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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): February 11, 2025

 

NORTHVIEW ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

delaware   001-41177   86-3437271
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  (Commission File No.)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

207 WEST 25TH ST., 9TH FLOOR

NEW YORK, NY 10001

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

(212) 494-9022

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed from last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-14(c)).

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol (s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share   NVAC   OTC Pink Open Market
Rights, each entitling the holder to receive one-tenth of one share of common stock   NVACR   OTC Pink Open Market
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per whole share   NVACW   OTC Pink Open Market

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Amendment to Merger Agreement

 

As previously disclosed, on November 7, 2022, NorthView Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“NorthView”), entered into an Merger Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (as amended on September 12, 2023, January 12, 2024, March 4, 2024, and as it may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), with Profusa, Inc., a California corporation (“Profusa”), and NV Profusa Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of NorthView. The transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement are hereinafter referred to as the “Business Combination.”

 

On February 11, 2025, the parties to the Merger Agreement entered into Amendment No. 4 to the Merger Agreement (the “Amendment”) pursuant to which the parties agreed to revise the Company Reference Value (as defined in the Merger Agreement) to adjust for financing proceeds received by Profusa prior to the Business Combination, along with debt conversions and incentive shares to be issued. Additionally, the Amendment (i) revised the definition of “Milestone Event III” such that the parties extended the period for Profusa to consummate the APAC Joint Venture (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and receive the related funding from December 31, 2024 until December 31, 2025, and (ii) revised the definition of “Milestone Event IV” to change the earnout revenue target from $99,702,000 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 to an earnout revenue target of $11,864,000 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2026.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the Amendment is not complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, a copy of which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 2.1, and the terms of which are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Securities Purchase Agreement

 

Additionally, on February 11, 2025, in a private transaction, NorthView entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “SPA”) with an institutional investor (the “Investor”). Pursuant to the SPA, the Investor is expected, subject to the conditions relating to such purchase set forth in the SPA, to purchase from NorthView senior secured convertible promissory notes in an aggregate principal amount of up to $22,222,222 (the “Convertible Notes”) for a purchase price of up to $20,000,000, after a 10% original issue discount (“OID”). The SPA contemplates that the Convertible Notes will be purchased in multiple tranches:

 

(i)The initial closing amount (the “Initial Closing Amount”) of $9,000,000 will be purchased, subject to the conditions set forth in the SPA, at the consummation (the “Initial Closing Date”) of the Business Combination. The Convertible Notes to be issued by NorthView on the Initial Closing Date will be in an aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 (the “Initial Notes”).

 

(ii)Prior to the one-year anniversary of the Initial Closing Date, subject to the conditions set forth in the SPA, NorthView may request that the Investor purchase additional Convertible Notes having an aggregate principal amount of up to $12,222,222 at a purchase price of $11,000,000 (reflecting a 10% OID), as follows:

 

(a)Provided a registration statement has been filed for the shares underlying the Initial Note, shares of combined company common stock, par value $0.0001 (“New Profusa Common Stock”) have traded a volume of at least 15,000,000 shares in the aggregate, and no default or event of default has occurred, NorthView may call and thereby require the Investor to purchase Convertible Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $2,222,222 for a purchase price of $2,000,000 (reflecting a 10% OID) (“Second Purchase”);

 

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(b)Provided a registration statement is effective for the shares underlying the Initial Note, New Profusa Common Stock has traded a volume of at least $35,000,000 in the aggregate after the $2,000,000 Second Purchase has closed, no default or event of default has occurred and the stock has traded at a trading price of no less than $4.00 for a period of five trading days preceding such purchase, NorthView may call and thereby require the Investor to purchase Convertible Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $5,555,555 for a purchase price of $5,000,000 (reflecting a 10% OID); and

 

(c)The Investor at its sole discretion may call from NorthView and thereby require NorthView to sell an additional Convertible Note having an aggregate principal amount of $4,444,444 at a purchase price of $4,000,000 (reflecting a 10% OID) to be purchased at any time within 12 months of the Initial Closing.

 

Form of Convertible Note

 

Each Convertible Note will mature on the date that is 18-months from its respective closing date (the “Maturity Date”) and is convertible at any time at the holder’s option at the lower of $10 or 95% of the lowest daily volume-weighted average price per share of New Profusa Common Stock in the 10 trading days prior to the original issue date for each Convertible Note and shall be adjusted, without limitation, based on down-round and most-favored nation price and terms protections.

 

Interest shall accrue on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of the Convertible Notes at a rate of 10% per annum and increase upon an event of default to 24% per annum. Payments made in cash under the Convertible Notes shall be subject to a 5% fee which shall be in addition to any amounts owing thereunder. The Convertible Notes provide for certain events of default that are typical for a transaction of this type, including, among other things, any breach of the representations or warranties made by NorthView or its subsidiaries. The Convertible Notes also provide for a 10% fee in case of late payments and mandatory prepayments upon Subsequent Offerings (as defined in the form of Convertible Note) and, in the absence of an event of default, may be prepaid upon 10 business day’s prior notice, subject to conversion rights.

 

The Convertible Notes may not be converted by the Investor into shares of New Profusa Common Stock if such conversion would result in the Investor and its affiliates owning in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of New Profusa Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of all shares issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes.

 

Form of Lock-Up Agreement

 

Pursuant to the SPA, on the Initial Closing Date certain holders of NorthView common stock, including each officer and director of NorthView, will enter into a lock-up agreement (the “Lock-Up Agreement”), pursuant to which they will agree not to, subject to certain customary exceptions, offer, sell, contract to sell, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise dispose of any shares of NorthView common stock or securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable into, shares of NorthView common stock beneficially owned, held or acquired by the person signing the Lock-Up Agreement. The period for such restrictions shall apply from the Initial Closing Date until the termination of the Lock-Up Agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

Additional Ancillary Agreements

 

Pursuant to the SPA and prior to or concurrent with the Initial Closing Date, NorthView and the Investor will enter into a Registration Rights Agreement, a Security Agreement, and a Guaranty, respectively, each in a form to be agreed upon by NorthView and the Investor. Pursuant to the SPA, New Profusa and its subsidiaries will be guarantors and parties to the Guaranty.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the SPA, the form of Convertible Note, and the form of Lock-Up Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the terms and conditions of the SPA, the form of Convertible Note, and the form of Lock-Up Agreement, respectively filed as Exhibit 10.1, Exhibit 10.2, and Exhibit 10.3 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

 

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Additional Information and Where to Find It

 

This Current Report relates to a proposed business combination transaction among NorthView and Profusa pursuant to which Profusa would become a wholly-owned subsidiary of NorthView, and NorthView would be renamed Profusa, Inc. In connection with the proposed transaction, NorthView filed an initial registration statement/proxy statement on Form S-4 with the SEC on January 25, 2023 (as amended, the “proxy statement/prospectus”) that will also constitute a prospectus of NorthView with respect to the NorthView common stock to be issued in the proposed transaction. The definitive proxy statement/prospectus (if and when available) will be delivered to NorthView’s stockholders. NorthView may also file other relevant documents regarding the proposed transaction with the SEC. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING OR INVESTMENT DECISION, INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF NORTHVIEW ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT ARE FILED WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION, INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THESE DOCUMENTS, CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION.

 

Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the proxy statement/prospectus (if and when available) and other documents that are filed or will be filed with the SEC by NorthView through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by NorthView will be available free of charge at NorthView Acquisition Corp., 207 West 25th St, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10001, attention: Fred Knechtel.

 

Participants in the Solicitation

 

NorthView and its directors and executive officers are participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of NorthView in respect of the proposed transaction. Information about NorthView’s directors and executive officers and their ownership of NorthView common stock is set forth in NorthView’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the SEC on February 26, 2024. Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC in respect of the proposed transaction when they become available. You may obtain free copies of these documents as described in the preceding paragraph.

 

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Current Report contains forward-looking statements, including, among other things, statements regarding the anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction, the combined company becoming a publicly listed company, the anticipated impact of the proposed transaction on the combined companies’ business and future financial and operating results, the anticipated timing of closing of the proposed transaction, the success and customer acceptance of Profusa’s product and service offerings, and other aspects of Profusa’s operations or operating results. Words such as “may,” “should,” “will,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “target,” “project,” and similar phrases that denote future expectations or intent regarding the combined company’s financial results, operations, and other matters are intended to identify forward-looking statements. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including projections of market opportunity and market share, the capability of Profusa’s business plans including its plans to expand, the sources and uses of cash from the proposed transaction, the anticipated enterprise value of the combined company following the consummation of the proposed transaction, any benefits of Profusa’s partnerships, strategies or plans as they relate to the proposed transaction, anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction and expectations related to the terms and timing of the proposed transaction are also forward-looking statements. These statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Although each of NorthView and Profusa believes that it has a reasonable basis for each forward-looking statement contained in this communication, each of NorthView and Profusa caution you that these statements are based on a combination of facts and factors currently known and projections of the future, which are inherently uncertain. In addition, there will be risks and uncertainties described in the proxy statement/prospectus on Form S-4 relating to the proposed transaction, which is expected to be filed by NorthView with the SEC and other documents filed by NorthView or Profusa from time to time with the SEC. These filings may identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Neither NorthView nor Profusa can assure you that the forward-looking statements in this communication will prove to be accurate. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including, among others, the ability to complete the business combination due to the failure to obtain approval from NorthView’s stockholders or satisfy other closing conditions in the Merger Agreement, the occurrence of any event that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement, the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the business combination, the amount of redemption requests made by NorthView’s public stockholders, costs related to the transaction the risk that the transaction disrupts current plans and operations as a result of the announcement and consummation of the transaction, the outcome of any potential litigation, government or regulatory proceedings and other risks and uncertainties, including those to be included under the heading “Risk Factors” in the final prospectus for NorthView’s initial public offering filed with the SEC on December 22, 2021 and in its subsequent annual and quarterly reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, respectively, and other filings with the SEC. There may be additional risks that neither NorthView nor Profusa presently know or that NorthView and Profusa currently believe are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In light of the significant uncertainties in these forward-looking statements, you should not regard these statements as a representation or warranty by NorthView, Profusa, their respective directors, officers or employees or any other person that NorthView and Profusa will achieve their objectives and plans in any specified time frame, or at all. The forward-looking statements in this current report represent the views of NorthView and Profusa as of the date of this filing. Subsequent events and developments may cause those views to change. However, while NorthView and Profusa may update these forward-looking statements in the future, there is no current intention to do so, except to the extent required by applicable law. You should, therefore, not rely on these forward-looking statements as representing the views of NorthView or Profusa as of any date subsequent to the date of this communication.

 

No Offer or Solicitation

 

This Current Report is not intended to and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to sell or to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval and is not a substitute for the proxy statement/prospectus or any other document that NorthView may file with the SEC or send to NorthView’s or Profusa’s stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act.

 

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
2.1   Amendment No. 4 to Merger Agreement, dated February 11, 2025, by and among NorthView, Profusa and Merger Sub
10.1   Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 11, 2025 by and between the Company and the Investor
10.2   Form of Convertible Note
10.3   Form of Lock-Up Agreement
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  NORTHVIEW ACQUISITION CORP.
   
Dated: February 18, 2025 By: /s/ Fred Knechtel
  Name:  Fred Knechtel
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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Exhibit 2.1

 

AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO MERGER AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

 

February 11, 2025

 

THIS AMENDMENT No. 4 to the Merger Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of November 7, 2022 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Merger Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated September 12, 2023, by Amendment No. 2 to the Merger Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated January 12, 2024, by Amendment No. 3, dated March 4, 2024, and as may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among NorthView Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), NV Profusa Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Profusa, Inc., a California corporation (the “Company”), is effective as of the date first written above (this “Amendment”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, Section 9.03 of the Merger Agreement provides that the Merger Agreement may be amended only by a written agreement executed by each of the parties thereto;

 

WHEREAS, Parent and the Company desire to amend the Merger Agreement as set forth in this Amendment; and

 

WHEREAS, the respective board of directors of each of Parent and the Company have each approved this Amendment.

 

In consideration of the mutual promises contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Amendment.

 

a) Section 1.01 of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(i) The following definitions are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows:

 

Company Private Placement Financing” means the dollar amount of funds received by the Company after March 4, 2024, in exchange for the issuance of Company Securities, plus any applicable accrued interest for such funds or financing as of the time of the Merger.

 

Company Reference Value” means a dollar amount equal to (i) the sum of the Company Equity Value, plus (ii) Incentive Equity Value, plus (iii) the Aggregate Exercise Price, plus (iv) the Private Placement Value, minus (v) the Aggregate Company Incentive Amount.

 

 

 

 

Milestone Event III” means the closing of the Tasly JV and resulting receipt of proceeds of $6,000,000 (less any amounts previously advanced to the Company) within the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.

 

Milestone Event IV” means the achievement of Earnout Revenue of $11,864,000 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2026.

 

Private Placement Value” means the product of (i) any Company Private Placement Financing, multiplied by the quotient of (ii) (A) the Parent Per Share Value divided by (B) the Private Placement Basis.

 

(ii) The following definitions are hereby added as follows:

 

Incentive Equity Value” means $29,018,330.

 

Private Placement Basis” means $2.22.

 

b) Section 7.01(a) is hereby amended such that any reference to “10%” shall be replaced with “15%”.

 

c) Section 9.01 of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended such that the reference to “June 22, 2024” shall be replaced with “March 22, 2025”.

 

2. No Other Amendments, etc. Except as provided in this Amendment, the Merger Agreement shall remain unmodified and in full force and effect, and the execution of this Amendment is not a waiver by the Company or Parent of any of the terms or provisions of the Merger Agreement and each party reserves any and all other rights and remedies available to it under the Merger Agreement. All reference in and to the Merger Agreement (including any annexes, exhibits or schedules thereto) shall be deemed to be references to the Merger Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

 

3. Governing Law. This Amendment and the legal relations among the Parties with respect to this Amendment will be governed by and construed in accordance with the provisions contained in Section 9.03 of the Merger Agreement.

 

4. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by signatures exchanged via facsimile or other electronic means and in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

[Signature Page to Amendment to Merger Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

  Parent:  
     
  NORTHVIEW ACQUISITION CORP.
     
  By: /s/ Fred Knechtel
    Name:  Fred Knechtel
    Title: CFO and Co-Founder
     
  Merger Sub:
     
  NV PROFUSA MERGER SUB, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Fred Knechtel
    Name: Fred Knechtel
    Title: Officer

 

[Signature Page to Amendment to Merger Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

  Company:
     
  PROFUSA, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Ben Hwang
    Name:  Ben Hwang
    Title: CEO

 

[Signature Page to Amendment to Merger Agreement]

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

 

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of February 11, 2025, by and among NorthView Acquisition Corp., a Delaware Corporation (together with the Person surviving the Business Combination and their successors and, if permitted, assigns, the “Company”), and the purchasers identified on the signature pages hereto (each, an “Initial Purchaser”) or that becomes a party hereto at the Additional Closing pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(ii) (together with each Additional Purchaser and, in each case, including their respective successors and permitted assigns, a “Purchaser”) and Ascent Partners Fund LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Ascent”), as collateral agent for the Purchaser Parties (in such capacity, and together with any successor and replacement named in accordance with this Agreement, the “Collateral Agent”).

 

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (together with the Regulations promulgated thereunder, the “Securities Act”), the Company desires to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers, and the Initial Purchasers desire to purchase from the Company for cash and other valuable consideration, the Purchased Securities as defined and described more fully in this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

 

1.1 Definitions. When used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meaning:

 

“Additional Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(i).

 

“Additional Closing Date” means the date the Additional Closing occurs.

 

“Additional Closing Deadline” means the one-year anniversary of the Initial Closing Date.

 

“Additional Closing Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a)(ii).

 

“Additional Closing Statement” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(c).

 

“Additional Purchasers” means the Purchasers (including any third party becoming a Purchaser for such purpose) purchasing Additional Notes at the Additional Closing.

 

“Additional Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a)(ii).

 

Affiliate” means each Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person or any Affiliate of such Person. For purpose of this definition, “control” and related words are used as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Purchasers and their Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries, on the other hand, shall not be considered “Affiliates” of each other.

 

AML/CTF Regulation” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(kk).

 

BHCA” has the meaning specified in Section  3.1(ff).

 

 

 

 

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

“Business Combination” means the proposed business combination between the Company and Profusa pursuant to the Merger Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of November 7, 2022, by and among the Company, Merger Sub and Profusa, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, dated September 12, 2023, Amendment No. 2, dated January 12, 2024, Amendment No. 3, dated March 4, 2024 and Amendment No. 4, dated as of February [●], 2025, and as it may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, with such modifications thereto as may be approved by each Purchaser and the Collateral Agent, each in their sole discretion.

 

Business Day” means any day except Saturdays, Sundays, any day that is a federal holiday in the United States and any day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is not open for business.

 

Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of, or other arrangement conveying the right to use, any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of such Person.

 

“Capital Stock” means all shares, participation or other equivalent (however designated) of capital stock (whether denominated as common stock or preferred stock), and all other equity interests, including all beneficial, partnership or membership interests, joint venture interests, participations or other ownership or profit interests in or equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a Person (other than an individual), whether voting or non-voting.

 

Closing Dates” means each of the Initial Closing Date and the Additional Closing Date.

 

Closings” means each of the Initial Closing and the Additional Closing.

 

“Collateral” means any and all “Collateral” as defined in the Security Agreement or any other Transaction Document granting a Lien to the Collateral Agent or any other Purchaser Party, as applicable, together with all property and interests in property and proceeds thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by any Company Party in or upon which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted pursuant to any Transaction Document.

 

Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, any Capital Stock into which such shares of common stock shall have been changed, and any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.

 

Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of any Company Party which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable, 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 purchase, subscribe or otherwise receive, Common Stock.

 

Company Covered Person” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(ll).

 

“Company Party” means each of the Company and its Subsidiaries and any other Person party or that is required to be party to the Guaranty as “Guarantor” thereunder or to the Security Agreement as “Grantor” thereunder.

 

“Consents” means any approval, consent, authorization, notice to, or any other action by, any Person other than any Governmental Authority.

 

Contractual Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any provision of any security or similar instrument issued by such Person or of any agreement, undertaking, contract, lease, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument (other than a Transaction Document) to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound or to which any of its property is subject.

 

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Control Agreement” means an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to each Initial Purchaser and the Collateral Agent, granting “control” (as defined under the applicable UCC) to the Collateral Agent over the Collateral described thereunder.

 

Conversion Price” means, with respect to any Note, the “Conversion Price” under and as defined in such Note.

 

Conversion Shares” means any “Conversion Share” under and as defined in any Note.

 

Currency Agreement” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, futures contract, option contract, synthetic cap or other similar agreement or arrangement. For purposes of this definition, cryptocurrencies shall be considered currencies.

 

“Default” means any event constituting a “Default” under and as defined in any Note.

 

Derivative” means any Interest Rate Agreement, Currency Agreement, futures or forward contract, spot transaction, commodity swap, purchase or option agreement, other commodity price hedging arrangement, cap, floor or collar transaction, any credit default or total return swap, any other derivative instrument, any other similar speculative transaction and any other similar agreement or arrangement designed to alter the risks of any Person arising from fluctuations in any underlying variable, including interest rates, currency values, insurance, catastrophic losses, climatic or geological conditions or the price or value of any other derivative instrument. For the purposes of this definition, “derivative instrument” means “any derivative instrument” as defined in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 (Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities) of the United States Financial Accounting Standards Board, and any defined with a term similar effect in any successor statement or any supplement to, or replacement of, any such statement.

 

Disclosure Certificate” means a certificate disclosing detailed information about the Company Parties and the Collateral in form and substance satisfactory to each Initial Purchaser and the Collateral Agent, together with any update with respect to the Collateral or to any other information set forth in such certificate separately required to be provided pursuant to, and provided in accordance with, any Transaction Document.

 

Disqualification Event” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(ll).

 

“Dollars” and the sign “$” each mean the lawful money of the United States of America.

 

“Equity Line of Credit” means any transaction involving a Contractual Obligation of any Person with a counterparty whereby such Person has an option to Sell its Securities to such counterparty over an agreed period of time and at future determined price or price formula, other than customary “preemptive” or “participation” rights or “weighted average” or “full-ratchet” anti-dilution provisions and other than in connection with fixed-price rights public offerings and similar transactions that are not Variable-Priced Equity-Linked Instruments.

 

Evaluation Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(o).

 

“Event of Default” means any event constituting an “Event of Default” under and as defined in any Note.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Exchange Transaction” has the meaning specified in Section 4.7(b).

 

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Exempt Issuance” means the issuance of (a) shares of Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents not to exceed in the aggregate fifteen percent (15.00%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately following the Business Combination without the prior approval of the Purchasers (i) to employees, officers, or directors of the Company pursuant to any equity incentive plan duly adopted for such purpose, by the Company’s Board of Directors or (ii) to employees, officers, directors, advisors or independent contractors of the Company Parties as compensation for services provided to any Company Party or any of their Subsidiaries, including any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents issued at the Business Combination to any officers or directors; provided, that such issuance is approved by a majority of the board of directors of the Company, (b) Securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Transaction Securities issued hereunder and/or other Securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date hereof, provided that such Securities have not been amended since the date hereof to increase the number of such Securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such Securities, (c) Securities issuable pursuant to any contractual anti-dilution obligations of the Company in effect as of the date hereof, provided that such obligations have not been materially amended since the date of hereof, (d) Securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or any other strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors; provided, that (x) such acquisitions and other strategic transactions shall not include transactions in which any Company Party or any of its Subsidiaries is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities and (y) such Securities are not issued to persons who were officers, directors or other Related Parties or advisors or independent contractors of the Company Parties and its Subsidiaries prior to such acquisition or strategic transaction (unless such Securities are issued to such advisors or independent contractors for the purpose of compensation for work done solely in connection with such acquisition or other strategic transaction), and (e) Securities issued pursuant to a Permitted ELOC. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Exempt Issuance” shall not include an issuance of any Variable-Priced Equity Linked Instruments or any issuance pursuant to any Equity Line of Credit except for issuance under a Permitted ELOC.

 

Federal Reserve” has the meaning specified in Section  3.1(ff).

 

GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time, applied consistently throughout the periods referenced and consistently with (a) the principles and standards set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or any successor entity, (b) to the extent consistent with such principles, generally accepted industry practices and (c) to the extent consistent with such principles and practices, the past practices of the Company as reflected in its financial statements disclosed in the Disclosure Certificate.

 

“Governmental Authority” means any nation, sovereign or government, any state, province, territory or other political subdivision thereof, any municipality, any agency, authority or instrumentality thereof and any entity or authority exercising executive, legislative, taxing, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing, including any central bank stock exchange regulatory body, arbitrator, Trading Market or other exchange, public sector entity, supra-national entity (including the European Union and the European Central Bank) and any self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners).

 

Guaranty” means that certain Guaranty required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.1 of this Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B with such changes satisfactory to each Initial Purchaser and the Collateral Agent, and issued by the Company Parties for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, the Purchasers and the other Purchaser Parties.

 

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Guaranty Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of such Person with respect to any Indebtedness of another Person, if the purpose or intent of such Person in incurring the Guaranty Obligation is to provide assurance to the holder of such Indebtedness that such Indebtedness will be paid or discharged, that any agreement relating thereto will be complied with, or that any holder of such Indebtedness will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof, including (a) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of Indebtedness of another Person and (b) any liability of such Person for Indebtedness of another Person through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (i) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such Indebtedness or any security therefor or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such Indebtedness (whether in the form of a loan, advance, stock purchase, capital contribution or otherwise), (ii) to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another Person, (iii) to make take-or-pay or similar payments, if required, regardless of non-performance by any other party or parties to an agreement, (iv) to purchase, sell or lease (as lessor or lessee) property, or to purchase or sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make payment of such Indebtedness or to assure the holder of such Indebtedness against loss or (v) to supply funds to, or in any other manner invest in, such other Person (including to pay for property or services irrespective of whether such property is received or such services are rendered), if in the case of any agreement described under clause (b)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) above the primary purpose or intent thereof is to provide assurance that Indebtedness of another Person will be paid or discharged, that any agreement relating thereto will be complied with or that any holder of such Indebtedness will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof. The amount of any Guaranty Obligation shall be equal to the amount of the Indebtedness so guaranteed or otherwise supported.

 

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, the following: (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services other than accounts payable and accrued liabilities incurred in respect of property or services purchased in the ordinary course of business (provided, that such accounts payable and accrued liabilities are not overdue by more than 180 days), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar borrowing or securities instruments, (d) all obligations of such Person created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person as lessee under Capital Leases, (f) all reimbursements and all other obligations of such Person with respect to (i) letters of credit, bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances or (ii) surety, customs, reclamation, performance or other similar bonds, (g) all obligations of such Person secured by Liens on the assets of such Person, (h) all Guaranty Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Capital Stock, Stock Equivalent (valued, in the case of redeemable preferred stock, at the greater of its voluntary liquidation preference and its involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends) or any warrants, rights or options to acquire such Capital Stock, (j) after taking into account the effect of any legally-enforceable netting Contractual Obligation of such Person, all payments that would be required to be made in respect of any Derivative in the event of a termination (including an early termination) on the date of determination and (k) all obligations of another Person of the type described in clauses (a) through (j) secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) a Lien on the assets of such Person (whether or not such Person is otherwise liable for such obligations of such other Person).

 

“Initial Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Initial Notes and other Purchased Securities pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(i).

 

“Initial Closing Date” means the date on which the Initial Closing occurs.

 

“Initial Closing Statement” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a).

 

“Initial Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a)(i).

 

“Initial Principal Amount” means, as to any Note of any Purchaser, the principal amount of such Note set forth in Schedule I.

 

Intellectual Property Rights” means, collectively, all copyrights, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, internet domain names, and all applications for any of the foregoing or for any renewal thereof, together with: (i) all inventions, processes, production methods, proprietary information, know-how and trade secrets; (ii) all licenses or user or other agreements granted with respect to any of the foregoing, in each case whether now or hereafter owned or used; (iii) all customer lists, identification of suppliers, data, plans, blueprints, specifications, designs, drawings, recorded knowledge, surveys, engineering reports, test reports, manuals, materials standards, processing standards, performance standards, catalogs, computer and automatic machinery software and programs; (iv) all field repair data, sales data and other information relating to sales or service of products now or hereafter manufactured; (v) all accounting information and all media in which or on which any information or knowledge or data or records may be recorded or stored and all computer programs used for the compilation or printout of such information, knowledge, records or data; (vi) all applications for any of the foregoing and (vii) all causes of action, claims and warranties, in each case, now or hereafter owned or acquired in respect of any item listed above.

