Hawkeye Digital, Inc 8-K, filed Apr 6, 2026
Hawkeye Digital, Inc. (HWKE)
About this 8-K
Hawkeye Digital, Inc filed this 8-K on April 6, 2026, reporting on events of March 31, 2026.
Items reported
- Item 1.01: Entered into a material agreement
- Item 2.03: New debt or off-balance-sheet obligation
- Item 3.02: Unregistered sale of equity
- Item 5.01: Change in control
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
- Item 5.03: Charter or bylaw amendment, or fiscal year change
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Convertible Promissory Note and Note Purchase Agreement
On April 1, 2026, Hawkeye Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) issued an non-interest bearing Convertible Promissory Note to Hawkeye Holdco LLC (“HH”) with an original principal amount of $2,767,756 (the “Convertible Promissory Note”) in exchange for a note that had been previously issued by the Company to Steve Hall (“Hall”) and that Hall had sold to HH (the “Existing Hall Note”). The Convertible Promissory Note has a maturity date of 24 months from its date of issuance and was issued pursuant to a Note Purchase Agreement (the “Note Purchase Agreement”), dated as of April 1, 2026, among the Company, Hall, and HH. Under the Note Purchase Agreement, the Existing Hall Note was amended and restated in the form of the Convertible Promissory Note. The Note Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants, conditions and indemnification obligations of the parties.
Under the Convertible Promissory Note, HH may convert all or a portion of the outstanding principal amount of the Convertible Promissory Note into shares (the “Conversion Shares”) of Company common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) at any time before the outstanding principal amount of the Convertible Promissory Note is paid in full. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Promissory Note will be determined by dividing the principal amount to be converted by the conversion price in effect on the conversion date (the “Conversion Price”). The initial Conversion Price as of the Convertible Promissory Note’s date of issuance was $0.12, which Conversion Price is subject to adjustment in the event of dividends or distributions made with respect to the Common Stock and stock splits, reverse stock splits or other subdivisions or combinations of the Common Stock. Additionally, the Conversion Price will be adjusted in connection with any issuances by the Company of Common Stock or securities convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock at a purchase, exercise or conversion price that is lower than the Conversion Price, in which case the Conversion Price will be adjusted to be equal to such lower price. The Convertible Promissory Note (and/or, to the extent the Convertible Promissory Note has been converted, the Conversion Shares issued upon conversion) may be repurchased by Hall from HH if (A) on the two year anniversary of issuance, the Company has not received at least an aggregate of $1.0 million in gross proceeds from the sale of equity securities or securities convertible into equity securities (a “Subsequent Financing”), or (B) the OTC Market Group Inc. places a “caveat emptor” designation on the Company’s publicly traded securities, in each case subject to a 30 day cure period. The repurchase right will terminate on the earlier to occur of (A) the consummation of a Subsequent Financing, or (B) if such right is not exercised within 15 days of an applicable triggering event.
The foregoing descriptions of the Convertible Promissory Note and the Note Purchase Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such documents, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and Exhibit 10.1, respectively, and each of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Note Purchase Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreements and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties.
Series A Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement and Certificate of Designation
On April 1, 2026, the Company and Hall entered into a Subscription Agreement, pursuant to which Hall purchased 2,000 shares of Preferred Stock (as defined below) for an aggregate purchase price of $200,000 (the “Subscription Agreement”). On April 1, 2026, the Company filed with the Secretary of State for the State of Nevada a Certificate of Designation of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company (the “Certificate of Designation”), which designated of a series of preferred stock as the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).
Pursuant to the Certificate of Designation, shares of Preferred Stock may be convertible into shares of Common Stock at any time following the issuance of the Preferred Stock at the option of the holder.
If an optional conversion has not occurred, then on the earliest to occur of (A) the 12 month anniversary of the date of issuance, (B) the date on which the Company first completes an offering of equity or debt securities for the primary purpose of raising capital with aggregate gross proceeds equal to or greater than $1,500,000, and (C) the Market Capitalization (as such term is defined in the Certificate of Designation) of the Company exceeds $50,000,000 for any 20 out of 30 consecutive trading days, then all of the then-outstanding shares of Preferred Stock will automatically be converted into shares of Common Stock. The conversion rate for the Preferred Stock provides that, if all 2,000 shares of Preferred Stock are converted, the holder will receive a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 7% of the fully diluted shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion, subject to certain adjustments as set forth in the Certificate of Designation, which percentage will be reduced proportionally in the event that a portion of the 2,000 shares of Preferred Stock are converted.
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The foregoing descriptions of the Certificate of Designation and the Subscription Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such documents, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 10.2, respectively, and each of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Subscription Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreements and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreements and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties.
Investor Rights Agreement
On April 1, 2026, the Company, Hall, and HH entered into an Investor Rights Agreement (the “Investor Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to file a registration statement registering the resale of all shares of Common Stock held by HH and shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise or conversion of securities held by HH (the “Registrable Securities”). The Company agreed to file a registration statement within 30 days following a request by HH and to use its reasonable best efforts to cause the registration statement to be declared effective within 75 days. The Investor Rights Agreement also grants certain piggyback registration rights to HH.
Additionally, the Investor Rights Agreement requires that the Company increase the size of its Board of Directors (the “Board”) from one to five members, to appoint four individuals to the Board as designated by HH, and to nominate and recommend such designees for election to the Board at future meetings of the Company’s stockholders. The Company expects to file a Schedule 14f-1 with respect to such director designees, and the designees’ appointment will not become effective until the tenth day following the filing and transmission of the Schedule 14f-1.
The foregoing description of the Investor Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such document, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3, and which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
Settlement Agreement
On April 1, 2026, the Company and Eagle Equities LLC (“Eagle”) entered into a Settlement Agreement and Release (the “Settlement Agreement”). Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Company agreed to pay Eagle $44,000 and issue 500,000 shares of Common Stock as consideration for mutual general release of claims, including those arising from a loan payable by the Company to Eagle and certain other matters described in the Settlement Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Settlement Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such document, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.4, and which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
Option Cancellation Agreements
Effective April 1, 2026, the Company entered into Stock Option Cancellation Agreements (collectively, the “Cancellation Agreements”) with holders (the “Holders”) of stock options to purchase, in the aggregate, 177,600 shares of Common Stock (the “Options”). Pursuant to the Cancellation Agreements, each Holder agreed to surrender and cancel all Options held by such Holder for aggregate consideration for each Holder of $1.00.
The foregoing description of the Cancellation Agreements is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Cancellation Agreements, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.5, and which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information included in Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
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Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The information included in Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02. The Convertible Promissory Note, the shares of Preferred Stock, and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Promissory Note and the shares of Preferred Stock were and will be offered and issued in reliance upon exemptions from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act and corresponding provisions of state securities laws. Accordingly, none of the securities issued and to be issued related to the transactions included in Item 1.01, were or will be registered under the Securities Act as of their respective dates of issuance, and until registered, these securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or availability of an applicable exemption from registration.
Item 5.01 Changes in Control of Registrant.
Pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, on April 1, 2026, and as described in Item 1.01 above, HH purchased the Existing Hall Note from Hall and the Company agreed to amend and restate the Existing Hall Note as the Convertible Promissory Note.
The Company and Hall entered into the Investor Rights Agreement as a condition to closing under the Note Purchase Agreement. As described in Item 1.01 above, the Investor Rights Agreement requires that the Company increase the size of the Board from one member to five members and appoint four directors designated by HH to fill the resulting vacancies. On March 31, 2026, the Board increased the Company’s authorized number of directors from one to five, creating four vacancies. The Board also approved the appointment of Martin Sumichrast, Sim Farar, Nathan Bradley Fleisher, and Ralph Olson (collectively the “14F Directors”) to become directors and fill the resulting vacancies, which appointment shall become effective ten days after the filing and transmission of the Company’s Schedule 14f-1, to be filed in connection with the transactions described in Item 1.01.
Based on 10,306,772 shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, following the conversion of the Convertible Promissory Note in full but assuming no conversion of the Preferred Stock, HH would own approximately 69% of the Company’s outstanding shares of Common Stock. HH acquired the Existing Hall Note for $200,000, the source of which funds was working capital of HH. Except for the appointment of the 14F Directors pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, there are no arrangements or understandings among HH and any other stockholders of the Company with respect to the election of directors or other matters.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
The information included in Items 1.01 and 5.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.
Resignation of Officer
Effective April 1, 2026, Corby Marshall resigned as Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary of the Company. Mr. Marshall remains a member of the Board.
Appointment of Officers
Effective April 1, 2026, the Board approved the appointment of David Wachsman as President and Quinton Byron Hamlett as Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Wachsman, age 42, has also served as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Wachsman LLC since September 2015. As the Chief Executive Officer of Wachsman LLC, Mr. Wachsman provides strategic advisory, communications, events management, production, and corporate development services globally. Wachsman LLC focuses on public relations and strategic consulting related to finance, technology, and digital assets. Mr. Wachsman leads over 100 employees globally and has managed tens of millions of dollars in revenue over the last decade. From February 2013 to September 2015, Mr. Wachsman was an Executive Director at Ericho Communications. During his tenure, Mr. Wachsman managed Ericho Communications’ day-to-day operations.
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Mr. Hamlett, age 43, is currently also serving as Chief Financial Officer of American Capital Partners, Inc. Since August 2021, Mr. Hamlett has also been the managing member of Q Byron Hamlett, MS, CPA, PLLC. Mr. Hamlett brings over seventeen years of public accounting experience working with multi-national private and public companies. Mr. Hamlett began his career with Grant Thornton LLP, an international accounting firm and later joined Deloitte Tax, LLP. At Deloitte Tax, LLP, Mr. Hamlett was a Tax Senior Manager from December 2017 to July 2021. In his role with these firms, he served as a trusted tax advisor with extensive experience in tax compliance and consulting with a primary focus on Accounting for Income Taxes under ASC 740 and IAS 12. He has served as a tax specialist and subject matter expert for financial statement audits. Mr. Hamlett graduated with a Master of Science with a major in Accounting from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2006, and he also holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from Averett University. In 2016, Mr. Hamlett graduated from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Leadership Academy. Mr. Hamlett is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in North Carolina and Virginia and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants.
Except for the transactions and agreements described in Item 1.01 above, there are no arrangements or understandings between either of Messrs. Wachsman or Hamlett and any other persons pursuant to which Messrs. Wachsman or Hamlett were appointed as officers of the Company. In addition, there are no family relationships between either of Messrs. Wachsman or Hamlett and any director or executive officer of the Company, and there are no transactions involving either of Messrs. Wachsman or Hamlett requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Conditional Appointment of Directors
On March 31, 2026, the Board approved the conditional appointment of Martin Sumichrast, Sim Farar, Nathan Bradley Fleisher, and Ralph Olson as 14F Directors, which appointment shall become effective ten days after the filing and transmission of an Information Statement on Schedule 14f-1 by the Company.
Mr. Sumichrast, age 59, has served as the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of American Capital Partners, Inc. since January 2025. Mr. Sumichrast has also served as the Manager of Sunshine Advisors, LLC, a private holding company, since January 2023 to December 2024, and served as Manager of SFT1, LLC, a private investment company. Mr. Sumichrast has over 35 years of experience as an entrepreneur and strategic business advisor, having led and operated businesses across multiple industries and international markets. Previously, Mr. Sumichrast co-founded and served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of cbdMD, Inc. (NYSE: YCBD) from April 2015 to June 2023. Under his leadership, cbdMD secured over $100 million in equity and debt financings, went public through an initial public offering (IPO) in November 2017, and completed the $135 million acquisition of the cbdMD brand in December 2018. During his tenure, cbdMD achieved a market capitalization of $400 million, was included in the Russell 3000 Index, generated over $250 million in aggregate sales, and employed over 200 individuals while serving more than one million customers. In addition, Mr. Sumichrast was the Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer, and a board member of Adara Acquisition Corp. from its inception through June 2022. Mr. Sumichrast led Adara’s $115 million IPO on the NYSE in February 2022. Adara successfully completed a $600 million acquisition of Alliance Entertainment in June 2023.
From 2013 to 2023, Mr. Sumichrast was the Managing Member of Stone Street Capital, a private equity firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He successfully guided the firm through the resolution of financial challenges arising from external fraudulent activity and ensured the return of significant assets to investors. Mr. Sumichrast is co-authoring a book about this life experience entitled Getting Sheared with 13x New York Times Best Selling Author Don Yeager and award-winning investigative journalist Jason Cole. Earlier in his career, Mr. Sumichrast founded and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Global Capital Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: GCAP) from 1993 to 2002. He led the firm’s expansion from a startup into a global investment bank with over 500 employees, 27 international offices, and billions in assets under management. Mr. Sumichrast has also served as a Trustee and Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committees of the Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund, Inc. (NYSE: BGH) and the Barings Capital Funds Trust, Inc. from 2012 to 2022. Beyond his business endeavors, Mr. Sumichrast has co-authored two books, Opportunities in Financial Careers and The New Complete Book of Home Buying, published by Dow Jones Irving Books.
The Company believes Mr. Sumichrast is qualified to serve on the Board because of his public company experience as an executive and board member and his extensive background in finance and capital formation.
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Mr. Farar, age 79, has been the managing member of JDF Investment Co, LLC, a privately held company specializing in corporate development, financing and merger transactions, since 1997. Mr. Farar served on the board of directors of cbdMD, Inc. (NYSE: YCBD) from 2021 to 2022 and previously served on the advisory boards of Verb Technology Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: VERB) and BioSig Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: BSGM). Since 2017, he has served on the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (USACPD) and currently serves as its Chairman. In 2002, Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn appointed Mr. Farar to serve as a commissioner for the $12 billion Los Angeles Fire and Police Pension’s Trustee Fund. In 2001, he was appointed to the Woodrow Wilson Council, the private sector advisory board of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. In 1999, he was appointed by President Clinton and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as the United States Representative to the 54th General Assembly at the United Nations in New York City.
The Company believes Mr. Farar is qualified to serve on the Board because of his experience in finance, mergers and acquisitions and his public company governance background.
Mr. Olson, age 68, has served as the Co-Founder and President of American Capital Partners, Inc. since 2024. With over 35 years of experience in investment banking, structured finance, and strategic advisory, Mr. Olson has raised over $400 million for public and private companies. He has spearheaded financing and public market transitions for companies such as the House of Taylor, Inc. and China Fire & Safety, Inc., securing capital from institutional and private investors while managing broker-dealer relationships for secondary offerings. Mr. Olson is also the Chief Executive Officer of Ralph Olson LLC and has advised companies as a consultant since June 2017. Previously, Mr. Olson was the Senior Vice President at Global Capital Securities, Inc. from 1998 to 2002, where he led the firm’s expansion following a merger with Cohig & Associates, a Denver, Colorado based full-service investment banking and retail brokerage firm. During his tenure, he managed sales teams across 20 U.S. offices and 11 European locations, strengthening the firm’s position in investment banking. Prior to that, he served as Partner, Head of Sales, and Senior Vice President at Cohig & Associates from 1987 to 2002, where he played a key role in structuring and executing over $2 billion in public and private capital raises, including more than 80 public offerings. In addition to his extensive experience in finance and capital markets, Mr. Olson has served on multiple corporate boards, including Money Zone, Inc. from 1998 to 2002, and the Colorado Horse Park Board and served on its audit committee from 2009 to 2016.
The Company believes Mr. Olson is qualified to serve on the Board because of his experience in finance, public company governance as an executive and board member, and mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Fleisher, age 60, previously served as the President of Driver on Demand LLC, from 2021 to 2026, serving over 45 major metropolitan areas in the United States and bringing years of executive experience. Mr. Fleisher previously also served as Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Driver on Demand LLC, from 2019 to 2021 and 2018 to 2019 respectively. Beyond his role as an executive, Mr. Fleisher holds a juris doctorate degree from the University of Florida and has worked as a practicing attorney, and served as in-house counsel at RedCap Technologies, a software provider in the automotive industry, from 2016 to 2018. In addition, Mr. Fleisher also served on multiple corporate boards, including Boys Town from 2023 to 2025 and Exit Planning Exchange from 2010 to 2013.
The Company believes Mr. Fleisher is qualified to serve on the Board because of his legal and executive experience. He has extensive experience in different executive roles, including those of being on other boards of directors.
Except for the transactions and agreements described in Item 1.01 above, there are no arrangements or understandings between any of the 14F Directors and any other persons pursuant to which the 14F Directors were conditionally appointed as members of the Board. In addition, there are no transactions involving any of the 14F Directors requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
The information included in Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
* Schedules and exhibits have been omitted from this exhibit pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The registrant hereby undertakes to furnish copies of any of the omitted schedules and exhibits upon request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| Date: April 6, 2026 | By: | /s/ David Wachsman | |
| Name: | David Wachsman | ||
| Title: | President | ||
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Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION
OF
SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
OF
HAWKEYE SYSTEMS, INC.
