8-K
Yotta Acquisition Corp (YOTA)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Form
8-K
Current
Report
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
October30, 2024
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Yotta Acquisition Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-41357 | N/A |
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| (State<br> or other jurisdiction<br><br> of incorporation) | (Commission<br> File Number) | (I.R.S.<br> Employer<br><br> Identification No.) |
| 1185 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 301New York, NY 10036 | 10036 | |
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| (Address<br> of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip<br> Code) |
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (212) 612-1400
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
| ☒ | Written<br> communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act |
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| ☐ | Soliciting<br> material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act |
| ☐ | Pre-commencement<br> communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act |
| ☐ | Pre-commencement<br> communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
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| Units | YOTAU | The<br> Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
| Common Stock | YOTA | The<br> Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
| Warrants | YOTAW | The<br> Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
| Rights | YOTAR | The<br> Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
The Convertible Note (defined below) has been issued and the Preferred Stock (defined below) will be issued, and upon conversion or exercise of the Convertible Note, as applicable, and shares of Common Stock will be issued, pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) pursuant to the exemption for transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.
Item8.01. Other Events.
As previously disclosed on the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by Yotta Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) on August 21, 2024, the Company, Yotta Merger Sub Inc., a Maryland corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and DRIVEiT Financial Auto Group, Inc. (“DRIVEiT”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) dated as of August 20, 2024, pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into DRIVEiT, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub will cease, and the Company will be the surviving corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Business Combination”).
The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Amendment, a copy of which is filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 2.1, filed with the SEC on August 21, 2024, and is incorporated herein by reference.
On October 30, 2024, the Company and DRIVEiT entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Note SPA”) with a certain investor, pursuant to which the investor agreed to purchase a 10% Original Issue Discount Convertible Note with an aggregate principal amount of $3.894 million (the “Convertible Note”). Immediately before the closing of the Business Combination, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the Convertible Note, the Convertible Note will be mandatorily converted into shares of a new series of preferred stock of DRIVEiT. Upon execution of the Note SPA, the investor purchased the full value of the Convertible Note for $2.95 million. Upon the closing of the Business Combination, the preferred stock of DRIVEiT will then be converted into a right to receive an equal number of shares of preferred stock of the Company (the “Preferred Stock”).
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The foregoing description of the Note SPA is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Note SPA, a copy of which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.
On October 30, 2024, the Company and DRIVEiT also
entered into a second Securities Purchase Agreement (the “PIPE SPA”) with a certain investor, pursuant to which, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained therein, the investor is obligated to purchase shares of Preferred Stock for a purchase price of $8.4 million upon the closing of the Business Combination, and, after the closing of the Business Combination, in nine (9) tranches with each tranche having a purchase price of $5 million. Each purchase of shares of Preferred Stock under the PIPE SPA is for a number of shares of Preferred Stock equal to the aggregate purchase price paid by the investor plus a 10% increase, multiplied by 3.25 and divided by the Stated Value (as defined below) of the Preferred Stock.
The conversion of the Convertible Note and the closing of the purchases of Preferred Stock pursuant to the PIPE SPA are subject to certain conditions that must be satisfied or waived by the investor, including (i) the investor has entered into a registration rights agreement in a form to be reasonably acceptable to the investor including terms and conditions customary to registration rights agreements of this kind, (ii) the Certificate of Designation designating the series of Preferred Stock shall have been filed and in full force and effect, (iii) the Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange and the Company has obtained stockholder approval of the issuance of the Preferred Stock in compliance with the rules of such exchange, (iv) the Company shall have reserved a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 250% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock; and (v) the average daily trading volume of the Common Stock on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such Common Stock is listed or traded during the ten (10) days prior to such closing shall exceed $4 million.
For a period until the one-year anniversary of the later of (i) the date a registration statement registering the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of all the shares of Preferred Stock is declared effective or (ii) the date the Company has obtained stockholder approval approving this PIPE transaction, the investor has the right, but not the obligation, to purchase additional shares of Preferred Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $100 million upon the same terms and conditions as the purchases of Preferred Stock under the PIPE SPA.
During the period commencing on the execution date and ending on the date immediately following the 90th day after the latest of: (i) the execution date (ii) the date on which a registration statement (or registration statements) registering for resale all registrable securities has been declared effective by the SEC and (iii) the date of the last purchase of Preferred Stock under the PIPE SPA (or the period during which the investor’s right to purchase additional Preferred Stock has expired, whichever is later), the Company agreed, with certain exceptions, not to directly or indirectly issue, offer, sell, or otherwise dispose of (or make any announcement) any equity security or any equity-linked or related security, any convertible securities, debt (with or related to equity), any preferred stock or any purchase rights. The Company also agreed not to enter into the Business Combination or any fundamental, transaction, such as a merger, sale of more than 50% of the outstanding voting shares, sale of substantially all assets, or other business combination, unless the successor entity assumes all of the obligations of the Company under the Convertible Notes and the other transaction documents.
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The foregoing descriptions of the PIPE SPA, is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the PIPE SPA, a copy of which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.2, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Descriptionof the Convertible Note
The Convertible Note accrues interest at a rate of 15% per annum, has an original issue discount of 10% and matures one year from the date of issuance. The outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest on the Convertible Note automatically and mandatorily converts into shares of preferred stock of DRIVEiT at a conversion price equal to the Stated Value of such Preferred Stock divided by 3.25.
Upon any event of default, the interest rate automatically increases to 20% per annum. An event of default includes the following:
| ● | failure<br>to timely deliver the shares upon conversion of the Convertible Note for a period of two business days; |
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| ● | failure<br>to pay to the holder any amount due under the Convertible Note or any other related transaction document; |
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| ● | the<br>occurrence of any default under or acceleration prior to maturity of any indebtedness (with certain exclusions) in an aggregate amount<br>in excess of $300,000, subject to any cure or grace period provided, or a payment default under any such indebtedness, if such default<br>remains uncured for a period of 10 consecutive trading days; |
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| ● | bankruptcy,<br>insolvency, reorganization or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings instituted by or against the Company, which have not been<br>dismissed within 30 days; |
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| ● | the<br>commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,<br>reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it<br>to the entry of a decree, order, judgment or other similar document in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under<br>any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy<br>or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief<br>under any applicable federal, state or foreign law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking<br>possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial<br>part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the execution of a composition of debts,<br>or the occurrence of any other similar federal, state or foreign proceeding, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay<br>its debts generally as they become due, the taking of corporate action by the Company or any Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action<br>or the taking of any action by any person to commence a UCC foreclosure sale or any other similar action under federal, state or foreign<br>law; |
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| ● | the<br>entry by a court of (A) a decree, order, judgment or other similar document in respect of the Company of a voluntary or involuntary case<br>or proceeding under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree,<br>order, judgment or other similar document adjudging the Company or any Subsidiary as bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly<br>filed a petition seeking liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any<br>applicable federal, state or foreign law or (C) a decree, order, judgment or other similar document appointing a custodian, receiver,<br>liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Subsidiary or of any substantial part of<br>its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree, order, judgment or other<br>similar document or any such other decree, order, judgment or other similar document unstayed and in effect for a period of 30 consecutive<br>days; |
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| ● | a<br>final judgment, judgments, any arbitration or mediation award or any settlement of any litigation or any other satisfaction of any claim<br>made by any person pursuant to any litigation, with respect to the payment of cash, securities and/or other assets with an aggregate<br>fair value in excess of $300,000 are rendered against, agreed to or otherwise accepted by, the Company and which judgments are not, within<br>30 days after the entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within 30 days after the expiration<br>of such stay; provided, that any judgment which is covered by insurance or an indemnity from a credit worthy party will not be included<br>in calculating the $300,000 amount; |
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| ● | the Company breaches any representation or warranty when made, or any<br>covenant or other term or condition of the Convertible Note or any other related transaction document, and, only, in the case of a breach<br>of a covenant or other term or condition that is curable, if such breach remains uncured for a period of 10 consecutive trading days after<br>the delivery by holder of written notice thereof; |
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| ● | any provision of the<br> Convertible Note or any other related transaction document cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against the parties<br> thereto, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any party thereto, or a proceeding shall be commenced by<br> the Company or any governmental authority having jurisdiction over any of them, seeking to establish the invalidity or<br> unenforceability thereof, or the Company denies in writing that it has any liability or obligation purported to be created under any<br> transaction document; and |
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| ● | the<br>termination of the Business Combination Agreement and/or the abandonment of the Business Combination. |
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The foregoing description of the Convertible Note, is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Convertible Note, a copy of which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.3, and is incorporated herein by reference.
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Descriptionof the Preferred Stock
The terms of the Preferred Stock is set forth in the Certificates of Designations of the Rights, Preferences and Limitations of such series of Preferred Stock (the “Certificate”) as more particularly described below.
Pursuant to the Certificate, each share of Preferred Stock has a stated value of $50,000 per share (the “Stated Value”). Each share of Preferred Stock is convertible into a number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock determined by dividing the Stated Value by a price per share equal to the lower of (A) 90% of the closing price of the Common Stock on the trading day immediately prior to the closing of the Business Combination and (B) 90% of the lowest daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock in the five (5) trading days prior to such conversion; provided, however, that the conversion price may not be less than $0.10. The conversion price is subject to certain customary adjustments up certain events, including upon a recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, or distribution. The Preferred Stock conversion price will also be adjusted pursuant to full ratchet anti-dilution protection in the instance the Company issues or is deemed to issue Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the then conversion price.
The holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to receive dividends at a rate of 15% of the Stated Value per annum from issuance until the ten-year anniversary of the issuance date (the “Dividend Term”). Dividends will be payable in either additional shares of Preferred Stock or cash as the Company may elect, provided that the Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, and the closing price of the Common Stock on the most recent trading day is over $0.10. If the Company fails to make a dividend payment as required by the Preferred Stock Certificate, the dividend rate will be increased to 20% for as long as such default remains ongoing and uncured. Each share of Preferred Stock also has a liquidation preference equal to the Stated Value in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. Except as provided by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the holder of each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights, except that, so long as the investor is entitled to purchase additional shares of Preferred Stock and, thereafter. for as long as at least 25% of the shares of Preferred Stock remain outstanding, consent of the investor (or a majority in interest of the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock) is required prior to the Company engaging in certain corporate events, including issuing new classes of securities that rank senior to or paripassu with the Preferred Stock, stock redemptions or repurchases, fundamental transactions, reclassifications, amendments or waivers of any provision of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws relevant to the Preferred Stock, increases in the number of directors, and declarations or payment of dividends.
The Preferred Stock is not convertible by its holder to the extent that the holder or any of its affiliates would beneficially own in excess of 9.9% of the outstanding Common Stock.
The foregoing description of the Preferred Stock, is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Preferred Stock, a copy of which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.4, and is incorporated herein by reference.
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Amendmentto Merger Agreement
On October 30, 2024, DRIVEiT and the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Merger Agreement (the “Merger Agreement Amendment”), which, among other things, aligned the signing of the Note SPA and PIPE SPA and the issuance of the Convertible Note with the terms of the Merger Agreement. Specifically, the Merger Agreement Amendment provides that immediately prior to the closing of the Business Combination, the Company shall (i) subrogate and replace DRIVEiT as a party to the Note SPA and the Convertible Note and assume all DRIVEiT’s obligations thereunder to consummate the financing and (ii) file a certificate of designation, in the form provided by DRIVEiT to the Company in conjunction with the Note SPA and the PIPE SPA, for the designation of the Preferred Stock as “Series A Preferred Stock” with the rights described in such certificate of designation.
The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement Amendment, a copy of which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.5 and is incorporated herein by reference.
IMPORTANT NOTICES
Important Notice Regarding Forward-LookingStatements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act both as amended. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the pending transactions described above, and the parties’ perspectives and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the proposed transaction, including the anticipated initial enterprise value and post-closing equity value, the benefits of the proposed transaction, integration plans, expected synergies and revenue opportunities, anticipated future financial and operating performance and results, including estimates for growth, the expected management and governance of the combined company, and the expected timing of the transactions. The words “expect,” “believe,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan” and similar expressions indicate forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to various risks and uncertainties, assumptions (including assumptions about general economic, market, industry and operational factors), known or unknown, which could cause the actual results to vary materially from those indicated or anticipated.
The forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of the management of the Company and DRIVEiT, as applicable, and are inherently subject to uncertainties and changes in circumstances and their potential effects and speak only as of the date of such statement. There can be no assurance that future developments will be those that have been anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements including: risks related to DRIVEiT’s businesses and strategies; the ability to complete the proposed business combination due to the failure to obtain approval from the Company’s stockholders or satisfy other closing conditions in the definitive merger agreement; the amount of any redemptions by existing holders of the Company’s common stock; the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the business combination; other risks and uncertainties included under the header “Risk Factors” in the Registration Statement to be filed by the Company, in the final prospectus of the Company for its initial public offering dated April 21,2022; and in the Company’s other filings with the SEC. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated or anticipated by such forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements relate only to the date they were made, and the Company, DRIVEiT and their subsidiaries undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made except as required by law or applicable regulation.
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Important Information for Investors and Stockholders
This document relates to a proposed transaction between the Company and DRIVEiT. This document does not constitute an offer to sell or exchange, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or exchange, any securities, nor will there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, sale or exchange would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. The Company intends to file a registration statement on Form S-4 with the SEC, which will include a document that serves as a prospectus and proxy statement of the Company, referred to as a proxy statement/prospectus. A proxy statement/prospectus will be sent to all of the Company’s stockholders. The Company also will file other documents regarding the proposed transaction with the SEC. Before making any voting decision, investors and security holders of the Company are urged to read the registration statement, the proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction as they become available because they will contain important information about the proposed transaction.
Once available, stockholders will also be able to obtain a copy of the Form S-4, including the proxy statement/prospectus, and other documents filed with the SEC without charge, by directing a request to the Company, at 1185 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 301, New York, NY 10036. Investors and security holders will also be able to obtain free copies of the registration statement, the proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC by the Company through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ THESE MATERIALS (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS THAT THE COMPANY WILL FILE WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY, DRIVEiT AND THE TRANSACTIONS.
Participants in the Solicitation
The Company and its directors and executive officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from the Company’s stockholders with respect to the business combination. Information about the Company’s directors and executive officers and a description of their interests in the Company will be included in the proxy statement/prospectus for the proposed transaction and be available at the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov). Additional information regarding the interests of such participants will be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus for the proposed transaction when available.
DRIVEiT and its directors and executive officers also may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of the Company in connection with the proposed business combination. Information about DRIVEiT’s directors and executive officers and information regarding their interests in the proposed transaction will be included in the proxy statement/prospectus for the proposed transaction.
No Offer or Solicitation
This Current Report on Form 8-K is not a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the transactions described above and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of the Company or DRIVEiT, nor shall there be any sale of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom.
Item9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Dated:<br> November 8, 2024 | Yotta Acquisition Corporation | |
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| By: | /s/ Hui Chen | |
| Name: | Hui<br> Chen | |
| Title: | Chief<br> Executive Officer |
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Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This SECURITIES PURCHASEAGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of October 30, 2024 (the “Execution Date”), between DRIVEiT Financial Auto Group, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “DRIVEiT”), Yotta Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“YOTA”), and the investors listed on the Buyer Schedules attached hereto (each a “Buyer” and, collectively, the “Buyers”).
