8-K
SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC. (SBEV)
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): June
25, 2025
SPLASH
BEVERAGE GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Nevada | 001-40471 | 34-1720075 |
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| (State<br> or other jurisdiction<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>of<br> incorporation) | (Commission<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>File<br> Number) | (IRS<br> Employer<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>Identification<br> No.) |
1314 East Las Olas Blvd, Suite 221
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (954) 745-5815
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:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Common Stock, $0.001 par value | SBEV | NYSE American LLC |
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| Warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock | SBEV-WT | NYSE American LLC |
| (Title of Each Class) | (Trading Symbol) | (Name of Each Exchange on<br> Which Registered) |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (CFR §230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (CFR §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. ☐
Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement
Securities Purchase Agreement, Series A-1 Preferred Stock, A Warrants, and B Warrants
Effective June 25, 2025, Splash Beverage Group, Inc. **(**the “Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with accredited investors pursuant to which the Company sold and issued a total of 650 shares of newly designated Series A-1 Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “Series A-1”), together with one-year Class A Warrants to purchase a total of 162,500 shares of common stock (the “A Warrants”) and five-year Class B Warrants to purchase a total of 162,500 shares of common stock (the “B Warrants” and together with the A Warrants, the “Warrants”) for total gross proceeds of $650,000. The Company intends to use the proceeds for working capital and general corporate purposes.
Each share of Series A-1 has a stated value of $1,000. Beginning on the date on which (i) the Company’s shareholders approve and the Company amends its Articles of Incorporation to increase in authorized common stock of the Company as and to the extent necessary to permit full issuance of the shares underlying the securities together with other common stock equivalents, and (ii) the Company’s shareholders approve the issuance of the securities as may be required by the rules of the NYSE American (such date, “Shareholder Approval Date”) and for a period ending two years thereafter, each share of Series A-1 will be convertible into common stock by a conversion ratio equal to the stated value of the Series A-1 divided by the Series A-1 conversion price equal to the lower of (i) $4.00 per share and (ii) 80% of the of the average of the five trading day volume weighted average prices of the Company’s common stock as of the applicable conversion date, subject to a floor price of $1.25. Conversions of Series A-1 are subject to beneficial ownership limitations.
Prior to the Shareholder Approval Date, holders of Series A-1 are entitled to a pro rata share of 10% of the total voting power (excluding the Series A-1) which is outstanding as of the date of the initial issuance of Series A-1. Beginning on the Shareholder Approval Date, holders of Series A-1 shall be entitled to vote on an as-converted basis.
The holders of the Series A-1 are entitled to receive annual dividends equal to 12% of the stated value per share payable quarterly in arrears in cash or in shares of common stock at the election of the Company.
Two years after the issuance of the Series A-1, the Company shall have the option to redeem all or any portion of the Series A-1 then outstanding, at a price per share equal to the stated value plus any unpaid dividends, subject to the holders’ right to convert prior to such a redemption.
The A Warrants are exercisable beginning on the Shareholder Approval Date and have a term of one year from issuance. The A Warrants have an exercise price of 80% of the average of the five trading day volume weighted average prices of the Company’s common stock as of the applicable exercise date.
The B Warrants are exercisable beginning on the Shareholder Approval Date and have a term of five years from issuance. The B Warrants have an exercise price of $4.00.
Exercises of both the A Warrants and the B Warrants are subject to beneficial ownership limitations.
Registration Rights Agreement
In connection with each of the transaction described above, the Company and counterparties who received the derivative securities entered into a Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to which the Company has agreed to register the shares underlying the Series A-1, A Warrants, and B Warrants within 30 days of the final closing or termination of the offering. The Company also agreed to provide the holders with certain indemnification rights in connection with such registration rights.
Exchange Agreements
Effective June 25, 2025, the Company entered into Securities Exchange Letter Agreements (the “Exchange Agreements”) with certain holders of promissory notes issued by the Company pursuant to which such holders agreed to exchange a total of $12,670,434 of outstanding balance of such notes in exchange for a total of 126,704 shares of the Company’s newly designated Series B Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “Series B”). The Company is engaging in the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement in order to exchange debt for equity in an effort to regain compliance with the shareholder equity requirements of the NYSE American. This debt exchange is one key step in meeting the NYSE American continued listing requirements. The other key step is filing its tardy Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31 2025.
Each share of Series B has a stated value of $100. Beginning on the Shareholder Approval Date and for a period ending two years thereafter, each share of Series B will be convertible into common stock by a conversion ratio equal to the stated value of the Series B share divided by the Series B conversion price of $6.00 per share, subject to beneficial ownership limitations.
Except as otherwise required by applicable law, the Series B shall not have any voting rights and shall not be entitled to vote on any matters brought before the shareholders of the Company.
The holders of the Series B are entitled to receive annual dividends equal to 12% of the stated value per share payable quarterly in arrears in cash or in shares of common stock at the election of the Company.
Two years after the issuance of the Series B, the Company shall have the option to redeem all or any portion of the Series B then outstanding, at a price per share equal to the stated value plus any unpaid dividends, subject to the holders’ right to convert prior to such a redemption.
In connection with the transactions described above, the Company entered into a side letter agreement (the “Side Letter”) with three note holders who in connection with the conversion of part of their notes were also owed approximately $925,000 in liquidated damages arising from the failure to deliver common stock. These note holders held notes with variable or lower conversion prices which were more favorable than the notes held by the other note holders, and exchanged their notes for shares of Series B having a total combined stated value of $2,782,351. Pursuant to the Side Letter, in consideration of the waiver and surrender of such additional rights with respect to such holders’ notes, the Company agreed to provide such holders with the certain additional rights with respect to their Series B, including a lower fixed conversion price of $1.50 per share, the right to an increased stated value to 120% of the original stated value upon the occurrence of certain enumerated events, registration rights, exchange rights and price protection adjustment provisions with respect to subsequent issuances of securities (subject to certain limitations and exceptions), a 200% reserve requirement, quarterly dividend payments, a formula tied to 20% discount to five trading day VWAP for purposes of dividend payments in the form of common stock, and a 125% redemption premium (which the Company may redeem as to such holders’ at any time), in each case as more particularly set forth in the Side Letter.
Asset Purchase
On June 26, 2025, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Acquisition Agreement”) with Utopia Holdings Inc. as seller pursuant to which the Company agreed to purchase exclusive water rights and related assets to an underground network of aquifers located in Costa Rica (the “Assets”) in exchange for 20,000 shares of a newly designated Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series C”). On June 26, 2025, the Company issued such shares of Series C to the seller. Under the Acquisition Agreement, the seller agreed to deliver the Assets to the Company, or $20 million in lieu thereof (the “Alternative Consideration”), and if the seller fails to deliver the Assets or Alternative Consideration by December 31, 2025, the issuance of the Series C to the seller shall be cancelled.
The Series C is junior in rank to the Series A-1 and B, has a stated value of $1,000 per share, is convertible at a fixed conversion price of $3.00 per share beginning on the Shareholder Approval Date, does not have dividend or voting rights and is not redeemable.
The above descriptions of the Purchase Agreement, Series A-1, Warrants, Registration Rights Agreement, Exchange Agreements, Series B, Side Letter, Acquisition Agreement and Series C do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the complete text of such documents, copies or forms of which are filed as Exhibits 3.1 through 10.5 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement
In accordance with the Exchange Agreements described under Item 1.01, certain promissory notes are no longer outstanding, and the Company’s obligations thereunder have been satisfied. The Notes bore interest at rates per annum ranging from 7% to 12%, with maturity dates ranging from June 26, 2025 to September 1, 2029 and were convertible into the Company’s common stock at varying prices.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
All of the securities issued in the transactions referred to in this Current Report on Form 8-K were issued and sold in reliance upon the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation.
On June 25, 2025, the Company filed with the Nevada Secretary of State Certificates of Designation, Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A-1, Series B and Series C. The material terms of the Series A-1, Series B and Series C are summarized in Item 1.01 which descriptions are incorporated into this Item 5.03 by reference.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On June 26, 2025, the Company issued a press release relating to certain of the transactions described above. A copy the press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1.
The information in this Item 7.01 (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities under such section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.
Item 8.01 Other Events
As a result of the transactions described above, the Company believes its shareholders’ equity now exceeds $6 million and the Company believes that it has thereby cured the NYSE American shareholders’ equity deficiency.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Incorporated by Reference | Filed or Furnished | ||||
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| Exhibit # | Exhibit Description | Form | Date | Number | Herewith |
| 3.1 | Certificate of Designations, Preferences Rights and Limitations of the Series A-1 Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock | Filed | |||
| 3.2 | Certificate of Designations, Preferences Rights and Limitations of the Series B Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock | Filed | |||
| 3.3 | Certificate of Designations, Preferences Rights and Limitations of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock | Filed | |||
| 4.1 | Form of A Warrant | Filed | |||
| 4.2 | Form of B Warrant | Filed | |||
| 10.1 | Form of Securities Purchase Agreement* | Filed | |||
| 10.2 | Form of Securities Exchange Letter Agreement* | Filed | |||
| 10.3 | Form of Registration Rights Agreement* | Filed | |||
| 10.4 | Form of Side Letter Agreement | Filed | |||
| 10.5 | Acquisition Agreement* | Filed | |||
| 99.1 | Press Release dated June 26, 2025 | Furnished | |||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | Filed |
* Certain schedules, appendices and exhibits to this agreement have been omitted in accordance with Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule and/or exhibit will be furnished supplementally to the Securities and Exchange Commission staff upon request.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: June 26, 2025
| SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC. | |
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| By: | /s/ Robert Nistico |
| Robert Nistico, Chief Executive Officer |
EXHIBIT3.1 ****
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES RIGHTSAND LIMITATIONS OF THE
SERIES A-1 CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK OF
SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC.
I, Robert Nistico, hereby certify that I am the Chief Executive Officer of Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (the “Company”), a corporation organized and existing under the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “NRS”), and further do hereby certify:
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is authorized within the limitations and restrictions stated in the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, to provide by resolution or resolutions for the issuance of 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company, with such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions as the Company’s Board of Directors shall fix by resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance thereof duly adopted by the Board of Directors; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors, pursuant to its authority as aforesaid, to authorize and fix the terms of a series of preferred stock and the number of shares constituting such series;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
TERMS OF SERIES A-1 CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERREDSTOCK
1. Designation and Number of Shares. There shall hereby be created and established a series of preferred stock of the Company designated as “SeriesA-1 Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock” (the “Series A-1”). The authorized number of Series A-1 shall be 1,500 shares. Each share of Series A-1 shall have a par value of $0.001. Each share of Series A-1 shall have a stated value equal to $1,000 (the “Stated Value”).
2. Ranking. Except for the Series B Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock of the Company which shall be senior in rank to the Series A-1, all shares of capital stock of the Company, both common stock and any other series of preferred stock, shall be junior in rank to all shares of Series A-1 with respect to the preferences as to dividends, distributions and payments upon the liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Company (collectively, the “Junior Stock”). The rights of all such shares of capital stock of the Company shall be subject to the rights, powers, preferences and privileges of the Series A-1. In the event of the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity, the Series A-1 shall maintain their relative rights, powers, designations, privileges and preferences provided for herein and no such merger or consolidation shall result inconsistent therewith. For the avoidance of doubt, in no circumstance will Series A-1 have any rights subordinate or otherwise inferior to the rights of shares of any Junior Stock (as defined below).
3. Conversion.
(a) Holder’s Conversion Right. Subject to all of the provisions of Section 3 at any time or times on or after the Shareholder Approval Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and ending two years after such Shareholder Approval Date, each holder of a share of Series A-1 (each, a “Holder” and collectively, the “Holders”) shall be entitled to convert any whole number of Series A-1 into validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock accordance with Section 3(c) at the Conversion Rate (as defined below). Such shares of Common Stock are sometimes referred to as “Conversion Shares.”
(b) Conversion Rate. The number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of each share of Series A-1 into a number of whole shares equal to the quotient derived by dividing (x) the Stated Value by (y) the Conversion Price (as defined below) (the “Conversion Rate”). The “Conversion Price” shall initially be $4.00 per share. The Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment as provided below including in Section 4(b), and for the avoidance of doubt, any adjustment to the Conversion Price as provided below shall result in a proportionate increase to the number of shares of Common Stock into which each share of Series A-1 may be converted pursuant to the Conversion Rate.
No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the conversion of any Series A-1. If the issuance would result in the issuance of a fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company shall round such fraction of a share of Common Stock up to the nearest whole share.
(c) Mechanics of Conversion. The conversion of each share of Series A-1 shall be conducted in the following manner:
(i) Holder’s Conversion. To convert a share of Series A-1 into validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock, on any date (a “Conversion Date”), a Holder shall deliver (whether via email or otherwise), for receipt on or prior to 11:59 p.m., New York, N.Y. time, on such date, a copy of an executed notice of conversion of the share(s) of Series A-1 subject to such conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (the “Conversion Notice”) to the Company. No ink-original Conversion Notice shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Conversion Notice form be required. The calculations and entries set forth in the Conversion Notice shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical error. To effect conversions of Series A-1, a Holder shall not be required to physically surrender the certificate(s) representing the Series A-1 to the Company unless all of the Series A-1 represented thereby are so converted, in which case, such Holder shall surrender to a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for delivery to the Company the original certificates representing the share(s) of Series A-1 (the “Series A-1 Certificates”) so converted as aforesaid.
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(ii) Company’s Response. On or before the first Trading Day following the date of receipt by the Company of such Conversion Notice, the Company shall (1) provided that (x) the Transfer Agent is participating in the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program and (y) shares of Common Stock to be so issued are otherwise eligible for resale pursuant to an effective Registration Statement or Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder shall be entitled to such Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system, or (2) if either of the immediately preceding clauses (x) or (y) are not satisfied, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to the address as specified in such Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of such Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder shall be entitled. If the number of Series A-1 represented by the Series A-1 Certificate(s) submitted for conversion pursuant to Section 3(c)(ii) is greater than the number of Series A-1 being converted, then the Company shall if requested by such Holder, as soon as practicable and in no event later than three Trading Days after receipt of the Series A-1 Certificate(s) and at its own expense, issue and deliver to such Holder (or its designee) a new Series A-1 Certificate representing the number of Series A-1 not converted.
(iii) Record Holder. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of Series A-1 shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on the Conversion Date.
(iv) Maintaining Records. Each Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Series A-1 so converted by such Holder and the dates of such conversions or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to such Holder and the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of the certificate representing the Series A-1 upon each such conversion. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, such records of such Holder establishing the number of Series A-1 to which the record holder is entitled shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. A Holder and any transferee or assignee, by acceptance of a certificate, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of any Series A-1, the number of Series A-1 represented by such certificate may be less than the number of Series A-1 stated on the face thereof.
(v) Legend. The transfer records for the Series A-1, or if issued in certificate form, each certificate for Series A-1 shall bear the following legend:
ANY TRANSFEREE OR ASSIGNEE OF THIS SHARE OF SERIES A-1 [CERTIFICATE] SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE TERMS OF THECOMPANY’S CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS RELATING TO THE SHARES OF SERIES A-1 PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY THE SHARES OF SERIES A-1 [THIS CERTIFICATE]. THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF SERIES A-1 PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY [THE TRANSFER RECORDS] [THIS CERTIFICATE] MAY BE LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF SERIES A-1 PREFERRED STOCK STATED ON THE [TRANSFER RECORDS] [FACE HEREOF] PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 OF THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS RELATING TO THE SHARES OF SERIES A-1 PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY [THE TRANSFER RECORDS] [THIS CERTIFICATE].
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(d) Taxes. The Company shall pay any and all documentary, stamp, transfer (but only in respect of the registered holder thereof), transfer agent fees, issuance and other similar taxes that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of Series A-1.
(e) Limitation on Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Certificate of Designations, the Series A-1 held by a Holder shall not be convertible by such Holder, and the Company shall not effect any conversion of any Series A-1 held by such Holder, to the extent (but only to the extent) that such Holder or any of its affiliates would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% or 9.9% as originally selected by the Holder (the “Maximum Percentage” or the “Beneficial Ownership Limitation”) of the Common Stock. To the extent the above limitation applies, the determination of whether the Series A-1 held by such Holder shall be convertible (vis-à-vis other convertible, exercisable or exchangeable securities owned by such Holder or any of its affiliates) and of which such securities shall be convertible, exercisable or exchangeable (as among all such securities owned by such Holder and its affiliates) shall, subject to such Maximum Percentage limitation, be determined on the basis of the first submission to the Company for conversion, exercise or exchange (as the case may be). No prior inability of a Holder to convert Series A-1, or of the Company to issue shares of Common Stock to such Holder, pursuant to this Section 3(e) shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this Section 3(e) with respect to any subsequent determination of convertibility or issuance (as the case may be). For purposes of this Section 3(e), beneficial ownership and all determinations and calculations (including, without limitation, with respect to calculations of percentage ownership) shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The provisions of this Section 3(e) shall be implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 3(e) to correct this Section 3(e) (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Maximum Percentage beneficial ownership limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such Maximum Percentage limitation. The limitations contained in this Section 3(e) shall apply to a successor holder of Series A-1. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one Business Day confirm orally and in writing to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding, including by virtue of any prior conversion or exercise of convertible or exercisable securities into Common Stock, including, without limitation, pursuant to this Certificate of Designations. By written notice to the Company, any Holder may increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to such Holder sending such notice and not to any other Holder.
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4. Adjustments.
(a) Adjustment of Conversion Rate upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. With respect to any unconverted shares, if the Company at any time on or after the Initial Issuance Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Conversion Rate for any unconverted shares in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately adjusted by having the Conversion Rate 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.. With respect to any unconverted shares, if the Company at any time on or after the Initial Issuance Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Rate for any unconverted shares in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately adjusted by having the Conversion Rate 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 pursuant to this Section 4(a)shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination.
(b) Adjustment Based on VWAP. If 80% of the average of the five Trading Day VWAP calculated as of the date the Conversion Notice is transmitted to the Company is lower than the Conversion Price, the Conversion Price shall be reduced to such 80% price with respect to such conversion. Provided, however, such Conversion Price shall not be lower than $1.25, subject to adjustment under Section 4(a).
(c) Rights Upon Fundamental Transactions. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless: (i) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Certificate of Designations in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4(c) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each holder of Series A-1 in exchange for such Series A-1 a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Certificate of Designations, including, without limitation, having a dividend rate equal to dividend rate of the Series A-1 held by the Holders and having similar ranking to the Series A-1, and reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders and (ii) the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) is a publicly traded corporation whose shares of common stock are quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Certificate of Designations referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Certificate of Designations with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein and therein. In addition to the foregoing, upon consummation of a Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to each Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon conversion of the Series A-1 at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Section 4(a), which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the conversion of the Series A-1 prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent)
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of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) that each Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had all the Series A-1 held by each Holder been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Series A-1 contained in this Certificate of Designations), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Certificate of Designations. The provisions of this Section 4 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Series A-1. For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder shall be entitled to the benefits of the provisions of this Section 4(c) regardless of whether (i) the Company has sufficient authorized shares of Common Stock for the issuance of the Conversion Shares and/or (ii) a Fundamental Transaction occurs prior to the Initial Issuance Date.
(d) Calculations. All calculations under this Section shall be made to the nearest cent or nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 4, the nearest number of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
(e) Notice to Holder.
(i) Adjustment to Conversion Rate. Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 4, the Company shall promptly give notice to the Holder setting forth the Conversion Rate after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Conversion Shares and setting forth a statement of the facts requiring such adjustment (the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section, upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance or other reduction of the Conversion Rate, the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Conversion Shares based upon the reduced Conversion Rate regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Conversion Rate in the Conversion Notice.
(ii) Notice to Allow Exercise by the Holders. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution 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 rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (A) 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 are converted into other securities, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, the Company shall deliver to each Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the books of the Company, at least 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
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to such dividend, distributions, 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 mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. The Holder shall remain entitled to convert these Series A-1 during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein
(f) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 4(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents (as defined in the Warrant) or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then each Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which such Holder could have acquired if such Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of such Holder’s Series A-1 (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, 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 grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that, to the extent that such Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in such Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then such Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for such Holder until such time not to exceed twelve (12) months as its right thereto would not result in such Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provided Holder complies with all of the other obligations of a beneficiary of the Purchase Rights that would not result in Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation.
(g) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as the Series A-1 is outstanding, if the Company declares or makes any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), then, in each such case, each Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that such Holder would have participated therein if such Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of the Holder’s Series A-1 (without regard to any limitations on conversion hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, 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 Distribution (provided, however, to the extent that any Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in such Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then such Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of such Holder until such times, not in excess of twelve (12) months, as its right thereto would not result in such Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).
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5. Authorized Shares.