 

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Intellectual Property Security Agreement” means each Intellectual Property Security Agreement executed by any Company Party and delivered to the Company in the form attached to the Security Agreement with such changes satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

 

Interest Rate Agreement” means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedging agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement.

 

IPO” has the meaning specified in Section 6.16.

 

Issuable Securities” means the Conversion Shares, as well as any other shares of Common Stock either issued or required to be issued by the Company hereunder to any Purchaser or the Collateral Agent under any Transaction Document after the Initial Closing Date, whether as payment for an Obligation or otherwise.

 

Joinder Agreement” means each Joinder Agreement by and among each Additional Purchaser that was not an Initial Purchaser, the Collateral Agent and the Company, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G with such changes satisfactory to each Additional Purchaser and the Collateral Agent.

 

Legend Removal Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(c).

 

Liabilities” means all amounts, indebtedness, obligations, liabilities, covenants and duties of every type and description owing by any Company Party from time to time to any Purchaser or any other Purchaser Party, whether direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, liquidated or unliquidated, accrued or not, mature or not, secured or unsecured, now existing or hereafter arising and however created, acquired (regardless of whether acquired by assignment), whether or not evidenced by any note or other instrument or for the payment of money and whether arising under Contractual Obligations, Regulations or otherwise, including, without duplication, (i) the principal amount due of the Note, (ii) all other amounts, fees, interest (including any prepayment premium), commissions, charges, costs, expenses, attorneys’ fees and disbursements, indemnities, reimbursement of amounts paid and other sums chargeable to the Company under the Note, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (including attorneys’ fees) or otherwise arising under any Transaction Document and (iii) all interest on any item otherwise qualifying as a “Liability” hereunder, whether or not accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or similar Proceeding, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such Proceeding.

 

License Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(m).

 

Lien” means any lien (statutory or other) mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, encumbrance, charge, claim, right of first refusal, preemptive right, restriction on transfer or similar restriction or other security arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital or financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing.

 

Lock-Up Agreements” means each Lock-Up Agreement between the Collateral Agent and a director or officer of the Company and such other parties as shall be identified by the Initial Purchaser and the Collateral Agent required to be delivered pursuant to Section  2.1 of this Agreement for the benefit of the Purchasers, and in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E with such changes satisfactory to each Initial Purchaser and the Collateral Agent.

 

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“Losses” means all liabilities, rights, demands, covenants, duties, obligations (including indebtedness, receivables and other contractual obligations), claims, damages, Proceedings and causes of actions, settlements, judgments, damages, losses (including reductions in yield), debts, responsibilities, fines, penalties, sanctions, commissions and interest, disbursements, Taxes, interest, charges, costs, fees and expenses (including fees, charges, and disbursements of financial, legal and other advisors, consultants and professionals and, if applicable, any value-added and other taxes and charges thereon), in each case of any kind or nature, whether joint or several, whether now existing or hereafter arising and however acquired and whether or not known, asserted, direct, contingent, liquidated, due, consequential, actual, punitive or treble.

 

Material Adverse Effect” means material adverse effect on, or change in, (a) the legality, validity or enforceability of any portion of any Transaction Document or any transaction contemplated therein, (b) the operations, assets, business, or condition (financial or otherwise) of any Company Party, (c) the ability of any Company Party to perform on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document for any reason whatsoever, whether foreseen or unforeseen, including due to pandemic, acts of a Governmental Authority, interruption of transportation systems, strikes, terrorist activities, interruptions of supply chains or acts of God, or (d) the Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens granted to any Purchaser Party under any Transaction Document.

 

“Maximum Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 6.12.

 

Merger Sub” means NV Profusa Merger Sub, Inc., a California corporation.

 

Note” means each Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note issued by the Company to an Initial Purchaser or an Additional Purchaser hereunder, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A with such changes satisfactory to such Purchaser and the Collateral Agent.

 

Notice of Conversion” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2.

 

“Obligation” means any item that qualifies as an “Obligation” under and as defined under any Note.

 

OFAC” has the meaning specified in Section  3.1(dd).

 

Participation Maximum” has the meaning specified in Section 4.8(a).

 

“Permit” means, with respect to any Person, any permit, filing, notice, license, approval, variance, exception, permission, concession, grant, franchise, confirmation, endorsement, waiver, certification, registration, qualification, clearance or other Contractual Obligation or arrangement with, or authorization by, to or under the authority of, any Governmental Authority or pursuant to any Regulation, or any other action by any Governmental Authority in each case whether or not having the force of law and affecting or applicable to or binding upon such Person, its Contractual Obligations or arrangements or other liabilities or any of its property or to which such Person, its Contractual Obligations or any of its property is or is purported to be subject.

 

Permitted ELOC” means an equity line of credit transaction entered into no sooner than the date that is 90 days following the Initial Closing Date between the Company and Ascent, an affiliate thereof or another party which is mutually acceptable to the Company and the Initial Purchaser and the Collateral Agent.

 

Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, incorporated or unincorporated association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint stock company, land trust, business trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency, department or other subdivision thereof or other entity of any kind.

 

Pre-Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 4.8(b).

 

“Principal Trading Market” for any Security, means the principal Trading Market for such Security, as listed in the applicable offering documents for such Security. The “Principal Trading Market” for the Common Stock is [Nasdaq Stock Market].

 

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“Proceeding” against a Person means an action, suit, litigation, arbitration, investigation, complaint, dispute, contest, hearing, inquiry, inquest, audit, examination or other proceeding threatened or pending against, affecting or purporting to affect such Person or its property, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate, in law or equity before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority.

 

Profusa” means Profusa, Inc., a California corporation.

 

Pro Rata Portion” means, with respect to a Purchaser and a group of Purchasers as of a particular date, the ratio of (i) the Purchase Price for the Purchased Securities purchased on or prior to such date by such Purchaser (including, for the avoidance of doubt its predecessors and assignors) that remain outstanding on such date to (ii) the aggregate Purchase Price for the Purchased Securities purchased by all Purchasers (including, for the avoidance of doubt, their predecessors and assignors) in such group on or prior to such date that remain outstanding on such date.

 

Prospectus” has the meaning specified in Section 6.16.

 

Public Information Failure” has the meaning specified in Section 4.9(b).

 

Public Information Failure Payments” has the meaning specified in Section 4.9(b).

 

Public Stockholders” has the meaning specified in Section 6.16.

 

Purchase Price” means, as to any Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for the Notes purchased hereunder as specified on Schedule I.

 

Purchaser Party” has the meaning specified in Section 4.15.

 

Purchased Securities” means the Notes.

 

Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.1 of this Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D with such changes satisfactory to each Initial Purchaser and the Collateral Agent.

 

“Regulation” means, all international, federal, state, provincial and local laws (whether civil or common law or rule of equity and whether U.S. or non- U.S.), treaties, constitutions, statutes, codes, tariffs, rules, guidelines, regulations, writs, injunctions, orders, judgments, awards, decrees, rulings, ordinances and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including, in each case whether or not having the force of law, the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, all policies, recommendations, directives, requirements, determinations, guidance and requests of any Governmental Authority and all administrative orders, directed duties and stipulations entered by or with a Governmental Authority.

 

Related Parties” of any Person means (i) such Person, (ii) each Affiliate of such Person, (iii) each Person that, directly or indirectly, owns or controls, whether beneficially, or as a trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, five percent (5%) or more of the Capital Stock having ordinary voting power in the election of directors of such Person or such Affiliate, (iv) each of such Person’s or such Affiliate’s officers, managers, directors, joint venture partners, partners and employees (and any other Person with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title or classification as a contractor under employment Regulations), (v) any lineal descendants, ancestors, spouse or former spouses (as part of a marital dissolution) of any of the foregoing, (vi) any trust or beneficiary of a trust, of which any of the foregoing are the sole trustees, that is established in whole or in part by any of the foregoing, or that is for the benefit of any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Purchasers and their Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries, on the other hand, shall not be considered “Related Parties” of each other.

 

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Released Claims” has the meaning specified in Section 6.16.

 

Required Filings” means (a) any filing with any Governmental Authority required pursuant to Section 4.9 or 4.10 or the Registration Rights Agreement and (b) the notice and/or application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the Transaction Securities and the listing of the Transaction Securities for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby.

 

Required Purchasers” means Purchasers holding more than fifty percent (50%) of the principal amount of the Notes or, if no Note shall then be outstanding, more than fifty percent (50%) in interest of the Issuable Securities then issued and outstanding.

 

Reserve Amount” means, as of any date, 200% of the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issued or potentially issuable in the future pursuant to the Transaction Documents, calculated (i) including any Issuable Securities issuable upon conversion or exercise of the Purchased Securities, (ii) ignoring any conversion or exercise limits set forth therein, (iii) assuming that the Conversion Prices of the Notes are, at all times on and after the date of determination, the then-effective Conversion Prices or exercise prices, as the case may be, on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of determination and (iv) adjusting all of the foregoing ratably to account for any reverse stock split or similar reclassification of the Common Stock.

 

Resignation Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 5.6(a).

 

“Restricted Payment” means, for any Person, (a) any dividend, stock split or other distribution, direct or indirect (including by way of spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or similar transaction), on account of, or otherwise to the holder or holders of, any shares of any class of Capital Stock of such Person now or hereafter outstanding, (b) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of such Person by such Person or any Affiliate thereof now or hereafter outstanding, and (c) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any Stock Equivalents now or hereafter outstanding; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) any cashless exercise of an employee stock option in which options are cancelled to the extent needed such that the “in-the-money” value of the options (i.e. the excess of market price over exercise price) that are cancelled is utilized to pay the exercise price, and applicable taxes, shall not constitute a “Restricted Payment” and (ii) a distribution of rights (including rights to receive assets) or options shall constitute a “Restricted Payment”.

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar Regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC having substantially the same effect as such rule.

 

Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar Regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC having substantially the same purpose and effect as such rule.

 

“Sale” means a sale, lease or sublease (as lessor or sublessor), sale and leaseback, conveyance, transfer, assignment or other disposition to, or any exchange of property (other than cash and cash equivalents) with, any Person of, or any other transaction permitting any Person to acquire, in one transaction or a series of transactions, any right, title or interest in, all or any part of a business or any property of any kind (other than cash and cash equivalents) including a sale, factoring at maturity, collection of or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable and including acquiring or Selling any Derivative intended to transfer, or having the effect of transferring, any risk relating to any such right, title or interest in such business or property, including any risk of Loss relating to holding any such right, title or interest. To “Sell” shall have a correlative meaning.

 

Sanctioned Jurisdiction” means, at any time, a country, territory or geographical region that is subject to, the target of, or purported to be subject to, Sanctions Laws.

 

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Sanctioned Person” means (a) any Person that is listed in the annex to, or otherwise subject to the provisions of, Executive Order 13224 – Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit and Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism, effective September 24, 2001; (b) any Person that is named in any Sanctions Laws-related list maintained by OFAC, including the “Specially Designated National and Blocked Person” list; (c) any Person or individual located, organized or resident or determined to be resident in a Sanctioned Jurisdiction that is, or whose government is, the target of comprehensive Sanctions Laws; (d) any organization or Person directly or indirectly owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (c); and (e) any Person that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism”," as defined in applicable United States Regulations.

 

Sanctions Laws” means all applicable Regulations concerning or relating to economic or financial sanctions, requirements or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by OFAC, including the following (together with their implementing Regulations, in each case, as amended from time to time): the International Security and Development Cooperation Act (ISDCA) (22 U.S.C. §23499aa-9 et seq.); the Patriot Act; and the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA) (50 U.S.C. §5 et seq.).

 

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

SEC Reports” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(f).

 

Securities” means any Capital Stock, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit sharing Contractual Obligation or arrangement, loans, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, any other item commonly known as “security,” any other item treated as “security” under the Securities Act, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or any other Regulation of the United States, any State, province or any political subdivision of either of them and any certificate of interest, share or participation in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any option, warrant, right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, or any Derivative valued by reference to, any item otherwise qualifying as Security hereunder.

 

Securities Act” has the meaning specified in the recitals.

 

Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement by and among the Company Parties and the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of, the Collateral Agent, the Purchasers and the other Purchaser Parties, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C with such changes satisfactory to each Initial Purchaser and the Collateral Agent.

 

Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act.

 

“Standard Enforceability Exceptions” means (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 Regulations 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 Regulations.

 

“Stock Equivalents” means all Securities and Indebtedness convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock or any other Stock Equivalent and all warrants, options, scrip rights, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever, and all other rights or options or other arrangements (including through a conversion or exchange of any other property) to purchase, subscribe for or acquire, any Capital Stock or any other Stock Equivalent, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable.

 

Subsequent Financing” has the meaning specified in Section 4.8.

 

Subsequent Financing Notice” has the meaning specified in Section  4.8(b).

 

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Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (a) if such Person is the Company, any subsidiary of the Company as set forth in, or otherwise required to be set forth in, SEC Reports or the Disclosure Certificate, whether before, on or after the date hereof, and (b) in any case, any other Person (other than natural persons) the management of which is, directly or indirectly, controlled by, or of which an aggregate of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding Voting Stock is, at the time, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

Taxes” means any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments, deductions, withholdings or other charges of whatever nature, including income, receipts, excise, property, sales, use, transfer, license, payroll, withholding, social security and franchise taxes now or hereafter imposed or levied by the United States or any other Governmental Authority and all interest, penalties, additions to tax and similar liabilities with respect thereto, but excluding, in the case of any Purchaser, taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or overall gross receipts of such Purchaser.

 

Third Party Exchange Transfer” has the meaning specified in Section 4.7(b).

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the Principal Trading Market for the Common Stock is open for trading; provided, that, if the Common Stock does not trade on any Trading Market, “Trading Day” shall mean “Business Day”.

 

Trading Market” means, for any Security, any of the following markets or exchanges on which such Security is listed, designated 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; OTC Markets or the OTC Bulletin Board (and any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Disclosure Certificate, each Note, the Guaranty, the Security Agreement, each Intellectual Property Security Agreement, each Control Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, each Lock-Up Agreement, the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter, the Initial Closing Statement, each Joinder Agreement, each Additional Closing Notice, each Additional Closing Statement, each Subsequent Financing Notice, each Notice of Conversion and each other agreement, notice and other document executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

 

“Transaction Securities” means the Purchased Securities and the Issuable Securities.

 

Transfer Agent” means Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and any successor transfer agent for the Company’s Common Stock.

 

Transfer Agent Instruction Letter” means the letter from the Company to the Transfer Agent, duly acknowledged and agreed by the Transfer Agent, which instructs the Transfer Agent to issue the Issuable Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F with such changes satisfactory to each Initial Purchaser and the Collateral Agent.

 

Trust Account” has the meaning specified in Section 6.16.

 

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of Delaware; provided, that, in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of any applicable Regulation, any of the attachment, perfection or priority of the Collateral Agent’s or any other Purchaser Party’s security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code of a jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware, “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and for purposes of the definitions related to or otherwise used in such provisions.

 

Use of Proceeds Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(gg).

 

“Variable-Priced Equity-Linked Instrument” has the meaning specified in Section 4.7(a).

 

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“Voting Stock” means Capital Stock of any Person (i) having ordinary power to vote in the election of any member of the board of directors or any manager, trustee or other controlling Persons of such Person (irrespective of whether, at the time, Capital Stock of any other class or classes of such entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) and (ii) any Capital Stock of such Person convertible or exchangeable without restriction at the option of the holder thereof into Capital Stock of such Person described in clause (i) of this definition.

 

ARTICLE II PURCHASES AND SALES

 

2.1 Closings

 

(a) Purchase

 

(i) Initial Closing. On a Trading Day chosen by the Company and reasonably acceptable to each Initial Purchaser following the date on which the conditions set forth in Section 2.3 shall have been satisfied or duly waived (the “Initial Closing Date”), and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell, and each Initial Purchaser party to this Agreement on the date hereof agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase, Notes (the “Initial Notes”) having an Initial Principal Amount set forth on Schedule I for such Initial Purchaser, in exchange for the Purchase Price set forth on Schedule I for such Initial Purchaser for such Initial Closing. In the case of the Initial Notes, this Purchase Price reflects the original issue discount shown on Schedule I.

 

(ii) Additional Closing. On a Trading Day that (A) is on or before the Additional Closing Deadline, (B) follows the date on which the conditions set forth in Section 2.3(c) shall have been satisfied or duly waived and (C) is proposed by the Company and reasonably acceptable to each Initial Purchaser (the “Additional Closing Date”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Company may request to sell additional Notes (the “Additional Notes”) having an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $12,222,222.00 and for a Purchase Price that reflects at least the same original issue discount shown on Schedule I for the Initial Notes, by delivering to the Collateral Agent a notice specifying the aggregate Initial Principal Amount requested, the Purchase Price and the proposed Additional Closing Date, as well as certifying that the conditions set forth in Section 2.3(c) (other than the deliveries described in Section 2.2(c)) are satisfied (or duly waived) as of the date of such notice (the “Additional Closing Notice”). The Collateral Agent shall forward such notice to each Purchaser and, upon receipt, each such Purchaser may, in its sole discretion, decide to purchase its Pro Rata Portion of the Additional Notes by notifying the Collateral Agent within five (5) Business Days of receipt of such Additional Closing Notice and indicating in its notice whether such Purchaser is interested in purchasing Additional Notes in excess of its allocated Pro Rata Portion if available and, if so, its maximum additional Purchase Price. Should some Purchasers decline to purchase their Pro Rata Portion of the Additional Notes, the Collateral Agent may, in its sole discretion, reallocate such Pro Rata Portion to Purchasers having indicated such an interest in purchasing Additional Notes in excess of their allocation. Should there not be enough such Purchasers to purchase such Pro Rata Portion, the Collateral Agent may, in its sole discretion, offer such Pro Rata Portion to third parties. Each such third party that agrees to purchase Additional Notes shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent a Joinder Agreement and, whether or not such Joinder Agreement shall be acknowledged by the Company, shall thereafter for all purposes be a party hereto and have the same rights, benefits and obligations as a Purchaser party hereto on the Additional Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing so long as the conditions set forth in clauses (A), (B) and (C) of the first sentence of this Section 2.1(a)(ii) are then satisfied, the Purchasers may require that the Company sell to them Notes having an aggregate principal amount of $4,444,444.00 and the Company may require that the Purchasers purchase Notes as follows:

 

(1) if (x) a Registration Statement shall have been filed with the SEC in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement including for registration therein all of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) issuable in respect of the Initial Notes, and (y) 15,000,000 shares of the Common Stock in the aggregate shall have traded on the Principal Trading Market since the Business Combination, the Company may require that the Purchasers purchase Notes having an aggregate principal amount of $2,222,222.00 in respect of which the aggregate subscription amount shall be $2,000,000 (the “Second Notes Purchase”); and

 

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(2) if (x) the Registration Statement filed with the SEC in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement including for registration therein all of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) issuable in respect of the Initial Notes shall have been declared effective, (y) $35,000,000 of dollar volume in the aggregate of shares of Common Stock shall have traded on the Principal Trading Market since the Second Notes Purchase and (z) the Common Stock shall have traded on the Principal Trading Market at a trading price of no less than $4.00 for the five (5) Trading Days preceding such purchase, the Company may require that the Purchasers purchase Notes having an aggregate principal amount of $5,555,555.00 in respect of which the aggregate subscription amount shall be $5,000,000.00.

 

(b) Mechanics. At each Closing, (i) each Initial Purchaser or Additional Purchaser, as applicable, shall deliver to the Company, without set off or counterclaim, via wire transfer to an account designated by the Company, such Purchaser’s Purchase Price in immediately available Dollars, (ii) the Company shall deliver to such Purchaser, as set forth in Section 2.2(a), its Purchased Securities and (iii) the Company and such Purchaser (or, where applicable, the Collateral Agent) shall deliver to each other the other items set forth in Section  2.2 as being delivered on or prior to such Closing. Upon satisfaction of the terms and conditions set forth in Section 2.3, such Closing shall occur remotely by electronic exchange of Closing documentation using DocuSign or a similar service or, if the parties mutually agree, physically at any location chosen by the parties.

 

2.2 Deliveries.

 

(a) Deliveries to Initial Purchasers. On or prior to the Initial Closing, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Initial Purchaser the following, each dated as of the Initial Closing Date and in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and such Initial Purchaser:

 

(i) this Agreement, duly executed by the Company;

 

(ii) the Disclosure Certificate, duly executed by the Company Parties;

 

(iii) an Initial Note for such Initial Purchaser duly executed by the Company with an Initial Principal Amount equal to the amount set forth opposite for such Initial Purchaser on Schedule I, registered in the name of such Initial Purchaser;

 

(iv) the Guaranty, duly executed by the Company Parties;

 

(v) the Security Agreement, duly executed by the Company Parties;

 

(vi) Control Agreements for each bank account and security account of any Company Party, each duly executed by such Company Party and the bank or broker where such account is held (subject to de minimis exceptions made by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion);

 

(vii) the Intellectual Property Security Agreements, duly executed by each Company Party having Intellectual Property Rights and covering collectively all such Intellectual Property Rights (subject to de minimis exceptions made by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion);

 

(viii) the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Company;

 

(ix) Lock-Up Agreements duly executed by each officer and director of the Company and such other parties identified by the Initial Purchaser and the Collateral Agent;

 

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(x) the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter, duly executed by the Transfer Agent in addition to the Company;

 

(xi) legal opinions of counsel to the Company (including local counsel as may be requested by such Purchaser) in form and substance acceptable to such Initial Purchaser and the Collateral Agent;

 

(xii) a certificate from each officer of each Company Party with respect to corporate authorization and incumbency, each in form and substance acceptable to such Initial Purchaser, attaching organizational documents, duly-adopted resolutions approving the Transaction Documents and good standing certificates of such Company Party;

 

(xiii) an additional certificate from the Company, in form and substance acceptable to such Initial Purchaser, certifying as to the occurrence of various conditions to the Initial Closing;

 

(xiv) a closing statement, duly executed by the Company, attaching a flow of funds, each in form and substance acceptable to such Initial Purchaser (the “Initial Closing Statement”);

 

(xv) a Use of Proceeds Certificate, duly executed by the Company certifying to the use of the proceeds of the such Closing; and

 

(xvi) such other opinions, statements, agreements and other documents as such Initial Purchaser may require.

 

(b) Deliveries to the Company on the Initial Closing. On or prior to the Initial Closing, each Initial Purchaser (or, where applicable, the Collateral Agent) shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company, as applicable, the following, each duly executed by such Initial Purchaser (or, as the case may be, by the Collateral Agent) and dated as of the Initial Closing Date:

 

(i)this Agreement;

 

(ii)the Guaranty;

 

(iii)the Security Agreement;

 

(iv)any Control Agreements;

 

(v)the Intellectual Property Security Agreements;

 

(vi)the Registration Rights Agreement; and

 

(vii)the Lock-Up Agreements.

 

(c) Deliveries to Additional Purchasers. On or prior to the Additional Closing, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Additional Purchaser the following, each dated as of the Additional Closing Date and in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and such Additional Purchaser:

 

(i)the Additional Note of such Additional Purchaser duly executed by the Company with the Initial Principal Amount allocated to such Additional Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(ii);

 

(ii)if such Additional Purchaser was not an Initial Purchaser, a Joinder Agreement for such Additional Purchaser;

 

(iii)legal opinions of counsel to the Company (including local counsel as may be requested by such Purchaser) in form and substance acceptable to such Additional Purchaser and the Collateral Agent;

 

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(iv)a certificate from the Company, in form and substance acceptable to such Additional Purchaser, certifying as to the occurrence of various conditions to the Additional Closing; and

 

(v)a closing statement, duly executed by the Company, attaching a flow of funds, each in form and substance acceptable to such Additional Purchaser (the “Additional Closing Statement”); and

 

(vi)such other opinions, statements, agreements and other documents as such Additional Purchaser may require.

 

(d) Deliveries to the Company on the Additional Closing. On or prior to the Additional Closing, each Additional Purchaser that was not an Initial Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company, as applicable, a Joinder Agreement duly executed by such Additional Purchaser and the Collateral Agent and dated as of the Additional Closing Date.

 

2.3 Conditions to Closings.

 

(a) Conditions to the Company’s Obligations. The obligations of the Company pursuant to Section 2.1(a) in connection with each Closing are subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with this Agreement, of the following conditions on or before the applicable Closing Date:

 

(i)the representations and warranties of each Purchaser contained herein shall be true and correct as of the applicable Closing Date (unless expressly made as of an earlier date herein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);

 

(ii)all obligations, covenants and agreements required to be performed by any Purchaser on or prior to the applicable Closing Date (other than the obligations set forth in Section 2.1(a) to be performed at such Closing) shall have been performed; and

 

(iii)the delivery by each Purchaser of the items each Purchaser is required to deliver prior to the applicable Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.2.

 

(b) Conditions to the Initial Purchasers’ Obligations. The respective obligations of each Initial Purchaser and the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 2.1(a) in connection with the Initial Closing are subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with this Agreement, of the following conditions on or before the Initial Closing Date, both before and after giving effect to the Initial Closing:

 

(i)the representations and warranties of each Company Party contained in any Transaction Document shall be true and correct as of the Initial Closing Date (unless expressly made as of an earlier date herein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);

 

(ii)all obligations, covenants and agreements required to be performed by any Company Party or any on or prior to the Initial Closing Date pursuant to any Transaction Document (other than the obligations set forth in Section 2.1(a)(ii) to be performed at the Initial Closing) shall have been performed;

 

(iii)the items that the Company is required to deliver on or prior to the Initial Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.2(a) shall have been delivered;

 

(iv)there shall exist no Default or Event of Default;

 

(v)no Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred from the date hereof through the Initial Closing Date;

 

(vi)the Business Combination shall have been fully completed in accordance with its terms;

 

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(vii)from the date hereof through the Initial Closing Date, trading in the shares of Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the SEC or the Principal Trading Market for such Common Stock and, at any time prior to the Initial 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 of the Company whose trades are reported by such service or on any Trading Market for such Securities, 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 such Initial Purchaser, and without regard to any factors unique to such Initial Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Purchased Securities at the Initial Closing;

 

(viii)the Company meets the current public information requirements under Rule 144 in respect of the Issuable Securities;

 

(ix)the Company has duly notified the SEC and its Principal Market as may be required under their respective Regulations of the issuance of all Transaction Securities to be issued pursuant to this Agreement (including filing a Listing of Additional Shares Notification Form with its Principal Market if required); and

 

(x)any other conditions to the Initial Closing or the obligations of such Initial Purchaser contained herein or in the other Transaction Documents shall have been satisfied.