RECITALS
A. DRIVEiT has entered into a Business Combination Agreement with YOTA and the other parties thereto, providing for the combination of DRIVEiT and YOTA (the “Business Combination Agreement” and the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the “Business Combination”). The “Company” means DRIVEiT prior to the consummation of the Business Combination and New DRIVEiT from and after the consummation of the Business Combination.
B. In connection with the Business Combination, the Buyers wish to purchase, and the Company and YOTA wish to sell, upon the terms and subject to the conditions stated in this Agreement 10% Original Issue Discount convertible unsecured notes in the form attached hereto as ExhibitA (each a “Convertible Note” and, collectively, the “Convertible Notes”) in an aggregate principal amount as set forth on the Buyer Schedules convertible into preferred stock of DRIVEiT designated as Series A Preferred Stock with rights and privileges as described in the Articles Supplementary (the “Preferred Shares”).
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 each Buyer hereby agree as follows:
1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF CONVERTIBLE NOTES.
(a) Convertible Notes. Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below, the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer, and each Buyer shall purchase from the Company on the Closing Date (as defined below), Convertible Notes in an aggregate original principal amount as set forth on each Buyer’s respective Buyer Schedule.
(b) Closing. The issuance, sales and delivery of the Convertible Notes contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall take place as soon as practicable but no late than the third (3rd) Business Day following the satisfaction or waiver of all of the closing conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 (other than those to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such closing conditions). The date on which the Closing actually occurs is referred to herein as the “Closing Date.”
(c) Purchase Price. The aggregate purchase price for the Convertible Notes to be purchased by each Buyer (the “Purchase Price”) shall be paid at the Closing and in the amount as set forth on the Buyer Schedule; provided that the aggregate Purchase Price for all of the Convertible Notes issued and sold to the Buyers under this Agreement shall be $2,950,000.
(d) Payment of Purchase Price; Delivery of Securities. On the Closing Date, (i) each Buyer shall pay its pro rata portion of the Purchase Price to the Company in the manner set forth they Buyer Schedule, and (ii) the Company shall issue to each Buyer such Convertible Note with a principal amount equal to such Buyer’s its pro rata portion of $3,894,000, duly executed on behalf of the Company and registered in the name of such Buyer or its designee.
(e) Taxes. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp or similar taxes that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of any Securities to the Buyers made under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents (as defined below).
(f) Legal Expenses. Each party shall bear its own fees and expenses related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company shall pay on each Closing Date (which payment shall be deducted from payment of the Purchase Price) the legal expenses and disbursements of legal counsel to Buyers, incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents
2. BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
Each Buyer represents and warrants to the Company, on behalf of itself, that:
(a) Organization; Authority. Such Buyer 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 to which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
(b) No Public Sale or Distribution. Such Buyer (i) is acquiring, or will acquire, the Convertible Notes and Preferred Shares, and (ii) upon conversion of its Convertible Notes, will acquire the Preferred Shares issuable upon conversion thereof, in each case, for its own account and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof in violation of applicable securities laws, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the 1933 Act; provided, however, by making the representations herein, such Buyer 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 or an exemption under the 1933 Act. Such Buyer 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.
(c) Accredited Investor Status. Such Buyer is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D.
(d) Reliance on Exemptions. Such Buyer 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 such Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Buyer to acquire the Securities.
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(e) Information. Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers from, the Company concerning the offer and sale of the Securities and to obtain any additional information such Buyer has requested which is necessary to verify the accuracy of the information furnished to such Buyer concerning the Company and such offering. Such Buyer understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk. Such Buyer 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. Such Buyer acknowledges that such Buyer is basing its decision to invest in the Securities solely upon the information contained in the Transaction Documents, and its own due diligence and, except as specifically set forth in this Agreement, has not based its investment decision upon any representations made by any Person (as defined below).
(f) No Governmental Review. Such Buyer understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.
(g) Transfer or Resale. Such Buyer understands, that: (i) the Securities have not been and are not being registered under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company (if requested by the Company) an opinion of counsel to such Buyer, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, 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, or (C) such Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurance that such Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule thereto) (“Rule144”); (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 (as defined below) through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder; and (iii) except as provided hereunder, neither the Company nor any other Person is under any obligation to register the Securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder.
(h) Validity; Enforcement. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by such Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Buyer and no further consent or authorization of such Buyer or its members is required. Each Transaction Document has been duly executed by such Buyer and when delivered in accordance with terms hereof and thereof, constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Buyer enforceable against such Buyer in accordance with its 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.
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(i) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by such Buyer of this Agreement and the consummation by such Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Buyer, (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 such Buyer 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 such Buyer, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the ability of such Buyer to perform its obligations hereunder.
(j) Experience of Buyer. Such Buyer has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matter so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Buyer is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.
(k) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither such Buyer nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, nor, to the knowledge of such Buyer, any director, officer, agent, employee, member or other Person acting on behalf of such Buyer or any its subsidiaries or affiliates has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, such Buyer or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment of any foreign or domestic government official or employee.
(l) General Solicitation. Such Buyer is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or advertisement.
(m) Patriot Act Representations.
(i) Such Buyer represents that all evidence of identity provided is genuine and all related information furnished is accurate.
(ii) Such Buyer hereby acknowledges that the Company seeks to comply with all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations. In furtherance of such efforts, such Buyer hereby represents and agrees that: (A) no part of the funds used by such Buyer to acquire the Securities have been, or shall be, directly or indirectly derived from, or related to, any activity that may contravene federal, state, or international laws and regulations, including anti-money laundering laws and regulations; and (B) no payment to the Company by such Buyer shall cause the Company to be in violation of any applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations including without limitation, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, Executive Order 13224 (2001) (the “Patriot Act”) issued by the President of the United States and the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) regulations.
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(iii) Such Buyer represents and warrants that the amounts to be paid by such Buyer to the Company will not be directly or indirectly derived from activities that may contravene federal, state or international laws and regulations, including anti-money laundering laws and regulations. Such Buyer represents and warrants that, to the best of its knowledge, none of: (A) such Buyer; (B) any Person controlling or controlled by such Buyer; or (C) any Person having a beneficial interest in such Buyer is (I) a country, territory, individual or entity named on a list maintained by OFAC, (II) a Person prohibited under the OFAC Programs, (III) a senior foreign political figure,^1^ or any immediate family member^2^ or close associate^3^ of a senior foreign political figure as such terms are defined in the footnotes below or (IV) a “foreign shell bank” within the meaning of the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. §5311 et seq.), as amended (the “Bank Secrecy Act”) and the regulations promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
(iv) Such Buyer further represents and warrants that such Buyer: (A) has conducted thorough due diligence with respect to all of its beneficial owners, (B) has established the identities of all beneficial owners and the source of each of the beneficial owner’s funds and (C) will retain evidence of any such identities, any such source of funds and any such due diligence.
(v) Neither such Buyer nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Buyer is a person identified as a terrorist organization on any relevant lists maintained by governmental authorities.
(vi) Such Buyer agrees to provide the Company all information that may be reasonably requested to comply with applicable laws and regulations of any applicable jurisdiction, or to respond to requests for information concerning the identity of such Buyer from any governmental authority, self-regulatory organization or financial institution in connection with its anti-money laundering compliance procedures, or to update such information. Such Buyer agrees to notify the Company promptly if there is any change with respect to the representations and warranties provided herein. Such Buyer consents to the disclosure to regulators and law enforcement authorities by the Company and its affiliates and agents of any information about such Buyer or its constituents as the Company reasonably deems necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist and asset control laws, regulations, rules and orders.
| ^1^ | A “senior foreign political figure” is defined as<br>a senior official in the executive, legislative, administrative, military or judicial branches of a foreign government (whether elected<br>or not), a senior official of a major foreign political party, or a senior executive of a foreign government-owned corporation. In addition,<br>a “senior foreign political figure” includes any corporation, business or other entity that has been formed by, or for the<br>benefit of, a senior foreign political figure. |
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| ^2^ | “Immediate family” of a senior foreign political<br>figure typically includes the figure’s parents, siblings, spouse, children and in-laws. |
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| ^3^ | A “close associate” of a senior foreign political<br>figure is a person who is widely and publicly known to maintain an unusually close relationship with the senior foreign political figure,<br>and includes a person who is in a position to conduct substantial domestic and international financial transactions on behalf of the<br>senior foreign political figure. |
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3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
The Company represents and warrants to the Buyers the matters set forth in this Section 3, as may be qualified by the corresponding section of the Company Disclosure Schedule. These representations and warranties, and the information set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule, are current as of the date of this Agreement, except to the extent that a representation or warranty expressly states that such representation or warranty is current only as of an earlier date. If any information is so reflected as of an earlier date, there have been no material changes since such date to the date hereof.
(a) Organization and Qualification. Each of the Company and each of its subsidiaries are entities duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are formed, and have the requisite power and authorization to own their properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of 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 have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as provided on Schedule 3(a), the Company has no subsidiaries.
(b) Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. The Company has the requisite 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 Convertible Notes, the Preferred Shares upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, and the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Preferred Shares) have been (i) duly authorized by the Company’s board of directors and (ii) no further filing, consent or authorization is required by the Company, its board of directors or its stockholders or other governing body of the Company (other than receipt of stockholder approval of the Business Combination, the filing of the Articles Supplementary, the filing with the SEC of a Form D and any other filings as may be required by any state securities agencies or the filing of required notices and/or applications to any applicable national securities exchange for the issuance and sale of the Securities). This Agreement has been, and the other Transaction Documents 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.
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(c) Issuance of Securities. The issuance of (x) the Convertible Notes is duly authorized, and upon the due execution, issuance and delivery, the Convertible Notes will be valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, (y) the Preferred Shares issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes is duly authorized, and upon such issuance in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Notes, such Preferred Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and (z) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Preferred Shares is duly authorized, and upon such issuance in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Shares, such shares of Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Buyers in this Agreement, the offer and issuance by the Company of the Securities is exempt from registration under the 1933 Act. Upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, Buyers will have good and marketable title to the Notes.
(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 Convertible Notes, the Preferred Shares upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, and the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Preferred Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or bylaws or operating agreements of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company 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, foreign, federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations by which the capital stock of the Company or any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected except, in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above, to the extent such violations that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Consents. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is required to obtain any consent from, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with any court, governmental agency or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person (other than the filing with the SEC of a Form D with the SEC and other filings as may be required by any state securities agencies, and the filing of required notice and/or application to any applicable national securities exchange for the issuance and sale of the Securities, obtaining stockholder approval of the Business Combination and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its respective obligations under, or contemplated by, the Transaction Documents, in each case, in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations that the Company is required to obtain at or prior to each respective Closing have been obtained or effected on or prior to the Closing Date, and the Company is not aware of any facts or circumstances that might prevent the Company from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
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(f) Acknowledgment Regarding Buyers’ Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer 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 such Buyer is not (i) an officer or director of the Company, (ii) an affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act) of the Company (an “Affiliate”) or (iii) to its knowledge, a “beneficial owner” (as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of more than 10% of the capital stock of the Company. The Company further acknowledges that each Buyer is not 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 such Buyer or any of its representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such Buyer’s purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to such Buyer 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 General Solicitation; Placement Agent’s Fees. None of the Company, any of its Affiliates, or any Person acting on the behalf of the Company or any of its Affiliates, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any of its placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers’ commissions, relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(h) No Integrated Offering. None of the Company, any of its Affiliates, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any Person acting on the behalf of the Company or any of its Affiliates has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require registration of the issuance of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act, whether through integration with prior offerings or otherwise, or cause this offering of the Securities to require approval of shareholders of the Company under any applicable shareholder 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, any of its Affiliates, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any Person acting on the behalf of the Company or any of its Affiliates will take any action or steps that would require registration of the issuance of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act or cause the offering of any of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings of securities of the Company.
(i) Application of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement. The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, interested shareholder, business combination, poison pill (including, without limitation, any distribution under a rights agreement), shareholder rights plan or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Articles of Incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Affiliates or the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or otherwise which is or could become applicable to each Buyer as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s issuance of the Securities and such Buyer’s ownership of the Securities. The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any shareholder rights plan or similar arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company or a change in control of the Company or any of its Affiliates.
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(j) Absence of Certain Changes. Since December 31, 2023, there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the business, assets, liabilities, properties, operations (including results thereof), or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its subsidiaries. Since December 31, 2023, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) declared or paid any dividends, (ii) sold any material assets 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. 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. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has 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 is not, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur at the Closing will not be, Insolvent (as defined below). The Company has not 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 remaining assets constitute unreasonably small capital.
(k) No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances. Since December 31, 2023, no event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, properties, liabilities, prospects, operations (including results thereof) or condition (financial or otherwise) that would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(l) Conduct of Business; Regulatory Permits. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default under its organizational documents including its Articles of Incorporation, bylaws, any other organizational charter, any articles supplementary, preferences or rights of any outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, 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 the Company will not conduct its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except in all cases for possible violations which could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their businesses, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit.
(m) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (as applicable) has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee.
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(n) Transactions With Affiliates. None of the officers, directors, employees or Affiliates of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company (other than for ordinary course services as employees, officers or directors and immaterial transactions), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any such officer, director, employee or Affiliate or, to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other Person in which any such officer, director, employee or Affiliate has a substantial interest or is an employee, officer, director, trustee or partner.
(o) Equity Capitalization. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists solely of (i) 750,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of which 5,000,000 shares are issued and outstanding and (i) 250,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of which no shares are issued and outstanding. No other shares of capital stock or other voting securities of the Company are authorized, issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding. No shares of capital stock of the Company are held in treasury. All of such outstanding shares are duly authorized and have been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
(p) Indebtedness and Other Contracts. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries (i) does not have any material outstanding Indebtedness, Indebtedness secured by any Lien on any assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other material debt obligations, except for the Convertible Notes, (ii) is not 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) is not 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, and (iv) is not a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has no current intention or expectation to file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction.
(q) Absence of 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 or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries, the capital stock of the Company or any of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ executive officers or directors which would be reasonably likely to adversely affect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the SEC involving the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any current or former director or officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
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(r) 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 be unable 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 have a Material Adverse Effect.
(s) Employee Relations. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining agreement nor does it employ any member of a union. No executive officer or other key employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has notified the Company or any such subsidiary that such officer intends to leave the Company or any such subsidiary or otherwise terminate such officer’s employment with the Company or any such subsidiary. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer or other key employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement, non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant, and the continued employment of each such executive officer or other key employee (as the case may be) does not subject the Company or any of its subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations respecting labor, employment and employment practices and benefits, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where failure to be in compliance would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) Title. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to (i) all real property owned by it and (ii) all personal property, owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case, free and clear of all Liens, encumbrances and defects except such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and any of its subsidiaries. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and any of its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(u) 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, original works, inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights and all applications and registrations therefor (“Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. None of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ Intellectual Property Rights have expired, terminated or been abandoned, or are expected to expire, terminate or be abandoned, within three years from the date of this Agreement, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has no knowledge of any material infringement by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of Intellectual Property Rights of others. There is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought, or to the knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, being threatened, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries regarding their Intellectual Property Rights and which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not aware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing infringements or claims, actions or proceedings. The Company each of its subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their Intellectual Property Rights, except where failure to take such measures would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to materially affect the value of their respective Intellectual Property Rights.