(a) Reservation. Beginning on the Shareholder Approval Date, the Company shall reserve out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 100% of the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to this Certificate of Designations, as it may be reduced following conversions or otherwise changed pursuant to this Certificate of Designations. Following the Shareholder Approval Date, so long as any of the Series A-1 are outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Series A-1, as of any given date, 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of all of the Series A-1 issued or issuable, provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock so available be less than the number of shares required to be reserved by the previous sentence (without regard to any limitations on conversions contained in this Certificate of Designations) (the “Required Amount”). The initial number of shares of Common Stock reserved for conversions of the Series A-1 and each increase in the number of shares so reserved shall be allocated pro rata among the Holders based on the number of Series A-1 held by each Holder on the Shareholder Approval Date or increase in the number of reserved shares (as the case may be) (the “AuthorizedShare Allocation”). In the event a Holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such Holder’s Series A-1, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such Holder’s Authorized Share Allocation. Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Series A-1 shall be allocated to the remaining Holders of Series A-1, pro rata based on the number of Series A-1 then held by such Holders.
(b) Insufficient Authorized Shares. If, notwithstanding Section 5(a) and not in limitation thereof, at any time following the Shareholder Approval Date while any of the Series A-1 remain outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to have available for issuance upon conversion of the Series A-1 at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required Amount (an “Authorized Share Failure”), then the Company shall immediately take all reasonable action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve and have available the Required Amount for all of the Series A-1 then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than 60 days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its Board of Directors to recommend to the stockholders of the Company that they approve such proposal.
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6. Voting Rights.
(a) Prior to the Shareholder Approval Date, Holders of the Series A-1 shall be entitled to vote with the holders of shares of Common Stock (except as otherwise required by applicable law) on all matters brought before the stockholders of the Company. The shares of Series A-1 issued hereunder shall have a total combined number of votes equal to 10% of the voting power (excluding the Series A-1) which is outstanding as of as of the Initial Issuance Date (the “Series A-1 Voting Power”). The Series A-1 Voting Power shall be allocated pro rata among the Holders based on the number of Series A-1 held by each Holder.
(b) Beginning on the Shareholder Approval Date, the Holders of the Series A-1 shall be entitled to vote with the holders of shares of Common Stock (except as otherwise required by applicable law) on all matters brought before the stockholders of the Company on an as-converted basis based on the number of Conversion Shares into which such Series A-1 is convertible as of the applicable record date, subject to limitations on conversion set forth in Section 3.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Holders of the Series A-1 shall have the exclusive right to vote on amendments to the Series A-1. Holders of the Series A-1 shall be entitled to written notice of all shareholder meetings or written consents (and copies of proxy materials and other information sent to stockholders), which notice shall be provided pursuant to and in accordance with the Company’s Bylaws.
7. Liquidation, Dissolution, Winding-Up. In the event of a Liquidation Event, the Holders shall be entitled to receive in cash out of the assets of the Company, whether from capital or from earnings available for distribution to its stockholders (the “Liquidation Funds”), before any amount shall be paid to the holders of any of shares of Junior Stock, an amount per Series A-1 equal to the amount per share such Holder would receive if such Holder converted such Series A-1 into Common Stock immediately prior to the date of such payment, provided that if the Liquidation Funds are insufficient to pay the full amount due to the Holders and holders of shares of parity stock, then each Holder and each holder of parity stock shall receive a percentage of the Liquidation Funds equal to the full amount of Liquidation Funds payable to such Holder and such holder of parity stock as a liquidation preference, in accordance with their respective certificate of designations (or equivalent), as a percentage of the full amount of Liquidation Funds payable to all holders of Series A-1 and all holders of shares of parity stock. To the extent necessary, the Company shall cause such actions to be taken by each of its Subsidiaries so as to enable, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the proceeds of a Liquidation Event to be distributed to the Holders in accordance with this Section 7. All the preferential amounts to be paid to the Holders under this Section 7 shall be paid or set apart for payment before the payment or setting apart for payment of any amount for, or the distribution of any Liquidation Funds of the Company to the holders of shares of Junior Stock in connection with a Liquidation Event as to which this Section 7 applies. The Company shall mail written notice of any such Liquidation, not less than 45 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to each Holder.
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8. Dividends. Prior to payment of any dividends or distributions (other than stock dividends or stock splits) to holders of Common Stock or other series of preferred stock (other than the Series B Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock), the Holders of the Series A-1, shall be entitled to receive annual dividends equal to 12% of the Stated Value per share payable quarterly in arrears in cash or in shares of Common Stock at the sole discretion of the Company. Provided, however, to the extent that a Holder’s right to participate in any such dividend would result in such Holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then such Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such dividend to such extent (or the beneficial ownership of any such shares of Common Stock as a result of such dividend or distribution to such extent) and such dividend or distribution to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of such Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in such Holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage). Dividends shall be paid to record holders of the Series A-1 as of the last day of each calendar quarter with the Board of Directors determining the payment date for such dividends.
9. Company Redemption Right. The Company shall have the option, at any time or times beginning on the two-year anniversary of the Initial Issuance Date, to redeem all or any portion of the Series A-1 then outstanding, at a price per share of Series A-1 equal to the Stated Value (the “Redemption Price”). In order to effect a redemption hereunder, the Company shall give the Holders 30 days’ advance written notice of such redemption. During such 30-day advance notice period, the Holders will have the right to convert their Series A-1 in accordance with this Certificate of Designations. At the end of the 30-day advance notice period, all shares of Series A-1 subject to such redemption for which the Holders did not timely deliver a Conversion Notice shall be promptly surrendered by the Holders and delivered to the Company, and the Company shall deliver to the Holders the applicable Redemption Price for such shares of Series A-1.
10. Transfer Taxes and Expenses. The issuance of Conversion Shares on conversion of this Series A-1 shall be made without charge to any Holder for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such Conversion Shares, provided that the 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 Conversion Shares upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holders of such shares of Series A-1 and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such Conversion Shares unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the 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 Conversion Notice and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares.
11. Lost or Stolen Certificates. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any certificates representing Series A-1 (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of an indemnification undertaking by the applicable Holder to the Company in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of the certificate(s), the Company shall execute and deliver new certificate(s) of like tenor and date.
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12. Non-circumvention. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Certificate of Designations, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Certificate of Designations and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other provision of this Certificate of Designations, the Company (i) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of Series A-1 and (ii) shall, so long as any Series A-1 are outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Series A-1, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of the Series A-1 then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on conversion contained herein).
13. Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of a Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party. This Certificate of Designations shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and all Holders and shall not be construed against any Person as the drafter hereof.
14. Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, next business day delivery, or (iii) transmitted by hand delivery, or email, addressed as set forth below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery or delivery by email, with accurate confirmation, at the address designated below (if delivered on a Trading Day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the first Trading Day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a Trading Day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received) or (b) on the second Trading Day following the date of transmittal by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company, to: Splash Beverage Group, Inc. , 1314 East Las Olas Boulevard, suite 221, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301; Email: robert@splashbeveragegroup.com; Attention: Robert Nitisco , CEO, with an additional copy to (which shall not constitute notice) Nason Yeager Gerson Harris & Fumero, P.A., 3001 PGA Boulevard, Suite 305, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410, Attn: Michael D. Harris, Esq., email: mharris@nasonyeager.com and (ii) if to the Holders, to: the addresses and email address on record with the Company, with an additional copy by email only (which shall not constitute notice) under the notice provision in the Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the Series A-1 was originally issued, a copy of which is available for inspection at the offices of the Company.
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15. Series A-1 Register. The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the Holders), a register for the Series A-1, in which the Company shall record the name, address and email address of the Persons in whose name the Series A-1 have been issued, as well as the name and address of each transferee. The Company may treat the Person in whose name any Series A-1 is registered on the register as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, but in all events recognizing any properly made transfers.
16. Stockholder Matters; Amendment.
(a) Stockholder Matters. Any stockholder action, approval or consent required, desired or otherwise sought by the Company pursuant to the NRS, the Articles of Incorporation, this Certificate of Designations or otherwise with respect to the issuance of Series A-1 may be effected by written consent of the Company’s stockholders or at a duly called meeting of the Company’s stockholders, all in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the NRS. This provision is intended to comply with the applicable Sections of the NRS permitting stockholder action, approval and consent affected by written consent in lieu of a meeting.
(b) Amendment. This Certificate of Designations or any provision hereof may be amended by obtaining the affirmative vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose, or written consent without a meeting in accordance with the NRS, of the Required Holders, voting separate as a single class, and with such other stockholder approval, if any, as may then be required pursuant to the NRS and the Articles of Incorporation.
17. Certain Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated June 25, 2025, among the Company and the purchasers signatory thereto. In addition, for purposes of this Certificate of Designations, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg, L.P.
(b) “BusinessDay” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
(c) “ClosingSale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing trade price (as the case may be) then the last trade price of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal Trading Market for such security, the last trade price of such security on the principal Trading Market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last trade price 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 OTC Pink Open Market (or successor market) operated by OTC Markets Group Inc. If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the applicable Holder. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.
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(d) “CommonStock” means (i) the Company’s shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.
(e) “EligibleMarket” means The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market.
(f) “ExchangeAct” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(g) “FundamentalTransaction” shall means that (i) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (A) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is the surviving corporation) any other Person, or (B) sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its respective properties or assets to any other Person, or (C) make, or allow any other Person to make, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Company (not including any shares of Voting Stock of the Company held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (A) consummate a stock or share exchange agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with any other Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Company (not including any shares of Voting Stock of the Company held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share exchange agreement or other business combination), or (E) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify the Common Stock, or (ii) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) is or shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Voting Stock of the Company.
(h) “InitialIssuance Date” means the date on which the Series A-1 is first issued.
(i) “LiquidationEvent” means, whether in a single transaction or series of transactions, the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or such Subsidiaries the assets of which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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(j) “ParentEntity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.
(k) “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity or a government or any department or agency thereof.
(l) “PrincipalMarket” means the NYSE American.
(m) “RequiredHolders” means the Holders of at least 50.1% of the outstanding Series A-1.
(n) “SuccessorEntity” means the Person formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.
(o) “TradingDay” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York, New York time).
(p) “TradingMarket” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the NYSE American, the New York Stock Exchange, the Pink Open Market, OTCQB or the OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
(q) “VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the principal Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York, New York time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York, New York time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or successor market operated by OTC Markets Group or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holders of a majority in interest of the Series A-1 then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of Designations of Series A-1 Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock of Splash Beverage Group, Inc. to be signed by its Chief Executive Officer on this June 25, 2025.
| SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP,INC. |
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| /s/ Robert Nistico |
| Name: Robert Nistico |
| Title: Chief Executive Officer |
EXHIBIT I
SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC.
CONVERSION NOTICE
Reference is made to the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series A-1 Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock of Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (the “Certificateof Designations”). In accordance with and pursuant to the Certificate of Designations, the undersigned hereby elects to convert the number of shares of Series A-1 Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Series A-1”), of Splash Beverage Group, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), indicated below into shares of common stock, $0.001 value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company, as of the date specified below.
| Date of Conversion: |
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| Number of Series A-1 to be converted: |
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| Tax ID Number (If applicable): |
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| Conversion Rate: |
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| Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued: ___________________ |
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Please issue the shares of Common Stock into which the Series A-1 are being converted in the following name and to the following address:
Issue to: _________________________________________
_________________________________________
Address: _________________________________________
Telephone Number: ________________________________
email address: _________________________________
Holder: __________________________________________
By: _____________________________________________
Title: ___________________________________________
Dated:_____________________________
Account Number (if electronic book entry transfer): __________________________________
Transaction Code Number (if electronic book entry transfer): __________________________
EXHIBIT3.2
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES RIGHTSAND LIMITATIONS OF THE
SERIES B CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK OF
SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC.
I, Robert Nistico, hereby certify that I am the Chief Executive Officer of Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (the “Company”), a corporation organized and existing under the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “NRS”), and further do hereby certify:
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is authorized within the limitations and restrictions stated in the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, to provide by resolution or resolutions for the issuance of 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company, with such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions as the Company’s Board of Directors shall fix by resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance thereof duly adopted by the Board of Directors; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors, pursuant to its authority as aforesaid, to authorize and fix the terms of a series of preferred stock and the number of shares constituting such series;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
TERMS OF SERIES B CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERREDSTOCK
1. Designation and Number of Shares. There shall hereby be created and established a series of preferred stock of the Company designated as “SeriesB Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock” (the “Series B”). The authorized number of Series B shall be 150,000 shares. Each share of Series B shall have a par value of $0.001. Each share of Series B shall have a stated value equal to $100 (the “StatedValue”).
2. Ranking. All shares of capital stock of the Company, both common stock and any other series of preferred stock, shall be junior in rank to all shares of Series B with respect to the preferences as to dividends, distributions and payments upon the liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Company (collectively, the “Junior Stock”). The rights of all such shares of capital stock of the Company shall be subject to the rights, powers, preferences and privileges of the Series B. In the event of the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity, the Series B shall maintain their relative rights, powers, designations, privileges and preferences provided for herein and no such merger or consolidation shall result inconsistent therewith. For the avoidance of doubt, in no circumstance will Series B have any rights subordinate or otherwise inferior to the rights of shares of any Junior Stock (as defined below).
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3. Conversion.
(a) Holder’s Conversion Right. Subject to all of the provisions of Section 3 at any time or times on or after the Shareholder Approval Date and ending two years after such Shareholder Approval Date, each holder of a share of Series B (each, a “Holder” and collectively, the “Holders”) shall be entitled to convert any whole number of Series B into validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock accordance with Section 3(c) at the Conversion Rate (as defined below). Such shares of Common Stock are sometimes referred to as “Conversion Shares.”
(b) Conversion Rate. The number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of each share of Series B into a number of whole shares equal to the quotient derived by dividing (x) the Stated Value by (y) the Conversion Price (as defined below) (the “Conversion Rate”). The “Conversion Price” shall initially be $6.00 per share. The Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment as provided below including in Section 4(b), and for the avoidance of doubt, any adjustment to the Conversion Price as provided below shall result in a proportionate increase to the number of shares of Common Stock into which each share of Series B may be converted pursuant to the Conversion Rate.
No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the conversion of any Series B. If the issuance would result in the issuance of a fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company shall round such fraction of a share of Common Stock up to the nearest whole share.
(c) Mechanics of Conversion. The conversion of each share of Series B shall be conducted in the following manner:
(i) Holder’s Conversion. To convert a share of Series B into validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock, on any date (a “Conversion Date”), a Holder shall deliver (whether via email or otherwise), for receipt on or prior to 11:59 p.m., New York, N.Y. time, on such date, a copy of an executed notice of conversion of the share(s) of Series B subject to such conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (the “Conversion Notice”) to the Company. No ink-original Conversion Notice shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Conversion Notice form be required. The calculations and entries set forth in the Conversion Notice shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical error. To effect conversions of Series B, a Holder shall not be required to physically surrender the certificate(s) representing the Series B to the Company unless all of the Series B represented thereby are so converted, in which case, such Holder shall surrender to a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for delivery to the Company the original certificates representing the share(s) of Series B (the “Series B Certificates”) so converted as aforesaid.
(ii) Company’s Response. On or before the first Trading Day following the date of receipt by the Company of such Conversion Notice, the Company shall (1) provided that (x) the Transfer Agent is participating in the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program and (y) shares of Common Stock to be so issued are otherwise eligible for resale pursuant to an effective Registration Statement or Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder shall be entitled to such Holder’s or its designee’s
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balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system, or (2) if either of the immediately preceding clauses (x) or (y) are not satisfied, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to the address as specified in such Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of such Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder shall be entitled. If the number of Series B represented by the Series B Certificate(s) submitted for conversion pursuant to Section 3(c)(ii) is greater than the number of Series B being converted, then the Company shall if requested by such Holder, as soon as practicable and in no event later than three Trading Days after receipt of the Series B Certificate(s) and at its own expense, issue and deliver to such Holder (or its designee) a new Series B Certificate representing the number of Series B not converted.
(iii) Record Holder. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of Series B shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on the Conversion Date.
(iv) Maintaining Records. Each Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Series B so converted by such Holder and the dates of such conversions or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to such Holder and the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of the certificate representing the Series B upon each such conversion. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, such records of such Holder establishing the number of Series B to which the record holder is entitled shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. A Holder and any transferee or assignee, by acceptance of a certificate, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of any Series B, the number of Series B represented by such certificate may be less than the number of Series B stated on the face thereof.
(v) Legend. The transfer records for the Series B, or if issued in certificate form, each certificate for Series B shall bear the following legend:
ANY TRANSFEREE OR ASSIGNEE OF THIS SHARE OF SERIES B [CERTIFICATE] SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE TERMS OF THECOMPANY’S CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS RELATING TO THE SHARES OF SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY THE SHARES OF SERIES B [THIS CERTIFICATE]. THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY [THE TRANSFER RECORDS] [THIS CERTIFICATE] MAY BE LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK STATED ON THE [TRANSFER RECORDS] [FACE HEREOF] PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 OF THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS RELATING TO THE SHARES OF SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY [THE TRANSFER RECORDS] [THIS CERTIFICATE].
(d) Taxes. The Company shall pay any and all documentary, stamp, transfer (but only in respect of the registered holder thereof), transfer agent fees, issuance and other similar taxes that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of Series B.
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(e) Limitation on Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Certificate of Designations, the Series B held by a Holder shall not be convertible by such Holder, and the Company shall not effect any conversion of any Series B held by such Holder, to the extent (but only to the extent) that such Holder or any of its affiliates would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% or 9.9% as originally selected by the Holder (the “Maximum Percentage” or the “Beneficial Ownership Limitation”) of the Common Stock. To the extent the above limitation applies, the determination of whether the Series B held by such Holder shall be convertible (vis-à-vis other convertible, exercisable or exchangeable securities owned by such Holder or any of its affiliates) and of which such securities shall be convertible, exercisable or exchangeable (as among all such securities owned by such Holder and its affiliates) shall, subject to such Maximum Percentage limitation, be determined on the basis of the first submission to the Company for conversion, exercise or exchange (as the case may be). No prior inability of a Holder to convert Series B, or of the Company to issue shares of Common Stock to such Holder, pursuant to this Section 3(e) shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this Section 3(e) with respect to any subsequent determination of convertibility or issuance (as the case may be). For purposes of this Section 3(e), beneficial ownership and all determinations and calculations (including, without limitation, with respect to calculations of percentage ownership) shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The provisions of this Section 3(e) shall be implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 3(e) to correct this Section 3(e) (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Maximum Percentage beneficial ownership limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such Maximum Percentage limitation. The limitations contained in this Section 3(e) shall apply to a successor holder of Series B. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one Business Day confirm orally and in writing to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding, including by virtue of any prior conversion or exercise of convertible or exercisable securities into Common Stock, including, without limitation, pursuant to this Certificate of Designations. By written notice to the Company, any Holder may increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to such Holder sending such notice and not to any other Holder.
4. Adjustments.
(a) Adjustment of Conversion Rate upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. With respect to any unconverted shares, if the Company at any time on or after the Initial Issuance Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Conversion Rate for any unconverted shares in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately adjusted by having the Conversion Rate multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any
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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.. With respect to any unconverted shares, if the Company at any time on or after the Initial Issuance Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Rate for any unconverted shares in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately adjusted by having the Conversion Rate 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 pursuant to this Section 4(a)shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination.
(b) Adjustment Based on VWAP. If 80% of the average of the five Trading Day VWAP calculated as of the date the Conversion Notice is transmitted to the Company is lower than the Conversion Price, the Conversion Price shall be reduced to such 80% price with respect to such conversion. Provided, however, such Conversion Price shall not be lower than $1.25, subject to adjustment under Section 4(a).
(c) Rights Upon Fundamental Transactions. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless: (i) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Certificate of Designations in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4(c) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each holder of Series B in exchange for such Series B a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Certificate of Designations, including, without limitation, having a dividend rate equal to dividend rate of the Series B held by the Holders and having similar ranking to the Series B, and reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders and (ii) the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) is a publicly traded corporation whose shares of common stock are quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Certificate of Designations referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Certificate of Designations with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein and therein. In addition to the foregoing, upon consummation of a Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to each Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon conversion of the Series B at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Section 4(a), which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the conversion of the Series B prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) that each Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had all the Series B held by each Holder been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations
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on the conversion of the Series B contained in this Certificate of Designations), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Certificate of Designations. The provisions of this Section 4 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Series B. For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder shall be entitled to the benefits of the provisions of this Section 4(c) regardless of whether (i) the Company has sufficient authorized shares of Common Stock for the issuance of the Conversion Shares and/or (ii) a Fundamental Transaction occurs prior to the Initial Issuance Date.
(d) Calculations. All calculations under this Section shall be made to the nearest cent or nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 4, the nearest number of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
(e) Notice to Holder.
(i) Adjustment to Conversion Rate. Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 4, the Company shall promptly give notice to the Holder setting forth the Conversion Rate after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Conversion Shares and setting forth a statement of the facts requiring such adjustment (the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section, upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance or other reduction of the Conversion Rate, the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Conversion Shares based upon the reduced Conversion Rate regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Conversion Rate in the Conversion Notice.