 

(c) Conditions to the Additional Purchasers’ Obligations. The respective obligations of each Additional Purchaser and the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(ii) in connection with the Additional Closing are subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with this Agreement, of the following conditions on or before the Additional Closing Date, both before and after giving effect to the Additional Closing:

 

(i)the representations and warranties of each Company Party contained in any Transaction Document shall be true and correct as of the Additional Closing Date (unless expressly made as of an earlier date herein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);

 

(ii)all obligations, covenants and agreements required to be performed by any Company Party or any on or prior to the Additional Closing Date pursuant to any Transaction Document (other than the obligations set forth in Section 2.1(a)(ii) to be performed at the Additional Closing) shall have been performed;

 

(iii)the items that the Company is required to deliver on or prior to the Additional Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.2(c) shall have been delivered;

 

(iv)there shall exist no Default or Event of Default;

 

(v)no Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred from the date hereof through the Additional Closing Date;

 

(vi)from the date hereof through the Additional Closing Date, trading in the shares of Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the SEC or the Principal Trading Market for such Common Stock and nor shall have the Company received a deficiency notice from the Principal Trading Market which remains uncured or waived by the Initial Purchaser, at any time prior to the Additional 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 of the Company whose trades are reported by such service or on any Trading Market for such Securities, 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 such Initial Purchaser, and without regard to any factors unique to such Initial Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Additional Notes at the Additional Closing;

 

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(vii)the Company has duly submitted a Listing of Additional Shares Notification Form with the Nasdaq Capital Market with respect to each issuance of Additional Notes and the related Conversion Shares pursuant to this Agreement;

 

(viii)Lock-Up Agreements duly executed by each officer and director of the Company and such other parties identified by the Initial Purchaser and the Collateral Agent providing for an extended lock-up period ending on the date that is 180 days after a Registration Statement registering the shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of the Additional Notes issued in such Additional Closing shall have been declared effective; and

 

(ix)any other conditions to the Additional Closing or the obligations of such Initial Purchaser contained herein or in the other Transaction Documents shall have been satisfied.

 

2.4 Post-Closing Deliveries. The Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent the following items by the following deadlines, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent:

 

(a) Within ten (10) Business Days following the end of each calendar month in which a Closing occurred, proof of receipt of the Purchase Price from each party receiving a payment at such Closing;

 

(b) Within one (1) Trading Day of any Person becoming a new Transfer Agent hereunder, a new Transfer Agent Instruction Letter issued by such new Transfer Agent; and

 

(c) Upon request by the Collateral Agent or any Purchaser, such other opinions, statements, agreements and other documents as the Purchaser may reasonably require to effect the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents.

 

ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company Parties. The Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties as to each Company Party (and, to the extent provided in the Guaranty or the Security Agreement or any other Transaction Document, each other Company Party makes the following representations and warranties as, and to the extent applicable to, such Company Party) to each Purchaser as of the date hereof and each Closing Date:

 

(a) Subsidiaries. All direct and indirect Subsidiaries of the Company are set forth in the Disclosure Certificate. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all Capital Stock and all Stock Equivalents of each of its Subsidiaries free and clear of any Liens, other than as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate on the date hereof, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.

 

(b) Organization and Qualification. Each Company Party is a Person having the corporate form listed in the Disclosure Certificate, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization listed in the Disclosure Certificate and is duly qualified or licensed to transact business in its jurisdiction of organization, the jurisdiction of its principal place of business, any other jurisdiction where the Collateral Agent has disclosed to the Company it is planning to file a UCC financing statement or a mortgage and, except where the failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect, any other jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary to conduct its business or own the property it purports to own – and no Proceeding exists or has be instituted or threatened in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification. Each Company Party has the right, power and authority to enter into and discharge all of its obligations under each Transaction Document to which it purports to be a party and has the right, power, authority, Permits and License Agreements to own its property and to carry on its business as presently conducted. No Company Party is engaged in the business of extending credit (which shall not include intercompany credit among the Company Parties) for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or any cryptocurrency, token or other blockchain asset.

 

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(c) Authorization; Enforcement. The execution, delivery, performance by each Company Party of its obligations, and exercise by such Company Party of its rights under the Transaction Documents, including, if applicable, the sale of Purchased Securities under this Agreement, (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate actions of such Company Party, (ii) except for the Required Filings, do not require any Consents or Permits that have not been obtained prior to the date hereof and each such Permit or Consent is in full force and effect and not subject of any pending or, to the best of any Company Party’s knowledge, threatened, attack or revocation, (iii) are not and will not be in conflict with or prohibited or prevented by or create a breach under (A) except for those that do not have a Material Adverse Effect, any Regulation or Permit, (B) any corporate governance document or resolution or (C) except for those that do not have a Material Adverse Effect, any Contractual Obligation or provision thereof binding on such Company Party or affecting any property of such Company Party and (iv) will not result in the imposition of any Lien on the Collateral other than Liens for the benefit of the Purchaser Parties. Upon execution and delivery thereof, each Transaction Document to which such Company Party purports to be a party shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Company Party, enforceable against such Company Party in accordance with its terms, subject only to the Standard Enforceability Exceptions.

 

(d) Issuance of the Transaction Securities. Each Transaction Security is duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued in compliance with all applicable Regulations, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents or by applicable Regulations. The Company has reserved for issuance of the Issuable Securities from its duly authorized Capital Stock the number of shares of Common Stock required by Section 4.5(a).

 

(e) Capitalization. The capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate, which Disclosure Certificate also includes the number of shares of Common Stock owned beneficially, and of record, by Affiliates of the Company as of the date hereof. The Company has not issued any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalent since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act except (i) as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate, (ii) for the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and (iii) 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 as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in, or triggered by, the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (including the issuance of the Transaction Securities in accordance with the terms of the applicable Transaction Documents) as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate. There are no outstanding Stock Equivalents with respect to any Common Stock, and there are no Contractual Obligations by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents except as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate. The issuance and sale of the Transaction Securities will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or any other securities to any Person (other than to any Purchaser) and will not result in a right of any holder of securities issued by any Company Party to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any Stock Equivalent, except as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate. All of the outstanding shares of Capital Stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all securities Regulations, and no such outstanding share was issued in violation of any preemptive right or similar or other right to subscribe for or purchase securities or any other existing Contractual Obligation. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder or the Board of Directors, and no other Permit or Consent, is required for the issuance and sale of the Transaction Securities. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate on the date hereof, there are no stockholders’ agreements, voting agreements or other similar Contractual Obligations with respect to the Company’s Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders or other equity investors.

 

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(f) SEC Reports; Financial Statements. Other than as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate, the Company has timely 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, taking into account any applicable extension duly obtained under applicable Regulations (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, any registration statement, prospectus and any other document filed with the SEC being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”). The Company has delivered or made available to the Investor through the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov), true and complete copies of all SEC Reports. 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, include all financial data required to be included or incorporated by reference, as well as all material liabilities and obligations, whether direct or contingent, whether on or off-balance sheet. None of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company and other financial or statistical data included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the Regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing and are consistent with the books and records of the Company. Except as disclosed in footnotes to such financial statements, such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to customary and immaterial year-end audit adjustments. The other financial and statistical data with respect to the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries contained in the SEC Reports are accurately and fairly presented in all material respects.

 

(g) Material Adverse Effects; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements disclosed in the Disclosure Certificate: (i) there has been no event that has had, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) no Company Party has incurred any Indebtedness or other liability (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 by GAAP to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements and not required to be disclosed in filings made with the SEC, (iii) no Company Party has altered its fiscal year or accounting methods; (iv) no Company Party has declared or made any Restricted Payment or entered in any Contractual Obligation to do so, (v) no Company Party has issued any Security to any officer, director or other Affiliate, and (vi) there has been no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to any Company Party, their Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, properties, operations, assets or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by any Company Party under applicable securities Regulations at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least one (1) Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.

 

(h) Litigation. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate, there is no Proceeding (and, to the knowledge of the Company Parties, no such Proceeding has been threatened) against any Company Party of any Subsidiary of any Company Party or any current or former officer or director of any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party in its capacity as such which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document or Transaction Security, (ii) involves the SEC or otherwise involves violations of securities Regulations or (iii) could, assuming an unfavorable result, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and none of the Company Parties, their Subsidiaries, or any director or officer of any of them, is or has been the subject of any Proceeding involving a claim of violation of or liability under securities Regulations or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. The SEC has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.

 

(i) Labor Relations. There is (i) no unfair labor practice at any Company Party, (ii) no unfair labor practice complaint pending (or, to the knowledge of any Company Party, threatened) against any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party before the National Labor Relations Board, (iii) no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement that is pending (or, to the knowledge of any Company Party, threatened) against any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party before the National Labor Relations Board, (iv) no strike, work stoppage or other labor dispute in existence (or, to the knowledge of any Company Party, threatened) involving any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party, (v) no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party, as the case may be, (vi) no union organization activity that is taking place at any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party, except, in each case with respect to any matter specified in clauses (i) through (vi) above, for such matters that could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of any Company Party’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with such Company Party or such Subsidiary, and none of the Company Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement. To the knowledge of the Company, the continued service to the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries of the executive officers of the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries is not, and is not expected to be, in violation of any material term of any Contractual Obligation in favor of any third party and does not subject any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party to any Loss with respect to any of the foregoing matters.

 

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(j) Compliance. No Company Party and no Subsidiary thereof, except as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate or as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has any Company Party or any Subsidiary thereof received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any Contractual Obligation (whether or not such default or violation has been waived); (ii) is or has been in violation of any Regulation (including any judgment, decree or order of any Governmental Authority), and to the knowledge of each Company Party, no Person has made or threatened to make any claim that such a violation exists (including relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety, employment or labor matters) or (iii) has incurred, or could reasonably be expected to incur Losses relating to compliance with Regulations (including clean-up costs under environmental Regulations), nor have any such Losses been threatened.

 

(k) Permits. Each Company Party and its Subsidiaries possess all Permits, each issued by the appropriate Governmental Authority, that are necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the Disclosure Certificate and which failure to possess could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and no Company Party nor any Subsidiary thereof has received any notice of Proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Permit.

 

(l) Title to Assets; Insurance. Each Company Party and their Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good title in fee simple to all personal property owned or purported to be owned by any of them that is material to the business of any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party, in each case free and clear of all Liens except as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate and except for (i) Liens that do not materially affect the value of any such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries and (ii) 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 any Company Party or any Subsidiary of the Company Parties (and any personal property if such lease is material to the business of any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party) are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries party thereto are in compliance. The Company Parties and each of their Subsidiaries are insured by nationally reputable insurers against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company Parties believe to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries are engaged. The Company Parties have no reason to believe that they will not be able to renew their existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue their business and, in each case, at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(m) Intellectual Property. Each Company Party and each Subsidiary of the Company Parties have, or have rights to use, all Intellectual Property Rights they purport to have or have rights to use, which, in the aggregate for all such Company Party and such Subsidiary, constitute all Intellectual Property Rights necessary or required for use in connection with the businesses of the Company Parties and their Subsidiary as presently conducted. No Company Party and no Subsidiary of any Company Party has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned, prior to the latest “Maturity Date” (under and as defined in each Note), and, to the knowledge of each Company Party and its Subsidiaries, no event has occurred that permits, or would permit after notice or passage of time or both, the revocation, suspension or termination of such rights. No Company Party and no Subsidiary of any Company Party has received, since the date of the latest audited financial statements listed in the Disclosure Certificate, a written notice of a claim, nor has such a claim been threatened or could reasonably be expected to be made, and no Company Party and no Subsidiary of any Company Party otherwise has any knowledge that any slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance or other Intellectual Property Right or goods or services bearing or using any Intellectual Property Right presently contemplated to be sold by or employed by Intellectual Property Right of any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of each Company Party and its Subsidiaries, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable (subject only to the Standard Enforceability Exceptions) and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. Each Company Party and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Company Party and no Subsidiary of any Company Party has any Intellectual Property Right registered, or subject to pending applications, in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar office or agency in the United States, any State thereof, any political subdivision thereof or in any other country, other than those set forth in the Disclosure Certificate on the date hereof (or any later updates acceptable to each Purchaser), or has granted any licenses with respect thereto other than as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate on the date hereof (or any later updates acceptable to each Purchaser). On the date hereof, the Disclosure Certificate also sets forth all Contractual Obligations or other arrangements of any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party as in effect on the date hereof pursuant to which such Company Party or such Subsidiary has a license or other right to use any Intellectual Property Right owned by another Person and the dates of the expiration of such Contractual Obligations or other arrangements (collectively, together with such Contractual Obligations or other arrangements as may be entered into by any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party after the date hereof, the “License Agreements”). All material License Agreements and related rights are in full force and effect, no default or event of default exists with respect thereto in respect of the obligations of licensor or with respect to any royalty or other payment obligations of any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party or any obligation of any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party with respect to manufacturing standards, quality control or specifications and each such Company Party or such Subsidiary is in compliance with the terms thereof in all material respects and no owner, licensor or other party thereto has sent any notice of termination or its intention to terminate such license or rights.

 

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(n) Transactions with Related Parties. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate, no Company Party and no Subsidiary of any Company Party is a party to any Contractual Obligation or other transaction with any Related Party that is not a Company Party or Subsidiary of a Company Party, including (a)  investments by any Company Party or any Subsidiary thereof in such other Related Party, whether in Capital Stock, Stock Equivalents, other Securities, Indebtedness owing by such Related Party or otherwise, or Indebtedness owing to any such other Related Party and (b) transfers, sales, leases, assignments or other acquisitions or dispositions of any asset, in each case except for (x) transactions in the ordinary course of business on a basis no less favorable to the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries as would be obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not a Related Party and (y) salaries and other director or employee or other staff compensation, including expense reimbursements and employee benefits, of the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries.

 

(o) Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and any and all related Regulations. The Company Parties and their Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company and its Subsidiaries have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and its Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports the Company is required to file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s Regulations. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company and its Subsidiaries 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) that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

(p) Certain Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Certificate, there is no Person (other than a Company Covered Person) that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration (including brokerage, finder’s fee, commissions or similar fees) for solicitation of the Purchaser in connection with the sale of any Transaction Securities. No Purchaser has or shall have any 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 3.1(p) that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

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(q) Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of each Purchaser’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Transaction Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Transaction Securities under the Transaction Documents does not contravene the Regulations of any Trading Market of any Securities of any Company Party.

 

(r) Registration Rights. No Person (other than as part of the Transaction Documents) has any right to cause any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any Securities of any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party.

 

(s) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act. The Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, denying or terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the SEC is contemplating denying or terminating such registration. The Company has not, in the twelve (12) months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company has no reason to believe that it will not be in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements. The Company has notified the SEC and its Principal Market, to the extent required by their Regulations, of the issuance of all Transaction Securities to be issued on or before the date this representation is made (including filing with its Principal Market a Listing of Additional Shares Notification Form covering all such Transaction Securities).

 

(t) Application of Takeover Protections. The Company and the Board of Directors (or equivalent body) 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 as a result of any Purchaser, the Collateral Agent or any Company Party fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Transaction Securities and the ownership of the Transaction Securities by any Purchaser or any Affiliate of any Purchaser.

 

(u) MNPI. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, each Company Party confirms that none of the Company Parties, their Affiliates, or agents or counsel or any other Person acting on behalf of the foregoing has provided any Purchaser, any Purchaser Party or their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. Each Company Party acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2.

 

(v) No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of each Purchaser’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no Company Party, 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 Purchased 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 Parties are listed or designated.

 

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(w) No General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Transaction Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising. The Company has offered the Transaction Securities for sale only to the Purchasers.

 

(x) Foreign Corrupt Practices. No Company Party and no Related Party of any Company Party, has done any of the following, directly or indirectly (including through agents, contractors, trustees, representatives and advisors): (i) made contributions or payments of, or reimbursement for, gifts, entertainment or other expenses, in each case that could reasonably be viewed as unlawful under U.S. or other Regulations related to foreign or domestic political activity or (ii) made payments to U.S. or other officials, judges, employees or other staff members of any Governmental Authority or other Persons viewed as government officials under any Regulation or to any foreign or domestic political parties, elected or union officials or campaigns in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, and no part of the proceeds of the sale of Purchased Securities hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, to fund any such payment; (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution or other payment made by any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party (or made by any Person acting on the behalf of any of the foregoing) which could reasonably be viewed as in violation of U.S. or other Regulations; or (iv) any other activity in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any other Regulation sanctioning or purporting to sanction bribery, corruption and other improper payments.

 

(y) Accountants. The Company’s accounting firm is CBIZ CPAs P.C. To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such accounting firm is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act.

 

(z) No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers. There are no disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by any Company Party 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.

 

(aa) No Fiduciary or Advisory Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Purchaser is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and has no business relationship with any Company Party or any of their Subsidiaries other than as an investor in Securities of the Company. The Company further acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial, legal, tax, investment or other 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 any Purchaser, the Collateral Agent, any Purchaser Party or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers’ acquisition of the Purchased Securities. The Company further represents to each 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.

 

(bb) Regulation M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no Company Party, Subsidiary of any Company Party or no one acting on any of their behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Transaction Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Transaction Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Company’s placement agent in connection with the placement of the Transaction Securities.

 

(cc) Stock Option Plans. 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 its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.

 

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(dd) Sanctions. No Company Party and no Related Party of any Company Party, directly or indirectly (including through agents, contractors, trustees, representatives or advisors) (a) is in violation of any Sanctions Law or engages in, or conspire or attempts to engage in, any transaction evading or avoiding any prohibition in any Sanction Law, (b) is a Sanctioned Person or derive revenues from investments in, or transactions with Sanctioned Persons, (c) has any assets located in Sanctioned Jurisdictions or (d) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transactions relating to, any property or interest in property blocked pursuant to any Regulation administered or enforced by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”). The Company will not use, directly or indirectly, any part of the proceeds of the sale of Purchased Securities hereunder to fund, and none of the Company or the Company Parties, either directly or indirectly (including through agents, contractors, trustees, representatives or advisors), are engaged in any operations involving, the financing of any investments or activities in, or any payments to, a Sanctioned Person.

 

(ee) 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.

 

(ff) Regulated Entities. No Company Party and no Affiliate of any Company Party 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”). No Company Party and no Subsidiary or Affiliate of any Company Party owns or controls, directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent 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. No Company Party and no Subsidiary or Affiliate of any Company Party, either individually or in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, exercise or has the ability to exercise 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. The Company is not an “investment company” and is not a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Company is not subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940 or to any other Regulation or Permit limiting the Company’s ability to incur indebtedness for borrowed money.

 

(gg) Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the sale of Purchased Securities hereunder shall be used to provide working capital for the Company after the Business Combination and to pay current and deferred compensation to executive officers and management of the Company as described in the use of proceeds certificate delivered in connection with each Closing (the “Use of Proceeds Certificate”). Further to the foregoing, the proceeds of the sale of Purchased Securities used to pay current and deferred compensation to executive officers and management of the Company shall not exceed (i) in respect of the proceeds of the Initial Notes, an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (x) $1,200,000 and (y) 33% of the amount of aggregate deferred compensation owing to the executive officers and management of the Company as of the date of the Business Combination, and (ii) in respect of the proceeds of any Additional Notes at any the closing of the sale of Additional Notes, an aggregate amount equal to 25% of the amount of aggregate deferred compensation owing to the executive officers and management of the Company as of the date of the Business Combination; provided, that the amount of such deferred compensation owing as of the date of the Business Combination shall have been disclosed on the Disclosure Certificate. No Company Party shall, nor shall any Subsidiary of any Company Party, use the proceeds of the sale of Purchased Securities hereunder (A) for the purpose of purchasing or carrying of “margin security” or “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulations U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R. Parts 221 and 224, (B) for the compensation of executive officers and management to make distributions, or repay Indebtedness owing to, any holder of any Security of the Company or (C) in any manner that might cause the purchase of the Notes or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other Regulation.

 

(hh) Promotional Stock Activities. No Company Party, no Subsidiary of any Company Party and none of their officers, directors, managers, affiliates or agents have engaged in any stock promotional activity that could give rise to a complaint, inquiry, or trading suspension by the SEC alleging (i) a violation of the anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws, (ii) violations of the anti-touting provisions, (iii) improper “gun-jumping; or (iv) promotion without proper disclosure of compensation.

 

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(ii) Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company Parties (i) have 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) have 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) have set aside on their respective 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 of any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company Parties know of no basis for any such claim.

 

(jj) Seniority. Except for the Indebtedness set forth in the Disclosure Certificate on the date hereof, no Indebtedness or other claim against any Company Party is senior in right of payment to the Notes or the obligations due thereunder or their guaranties, whether with respect to interest or upon liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise, other than Indebtedness secured by purchase money security interests (which is senior only as to underlying assets covered thereby) and capital lease obligations (which is senior only as to the property covered thereby).

 

(kk) AML/CTF Regulations. The operations of the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries 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 and other applicable money laundering and counter-terrorism financing Regulations (collectively, the “AML/CTF Regulations”), and no Proceeding by or before any Governmental Authority involving any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party with respect to any AML/CTF Regulation is pending or, to the knowledge of any Company Party or any such Subsidiary, threatened.

 

(ll) Disqualification Events. No Company Party, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of any Company Party, no beneficial owner of twenty percent (20%) or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (as each such term is used and understood in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D under the Securities Act, each a “Company Covered Person”) is (i) subject to any of the "Bad Actor" disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) of Regulation D under the Securities Act except for the events listed in Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3) of Regulation D under the Securities Act or (ii) is subject to any event that would result in a disciplinary disclosure under Item 11 of Form ADV if such Person was a “supervised person” (as defined for purposes of such Form ADV) of an investment adviser (a “Disqualification Event”). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Company Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event.

 

(mm) Subsidiary Rights. Each Company Party has the unrestricted right to vote, and (subject to limitations imposed by applicable Regulation) to receive dividends and distributions on, all capital securities of its Subsidiaries as owned by any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party.

 

(nn) Reserved.

 

(oo) No Last-Minute Issuances. From and after the date of execution of the Term Sheet between the Collateral Agent and the Company, no Company Party has engaged in any transaction which would constitute a violation of this Agreement or require the consent of, or grant a right of first refusal to, any Purchaser Party if done after the Initial Closing Date.

 

(pp) Full Disclosure. All of the disclosures furnished on behalf of, and all of the representations and warranties made by, any Company Party in any Transaction Document and all statements contained in the Disclosure Certificate or any certificate or other document furnished or to be furnished to any Purchaser or any Purchaser Party or their attorneys or advisors pursuant to any Transaction Document are true and correct and none contains any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading. The Company Parties have responded to all questions in the due diligence questionnaire (and any amendment or additional questions or questionnaires) provided by the Collateral Agent prior to the date hereof completely and truthfully and have provided in response all of the information available to them that would reasonably be qualified as responsive thereto, except where such Company Parties have indicated to the Collateral Agent that specific information could not be provided and why. The press releases disseminated by the Company Parties 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 statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made and when made, not misleading.

 

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3.2 Representations and Warranties of Each Purchaser. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of each 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. Such Purchaser is either an individual or an entity duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right, corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject only to the Standard Enforceability Exceptions.

 

(b) Own Account. Such Purchaser understands that the Purchased Securities are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Transaction Securities acquired as of the date this representation is made as principal for its own account, in the ordinary course of business, and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Transaction Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has no present intention of distributing any such Transaction Security 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 any such Transaction Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law; provided, that nothing in this clause (b) shall be construed to limit such Purchaser’s ability to sell such Transaction Securities or to require such Purchaser to hold any such Transaction Securities for any minimum or other specific term and such Purchaser reserves the right to dispose of any of such Transaction Securities at any time in accordance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

 

(c) Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered or otherwise purchased or acquired the Purchased Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it converts the Notes or otherwise acquires Issuable Securities it is and will be, a sophisticated investor accustomed to transactions like the purchase of the Purchased Securities hereunder and an “accredited investor” as defined under the Securities Act and the Regulations thereunder.

 

(d) Experience of Such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Purchased Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Purchased Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

 

(e) General Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not acquiring any Purchased Security as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding Purchased Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general advertisement.

 

(f) Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser, executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time that such Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any other Person representing the Company setting forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such Purchaser is a multi-managed investment vehicle (whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets), the representation set forth above in this clause (f) shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to acquire the Purchased Securities covered by this Agreement.

 

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Each Company Party acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties of each Purchaser set forth in Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect any Purchaser’s right to rely on the representations and warranties of any Company Party contained in this Agreement or in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby.

 

ARTICLE IV OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

4.1 Transfer Restrictions.

 

(a) The Transaction Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Transaction Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, at the Company’s sole expense in the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Transaction Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights and obligations of a Purchaser under this Agreement.

 

(b) Each Purchaser agrees, severally but not jointly, to the imprinting, for as long as is required by this Section 4.1, of a legend on all of the Purchased Securities in the following form:

 

[THIS SECURITY HAS NOT] [NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY [CONVERTIBLE][EXCHANGEABLE] HAVE] BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES REGULATIONS, AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE OR PLEDGED AS SECURITY IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION WITHOUT RELIANCE ON AN EXEMPTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES REGULATIONS. THIS SECURITY [AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON [CONVERSION] [EXERCISE] OF THIS SECURITY] MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN FROM AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Purchaser may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of its Transaction Securities to a financial institution that is a sophisticated investor and an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Transaction Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge. At the Company’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Transaction Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Transaction Securities.

 

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(c) No certificate evidencing any Transaction Security shall contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b)) in the following cases: (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such Transaction Security is effective under the Securities Act; (ii) following any sale of such Transaction Security pursuant to Rule 144; (iii) if such Transaction Security is eligible for sale under Rule 144; or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the SEC). The Company shall upon request of any Purchaser and at the Company’s sole expense cause its counsel (or at such Purchaser’s option, exercised in its sole discretion, counsel selected by such Purchaser) to issue a legal opinion to the Transfer Agent promptly after any of the events described in (i)-(iv) in the preceding sentence to effect the removal of any legend (including that described in Section 4.1(b)), with a copy to such Purchaser, its broker and the Collateral Agent. If all or any portion of any Purchased Security is converted or exercised, respectively, at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the Issuable Securities, or if any Transaction Security may be sold under Rule 144 or if such legend is not otherwise required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the SEC) then such Issuable Security or Transaction Security shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that following such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 4.1(c), it will, no later than two (2) Trading Days following the delivery by any Purchaser to the Company or the Transfer Agent of a certificate representing a Transaction Security issued with a restrictive legend (such second (2nd) Trading Day being referred to as the “Legend Removal Date” of such Transaction Securities of such Purchaser), instruct the Transfer Agent to deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 4.1. Certificates for the Transaction Securities subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to such Purchaser by crediting the account of such Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such Purchaser.