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(v) Environmental Laws. The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all Environmental Laws, (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where, in each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(w) Subsidiary Rights. The Company or one of its subsidiaries has unrestricted right to vote, and (subject to limitations imposed by applicable law) to receive dividends and distributions on, all capital securities of its subsidiaries as owned by the Company or such subsidiary.
(x) Tax Status. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries (i) has timely made or filed 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 and except in each case where the failure to file, pay or set aside could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company and it subsidiaries know of no basis for any such claim. The Company is not operated in such a manner as to qualify as a passive foreign investment company, as defined in Section 1297 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(y) 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.
(z) No Disqualification Events. 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 1933 Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered Person”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the 1933 Act (a “DisqualificationEvent”), 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.
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(aa) Transfer Taxes. On the Closing Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other than income or similar taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the issuance, sale and transfer of the Securities to be sold to any Buyer hereunder will be, or will have been, fully paid or provided for by the Company, and all laws imposing such taxes will be or will have been complied with.
(bb) Shell Company Status. The Company is not, and has never been, an issuer identified in, or subject to, Rule 144(i).
(cc) Fixtures and Equipment. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries (as applicable) has good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, the tangible personal property, equipment, improvements, fixtures, and other personal property and appurtenances that are used by the Company or its subsidiary in connection with the conduct of its business (the “Fixtures and Equipment”). The Fixtures and Equipment are structurally sound, are in good operating condition and repair, are adequate for the uses to which they are being put, are not in need of maintenance or repairs except for ordinary, routine maintenance and repairs and are sufficient for the conduct of the Company’s and/or its subsidiaries’ businesses (as applicable) in the manner as conducted prior to the Closing. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries owns all of its Fixtures and Equipment free and clear of all Encumbrances except for (i) Liens for current taxes not yet due and (ii) zoning laws and other land use restrictions that do not impair the present or anticipated use of the property subject thereto.
(dd) Illegal or Unauthorized Payments; Political Contributions. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the best of the Company’s knowledge (after reasonable inquiry of its executive officers and directors), any of the officers, directors, employees, agents or other representatives of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any other business entity or enterprise with which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or has been affiliated or associated, has, directly or indirectly, made or authorized any payment, contribution or gift of money, property, or services, whether or not in contravention of applicable law, (i) as a kickback or bribe to any Person or (ii) to any political organization, or the holder of or any aspirant to any elective or appointive public office except for personal political contributions not involving the direct or indirect use of funds of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(ee) Money Laundering. The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with, and have not previously violated, the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and all other applicable U.S. and non-U.S. anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including, without limitation, the laws, regulations and Executive Orders and sanctions programs administered by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control, including, without limitation, (i) Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 entitled, “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism” (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)); and (ii) any regulations contained in 31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V.
(ff) Registration Rights. No holder of securities of the Company has rights to the registration of any securities of the Company because of the issuance of the Securities hereunder that could expose the Company to material liability or any Buyer to any liability or that could impair the Company’s ability to consummate the issuance and sale of the Securities in the manner, and at the times, contemplated hereby, which rights have not been waived by the holder thereof as of the date hereof.
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(gg) Disclosure. The Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any Buyer 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; provided, however, that to the extent any such material non-public information was provided to any Buyer, then the Company hereby covenants to include such information in that Form S-4 to be publicly filed with respect to the Business Combination. The Company understands and confirms that Buyers will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure provided to any Buyer regarding the Company, its subsidiaries, their respective 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 is true and correct in all material respects 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 their respective businesses, properties, liabilities, prospects, 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. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer makes no and has not made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 2.
4. COVENANTS.
(a) Form D and Blue Sky. The Company shall file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and provide a copy thereof to each Buyer promptly after 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 each Buyer 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 confirmation of any such action, if applicable, so taken to such Buyer 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 federal, foreign, state and local laws, statutes, rules, regulations and the like relating to the offering and sale of the Securities to such Buyer.
(b) Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities for general corporate purposes.
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(c) Fees. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, transfer agent fees, DTC fees or broker’s commissions, relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any claim relating to any such payment. Except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents, each party to this Agreement shall bear its own expenses in connection with the sale of the Securities to each Buyer.
(d) Pledge of Securities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Securities may be pledged by each Buyer in connection with a bona fide margin agreement or other loan or financing arrangement that is secured by the Securities. The pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and each Buyer effecting a pledge of Securities shall not 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. At each Buyer’s expense, the Company hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as a pledgee of the Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge of the Securities to such pledgee by each Buyer provided that the Company shall be under no obligation to deliver any legal opinion required in connection therewith unless required by the Company’s transfer agent to be issued by the Company’s legal counsel.
(e) Conduct of Business. The business of the Company shall not be conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity, except where such violations would not result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Passive Foreign Investment Company. The Company shall conduct its business in such a manner as will ensure that the Company will not be deemed to constitute a passive foreign investment company within the meaning of Section 1297 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(g) Due Diligence. Each Buyer shall have the right, from time to time as such Buyer may reasonably deem appropriate, to perform reasonable due diligence on the Company during normal business hours and subject to reasonable prior notice to the Company. The Company and its officers and employees shall provide information (“Confidential Information”) and reasonably cooperate with such Buyer in connection with such Buyer’s due diligence; provided, however, that at no time is the Company required or permitted to disclose material nonpublic information to such Buyer or breach any obligation of confidentiality or non-disclosure to a third party or make any disclosure that could cause a waiver of attorney-client privilege. Except as may be required by law, court order or governmental authority, each party hereto agrees not to disclose any Confidential Information of the other party to any third party and shall not use the Confidential Information of such other party for any purpose other than in connection with, or in furtherance of, the transactions contemplated hereby. In the event a party is required by law, court order or governmental authority to disclose the Confidential Information of the other party, such party shall give the other party written notice of the information to be disclosed as far in advance of its disclosure as practicable and shall reasonably cooperate with the other party’s efforts, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded such information. Each party hereto acknowledges that the Confidential Information shall remain the property of the disclosing party and agrees that it shall take all reasonable measures to protect the secrecy of any Confidential Information disclosed by the other party.
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(h) Additional Issuance of Securities. Each of YOTA and the Company (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes New DRIVEiT after the closing of the Business Combination) agrees that during the Restricted Period, neither YOTA nor the Company (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes New DRIVEiT after the closing of the Business Combination) shall directly or indirectly issue, offer, sell, grant any option or right to purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announce any issuance, offer, sale, grant of any option or right to purchase or other disposition of) any equity security or any equity-linked or related security (including, without limitation, any “equity security” (as that term is defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the 1933 Act), any Convertible Securities, debt (with or related to equity), any preferred stock or any purchase rights) (“Additional Issuance”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4(h) shall not apply in respect of the following: (i) issuances pursuant to acquisitions, joint ventures, license arrangements, services, leasing arrangements and similar transaction arrangements; (ii) an issuance of shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to agreements existing as of the date of this Agreement or upon the conversion or exercise of Convertible Securities issued prior to the date hereof, provided that the conversion or exercise (as the case may be) of any such Convertible Security is made solely pursuant to the conversion or exercise (as the case may be) provisions of such Convertible Security that were in effect on the date immediately prior to the date of this Agreement, the conversion or exercise price of any such Convertible Securities is not lowered, none of such Convertible Securities are (nor is any provision of any such Convertible Securities) amended or waived in any manner (whether by the Company or the holder thereof) to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such Convertible Securities are otherwise materially changed or waived (whether by the Company or the holder thereof) in any manner that adversely affects any Buyer; (iii) the issuance of compensatory equity awards to employees, directors and other third parties under an Approved Share Plan; provided that provisions of such Approved Share Plan that were in effect on the date immediately prior to the date of this Agreement remain in effect without amendment in any manner that adversely affects any Buyer, including any amendment to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder; (iv) the issuance of the Convertible Notes and the Preferred Shares issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes; and (v) the issuance of securities pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.
(i) Expenses. From the Execution Date until the consummation of the Business Combination, YOTA, the Company and New DRIVEiT, collectively, shall not incur or agree to incur any costs or expenses in excess of $100,000, individually or in the aggregate, without the prior written approval of the Buyers. For the avoidance of doubt, by execution of this Agreement, the Buyers shall not be deemed to have consented to any costs or expenses to be incurred after the date hereof, regardless of whether the Buyers have been notified or otherwise made aware of such costs or expenses (including any costs or expenses included in any budget or similar document delivered to the Buyers) prior to the date hereof.
(j) Lock-Up Agreements. YOTA and the Company shall use their best efforts to obtain lock-up agreements, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Buyers (the “Lock-Up Agreements”), from each of the stockholders of the Company as of immediately prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Buyers (the “Company Stockholders”), which Lock-Up Agreements shall provide for restrictions on transfer of the shares of Common Stock to be received by such Stockholders in the Business Combination for a period ending no earlier than the expiration of the Restricted Period.
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(k) Business Combination. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Business Combination Agreement, each of YOTA and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary or desirable under applicable laws, to consummate and implement expeditiously each of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, including without limitation using its reasonable best efforts to cause a registration statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act, registering the offer and sale to the stockholders of the Company all of the capital stock of New DRIVEiT issuable to the holders of the capital stock of the Company (including the Preferred Shares) under the Business Combination Agreement, to become effective.
5. REGISTER; TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS; LEGEND.
(a) Register. The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to each holder of Securities), a register for the Convertible Notes in which the Company shall record the name and address of the Person in whose name the Convertible Notes have been issued (including the name and address of each transferee) reflecting the principal amount of the Convertible Notes held by such Person. The Company shall keep the register open and available at all times during business hours for inspection by each Buyer or its legal representatives.
(b) Legends. Each Buyer understands that the Securities have been issued (or will be issued) pursuant to an exemption from registration or qualification under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws, and except as set forth below, the Securities shall bear any legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any state and a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such stock certificates):
[NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE [CONVERTIBLE]/[EXERCISABLE] HAVE BEEN][THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN] REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE HOLDER (IF REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY), IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD OR ELIGIBLE TO BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.
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(c) Removal of Legends. Certificates evidencing Securities shall not be required to contain the legend set forth in Section 5(b) above or any other legend (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such Securities is effective under the 1933 Act (provided that each Buyer provides the Company with any certificates from such Buyer or its broker reasonably required by the Company’s transfer agent), (ii) following any sale of such Securities pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming the transferor is not an affiliate of the Company) or a registration statement, (iii) if such Securities are eligible to be sold, assigned or transferred under Rule 144 without current public information being available and without volume and manner of sale limitations (provided that each Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurances that such Securities are eligible for sale, assignment or transfer under Rule 144, which shall not include an opinion of counsel, but which may include any certificates from such Buyer or its broker reasonably required by the Company’s transfer agent), or (iv) in connection with a sale, assignment or other transfer (other than under Rule 144), provided that each Buyer provides the Company with an opinion of counsel to such Buyer from reputable counsel to the effect that such sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities may be made without registration under the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act.
(d) Manner of Sale. Each Buyer, severally and not jointly with the other Buyers, agrees with the Company that such Buyer will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the 1933 Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section 5 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance upon this understanding.
6. CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATION TO SELL.
(a) The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Securities to each Buyer at the applicable 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 by providing each Buyer with prior written notice thereof:
(i) Each Buyer shall have executed each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and delivered the same to the Company.
(ii) Each Buyer shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price for the Convertible Notes being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to the wire instructions provided by the Company.
(iii) The representations and warranties of each Buyer 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 date), and such Buyer 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 such Buyer at or prior to the Closing Date.
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7. CONDITIONS TO BUYERS’ OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.
(a) The obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase Securities is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for each Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof:
(i) The Company shall have duly executed and delivered to each Buyer each of the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party and the Company shall have duly executed and delivered to such Buyer the Convertible Notes as is set forth on the applicable Buyer Schedule and the Company shall have complied in all material respects with all obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, the Convertible Notes.
(ii) Each and every representation and warranty of the Company 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 in all material respects as of such date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date.
(iii) The Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Securities.
(iv) No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and no actions, suits or proceedings shall be pending by any governmental authority that seeks to enjoin, prohibit or otherwise adversely affect any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(v) The Company and Yotta shall have amended the Business Combination Agreement to provide that upon consummation of the Business Combination (A) New DRIVEiT shall file a certificate of designation in substantially the same form as the Articles Supplementary and (B) each Preferred Share shall be converted into the right to receive a share of preferred stock of New DRIVEiT, which preferred stock shall have substantially similar rights, preferences and privileges as the Preferred Shares.
(vi) Since the date of execution of this Agreement, no event or series of events shall have occurred that reasonably would have or result in a Material Adverse Effect and the Company has not filed for nor is it subject to any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings for relief under any bankruptcy law or any law for the relief of debtors instituted by or against the Company.
(vii) The Company shall have delivered to each Buyer such other documents, instruments or certificates relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement reasonably required to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
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8. TERMINATION.
In the event that the Initial Closing shall not have occurred within ten (10) days after the date hereof, then each Buyer 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 to any other party; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 8 shall not be available to such Buyer if the failure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to have been consummated by such date is the result of such Buyer’s breach of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, nothing contained in this Section 8 shall be deemed to release any party hereto 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 hereto to compel specific performance by any other party of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.
9. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
(a) 1933 Act. The “1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(b) 1934 Act. The “1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(c) Articles Supplementary. “Articles Supplementary” means that Articles Supplementary of Series A Preferred Stock to DRIVEiT’s Articles of Incorporation, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
(d) Business Day. “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.
(e) Common Stock. “Common Stock” means the common stock of YOTA, the Company or New DRIVEiT, as applicable, and any other shares of stock issued or issuable with respect thereto (whether by way of a stock dividend or stock split or in exchange for or upon conversion of such shares or otherwise in connection with a combination of shares, distribution, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, other corporate reorganization or other similar event with respect to the Common Stock).
(f) Contingent Obligation. “Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto.
(g) Convertible Securities. “Convertible Securities” means any capital stock or other security of YOTA, the Company or New DRIVEiT, as applicable, 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 YOTA, the Company or New DRIVEiT (including, without limitation, Common Stock).
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(h) Eligible Market. “Eligible Market” means The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Amex, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market.
(i) Environmental Laws. “Environmental Laws” means all federal, state, local or foreign 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.
(j) Indebtedness. “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (B) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the purchase price of property or assets, including indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business, (C) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (D) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (E) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (F) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (A) through (E) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in any material property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though the Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (G) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (A) through (F) above.
(k) Insolvent. “Insolvent” means the present fair saleable value of the Company’s assets is less than the amount required to pay the Company’s total Indebtedness.
(l) Lien. “Lien” means any lien, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, charge, security interest, adverse claim, liability, interest, charge, preference, priority, proxy, transfer restriction (other than restrictions under the 1933 Act and state securities laws), encroachment, tax, order, community property interest, equitable interest, option, warrant, right of first refusal, easement, profit, license, servitude, right of way, covenant or zoning restriction.