(ii) Notice to Allow Exercise by the Holders. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution 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 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 are converted into other securities, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, the Company shall deliver to each Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the books of the Company, at least 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, distributions, 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 mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. The Holder shall remain entitled to convert these Series B during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein
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(f) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 4(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then each Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which such Holder could have acquired if such Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of such Holder’s Series B (without regard to any limitations on conversion hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, 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 grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that, to the extent that such Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in such Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then such Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for such Holder until such time not to exceed twelve (12) months as its right thereto would not result in such Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provided Holder complies with all of the other obligations of a beneficiary of the Purchase Rights that would not result in Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation.
(g) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as the Series B is outstanding, if the Company declares or makes any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), then, in each such case, each Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that such Holder would have participated therein if such Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of the Holder’s Series B (without regard to any limitations on conversion hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, 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 Distribution (provided, however, to the extent that any Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in such Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then such Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of such Holder until such times, not in excess of twelve (12) months, as its right thereto would not result in such Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).
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5. Authorized Shares.
(a) Reservation. Beginning on the Shareholder Approval Date, the Company shall reserve out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 100% of the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to this Certificate of Designations, as it may be reduced following conversions or otherwise changed pursuant to this Certificate of Designations. Following the Shareholder Approval Date, so long as any of the Series B are outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Series B, as of any given date, 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of all of the Series B issued or issuable, provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock so available be less than the number of shares required to be reserved by the previous sentence (without regard to any limitations on conversions contained in this Certificate of Designations) (the “Required Amount”). The initial number of shares of Common Stock reserved for conversions of the Series B and each increase in the number of shares so reserved shall be allocated pro rata among the Holders based on the number of Series B held by each Holder on the Shareholder Approval Date or increase in the number of reserved shares (as the case may be) (the “AuthorizedShare Allocation”). In the event a Holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such Holder’s Series B, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such Holder’s Authorized Share Allocation. Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Series B shall be allocated to the remaining Holders of Series B, pro rata based on the number of Series B then held by such Holders.
(b) Insufficient Authorized Shares. If, notwithstanding Section 5(a) and not in limitation thereof, at any time following the Shareholder Approval Date while any of the Series B remain outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to have available for issuance upon conversion of the Series B at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required Amount (an “Authorized Share Failure”), then the Company shall immediately take all reasonable action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve and have available the Required Amount for all of the Series B then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than 60 days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its Board of Directors to recommend to the stockholders of the Company that they approve such proposal.
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6. No Voting Rights. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, the Series B shall not have any voting rights and shall not be entitled to vote on any matters brought before the stockholders of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Holders of the Series B shall have the exclusive right to vote on amendments to the Series B.
7. Liquidation, Dissolution, Winding-Up. In the event of a Liquidation Event, the Holders shall be entitled to receive in cash out of the assets of the Company, whether from capital or from earnings available for distribution to its stockholders (the “Liquidation Funds”), before any amount shall be paid to the holders of any of shares of Junior Stock, an amount per Series B equal to the amount per share such Holder would receive if such Holder converted such Series B into Common Stock immediately prior to the date of such payment, provided that if the Liquidation Funds are insufficient to pay the full amount due to the Holders and holders of shares of parity stock, then each Holder and each holder of parity stock shall receive a percentage of the Liquidation Funds equal to the full amount of Liquidation Funds payable to such Holder and such holder of parity stock as a liquidation preference, in accordance with their respective certificate of designations (or equivalent), as a percentage of the full amount of Liquidation Funds payable to all Holders of Series B and all holders of shares of parity stock. To the extent necessary, the Company shall cause such actions to be taken by each of its subsidiaries so as to enable, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the proceeds of a Liquidation Event to be distributed to the Holders in accordance with this Section 7. All the preferential amounts to be paid to the Holders under this Section 7 shall be paid or set apart for payment before the payment or setting apart for payment of any amount for, or the distribution of any Liquidation Funds of the Company to the holders of shares of Junior Stock in connection with a Liquidation Event as to which this Section 7 applies. The Company shall mail written notice of any such Liquidation, not less than 45 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to each Holder.
8. Dividends. Prior to payment of any dividends or distributions (other than stock dividends or stock splits) to holders of Common Stock or other series of preferred stock, the Holders of the Series B, shall be entitled to receive annual dividends equal to 12% of the Stated Value per share payable quarterly in arrears in cash or in shares of Common Stock at the sole discretion of the Company. Provided, however, to the extent that a Holder’s right to participate in any such dividend would result in such Holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then such Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such dividend to such extent (or the beneficial ownership of any such shares of Common Stock as a result of such dividend or distribution to such extent) and such dividend or distribution to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of such Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in such Holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage). Dividends shall be paid to record holders of the Series B as of the last day of each calendar quarter with the Board of Directors determining the payment date for such dividends.
9. Company Redemption Right. The Company shall have the option, at any time or times beginning on the two-year anniversary of the Initial Issuance Date, to redeem all or any portion of the Series B then outstanding, at a price per share of Series B equal to the Stated Value (the “RedemptionPrice”). In order to effect a redemption hereunder, the Company shall give the Holders 30 days’ advance written notice of such redemption. During such 30-day advance notice period, the Holders will have the right to convert their Series B in accordance with this Certificate of Designations. At the end of the 30-day advance notice period, all shares of Series B subject to such redemption for which the Holders did not timely deliver a Conversion Notice shall be promptly surrendered by the Holders and delivered to the Company, and the Company shall deliver to the Holders the applicable Redemption Price for such shares of Series B.
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10. Transfer Taxes and Expenses. The issuance of Conversion Shares on conversion of this Series B shall be made without charge to any Holder for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such Conversion Shares, provided that the 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 Conversion Shares upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holders of such shares of Series B and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such Conversion Shares unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the 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 Conversion Notice and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares.
11. Lost or Stolen Certificates. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any certificates representing Series B (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of an indemnification undertaking by the applicable Holder to the Company in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of the certificate(s), the Company shall execute and deliver new certificate(s) of like tenor and date.
12. Non-circumvention. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Certificate of Designations, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Certificate of Designations and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other provision of this Certificate of Designations, the Company (i) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of Series B and (ii) shall, so long as any Series B are outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Series B, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of the Series B then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on conversion contained herein).
13. Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of a Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party. This Certificate of Designations shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and all Holders and shall not be construed against any Person as the drafter hereof.
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14. Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, next business day delivery, or (iii) transmitted by hand delivery, or email, addressed as set forth below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery or delivery by email, with accurate confirmation, at the address designated below (if delivered on a Trading Day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the first Trading Day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a Trading Day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received) or (b) on the second Trading Day following the date of transmittal by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company, to: Splash Beverage Group, Inc., 1314 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 221, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301; Email: robert@splashbeveragegroup.com; Attention: Robert Nitisco, CEO, with an additional copy to (which shall not constitute notice) Nason Yeager Gerson Harris & Fumero, P.A., 3001 PGA Boulevard, Suite 305, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410, Attn: Michael D. Harris, Esq., email: mharris@nasonyeager.com and (ii) if to the Holders, to: the addresses and email address on record with the Company.
15. Series B Register. The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the Holders), a register for the Series B, in which the Company shall record the name, address and email address of the Persons in whose name the Series B have been issued, as well as the name and address of each transferee. The Company may treat the Person in whose name any Series B is registered on the register as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, but in all events recognizing any properly made transfers.
16. Stockholder Matters; Amendment.
(a) Stockholder Matters. Any stockholder action, approval or consent required, desired or otherwise sought by the Company pursuant to the NRS, the Articles of Incorporation, this Certificate of Designations or otherwise with respect to the issuance of Series B may be effected by written consent of the Company’s stockholders or at a duly called meeting of the Company’s stockholders, all in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the NRS. This provision is intended to comply with the applicable Sections of the NRS permitting stockholder action, approval and consent affected by written consent in lieu of a meeting.
(b) Amendment. This Certificate of Designations or any provision hereof may be amended by obtaining the affirmative vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose, or written consent without a meeting in accordance with the NRS, of the Required Holders, voting separate as a single class, and with such other stockholder approval, if any, as may then be required pursuant to the NRS and the Articles of Incorporation.
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17. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Certificate of Designations, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg, L.P.
(b) “BusinessDay” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
(c) “ClosingSale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing trade price (as the case may be) then the last trade price of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal Trading Market for such security, the last trade price of such security on the principal Trading Market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last trade price 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 OTC Pink Open Market (or successor market) operated by OTC Markets Group Inc. If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the applicable Holder. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.
(d) “CommonStock” means (i) the Company’s shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.
(e) “CommonStock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
(f) “EligibleMarket” means The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market.
(g) “ExchangeAct” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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(h) “FundamentalTransaction” shall means that (i) the Company or any of its subsidiaries shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (A) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the surviving corporation) any other Person, or (B) sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its respective properties or assets to any other Person, or (C) make, or allow any other Person to make, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Company (not including any shares of Voting Stock of the Company held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (D) consummate a stock or share exchange agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with any other Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Company (not including any shares of Voting Stock of the Company held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share exchange agreement or other business combination), or (E) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify the Common Stock, or (ii) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) is or shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Voting Stock of the Company.
(i) “InitialIssuance Date” means the date on which the Series B is first issued.
(j) “LiquidationEvent” means, whether in a single transaction or series of transactions, the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or such subsidiaries the assets of which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(k) “ParentEntity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.
(l) “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity or a government or any department or agency thereof.
(m) “PrincipalMarket” means the NYSE American.
(n) “RequiredHolders” means the Holders of at least 50.1% of the outstanding Series B.
(o) “ShareholderApproval” means (i) an increase in authorized Common Stock of the Company as and to the extent necessary to permit full issuance of the Conversion Shares together with other Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the effective date of this Certificate of Designations, and (ii) the approval of the issuance of all of the Conversion Shares as may be required by the rules and regulations of the Principal Market (without regard to any limitations on conversion set forth herein), unless the staff of the Principal Market has advised the Company that the Conversion Shares are not subject to any 19.99% limitation.
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(p) “Shareholder Approval Date” means the date on which each of the Shareholder Approval and the amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation contemplated thereby has occurred and is effective.
(q) “SuccessorEntity” means the Person formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.
(r) “TradingDay” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York, New York time).
(s) “TradingMarket” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the NYSE American, the New York Stock Exchange, the Pink Open Market, OTCQB or the OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
(t) “VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the principal Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York, New York time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York, New York time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or successor market operated by OTC Markets Group or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holders of a majority in interest of the Series B then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of Designations of Series B Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock of Splash Beverage Group, Inc. to be signed by its Chief Executive Officer on this June 25, 2025.
| SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP,INC. |
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| /s/ Robert Nistico |
| Name: Robert Nistico |
| Title: Chief Executive Officer |
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EXHIBIT I
SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC.
CONVERSION NOTICE
Reference is made to the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series B Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock of Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (the “Certificateof Designations”). In accordance with and pursuant to the Certificate of Designations, the undersigned hereby elects to convert the number of shares of Series B Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Series B”), of Splash Beverage Group, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), indicated below into shares of common stock, $0.001 value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company, as of the date specified below.
| Date of Conversion: |
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| Number of Series B to be converted: |
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| Tax ID Number (If applicable): |
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| Conversion Rate: |
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| Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued: ___________________ |
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Please issue the shares of Common Stock into which the Series B are being converted in the following name and to the following address:
Issue to: _________________________________________
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Address: _________________________________________
Telephone Number: ________________________________
email address: _________________________________
Holder: __________________________________________
By: _____________________________________________
Title: ___________________________________________
Dated:_____________________________
Account Number (if electronic book entry transfer): __________________________________
Transaction Code Number (if electronic book entry transfer): __________________________
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EXHIBIT3.3
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES RIGHTSAND LIMITATIONS OF THE
SERIES C CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK OF
SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC.
I, Robert Nistico, hereby certify that I am the Chief Executive Officer of Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (the “Company”), a corporation organized and existing under the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “NRS”), and further do hereby certify:
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is authorized within the limitations and restrictions stated in the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, to provide by resolution or resolutions for the issuance of 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company, with such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions as the Company’s Board of Directors shall fix by resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance thereof duly adopted by the Board of Directors; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors, pursuant to its authority as aforesaid, to authorize and fix the terms of a series of preferred stock and the number of shares constituting such series;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
TERMS OF SERIES C CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
1. Designation and Number of Shares. There shall hereby be created and established a series of preferred stock of the Company designated as “SeriesC Convertible Preferred Stock” (the “Series C”). The authorized number of Series C shall be 500,000 shares. Each share of Series C shall have a par value of $0.001. Each share of Series C shall have a stated value equal to $1,000 (the “StatedValue”).
2. Ranking. The Series C shall rank junior to all existing series of preferred stock of the Company as of the date of this Certificate of Designations, and pari passu with all other shares of capital stock of the Company, both common stock and any other series of preferred stock. The rights of all such shares of capital stock of the Company shall be subject to the rights, powers, preferences and privileges of the Series C. In the event of the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity, the Series C shall maintain their relative rights, powers, designations, privileges and preferences provided for herein and no such merger or consolidation shall result inconsistent therewith.
3. Conversion.
(a) Holder’s Conversion Right. Subject to all of the provisions of Section 3 at any time or times on or after the Shareholder Approval Date and ending two years after such Shareholder Approval Date, each holder of a share of Series C (each, a “Holder” and collectively, the “Holders”) shall be entitled to convert any whole number of Series C into validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock accordance with Section 3(c) at the Conversion Rate (as defined below). Such shares of Common Stock are sometimes referred to as “Conversion Shares.”
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(b) Conversion Rate. The number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of each share of Series C into a number of whole shares equal to the quotient derived by dividing (x) the Stated Value by (y) the Conversion Price (as defined below) (the “Conversion Rate”). The “Conversion Price” shall initially be $3.00 per share. The Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment as provided below, and for the avoidance of doubt, any adjustment to the Conversion Price as provided below shall result in a proportionate increase to the number of shares of Common Stock into which each share of Series C may be converted pursuant to the Conversion Rate.
No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the conversion of any Series C. If the issuance would result in the issuance of a fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company shall round such fraction of a share of Common Stock up to the nearest whole share.
(c) Mechanics of Conversion. The conversion of each share of Series C shall be conducted in the following manner:
(i) Holder’s Conversion. To convert a share of Series C into validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock, on any date (a “Conversion Date”), a Holder shall deliver (whether via email or otherwise), for receipt on or prior to 11:59 p.m., New York, N.Y. time, on such date, a copy of an executed notice of conversion of the share(s) of Series C subject to such conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (the “Conversion Notice”) to the Company. No ink-original Conversion Notice shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Conversion Notice form be required. The calculations and entries set forth in the Conversion Notice shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical error. To effect conversions of Series C, a Holder shall not be required to physically surrender the certificate(s) representing the Series C to the Company unless all of the Series C represented thereby are so converted, in which case, such Holder shall surrender to a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for delivery to the Company the original certificates representing the share(s) of Series C (the “Series C Certificates”) so converted as aforesaid.
(ii) Company’s Response. On or before the first Trading Day following the date of receipt by the Company of such Conversion Notice, the Company shall (1) provided that (x) the Transfer Agent is participating in the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program and (y) shares of Common Stock to be so issued are otherwise eligible for resale pursuant to an effective Registration Statement or Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder shall be entitled to such Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system, or (2) if either of the immediately preceding clauses (x) or (y) are not satisfied, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to the address as specified in such Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of such Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder shall be entitled. If the number of Series C represented by the Series C Certificate(s) submitted for conversion pursuant to Section 3(c)(ii) is greater than the number of Series C being converted, then the Company shall if requested by such Holder, as soon as practicable and in no event later than three Trading Days after receipt of the Series C Certificate(s) and at its own expense, issue and deliver to such Holder (or its designee) a new Series C Certificate representing the number of Series C not converted.
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(iii) Record Holder. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of Series C shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on the Conversion Date.
(iv) Maintaining Records. Each Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Series C so converted by such Holder and the dates of such conversions or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to such Holder and the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of the certificate representing the Series C upon each such conversion. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, such records of such Holder establishing the number of Series C to which the record holder is entitled shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. A Holder and any transferee or assignee, by acceptance of a certificate, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of any Series C, the number of Series C represented by such certificate may be less than the number of Series C stated on the face thereof.
(v) Legend. The transfer records for the Series C, or if issued in certificate form, each certificate for Series C shall bear the following legend:
ANY TRANSFEREE OR ASSIGNEE OF THIS SHARE OF SERIES C [CERTIFICATE] SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE TERMS OF THECOMPANY’S CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS RELATING TO THE SHARES OF SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY THE SHARES OF SERIES C [THIS CERTIFICATE]. THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY [THE TRANSFER RECORDS] [THIS CERTIFICATE] MAY BE LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK STATED ON THE [TRANSFER RECORDS] [FACE HEREOF] PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 OF THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS RELATING TO THE SHARES OF SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY [THE TRANSFER RECORDS] [THIS CERTIFICATE].
(d) Taxes. The Company shall pay any and all documentary, stamp, transfer (but only in respect of the registered holder thereof), transfer agent fees, issuance and other similar taxes that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of Series C.
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4. Adjustments.
(a) Adjustment of Conversion Rate upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. With respect to any unconverted shares, if the Company at any time on or after the Initial Issuance Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Conversion Rate for any unconverted shares in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately adjusted by having the Conversion Rate 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.. With respect to any unconverted shares, if the Company at any time on or after the Initial Issuance Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Rate for any unconverted shares in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately adjusted by having the Conversion Rate 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 pursuant to this Section 4(a)shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination.
(b) Rights Upon Fundamental Transactions. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless: (i) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Certificate of Designations in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each holder of Series C in exchange for such Series C a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Certificate of Designations, including, without limitation, having a dividend rate equal to dividend rate of the Series C held by the Holders and having similar ranking to the Series C, and reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders and (ii) the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) is a publicly traded corporation whose shares of common stock are quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Certificate of Designations referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Certificate of Designations with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein and therein. In addition to the foregoing, upon consummation of a Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to each Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon conversion of the Series C at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Section 4(a), which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the conversion of the Series C prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) that each Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the
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happening of such Fundamental Transaction had all the Series C held by each Holder been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Series C contained in this Certificate of Designations), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Certificate of Designations. The provisions of this Section 4 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Series C. For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder shall be entitled to the benefits of the provisions of this Section 4(b) regardless of whether (i) the Company has sufficient authorized shares of Common Stock for the issuance of the Conversion Shares and/or (ii) a Fundamental Transaction occurs prior to the Initial Issuance Date.
(c) Calculations. All calculations under this Section shall be made to the nearest cent or nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 4, the nearest number of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
(d) Notice to Holder.
(i) Adjustment to Conversion Rate. Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 4, the Company shall promptly give notice to the Holder setting forth the Conversion Rate after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Conversion Shares and setting forth a statement of the facts requiring such adjustment (the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section, upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance or other reduction of the Conversion Rate, the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Conversion Shares based upon the reduced Conversion Rate regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Conversion Rate in the Conversion Notice.
(ii) Notice to Allow Exercise by the Holders. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution 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 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 are converted into other securities, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, the Company shall deliver to each Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the books of the Company, at least 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, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y)
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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 mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. The Holder shall remain entitled to convert these Series C during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein
(e) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 4(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then each Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which such Holder could have acquired if such Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of such Holder’s Series C (without regard to any limitations on conversion hereof, immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, 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 grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.
(f) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as the Series C is outstanding, if the Company declares or makes any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), then, in each such case, each Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that such Holder would have participated therein if such Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of the Holder’s Series C (without regard to any limitations on conversion hereof) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, 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 Distribution.
5. Authorized Shares.
(a) Reservation. Beginning on the Shareholder Approval Date, the Company shall reserve out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 100% of the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to this Certificate of Designations, as it may be reduced following conversions or otherwise changed pursuant to this Certificate of Designations. Following the Shareholder Approval Date, so long as any of the Series C are outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Series C, as of any given date, 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock
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as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of all of the Series C issued or issuable, provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock so available be less than the number of shares required to be reserved by the previous sentence (without regard to any limitations on conversions contained in this Certificate of Designations) (the “Required Amount”). The initial number of shares of Common Stock reserved for conversions of the Series C and each increase in the number of shares so reserved shall be allocated pro rata among the Holders based on the number of Series C held by each Holder on the Shareholder Approval Date or increase in the number of reserved shares (as the case may be) (the “AuthorizedShare Allocation”). In the event a Holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such Holder’s Series C, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such Holder’s Authorized Share Allocation. Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Series C shall be allocated to the remaining Holders of Series C, pro rata based on the number of Series C then held by such Holders.
(b) Insufficient Authorized Shares. If, notwithstanding Section 5(a) and not in limitation thereof, at any time following the Shareholder Approval Date while any of the Series C remain outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to have available for issuance upon conversion of the Series C at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required Amount (an “Authorized Share Failure”), then the Company shall immediately take all reasonable action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve and have available the Required Amount for all of the Series C then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than 60 days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its Board of Directors to recommend to the stockholders of the Company that they approve such proposal.
