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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Membership Interests Purchase Agreement
On April 15, 2026, Soluna Digital Inc. (the “Purchaser”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Soluna Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a Membership Interests Purchase Agreement (the “MIPA”), with Soluna SLC Fund I Projects Holdco LLC (the “Seller”) and Soluna DVSL JVCo, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Dorothy 1A Project Company”), pursuant to which the Purchaser acquired 85.4% of the issued and outstanding Class B Membership Interests in the Dorothy 1A Project Company from the Seller. The Dorothy 1A Project Company owns a wind-powered data center campus in Silverton, Texas focused on bitcoin hosting. The MIPA contains customary representations and warranties of the Seller and the Purchaser.
The closing of the acquisition (the “Closing”) occurred simultaneously with the execution of the MIPA on April 15, 2026. At the Closing, the Purchaser paid $6.0 million to the Seller and an additional $10.5 million payment is due to the Seller no later than July 1, 2026. Upon the Closing, the Purchaser owns 100% of the issued and outstanding membership interests of the Dorothy 1A Project Company.
Securities Purchase Agreement and Promissory Note
In connection with the MIPA, on April 15, 2026, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with YA II PN, LTD. (the “Lender”), pursuant to which the Company issued to the Lender a Promissory Note (the “Note”) payable to the Lender, providing for an unsecured loan in the aggregate principal amount of up to $12,000,000 (the “Principal Amount”). The outstanding Principal Amount will mature on May 15, 2027 (the “Maturity Date”) and bears interest at a rate per annum of 5%, based on a 365-day year, which interest rate shall increase to a rate per annum of 18% upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Note) for so long as such event remains uncured. Under the Note, the Company is required to make monthly payments (“Amortization Payments”) of $1.2 million per month, beginning sixty (60) days after closing until the Note is repaid in full. Each Amortization Payment shall include a 5% premium of the principal amount of such payment.
The Company may, upon at least one Business Day’s prior written notice to the Lender, prepay the outstanding Principal Amount and an additional 5% of such Principal Amount (solely in respect of a redemption in full), and any accrued and unpaid interest, at any time prior to the Maturity Date. If the Company consummates a financing transaction, or series of financing transactions within a thirty (30) day period, with aggregate gross proceeds in excess of $20 million (excluding any (i) transaction with the Lender or its affiliates, (ii) sales under the At the Market Offering Agreement entered into between the Company and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC on April 29, 2025, (iii) issuance under the Standby Equity Purchase Agreement entered into between the Company and the Lender on August 12, 2024 or the Standby Equity Purchase Agreement entered into between the Company and the Lender on March 24, 2026, or (iv) exercises of options, warrants, or convertible securities outstanding as of April 15, 2026), then, unless waived by the Lender, the Company shall be required to redeem the Note in an amount equal to (a) 20% of the outstanding Principal Amount and (b) all accrued and unpaid interest on the Note.
The Note includes customary representations, warranties and covenants and sets forth certain events of default after which the outstanding Principal Amount may be declared immediately due and payable and sets forth certain types of bankruptcy or insolvency events of default involving the Company after which the outstanding Principal Amount becomes automatically due and payable.
Guaranty
Pursuant to the SPA, Soluna Wind Holding, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Guarantor”), entered into a Guaranty, dated April 15, 2026 (the “Guaranty”). Pursuant to the terms of the Guaranty, the Guarantor agreed to guarantee the complete performance and fulfillment of the Company’s obligations under the SPA and the Note.
Private Placement
Pursuant to the SPA, the Company issued to the Lender in a private placement (the “Private Placement”) a common warrant (the “Warrant”) to purchase up to 2,400,000 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”).
The Warrant issued to the Lender in the Private Placement was issued and sold without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or state securities laws in reliance on the exemptions provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act promulgated thereunder and in reliance on similar exemptions under applicable state laws.
The Warrant has an exercise price of $1.06 per share of Common Stock, is exercisable upon issuance and expires on the twelve-month anniversary of its date of issuance. The Warrant is exercisable, at the option of the Lender, in whole or in part by delivering to the Company a duly executed exercise notice and, at any time a registration statement registering the resale or other disposition of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrant under the Securities Act is effective and available for such shares, or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act is available for such shares, by payment in full in immediately available funds for the number of shares of Common Stock purchased upon such exercise. If at the time of exercise more than six months after the issuance date there is no effective registration statement registering, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for the resale or other disposition of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrant, then the Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a cashless exercise, in which case the Lender would receive upon such exercise the net number of shares of Common Stock determined according to the formula set forth in the Warrant.
The Lender does not have the right to exercise any portion of the Warrant if the Lender, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. The Lender may increase or decrease the beneficial ownership limitation up to 9.99%, provided, however, that any increase in the beneficial ownership limitation shall not be effective until 61 days following notice of such change to the Company.
The foregoing descriptions of the Note, form of Warrant, MIPA, SPA and Guaranty are not complete and are qualified in their entireties by reference to the full texts of the Note, form of Warrant, MIPA, SPA and Guaranty, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02. The issuance of the Warrant and the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrant pursuant to the SPA is and will be made in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits. |
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Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 4.1 | Promissory Note, dated April 15, 2026, issued by the Company and payable to YA II PN, LTD. | |
| 4.2 | Form of Warrant. | |
| 10.1 | Membership Interests Purchase Agreement, dated April 15, 2026, by and among Soluna SLC Fund I Projects Holdco LLC, Soluna Digital Inc. and Soluna DVSL JVCo, LLC. | |
| 10.2 | Securities Purchase Agreement, dated April 15, 2026, by and between the Company and YA II PN, LTD. | |
| 10.3 | Guaranty made by Soluna Wind Holding, Inc. in favor of YA II PN, LTD., dated April 15, 2026. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| SOLUNA HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
| Date: April 17, 2026 | By: | /s/ Michael Picchi |
| Michael Picchi | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
| (principal financial officer) | ||
Exhibit 4.1
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE. THIS NOTE HAS BEEN SOLD 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. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE NOTE MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE NOTE.
SOLUNA HOLDINGS, INC.
Promissory Note
Original Principal Amount: $12,000,000.00
Issuance Date: April 15, 2026
Number: SLNH-1
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, SOLUNA HOLDINGS, INC., an entity organized under the laws of the State of Nevada (the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to the order of YA II PN, LTD., or its registered assigns (the “Holder”), the amount set out above as the Original Principal Amount (or such lesser amount as reduced pursuant to the terms hereof pursuant to repayment, redemption, conversion or otherwise, the “Principal”) and the Payment Premium, as applicable, in each case when due, and to pay interest (“Interest”) on any outstanding Principal at the applicable Interest Rate (as defined below) from the date set out above as the Issuance Date (the “Issuance Date”) until the same becomes due and payable, whether upon the Maturity Date or acceleration, conversion, redemption or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof). Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section (10). This Promissory Note (as amended, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, this “Note”) was originally issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of April 15, 2026, between the Company and the Holder (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”). The Company and the Holder are referred to herein at times, collectively, as the “Parties,” and each, a “Party.”
(1) GENERAL TERMS
(a) Maturity Date. On the Maturity Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount in cash representing all outstanding Principal, accrued and unpaid Interest, and any other amounts outstanding pursuant to the terms of this Note. The “Maturity Date” shall be May 15, 2027, as may be extended at the option of the Holder.
(b) Interest Rate and Payment of Interest. Interest shall accrue on the outstanding Principal balance hereof at an annual rate equal to 5% (“Interest Rate”), which Interest Rate shall increase to an annual rate of 18% upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (for so long as such event remains uncured). Interest shall be calculated based on a 365-day year and the actual number of days elapsed, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
(c) Monthly Payments. On or before each date (each, an “Installment Date”) set forth on the repayment schedule attached hereto as Exhibit I (the “Repayment Schedule”), the Company shall repay a portion of the outstanding balance of this Note in an amount equal to (i) the installment principal amount set forth on the Repayment Schedule as of such Installment Date (or the outstanding Principal if less than such amount (the “Installment Principal Amount”)), plus (ii) the Payment Premium in respect of such Installment Principal Amount (if applicable), and (iii) accrued and unpaid interest hereunder as of each Installment Date (collectively, the “Installment Amount”). With respect to the payment of any applicable Installment Amount by the Company hereunder, the Company shall, at its own option, repay each applicable Installment Amount either (i) in cash on or before the Installment Date, or (ii) by submitting an Advance Notice (an “Advance Repayment”), or a series of Advance Notices, each with an Advance Date on or before the applicable Installment Date, or any combination of (i) or (ii) as determined by the Company. In respect of any applicable Installment Amount, or portion thereof, to be repaid by the Company in cash, the Company shall pay such applicable Installment Amount to the Holder by wire transfer of immediately available funds in cash on or before such Installment Date. If the Company elects an Advance Repayment in accordance with this Section for all or a portion of an applicable Installment Amount, then the Company shall deliver an Advance Notice to the Holder in accordance with the terms and conditions of the SEPA, that will have an Advance Date on or before the applicable Installment Date. Upon the closing of such Advance Notice in accordance with the SEPA, the Holder shall offset the amount due to be paid by the Holder to the Company under the SEPA against an equal amount of the applicable Installment Amount to be paid by the Advance Repayment, and any additional proceeds from any Advance Notice shall be remitted to the Company. If, on the Installment Date any portion of the applicable Installment Amount remains unpaid, the Company shall repay such outstanding applicable Installment Amount as a cash repayment in accordance with this Section. If the Company is issuing or selling Common Shares for the purposes of generating proceeds to make a monthly payment hereunder, the Company shall utilize the SEPA to the fullest extent possible with respect to the Installment Amount being paid in connection with raising the proceeds to make such monthly payment and any Advance Notice used in furtherance thereof (or for any Advance repayment) shall utilize an Option 2 Pricing Period (as defined in the SEPA). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may continue to use its ATM Agreement to raise proceeds from time to time for working capital, project-level equity, and general corporate purposes.
(d) Monthly Payment Deferral. The Company may elect, at its sole option, to defer the Installment Amount due on one Installment Date by providing written notice to the Holder (“Deferral Notice”) no fewer than five (5) Business Days prior to the Installment Date of the Installment Amount being deferred. With respect to a deferred Installment Amount, the Company shall elect in writing in the Deferral Notice, at its sole option, that such Installment Amount shall either (i) be due and payable at the next Installment Date, or (ii) remain outstanding and be due and payable on the Maturity Date, or otherwise upon acceleration in accordance with the terms of this Note. Promptly following the receipt of a Deferral Notice, the Holder will provide the Company with an updated Repayment Schedule reflecting the election made by the Company in the Deferral Notice.
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(e) Company Redemption. The Company at its option shall have the unconditional right, but not the obligation, to redeem (“Company Redemption”) early all or any portion of the amounts outstanding under this Note as described in this Section; provided, that the Company provides the Holder with 1 Business Day prior written notice (each, a “Redemption Notice”) of its desire to exercise a Company Redemption. Each Redemption Notice shall specify whether the Company Redemption will be for all amounts outstanding under this Note (“Redemption in Full”) or be for a portion of the amounts outstanding under this Note (“Redemption in Part”) and shall specify the applicable Redemption Amount. The “Redemption Amount” shall be an amount equal to (a) the outstanding Principal balance being redeemed by the Company plus (b) solely in respect of a Redemption in Full, the Payment Premium in respect of such Principal amount plus (c) all accrued and unpaid interest on this Note. A Redemption in Part shall be applied to future monthly payments in reverse chronological order.
(f) Mandatory Redemption. If the Company consummates a financing transaction, or series of financing transactions within a thirty (30) day period, with aggregate gross proceeds in excess of $20 million (excluding (i) any transaction with the Holder or its affiliates, (ii) sales under the Company’s ATM Agreement, (iii) issuance under the SEPA, or (iv) exercises of options, warrants, or convertible securities outstanding as of the Issuance Date), then, unless waived by the Holder, the Company shall be required to make a Company Redemption in cash which shall be a Redemption in Part in a Redemption Amount equal to (a) an amount equal to 20% of the outstanding Principal balance of this Note plus (b) all accrued and unpaid interest on this Note.
(g) Payment Dates. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.
(2) EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
(a) An “Event of Default”, wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body) shall have occurred:
(i) The Company’s failure to pay to the Holder any amount of Principal, Payment Premium (if applicable), Interest, or other amounts when and as due under this Note or any other Transaction Document within five (5) Trading Days after such payment is due;
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(ii) (A) The Company or any Subsidiary of the Company shall commence, or there shall be commenced against the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company any proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws as now or hereafter in effect or any successor thereto, or the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company commences any other proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction, whether now or hereafter in effect relating to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, in any such bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding which remains undismissed for a period of sixty one (61) days; (B) the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; (C) or the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company suffers any appointment of any custodian, private or court appointed receiver or the like for it or all or substantially all of its property which continues undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty one (61) days; (D) the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company makes a general assignment of all or substantially all of its assets for the benefit of creditors; (E) the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company shall fail to pay, or shall state that it is unable to pay, or shall be unable to pay, its debts generally as they become due; (F) the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company shall call a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts; (G) the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company shall by any act or failure to act expressly indicate its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing; or (H) any corporate or other action is taken by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(iii) The Company or any Subsidiary of the Company shall, except in connection with any non-recourse purchase money transaction or equipment financing, default, in any of its payment obligations under any note, debenture, mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, indenture agreement, factoring agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for borrowed money or money due under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in an amount exceeding $1,000,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, and such default is not cured within the time prescribed by the documents governing such indebtedness or if no time is prescribed, within ten (10) Trading Days, and as a result, such indebtedness is declared due and payable;
(iv) A final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate are rendered against the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within sixty (60) days after the entry thereof, bonded, discharged, settled or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within sixty (60) days after the expiration of such stay; provided, however, any judgment which is covered by insurance or an indemnity from a credit worthy party shall not be included in calculating the $1,000,000 amount set forth above so long as the Company provides the Holder a written statement from such insurer or indemnity provider (which written statement shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holder) to the effect that such judgment is covered by insurance or an indemnity;
(v) The Common Shares shall cease to be quoted or listed for trading, as applicable, on any Primary Market for a period of ten (10) consecutive Trading Days;
(vi) The Company or any Subsidiary of the Company shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction (as defined in Section (10)) unless in connection with such Change of Control Transaction this Note is repaid in full in accordance with terms hereof;
(vii) The Company’s failure to timely file with the Commission any Periodic Report on or before the due date of such filing as established by the Commission, it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that due date includes any permitted filing deadline extension under Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act; provided that any Event of Default pursuant to this clause (vii) shall be deemed cured upon the filing of the applicable Periodic Report with the Commission;
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(viii) Any representation or warranty made or deemed to be made by or on behalf of the Company in any Transaction Document, or any waiver hereunder or thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect (or, in the case of any such representation or warranty already qualified by materiality, such representation or warranty shall prove to have been incorrect) when made or deemed made;
(ix) (A) Any material provision of any Transaction Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder, ceases to be in full force and effect; (B) the Company or any other Person contests in writing the validity or enforceability of any provision of any Transaction Document; or (C) the Company denies in writing that it has any further liability or obligation under any Transaction Document, or purports in writing to revoke, terminate (other than in accordance with the relevant termination provisions) or rescind any Transaction Document;
(x) The Company uses the proceeds of the issuance of this Note, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulations T, U and X of the Federal Reserve Board, as in effect from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof), or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose; or
(xi) Any Event of Default occurs with respect to any Other Notes; or
(xii) The Company shall fail to observe or perform any material covenant, agreement or warranty contained in, or otherwise commit any material breach or default of any provision of this Note (except as may be otherwise covered by Sections (2)(a)(i) through (2)(a)(xi) hereof) or any other Transaction Document, which is not cured or remedied within the time prescribed or if no time is prescribed within ten (10) Business Days.