I, Corby Marshall, hereby certify that I am the Chief Executive Officer of Hawkeye Systems, Inc. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “NRS”), and further do hereby certify the following:
That pursuant to the authority expressly conferred upon the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) by the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation (as amended, the “Articles of Incorporation”), and the provisions of the NRS, on March 30, 2026, the Board adopted the following resolution determining it desirable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders for the Corporation to establish a series of Two Thousand (2,000) shares of preferred stock designated as “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock”, none of which shares have been issued, to be issued pursuant to the Subscription Agreement (as defined below) in accordance with the terms of the Subscription Agreement, and which shall be convertible into Common Stock of the Corporation;
RESOLVED, pursuant to authority expressly set forth in the Articles of Incorporation, (i) the establishment of a series of preferred stock designated as the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation is hereby authorized; (ii) the issuance of up to 2,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms of the Subscription Agreement, dated April 1, 2026, by and among the Corporation and Steve Hall (the “Subscription Agreement”) is hereby authorized; and (iii) the designation, number of shares, powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof (in addition to any provisions set forth in the Articles of Incorporation that are applicable to the preferred stock of all classes and series) are hereby fixed, and the Certificate of Designation of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is hereby approved as follows:
TERMS OF SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with (as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933), a Person. With respect to a Holder, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Holder will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Holder.
“Attribution Parties” means, collectively, the following Persons and entities: (i) any investment vehicle, including, any funds, feeder funds or managed accounts, currently, or from time to time after the date hereof, directly or indirectly managed or advised by a Holder’s investment manager or any of its Affiliates or principals, (ii) any direct or indirect Affiliates of a Holder or any of the foregoing, (iii) any Person acting or who could be deemed to be acting as a Group together with a Holder or any of the foregoing and (iv) any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of the Corporation’s Common Stock would or could be aggregated with a Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. For clarity, the purpose of the foregoing is to subject collectively a Holder and all other Attribution Parties to the Maximum Percentage.
“Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.
“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means the Corporation’s common stock, par value of $0.0001 per share, and stock of any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
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“Conversion Shares” means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Convertible Securities” means any stock or other security (other than Options) that is at any time and under any circumstances, directly or indirectly, convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any shares of Common Stock.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Fully Diluted Shares” means, as of any applicable date, the sum of (A) issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock; plus (B) shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange of Convertible Securities, including the Preferred Shares; plus (C) shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange of Options; provided, however, that for purposes of calculating the Conversion Rate in connection with a mandatory conversion triggered by an offering of equity or debt securities pursuant to clause (B) of Section 6(a)(ii), “Fully Diluted Shares” shall only include equity or debt securities issued in the applicable offering that represent gross proceeds of $1.5 million, and shall exclude any equity or debt securities issued of such offering for proceeds that exceed such amount; and provided, further, that “Fully-Diluted Shares” shall exclude any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities available for issuance under any Stock Plan.
“Group” means a “group” as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and as defined in Rule 13d-5 thereunder.
“Holder” means any holder of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
“Initial Issuance Date” means April 1, 2026.
“Market Capitalization” means, with respect to the Corporation on any given Trading Day, the product of (x) the Fully Diluted Shares less the Conversion Shares underlying the Preferred Shares outstanding as of such date, multiplied by (y) the VWAP per share of Common Stock over the 30 consecutive trading day period immediately preceding the Trading Day.
“Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
“Person” means any 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.
“Preferred Shares” means shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
“Required Holders” means Steve Hall, plus the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
“Stock Plan” means any employee benefit plan or agreement pursuant to which shares of Common Stock and Options to purchase Common Stock may be issued to any employee, officer, consultant or director for services provided to the Corporation in their capacity as such.
“Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market for the Common Stock is open for business.
“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the Pink Open Market, OTCQB or the OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing)
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“VWAP” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the principal Trading Market for such security, during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “VWAP” function (set to 09:30 start time and 16:00 end time) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices). If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as determined by an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Corporation and the Required Holders. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.
Section 2. Designation, Amount and Par Value; Assignment.
(a) The series of preferred stock designated by this Certificate of Designation shall be designated as the Corporation’s “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock” and the number of shares so designated shall be 2,000. Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $0.0001 per share.
(b) The Corporation shall maintain a register of Preferred Shares, upon records to be maintained by the Corporation for that purpose (the “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock Register”), in the name of the Holders thereof from time to time, including the name, address, and electronic mail address of each such Holder. The Corporation may deem and treat the registered Holder of Preferred Shares as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of any conversion thereof and for all other purposes. Preferred Shares may be issued solely in book entry form or, if requested by any Holder, such Holder’s shares may be issued in certificated form. The Corporation shall register the transfer of any Preferred Shares in the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock Register, upon surrender of the certificates (if applicable) evidencing such shares to be transferred, duly endorsed by the Holder thereof, to the Corporation at its address specified herein. Upon any such transfer, a new certificate evidencing the Preferred Shares so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a new certificate evidencing the remaining portion of the shares not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder, in each case, within three Business Days. The provisions of this Certificate of Designation are intended to be for the benefit of all Holders from time to time and shall be enforceable by any such Holder.
Section 3. Dividends. Holders shall be entitled to receive, and the Corporation shall pay, dividends on Preferred Shares (on an as-if-converted-to-Common-Stock basis) equal to and in the same form, and in the same manner, as dividends (other than dividends on shares of the Common Stock payable in the form of Common Stock) actually paid on shares of the Common Stock when, as and if such dividends (other than dividends payable in the form of Common Stock) are paid on shares of the Common Stock.
Section 4. Voting Rights; Amendments.
(a) Except as otherwise provided herein or as required by applicable law, Holders of Preferred Shares shall be entitled to vote with holders of the Common Stock on all matters that such holders of Common Stock are entitled to vote upon, in the same manner and with the same effect as the holders of Common Stock, voting together with the holders of Common Stock as a single class. Each Preferred Share shall entitle the Holder thereof to cast that number of votes per Preferred Share equal to the number of shares of Common Stock into which such Preferred Share would have been convertible pursuant to Section 6 hereof, assuming that such conversion occurred on the record date for the applicable meeting or consent of stockholders.
(b) In addition to any other rights provided by the NRS, except where the vote or written consent of the holders of a greater number of shares is required by the NRS or by another provision of the Articles of Incorporation, without first obtaining the affirmative vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose or the written consent without a meeting of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Preferred Shares, the Corporation shall not effect any change to this Certificate of Designation or the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation that would amend, alter, change, repeal or otherwise affect any of the powers, designations, preferences and rights of the Preferred Shares.
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(c) For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum at any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation at which the Preferred Shares are entitled to vote, the number of Preferred Shares and votes represented by such shares shall be counted on an as-converted to Common Stock basis.
(d) Holders of the Preferred Shares shall be entitled to written notice of all stockholder meetings or written consents (and copies of proxy materials and other information sent to stockholders) with respect to which they would be entitled to vote, which notice would be provided pursuant to the Corporation’s bylaws and the NRS.
Section 5. Rank; Liquidation.
(a) The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall rank: (i) senior to the Common Stock and any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter created specifically ranking by its terms junior to the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Junior Securities”); (ii) on parity with any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter created specifically ranking by its terms on parity with the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Parity Securities”); and (iii) junior to any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter created specifically ranking by its terms senior to the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Senior Securities”), in each case, as to distributions of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntarily or involuntarily (all such distributions being referred to collectively as “Distributions”).
(b) Subject to the prior and superior rights of the holders of any Senior Securities of the Corporation, upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation (a “Liquidation”), each Holder shall be entitled to receive, in preference to any Distributions of any of the assets or surplus funds of the Corporation to the holders of the Junior Securities, and pari passu with any Distribution to the holders of the Parity Securities, an equivalent amount of Distributions as would be paid on the Common Stock underlying the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, determined on an as-converted basis, plus an additional amount equal to any dividends declared but unpaid on such shares, before any payments shall be made or any assets distributed to holders of any class of Junior Securities. If, upon any such Liquidation, the assets of the Corporation shall be insufficient to pay the Holders of Preferred Shares the amount required under the preceding sentence, then all remaining assets of the Corporation shall be distributed ratably to the Holders and holders of Parity Securities in accordance with the respective amounts that would be payable on all such securities if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full. A Fundamental Transaction shall not be deemed a Liquidation unless the Corporation expressly declares that such Fundamental Transaction shall be treated as if it were a Liquidation.
Section 6. Conversion. The Preferred Shares shall be convertible into shares of Common Stock on the following terms and conditions:
(a) Conversion Rights.
(i) Optional Conversion. At any time or times on or after the Initial Issuance Date, any Holder shall be entitled to cause the conversion of any whole number of Preferred Shares held by such Holder into Conversion Shares (rounded to the nearest whole share in accordance herewith) at the Conversion Rate (as defined below).
(ii) Mandatory Conversion. If an optional conversion has not occurred pursuant to Section 6(a)(i), then on the earliest to occur of (A) the twelve (12) month anniversary of the Initial Issuance Date, (B) the date on which the Corporation first completes an offering of equity or debt securities for the primary purpose of raising capital with aggregate gross proceeds equal to or greater than $1,500,000, and (C) the Market Capitalization of the Corporation exceeds $50,000,000 for any twenty (20) out of thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days on which the Common Stock is traded on the principal Trading Market for the Common Stock, then all of the outstanding Preferred Shares shall, automatically and without any required action by the Corporation or the Holders, convert into Conversion Shares (rounded to the nearest whole share in accordance herewith) at the Conversion Rate (such conversion being a “Mandatory Conversion” and the date of such conversion being the “Mandatory Conversion Date”).
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(b) Conversion Rate. The number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of each Preferred Share pursuant to Section 6(a) shall be determined pursuant to the following formula (the “Conversion Rate”):
A = (B * 0.07) / C
where:
| A | represents the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of each Preferred Share; |
| B | is equal to the number of Fully Diluted Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion; and |
| C | is equal to the total aggregate number of Preferred Shares issued by the Corporation on or after the Initial Issuance Date, whether or not such Preferred Shares remain outstanding at the time of the applicable conversion calculation. For the avoidance of doubt, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Preferred Shares that were previously converted into Conversion Shares pursuant to Section 6(a) shall still be included in the calculation of C in connection with any subsequent conversion. |
(c) Mechanics of Conversion.
(i) Delivery of Conversion Shares Upon Conversion. The date on which a conversion shall be deemed effective (the “Conversion Date”) shall be the earlier of (x) the Mandatory Conversion Date and (y) the Trading Day that the Conversion Notice, completed and executed, is sent via email to, and received during regular business hours prior to 5:00 pm Eastern Time by, the Corporation, provided, that the original certificate(s) (if any) representing the Preferred Shares being converted, duly endorsed, and the accompanying Notice of Conversion, are received by the Corporation by the Share Delivery Date (as defined below). Not later than five (5) Trading Days after each Conversion Date (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Corporation shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the converting Holder the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of the Preferred Shares. The Corporation shall deliver the Conversion Shares by either delivery of a book-entry statement or physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Corporation’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Corporation’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the Conversion Date.
(ii) Failure to Deliver Conversion Shares. If, in the case of any Conversion Notice, such Conversion Shares are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the Share Delivery Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Corporation at any time on or before its receipt of such Conversion Shares, to rescind such Conversion, in which event the Corporation shall promptly return to the Holder any original certificate for Preferred Shares delivered to the Corporation and the holder shall promptly return to the Corporation the Conversion Shares issued to such holder pursuant to the rescinded Conversion Notice.
(iii) Obligation Absolute. The Corporation’s obligation to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by a Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by such Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Corporation or any violation or alleged violation of law by such Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Corporation to such Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided, however, that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Corporation of any such action that the Corporation may have against such Holder.
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(iv) Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. The Corporation covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of the Preferred Shares as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holders of Preferred Shares, not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall be issuable upon the conversion of the then outstanding Preferred Shares. The Corporation covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(v) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of the Preferred Shares. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such conversion, the Corporation shall round up the number of Conversion Shares to the next whole share.
(vi) Transfer Taxes and Expenses. The issuance of Conversion Shares on conversion of the Preferred Shares shall be made without charge to any Holder for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such Conversion Shares, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such Conversion Shares upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holders of such Preferred Shares and the Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver such Conversion Shares unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Corporation the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid. The Corporation shall pay all transfer agent fees required for same-day processing of any Conversion Notice and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares.
(vii) Status as Stockholder. Upon any Conversion Date, (i) Preferred Shares being converted shall be deemed converted into shares of Common Stock and (ii) the Holder’s rights as a Holder of such converted Preferred Shares shall cease and terminate, excepting only the right to receive certificates for such shares of Common Stock and to any remedies provided herein or otherwise available at law or in equity to such Holder because of a failure by the Corporation to comply with the terms of this Certificate of Designation. In all cases, the Holder shall retain all of its rights and remedies for the Corporation’s failure to convert Preferred Shares.
Section 7. Certain Adjustments.
(a) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while any Preferred Shares are outstanding, (A) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another Person, (B) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (C) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Corporation or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of the Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and such offer has been accepted by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Common Stock, (D) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, in one or more transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each, a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent conversion of Preferred Shares, the Holders shall have the right to receive, in lieu of the right to receive Conversion Shares, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, the number of shares of common stock or other equity securities of the successor or acquiring corporation of the Corporation, if it is the surviving corporation, and any other or additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which Preferred Shares are then convertible immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction. For purposes of any such subsequent conversion, the determination of the Conversion Rate shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Corporation shall apportion the Conversion Rate among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash, or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holders shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration they receive upon any conversion of Preferred Shares following such Fundamental Transaction. To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Corporation or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall file a new certificate of designation with the same terms and conditions and issue to the Holders new preferred stock consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holders’ right to convert such preferred stock into Alternate Consideration. The terms of any agreement pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is effected shall include terms requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply with the provisions of this Section 7(a) and ensuring that this Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.
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(b) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 7 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 7, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Corporation) issued and outstanding.
Section 8. Transfer. Without the prior written consent of the Corporation, a Holder may only transfer such Holder’s Preferred Shares in whole, or in part, together with the accompanying rights set forth herein, to an Affiliate of such Holder, provided that such transfer is in compliance with applicable securities laws. The Corporation shall in good faith (i) do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and (ii) execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, in each case, as any holder of Preferred Shares may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Section 8.
Section 9. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices; Currency; Payments
(i) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders hereunder including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall be in writing and delivered personally, via email or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Corporation, at 6605 Abercorn, Suite 204, Savannah, Georgia 31405, or such other email address or mailing address as the Corporation may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders delivered in accordance with this Section 9. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Corporation hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by email at the email address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Corporation, or if no such email address appears on the books of the Corporation, sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder, at the principal place of business or principal residence of such Holder. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email at the email address specified in this Section 9 prior to 5:30 p.m. (Eastern time) on any date, (ii) the date immediately following the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email at the email address specified in this Section 9 between 5:30 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. (Eastern time) on any date, (iii) the second Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.
(ii) Currency. All dollar amounts referred to in this Certificate of Designation are in United States Dollars (“U.S. Dollars”), and all amounts owing under this Certificate of Designation shall be paid in U.S. Dollars. All amounts denominated in other currencies (if any) shall be converted into the U.S. Dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the Exchange Rate on the date of calculation. “Exchange Rate” means, in relation to any amount of currency to be converted into U.S. Dollars pursuant to this Certificate of Designation, the U.S. Dollar exchange rate as published in the Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of calculation (it being understood and agreed that where an amount is calculated with reference to, or over, a period of time, the date of calculation shall be the final date of such period of time).
(iii) Payments. Whenever any payment of cash is to be made by the Corporation to any Person pursuant to this Certificate of Designation, unless otherwise expressly set forth herein, such payment shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to wire transfer instructions that Holder shall provide to the Corporation in writing from time to time. Whenever any amount expressed to be due by the terms of this Certificate of Designation is due on any day which is not a Business Day, the same shall instead be due on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day.
(b) Lost or Mutilated Series A Convertible Preferred Stock Certificate. If a Holder’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock certificate is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated certificate, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, a new certificate for the Preferred Shares so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate, and of the ownership thereof, reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation and, in each case, customary and reasonable indemnity, if requested. Applicants for a new certificate under such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Corporation may prescribe.
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(c) Waiver. Any waiver by the Corporation or a Holder of a breach of any provision of this Certificate of Designation shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Certificate of Designation or a waiver by any other Holders. The failure of the Corporation or a Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Certificate of Designation on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party (or any other Holder) of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Certificate of Designation. Any waiver by the Corporation or a Holder must be in writing. Notwithstanding any provision in this Certificate of Designation to the contrary, any provision contained herein and any right of the Holders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock granted hereunder may be waived as to all Preferred Shares (and the Holders thereof) upon the written consent of the Required Holders, unless a higher percentage is required by law, in which case the written consent of the Holders of not less than such higher percentage shall be required.
(d) Governing Law. This Certificate of Designation shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Certificate of Designation shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of Nevada, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Nevada or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Nevada. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Clark County, Nevada, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
(e) Judgment Currency.