6. No Voting Rights. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, the Series C shall not have any voting rights and shall not be entitled to vote on any matters brought before the stockholders of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Holders of the Series C shall have the exclusive right to vote on amendments to the Series C.
7. Liquidation, Dissolution, Winding-Up. In the event of a Liquidation Event, the Holders shall be entitled to receive in cash out of the assets of the Company, whether from capital or from earnings available for distribution to its stockholders (the “Liquidation Funds”), an amount per Series C equal to the amount per share such Holder would receive if such Holder converted such Series C into Common Stock immediately prior to the date of such payment, provided that if the Liquidation Funds are insufficient to pay the full amount due to the Holders and holders of shares of parity stock, then each Holder and each holder of parity stock shall receive a percentage of the Liquidation Funds equal to the full amount of Liquidation Funds payable to such Holder and such holder of parity stock as a liquidation preference, in accordance with their respective certificate of designations (or equivalent), as a percentage of the full amount of Liquidation Funds payable to all Holders of Series C and all holders of shares of parity stock. To the extent necessary, the Company shall cause such actions to be taken by each of its subsidiaries so as to enable, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the proceeds of a Liquidation Event to be distributed to the Holders in accordance with this Section 7. The Company shall mail written notice of any such Liquidation, not less than 45 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to each Holder.
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8. No Dividends. The Series C shall not be entitled to any dividends except as may otherwise be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company.
9. Transfer Taxes and Expenses. The issuance of Conversion Shares on conversion of this Series C shall be made without charge to any Holder for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such Conversion Shares, provided that the 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 Conversion Shares upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holders of such shares of Series C and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such Conversion Shares unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the 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 Conversion Notice and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares.
10. Lost or Stolen Certificates. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any certificates representing Series C (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of an indemnification undertaking by the applicable Holder to the Company in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of the certificate(s), the Company shall execute and deliver new certificate(s) of like tenor and date.
11. Non-circumvention. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Certificate of Designations, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Certificate of Designations and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other provision of this Certificate of Designations, the Company (i) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of Series C and (ii) shall, so long as any Series C are outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Series C, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of the Series C then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on conversion contained herein).
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12. Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of a Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party. This Certificate of Designations shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and all Holders and shall not be construed against any Person as the drafter hereof.
13. Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, next business day delivery, or (iii) transmitted by hand delivery, or email, addressed as set forth below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery or delivery by email, with accurate confirmation, at the address designated below (if delivered on a Trading Day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the first Trading Day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a Trading Day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received) or (b) on the second Trading Day following the date of transmittal by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company, to: Splash Beverage Group, Inc., 1314 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 221, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301; Email: robert@splashbeveragegroup.com; Attention: Robert Nitisco, CEO, with an additional copy to (which shall not constitute notice) Nason Yeager Gerson Harris & Fumero, P.A., 3001 PGA Boulevard, Suite 305, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410, Attn: Michael D. Harris, Esq., email: mharris@nasonyeager.com and (ii) if to the Holders, to: the addresses and email address on record with the Company.
14. Series C Register. The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the Holders), a register for the Series C, in which the Company shall record the name, address and email address of the Persons in whose name the Series C have been issued, as well as the name and address of each transferee. The Company may treat the Person in whose name any Series C is registered on the register as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, but in all events recognizing any properly made transfers.
15. Stockholder Matters; Amendment.
(a) Stockholder Matters. Any stockholder action, approval or consent required, desired or otherwise sought by the Company pursuant to the NRS, the Articles of Incorporation, this Certificate of Designations or otherwise with respect to the issuance of Series C may be effected by written consent of the Company’s stockholders or at a duly called meeting of the Company’s stockholders, all in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the NRS. This provision is intended to comply with the applicable Sections of the NRS permitting stockholder action, approval and consent affected by written consent in lieu of a meeting.
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(b) Amendment. This Certificate of Designations or any provision hereof may be amended by obtaining the affirmative vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose, or written consent without a meeting in accordance with the NRS, of the Required Holders, voting separate as a single class, and with such other stockholder approval, if any, as may then be required pursuant to the NRS and the Articles of Incorporation.
16. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Certificate of Designations, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg, L.P.
(b) “BusinessDay” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
(c) “ClosingSale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing trade price (as the case may be) then the last trade price of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal Trading Market for such security, the last trade price of such security on the principal Trading Market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last trade price 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 OTC Pink Open Market (or successor market) operated by OTC Markets Group Inc. If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the applicable Holder. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.
(d) “CommonStock” means (i) the Company’s shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.
(e) “CommonStock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
(f) “EligibleMarket” means The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market.
(g) “ExchangeAct” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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(h) “FundamentalTransaction” shall means that (i) the Company or any of its subsidiaries shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (A) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the surviving corporation) any other Person, or (B) sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its respective properties or assets to any other Person, or (C) make, or allow any other Person to make, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Company (not including any shares of Voting Stock of the Company held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (D) consummate a stock or share exchange agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with any other Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Company (not including any shares of Voting Stock of the Company held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share exchange agreement or other business combination), or (E) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify the Common Stock, or (ii) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) is or shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Voting Stock of the Company.
(i) “InitialIssuance Date” means the date on which the Series C is first issued.
(j) “LiquidationEvent” means, whether in a single transaction or series of transactions, the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or such subsidiaries the assets of which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(k) “ParentEntity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.
(l) “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity or a government or any department or agency thereof.
(m) “PrincipalMarket” means the NYSE American.
(n) “RequiredHolders” means the Holders of at least 50.1% of the outstanding Series C.
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(o) “ShareholderApproval” means (i) an increase in authorized Common Stock of the Company as and to the extent necessary to permit full issuance of the Conversion Shares together with other Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the effective date of this Certificate of Designations, and (ii) the approval of the issuance of all of the Conversion Shares as may be required by the rules and regulations of the Principal Market (without regard to any limitations on conversion set forth herein), unless the staff of the Principal Market has advised the Company that the Conversion Shares are not subject to any 19.99% limitation.
(p) “Shareholder Approval Date” means the date on which each of the Shareholder Approval and the amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation contemplated thereby has occurred and is effective.
(q) “SuccessorEntity” means the Person formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.
(r) “TradingDay” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York, New York time).
(s) “TradingMarket” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the NYSE American, the New York Stock Exchange, the Pink Open Market, OTCQB or the OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of Designations of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of Splash Beverage Group, Inc. to be signed by its Chief Executive Officer on this June 25, 2025.
| SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP,INC. |
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| /s/ Robert Nistico |
| Name: Robert Nistico |
| Title: Chief Executive Officer |
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EXHIBIT I
SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC.
CONVERSION NOTICE
Reference is made to the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (the “Certificateof Designations”). In accordance with and pursuant to the Certificate of Designations, the undersigned hereby elects to convert the number of shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Series C”), of Splash Beverage Group, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), indicated below into shares of common stock, $0.001 value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company, as of the date specified below.
| Date of Conversion: |
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| Number of Series C to be converted: |
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| Tax ID Number (If applicable): |
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| Conversion Rate: |
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| Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued: ___________________ |
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Please issue the shares of Common Stock into which the Series C are being converted in the following name and to the following address:
Issue to: _________________________________________
_________________________________________
Address: _________________________________________
Telephone Number: ________________________________
email address: _________________________________
Holder: __________________________________________
By: _____________________________________________
Title: ___________________________________________
Dated:_____________________________
Account Number (if electronic book entry transfer): __________________________________
Transaction Code Number (if electronic book entry transfer): __________________________
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EXHIBIT 4.1
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
CLASS A WARRANT
SPLASH BEVERAGEGROUP, INC.
| Warrant Shares: [*] | Issue Date: June 25, 2025 |
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THIS CLASS A WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, [*] or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the Shareholder Approval Date (the “Exercise Date”) and on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York, New York time) one-year after the Issue Date (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Splash Beverage Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), up to [*] shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock. The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).
Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized words and terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated June 25, 2025, among the Company and the purchasers signatory thereto.
Section 2. Exercise.
(a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed facsimile copy or PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A (the “Notice of Exercise”). Within one Trading Day following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall
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be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Trading Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance ofthis Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the WarrantShares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated onthe face hereof.
(b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be 80% of the average of the five Trading Day VWAP calculated as of the date the applicable Notice of Exercise is transmitted to the Company (the “Exercise Price”), provided that the Exercise Price shall not be lower than 20% of the Minimum Price as such term defined in the rules of the Principal Market.
“VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the principal Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York, New York time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York, New York time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or successor market operated by OTC Markets Group or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holders of a majority in interest of the Class A Warrants then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
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(c) Mechanics of Exercise.
(i) Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, and otherwise by book entry registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is) one Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price is received by the Warrant Share Delivery Date. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for purposes of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act to have become the holder of the Warrant Shares irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable.
(ii) Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.
(iii) Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(c)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise. Provided, however, that the Holder shall be required to return any Warrant Shares subject to any such rescinded exercise notice concurrently with the return to Holder of the aggregate Exercise Price paid to the Company for such Warrant Shares and the restoration of Holder’s right to acquire such Warrant Shares pursuant to this Warrant (including, issuance of a replacement warrant certificate evidencing such restored right).
(iv) No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, 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 Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.
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(v) Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.
(vi) Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.
(e) Holder’s Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “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 Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other Common Stock Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the
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limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, 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 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Trading Day 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 Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates or 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% (or, upon election by a Holder prior to the issuance of any Warrants, 9.99%) of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), 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 exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61^st^ day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.
Section 3. Certain Adjustments.
(a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides
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outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(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.
(b) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, 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 grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).
(c) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution 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 Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such
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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 Distribution (provided, however, that to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution 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). To the extent that this Warrant has not been partially or completely exercised at the time of such Distribution, such portion of the Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until the Holder has exercised this Warrant.
(d) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while the Warrants are outstanding,
| (i) | the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another person; |
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| (ii) | the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions; |
| (iii) | any direct or indirect purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another person) is completed pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the Company’s shares of Common Stock or 50% or more of the total voting power of the Company’s shares of Common Stock; |
| (iv) | the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of shares of Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the shares of Common Stock are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or |
| (v) | the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another person or group of persons whereby such other person or group acquires 50% or more of the Company’s shares of Common Stock or 50% or more of the total voting power of the Company’s shares of Common Stock (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), |
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then, upon any subsequent exercise of a Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each share of Common Stock that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder, the number of shares of capital stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, or depositary shares representing those shares, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise 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 shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction, other than a merger where the primary purpose is to the change the Company’s domicile, the Company or any Successor Entity (as defined below) shall, at the Holder’s option, exercisable at any time concurrently with, or within 30 days after, the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction (or, if later, the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction), purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder an amount of cash equal to the Black Scholes Value (as defined below) of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction; provided, however, that, if the Fundamental Transaction is not within the Company’s control, including not approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, Holder shall only be entitled to receive from the Company or any Successor Entity the same type or form of consideration (and in the same proportion), at the Black Scholes Value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant, that is being offered and paid to the holders of shares of Common Stock of the Company in connection with the Fundamental Transaction, whether that consideration be in the form of cash, stock or any combination thereof, or whether the holders of shares of Common Stock are given the choice to receive from among alternative forms of consideration in connection with the Fundamental Transaction; provided, further, that if holders of shares of Common Stock of the Company are not offered or paid any consideration in such Fundamental Transaction, such holders will be deemed to have received common stock of the Successor Entity (which Entity may be the Company following such Fundamental Transaction) in such Fundamental Transaction.
“Black Scholes Value” means the value of this Warrant based on the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of the day of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction for pricing purposes and reflecting (A) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date, (B) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable
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contemplated Fundamental Transaction, (C) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the greater of (i) the sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of any non-cash consideration, if any, being offered in such Fundamental Transaction and (ii) the highest VWAP during the period beginning on the Trading Day immediately preceding the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction (or the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, if earlier) and ending on the Trading Day of the Holder’s request pursuant to this Section 3(d) and (D) a remaining option time equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date and (E) a zero cost of borrow. The payment of the Black Scholes Value will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds (or such other consideration) within the later of (i) five Business Days of the Holder’s election and (ii) the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.
The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”), to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(d) pursuant to written agreements in form reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to such Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant that is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock prior to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value this Warrant had immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction). Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall be added to the term “Company” under this Warrant (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to each of the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally with the Company), and may exercise every right and power of the Company prior thereto and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities shall assume all of the obligations of the Company prior thereto under this Warrant with the same effect as if the Company and such Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally, had been named as the Company herein.
(e) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 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 3, 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 treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding. For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder shall be entitled to the benefits of the provisions of this Section 3(e) regardless of (i) whether the Company has sufficient authorized shares of Common Stock for the issuance of Warrant Shares and/or (ii) whether a Fundamental Transaction occurs prior to the Exercise Date.
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(f) Notice to Holder.
(i) Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
(ii) Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution 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 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 delivered by email to the Holder at its last email address as it shall appear upon the ( of the Company, at least 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, distributions, 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. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.
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(g) Voluntary Adjustment by Company. Subject to the rules and regulations of the Trading Market, the Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant, reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company.
Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.
(a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof and to the provisions of Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.
(b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the Issue Date of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.
(c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.
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(d) Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be either (i) registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, comply with the provisions of Section 5.7 of the Purchase Agreement.
(e) Representation by the Holder. The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.
Section 5. Miscellaneous.
(a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise; No Settlement in Cash. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(c)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting the rights of a Holder to receive the cash payments contemplated pursuant to Sections 2(c)(i) and 2(c)(iv), in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant.
(b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.
(c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Trading Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Trading Day.
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(d) Authorized Shares.
The Company covenants that, beginning on the Shareholder Approval Date, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable (which means that no further sums are required to be paid by the holders thereof in connection with the issue thereof) and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).
Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its articles of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.
Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.
(e) Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
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(f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.
(g) Non-waiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies, notwithstanding the fact that the right to exercise this Warrant terminates on the Termination Date. No provision of this Warrant shall be construed as a waiver by the Holder of any rights which the Holder may have under the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant or the Purchase Agreement, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.
(h) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
(i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
(j) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.
(k) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company, on the one hand, and the Holder of this Warrant, on the other hand.
(l) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.
(m) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.
| splash beverage group, INC. | |
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| By: | |
| Name: | Robert Nistico |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
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EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
TO: splash beverage group,INC.
(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase _______ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant dated June 25, 2025 (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
(2) Payment shall be made in lawful money of the United States, payable to the Company.
(3) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
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The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:
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(4) Accredited Investor. The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]
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| Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity: |
| Name of Authorized Signatory: |
| Title of Authorized Signatory: |
| Date: |
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EXHIBIT B
ASSIGNMENT FORM
(To assign the foregoing Warrant,execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to exercise the Warrant to purchase shares.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to
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EXHIBIT 4.2
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
CLASS B WARRANT
SPLASH BEVERAGEGROUP, INC.
| Warrant Shares: [*] | Issue Date: June 25, 2025 |
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THIS CLASS B WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, [*] or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the Shareholder Approval Date (the “Exercise Date”) and on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York, New York time) five years after the Issue Date (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Splash Beverage Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), up to [*] shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock. The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).
Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized words and terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated June 25, 2025, among the Company and the purchasers signatory thereto.
Section 2. Exercise.
(a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed facsimile copy or PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A (the “Notice of Exercise”). Within one Trading Day following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall
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be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Trading Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance ofthis Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the WarrantShares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated onthe face hereof.
(b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $4.00, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).
(c) Mechanics of Exercise.
(i) Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, and otherwise by book entry registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is) one Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price is received by the Warrant Share Delivery Date. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for purposes of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act to have become the holder of the Warrant Shares irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable.
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(ii) Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.
(iii) Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(c)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise. Provided, however, that the Holder shall be required to return any Warrant Shares subject to any such rescinded exercise notice concurrently with the return to Holder of the aggregate Exercise Price paid to the Company for such Warrant Shares and the restoration of Holder’s right to acquire such Warrant Shares pursuant to this Warrant (including, issuance of a replacement warrant certificate evidencing such restored right).
(iv) No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, 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 Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.
(v) Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.
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(vi) Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.
(e) Holder’s Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “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 Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other Common Stock Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, 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 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Trading Day 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
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Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates or 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% (or, upon election by a Holder prior to the issuance of any Warrants, 9.99%) of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), 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 exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61^st^ day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.
Section 3. Certain Adjustments.
(a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(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) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, 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 grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).
(c) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution 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 Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, 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 Distribution (provided, however, that to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution 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). To the extent that this Warrant has not been partially or completely exercised at the time of such Distribution, such portion of the Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until the Holder has exercised this Warrant.
(d) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while the Warrants are outstanding,
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| (i) | the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another person; |
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| (ii) | the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions; |
| (iii) | any direct or indirect purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another person) is completed pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the Company’s shares of Common Stock or 50% or more of the total voting power of the Company’s shares of Common Stock; |
| (iv) | the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of shares of Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the shares of Common Stock are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or |
| (v) | the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another person or group of persons whereby such other person or group acquires 50% or more of the Company’s shares of Common Stock or 50% or more of the total voting power of the Company’s shares of Common Stock (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), |
then, upon any subsequent exercise of a Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each share of Common Stock that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder, the number of shares of capital stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, or depositary shares representing those shares, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise 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 shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction, other than a merger where the primary purpose is to the change the Company’s domicile, the Company or any Successor Entity (as defined below) shall, at the Holder’s option, exercisable at any time concurrently with, or within 30 days after, the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction (or, if later, the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction), purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder an amount of cash equal to the Black Scholes Value (as defined below) of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction; provided, however, that, if the Fundamental Transaction is not within the Company’s control, including not approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, Holder shall only be entitled to receive from the Company or any Successor Entity the same type or form of consideration (and in the same proportion), at the Black Scholes Value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant, that is being offered and paid to the holders of shares of Common Stock of the Company in connection with the Fundamental Transaction, whether that consideration be in the form of cash, stock or any combination thereof, or whether the holders of shares of Common Stock are given the choice to receive from among alternative forms of consideration in connection with the Fundamental Transaction; provided, further, that if holders of shares of Common Stock of the Company are not offered or paid any consideration in such Fundamental Transaction, such holders will be deemed to have received common stock of the Successor Entity (which Entity may be the Company following such Fundamental Transaction) in such Fundamental Transaction.
“Black Scholes Value” means the value of this Warrant based on the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of the day of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction for pricing purposes and reflecting (A) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date, (B) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction, (C) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the greater of (i) the sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of any non-cash consideration, if any, being offered in such Fundamental Transaction and (ii) the highest VWAP during the period beginning on the Trading Day immediately preceding the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction (or the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, if earlier) and ending on the Trading Day of the Holder’s request pursuant to this Section 3(d) and (D) a remaining option time equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date and (E) a zero cost of borrow. The payment of the Black Scholes Value will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds (or such other consideration) within the later of (i) five Business Days of the Holder’s election and (ii) the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.
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The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”), to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(d) pursuant to written agreements in form reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to such Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant that is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock prior to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value this Warrant had immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction). Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall be added to the term “Company” under this Warrant (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to each of the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally with the Company), and may exercise every right and power of the Company prior thereto and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities shall assume all of the obligations of the Company prior thereto under this Warrant with the same effect as if the Company and such Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally, had been named as the Company herein.
(e) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 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 3, 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 treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding. For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder shall be entitled to the benefits of the provisions of this Section 3(e) regardless of (i) whether the Company has sufficient authorized shares of Common Stock for the issuance of Warrant Shares and/or (ii) whether a Fundamental Transaction occurs prior to the Exercise Date.
(f) Notice to Holder.
(i) Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
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(ii) Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution 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 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 delivered by email to the Holder at its last email address as it shall appear upon the ( of the Company, at least 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, distributions, 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. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.
(g) Voluntary Adjustment by Company. Subject to the rules and regulations of the Trading Market, the Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant, reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company.
Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.
(a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof and to the provisions of Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon
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the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.
(b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the Issue Date of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.
(c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.
(d) Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be either (i) registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, comply with the provisions of Section 5.7 of the Purchase Agreement.
(e) Representation by the Holder. The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.
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Section 5. Miscellaneous.
(a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise; No Settlement in Cash. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(c)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting the rights of a Holder to receive the cash payments contemplated pursuant to Sections 2(c)(i) and 2(c)(iv), in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant.
(b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.
(c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Trading Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Trading Day.
(d) Authorized Shares.
The Company covenants that, beginning on the Shareholder Approval Date, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable (which means that no further sums are required to be paid by the holders thereof in connection with the issue thereof) and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).
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Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its articles of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.
Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.
(e) Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
(f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.
(g) Non-waiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies, notwithstanding the fact that the right to exercise this Warrant terminates on the Termination Date. No provision of this Warrant shall be construed as a waiver by the Holder of any rights which the Holder may have under the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant or the Purchase Agreement, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.