(b) During the time that any portion of this Note is outstanding, if any Event of Default has occurred (other than an event with respect to the Company described in Section (2)(a)(ii)), the full unpaid Principal amount of this Note, together with interest and other amounts owing in respect thereof, to the date of acceleration shall become at the Holder’s election given by notice pursuant to Section (4), immediately due and payable in cash; provided that, in the case of any event with respect to the Company described in Section (2)(a)(ii), the full unpaid Principal amount of this Note, together with accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts owing in respect thereof to the date of acceleration, shall automatically become due and payable, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Company. The Holder need not provide and the Company hereby waives any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, (other than required notice of conversion) and the Holder may immediately enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it under applicable law. Such declaration may be rescinded and annulled by the Holder in writing at any time prior to payment hereunder. No such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
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(3) REISSUANCE OF THIS NOTE.
(a) Transfer. If this Note is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Note to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section (3)(d)), registered in the name of the registered transferee or assignee, representing the outstanding Principal being transferred by the Holder (along with any accrued and unpaid interest thereof) and, if less than the entire outstanding Principal is being transferred, a new Note (in accordance with Section (3)(d)) to the Holder representing the outstanding Principal not being transferred. The Holder and any assignee by acceptance of this Note acknowledge and agree that following conversion or redemption of any portion of this Note, the outstanding Principal represented by this Note may be less than the Principal stated on the face of this Note.
(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Note. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary form and substance and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Note, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section (3)(d)) representing the outstanding Principal.
(c) Note Exchangeable for Different Denominations. This Note is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Note or Notes (in accordance with Section (3)(d)) representing in the aggregate the outstanding Principal of this Note, and each such new Note will represent such portion of such outstanding Principal as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender.
(d) Issuance of New Notes. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Note pursuant to the terms hereof, such new Note (i) shall be of like tenor with this Note, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Note, the Principal remaining outstanding (or in the case of a new Note being issued pursuant to Section (3)(a) or Section (3)(c), the Principal designated by the Holder which, when added to the Principal represented by the other new Note(s) issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the Principal remaining outstanding under this Note immediately prior to such issuance of such new Note), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Note, which is the same as the Issuance Date of this Note, (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Note, and (v) shall represent accrued and unpaid Interest from the Issuance Date.
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(4) NOTICES. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms hereof must be in writing by letter or electronic mail (“e-mail”) and will be deemed to have been delivered: upon the later of (A) either (i) receipt, when delivered personally or (ii) one (1) Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service with next day delivery specified, as applicable and in each case, properly addressed to the party to receive the same and (B) receipt, when sent by e-mail. The addresses and e-mail addresses for such communications shall be:
| If to the Company, to: | Soluna Holdings, Inc. 325 Washington Avenue Extension Albany, New York 12205 Attn: Chief Financial Officer Telephone: (516) 218-0027 E-mail: [email protected] | |
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
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Lowenstein Sandler LLP 1251 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 Attention: Steven Siesser, Esq E-Mail: [email protected] | |
| If to the Holder: | YA II PN, Ltd | |
c/o Yorkville Advisors Global, LLC 1012 Springfield Avenue | ||
| Mountainside, NJ 07092 | ||
| Attention: Mark Angelo | ||
| Telephone: 201-985-8300 | ||
| Email: [email protected] |
or at such other address and/or e-mail address and/or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party in accordance with this Section at least three (3) Business Days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (a) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (b) electronically generated by the sender’s email service provider containing the time, date, recipient email address or (c) provided by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by e-mail or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (A)(i), (A)(ii) or (B) above, respectively.
(5) Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Note shall alter or impair the obligations of the Company, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the Principal of, and interest and other charges (if any) on, this Note at the time, place, and rate, and in the currency, herein prescribed. This Note is a direct obligation of the Company. As long as this Note is outstanding, the Company shall not and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries not to, without the consent of the Holder, (i) amend its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other charter documents in a manner that would materially adversely affect any rights of the Holder; (ii) repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire Common Shares or other equity securities of the Company, except repurchases of Company equity from employees upon exit or in connection with taxes; or (iii) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.
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(6) CHOICE OF LAW; VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
(a) Governing Law. This Note and the rights and obligations of the Parties hereunder shall, in all respects, be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws (excluding the principles of conflict of laws) of the State of New York (the “Governing Jurisdiction”) (including Section 5-1401 and Section 5-1402 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York), including all matters of construction, validity and performance.
(b) Jurisdiction; Venue; Service.
(i) Each Party hereby irrevocably consents to the non-exclusive personal jurisdiction of the state courts of the Governing Jurisdiction and, if a basis for federal jurisdiction exists, the non-exclusive personal jurisdiction of any United States District Court for the Governing Jurisdiction.
(ii) Each Party agrees that venue shall be proper in any court of the Governing Jurisdiction or, if a basis for federal jurisdiction exists, in any United States District Court in the Governing Jurisdiction. Each Party waives any right to object to the maintenance of any suit, claim, action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, in any of the state or federal courts of the Governing Jurisdiction on the basis of improper venue or inconvenience of forum.
(iii) Any suit, claim, action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or tort or otherwise, brought by either Party against the other arising out of or based upon this Note or any matter relating to this Note, or any other Transaction Document, or any contemplated transaction, shall be brought in a court only in the Governing Jurisdiction. Each Party agrees that any forum outside the Governing Jurisdiction is an inconvenient forum and that any suit, claim, action, litigation or proceeding brought by either Party against the other in any court outside the Governing Jurisdiction should be dismissed or transferred to a court located in the Governing Jurisdiction. Furthermore, each Party irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not bring or commence any suit, claim, action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the other Party arising out of or based upon this Note or any matter relating to this Note, or any other Transaction Document, or any contemplated transaction, in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, and the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such suit, claim, action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State Court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court. The Parties agree that a final judgment in any such suit, claim, action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
(iv) Each Party irrevocably consents to the service of process out of any of the aforementioned courts in any such suit, claim, action, litigation or proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail postage prepaid, to it at the address provided for notices in this Note, such service to become effective thirty (30) days after the date of mailing.
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(v) Nothing herein shall affect the right of either Party to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or to otherwise proceed against the other Party or any other Person in the Governing Jurisdiction or in any other jurisdiction.
(c) THE PARTIES MUTUALLY WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ALL CLAIMS OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS NOTE OR ANY MATTER RELATING TO THIS NOTE, OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT. THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A WAIVER OF A LEGAL RIGHT AND THAT THE PARTIES EACH MAKE THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND KNOWINGLY AFTER CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL OF THEIR RESPECTIVE CHOICE. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL SUCH CLAIMS SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A JUDGE OF A COURT HAVING JURISDICTION, WITHOUT A JURY.
(7) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Company shall reimburse the Holder promptly for all fees, costs and expenses, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Holder in any action in connection with this Note, including, without limitation, those incurred: (i) during any workout, attempted workout, and/or in connection with the rendering of legal advice as to the Holder’s rights, remedies and obligations, (ii) collecting any sums which become due to the Holder, (iii) defending or prosecuting any proceeding or any counterclaim to any proceeding or appeal; or (iv) the protection, preservation or enforcement of any rights or remedies of the Holder.
(8) Any waiver by the Holder of a breach of any provision of this Note shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Note. The failure of the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Note on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Note. Any waiver must be in writing.
(9) If any provision of this Note is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Note shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder shall violate applicable laws governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum permitted rate of interest. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the Principal of or interest on this Note as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Note, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or imped the execution of any power herein granted to the Holder, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
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(10) CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Note, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Advance Notice” shall have the meaning defined in the SEPA.
(b) “ATM Agreement” means the At the Market Offering Agreement entered into with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC on April 29, 2025.
(c) “Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a federal legal holiday in the United States or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other government action to close.
(d) “Change of Control Transaction” means the occurrence of (a) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the Company (except that the acquisition of voting securities by the Holder or any other current holder of convertible securities of the Company shall not constitute a Change of Control Transaction for purposes hereof), (b) a replacement at one time or over time of more than one-half of the members of the board of directors of the Company (other than as due to the death or disability of a member of the board of directors) which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the board of directors on the date hereof (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the board of directors on any date whose nomination to the board of directors was approved by a majority of the members of the board of directors who are members on the date hereof), (c) the merger, consolidation or sale of fifty percent (50%) or more of the assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in one or a series of related transactions with or into another entity, or (d) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth above in (a), (b) or (c). No transfer to a wholly-owned Subsidiary shall be deemed a Change of Control Transaction under this provision.
(e) “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(f) “Common Shares” means the shares of common stock, par value $0.001, of the Company and stock of any other class into which such shares may hereafter be changed or reclassified.
(g) “Company Redemption” shall have the meaning set forth in Section (1)(e).
(h) “Deferral Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section (1)(d).
(i) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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(j) “Other Notes” means any other notes issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and any other debentures, notes, or other instruments issued in exchange, replacement, or modification of the foregoing.
(k) “Payment Premium” means 5% of the Principal amount being paid.
(l) “Periodic Reports” shall mean all of the Company’s reports required to be filed by the Company with the Commission under applicable laws and regulations (including, without limitation, Regulation S-K), including annual reports (on Form 10-K), and quarterly reports (on Form 10-Q), for so long as any amounts are outstanding under this Note or any Other Note; provided that all such Periodic Reports shall include, when filed, all information, financial statements, audit reports (when applicable) and other information required to be included in such Periodic Reports in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
(m) “Person” means a corporation, an association, a partnership, organization, a business, an individual, a government or political subdivision thereof or a governmental agency.
(n) “Primary Market” means any of The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Global Select Market, and any successor to any of the foregoing markets or exchanges.
(o) “Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductions to this Note.
(p) “Redemption Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section (1)(e).
(q) “Redemption in Full” shall have the meaning set forth in Section (1)(e).
(r) “Redemption in Part” shall have the meaning set forth in Section (1)(e).
(s) “Redemption Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section (1)(e).
(t) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(u) “SEPA” shall mean collectively, SEPA Number 1 and SEPA Number 2.
(v) “SEPA Number 1” shall mean Standby Equity Purchase Agreement entered into between the Company and the Holder on August 12, 2024.
(w) “SEPA Number 2” shall mean Standby Equity Purchase Agreement entered into between the Company and the Holder on March 24, 2026.
(x) “Subsidiary” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement”
(y) “Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Shares are quoted or traded on a Primary Market on which the Common Shares are then quoted or listed; provided, that in the event that the Common Shares are not listed or quoted, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.
(z) “Transaction Document” means this Note, the Other Notes, the Purchase Agreement, the Guaranty (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), and any and all other documents, agreements, instruments or other items executed or delivered in connection with this Note.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Promissory Note to be duly executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date set forth above.
| COMPANY: | ||
| SOLUNA HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
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| By: | /s/ John Belizaire | |
| Name: | John Belizaire | |
| Title: | CEO | |
EXHIBIT I
REPAYMENT SCHEDULE
| Installment Date | Installment Principal Amount | Accrued and Unpaid Interest | Payment Premium (5%) (If Applicable) | Installment Amount | ||||||||||||
| June 14, 2026 | $ | 1,200,000.00 | $ | 98,630 | $ | 60,000 | $ | 1,358,630 | ||||||||
| July 14, 2026 | $ | 1,200,000.00 | $ | 44,384 | $ | 60,000 | $ | 1,304,384 | ||||||||
| August 14, 2026 | $ | 1,200,000.00 | $ | 40,767 | $ | 60,000 | $ | 1,300,767 | ||||||||
| September 14, 2026 | $ | 1,200,000.00 | $ | 35,671 | $ | 60,000 | $ | 1,295,671 | ||||||||
| October 14, 2026 | $ | 1,200,000.00 | $ | 29,589 | $ | 60,000 | $ | 1,289,589 | ||||||||
| November 14, 2026 | $ | 1,200,000.00 | $ | 25,479 | $ | 60,000 | $ | 1,285,479 | ||||||||
| December 14, 2026 | $ | 1,200,000.00 | $ | 19,726 | $ | 60,000 | $ | 1,279,726 | ||||||||
| January 14, 2027 | $ | 1,200,000.00 | $ | 15,288 | $ | 60,000 | $ | 1,275,288 | ||||||||
| February 14, 2027 | $ | 1,200,000.00 | $ | 10,192 | $ | 60,000 | $ | 1,270,192 | ||||||||
| March 14, 2027 | $ | 1,200,000.00 | $ | 4,603 | $ | 60,000 | $ | 1,264,603 | ||||||||
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. 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.
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
SOLUNA HOLDINGS, INC.
| Warrant Shares: 2,400,000 | Issue Date: April 15, 2026 |
Initial Exercise Date: April 15, 2026
THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, YA II PN, Ltd. 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 date set forth above (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the twelve month anniversary of the Issue Date (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Soluna Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), up to 2,400,000 shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock. The purchase price for this Warrant shall be equal to the Warrant Fair Market Value (as defined herein). 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. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1:
“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Bid Price” 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 bid price of the Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City 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 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 Holder.
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
“Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.
“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
“Transfer Agent” means Equiniti Trust Company, the current transfer agent of the Company, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.
“VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City 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 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 Holder.