(i) If for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against the Corporation in any court in any jurisdiction it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this Section 9(e) referred to as the “Judgment Currency”) an amount due in U.S. dollars under this Certificate of Designation, the conversion shall be made at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Trading Day immediately preceding:
(A) the date actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of Nevada or in the courts of any other jurisdiction that will give effect to such conversion being made on such date: or
(B) the date on which the foreign court determines, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any other jurisdiction (the date as of which such conversion is made pursuant to this Section 9(e)(i)(B) being hereinafter referred to as the “Judgment Conversion Date”).
(ii) If in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in Section 9(e)(i)(B) above, there is a change in the Exchange Rate prevailing between the Judgment Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due, the applicable party shall pay such adjusted amount as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of US dollars which could have been purchased with the amount of Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Judgment Conversion Date.
(iii) Any amount due from the Corporation under this provision shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts due under or in respect of this Certificate of Designation.
(e) Severability. If any provision of this Certificate of Designation is invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the balance of this Certificate of Designation shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances.
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(f) Next Business Day. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.
(g) Headings. The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Certificate of Designation and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
(h) Status of Converted Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. If any Preferred Shares shall be converted or repurchased or otherwise be acquired by the Corporation, such shares shall resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock and shall no longer be designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Designation this 1st day of April, 2026.
| HAWKEYE SYSTEMS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Corby Marshall | |
| Name: | Corby Marshall | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
Signature Page – Certificate of Designation
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ANNEX A
NOTICE OF CONVERSION
(TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER IN ORDER TO CONVERT SHARES OF SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK)
The undersigned Holder, as defined in that certain Certificate of Designation of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock filed by the Corporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada on April 1, 2026 (the “Certificate of Designation”), hereby irrevocably elects to convert outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Hawkeye Systems, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Corporation”), as of the date written below. If securities are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto. Capitalized terms utilized but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Certificate of Designation.
Date to Effect Conversion:_______________________________________________
Number of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock owned prior to Conversion: _________
Number of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to be Converted: _________________
Address for delivery of physical certificates: ________________________________
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| By: | |||
| Name: | |||
| Title: | |||
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Annex A
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Exhibit 4.1
NEITHER THIS NOTE, NOR ANY SECURITY ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF, HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO INTEREST IN THIS NOTE MAY BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO (i) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT, OR (ii) AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT WHERE THE HOLDER HAS FURNISHED TO THE COMPANY AN OPINION OF ITS COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT IS AVAILABLE.
HAWKEYE SYSTEMS, INC.
CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE
| $2,767,756.00 | As of April 1, 2026 |
Hawkeye Systems, Inc., a Nevada corporation, (the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to the order of Hawkeye Holdco, LLC or registered assigns (the “Holder”), the principal sum of TWO MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX Dollars ($2,767,756) on April 1, 2028 (the “Maturity Date”). This Note is being issued to the Holder pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement by and among the Company, the Holder and Steve Hall dated as of the date hereof (the “Agreement”) in exchange for the Existing Note (as defined in the Agreement).
1. Payment
1.1 This Note shall be non-interest bearing.
1.2 All payments received on account of this Note shall be applied to the reduction of the unpaid principal amount of this Note. In case the entire principal amount of this Note is paid or this Note is purchased by the Company, this Note shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation and shall not be reissued.
1.3 If any payment due on account of this Note shall fall due on a day other than a Business Day (as defined below), then such payment shall be made on the first Business Day following the day on which such payment shall have so fallen due. “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks in the City of New York, New York are authorized or required by law to be closed.
1.4 Principal due hereunder shall be paid in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available federal funds or the equivalent at the address of the Holder set forth in Annex I, or at such other address as the Holder may designate.
2. Registration; Exercise; Substitution
2.1 The Company will keep at its principal executive office a register for the registration and transfer of this Note. The name and address of the Holder of this Note, each transfer hereof made in accordance with Section 2.2(a) and the name and address of each transferee of this Note shall be registered in such register. The person in whose name this Note shall be registered shall be deemed and treated as the owner and holder thereof, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary, other than in accordance with Section 2.2(a).
2.2 (a) Upon surrender of this Note at the principal executive office of the Company, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the Holder or the Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, the Company will execute and deliver, at the Company’s expense, a new Note (or Notes) in exchange therefor, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the surrendered Note. Subject to Section 2.2(b), the new Note(s) shall be registered in such name(s) as the Holder may request.
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(b) This Note has been acquired for investment and has not been registered under the securities laws of the United States of America or any state thereof. Accordingly, notwithstanding Section 2.2(a), this Note may not be offered for sale, sold or transferred in the absence of registration and qualification of this Note under applicable federal and state securities laws or an opinion of counsel of the Holder reasonably satisfactory to the Company that such registration and qualification are not required. This Note shall not be transferred in denominations of less than $1,000 and integral multiples thereof, provided that the Holder may transfer this Note as an entirety regardless of the principal amount thereof.
2.3 Upon receipt by the Company from the Holder of evidence of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note and (a) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, upon indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company; or (b) in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation thereof; the Company at its own expense will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a replacement Note.
2.4 The Company will pay taxes (if any) due (but not, in any event, income taxes of the Holder) in connection with and as the result of the initial issuance of this Note and in connection with any modification, waiver or amendment of this Note and shall save the Holder harmless, without limitation as to time, against any and all liabilities with respect to all such taxes.
3. [Intentionally Omitted].
4. Conversion.
4.1 The Holder may convert the outstanding principal amount of this Note (or a portion of such outstanding principal amount as provided in Section 4.3) into fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) of the Company (the “Conversion Shares”), at any time prior to the time the outstanding principal amount of this Note is paid in full, at the Conversion Price (as defined herein) then in effect. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note shall be determined by dividing the principal amount to be converted by the conversion price in effect on the Conversion Date, as defined below (the “Conversion Price”). The initial Conversion Price is $0.12 and is subject to adjustment as provided in this Section 4. The provisions of this Note that apply to conversion of the outstanding principal amount of this Note also apply to a partial conversion of this Note. The Holder is not entitled to any rights of a holder of Conversion Shares until the Holder has converted this Note (or a portion thereof) into Conversion Shares, and only to the extent that this Note is deemed to have been converted into Conversion Shares under this Section 4.
4.2 To convert all or a portion of this Note, the Holder must (a) complete and sign a notice of election to convert substantially in the form annexed hereto, (b) surrender the Note to the Company, (c) if registered in a different name from the Holder, furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents if reasonably required by the Company and (d) if registered in a different name from the Holder, pay any transfer or similar tax, if required. The date on which the Holder satisfies all of such requirements is the conversion date (the “Conversion Date”). As soon as practicable, and in no event more than one (1) Business Day after the Conversion Date, the Company will provide irrevocable instructions to the transfer agent for its common stock to deliver a book-entry statement or physical delivery of a certificate evidencing the registration in the Company’s share register of the issuance of the number of whole Conversion Shares issuable upon such conversion in the name of the Holder (and/or its designees). The person in whose name the certificate for Conversion Shares is to be registered shall become the stockholder of record on the Conversion Date and, as of the Conversion Date, the rights of the Holder shall cease as to the portion thereof so converted; provided, however, that no surrender of a Note on any date when the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed shall be effective to constitute the person entitled to receive the Conversion Shares upon such conversion as the stockholder of record of such Conversion Shares on such date, but such surrender shall be effective to constitute the person entitled to receive such Conversion Shares as the stockholder of record thereof for all purposes at the close of business on the next succeeding day on which such stock transfer books are open; provided, further that such conversion shall be at the Conversion Price in effect on the date that this Note shall have been surrendered for conversion, as if the stock transfer books of the Company had not been closed.
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4.3 In the case of a partial conversion of this Note, upon such conversion, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder, at the expense of the Company, a new Note in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the principal amount. This Note may be converted in part in a principal amount equal to $10,000 or an integral multiple thereof, unless the outstanding principal amount of this Note is less than $10,000, in which case, only such outstanding principal amount thereon is convertible into Conversion Shares.
4.4 No fractional Conversion Shares shall be issued upon conversion of this Note. Instead of any fractional Conversion Share which would otherwise be issuable upon conversion of this Note, the Company shall round up to the next whole number of shares.
4.5 The issuance of certificates for Conversion Shares upon the conversion of this Note shall be made without charge to the Holder for such certificates or for any tax in respect of the issuance of such certificates, and such certificates shall be issued in the name of, or in such names as may be directed by, the Holder; provided, however, that in the event that certificates for Conversion Shares are to be issued in a name or names other than the name of the Holder, such Note, when surrendered for conversion, shall be accompanied by an instrument of transfer, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, duly executed by the Holder or its duly authorized attorney; and provided further, moreover, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificates in a name or names other than that of the Holder, and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the person or persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid or is not applicable.
4.6 (a) In case the Company shall pay or make a dividend or other distribution to all holders of its Common Stock or any class of capital stock that is payable in shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on the day next following the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution shall be reduced by multiplying such Conversion Price by a fraction, of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination, and the denominator shall be the sum of the numerator and the total number of shares constituting such dividend or other distribution, such reduction to become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day next following the date fixed for such determination. For the purposes of this Section 4.6(a), the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company. The Company will not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company.
(b) In the event that the Company shall at any time prior to the conversion in full of the Note declare a dividend (other than a dividend consisting solely of shares of Common Stock) or otherwise distribute to its shareholders any monies, assets, property, rights, evidences of indebtedness, securities (other than shares of Common Stock), whether issued by the Company or by another person or entity, or any other thing of value, the Holder or Holders of the Note to the extent of the unconverted portion thereof shall thereafter be entitled, in addition to the shares of Common Stock or other securities receivable upon the conversion thereof, to receive, upon conversion of such unconverted portion of the Note, the same monies, property, assets, rights, evidences of indebtedness, securities or any other thing of value that they would have been entitled to receive at the time of such dividend or distribution. At the time of any such dividend or distribution, the Company shall make appropriate reserves to ensure the timely performance of the provisions of this Subsection.
(c) In case the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be subdivided into a greater number of shares of Common Stock (through a stock split or otherwise), the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on the day following the day upon which such subdivision becomes effective shall be proportionately reduced, and, conversely, in case the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall each be combined into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock (through a reverse stock split or otherwise), the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on the day following the day upon which such combination becomes effective shall be proportionately increased, such reduction or increase, as the case may be, to become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the day upon which such subdivision or combination becomes effective.
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(d) In case the Company shall fail to take a record of the holders of its shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, then such record date shall be deemed to be the date of the issue of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued as a result of the declaration of such dividend or other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may be.
4.7 No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one cent ($.01) in the Conversion Price; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this Section 4.7 are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment.
4.8 In the event that: (i) the Company takes any action which would require an adjustment in the Conversion Price; (ii) the Company takes any action described in Section 4.9(a), (b) or (c); or (iii) there is a dissolution or liquidation of the Company; the Holder may wish to convert this Note into shares of Conversion Shares prior to the record date for, or the effective date of the transaction, so that such Holder may receive the securities or assets which a holder of shares of Common Stock on that date may receive. Therefore, the Company shall give written notice to the Holder at least ten (10) Business Days in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.8 stating the proposed record or effective date, as the case may be, which notice shall be given prior to the proposed record or effective date and, in any case, no later than notice of such transaction is given to holders of Common Stock. Failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of any transaction referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section.
4.9 If any of the following shall occur, namely:
(a) any reclassification or change of outstanding shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination);
(b) any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, other than a merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and which does not result in any reclassification of, or change (other than a change in name, or par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value or as a result of a subdivision or combination) in, outstanding shares of Common Stock; or
(c) any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the property or business of the Company and its subsidiaries as an entirety;
then the Company, or such successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, shall, as a condition precedent to such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, execute and deliver to the Holder, an agreement in form satisfactory to the Holder providing that the Holder shall have the right to convert this Note into the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion of this Note immediately prior to such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance. Such agreement shall provide for adjustments of the Conversion Price which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments of the Conversion Price provided for in this Section 4. If, in the case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the stock or other securities and property (including cash) receivable thereupon by a holder of Common Stock includes shares of stock or other securities and property of a corporation other than the successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, in such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, then such agreement shall also be executed by such other corporation and shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the Holder as the Company’s board of directors shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing. The provisions of this Section 4.9 shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, changes, consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyances.
4.10 The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of this Note, the full number of Conversion Shares then issuable upon the conversion in full of this Note.
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4.11 If the Company shall at any time after the date hereof and prior to the conversion of the Note in full issue any rights to subscribe for shares of Common Stock or any other securities of the Company or of such affiliate to all the shareholders of the Company, the Holder of the unconverted portion of the Note shall be entitled, in addition to the shares of Common Stock or other securities receivable upon the conversion thereof, to receive such rights at the time such rights are distributed to the other shareholders of the Company.
4.12 In the event the Company shall, at any time, from time to time, issue or sell any additional shares of Common Stock (excluding shares issued or issuable as a dividend, distribution or combination as provided in Section 4.6 or an Exempt Issuance (as defined below)), without consideration or for a consideration per share (the “New Price”) less than the applicable Conversion Price in effect on the date of and immediately prior to such issue, then and in such event, such Conversion Price shall be reduced, concurrently with such issue to the New Price. “Exempt Issuance” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock, options or other stock-based awards or grants to employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Company pursuant to any existing stock or option plan or any future 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 and (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of the Note and/or securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of the Agreement.
4.13 If the Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities (as defined herein) and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon such conversion or exchange or exercise thereof is less than the Conversion Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share and shall trigger the adjustment provisions of Section 4.12. For the purposes of this Section 4.13, the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon such conversion or exchange or exercise” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Securities and upon the conversion or exchange or exercise of such Convertible Securities. No further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such share of Common Stock upon conversion or exchange or exercise of such Convertible Securities at the price used to calculate the adjustment provisions of Section 4.12. “Convertible Securities” means any stock or securities directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.
4.14 Upon the occurrence of each adjustment pursuant to this Section 4, the Company, at its expense, will promptly compute such adjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and prepare and deliver to the Holder a certificate describing in reasonable detail such adjustment and the transactions giving rise thereto, including all facts upon which such adjustment is based.
4.15 The Conversion Shares are subject to registration rights as more fully set forth in the Investor Rights Agreement dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the initial Holder and Steve Hall (the “Investor Rights Agreement”).
5. Events of Default.
5.1 An “Event of Default” exists at any time if any of the following occurs (whether such occurrence shall be voluntary or come about or be effected by operation of law or otherwise):
(a) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of this Note when due and such default continues for a period of five (5) Business Days after the date such principal became due; or
(b) the Company’s insolvency, assignment for the benefit of creditors, application for or appointment of a receiver, filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition under any provision of the U.S. Federal Bankruptcy Code or amendments thereto or any other federal or state statute affording relief to debtors; or there shall be commenced against the Company any such proceeding or filed against the Company any such application or petition which proceeding, application or petition is not dismissed or withdrawn within ninety (90) days of commencement or filing, as the case may be; or
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(c) the occurrence and continuation of an event of default under any liabilities in excess of $100,000 with respect to (i) borrowed money, (ii) the deferred purchase price of property acquired by the Company, (iii) capital leases, (iv) letters of credit or similar instruments serving a similar function issued or accepted by banks and other institutions for the account of the Company;
(d) the Company shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement contained in this Note (other than Section 4.2) which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within ten (10) Business Days after notice to the Company of such default sent by the Holder or by any other Holder; or
(e) the Company’s notice to the Holder, including by way of public announcement, at any time, of its inability to comply or its intention not to comply with proper requests for conversion of this Note into shares of Common Stock; or
(f) any material representation or warranty made by the Company herein or in the Agreement, or in any other offering document shall prove to have been false or incorrect or breached in a material respect on the date as of which made.
5.2 Any amount of principal of this Note which is not paid when due shall bear interest at the Default Rate (as defined herein) from the due date thereof until the same is paid. “Default Rate” means a rate of eighteen percent (18%) per annum, or such lesser rate equal to the highest rate permitted by applicable law.
5.3 If any Event of Default shall exist, the Holder may exercise any right, power or remedy permitted to such Holder by law, and shall have in particular, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the right to declare the entire principal of this Note then outstanding to be, and this Note shall thereupon become, forthwith due and payable, without any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, and the Company shall forthwith pay to the Holder such principal.
5.4 During the continuance of an Event of Default and irrespective of whether this Note shall become due and payable pursuant to Section 5.3 and irrespective of whether the Holder shall otherwise have pursued or be pursuing any other rights or remedies, the Holder may proceed to protect and enforce its rights under this Note by exercising such remedies as are available to such holder in respect thereof under applicable law, either by suit in equity or by action at law, or both, whether for specific performance of any agreement contained herein or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein.
5.5 No course of dealing on the part of the Holder nor any delay or failure on the part of the Holder to exercise any right shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers and remedies. All rights and remedies of the Holder hereunder and under applicable law are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any other rights or remedies the Holder would otherwise have.