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(h) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
(i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
(j) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.
(k) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company, on the one hand, and the Holder of this Warrant, on the other hand.
(l) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.
(m) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.
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| Name: | Robert Nistico |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
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EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
TO: splash beverage group,INC.
(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase _______ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant dated June 25, 2025 (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
(2) Payment shall be made in lawful money of the United States, payable to the Company.
(3) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
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The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:
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(4) Accredited Investor. The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]
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EXHIBIT B
ASSIGNMENT FORM
(To assign the foregoing Warrant,execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to exercise the Warrant to purchase shares.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to
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EXHIBIT10.1
SECURITIESPURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of June 25, 2025, by and among Splash Beverage Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) and the purchasers from time-to-time party hereto as “Purchasers” (together with their respective successors and assigns, each, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).
RECITALS
A. The Company and the Purchasers are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act (as defined below), and/or Rule 506(b) of Regulation D (“Regulation D”) as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act.
B. Each of the Purchasers, wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell at closing, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, the Securities (as defined herein), all in the amounts and for the price set forth on each Purchaser’s signature page.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Purchasers hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined Terms.
In addition to terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement or in any supplement, amendment or exhibit hereto, when used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Action” has the meaning specified for such term in Section 3.1(i).
(b) “Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 of the Securities Act, including, among others, executive officers, directors, large stockholders, subsidiaries, parent entities and sister companies.
(c) “Certificate of Designations” means the Certificate of Designations of Rights, Preferences and Limitations of Series A-1 Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A.
(d) “Class A Warrants” means those certain Common Stock Purchase Warrants, issued by the Company to the Purchasers on the Closing Date and any and all Warrant(s) issued in exchange, transfer or replacement of the Warrant(s), substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B.
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(e) “Class B Warrants” means those certain Warrants to purchase shares of Series A-1, issued by the Company to the Purchasers on the Closing Date and any and all Warrant(s) issued in exchange, transfer or replacement of the Warrant(s), substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C.
(f) “Closing Date” means a Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to the parties’ obligations hereunder have been satisfied or waived, including (i) each Purchaser’s obligation to pay the Purchase Price as described herein, and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities. For avoidance of doubt, the Company and Purchasers may have multiple Closing Dates.
(g) “Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.
(h) “Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
(i) “Conversion Shares” means shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversions of the Series A-1.
(j) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(k) “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money.
(l) “Material Adverse Effect” means any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change that is, or would be expected to become, individually or in the aggregate, materially adverse to the (i) the business, prospects, assets, property, results of operations, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company, (ii) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, (iii) the rights or remedies of any Purchaser hereunder or thereunder, or (iv) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under any Transaction Document.
(m) “Permitted Indebtedness” means (i) any Indebtedness of the Company outstanding as of the date of this Agreement and/or that is listed on Schedule 1.1(l), (ii) purchase money indebtedness incurred in connection with the acquisition of capital assets in the ordinary course of business, (iii) capital leases, and (iv) related party indebtedness or intercompany advances which are approved or ratified by the Board of Directors of the Company.
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(n) “Permitted Lien” means the individual and collective reference to the following: (i) Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet due or Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Company) have been established in accordance with GAAP; (ii) Liens imposed by law which were incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, statutory landlords’ Liens, and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, and which (x) do not individually or in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries or (y) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing for the foreseeable future the forfeiture or sale of the property or asset subject to such Lien; (iii) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted Indebtedness; (iv) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations; and (v) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature that are not past due, in each case in the ordinary course of business, but excluding any contract for the payment of money.
(o) “Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, entity, party or government (whether national, federal, state, county, city, municipal or otherwise including, without limitation, any instrumentality, division, agency, body or department thereof).
(p) “Principal Market” means the principal trading market on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question, including any of the following markets or exchanges: the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, any market or quotation service of the OTC Markets Group (including the OTCQX, the OTCQB, the OTC Pink Open Market or any successors to any of the foregoing).
(q) “Purchase Price” shall have the meaning as set forth on each Purchaser’s signature page. Each Purchaser shall pay the same price per share of Series A-1.
(r) “Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit D.
(s) “Required Minimum” means 100% of the Underlying Shares.
(t) “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
(u) “Securities” means the Series A-1 and the Warrants purchased pursuant to this Agreement, all Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares and any securities of the Company issued to the Purchasers in replacement, substitution and/or in connection with any exchange, conversion and/or any other transaction involving all or any of such securities of the Company.
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(v) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(w) “Series A-1” means the Series A-1 Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock of the Company.
(x) “Shareholder Approval” means (i) an increase in authorized Common Stock of the Company as and to the extent necessary to permit full issuance of the Underlying Shares together with other Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the approval of the issuance of all of the Securities as may be required by the rules and regulations of the Principal Market (without regard to any limitations on conversion or exercise set forth in the Securities), unless the staff of the Principal Market has advised the Company that the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares are not subject to any 19.99% limitation.
(y) “Shareholder Approval Date” means the date on which each of the Shareholder Approval and the amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation contemplated thereby has occurred and is effective.
(z) “Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock).
(aa) “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.
(bb) “Trading Day” means a day on which the Principal Market is open for trading.
(cc) “Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Certificate of Designations, the Warrants, and such other documents, instruments, certificates, supplements, amendments, exhibits and schedules required and/or attached pursuant to this Agreement and/or any of the above documents, and/or any other document and/or instrument related to the above agreements, documents and/or instruments, and the transactions hereunder and/or thereunder and/or any other agreement, documents or instruments required or contemplated hereunder or thereunder, whether now existing or at any time hereafter arising.
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(dd) “Transfer Agent” means VStock Transfer, LLC, the Company’s transfer agent, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.
(ee) “Underlying Shares” means all Conversion Shares and all Warrant Shares.
(ff) “Warrants” means the Class A Warrants and the Class B Warrants.
(gg) “Warrant Shares” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Class A Warrants and Class B Warrants.
ARTICLE 2
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 Closing.
(a) The Securities will be offered for sale until the earlier of (i) the date upon which subscriptions for up to $1,250,000 (the “Maximum Offering”) offered hereunder have been accepted, or (ii) June 30, 2025, unless extended by the Company for two additional 30 day periods without prior notice to the Purchasers, unless terminated at an earlier time by the Company (the “Termination Date”). Closings with respect to Securities may take place at any time prior to the Termination Date as determined by the Company with respect to subscriptions accepted prior to the Termination Date (each such closing referred to as a “Closing”). The last Closing of the Offering, occurring on or prior to the Termination Date, shall be referred to as the “Final Closing”. Any subscription documents or funds received after the Final Closing will be returned, without interest or deduction. In the event that the any Closing does not occur prior to the Termination Date, all amounts paid by the Purchaser shall be returned to the Purchaser, without interest or deduction. The Purchaser may not revoke this subscription or obtain a return of the subscription amount except as may be provided by applicable state law. Any subscription received prior to the Termination Date shall be irrevocable. The minimum purchase that may be made by any prospective Purchaser shall be $50,000. The Company reserves the right to reject any subscription made hereby, in whole or in part, in its sole discretion. The Company’s agreement with each Purchaser is a separate agreement and the sale of the Securities to each Purchaser is a separate sale.
(b) On a Closing Date, subject to the occurrence of the conditions set forth in Section 2.3, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell, and each Purchaser severally, but not jointly or jointly and severally, agrees to purchase, the Securities in such amounts as indicated next to its name on the signature page of this Agreement hereto. Each Purchaser shall deliver, via wire transfer, immediately available funds equal to the Purchase Price for its Securities as set forth herein, and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser the number of Series A-1 and the Warrants specified opposite its name on the signature page of this Agreement on the Closing Date, and the Company and the Purchasers shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable on the Closing Date. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur remotely or as the parties shall mutually agree.
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2.2 Deliveries.
(a) On or prior to a Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchasers the following:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a copy of the Certificate of Designations as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada;
(iii) delivery in book entry form of the Series A-1 purchased by such Purchaser as set forth on such Purchaser’s signature page to this Agreement;
(iv) a Class A Warrant, registered in the name of each Purchaser as set forth on the signature page of this Agreement, duly executed by the Company;
(v) a Class B Warrant, registered in the name of each Purchaser as set forth on the signature page of this Agreement, duly executed by the Company; and
(vi) the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company.
(b) On or prior to the Closing, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
(ii) the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser; and
(iii) the portion of the Purchase Price specified opposite its name on the signature page of this Agreement, by wire transfer or as otherwise agreed upon by the Company.
2.3 Conditions to Purchase the Securities. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on the Closing Date, each Purchaser, severally, but not jointly or jointly and severally, will purchase from the Company the Securities in the amounts and for the Purchase Price as set forth opposite its name on the signature page of this Agreement, provided the following:
(a) The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
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(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Purchaser required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
(iii) the delivery by the Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement;
(iv) the Certificate of Designation shall have been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada; and
(v) no statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(b) The obligations of each Purchaser hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the date of the Closing of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing shall have been performed in all material respects;
(iii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement;
(iv) except for the Shareholder Approval, the Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory and third party consents and approvals, if any, necessary for the entry into the Transaction Documents and the sale of the Securities;
(v) the Certificate of Designation shall have been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada; and
(vi) no statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
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ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representation and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation or otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules, and subject to the qualifications set forth herein, the Company represents and warrants to the Purchasers on the Closing Date and on each date on which the representations and warranties are required to be made or remade (unless as of a specific date set forth below) as follows:
(a) Power and Authority. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each of the other agreements entered into by the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company, including, without limitation, the issuance of the Series A-1 and the Underlying Shares, as the case may be, and the reservation for issuance and issuance of the Underlying Shares. This Agreement and any Transaction Documents have been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
(b) Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of their respective organization and are duly qualified and in good standing or has applied for qualification as a foreign corporation authorized to do business in each jurisdiction where, because of the nature of its activities or properties, such qualification is required except where the failure to be so qualified would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation of the Company, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree applicable to the Company or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected except, in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above, to the extent such violations that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(d) Subsidiaries. Except for Permitted Liens, the Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other interests 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.
(e) No Consents. Except for Shareholder Approval, the Company is not required to obtain any consent from, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court, governmental agency or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its respective obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case, in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof.
(f) Issuance of Securities. The issuance of the Series A-1 is duly authorized and upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all taxes, liens, charges and other encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof. Upon issuance or conversion in accordance with the Certificate of Designations and/or upon the exercise of each Warrant in accordance with its terms, the Underlying Shares, when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights, taxes, liens, charges and other encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock other than restrictions under the Securities Act. The Company is planning to offer to issue Series B Convertible Preferred Stock in exchange for certain Indebtedness in order to increase its shareholder’s equity to maintain its listing on the NYSE American which is the Principal Market, and such Principal Market may conclude that the voting, conversion and exercise rights of the Securities should be integrated with the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and therefore subject to a combined 19.99% limitation thereon prior to the Company obtaining shareholder approval.
(g) Licenses and Permits. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries possesses all material certificates, authorizations, consents, approvals, orders, licenses and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities (collectively, the “Permits”), necessary to conduct its business as now conducted. All of such Permits are valid and in full force and effect. There is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or investigation that individually or in the aggregate would reasonably be expected to lead to the revocation, modification, termination, suspension or any other impairment of the rights of the holder of any such Permit.
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(h) Investment Company. The Company is not (i) an “investment company” or a company “controlled”, whether directly or indirectly, by an “investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(i) Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i), there is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”) which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) would, if there were an unfavorable decision, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Certain Fees. No brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. No Purchaser 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 Agreement that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(k) Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby.
3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the applicable Closing Date to the Company as follows:
(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, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
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(b) Own Account. Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has no present intention of distributing any of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law (this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant to an effective registration statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.
(c) Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, as of the date hereof it is and as of the Closing Date it will be an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act. The Purchaser’s purchase price for the Securities hereunder is not being financed, in whole or in part, by any third party for the specific purpose of investing in securities of the Company.
(d) No General Solicitation; No Advertising. The Purchaser is unaware of, is in no way relying on, and did not become aware of the offering of the Securities directly or indirectly through or as a result of, any form of general solicitation or general advertising including, without limitation, any press release, article, notice, advertisement or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television, radio or the Internet (including without limitation, Internet “blogs,” bulletin boards, discussion groups or social networking sites in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities and is not subscribing for the Securities and did not become aware of the offering of the Securities through or as a result of any seminar or meeting to which the undersigned was invited by, or any solicitation of a subscription by, a person not previously known to the Purchaser in connection with investments in securities generally. The Purchaser further confirms that it has a substantive and pre-existing relationship with the Company or their respective officers, directors or agents and such Purchaser was not solicited to purchase the Securities through the use of general solicitation or had established a substantive relationship with the Company prior to the commencement of any Rule 506(b) private placement conducted by the Company.
(e) Experience of the Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.
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(f) Access to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules thereto and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information about the Company and its financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment.
(g) No Minimum Offering. Each Purchaser acknowledges that while the Company is seeking to raise up to $1,250,000, there is no assurance that the Company will raise that much money, be able to convert its outstanding Indebtedness for Series B Convertible Preferred Stock or otherwise keep its Common Stock listed on the Principal Market.
(h) SEC Reports. Each Purchaser acknowledges that it has reviewed the reports the Company files with the SEC at sec.gov/EDGAR, that the Company has failed to file its annual report for 2024 and its quarterly report for the first quarter of 2025 and it is seeking to raise money by selling the Securities to pay its auditors and for working capital. Each Purchaser further acknowledges that the Principal Market has sent the Company a notice of non-compliance with its listing rules.
ARTICLE 4
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer Restrictions.
(a) The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights and obligations of a Purchaser under this Agreement.
(b) Each Purchaser agrees to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.1, of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form:
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[NEITHER] THIS SECURITY [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS [CONVERTIBLE] HAS [NOT] BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY [AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON [CONVERSION] OF THIS SECURITY] MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
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 the Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge. At such Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities, including, if the Securities are then registered for resale on a registration statement, the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of selling stockholders thereunder.
4.2 Indemnification of Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.2, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and their respective directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls any Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a “Purchaser Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, as incurred, arising out of or relating to (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement filed by the Company, any prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any prospectus or supplement thereto, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Purchaser Party furnished in writing to the Company by such Purchaser Party expressly for use therein, or (ii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder in connection therewith. If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity
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may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to such Purchaser Party. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (x) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (y) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (z) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (1) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (2) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents. The indemnification required by this Section 4.8 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 indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Purchaser Party against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company may be subject to pursuant to law.
4.3 Reservation of Common Stock. Within three Trading Days of the Shareholder Approval Date, the Company shall reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required Minimum for the purpose of enabling the Company to issue the Underlying Shares and any other shares that may be issuable pursuant to the Securities. If, on any date after the Shareholder Approval Date, the number of authorized but unissued (and otherwise unreserved) shares of Common Stock is less than the Required Minimum on such date, then the Company’s board of directors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Company’s certificate or articles of incorporation to increase the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to at least the Required Minimum at such time, as soon as possible and in any event not later than the 90th day after such date.
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4.4 Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Each Purchaser covenants, severally, but not jointly or jointly and severally, that neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales, including Short Sales of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly disclosed. Until that time, each Purchaser covenants, severally, but not jointly or jointly and severally, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction and the information included in the Disclosure Schedules. Notwithstanding the foregoing and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly disclosed, (ii) no Purchaser shall be restricted or prohibited from effecting any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance with applicable securities laws from and after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly disclosed, (iii) no Purchaser has been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling Securities which have been issued under the terms of this Agreement, the Certificate of Designations, the Warrants or any other Transaction Document, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term, (iv) no Purchaser shall be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction, (v) any Purchaser may engage in hedging activities, other than Short Sales at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, and (vi) no Purchaser shall have any duty of confidentiality or duty not to trade in the securities of the Company to the Company or its Subsidiaries after the first public disclosure relating to that Purchaser’s purchase of Securities. Except as contemplated above, Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.
4.5 Preservation of Corporate Existence. So long as any Warrants issued hereunder remain outstanding, the Company shall, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause each of its Subsidiaries to, preserve and maintain their respective corporate existences, rights, privileges and franchises in their respective jurisdictions of incorporation, and qualify and remain qualified, as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is necessary in view of their respective businesses and operations and where the failure to qualify or remain qualified would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
ARTICLE 5
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Fees and Expenses. Except as expressly set forth below and in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the reasonable, documented fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company and any exercise notice delivered by any Purchaser), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to any Purchaser.
5.2 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
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5.3 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email at the email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto at or prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York, NY time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via or email at the email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York, NY time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto, unless the Company or any Purchaser, as the caser may be, changes such address by the giving of notice under this Section 5.3.
5.4 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Purchasers of a majority of the then outstanding Series A-1 or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right. Any amendment effected in accordance with accordance with this Section 5.4 shall be binding upon the Purchasers and holders of Securities and the Company and its Subsidiaries.
5.5 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities in compliance with the Transaction Documents, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Purchasers,” and provided further that (a) such transferee is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act and (b) such transferee is not a direct competitor of the Company or any Subsidiary.
5.6 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.
5.7 Governing Law; Exclusive Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents or arising under any Transaction Documents or the from the sale of the Securities shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all Actions concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) or arising under any Transaction Documents or the from the sale of the Securities shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts and agrees not to challenge the jurisdiction or venue In any Action, the parties hereby irrevocably waivesany right it may have to, and agrees not to request, a jury trial for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection withor arising out of any Action arising under any of the Transaction Documents or the purchase of the Securities.
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If any party shall commence an Action to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then, in addition to the obligations of the Company elsewhere in this Agreement, the prevailing party in such Action shall be reimbursed by the non-prevailing party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and litigation of such Action.
5.8 Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive a Closing and the delivery of the Securities at a Closing.
5.9 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to each other party, it being understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf’ format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
5.10 Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired, or invalidated, as long as the essential terms and conditions of this Agreement for each party remain valid, binding, and enforceable. The parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction.
5.11 Replacement of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.
5.12 Florida Right of Rescission. Pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 517.061(10)(a) of the Florida Statutes, any Purchaser located within the State of Florida shall have the right to rescind this Agreement and receive a full refund of all consideration paid to the Company with respect to the sale of Securities contemplated hereby, without interest, within three business days after the first tender of consideration to the Company or an agent of the Company, by providing written notice to the Company of its election to exercise such rescission rights.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
| SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC. | |
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| By: | |
| Name: | Robert<br> Nistico |
| Title: | Chief<br> Executive Officer |
| Address<br> for Notice: | |
| Attention: | |
| E-Mail: |
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PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
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| Name: |
| Date: |
| Address<br> for Notice to Purchasers: |
| Address<br> for Delivery of Securities to Purchaser (if not same as address for notice): |
PurchasePrice $______________________
Numberof Shares of Series A-1________________
Numberof Class A Warrants_____________
Numberof Class B Warrants_______________
EXHIBIT 10.2
Splash Beverage Group, Inc.
1314 E Las Olas Blvd, Suite 221
Fort Lauderdale, Fl, 33301
June 25, 2025
[Insert Recipient Name and Address]
Re: Securities Exchange Letter Agreement
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As of the date hereof, Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (the “Debtor” or the “Company”) and [_________] (the “Holder,” and together with the Debtor, the “Parties”) acknowledge that certain obligations (the “Outstanding Balance”) are currently owed by the Debtor to the Holder under the certain Promissory Note(s) issued by the Company to the Holder (the “Note”).
The Debtor has asked the Holder to exchange its Note and cancel the Outstanding Balance in exchange for a number of shares of a newly designated Series B Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “Series B”) with such rights, preferences and limitations as are substantially in the Certificate of Designations attached hereto as Exhibit A having a total stated value that is equal to the Outstanding Balance (the “Exchanged Shares”). Upon execution of this letter agreement (this “Letter”) by the Debtor and the Holder and the issuance of the Exchanged Shares by the Debtor to the Holder, the Parties agree that (a) all obligations of the Debtor under the Note and the Outstanding Balance thereof shall be deemed paid and satisfied in full and irrevocably discharged, terminated and released and (b) the Note shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect. The Outstanding Balance and the number of Exchanged Shares into which such Outstanding Balance shall be exchanged are set forth on the Holder’s signature page hereto. The Holder covenants and agrees to surrender its Note to the Company.
Each Party acknowledges the confidential nature of the terms and conditions of this Letter and the transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, the “Confidential Information”) and covenants and agrees not to (a) disclose any of such Confidential Information to any person or entity, except to such Party’s affiliates, employees, advisors, and other representatives who need to know the Confidential Information to assist such Party, or act on its behalf, to exercise its rights or perform its obligations under this Letter, or as may be required by applicable law including as required by the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or otherwise requested or required in connection with any valid legal process, including the request or requirement of any regulatory, self-regulatory or governmental agency, or (b) use the Confidential Information, or permit it to be accessed or used, for any purpose other than to exercise its rights or perform its obligations under this Letter. Each Party shall be responsible for any breach of this paragraph caused by any of its affiliates, employees, advisors, or other representatives.