 

(d) In addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to such Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, $1,000 per Trading Day for each Trading Day after the Legend Removal Date for such Transaction Securities of such Purchaser until such certificate is delivered without a legend. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Company’s failure to deliver certificates representing any Transaction Securities as required by the Transaction Documents, and each Purchaser shall have, severally and not jointly, the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief.

 

4.2 Conversion Procedures. The form of “Notice of Conversion” (each a “Notice of Conversion”) included in any Note of any Purchaser sets forth the totality of the procedures required of such Purchaser in order to convert such Note. Without limiting the preceding sentences, no ink-original Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Conversion form be required in order to convert any Note. No additional legal opinion, other information or instructions shall be required of any Purchaser to convert any Note. The Company shall honor conversions of any Note, and shall deliver Transaction Securities in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction Documents.

 

4.3 No Claims Under Stockholder’s Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by any Company Party or, with the consent of any Company Party, by any other Person, that any Purchaser Party is an “acquiring person” (or similar or equivalent term) 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 any Purchaser Party could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Transaction Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and any Purchaser Party.

 

4.4 Acknowledgment of Dilution. The Company acknowledges that the issuance of the Transaction Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, which dilution may be substantial under certain market conditions. The Company further acknowledges that its obligations under the Transaction Documents, including its obligation to issue the Transaction 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 stockholders of the Company.

 

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4.5 Integration. The Company shall not engage in any Sale, offer for Sale or engage in any solicitation of offers to buy, any Security (or otherwise negotiate in respect of any of the foregoing) that would be integrated with (i) the offer or sale of the Transaction Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Transaction Securities or (ii) the offer or sale of the Transaction Securities for purposes of the Regulations of any Trading Market of any Securities of any Company Party in a manner that would require shareholder approval prior to the closing thereof, unless such shareholder approval is obtained before such closing.

 

4.6 Reservation and Listing.

 

(a) The Company shall reserve for issuance of the Issuable Securities from its duly authorized Capital Stock a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the higher of the Reserve Amount or such amount as may then be required to fulfill its obligations in full under the Transaction Documents. Upon a reverse stock split or increase in the authorized Common Stock of the Company, the Company will immediately instruct the Transfer Agent to reserve at least the new amount applicable under this Section 4.6(a) after giving effect to such stock split or increase. In addition, the Company shall update with the Transfer Agent at least monthly the amount reserved pursuant to this Section 4.6(a).

 

(b) If, on any date, the number of authorized but unissued (and otherwise unreserved) shares of Common Stock is less than the Reserve Amount on such date, then the Board of Directors shall amend the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (or equivalent governing document) to increase the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to the Reserve Amount at such time, as soon as possible and in any event not later than the 60th day after such date.

 

(c) The Company shall, if applicable: (i) in the time and manner required by the Principal Trading Market for the Common Stock, prepare and file with such Principal Trading Market an additional shares listing application covering a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the Reserve Amount on the date of such application; (ii) take all steps necessary to cause such shares of Common Stock to be approved for listing or quotation on such Principal Trading Market as soon as possible thereafter; (iii) provide to each Purchaser evidence of such listing or quotation; and (iv) maintain the listing or quotation of such Common Stock on any date at least equal to the Reserve Amount on such date on such Principal Trading Market or any other Trading Market for such Common Stock.

 

4.7 Issuances of Variable-Priced Equity-Linked Instruments and Exchanges Transactions.

 

(a) No Issuance of Variable-Priced Equity-Linked Instruments. For as long as any Note or Obligation remains outstanding, no Company Party shall effect, or enter into any Contractual Obligation to effect, any issuance by any Company Party or any Subsidiary of a Variable-Priced Equity-Linked Instrument. “Variable-Priced Equity-Linked Instrument” means (A) any Stock Equivalent convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or carrying the right to receive, shares of Common Stock or any other Securities of any Company Party either (1) at any conversion, exercise or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for such Common Stock or Securities at any time after the initial issuance of such Stock Equivalent, or (2) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset on more than one occasion at some future date at any time after the initial issuance of such Stock Equivalent due to a change in the market price of such Common Stock or Securities since such initial issuance (other than customary “preemptive” or “participation” rights or “weighted average” or “full-ratchet” anti-dilution provisions or in connection with fixed-price rights offerings and similar transactions), and (B) any amortizing, convertible Stock Equivalent that amortizes prior to its maturity date, where any Company Party is required or has the option to (or any investor in such transaction has the option to require such Company Party to) make such amortization payments in shares of Common Stock or other Securities which are valued at a price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for Common Stock or other Securities at any time after such initial issuance of such Stock Equivalent (regardless of whether making such payments in such manner is subject to various conditions). The Collateral Agent and any Purchaser shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company to preclude any issuance of any Variable-Priced Equity-Linked Instrument (without the need for the posting of any bond or similar item, which the Company hereby expressly and irrevocably waives the requirement for), which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect damages.

 

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(b) No Exchange Transactions. For as long as any Note or Obligation remains outstanding, no Company Party, no Related Party of any Company Party will, directly or indirectly (including through agents, contractors, trustees, representatives or advisors): (a) solicit, initiate, encourage or accept any other inquiries, proposals or offers from any Person relating to any exchange (i) of any Security of any Company Party for any other Security of any Company Party, except to the extent consummated pursuant to the terms of Stock Equivalents of the Company as in effect as of the date hereof and disclosed in the Disclosure Certificate on the date hereof or (ii) of any Indebtedness for any Security of, or claim against, any Company Party (any such transaction described in clauses (i) or (ii), an “Exchange Transaction”); (b) enter into, effect, alter, amend, announce or recommend to its stockholders any Exchange Transaction with any Person; or (c) participate in any discussions, conversations, negotiations or other communications with any Person regarding any Exchange Transaction, or furnish to any Person any information with respect to any Exchange Transaction, or otherwise cooperate in any way, assist or participate in, facilitate or encourage, any effort or attempt by any Person to seek an Exchange Transaction involving any Company Party. For as long as any Note or Obligation remains outstanding, no Company Party and no Related Party of any Company Party, will, either directly or indirectly (including through agents, contractors, trustees, representatives or advisors), cooperate in any way, assist or participate in, facilitate or encourage any effort or attempt by any Person to effect any acquisition of securities or indebtedness of, or claim against, the Company by such Person from an existing holder of such securities, indebtedness or claim in connection with a proposed exchange of such securities or indebtedness of, or claim against, the Company (whether pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) or 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act or otherwise) (a “Third Party Exchange Transfer”). The Company Parties and each of their Related Parties shall immediately cease and cause to be terminated all existing discussions, conversations, negotiations and other communications with any Persons with respect to any of the foregoing. For all purposes of this Agreement, violations of the restrictions set forth in this Section 4.7 by any Company Party, or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of any Company Party, or any officer, employee, director, agent or other representative of any Company Party or any Subsidiary or Affiliates of any Company Party shall be deemed a direct breach of this Section 4.7 by the Company.

 

(c) No At the Market Offerings or Equity-Lines of Credit. For as long the Notes remain outstanding, except with the consent of the Required Purchasers and except for facilities led by the Collateral Agent or the Initial Purchaser, no Company Party and no Subsidiary of any Company Party shall (i) effect, or enter into any Contractual Obligation to effect, any “at-the-market” offering for any Capital Stock or (ii) enter into any Equity Line of Credit or draw on any existing Equity Line of Credit except for a Permitted ELOC.

 

(d) Relief. Each Purchaser shall, severally and not jointly, be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against any Company Party to preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect damages.

 

(e) Most Favorable Terms. For so long as any Note or Obligation remains outstanding, if the Company grants, issues, Sell or modifies any term of, any Securities or Indebtedness in the future or has entered into on or prior to the date of this Agreement, or shall in the future enter into, any Contractual Obligation with any purchaser or holder of any Securities or Indebtedness of the Company, in each case that provides any purchaser or holder of any such Security or Indebtedness with any term that is more favorable than a term available to the Purchasers in the Transaction Documents, the Company shall notify each Purchaser of such term in writing on or before the date that is three (3) Trading Days after the date of such grant, issuance, Sale or modification or, as the case may be, of execution of such Contractual Obligation, and each Purchaser shall have the right, by notifying the Company of its election to do so, to elect in writing within thirty (30) days of the receipt of such notice to elect to have such terms apply to such Transaction Documents. Upon effective delivery of such notice from a Purchaser, the applicable Transaction Documents shall, automatically and without any further action (and notwithstanding the requirements of Section 6.3), be deemed to be amended to include such more favorable term (and, if applicable, replace any less favorable term). On the next Trading Day following receipt of such notice and request from such Purchaser, the Company shall deliver an acknowledgment of such amendment in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser in its sole discretion; provided, that the Company’s failure to timely provide such acknowledgement shall not change the effectiveness of such amendment.

 

4.8 Right of First Refusal.

 

(a) For so long as any Note remains outstanding, upon any issuance by any Company Party of Common Stock, any other Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents or other Indebtedness or other equity or debt or hybrid securities, including any preferred Capital Stock, Equity Line of Credit and convertible Indebtedness, whether for cash consideration or a combination of units thereof, (a “Subsequent Financing”), each Purchaser shall have the right to participate up to its Pro Rata Portion (measured against all Purchasers) of 33% of such issuance (the “Participation Maximum”) on the same terms, conditions and price provided for in the Subsequent Financing.

 

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(b) At least three (3) Trading Days (eight (8) hours in case of a Subsequent Financing structured as a public offering or as an “overnight” deal or other similar transaction) prior to the closing of a Subsequent Financing, the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser a written notice of its intention to effect a Subsequent Financing (“Pre-Notice”), which Pre-Notice shall ask such Purchaser if it wants to review the details of such financing (each additional notice containing such details, a “Subsequent Financing Notice”). Upon the request of any Purchaser for a Subsequent Financing Notice, and only upon such a request, the Company shall promptly, but no later than one (1) Trading Day after such request, deliver a Subsequent Financing Notice to such Purchaser. The Subsequent Financing Notice shall describe in reasonable detail the proposed terms of such Subsequent Financing, the amount of proceeds intended to be raised thereunder and the Persons through or with whom such Subsequent Financing is proposed to be effected, the Pro Rata Portion of the Participation Maximum of such Purchaser, an inquiry as to whether such Purchaser is willing to participate above their Pro Rata Portion (and what is the maximum amount such Purchaser is willing to commit), and shall include a term sheet or similar document relating thereto as an attachment.

 

(c) If any Purchaser desires to participate in such Subsequent Financing, such Purchaser must provide written notice to the Company within one (1) Trading Day of receipt of the Subsequent Financing Notice (eight (8) hours in the event of a Subsequent Financing structured as a public offering or as an “overnight” deal or other similar transaction) that such Purchaser is willing to participate in the Subsequent Financing, the maximum amount for which such Purchaser would be willing to participate if it is allocated to it (up to the Participation Maximum), and representing and warranting that the Purchaser has such funds ready, willing, and available for investment on the terms set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice.

 

(d) At first, each Purchaser shall first have the right to purchase its Pro Rata Portion (measured against all Purchasers) of the Participation Maximum. If some Purchasers have declined to participate in such Subsequent Financing, and some portion of the Participation Maximum remains unallocated, each Purchaser having agreed to participate above its current allocation shall be allocated its Pro Rata Portion (measured against all Purchaser having so agreed) of the next dollar – and so on and so forth until the Participation Maximum shall be fully allocated or all Purchasers shall have been given their desired allocation in full.

 

(e) The transaction documents related to any Subsequent Financing applicable to any Purchaser participating in such Subsequent Financing shall not include any term or provision whereby such Purchaser shall be required to agree to any restrictions on trading as to any of the Transaction Securities. In addition, the transaction documents related to the Subsequent Financing shall not include any requirement to consent to any amendment to or termination of, or grant any waiver, release or other modification or the like under or in connection with, this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the number of Purchasers required hereunder to consent to this amendment, termination, waiver, consent, release or other modification.

 

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.8 and unless otherwise agreed to by the applicable Purchaser, the Company shall either confirm in writing to each Purchaser that the transaction with respect to the Subsequent Financing has been abandoned or shall publicly disclose its intention to issue the securities in the Subsequent Financing, in either case in such a manner such that each Purchaser will not be in possession of any material, non-public information, by the fifth (5th) Trading Day following delivery of the Subsequent Financing Notice. If by such fifth (5th) Trading Day, no public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to the Subsequent Financing has been made, and no notice regarding the abandonment of such transaction has been received by the Purchaser, such transaction shall be deemed to have been abandoned and the Purchaser shall not be deemed to be in possession of any material, non-public information with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.8 shall not apply in respect of an Exempt Issuance or to any issuance of “Permitted Debt” (as defined under any of the Notes).

 

4.9 Public Disclosures and Notices.

 

(a) The Company covenants to maintain the registration of the Common Stock under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act even if the Company is not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.

 

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(b) At any time during the period commencing from the six (6)-month anniversary of the date hereof and ending at such time that all of the Transaction Securities have been sold or may be sold by the Purchasers without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144, if the Company shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c) (a “Public Information Failure”) then, in addition to any Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to each Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell its Transaction Securities, an amount in cash equal to two percent (2.0%) of the aggregate Purchase Price of such Purchaser’s Purchased Securities on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth (30th) day (pro-rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter until the earlier of (a) the date such Public Information Failure is cured and (b) such time that such public information is no longer required for such Purchaser to transfer pursuant to Rule 144 any Transaction Securities. The payments to which such Purchaser shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 4.9(b) are referred to herein as “Public Information Failure Payments.” Public Information Failure Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month during which such Public Information Failure Payments are incurred and (ii) the third (3rd) Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Public Information Failure Payments is cured. In the event the Company fails to make Public Information Failure Payments when required by the preceding sentence, such Public Information Failure Payments shall bear interest at the rate of two percent (2.0%) per month (accruing and due daily and prorated for partial months) until paid in full. Nothing herein shall limit each Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Public Information Failure, and each Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief and recovery of loss profits.

 

(c) The Company shall immediately notify the Collateral Agent and each Purchaser in writing of (i) any Disqualification Event relating to any Company Covered Person and (ii) any event that, with the passage of time, would become such a Disqualification Event.

 

(d) The Company shall immediately notify the Collateral Agent and each Purchaser in writing of the occurrence of any Default, Event of Default and any other failure to comply with any Transaction Document. Each Company Party shall promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days) provide to each Purchaser Party any documents or other information requested by such Purchaser Party to determine compliance with any provision of any Transaction Document.

 

4.10 Securities Laws Disclosures.

 

(a) Disclosure of Transaction Documents. The Company shall issue a press release by 9 a.m. on the Trading Day next following the date hereof publicly announcing the execution of the Transaction Documents and shall within four (4) Business days of the execution of the Transaction Documents file with the SEC a current report on Form 8-K that includes the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto within the time required by the Exchange Act. The Company represents and warrants to, and agree with, each Purchaser Party that, from and after such disclosure, it shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to any Purchaser Party or their Related Parties (or their respective agents, contractors, trustees, representatives and advisors) by any Company Party (including through agents, contractors, trustees, representatives and advisors) in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Thereafter, to the extent any new Transaction Document (including any notice provided thereunder) could be argued to include any material non-public information, the Company shall within one (1) Trading Day disclose such Transaction Document on Form 8-K. From and after such disclosure, the Company represents and warrants to each Purchaser Party that it shall have publicly disclosed (and shall ensure that as part of such disclosure and thereafter it shall publicly disclose within one (1) Trading Day) all material, non-public information delivered to any Purchaser Party or any of their Related Parties (or their respective agents, contractors, trustees, representatives and advisors) by any Company Party or any of their Affiliates or any of their respective Related Parties (or their respective agents, contractors, trustees, representatives and advisors), in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In addition, effective upon such disclosure, any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any Contractual Obligation, whether written or oral, between any Company Party, any of their Affiliates or any of their respective Related Parties (or their respective agents, contractors, trustees, representatives and advisors), on the one hand, and any Purchaser Party or any of their Related Parties (or their respective agents, contractors, trustees, representatives and advisors), on the other hand, shall immediately terminate and, from and after such disclosure, no such obligations shall be valid, even if entered into after the date of this Agreement (unless such obligation specifically mentions and refers to this clause (a) as inapplicable in a writing signed by such Purchaser Party), including “click through” agreements and confidentiality clauses incorporated in larger agreements.

 

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(b) Financing Statements and Other Periodic Filings. The Company shall timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act, shall not take any action or file any document (whether or not permitted by Exchange Act or the rules thereunder) to terminate or suspend its reporting and filing obligations under the Exchange Act and shall meet the current public information requirements of Rule 144(c) under the Securities Act.

 

(c) Private Transaction. This is a private transaction negotiated with, and tailored to, each Purchaser and no Securities were offered or sold to any Purchaser by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising. This transaction does not rely on Regulation D under the Securities Act (and, therefore, the Company does not intend or need to file a Form D).

 

(d) Press Releases. The Company and the Initial Purchasers shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and no Company Party or Initial Purchaser shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company and the Collateral Agent, with respect to any press release of any Initial Purchaser, or without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent, with respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by Regulation, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication. Irrespective of the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the SEC or any Trading Market or any other Governmental Authority, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except as required by Regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Investor with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (d).

 

4.11 Custodians; Freely Tradeable and Trading Markets Listing.

 

(a) DWAC. The Company shall ensure that its shares of Common Stock are and remain eligible for the “Deposit and Withdrawal at Custodian” (DWAC) service of the Deposit Trust Corporation and not subject to any restriction or limitation imposed by or on behalf of the Deposit Trust Corporation on any of its services or any other restriction or limitation on the use of the services provided by the Deposit Trust Corporation (DTC chill).

 

(b) Freely Tradeable. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall ensure that all Transaction Securities are freely tradeable. For the purposes of this Section 4.11(b), such shares shall be deemed “freely tradeable” if such shares are eligible for resale pursuant to (i) Rule 144 (provided the Company is compliant with its current public information requirements) promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act or such shares are the subject of a then effective registration statement or (ii) an effective “shelf” or resale registration statement under the Securities Act, in customary form, is effective under the Securities Act, registering the resale of such Transaction Securities by such security holder and names such holder as a selling security holder thereunder, and such registration statement is reasonably acceptable such holder.

 

(c) Trading Markets. The shares of Common Stock are trading, and the Company believes in good faith that they shall continue to trade uninterrupted, on the Principal Trading Market and all other Trading Markets for such Common Stock (subject to any volume restrictions set forth in the Notes). All of the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (including the Issuable Securities) are listed or quoted for trading, and the Company shall use its best efforts to ensure that such shares continue to be listed or quoted for trading interrupted, on the Principal Trading Market and each such other Trading Market.

 

4.12 Trading Activities of Purchasers. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding, it is understood and acknowledged by the Company that (i) no Purchaser has been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling Transaction Securities of the Company or from entering into Short Sales or Derivatives based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Transaction Securities for any specified term, (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, specifically including Short Sales or Derivatives, before or after any Closing, as well as the closing of any future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities, (iii) each Purchaser, and counter-parties in Derivatives to which any Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, may presently have a “short” position in the shares of Common Stock and (iv) no Purchaser shall be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any Derivative. The Company further understands and acknowledges that (y) each Purchaser may engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the Transaction Securities are outstanding, including, during the periods that the value of the Issuable Securities deliverable with respect to Transaction Securities are being determined, and (z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders' equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities and Derivatives do not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.

 

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4.13 Material Non-Public Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, each Company Party covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any other Person acting on its behalf, will provide any Purchaser, any Purchaser Party or their respective agents or counsel with any information that any Company Party believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto such information is disclosed to the public, or such Purchaser shall have entered into a written agreement with the Company regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. There has been no public announcement of a pending or proposed Fundamental Transaction or Change of Control (as each such term is defined in the Notes) that has not been consummated. No Purchaser has been provided by any Company Party or any Related Party of any Company Party any information, that constitutes, or may constitute, material non-public information with respect to any Company Party. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing representations, warranties and covenants in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. To the extent a Company Party provides a Purchaser with material, non-public information, the Company shall publicly disclose such information by 8:00 AM on the next succeeding Trading Day following the provision of such information to such Purchaser; provided, however, in the event that such material non-public information is provided to a Purchaser pursuant to Section 4.8, the Company shall publicly disclose such information in accordance with the provisions set forth therein.

 

4.14 Credit Reports and Inquiries.

 

(a) Credit Reports. Each Company Party authorizes the Purchaser Parties, their agents and representatives and any credit reporting agency engaged by any Purchaser Party, to (i) investigate any references given or any other statements or data obtained from or about the Company Parties for the purpose of the Transaction Documents, (ii) obtain consumer business credit reports on the Company Parties, (iii) contact personal and business references provided by any Company Parties, at any time now or for so long as any amounts remains unpaid under the Transaction Documents, and (iv) share information regarding the Company Parties’ performance under this Agreement with affiliates and unaffiliated third parties.

 

(b) Credit Inquiries. Each Company Party hereby authorizes the Purchasers (but they shall have no obligation) to respond to usual and customary credit inquiries from third parties concerning any Company Party.

 

4.15 Indemnification of Each Purchaser Party. Each Company Party shall, jointly and severally, indemnify against, and hold harmless from, each Purchaser, the Collateral Agent, their Related Parties, each Person who controls any of them (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and their agents, contractors, trustees, representatives and advisors (each, a “Purchaser Party”) any and all Losses that any Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to any of the following: (a) the execution, existence, administration, performance or enforcement by any Purchaser Party of any of the Transaction Documents or consummation of any transaction described therein, including any real or alleged untrue statement of a material fact, or real or alleged omission of any material fact, in any SEC Report, including any registration statement, or any prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, (b) the existence of, perfection of, a Lien upon or the Sale or collection of, or any other damage, Loss, failure to return or other realization upon any collateral, (c) any representation or warranty of any Company Party or any of their Related Parties in any Transaction Document being untrue when made or the failure of any Company Party or any of their Related Parties (whether directly or through their agents, contractors, trustees, representatives and advisors) to observe, perform or discharge any of the covenants or duties under any of the Transaction Documents, or (d) any Proceeding, whether or not any Purchaser Party is a party thereto (including Proceedings instituted by any Governmental Authority or any holder of any equity interest in, or other direct or indirect investor in, the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser Party) with respect to any of the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated therein. Additionally, if any Taxes (excluding Taxes imposed upon or measured solely by the net income of the recipient of any payment made under any Transaction Document, but including any intangibles tax, stamp tax, recording tax or franchise tax) shall be imposed on any Company Party or Purchaser Party, whether or not lawfully payable, on account of the execution or delivery of this Agreement, or the execution, delivery, issuance or recording of any of the other Transaction Documents, or the creation or repayment of any of obligations hereunder, by reason of any applicable Regulations now or hereafter in effect, each Company Party shall, jointly and severally, pay (or shall promptly reimburse such Purchaser Party for the payment of) all such Taxes, including any interest, penalties, expenses and other Losses with respect thereto), and will indemnify and hold the Purchaser Parties harmless from and against all Losses arising therefrom or in connection therewith. The foregoing indemnities shall not apply to Losses (x) incurred by any Purchaser Party as a result of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction or (y) incurred by any Purchaser Party and directly and solely caused by the Company Parties including in SEC Reports or any prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto information about such Purchaser Party provided by such Purchaser Party and approved by such Purchaser Party for inclusion in such filing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Transaction Document, the obligations of the Company Parties with respect to each indemnity given by them in this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents in favor of the Purchaser Parties shall survive the payment in full of the Notes and the termination of this Agreement. The indemnification required by this Section 4.15 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are incurred. The indemnification contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Purchaser Party against any Company Party or others and any liabilities any Company Party may be subject to pursuant to any Regulation.

 

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ARTICLE V COLLATERAL AGENT

 

5.1 Appointment. Each Purchaser hereby irrevocably appoints Ascent, to act on its behalf as the Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents and authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this ARTICLE V are solely for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Purchasers, and no Company Party will have any rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Transaction Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Regulation. Instead, such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.

 

5.2 Rights as a Purchaser. The Person serving as the Collateral Agent hereunder has the same rights and powers in its capacity as an Initial Purchaser, Additional Purchaser and Purchaser as any other Initial Purchaser, Additional Purchaser and Purchaser and may exercise the same as though it were not the Collateral Agent, and the terms “Initial Purchaser”, “Initial Purchasers,” “Purchaser” or “Purchasers” will, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Collateral Agent hereunder in its individual capacity to the extent such Person is an Initial Purchaser or, as the case may be, Purchaser. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept payments from, lend money to, own securities of, and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Company, any Company Party or any other Subsidiaries or Affiliates of the Company as if such Person were not the Collateral Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Purchasers.

 

5.3 Exculpatory Provisions.

 

(a) The Collateral Agent will not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Transaction Documents, and its duties hereunder are administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent:

 

(i) will not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

(ii) will not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents that the Collateral Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Purchasers (or such other number or percentage of the Purchasers as will be expressly provided for herein or in the other Transaction Documents); provided, that the Collateral Agent will not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Collateral Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Transaction Document or any applicable Regulations, including any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any bankruptcy or insolvency Proceeding; and

 

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(iii) will not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Transaction Documents, have any duty to disclose, and will not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company Parties or any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

 

(b) The Collateral Agent will not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Purchasers (or such other number or percentage of the Purchasers as will be necessary, or as the Collateral Agent believes in good faith will be necessary, under the circumstances), or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment. The Collateral Agent will be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until notice describing such Default or Event of Default is given to the Collateral Agent in writing by a Company Party or a Purchaser.

 

(c) The Collateral Agent will not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Collateral Agent.