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 Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form attached hereto as Annex A (the “Notice of Exercise”). Within the earlier of (i) one (1) Trading Day and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein) 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, in either case in immediately available funds, unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. The Company shall have no obligation to inquire with respect to or otherwise confirm the authenticity of the signature(s) contained on any Notice of Exercise nor the authority of the person so executing such Notice of Exercise. 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 (3) 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 of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.
b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $1.06, but not less than the Minimum Price as defined in Nasdaq Rule 5635(d), subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).
c) Cashless Exercise. If at any time after the six (6) month anniversary of the Issue Date, there is no effective registration statement registering, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part and at the sole discretion of the Holder, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
| (A) = | as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z) the Bid Price of the Common Stock on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”) as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day; |
| (B) = | the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and |
| (X) = | the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise. |
If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the characteristics of the Warrant being exercised, and the holding period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the holding period of this Warrant. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c).
d) 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’s transfer agent is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the Warrant), and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, 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 the earliest of (i) two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, (ii) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (iii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (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 the Company shall have received payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) within the earlier of (i) one (1) Trading Day and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after the Warrant Share Delivery Date) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. 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. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of the delivery of the Notice of Exercise. |
| 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, 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 remaining available under 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(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise. |
| 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, transfer, stamp, documentary or similar 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 as Annex B (the “Assignment Form”) 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. |
| vii. | Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. Any such reinstated Warrant or delivery to the Holder of shares of Common Stock shall be subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation set forth in Section 2(e). For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof. |
e) Beneficial Ownership 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 and the calculations required under this Section 2(e). 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 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% 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 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this Section 2(e) shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this Section 2(e) (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 Section 2(e) 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.
b) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time while this Warrant is outstanding 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); provided, that such Purchase Right shall terminate on, and shall not be held in abeyance for any period subsequent to the Termination Date.
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); provided, that such Purchase Right shall terminate on, and shall not be held in abeyance for any period subsequent to the Termination Date.
d) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is 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 (other than for the purpose of changing the Company’s name), (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 the outstanding equity securities of the Company having voting power are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of outstanding securities representing more than 50% of the aggregate voting power of the issued and outstanding equity securities of the Company, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (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, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires securities representing more than 50% of the aggregate voting power, including the power to vote on the election of directors of the Company, of the issued and outstanding equity securities of the Company (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, 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 limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). 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. The Company shall require 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 and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(d) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance 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 the 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 which 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 pursuant 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 of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such 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 Warrant and the other Transaction Documents 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 Warrant and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity 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.
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 (and all of its subsidiaries, taken as a whole) 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 or other address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register 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. 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.
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, 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 (3) Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers a duly executed 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) 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. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Holder as follows as of the date of this Warrant:
a) Organization; Existence and Qualification. The Company is duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its formation, is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which it is required to qualify in order to conduct its business and operations.
b) Authorization and Enforceability.
| i. | The Company has the requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Warrant and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Warrant and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. |
| ii. | (A) This Warrant has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and (B) this Warrant constitutes the valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except, in the case of clause (B) above, as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally as well as to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). |
c) No Violation. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Warrant, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, do not and will not: (i) violate any provision of the organizational documents of the Company; (ii) violate any law applicable to or binding on the Company or any of its properties or assets in any material respect or (iii) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or constitute any default under, or result in or require the creation of any lien upon the property of the Company under, any material agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties may be bound or affected or any material order, injunction, writ or decree of any governmental authority or any arbitral award to which the Company or any of their respective properties is subject.
d) Consents, Approvals or Waivers. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Warrant (including the authorization, issuance and delivery of the Warrant Shares) will not be subject to or require any approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or any registration or filing with or notification to, any governmental authority or any other Person, except for (i) filings required by federal and state securities laws, (ii) the notice for listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) of the Warrant Shares and (iii) such approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, actions or notices as have been duly obtained, taken or made and are in full force and effect.
e) Sale of Securities. Neither the Company nor any other Person authorized by the Company to act on its behalf, has engaged in a general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) of investors with respect to offers or sales of the Warrant or the Warrant Shares, and neither the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf has made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that could cause the offering or issuance of the Warrant or the Warrant Shares to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act that could result in none of Regulation D or any other applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act to be available, nor will the Company take any action or steps that could cause the offering or issuance of the Warrant or the Warrant Shares to be integrated with other offerings by the Company.
f) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and is listed on Nasdaq, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or is reasonably likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common Stock from Nasdaq, nor has the Company received any notification from the Commission or Nasdaq regarding the termination of such registration or listing. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company is in compliance in all material respects with the listing and listing maintenance requirements of Nasdaq applicable to it for the continued trading of its Common Stock on Nasdaq. “SEC Reports” means (a) the Company’s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K, and (b) all Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K filed or furnished (as applicable) by the Company following the end of the most recent fiscal year for which an Annual Report on Form 10-K has been filed and prior to the date hereof, together in each case with any documents incorporated by reference therein or exhibits thereto.
g) No “Bad Actor” Disqualification. With respect to the Warrant and the Warrant Shares to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Regulation D under the Securities Act, none of the Company, any of their predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering of Warrant and the Warrant Shares hereunder, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered Person” and, together, “Issuer Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e) and has furnished to the Holder a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.
Section 6. Tax Matters.
a) The Company will maintain its status as an entity classified as a C corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes through the Termination Date.
b) The Company and the Holder intend to treat the Warrants as Common Stock and the exercise of the Warrant for Warrant Shares as a nonevent for U.S. federal and applicable state and local tax purposes.
c) If the Company determines that U.S. federal withholding of tax with respect to the Warrants or the Warrant Shares held by the Holder is necessary, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify the Holder reasonably in advance of such withholding, and provide the Holder with a reasonable opportunity to establish an exemption or other basis for reducing or eliminating such U.S. federal withholding tax. The Company shall cooperate with the Holder, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the Holder with information that the Holder may request, in connection with the Holder’s tax reporting and U.S. federal withholding tax obligations relating to the Warrants and the Warrant Shares, including with respect to each distribution payable on the Warrant Shares (whether in cash or in kind) or deemed distribution on the Warrant or Warrant Shares, providing the Holder with a contemporaneous reasonable estimate as to the amount of any such distribution that is expected to be treated as a dividend pursuant to Section 301(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).
d) Each of the parties hereto agree that, for U.S. federal and applicable state income tax purposes, the Holder will, promptly following the issue date, determine the fair market value of the Warrants as of the issue date (the “Warrant Fair Market Value”). The parties hereto further agree to file all U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income tax returns consistent with the foregoing sentence in this clause (d) except as otherwise required following a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code to the contrary.
e) The Company will determine each year whether the Company is reasonably expected to become a “United States real property holding corporation” (as defined in Section 897(c)(2) of the Code) (a “USRPHC”) for such year, and shall notify the Holder of this determination as soon as reasonably practicable following the end of such year, provided that (i) the Company shall not be required to make such determination in a year following such determination if the Company has determined that the relevant valuations and any other relevant facts or information has not changed in a manner reasonably expected to impact such determination and (ii) to the extent the Company becomes aware of any facts or other information that would reasonably be expected to result in the Company becoming a USRPHC, the Company shall provide notice to the Holder as soon as reasonably practicable.
Section 7. 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(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive Warrant Shares on a “cashless exercise” pursuant to Section 2(c) or to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) herein, in no event shall 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 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 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 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 certificate 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 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) Nasdaq Listing. At any time that any Warrant or Warrant Shares are outstanding, the Company shall not effect any voluntary deregistration under the Exchange Act or any voluntary delisting with Nasdaq (or any other national securities exchange upon which the Common Stock may subsequently be listed) in respect of the Common Stock other than in connection with a Fundamental Transaction.
f) Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Holder each agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Warrant (whether brought against the Company or the Holder or their respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Holder each hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Holder each hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Warrant and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If the Company or the Holder shall commence an action, suit or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Warrant, the prevailing party in such action, suit or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for their reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
g) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.
h) Nonwaiver 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. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant, 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.
i) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder hereunder including, without limitation, any Notice of Exercise, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by email or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at Soluna Holdings, Inc., 325 Washington Ave Extension, Albany, New York 12205 (Attention: Chief Financial Officer), or such other email address or address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holder. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by email, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to the Holder at the email address or address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email at the email address set forth in this Section prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email at the email address set forth in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.
j) 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.
k) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
l) 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 such Holder.
m) 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.
n) 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.
o) 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.
p) Electronic Signatures. This Warrant may be executed in any number of original or facsimile counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Warrant or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this Warrant shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based recordkeeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.
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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: | John Belizaire | |
| Title: | CEO | |
Annex A
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
To: SOLUNA HOLDINGS, INC.
(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (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 take the form of (check applicable box):
[ ] in lawful money of the United States; or
[ ] the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).
(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]
Name of Investing Entity: _______________________________________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity: _________________________________
Name of Authorized Signatory: ___________________________________________________
Title of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________
Date:________________________________________________________________________
Annex 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 10.1
Execution Version
MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Membership Interests Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of April 15, 2026, by and among Soluna SLC Fund I Projects Holdco LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Seller”), Soluna Digital Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Purchaser”) and Soluna DVSL JVCo, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), solely for purposes of Sections 3.5, 3.6 and 4.2 hereof. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the LLC Agreement (defined below).
A. The Seller is a member of the Company, and a party to the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of the Company, dated as of September 12, 2025 (as amended, restated or modified from time to time, the “LLC Agreement”).
B. The Seller owns 39,719,988 Class B Membership Interests (the “Purchased Membership Interests”), constituting 85.4% of the Class B Membership Interests of the Company.
C. The Purchaser is the Manager of the Company and owns 100 Class A Membership Interests constituting 100% of the Class A Membership Interests of the Company and 6,790,537 Class B Membership Interests constituting 14.6% of the Class B Membership Interests of the Company.
D. The Purchaser desires to purchase all of the Purchased Membership Interests from the Seller, and the Seller desires to sell all of the Purchased Membership Interests to the Purchaser, on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
E. Upon Closing (as defined herein), the Purchaser shall continue to own 100% of the Class A Membership Interests of the Company and shall own 100% of the Class B Membership Interests of the Company.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and the mutual covenants and agreements herein set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
PURCHASE AND SALE
1.1 Purchase and Sale.
(a) At the Closing, in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Seller shall sell, transfer and deliver to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall purchase and acquire from the Seller, the Purchased Membership Interests (the “Membership Interests Purchase”), free and clear of all liens, security interests, claims, charges, pledges, easements, mortgages, encumbrances, licenses or restrictions of any nature whatsoever (collectively, “Encumbrances”), except for those contained in the LLC Agreement or those arising under applicable federal or state securities laws (the “Transfer Restrictions”). The Purchaser, as the Manager of the Company, by its execution and delivery of this Agreement, approves the sale of the Purchased Membership Interests by the Seller and waives any notice requirements or other conditions or requirements to Transfer set forth in the LLC Agreement with respect to the Transaction.
(b) As consideration for the Purchased Membership Interests, the Purchaser shall pay to the Seller, a total amount of Sixteen Million and Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($16,500,000) (the “Purchase Price”), which shall be paid as follows: (i) Six Million Dollars ($6,000,000) shall be paid at Closing (as defined herein) by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Seller; and (ii) Ten Million and Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($10,500,000) shall be paid, without premium or penalty, on or before July 1, 2026 by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Seller.
1.2 Closing. The consummation of the Membership Interests Purchase, in accordance with Section 1.1 (“Closing”), shall be consummated on the date hereof (the “Closing Date”). The Closing shall take place remotely via electronic exchange of signatures to this Agreement.
1.3 Closing Deliverables. At Closing, the Purchaser shall have received an executed termination agreement (the “Termination Agreement”) terminating the agreements set forth on Schedule I hereto (collectively, the “Terminated Agreements”), each effective as of Closing, in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER
The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser as of the Closing as follows:
2.1 Authorization and Validity. The Seller has been duly organized and is validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Seller has all requisite power and authority to (i) enter into this Agreement, (ii) execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, and (iii) consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the “Transaction”). This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Purchaser, is the valid and binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other Laws (as defined herein) affecting the rights of creditors generally and the discretion of courts in granting equitable remedies. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) the term “Law” means any statute, law, ordinance, code, order, injunction, judgment, writ, assessment, award, determination, decision, decree, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority; and (b) the term “Governmental Authority” means any international, national, federal, state, provincial or local governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency, commission, court, tribunal, arbitral body or self-regulated entity, whether domestic or foreign.
2.2 No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transaction, does not and will not, with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, (i) result in the creation or imposition of any Encumbrance on any of the Purchased Membership Interests, (ii) result in a material breach of, conflict with, constitute a default under or result in the modification, termination, creation or imposition of any Encumbrance upon any of the Seller’s properties or assets pursuant to any indenture, mortgage, note, contract, commitment or other agreement or instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which the Seller or its properties or assets, including, the Purchased Membership Interests, are or may be bound or affected, (iii) violate any provision of the Seller’s organizational documents or (iv) violate any existing Law applicable to the Seller or its assets.
2.3 Consents. No notice to, filing with, or authorization, registration, consent or approval of any Governmental Authority or other any individual, corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trustee, trust or any legal entity (each, a “Person”) is necessary for the execution, delivery or performance by the Seller of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transaction.
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2.4 Title. The Seller is the sole record, legal and beneficial owner of the Purchased Membership Interests, has good, valid and marketable title to all of the Purchased Membership Interests and has the right to sell, assign, and transfer the same to the Purchaser, free and clear of all Encumbrances, except for the Transfer Restrictions. Such good, valid and marketable title will be transferred to the Purchaser on the Closing Date, free and clear of all Encumbrances other than the Transfer Restrictions. The Seller has the absolute and unrestricted right, power and authority to sell, assign, contribute and transfer the Purchased Membership Interests to the Purchaser, free and clear of any Encumbrances other than the Transfer Restrictions. The Purchased Membership Interests are not subject to any option, warrant or right of first refusal. The Seller is not subject to any voting trusts or similar arrangements with respect to any of the Purchased Membership Interests. The Purchased Membership Interests represent all of the membership interests in the Company owned by the Seller. The sale of the Purchased Membership Interests to the Purchaser as contemplated herein will convey any and all rights and benefit incident to the ownership of the Purchased Membership Interests to the Purchaser. The Seller has not previously assigned or attempted to assign all or any portion of the Purchased Membership Interests.
2.5 Brokers’ and Finders’ Fees. The Seller has not incurred, nor will it incur, nor will the Company or the Purchaser, as a result of any of the Seller’s actions, incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for brokerage or finders’ fees or agents’ commissions or any similar charges in connection with the Transaction.