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(m) Material Adverse Effect. “Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect on (i) the business, properties, assets, liabilities, operations (including results thereof), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) the transactions contemplated hereby or in any of the other Transaction Documents or (iii) the authority or ability of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to perform any of its respective obligations under any of the Transaction Documents (as defined below).
(n) New DRIVEiT. “New DRIVEiT” means the combined public reporting parent company after the Business Combination as described herein, or any Successor Entity (as defined in the Convertible Note).
(o) Person. “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any department or agency thereof.
(p) Regulation D. “Regulation D” means Regulation D as promulgated by the SEC under the 1933 Act.
(q) Restricted Period. “Restricted Period” means the period commencing on the Execution Date and ending on the date immediately following the 90th day after the date on which the shares of Common Stock (or any securities issued in exchange for the Common Stock in the Business Combination) issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares (or any securities issued in exchange for the Preferred Shares in the Business Combination) may be publicly resold by the Buyer pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or pursuant an exemption from registration without the requirement for public information and without volume or manner of sale limitations.
(r) SEC. “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
(s) Securities. “Securities” means the Convertible Notes, the Preferred Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.
(t) Transaction Documents. “Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Convertible Notes, the Articles Supplementary, and each of the other agreements and instruments entered into or delivered by any of the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, as may be amended from time to time.
10. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each party hereto 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 under any of the other Transaction Documents or in connection herewith or therewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby or discussed herein or therein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereto 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 to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude any Buyer from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to such Buyer or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of such Buyer. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIALFOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
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(b) 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 hereto and delivered to the other party. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or 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.
(c) 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.
(d) Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties hereto as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties hereto or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties hereto. The parties hereto will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).
(e) Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and thereto and the instruments referenced herein and therein supersede all other prior oral or written agreements between the Buyers, the Company, its affiliates and Persons acting on its behalf solely with respect to the matters contained herein and therein, and this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and thereto and the instruments referenced herein and therein contain the entire understanding of the parties hereto solely with respect to the matters covered herein and therein. Except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor any Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. For clarification purposes, the Recitals are part of this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and each Buyer. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents or all holders of the Convertible Notes (as the case may be). The Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements with any Buyer relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents except as set forth in the Transaction Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company confirms that, except as set forth in this Agreement, no Buyer has made any commitment or promise or has any other obligation to provide any financing to the Company or otherwise. As a material inducement for each Buyer to enter into this Agreement, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that no due diligence or other investigation or inquiry conducted by any Buyer, any of its advisors or any of its representatives shall affect such Buyer’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.
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(f) Notices. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, if delivered personally; (ii) when sent, if sent by e-mail (provided that such sent e-mail is kept on file (whether electronically or otherwise) by the sending party and the sending party does not receive an automatically generated message from the recipient’s e-mail server that such e-mail could not be delivered to such recipient) and (iii) if sent by overnight courier service, 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. The addresses and e-mail addresses for such communications shall be:
If to the Company:
DRIVEiT Financial Auto Group, Inc.
7 St. Paul Street
Suite 820
Baltimore, MD 21202
Tel: [●]
Email Address: [●]
Attention: [●]
With a copy (for informational purposes only) to:
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
One Vanderbilt Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3852
Telephone: (914) 329-6625
E-mail: Rcohen@mwe.com
Attention: Robert Cohen, Esq.
If to a Buyer:
See Buyer Schedule
with a copy (for informational purposes only) to:
Graubard Miller
The Chrysler Building
405 Lexington Avenue, 44th Floor
New York, NY 10174-4499
E-mail: eschwartz@graubard.com
Attention: Eric T. Schwartz
or to such other address 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 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 or (B) provided by an overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service or receipt from an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i) or (iii) above, respectively. A copy of the e-mail transmission containing the time, date and recipient e-mail address shall be rebuttable evidence of receipt by e-mail in accordance with clause (ii) above.
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(g) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and its successors and assigns, including, as contemplated below, any assignee of any of the Securities. The Company shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Buyers, including, without limitation, by way of a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Convertible Notes) (unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the applicable Convertible Notes).
(h) No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and its permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, other than the Indemnitees referred to in Section 10(k).
(i) Survival. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants shall survive the Closing until the applicable statute of limitations. Each Buyer shall be responsible only for its representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder.
(j) Further Assurances. Each party hereto shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(k) Indemnification.
(i) In consideration of each Buyer’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 such Buyer and each holder of any Securities and all of their shareholders, partners, members, officers, directors, employees and direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing Persons’ agents or other representatives (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (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 (A) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company in any of the Transaction Documents, (B) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Company contained in any of the Transaction Documents or (C) any cause of action, suit, proceeding or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee by a third party (including for these purposes a derivative action brought on behalf of the Company, but other than by an affiliate of any Buyer) or which otherwise involves such Indemnitee that arises out of or results from (I) the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents, (II) any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Securities, or (III) the status of any Buyer or holder of the Securities either as an investor in the Company pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or as a party to this Agreement (including, without limitation, as a party in interest or otherwise in any action or proceeding for injunctive or other equitable relief), unless such action is based primarily upon a breach of such Buyer’s representations, warranties, or covenants under the Transaction Documents, or any agreements or understandings such Buyer may have with any such third party, or any violations by such Buyer of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Buyer which constitutes fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law.
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(ii) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnitee under this Section 10(k) 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 10(k), 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 satisfactory to the Company and the Indemnitee; provided, however, that an Indemnitee shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of such counsel to be paid by the Company if: (i) the Company has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (ii) 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 (iii) 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 (iii) above the Company shall not be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one (1) separate legal counsel for such Indemnitee. 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 10(k), 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 10(k) shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or Indemnified Liabilities are incurred.
(iv) Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents, the aggregate indemnification obligations of the Company pursuant to this Section 10(k) shall not exceed 100% of the aggregate Purchase Price actually paid by the Buyers.
(v) The sole and exclusive remedy for any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement hereunder shall be the indemnification provided by this Section 10(k), and each Buyer expressly waives any other rights or remedies it may have; provided however, that equitable relief, including remedies of specific performance and injunction, shall be available with respect to any matter where money damages would not be sufficient to compensate any Buyer or to preserve the rights of such Buyer pending resolution of a dispute, and this Section 10(k) shall not relieve the Company from liability for willful misconduct, gross negligence, bad faith, fraud or willful breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement.
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(l) Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party. No specific representation or warranty shall limit the generality or applicability of a more general representation or warranty. Each and every reference to share prices, Common Stock and any other numbers in this Agreement that relate to the Common Stock shall be automatically adjusted for stock dividends, stock splits, stock combinations and other similar transactions that occur with respect to the Common Stock after the date of this Agreement.
(m) Remedies. Each Buyer and each holder of any Securities shall have all rights and remedies set forth in the Transaction Documents and all rights and remedies which such holders have been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such holders have under any law. Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security, to the extent permitted by law), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law. Furthermore, the Company recognizes that in the event that it fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of its obligations under the Transaction Documents, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate relief to each Buyer. The Company therefore agrees that each Buyer shall be entitled to seek specific performance and/or temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive or other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security.
(n) Exercise of Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Buyer exercises a right, election, demand or option under any Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Buyer may continue to exercise it other rights, elections, demands and options hereunder and under any other Transaction Document from time to time as if such original right, election, demand or option had not been exercised without prejudice to its future actions and rights and remedies.
(o) Payment Set Aside; Currency. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to such Buyer hereunder or pursuant to any other Transaction Document or any Buyer enforces or exercises its rights hereunder or thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, foreign, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, all dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are in United States Dollars (“U.S. Dollars”), and all amounts owing under this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents shall be paid in U.S. Dollars. All amounts denominated in other currencies (if any) shall be converted into the U.S. Dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the Exchange Rate on the date of calculation. “Exchange Rate” means, in relation to any amount of currency to be converted into U.S. Dollars pursuant to this Agreement, the U.S. Dollar exchange rate as published in the Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of calculation.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company has caused its signature page to this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
| COMPANY: | |
|---|---|
| DRIVEiT Financial Auto Group, Inc. | |
| By: | /s/ David Michery |
| --- | --- |
| Name: | David Michery |
| Title: | Chairman of the Board |
| YOTA: | |
| --- | |
| Yotta Acquisition Corporation |
| By: | /s/ Hui Chen |
|---|---|
| Name: | Hui Chen |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
[Signature page to Securities Purchase Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company has caused its signature page to this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
| BUYER: | |
|---|---|
| JADR Capital 2 Pty Limited | |
| By: | /s/ Justin Davis-Rice |
| --- | --- |
| Name: | Justin Davis-Rice |
| Title: | Sole Director |
[Signature page to Securities Purchase Agreement]
BUYER SCHEDULE
Name of Buyer: JADR Capital 2 Pty Limited
20% Original Issue DiscountConvertible Notes to be purchased and sold at the Initial Closing with an aggregate principal amount of $3,894,000 (for a purchase price of $3,245,000), convertible into Preferred Shares at a price per share (the “Conversion Price”) equal to the Stated Value as that term is defined in the Articles Supplementary, divided by 3.25; provided, that it is acknowledged and agreed that the legal expenses and disbursements of legal counsel to Buyers, incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, shall be deemed to be $295,000; provided further, that payment of the Purchase Price may be satisfied by means of cancelling obligations of the Company to the Buyer for borrowed money (whether borrowed from the Buyer or a third party) and crediting such obligations against the purchase price, at the sole election of the Buyer, and/or by operation of Section 1(f).
Notice Contact Information
JADR Capital 2 Pty Limited
[***]
Schedule 3(a)
Subsidiaries
| 1. | DRIVEiT Financial Group |
|---|---|
| 2. | DRIVEiT Auto Sales |
| --- | --- |
Exhibit A
[Form of Convertible Note]
Exhibit B
[Form of Articles Supplementary]
Exhibit 10.2
Execution Version
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This SECURITIES PURCHASEAGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of October 30, 2024 (the “Execution Date”), between DRIVEiT Financial Auto Group, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “DRIVEiT”), Yotta Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“YOTA”) and the investors listed on the Buyer Schedules attached hereto (each a “Buyer” and, collectively, the “Buyers”).
RECITALS
A. DRIVEiT has entered into a Business Combination Agreement with YOTA and the other parties thereto, providing for the combination of DRIVEiT and YOTA (the “Business Combination Agreement” and the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the “Business Combination”). The “Company” means DRIVEiT prior to the consummation of the Business Combination and New DRIVEiT from and after the consummation of the Business Combination.
B. In connection with the Business Combination, the Buyers wish to purchase, and the Company and YOTA wish to sell, upon the terms and subject to the conditions stated in this Agreement, preferred stock of New DRIVEiT designated as Series A Preferred Stock with rights and privileges as described in the Certificate of Designation (the “Preferred Shares”).
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 each Buyer hereby agree as follows:
1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF Preferred Shares.
(a) Preferred Shares. Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below, the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer, and each Buyer shall purchase from the Company on the applicable Closing Date (as defined below), Preferred Shares in the amount as set forth on each Buyer’s respective Buyer Schedule.
(b) Closing. The aforementioned issuances, sales and deliveries of Preferred Shares shall be scheduled as follows: (i) the initial sale and purchase (the “Initial Closing”) of Preferred Shares with an aggregate Stated Value of $30,030,000 immediately upon the consummation of the Business Combination, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of all of the closing conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 applicable to the Initial Closing (other than those to be satisfied at the Initial Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such closing conditions); and (ii) the sale and purchase (each a “Tranche Closing” and together the “Tranche Closings”, and together with the Initial Closing and each Additional Purchase Closing (as defined below), each a “Closing”, and each such date of a Closing being, a “Closing Date”) of Preferred Shares with an aggregate Stated Value of $160,875,000 by the Buyers as contemplated by this Agreement on the dates and in such amounts as set forth on each respective Buyer Schedule, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of all of the closing conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 applicable to the Tranche Closings (other than those to be satisfied at each Tranche Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such closing conditions).
(c) Closing Notice. At least five (5) Business Days before the Closing Date for the Initial Closing and each Tranche Closing, the Company shall deliver written notice to each Buyer (the “Closing Notice”) specifying (i) the anticipated Closing Date for the Initial Closing or such Tranche Closing and (ii) the wire instructions for delivery of the Purchase Price to the Company. No later than two (2) Business Days after receiving the Closing Notice, each Buyer shall deliver to the Company such information as is reasonably requested in the Closing Notice in order for the Company to issue the Subscribed Shares to each Buyer. each Buyer shall deliver to the Company, on or prior to 8:00 a.m. (Eastern time) (or as soon as practicable after the Company or its transfer agent delivers evidence of the issuance to each Buyer of the Subscribed Shares on and as of the Closing Date) on the Closing Date the Purchase Price in cash via wire transfer to the account specified in the Closing Notice against (and concurrently with) delivery by the Company to each Buyer of (i) the Preferred Shares (in book entry form), free and clear of any liens or other restrictions (other than those arising under this Agreement or state or federal securities laws), in the name of such Buyer (or its nominee in accordance with its delivery instructions) or to a custodian designated by such Buyer, as applicable, and (ii) written notice from the Company or its transfer agent evidencing the issuance to such Buyer of the Preferred Shares (in book entry form) on and as of such Closing Date. In the event that the consummation of the Business Combination does not occur within one (1) Business Day after the anticipated Closing Date specified in the Closing Notice, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after the anticipated Closing Date specified in the Closing Notice) return the funds so delivered by each Buyer to the Company by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by each Buyer.
(d) Payment of Purchase Price; Delivery of Securities. On each respective Closing Date, each Buyer shall pay its pro rata portion of: (i) with respect to the Initial Closing, an aggregate of $8,400,000, and (ii) with respect to each Tranche Closing such amount(s) as set forth on each respective Buyer Schedule in an aggregate amount of $45,000,000 (in each case, the “Purchase Price”), to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Company’s written wire instructions, and the Company shall issue to each Buyer: (x) with respect to the Initial Closing, Preferred Shares with an aggregate Stated Value of $30,030,000, and (y) with respect to the Tranche Closings, Preferred Shares with an aggregate Stated Value of $160,875,000, as contemplated by this Agreement.
(e) Taxes. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp or similar taxes that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of any Securities to the Buyers made under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents (as defined below).
(f) Legal Expenses. Each party shall bear its own fees and expenses related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company shall pay on each Closing Date (which payment shall be deducted from payment of the Purchase Price) the legal expenses and disbursements of legal counsel to Buyers, incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents. The Company shall neither incur nor reimburse any other expense of the Buyer, subject to Section 10(k) herein.
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2. BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
Each Buyer represents and warrants to the Company, on behalf of itself, that:
(a) Organization; Authority. Such Buyer 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 to which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
(b) No Public Sale or Distribution. Such Buyer (i) is acquiring, or will acquire, the Preferred Shares, and (ii) upon conversion of the Preferred Shares, will acquire Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof, in each case, for its own account and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof in violation of applicable securities laws, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the 1933 Act; provided, however, by making the representations herein, such Buyer 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 or an exemption under the 1933 Act. Such Buyer 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.
(c) Accredited Investor Status. Such Buyer is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D.
(d) Reliance on Exemptions. Such Buyer 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 such Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Buyer to acquire the Securities.