 

5.4 Reliance by Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent will be entitled to rely upon, and will not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Collateral Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and will not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder that by its terms must be fulfilled to its satisfaction, the Collateral Agent may make such determination in its sole discretion, and in determining compliance with any condition hereunder that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Purchaser, the Collateral Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Purchaser unless the Collateral Agent has received notice to the contrary from such Purchaser prior to the issuance of the Notes. The Collateral Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Company Party), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and will not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

 

5.5 Delegation of Duties. The Collateral Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Transaction Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Affiliates. The exculpatory provisions of this Section will apply to any such sub-agent and to the Affiliates of the Collateral Agent and any such sub-agent, and will apply to their respective activities in connection with the purchase of the Securities as well as other activities as Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent will not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that the Collateral Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

 

5.6 Resignation of Collateral Agent.

 

(a) The Collateral Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Purchasers and the Company, which notice shall set forth the effective date of such resignation (the “Resignation Effective Date”), such date not to be earlier than the thirtieth (30th) day following the date of such notice. The Required Purchasers and the Company shall mutually agree upon a successor to the Collateral Agent. If the Required Purchasers and the Company are unable to so mutually agree and no successor shall have been appointed within twenty-five (25) days after the retiring Collateral Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Collateral Agent may (but will not be obligated to), on behalf of the Purchasers, appoint a successor Collateral Agent it shall designate (in its reasonable discretion after consultation with the Company and the Required Purchasers). Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation will become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.

 

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(b) With effect from the Resignation Effective Date (i) the retiring Collateral Agent will be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Transaction Purchasers under any of the Transaction Documents, the retiring Collateral Agent will continue to hold such Collateral until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed), and (ii) except for any indemnity payments owed to the retiring Collateral Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Collateral Agent will instead be made by or to each Purchaser directly, until such time, if any, as the Required Purchasers appoint a successor Collateral Agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder, such successor will succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent (other than any rights to indemnity payments owed to the retiring Collateral Agent), and the retiring Collateral Agent will be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents. The fees payable by the Company to a successor Collateral Agent will be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents, the provisions of this Article VI will continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Collateral Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Affiliates in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Collateral Agent was acting as Collateral Agent.

 

5.7 Non-Reliance on Collateral Agent and Other Purchasers. Each Purchaser acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Collateral Agent or any other Purchaser or any of their Affiliates and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Purchaser also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Collateral Agent or any other Purchaser or any of their Affiliates and based on such documents and information as it will from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

 

5.8 Collateral Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any bankruptcy or insolvency Proceeding or any other judicial Proceeding relative to any Company Party, the Collateral Agent (irrespective of whether the principal amount of the Notes will then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Collateral Agent has made any demand on the Company) will be entitled and empowered (but not obligated), by intervention in such judicial Proceeding or otherwise:

 

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and all other obligations that are owing and unpaid hereunder or under any other Transaction Document and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Purchasers and the Collateral Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Purchasers and the Collateral Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Purchasers and the Collateral Agent under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document) allowed in such judicial Proceeding; and

 

(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same.

 

Any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial Proceeding is hereby authorized by each Purchaser to make any payments of the type described above in this Section 5.8 to the Collateral Agent and, in the event that the Collateral Agent consents to the making of such payments directly to the Purchasers, to pay to the Collateral Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Collateral Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Collateral Agent under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

 

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5.9 Indemnification. Each Purchaser agrees to indemnify the Collateral Agent and each of its Related Parties (to the extent not reimbursed by the Company), from and against such Purchaser’s aggregate ratable share (based on the principal amount of the Notes held by the Purchasers) of any and all Losses that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against, the Collateral Agent or any of its Related Parties in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or any action taken or omitted by the Collateral Agent under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents; provided, that no Purchaser shall be liable for any portion of such Losses resulting from the Collateral Agent’s or such Related Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing, each Purchaser agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent and its Related Parties promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any out-of-pocket expenses (including fees, expenses and disbursements of financial and legal advisors) incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, Proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of its rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, to the extent that the Collateral Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by the Company or another Company Party.

 

5.10 Collateral Matters; Appointment of Collateral Agent under other Transaction Documents.

 

(a) Without limiting the provisions of Section 5.8, the Purchasers irrevocably agree as follows:

 

(i) the Collateral Agent is authorized, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Transaction Document (A) on the date when all obligations have been satisfied in full in cash (other than contingent obligations as to which no claims have been asserted), (B) that is sold or otherwise disposed of or to be sold or otherwise disposed of as part of or in connection with any sale or other disposition permitted under the Transaction Documents, and

 

(ii) upon request by the Collateral Agent at any time, each Purchaser will confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of Collateral.

 

(b) The Collateral Agent will not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Collateral Agent’s lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Company Party in connection therewith, nor will the Collateral Agent be responsible or liable to the Purchasers for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.

 

(c) Each Purchaser hereby appoints the Collateral Agent as its collateral agent under each of the Transaction Documents and agrees that, in so acting, the Collateral Agent will have all of the rights, protections, exculpations, indemnities and other benefits provided to the Collateral Agent under this Agreement, and hereby authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent, on behalf of such Purchaser and all Purchasers, without the necessity of any notice to or further consent from any of the Purchaser, from time to time to (i) take any action with respect to any Collateral or any Transaction Document which may be necessary to perfect and maintain perfected the Liens on the Collateral granted pursuant to any such Transaction Document or protect and preserve the Collateral Agent’s ability to enforce the liens or realize upon the Collateral, (ii) act as collateral agent for such Purchaser for purposes of acquiring, holding, enforcing and perfecting all Liens created by the Transaction Documents and all other purposes stated therein, (iii) enter into non-disturbance or similar agreements in connection with licensing agreements and arrangements permitted by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and (iv) otherwise to take or refrain from taking any and all action that the Collateral Agent shall deem necessary or advisable in fulfilling its role as Collateral Agent under any of the Transaction Documents.

 

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ARTICLE VI MISCELLANEOUS

 

6.1 Termination and Survival. This Agreement may be terminated by each Purchaser, as to the Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the Company and the other Purchasers, if the Initial Closing has not occurred on or before the tenth (10th) Business Day following the date hereof. Termination of this Agreement will not affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by any other party (or parties) prior to such termination. The representations and warranties, covenants and other provisions hereof shall survive each Closing and the delivery of the Purchased Securities. Notwithstanding any termination of any Transaction Document, the reimbursement and indemnities to which the Purchaser Parties are entitled under the provisions of any Transaction Document shall continue in full force and effect and shall protect the Purchaser Parties against events arising after such termination as well as before.

 

6.2 Fees and Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated or any Purchased Securities shall be purchased, the Company agrees to pay promptly to each Purchaser Party, or reimburse each Purchaser Party for, the following:

 

(a) all the actual and reasonable costs, fees and expenses of negotiation, preparation, execution and closing of any Transaction Document and the transfer of any Transaction Security and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated thereby, in each case on or about the Initial Closing Date, including the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel to such Purchaser Party in connection therewith in respect of which the Company has made a non-refundable deposit of $20,000 to be credited against such cost and fees;

 

(b) all the actual and reasonable costs, fees and expenses of negotiation, preparation, execution and closing of any Transaction Document and the issuance, delivery and transfer of any Purchased Security and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated hereby, in each case after the Initial Closing Date (including on or about the Additional Closing Date), including the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel to such Purchaser Party in connection therewith;

 

(c) all the costs, fees and expenses of preparation, printing and distribution of any registration statement or prospectus for any Transaction Securities, of any other registration statement or prospectus, of any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing, or of the Transfer Agent (including any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company and any Notice of Conversion, exercise notice or other Transaction Document delivered after the Initial Closing by any Purchaser Party) and all other costs and expenses (including stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied) incurred in connection with the delivery to, or exercise or conversion by, any Purchaser of any Transaction Securities;

 

(d) all the actual and reasonable costs, fees and expenses of creating and perfecting Liens in favor of such Purchaser Party, pursuant to any Transaction Document, including costs associated with any Intellectual Property Security Agreement or Control Agreement, UCC fees, other filing and recording fees, expenses and taxes, stamp or documentary taxes, search fees, title insurance premiums and reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel to such Purchaser Party;

 

(e) all the actual and reasonable costs, fees and expenses of administration of the Transaction Documents, including the transfer of the Transaction Securities to the Purchasers and the removal of any legend thereon, and preparation, execution and closing of any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto, including the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel to such Purchaser Party in connection therewith and in connection with any other documents or matters requested by such Company Party (including through agents, contractors, trustees, representatives and advisors) or otherwise prepared or delivered in connection with any Transaction Document;

 

(f) all the actual and reasonable costs, fees, expenses and disbursements of any auditors, accountants, consultants or appraisers used in connection with the Transaction Documents;

 

(g) all the actual and reasonable costs, fees and expenses (including the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any appraisers, consultants, advisors and agents employed or retained by such Purchaser Party and its counsel) in connection with the inspection, verification, custody or preservation of any collateral, to the extent required or permitted under any Transaction Document; and

 

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(h) all costs, fees and expenses (including the fees, expenses and disbursements of any appraisers, consultants, legal counsel, including allocated costs of internal counsel, advisors and agents employed or retained by such Purchaser Party) and costs of settlement, incurred by any Purchaser Party in enforcing any obligation owed hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents. or in collecting any payments due from any Company Party hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents (including in connection with the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon any collateral or the enforcement of any guaranty) or in any other Proceeding hereunder or under any Transaction Document (including the costs, fees and expenses of any investment bank hired pursuant to any dispute resolution provision of any Note) or in connection with any negotiations, reviews, refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements provided hereunder, including in the nature of a “work out” or pursuant to any insolvency or bankruptcy Proceedings.

 

The foregoing shall be in addition to, and shall not be construed to limit, any other provisions of the Transaction Documents regarding indemnification and costs and expenses to be paid by the Company Parties.

 

6.3 Modifications and Signatures.

 

(a) Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents contain and constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior negotiations, agreements, and understandings, whether written or oral, of the parties hereto, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents.

 

(b) Amendments. No amendment, modification or termination of any provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall be effective without the written consent of the Company and the Required Purchasers (or such other number of Purchasers as expressly stated in other provisions of the Transaction Documents); provided, that (i) if any such amendment, modification or termination disproportionately and adversely impacts a Purchaser (or group of Purchasers), the consent of holders of a majority of the principal amount of the Notes held by such disproportionately impacted Purchaser (or group of Purchasers) shall also be required and (ii) this clause (b) may only be modified with the consent of all Purchasers. No waiver or consent shall be effective against any party unless given in writing by such party and then any such waiver shall then be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. Where the consent or waiver of the Purchasers generally (and not each Purchaser) is required, it may be given by the Required Purchasers. Any modification effected in accordance with accordance with this Section 6.3(b) shall be binding upon each Purchaser and holder of Purchased Securities and the Company Parties.

 

(c) Beneficiaries; Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided in any other Transaction Document with respect to such Transaction Document, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall bind and inure solely to the benefit of the Company Parties, the Collateral Agent, the other Purchaser Parties, and their respective successors and, if permitted, assigns; provided, that no Company Party may assign any part of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or any right, obligation, benefit, title or interest hereunder or thereunder, without the Collateral Agent and the Required Purchasers’ prior written consents and any assignment done without such consents shall be void ab initio. Unless otherwise expressly provided in any Transaction Document, each Purchaser may Sell, or Sell, issue, negotiate or grant participations in, all or any part of any right, obligation, benefit, title or interest under, including any remedy under, any Transaction Security or Transaction Document with the consent of the Collateral Agent and without the consent of any Company Party; provided, that any transferee of the Purchased Securities shall agree in a writing for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Company Parties to be bound, with respect to such transferred Purchased Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to “Purchasers” (and any attempt to effect such transfer without securing such agreement shall be null and void but any such agreement shall be effective to make such transferee a party to this Agreement as a Purchaser and to be bound by, and benefit from, the provisions of this Agreement applying to a Purchaser).

 

(d) No Implied Waivers or Notice Rights. No notice to or demand on any Company Party, whether or not in any Proceeding, pursuant to any Transaction Document shall entitle any Company Party to any other or further notice (except as specifically required hereunder or under any other Transaction Document) or demand in similar or other circumstances. The failure by any Purchaser Party at any time or times to require strict performance by any Company Party of any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or the granting of any waiver or indulgence shall not waive, affect or otherwise diminish any right of any Purchaser Party thereafter to demand strict compliance and performance with such provision, shall not affect, or operate a waiver under, any other provision of any Transaction Document (except as specifically mentioned) and shall not constitute a course of dealing by such Purchaser Party at variance with the terms of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (and therefore, among other things, shall not be construed to require any notice by such Purchaser Party of its intent to require strict adherence to the terms of such Transaction Document in the future). No waiver of any Default or Event of Default or any default under or breach of any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document 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. None of the foregoing actions shall in any way affect the ability of each Purchaser Party, in its discretion, to exercise any rights available to it under this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents or under applicable Regulations, except as specifically agreed in any written waiver or other modification made in accordance with accordance with this Section 6.3.

 

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(e) Counterparts. This Agreement and each Transaction Document may be executed in counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and both of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement. In proving this Agreement in any Proceedings, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart signed by the party against whom such enforcement is sought. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document by email or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart by hand.

 

(f) Electronic Signatures. Each party agrees that the electronic signatures, whether digital or encrypted, of the parties included in this Agreement or in any other Transaction Document are intended to authenticate this writing and to have the same force and effect as manual signatures. Electronic signature means any electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed and adopted by a party with the intent to sign such record, including emailed electronic signatures. The Company expressly agrees that this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents are “transferable records” as defined in applicable Regulations relating to electronic transaction and that it may be created, authenticated, stored, transmitted and transferred in a manner consistent with and permitted by such applicable Regulations.

 

6.4 Notices.

 

(a) All notices, requests, demands, and other communications to either party hereto given under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall be in writing (including email) and shall be given to such party at the physical address or send to the email address set forth in the signature pages hereof or at such other physical address or email address as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose of notice to the Purchasers and the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.4.

 

(b) Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) if given by mail, three (3) Business Days after such communication is deposited in the U.S. Mail with first class postage pre-paid, addressed to the noticed party at the address specified herein, (ii) if by nationally recognized overnight courier, when delivered with receipt acknowledged in writing by the noticed party, (iii) if given by personal delivery, when duly delivered with receipt acknowledged in writing by the noticed party or (iv) if given by email, when delivered (receipt by the sender of a receipt using the “return receipt” function or receipt of a reply email being presumptive evidence of receipt thereof); provided, that if such email is not sent prior to the last trading hour of the Principal Trading Market of the Transaction Securities on a Trading Day, such email shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of trading on the next Trading Day for such Principal Trading Market. Any notice that must be given “promptly” or “immediately” shall be given by email. Any written notice, request or demand that is not sent in conformity with the provisions hereof shall nevertheless be effective on the date that such notice, request or demand is actually received by the individual to whose attention at the noticed party such notice, request or demand is required to be sent.

 

6.5 Set-Off. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable Regulations and not by way of limitation of any such rights, each Purchaser Party is hereby authorized by the Company Parties at any time or from time to time, without notice or demand to any Company Party or to any other Person, any such notice or demand being hereby expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, including indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured, but not including trust accounts) and any other indebtedness or other amounts at any time held or owing by such Company Party to or for the credit or the account of any Company Party or any of their Related Parties against and on account of any amounts due by any Company Party or any of their Related Parties to any Purchaser Party under any Transaction Documents (including from the purchase price to be disbursed hereunder for the purchase of the Purchased Securities), irrespective of whether or not (a) such Purchaser Party shall have made any demand hereunder or (b) the principal of or the interest on the Notes or any other Obligation shall have become due and payable and although such obligations and liabilities, or any of them, may be contingent or unmatured. If, as a result of such set off, appropriate or application, such Purchaser Party receives more than it is owed under any Transaction Document, it shall hold such amounts in trust for the other Purchaser Parties and transfer such amounts to the other Purchaser Parties ratably according to the amounts they are owed on the date of receipt.

 

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6.6 Governing Law; Courts.

 

(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in any other Transaction Document, this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and all claims, disputes, Proceedings, and matters related hereto or thereto or arising hereunder or thereunder or arising from or relating to the relationship among any of the parties hereto or thereto, are governed by, and shall be construed, interpreted and enforced exclusively in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (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 Delaware).

 

(b) Any such Proceeding shall be brought exclusively in the Delaware state courts sitting in Wilmington, DE or the federal courts of the United States of America for the District of Delaware sitting in Wilmington, DE; provided, that the Collateral Agent and any Purchaser Party may bring Proceedings in other jurisdictions to enforce any Transaction Document. Each Company Party (i) accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of such courts, (ii) irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection, including any objection to the laying of venue, whether based on the grounds of forum non conveniens or on the fact that such jurisdiction is improper or otherwise, or any other objection that such party is not subject to the jurisdiction of such courts, that it may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any Proceeding in that jurisdiction, (iii) irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the service of process of any court referred to above in any Proceeding by the mailing of copies of the process to the parties hereto as provided in Section 6.4 and (iv) irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that a final judgment in any such Proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Service effected as provided in this manner will become effective ten (10) calendar days after the mailing of the process. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in any Transaction Document shall affect the right of any Purchaser Party to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable Regulations or commence Proceedings or otherwise proceed against any Company Party in any other jurisdiction.

 

6.7 Severability. Any provision of any Transaction Document being held illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not affect any part of such provision not held illegal, invalid or unenforceable, any other provision of any Transaction Document or any part of such provision in any other jurisdiction, so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby is not affected in any manner adverse to any party. In addition, upon any determination that any such term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto will negotiate in good faith to modify the relevant Transaction Document so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the extent possible.

 

6.8 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 any Purchaser Party exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser Party may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights; provided, that, in the case of a rescission by any Purchaser of a conversion or exercise of any Transaction Security, such Purchaser shall be required to return any Issuable Securities subject to such rescinded conversion or exercise.

 

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6.9 Replacement of Certificates. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Transaction 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 Transaction Securities.

 

6.10 Remedies.

 

(a) In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each Purchaser (severally and not jointly) 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.

 

(b) If any Company Party shall fail to discharge any covenant, duty or obligation hereunder or under any of the other Transaction Documents, each Purchaser may, in its discretion at any time, for the account and at the expense of the Company Parties jointly and severally, pay any amount or do any act required of such Company Party hereunder or under any of the other Transaction Documents or otherwise lawfully requested by any Purchaser (including buying-in Transaction Securities in the Principal Trading Market of such Transaction Securities in case of failure by the Company to deliver Transaction Securities). All fees, costs and expenses incurred by any Purchaser in connection with the taking of any such action shall be reimbursed to such Purchaser by the Company Parties, jointly and severally, on demand, with interest at the highest interest rate that may be applicable, whether in the absence or during an Event of Default, to amounts due under the Notes of such Purchaser from the date such payment is made or such costs or expenses are incurred to the date of payment thereof. Any payment made or other action taken by any Purchaser under this clause (b) shall be without prejudice to any right to assert, and without waiver of, any breach of any Transaction Document and without prejudice to any Purchaser Party’s right to proceed thereafter as provided herein or in any of the other Transaction Documents.

 

(c) The remedies provided in this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under any Transaction Document, whether at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief).

 

(d) Nothing in any Transaction Document shall limit any Purchaser Party’s rights to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by any Company Party to comply with the terms of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

 

(e) Each Company Party acknowledges and agrees that any Event of Default will cause irreparable harm to each Purchaser Party and the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. Therefore, in the event of any such Event of Default, each such Purchaser Party shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any such breach or any such threatened breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

6.11 Marshaling; Payment Set Aside. No Purchaser Party shall be under any obligation to marshal any property in favor of any Company Party or any other party or against or in payment of any amount due under any Transaction Document. To the extent that any Company Party makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser Party pursuant to any Transaction Document or any Purchaser Party 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 any Company Party, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any Regulation (including 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, the Obligations repaid, the Transaction Documents and all Liens, rights and remedies thereunder, 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.

 

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6.12 Usury. To the extent it may lawfully do so, each Company Party 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 Proceeding that may be brought by any Purchaser Party 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 each Company Party under the Transaction Documents for payments in the nature of interest shall not exceed the maximum lawful rate authorized under applicable Regulations (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 any Company Party 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 Regulations. If under any circumstances whatsoever, interest in excess of the Maximum Rate is paid by any Company Party to any Purchaser Party with respect to any Obligation, such excess shall be applied by such Purchaser Party to any outstanding Obligation or be refunded to the Company, the manner of handling such excess to be at the election of the Collateral Agent.

 

6.13 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.

 

6.14 Further Assurances. The Company Parties agree to take such further actions as each Purchaser shall reasonably request from time to time in connection herewith to evidence, give effect to or carry out this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

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6.15 Interpretation. 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 any Transaction Document. In addition, each and every reference to share prices and shares of 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. Except as otherwise expressly provided in any Transaction Document, if the last or appointed day for a payment, the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted under any Transaction Document shall not be a Business Day, then such payment may be made, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day. As used in any Transaction Document, references to the singular will include the plural and vice versa and references to the masculine gender will include the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa, as appropriate. When used in any Transaction Document, unless otherwise expressly provided in such Transaction Document, (a) the words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to such Transaction Document as a whole and not to any particular provision of such Transaction Document, (b) recital, article, section, subsection, schedule and exhibit references are references with respect to such Transaction Document unless otherwise specified, (c) any reference to any agreement shall include a reference to all recitals, appendices, exhibits and schedules to such agreement and, unless the prior written consent of any party is required hereunder and is not obtained, shall be a reference to such agreement as waived, amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and (d) any reference to a specific Regulation shall be to such Regulation, as modified from time to time, together with any successor or replacement Regulation, in each case as in effect at the time of determination. Unless the context otherwise requires, when used in any Transaction Document, the following terms have the following meaning: (t) “asset” and “property” have the same meaning and mean, “collectively, all rights and interests in tangible and intangible assets and properties, whether real, personal or mixed and including cash, capital stock, revenues, accounts, leasehold interests, contract rights and other rights under Permits and Contractual Obligations,” (u) “documents” and “documentation” have the same meaning and mean “collectively, all documents, drafts, instruments, agreements, indentures, certificates, forms, opinions, powers of attorney, notices, summons, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form,” (v) “execution,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import shall be deemed to include electronic signatures and the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based record keeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable Regulation, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the Delaware Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and any other similar state Regulation based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, (w) “incur” means incur, create, make, issue, assume or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable in respect of or responsible for, in each case whether directly or indirectly, as primary obligor or guarantor or endorser, and the terms “incurrence” and “incurred” and similar derivatives shall have correlative meanings, (x) “including” means “including, without limitation,” (y) “knowledge” of the any Company Party means the best knowledge of any officer, director or employee of such Company Party after due inquiry and (z) “ordinary course of business” means in the ordinary course of business, as conducted on the date hereof, consistent with past practices reflected in written disclosures made on or prior to the date hereof in accordance with this Agreement, together with such changes thereto as may be approved by the Required Purchasers and the Collateral Agent, each in their sole discretion. The headings in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and will not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. All references in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to statutes and regulations shall include all amendments of same and implementing regulations and any successor statutes and regulations; to any instrument or agreement (including any of the Transaction Documents) shall include any and all modifications and supplements thereto and any and all restatements, extensions or renewals thereof to the extent such modifications, supplements, restatements, extensions or renewals of any such documents are permitted by the terms hereof and thereof. An Event of Default shall be deemed to exist at all times during the period commencing on the date that such Event of Default occurs to the date on which such Event of Default is waived in writing pursuant to the relevant Note. Whenever in any provision of any Transaction Document, any Purchaser is authorized to take or decline to take any action (including making any determination) in the exercise of its “discretion,” such provision shall be understood to mean that such Purchaser may take or refrain to take such action in its sole discretion. References to times of the day in any Transaction Document shall refer to Eastern Time. In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including,” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to and including.” Time is of the essence of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. No provision of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents shall be construed against or interpreted to the disadvantage of any party hereto by any Governmental Authority by reason of such party having or being deemed to have structured, drafted or dictated such provision. “month” (but not “calendar month”) means each period from a date of determination to the day in the next calendar month numerically-corresponding to such date (provided, that, if such calendar month does not have any such numerically-corresponding day, such numerically-corresponding day shall be deemed to be the last day of such calendar month). The reporting entity relied upon for the determination of trading price and trading volume shall be Bloomberg, L.P.

 

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6.16 Waiver Against Trust. The Purchasers understand that, as described in the final prospectus of the Company, dated as of December 20, 2021 and filed with the SEC (File No. 333- 257156) on December 22, 2021 (the “Prospectus”), the Company has established a trust account (the “Trust Account”) containing the proceeds of its initial public offering (the “IPO”) and the overallotment securities acquired by its underwriters and from certain private placements occurring simultaneously with the IPO (including interest accrued from time to time thereon) for the benefit of the Company’s public shareholders (including overallotment shares acquired by the Company’s underwriters, the “Public Stockholders”), and that, except as otherwise described in the Prospectus, the Company may disburse monies from the Trust Account only: (a) to the Public Shareholders in the event they elect to redeem their the Company shares in connection with the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination (as such term is used in the Prospectus) or in connection with an extension of its deadline to consummate a business combination, (b) to the Public Stockholders if the Company fails to consummate a business combination within fifteen (15) months after the closing of the IPO (or up to 21 months from the closing of the IPO if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination, as described in more detail in the Prospectus), (c) with respect any interest earned on the amounts held in the Trust Account, as necessary to pay any taxes and up to $100,000 in dissolution expenses, or (d) to the Company after or concurrently with the consummation of a Business Combination. For and in consideration of the Company entering into this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each Purchasers hereby agrees on behalf of itself and its affiliates that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither such Purchasers nor any of its affiliates do now or shall at any time hereafter have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the Trust Account or distributions therefrom (except for monies that have been distributed to the Company after or concurrently with the consummation of a Business Combination), or make any claim against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom (except for monies that have been distributed to the Company after or concurrently with the consummation of a Business Combination)), regardless of whether such claim arises as a result of, in connection with or relating in any way to, this Agreement or any other matter, and regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability (collectively, the “Released Claims”). Each Purchaser on behalf of itself and its affiliates hereby irrevocably waives any Released Claims that the Purchasers or any of its affiliates may have against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom (except for monies that have been distributed to the Company after or concurrently with the consummation of a Business Combination)) now or in the future and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom (except for monies that have been distributed to the Company after or concurrently with the consummation of a Business Combination)) for any reason whatsoever. The Purchasers agree and acknowledge that such irrevocable waiver is material to this Agreement and specifically relied upon by the Company and its affiliates to induce the Company to enter in this Agreement, and the Purchasers further intends and understands such waiver to be valid, binding and enforceable against the Purchasers and each of its affiliates under applicable law. This Section 6.16 shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement for any reason and continue indefinitely.