2.6 Opportunity to Inquire. The Seller acknowledges that it and its legal, financial, tax and other advisors, if any, have been provided with a reasonable opportunity to make inquiries to the Company with respect to the Company, including its current financial condition and future prospects, and this Agreement and the matters contemplated hereby, and that all information so requested has been fully and satisfactorily provided to such parties by the Company and/or the Company Related Parties (defined below). The Seller has had the right to consult independent legal counsel of its own choosing and has had a reasonable amount of time to confer with such counsel. The Seller acknowledges that it has relied solely upon the advice, if any, of the Seller’s legal counsel, financial advisors and/or accountants with respect to the Transaction to the extent it has deemed necessary, and has not been advised or directed by the Purchaser, the Company or any of their respective managers, officers, representatives, legal counsel or other advisers with respect to any such matters and has not relied on any such parties in connection with this Agreement and the Transaction. For purposes of this Agreement, (i) the term “Related Parties” means a Person’s past, present or future Affiliates, agents, attorneys, administrators, officers, directors, managers, employees, general partners, limited partners, members, stockholders, representatives, predecessors-in-interest, executors, trustees, beneficiaries, successors and assigns; and (ii) the term “Affiliate” of any Person means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Person specified (for purposes of this definition of Affiliate, the terms “control”, “controlling” or “controlled” as to any Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, the right or ability to appoint directors, by contract or otherwise).
2.7 Superior Information; Independent Investigation. The Seller acknowledges and understands that the Purchaser has access to, and possesses, substantial and material non-public, confidential information concerning the Company, its subsidiaries and Affiliates, and/or their financial condition, results of operations, businesses, properties, active or pending litigation, assets, liabilities, management, projections, appraisals, plans and prospects (any such information, “Superior Information”) that may be material to (i) the Seller’s decision to consummate the Transaction and (ii) a determination of a fair value for the Purchased Membership Interests, which may be substantially different than the Purchase Price. The Seller has agreed to have the Purchaser purchase the Purchased Membership Interests as contemplated hereby notwithstanding that the Seller is aware that Superior Information exists, that the Purchaser possesses Superior Information, and that neither the Purchaser, nor its representatives have disclosed any Superior Information to the Seller and, assuming the Seller had received and reviewed any Superior Information, might reach a different conclusion as to the value of the Purchased Membership Interests or the decision to enter into this Agreement and consummate the Transaction. In entering into this Agreement, the Seller has (a) conducted its own independent review and analysis of, and, based thereon, has formed an independent judgment concerning, the business, assets, condition, operations and prospects of the Company and the value of the Purchased Membership Interests and (b) relied solely upon its own investigation and analysis. The Seller further acknowledges that no representations and warranties have been made by the Purchaser, the Company or any other Person, including any Related Party of the Purchaser, on behalf of the Purchaser regarding the financial and/or business condition or prospects of the Company and that the Purchaser disclaims any responsibility or obligation for disclosure to the Seller of any of the Company’s future plans or prospects.
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2.8 Acknowledgment. The Seller acknowledges that it is a sophisticated investor capable of assessing and assuming investment risks with respect to securities, including securities such as the Purchased Membership Interests. The Seller acknowledges that, by reason of its business or financial experience it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the Transaction and of protecting its own interests in connection with the Transaction. The Seller acknowledges that it has adequate information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company to make an informed decision regarding the Transaction and has independently and without reliance upon the Purchaser or the Company and based on such information as it has deemed appropriate in its independent judgment, made its own analysis and decision to enter into the Transaction.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER
The Purchaser represents and warrants to the Seller as of the Closing as follows:
3.1 Power and Authorization. The Purchaser is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada. The Purchaser has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform the Purchaser’s obligations hereunder. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Purchaser and (assuming due authorization and delivery by the Seller) constitutes the valid and legally binding obligations of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other Laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and the discretion of courts in granting equitable remedies.
3.2 No Consents; Non-Contravention. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Purchaser and the consummation of the Transactions, including, without limitation, the Membership Interests Purchase, does not (i) violate any Law or any order of any Governmental Authority to which the Purchaser is subject, (ii) conflict with or violate any provision of the Purchaser’s organizational documents or (iii) conflict with, violate or result in a breach (with or without the lapse of time, the giving of notice or both) of or constitute a default under any contract, agreement, commitment, indenture, mortgage, lease, pledge, note, permit or other instrument or obligation to which the Purchaser is a party, or by which the Purchaser or its assets are bound.
3.3 Investment.
(a) The Purchaser is acquiring, legally and beneficially, the Purchased Membership Interests for the Purchaser’s own account, for investment only and not as an agent or nominee for any other Person, and with no present intention of distributing or reselling such interests or any portion thereof in a public distribution in violation of federal securities laws or any applicable state securities laws.
(b) The Purchaser acknowledges that: (i) neither the offer nor sale of the Purchased Membership Interests has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations in effect thereunder (the “Securities Act”) or any state or foreign securities or “blue sky” laws; (ii) each of the Purchased Membership Interests is characterized as a “restricted security” under the Securities Act, inasmuch as it is being acquired from the Seller in a transaction not involving a public offering and that the applicable Purchased Membership Interests must be held indefinitely, and the Purchaser must continue to bear the economic risk of complete loss of the investment in such interests unless the offer and sale of such interests is subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is available and all applicable state or foreign securities or “blue sky” laws are complied with; and (iii) it is not anticipated that there will be any public market for the Purchased Membership Interests in the foreseeable future.
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(c) The Purchaser has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as the Purchaser has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company and its subsidiaries concerning an investment in the Purchased Membership Interests and the merits and risks of investing in the Purchased Membership Interests, and the nature of the Company’s and its respective subsidiaries’ proposed business operations, management personnel, business strategy and capital structure, and (ii) access to information about the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ financial condition, business, results of operations and prospects sufficient to enable the Purchaser to evaluate this investment in the Purchased Membership Interests.
3.4 Brokers’ and Finders’ Fees. The Purchaser has not incurred, nor will it incur, nor will the Company, as a result of any of the Purchaser’s actions, incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for brokerage or finders’ fees or agents’ commissions or any similar charges in connection with the Transaction.
3.5 No Distributions Outstanding. The Company and the Purchaser each represents that the Company has made all distributions, dividends, payments or other obligations that are owed or owing to the Seller as of the date hereof in accordance with the LLC Agreement and any other agreements entered into between the Seller and the Company, and no distributions, dividends, payments or other obligations (whether in the form of cash or otherwise) are owed or owing to the Seller by the Company.
ARTICLE IV
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS; COVENANTS
4.1 Confidentiality. No party to this Agreement shall disclose this Agreement or its terms to any Person other than to its Related Parties, in each case, who need to know such information solely for the purpose of effecting this Agreement, assisting with the compliance of the obligations hereunder or evaluating and providing advice regarding this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (it being understood that such Related Parties will be informed in advance of the confidential nature of such information and will be directed to treat such information confidentially), except as provided herein; and if any party becomes legally obligated pursuant to court order to disclose any of such information, such party will endeavor to provide the other party, if permitted by Law, with prompt notice so that any such other party may seek, at its sole cost and expense, a protective order or other appropriate remedy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent any party from disclosing this Agreement or its terms (i) due to compliance with applicable federal, state and other governmental tax, securities or bankruptcy Laws or (ii) in connection with an examination by, or a request of, any Governmental Authority. A party shall be responsible for the disclosure of this Agreement or any its terms by any of its Related Parties as though such party disclosed such information itself.
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4.2 Termination of Other Rights and Obligations. Subject to the following sentences in this Section 4.2, the Seller expressly acknowledges and agrees that from and after the Closing, without further action, notice or deed: (x) the Seller shall cease to be a member of the Company and a party to the LLC Agreement; and (y) the Seller shall cease to have any rights or obligations under the LLC Agreement, including, without limitation, (i) any right to receive any future distributions (including under Section 6.1 of the LLC Agreement) with respect to the Purchased Membership Interests or otherwise under the LLC Agreement and (ii) any future rights under Article VIII or Section 9.9 of the LLC Agreement and, for the avoidance of doubt, its consent shall not be required for any action taken by the Company, amendment to the LLC Agreement or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any tax-related rights or obligations of the Seller under the LLC Agreement with respect to any tax period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior to, and including, the Closing Date, including as a result of any later tax audit or other proceeding in respect of taxes, shall not terminate, including Seller’s rights to receive Schedule K-1s and to be allocated tax items of the Company and the obligation to pay a certain portion of the tax obligations of the Company, and such rights or obligations may not be amended without the prior written consent of the Seller. The Company shall deliver financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 and for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2026 and fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2026 to the Seller in accordance with Section 7.4 of the LLC Agreement, and such right of the Seller to receive such financial statements shall not be amended or waived without the prior written consent of the Seller. This Section 4.2 shall be self-operative upon Closing without any further notice, action or deed.
4.3 Release.
(a) Effective as of the Closing, the Seller, on the Seller’s own behalf and on behalf of the Seller’s past, present or future Affiliates, agents, attorneys, administrators, officers, directors, managers, employees, partners, members, stockholders, representatives, predecessors-in-interest, executors, trustees, beneficiaries, successors and assigns (the “Seller Parties”) and all others connected with or claiming through the Seller, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably releases and forever discharges the Purchaser, the Company and each of the Company’s and the Purchaser’s Related Parties in its official and/or individual capacities (each, a “Released Purchaser Party” and, collectively, the “Released Purchaser Parties”) from any and all claims, controversies, covenants, contracts, agreements, promises, actions, causes of action, cross-claims, counter-claims, suits, rights, demands, debts, compensatory damages, liquidated damages, punitive or exemplary damages, other damages, claims for costs and attorneys’ fees, judgments, executions, or liabilities of any nature whatsoever in law and in equity, both past and present and whether known or unknown, suspected, or claimed, absolute or contingent from the beginning of time until the date of this Agreement (collectively, the “Claims”), that the Seller or the Seller Parties ever had, now has or hereafter may have against any of the Released Purchaser Parties (i) in connection with the Seller’s ownership of the Purchased Membership Interests, (ii) in connection with the Seller’s status as a member of the Company, (iii) under the LLC Agreement or (iv) arising under the Terminated Agreements (the foregoing matters being hereby released, collectively, the “Seller Released Matters”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the “Seller Released Matters” shall not include any claim by the Seller to enforce this Agreement or the Termination Agreement.
(b) Effective as of the Closing, the Purchaser, on the Purchaser’s own behalf and on behalf of the Purchaser’s past, present or future Affiliates, agents, attorneys, administrators, officers, directors, managers, employees, partners, members, stockholders, representatives, predecessors-in-interest, executors, trustees, beneficiaries, successors and assigns (the “Purchaser Parties”) and all others connected with or claiming through the Purchaser, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably releases and forever discharges the Seller and each of the Seller’s Related Parties in its official and/or individual capacities (each, a “Released Seller Party” and, collectively, the “Released Seller Parties”, and together with the Released Purchaser Parties, the “Released Parties”) from any and all claims, controversies, covenants, contracts, agreements, promises, actions, causes of action, cross-claims, counter-claims, suits, rights, demands, debts, compensatory damages, liquidated damages, punitive or exemplary damages, other damages, claims for costs and attorneys’ fees, judgments, executions, or liabilities of any nature whatsoever in law and in equity, both past and present and whether known or unknown, suspected, or claimed, absolute or contingent from the beginning of time until the date of this Agreement (collectively, the “Claims”), that the Purchaser or the Purchaser Parties ever had, now has or hereafter may have against any of the Released Seller Parties solely to the extent (i) related to the Company or (ii) arising under the Terminated Agreements (the foregoing matters being hereby released, collectively, the “Purchaser Released Matters”, and together with the Seller Released Matters, the “Released Matters”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the “Purchaser Released Matters” shall not include any claim by any of the Purchaser Parties or the Company to enforce this Agreement or the Termination Agreement.
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(c) Each party hereby expressly waives any rights such party may have under applicable Law to preserve the Released Matters which such party does not know or suspect to exist in such party’s favor at the time of executing the release provided in Sections 4.3(a) and (b), as applicable. Each party understands and acknowledges that such party may discover facts different from, or in addition to, those which such party knows or believes to be true with respect to the claims released herein, and agrees that the release provided in Section 4.3(a) or (b) shall be and remain effective in all respects notwithstanding any subsequent discovery of different and/or additional facts. If such party discovers that any fact relied upon in entering into the release provided in Section 4.3(a) or (b) was untrue, or that an understanding of the facts or law was incorrect, such party shall not be entitled to any relief as a result thereof, and such party surrenders and waives any rights such party might have to rescind the release provided in Section 4.3(a) or (b) on any ground. Such release is intended to be and is final and binding. The release provided in Section 4.3(a) is intended to be a full general release by such party of any and all Claims relating to the Released Matters, whether known or unknown, and shall be interpreted as such to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.
(d) Each party represents and warrants to the Released Parties, respectively, that there has been no assignment or other transfer of any interest in any Released Matter, respectively.
(e) From and after the Closing, each party hereby irrevocably agrees to refrain from, directly or indirectly, asserting any Action (as defined below), or commencing or causing to be commenced, any Action of any kind against any of the Released Parties, respectively, based upon any matter purported to be released hereby. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Action” means any notice of noncompliance or violation, or any claim, demand, charge, action, suit, litigation, audit, settlement, complaint, stipulation, assessment or arbitration, or any request (including any request for information), inquiry, hearing, proceeding or investigation, by or before any Governmental Authority.
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing for twenty-four (24) months following the Closing Date, except for those contained in Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 which shall survive until expiration of the applicable statutes of limitations. The covenants and other agreements of the parties contained herein shall survive the Closing for the period contemplated by its terms.
5.2 Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise set forth herein, each of the parties hereto shall bear and pay such party’s own fees and expenses incident to the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transaction, including attorneys’, accountants’ and other advisors’ fees; provided, that the Seller shall pay the fees and expenses of Lowenstein Sandler LLP, the counsel for the Purchaser in an amount not to exceed $50,000.
5.3 Indemnification.
(a) The Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, deficiencies, claims, suits, actions or causes of action, assessments, taxes, fines, costs (including costs of preparation and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) and expenses (including costs and reasonable expenses incurred in connection with investigating, preparing, pursuing or defending against any of the foregoing), interest, awards, settlements, judgments and penalties (“Losses”) suffered or incurred by the Purchaser, directly or indirectly, arising out of or resulting from (i) the breach of any representation or warranty made by the Seller in this Agreement, (ii) the breach or default by the Seller of the performance of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement, or (iii) Section 5.4(c) below.
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(b) The Purchaser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Seller from and against any and all Losses actually suffered or incurred by the Seller, directly or indirectly, arising out of or resulting from (i) the breach of any representation or warranty made by the Purchaser in this Agreement, or (ii) the breach or default by the Purchaser of the performance of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement.
(c) In no event shall the Seller be liable to the Purchaser, nor shall the Purchaser be liable to the Seller, for any Losses that constitute punitive, special, consequential, indirect or incidental damages, including Losses based upon lost profit, lost business opportunity or diminution in value.
5.4 Tax Matters.
(a) For U.S. federal, state and local tax purposes, the parties intend and agree that the Membership Interests Purchase will be treated under the principles of Internal Revenue Service Revenue Ruling 99-6 (Situation 1), as a sale of the Purchased Membership Interests by the Seller and an acquisition of the assets underlying the Purchased Membership Interests by the Purchaser (the “Intended Tax Treatment”). No party shall take any action or filing position inconsistent with the Intended Tax Treatment unless required by applicable Law.