6. Repayment upon Reorganization, Merger, Consolidation or Sales of Assets. If at any time or from time to time after the date hereof there shall be: (i) a capital reorganization of the Company (other than by way of a stock split or combination of shares or stock dividends or distributions provided for in Section 4), or a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation where the holders of outstanding voting securities of the Company prior to such merger or consolidation do not own over fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting securities of the merged or consolidated entity, immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (ii) the sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets to any other person (in each case, an “Organic Change”), then as a part of such Organic Change, the Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation to demand prepayment of this Note during the period commencing on the date that it receives written notice (the “Organic Change Notice”) from the Company that an Organic Change is contemplated or has occurred and ending on the later of (i) ten (10) business days after the date of the Organic Change Notice and (ii) the date on which the Organic Change is consummated.
7. Covenants. For so long as this Note is outstanding, without the prior written consent of the holder of this Note, the Company shall, and shall cause each of its subsidiaries to, comply with all laws and duly observe and conform in all material respects to all valid requirements of governmental authorities relating to the conduct of its business or to its properties or assets.
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8. Ranking. The indebtedness evidenced by the Note and the payment of the principal amount thereof and interest thereon shall be Senior (as hereinafter defined) to, and have priority in right of payment over, all indebtedness of the Company, other than Permitted Indebtedness (as defined in the Agreement). “Senior” shall be deemed to mean that, in the event of any default in the payment of the obligations represented by the Note or of any liquidation, insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, or similar proceedings relating to the Company, all sums payable on the Note, shall first be paid in full, with interest, if any, before any payment is made upon any other indebtedness, now outstanding or hereinafter incurred, and, in any such event, any payment or distribution of any character which shall be made in respect of any other indebtedness of the Company shall be paid over to the holders of the Note for application to the payment thereof, unless and until the obligations under the Note (which shall mean the principal amount thereof and other obligations arising out of, premium, if any, on, interest on, and any costs and expenses payable under, the Note) shall have been paid and satisfied in full.
9. Interpretation of this Note
9.1 Where any provision herein refers to action to be taken by any person, or which such person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such person, including actions taken by or on behalf of any partnership in which such person is a general partner.
9.2 (a) The titles of the Sections of this Note appear as a matter of convenience only, do not constitute a part hereof and shall not affect the construction hereof. The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and “hereto” refer to this Note as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision. References to Annexes and Sections are, unless otherwise specified, references to Sections of this Note. References to Annexes and Schedules are, unless otherwise specified, references to Schedules attached to this Note.
(b) Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent an express contrary provision herein) as being independent of each other covenant contained herein, and compliance with any one covenant shall not (absent such an express contrary provision) be deemed to excuse compliance with one or more other covenants.
9.3 THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW RULES WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. IN ADDITION, THE PARTIES HERETO SELECT, TO THE EXTENT THEY MAY LAWFULLY DO SO, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AS THE APPLICABLE INTEREST LAW.
10. Miscellaneous
10.1 Nothing contained in this Note shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder or any other person the right to vote or to consent or to receive notice as a stockholder in respect of meetings of stockholders for the election of directors of the Company or any other matters or any rights whatsoever as a stockholder of the Company; and no dividends or interest shall be payable or accrued in respect of this Note or the interest represented hereby or the Conversion Shares obtainable hereunder until, and only to the extent that, this Note has been converted.
10.2 All communications under this Note shall be in writing and shall be delivered either by nationwide overnight courier, by facsimile transmission (confirmed by delivery by nationwide overnight courier sent on the day of the sending of such facsimile transmission) or electronic delivery (if the Holder has provided an email address). Communications to the Company shall be addressed as set forth on Annex 1, or at such other address of which the Company shall have notified the Holder. Communications to the Holder shall be addressed as set forth on Annex 1, or at such other address of which such Holder shall have notified the Company (and the Company shall record such address in the register for the registration and transfer of this Note). Any communication addressed and delivered as herein provided shall be deemed to be received when actually delivered to the address of the addressee (whether or not delivery is accepted) or received by the telecopy machine of the recipient. Any communication not so addressed and delivered shall be ineffective. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.2, service of process in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note or any transaction contemplated hereby, or any action or proceeding to execute or otherwise enforce any judgment in respect of any breach hereunder or under any document hereby, shall be delivered in the manner provided in Section 10.5(c).
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10.3 The provisions hereof are intended to be for the benefit of the Holder, from time to time, of this Note, and shall be enforceable by any such Holder whether or not an express assignment to such Holder of rights hereunder shall have been made by the payee or his successors or assigns. In the event that the payee named herein transfers or assigns less than all of this Note, the term “Holder” as used herein shall be deemed to refer to the assignor and assignee or assignees hereof, collectively, and any action permitted to be taken by the Holder hereunder shall be taken only upon the consent or approval of persons comprising the Holder that own that percentage interest in the principal amount of this Note as shall be designated by the payee named herein at the time of such assignment.
10.4 (a) This Note may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof may be waived, with (and only with) the written consent of the Company and the Holder.
(b) Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this Section 10.4 shall be binding upon the then current Holder and upon each future holder of this Note and upon the Company whether or not this Note shall have been marked to indicate such amendment or waiver. No such amendment or waiver shall extend to or affect any obligation, covenant, agreement, Default or Event of Default not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent thereon.
10.5 (a) THE PARTIES HERETO VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT ANY OF THEM MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS NOTE OR TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
(b) ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE OR TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO EXECUTE OR OTHERWISE ENFORCE ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT OF ANY BREACH UNDER THIS NOTE MAY BE BROUGHT BY SUCH PARTY IN ANY FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT LOCATED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK, OR ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT LOCATED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK AS SUCH PARTY MAY IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION ELECT, AND BY THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS NOTE, THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMIT TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE IN PERSONAM JURISDICTION OF EACH SUCH COURT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY PROCEEDING BEFORE ANY TRIBUNAL, BY WAY OF MOTION, AS A DEFENSE OR OTHERWISE, ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE IN PERSONAM JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT. IN ADDITION, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE OR TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
(c) EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT PROCESS PERSONALLY SERVED OR SERVED BY U.S. EXPRESS, REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL OR BY NATIONWIDE OVERNIGHT COMMERCIAL COURIER OR DELIVERY SERVICE AT THE ADDRESSES PROVIDED HEREIN FOR NOTICES SHALL CONSTITUTE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ADEQUATE SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE OR TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, OR ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO EXECUTE OR OTHERWISE ENFORCE ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT OF ANY BREACH HEREUNDER. RECEIPT OF PROCESS SO SERVED SHALL BE CONCLUSIVELY PRESUMED AS EVIDENCED BY A DELIVERY RECEIPT FURNISHED BY THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE OR ANY COMMERCIAL DELIVERY SERVICE.
(d) NOTHING HEREIN SHALL IN ANY WAY BE DEEMED TO LIMIT THE ABILITY OF ANY HOLDER OF THIS NOTE TO SERVE ANY WRITS, PROCESS OR SUMMONSES IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR TO OBTAIN JURISDICTION OVER THE COMPANY IN SUCH OTHER JURISDICTION, AND IN SUCH OTHER MANNER, AS MAY BE PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed and delivered by one of its duly authorized officers or representatives.
HAWKEYE SYSTEMS, INC.
| By: /s/ Corby Marshall | |
| Name: Corby Marshall | |
| Title: President and CEO | |
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[FORM OF ELECTION TO CONVERT]
The undersigned hereby elects to exercise its right, pursuant to the Convertible Promissory Note due [______________], 2027 (the “Note”) of Hawkeye Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) in the outstanding principal amount of $_________, which Note is tendered herewith, to convert $__________ of the principal amount outstanding under the Note into __________________ shares of the common stock $0.0001 par value per share of the Company (the “Shares”), all in accordance with the terms of the Note.
The undersigned requests that [a certificate for such Shares be registered in the name of ______________, whose address is ____________, and that such Certificate be delivered to ________________, whose address is _________________, [and that a replacement Note in the principal amount of $___________, representing the balance of the principal amount outstanding thereunder after giving effect to this conversion, be issued in the amount of $_________ and delivered to ___________, whose address is ____________].
Dated: Signature: _______________________________________
(Signature must conform in all respects to name of
Holder as specified on the face of the Note.)
___________________________________
(Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Holder)
___________________________________
(Address)
___________________________________
(Address)
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Exhibit 10.1
NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Note Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of April 1st, 2026, by and among Hawkeye Systems, Inc. (the “Company”), Steve Hall (the “Seller”) and Hawkeye Holdco, LLC (the “Purchaser”).
WHEREAS, the Company issued to the Seller a $1,770,713.10 principal amount Consolidated Promissory Note, which, inclusive of unpaid interest through the date of this Agreement, the aggregate amount due and payable by the Company under the Existing Note, as of December 31, 2025, was $2,767,756 (the “Existing Note”);
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, Hall desires to sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser desires to purchase from the Seller, the Existing Note;
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the parties agree that any unpaid interest accrued between January 1, 2026 and the date of this Agreement is hereby extinguished and forfeited;
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act (as defined below), the Company desires to amend and restate the Existing Note in the form of a $2,767,756 principal amount Convertible Promissory Note attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “New Note”) 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, the Seller and each Purchaser agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1. Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
“Acquiring Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.3.
“Action” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2(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 405 under the Securities Act.
“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.
“Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York are generally open for use by customers on such day.
“Certificate of Designation” means the Certificate of Designation of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company”
“Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.
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“Closing Date” means the Trading Day on which 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 Purchase Price and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the New Note, in each case, have been satisfied or waived.
“Closing Statement” means the Closing Statement in the form on Annex A attached hereto.
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.001 of the Company, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
“Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant 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.
“Conversion Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2(f).
“Disclosure Schedules” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2 and shall be attached hereto following the Exhibits.
“Environmental Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2(m).3.1(m).
“Evaluation Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2(s).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Existing Note” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble.
“FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
“GAAP” means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
“Indebtedness” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2(bb).
“Intellectual Property Rights” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2(p).
“Investor Rights Agreement” means the Investor Rights Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, among the Company and the Purchaser, in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.
“Liens” means a lien, charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
“Market Price” means the price at which the shares of the Company’s common stock are traded on the date in which the Seller delivers written notice to exercise his repurchase option.
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“Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.2(b).
“Material Permits” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2(n).
“Maximum Rate” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.17.
“New Note” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble.
“Purchase Price” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1.
“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.
“Purchaser Counsel” means Blank Rome LLP.
“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
“Purchaser Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
“SEC Reports” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2(h).
“Securities” means the New Note and the Conversion Shares.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Series A Preferred Stock” means the Series A convertible preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.
“Subscription Agreement” means the subscription agreement dated as of the date hereof pursuant to which the Seller purchases 2,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock from the Company for an aggregate purchase price of $200,000.
“Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include locating and/or borrowing Common Stock).
“Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.
“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, OTCBB, OTCQB or OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
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“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the New Note, the Investor Rights Agreement, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
“Transfer Agent” means VStock Transfer, LLC, the current transfer agent of the Company, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.
ARTICLE
II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1. Closing. On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Seller agrees to sell, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase the Existing Note at a purchase price of $200,000 (the “Purchase Price”). The Purchaser shall deliver to the Seller via wire transfer, immediately available funds equal to the Purchase Price. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser the New Note in exchange for the cancellation of the Existing Note and the Company, the Seller and the Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Section 2.2, the Closing shall occur remotely by the exchange of electronic mails, at the offices of Purchaser Counsel, or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree.
2.2. Deliveries.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser the following:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) the legal opinion of Corporate Securities Legal LLP, securities counsel to the Company, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser and Purchaser Counsel;
(iii) the legal opinion of Fennemore Craig, P.C., Nevada counsel to the Company, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Purchaser and Purchaser Counsel.
(iv) the New Note;
(v) a copy of the Subscription Agreement duly executed by the Company and Seller; and
(vi) the Investor Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company.
(b) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company and the Purchaser, the following:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Seller;
(ii) the Seller shall have provided the Purchaser with the wire instructions executed by the Seller;
(iii) the Existing Note;
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(c) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company or to Seller, the following:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Purchaser;
(ii) the Purchase Price to the Seller; and
(iii) the Investor 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 (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);
(ii) the Seller shall have executed and delivered the Subscription Agreement;
(iii) the delivery by the Seller of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement; and
(iv) the delivery by the Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(c) of this Agreement.
(b) The obligations of the Seller hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);
(ii) the Company shall have filed the Certificate of Designation with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada;
(iii) the Company shall have executed and delivered the Subscription Agreement; and
(iv) the delivery by the Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(c) of this Agreement.
(c) The obligations of the Purchaser hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Seller contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company and the Seller required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
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(iii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement;
(iv) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof;
(v) the delivery by the Seller of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement;
(vi) the Company shall have filed the Certificate of Designation with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada;
(vii) the Company and the Seller shall have executed and delivered the Subscription Agreement;
(viii) the operating agreement of Rift Cyber, LLC shall have been amended to eliminate any mandatory capital calls by the Company; and
(ix) 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 and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. 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 the Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Existing Note and acquire the New Note in exchange for the cancellation of the Existing Note at the Closing.
ARTICLE
III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1. Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Purchaser as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (unless as of a specific date, in which case they shall be accurate as of such date).
(a) Authorization and Enforcement. The Seller has the requisite power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which the Seller is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Seller and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against the Seller 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 (the “Enforceability Exceptions”).
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(b) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (i) 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 Seller, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, anti-dilution or similar adjustments, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Seller is a party or by which any property or asset of the Seller is bound or affected, which conflict, default or right has not been waived in writing by the other party or parties to such agreement or other instrument or understanding, or (ii) 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 Seller is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Seller is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Filings, Consents and Approvals. The Seller is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization, approval, registration, license, qualification, certificate, permit 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 regulatory authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of the Transaction Documents.
(d) Existing Note; Title; No Liens. As of the date of this Agreement, the aggregate amount due and payable by the Company under the Existing Note is $2,767,756. Upon delivery of the Existing Note to the Purchaser: (A) the Purchaser will receive title to the Existing Note free and clear of all Liens, (B) the Purchaser will not retain any interest, directly or indirectly, in the Existing Note and (C) the Purchaser will not benefit from the provisions of the Existing Note.
(e) No Event of Default. No Event of Default, as defined in the Existing Note, exists and is continuing under the Existing Note.
3.2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in the disclosure schedules to this Agreement delivered by the Company to the Purchasers dated as of the date hereof (the “Disclosure Schedules”), which Disclosure Schedules shall qualify any representation or warranties otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each Purchaser as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (unless as of a specific date, in which case they shall be accurate as of such date):
(a) Subsidiaries. The Company has no subsidiaries and does not own an equity interest in any entity other than its ownership of 25% of the membership interests of Rift Cyber LLC, which it holds free and clear of any Liens. The Company does not have any obligations to make, and Rift Cyber LLC (and its managers or members) does not have the right to require the Company to make, any capital contributions.
(b) Organization and Qualification. The Company is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Nevada, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. The Company is not in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its articles of incorporation or bylaws. The Company 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, 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 this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s shareholders in connection herewith or therewith. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which the Company is a party 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: as limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.
(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the New Note and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s articles of incorporation or bylaws, 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 give to others any rights of termination, amendment, anti-dilution or similar adjustments, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected, which conflict, default or right has not been waived in writing by the other party or parties to such agreement or other instrument or understanding or (iii) 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 is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not, individually or in the aggregate, 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, approval, registration, license, qualification, certificate, permit 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 regulatory authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents.
(f) Valid Issuance of the New Note; Existing Note. The New Note being purchased by the Purchaser hereunder will, upon issuance pursuant to the terms hereof and upon payment therefor, be valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms and the terms of this Note Purchase Agreement, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors generally or by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). At or prior to the Closing, the Company will have available for issuance the shares of its Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the New Note (the “Conversion Shares”). The Conversion Shares have been duly authorized, and upon conversion of the New Note all such Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Subject to the accuracy of the representations made by the Purchaser in Section 3.3 hereof, the New Note will be issued to the Purchaser in compliance with applicable exemptions from (i) the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and (ii) the registration and qualification requirements of all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States. As of the date of this Agreement, the aggregate amount due and payable by the Company under the Existing Note is $2,767,756. No Event of Default, as defined in the Existing Note, exists and is continuing under the Existing Note and the Company does not have any rights to off-set or other claims against the Existing Note.
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(g) Capitalization. The capitalization of the Company as of the date specified therein is as set forth on Schedule 3.2(g), which Schedule 3.2(g) shall also include the number of shares of Common Stock owned beneficially, and of record, by Affiliates of the Company as of the date specified therein. The authorized and issued capital of the Company conform to the description thereof contained in the SEC Reports. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock are fully paid and non-assessable and have been duly and validly authorized and issued, in compliance with all applicable securities laws and not in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar right that entitles any person to acquire from the Company any Common Stock or other security of the Company or any security convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Common Stock or any other such security, except for such rights as may have been fully satisfied or waived prior to the date hereof or as disclosed in the SEC Reports. The Company has not issued any capital stock or Common Stock Equivalents since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s equity incentive plans, the issuance of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee share purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. 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 New Note, and as otherwise disclosed in Disclosure Schedule 3.2(g), there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip 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 Common Stock or the capital of any Company, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to issue additional Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or capital of any Company. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchaser). There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company with any provision that adjusts the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price of such security or instrument upon an issuance of securities by the Company. There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company that contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company. The Company does not have any share appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and 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 shareholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the New Note and the Conversion Shares upon conversion of the New Note. There are no shareholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s shareholders.