 

6.17 Waiver of Jury Trial and Certain Other Rights.

 

(a) The parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Regulations, any right that they may have to trial by jury of any claim or cause of action or in any Proceeding, directly or indirectly based upon or arising out of, under or in connection with, this Agreement or any Transaction Document or the transactions contemplated therein or related thereto (whether founded in contract, tort or any other theory). Each party hereto (a) certifies that no other party, no Purchaser Party and no Affiliate of any of them and no attorney, agent or other representative of any of the foregoing has represented, expressly or otherwise, that any Person would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (b) acknowledges that it and the other parties have been induced to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this section. 

 

(b) Each Company Party acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing waivers are a material inducement to the Purchasers to enter into and accept this Agreement. Each Company Party has reviewed the foregoing waivers with its legal counsel and has knowingly and voluntarily waived its jury trial rights following consultation with such legal counsel. In the event of litigation, this Agreement may be filed as a written consent to a trial by the court. This Section 6.17 shall not restrict a party from exercising remedies under the UCC or from exercising pre- or post-judgment remedies under applicable Regulations.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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In witness whereof, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first written above. 

 

NORTHVIEW ACQUISITION CORP.   Address for Notices:
       
By:     Email:
  Name:                   
  Title:      

 

[Signature Pages for Initial Purchaser and Collateral Agent Follow

 

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  ASCENT PARTNERS FUND LLC,
as Purchaser and Collateral Agent
     
  By: 
  Name:               
  Title:  
    
  Address for Notices:

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE I

 

PURCHASERS 

 

Purchaser  Notes
(Initial Principal Amount)
   Notes
( Purchase Price)
 
   $                 $               
           
           
           
           

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF NOTE

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF GUARANTY

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT D

 

FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT E

 

FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT F

 

FORM OF TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTION LETTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT G

 

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

 

 

 

Form of Joinder Agreement

 

This Joinder Agreement, dated as of _________ __, 20__, is delivered pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(ii) of the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of February __, 2025, by and among NorthView Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), Ascent Partners Fund LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as and collateral agent for the Purchaser Parties referred to therein (as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein are used as defined in the Purchase Agreement.

 

The undersigned wishes to purchase Additional Notes at the Additional Closing in an aggregate Initial Principal Amount not to exceed $________________ (the “Allocated Notes”). By executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement, the undersigned, as provided in Section 2.1(a)(ii) of the Purchase Agreement, hereby becomes a party to the Purchase Agreement as an Additional Purchaser thereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Purchaser therein. The undersigned hereby agrees to be bound as a Purchaser and an Additional Purchaser for the purposes of the Security Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement, to purchase the Allocated Notes at the Additional Closing (if and when such Additional Closing shall occur).

 

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 3.2 of the Purchase Agreement as it applies to the undersigned is true and correct on and as the date hereof as if made on and as of such date.

 

In witness whereof, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Joinder Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

[Additional Grantor]
  
By:  
Name:   
Title:                     

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acknowledged and Agreed  
as of the date first written above:  
   
   
as Company  
   
By:                  
Name:     
Title:    
   
ASCENT PARTNERS FUND LLC,  
as Collateral Agent  
   
By:    
Name:    
Title: Authorized Signatory  
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES REGULATIONS AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE OR PLEDGED AS SECURITY IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION WITHOUT RELIANCE ON AN EXEMPTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES REGULATIONS.

 

THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (“OID”). PURSUANT TO TREASURY REGULATION §1.1275-3(b)(1), [NAME], A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMPANY WILL, BEGINNING TEN DAYS AFTER THE ISSUANCE DATE OF THIS NOTE, PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE HOLDER UPON REQUEST THE INFORMATION DESCRIBED IN TREASURY REGULATION §1.1275-3(b)(1)(i). [NAME] MAY BE REACHED AT (___) ___-____, ___@____________.

 

SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

 

DUE ______________ 20__1

 

Original Issue Date: ____________ Principal Amount: $__________

 

Purchase Price: $__________

 

This Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note is one of a series of duly authorized and validly issued Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes of NorthView Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, (the “Company”), designated as its Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note due _______, 20__2 (this “Note” and, collectively with the other Notes of such series, the “Notes”), issued and sold by the Company pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of February __, 2025, by and among the Company, and [Ascent Partners Fund LLC] (together with its successors and registered assigns, the “Holder”), a [Delaware limited liability company] (as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein are used as defined in the Purchase Agreement on the date hereof, with such amendments as may be acceptable to the Holder in its sole discretion). This Note is entered into pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and is subject to the terms and conditions thereof.

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to the order of the Holder the principal amount first written above on ______________3 (the “Maturity Date”) in full in cash or on such earlier date as this Note is required or permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder, in each case together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon and all other Obligations (as defined below), and otherwise to pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Note and such other Obligations in accordance with the provisions hereof. Amounts repaid will not be advanced again.

 

This Note is subject to the following additional provisions:

 

Section 1. Definitions

 

For the purposes hereof, in addition to terms defined elsewhere in this Note or not defined in this Note but defined in the Purchase Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Alternate Consideration” has the meaning specified in Section 5(e).

 

Amortization Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 2(a).

 

Amortization Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2(a).

 

 

1Insert date that is 18 months following Original Issue Date
2Insert date that is 18 months following Original Issue Date
3Insert date that is 18 months following Original Issue Date

 

 

 

 

Amortization Price” means, as of any date, the lower of (i) the Conversion Price on such date and (ii) 95% of the lowest VWAP in the ten (10) Trading Days prior to such date.

 

Attribution Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 4(d).

 

“Base Share Price” has the meaning specified in Section 5(c).

 

Beneficial Ownership Limitation” has the meaning specified in Section 4(d).

 

Buy-In” has the meaning specified in Section 4(c)(vii).

 

Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of, or other arrangement conveying the right to use, any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) consistently applied, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.

 

Capital Stock” means any share, participation or other equivalent (however designated) of the capital stock of a corporation, any equivalent ownership interest in any other Person, including partnership interests and membership interests, and any warrant, right or option to purchase or other arrangement (including through a conversion or exchange of any other property) to acquire or subscribe for any item otherwise satisfying the definition of “Capital Stock,” whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable.

 

Cash Payment Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2(g).

 

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (a) any Person or group of Persons (within the meaning of the Exchange Act) shall have acquired legal or beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the SEC under the Exchange Act) of (i) 50% prior to any initial public offering of the Common Stock and (ii) 20% thereafter or more of the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of any Company Party (whether on an as converted, fully diluted basis or without taking into account any potential conversion or dilution of Stock Equivalents), other than by acquiring such Common Stock directly in an offering made to the general public, (b) during any period of twelve consecutive calendar months, individuals who, at the beginning of such period, constituted the board of directors of the Company (together with any new directors whose election by the board of directors of the Company or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of the Company was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of such period or whose elections or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason other than death or disability to constitute a majority of the directors then in office or (c) the Company shall cease to own and control all of the economic and voting rights associated with all of the outstanding Stock of the other Company Parties.

 

Closing Bid Price” and “Closing Sale Price” means, for any Security as of any date:

 

(i) the last closing bid price and last closing trade price, respectively, for such Security on the Principal Trading Market for such Security, as reported by Bloomberg; or

 

(ii) if such Principal Trading Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price (as the case may be), then the last bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such Security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg; or

 

(iii) if such Security no longer trades on its Principal Trading Market, then the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such Security on the principal Trading Market where such Security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg; or

 

(iv)  if such Security no longer trades on a Trading Market, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such Security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such Security as reported by Bloomberg; or

 

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(v) if no closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such Security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such Security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC); or

 

(vi)  if the “Closing Bid Price” or the “Closing Sale Price” cannot be calculated for a Security on a particular date based on the foregoing, the “Closing Bid Price” and the “Closing Sale Price” of such Security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder; or

 

(vii)  if the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such Security, then such dispute shall be resolved, and such fair market value (and therefore the “Closing Bid Price” and “Closing Sale Price”) shall be determined, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 8(d).

 

All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations or other similar transactions during such period.

 

Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, and any other Capital Stock into which such shares of common stock may hereafter be changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.

 

Conversion” has the meaning specified in Section 4.

 

Conversion Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4(a).

 

Conversion Price” has the meaning specified in Section 4(b).

 

Conversion Schedule” means the Conversion Schedule in the form of Schedule 1.

 

Conversion Shares” means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof, including shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion, redemption, or amortization of this Note, and shares of Common Stock issued and issuable in lieu of the cash payment of interest on this Note in accordance with the terms of this Note.

 

Customary Permitted Liens” means all of the following, for any Person:

 

(i) Liens securing the payment of taxes, assessments or other charges or levies imposed by any Governmental Authority which are either not yet overdue or the validity of which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside on such Person’s books;

 

(ii)  non-consensual statutory Liens (other than Liens securing the payment of taxes) arising in the ordinary course of business to the extent (A) such Liens secure Indebtedness that is not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or (B) such Liens secure Indebtedness relating to claims or liabilities that are fully insured and being defended at the sole cost and expense and at the sole risk of the insurer or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued, in each case prior to the commencement of foreclosure or other similar proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside on such Person’s books;

 

(iii) zoning, building and land use restrictions, easements, servitudes, encumbrances, licenses, covenants and other restrictions affecting the use of real property or minor defects or irregularities in title thereto that do not interfere in any material respect with the use of such real property or the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as presently conducted thereon or materially impair the value of the real property that may be subject thereto;

 

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(iv) pledges and deposits of cash in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security benefits consistent with current practices as in effect on the date hereof;

 

(v) undetermined or inchoate Liens and charges arising or potentially arising under statutory provisions which have not at the time been filed or registered in accordance with applicable Regulation or of which written notice has not been duly given in accordance with applicable Regulation or which although filed or registered, relate to obligations not due or delinquent, including without limitation statutory Liens incurred, or pledges or deposits made, under worker’s compensation, employment insurance and other social security legislation;

 

(vi) Liens or deposits to secure the performance of bids, tenders, expropriation proceedings, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature (other than for borrowed money), and deposits to secure equipment contracts, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(vii) appeal bonds;

 

(viii) landlord Liens for rent not yet due and payable;

 

(ix) Liens arising from operating leases and the precautionary UCC financing statement filings in respect thereof;

 

(x) judgments and other similar Liens arising in connection with court proceedings that do not constitute a Default or Event of Default; provided, that, (A) such Liens are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued, (B) adequate reserves or other appropriate provision, if any, as are required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, have been made therefor and (C) a stay of enforcement of any such Liens is in effect; and

 

(xi) customary rights of set-off or combination of accounts in favor of a financial institution with respect to deposits maintained by such Person.

 

“Default” means any event which, with the passing of time or the giving of notice or both, would become an Event of Default.

 

Default Rate” means twenty-four percent (24%) per annum.

 

Derivative” means (a) any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedging agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement, (b) any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, futures contract, option contract, synthetic cap or other similar agreement or arrangement, (c) any futures or forward contract, spot transaction, commodity swap, purchase or option agreement, other commodity price hedging arrangement, cap, floor or collar transaction, any credit default or total return swap, and (d) any other derivative instrument, any other similar speculative transaction and any other similar agreement or arrangement designed to alter the risks of any Person arising from fluctuations in any underlying variable, including interest rates, currency values, insurance, catastrophic losses, climatic or geological conditions or the price or value of any other derivative instrument. For the purposes of this definition, “derivative instrument” means “any derivative instrument” as defined in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 (Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities) of the United States Financial Accounting Standards Board, and any defined with a term similar effect in any successor statement or any supplement to, or replacement of, any such statement.

 

“Dilutive Issuance” has the meaning specified in Section 5(c).

 

“Dilutive Issuance Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 5(c).

 

“Dispute Submission Deadline” has the meaning specified in Section 8(d)(i).

 

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DTC” means the Depository Trust Company.

 

DTC/FAST Program” means the DTC’s Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program.

 

DWAC Eligible” means that (a) the Common Stock is eligible at DTC for full services pursuant to DTC’s Operational Arrangements, including transfer through DTC’s DWAC system, (b) the Company has been approved (without revocation) by the DTC’s underwriting department, (c) the Transfer Agent is approved as an agent in the DTC/FAST Program, (d) the Conversion Shares are otherwise eligible for delivery via DWAC, and (e) the Transfer Agent does not have a policy prohibiting or limiting delivery of the Conversion Shares via DWAC.

 

Equity Payment Conditions” means, as of any date, (a) no Default or Event of Default is continuing, (b) the Common Stock is trading on its Principal Trading Market and all of the Conversion Shares are listed or quoted for trading in such Principal Trading Market and comply with all of the conditions for such listing or quotations (and the Company reasonably believes that trading of the Common Stock on such Principal Trading Market will continue uninterrupted, and shall continue to comply with the conditions for listing or quotation for trading in such Principal Trading Market, for the 180 days following such date), (c) the Company has timely filed (or obtained extensions in respect thereof and filed within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act and the Company has met the current public information requirements of Rule 144(c) under the Securities Act as of the end of the period in question, (d) the average daily dollar trading volume of the Common Stock for the twenty (20) full Trading Days preceding such date exceeds at least 12.5% of the aggregate “Initial Principal Amounts” of all of the Purchase Agreement Notes, (e) the Company shares of common stock are DWAC Eligible and not subject to a “DTC chill,” and (f)  the Common Stock does not constitute “penny stock” under and as defined in the Exchange Act and the corresponding Regulation, and (g) all Conversion Shares are freely tradeable and registered under the Securities Act for unrestricted resale.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Exchange Cap” has the meaning specified in Section 4(e).

 

Exchange Cap Allocation” has the meaning specified in Section 4(e).

 

Exchange Cap Shares” has the meaning specified in Section 4(e).

 

Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 7(a).

 

Fundamental Transaction” means any of the following transactions, whether effected directly or indirectly or through on or a series of related transactions: (i) any merger or consolidation of the Company, (ii) any merger or consolidation of any other Company Party with or into another Person that is not a Company Party; (iii) any Sale or license of any right, title or interest in the assets of any Company Party, other than to a Company Party and other than transactions in the ordinary course of business and transactions that, individually or in the aggregate, affect less than 10% of the market value of the consolidated assets of the Company Parties, (iv) the completion of any purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) pursuant to which holders of Common Stock Sell, tender or exchange their shares for other Securities, cash or property, and (v) any other corporate reorganization, Securities purchase or other business combination involving the Company or, if all surviving entities are not a Company Party, any other Company Party, including any spin-off or scheme of arrangement of any Company Party, any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of the Common Stock, any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other Securities, cash or other assets.

 

Late Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2(f).

 

Mandatory Prepayment Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2(b).

 

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Minimum Interest Amount” means 10% of the Initial Principal Amount of this Note, which amounts represents a full year of interest payments hereunder; provided, that such amount shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued hereunder on the principal amount of this Note.

 

Note Register” has the meaning specified in Section 3(c).

 

Notice of Conversion” has the meaning specified in Section 4(a).

 

Obligations” means all amounts, indebtedness, obligations, liabilities, covenants and duties of every type and description owing by any Company Party from time to time to the Holder, the Collateral Agent or any of their Purchaser Parties under this Note or any other Transaction Document, whether direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, now existing or hereafter arising and however acquired (regardless of whether acquired by assignment), whether or not evidenced by any note or other instrument or for the payment of money, including, without duplication, (i) the principal amount of the Note owing by the Company or any other Company Party (including any Mandatory Prepayment Amount, any Optional Prepayment Amount and any Minimum Interest Amount owing hereunder), (ii) all other amounts, fees (including all Late Fees and any Cash Payment Fees), interest (including the Minimum Interest Amount and interest accruing at the Default Rate), liquidated damages, commissions, charges, costs, expenses, attorneys’ fees and disbursements, indemnities (including Losses and other amounts for which any Company Party is required to indemnify the Collateral Agent, the Holder, or any of their Purchaser Parties under the Purchase Agreement), reimbursement of amounts paid and other sums chargeable to any Company Party under any Transaction Document or otherwise arising under any Transaction Document and (iii) all interest on any item otherwise qualifying as “Obligation” hereunder, whether or not accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding.

 

Optional Prepayment Amount” means, at any time with respect to any principal amount, the sum of (a) one hundred (100%) of such principal amount and all accrued interest hereon outstanding as of such time (including any Minimum Interest Amount remaining outstanding on such principal amount as of such time) and (b) all other amounts, costs, fees (including Late Fees and Cash Payment Fees), expenses, indemnification and liquidated and other damages and other amounts due to the Holder, the Collateral Agent or any of their Purchaser Parties in respect of this Note or any other Transaction Document.

 

Original Issue Date” means the date of the first issuance of this Note, regardless of any transfers of any Note and regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued to evidence such Note.

 

Permitted Debt” means all of the following: (i) Indebtedness owing to any Secured Party under any Transaction Document; (ii) unsecured intercompany Indebtedness between the Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; (iii) unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to trade creditors (including overdue amounts on invoices) incurred on customary terms in the ordinary course of business; (vi) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary under Capital Leases for equipment or Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary secured by a Purchase Money Lien, which Indebtedness shall not at any time exceed $50,000 in the aggregate for the Company and its Subsidiaries; and (vii) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under leases for facilities that are treated as Capital Leases under GAAP.

 

Permitted Liens” means (i) the Liens of the Secured Parties as provided for in any Transaction Document; (ii) Customary Permitted Liens of the Company Parties; and (iii) Purchase Money Liens granted to or held by Purchase Money Lien lenders in connection with the purchase, leasing or acquisition of capital equipment in the ordinary course of business and without resulting in a contravention of any applicable provisions of this Note.

 

Purchase Agreement Notes” means all “Notes” issued under, and as defined in, the Purchase Agreement.

 

Purchase Money Lien” means any Lien securing Indebtedness (i) upon or in any equipment acquired or held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to secure the purchase price of such equipment or indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition or lease of such equipment or (ii) existing on such equipment at the time of its acquisition, in each case provided, that the Lien is confined solely to the property so acquired and improvements thereon, and the proceeds of such equipment.

 

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Required Dispute Documentation” has the meaning specified in Section 8(d)(i).

 

Secured Parties” means the Holder, the Collateral Agent and each other holder of Purchased Securities, each beneficiary of any indemnification or reimbursement obligation by any Company Party under the Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

 

Share Delivery Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4(c)(ii).

 

Subsequent Offering” has the meaning specified in Section 2(b).

 

Successor Entity” has the meaning specified in Section 5(e).

 

VWAP” means, for or as of any date for any Security, the following:

 

(i) the dollar volume-weighted average price for such Security on the Principal Trading Market for such Security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “HP” function (set to weighted average); or,

 

(ii) if Bloomberg does not report such a price, 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 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg; or

 

(iii) 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 on such date as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC); or

 

(iv)  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 mutually determined by the Company and the Holder.

 

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. REPAYMENT

 

a) Amortization of Principal. Commencing on _____________ __, 20__4 and continuing on the first day of each calendar month thereafter (each an “Amortization Payment Date”), the Company shall pay in full the portion of the principal amount of this Note set forth on Schedule 2 opposite such date (each, an “Amortization Payment”). Each Amortization Payment may, at the option of the Company but subject to the satisfaction of the Equity Payment Conditions on the date of such Amortization Payment (or due waiver by the Holder), be made instead of cash in Common Stock valued at the Amortization Price on the date of such payment. In addition, the Company shall pay in full on the Maturity Date all remaining Obligations then outstanding.

 

 

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b) Mandatory Prepayments. On the next Business Day following the Company consummating any public or private offering or any other issuance of any Capital Stock or any other issuance of any Capital Stock (other than any issuance of Common Stock to the general public), Stock Equivalents or of any other Securities or Indebtedness (including entering into any Equity Line of Credit or issuing any Variable-Priced Equity-Linked Instrument) or any other debt or equity financing or capital-raising transaction of any kind (each a “Subsequent Offering”) on any date other than the Maturity Date, the Company shall, subject to the Holder’s conversion rights set forth herein, pay to the Holder in cash an amount equal to (i) in the case of a Subsequent Offering other than an Equity Line of Credit, 25% of the net proceeds of such Subsequent Offering and (ii) in the case of Subsequent Offering that is an Equity line of Credit, 17.5% of the net proceeds, to repay the Obligations (a “Mandatory Prepayment Amount”). The Mandatory Prepayment Amount shall not be subject to the Cash Payment Fee. The Company shall provide notice to the Holder of the closing of such Subsequent Offering, including the expected net proceeds thereof, not later than the 10th day preceding the date of consummation of such Subsequent Offering, which notice shall be irrevocable and constitute an agreement to pay the Mandatory Prepayment Amount on the date of consummation of such Subsequent Offering. The Holder may continue to convert the principal amounts to be prepaid under this Note until the date of consummation of such Subsequent Offering; provided, that, if the Company does not provide such notice, in addition to all other remedies provided under the Transaction Documents for failure to comply with this Note, the Holder may convert the Note in the amount of such payment and, in its sole discretion, either return such payment or apply such payment to other outstanding Obligations, if any. In the event that the terms of the Subsequent Offering do not provide for the repayment in cash in full of all outstanding Obligations, the Holder may choose, in its sole discretion, to adjust the Conversion Price to match the price of the Common Stock issued or implied by such Subsequent Offering. This Section 2(b) is merely a requirement to redeem this Note and not an authorization to consummate any Subsequent Offering otherwise prohibited by the Transaction Documents.

 

c) Voluntary Prepayments. So long as no Default or Event of Default exists, at any time upon ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Holder (which notice shall be a Transaction Document and constitute an irrevocable agreement to pay such amount on the date set forth on such notice) stating the proposed date and proposed principal amount of such prepayment, but subject to the Holder’s conversion rights set forth herein, the Company may prepay any portion of the principal amount of this Note, any accrued and unpaid interest, and any other amounts due under this Note. If the Company exercises its right to prepay the Note, instead of such principal amount, the Company shall pay to the Holder in cash an amount equal to the full Optional Prepayment Amount for such principal amount prepaid. The Holder may continue to convert the principal amount of the Note to be prepared after the date notice of the prepayment is given until the date it receives such Optional Prepayment Amount in full in cash.

 

d) Interest. The Company shall pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate then-outstanding principal amount of this Note (and the then-outstanding principal amount of any other Obligation owing that does not expressly provide for any other rate of interest), which shall accrue daily at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum from the date this Note is issued (or in the case of any other Obligation, from the date such obligation becomes due and payable) through the date such principal amount or other Obligation is paid in full; provided, that the Minimum Interest Amount shall be fully earned and accrued on the Original Issue Date. Accrued interest shall replace and not add to the Minimum Interest Amount and all payments of such accrued interest shall cause a corresponding reduction in any remaining Minimum Interest Amount. Accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and payable on the first day of each calendar month, on each Conversion Date and on the Maturity Date, or as otherwise set forth herein. Any interest accrued and unpaid on any principal amount, and any remaining Minimum Interest Amount on such principal amount, shall be due and payable upon any repayment of such principal amount under this Note; provided, that, if such principal repayment is a regularly scheduled Amortization Payment set forth on Schedule 2, any remaining Minimum Interest Amount shall due and be payable (until such remaining Minimum Interest Amount shall be fully paid) in the amounts and on the dates on which accrued interest would have been due if such Amortization Payments had not been made and interest had accrued on such principal. Subject to satisfaction (or due waiver by the Holder) of the Equity Payment Conditions on the date of such payment, interest (including any remaining Minimum Interest Amount) may be paid in Common Stock in the Company’s discretion at the Amortization Price. Upon an Event of Default, the interest rate set forth hereunder shall increase as provided in clause (e) below. The Minimum Interest Amount is intended to compensate the Holder for a lesser profit in case of early repayment and for the internal and external work and expenditure of time and money involved in the evaluation and preparation of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder. The Minimum Interest Amount is not to be construed to cover or be applied against any indemnity or any out-of-pocket fees, costs or expenses incurred in any action to collect any Obligation or to foreclose any Lien securing the same. This provision shall not affect or limit the Holder’s rights or remedies with respect to any Event of Default.

 

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e) Default Rate. Immediately on and after the occurrence of any Event of Default, without need for notice or demand all of which are waived, interest on this Note shall, in whole, automatically and without the need for any notice, demand or any other action by the Collateral Agent or the Holder all of which are hereby waived, accrue and be owed daily at an increased interest rate equal to the lower of the Default Rate or the maximum rate permitted under applicable Regulations. If an Event of Default (after giving effect to notice periods and grace periods) occurs, the Default Rate shall become effective as of the date the Default that because such Event of Default first occurred, without consideration for any notice provision or grace period.

 

f) Late Fee. The Company shall pay a late fee (each a “Late Fee”) on any Obligation that is not paid when due (after taking into account applicable grace periods set forth in Section 5(a)(i) hereof), in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of such payment, to the Person owed such Obligation. This Late Fee shall be due and payable immediately upon such failure. It is intended to cover the inconvenience and additional internal, administrative and other fees, costs and expenses involved in processing delinquent payments and is not to be construed to cover or be applied against any indemnity or any out-of-pocket fees, costs or expenses incurred in any action to collect any Obligation or to foreclose any Lien securing the same. This provision shall not affect or limit the Holder’s rights or remedies with respect to any Event of Default. This obligation to pay a Late Fee is a separate obligation and, once it has arisen hereunder, a failure to pay such Late Fee will not be cured implicitly by any waiver of any Event of Default or similar event that may have caused the payment that gave rise to such Late Fee.

 

g) Cash Payment Fee. The Company shall pay a cash payment fee (each a “Cash Payment Fee”) in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of any repayment of the principal amount of this Note that is made in cash at any time when (i) the Company shall not have received a notice from the Holder or the Collateral Agent that an Event of Default exists, or (ii) the Company shall have received such a notice and such Event of Default shall have been cured to the satisfaction of the Holder. This Cash Payment Fee shall be due and payable together with such repayment and is intended to cover any loss in revenues resulting from such repayment being made in cash instead of using Common Stock, as well as other internal costs and expenses and is not to be construed to cover or be applied against any indemnity or any out-of-pocket fees, costs or expenses incurred in any action to collect any Obligation or to foreclose any Lien securing the same. The Cash Payment Fee shall not be applicable to the payment of any Mandatory Prepayment Amount. This provision shall not affect or limit the Holder’s rights or remedies with respect to any Event of Default. This obligation to pay a Cash Payment Fee is a separate obligation hereunder and, once arisen, shall be owed regardless of whether such payment is later returned, reversed, forgiven, waived or voided.