(b) All sales, use, value added, transfer, stamp, registration, documentary, excise, real property transfer or gains, or similar taxes incurred (collectively, “Transfer Taxes”) as a result of the Membership Interest Purchase shall be borne and paid, when due, fifty percent (50%) by the Seller and fifty percent (50%) by the Purchaser. The Seller shall file all related Tax Returns, and the Purchaser shall cooperate with the Seller in connection with any such filings. The parties agree to reasonably cooperate to reduce or eliminate any Transfer Taxes to the extent permitted by Law.
(c) The Purchaser shall not be liable for any tax allocable to the Purchased Membership Interests for any tax period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior to, and including, the Closing Date, including as a result of any later tax audit or other proceeding in respect of taxes with respect to such period, and the Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser for any such taxes, together with any interest or penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed thereon and any reasonable costs and expenses related thereto (including reasonable fees of counsel, experts and other professionals incurred in connection therewith).
5.5 Entire Agreement; Amendment; Modification; Waiver. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the matters covered hereby and supersedes any previous written, oral or implied understandings among them with respect to such matters. This Agreement may only be amended or modified in writing signed by the Purchaser and the Seller. Any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement may be waived at any time by the party or parties entitled to the benefit thereof, but only by a writing signed by the party or parties waiving such terms or conditions.
5.6 Notices. Except as may otherwise be expressly set forth in this Agreement, any notice or other communication under this Agreement shall be in writing (which may include e-mail of a portable document format (PDF) file) and shall be given by personal delivery, e-mail, major overnight courier or registered U.S. mail, return receipt requested, in each case at such party’s address, facsimile number or e-mail address as set forth below such party’s name on the signature pages hereto, or such other address or e-mail address as such party may hereafter specify to the other party, for such purpose in accordance with this Section 5.6. Any such notice or communication shall be considered given when delivered in person, on the business day of receipt if sent by e-mail (as evidenced by a copy of the confirmation of delivery), one business day after the business day of deposit with a major overnight courier or five days after being mailed by registered U.S., mail, return receipt requested (or if such fifth day is not a business day, the first business day thereafter).
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5.7 Binding Effect; Benefit. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer on any Person other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except that the Released Parties are intended third party beneficiaries of, and shall be entitled to benefit from and enforce, the provisions of Section 4.3 and this Section 5 and the Company is an intended beneficiary of this Agreement and shall be entitled to enforce this Agreement as if directly a party hereto.
5.8 Assignability. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by either party without the prior written consent of the other party. Any attempted assignment that does not comply with this Section 5.8 shall be void ab initio.
5.9 Further Assurances. Each party shall execute and deliver any additional documents and instruments and perform any additional acts as may be required by Law or as may be necessary or appropriate, or as may be reasonably requested by another party or the Company, to effectuate and perform the Transaction and the provisions of this Agreement or to otherwise effectuate the intent and purposes and carry out the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any amendment to the LLC Agreement necessary to reflect the Seller’s exit as a member of the Company.
5.10 Governing Law; Jurisdiction and Venue; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule that would cause the application of the Laws of any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto hereby consent to and submit to the jurisdiction of each of the federal and state courts in the State of Delaware, and agree not to object to venue in the courts located therein. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING INSTITUTED BY OR AGAINST SUCH PARTY IN RESPECT OF ITS, HIS OR HER OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER.
5.11 Severability. In the event one or more of the provisions of this Agreement should, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect in any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed, in such jurisdiction, as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein; provided, that any such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render illegal or unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
5.12 Specific Performance. The Seller agrees that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed by the Seller in accordance with the terms hereof and that the Purchaser shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other remedy to which the Purchaser is entitled at law or in equity.
5.13 Headings. The headings in this Agreement are solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect its interpretation.
5.14 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate counterpart copies and delivered via facsimile or e-mail, but such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same original instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties to this Agreement has executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| PURCHASER: | ||
| Soluna Digital Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Michael Picchi | |
| Name: | Michael Picchi | |
| Title: | CFO | |
| Address for Notices: | 325 Washington Ave. Extension | |
| Albany, NY 12205 | ||
| Attention: CFO | ||
| Email: [email protected] |
| COMPANY: | ||
| Soluna DVSL JVCo, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ John Belizaire | |
| Name: | John Belizaire | |
| Title: | CEO | |
| Address for Notices: | 325 Washington Ave. Extension | |
| Albany, NY 12205 | ||
| Attention: CFO | ||
| Email: [email protected] |
| SELLER: | ||
| Soluna SLC Fund I Project Holdco LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Robert Day | |
| Name: | Robert Day | |
| Title: | Manager | |
| Address for Notices: | 175 Portland Street | |
| 3rd Floor | ||
| Boston, MA 02114 | ||
| Attention: Robert Day | ||
| Email: [email protected] |
[Signature Page to Membership Interests Purchase Agreement]
Schedule I
Terminated Agreements
Bilateral Master Contribution Agreement, dated as of May 3, 2022, by and between the Seller and Soluna Computing, Inc.
Contribution Agreement, dated as of August 5, 2022, by and among the Seller, Soluna Holdings, Inc., Soluna DV Devco, LLC and Soluna DVSL ComputeCo, LLC
Exhibit 10.2
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of April 15, 2026, is between SOLUNA HOLDINGS, INC., a company incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada (the “Company”), and YA II PN, LTD., a Cayman Islands exempt limited company (the “Investor”).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the parties desire that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, as provided herein, and the Investor shall purchase (i) a promissory note in the form attached hereto as “Exhibit A” (the “Promissory Note”) in the aggregate principal amount of $12,000,000 (the “Principal Amount”), and (ii) a warrant in the form attached hereto as “Exhibit B” (the “Warrant”) which shall be exercisable into such number of shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”), par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Shares”) as is equal to 21% of the Principal Amount of the Promissory Note divided by the closing price of the Common Stock on the date immediately prior to the Closing Date (as exercised, the “Warrant Shares”), shall be purchased on or about the signing this Agreement (the “Closing”) for a purchase price equal to 95% of the Principal Amount (the “Purchase Price”);
WHEREAS, on or before the Closing, Soluna Wind Holdings, Inc., (“Soluna Wind”) a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, shall enter into a guaranty agreement (the “Guaranty”) in favor of the Investor; and
WHEREAS, the Promissory Note, the Warrant, and the Warrant Shares (collectively referred to herein as the “Securities”) are being issued pursuant to an exemption from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D (“Regulation D”) promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) thereunder.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Investor hereby agree as follows:
| 1. | PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE PROMISSORY NOTE AND WARRANT. |
(a) Purchase. Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with the terms of Section 9(k)) of the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor agrees to purchase from the Company at the Closing, the Promissory Note with a face amount equal to the Principal Amount and the Warrant.
(b) Closing Date. The Closing shall occur remotely by conference call and electronic delivery of documentation at 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the first Business Day on which the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below are satisfied or waived (in accordance with the terms of Section 9(k)) (or such other date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and the Investor) (the “Closing Date”). As used herein “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
(c) Form of Payment; Deliveries. Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with the terms of Section 9(k)) of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on the Closing Date, (i) the Investor shall deliver to the Company, in immediately available funds to a bank account designated in writing by the Company, the Purchase Price for the Securities to be issued and sold to the Investor at the Closing, minus any fees or expenses to be paid directly from the proceeds of the Closing as set forth herein, and (ii) the Company shall deliver to the Investor, the Promissory Note with a face value equal to the Principal Amount, duly executed on behalf of the Company and the Warrant, duly executed on behalf of the Company.
| 2. | INVESTOR’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. |
The Investor represents and warrants to the Company that as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date:
(a) Investment Purpose. The Investor is acquiring the Securities for its own account for investment purposes and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered under or exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, the Investor does not agree, or make any representation or warranty, to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with, or pursuant to, a registration statement covering such Securities or an available exemption under the Securities Act. The Investor does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person (as defined below) to distribute any of the Securities in violation of applicable securities laws. As used herein, “Person” means a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a partnership, an organization, a business, an individual, a governmental or political subdivision thereof or a governmental agency
(b) Accredited Investor Status. The Investor is an “Accredited Investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(3) of Regulation D.
(c) Reliance on Exemptions. The Investor understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Investor’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Investor set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Investor to acquire the Securities.
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(d) Information. The Investor and its advisors (and its counsel), if any, have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and information the Investor deemed material to making an informed investment decision regarding its purchase of the Securities, which have been requested by the Investor. The Investor and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company and its management and have received answers to such questions. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by the Investor or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect the Investor’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in Section 3 below. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Company has not made to the Investor, and the Investor acknowledges and agrees it has not relied upon, any representations and warranties of the Company, its employees or any third party other than the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement. The Investor understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk. The Investor has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice, as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Securities.
(e) Transfer or Resale. The Investor understands that: (i) the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) the Investor shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, in a generally acceptable form, to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration requirements, or (C) the Investor provides the Company with reasonable assurances (in the form of seller and broker representation letters) that such Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended (or a successor rule thereto) (collectively, “Rule 144”), in each case following the applicable holding period set forth therein; and (ii) any sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of the Securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the Person through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the Securities Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Securities may be pledged in connection with a bona fide margin account or other loan or financing arrangement secured by the Securities and such pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and the Investor effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, including, without limitation, this Section 2(e).
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(f) Legends. The Investor agrees to the imprinting, so long as its required by this Section 2(f), of a restrictive legend on the Securities in substantially the following form:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE [AND THOSE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THEY ARE EXERCISABLE] HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES [AND THOSE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THEY ARE EXERCISABLE] HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED SOLELY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TOWARD RESALE AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.
Certificates evidencing the Warrant Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth above), (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) if such Warrant Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144, or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the SEC). If a legend is not required pursuant to the foregoing, the Company shall no later than two (2) Trading Days (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the Exchange Act (as defined below) or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade initiated on the date the Investor delivers such legended certificate representing such securities to the Company) following the delivery by the Investor to the Company or the transfer agent (with notice to the Company) of a legended certificate representing such securities (endorsed or with stock powers attached, and otherwise in form necessary to affect the reissuance and/or transfer, if applicable), together with any other deliveries from the Investor as may be required above in this Section 2(f), as directed by the Investor, either: (A) provided that the Company’s transfer agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, credit the aggregate number of shares of Common Shares to which the Investor shall be entitled to the Investor’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system or (B) if the Company’s transfer agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to the Investor, a certificate representing such securities that is free from all restrictive and other legends, registered in the name of the Investor or its designee. The Investor agrees that the removal of a restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section 2(f) is predicated upon the Company’s reliance that the Investor will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are sold pursuant to a registration statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein.
(g) Organization; Authority. The Investor is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the requisite power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (as defined below) to which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
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(h) Authorization, Enforcement. The Transaction Documents to which the Investor is a party have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Investor and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Investor enforceable against the Investor in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.
(i) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of this Agreement and the consummation by the Investor of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of the Investor, (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 Investor is a party or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to the Investor, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Investor to perform its obligations hereunder.
(j) No General Solicitation. The Investor is not purchasing or acquiring the Securities as a result of any general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.
(k) Not an Affiliate. The Investor is not (i) an officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) a “beneficial owner” of more than 10% of the shares of Common Shares (as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)).
| 3. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. |
Except as set forth (i) under the corresponding section of the disclosure schedule (dated as of the date of this Agreement) delivered to the Investor by the Company on the date of this Agreement (the “Disclosure Schedule”) which Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed a part hereof and to qualify any representation or warranty otherwise made herein to the extent of such disclosure, or (ii) in the SEC Documents (as defined below) that are available on the SEC’s website through the EDGAR system prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth below to the Investor:
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(a) Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are entities duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are formed, and have the requisite power and authority to own their properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below). As used in this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect on (i) the business, assets, results of operations, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Direct and Indirect Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents. “Subsidiaries” means Soluna Wind and each other entity designated in writing by the Company as a ‘Subsidiary’. “Direct and Indirect Subsidiaries” means any Person in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns a majority of the outstanding capital stock having voting power or holds a majority of the equity or similar interest of such Person, and each of the foregoing, is individually referred to herein as a “Direct and Indirect Subsidiary.”
(b) Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Warrant, and issuance of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise thereof), have been duly authorized by the Company’s board of directors and no further filing, consent or authorization is required by the Company, its board of directors or its shareholders or other governmental body. This Agreement has been, and the other Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party will be prior to the Closing, duly executed and delivered by the Company, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies and except as rights to indemnification and to contribution may be limited by federal or state securities law. “Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Promissory Note, the Guaranty, the Warrant, and each of the other agreements and instruments entered into by the Company or delivered by the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, as may be amended from time to time.
(c) Issuance of Securities. The issuance of the Securities has been duly authorized and, upon issuance and payment in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents the Securities shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights, mortgages, defects, claims, liens, pledges, charges, taxes, rights of first refusal, encumbrances, security interests and other encumbrances (collectively “Liens”) with respect to the issuance thereof. As of the Closing Date, the Company shall have reserved from its duly authorized capital stock not less than an amount equal to all of the Warrant Shares. Upon issuance in accordance with the Warrant, the Warrant Shares, when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights or Liens with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Shares.
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(d) No Conflicts. 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 (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Promissory Note, the Warrant, the Warrant Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the Articles of Incorporation (as defined below), Bylaws (as defined below), certificate of formation, memorandum of association, articles of association, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any capital stock or other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, or constitute 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 or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including, without limitation, U.S. federal and state securities laws and regulations, the securities laws of the jurisdictions of the Company’s incorporation or in which it or its subsidiaries operate and the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Principal Market,” provided however, that in the event the Company’s Common Shares is ever listed or traded on any of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market, the “Principal Market” shall mean that market on which the Common Shares is then listed or traded) and including all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company) applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected.
(e) Consents. The Company is not required to obtain any consent from, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with (other than any filings as may be required by any federal or state securities agencies and any filings as may be required by the Principal Market), any Governmental Entity (as defined below) or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its material obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case, in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All material consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company or any Subsidiary is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been or will be obtained or effected on or prior to each Closing Date, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries are aware of any facts or circumstances which might prevent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Other than as publicly disclosed, the Company is not in violation of the requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which would reasonably be expected to lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Shares within the 180 days following the Issuance Date. The Company has notified the Principal Market of the issuance of all of the Securities hereunder, which does not require obtaining the approval of the shareholders of the Company or any other Person or Governmental Entity, and the Principal Market has completed its review of the related Listing of Additional Shares form. “Governmental Entity” means any nation, state, county, city, town, village, district, or other political jurisdiction of any nature, federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, or other government, governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or other tribunal), multi-national organization or body; or body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, including any entity or enterprise owned or controlled by a government or a public international organization or any of the foregoing.