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In consideration of the covenants, agreements, and undertakings of the Parties under this Letter, each Party, on behalf of itself and its respective present and former parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, members, successors, and assigns (collectively, “Releasors”) hereby releases, waives, and forever discharges the other Party and its respective present and former, direct and indirect, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, officers, directors, shareholders, members, agents, representatives, permitted successors, and permitted assigns (collectively, “Releasees”) of and from any and all actions, causes of action, suits, losses, liabilities, rights, debts, dues, sums of money, accounts, reckonings, obligations, costs, expenses, liens, bonds, bills, specialties, covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, promises, variances, trespasses, damages, judgments, extents, executions, claims, and demands, of every kind and nature whatsoever, whether now known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, matured or unmatured, suspected or unsuspected, in law, admiralty, or equity (collectively, “Claims”), which any of such Releasors ever had, now have, or hereafter can, shall, or may have against any of such Releasees for, upon, or by reason of any matter, cause, or thing whatsoever from the beginning of time through the date of this Letter arising out of or relating to the Note, except for any Claims relating to rights and obligations preserved by, created by, or otherwise arising out of this Letter.
The Holder represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
(a) Holder Status. At the time the Holder was offered the Exchanged Shares, it was, as of the date hereof it is and as of the closing date of the transactions contemplated hereby it will be, an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”).
(b) Own Account. The Holder understands that the Exchanged Shares are and underlying shares of common stock will be “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Exchanged Shares and any underlying shares of common stock as principal for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Exchanged Shares or underlying shares of common stock or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has no present intention of distributing any of such Exchanged Shares or underlying shares of common stock in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Exchanged Shares or underlying shares of common stock in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law (this representation and warranty not limiting the Holder’s right to sell the Exchanged Shares or underlying shares of common stock pursuant to an effective registration statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws).
(c) Experience of the Holder. The Holder, 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 Exchanged Shares, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. The Holder is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Exchanged Shares and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.
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(d) Access to Information. The Holder acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review this Letter and all exhibits and schedules hereto and has been afforded the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Exchanged Shares and the merits and risks of investing in the Exchanged Shares.
(e) Transactions. The Holder acknowledges and understands that the Company is undertaking or has undertaken a financing transaction in which it is issuing units comprised of shares of a newly designated series of convertible redeemable preferred stock and two classes of accompanying warrants to purchase common stock for total gross proceeds of up to $1,250,000. The Holder acknowledges and agrees that the Exchanged Shares shall be subject to and governed by the terms set forth in Exhibit A, including that such Exchanged Shares shall be non-voting and shall not be convertible into common stock prior to the Company obtaining shareholder approval as required by the rules of the NYSE American.
Each undersigned Party acknowledges and agrees that the transactions contemplated by this Letter are being made in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, and that no commission or other remuneration is being paid or given by the Holder to the Debtor in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby other than the Note and the Outstanding Balance represented thereby. The Company agrees that the Holder’s holding period for purposes of Rule 144 under the Securities Act shall tack back to the issuance date of the Note.
Each undersigned Party acknowledges and agrees that the Holder is one of a number of holders of promissory notes (“Notes”) issued by the Company which are receiving shares of Series B in exchange for and in satisfaction of existing amounts owed by the Company to such holders under such Notes. Each such holder (including the Holder) shall receive a number of shares of Series B in exchange for its Note at the same dollar-for-share ratio as is contemplated herein.
This Letter and Exhibit A attached hereto constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and no party shall be liable or bound to any other Party in any manner by any representations, warranties, covenants and agreements except as specifically set forth herein. In the event that any one or more of the provisions of this Letter should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
This Letter may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf) or by any other electronic means (including DocuSign) complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000 and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
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Very truly yours,
| DEBTOR: | |
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| Splash Beverage Group, Inc. | |
| By: | |
| Name: | Robert Nistico |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO
as of the date first set forth above:
HOLDER:
[__________]
By: __________________________________
Name:
Title:
Outstanding Balance: $_____________________
Number of Exchanged Shares (Series B): ____________________
EXHIBIT 10.3
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of June 25, 2025, between Splash Beverage Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and the purchasers from time-to-time party hereto (each, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and the Purchasers (the “Purchase Agreement”).
The Company and the Purchasers hereby agrees as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Advice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).
“Effectiveness Date” means the 2nd Trading Day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that such Registration Statement will not be reviewed or will not be subject to further review and (ii) with respect to any additional Registration Statements that may be required to be filed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the earlier of the (A) 60th calendar day (or the 120th calendar day if such additional Registration Statement is subject to a full review by the SEC) following the date on which the Company was required to file such additional Registration Statement and (B) 2nd Trading Day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that such Registration Statement will not be reviewed or will not be subject to further review.
“Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Filing Date” means, (a) with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required hereunder, the 30th Trading Day following the later of (i) the date on which the final closing has occurred or the Offering has terminated or (ii) termination of the Offering, and (b) with respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 2(c) or Section 3(c), the earliest practical date on which the Company is permitted by SEC Guidance to file such additional Registration Statement related to the Registrable Securities.
“Holder” or “Holders” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.
“Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Initial Registration Statement” means the first Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement.
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“Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
“Offering” means the offering of Series A-1 and Warrants pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
“Plan of Distribution” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Prior Investors” means the holder or holders of the Prior Securities, and any designees, successors or assigns with respect to the Prior Securities.
“Prior Securities” means the Company’s Common Stock subject to registration obligations as of the date hereof.
“Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
“Registrable Securities” means, as of any date of determination, (a) all Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Series A-1, and (b) all Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants; provided, however, that any such Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (and the Company shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of any, or file another, Registration Statement hereunder with respect thereto) for so long as (i) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such Registrable Securities is declared effective by the SEC under the Securities Act and such Registrable Securities have been disposed of by the Holder in accordance with such effective Registration Statement, (ii) such Registrable Securities have been previously sold in accordance with Rule 144, or (iii) such securities become eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and without current public information pursuant to Rule 144, and the conditions of Rule 144(i)(2) have been met, as set forth in a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed, delivered and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders (assuming that such securities and any securities issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of which, or as a dividend upon which, such securities were issued or are issuable, were at no time held by any Affiliate of the Company, as reasonably determined by the Company, upon the advice of counsel to the Company).
“Registration Statement” means any registration statement required to be filed hereunder pursuant to Section 2(a) and any additional registration statements contemplated by Section 2(c) or Section 3(c), including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to any such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post- effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in any such registration statement.
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“Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC having substantially the same purpose and 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 rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
“Selling Stockholder Questionnaire” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
“SEC Guidance” means (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance of the SEC staff, or any comments, requirements or requests of the SEC staff and (ii) the Securities Act.
2. Shelf Registration.
(a) Subject to SEC Guidance and Sections 2(c) and 6(m), on or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities that are not then registered on an effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. The Registration Statement shall be filed with the SEC by the Filing Date. Any time requirements required by this Agreement shall be extended to the next business day if the time falls on a weekend or federal holiday. Each Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on Form S-1 or such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least 50.1% in interest of the Holders) substantially the “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex A and substantially the “Selling Stockholder” section attached hereto as Annex B; provided, however, that unless required by SEC Guidance, no Holder shall be required to be named as an “underwriter” without such Holder’s express prior written consent in which event the Company shall be under no obligations to such Holder under this Agreement. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause a Registration Statement filed under this Agreement (including, without limitation, under Section 3(c)) to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof and by the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date that all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (i) have been sold, thereunder or pursuant to Rule 144, or (ii) may be sold without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144, and the conditions of Rule 144(i)(2) have been met, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Company shall telephonically request effectiveness of a Registration Statement as of 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a Trading Day. The Company shall immediately notify the Holders via facsimile or by e-mail of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement by the next Trading Day that the Company telephonically confirms effectiveness with the SEC, which shall be the date requested for effectiveness of such Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time on the Trading Day five days after the effective date of such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the SEC as required by Rule 424.
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(b) Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in Section 2(a), if the SEC staff informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of any SEC Guidance including Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly inform each of the Holders thereof and use its commercially reasonable efforts to file amendments to the Initial Registration Statement as required by the SEC, covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the SEC, on Form S-1 or such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering; provided, however, that prior to filing such amendment, the Company shall be obligated to use diligent efforts to advocate with the SEC for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with SEC Guidance, including without limitation, Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 612.09.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the SEC or any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the SEC for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), the number of Registrable Securities and other securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced or eliminated as necessary to comply with such SEC Guidance or other communications or requirements, as follows:
| (1) | First, the Company shall reduce or eliminate the Warrant Shares; |
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| (2) | Second, the Company shall reduce or eliminate the Conversion Shares; and |
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| (3) | Third, the Company shall reduce or eliminate the Prior Securities. |
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In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Holder at least five Trading Days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Holder’s allotment. In the event the Company amends the Initial Registration Statement in accordance with the foregoing, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC, as promptly as allowed by Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form S-1 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Initial Registration Statement, as amended.
(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company’s obligations shall cease on the date which is two years after the final sale of the units sold by the Purchase Agreement.
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3. Registration Procedures. In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder:
(a) Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex C (a “Selling Stockholder Questionnaire”) on a date that is not less than two Trading Days prior to the Filing Date or by the end of the fourth Trading Day following the date on which such Holder receives draft materials in accordance with this Section.
(b) The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments, including post-effective amendments, to a Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep a Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the SEC such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities, (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424, (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to any comments received from the SEC with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and provide as promptly as reasonably possible to the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the SEC relating to a Registration Statement (provided that, the Company shall excise any information contained therein which would constitute material non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), and (iv) undertake reasonable efforts to comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.
(c) If during the Effectiveness Period, the number of Registrable Securities at any time exceeds 100% of the number of shares constituting Registrable Securities then registered in a Registration Statement, file, as soon as reasonably practicable, an additional Registration Statement covering the resale by the Holders of not less than the number of such Registrable Securities, subject to SEC Guidance and the provisions of this Agreement.
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(d) The Company shall notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall, pursuant to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made) as promptly as reasonably possible and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than three Trading Days following the day (i) with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information related to the applicable Holder, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any action or proceedings for that purpose, (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any action or proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (vi) of the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company believes may be material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it not in the best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provided, however, in no event shall any such notice contain any information which would constitute material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(e) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order stopping or suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.
(f) The Company shall furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each such Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference to the extent reasonably requested by such Person, and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the SEC; provided, that any such item which is available on the EDGAR system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form.
(g) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after the giving of any notice pursuant to Section 3 (d).
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(h) Prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, or from time to time as reasonably requested by the Holder, use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement, provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, (ii) become subject to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject, or (iii) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.
(i) If requested by a Holder, the Company shall cooperate with such Holder to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holder may request.
(j) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(d), as promptly as reasonably possible under the circumstances taking into account the Company’s good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its shareholders of the premature disclosure of such event, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to a Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, neither a Registration Statement nor such Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance with clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section 3(d) above to suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is reasonably practicable.
(k) The Company shall otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, Rule 172 under the Securities Act, file any final Prospectus, including any supplement or amendment thereof, with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, promptly inform the Holders in writing if, at any time during the Effectiveness Period, the Company does not satisfy the conditions specified in Rule 172 and, as a result thereof, the Holders are required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with any disposition of Registrable Securities and take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to facilitate the registration of the Registrable Securities hereunder.
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(l) The Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified written statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and, if required by the SEC, the natural persons thereof that have voting and dispositive control over the shares.
(m) The Company shall not be obligated to register or qualify the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares in any state which applies merit review.
(n) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement (but subject to the last sentence of this Section 3(n)), at any time after the Effective Date of a particular Registration Statement, the Company may, upon written notice to the Holders, suspend the Holders’ use of any prospectus that is a part of any Registration Statement (in which event the Holders shall discontinue sales of the Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, but shall settle any previously made sales of Registrable Securities) if the Company (x) is pursuing an acquisition, merger, tender offer, reorganization, disposition or other similar transaction and the Company determines in good faith that (A) the Company’s ability to pursue or consummate such a transaction would be materially adversely affected by any required disclosure of such transaction in such Registration Statement or other registration statement or (B) such transaction renders the Company unable to comply with SEC requirements, in each case under circumstances that would make it impractical or inadvisable to cause any Registration Statement (or such filings) to be used by the Holders or to promptly amend or supplement any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement on a post effective basis, as applicable, or (y) has experienced some other material non-public event the disclosure of which at such time, in the good faith judgment of the Company, would materially adversely affect the Company (each, an “Allowable Grace Period”); provided, however, that in no event shall the Holders be suspended from selling Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement for a period that exceeds 45 calendar days in any 365-day period. Upon disclosure of such information or the termination of the condition described above, the Company shall provide prompt notice, but in any event within one Trading Day of such disclosure or termination, to the Holders and shall promptly terminate any suspension of sales it has put into effect and shall take such other reasonable actions to permit registered sales of Registrable Securities as contemplated in this Agreement (including as set forth in the first sentence of Section 3(d) with respect to the information giving rise thereto unless such material, non-public information is no longer applicable). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3(p), the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver shares of Common Stock to a transferee of a Holder in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which (i) the Company has made a sale to the Holders and (ii) the Holders has entered into a contract for sale, and delivered a copy of the Prospectus included as part of the particular Registration Statement to the extent applicable, in each case prior to the Holder’s receipt of the notice of an Allowable Grace Period and for which the Holder has not yet settled.
(o) For all purposes of this Agreement, any time requirements imposed upon the Company including with respect to filing, amending, supplementing and causing the effectiveness of Registration Statements shall be deemed modified to the extent that the Company’s inability to comply with the financial statement requirements under SEC Guidance after 45 days of a new fiscal year (the “Staleness Date”) until audited financial statements are filed for the prior fiscal year but in no event later than the time permitted by Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act (the “Form 10-K Deadline”). Any time between the Staleness Date and the Form 10-K Deadline (or such earlier date as the Company’s applicable Annual Report on Form 10-K has been filed with the SEC) shall be disregarded and not calculated in determining if the Company has complied with its obligations under this Agreement. Provided, further, that if the Staleness Date causes a delay in filing a Registration Statement or updating a Prospectus an additional five Trading Days after a Form 10-K has been filed shall be added to any time period.
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4. Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with, this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent registered public accountants) (A) with respect to filings made with the SEC, (B) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading, and (C) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities), (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities), (iii) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, and (iv) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any broker or similar commissions, markdowns or discounts of any Holder or any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.
5. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, members, partners, agents, and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, members, shareholders, partners, agents and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, arising out of or relating to (1) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading or (2) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (i) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement, such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable for use by such Holder and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(b). The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any action or proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such indemnified person and shall survive the transfer of any Registrable Securities by any of the Holders in accordance with Section 6(f).
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(b) Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising out of or based solely upon: any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company for inclusion in such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such information relates to such Holder’s information provided in the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or the proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and approved in writing by such Holder for use in a Registration Statement (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto. In no event shall the liability of a selling Holder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such Holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 5 and the amount of any damages such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or omission) received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any action or proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof, provided that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have materially and adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action or proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses, (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such action or proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such action or proceeding, or (3) the named parties to any such action or proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and counsel to the Indemnified Party shall reasonably believe that a material conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one separate counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such action or proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending action or proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action or proceeding.
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Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such action or proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within 10 Trading Days of written notice thereof.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any action or proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in accordance with its terms.
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. In no event shall the contribution obligation of a Holder of Registrable Securities be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such Holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 5 and the amount of any damages such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission) received by it upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties.
6. Miscellaneous.
(a) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. Each of the Company and each Holder agrees that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
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(b) Discontinued Disposition. By its acquisition of Registrable Securities, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d)(iii) through (vi), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable.
(c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Holders of 50.1% or more of the then outstanding Registrable Securities (for purposes of clarification, this includes any Registrable Securities issuable upon exercise of any Security), provided that, if any amendment, modification or waiver disproportionately and adversely impacts a Holder (or group of Holders), the consent of such disproportionately impacted Holder (or group of Holders) shall be required. If a Registration Statement does not register all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a waiver or amendment done in compliance with the previous sentence, then the number of Registrable Securities to be registered for each Holder shall be reduced pro rata among all Holders and each Holder shall have the right to designate which of its Registrable Securities shall be omitted from such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of a Holder or some Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given only by such Holder or Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 6(c). No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.
(d) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not assign (except by merger) its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all of the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign their respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as and to the extent permitted under the Purchase Agreement.
(f) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered into, as of the date hereof, any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
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(g) Execution and Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf’ signature page were an original thereof.
(h) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
(i) Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.
(j) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(k) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of the Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
(l) Subordination. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, and for the avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge and agree that the registration rights granted to the Holders hereunder are subordinated to the registration rights and the Company’s obligations and commitments with respect to the resale of the Prior Securities by the Prior Investors, and any limitation or delay on the Company’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement as a result of either of the foregoing, including as a result of SEC Guidance, shall not constitute of breach of this Agreement as long as the Company undertakes good faith and commercially reasonable efforts to adhere its obligations under this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
| SPLASG BEVERAGE GROUP, INC. | |
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| By: | |
| Name: | Robert Nistico |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
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EXHIBIT 10.4
Splash Beverage Group, Inc.
1314 E Las Olas Blvd, Suite 221
Fort Lauderdale, Fl, 33301
June 25, 2025
Re: Securities ExchangeLetter Agreement
Preamble. This letter agreement documents our understanding in connection with the Securities Exchange Letter Agreement (the “Exchange Letter”) being entered into by and among Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (the “Company”) and each of the undersigned holders of Notes (collectively, the “Holders”) and the Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) being entered into with the Company and certain purchasers on or about the date hereof. Capitalized words and terms used and not defined herein have the meaning given them in the Exchange Letter and SPA, as applicable, and, if not defined therein, in the Series B or Series A-1, as applicable. As a result of a continuing failure to deliver shares of the Company’s common stock to the Holders (the “Failure to Deliver”), this letter agreement shall modify the Exchange Letter by providing the Holders with additional consideration described below in exchange for their agreeing to forgo further liquidated damages and cancel their right to such damages solely arising from the Failure to Deliver and not any future such liquidated damages relating to other conversions.
Exchange Letter. Relative to other holders of Notes, the Holders’ respective Notes contain or are subject to the following additional or more favorable rights and provisions: (A) in connection with certain prior conversions of the Notes and the Company’s Failure to Deliver, the Holders’ Notes have accrued liquidated damages in the approximate total amount of $925,000, and (B) the Holders’ Notes are convertible at variable conversion prices and/or at conversion prices which are below the conversion prices contained in the other Notes and as contemplated by the Series B (collectively, the “Favorable Terms”). In consideration of the undersigned Holders’ waiver and surrender of the Favorable Terms by virtue of their exchange of Notes for Series B pursuant to the Exchange Letter, the Holders shall be entitled to the following additional rights with respect to the Exchange Letter and the Series B which the Company shall issue the Holders pursuant to the Exchange Letter:
| 1. | The Holders shall be entitled to convert their Series B at a Conversion Price of $1.50, which Conversion<br>Price shall be subject to the adjustment provisions set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designations. |
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| 2. | In the event that the Company fails to (A) timely file a required periodic report with the SEC beginning<br>six months following the date hereof, (B) fails to make dividend payments contemplated by the Series B, (C) incurs indebtedness for borrowed<br>money outside of the ordinary course of business in excess of $3,000,000, (D) fails to file a resale registration statement within the<br>timeframe provided under this letter agreement, or (E) fails to deliver Conversion Shares within the timeframe contemplated by the Series<br>B Certificate of Designations in connection with a conversion by a Holder, the Stated Value of the Series B held by the Holders shall<br>increase to 120% of the original Stated Value thereof. |
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| 3. | The Company shall file a registration statement on Form S-1 for the resale of the common stock underlying<br>the Holders’ Series B within 30 Trading Days following the later of the Company’s (A) preparation and filing on Form 10-K<br>for the year ended December 31, 2024 and (B) preparation and filing on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. |
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| 4. | The Holders shall have the right to exchange their Series B for securities issued in any subsequent financing<br>transaction involving the sale of debt or equity securities by the Company which occurs within six months of the date hereof, in an amount<br>of stated value of Series B equal to up to a total of 30% of the gross proceeds of such a financing (which shall be allocated pro rata<br>among the Holders based on their respective Series B then held), which right shall not apply to issuances of securities for equity compensation,<br>strategic transactions approved by the Board of Directors, an equity line of credit or at-the market offering, or securities issued to<br>a broker-dealer as compensation for services in connection with a financing or strategic transaction (each, an “Exempt Issuance”).<br>The Company shall provide the Holders prior written notice of an applicable financing at least five Trading Days prior to the closing<br>thereof, following which notice each Holder shall have two Trading Days to exercise such right by providing written notice to the Company. |
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| 5. | In addition, if in the 12-month period from the date hereof the Company sells shares of common stock or<br>common stock equivalents other than an Exempt Issuance at a price per share of common stock which is lower than the Conversion Price then<br>in effect, the Conversion Price as to the Holders shall be reduced to such lower price per share, provided that in no event will the Conversion<br>Price be reduced to lower than the 20% of the Minimum Price as such term is defined by the rules of the Trading Market. |
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| 6. | The Company shall reserve a number of shares of common stock for purposes of allowing for full conversions<br>of Series B by the Holders equal to 200% of the shares of common stock issuable upon such conversions. |
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| 7. | The dividends contemplated by the Series B Certificate of Designations shall be payable quarterly as to<br>the Holders. If and whenever the Company elects to pay dividends on the Series B held by the Holders in the form of common stock instead<br>of cash, the number of shares of common stock so payable shall be determined based on a 20% discount to the five-day VWAP immediately<br>prior to such payment. |
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| 8. | The Redemption Price for the Series B held by the Holders shall equal 125% of the Stated Value thereof<br>plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon. |
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| 9. | The Company shall cause its transfer agent to promptly deliver the common stock which resulted from the<br>Failure to Deliver, which common stock shall be restricted and not free trading. |
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SPA. The undersigned parties agree that pursuant to the SPA, any undersigned party which is a Purchaser under the SPA shall be entitled to exchange its shares of Series A-1 for the equivalent number of Series B shares. The number of shares of Series B to be issued shall be based upon the stated value of the Series A-1 and the Series B. Such undersigned Purchasers acknowledge and agree that for purposes of the SPA all references to “Series A-1” shall be deemed to refer to the Series B in such event.