 

h) Calculations and Payment Provisions. All payments made to the Holder, the Collateral Agent and their Purchaser Parties under any Transaction Document, except as otherwise expressly provided in any Transaction Document, shall be made in cash, which shall mean in immediately available dollars and without set off or counterclaim. Interest and fees owing to any of them shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve thirty (30)-day periods, for the actual number of days occurring, in whole or in part, in the applicable period. The Holder (or, for payments owing to it, the Collateral Agent) shall have the option to refuse or accept, in their sole discretion, any payment to the Collateral Agent, the Holder or their Purchaser Parties attempted to be made without a required notice, without a required Optional Prepayment Amount, a Minimum Interest Amount or a required fee. The Holder (or, for payments owing to the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent) may, in its sole discretion, apply or recharacterize any payment made under any Transaction Document to the payment of any outstanding Obligation, regardless of the intended characterization thereof by any Company Party, including by recharacterizing a payment of principal made to a payment of an Optional Prepayment Amount, a Minimum Interest Amount or a required fee, even if this characterization results in a smaller payment of principal. The Company hereby irrevocably waives the right to direct the application of any payment (or, after any Event of Default, any proceeds of Collateral) to any Obligation. Whenever any payment under any Transaction Document shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be due on the next succeeding Business Day, including for purposes of the calculation of interest and fees. Any payment of any Obligation received by the Holder, the Collateral Agent or any Purchaser Party after 3 p.m. on any day shall be deemed received on the next Business Day. Each determination by the Holder (or, for payments owing to it, the Collateral Agent) of an amount of interest or fee due hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

 

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Section 3. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges

 

a) Different Denominations. This Note is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be payable for such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

b) Investment Representations. This Note has been issued subject to certain investment representations of the original Holder and may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with applicable federal and state securities Regulations.

 

c) Reliance on Note Register. The Company shall maintain in its records a list of the Holders and of registration and transfers of the Note (the “Note Register”). The initial Holder is listed herein. Any Holder may later notify in writing the Company of an assignment or transfer and the Company shall notify such transfer in the Note Register. Failure by the Company to duly notify such transfer in the Note Register shall not affect the validity of such assignment or transfer. Nevertheless, if the Company has not received notice of any transfer of this Note, the Company and any agent of the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Note is duly registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue. Upon request by the Holder, the Company shall immediately execute and deliver to such Holder replacement Note or Notes, which may involve executing multiple Notes with split amounts to reflect partial assignments. Promptly upon receipt of such replacement Note or Notes, such Holder shall deliver the original Note back to the Company or, if the original Note is lost or stolen, provide an affidavit to the Company to that effect.

 

Section 4. Conversion

 

a) Voluntary Conversion. At any time after the Original Issue Date, all Obligations with respect to this Note shall be convertible, in whole or in part, into shares of Common Stock at the option of the Holder, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time (subject to the conversion limitations set forth in Section 4(d)). The Holder shall effect conversions by delivering to the Company a Notice of Conversion, the form of which is attached hereto as Annex A (each, a “Notice of Conversion”), specifying therein the amount of such Obligations to be converted and the date on which such conversion shall be effected (such date, the “Conversion Date”). If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion is deemed delivered hereunder. No ink-original Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Conversion form be required. To effect conversions hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Note to the Company unless the entire principal amount of this Note, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, has been converted. Conversions hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount of this Note by an amount equal to the applicable conversion. The Holder and the Company shall maintain a Conversion Schedule, containing at a minimum the information shown on Schedule 1, and showing historically, among other things, the principal amounts converted and the date of such conversions. The Company may deliver an objection to any Notice of Conversion within one (1) Business Day of delivery of such Notice of Conversion. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error.

 

b) Conversion Price. The conversion price in effect on any Conversion Date shall be equal to $__________5 (the “Conversion Price”). The Conversion Price, will be proportionately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction that decreases or increases the number of shares of Common Stock issued to ensure that, in the case of the Conversion Price, the percentage of shares of Common Stock held by the Holder upon full conversion at the Conversion Price and, in each case, that the percentage of the value of the Company allocated to such Common Stock, both remain unchanged by any such transaction. Upon such adjustment, the Conversion Price shall be rounded down to the nearest $0.01.

 

 

5Insert the lower of (i) $10.00 and (ii) 95% of the lowest VWAP in the ten (10) Trading Days prior to the Original Issue Date.

 

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c) Mechanics of Conversion.

 

i. Conversion Shares Issuable Upon Conversion of Principal Amount. The number of Conversion Shares issuable upon a conversion hereunder shall be determined by the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the outstanding principal amount and interest of this Note to be converted by (y) the Conversion Price.

 

ii. Delivery of Certificate Upon Conversion. Not later than one (1) Trading Day after each Conversion Date (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the Conversion Shares which, on or after the date on which such Conversion Shares are eligible to be sold under Rule 144 without the need for current public information and the Company has received an opinion of counsel to such effect, which such opinion must be acceptable to the Holder in its sole and absolute discretion (which opinion the Company shall be responsible for obtaining at its sole cost and expense) shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions, representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of this Note. Each certificate required to be delivered by the Company under this Section 4(c) shall be delivered electronically through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions. If the Conversion Date is prior to the date on which such Conversion Shares are eligible to be sold under Rule 144 without the need for current public information, or there is no registration statement in effect covering the Conversion Shares, the Conversion Shares shall bear a restrictive legend in the following form, as appropriate:

 

“THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES REGULATIONS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL (WHICH COUNSEL SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE HOLDER), IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.”

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, commencing on such date that the Conversion Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144 subject to current public information requirements, the Company, upon written request and at the sole cost and expense of the Company, shall obtain a legal opinion that is acceptable to the Holder in its sole and absolute discretion, to allow for such sales under Rule 144.

 

iii. Reservation of Conversion Shares. The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal the Reserve Amount for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of this Note and payment of interest on this Note, each as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the other holders of the Purchase Agreement Notes). The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The Company shall calculate and readjust the Reserve Amount on the first Business Day of each month so long as any Purchased Security remains outstanding.

 

iv. Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of this Note. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such conversion, the Company shall at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

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v. Transfer Taxes and Expenses. The issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of this Note shall be made without charge to the Holder hereof for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such certificates, provided, that, the Company 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 certificate upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holder of this Note so converted 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 satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Conversion

 

vi. Failure to Deliver Certificates. If, in the case of any Notice of Conversion, such certificate or certificates 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 Company at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates, to rescind such Conversion, in which event the Company shall promptly return to the Holder any original Note delivered to the Company and the Holder shall promptly return to the Company the Common Stock certificates issued to the Holder pursuant to the rescinded Notice of Conversion.

 

vii. Obligation Absolute; Partial Liquidated Damages. The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, the existence of any Default or Event of Default, 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 the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of Regulations by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided, that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any such action the Company may have against the Holder. In the event the Holder of this Note shall elect to convert any or all of the outstanding principal or interest amount hereof, the Company may not refuse conversion based on any claim that the Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with the Holder has been engaged in any violation of Regulation, Contractual Obligation or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all or part of this Note shall have been sought. If the injunction is not granted, the Company shall promptly comply with all conversion obligations herein. If the injunction is obtained, the Company must post a surety bond for the benefit of the Holder in the amount of one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the outstanding principal amount of this Note, which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to the Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of seeking such injunction, the Company shall issue Conversion Shares (or, where applicable and required hereunder, cash), upon a properly noticed conversion. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii) by the Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, $1,000 per Trading Day for each Trading Day after such Share Delivery Date until such certificates are delivered or Holder rescinds such conversion. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages or declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 7 for the Company’s failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period specified herein and the Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit the Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable Regulation.

 

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viii. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Conversion. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii), and if after such Share Delivery Date the Holder is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise), or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Conversion Shares which the Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by the Holder) the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of the Holder, in its sole discretion, either reissue (if surrendered) this Note in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the attempted conversion (in which case such conversion shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Company had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 4(c)(ii). For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of this Note with respect to which the actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of $10,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Note as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

ix. No Limitation on Damages. More generally, nothing in this Section 4, including the availability of the option to convert the Note, shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue actual damages or declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 7 and the Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any rights under this Section 4 shall not prohibit the Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable Regulation.

 

d) Holder’s Conversion Limitations. The Company shall not effect any conversion of principal or interest of this Note, and the Holder shall not have the right to convert any principal or interest of this Note, to the extent that after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates, the “Attribution Parties”) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Attribution Parties shall include the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of this Note with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted principal amount of this Note beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other Securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including any other Notes) beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 4(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 4(d) applies, the determination of whether this Note is convertible (in relation to other Securities owned by the Holder together with any Attribution Parties) and of which principal amount of this Note is convertible shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Note may be converted (in relation to other Securities owned by the Holder together with any Attribution Parties) and which principal amount of this Note is convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. To ensure compliance with this restriction, the Holder will be deemed to represent to the Company each time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has not violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 4(d), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (i) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the SEC, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Company, or (iii) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Company’s transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within two (2) Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of Securities of the Company, including this Note, by the Holder or its Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of all Conversion Shares to be held by the Holder. The Holder, upon not less than sixty-one (61) days’ prior notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 4(d); provided, that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Note held by the Holder. Any such increase or decrease will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 4(d) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this Section 4(d) shall apply to a successor Holder of this Note.

 

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e) Exchange Cap. The Company shall not issue any shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Note or otherwise pursuant to the terms of this Note if the issuance of such shares of Common Stock would exceed the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which the Company may issue upon conversion of this Note or otherwise pursuant to the terms of this Note without breaching the Company’s obligations under the rules or regulations of the Principal Trading Market for the Common Stock (the number of shares which may be issued without violating such rules and regulations, the “Exchange Cap”), except that such limitation shall not apply in the event that the Company (i) obtains the approval of its stockholders as required by the applicable rules of such Principal Trading Market for issuances of shares of Common Stock in excess of such amount or (ii) obtains a written opinion from outside counsel to the Company that such approval is not required, which opinion shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder. Until such approval or such written opinion is obtained, the Holder shall not be issued in the aggregate, upon conversion of this Note or otherwise pursuant to the terms of this Note, shares of Common Stock in an amount greater than the product of (A) the Exchange Cap as of the proposed date of issuance for such shares multiplied by (B) the quotient of (1) the aggregate original Principal Amount of this Note when issued to the applicable Purchaser pursuant to the Purchase Agreement divided by (2) the aggregate original Principal Amount of all Purchase Agreement Notes when issued (the “Exchange Cap Allocation”). In the event that the Holder sells or otherwise transfer any portion of this Note, the transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of the Holder’s Exchange Cap Allocation with respect to such portion of this Note so transferred, and the restrictions of the prior sentence shall apply to such transferee with respect to the portion of the Exchange Cap Allocation so allocated to such transferee. Upon conversion in full of any holder of any Purchase Agreement Note, the difference (if any) between such holder’s “exchange cap allocation” (under and as defined in such Purchase Agreement Note) and the number of shares of Common Stock actually issued to such holder upon such holder’s conversion in full of any Purchase Agreement Note shall be allocated to the respective Exchange Cap Allocations of the remaining holders of such Purchase Agreement Notes (including the Holder) on a pro rata basis in proportion to the shares of Common Stock underlying such Purchase Agreement Notes then held by each such holder. In the event that the Company is prohibited from issuing any shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Section 4(e)(the “Exchange Cap Shares”) to the Holder, the Company shall pay cash to the Holder in exchange for the redemption of such portions of this Note that are not convertible into such Exchange Cap Shares at a price equal to the sum of (A) the product of (1) such number of Exchange Cap Shares and (2) the Closing Sale Price on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date the Holder delivers the applicable Notice of Conversion with respect to such Exchange Cap Shares to the Company, and (B) to the extent the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of Exchange Cap Shares, brokerage commissions, if any, of the Holder incurred in connection therewith.

 

Section 5. Certain Adjustments

 

a) Stock Dividends and Stock Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Note is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a Restricted Payment payable in shares of Common Stock on shares of Common Stock or any Stock Equivalents (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon conversion of, or payment of interest on, this Note), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of the Common Stock, any shares of capital stock of the Company, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) outstanding immediately before such event, and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 5(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

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b) Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If the purchase or exercise price provided for in any options to purchase Common Stock, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Stock Equivalents into Common Stock, or the rate at which any Stock Equivalents are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock increases or decreases at any time (other than any change to the Conversion Price in this Note or any changes to the exercise price in the Warrants), the Conversion Price in effect at the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to account proportionately, for such increase or decrease. For purposes of this Section 5(b), if the terms of any option or Stock Equivalents are increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such option or Stock Equivalents and the shares of Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 5(b) shall be made to the Conversion Price if such adjustment would result in an increase to the Conversion Price.

 

c) Subsequent Equity Sales. If any Company Party or any Subsidiary thereof, at any time while any Obligation is outstanding or the Holder has not yet received any Conversion Shares in connection with a conversion, shall sell or grant any option to purchase, or sell or grant any right to reprice, or otherwise dispose of or issue (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition) any shares of Common Stock or Stock Equivalents convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock, in each case other than as an Exempt Issuance, at an effective price per share that, after giving effect to any other adjustment provided in this Note, is less than the Conversion Price then in effect (such lower price, the “Base Share Price” and such issuances collectively, a “Dilutive Issuance”) then, simultaneously with the consummation of each Dilutive Issuance the Conversion Price shall be reduced and only reduced to equal the Base Share Price. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that if a holder of the shares of Common Stock or Stock Equivalents so issued shall, at any time after the issuance, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is less than the Conversion Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance at such effective price. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such shares of Common Stock or Stock Equivalents are issued. No later than 8:00 am on the Trading Day following the issuance or deemed issuance of any shares of Common Stock or Stock Equivalents subject to this Section 5(c), the Company shall (i) notify the Holder, in writing, indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”) and (ii) publicly disclose the transaction resulting in such issuance or deemed issuance in a filing with the SEC. For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 5(c), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Conversion Shares based upon the Base Share Price regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Share Price in the Notice of Conversion.

 

d) Pro Rata Distributions. While this Note is outstanding, the Company shall not declare or make any Restricted Payment (or rights to receive Restricted Payments). In the event that the Note is repaid at the time of such Restricted Payment, the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Restricted Payment. If the Holder and the Company mutually agree, and the Note is not repaid at the time of such Restricted Payment, then the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Restricted Payment to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Note (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Restricted Payment, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Restricted Payment (provided, that to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Restricted Payment would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Restricted Payment to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Restricted Payment to such extent) and the portion of such Restricted Payment shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

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e) Effect of Fundamental Transactions. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Holder, upon any subsequent conversion of this Note, shall have the right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 4(c) on the conversion of this Note), any consideration receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Note is convertible (or holder of any equity Securities of any Company Party) immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 4(c) on the conversion of this Note) (the “Alternate Consideration”), including shares of Common Stock of any successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, in the case of a merger where it is the surviving entity. To the extent such Alternate Consideration includes Securities, the Holder shall have the option to either treat the Note as converted on the date of consummation of such Fundamental Transaction and obtain such Securities outright or adjust the Conversion Shares to include such additional Securities. For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion Price 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 Company Parties shall apportion the Conversion Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. In a Fundamental Transaction where holders of Common Stock (or, as the case may be, Securities of any Company Party) are given any choice as to the Alternate Consideration to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any conversion of this Note following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any acquiring, successor, surviving or replacement entities in any Fundamental Transaction (the “Successor Entity”) to become a Company Party effective immediately upon the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction and shall become a party to all Transaction Documents in the same capacity and to the same extent as the Company Party involved in such Fundamental Transaction and, if such Fundamental Transaction involves the Company, from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Note and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall, without any further action, refer instead to the Successor Entity or to both Companies, as appropriate. In the case of a Fundamental Transaction resulting in the Company no longer be in existence, the Successor Entity shall succeed to all obligations of the Company and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the Obligations of the Company with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. The parties hereto shall amend all Transaction Documents (or execute new Transaction Documents, including replacement Notes and an assumption of the Company’s Obligations) to reflect such change; provided that the failure to amend or execute any such Transaction Document shall not render this clause (e) ineffective. For the avoidance of doubt, this clause (e) is not intended to permit any Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall ensure that the Holder approves all drafts of such amendments and new Transaction Documents prior to the consummation of, and as a condition to the consummation of, such Fundamental Transaction. Without limitation, if the Fundamental Transaction involves the Company, the definition of Conversion Shares and Conversion Price hereunder shall be adjusted to include Securities of the Successor Entity and to ensure the new Notes of the Holder convert into Securities so as to protect the economic value of this Note, taking into account the relative values of the existing and replacement Conversion Shares, and give the Holder upon conversion of this Note the Conversion Shares equivalent to the Conversion Shares it would have received upon conversion of this Note prior to such Fundamental Transaction at an equivalent Conversion Price.

 

f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 5 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 5, 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 Company) issued and outstanding.

 

g) Notices to the Holder.

 

i. Adjustments to Conversion Price. Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 5, the Company shall not later than 8:00 am on the Trading Day following such adjustment (i) deliver to each Holder a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a statement of all of the facts requiring such adjustment and the calculation thereof, and (ii) publicly disclose the transaction resulting in such adjustment in a filing with the SEC. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5 to the contrary, no adjustment pursuant to this Section 5 shall increase the Conversion Price other than proportional increases upon the occurrence of a reverse stock split in accordance with Section 5(a). For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder will be entitled to each such adjustment on the terms set forth in this Agreement whether or not the Company provides such notice, and the calculation set forth in such notice shall not be binding on the Holder.

 

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ii. Notice to Allow Conversion by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution or other Restricted Payment in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of Capital Stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other Securities, cash or property or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of this Note, and shall cause to be delivered to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Note Register, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution, Restricted Payment, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for Securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided, that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. The Holder shall remain entitled to convert this Note during the 20-day period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

Section 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

a) As long as the outstanding principal amount of the Notes exceeds $200,000.00, no Company Party shall, and no Company Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, do, or enter into any agreement to do, any of the following (except for Sections 6(a)(xiii) and (ix) which shall be binding on each Company Party and all its Subsidiaries so long as any portion of this Note or any other Obligations is not paid in full):

 

i. create, incur, assume, enter into or suffer to exist, any Indebtedness (other than Permitted Debt) or any Guaranty Obligations with respect thereto, or repay the principal amount of, redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire or offer to repay the principal amount of, redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire, any Indebtedness (other than Permitted Debt) or any Guaranty Obligation with respect thereto, whether or not existing on the Original Issue Date (other than the Purchase Agreement Notes on a pro rata basis based on the principal amounts outstanding);

 

ii. create, incur, assume, permit or suffer to exist any Lien of any kind, on or with respect to any of its assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom, other than the Liens securing the Obligations created pursuant to the Transactions Documents and Permitted Liens;

 

iii. Sell any of its assets other than disposition of assets in the ordinary course of business;

 

iv. make, approve, or offer to make any Restricted Payment with respect to any shares of Capital Stock (other than the issuance and distribution of the Transaction Securities, and then only as otherwise required under the Transaction Documents);

 

v. issue any Capital Stock to any Related Party that is not a Company Party or a Subsidiary of any Company Party, except for Exempt Issuances;

 

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vi. consummate a Fundamental Transaction, amend its charter documents in any manner that materially and adversely affects any rights of the Holder or change the nature of its business from the business conducted by it on the date hereof (and, after the consummation of the Business Combination, the business conducted by any party to the Business Combination on the date hereof);

 

vii. enter into any other transaction with, or make any other payment to, any Related Party of the Company that is not a Company Party or Subsidiary of any Company Party, including (A)  investments by any Company Party or any Subsidiary thereof in such other Related Party, whether in Capital Stock, Stock Equivalents, other Securities, Indebtedness owing by such Related Party or otherwise, or Indebtedness owing to any such other Related Party and (B) transfers, sales, leases, assignments or other acquisitions or dispositions of any asset), except for (x) payments with respect to Permitted Debt permitted pursuant to Section 6a)(i) above, (y) transactions in the ordinary course of business on a basis no less favorable to the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries as would be obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not a Related Party and that are expressly approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company (even if less than a quorum otherwise required for board approval) and (z) salaries and other director or employee or other staff or agent compensation, including expense reimbursements and employee benefits, of the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries that, in the case of officers, directors and employees, staff and agents that are also Related Parties even if their employee, staff or agent relationship is not taken into account, does not include any increase from the compensation in effect on, and disclosed to the Collateral Agent and the Holder on or before the date hereof;

 

viii. fail to use the proceeds of the Note as represented in Section 3.1(gg) of the Purchase Agreement (including by being engaged in operations involving the financing of any investments or activities in, or any payments to, any Sanctioned Person) or conduct its business in a manner that causes it to become an “investment company” subject to registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) or fail to provide a certification to the Holder with respect to any of the foregoing items in this clause (viii) upon the Holder’s request; or

 

ix. directly or indirectly (including through agents, contractors, trustees, representatives or advisors) (a) be in violation of any Sanctions Law or engage in, or conspire or attempt to engage in, any transaction evading or avoiding any prohibition in any Sanctions Law, (b) be a Sanctioned Person or derive revenues from investments in, or transactions with Sanctioned Persons, (c) have any assets located in Sanctioned Jurisdictions, (d) deal in, or otherwise engage in any transactions relating to, any property or interest in property blocked pursuant to any Regulation administered or enforced by OFAC or (e) fail to comply with any material Regulations or Contractual Obligations applicable to it or fail to obtain or comply with any material Permits.

 

Section 7. Events of Default

 

a) “Event of Default” means, wherever used herein, any of the following events (whatever the reason for such event and whether such event shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected by Regulation or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any order, rule or Regulation of any Governmental Authority):

 

i. any default in the payment of (A) the principal amount of this Note when due or (B) any interest, fees, liquidated damages or any other Obligation owing to the Holder, the Collateral Agent or any of their Purchaser Parties under any Transaction Document, within (5) Business Days after such principal, interest, fee, liquidated damage or other Obligation shall become due and payable, whether on the Maturity Date or otherwise;

 

ii. any Company Party shall fail for any reason to comply with Section 2.3(a) (Deliveries to Initial Purchasers), Section 2.4 (Post-Closing Deliveries) or Section 4.11 (Trading Activities of Purchasers) of the Purchase Agreement or Section 2(b), Section 2(f), Section 4(c) (including Section 4(c)(iii)), Section 6, Section 8(k) Section 8(l) of this Note or any other Section of this Note or any Transaction Document that provides for an action after a notice period or that provides a specific period of time for the Company Parties to comply with;

 

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iii. any representation or warranty made by any Company Party in this Note, any other Transaction Document, any other Contractual Obligation with, or any other report, financial statement, document, written statement or certificate made or delivered to, the Holder or any other Holder Party shall be untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed made;

 

iv. any Company Party shall provide at any time notice to the Holder, including by way of public announcement, of such Company Party’s intention to not honor any provision of this Note or any other Transaction Document (including requests for conversions of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof);

 

v. any Company Party shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant, provision, or agreement contained in this Note or any other Transaction Document which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within the earlier to occur of (A) five (5) Trading Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder or by any other Holder Party to the Company and (B) ten (10) Trading Days after any Company Party has become or should have become aware of such failure;

 

vi. a breach, default or event of default (without regard for any cure period therefor provided therein) shall have occurred under any Indebtedness of any Company Party (A) having (individually or in the aggregate for all such Indebtedness) an aggregate maximum principal amount or commitment greater than Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000), or (B) any such Indebtedness shall become or be declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable;

 

vii. a breach, default or event of default (without regard to any grace or cure period provided in the applicable agreement, document or instrument or any subsequent waiver or other modification thereto) shall have occurred under any other Contractual Obligation to which any Company Party is obligated that, if determined to be adverse to any Company Party, could reasonably be expected to result in any injunction affecting any Company Party or any Loss to the Company Parties in excess of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000);

 

viii. any monetary judgment, writ or similar final process shall be entered or filed against any Company Party, any Subsidiary of any Company Party or any of their assets for an injunction or for monetary damages of more than Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000), and such judgment, writ or similar final process shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of forty-five (45) calendar days;

 

ix. the occurrence of any levy upon or seizure or attachment of, or any uninsured loss of or damage to, any asset of any Company Party or any Subsidiary of any Company Party having an aggregate fair value or repair cost (as the case may be) in excess of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) individually or in the aggregate, and any such levy, seizure or attachment shall not be set aside, bonded or discharged within forty-five (45) after the date thereof;

 

x. (A) any Company Party or any Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) of any Company Party shall commence a case or other Proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief or composition of debts or liquidation or similar Regulation of any jurisdiction relating to the Company or any such Subsidiary or any Proceeding seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee, liquidator or other similar official for it or for any of its assets, (B) any such case or other Proceeding shall be commenced against any Company Party or any such Subsidiary by any other Person and such case or other Proceeding is not dismissed within forty-five (45) days after commencement, (C) any Company Party or any such Subsidiary shall be adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or other Proceeding is entered, (D) any Company Party or any such Subsidiary shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they mature or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (E) any Company Party or any such Subsidiary thereof shall call a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts or (F) any Company Party or any such Subsidiary, by any act or failure to act, shall expressly indicate its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing or takes any corporate or other action (including convening a meeting of the board) to authorize or otherwise for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

 

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xi. the occurrence of any Change of Control Transaction;

 

xii.  (A) the Common Stock shall become “penny stock” as defined in Regulations for purposes of 3(a)(51) of the Exchange Act, (B) there shall be no Trading Market for the Common Stock and the Common Stock shall not be eligible for listing or quotation for trading thereon and shall not be eligible to resume listing or quotation for trading thereon within five (5) Trading Days or (C) the transfer of shares of Common Stock through the Depository Trust Company System shall become no longer available or shall be “chilled”;

 

xiii. the Company shall not meet the current public information requirements under Rule 144, and such failure is not cured, if it is possible to cure it, within two (2) Trading Days after the expiration of the applicable grace period permitted under Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act; unless the Company files a Form 12b-25 for the relevant report required to meet the current public information requirements under Rule 144; or

 

xiv. the Company shall fail to deliver Common Stock by the Share Delivery Date upon conversion of any portion of this Note.

 

The clauses in the definition of “Event of Default” above operate independently, so that any action or event that falls within any such clause shall constitute an Event of Default regardless of, whether because of a grace period or threshold or otherwise, it falls outside the language of any other clause.