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(f) Acknowledgment Regarding the Investor’s Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Investor is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and that the Investor is not (i) an officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) to its knowledge, an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or a successor rule thereto) (collectively, “Rule 144”)) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) to its knowledge, a “beneficial owner” of more than 10% of the Common Shares (as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act). The Company further acknowledges that neither the Investor (nor any affiliate of the Investor) is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and any advice given by the Investor or any of its representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to the Investor’s purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to the Investor that the Company’s decision to enter into the Transaction Documents to which it is a party has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives.
(g) No Integrated Offering. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their affiliates, nor any Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to require approval of shareholders of the Company under any applicable shareholders approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated for quotation. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, their affiliates nor any Person acting on their behalf will take any action or steps that would cause the offering of any of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings of securities of the Company.
(h) Dilutive Effect. The Company understands and acknowledges that the number of Warrant Shares may increase in certain circumstances. The Company further acknowledges its obligation to issue the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrant in accordance with the terms thereof is, absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other shareholders of the Company.
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(i) [Reserved].
(j) SEC Documents; Financial Statements. During the two (2) years prior to the date hereof, the Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, proxy statements, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits and appendices included therein and financial statements, notes and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the “SEC Documents”). The Company has delivered or has made available to the Investor or their respective representatives true, correct and complete copies of each of the SEC Documents not available on the EDGAR system. As of their respective dates (or, if amended or superseded by a subsequent filing prior to the date hereof, as of the date of such subsequent filing), the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC (or, if amended or superseded by a subsequent filing prior to the date hereof, as of the date of such subsequent filing), contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect as of the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments which will not be material, either individually or in the aggregate). The reserves, if any, established by the Company or the lack of reserves, if applicable, are reasonable based upon facts and circumstances known by the Company on the date hereof and there are no loss contingencies that are required to be accrued by the Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board which are not provided for by the Company in its financial statements or otherwise. No other information provided by or on behalf of the Company to any of the Investor which is not included in the SEC Documents (including, without limitation, information referred to in Section 2(d) or in the Disclosure Schedule to this Agreement) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made. The Company is not currently contemplating to amend or restate any of the financial statements (including, without limitation, any notes or any letter of the independent accountants of the Company with respect thereto) included in the SEC Documents (the “Financial Statements”), nor is the Company currently aware of facts or circumstances which would require the Company to amend or restate any of the Financial Statements, in each case, in order for any of the Financials Statements to be in compliance with GAAP and the rules and regulations of the SEC. The Company has not been informed by its independent accountants that they recommend that the Company amend or restate any of the Financial Statements or that there is any need for the Company to amend or restate any of the Financial Statements.
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(k) Absence of Certain Changes. Since the date of the Company’s most recent audited financial statements contained in a Form 10-K and other than as disclosed in the Company’s SEC filings, there has been no Material Adverse Effect, nor any event or occurrence specifically affecting the Company or its Subsidiaries that would be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of the Company’s most recent audited financial statements contained in a Form 10-K and other than as disclosed in the Company’s SEC filings, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (i) declared or paid any dividends, (ii) sold any material assets, individually or in the aggregate, outside of the ordinary course of business or (iii) made any material capital expenditures, individually or in the aggregate, outside of the ordinary course of business, in each case, except as disclosed in the SEC Documents. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any law or statute relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, liquidation or winding up, nor does the Company or any Subsidiary have any knowledge or reason to believe that any of their respective creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a creditor to do so. The Company and its Direct and Indirect Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are not as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur at the Closing, will not be Insolvent (as defined below). For purposes of this Section 3(k), “Insolvent” means, with respect to the Company and its Direct and Indirect Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, that the present fair saleable value of the Company’s and its Direct and Indirect Subsidiaries’ assets, taken as a whole, is less than the amount required to pay the Company’s and its Direct and Indirect Subsidiaries’ total Indebtedness (as defined below) as such Indebtedness becomes absolute and matured in accordance with its terms or (B) the Company and its Direct and Indirect Subsidiaries are unable to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any business or in any transaction, and is not about to engage in any business or in any transaction, for which the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s remaining assets constitute unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted.
(l) No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances. Except as disclosed in any Company filed Form 10-K and/or Form 8-K, no event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or is reasonably expected to exist or occur specific to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, properties, liabilities, prospects, operations (including results thereof) or condition (financial or otherwise), that (i) would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws on a registration statement filed with the SEC relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its Common Shares and which has not been publicly announced, or (ii) would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(m) Conduct of Business; Regulatory Permits. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any term under its Articles of Incorporation, any certificate of designation, preferences or rights of any other outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Bylaws or their organizational charter, certificate of formation, memorandum of association, articles of association, Articles of Incorporation or certificate of incorporation or bylaws, respectively. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any judgment, decree or order or any statute, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will conduct its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except in all cases for violations which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company is not in violation of any of the rules, regulations or requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of trading of the Common Shares by the Principal Market in the foreseeable future. During the one year prior to the date hereof, (i) the Common Shares have been listed or designated for quotation on the Principal Market, (ii) trading in the Common Shares has not been suspended by the SEC or the Principal Market and (iii) other than as disclosed in the Company’s SEC filings, the Company has received no communication, written or oral, from the SEC or the Principal Market regarding the suspension or delisting of the Common Shares from the Principal Market, which has not been publicly disclosed. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit. There is no agreement, commitment, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party which has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any acquisition of property by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the conduct of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted other than such effects, individually or in the aggregate, which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(n) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (individually and collectively, a “Company Affiliate”) has violated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA”) or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws, nor has any Company Affiliate offered, paid, promised to pay, or authorized the payment of any money, or offered, given, promised to give, or authorized the giving of anything of value, to any officer, employee or any other Person acting in an official capacity for any Governmental Entity to any political party or official thereof or to any candidate for political office (individually and collectively, a “Government Official”) or to any Person under circumstances where such Company Affiliate knew or was aware of a high probability that all or a portion of such money or thing of value would be offered, given or promised, directly or indirectly, to any Government Official, for the purpose, in violation of applicable law, of: (i) (A) influencing any act or decision of such Government Official in his/her official capacity, (B) inducing such Government Official to do or omit to do any act in violation of his/her lawful duty, (C) securing any improper advantage, or (D) inducing such Government Official to influence or affect any act or decision of any Governmental Entity, or (ii) assisting the Company or its Subsidiaries in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to, the Company or its Subsidiaries.
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(o) Equity Capitalization.
(i) Authorized and Outstanding Capital Stock. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 375,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value, of which 114,268,005 are issued and outstanding and (ii) 6,040,000 shares of Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, of which 4,953,545 are issued and outstanding, and 187,500 of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, of which 62,500 shares are issued and outstanding.1
(ii) Valid Issuance; Available Shares. All of such outstanding shares are duly authorized and have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Set forth in a Disclosure Schedule to this Agreement is the number of Common Shares that are (A) reserved for issuance pursuant to Convertible Securities (as defined below) (other than the Warrant) and (B) that are, as of the date hereof, owned by Persons who are “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act and calculated based on the assumption that only officers, directors and holders of at least 10% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Shares are “affiliates” without conceding that any such Persons are “affiliates” for purposes of federal securities laws) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. To the Company’s knowledge, no Person owns 10% or more of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Shares (calculated based on the assumption that all Convertible Securities (as defined below), whether or not presently exercisable or convertible, have been fully exercised or converted (as the case may be) taking account of any limitations on exercise or conversion (including “blockers”) contained therein without conceding that such identified Person is a 10% shareholder for purposes of federal securities laws). “Convertible Securities” means any capital stock or other security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is at any time and under any circumstances directly or indirectly convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any capital stock or other security of the Company (including, without limitation, Common Shares) or any of its Subsidiaries.
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(iii) Existing Securities; Obligations. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents: (A) none of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s shares, interests or capital stock is subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or Liens suffered or permitted by the Company or any Subsidiary; (B) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares, interests or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares, interests or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares, interests or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (C) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the Securities Act (except pursuant to this Agreement); (D) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and (E) there are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities.
(iv) Organizational Documents. The Company has furnished to the Investor or filed on EDGAR true, correct and complete copies of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Articles of Incorporation”), and the Company’s bylaws, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Bylaws”), and the terms of all convertible securities and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.
(p) Indebtedness. Except as set forth in a Disclosure Schedule to this Agreement or as disclosed in the Company’s SEC filings, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, (i) has any outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments evidencing material Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound, (ii) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument, the violation of which, or default under which, by the other party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) has any financing statements securing obligations in any material amounts filed in connection with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iv) is in violation of any term of, or in default under, any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, or (v) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have any liabilities or obligations required to be disclosed in the SEC Documents which are not so disclosed in the SEC Documents, other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement: (x) “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication all indebtedness for borrowed money.
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(q) Litigation. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending against or affecting the Company, the Common Shares or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would have or be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights or licenses to use all material trademarks, trade names, service marks, service mark registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and rights, if any, necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted, except as has not had and would not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries have not received written notice of any infringement by the Company or its Subsidiaries of trademark, trade name rights, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, service names, service marks, service mark registrations, or trade secrets, except as has not had and would not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, there is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought against, or to the Company’s knowledge, being threatened against the Company or its Subsidiaries regarding trademark, trade name, patents, patent rights, invention, copyright, license, service names, service marks, service mark registrations, trade secret or other infringement; and, except as has not had and would not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, the Company is not aware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing..
(s) Environmental Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) have not received written notice alleging any failure to comply in all material respects with all Environmental Laws (as defined below), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) have not received written notice alleging any failure to comply with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except, in each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), as has not had and would not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The term “Environmental Laws” means all applicable federal, state and local laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder.
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(t) Tax Status. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) has timely made or filed (including any filings under lawful extension) all foreign, federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has timely paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. The Company has not received written notification of any unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries know of no basis for any such claim where the failure to pay would have or would be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect..
(u) Internal Accounting and Disclosure Controls. The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences, and management is not aware of any material weaknesses that are not disclosed in the SEC Documents as and when required.
(v) Investment Company Status. The Company is not, and upon consummation of the sale of the Securities will not be, an “investment company,” an affiliate of an “investment company,” a company controlled by an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(w) Insurance. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged. The Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(x) Manipulation of Price. The Company does not have, and, to the actual knowledge of the Company, no Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, (i) taken any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
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(y) Sanctions Matters. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director or officer of the Company, is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person that is (i) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authorities, including, without limitation, designation on OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List or OFAC’s Foreign Sanctions Evaders List or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), or (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealings with that country or territory (including, without limitation, the Crimea, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, the Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic in Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Sudan and Syria (the “Sanctioned Countries”)). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any director, officer or controlled affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has ever had funds blocked by a United States bank or financial institution, temporarily or otherwise, as a result of OFAC concerns.
(z) Disclosure. The Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Investor or their agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material, non-public information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than the existence of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. The Company understands and confirms that each of the Investor will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosures provided to the Investor regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. No event or circumstance has occurred or information exists with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their business, properties, liabilities, operations (including results thereof) or conditions (financial or otherwise), which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure at or before the date hereof or announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly disclosed.
(aa) No General Solicitation. Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.
(bb) Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Investor’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Investor as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Principal Market.
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(cc) No Disqualification Events. With respect to Securities to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506(b) under the Securities Act (“Regulation D Securities”), none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering contemplated hereby, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered Person” and, together, “Issuer Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Investor a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.
(dd) Other Covered Persons. The Company is not aware of any Person that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of the Investor or potential purchasers in connection with the sale of any Regulation D Securities.
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(a) Form D and Blue Sky. The Company shall file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to the Investor promptly after such filing. The Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to, qualify the Securities for sale to the Investor at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Investor on or prior to the Closing Date. Without limiting any other obligation of the Company under this Agreement, the Company shall timely make all filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Securities required under all applicable securities laws (including, without limitation, all applicable federal securities laws and all applicable “Blue Sky” laws), and the Company shall comply with all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, statutes, rules, regulations and the like relating to the offering and sale of the Securities to the Investor.
(b) Reporting Status. For the period beginning on the date hereof, and ending 6 months after the date on which all the Securities are no longer outstanding or held by the Investor (the “Reporting Period”), the Company shall file on a timely basis (including any permitted extensions) all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the Exchange Act even if the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would no longer require or otherwise permit such termination.
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(c) Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the transactions contemplated herein shall be used by Company for (i) transaction costs and expenses in connection with the Transaction Documents, and (ii) working capital, operating expenses or corporate purposes of the Company, including but not limited to, capital contributions to and investments in subsidiaries (including project-level entities and joint-venture entities), and project level expenditures. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the transactions contemplated herein to repay any loans to any executives or employees of the Company or to make any payments in respect of any related party debt, except for payments in connection with intercompany indebtedness between Direct and Indirect Subsidiaries of the Company and purchases of equity interests of Direct and Indirect Subsidiaries of the Company. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiarity will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds from the transactions contemplated herein, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person (a) for the purpose of funding or facilitating any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions or is a Sanctioned Country, or (b) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise). Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the transactions contemplated herein in violation of applicable law.
(d) Listing. To the extent applicable, the Company shall promptly secure the listing or designation for quotation (as the case may be) of all of the Warrant Shares on the Principal Market, subject to official notice of issuance, and shall use reasonable efforts to maintain such listing or designation for quotation (as the case may be) of all the Warrant Shares from time to time issuable under the terms of the Transaction Documents on such Principal Market for the Reporting Period. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action which could be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common Shares on a Principal Market during the Reporting Period. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 4(d).
(e) Expenses. The Company, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereunder are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including but not limited to (i) the preparation, issuance and delivery of any Common Shares issued pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) all fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors (but not, for the avoidance doubt, the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of Investor’s counsel, accountants and other advisors except for reimbursement obligations of the Company not to exceed $50,000 set forth in the term sheet dated April 10, 2026 (the “Term Sheet”) under the section “Fees and Expenses”), (iii) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing or qualification of the Common Shares for trading on the Principal Market, and (iv) filing fees of the SEC and the Principal Market.
(f) [Reserved].
(g) Disclosure of Transactions and Other Material Information.
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(i) Disclosure of Transactions. The Company shall, on or before the first Business Day after the date of this Agreement, file with the SEC a current report on Form 8-K describing all the material terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in the form required by the Exchange Act and attaching all the material Transaction Documents (including, required exhibits, the “Current Report”). From and after the filing of the Current Report, the Company shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information (if any) provided to any of the Investor by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In addition, effective upon the filing of the Current Report, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, affiliates, employees or agents, on the one hand, and any of the Investor or any of their affiliates, on the other hand, shall terminate.