By signing below, the undersigned parties agree to the foregoing.
| Splash Beverage Group, Inc. | |
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| By: | |
| Robert Nistico, Chief<br>Executive Officer | |
| Holder: | |
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| By: | |
| Name: | |
| Title: | |
| Total stated value of Series B (without regard to<br>the exchange referred to under SPA) $_______ | |
| Holder: | |
| --- | |
| By: | |
| Name: | |
| Title: | |
| Total stated value of Series B (without regard to<br>the exchange referred to under SPA) $_______ | |
| Holder: | |
| --- | |
| By: | |
| Name: | |
| Title: | |
| Total stated value of Series B (without regard to<br>the exchange referred to under SPA) $_______ |
EXHIBIT 10.5
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
By and among
UTOPIA HOLDINGS INC.,
and
SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC.,
dated as of
June 25, 2025
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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Asset Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of June 25, 2025, is entered into by and among Utopia Holdings Inc., with principal place of business in Sammamish, WA (“Seller”), Splash Beverage Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Buyer”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Seller wishes to sell and assign to Buyer, and Buyer wishes to purchase and assume from Seller, the rights of Seller to the Purchased Assets (as defined herein), subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, the Buyer is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Splash Nevada and Splash Nevada and Parent have agreed to make payment for the Purchased Assets on behalf of the Buyer;
WHEREAS, Splash Nevada is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, the common stock of which is quoted on the NYSE market;
WHEREAS, in connection with Buyer’s purchase of the Purchased Assets, the Parent has agreed to make certain representations in connection with the issuance of certain equity consideration issuable hereunder.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLEI ****
PURCHASEAND SALE
Section1.01 Purchase and Sale of Assets. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Seller shall sell, assign, transfer, convey and deliver to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase from Seller, all of Seller’s right, title and interest in the assets attached hereto (the “Purchased Assets”) identified in Attachment A, free and clear of any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, security interest, claim or other encumbrance (“Encumbrance”). The transactions contemplated by this Agreement are hereafter referred to as the “Transaction.”
Section1.02 Assumption of Liabilities. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Buyer, Splash Nevada and Parent shall jointly and severally assume and agree to timely pay, perform and discharge certain current trade payables (collectively, the “AssumedLiabilities”).
Section1.03 Purchase Price. Subject to the conditions in this Section 1.03, the aggregate purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) for the Purchased Assets shall be $20,000,000, payable in in equity in the Parent as described herein. The Purchase Price shall consist of 20,000 of Buyers Class C Preferred Shares, each with a face value of $1,000 as designated in Attachment B “Issuance Letter” and Attachment C “Certificate of Designation, Class C Preferred Shares”.
Section1.04In consideration for the issuance of the Preferred Shares, the Seller agrees to deliver either (a) the [Asset], or (b) in lieu of delivery, $20 million in cash (the ‘Alternate Consideration’). The Preferred Shares shall be deemed fully paid and non-assessable upon delivery of either form of consideration.
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Failureto Deliver the Asset: In the event that the Seller fails to deliver either (a) the Asset, or (b) the Alternate Consideration in the amount of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000) in cash, on or before 12/31/2025 (the “Consideration Deadline”), the issuance of the Series [C] Preferred Stock to the Seller shall be deemed null, void, and of no further force or effect. Upon such failure and without the need for further action by the Company or the Seller, all such shares shall be automatically cancelled and shall revert to the status of authorized but unissued shares. The Seller shall take any actions reasonably requested by the Company to effect or evidence such cancellation. The Company shall be under no obligation to recognize the Seller as a holder of record of any such shares following the Consideration Deadline unless and until valid consideration has been received. Taurus Investments Inc. shall serve as the guarantor of the Alternate Consideration, and shall be fully responsible for ensuring the payment of such amount in accordance with the terms herein.
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REPRESENTATIONSAND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
Seller represents and warrants to each of Buyer Parties except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules attached hereto, which exceptions shall be deemed to be part of the representations and warranties made hereunder that the statements contained in this ARTICLE II are true and correct as of the date of the Closing of the Transactions. For purposes of this ARTICLE II:
“Seller’sknowledge,” “knowledge of Seller” and any similar phrases shall mean the actual knowledge of any officer of Seller, after due inquiry.
“MaterialAdverse Effect” shall mean any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change that is materially adverse to (a) the business, results of operations, financial condition or assets of the Business, taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that “Material Adverse Effect” shall not include any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change, directly or indirectly, arising out of or attributable to: (i) general economic or political conditions; (ii) conditions generally affecting the industries in which the Business operates; (iii) any changes in financial, banking or securities markets in general, including any disruption thereof and any decline in the price of any security or any market index or any change in prevailing interest rates; (iv) acts of war (whether or not declared), armed hostilities or terrorism, or the escalation or worsening thereof; (v) any action required or permitted by this Agreement or any action taken (or omitted to be taken) with the written consent of or at the written request of Buyer; (vi) any matter of which Buyer is aware on the date hereof; (vii) any changes in applicable Laws or accounting rules (including GAAP); (viii) the announcement, pendency or completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including losses or threatened losses of employees, customers, suppliers, distributors or others having relationships with the Seller and the Business; (ix) any natural or man-made disaster or acts of God; or (x) any failure by the Business to meet any internal or published projections, forecasts or revenue or earnings predictions (provided that the underlying causes of such failures (subject to the other provisions of this definition) shall not be excluded).
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Section2.01 Organization and Authority of Seller; Enforceability. Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of Washington and has all necessary corporate power and authority to own, operate or lease the properties and assets now owned, operated or leased by it. Seller is duly licensed or qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the ownership of the Purchased Assets makes such licensing or qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so licensed, qualified, or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Seller has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder, to carry out its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of Seller. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligations of Seller, enforceable against Seller in accordance with their respective terms except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, or (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies.
Section2.02 No Conflicts; Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, do not and will not: (a) violate or conflict with the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents of Seller; (b) violate or conflict with any judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to Seller or the Purchased Assets; (c) conflict with, or result in (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) any violation of, or default under, or give rise to a right of termination, acceleration or modification of any obligation or loss of any benefit under any contract or other instrument to which Seller is a party or to which any of the Purchased Assets are subject; except in the cases of clauses (b) and (c), where the violation, breach, conflict, default, acceleration or failure to give notice would not have a Material Adverse Effect; or (d) result in the creation or imposition of any Encumbrance that will not be paid in full on or prior to the Closing on the Purchased Assets. No consent, approval, waiver or authorization is required to be obtained by Seller from any person or entity (including any governmental authority) in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section2.03 Condition of Assets. The Purchased Assets are in good condition and are adequate for the uses to which they are being put, and none of such Purchased Assets is in need of maintenance or repairs except for ordinary, routine maintenance and repairs that are not material in nature or cost. Additionally, at no additional cost to Purchaser, the seller shall provide a permanent road and utility easement for commercial use of the purchased asset in a manner and method acceptable to purchaser at its sole discretion within 60 days.
Section2.04 Compliance With Laws. Seller represents that Seller has complied, and is now complying, with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations applicable to ownership and use of the Purchased Assets, except where the failure to be in compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section2.05 Legal Proceedings. There is no claim, action, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation (“Action”) of any nature pending or, to Seller’s knowledge, threatened against or by Seller (a) relating to or4affecting the Purchased Assets or the Assumed Liabilities, which if determined adversely to Seller would result in a Material Adverse Effect; or (b) that challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin or otherwise delay the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. To Seller’s Knowledge, no event has occurred or circumstances exist that may give rise to, or serve as a basis for, any such Action.
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Section2.06 Taxes.
(a) Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, Seller has filed (taking into account any valid extensions) all material tax returns required to be filed by Seller and has paid all taxes shown thereon as owing. To Seller’s Knowledge, Seller is not currently the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any material tax return other than extensions of time to file tax returns obtained in the ordinary course of business.
(b) Seller is not a “foreign person” as that term is used in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-2.
Section2.07 Brokers. No broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon any arrangements made by or on behalf of Seller.
Section2.08 Investment Representations.
(a) Seller is acquiring the Parent Shares for its own account and not with a view to the distribution thereof in contravention of the Securities Act.
(b) In proceeding with the transactions contemplated hereby, Seller is not relying upon any representation or warranty of Buyer, Splash Nevada, or Parent, or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives thereof, except the representations and warranties set forth herein and the statements contained in Parent’s filings with the SEC. Seller is satisfied that it has received adequate information with respect to all matters which it considers material to its decision to make this investment.
(c) Seller has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of acquiring Parent Shares and understand the risks of, and other considerations relating to, its acquisition of the Purchase Promissory Note and Parent Shares.
(d) Seller understands the substance of and acknowledges the legend that will be placed on the Parent Shares, in substantially the following form:
THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND ARE BEING OFFERED AND SOLD IN RELIANCE ON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SAID ACT AND SUCH LAWS. THE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER SAID ACT AND SUCH LAWS PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM. THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN RECOMMENDED, APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR ANY OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITY, NOR HAVE ANY OF THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES PASSED UPON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS OF THIS OFFERING. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL.
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Section2.09 Regulatory Issues. Seller represents that as of the date of Closing, each of Seller and Seller’s shareholders are not the subjects in any ongoing regulatory Actions or proceedings by any federal, state or local governmental agencies or self-regulatory organizations, including but not limited to the SEC and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (the “FINRA”).
ARTICLEIII
REPRESENTATIONSAND WARRANTIES OF BUYER, SPLASH NEVADA AND PARENT
Buyer, Splash Nevada and Parent herein represent and warrant severally to Seller that the statements contained in this ARTICLE IIIII are true and correct as of the date of Closing. For purposes of this ARTICLE IIIII, “Buyer’s knowledge,” “knowledge of Buyer” and any similar phrases shall mean the actual or constructive knowledge of any director or officer of Buyer, after due inquiry.
Section3.01 Organization and Authority of Buyer; Enforceability. Buyer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of Nevada. Buyer has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder, to carry out its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and performance by Buyer of this Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of Buyer. This Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder have been duly executed and delivered by Buyer, and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by Seller) this Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Buyer enforceable against Buyer in accordance with their respective terms.
Section3.02 No Conflicts; Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by Buyer of this Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, do not and will not: (a) violate or conflict with the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents of Buyer; or (b) violate or conflict with any judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to Buyer. No consent, approval, waiver or authorization is required to be obtained by Buyer from any person or entity (including any governmental authority) in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Buyer of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section3.03 Legal Proceedings. There is no Action of any nature pending or, to Buyer’s knowledge, threatened against or by Buyer that challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin or otherwise delay the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No event has occurred or circumstances exist that may give rise to, or serve as a basis for, any such Action.
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ARTICLEIV
COVENANTS
Section4.01 Public Announcements. Subject to applicable federal or state law, Buyer, Splash Nevada or Parent shall make all the decisions regarding any and all public announcements regarding this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby at its sole discretion.
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INDEMNIFICATION
Section5.01 Indemnification By Seller. Subject to the other terms and conditions of this Article V, Seller shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Buyer, its affiliates and their respective stockholders, directors, and officers from and against any and all claims, judgments, damages, liabilities, settlements, losses, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (collectively, “Losses”), incurred or sustained by, or imposed upon, Buyer based upon, arising out of, with respect to or by reason of:
(a) any inaccuracy in or breach of any of the representations or warranties of Seller contained in this Agreement or any document to be delivered hereunder;
(b) any breach or non-fulfillment of any covenant, agreement or obligation to be performed by Seller pursuant to this Agreement or any document to be delivered hereunder;
(c) any liabilities (including the Excluded Liabilities but excluding the Assumed Liabilities) imposed by a third party, including any federal, state and local governmental or semi-governmental agencies, against any of the Buyer parties because the Transaction is deemed an acquisition of all or substantially all of Seller’s assets and any or all of the Buyer parties is or are deemed the successor(s) of Seller under the applicable laws. Such liabilities described in Section 6.02 (c) shall include, without limitation, any and all of unpaid tax liabilities of Seller;
(d) any current and future, potential and existing liabilities and obligations arising from any disputes among any of the Seller’s shareholders and Seller; or
(e) any costs and expenses incurred by any Buyer Party associated with cooperating with any federal, state or local governmental agencies regarding investigations or actions involving any current or former shareholders of Seller or Seller.
Section5.02 Indemnification By Buyer. Subject to the other terms and conditions of this ARTICLE VI, Buyer shall indemnify Seller against, and shall hold harmless Seller, its directors and officers from and against, any and all Losses incurred or sustained by, or imposed upon, Seller based upon, arising out of, with respect to or by reason of:
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(a) any inaccuracy in or breach of any of the representations or warranties of Buyer contained in this Agreement;
(b) any breach or non-fulfillment of any covenant, agreement or obligation to be performed by Buyer pursuant to this Agreement; or
(c) any Purchased Assets or Assumed Liability.
Section5.03 Indemnification Procedures. Whenever any claim shall arise for indemnification hereunder, the party entitled to indemnification (the “Indemnified Party”) shall promptly provide written notice of such claim to the other party (the “Indemnifying Party”) and the Indemnifying Party shall make payments, within ten (10) business days from receiving the notice, to the Indemnified Party as provided in this Article VI, unless there is a dispute as to the liabilities or amounts of the indemnity. In the event that the Indemnified Party and Indemnifying Party do not agree on the liabilities or amounts of the indemnity under Section 5.02 or 5.03, such controversy or dispute shall be settled by arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association with one arbitrator (the “Arbitrator”) jointly selected by the Indemnified Party and Indemnifying Party. Both the Indemnified Party and Indemnifying Party have agreed to conduct such arbitration proceedings in Fort Lauderdale, Florida if they need to appear in person, or via virtual video conferences if provided. The judgment on the award rendered by the Arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
In connection with any claim giving rise to indemnity hereunder resulting from or arising out of any Action by a person or entity who is not a party to this Agreement, the Indemnifying Party, at its sole cost and expense and upon written notice to the Indemnified Party, may assume the defense of any such Action with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. The Indemnified Party shall be entitled to participate in the defense of any such Action, with its counsel and at its own cost and expense. If the Indemnifying Party does not assume the defense of any such Action, the Indemnified Party may, but shall not be obligated to, defend against such Action in such manner as it may deem appropriate, including, but not limited to, settling such Action, after giving notice of it to the Indemnifying Party, on such terms as the Indemnified Party may deem appropriate and no action taken by the Indemnified Party in accordance with such defense and settlement shall relieve the Indemnifying Party of its indemnification obligations herein provided with respect to any damages resulting therefrom. The Indemnifying Party shall not settle any Action without the Indemnified Party’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
ARTICLEVI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section6.01 Expenses. All costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such costs and expenses.
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Section 6.02 Notices. All notices, requests, consents, claims, demands, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given (a) when delivered by hand (with written confirmation of receipt); (b) when received by the addressee if sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier (receipt requested); (c) on the date sent by facsimile or e-mail of a PDF document (with confirmation of transmission) if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and on the next business day if sent after normal business hours of the recipient; or (d) on the third day after the date mailed, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. Such communications must be sent to the respective parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 6.02):
| If<br> to Seller: | Utopia<br> Holdings Inc. |
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| 4642<br> 228th Pl SE. | |
| Sammamish,<br> WA 98075 | |
| E-mail:<br> gautam@utopiainc.co | |
| Attention:<br> Gautam Chandra | |
| If<br> to Buyer, Splash Nevada and Parent: | 1314<br> E Las Olas BLVD, Suite 221 |
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| Fort<br> Lauderdale, FL 33301 | |
| E-mail:<br> Robert@splashbeveragegroup.com | |
| Attention:<br> Robert Nistico |
Section6.03 Construction. The headings and captions used in this Agreement are provided for convenience only and will not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. All references in this Agreement to “Section” or “Sections” without additional identification refer to the Section or Sections of this Agreement. All words used in this Agreement will be construed to be of such gender or number as the circumstances require. Whenever the words “include” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”
Section6.04 Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of this Agreement or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section6.05 Exhibits and Schedules. The exhibits and schedules referenced in this Agreement are part of this Agreement as if fully set forth in this Agreement.
Section6.06 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder constitute the sole and entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement with respect to the subject matter contained herein, and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings and agreements, both written and oral, with respect to such subject matter. In the event of any inconsistency between the statements in the body of this Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder or the exhibits or Disclosure Schedules (other than an exception expressly set forth as such in the Disclosure Schedules), the statements in the body of this Agreement will control.
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Section6.07 No Third-party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person or entity any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
Section6.08 Amendment and Modification. This Agreement may only be amended, modified or supplemented by an agreement in writing signed by each party hereto.
Section6.09 Waiver. No waiver by any party of any of the provisions hereof shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and signed by the party so waiving. No waiver by any party shall operate or be construed as a waiver in respect of any failure, breach or default not expressly identified by such written waiver, whether of a similar or different character, and whether occurring before or after that waiver. No failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege arising from this Agreement shall operate or be construed as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.
Section6.10 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Nevada without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Florida or any other jurisdiction).
Section6.11 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party acknowledges and agrees that any controversy which may arise under this Agreement is likely to involve complicated and difficult issues and, therefore, each such party irrevocably and unconditionally waives any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any legal action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section6.12 Specific Performance. The parties agree that irreparable damages would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.
Section6.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same agreement. A signed copy of this Agreement delivered by facsimile, e-mail or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as delivery of an original signed copy of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
| Splash Beverage Group, Inc., | |
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| By | /s/<br> Robert Nistico |
| Name: | Robert<br> Nistico |
| Title: | CEO |
| Utopia Holdings I nc., | |
| By | /s/<br> Gautam Chandra |
| Name: | Gautam<br> Chandra |
| Title: | CEO |
| Taurus Investments Inc., | |
| By | /s/<br> Hemal Rathod |
| Name: | Hemal<br> Rathod |
| Title: | CEO |
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AttachmentA
PurchasedAssets:
The water rights, equipment, facilities, current and future purchase orders for water supply and trademarks held by Utopia Holdings Inc. located in Garabito, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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AttachmentB
PreferredC Issuance Letter Executed Between The Parties (note this will be inserted in the pdf version)
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AttachmentC
Certificateof Designation Splash Beverage Group Preferred C:
CERTIFICATEOF DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS OF THE SERIES C CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK OF SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC.
I, Robert Nistico, hereby certify that I am the Chief Executive Officer of Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (the “Company”), a corporation organized and existing under the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “NRS”), and further do hereby certify:
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is authorized within the limitations and restrictions stated in the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, to provide by resolution or resolutions for the issuance of 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company, with such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions as the Company’s Board of Directors shall fix by resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance thereof duly adopted by the Board of Directors; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors, pursuant to its authority as aforesaid, to authorize and fix the terms of a series of preferred stock and the number of shares constituting such series;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
TERMSOF SERIES C CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
1. Designation and Number of Shares. There shall hereby be created and established a series of preferred stock of the Company designated as “SeriesC Convertible Preferred Stock” (the “Series C”). The authorized number of Series C shall be 500,000 shares. Each share of Series C shall have a par value of $0.001. Each share of Series C shall have a stated value equal to $1,000 (the “StatedValue”).
2. Ranking. The Series C shall rank junior to all existing series of preferred stock of the Company as of the date of this Certificate of Designations, and pari passu with all other shares of capital stock of the Company, both common stock and any other series of preferred stock. The rights of all such shares of capital stock of the Company shall be subject to the rights, powers, preferences and privileges of the Series C. In the event of the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity, the Series C shall maintain their relative rights, powers, designations, privileges and preferences provided for herein and no such merger or consolidation shall result inconsistent therewith.