 

b) Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs, then the outstanding principal amount of this Note and all other Obligations shall become, at the Holder’s election in its sole discretion, in whole or in part (or, in the case of and Event of Default described in Section 7(a)(x)(A) through (C), in whole, automatically and without the need for any notice, demand or any other action by the Collateral Agent or the Holder all of which are hereby waived), immediately due and payable, in cash (while remaining subject to the Holder’s conversion option). In connection with such acceleration described herein, the Holder need not provide, and the Company hereby waives, any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind (other than the Holder’s election to declare such acceleration), and the Holder may immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it under applicable Regulations. Such acceleration may be rescinded and annulled by Holder at any time prior to payment hereunder and the Holder shall have all rights as a holder of the Note until such time, if any, as the Holder receives full payment pursuant to this Section 7(b). No such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 8. Miscellaneous

 

a) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder hereunder, including any Notice of Conversion, shall be in writing and delivered as set forth in Section 6.4 (Notices) of the Purchase Agreement. All notices and other communications delivered hereunder shall be effective as provided in the Purchase Agreement.

 

b) Absolute Obligation. Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Note shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, liquidated damages and accrued interest, as applicable, on this Note, without set off or counterclaim, at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. This Note is a direct debt obligation of the Company. This Note ranks pari passu with all other Purchase Agreement Notes now or hereafter issued under the terms set forth in the Transaction Documents and is at least pari passu with all Indebtedness and other obligations of the Company, and is not subordinated to any such Indebtedness or other obligation.

 

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c) Lost or Mutilated Note. If this Note shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated Note, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed Note, a new Note for the principal amount of this Note so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Note, and of the ownership hereof, reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

 

d) Dispute Resolution.

 

i. In the case of a dispute relating to, or, when an agreement between the Company and the Holder is required hereunder, an inability to agree on, a Conversion Price, a Closing Bid Price, a Closing Sale Price, a VWAP or a fair market value (as the case may be) (including, without limitation, a dispute relating to the determination of any of the foregoing), the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) shall submit the dispute to the other party via facsimile or electronic transmission (A) if by the Company, within two (2) Trading Days after the occurrence of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute or (B) if by the Holder at any time after the Holder learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute. If the Holder and the Company are unable to promptly resolve such dispute, at any time after the second (2nd) Trading Day following such initial notice, then the Holder may, at its sole option, select an independent, reputable investment bank to resolve such dispute.

 

ii. The Holder and the Company shall each deliver to such investment bank (A) a copy of the initial dispute submission so delivered in accordance with clause d) and (B) written documentation (together with such copy of such submission, the “Required Dispute Documentation”) supporting its position with respect to such dispute, in each case, no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) by the fifth (5th) Trading Day immediately following the date on which the Holder selected such investment bank (the “Dispute Submission Deadline”) . If either party fails to so deliver all of the Required Dispute Documentation by the Dispute Submission Deadline, then such party shall no longer be entitled to (and hereby waives its right to) deliver or submit any document or other supporting evidence to such investment bank with respect to such dispute and such investment bank shall resolve such dispute based solely on the Required Dispute Documentation that was delivered to such investment bank prior to the Dispute Submission Deadline. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by both the Company and the Holder or otherwise requested by such investment bank, neither the Company nor the Holder shall be entitled to deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank in connection with such dispute other than the Required Dispute Documentation.

 

iii. The Company and the Holder shall ensure that such investment bank determines the resolution of such dispute and notify the Company and the Holder of such resolution no later than ten (10) Trading Days immediately following the Dispute Submission Deadline. The fees and expenses of such investment bank shall be borne solely by the Company, and such investment bank’s resolution of such dispute shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error.

 

e) Governing Law; Courts. As provided in Section 6.6 (Governing Law; Courts) of the Purchase Agreement, this Note, and all claims, disputes, Proceedings (other than as set forth in clause (d) above) and matters related hereto or arising hereunder or arising from or relating to the relationship among any of the parties hereto, are governed by, and shall be construed, interpreted and enforced exclusively in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (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 Delaware). Any such Proceeding shall be brought exclusively in the Delaware state courts sitting in Wilmington, DE or the federal courts of the United States of America for the District of Delaware sitting in Wilmington, DE; provided, that the Collateral Agent, the Holder and the other Purchaser Parties may bring Proceedings in other jurisdictions to enforce this Note. The parties hereto have accepted such jurisdiction and waived venue and other objections and have agreed to the means for service of process in such Section 6.6.

 

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f) Characterizations. The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof).

 

g) Payments on Next Business Day. Whenever any payment Obligation shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be due instead on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

h) Payment of Collection, Enforcement and Other Costs. In addition to, and not in substitution for and not to limit (but without duplication), any other right to reimbursement under this Note or any other Transaction Document, (i) this Note is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any Proceeding or the Holder otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under this Note or to enforce the provisions of this Note or (ii) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of the Company or other Proceedings affecting Company creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Note, then the Company shall pay all out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other Proceeding, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees and disbursements.

 

i) Security Interest. The Obligations of the Company Parties under this Note and the other Transaction Documents are secured by the Security Agreement and the Intellectual Property Security Agreement, as well as other Transaction Documents.

 

j) Use of Proceeds. All proceeds of the purchase of this Note and the other Purchased Securities shall be used as provided in the Purchase Agreement.

 

k) Non-Public Information. Except with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereunder, which shall be disclosed as provided in the Purchase Agreement, each Company Party covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided nor will provide the Holder or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes, or the Company reasonably believes constitutes, material non-public information, unless prior thereto the Holder shall have consented to the receipt of such information and agreed with the Company to keep such information confidential. Any non-disclosure agreement entered into with the Holder and any Company Party are terminated as provided in Section 4.9 (Securities Laws Disclosures) of the Purchase Agreement. The Holder does not have any duty of confidentiality (or a duty not to trade on the basis of material non-public information) to any Company Party or any of their Affiliates, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, members, stockholders, managers, employees and is governed only by application Regulations. Each Company Party understands and confirms that the Holder shall be relying on all of the foregoing covenants in trading Securities of the Company.

 

l) Public Disclosures. The Company Parties and the Holder shall consult with each other in issuing any other public disclosure with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and no Company Party or the Holder shall issue any such public disclosure nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company and the Holder, each of which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is reasonably viewed as required by any Regulation, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Company Party shall, and each Company Party shall ensure that their Subsidiaries do not, publicly disclose the name, trademark, service mark, symbol, logo (or any abbreviation, contraction or simulation thereof) of, or otherwise refer to, the Holder or any other Purchaser Party (including in any filing with the SEC, regulatory agency or Trading Market for any Securities of any Company Party or their Subsidiaries, including the 8-K filing referenced above) without the prior consent of the Holder and the Collateral Agent (including in any press release, letterhead, public announcement or marketing material), except, and then only after consulting with such Holder and the Collateral Agent, to the extent required to do so under applicable Regulations (including as required in any registration statement filed with the SEC). None of the Company Parties and their Affiliates shall represent that any Company Party or any of its Affiliates, any product or service of the Company Parties or their Affiliates, or any know how or policy or practice of the Company Parties or their Affiliates has been approved or endorsed by any Purchaser Party.

 

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m) Interpretation. This Note is a Transaction Document and as such is subject to various interpretative, amendment and third party beneficiary and other miscellaneous provisions set forth in the Purchase Agreement that expressly apply to Transaction Documents, located principally in Article VI (Miscellaneous) thereof (including Section 4.9 (Securities Law Disclosures) which, among other things, restrict public disclosures of the name of the Holder, Section 6.15 (Interpretation) that provides, among other things, that payments due on a day that is not a Business Day may be made on the next Business Day), as well as, without limitation, set off provisions in Section 6.5 (Set Off) thereof whereby amounts owing hereunder may be set off against amounts owed by the Holder and certain related entities, indemnification and expense reimbursement provisions in Sections 4.14 (Indemnification of Each Purchaser Party) and 6.2 (Fees and Expenses) thereof that benefit the Holder, among others. In particular, without limitation, (i) none of the terms or provisions of this Note may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in accordance with Section 6.3(b) (Amendments) of the Purchase Agreement and (ii) as described in Section 6.3(a) (Entire Agreement) of the Purchase Agreement, this Note and the other Transaction Documents contain and constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. Any Holder also benefits from various provisions of the Purchase Agreement applicable to “Purchasers” (whether by virtue of being an “Initial Purchaser” or successor in interest thereto) and agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Purchase Agreement applicable to it in such capacity, including Article V (Collateral Agent) thereof that describes its relationship with the Collateral Agent and contains an indemnification provision in Section 5.9 (Indemnification) thereof. Finally, in addition to these provisions, unless otherwise expressly provided in any Transaction Document, “outstanding” when referring in any Transaction Document to the principal amount owing under this Note shall mean “outstanding and unconverted.”

 

n)  Beneficiaries; Successors and Assigns. As provided in Section 6.3(c) (Beneficiaries; Successors and Assigns) of the Purchase Agreement, this Note shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the Company and shall inure solely to the benefit of the Holder, each Company Party, the Collateral Agent, each of their Purchaser Parties and their respective successors and, if permitted, assigns; provided, that no Company Party may assign any part of this Note, or any right, obligation, benefit, title or interest hereunder except as authorized in the Purchase Agreement.

 

o) Counterparts. As provided in clauses (e) (Counterparts) and (f) (Electronic Signatures) of Section 6.3 of the Purchase Agreement, this Note may be executed in any number of counterparts, which may be signed and transmitted electronically.

 

p) Severability. As provided in Section 6.7 (Severability) of the Purchase Agreement, any provision of this Note being held illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not affect any part of such provision not held illegal, invalid or unenforceable, any other provision of this Note or any part of such provision in any other jurisdiction, so long as the economic or legal substance of the transaction contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner adverse to any party.

 

q) Waiver of Jury Trial. As provided in Section 6.16 (Waiver of Jury Trial and Certain Other Rights), each party hereto has irrevocably and unconditionally waived, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Regulations, trial by jury of any claim or cause of action or in any Proceeding, directly or indirectly with respect to, or directly or indirectly based upon or arising out of, under or in connection with this Note or any other Transaction Document or the transactions contemplated therein or related thereto (whether founded in contract, tort or any other theory). Each party hereto (A) certifies that no other party, no Purchaser Party and no Affiliate of any of them and no attorney, agent or other representative of any of the foregoing has represented, expressly or otherwise, that any Person would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (B) acknowledges that it and the other parties hereto have been induced to enter into this Note by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this Section 8(q).

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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In witness whereof, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Note as of the date first written above.

 

  NORTHVIEW ACQUISITION CORP.
     
  By:                       
  Name:   
  Title:  

 

Accepted and Agreed:  
     
[ASCENT PARTNERS FUND LLC]  
     
By:                                  
Name:    
Title:    
Address:     

 

 

 

 

ANNEX A

 

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

The undersigned hereby elects to convert principal under the Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note (as the same may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Note”; capitalized terms used but not defined herein are used as defined in the Note, including if defined by reference to other agreements), due _________ and issued by Northview Acquisition Corp, a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and, if permitted, assigns, the “Company”), into shares of common stock (the “Common Stock”), of the Company according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. If shares of Common Stock 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 and is delivering herewith such certificates and opinions as reasonably requested by the Company in accordance therewith. No fee will be charged to the Holder for any conversion, except for such transfer taxes, if any.

 

By the delivery of this Notice of Conversion the undersigned represents and warrants to the Company that its ownership of the Common Stock does not exceed the amounts specified under Section 4 of the Note, as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

The undersigned agrees to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements under the applicable securities laws in connection with any transfer of the aforesaid shares of Common Stock.

 

Conversion calculations:

 

Date to Effect Conversion:

 

Principal Amount of Note to be Converted:

 

Payment of Interest in Common Stock __ yes __ no

 

If yes, $_____ of Interest Accrued on Account of Conversion at Issue.

 

Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:

 

This Notice of Conversion is a Transaction Document and, as such is subject to various provisions of the Purchase Agreement applicable to Transaction Documents, including, among others, choice of law, forum, and waiver of jury trial.

 

   
     
  By:  
  Name:                 
  Title:  
     
  Delivery Instructions:

 

 

 

 

Schedule 1

 

CONVERSION SCHEDULE

 

This Conversion Schedule is part of, and reflects conversions made under Section 4 of, the Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note, due on __________6 and issued by Northview Acquisition Corp., a Delaware Corporation, in the original principal amount of $__________.

 

Dated:

 

 

Date of Conversion
(or for first entry, Original Issue Date)

Amount of Conversion Aggregate Principal Amount Remaining Subsequent to Conversion
(or original Principal Amount)
Company Attest
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

 

 

6Insert date that is 18 months after Original Issue Date

 

 

 

 

Schedule 2

 

Payment Schedule

 

Month Date Principal Interest If in Stock If in Cash Remaining Principal
Current Month (Stub period)            
1            
2            
3            
4            
5            
6            
7            
8            
9            
10            
11            
12            
13            
14            
15            
16            
17            
18            

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

 

Lock-up Agreement

 

Ascent Partners Fund LLC

19505 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2350
Aventura, FL 33180

 

As of February __, 2025

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned understands that Northview Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and, if permitted, assigns, the “Company”) intends to enter into a Securities Purchase Agreement (as modified from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”) dated as of the date hereof, with each purchaser (together with its successors and, if permitted, assigns, an “Investor”) identified on the signature page thereof, and Ascent Partners Fund LLC, as collateral agent for Investors, providing for the purchase (the “Transaction”) of certain senior secured convertible promissory notes (the “Notes”), and, in connection therewith, the Company also intends to enter into a registration rights agreement with the Investors (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). Capitalized terms are used as defined in the Annex hereto (which is hereby incorporated and made a part of this agreement) and other capitalized terms used but not defined in this agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement unless otherwise indicated.

 

To induce the Company to enter into and consummate the Transaction, the undersigned hereby irrevocably enters into this Lock-Up Agreement (this “Agreement”) with the Investors and agrees that, during the period commencing on the date of the closing (the Business Combination Closing Date”) of the Company’s proposed business combination with Profusa, Inc., a California corporation (the “Business Combination”), and ending on the date that is the earlier of (a) six (6) months after the Business Combination Closing Date and (b) the date after the Business Combination Closing Date, that the daily VWAP of the Common Stock equals or exceeds $5.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any twenty (20) Trading Days during any thirty (30) Trading Day period (such period, the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not do any of the following, and will not publicly disclose any intention to do any of the following: (1) offer, pledge or otherwise grant any Lien over, transfer, dispose of or otherwise Sell (or enter into any option or other Contractual Obligation to transfer, dispose of or otherwise Sell), lend, in each case directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock, or any other Common Stock Equivalents, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned (or any Affiliate of the undersigned) or with respect to which the undersigned (or any Affiliate of the undersigned) has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition (collectively, the “Lock-Up Securities”); (2) enter into any swap or other Derivative or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, in each case whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Securities, in cash or otherwise; or (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any Lock-Up Securities.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the conditions below, the undersigned may transfer Lock-Up Securities in connection with:

 

1.transfers of Lock-Up Securities as a bona fide gift, by will or intestacy or to a family member or trust for the benefit of the undersigned (for purposes of this lock-up agreement, “family member” means any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin); provided that the transferee agrees to be bound by the terms of this agreement and signs and delivers to the Investors a lock-up agreement in the form hereof;

 

 

 

 

2.transfers of Lock-Up Securities to a charity or educational institution;

 

3.if the undersigned is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity, (i) any transfers of Lock-Up Securities to another corporation, partnership or other business entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the undersigned or (ii) distributions of Lock-Up Securities to members, partners, stockholders, subsidiaries or affiliates (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of the undersigned as of the date of this Agreement, provided that the transferee agrees to be bound by the terms of this agreement and signs and delivers to the Investors a lock-up agreement in the form hereof;

 

4.if the undersigned is a trust, to a trustee or beneficiary of the trust provided that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, (ii) such transferee agrees to be bound by the terms of this agreement and signs and delivers to the Investors a lock-up agreement in the form hereof and (iii) no filing under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act) or other public announcement shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the Lock-Up Period;

 

5.the receipt by the undersigned from the Company of shares of Common Stock upon the vesting of restricted stock awards or stock units or upon the exercise of options to purchase shares of Common Stock issued under an equity incentive plan of the Company or an employment arrangement or the transfer or withholding of shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into shares of Common Stock to the Company upon a vesting event of the Company’s securities or upon the exercise of options to purchase the Company’s securities, in each case on a “cashless” or “net exercise” basis or to cover tax obligations of the undersigned in connection with such vesting or exercise provided that (i) such shares are covered by this agreement and (ii) if the undersigned is required to file a report under Section 13 of the Exchange Act reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock during the Lock-Up Period, the undersigned shall include a statement in such schedule or report to the effect that such reduction is attributable to the “cashless” or “net exercise” of the options or to cover tax withholding obligations of the undersigned in connection with such vesting or exercise;

 

6.the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of Lock-Up Securities provided that (i) such plan does not provide for the transfer of Lock-Up Securities during the Lock-Up Period and (ii) to the extent a public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act, if any, is required of or voluntarily made by or on behalf of the undersigned or the Company regarding the establishment of such plan, such public announcement or filing shall include a statement to the effect that no transfer of Lock-Up Securities may be made under such plan during the Lock-Up Period;

 

7.the transfer of Lock-Up Securities that occurs by operation of law, such as pursuant to a qualified domestic order or in connection with a divorce settlement, provided that such transferee agrees to be bound by the terms of this agreement and signs and delivers to the Investors a lock-up agreement in the form hereof, and provided further that any filing under Section 13 of the Exchange Act that is required to be made during the Lock-Up Period as a result of such transfer shall include a statement that such transfer has occurred by operation of law; and

 

8.the transfer of Lock-Up Securities pursuant to a bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to all holders of shares of Common Stock involving a change of control (as defined below) of the Company after the closing of the Transaction and approved by the Company’s board of directors; provided that in the event that the tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the Lock-Up Securities owned by the undersigned shall remain subject to the restrictions contained in this agreement. “change of control” means the consummation of any bona fide third party tender offer, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other similar transaction the result of which is that any “person” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), or group of persons, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act) of a majority of total voting power of the voting stock of the Company. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigned’s Lock-Up Securities except in compliance with this agreement.

 

Further to the foregoing, the Investors agree that they will agree to amend the Lock-Up period if such amendment shall be reasonably necessary to meet the listing standards of the Principal Trading Market in connection with listing of the Common Stock on the Principal Trading Market following the Business Combination or to satisfy other regulatory requirements.

 

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This agreement shall terminate and be void and no longer of further force and effect on the earlier of (i) the irrevocable payment in full in cash (or conversion) of all of the Notes and the related Obligations and (ii) the date of termination of the Purchase Agreement in accordance with its terms if the closing for the Transaction has not occurred before the deadline set forth therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this agreement is a Transaction Document and is subject to certain provisions of the Purchase Agreement, including Section 6.11 (Marshaling; Payment Set Aside) thereof which provides that if any payment of the Obligations (including by set off or enforcement) is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or is required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company or its Affiliates, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any Regulation (including 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, this agreement and all rights and remedies thereunder, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made.

 

The undersigned understands that the Investors are relying upon this agreement in entering into the Purchase Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the Transaction. Whether or not the Transaction actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market conditions. Any Transaction will only be made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

This agreement (i) is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representative, successors and, if permitted, assigns, (ii) has been executed in the English language, and the English text shall prevail over any translation, (iii) is for the exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and, if permitted, assigns, constitutes the entire agreement of such parties, superseding all prior agreements among them, with respect to the subject matter hereof except for written agreements with respect to confidentiality, (iv) may be modified, waived or assigned only by a writing signed by the parties hereto (and any attempt to assign any right, title, benefit or obligation under this agreement without such writing shall be null and void) and (v) may be executed in counterparts, which may be transmitted by fax or e-mail and which, together, shall constitute one and the same instrument. This agreement does not intend to create any agency, joint venture or other relationship between the undersigned and any Investor and that no Investor is entitled to cast any votes on the matters herein contemplated.

 

This agreement and all claims, disputes, Proceedings and matters related hereto or arising hereunder or arising from or relating to the relationship among any of the parties hereto or thereto, are governed by, and shall be construed, interpreted and enforced exclusively in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (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 Delaware). Any such Proceeding shall be brought exclusively in the Delaware state courts sitting in Wilmington, DE or the federal courts of the United States of America for the District of Delaware sitting in Wilmington, DE; provided, that the Collateral Agent and any Purchaser may bring Proceedings in other jurisdictions to enforce any Transaction Document. Each Company Party (i) accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of such courts, (ii) irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection, including any objection to the laying of venue, whether based on the grounds of forum non conveniens or on the fact that such jurisdiction is improper or otherwise, or any other objection that such party is not subject to the jurisdiction of such courts, that it may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any Proceeding in that jurisdiction, (iii) irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the service of process of any court referred to above in any Proceeding by the mailing of copies of the process to the parties hereto at the notice address used in this agreement and (iv) irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that a final judgment in any such Proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Service effected as provided in this manner will become effective ten (10) calendar days after the mailing of the process. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in any Transaction Document shall affect the right of any Investor to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable Regulations or commence Proceedings or otherwise proceed against any the undersigned in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Regulations, any right that they may have to trial by jury of any claim or cause of action or in any Proceeding, directly or indirectly based upon or arising out of, under or in connection with, this agreement or any Transaction Document, the Transaction or the transactions contemplated therein or related thereto (whether founded in contract, tort or any other theory). Each party hereto (a) certifies that no other party and no Affiliate of any of them and no attorney, agent or other representative of any of the foregoing has represented, expressly or otherwise, that any Person would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (b) acknowledges that it and the other parties have been induced to enter into this agreement, the Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this paragraph. The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing waivers are a material inducement to the Investors to enter into and accept this Agreement and the Purchase Agreement and Transaction Documents. The undersigned has reviewed the foregoing waivers with its legal counsel and has knowingly and voluntarily waived its jury trial rights following consultation with such legal counsel. In the event of litigation, this Agreement may be filed as a written consent to a trial by the court. This paragraph shall not restrict a party from exercising pre-judgment remedies under applicable Regulations.

 

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The undersigned has read and agrees to be bound by the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement as of the date first written above:

 

    Very truly yours,
     
     
  (Signature)   
   
  Name:  
     
  Address:                 
     
     
     
     
     
  Email:  

 

Acknowledged and Agreed
As of the date first written above:

 

ASCENT PARTNERS FUND LLC,
as Investor and Collateral Agent

 

By:    
Name:     
Title:    

 

Address for Notices:

 

c/o Dominion Capital LLC
256 W. 38th Street, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10018
[email protected]

 

 

 

 

ANNEX TO LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Affiliate” means each Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person or any Affiliate of such Person. For purpose of this definition, “control” and related words are used as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Purchaser and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Company Parties and their Subsidiaries, on the other hand, shall not be considered “Affiliates” of each other.

 

Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, any Capital Stock into which such shares of common stock shall have been changed, and any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.

 

Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of any Company Party which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable, 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 purchase, subscribe or otherwise receive, Common Stock.

 

Derivative” means any futures or forward contract, spot transaction, purchase or option agreement, hedging arrangement, swap agreement, cap, floor or collar transaction, hedging transaction, any other derivative instrument, any other similar speculative transaction and any other similar agreement or arrangement designed to alter the risks of any Person arising from fluctuations in any underlying variable, including the price or value of any other derivative instrument. For the purposes of this definition, “derivative instrument” means “any derivative instrument” as defined in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 (Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities) of the United States Financial Accounting Standards Board, and any defined with a term similar effect in any successor statement or any supplement to, or replacement of, any such statement.

 

“Governmental Authority” means any nation, sovereign or government, any state, province, territory or other political subdivision thereof, any municipality, any agency, authority or instrumentality thereof and any entity or authority exercising executive, legislative, taxing, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing, including any central bank stock exchange regulatory body arbitrator, public sector entity, supra-national entity (including the European Union and the European Central Bank) and any self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners).

 

Obligations” means all amounts, indebtedness, obligations, liabilities, covenants and duties of every type and description owing by the Company or any other Company Party from time to time to any Investor, the Collateral Agent or any of their Purchaser Parties under the Note or any other Transaction Document, whether direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, now existing or hereafter arising and however acquired (regardless of whether acquired by assignment), whether or not evidenced by any note or other instrument or for the payment of money, including, without duplication, (i) the principal amount of the Note owing by the Company or any other Company Party, (ii) all other amounts, fees, interest, liquidated damages, commissions, charges, costs, expenses, attorneys’ fees and disbursements, indemnities, reimbursement of amounts paid and other sums chargeable to any Company Party under any Transaction Document or otherwise arising under any Transaction Document and (iii) all interest on any item otherwise qualifying as “Obligation” hereunder, whether or not accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding.

 

Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, incorporated or unincorporated association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint stock company, land trust, business trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency, department or other subdivision thereof or other entity of any kind.

 

 

 

 

“Proceeding” against a Person means an action, suit, litigation, arbitration, investigation, complaint, dispute, contest, hearing, inquiry, inquest, audit, examination or other proceeding threatened or pending against, affecting or purporting to affect such Person or its property, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate, in law or equity before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority.

 

“Regulation” means, all international, federal, state, provincial and local laws (whether civil or common law or rule of equity and whether U.S. or non- U.S.), treaties, constitutions, statutes, codes, tariffs, rules, guidelines, regulations, writs, injunctions, orders, judgments, awards, decrees, rulings, ordinances and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including, in each case whether or not having the force of law, the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, all policies, recommendations, directives, requirements, determinations, guidance and requests of any Governmental Authority and all administrative orders, directed duties and stipulations entered by or with a Governmental Authority.

 

“Sale” means a sale, lease or sublease (as lessor or sublessor), sale and leaseback, conveyance, transfer, assignment or other disposition to, or any exchange of property (other than cash and cash equivalents) with, any Person of, or any other transaction permitting any Person to acquire, in one transaction or a series of transactions, any interest in, all or any part of a business or any property of any kind (other than cash and cash equivalents) including a sale, factoring at maturity, collection of or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable. To “Sell” shall have a correlative meaning.

 

Subsidiary” means of any Person, any other Person (other than natural persons) the management of which is, directly or indirectly, controlled by, or of which an aggregate of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding voting securities is, at the time, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

VWAP” means, for or as of any date for the Common Stock, the following:

 

(i) the Dollar volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock on the Principal Trading Market during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “HP” function (set to weighted average); or,

 

(ii) if Bloomberg does not report such a price, the Dollar volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for the Common Stock during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg; or

 

(iii) if no Dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for the Common Stock 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 the Common Stock on such date as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC); or

 

(iv) if the VWAP cannot be calculated for the Common Stock on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of the Common Stock on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Investors.