(h) SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company 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 or regulation 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, as applicable, 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. There are no material outstanding or unresolved comment letters from the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Commission with respect to any of the SEC Reports as of the date hereof. The Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. 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 GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company as of and for the dates thereof and the consolidated 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. No other financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included pursuant to the Exchange Act. The other financial and statistical information included in the SEC Reports present fairly the information included therein and have been prepared on a basis consistent with that of the financial statements that are included the SEC Reports and the books and records of the Company. There are no material off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements or obligations (including contingent obligations) of the Company or other persons that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(i) Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as set forth on Schedule 3.2(i), (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 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 shareholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company equity incentive 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 3.2(i), no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its respective businesses, prospects, properties, operations, assets or financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.
(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 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, to the Company’s knowledge, 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 no pending or contemplated, investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current 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 under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.
(k) Labor Relations. No 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. None of the Company’s employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company, and the Company is not a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company believes that its relationships with its employees are good. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer 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 in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company is 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.
(l) Compliance. The Company: (i) is not 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), nor has the Company 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 not in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is not or has not been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(m) Environmental Laws. The Company (i) is in compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands, or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations, issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder collectively, “Environmental Laws”); (ii) have received all permits licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where in each clause (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) Regulatory Permits. The Company possess all certificates, authorizations approvals, consents, registrations, licenses, qualifications, certifications, 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 reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and the Company has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit. The Company is and has been in material compliance with any term of any such Material Permits, except for any violations that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) Title to Assets. The Company has good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by it and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by it that is material to the business of the Company, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for (i) Liens set forth on Schedule 3.2(o), (ii) 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 (iii) Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves have been made therefor in accordance with GAAP and the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company are held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company is in compliance.
(p) Intellectual Property. The Company has or has rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights necessary or required for use in connection with its 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”). The Company has not received a notice (written or otherwise) that (i) any of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or (ii) is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement. The Company has not received, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as could not have or reasonably be expected to not have a Material Adverse Effect. All such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company has taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties.
(q) Insurance. The Company is 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 is engaged. The Company has no 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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(r) Transactions with Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth on Disclosure Schedule 3.2(r), none of the officers, directors or beneficial holders of 5% or more of any class of capital shares of the Company, or any 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 (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, providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to 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, shareholder, member or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for: (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock incentive plan of the Company.
(s) Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls. The Company is in material compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company maintains 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. To the best of their knowledge, 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 information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The Company has not received any notice or correspondence from its independent registered public accounting firm, governmental entity or other Person relating to any potential material weakness in any part of the internal controls over financial reporting of the Company. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company as of the end of the period covered by 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 changes in the internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) of the Company that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company.
(t) Certain Fees. 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 Purchaser 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.
(u) Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.3, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchaser as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the New Note hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.
(v) 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 an “investment company” subject to registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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(w) Registration Rights. Other than the Purchaser with respect to the Conversion Shares, no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect a registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company.
(x) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to terminate, 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. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.2(x), 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. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.2(x), 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. The Common Stock is currently eligible for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation and the Company is current in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company (or such other established clearing corporation) in connection with such electronic transfer.
(y) Application of Takeover Protections. The Company and the 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.
(z) Disclosure. All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers in this Agreement (including the schedules hereto) regarding the Company, its respective businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The press releases disseminated by the Company during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the information therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made and when made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) 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 3.3 hereof and (ii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither any representations and warranties made by the Purchaser in Section 3.3 nor the investigation conducted by the Purchaser in connection with its decision to acquire the New Note or any Conversion Shares shall modify, amend or affect the Purchaser’s right to rely on the truth, accuracy and completeness of the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, subject to the terms hereof.
(aa) No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchaser’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.3, 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 (i) the Securities Act which would require the registration of any such securities under the Securities Act, or (ii) any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.
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(bb) Solvency. Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date, (i),the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business 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, consolidated and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof, and (ii) 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. Schedule 3.2(bb) sets forth as of the date hereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company, or for which the Company has commitments. The Company is not in in default with respect to any Indebtedness. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $10,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (y) 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 consolidated 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 (z) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP.
(cc) Tax Status. Except as set forth on Exhibit 3.2(cc) and 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 (i) has timely made or filed all United States federal, state, and local income and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has timely set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim.
(dd) 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. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchaser’s representations and warranties under this Agreement, the Company has offered the Securities for sale only to the Purchaser who is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
(ee) Foreign Corrupt Practices. The Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company, has not: (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 any provision of FCPA.
(ff) (ff) Accountants. The Company’s accounting firm is Fruci & Associates II, PLLC and such accounting firm (i) is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and (ii) included its opinion with respect to the financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025.
(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 Company and 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 which could affect the Company’s ability to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents.
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(hh) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that, to its knowledge, the Purchaser is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges that, to its knowledge, the Purchaser is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by the Purchaser or any of its representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchaser’s purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to the Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.
(ii) Cybersecurity. (i) To the Company’s knowledge, in the three (3) years before the date of this Agreement, there has been no unauthorized access, acquisition, or loss or disclosure of security breach or other compromise of the Company’s information in the possession or control of the Company; (ii) the Company is presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rule and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) the Company has implemented and maintained commercially reasonable safeguards to maintain and protect its material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all (x) information in their possession or control and (y) its software, computer systems, and networks (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”); and (iv) the Company has implemented backup and disaster recovery technology for the IT Systems and Data consistent with commercially reasonable industry standards and practices.
(jj) Equity Incentive Plan. Any stock option granted by the Company under an equity incentive plan was granted (i) in accordance therewith and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock option granted under any equity incentive plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or their financial results or prospects.
(kk) Office of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department.
(ll) Export and Import Laws. The Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, each of its affiliates and each director, officer, agent or employee of, or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company, has acted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable Export and Import Laws (as defined below) and there are no claims, complaints, charges, investigations or proceedings pending or expected or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened between the Company and any governmental authority under any Export or Import Laws. The term “Export and Import Laws” means the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.A. § 2278), the Export Administration Act (50 U.S.C. App. §§ 2401-2420), the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (22 C.F.R. §§ 120-130), the Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. 730 et seq.), the Customs Laws of the United States (19 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), any executive orders or regulations issued pursuant to the foregoing or by the agencies listed in Part 730 of the Export Administration Regulations, and all other laws and regulations of the United States government regulating the provision of services to non-U.S. parties or the export and import of articles or information from and to the United States of America, and all similar laws and regulations of any foreign government regulating the provision of services to parties not of the foreign country or the export and import of articles and information from and to the foreign country to parties not of the foreign country.
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(mm) U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Purchaser’s request.
(nn) Bank Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.
(oo) Money Laundering. The operations of the Company are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record- keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no Action or Proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(pp) No Disqualification Events. With respect to the Securities to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering hereunder, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered Person” and, together, “Issuer Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Purchaser a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.
(qq) Other Covered Persons. The Company is not aware of any person (other than any Issuer Covered Person) that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the sale of any Securities.
(rr) Notice of Disqualification Events. The Company will notify the Purchaser in writing, prior to the Closing Date of (i) any Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, reasonably be expected to become a Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person.
3.3. Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. The Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows (unless as of a specific date therein, in which case they shall be accurate as of such date):
(a) Organization; Authority. The Purchaser is an entity duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right, limited liability company power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of the Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by the Purchaser, and when delivered by the Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.
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(b) Own Account. The 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 direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law (this representation and warranty not limiting the Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.
(c) Purchaser Status. At the time the Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof, it is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act.
(d) Experience of The Purchaser. The 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. The 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) Access to Information. In making its decision to purchase the Securities, the Purchaser has relied solely upon independent investigation made by the Purchaser and upon the representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein. The Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules thereto) and the SEC Reports, prior to the date hereof, and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities and (ii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigation conducted by the Purchaser shall modify, limit or otherwise affect the Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in this Section 3.3 shall not modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to locating or borrowing shares in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.
ARTICLE
IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1. Transfer Restrictions.
(a) The Securities may only be transferred or otherwise disposed of in compliance with United States federal and state 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 the 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 of such transferred Securities does not require registration under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer (other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144), any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and Investor Rights Agreement and shall have the rights and obligations of a Purchaser under this Agreement and the Investor Rights Agreement.
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(b) The Purchaser agrees to the placement, so long as is required by this Section 4.1, of a legend or book entry notation on or with respect to any of the Securities in the following form:
THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE UNITED STATES 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. THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
4.2. 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 or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.
4.3. Shareholder Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that the Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents.
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4.4. Indemnification of the Purchaser. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.4, the Company will indemnify and hold the Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders, managers, members, partners, employees, representatives 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, shareholders, representatives, 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 persons (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 the Purchaser Parties in any capacity (including a Purchaser Party’s status as an investor), or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by the Company or any shareholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser Party, arising out of or relating to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. For the avoidance of doubt, the indemnification provided herein is intended to, and shall also cover, direct claims brought by the Company against the Purchaser Parties; provided, however, that such indemnification shall not cover any loss, claim, damage or liability to the extent it is finally judicially determined to be attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser Party in any Transaction Document or any conduct by a Purchaser Party which is finally judicially determined to constitute fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct. 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, except with respect to direct claims brought by the Company, the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party. 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 counsel to the applicable Purchaser Party (which may be internal counsel), a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company will not, except with the consent of the applicable Purchase Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement unless such judgment or settlement (i) imposes no liability or obligation on, (ii) includes as an unconditional term thereof the giving of a complete, explicit and unconditional release from the party bringing such indemnified claims of all liability of the Purchaser Party in respect of such claim or litigation in favor of, and (iii) does not include any admission of fault, culpability, wrongdoing, or malfeasance by or on behalf of, the Purchaser Party. In addition, if any Purchaser Party takes actions to collect amounts due under any Transaction Documents or to enforce the provisions of any Transaction Documents, then the Company shall pay the costs incurred by such Purchaser Party for such collection, enforcement or action, including, but not limited to, attorneys' fees and disbursements. The indemnification and other payment obligations required by this Section 4.4 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation, defense, collection, enforcement or action, as and when bills are received or are incurred; provided, that if any Purchaser Party is finally judicially determined not to be entitled to indemnification or payment under this Section 4.4, such Purchaser Party shall promptly reimburse the Company for any payments that are advanced under this sentence. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Purchaser Party against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company may be subject to pursuant to law.
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4.5. Reservation of Common Stock. On the Closing Date, the Company shall have reserved and the Company shall continue to reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient number of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to issue the Conversion Shares pursuant to any conversion of the New Note.
4.6. Acknowledgment of Dilution. The Company acknowledges that the issuance of the Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding Common Stock, which dilution may be substantial under certain market conditions. The Company further acknowledges, subject to the terms and conditions in the Transaction Documents, that its obligations under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, its obligation to issue the Securities 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 shareholders of the Company.
4.7. Debt Consolidation Agreement. Upon the issuance of the New Note to the Purchaser and cancellation of the Existing Note, the Debt Consolidation Agreement between the Seller and the Company shall terminate.
4.8. Repurchase Option. If on the two (2) year anniversary of the date of this Agreement (the “Option Expiration Date”), the Company has not received at least an aggregate of $1,000,000 of gross proceeds from the sale of equity securities (or securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into equity securities) (a “Subsequent Financing”) or if prior to the Option Expiration Date, the OTC Market Group Inc. places a “caveat emptor” designation on the Company’s publicly traded securities (an “OTC Designation”), the Purchaser shall provide written notice (the “Purchaser Notice”) to the Seller within thirty (30) days of the OTC Designation or Option Expiration Date, as the case may be (the “Cure Period”). If a Subsequent Financing does not occur during the Cure Period or if the OTC Market Group Inc. does not remove the “caveat emptor” designation on the Company’s publicly traded securities during the Cure Period, the Seller shall have the right, but not the obligation, exercisable by written notice to the Purchaser within fifteen (15) days from the expiration of the Cure Period or such OTC Designation occurring (the “Repurchase Period”), to purchase from the Purchaser the New Note (and/or, to the extent the New Note has been converted, the Conversion Shares issued upon such conversion) at the aggregate purchase price of $250,000. Seller’s repurchase option shall automatically terminate upon the earlier of (i) the consummation of a Subsequent Financing, or (ii) if such purchase option is not exercised by Seller prior to the expiration of the Repurchase Period (if any). If the Purchaser sells on the open market all or any part of the Conversion Shares before the termination of the Repurchase Period, and Seller exercises the repurchase option in accordance with this Section 4.8, the Purchaser shall deliver to the Seller cash in an amount equal to the sale price (excluding brokerage commissions, stock loan costs and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) of the Conversion Shares transferred by the Purchaser. If the Purchaser transfers all or any part of the Conversion Shares in a private transaction for less than fair market value to any third party before the termination of the Repurchase Period, and Seller exercises the repurchase option in accordance with this Section 4.8, the Purchaser shall deliver to the Seller cash in an amount equal to the Market Price of the Conversion Shares on the date which Seller transferred the Conversion Shares.
ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by the Purchaser if the Closing has not been consummated on or before five (5) Trading Days following the date hereof; provided, however, that such termination will not affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by any other party (or parties).
5.2. Fees and Expenses. 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 (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company and any exercise notice delivered by a Purchaser), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Purchaser.
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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 thereof 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 (email shall suffice) and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or email at the facsimile number or email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto at or prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day,
(a) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or email at the facsimile number or email address as 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 second (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. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains material, non- public information regarding the Company, the Company shall simultaneously file or furnish, as applicable, such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K.
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 the Purchaser, or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought, provided that in the case of any waiver, modification, supplement or amendment relating to the purchase and sale of the Existing Note by the Seller, may only be effected by a written instrument signed by the Seller and the Purchaser. 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 any 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.
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. Neither the Company nor the Seller may assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Purchaser (other than by merger in the case of the Company). The Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers the New Note, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred New Note or Conversion Shares, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Purchaser.”
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, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.4 and this Section 5.8.
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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, partners, members, 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 Action or Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such Action or Proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such Proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such 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 other manner permitted by law. If any party hereto shall commence an Action or Proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then, in addition to the obligations of the Company under Section 4.4, the prevailing party in such Action or Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the non-prevailing party for its reasonable 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 and covenants contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.
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 each other party, it being understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, 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 or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
5.12. Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
5.13. Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever the 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 the 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.
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 (in the case of mutilation), 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. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.
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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 Purchaser, the Seller 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 contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and not to assert 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; Currency. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to the Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or the 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. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, all dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are in United States Dollars (“U.S. Dollars”), and all amounts owing under this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents shall be paid in U.S. Dollars. All amounts denominated in other currencies (if any) shall be converted into the U.S. Dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the Exchange Rate on the date of calculation. “Exchange Rate” means, in relation to any amount of currency to be converted into U.S. Dollars pursuant to this Agreement, the U.S. Dollar exchange rate as published in the Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of calculation.
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 Action or Proceeding that may be brought by the 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 thereof 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 the 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.
5.18. 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.
5.19. Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.
5.20. Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel have 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 thereto. In addition, each and every reference to share prices and Common Stock in any Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.
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5.21. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Note Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
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Hawkeye Systems, Inc.
By:/s/ Corby Marshall Name: Corby Marshall Title: President and CEO
Steve Hall
/s/ Steve Hall Steve Hall |
Address for Notice:
Address for Notice:
Email:
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| Haweye Holdco LLC | |
| By: /s/ Martin Sumichrast | |
| Name: Martin Sumichrast | |
| Title: Managing Member | |
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Exhibit 10.2
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
April 1, 2026
Hawkeye Systems, Inc.
6605 Abercorn, Suite 204
Savannah, GA 31405
Ladies and Gentlemen:
1. The undersigned hereby tenders this subscription and applies for the purchase of 2,000 shares (the “Shares”) of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”) of Hawkeye Systems, Inc., a Nevada Corporation (the “Company”) for an aggregate purchase price of $200,000. On April 1, 2026, the undersigned will deliver to the Company, via wire transfer of same day funds in accordance with instructions by the Company in the full amount of the purchase price for the Shares which the undersigned is hereby subscribing for pursuant hereto.