(ii) Limitations on Disclosure. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and each of its and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents not to, provide the Investor with any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the date hereof without first obtaining the express prior written consent of the Investor (which may be granted or withheld in the Investor’s sole discretion. To the extent that the Company delivers any material, non-public information to the Investor without the Investor’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Investor shall not have any duty of confidentiality with respect to, or a duty not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public information. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary and without implication that the contrary would otherwise be true, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that the Investor shall not have (unless expressly agreed to by the Investor after the date hereof in a written definitive and binding agreement executed by the Company and the Investor), any duty of confidentiality with respect to, or a duty not to trade on the basis of, any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(iii) Other Confidential Information. Disclosure Failures. In addition to other remedies set forth in this Section 4(g), and without limiting anything set forth in any other Transaction Document, at any time after the Closing Date if the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents, provides the Investor with material non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each, the “Confidential Information”), the Company shall, on or prior to the applicable Required Disclosure Date (as defined below), publicly disclose such Confidential Information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise (each, a “Disclosure”). From and after such Disclosure, the Company shall have disclosed all Confidential Information provided to the Investor by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents. In addition, effective upon such Disclosure, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, affiliates, employees or agents, on the one hand, and any of the Investor or any of their affiliates, on the other hand, shall terminate. “Required Disclosure Date” means (x) if the Investor authorized the delivery of such Confidential Information, either (I) if the Company and the Investor have mutually agreed upon a date (as evidenced by an e-mail or other writing) of Disclosure of such Confidential Information, such agreed upon date or (II) otherwise, the seventh (7th) calendar day after the date the Investor first received any Confidential Information or (y) if the Investor did not authorize the delivery of such Confidential Information, the first (1st) Business Day after the Investor’s receipt of such Confidential Information.
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(h) Reservation of Shares. So long as the Warrant remains outstanding, the Company shall have reserved from its duly authorized capital stock, and shall have instructed its transfer agent to irrevocably reserve, the maximum number of shares of Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant (assuming for purposes hereof that (x) the Warrant is exercised at the Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrant) as of the date of determination and (y) any such exercise shall not take into account any limitations on the exercise of the Warrant set forth therein) (the “Required Reserve Amount”); provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Shares reserved pursuant to this Section be reduced other than proportionally in connection with any conversion and/or redemption, or reverse stock split. If at any time the number of Common Shares authorized to be issued is not sufficient to meet the Required Reserve Amount, the Company will promptly take all corporate action necessary to authorize and reserve a sufficient number of shares, including, without limitation, calling a special meeting of stockholders to authorize additional shares to meet the Company’s obligations pursuant to the Transaction Documents, in the case of an insufficient number of authorized shares, recommending that stockholders vote in favor of an increase in such authorized number of shares sufficient to meet the Required Reserve Amount.
(i) Conduct of Business. The business of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any Governmental Entity, except where such violations would not reasonably be expected to result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) (i) Except as expressly set forth below, the Investor covenants that from and after the date hereof through and ending when no Securities remain outstanding (the “Restricted Period”), neither the Investor, nor any of its officers, or any entity managed or controlled by the Investor (collectively, the “Restricted Persons” and each of the foregoing is referred to herein as a “Restricted Person”) shall directly or indirectly, (i) engage in any “short sale” (as such term is defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO of the Exchange Act) involving the Common Shares or Warrant, either for its own principal account or for the principal account of any other Restricted Person, or (ii) establish any “put equivalent position” (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1 of the Exchange Act) with respect to the Common Shares or the Warrant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is expressly understood and agreed that nothing contained herein shall (without implication that the contrary would otherwise be true) prohibit any Restricted Person during the Restricted Period from: (1) selling “long” (as defined under Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO) Common Shares; or (2) selling a number of Common Shares equal to the number of Warrant Shares or other Common Shares that such Restricted Person is entitled to receive, but has not yet received from the Company or the transfer agent, (A) upon the completion of a pending exercise of the Warrant for which a valid Notice of Exercise (as defined in the Warrant) has been submitted to the Company, or (B) pursuant to the Standby Equity Purchase Agreement entered into between the Company and the Investor on August 12, 2024 (“SEPA Number 1”) or the Standby Equity Purchase Agreement entered into between the Company and the Investor on March 24, 2026 (“SEPA Number 2”).
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(k) Prohibited Transactions. During the Reporting Period, the Company agrees to not directly or indirectly enter into any contract, agreement or other item that would restrict or prohibit any of the Company’s material obligations to the Investor under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, any payments required by the Company to the Investor under the Promissory Note.
(l) Indebtedness, Related Party Payments.
(i) From the date hereof until the Promissory Note has been repaid, without prior written consent of the Investor, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly (A) amend its charter documents, including, without limitation, its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, in any manner that materially and adversely affects any rights of the Investor, or (B) make any payments in respect of any related party debt, other than in connection with (1) the At the Market Offering Agreement entered into with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC on April 29, 2025, or with the Investor, (2) payments of intercompany indebtedness between Direct and Indirect Subsidiaries of the Company and (3) purchases of equity interests of Direct and Indirect Subsidiaries of the Company.
(ii) From the date hereof until such time as the aggregate outstanding Principal Amount owed under the Promissory Note is less than $6,000,000, without the prior written consent of the Investor, the Company shall not, and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly (A) other than Permitted Indebtedness, enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, and (B) other than Permitted Liens, enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom.
“Permitted Indebtedness” shall mean: (i) indebtedness evidenced by the Promissory Note; (ii) Indebtedness existing as of the date of this Agreement and described on a Disclosure Schedule attached hereto or in the Company’s SEC filings (including the existing credit facility with Generate Capital and any drawdowns, upsizings, amendments, restatements, or supplements thereof) (“Existing Indebtedness”) and any refinancing, renewal, or extension of such Existing Indebtedness; (iii) indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition or lease of any equipment, provided that such indebtedness is non-recourse to the Company or its Subsidiaries, other than to such equipment; (iv) Indebtedness incurred by a Project Subsidiary solely for the purpose of financing a project, provided that (A) such Indebtedness is non-recourse to the Company and its Subsidiaries, and (B) such Indebtedness does not create a Lien on any assets of the Company or Soluna Winds; (v) indebtedness (A) the repayment of which has been subordinated to the payment of the Promissory Note on terms and conditions acceptable to the Investor, including with regard to interest payments and repayment of principal, and (B) which is not secured by any assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries; (vi) Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries owing to the Company and Indebtedness among the Company, its Subsidiaries, and any of their respective subsidiaries, provided that such Indebtedness is unsecured and is not guaranteed by any person other than the Company or a Direct or Indirect Subsidiary of the Company; (vii) trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (viii) and (ix) any indebtedness (other than the indebtedness set out in (i) – (vii) above) incurred after the date hereof, provided that such indebtedness does not exceed an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 at any given time.
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“Permitted Liens” shall mean (1) [reserved], (2) existing Liens disclosed by the Company on a Disclosure Schedule attached hereto or in the Company’s SEC filings; (3) inchoate Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet due, as to which the grace period, if any, related thereto has not yet expired, or being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (4) Liens of carriers, materialmen, warehousemen, mechanics and landlords and other similar Liens which secure amounts which are not yet overdue by more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (5) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases granted to other persons not materially interfering with the conduct of the business of the Company; (6) Liens securing capitalized lease obligations and purchase money indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing an acquisition or lease; (7) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, municipal zoning ordinances and other similar charges or encumbrances, and minor title deficiencies, in each case not securing debt and not materially interfering with the conduct of the business of the Company and not materially detracting from the value of the property subject thereto; (8) Liens arising out of the existence of judgments or awards which judgments or awards do not constitute an Event of Default; (9) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers compensation claims, unemployment insurance, pension liabilities and social security benefits and Liens securing the performance of bids, tenders, leases and contracts in the ordinary course of business, statutory obligations, surety bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature (other than appeal bonds) incurred in the ordinary course of business (exclusive of obligations in respect of the payment for borrowed money); (10) Liens in favor of a banking institution arising by operation of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and contractual set-off rights held by such banking institution and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry and only burdening deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution; (11) usual and customary set-off rights in leases and other contracts; (12) escrows in connection with acquisitions and dispositions; (13) Liens on the assets of a Project Subsidiary securing Indebtedness permitted under clause (iv) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness so long as such Liens do not attach to the assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries; and (14) royalties and other rights to revenue derived from the sale of the Company’s products that are granted in the ordinary course of business.
“Project Subsidiary” shall mean an entity specifically created to hold the primary assets and commercial agreements of a datacenter or generation project managed by the Company or one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, which Project Entity (as defined in SEPA Number 2) may be tied to one or more renewable power generation facilities, and where the Company’s equity interests in the Project Entity are held by a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company that is not considered to be the Project Entity or part of the Project Entity. More than one Project Entity may exist at a single renewable power generation facility, and there may be one or more equity partners, or no equity partners, alongside the Company (or is wholly-owned Subsidiaries) in a Project Entity.
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(m) SEPA. For so long as any portion of the Promissory Note remains outstanding, the Company shall not permit any period of time to exist during which neither SEPA Number 1 nor SEPA Number 2 is in effect.
| 5. | REGISTER; TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS; LEGEND. |
(a) Register. The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices or with the transfer agent (or at such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to each holder of Securities), a register for the Promissory Note and the Warrant in which the Company shall record the name and address of the Person in whose name the Promissory Note has been issued (including the name and address of each transferee), the amount of Promissory Note and Warrants held by such Person.
(b) Transfer Restrictions. 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 the Investor or in connection with a pledge as contemplated herein, 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 the Investor under this Agreement.
| 6. | CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATION TO SELL. |
The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Securities to the Investor at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion in accordance with the terms of Section 9(k):
(a) The Investor shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and delivered the same to the Company.
(b) The Investor shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price for the Securities being purchased by the Investor at the Closing by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with a letter, duly executed by an officer of the Company, setting forth the wire amounts of the Investor and the wire transfer instructions of the Company (the “Closing Statement”).
(c) The representations and warranties of the Investor shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though originally made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such specific date), and the Investor shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Investor at or prior to the Closing Date.
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| 7. | CONDITIONS TO THE INVESTOR’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE. |
The obligation of the Investor hereunder to purchase the Securities at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Investor’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Investor at any time in its sole discretion in accordance with the terms of Section 9(k):
(a) The Company shall have duly executed and delivered to the Investor each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the Company shall have duly executed and delivered to the Investor the Promissory Note in a face amount equal to the Principal Amount.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) The Company shall have delivered to the Investor certified copies of its charter, as well as any shareholder or operating agreements by or among the shareholders or members of any of the Company’s Subsidiaries.
(d) The Company shall have delivered to the Investor a certificate evidencing the incorporation and good standing of the Company as of a date within ten (10) days of the Closing Date.
(e) The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties qualified by materiality, which shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though originally made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such specific date).
(f) The Common Shares (A) shall be designated for quotation or listed (as applicable) on the Principal Market and (B) shall not have been suspended, as of the Closing Date, by the SEC or the Principal Market from trading on the Principal Market nor shall suspension by the SEC or the Principal Market have been threatened, as of the Closing Date, either (I) in writing by the SEC or the Principal Market or (II) by receiving a notification from the Principal Market of falling below the minimum maintenance requirements of the Principal Market that is not subject to a cure period.
(g) The Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third-party consents and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Securities, including without limitation, those required by the Principal Market, if any.
(h) No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
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(i) Since the date of execution of this Agreement, no event or series of events shall have occurred that has resulted in or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or an Event of Default (as defined in the Promissory Note).
(j) The Investor shall have received the Closing Statement.
(k) (i) From the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Shares shall not have been suspended by the SEC or the Principal Market (except for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the Company, which suspension shall be terminated prior to the Closing), and (ii) at any time from the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on the Principal Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of the Investor, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the Closing.
(l) The board of directors of the Company has approved the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents; said approval has not been amended, rescinded or materially modified and remains in full force and effect as of the Closing, and a true, correct and complete copy of such resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors of the Company shall have been provided to the Investor.
(m) The Company shall have delivered to the Investor a compliance certificate executed by an executive officer of the Company certifying that Company has complied with all of the conditions precedent to the Closing set forth herein and which may be relied upon by the Investor as evidence of satisfaction of such conditions without any obligation to independently verify.
(n) The Company and its Subsidiaries shall have delivered to the Investor such other documents, instruments or certificates relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Investor or its counsel may reasonably request.
| 8. | TERMINATION. |
In the event that the Closing shall not have occurred within ten (10) days of the date hereof, then the Investor shall have the right to terminate its obligations under this Agreement at any time on or after the close of business on such date without liability of the Investor to any other party; provided, however, the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 8 shall not be available to the Investor if the failure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to have been consummated by such date is the result of the Investor’s breach of this Agreement, provided further that no such termination shall affect any obligation of the Company under this Agreement to reimburse the Investor for the expenses described herein. Nothing contained in this Section 8 shall be deemed to release any party from any liability for any breach by such party of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or to impair the right of any party to compel specific performance by any other party of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.
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| 9. | MISCELLANEOUS. |
(a) Governing Law. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall, in all respects, be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws (excluding the principles of conflict of laws) of the State of New York (including Section 5-1401 and Section 5-1402 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York), including all matters of construction, validity and performance.
(b) Jurisdiction; Venue; Service.
(i) The Company hereby irrevocably consents to the non-exclusive personal jurisdiction of the state courts of the State of New York (the “Governing Jurisdiction”) and, if a basis for federal jurisdiction exists, the non-exclusive personal jurisdiction of any United States District Court for the Governing Jurisdiction.
(ii) The Company agrees that venue shall be proper in any court of the Governing Jurisdiction selected by the Investor or, if a basis for federal jurisdiction exists, in any United States District Court in the Governing Jurisdiction. The Company waives any right to object to the maintenance of any suit, claim, action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, in any of the state or federal courts of the Governing Jurisdiction on the basis of improper venue or inconvenience of forum.