(e) Information. Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers from, the Company concerning the offer and sale of the Securities and to obtain any additional information such Buyer has requested which is necessary to verify the accuracy of the information furnished to such Buyer concerning the Company and such offering. Such Buyer understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk. Such Buyer 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. Such Buyer acknowledges that such Buyer is basing its decision to invest in the Securities solely upon the information contained in the Transaction Documents, and its own due diligence and, except as specifically set forth in this Agreement, has not based its investment decision upon any representations made by any Person (as defined below).
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(f) No Governmental Review. Such Buyer understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.
(g) Transfer or Resale. Such Buyer understands, that except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement: (i) the Securities have not been and are not being registered under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company (if requested by the Company) an opinion of counsel to such Buyer, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, 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, or (C) such Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurance that such Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule thereto) (“Rule 144”); (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 (as defined below) through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any other Person is under any obligation to register the Securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder.
(h) Validity; Enforcement. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by such Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Buyer and no further consent or authorization of such Buyer or its members is required. Each Transaction Document has been duly executed by such Buyer and when delivered in accordance with terms hereof and thereof, constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Buyer enforceable against such Buyer in accordance with its 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 such Buyer of this Agreement and the consummation by such Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Buyer, (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 such Buyer 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 such Buyer, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the ability of such Buyer to perform its obligations hereunder.
(j) Experience of Buyer. Such Buyer has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matter so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Buyer is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.
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(k) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither such Buyer nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, nor, to the knowledge of such Buyer, any director, officer, agent, employee, member or other Person acting on behalf of such Buyer or any its subsidiaries or affiliates has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, such Buyer or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment of any foreign or domestic government official or employee.
(l) General Solicitation. Such Buyer is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or advertisement.
| (m) | Patriot Act Representations. |
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(i) Such Buyer represents that all evidence of identity provided is genuine and all related information furnished is accurate.
(ii) Such Buyer hereby acknowledges that the Company seeks to comply with all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations. In furtherance of such efforts, such Buyer hereby represents and agrees that: (A) no part of the funds used by such Buyer to acquire the Securities have been, or shall be, directly or indirectly derived from, or related to, any activity that may contravene federal, state, or international laws and regulations, including anti-money laundering laws and regulations; and (B) no payment to the Company by such Buyer shall cause the Company to be in violation of any applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations including without limitation, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, Executive Order 13224 (2001) (the “Patriot Act”) issued by the President of the United States and the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) regulations.
(iii) Such Buyer represents and warrants that the amounts to be paid by such Buyer to the Company will not be directly or indirectly derived from activities that may contravene federal, state or international laws and regulations, including anti-money laundering laws and regulations. Such Buyer represents and warrants that, to the best of its knowledge, none of: (A) such Buyer; (B) any Person controlling or controlled by such Buyer; or (C) any Person having a beneficial interest in such Buyer is (I) a country, territory, individual or entity named on a list maintained by OFAC, (II) a Person prohibited under the OFAC Programs, (III) a senior foreign political figure,^1^or any immediate family member^2^ or close associate^3^ of a senior foreign political figure as such terms are defined in the footnotes below or (IV) a “foreign shell bank” within the meaning of the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. §5311 et seq.), as amended (the “Bank Secrecy Act”) and the regulations promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
| ^1^ | A “senior foreign political figure” is defined as<br>a senior official in the executive, legislative, administrative, military or judicial branches of a foreign government (whether elected<br>or not), a senior official of a major foreign political party, or a senior executive of a foreign government-owned corporation. In addition,<br>a “senior foreign political figure” includes any corporation, business or other entity that has been formed by, or for the<br>benefit of, a senior foreign political figure. |
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| ^2^ | “Immediate family” of a senior foreign political<br>figure typically includes the figure’s parents, siblings, spouse, children and in-laws. |
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| ^3^ | A “close associate” of a senior foreign political<br>figure is a person who is widely and publicly known to maintain an unusually close relationship with the senior foreign political figure,<br>and includes a person who is in a position to conduct substantial domestic and international financial transactions on behalf of the<br>senior foreign political figure. |
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(iv) Such Buyer further represents and warrants that such Buyer: (A) has conducted thorough due diligence with respect to all of its beneficial owners, (B) has established the identities of all beneficial owners and the source of each of the beneficial owner’s funds and (C) will retain evidence of any such identities, any such source of funds and any such due diligence.
(v) Neither such Buyer nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Buyer is a person identified as a terrorist organization on any relevant lists maintained by governmental authorities.
(vi) Such Buyer agrees to provide the Company all information that may be reasonably requested to comply with applicable laws and regulations of any applicable jurisdiction, or to respond to requests for information concerning the identity of such Buyer from any governmental authority, self-regulatory organization or financial institution in connection with its anti-money laundering compliance procedures, or to update such information. Such Buyer agrees to notify the Company promptly if there is any change with respect to the representations and warranties provided herein. Such Buyer consents to the disclosure to regulators and law enforcement authorities by the Company and its affiliates and agents of any information about such Buyer or its constituents as the Company reasonably deems necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist and asset control laws, regulations, rules and orders.
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
The Company represents and warrants to the Buyers the matters set forth in this Section 3, as may be qualified by the corresponding section of the Company Disclosure Schedule. These representations and warranties, and the information set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule, are current as of the date of this Agreement, except to the extent that a representation or warranty expressly states that such representation or warranty is current only as of an earlier date. If any information is so reflected as of an earlier date, there have been no material changes since such date to the date hereof.
(a) Organization and Qualification. Each of the Company and each of its subsidiaries are entities duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are formed, and have the requisite power and authorization to own their properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of 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 have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as provided on Schedule 3(a), the Company has no subsidiaries.
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(b) Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. The Company has the requisite 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, as of each Closing, including each Additional Purchase Closing, the reservation for issuance and issuance of the Preferred Shares and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Preferred Shares) have been (i) duly authorized by the Company’s board of directors and (ii) no further filing, consent or authorization is required by the Company, its board of directors or its stockholders or other governing body of the Company (other than receipt of stockholder approval of the Business Combination, the filing of the Certificate of Designation, the filing with the SEC of a Form D and any other filings as may be required by any state securities agencies or the filing of required notices and/or applications to any applicable national securities exchange for the issuance and sale of the Securities, each of which shall have been obtained or made as of the applicable Closing). This Agreement has been, and the other Transaction Documents 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.
(c) Issuance of Securities. As of each Closing, (i) the issuance of the Preferred Shares shall be duly authorized, and upon such issuance in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, such Preferred Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and (ii) the issuance of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Preferred Shares shall be duly authorized, and upon such issuance in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Shares, such shares of Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Buyers in this Agreement, the offer and issuance by the Company of the Securities is exempt from registration under the 1933 Act. Upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, Buyers will have good and marketable title to the Securities.
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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, as of each Closing, including each Additional Purchase Closing, the reservation for issuance and issuance of the Preferred Shares and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or bylaws or operating agreements of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company 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, foreign, federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations by which the capital stock of the Company or any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected except, in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above, to the extent such violations that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Consents. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is required to obtain any consent from, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with any court, governmental agency or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person (other than the filing with the SEC of a Form D with the SEC and other filings as may be required by any state securities agencies, and the filing of required notice and/or application to any applicable national securities exchange for the issuance and sale of the Securities, obtaining stockholder approval of the Business Combination and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its respective obligations under, or contemplated by, the Transaction Documents, in each case, in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations that the Company is required to obtain at or prior to each respective Closing have been obtained or effected on or prior to the Closing Date for such Closing, and the Company is not aware of any facts or circumstances that might prevent the Company from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(f) Acknowledgment Regarding Buyers’ Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer 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 such Buyer is not (i) an officer or director of the Company, (ii) an affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act) of the Company (an “Affiliate”) or (iii) to its knowledge, a “beneficial owner” (as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of more than 10% of the capital stock of the Company. The Company further acknowledges that each Buyer is not 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 such Buyer or any of its representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such Buyer’s purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to such Buyer 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.
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(g) No General Solicitation; Placement Agent’s Fees. None of the Company, any of its Affiliates, or any Person acting on the behalf of the Company or any of its Affiliates, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any of its placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers’ commissions, relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(h) No Integrated Offering. None of the Company, any of its Affiliates, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any Person acting on the behalf of the Company or any of its Affiliates has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require registration of the issuance of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act, whether through integration with prior offerings or otherwise, or cause this offering of the Securities to require approval of shareholders of the Company under any applicable shareholder 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, any of its Affiliates, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any Person acting on the behalf of the Company or any of its Affiliates will take any action or steps that would require registration of the issuance of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act or cause the offering of any of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings of securities of the Company.
(i) Application of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement. The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, interested shareholder, business combination, poison pill (including, without limitation, any distribution under a rights agreement), shareholder rights plan or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Certificate of Incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Affiliates or the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or otherwise which is or could become applicable to each Buyer as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s issuance of the Securities and such Buyer’s ownership of the Securities. The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any shareholder rights plan or similar arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company or a change in control of the Company or any of its Affiliates.
(j) Absence of Certain Changes. Since December 31, 2023, there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the business, assets, liabilities, properties, operations (including results thereof), or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its subsidiaries. Since December 31, 2023, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) declared or paid any dividends, (ii) sold any material assets 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. 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. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has 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 is not, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur at the Closing will not be, Insolvent (as defined below). The Company has not 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 remaining assets constitute unreasonably small capital.
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(k) No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances. Since December 31, 2023, no event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, properties, liabilities, prospects, operations (including results thereof) or condition (financial or otherwise) that would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(l) Conduct of Business; Regulatory Permits. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default under its organizational documents including its Certificate of Incorporation, bylaws, any other organizational charter, any certificate of designation, preferences or rights of any outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, 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 the Company will not conduct its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except in all cases for possible violations which could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their businesses, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit.
(m) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (as applicable) has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee.
(n) Transactions With Affiliates. None of the officers, directors, employees or Affiliates of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company (other than for ordinary course services as employees, officers or directors and immaterial transactions), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any such officer, director, employee or Affiliate or, to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other Person in which any such officer, director, employee or Affiliate has a substantial interest or is an employee, officer, director, trustee or partner.
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(o) Equity Capitalization. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists solely of (i) 750,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of which 5,000,000 shares are issued and outstanding and (i) 250,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of which no shares are issued and outstanding. No other shares of capital stock or other voting securities of the Company are authorized, issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding. No shares of capital stock of the Company are held in treasury. All of such outstanding shares are duly authorized and have been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
(p) Indebtedness and Other Contracts. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries (i) does not have any material outstanding Indebtedness, Indebtedness secured by any Lien on any assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other material debt obligations, (ii) is not 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) is not 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, and (iv) is not a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has no current intention or expectation to file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction.
(q) Absence of 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 or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries, the capital stock of the Company or any of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ executive officers or directors which would be reasonably likely to adversely affect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the SEC involving the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any current or former director or officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(r) 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 be unable 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 have a Material Adverse Effect.
(s) Employee Relations. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining agreement nor does it employ any member of a union. No executive officer or other key employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has notified the Company or any such subsidiary that such officer intends to leave the Company or any such subsidiary or otherwise terminate such officer’s employment with the Company or any such subsidiary. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer or other key employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement, non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant, and the continued employment of each such executive officer or other key employee (as the case may be) does not subject the Company or any of its subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations respecting labor, employment and employment practices and benefits, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where failure to be in compliance would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(t) Title. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to (i) all real property owned by it and (ii) all personal property, owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case, free and clear of all Liens, encumbrances and defects except such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and any of its subsidiaries. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and any of its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(u) 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, original works, inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights and all applications and registrations therefor (“Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. None of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ Intellectual Property Rights have expired, terminated or been abandoned, or are expected to expire, terminate or be abandoned, within three years from the date of this Agreement, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has no knowledge of any material infringement by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of Intellectual Property Rights of others. There is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought, or to the knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, being threatened, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries regarding their Intellectual Property Rights and which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not aware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing infringements or claims, actions or proceedings. The Company each of its subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their Intellectual Property Rights, except where failure to take such measures would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to materially affect the value of their respective Intellectual Property Rights.
(v) Environmental Laws. The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all Environmental Laws, (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where, in each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(w) Subsidiary Rights. The Company or one of its subsidiaries has unrestricted right to vote, and (subject to limitations imposed by applicable law) to receive dividends and distributions on, all capital securities of its subsidiaries as owned by the Company or such subsidiary.
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(x) Tax Status. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries (i) has timely made or filed 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 and except in each case where the failure to file, pay or set aside could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company and it subsidiaries know of no basis for any such claim. The Company is not operated in such a manner as to qualify as a passive foreign investment company, as defined in Section 1297 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(y) 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.
(z) No Disqualification Events. 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 1933 Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered Person”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the 1933 Act (a “DisqualificationEvent”), 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.
(aa) Transfer Taxes. On the Closing Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other than income or similar taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the issuance, sale and transfer of the Securities to be sold to any Buyer hereunder will be, or will have been, fully paid or provided for by the Company, and all laws imposing such taxes will be or will have been complied with.
(bb) Shell Company Status. The Company is not, and has never been, an issuer identified in, or subject to, Rule 144(i).
(cc) Fixtures and Equipment. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries (as applicable) has good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, the tangible personal property, equipment, improvements, fixtures, and other personal property and appurtenances that are used by the Company or its subsidiary in connection with the conduct of its business (the “Fixtures and Equipment”). The Fixtures and Equipment are structurally sound, are in good operating condition and repair, are adequate for the uses to which they are being put, are not in need of maintenance or repairs except for ordinary, routine maintenance and repairs and are sufficient for the conduct of the Company’s and/or its subsidiaries’ businesses (as applicable) in the manner as conducted prior to the Closing. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries owns all of its Fixtures and Equipment free and clear of all Encumbrances except for (i) Liens for current taxes not yet due and (ii) zoning laws and other land use restrictions that do not impair the present or anticipated use of the property subject thereto.
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(dd) Illegal or Unauthorized Payments; Political Contributions. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the best of the Company’s knowledge (after reasonable inquiry of its executive officers and directors), any of the officers, directors, employees, agents or other representatives of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any other business entity or enterprise with which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or has been affiliated or associated, has, directly or indirectly, made or authorized any payment, contribution or gift of money, property, or services, whether or not in contravention of applicable law, (i) as a kickback or bribe to any Person or (ii) to any political organization, or the holder of or any aspirant to any elective or appointive public office except for personal political contributions not involving the direct or indirect use of funds of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(ee) Money Laundering. The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with, and have not previously violated, the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and all other applicable U.S. and non-U.S. anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including, without limitation, the laws, regulations and Executive Orders and sanctions programs administered by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control, including, without limitation, (i) Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 entitled, “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism” (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)); and (ii) any regulations contained in 31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V.
(ff) Registration Rights. No holder of securities of the Company has rights to the registration of any securities of the Company because of the issuance of the Securities hereunder that could expose the Company to material liability or any Buyer to any liability or that could impair the Company’s ability to consummate the issuance and sale of the Securities in the manner, and at the times, contemplated hereby, which rights have not been waived by the holder thereof as of the date hereof.
(gg) Disclosure. The Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any Buyer 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; provided, however, that to the extent any such material non-public information was provided to any Buyer, then the Company hereby covenants to include such information in that Form S-4 to be publicly filed with respect to the Business Combination. The Company understands and confirms that Buyers will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure provided to any Buyer regarding the Company, its subsidiaries, their respective 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 is true and correct in all material respects 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 their respective businesses, properties, liabilities, prospects, 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. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer makes no and has not made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 2.