2. In order to induce the Company to accept this subscription, the undersigned hereby represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Company as follows:
(i) The undersigned has such knowledge and expertise in financial and business matters that the undersigned is capable of evaluating the merits and risks involved in an investment in the Shares and the Company;
(ii) The undersigned understands that the Company has determined that the exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof (“Section 4(a)(2)”), for certain non-public offerings is applicable to the offer and sale of the Shares, based, in part, upon the representations, warranties and agreements made by the undersigned herein;
(iii) The undersigned understands that: (A) the Shares have not been registered under the Act or the securities laws of any state, based upon an exemption from such registration requirements for certain non-public offerings pursuant to Section 4(a)(2); (B) the Shares are and will be “restricted securities”, as such term is defined in Rule 144 of the Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Act; (C) the Shares may not be sold or otherwise transferred unless they have been first registered under the Act and all applicable state securities laws, or unless exemptions from such registration provisions are available with respect to said resale or transfer, and may only be transferred to the extent permitted under Section 8 of that certain Certificate of Designation of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock as filed by the Company with the Secretary of State for the State of Nevada (the “Certificate of Designation”); (D) the Company is under no obligation to register the Shares under the Act or any state securities laws, or to take any action to make any exemption from any such registration provisions available; (E) the certificates for Shares will bear a legend to the effect that the transfer of the securities represented thereby is subject to the provisions hereof; and (F) stop transfer instructions will be placed with the transfer agent for the Preferred Stock;
(iv) The undersigned is acquiring the Shares solely for the account of the undersigned, for investment purposes only, and not with a view towards the resale or distribution thereof;
(v) The undersigned will not sell or otherwise transfer any of the Shares or any interest therein, unless and until: (A) said Shares shall have first been registered under the Act and all applicable state securities laws; or (B) the undersigned shall have first delivered to the Company a written opinion of counsel (which counsel and opinion (in form and substance) shall be satisfactory to the Company), to the effect that the proposed sale or transfer is exempt from the registration provisions of the Act and all applicable state securities laws;
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(vi) The undersigned has determined that the Shares are a suitable investment for the undersigned and that undersigned has the financial ability to bear the economic risk of the undersigned’s investment in the Company, has no need for liquidity with respect to such investment, and has adequate means for providing for his or its current needs and contingencies;
(vii) The undersigned has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement and to perform the obligations of the undersigned hereunder, and each such agreement is a legally binding obligation of the undersigned in accordance with its terms;
(viii) The undersigned is an “accredited investor,” as such term is defined in Regulation D of the Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Act;
(ix) The address set forth below is the undersigned’s true and correct residence, and the undersigned has no present intention of becoming a resident of any other state or jurisdiction;
(x) The undersigned does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any person to sell, transfer or grant participations to such person or to any third person, with respect to any of the Shares for which the undersigned is subscribing; and
(xi) The undersigned understands that an investment in the Shares is a speculative investment which involves a high degree of risk of loss of the undersigned’s entire investment.
3. The Company hereby represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the undersigned as follows:
(i) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada.
(ii) Prior to the closing:
| a. | the Certificate of Designation, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, shall have been filed with the Secretary of State for the State of Nevada; and |
| b. | the issuance and sale of the Shares will have been duly authorized and, when the Shares have been issued and duly delivered against payment therefore as contemplated by this Agreement, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. |
| (iii) | The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s shareholders in connection herewith or therewith. This Agreement, 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 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. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Subscription Agreement and issuance and sale of the Shares and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s articles of incorporation or bylaws. |
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4. Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any of the rights of the undersigned hereunder may be transferred or assigned by the undersigned without the consent of the Company.
5. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Subscription Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and assigns.
6. This Subscription Agreement and the documents referenced herein contain the entire agreement of the parties and there are no representations, covenants or other agreements except as stated or referred to herein and therein.
7. This Subscription Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles.
8. This Subscription Agreement may only be modified by a written instrument executed by the undersigned and the Company.
9. Unless the context otherwise requires, all personal pronouns used in this Subscription Agreement, whether in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender, shall include all other genders.
10. All notices or other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally or mailed by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, as follows: if to the undersigned, to the address set forth on the signature page; and if to the Company, to Hawkeye Systems, Inc., 6605 Abercorn, Suite 204, Savannah, GA 31405 Attention: Chief Executive Officer, or to such other address as the Company or the undersigned shall have designated to the other by like notice.
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SUBSCRIBER:
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/s/ Steve Hall Signature |
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Steve Hall Name of Subscriber
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Number of Shares Subscribed for: 2,000 Shares
Amount of Subscription: $200,000
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below exactly as you wish it to appear
in the records of the Company)
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Social Security Number of Individual
Address for notices:
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ACCEPTANCE OF SUBSCRIPTION
Hawkeye Systems, Inc.
The foregoing subscription is hereby accepted by Hawkeye Systems, Inc., this 1st day of April, 2026, for 2,000 Shares.
HAWKEYE SYSTEMS, INC.
By: /s/ Corby Marshall
Name: Corby Marshall
Title: President and CEO
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Exhibit 10.3
INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of April 1, 2026, by and among Hawkeye Systems, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), the Investor (as defined below), and the Key Holders (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investor are parties to that certain Note Purchase Agreement of even date herewith by and among the Company, the Investor and certain other parties (the “Purchase Agreement”), under which certain of the Company’s and the Investor’s obligations are conditioned upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the undersigned parties.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
| 1. | Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement: |
1.1 “Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, including, without limitation, any general partner, managing member, officer, director or trustee of such Person, or any venture capital fund or other investment fund now or hereafter existing that is controlled by one or more general partners, managing members or investment advisers of, or shares the same management company or investment adviser with, such Person.
1.2 “Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.
1.3 “Articles of Incorporation” means the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended and/or restated from time to time.
1.4 “Common Stock” means shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.
1.5 “Damages” means any loss, damage, claim or liability (joint or several) to which a party hereto may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state law, insofar as such loss, damage, claim or liability (or any action in respect thereof) arises out of or is based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement of the Company, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto; (ii) an omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the indemnifying party (or any of its agents or Affiliates) of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or any state securities law.
1.6 “Derivative Securities” means any securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for (in each case, directly or indirectly), Common Stock, including options and warrants.
1.7 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
1.8 “Excluded Registration” means (i) a registration relating to the sale or grant of securities to employees of the Company or a subsidiary pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase, equity incentive or similar plan; (ii) a registration relating to an SEC Rule 145 transaction; (iii) a registration on any form that does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable Securities; or (iv) a registration in which the only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered.
1.9 “Form S-1” means such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any successor registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC.
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1.10 “Form S-3” means such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC that permits forward incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.
1.11 “Holder” means any holder of Registrable Securities who is a party to this Agreement.
1.12 “Immediate Family Member” means a child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, life partner or similar statutorily recognized domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships of a natural person referred to herein.
1.13 “Initiating Holders” means, collectively, Holders who properly initiate a registration request under this Agreement.
1.14 “Investor” means the person named on Schedule A hereto, and each person to whom the rights of the Investor are assigned pursuant to Section 5.1.
1.15 “Key Holders” means the persons named on Schedule B hereto and each person to whom the rights of a Key Holder are assigned pursuant to Section 5.1.
1.16 “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company, association, or other entity.
1.17 “Registrable Securities” means (i) any Common Stock, or any Common Stock issued or issuable (directly or indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise of any other securities of the Company, held by the Investor from time to time, including, but not limited to, securities issuable upon conversion of the New Note (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement); and (ii) any Common Stock issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right, or other security that is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of, the shares referenced in clause (i) above; excluding in all cases, however, any Registrable Securities sold by a Person in a transaction in which the applicable rights under this Agreement are not assigned pursuant to Section 5.1.
1.18 “Registrable Securities then outstanding” means the number of shares determined by adding the number of shares of outstanding Common Stock that are Registrable Securities and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable (directly or indirectly) pursuant to then exercisable and/or convertible securities that are Registrable Securities.
1.19 “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
1.20 “SEC Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.
1.21 “SEC Rule 145” means Rule 145 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.
1.22 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
1.23 “Selling Expenses” means all underwriting discounts, selling commissions, and stock transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities, and fees and disbursements of counsel for any Holder, except for the fees and disbursements of the Selling Holder Counsel borne and paid by the Company as provided in Section 2.6.
1.24 “Trading Market” means any of the NYSE MKT, The New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Capital Market the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market (or a successor to any of the foregoing).
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| 2. | Registration Rights. The Company covenants and agrees as follows: |
2.1 Demand Registration.
(a) Form S-1 Demand. If at any time the Company receives a request from Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a Form S-1 registration statement with respect to Registrable Securities then outstanding, then the Company shall: (x) within ten days after the date such request is given, give notice thereof (the “Demand Notice”) to all Holders other than the Initiating Holders; and (y) as soon as practicable, and in any event within 30 days after the date such request is given by the Initiating Holders (the “Filing Deadline”), file a Form S-1 registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities that the Initiating Holders requested to be registered and any additional Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by any other Holders, as specified by notice given by each such Holder to the Company within 20 days of the date the Demand Notice is given, and in each case, subject to the limitations of Section 2.3.
(b) Form S-3 Demand. If at any time when it is eligible to use a Form S-3 registration statement, the Company receives a request from Holders of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a Form S-3 registration statement with respect to outstanding Registrable Securities of such Holders, then the Company shall (i) within ten days after the date such request is given, give a Demand Notice to all Holders other than the Initiating Holders; and (ii) as soon as practicable, and in any event by the Filing Deadline, file a Form S-3 registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by any other Holders, as specified by notice given by each such Holder to the Company within 20 days of the date the Demand Notice is given, and in each case, subject to the limitations of Section 2.3.
(c) Filing Deadline. If, in connection with any request for registration by Holders pursuant to Section 2.1(a) or Section 2.1(b), the applicable Filing Deadline falls on a date that is (i) after the 45th day following the end of the Company’s most recent full fiscal year (or such later date, if applicable, pursuant to Regulation S-X, Rule 3-12, as the same may be amended from time to time), and (ii) before the date when the Company files its Annual Report on Form 10-K with the SEC with respect to the Company’s most recent full fiscal year (the “Form 10-K”), then the Filing Deadline shall be extended to the 20th calendar day following the date when the applicable Form 10-K is filed; provided, however, that in no event shall the Filing Deadline be extended beyond the 20th calendar day after the Form 10-K is required to be filed with the SEC, without giving effect to any extension provided under Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act.
2.2 Company Registration. If the Company proposes to register (including for this purpose a registration effected by the Company for stockholders other than the Holders) any of its Common Stock under the Securities Act in connection with the public offering of such securities solely for cash (other than in an Excluded Registration or a registration pursuant to Section 2.1), the Company shall, at such time, promptly give each Holder notice of such registration. Upon the request of each Holder given within 20 days after such notice is given by the Company, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.3, cause to be registered all of the Registrable Securities that each such Holder has requested to be included in such registration. The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 2.2 before the effective date of such registration, whether or not any Holder has elected to include Registrable Securities in such registration. The expenses (other than Selling Expenses) of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with Section 2.6.
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2.3 Underwriting Requirements.
(a) If, pursuant to Section 2.1, the Initiating Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to Section 2.1, and the Company shall include such information in the Demand Notice. The underwriter(s) will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in Section 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter(s) selected for such underwriting; provided, however, that no Holder (or any of their assignees) shall be required to make any representations, warranties or indemnities except as they relate to such Holder’s ownership of shares and authority to enter into the underwriting agreement and to such Holder’s intended method of distribution, and the liability of such Holder shall be several and not joint, and limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.3, if the managing underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities that otherwise would be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among such Holders of Registrable Securities, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the number of Registrable Securities owned by each Holder or in such other proportion as shall mutually be agreed to by all such selling Holders; provided, however, that the number of Registrable Securities held by the Holders to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares.
(b) In connection with any offering involving an underwriting of shares of the Company’s capital stock pursuant to Section 2.2, the Company shall not be required to include any of the Holders’ Registrable Securities in such underwriting unless the Holders accept the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company and its underwriters, and then only in such quantity as the underwriters in their sole discretion determine will not jeopardize the success of the offering by the Company. If the total number of securities, including Registrable Securities, requested by stockholders to be included in such offering exceeds the number of securities to be sold (other than by the Company) that the underwriters in their reasonable discretion determine is compatible with the success of the offering, then the Company shall be required to include in the offering only that number of such securities, including Registrable Securities, which the underwriters and the Company in their sole discretion determine will not jeopardize the success of the offering. If the underwriters determine that less than all of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered can be included in such offering, then the Registrable Securities that are included in such offering shall be allocated among the selling Holders in proportion (as nearly as practicable to) the number of Registrable Securities owned by each selling Holder or in such other proportions as shall mutually be agreed to by all such selling Holders. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall (i) the number of Registrable Securities included in the offering be reduced unless all other securities (other than securities to be sold by the Company) are first entirely excluded from the offering, or (ii) the number of Registrable Securities included in the offering be reduced below 30% of the total number of securities included in such offering. For purposes of the provision in this Section 2.3(b) concerning apportionment, for any selling Holder that is a partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, the partners, members, retired partners, retired members, stockholders, and Affiliates of such Holder, or the estates and Immediate Family Members of any such partners, retired partners, members, and retired members and any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing Persons, shall be deemed to be a single “selling Holder,” and any pro rata reduction with respect to such “selling Holder” shall be based upon the aggregate number of Registrable Securities owned by all Persons included in such “selling Holder,” as defined in this sentence.
(c) For purposes of Section 2.1, a registration shall not be counted as “effected” if, as a result of an exercise of the underwriter’s cutback provisions in Section 2.3(a), fewer than 50% of the total number of Registrable Securities that Holders have requested to be included in such registration statement are actually included.
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2.4 Obligations of the Company. Whenever required under this Section 2 to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible:
(a) prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective at the earliest possible date but no later than the earlier of the 75th calendar day following the initial filing date of the applicable registration statement if the SEC notifies the Company that it will “review” such registration statement and (b) the fifth business day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that the Initial Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to keep each registration statement continuously effective pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act and available for the resale by the Investor of all of the Registrable Securities covered thereby at all times until the earliest to occur of the following events: (i) the date on which the Investor shall have resold all the Registrable Securities covered thereby; and (ii) the date on which the Registrable Securities may be resold by the Investor without registration and without regard to any volume or manner-of-sale limitations by reason of Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect (the “Registration Period”);
(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement, and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement, as may be necessary to comply with the Securities Act in order to enable the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement;
(c) furnish to the selling Holders such numbers of copies of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, as required by the Securities Act, and such other documents as the Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate their disposition of their Registrable Securities;
(d) use its reasonable best efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or blue-sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the selling Holders;
(e) in the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the underwriter(s) of such offering;
(f) use its reasonable best efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be listed on a national securities exchange or trading system and each securities exchange and trading system (if any) on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;
(g) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Agreement and provide a CUSIP number for all such Registrable Securities, in each case not later than the effective date of such registration;
(h) promptly make available for inspection by the selling Holders, any underwriter(s) participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement, and any attorney or accountant or other agent retained by any such underwriter or selected by the selling Holders, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents, and properties of the Company, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, and independent accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant, or agent, in each case, as necessary or advisable to verify the accuracy of the information in such registration statement and to conduct appropriate due diligence in connection therewith;
(i) notify each selling Holder, promptly after the Company receives notice thereof, of the time when such registration statement has been declared effective or a supplement to any prospectus forming a part of such registration statement has been filed; and
(j) after such registration statement becomes effective, notify each selling Holder of any request by the SEC that the Company amend or supplement such registration statement or prospectus.
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In addition, the Company shall ensure that, at all times after any registration statement covering a public offering of securities of the Company under the Securities Act shall have become effective, its insider trading policy shall provide that the Company’s directors may implement a trading program under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act.
2.5 Furnish Information. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Section 2 with respect to the Registrable Securities of any selling Holder that such Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it, and the intended method of disposition of such securities as is reasonably required to effect the registration of such Holder’s Registrable Securities.
2.6 Expenses of Registration. All expenses (other than Selling Expenses) incurred in connection with registrations, filings, or qualifications pursuant to Section 2, including all registration, filing, and qualification fees; printers’ and accounting fees; fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; and the reasonable fees and disbursements, not to exceed $50,000 per registration, of one counsel for the selling Holders selected by Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered (“Selling Holder Counsel”), shall be borne and paid by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to Section 2.1 if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered (in which case all selling Holders shall bear such expenses pro rata based upon the number of Registrable Securities that were to be included in the withdrawn registration), unless the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities agree to forfeit their right to one registration pursuant to Sections 2.1(a) or 2.1(b), as the case may be; provided further that if, at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders shall have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Company from that known to the Holders at the time of their request and have withdrawn the request with reasonable promptness after learning of such information then the Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall not forfeit their right to one registration pursuant to Sections 2.1(a) or 2.1(b). All Selling Expenses relating to Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Section 2 (other than fees and disbursements of counsel to any Holder, other than the Selling Holder Counsel, which shall be borne solely by the Holder engaging such counsel) shall be borne and paid by the Holders pro rata on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities registered on their behalf.
2.7 Delay of Registration. No Holder shall have any right to obtain or seek an injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any registration pursuant to this Agreement as the result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Section 2.