(iii) Any suit, claim, action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or tort or otherwise, brought by the Company against the Investor arising out of or based upon this Agreement or any matter relating to this Agreement, or any other Transaction Document, or any contemplated transaction, shall be brought in a court only in the Governing Jurisdiction. The Company shall not file any counterclaim against the Investor in any suit, claim, action, litigation or proceeding brought by the Investor against the Company in a jurisdiction outside of the Governing Jurisdiction unless under the rules of the court in which the Investor brought such suit, claim, action, litigation or proceeding the counterclaim is mandatory, and not permissive, and would be considered waived unless filed as a counterclaim in the suit, claim, action, litigation or proceeding instituted by the Investor against the Company. The Company agrees that any forum outside the Governing Jurisdiction is an inconvenient forum and that any suit, claim, action, litigation or proceeding brought by the Company against the Investor in any court outside the Governing Jurisdiction should be dismissed or transferred to a court located in the Governing Jurisdiction. Furthermore, the Company irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not bring or commence any suit, claim, action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Investor arising out of or based upon this Agreement or any matter relating to this Agreement, or any other Transaction Document, or any contemplated transaction, in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, and the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such suit, claim, action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State Court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court. The Company and the Investor agree that a final judgment in any such suit, claim, action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
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(iv) The Company and the Investor irrevocably consent to the service of process out of any of the aforementioned courts in any such suit, claim, action, litigation or proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail postage prepaid, to it at the address provided for notices in this Agreement, such service to become effective thirty (30) days after the date of mailing.
(v) Nothing herein shall affect the right of the Investor to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or to otherwise proceed against the Company or any other Person in the Governing Jurisdiction or in any other jurisdiction.
(c) THE PARTIES MUTUALLY WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ALL CLAIMS OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY MATTER RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT. THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A WAIVER OF A LEGAL RIGHT AND THAT THE PARTIES EACH MAKE THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND KNOWINGLY AFTER CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL OF THEIR RESPECTIVE CHOICE. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL SUCH CLAIMS SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A JUDGE OF A COURT HAVING JURISDICTION, WITHOUT A JURY.
(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party. In the event that any signature is delivered by an e-mail which contains a portable document format (.pdf) file of an executed signature page, such signature page 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 signature page were an original thereof.
(e) Headings; Gender. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, each pronoun herein shall be deemed to include the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular and plural forms thereof. The terms “including,” “includes,” “include” and words of like import shall be construed broadly as if followed by the words “without limitation.” The terms “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereof” and words of like import refer to this entire Agreement instead of just the provision in which they are found.
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(f) Entire Agreement, Amendments. This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or written agreements between the Investor, the Company, their affiliates and persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement and the instruments referenced herein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor the Investor makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party to be charged with enforcement. As a material inducement for the Investor to enter into this Agreement, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (x) no due diligence or other investigation or inquiry conducted by the Investor, any of its advisors or any of its representatives shall affect the Investor’s right to rely on, or shall modify or qualify in any manner or be an exception to any of, the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document and (y) unless a provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document is expressly preceded by the phrase “except as disclosed in the SEC Documents,” nothing contained in any of the SEC Documents shall affect the Investor’s right to rely on, or shall modify or qualify in any manner or be an exception to any of, the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
(g) Notices. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing by letter and email and will be deemed to have been delivered: upon the later of (A) either (i) receipt, when delivered personally or (ii) one (1) Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service with next day delivery specified, in each case, properly addressed to the party to receive the same and (B) receipt, when sent by electronic mail. The addresses and e-mail addresses for such communications shall be:
| If to the Company, to: | SOLUNA HOLDINGS, INC. |
325 Washington Avenue Extension Albany,
New York 12205 Telephone:
(516) 218-0027 | |
| With Copy to: | Lowenstein Sandler LLP 1251 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 Attention:
Steven Siesser, Esq |
| If to the Investor: | YA II PN, Ltd |
c/o Yorkville Advisors Global, LLC 1012 Springfield Avenue | |
| Mountainside, NJ 07092 | |
| Attention: Mark Angelo | |
| Telephone: 201-985-8300 |
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or to such other address, e-mail address and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) electronically generated by the sender’s e-mail service provider containing the time, date, recipient e-mail address or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively
(h) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns. The Company shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Investor.
(i) Indemnification.
(i) In consideration of the Investor’s execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and acquiring the Securities thereunder and in addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Investor and each holder of any Securities and their respective affiliates, and each of the foregoing’s respective officers, directors, managers, members, partners, employees and each person who controls any of the foregoing within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and reasonable and documented expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (the “Indemnified Liabilities”), incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (i) any material misrepresentation or material breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company in any of the Transaction Documents or (ii) any material breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary contained in any of the Transaction Documents; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable to the extent that any Indemnified Liabilities arise out of or result from (A) the gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of such Indemnitee, (B) any material breach by such Indemnitee of its obligations under the Transaction Documents, or (C) any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by such Indemnitee in any of the Transaction Documents.
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(ii) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnitee under this Section 9(i) of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving an Indemnified Liability, such Indemnitee shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Company under this Section 9(i), deliver to the Company a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the Company shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the Company so desires, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Indemnitee; provided, however, that an Indemnitee shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of such counsel to be paid by the Company if: (A) the Company has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (B) the Company shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Indemnified Liability and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnitee in any such Indemnified Liability; or (C) the named parties to any such Indemnified Liability (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnitee and the Company, and such Indemnitee shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnitee and the Company (in which case, if such Indemnitee notifies the Company in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Company, then the Company shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and such counsel shall be at the expense of the Company), provided further, that in the case of clause (C) above the Company shall not be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one (1) separate legal counsel for the Indemnitees. The Indemnitee shall reasonably cooperate with the Company in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or Indemnified Liability by the Company and shall furnish to the Company all information reasonably available to the Indemnitee which relates to such action or Indemnified Liability. The Company shall keep the Indemnitee reasonably apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent, provided, however, that the Company shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnitee of a release from all liability in respect to such Indemnified Liability or litigation, and such settlement shall not include any admission as to fault on the part of the Indemnitee. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the Company shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnitee with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice to the Company within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve the Company of any liability to the Indemnitee under this Section 9(i), except to the extent that the Company is materially and adversely prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.
(iii) The indemnification required by this Section 9(i) shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, within ten (10) days after bills supporting the Indemnified Liabilities are received by the Company.
(iv) The indemnity agreement contained herein shall be in addition to (A) any cause of action or similar right of the Indemnitee against the Company or others, and (B) any liabilities the Company may be subject to pursuant to the law; provided, however, that in no event shall the Company be liable for any consequential, special, incidental, indirect or punitive damages.
(j) No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.
(k) No Waiver. Any waiver by a party of any breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Agreement. The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Agreement on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended other than by a written agreement signed by the parties to this Agreement. No custom or practice of the parties at variance with the terms hereof shall constitute a waiver by any party of its right to exercise any right, power or remedy available to it hereunder or any other right, power or remedy or to demand strict compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Investor have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
| COMPANY: | ||
| SOLUNA HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ John Belizaire | |
| Name: | John Belizaire | |
| Title: | CEO | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Investor have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
| INVESTOR: | ||
| YA II PN, LTD. | ||
| By: | Yorkville Advisors Global, LP | |
| Its: | Investment Manager | |
| By: | Yorkville Advisors Global II, LLC | |
| Its: | General Partner | |
| By: | /s/ Matt Beckman | |
| Name: | Matt Beckman | |
| Title: | Member | |
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LIST OF EXHIBITS:
EXHIBIT A: FORM OF PROMISSORY NOTE
EXHIBIT B: FORM OF WARRANT
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF PROMISSORY NOTE
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF WARRANT
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Exhibit 10.3
GUARANTY AGREEMENT
This Guaranty (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Guaranty”) is made as of April 15, 2026, by SOLUNA WIND HOLDINGS, INC., a Nevada corporation, and any subsequent party that may join in this Guaranty, the “Guarantors”) in favor of YA II PN, LTD. (“YA II” or the “Creditor”), with respect to all obligations of SOLUNA HOLDINGS, INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Debtor”) owed to the Creditor.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Creditor and the Debtor have entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”) on April 15, 2026 pursuant to which the Creditor shall provide a loan to the Debtor to be evidenced by a promissory note issued to the Creditor (the “Promissory Note”) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, in the amount of $12.0 million;
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the Creditor’s obligation to provide the loan to the Debtor that each Guarantor guarantees all of the Debtor’s obligations under the Agreement, the Promissory Note issued thereunder, and all other instruments, agreements or other items, in each case, executed or delivered in connection with the Agreement and the Promissory Note (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) by the Debtor to the Creditor in connection with or related to the Agreement. The Creditor is only willing to enter into the Agreement and provide loans to the Creditor if each Guarantor agrees to execute and deliver to the Creditor this Guaranty; and
WHEREAS, the Guarantors are majority owned subsidiaries of the Creditor and will benefit, directly or indirectly, from the Debtor entering into the Agreement, the making of the loan, and other Transaction Documents and extensions of credit the Creditor will make to Debtor;
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Guarantor covenants and agrees as follows:
1. Guaranty of Payment and Performance. Each Guarantor, jointly and severally, hereby guarantees to the Creditor the full, prompt and unconditional payment when due (whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), of all obligations of the Debtor to the Creditor under the Transaction Documents (all the foregoing, collectively, the “Obligations”). This Guaranty is an absolute, unconditional and continuing guaranty of the full and punctual payment of the Obligations and not of their collectability only and is in no way conditioned upon any requirement that the Creditor first attempt to collect any of the Obligations from the Debtor or resort to any security or other means of obtaining their payment. Should the Debtor default in the payment of any of the Obligations, the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall become immediately due and payable to the Creditor, without demand or notice of any nature, all of which are expressly waived by the Guarantors.
2. Limited Guaranty. The liability of the Guarantors hereunder shall be limited to the amount of the Obligations due to the Creditor. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, the Obligations shall not include, and the Guarantors shall have no liability for: (a) any consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages or (b) any obligations arising from the Creditor’s bad faith, gross negligence, or willful misconduct.
3. Waivers by Guarantors; Creditor’s Freedom to Act. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that the Obligations will be paid and performed strictly in accordance with their terms regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of the Creditor with respect thereto. Each Guarantor waives presentment, demand, protest, notice of acceptance, notice of Obligations incurred and all other notices of any kind, all defenses that may be available by virtue of any valuation, stay, moratorium law or other similar law now or hereafter in effect (other than payment in full of the Obligations), any right to require the marshalling of assets of the Debtor, and all suretyship defenses generally. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor agrees to the provisions of any instrument evidencing, securing or otherwise executed in connection with any Obligation and agrees that the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder shall not be released or discharged, in whole or in part, or otherwise affected by (i) the failure of the Creditor to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Debtor; (ii) any extensions or renewals of any Obligation for a period not exceeding one hundred eighty (180) days, or any non-material alteration of the terms of any Obligation; provided that any material alteration of the terms of any Obligation (including any increase in the principal amount, interest rate, or acceleration of maturity schedule) shall require the prior written consent of the Guarantors; (iii) any non-material rescissions, waivers, amendments or modifications of any of the terms or provisions of any agreement evidencing, securing or otherwise executed in connection with any Obligation; (iv) the substitution or release of any entity primarily or secondarily liable for any Obligation; or (v) the adequacy of any rights the Creditor may have against any collateral or other means of obtaining payment or performance of the Obligations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Guaranty, the Guarantors shall not be liable for, and shall retain all defenses arising from, any act or omission of the Creditor constituting bad faith, gross negligence, or willful misconduct.
4. Unenforceability of Obligations Against Debtor. If for any reason the Debtor is under no legal obligation to discharge or perform any of the Obligations, or if any of the Obligations have become irrecoverable from the Debtor by operation of law or for any other reason, this Guaranty shall nevertheless be binding on the Guarantors to the same extent as if the Guarantors at all times had been the principal obligors on all such Obligations. In the event that acceleration of the time for payment of the Obligations is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Debtor, or for any other reason, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of any agreement evidencing, securing or otherwise executed in connection with any Obligation shall be immediately due and payable by the Guarantors.
5. Subrogation; Subordination. Until the payment and performance in full of all Obligations, the Guarantors shall not exercise any rights against the Debtor arising as a result of payment by the Guarantors hereunder, by way of subrogation or otherwise, and will not prove any claim in competition with the Creditor in respect of any payment hereunder in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings of any nature; the Guarantors will not claim any set-off or counterclaim against the Debtor in respect of any liability of the Guarantors to the Debtor; and the Guarantors waive any benefit of and any right to participate in any collateral that may be held by the Creditor. The payment of any amounts due with respect to any indebtedness of the Debtor now or hereafter held by the Guarantor is hereby subordinated to the prior payment in full of the Obligations. The Guarantor agrees that after the occurrence of any default in the payment or performance of the Obligations, the Guarantors will not demand, sue for or otherwise attempt to collect any such indebtedness of the Debtor to the Guarantors until the Obligations shall have been paid or performed in full. If, notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Guarantors shall collect, enforce or receive any amounts in respect of such indebtedness, such amounts shall be collected, enforced and received by the Guarantor as trustee for the Creditor and be paid over to the Creditor on account of the Obligations without affecting in any manner the liability of the Guarantors under the other provisions of this Guaranty.
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7. Termination; Reinstatement. This Guaranty is irrevocable and shall continue until such time as the Obligations have been paid or performed in full. Upon such payment in full, this Guaranty shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect. This Guaranty shall be reinstated if at any time any payment made or value received with respect to an Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Creditor upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Debtor, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made or value received.
8. Successors and Assigns. This Guaranty shall be binding upon each Guarantor, its successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Creditor and the Creditor’s shareholders, officers, directors, agents, successors and assigns.
9. Amendments and Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty nor consent to any departure by the Guarantor therefrom shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Creditor. No failure on the part of the Creditor to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.
10. Notices. All notices and other communications called for hereunder to the Creditor or the Debtor shall be made in writing as provided in the Agreement. All notices and other communications called for hereunder to the Guarantors shall be made in writing as provided on Schedule I attached hereto or as the Guarantors may otherwise notify the Creditor.
11. Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. This Guaranty is intended to take effect as a sealed instrument and shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York (excluding the laws applicable to conflicts or choice of law). The Guarantor agrees that any suit for the enforcement of this Guaranty may be brought in the courts of the State of New York, New York County and consents to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such court and to service of process in any such suit’s being made upon any Guarantor by mail at the address set forth at the head of this Guaranty. The Guarantor hereby waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such suit or any such court or that such suit was brought in an inconvenient court. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, THE PERFORMANCE THEREOF OR THE FINANCINGS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTY HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS GUARANTY BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS PARAGRAPH.
12. Counterparts; Effectiveness. This Guaranty may be executed in identical counterparts, both which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party. Facsimile or other electronically scanned and delivered signatures (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com), including by e-mail attachment, shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes of this Guaranty.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be executed and delivered as a sealed instrument as of the date appearing on page one.
| Soluna Wind Holdings, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ John Belizaire | |
| Name: | John Belizaire | |
| Title: | CEO | |
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Schedule I
The Guarantors
Soluna Wind Holdings, Inc.
c/o Soluna Holdings, Inc.
Soluna Holdings, Inc.
325 Washington Avenue Extension
Albany, New York 12205
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
Telephone: (516) 218-0027
E-mail: [email protected]
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