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4. COVENANTS.
(a) Form D and Blue Sky. The Company shall file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and provide a copy thereof to each Buyer promptly after 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 each Buyer 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 confirmation of any such action, if applicable, so taken to such Buyer on or prior to such 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 federal, foreign, state and local laws, statutes, rules, regulations and the like relating to the offering and sale of the Securities to such Buyer.
(b) Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities for general corporate purposes.
(c) Fees. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, transfer agent fees, DTC fees or broker’s commissions, relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any claim relating to any such payment. Except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents, each party to this Agreement shall bear its own expenses in connection with the sale of the Securities to each Buyer.
(d) Pledge of Securities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Securities may be pledged by each Buyer in connection with a bona fide margin agreement or other loan or financing arrangement that is secured by the Securities. The pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and each Buyer effecting a pledge of Securities shall not 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. At each Buyer’s expense, the Company hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as a pledgee of the Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge of the Securities to such pledgee by each Buyer provided that the Company shall be under no obligation to deliver any legal opinion required in connection therewith unless required by the Company’s transfer agent to be issued by the Company’s legal counsel.
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(e) Conduct of Business. The business of the Company shall not be conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity, except where such violations would not result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Passive Foreign Investment Company. The Company shall conduct its business in such a manner as will ensure that the Company will not be deemed to constitute a passive foreign investment company within the meaning of Section 1297 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(g) Due Diligence. Each Buyer shall have the right, from time to time as such Buyer may reasonably deem appropriate, to perform reasonable due diligence on the Company during normal business hours and subject to reasonable prior notice to the Company. The Company and its officers and employees shall provide information (“Confidential Information”) and reasonably cooperate with such Buyer in connection with such Buyer’s due diligence; provided, however, that at no time is the Company required or permitted to disclose material nonpublic information to such Buyer or breach any obligation of confidentiality or non-disclosure to a third party or make any disclosure that could cause a waiver of attorney-client privilege. Except as may be required by law, court order or governmental authority, each party hereto agrees not to disclose any Confidential Information of the other party to any third party and shall not use the Confidential Information of such other party for any purpose other than in connection with, or in furtherance of, the transactions contemplated hereby. In the event a party is required by law, court order or governmental authority to disclose the Confidential Information of the other party, such party shall give the other party written notice of the information to be disclosed as far in advance of its disclosure as practicable and shall reasonably cooperate with the other party’s efforts, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded such information. Each party hereto acknowledges that the Confidential Information shall remain the property of the disclosing party and agrees that it shall take all reasonable measures to protect the secrecy of any Confidential Information disclosed by the other party.
(h) Additional Issuance of Securities. Each of YOTA and the Company (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes New DRIVEiT after the closing of the Business Combination) agrees that during the Restricted Period, neither YOTA nor the Company (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes New DRIVEiT after the closing of the Business Combination) shall directly or indirectly issue, offer, sell, grant any option or right to purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announce any issuance, offer, sale, grant of any option or right to purchase or other disposition of) any equity security or any equity-linked or related security (including, without limitation, any “equity security” (as that term is defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the 1933 Act), any Convertible Securities, debt (with or related to equity), any preferred stock or any purchase rights) (“Additional Issuance”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4(h) shall not apply in respect of the following: (i) issuances pursuant to acquisitions, joint ventures, license arrangements, services, leasing arrangements and similar transaction arrangements; (ii) an issuance of shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to agreements existing as of the date of this Agreement or upon the conversion or exercise of Convertible Securities issued prior to the date hereof, provided that the conversion or exercise (as the case may be) of any such Convertible Security is made solely pursuant to the conversion or exercise (as the case may be) provisions of such Convertible Security that were in effect on the date immediately prior to the date of this Agreement, the conversion or exercise price of any such Convertible Securities is not lowered, none of such Convertible Securities are (nor is any provision of any such Convertible Securities) amended or waived in any manner (whether by the Company or the holder thereof) to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such Convertible Securities are otherwise materially changed or waived (whether by the Company or the holder thereof) in any manner that adversely affects any Buyer; (iii) the issuance of compensatory equity awards to employees, directors and other third parties under an Approved Share Plan; provided that provisions of such Approved Share Plan that were in effect on the date immediately prior to the date of this Agreement remain in effect without amendment in any manner that adversely affects any Buyer, including any amendment to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder; (iv) the issuance of the Preferred Shares and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares; and (v) the issuance of securities pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.
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(i) Additional Investment. During the period beginning on the Initial Closing and ending on the one year anniversary of the later of: (A) the date on which a registration statement is declared effective by the SEC that, alone or together with any other effective registration statements, registers for resale all the Registrable Securities issued or issuable in respect of the Preferred Shares sold or to be sold in the Initial Closing and the Tranche Closings and (B) the date on which the Company has obtained shareholder approval for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (such period, the “Additional Purchase Period”), each Buyer shall have the right, but not the obligation, at any time from time to time, in its sole and absolute discretion to purchase from the Company (each an “AdditionalPurchase” and collectively “Additional Purchases”) additional Preferred Shares (the “AdditionalPreferred Shares”) with an aggregate Purchase Price equal to such Buyer’s pro rata portion of up to of an aggregate of $50,000,000 for any single Additional Purchase and up to of an aggregate of $100,000,000 for all Additional Purchases (such aggregate amount, the “Additional Purchase Amount”) on the same terms and conditions as applicable to the purchase and sale of the Preferred Shares in a Tranche Closing, including the purchase of such shares in tranches as determined by the Buyer. Each Buyer may exercise such right for up to two Additional Purchases by the delivery of written notice to the Company, which notice shall include a statement that such Buyer is exercising its right to cause such Additional Purchase, the aggregate Stated Value of Preferred Shares to be purchased by such Buyer, the conversion price for such Additional Preferred Shares, the number of tranches and the date on which the first tranche of such purchase and sale shall occur (the closing of each such tranche, an “Additional Purchase Closing”), which initial Additional Purchase Closing shall occur within five (5) days following receipt of such notice by the Company, or such other date mutually agreed upon by such Buyer and Company, with each subsequent Additional Purchase Closing occurring not less than thirty (30) days after any other Additional Purchase Closing. The terms and conditions of any Additional Purchase shall be identical to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement applicable to the sale of the Preferred Shares. If the Buyer elects to execute an Additional Purchase pursuant to this Section 4(i), the Company agrees and covenants that the restrictions applicable to Additional Issuances provided in Section 4(h) shall apply during the 90 days following the date on which the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of all Additional Preferred Shares are registered for resale on a registration statement that has been declared effective by the SEC.
(j) Expenses. From the Execution Date until the consummation of the Business Combination, YOTA, the Company and New DRIVEiT, collectively, shall not incur or agree to incur any costs or expenses in excess of $100,000, individually or in the aggregate, without the prior written approval of the Buyers. For the avoidance of doubt, by execution of this Agreement, the Buyers shall not be deemed to have consented to any costs or expenses to be incurred after the date hereof, regardless of whether the Buyers have been notified or otherwise made aware of such costs or expenses (including any costs or expenses included in any budget or similar document delivered to the Buyers) prior to the date hereof.
(k) Lock-Up Agreements. YOTA and the Company shall use their best efforts to obtain lock-up agreements, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Buyers (the “Lock-Up Agreements”), from each of the stockholders of the Company as of immediately prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Buyers (the “Company Stockholders”), which Lock-Up Agreements shall provide for restrictions on transfer of the shares of Common Stock to be received by such Stockholders in the Business Combination for a period ending no earlier than the 90^th^ day after the effectiveness of a registration statement that, alone or together with any other effective registration statements, covers all the Registrable Securities issued or issuable in respect of the Preferred Shares sold or to be sold in the Initial Closing.
5. REGISTER; TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS; LEGEND.
(a) [Reserved].
(b) Legends. Each Buyer understands that the Securities have been issued (or will be issued) pursuant to an exemption from registration or qualification under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws, and except as set forth below, the Securities shall bear any legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any state and a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such stock certificates):
[NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE [CONVERTIBLE] HAVE BEEN][THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN] REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE HOLDER (IF REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY), IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD OR ELIGIBLE TO BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.
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(c) Removal of Legends. Certificates evidencing Securities shall not be required to contain the legend set forth in Section 5(b) above or any other legend (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such Securities is effective under the 1933 Act (provided that each Buyer provides the Company with any certificates from such Buyer or its broker reasonably required by the Company’s transfer agent), (ii) following any sale of such Securities pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming the transferor is not an affiliate of the Company) or a registration statement, (iii) if such Securities are eligible to be sold, assigned or transferred under Rule 144 without current public information being available and without volume and manner of sale limitations (provided that each Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurances that such Securities are eligible for sale, assignment or transfer under Rule 144, which shall not include an opinion of counsel, but which may include any certificates from such Buyer or its broker reasonably required by the Company’s transfer agent), or (iv) in connection with a sale, assignment or other transfer (other than under Rule 144), provided that each Buyer provides the Company with an opinion of counsel to such Buyer from reputable counsel to the effect that such sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities may be made without registration under the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act.
(d) Manner of Sale. Each Buyer, severally and not jointly with the other Buyers, agrees with the Company that such Buyer will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the 1933 Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section 5 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance upon this understanding.
6. CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATION TO SELL.
(a) The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell Securities to each Buyer at the applicable 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 by providing each Buyer with prior written notice thereof:
(i) Each Buyer shall have executed each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and delivered the same to the Company.
(ii) Each Buyer shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price for the Preferred Shares being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to the wire instructions provided by the Company.
(iii) The representations and warranties of each Buyer 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 date), and such Buyer 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 such Buyer at or prior to the Closing Date.
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7. CONDITIONS TO BUYERS’ OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.
(a) The obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase Securities is subject to the satisfaction, at or before each applicable Closing Date and in respect of each such Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for each Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof:
(i) The Company shall have duly executed and delivered to each Buyer each of the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party and the Company shall have duly issued to such Buyer the Preferred Shares required hereunder and the Company shall have complied in all material respects with all obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, the Preferred Shares.
(ii) Each and every representation and warranty of the Company 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 in all material respects as of such date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date.
(iii) The Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Securities to be purchased at such Closing.
(iv) No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and no actions, suits or proceedings shall be pending by any governmental authority that seeks to enjoin, prohibit or otherwise adversely affect any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(v) Since the date of execution of this Agreement, no event or series of events shall have occurred that reasonably would have or result in a Material Adverse Effect and the Company has not filed for nor is it subject to any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings for relief under any bankruptcy law or any law for the relief of debtors instituted by or against the Company.
(vi) With regard to the Initial Closing, all conditions precedent to the consummation of the Business Combination set forth in the Business Combination Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived by the party entitled to the benefit thereof under the Business Combination Agreement (other than those conditions that may only be satisfied at the consummation of the Business Combination, but subject to satisfaction or waiver by such party of such conditions as of the consummation of the Business Combination), and the Business Combination will be consummated concurrently with the Initial Closing pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, which terms, without such Buyer’s prior written consent, shall not have been waived, amended or modified (as the same exists on the date of this Agreement) in any manner that would materially adversely affect the economic benefits that such Buyer would reasonably expect to receive under this Agreement, and all of the capital stock of New DRIVEiT issuable to the holders of the capital stock of the Company (including any preferred stock of the Company) under the Business Combination Agreement shall have been registered for issuance in the Business Combination on a registration statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act.
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(vii) With regard to the Initial Closing, (A) the Buyers and New DRIVEiT shall have entered into a registration rights agreement in a form to be reasonably acceptable to the Buyers and New DRIVEiT (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) to provide such Buyers with registration rights with regard to the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Preferred Shares that have been or may potentially be sold in the Tranche Closings and the Additional Purchase Closings, the “Registrable Securities”) that are customary for transactions of this nature, including, without limitation, (w) an obligation to file a registration statement in connection with each Closing and Additional Purchase Closing hereunder within five (5) Business Days after such Closing, covering 250% of the Registrable Securities as of the date of such filing, (x) customary demand and piggyback registration rights, (y) liquidated damages in certain circumstances, and (z) a prohibition, until 90 days after the effectiveness of a registration statement that, alone or together with any other effective registration statements, covers all the Registrable Securities, on the inclusion of any securities other than Registrable Securities on any registration statement without the prior written consent of the Buyers, and (B) the Company Stockholders shall have entered into the Lock-Up Agreements.
(viii) With regard to each Closing, including each Additional Purchase Closing, New DRIVEiT shall have filed the Certificate of Designation (or amendment thereto) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and the Certificate of Designation (or amendment thereto) shall be in full force and effect, which Certificate of Designation (or amendment thereto) shall designate a number of Preferred Shares (or Additional Preferred Shares, as applicable) equal to the number of such shares to be issued in such Closing, plus the maximum number of such shares payable in kind as dividends thereon.
(ix) With regard to each Closing, including each Additional Purchase Closing, the Common Stock shall be listed or quoted for trading on an Eligible Market and shall not have been suspended from trading thereon and the Company shall not have been notified of any pending or threatened proceeding or other action to suspend the trading of the Common Stock and New DRIVEiT shall have obtained stockholder approval of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to the extent required by the listing rules, regulations and/or requirements of such Eligible Market.
(x) With regard to each Closing, including each Additional Purchase Closing, New DRIVEiT shall have reserved a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 250% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding shares of Preferred Shares (and Additional Preferred Shares, as applicable), after giving effect to such Closing.
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(xi) With regard to each Closing, including each Additional Purchase Closing, the average daily trading volume of the Common Stock of YOTA (prior to the consummation of the Business Combination) or New DRIVEiT (from and after the consummation of the Business Combination) on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such Common Stock is listed or traded during the ten (10) days prior to such Closing shall exceed $4,000,000.
(xii) The Company shall have delivered to each Buyer such other documents, instruments or certificates relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement reasonably required to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
8. TERMINATION.
In the event that the Initial Closing shall not have occurred within six (6) months after the date hereof, then each Buyer 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 to any other party; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 8 shall not be available to such Buyer if the failure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to have been consummated by such date is the result of such Buyer’s breach of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, nothing contained in this Section 8 shall be deemed to release any party hereto 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 hereto to compel specific performance by any other party of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.
9. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
(a) 1933 Act. The “1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(b) 1934 Act. The “1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(c) Business Day. “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.
(d) Certificate of Designation. “Certificate of Designation” means that Certificate of Designation of Rights, Preferences and Limitations of Series A Preferred Stock to New DRIVEiT’s Certificate of Incorporation, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
(e) Closing Sale Price. “Closing Sale Price” shall mean for any security as of any date, the last closing trade price for such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded, as reported by Bloomberg, L.P. (“Bloomberg”), or if the foregoing do not apply, the average of the bid prices of all of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC). All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.
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(f) Common Stock. “Common Stock” means the common stock of YOTA, the Company or New DRIVEiT, as applicable, and any other shares of stock issued or issuable with respect thereto (whether by way of a stock dividend or stock split or in exchange for or upon conversion of such shares or otherwise in connection with a combination of shares, distribution, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, other corporate reorganization or other similar event with respect to the Common Stock).