2.8 Indemnification. If any Registrable Securities are included in a registration statement under this Section 2:
(a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each selling Holder, and the partners, members, officers, directors, and stockholders of each such Holder; legal counsel and accountants for each such Holder; any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act) for each such Holder; and each Person, if any, who controls such Holder or underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any Damages, and the Company will pay to each such Holder, underwriter, controlling Person, or other aforementioned Person any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred thereby in connection with investigating or defending any claim or proceeding from which Damages may result, as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 2.8(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claim or proceeding if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, nor shall the Company be liable for any Damages to the extent that they arise out of or are based upon actions or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by or on behalf of any such Holder, underwriter, controlling Person, or other aforementioned Person expressly for use in connection with such registration except to the extent such information has been corrected in a subsequent writing prior to the sale of Registrable Securities to the Person asserting the claim.
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(b) To the extent permitted by law, each selling Holder, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, and each of its directors, each of its officers who has signed the registration statement, each Person (if any), who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, legal counsel and accountants for the Company, any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act), any other Holder selling securities in such registration statement, and any controlling Person of any such underwriter or other Holder, against any Damages, in each case only to the extent that such Damages arise out of or are based upon actions or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by or on behalf of such selling Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration and that has not been corrected in a subsequent writing prior to the sale of Registrable Securities to the Person asserting the claim; and each such selling Holder will pay to the Company and each other aforementioned Person any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred thereby in connection with investigating or defending any claim or proceeding from which Damages may result, as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 2.8(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claim or proceeding if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; and provided further that in no event shall the aggregate amounts payable by any Holder by way of indemnity or contribution under Sections 2.8(b) and 2.8(d) exceed the proceeds from the offering received by such Holder (net of any Selling Expenses paid by such Holder), except in the case of fraud or willful misconduct by such Holder.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 2.8 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any governmental action) for which a party may be entitled to indemnification hereunder, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 2.8, give the indemnifying party notice of the commencement thereof. The indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in such action and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, participate jointly with any other indemnifying party to which notice has been given, and to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties; provided, however, that an indemnified party (together with all other indemnified parties that may be represented without conflict by one counsel) shall have the right to retain one separate counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such indemnified party and any other party represented by such counsel in such action. The failure to give notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the indemnified party under this Section 2.8, only to the extent that such failure materially prejudices the indemnifying party’s ability to defend such action. The failure to give notice to the indemnifying party will not relieve it of any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 2.8.
(d) To provide for just and equitable contribution to joint liability under the Securities Act in any case in which either: (i) any party otherwise entitled to indemnification hereunder makes a claim for indemnification pursuant to this Section 2.8 but it is judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment or decree by a court of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal or the denial of the last right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be enforced in such case, notwithstanding the fact that this Section 2.8 provides for indemnification in such case, or (ii) contribution under the Securities Act may be required on the part of any party hereto for which indemnification is provided under this Section 2.8, then, and in each such case, such parties will contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses to which they may be subject (after contribution from others) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of each of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in connection with the statements, omissions, or other actions that resulted in such loss, claim, damage, liability, or expense, as well as to reflect any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact, or the omission or alleged omission of a material fact, relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission; provided, however, that, in any such case (x) no Holder will be required to contribute any amount in excess of the public offering price of all such Registrable Securities offered and sold by such Holder pursuant to such registration statement, and (y) no Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation; and provided further that in no event shall a Holder’s liability pursuant to this Section 2.8(d), when combined with the amounts paid or payable by such Holder pursuant to Section 2.8(b), exceed the proceeds from the offering received by such Holder (net of any Selling Expenses paid by such Holder), except in the case of willful misconduct or fraud by such Holder.
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(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control; provided, however, that any matter expressly provided for or addressed by the provisions of this Section 2.8 that is not expressly provided for or addressed by the underwriting agreement shall be controlled by the foregoing provisions.
(f) Unless otherwise superseded by an underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering, the obligations of the Company and Holders under this Section 2.8 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a registration under this Section 2, and otherwise shall survive the termination of this Agreement or any provision(s) of this Agreement.
2.9 Reports Under Exchange Act. With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of SEC Rule 144 and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit a Holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration or pursuant to a registration on Form S-3, the Company shall:
(a) make and keep available adequate current public information, as those terms are understood and defined in SEC Rule 144, at all times;
(b) use reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and
(c) furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any Registrable Securities, forthwith upon request (i) to the extent accurate, a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of SEC Rule 144, the Securities Act, and the Exchange Act, or that it qualifies as a registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to Form S-3; and (ii) such other information as may be reasonably requested in availing any Holder of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such securities without registration or pursuant to Form S-3.
2.10 Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights. From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Investor (or, if there are more than one Investor, then Investors holding a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding), enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company that would (i) allow such holder or prospective holder to include such securities in any registration unless, under the terms of such agreement, such holder or prospective holder may include such securities in any such registration only to the extent that the inclusion of such securities will not reduce the number of the Registrable Securities of the Holders that are included; or (ii) allow such holder or prospective holder to initiate a demand for registration of any securities held by such holder or prospective holder; provided that this limitation shall not apply to Registrable Securities acquired by any additional Investor that becomes a party to this Agreement in accordance with Section Error! Reference source not found..
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2.11 Allowed Delays; Suspension Events.
(a) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness and, (ii) if such order is issued, obtain the withdrawal of any such order as soon as practicable. The Company shall advise the Investor promptly (but in no event later than 24 hours) and shall confirm such advice in writing, in each case: (i) of the Company’s receipt of notice of any request by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendment of or a supplement to any registration statement or any prospectus filed pursuant to this Agreement or for any additional information; (ii) of the Company’s receipt of notice of the issuance by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement or prohibiting or suspending the use of any prospectus or prospectus supplement filed pursuant to this Agreement, or of the Company’s receipt of any notification of the suspension of qualification of the Registrable Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or contemplated initiation of any proceeding for such purpose; and (iii) of the Company becoming aware of the happening of any event, which makes any statement of a material fact made in any registration statement or any prospectus filed pursuant to this Agreement untrue or which requires the making of any additions to or changes to the statements then made in any such registration statement or prospectus in order to state a material fact required by the Securities Act to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements then made therein (in the case of any prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, or of the necessity to amend any registration statement or any prospectus filed pursuant to this Agreement to comply with the Securities Act or any other law. The Company shall not be required to disclose to the Investor the substance of specific reasons of any of the events set forth in clause (i) to (iii) of the immediately preceding sentence (each, a “Suspension Event”), but rather, shall only be required to disclose that the event has occurred. If at any time the SEC, or any other federal or state governmental authority shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement or prohibiting or suspending the use of any prospectus or prospectus supplement filed pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest practicable time. The Company shall furnish to the Investor, without charge, a copy of any correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC, or any other federal or state governmental authority to the Company or its representatives relating to any registration statement, prospectus, or prospectus supplement filed pursuant to this Agreement, as the case may be. In the event of a Suspension Event set forth in clause (iii) of the first sentence of this Section 2.11, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to publicly disclose such event as soon as reasonably practicable, or otherwise resolve the matter such that sales under registration statements may resume.
(b) On no more than two occasions and for not more than 30 consecutive days or for a total of not more than 60 days in any 12 month period, the Company may delay the effectiveness of any registration statement, or suspend the use of any prospectus, filed pursuant to this Agreement in the event that the Company or Board of Directors determines, in good faith and upon advice of legal counsel, that such delay or suspension is necessary to amend or supplement the affected registration statement or the related prospectus so that such registration statement or prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the case of the prospectus in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (an “Allowed Delay”); provided, that the Company shall promptly (a) notify the Investor in writing of the commencement of an Allowed Delay, but shall not (without the prior written consent of the Investor) disclose to the Investor any material non-public information giving rise to an Allowed Delay, (b) advise the Investor in writing to cease all sales under the applicable registration statement until the end of the Allowed Delay and (c) use reasonable best efforts to terminate an Allowed Delay as promptly as practicable.
(c) The Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the existence of an Allowed Delay or a Suspension Event as set forth in this Section 2.11, the Investor will promptly discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any registration statement covering such Registrable Securities until the Investor’s receipt of a notice from the Company confirming the resolution of such Allowed Delay or Suspension Event and that such dispositions may again be made; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the Investor to sell or otherwise dispose of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144 or any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act or to settle a transaction pursuant to a Registration Statement as to which a contract for such sale was entered into prior to such Investor’s receipt of the notice from the Company of the existence of the Allowed Delay or Suspension Event. The Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to a transferee of an Investor in accordance with any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement with respect to which such Investor has entered into a contract for sale prior to such Investor’s receipt of the notice from the Company of the existence of the Allowed Delay or Suspension Event.
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3.1 The Company and the Board of Directors have taken all actions so that, immediately following the Closing (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement), without any further action by the Company or the Board of Directors (or any committee thereof), (A) the Board of Directors shall have been increased to a total of five (5) members, and (B) four (4) individuals designated by the initial Investor shall be added as members of the Board of Directors (each a “Board Designee,” collectively with any successors as set forth herein, the “Board Designees”), filling the vacancies created by the increase in the size of the Board to five (5) members.
3.2 Except as provided in Section 3.7: (i) in connection with any annual meeting of the shareholders of the Company or any special meeting of the shareholders of the Company at which directors are to be elected, the Board of Directors shall nominate for reelection (or election), recommend that the Company’s shareholders vote in favor of election to the Board of Directors of, and solicit proxies in favor of the election of, and the Company and the Board of Directors shall otherwise take all actions as are reasonably necessary or desirable to elect, the Board Designees whose terms of office expire at such shareholder meeting to the Board of Directors, and (ii) except as provided herein, neither the Board of Directors nor any committee thereof shall take any action to increase the size of the Board of Directors to more than five (5) members without the consent of the Investor (or, if there are more than one Investor, then Investors holding a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding). If any Board Designee is not elected or re-elected to the Board of Directors at any meeting of the Company’s shareholders, then the Board of Directors shall promptly increase the size of the Board of Directors by one (1) member, if necessary, and appoint the applicable Board Designee to fill the resulting vacancy.
3.3 Each Board Designee shall be entitled to the same compensation, the same indemnification and the same director and officer insurance in connection with each Board Designee’s role as a director as all other members of the Board of Directors, and each Board Designee shall be entitled to reimbursement for documented, reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Board of Directors and any committees thereof, to the same extent as all other members of the Board of Directors. In addition, each Board Designee shall be entitled to the same information regarding the Company and any subsidiaries in connection with each Board Designee’s role as a director as all other members of the Board of Directors, and each Board Designee shall be entitled to share such information with the Investor, subject to each Board Designee’s confidentiality obligations and other policies and procedures as a director on the Board of Directors.
3.4 The Company hereby acknowledges that the Board Designees may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by the Investor and its Affiliates (collectively, the “Investor Indemnitors”). The Company hereby agrees (a) that it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to any such Board Designee are primary and any obligation of the Investor Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by such Board Designee are secondary), (b) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by such Board Designee and shall be liable for the full amount of all expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of any such Board Designee to the extent legally permitted and as required by the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company (or any agreement between the Company and such Board Designee), without regard to any rights such Board Designee may have against the Investor Indemnitors, and, (c) that it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Investor Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Investor Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Investor Indemnitors on behalf of any such Board Designee with respect to any claim for which such Board Designee has sought indemnification from the Company shall affect the foregoing and the Investor Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of such Board Designee against the Company. The Board Designees and the Investor Indemnitors are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Section 3.4 and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions of this Section 3.4 as though they were a party to this Agreement.
3.5 In the event that any Board Designee shall cease serving as a member of the Board of Directors, whether by resignation, removal, death, disability or otherwise, then, subject to Section 3.7, the Investor (or, if there are more than one Investor, then Investors holding a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding) shall select a replacement Board Designee and the Board of Directors shall promptly take all actions necessary to appoint such replacement Board Designee to fill the resulting vacancy.
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3.6 Each Key Holder irrevocably and unconditionally agrees during the term of this Agreement, at any annual or special meeting of the Company called with respect to the election of directors, and at every adjournment or postponement thereof, and pursuant to any written consent of stockholders, to vote or cause the holder of record to vote all shares of Common Stock and/or other voting securities of the Company beneficially owned by such Key Holder and its Affiliates in favor of all Board Designees standing for election or re-election at such meeting or pursuant to such written consent. Each Key Holder further irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it shall not, at any time, vote any shares of Common Stock and/or other voting securities of the Company beneficially owned by such Key Holder and its Affiliates in favor of removing any Board Designee, whether at an annual or special meeting of stockholders or pursuant to a written consent of stockholders.
3.7 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3, to the extent that the Investor’s rights hereunder with respect to the Board Designees is in conflict with applicable rules of any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed with respect to board nomination rights, as confirmed in writing by representatives of such Trading Market, then (i) the Company shall only be required to nominate the maximum number of Board Designees that would not violate the applicable rules of the Principal Market, and (ii) the Company shall be permitted to increase the size of the Board, and to fill the resulting vacancies with directors meeting all applicable board and committee independence standards of the Trading Market, only to the minimum extent required to comply with the rules of the applicable Trading Market.
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4.1 Successor Indemnification. If the Company or any of its successors or assignees consolidates with or merges into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger, then to the extent necessary, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assignees of the Company assume the obligations of the Company with respect to indemnification of members of the Board of Directors as in effect immediately before such transaction, whether such obligations are contained in the Company’s Bylaws, the Articles of Incorporation, or elsewhere, as the case may be.
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5.1 Successors and Assigns; Additional Investors. The rights under this Agreement may be assigned (but only with all related obligations) by a Holder to a transferee of Registrable Securities; provided, however, that (x) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such transferee and the Registrable Securities with respect to which such rights are being transferred; and (y) such transferee agrees in a written instrument delivered to the Company to be bound by and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and thereafter shall be deemed an “Investor” for all purposes hereunder. The terms and conditions of this Agreement inure to the benefit of and are binding upon the respective successors and permitted assignees of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assignees any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided herein.
5.2 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Costs of Enforcement. The provisions of Section 5.9 of the Purchase Agreement are incorporated by reference herein mutatis mutandis with respect to all parties hereto.
5.3 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
5.4 Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.
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5.5 Notices.
(a) General. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing (including electronic mail as permitted in this Agreement) and shall be deemed effectively given upon the earlier of actual receipt or (i) personal delivery to the party to be notified; (ii) when sent, if sent by electronic mail during the recipient’s normal business hours, and if not sent during normal business hours, then on the recipient’s next business day; (iii) five days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; or (iv) one business day after the business day of deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, freight prepaid, specifying next-day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the respective parties at their addresses as set forth on Schedule A or Schedule B (as applicable) hereto, or (as to the Company) to the address set forth on the signature page hereto, or in any case to such email address or address as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Section 5.5. If notice is given to any Investor, a copy (which copy shall not constitute notice) shall also be given to any “cc” address noted on Schedule A for such Investor.
(b) Consent to Electronic Notice. Each party to this Agreement consents to the delivery of any stockholder notice by electronic mail at the electronic mail address set forth below such party’s name on the Schedules hereto, as updated from time to time by notice to the Company, or as on the books of the Company. To the extent that any notice given by means of electronic mail is returned or undeliverable for any reason, the foregoing consent shall be deemed to have been revoked until a new or corrected electronic mail address has been provided, and such attempted electronic notice shall be ineffective and deemed to not have been given. Each party to this Agreement agrees to promptly notify the Company of any change in such stockholder’s electronic mail address, and that failure to do so shall not affect the foregoing.
5.6 Amendments and Waivers.
(a) Any term of this Agreement may be amended, modified or terminated and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, and either retroactively or prospectively) only with the written consent of the Company and the Investor (or, if there are more than one Investor, then Investors holding a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding); provided that any provision hereof may be waived by any waiving party on such party’s own behalf, without the consent of any other party.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
(i) this Agreement may not be amended, modified or terminated and the observance of any term hereof may not be waived with respect to the Investor without the written consent of the Investor, unless, if at such time there are more than one Investor, such amendment, modification, termination, or waiver applies to all Investors in the same fashion; and
(ii) no provision that names a specific Investor by name (nor this clause (ii) with respect to such Investor) may be amended or waived with respect to, or terminated pursuant to this Section 5.6 relative to, such Investor without such Investor’s written consent.
(c) Further notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Schedule A hereto may be amended by the Company from time to time to add transferees of any Registrable Securities in compliance with the terms of this Agreement without the consent of the other parties; and Schedule A hereto may also be amended by the Company after the date of this Agreement without the consent of the other parties to add information regarding any additional Investor who becomes a party to this Agreement in accordance with Section 5.1.
(d) The Company shall give prompt written notice of any amendment, modification or termination hereof or waiver hereunder to any party hereto whose rights and/or obligations were affected by such amendment, modification, termination, or waiver and that did not consent in writing to such amendment, modification, termination, or waiver; provided that the failure to provide such notice shall not invalidate any amendment, modification, termination or waiver in accordance with this Section 5.6.
