
shall be a term sheet or similar document relating thereto.
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(c) Any Purchaser desiring to participate in such Subsequent Financing
must provide written notice to the Company by not later than 5:30 p.m. (New
York City time) on the 5th Trading Day after all of the Purchasers have
received the Pre-Notice that the Purchaser is willing to participate in the
Subsequent Financing, the amount of the Purchaser's participation, and that
the Purchaser has such funds ready, willing, and available for investment
on the terms set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice. If the Company
receives no notice from a Purchaser as of such 5th Trading Day, such
Purchaser shall be deemed to have notified the Company that it does not
elect to participate.
(d) If by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 5th Trading Day after
all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice, notifications by the
Purchasers of their willingness to participate in the Subsequent Financing
(or to cause their designees to participate) is, in the aggregate, less
than the total amount of the Subsequent Financing, then the Company may
effect the remaining portion of such Subsequent Financing on the terms and
to the Persons set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice.
(e) If by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 5th Trading Day after
all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice, the Company receives
responses to a Subsequent Financing Notice from Purchasers seeking to
purchase more than the aggregate amount of the Participation Maximum, each
such Purchaser shall have the right to purchase the greater of (a) their
Pro Rata Portion (as defined below) of the Participation Maximum and (b)
the difference between the Participation Maximum and the aggregate amount
of participation by all other Purchasers. "Pro Rata Portion" is the ratio
of (x) the Subscription Amount of Securities purchased on the Closing Date
by a Purchaser participating under this Section 4.13 and (y) the sum of the
aggregate Subscription Amounts of Securities purchased on the Closing Date
by all Purchasers participating under this Section 4.13.
(f) The Company must provide the Purchasers with a second Subsequent
Financing Notice, and the Purchasers will again have the right of
participation set forth above in this Section 4.13, if the Subsequent
Financing subject to the initial Subsequent Financing Notice is not
consummated for any reason on the terms set forth in such Subsequent
Financing Notice within 60 Trading Days after the date of the initial
Subsequent Financing Notice.
(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.13 shall not apply
in respect of an Exempt Issuance.
4.14 Subsequent Equity Sales.
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(a) From the date hereof until 90 days after the Effective Date,
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall issue shares of Common Stock
or Common Stock Equivalents; provided, however, the 90 day period set forth
in this Section 4.14 shall be extended for the number of Trading Days
during such period in which (i) trading in the Common Stock is suspended by
any Trading Market, or (ii) following the Effective Date, the Registration
Statement is not effective or the prospectus included in the Registration
Statement may not be used by the Purchasers for the resale of the Shares
and Underlying Shares.
(b) From the date hereof until such time as no Purchaser holds any of
the Securities, the Company shall be prohibited from effecting or entering
into an agreement to effect any Subsequent Financing involving a "Variable
Rate Transaction". The term "Variable Rate Transaction" shall mean a
transaction in which the Company issues or sells (i) any debt or equity
securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or
include the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock either (A)
at a conversion, exercise or exchange rate or other price that is based
upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the shares
of Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or
equity securities, or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price
that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial
issuance of such debt or equity security or upon the occurrence of
specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the
business of the Company or the market for the Common Stock or (ii) enters
into any agreement, including, but not limited to, an equity line of
credit, whereby the Company may sell securities at a future determined
price.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.14 shall not apply
in respect of an Exempt Issuance.
4.15 Equal Treatment of Purchasers. 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 is
also offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents. Further, the
Company shall not make any payment of principal or interest on the Debentures in
amounts which are disproportionate to the respective principal amounts
outstanding on the Debentures at any applicable time. For clarification
purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser
by the Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for
the Company to treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be
construed as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the
purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.
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4.16 Short Sales and Confidentiality After The Date Hereof. Each Purchaser
severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers covenants that neither it
nor any affiliates acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it
will execute any Short Sales during the period after the Discussion Time and
ending on the earlier of the 180th calendar day following the date hereof or the
date that such Purchaser no longer owns any Debentures. Each Purchaser,
severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such
time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed
by the Company as described in Section 4.6, such Purchaser will maintain, the
confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this
transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Each
Purchaser understands and acknowledges, severally and not jointly with any other
Purchaser, that the Commission currently takes the position that coverage of
short sales of shares of the Common Stock "against the box" prior to the
Effective Date of the Registration Statement with the Securities is a violation
of Section 5 of the Securities Act, as 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, other than as set forth in this Section
4.16, no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it
will not engage in Short Sales in the securities of the Company after the time
that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly
announced as described in Section 4.6. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate
portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser's assets and the
portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by
the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser's assets, the
covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets
managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase
the Securities covered by this Agreement.
4.17 Form D; Blue Sky Filings. The Company agrees to timely file a Form D
with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a
copy thereof, promptly upon request of any Purchaser. The Company shall, on or
before or after 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 Purchasers at the Closing under
applicable securities or "Blue Sky" laws of the states of the United States, and
shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of any Purchaser.
ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to
such Purchaser's obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on
the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice
to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before
January 26, 2006; provided, however, that no such termination will affect the
right of any party to sue for any breach by the other party (or parties).
5.2 Fees and Expenses. At the Closing, the Company has agreed to reimburse
vFinance the non-accountable sum of $20,000, for its actual, reasonable,
out-of-pocket legal fees and expenses, none of which has been paid prior to the
Closing. The Company shall deliver, prior to the Closing, a completed and
executed copy of the Closing Statement, attached hereto as Annex A. Except as
expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party
shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other
experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the
negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.
The Company shall pay all transfer agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes and
duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities.