(g) Contingent Obligation. “Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto.
(h) Convertible Securities. “Convertible Securities” means any capital stock or other security of YOTA, the Company or New DRIVEiT, as applicable, 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 YOTA, the Company or New DRIVEiT (including, without limitation, Common Stock).
(i) Eligible Market. “Eligible Market” means The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Amex, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market.
(j) Environmental Laws. “Environmental Laws” means all federal, state, local or foreign 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.
(k) Indebtedness. “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (B) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the purchase price of property or assets, including indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business, (C) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (D) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (E) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (F) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (A) through (E) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in any material property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though the Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (G) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (A) through (F) above.
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(l) Insolvent. “Insolvent” means the present fair saleable value of the Company’s assets is less than the amount required to pay the Company’s total Indebtedness.
(m) Lien. “Lien” means any lien, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, charge, security interest, adverse claim, liability, interest, charge, preference, priority, proxy, transfer restriction (other than restrictions under the 1933 Act and state securities laws), encroachment, tax, order, community property interest, equitable interest, option, warrant, right of first refusal, easement, profit, license, servitude, right of way, covenant or zoning restriction.
(n) Material Adverse Effect. “Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect on (i) the business, properties, assets, liabilities, operations (including results thereof), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) the transactions contemplated hereby or in any of the other Transaction Documents or (iii) the authority or ability of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to perform any of its respective obligations under any of the Transaction Documents (as defined below).
(o) New DRIVEiT. “New DRIVEiT” means the combined public reporting parent company after the Business Combination as described herein, or any Successor Entity (as defined in the Certificate of Designation).
(p) Person. “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any department or agency thereof.
(q) Regulation D. “Regulation D” means Regulation D as promulgated by the SEC under the 1933 Act.
(r) Restricted Period. “Restricted Period” means the period commencing on the Execution Date and ending on the date immediately following the 90th day after the latest of: (i) the Execution Date, (ii) the date on which a registration statement is declared effective by the SEC that, alone or together with any other effective registration statements, registers for resale all the Registrable Securities, and (iii) the earlier of (A) the date of the Additional Purchase Closing resulting in the Buyer having purchased the entire Additional Purchase Amount and (B) the expiration date of the Additional Purchase Period.
(s) SEC. “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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(t) Securities. “Securities” means the Preferred Shares and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.
(u) Transaction Documents. “Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Certificate of Designation and each of the other agreements and instruments entered into or delivered by any of the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, as may be amended from time to time.
(v) VWAP. “VWAP” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” function or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the three highest closing bid prices and the three lowest closing ask prices of all of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC). If VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and such applicable Buyer. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.
10. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each party hereto 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 under any of the other Transaction Documents or in connection herewith or therewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby or discussed herein or therein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereto 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 to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude any Buyer from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to such Buyer or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of such Buyer. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIALFOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
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(b) 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 hereto and delivered to the other party. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or 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.
(c) 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.
(d) Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties hereto as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties hereto or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties hereto. The parties hereto will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).
(e) Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and thereto and the instruments referenced herein and therein supersede all other prior oral or written agreements between the Buyers, the Company, its affiliates and Persons acting on its behalf solely with respect to the matters contained herein and therein, and this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and thereto and the instruments referenced herein and therein contain the entire understanding of the parties hereto solely with respect to the matters covered herein and therein. Except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor any Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. For clarification purposes, the Recitals are part of this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and each Buyer. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents or all holders of the Preferred Shares (as the case may be). The Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements with any Buyer relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents except as set forth in the Transaction Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company confirms that, except as set forth in this Agreement, no Buyer has made any commitment or promise or has any other obligation to provide any financing to the Company or otherwise. As a material inducement for each Buyer to enter into this Agreement, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that no due diligence or other investigation or inquiry conducted by any Buyer, any of its advisors or any of its representatives shall affect such Buyer’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.
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(f) Notices. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, if delivered personally; (ii) when sent, if sent by e-mail (provided that such sent e-mail is kept on file (whether electronically or otherwise) by the sending party and the sending party does not receive an automatically generated message from the recipient’s e-mail server that such e-mail could not be delivered to such recipient) and (iii) if sent by overnight courier service, 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. The addresses and e-mail addresses for such communications shall be:
If to the Company:
DRIVEiT Financial Auto Group, Inc.
7 St. Paul Street
Suite 820
Baltimore, MD 21202
Tel: [●]
Email Address: [●]
Attention: [●]
With a copy (for informational purposes only) to:
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
One Vanderbilt Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3852
Telephone: (914) 329-6625
E-mail: Rcohen@mwe.com
Attention: Robert Cohen, Esq.
If to a Buyer:
See Buyer Schedule
with a copy (for informational purposes only) to:
Graubard Miller
The Chrysler Building
405 Lexington Avenue, 44th Floor
New York, NY 10174-4499
E-mail: eschwartz@graubard.com
Attention: Eric T. Schwartz
or to such other address 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 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 or (B) provided by an overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service or receipt from an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i) or (iii) above, respectively. A copy of the e-mail transmission containing the time, date and recipient e-mail address shall be rebuttable evidence of receipt by e-mail in accordance with clause (ii) above.
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(g) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and its successors and assigns, including, as contemplated below, any assignee of any of the Securities. The Company shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Buyers, including, without limitation, by way of a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Certificate of Designation) (unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the applicable Certificate of Designation).
(h) No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and its permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, other than the Indemnitees referred to in Section 10(k).
(i) Survival. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants shall survive the Closing until the applicable statute of limitations. Each Buyer shall be responsible only for its representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder.
(j) Further Assurances. Each party hereto shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(k) Indemnification.
(i) In consideration of each Buyer’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 such Buyer and each holder of any Securities and all of their shareholders, partners, members, officers, directors, employees and direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing Persons’ agents or other representatives (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (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 (A) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company in any of the Transaction Documents, (B) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Company contained in any of the Transaction Documents or (C) any cause of action, suit, proceeding or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee by a third party (including for these purposes a derivative action brought on behalf of the Company, but other than by an affiliate of any Buyer) or which otherwise involves such Indemnitee that arises out of or results from (I) the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents, (II) any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Securities, or (III) the status of any Buyer or holder of the Securities either as an investor in the Company pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or as a party to this Agreement (including, without limitation, as a party in interest or otherwise in any action or proceeding for injunctive or other equitable relief), unless such action is based primarily upon a breach of such Buyer’s representations, warranties, or covenants under the Transaction Documents, or any agreements or understandings such Buyer may have with any such third party, or any violations by such Buyer of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Buyer which constitutes fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law.
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(ii) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnitee under this Section 10(k) 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 10(k), 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 satisfactory to the Company and the Indemnitee; provided, however, that an Indemnitee shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of such counsel to be paid by the Company if: (i) the Company has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (ii) 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 (iii) 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 (iii) above the Company shall not be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one (1) separate legal counsel for such Indemnitee. 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 10(k), 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 10(k) shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or Indemnified Liabilities are incurred.
(iv) Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents, the aggregate indemnification obligations of the Company pursuant to this Section 10(k) shall not exceed 100% of the aggregate Purchase Price actually paid by the Buyers.
(v) The sole and exclusive remedy for any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement hereunder shall be the indemnification provided by this Section 10(k), and each Buyer expressly waives any other rights or remedies it may have; provided however, that equitable relief, including remedies of specific performance and injunction, shall be available with respect to any matter where money damages would not be sufficient to compensate any Buyer or to preserve the rights of such Buyer pending resolution of a dispute, and this Section 10(k) shall not relieve the Company from liability for willful misconduct, gross negligence, bad faith, fraud or willful breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement.
(l) Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party. No specific representation or warranty shall limit the generality or applicability of a more general representation or warranty. Each and every reference to share prices, Common Stock and any other numbers in this Agreement that relate to the Common Stock shall be automatically adjusted for stock dividends, stock splits, stock combinations and other similar transactions that occur with respect to the Common Stock after the date of this Agreement.
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(m) Remedies. Each Buyer and each holder of any Securities shall have all rights and remedies set forth in the Transaction Documents and all rights and remedies which such holders have been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such holders have under any law. Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security, to the extent permitted by law), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law. Furthermore, the Company recognizes that in the event that it fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of its obligations under the Transaction Documents, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate relief to each Buyer. The Company therefore agrees that each Buyer shall be entitled to seek specific performance and/or temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive or other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security.
(n) Exercise of Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Buyer exercises a right, election, demand or option under any Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Buyer may continue to exercise it other rights, elections, demands and options hereunder and under any other Transaction Document from time to time as if such original right, election, demand or option had not been exercised without prejudice to its future actions and rights and remedies.
(o) Payment Set Aside; Currency. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to such Buyer hereunder or pursuant to any other Transaction Document or any Buyer enforces or exercises its rights hereunder or thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, foreign, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, all dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are in United States Dollars (“U.S. Dollars”), and all amounts owing under this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents shall be paid in U.S. Dollars. All amounts denominated in other currencies (if any) shall be converted into the U.S. Dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the Exchange Rate on the date of calculation. “Exchange Rate” means, in relation to any amount of currency to be converted into U.S. Dollars pursuant to this Agreement, the U.S. Dollar exchange rate as published in the Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of calculation.
[signaturepages follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company has caused its signature page to this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
| COMPANY: | |
|---|---|
| DRIVEiT Financial Auto Group, Inc. | |
| By: | /s/ David Michery |
| Name: | David Michery |
| Title: | Chairman of the Board |
| YOTA: | |
| Yotta Acquisition Corporation | |
| By: | /s/ Hui Chen |
| Name: | Hui Chen |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
[Signature page to Securities Purchase Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company has caused its signature page to this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
| BUYER: | |
|---|---|
| JADR Capital 2 Pty Limited | |
| By: | /s/ Justin Davis-Rice |
| Name: | Justin Davis-Rice |
| Title: | Sole Director |
[Signature page to Securities Purchase Agreement]
BUYER SCHEDULE
Name of Buyer: JADR Capital 2 Pty Limited
Preferred Shares to be purchasedand sold for an aggregate Stated Value of up to $190,905,000 (purchase price of $53,400,000), with (1) Preferred Shares with an aggregate Stated Value of $30,030,000 (purchase price of $8,400,000) purchased at the Initial Closing and (2) Preferred Shares with an aggregate Stated Value of $17,875,000 (purchase price of $5,000,000), purchased at each of nine (9) Tranche Closings, occurring not less than thirty (30) days after any other Closing Date, upon notice from Company to Buyer that all conditions to closing such Tranche Closing have been met; provided, that payment of the Purchase Price may be satisfied by means of cancelling obligations of the Company to the Buyer for borrowed money (whether borrowed from the Buyer or a third party) and crediting such obligations against the purchase price, at the sole election of the Buyer, and/or by operation of Section 1(f). The Preferred Shares will be convertible into Common Stock at a price per share (the “Conversion Price”) equal to a 10% discount to the lower of: (A) Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately prior to the Initial Closing; and (B) the lowest daily VWAP in the five (5) Trading Days prior to such Conversion Date(s) (as defined in the Certificate of Designation); provided, however, that the Conversion Price shall not be less than $0.10, which for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be adjusted for stock dividends, subdivisions, or combinations.
Notice Contact Information
JADR Capital 2 Pty Limited
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Schedule 3(a)
Subsidiaries
| 1. | DRIVEiT Financial Group |
|---|---|
| 2. | DRIVEiT Auto Sales |
| --- | --- |
Exhibit A
[Form of Certificate of Designation]
Exhibit 10.3
Execution Version
NEITHER THIS CONVERTIBLE NOTE NOR THE SECURITIESISSUABLE UPON THE CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “ACT”), AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLESTATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVEREGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE HOLDER (IFREQUESTED BY THE COMPANY), FROM REPUTABLE COUNSEL, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD OR ELIGIBLE TOBE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDEMARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES. ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS NOTE SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THETERMS OF THIS NOTE, INCLUDING SECTIONS 2(D)(VI) AND 8 HEREOF. THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT REPRESENTEDBY THIS NOTE AND, ACCORDINGLY, THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOFPURSUANT TO SECTION 2(D)(VI) OF THIS NOTE.
DRIVEiTFinancial Auto Group, Inc.
ConvertibleNote
| Issuance Date: October 30, 2024 | Original Principal Amount: U.S. $3,894,000 |
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, DRIVEiT Financial Auto Group, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to the order of JADR Capital 2 Pty Limited or its registered assigns (“Holder”) the principal sum set forth above as the original principal amount (as reduced pursuant to the terms hereof, the “Principal Amount”) together with interest on any outstanding Principal Amount (as such interest on any outstanding Principal Amount may be reduced pursuant to the terms hereof) from the date set out above as the Issuance Date. This Convertible Note (with all notes issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, this “Note”) is issued pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2024, by and between the Company and the Holder (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
- Payments of Principal Amount and Interest. Interest and Principal Amount under this Note shall be payable as follows:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Note, the outstanding Principal Amount shall accrue interest at an annual rate equal to the Interest Rate from the date of this Note until the entire Principal Amount is paid in full, whether at maturity, upon acceleration, by prepayment, or otherwise, unless Holder elects to convert this Note pursuant to Section 2(a).
(b) Unless earlier converted into Conversion Shares, the outstanding Principal Amount and accrued but unpaid interest on this Note are due and payable by the Company on October 30, 2025 (the “Maturity Date”).
(c) From and after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Interest Rate shall automatically be increased to twenty percent (20.0%) per annum. In the event that such Event of Default is subsequently cured, the adjustment referred to in the preceding sentence shall cease to be effective as of the date of such cure; provided that the Interest as calculated and unpaid at such increased rate during the continuance of such Event of Default shall continue to apply to the extent relating to the days after the occurrence of such Event of Default through and including the date of such cure of such Event of Default.
(d) All computations of interest shall be made on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days. Interest shall commence to accrue on the Principal Amount on the Execution Date and shall not accrue on the Principal Amount on the day on which it is paid if payment is made to Holder prior to 12:00 p.m. ET. Any payment of principal on this Note after 12:00 p.m. ET on any Business Day shall be credited against this Note on the next Business Day and interest will continue to accrue until so credited.
(e) All payments made under this Note will be made in lawful money of the United States of America at the principal office of the Company, or at such other place as the Holder may from time to time designate in writing to the Company. Payment will be credited first to accrued interest due and payable, with any remainder applied to the Principal Amount.
(f) The agreements made by Company with respect to this Note and the other Transaction Documents are expressly limited so that in no event shall the amount of interest received, charged, or contracted for by Holder exceed the highest lawful amount of interest permissible under the laws applicable to the Note. If at any time performance of any provision of this Note or the other Transaction Documents results in the highest lawful rate of interest permissible under applicable laws being exceeded, then the amount of interest received, charged, or contracted for by Holder shall automatically and without further action by any party be deemed to have been reduced to the highest lawful amount of interest then permissible under applicable laws. If Holder shall ever receive, charge, or contract for, as interest, an amount which is unlawful, at Holder’s election, the amount of unlawful interest shall be refunded to the Company (if actually paid) or applied to reduce the then unpaid Principal Amount. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws, any amounts contracted for, charged, or received under the Transaction Documents included for the purpose of determining whether the Interest Rate would exceed the highest lawful rate shall be calculated by allocating and spreading such interest to and over the full stated term of this Note.