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(e) Any amendment, modification, termination, or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 5.6 shall be binding on all parties hereto, regardless of whether any such party has consented thereto or received notice thereof.
(f) No waivers of or exceptions to any term, condition, or provision of this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a further or continuing waiver of any such term, condition, or provision.
5.7 Severability. In case any provision contained in this Agreement is for any reason held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, and such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision shall be reformed and construed so that it will be valid, legal, and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law.
5.8 Aggregation of Stock; Apportionment. All shares of Registrable Securities held or acquired by Affiliates shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under this Agreement and such Affiliates may apportion such rights as among themselves in any manner they deem appropriate.
5.9 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Exhibits and Schedules hereto) together with the other Transaction Agreements (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and any other written or oral agreement relating to the subject matter hereof existing between or among any of the parties are expressly canceled.
5.10 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power, or remedy accruing to any party under this Agreement, upon any breach or default of any other party under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power, or remedy of such nonbreaching or non-defaulting party, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of or acquiescence to any such breach or default, or to any similar breach or default thereafter occurring, nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. All remedies, whether under this Agreement or by law or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Investor Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
| COMPANY: | HAWKEYE SYSTEMS, INC. | |
| By: /s/ Corby Marshall Name: Corby Marshall Title: President
and CEO Savannah, Georgia 31405 |
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| INVESTOR: | HAWKEYE HOLDCO LLC | |
By: /s/ Martin Sumichrast Name: Martin Sumichrast Title: Managing Member |
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| KEY HOLDERS: | STEVE HALL | |
| Signature: /s/ Steve Hall |
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Exhibit 10.4
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE
This Settlement Agreement and Release (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of 27th day of March 2026 by and between Hawkeye Systems, Inc. (“Hawkeye”) and Eagle Equities LLC (“Eagle”). Collectively, Hawkeye and Eagle shall be referred to as the “Parties.”
BACKGROUND
WHEREAS, on July 17 of 2020, the Hawkeye, Eagle and Ikon Supplies entered into a membership agreement to form a Nevada Limited Liability Company named HIE, LLC (“HIE”), with the purpose of procuring, funding the purchase of and sale of PPE (the “Membership Agreement”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Membership Agreement, Hawkeye is liable to contribute to repay certain loans, additional capital contributions and any losses of HIE; and to repay one third (1/3) of a loan contributed by Eagle to HIE, or one third (1/3) of the capital paid by Eagle to HIE (the “Loan Repayment”); and
WHEREAS, HIE stopped operating in July of 2021, and Hawkeye defaulted on the July 17, 2020 Loan Repayment as per the Membership Agreement and continues to carry that loan payable to Eagle, which as of December 31, 2025, amounted to $442,251 (the “Loan Payable”).
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, Hawkeye and Eagle hereby agree as follows:
AGREED TERMS
1. Payment by Hawkeye. Hawkeye will pay Eagle the total sum of forty-four thousand dollars (US$44,000) (the “Cash Payment”) and five hundred thousand (500,000) shares of Hawkeye Common Stock (the “Shares”) (collectively the Cash Payment and the Shares shall be called the “Settlement Payment”) as provided herein which shall be issued pursuant to this Settlement Agreement in lieu of the Loan Repayment. The Cash Payment shall be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds, and the Shares shall be delivered by book-entry transfer or such other customary means as Hawkeye shall determine, in each case not later than 3 business days after counsel for Eagle delivers an executed copy of this Agreement to counsel for Hawkeye. Hawkeye shall provide an executed copy of this Agreement to counsel for Eagle not later than the date that Hawkeye must pay the Settlement Payment.
The Parties acknowledge and agree that they are solely responsible for paying any attorneys’ fees and costs they incurred and that neither Party nor its attorney(s) will seek any award of attorneys’ fees or costs from the other Party, except as provided herein.
2. Taxes. Eagle shall be solely responsible for, and is legally bound to make payment of, any taxes determined to be due and owing (including penalties and interest related thereto) by it to any federal, state, local, or regional taxing authority as a result of the Settlement Payment. Eagle understands that Hawkeye has not made, and it does not rely upon, any representations regarding the tax treatment of the sums paid pursuant to this Agreement. Moreover, Eagle agrees to indemnify and hold Hawkeye harmless in the event that any governmental taxing authority asserts against Hawkeye any claim for unpaid taxes, failure to withhold taxes, penalties, or interest based upon the payment of the Settlement Payment.
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3. Mutual Release. The Parties, on behalf of themselves, their predecessors, successors, direct and indirect parent companies, direct and indirect subsidiary companies, companies under common control with any of the foregoing, affiliates, and assigns, and its and their past, present, and future officers, directors, shareholders, interest holders, members, partners, attorneys, agents, employees, managers, representatives, assigns, and successors in interest, and all persons acting by, through, under, or in concert with them, and each of them, hereby release and discharge the other Party, together with their predecessors, successors, direct and indirect parent companies, direct and indirect subsidiary companies, companies under common control with any of the foregoing, affiliates and assigns and its and their past, present, and future officers, directors, shareholders, interest holders, members, partners, attorneys, agents, employees, managers, representatives, assigns, and successors in interest, and all persons acting by, through, under, or in concert with them, and each of them, from all known and unknown charges, complaints, claims, grievances, liabilities, obligations, promises, agreements, controversies, damages, actions, causes of action, suits, rights, demands, costs, losses, debts, penalties, fees, wages, medical costs, pain and suffering, mental anguish, emotional distress, expenses (including attorneys’ fees and costs actually incurred), and punitive damages, of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, which either Party has, or may have had, against the other Party, whether or not apparent or yet to be discovered, or which may hereafter develop, for any acts or omissions related to or arising from:
| a) | the Loan Payable |
| b) | the Membership Agreement; |
| c) | the operations of HIE; |
| d) | any capital contribution or additional capital contribution made by any of the Parties to HIE, or by any third party to HIE; |
| e) | any loan or extension of credit provided by any of the Parties in connection with the organization or operations of HIE; |
| f) | any agreement between the Parties; |
| g) | any other matter between the Parties; and/or |
| h) | any claims under federal, state, or local law, rule, or regulation. |
This Agreement resolves any claim for relief that is, or could have been alleged, no matter how characterized, including, without limitation, compensatory damages, damages for breach of contract, bad faith damages, reliance damages, liquidated damages, damages for humiliation and embarrassment, punitive damages, costs, and attorneys’ fees related to or arising from any action, agreement, matter, or claims set out in this paragraph, including, without limitation, the Loan Payable.
4. No Outstanding or Known Future Claims/Causes of Action. Each Party affirms that it has not filed with any governmental agency or court any type of action or report against the other Party, and currently knows of no existing act or omission by the other Party that may constitute a claim or liability excluded from the release in paragraph 3 above.
5. Acknowledgment of Settlement. The Parties, as broadly described in paragraph 3 above, acknowledge that (a) the consideration set forth in this Agreement, which includes, but is not limited to, the Settlement Payment, is in full settlement of all claims or losses of whatsoever kind or character that they have, or may ever have had, against the other Party, as broadly described in paragraph 3 above, including by reason of the Loan Payable, and (b) by signing this Agreement, and accepting the consideration provided herein and the benefits of it, they are giving up forever any right to seek further monetary or other relief from the other Party, as broadly described in paragraph 3 above, for any acts or omissions up to and including the Effective Date, as set forth in paragraph 18, including, without limitation, the Loan Payable.
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6. No Admission of Liability. The Parties acknowledge that the Settlement Payment was agreed upon as a compromise and final settlement of accounts payable and disputed claims and that payment of the Settlement Payment is not, and may not be construed as, an admission of liability by Hawkeye and is not to be construed as an admission that Hawkeye engaged in any wrongful, tortious, or unlawful activity. Hawkeye specifically disclaims and denies (a) any liability to Eagle, and (b) engaging in any wrongful, tortious, or unlawful activity.
7. Confidentiality of Agreement. Subject to the disclosures required by the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Exchange Act of 1934, and any rule and regulation issued thereunder, the Parties expressly understand and agree that this Agreement and its contents (including, but not limited to, the fact of payment and the amounts to be paid hereunder) shall remain CONFIDENTIAL and shall not be disclosed to any third party whatsoever, except the Parties’ counsel, accountants, financial advisors, tax professionals retained by them, any federal, state, or local governmental taxing or regulatory authority, and the Parties’ management, officers, and Board of Directors and except as required by law or order of court. Any person identified in the preceding sentence to whom information concerning this Agreement is disclosed is bound by this confidentiality provision and the disclosing party shall be liable for any breaches of confidentiality by persons to whom it has disclosed information about this Agreement in accordance with this paragraph. Nothing contained in this paragraph shall prevent any Party from stating that the Parties have “amicably settled accounts,” provided, however, that in so doing, the Parties shall not disclose the fact or amount of any payments made or to be made hereunder and shall not disclose any other terms of this Agreement or the settlement described herein. If any subpoena, order, or discovery request (the “Document Request”) is received by any of the Parties hereto calling for the production of the Agreement, such Party shall promptly notify the other Party hereto prior to any disclosure of the same. In such case, the subpoenaed Party shall: (a) make available as soon as practicable (and in any event prior to disclosure), for inspection and copying, a copy of the Agreement it intends to produce pursuant to the Document Request unless such disclosure is otherwise prohibited by law; and (b) to the extent possible, not produce anything in response to the Document Request for at least ten (10) business days following such notice. If necessary, the subpoenaed Party shall take appropriate actions to resist production, as permitted by law, so as to allow the Parties to try to reach agreement on what shall be produced.
8. Non-Disparagement. The Parties agree that, unless required to do so by legal process, both parties, including all officers and directors, will not make any disparaging statements or representations, either directly or indirectly, whether orally or in writing, by word or gesture, to any person whatsoever, about the other Party or the other Party’s spouse, attorneys, or representatives; or affiliates, or any of its directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents, or representatives. For purposes of this paragraph, a disparaging statement or representation is any communication which, if publicized to another, would cause or tend to cause the recipient of the communication to question the business condition, integrity, competence, good character, or product quality of the person or entity to whom the communication relates.
9. Agreement is Legally Binding. The Parties intend this Agreement to be legally binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of them and their respective successors, assigns, executors, administrators, heirs, and estates. Moreover, the persons and entities referred to in paragraph 3 above, but not a Party, are third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement.
10. Entire Agreement. The recitals set forth at the beginning of this Agreement are incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the Parties and supersedes all prior negotiations and/or agreements, proposed or otherwise, written or oral, concerning the subject matter hereof. Furthermore, no modification of this Agreement shall be binding unless in writing and signed by each of the parties hereto.
11. New or Different Facts: No Effect. Except as provided herein, this Agreement shall be, and remain, in effect despite any alleged breach of this Agreement or the discovery or existence of any new or additional fact, or any fact different from that which either Party now knows or believes to be true. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as, or constitute, a release of any Party’s rights to enforce the terms of this Agreement.
12. Interpretation. Should any provision of this Agreement be declared or be determined by any court to be illegal or invalid, the validity of the remaining parts, terms, or provisions shall not be affected thereby and said illegal or invalid part, term, or provision shall be deemed not to be a part of this Agreement. The headings within this Agreement are purely for convenience and are not to be used as an aid in interpretation. Moreover, this Agreement shall not be construed against either Party as the author or drafter of the Agreement.
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13. Choice of Law: This Agreement and all related documents, and all matters arising out of or relating to this Agreement, whether sounding in contract, tort, or statute are governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, United States of America, without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of New York.
14. Reliance on Own Counsel. In entering into this Agreement, the Parties acknowledge that they have relied upon the legal advice of their respective attorneys, who are the attorneys of their own choosing, that such terms are fully understood and voluntarily accepted by them, and that, other than the consideration set forth herein, no promises or representations of any kind have been made to them by the other Party. The Parties represent and acknowledge that in executing this Agreement they did not rely, and have not relied, upon any representation or statement, whether oral or written, made by the other Party or by that other Party’s agents, representatives, or attorneys with regard to the subject matter, basis, or effect of this Agreement or otherwise.
15. Representations and Warranties of Eagle. In entering into this Agreement, Eagle hereby represents and warrants to, and covenants with Hawkeye as follows:
| a. | That Hawkeye has determined that the exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof (“Section 4(a)(2)”), for certain non-public offerings is applicable to the issuance of the Shares, based, in part, upon the representations, warranties and agreements made by Eagle herein; |
| b. | That: (A) the Shares have not been registered under the Act or the securities laws of any state, based upon an exemption from such registration requirements for certain non-public offerings pursuant to Section 4(a)(2); (B) the Shares are and will be “restricted securities,” as such term is defined in Rule 144 of the Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Act; (C) Hawkeye is under no obligation to register the Shares under the Act or any state securities laws, or to take any action to make any exemption from any such registration provisions available; and (D) the certificates for Shares will bear a legend to the effect that the transfer of the securities represented thereby is subject to the provisions hereof; |
| c. | That Eagle will not sell any of the Shares on the open market unless and until: (A) said Shares shall have first been registered under the Act; or (B) Eagle shall have first delivered to the Transfer Agent and Hawkeye a standard written opinion of counsel to the effect that the proposed sale or transfer is exempt from the registration provisions of the Act and all applicable state securities laws; |
| d. | That Eagle is acquiring the Shares solely for the account of Eagle, for investment purposes only, and not with a view towards the resale or distribution thereof; |
| e. | That Eagle is an “accredited investor,” as such term is defined in Regulation D of the Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Act; and |
| f. | That Eagle does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any person to sell, transfer or grant participations to such person or to any third person, with respect to any of the Shares which Eagle is acquiring as part of the Settlement Payment. |
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16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the Parties in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
17. Authority to Execute Agreement. By signing below, each Party warrants and represents that the person signing this Agreement on its behalf has authority to bind that Party and that the Party’s execution of this Agreement is not in violation of any by-law, covenants, and/or other restrictions placed upon them by their respective entities.
18. Effective Date. The terms of the Agreement will be effective when an executed copy of this Agreement is delivered to said counsel for Hawkeye as described in paragraph 1 above (the “Effective Date”).
READ THE FOREGOING DOCUMENT CAREFULLY. IT INCLUDES A RELEASE OF KNOWN AND UNKNOWN CLAIMS.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound, each of the Parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date(s) set forth below.
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Hawkeye Systems, Inc. | |
| By: /s/ Corby Marshall | |
| Name: Corby Marshall | |
| Title: CEO | |
| Eagle Equities, LLC | |
| By: /s/ Yakov Borenstein | |
| Name: Yakov Borenstein | |
| Title: Manager |
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Exhibit 10.5
STOCK OPTION CANCELLATION AGREEMENT
This STOCK OPTION CANCELLATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of __________, 2026 (the “Effective Date”), by and between ______________ (the “Optionee”) and Hawkeye Systems, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Corporation”).
WHEREAS, the Corporation has previously granted to the Optionee, stock options (the “Options”) to purchase shares of the Corporation’s common shares, $0.050 value per share, under the Hawkeye Systems, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan;
WHEREAS, the Corporation has determined that it is in the best interest of the Corporation and its stockholders to cancel 25,000 outstanding Options held by the Optionee (the “Cancelled Options”);
WHEREAS, the Optionee has agreed to and consents to the cancellation of the Cancelled Options on the terms set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows:
| 1. | Surrender and Cancellation of Options. The Optionee hereby agrees to surrender all Options that are outstanding as of the Effective Date, and the Corporation hereby cancels the Cancelled Options, effective as of the Effective Date, and the Optionee hereby acknowledges and agrees to such cancellation. By execution of this Agreement, the parties confirm that all actions necessary to effect the cancellation of the Cancelled Options have been taken. |
| 2. | Consideration. The Optionee and the Corporation acknowledge and agree that the cancellation of the Cancelled Options described herein is made in exchange for good and valuable consideration in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00), the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged. The Optionee further agrees that, other than such consideration, the Optionee has no expectation to receive, and the Corporation has no obligation to pay or grant, any additional cash, equity awards, or other consideration, whether now or in the future, in connection with such cancellation. |
| 3. | Miscellaneous. |
| 3.1 | Reliance. The Optionee acknowledges and agrees that the Corporation is relying on the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 herein in connection with the administration of the Plan and determinations regarding the number of outstanding securities under the Plan. | |
| 3.2 | Successor and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, both parties and their respective successors and assigns. | |
| 3.3 | Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed, interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to any choice of law principle that would dictate the application of the law of another jurisdiction. | |
| 3.4 | Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts and all documents so executed shall constitute one agreement, binding on each of the parties hereto, notwithstanding that both of the parties did not sign the original or the same counterparts. | |
| 3.5 | Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and in no way define, limit or affect the scope or substance of any section of this Agreement. | |
| 3.6 | Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or otherwise unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall in no way be affected or impaired thereby. | |
| 3.7 | Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, whether written or oral, relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. The Company and the Optionee have made no promises, agreements, conditions, or understandings relating to this subject matter, either orally or in writing, that are not included in this Agreement. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.
Hawkeye Systems, Inc.
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
OPTIONEE
_________________________________
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