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3. Conversion.
| (a) | Holder’s<br> Conversion Right. Subject to all of the provisions of Section 3 at any time or times<br> on or after the Shareholder Approval Date and ending two years after such Shareholder Approval<br> Date, each holder of a share of Series C (each, a “Holder” and collectively,<br> the “Holders”) shall be entitled to convert any whole number of Series<br> C into validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock accordance with<br> Section 3(c) at the Conversion Rate (as defined below). Such shares of Common Stock are sometimes<br> referred to as “Conversion Shares.” |
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| (b) | Conversion<br> Rate. The number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock shall be issued<br> upon conversion of each share of Series C into a number of whole shares equal to the quotient<br> derived by dividing (x) the Stated Value by (y) the Conversion Price (as defined below) (the<br> “Conversion Rate”). The “Conversion Price” shall initially<br> be $3.00 per share. The Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment as provided below,<br> and for the avoidance of doubt, any adjustment to the Conversion Price as provided below<br> shall result in a proportionate increase to the number of shares of Common Stock into which<br> each share of Series C may be converted pursuant to the Conversion Rate. |
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No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the conversion of any Series C. If the issuance would result in the issuance of a fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company shall round such fraction of a share of Common Stock up to the nearest whole share.
| (a) | Mechanics<br> of Conversion. The conversion of each share of Series C shall be conducted in the following<br> manner: |
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| (i) | Holder’s<br> Conversion. To convert a share of Series C into validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable<br> share of Common Stock, on any date (a “Conversion Date”), a Holder shall<br> deliver (whether via email or otherwise), for receipt on or prior to 11:59 p.m., New York,<br> N.Y. time, on such date, a copy of an executed notice of conversion of the share(s) of Series<br> C subject to such conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (the “Conversion Notice”) to the Company. No ink-original<br> Conversion Notice shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of<br> guarantee or notarization) of any Conversion Notice form be required. The calculations and<br> entries set forth in the Conversion Notice shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical<br> error. To effect conversions of Series C, a Holder shall not be required to physically surrender<br> the certificate(s) representing the Series C to the Company unless all of the Series C represented<br> thereby are so converted, in which case, such Holder shall surrender to a nationally recognized<br> overnight delivery service for delivery to the Company the original certificates representing<br> the share(s) of Series C (the “Series C Certificates”) so converted as<br> aforesaid. |
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| (ii) | Company’s<br> Response. On or before the first Trading Day following the date of receipt by the Company<br> of such Conversion Notice, the Company shall (1) provided that (x) the Transfer Agent is<br> participating in the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities<br> Transfer Program and (y) shares of Common Stock to be so issued are otherwise eligible for<br> resale pursuant to an effective Registration Statement or Rule 144 promulgated under the<br> Securities Act of 1933, as amended, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock<br> to which such Holder shall be entitled to such Holder’s or its designee’s balance<br> account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system, or (2) if either of<br> the immediately preceding clauses (x) or (y) are not satisfied, issue and deliver (via reputable<br> overnight courier) to the address as specified in such Conversion Notice, a certificate,<br> registered in the name of such Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common<br> Stock to which such Holder shall be entitled. If the number of Series C represented by the<br> Series C Certificate(s) submitted for conversion pursuant to Section 3(c)(ii) is greater<br> than the number of Series C being converted, then the Company shall if requested by such<br> Holder, as soon as practicable and in no event later than three Trading Days after receipt<br> of the Series C Certificate(s) and at its own expense, issue and deliver to such Holder (or<br> its designee) a new Series C Certificate representing the number of Series C not converted. |
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| (iii) | Record<br> Holder. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable<br> upon a conversion of Series C shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders<br> of such shares of Common Stock on the Conversion Date. |
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(iv) Maintaining Records. Each Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Series C so converted by such Holder and the dates of such conversions or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to such Holder and the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of the certificate representing the Series C upon each such conversion. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, such records of such Holder establishing the number of Series C to which the record holder is entitled shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. A Holder and any transferee or assignee, by acceptance of a certificate, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of any Series C, the number of Series C represented by such certificate may be less than the number of Series C stated on the face thereof.
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(v) Legend. The transfer records for the Series C, or if issued in certificate form, each certificate for Series C shall bear the following legend:
ANY TRANSFEREE OR ASSIGNEE OF THIS SHARE OF SERIES C [CERTIFICATE] SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE TERMS OF THECOMPANY’S CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS RELATING TO THE SHARES OF SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY THE SHARES OF SERIES C [THIS CERTIFICATE]. THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY [THE TRANSFER RECORDS] [THIS CERTIFICATE] MAY BE LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK STATED ON THE [TRANSFER RECORDS] [FACE HEREOF] PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 OF THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS RELATING TO THE SHARES OF SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY [THE TRANSFER RECORDS] [THIS CERTIFICATE].
| (b) | Taxes.<br> The Company shall pay any and all documentary, stamp, transfer (but only in respect of the<br> registered holder thereof), transfer agent fees, issuance and other similar taxes that may<br> be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion<br> of Series C. |
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4. Adjustments.
(a) Adjustment of Conversion Rate upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. With respect to any unconverted shares, if the Company at any time on or after the Initial Issuance Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Conversion Rate for any unconverted shares in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately adjusted by having the Conversion Rate 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.. With respect to any unconverted shares, if the Company at any time on or after the Initial Issuance Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Rate for any unconverted shares in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately adjusted by having the Conversion Rate 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 pursuant to this Section 4(a)shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination.
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(b) Rights Upon Fundamental Transactions. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless: (i) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Certificate of Designations in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each holder of Series C in exchange for such Series C a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Certificate of Designations, including, without limitation, having a dividend rate equal to dividend rate of the Series C held by the Holders and having similar ranking to the Series C, and reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders and (ii) the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) is a publicly traded corporation whose shares of common stock are quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Certificate of Designations referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Certificate of Designations with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein and therein. In addition to the foregoing, upon consummation of a Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to each Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon conversion of the Series C at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Section 4(a), which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the conversion of the Series C prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) that each Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had all the Series C held by each Holder been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Series C contained in this Certificate of Designations), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Certificate of Designations. The provisions of this Section 4 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Series C. For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder shall be entitled to the benefits of the provisions of this Section 4(b) regardless of whether (i) the Company has sufficient authorized shares of Common Stock for the issuance of the Conversion Shares and/or (ii) a Fundamental Transaction occurs prior to the Initial Issuance Date.
(c) Calculations. All calculations under this Section shall be made to the nearest cent or nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 4, the nearest number of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
| (d) | Notice<br> to Holder. |
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(i) Adjustment to Conversion Rate. Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 4, the Company shall promptly give notice to the Holder setting forth the Conversion Rate after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Conversion Shares and setting forth a statement of the facts requiring such adjustment (the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section, upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance or other reduction of the Conversion Rate, the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Conversion Shares based upon the reduced Conversion Rate regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Conversion Rate in the Conversion Notice.
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(ii) Notice to Allow Exercise by the Holders. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution 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 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 are converted into other securities, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, the Company shall deliver to each Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the books of the Company, at least 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, distributions, 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 mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. The Holder shall remain entitled to convert these Series C during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein
(e) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 4(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then each Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which such Holder could have acquired if such Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of such Holder’s Series C (without regard to any limitations on conversion hereof, immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, 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 grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.
(f) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as the Series C is outstanding, if the Company declares or makes any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), then, in each such case, each Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that such Holder would have participated therein if such Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of the Holder’s Series C (without regard to any limitations on conversion hereof) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, 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 Distribution.
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5. Authorized Shares.
(a) Reservation. Beginning on the Shareholder Approval Date, the Company shall reserve out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 100% of the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to this Certificate of Designations, as it may be reduced following conversions or otherwise changed pursuant to this Certificate of Designations. Following the Shareholder Approval Date, so long as any of the Series C are outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Series C, as of any given date, 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of all of the Series C issued or issuable, provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock so available be less than the number of shares required to be reserved by the previous sentence (without regard to any limitations on conversions contained in this Certificate of Designations) (the “Required Amount”). The initial number of shares of Common Stock reserved for conversions of the Series C and each increase in the number of shares so reserved shall be allocated pro rata among the Holders based on the number of Series C held by each Holder on the Shareholder Approval Date or increase in the number of reserved shares (as the case may be) (the “Authorized Share Allocation”). In the event a Holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such Holder’s Series C, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such Holder’s Authorized Share Allocation. Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Series C shall be allocated to the remaining Holders of Series C, pro rata based on the number of Series C then held by such Holders.
(b) Insufficient Authorized Shares. If, notwithstanding Section 5(a) and not in limitation thereof, at any time following the Shareholder Approval Date while any of the Series C remain outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to have available for issuance upon conversion of the Series C at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required Amount (an “Authorized Share Failure”), then the Company shall immediately take all reasonable action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve and have available the Required Amount for all of the Series C then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than 60 days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its Board of Directors to recommend to the stockholders of the Company that they approve such proposal.
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6. No Voting Rights. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, the Series C shall not have any voting rights and shall not be entitled to vote on any matters brought before the stockholders of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Holders of the Series C shall have the exclusive right to vote on amendments to the Series C.
7. Liquidation, Dissolution, Winding-Up. In the event of a Liquidation Event, the Holders shall be entitled to receive in cash out of the assets of the Company, whether from capital or from earnings available for distribution to its stockholders (the “Liquidation Funds”), an amount per Series C equal to the amount per share such Holder would receive if such Holder converted such Series C into Common Stock immediately prior to the date of such payment, provided that if the Liquidation Funds are insufficient to pay the full amount due to the Holders and holders of shares of parity stock, then each Holder and each holder of parity stock shall receive a percentage of the Liquidation Funds equal to the full amount of Liquidation Funds payable to such Holder and such holder of parity stock as a liquidation preference, in accordance with their respective certificate of designations (or equivalent), as a percentage of the full amount of Liquidation Funds payable to all Holders of Series C and all holders of shares of parity stock. To the extent necessary, the Company shall cause such actions to be taken by each of its subsidiaries so as to enable, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the proceeds of a Liquidation Event to be distributed to the Holders in accordance with this Section 7. The Company shall mail written notice of any such Liquidation, not less than 45 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to each Holder.
8. No Dividends. The Series C shall not be entitled to any dividends except as may otherwise be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company.
9. Transfer Taxes and Expenses. The issuance of Conversion Shares on conversion of this Series C shall be made without charge to any Holder for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such Conversion Shares, provided that the 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 Conversion Shares upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holders of such shares of Series C and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such Conversion Shares unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the 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 Conversion Notice and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares.
10. Lost or Stolen Certificates. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any certificates representing Series C (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of an indemnification undertaking by the applicable Holder to the Company in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of the certificate(s), the Company shall execute and deliver new certificate(s) of like tenor and date.
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11. Non-circumvention. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Certificate of Designations, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Certificate of Designations and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other provision of this Certificate of Designations, the Company (i) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of Series C and (ii) shall, so long as any Series C are outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Series C, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of the Series C then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on conversion contained herein).
12. Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of a Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party. This Certificate of Designations shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and all Holders and shall not be construed against any Person as the drafter hereof.
13. Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, next business day delivery, or (iii) transmitted by hand delivery, or email, addressed as set forth below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery or delivery by email, with accurate confirmation, at the address designated below (if delivered on a Trading Day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the first Trading Day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a Trading Day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received) or (b) on the second Trading Day following the date of transmittal by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company, to: Splash Beverage Group, Inc., 1314 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 221, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301; Email: robert@splashbeveragegroup.com; Attention: Robert Nitisco, CEO, with an additional copy to (which shall not constitute notice) Nason Yeager Gerson Harris & Fumero, P.A., 3001 PGA Boulevard, Suite 305, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410, Attn: Michael D. Harris, Esq., email: mharris@nasonyeager.com and (ii) if to the Holders, to: the addresses and email address on record with the Company.
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14. Series C Register. The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the Holders), a register for the Series C, in which the Company shall record the name, address and email address of the Persons in whose name the Series C have been issued, as well as the name and address of each transferee. The Company may treat the Person in whose name any Series C is registered on the register as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, but in all events recognizing any properly made transfers.
15. Stockholder Matters; Amendment.
(a) Stockholder Matters. Any stockholder action, approval or consent required, desired or otherwise sought by the Company pursuant to the NRS, the Articles of Incorporation, this Certificate of Designations or otherwise with respect to the issuance of Series C may be effected by written consent of the Company’s stockholders or at a duly called meeting of the Company’s stockholders, all in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the NRS. This provision is intended to comply with the applicable Sections of the NRS permitting stockholder action, approval and consent affected by written consent in lieu of a meeting.
(b) Amendment. This Certificate of Designations or any provision hereof may be amended by obtaining the affirmative vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose, or written consent without a meeting in accordance with the NRS, of the Required Holders, voting separate as a single class, and with such other stockholder approval, if any, as may then be required pursuant to the NRS and the Articles of Incorporation.
16. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Certificate of Designations, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
| (a) | “Bloomberg”<br> means Bloomberg, L.P. |
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| (b) | “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial<br> banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed. |
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| (c) | “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing trade price,<br> respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if<br> the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate<br> the closing trade price (as the case may be) then the last trade price of such security prior<br> to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is<br> not the principal Trading Market for such security, the last trade price of such security<br> on the principal Trading Market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg,<br> or if the foregoing do not apply, the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter<br> market for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last trade price is reported<br> for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively,<br> of any market makers for such security as reported in the OTC Pink Open Market (or successor<br> market) operated by OTC Markets Group Inc. If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated<br> for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price<br> of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the<br> Company and the applicable Holder. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted<br> for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during<br> such period. |
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| (d) | “Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s shares of common stock, $0.001<br>par value per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from<br>a reclassification of such common stock. |
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| (e) | “Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the subsidiaries which<br> would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without<br> limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that<br> is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles<br> the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock. |
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| (f) | “Eligible Market” means The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Global<br> Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market. |
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| (g) | “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
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| (h) | “Fundamental Transaction” shall means that (i) the Company or any of its subsidiaries shall,<br> directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (A) consolidate or merge with<br> or into (whether or not the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the surviving corporation)<br> any other Person, or (B) sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose<br> of all or substantially all of its respective properties or assets to any other Person, or<br> (C) make, or allow any other Person to make, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is<br> accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the<br> Company (not including any shares of Voting Stock of the Company held by the Person or Persons<br> making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such<br> purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (D) consummate a stock or share exchange agreement<br> or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization,<br> spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with any other Person whereby such other Person acquires<br> more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Company (not including any<br> shares of Voting Stock of the Company held by the other Person or other Persons making or<br> party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock<br> or share exchange agreement or other business combination), or (E) reorganize, recapitalize<br> or reclassify the Common Stock, or (ii) any “person” or “group” (as<br> these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act and the<br> rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) is or shall become the “beneficial owner”<br> (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the<br> aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Voting Stock of the<br> Company. |
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| (i) | “Initial Issuance Date” means the date on which the Series C is first issued. |
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| (j) | “Liquidation Event” means, whether in a single transaction or series of transactions, the voluntary<br> or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or such subsidiaries<br> the assets of which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of the business of<br> the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. |
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| (k) | “Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the<br> applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed<br> on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person<br> or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation<br> of the Fundamental Transaction. |
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| (l) | “Person”<br> means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation,<br> a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity or a government or any department<br> or agency thereof. |
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| (m) | “Principal Market” means the NYSE American. |
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| (n) | “Required Holders” means the Holders of at least 50.1% of the outstanding Series C. |
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| (o) | “Shareholder Approval” means (i) an increase in authorized Common Stock of the Company as and<br> to the extent necessary to permit full issuance of the Conversion Shares together with other<br> Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the effective date of this Certificate of Designations,<br> and (ii) the approval of the issuance of all of the Conversion Shares as may be required<br> by the rules and regulations of the Principal Market (without regard to any limitations on<br> conversion set forth herein), unless the staff of the Principal Market has advised the Company<br> that the Conversion Shares are not subject to any 19.99% limitation. |
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| (p) | “Shareholder Approval Date” means the date on which each of the Shareholder Approval and the<br> amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation contemplated thereby has occurred<br> and is effective. |
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| (q) | “Successor Entity” means the Person formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental<br> Transaction or the Person with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered<br> into. |
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| (r) | “Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market,<br> or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then<br> on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then<br> traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common<br> Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day<br> that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such<br> exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing<br> time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m.,<br> New York, New York time). |
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| (s) | “Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock<br> is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq<br> Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the NYSE American, the New York Stock Exchange,<br> the Pink Open Market, OTCQB or the OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing). |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of Designations of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of Splash Beverage Group, Inc. to be signed by its Chief Executive Officer on this June 25, 2025.
| SPLASH<br> BEVERAGE GROUP,INC. | |
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| Name: | Robert<br> Nistico |
| Title: | Chief<br> Executive Officer |
EXHIBITI
SPLASHBEVERAGE GROUP, INC.
CONVERSIONNOTICE
Reference is made to the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (the “Certificate of Designations”). In accordance with and pursuant to the Certificate of Designations, the undersigned hereby elects to convert the number of shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Series C”), of Splash Beverage Group, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), indicated below into shares of common stock, $0.001 value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company, as of the date specified below.
Date of Conversion: ____________________________________________________________________
Number of Series C to be converted: _______________________________________________________
Tax ID Number (If applicable): ___________________________________________________________
Conversion Rate: ______________________________________________________________________
Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued: ____________________________________________
Please issue the shares of Common Stock into which the Series C are being converted in the following name and to the following address:
Issue to: ____________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________________________________________
Telephone Number: ___________________________________________________________________
email address: ________________________________________________________________________
Holder: _____________________________________________________________________________
By: _________________________________________________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________________________________________________
Dated: ______________________________________________________________________________
Account Number (if electronic book entry transfer): ___________________________________________
Transaction Code Number (if electronic book entry transfer): ____________________________________
EXHIBIT 99.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Splash Beverage Group Announces Exchange of Outstanding Notes for PreferredEquity to Support NYSE American Compliance
Fort Lauderdale, FL – June 26, 2025 – Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (NYSE American: SBEV), a portfolio company of leading beverage brands, today announced that it has exchanged approximately $12.67 million of outstanding promissory notes for newly issued preferred equity. The company is undertaking these transactions to convert debt into equity as part of its effort to regain compliance with the shareholder equity requirements of the NYSE American. Splash estimated that it needed to exchange at least $10 million of outstanding indebtedness to meet the exchange’s shareholder equity standards.
The transaction is a key step in the company’s broader effort to strengthen its capital structure and support ongoing initiatives to regain compliance with NYSE American continued listing standards. By converting debt into equity, Splash Beverage Group enhances its balance sheet, reduces interest expense, and improves its shareholder equity position in furtherance of its goal of complying with exchange requirements. The company will also need to make certain filings with the SEC, including its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, to regain compliance with NYSE American under a separate exchange requirement.
“We are grateful for the continued support of our investors as we work to position Splash for long-term success,” said Bill Devereux, CFO of Splash Beverage Group. “This exchange reflects investor confidence and allows us to move forward with a healthier capital structure and increased financial flexibility.”
The newly issued preferred shares offer a 12% cumulative dividend and allow for future conversion to common stock under terms favorable to the holders, subject to certain conditions and limitations including prior shareholder approval and an increase in the company’s authorized common stock. The structure is designed to realign previous note investments with current market conditions and provide long-term value to shareholders.
The company remains committed to restoring full compliance with NYSE American listing standards and will continue working closely with stakeholders and exchange representatives with a view to completing that process efficiently.
About Splash Beverage Group, Inc.
Splash Beverage Group (NYSE American: SBEV) is a portfolio company of leading beverage brands, including TapouT, SALT Tequila, Copa di Vino, and Pulpoloco. The company focuses on innovative products and disruptive marketing strategies across multiple channels of distribution.
Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the company’s future financial condition and its ongoing efforts to regain compliance with the NYSE American continued listing requirements. Forward-looking statements are prefaced by words such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “plan,” “could,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “intend,” “seem,” “potential,” “appear,” “continue,” “future,” believe,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project,” and similar words. Forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions regarding our business and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. We caution you, therefore, against relying on any of these forward-looking statements. Our actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons, including, without limitation, the possibility that the we are unable to exchange a sufficient amount of outstanding indebtedness into equity as needed to comply with exchange requirements, the risk that NYSE American delists us regardless of our efforts including potentially due to failure to comply with other NYSE American requirements such as SEC reporting requirements, the possibility that estimates, projections and assumptions on which the forward-looking statements are based prove to be incorrect, and the Risk Factors contained in our registration statement on Form S-1 filed December 9, 2024. Any forward-looking statement made by us in this presentation speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Factors or events that could cause our actual results to differ may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
Contact:
Investor Relations
Splash Beverage Group, Inc.
IR@SplashBeverageGroup.com