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5.3 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits
and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties
acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
5.4 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries
required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if
such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number
set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York
City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the
facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that
is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading
Day, (c) the 2nd Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S.
nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by
the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such
notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached
hereto.
5.5 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived,
modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the
case of an amendment, by the Company and each Purchaser or, in the case of a
waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waiver is sought. No
waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of
this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a
waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition
or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of either party to
exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such
right.
5.6 Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not
constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect
any of the provisions hereof. 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.
5.7 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The
Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of each Purchaser. Any Purchaser may assign
any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such
Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided such transferee agrees
in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the
provisions hereof that apply to the "Purchasers".
5.8 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted
assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced
by, any other Person other than vFinance, which shall be a third party
beneficiary of the representations, warranties and covenants of the parties
hereunder and other than as otherwise set forth in Section 4.11.
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5.9 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by
and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of
New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each
party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations,
enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its
respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents)
shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the
City 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 (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction
Documents), 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 improper
or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. 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 via registered or certified
mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the
address in effect for 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. The parties hereby waive all
rights to a trial by jury. If either party shall commence an action or
proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then the
prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other
party for its attorneys' fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the
investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
5.10 Survival. The representations, warranties, covenants and other
agreements contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery, exercise
and/or conversion of the Securities, as applicable for the applicable statue of
limitations.
5.11 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts,
all of which when taken together 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, it being understood that both parties need not
sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by
facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid and binding
obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is
executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page
were an original thereof.
5.12 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid
or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the
remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt to agree upon a valid
and enforceable provision that is a reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so
agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Agreement.
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5.13 Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the
Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser 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
Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon
written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole
or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights; provided,
however, in the case of a rescission of a conversion of a Debenture or exercise
of a Warrant, the Purchaser shall be required to return any shares of Common
Stock subject to any such rescinded conversion or exercise notice.
5.14 Replacement of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing
any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue
or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation
thereof, or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or
instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and reasonable
indemnity, if requested. The applicants for a new certificate or instrument
under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs
associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.
5.15 Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights
provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the
Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the
Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be
adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of
obligations described in the foregoing sentence and hereby agrees to waive in
any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a
remedy at law would be adequate.
5.16 Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or
payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser
enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the
proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently
invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered
from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored
to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law
(including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, 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.
5.17 Usury. To the extent it may lawfully do so, the Company hereby agrees
not to insist upon or plead or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will resist
any and all efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, usury
laws wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, in connection with
any claim, action or proceeding that may be brought by any Purchaser in order to
enforce any right or remedy under any Transaction Document. Notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary contained in any Transaction Document, it is expressly
agreed and provided that the total liability of the Company under the
Transaction Documents for payments in the nature of interest shall not exceed
the maximum lawful rate authorized under applicable law (the "Maximum Rate"),
and, without limiting the foregoing, in no event shall any rate of interest or
default interest, or both of them, when aggregated with any other sums in the
nature of interest that the Company may be obligated to pay under the
Transaction Documents exceed such Maximum Rate. It is agreed that if the maximum
contract rate of interest allowed by law and applicable to the Transaction
Documents is increased or decreased by statute or any official governmental
action subsequent to the date hereof, the new maximum contract rate of interest
allowed by law will be the Maximum Rate applicable to the Transaction Documents
from the effective date forward, unless such application is precluded by
applicable law. If under any circumstances whatsoever, interest in excess of the
Maximum Rate is paid by the Company to any Purchaser with respect to
indebtedness evidenced by the Transaction Documents, such excess shall be
applied by such Purchaser to the unpaid principal balance of any such
indebtedness or be refunded to the Company, the manner of handling such excess
to be at such Purchaser's election.
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5.18 Independent Nature of Purchasers' Obligations and Rights. The
obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not
joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other
Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any
Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto,
shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a
joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the
Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such
obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each
Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights,
including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of
the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other
Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such
purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel
in their review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. For reasons of
administrative convenience only, Purchasers and their respective counsel have
chosen to communicate with the Company through FW. FW does not represent any of
the Purchasers but only vFinance Investments, Inc., the placement agent. The
Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and
Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was
required or requested to do so by the Purchasers.
5.19 Liquidated Damages. The Company's obligations to pay any partial
liquidated damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a
continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid
partial liquidated damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding the
fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated
damages or other amounts are due and payable shall have been canceled.
5.20 Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their
respective counsel has reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction
Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any
ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed
in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments hereto.
(Signature Pages Follow)
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of
the date first indicated above.
NAVSTAR MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC. Address for Notice:
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By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
[REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
SIGNATURE PAGE FOR PURCHASER FOLLOWS]
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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO NVMH SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of
the date first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: __________________________________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: _____________________
Name of Authorized Signatory: _______________________________________
Title of Authorized Signatory: ______________________________________
Email Address of Purchaser:__________________________________________
Address for Notice of Purchaser:
Address for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as above):
Subscription Amount:
Warrant Shares:
EIN Number: [PROVIDE THIS UNDER SEPARATE COVER]
[SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE]
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Annex A
CLOSING STATEMENT
Pursuant to the attached Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date
hereto, the purchasers shall purchase up to $1,000,000 of Shares, Debentures and
Warrants from Navstar Media Holdings, Inc. (the "Company"). All funds will be
wired into an escrow account maintained by Signature Bank. All funds will be
disbursed in accordance with this Closing Statement.
Disbursement Date: January ___, 2006
I. PURCHASE PRICE
Gross Proceeds to be Received in Escrow $
II. DISBURSEMENTS
$
vFinance Investments, Inc. $
Feldman Weinstein LLP $20,000
$
Total Amount Disbursed: $
WIRE INSTRUCTIONS:
To: _____________________________________
To: _____________________________________
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