2. Conversion. This Note shall be convertible into validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Conversion Shares on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 2.
(a) Mandatory Conversion. The outstanding Principal Amount and all accrued but unpaid interest shall automatically and mandatorily (and without further action required) be converted into the Conversion Shares immediately prior to the consummation of the Business Combination pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement (the date of such consummation herein referred to as the “Conversion Date”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, no conversion shall occur under this Section 2(a) unless and until the following conditions shall have been satisfied or waived in writing by the Holder: (i) the Company shall have filed the Articles Supplementary with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland and the Articles Supplementary shall be in full force and effect, which Articles Supplementary shall designate a number of Conversion Shares equal to the number of such shares to be issued upon conversion of this Note, (ii) all conditions precedent to the consummation of the Business Combination set forth in the Business Combination Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived by the party entitled to the benefit thereof under the Business Combination Agreement (other than those conditions that may only be satisfied at the consummation of the Business Combination, but subject to satisfaction or waiver by such party of such conditions as of the consummation of the Business Combination), and the Business Combination will be consummated immediately after the conversion hereunder pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, which terms, without the Holder’s prior written consent, shall not have been waived, amended or modified (as the same exists on the date of this Agreement) in any manner that would materially adversely affect the economic benefits that the Holder would reasonably expect to receive under this Note, and all of the capital stock of New DRIVEiT issuable to the holders of the capital stock of the Company (including the Conversion Shares) under the Business Combination Agreement shall have been registered for issuance in the Business Combination on a registration statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act, (iii) upon consummation of the Business Combination, the common stock of New DRIVEiT shall be listed or quoted for trading on an Eligible Market and shall not have been suspended from trading thereon and the Company shall not have been notified of any pending or threatened proceeding or other action to suspend the trading of the Common Stock and New DRIVEiT shall have obtained stockholder approval of the transactions contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement to the extent required by the listing rules, regulations and/or requirements of such Eligible Market, and (iv) the average daily trading volume of the common stock of YOTA (prior to the consummation of the Business Combination) on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such common stock is listed or traded during the ten (10) days prior to the consummation of the Business Combination shall exceed $4,000,000.
Any outstanding Principal Amount and/or accrued interest to be converted in accordance with this Section 2 is referred to herein as the “Conversion Amount.”
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(b) Conversion Shares. The number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Conversion Amount shall be determined according to the following formula:
Conversion Amount
Conversion Price
No fractional Conversion Shares are to be issued upon the conversion of this Note. If the issuance would result in the issuance of a fraction of a share, the Company shall round such fraction of a share up to the nearest whole share.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) Mechanics of Conversion. The conversion shall be conducted in the following manner:
(i) Date. On the Conversion Date, the Company shall deliver in book-entry form such aggregate number of Conversion Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such conversion recorded in the Holder’s or its designee’s name.
(ii) Record Holder. Immediately prior to consummation of the Business Combination, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Conversion Shares, irrespective of the date of delivery in uncertificated form by means of a book-entry evidencing such Conversion Shares.
(iii) Company’s Failure to Timely Deliver Securities. If the Company fails to deliver in book-entry form the Conversion Shares in the Holder’s or its designee’s name by the Conversion Date, then, in addition to all other remedies available to Holder, at the sole discretion of Holder, the Company shall:
(A) pay in cash to Holder on each Trading Day after the Conversion Date that the issuance or credit of such Conversion Shares is not timely effected an amount equal to 5% of the product of (A) the number of Conversion Shares not so delivered or credited (as the case may be) to Holder or Holder’s nominee multiplied by (B) the Stated Value of the Conversion Shares on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Conversion Date; or
(B) if on or after the Conversion Date, Holder (or any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of Holder) purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock (“Replacement Shares”) to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by Holder of all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, or a sale of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, that Holder so anticipated receiving from the Company without any restrictive legend upon conversion of the Conversion Shares (provided that Holder has taken all steps necessary to convert the Conversion Shares into Common Stock as provided in the Articles Supplementary), then, within two (2) Trading Days after Holder’s request and in Holder’s sole discretion, either (x) pay cash to Holder in an amount equal to Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the Replacement Shares (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to credit Holder’s balance account shall terminate and such shares shall be cancelled, or (y) promptly honor its obligation to credit Holder’s DTC account representing such number of shares of Common Stock that would have been credited to Holder’s balance account if the Company timely complied with its obligations hereunder (and under and subject to the Articles Supplementary) and pay cash to Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (1) such number of shares of Common Stock that the Company was required to credit to Holder by the Conversion Date multiplied by (2) the lowest Closing Sale Price of the shares of Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date Holder purchased Replacement Shares and ending on the date of such credit and payment under this clause (B).
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To the extent permitted by law, the Company’s obligations to issue and credit the Conversion Shares in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other person, and irrespective of any other circumstance that might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of the Conversion Shares. Nothing herein shall limit the 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 issue and credit the Conversion Shares as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
(iv) Disputes. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Conversion Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Conversion Shares to be issued pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Conversion Shares that are not disputed, provided that following such issuance to Holder such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with Section 23.
(v) Book-Entry. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 2, upon conversion of any portion of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof, no Holder thereof shall be required to physically surrender this Note to the Company. If this Note is surrendered as provided by Section 8, then, provided that there remains outstanding Principal Amount and accrued interest under this Note at the time of surrender, the Company shall, as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Trading Days after receipt of this Note and at its own expense, issue and deliver to such Holder (or its designee) a new Note (in accordance with Section 8(d)) representing the outstanding Principal Amount and accrued interest (if any) under this Note. Each Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the portion of the Note so converted by such Holder and the dates of such conversions or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to such Holder and the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of the Note upon each such conversion. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, such records of such Holder establishing the portion of the Note to which the record holder is entitled shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. A Holder and any transferee or assignee, by acceptance of a certificate, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of any portion of the Note, the outstanding Principal Amount represented by such Note may be less than stated on the face thereof. Each Note shall bear the following legend:
ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS NOTE SHOULD CAREFULLYREVIEW THE TERMS OF THIS NOTE, INCLUDING SECTIONS 2(d)(vi) AND 8(a) HEREOF. THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT AMOUNT REPRESENTED BY THIS NOTE AND,ACCORDINGLY, THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION2(d)(vi) OF THIS NOTE.
(e) Taxes. The Company shall pay any and all documentary, stamp, transfer (but only in respect of the registered holder thereof), issuance and other similar taxes that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Conversion Shares upon the conversion of the Note.
(f) Reservation of Shares; Insufficient Authorized Shares. The Company shall reserve out of its authorized and unissued Series A Preferred Stock a number of Conversion Shares equal to 100% of the maximum number of Conversion Shares issuable to satisfy the Company's obligations to issue Conversion Shares hereunder.
- Rights upon Event of Default; Acceleration.
(a) Event of Default. Each of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default”:
(i) the Company’s (A) failure to timely deliver the required number of Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Note, and any such failure remains uncured for a period of two (2) Business Days, or (B) notice, written or oral, to any holder of the Convertible Notes, including, without limitation, by way of public announcement or through any of its agents, at any time, of its intention not to comply, as required, with a conversion of any Convertible Notes into Conversion Shares in accordance with the provisions of the Convertible Notes, in each case;
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(ii) the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s failure (A) to pay to the Holder any amount of Principal Amount or Interest when and as due under this Note or (B) to pay to the Holder, within five (5) days after the delivery by the Holder of written notice thereof, any amount or penalties or other amounts due under this Note or any amount due under any other Transaction Document or any other agreement, document, certificate or other instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;
(iii) the occurrence of (A) any default under or acceleration prior to maturity of any Indebtedness (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement, but excluding clause (E) of such definition and clauses (F) and (G) to the extent they relate to Indebtedness describe in clause (E)) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount in excess of $300,000, subject to any cure or grace period provided in the governing documents of such Indebtedness, or (B) a payment default under any such Indebtedness, if such default remains uncured for a period of ten (10) consecutive Trading Days;
(iv) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings for the relief of debtors shall be instituted by or against the Company or any Subsidiary and, if instituted against the Company or any Subsidiary by a third party, which have not been dismissed within thirty (30) days of their initiation;
(v) the commencement by the Company or any Subsidiary of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree, order, judgment or other similar document in respect of the Company or any Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal, state or foreign law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the execution of a composition of debts, or the occurrence of any other similar federal, state or foreign proceeding, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, the taking of corporate action by the Company or any Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action or the taking of any action by any Person to commence a UCC foreclosure sale or any other similar action under federal, state or foreign law;
(vi) the entry by a court of (A) a decree, order, judgment or other similar document in respect of the Company or any Subsidiary of a voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree, order, judgment or other similar document adjudging the Company or any Subsidiary as bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any Subsidiary under any applicable federal, state or foreign law or (C) a decree, order, judgment or other similar document appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree, order, judgment or other similar document or any such other decree, order, judgment or other similar document unstayed and in effect for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days;
(vii) a final judgment, judgments, any arbitration or mediation award or any settlement of any litigation or any other satisfaction of any claim made by any Person pursuant to any litigation, as applicable, (each a “Judgment”, and collectively, the “Judgments”) with respect to the payment of cash, securities and/or other assets with an aggregate fair value (as determined in accordance with Section 6(a)(iv) below) in excess of $300,000 are rendered against, agreed to or otherwise accepted by, the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries and which Judgments are not, within thirty (30) days after the entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within thirty (30) 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 $300,000 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 and the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may be) will receive the proceeds of such insurance or indemnity within thirty (30) days of the issuance of such Judgment;
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(viii) other than as specifically set forth in another clause of this Section 3(a), the Company or any Subsidiary breaches any representation or warranty when made, or any covenant or other term or condition of this Note or any other Transaction Document, and, only, in the case of a breach of a covenant or other term or condition that is curable, if such breach remains uncured for a period of ten (10) consecutive Trading Days after the delivery by Holder of written notice thereof;
(ix) any breach or failure in any respect by the Company or any Subsidiary to comply with any provision of Section 11 of this Note, and any such breach or failure remains uncured for a period of ten (10) consecutive Trading Days after the delivery by Holder of written notice thereof;
(x) any provision of this Note or any other Transaction Document (shall at any time for any reason (other than pursuant to the express terms thereof)) cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against the parties thereto, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any party thereto, or a proceeding shall be commenced by the Company or any Subsidiary or any governmental authority having jurisdiction over any of them, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or the Company or any Subsidiary shall deny in writing that it has any liability or obligation purported to be created under any Transaction Document; and
(xi) in the event of termination of the Business Combination Agreement and/or the abandonment of the Business Combination.
Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to this Note the Company shall promptly, but in no case later than two (2) Business Days, deliver written notice thereof via email and overnight courier (with next day delivery specified) (an “Event of Default Notice”) to the Holder.
(b) Remedies. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and at any time thereafter, Holder may at its option: (a) declare the entire Principal Amount, together with all accrued interest thereon, immediately due and payable; and (b) exercise any or all of its rights, powers, or remedies under the Transaction Documents or applicable law or available in equity; provided, however that, if an Event of Default described in Sections 3(a)(viii)-(x) of this Note shall occur, the Principal Amount and accrued interest shall become immediately due and payable automatically and without any notice, declaration, or other act on the part of Holder.
(c) Acceleration by Subsidiary Spin-Off. Upon the occurrence of a Subsidiary Spin-Off and at any time thereafter, Holder may at its option declare the entire Principal Amount, together with all accrued interest thereon, immediately due and payable.
4. [Reserved]
5. Rights Upon Distribution of Assets. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 4, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, indebtedness, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction, other than a distribution of Common Stock covered by Section 4(b)) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Note, then, in each such case, provision shall be made so that upon conversion of this Note, 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 conversion of this Note (without regard to any limitations on conversion hereof, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distributions would result in the Holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or the beneficial ownership of any such Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and such Distribution to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage). The provisions of this Section 5 shall not apply if such Distribution occurs more than three years after the Issuance Date.
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6. Purchase Rights; Fundamental Transaction.
(a) Purchase Rights. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 5 herein, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class 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 conversion of this Note (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) 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 Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage). The provisions of this Section 6(a) shall not apply if such Purchase Rights are granted, issued or sold more than three years after the Issuance Date.
(b) Fundamental Transactions. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Note and the other Transaction Documents related to this Note in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder, including agreements confirming the obligations of the Successor Entity as set forth in this Note and an obligation to deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Note a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Note, including, without limitation, which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock equivalent to the Preferred Shares acquirable and receivable upon conversion of this Note (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of this Note) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with a conversion price which applies the Conversion Price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such adjustments to the number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Note immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the election of the Holder upon conversion of this Note following a Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder, in lieu of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Sections 5 and 6(a) above, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the exercise of this Note prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction, such Common Stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity), or other securities, cash, assets or other property, which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of the applicable Fundamental Transaction had this Note been exercised immediately prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction; provided, however, that such amount of reserved Common Stock shall be limited by the Maximum Percentage of Common Stock.
7. [Reserved]
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8. Reissuance of 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 8(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the outstanding Principal Amount being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the entire outstanding Principal Amount is being transferred, a new Note (in accordance with Section 8(d)) to the Holder representing the outstanding Principal Amount not being transferred. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Note, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of Section 2(d)(vi) following conversion or redemption of any portion of this Note, the outstanding Principal Amount represented by this Note may be less than the Principal Amount 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 (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary and reasonable form 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 8(d)) representing the outstanding Principal Amount.
(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 8(d) and in principal amounts of at least $10,000) representing in the aggregate the outstanding Principal Amount of this Note, and each such new Note will represent such portion of such outstanding Principal Amount as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender.
(d) Issuance of New Note. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Note pursuant to the terms of this Note, 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 Amount remaining outstanding (or in the case of a new Note being issued pursuant to Section 18(a) or Section 18(c), the Principal Amount designated by the Holder which, when added to the Principal Amount represented by the other new Notes issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the Principal Amount remaining outstanding under this Note immediately prior to such issuance of new Notes), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Note, which is the same as the Execution Date of this Note, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Note.
- Voting Rights. The Holder shall have no voting rights as the holder of this Note, except as required by law, including but not limited to applicable corporate law of the State of Delaware, and as expressly provided in this Note.
10. Covenants. Until this Note has been entirely converted, redeemed or otherwise satisfied in accordance with its terms:
(a) Rank. This Note shall be senior in right of payment to all other current and future notes to which the Company is a party but shall not be secured.
(b) No Secured Indebtedness. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, incur any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness pursuant to this Note, or otherwise indebtedness in the ordinary course of business, such as performance bonds, restricting cash for bank guarantee in connection with leases and otherwise its ongoing business) of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or amend or modify any Indebtedness in such a manner that results in it being, secured by any Lien on any assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(c) Restricted Payments. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, redeem, defease, repurchase, repay or make any payments in respect of, by the payment of cash or cash equivalents (in whole or in part, whether by way of open market purchases, tender offers, private transactions or otherwise), all or any portion of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness pursuant to this Note), whether by way of payment in respect of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on, such Indebtedness, if at the time such payment is due or is otherwise made or, after giving effect to such payment, (i) an event constituting an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii) an event that with the passage of time and without being cured would constitute an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
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(d) Restriction on Redemption and Cash Dividends. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, redeem or repurchase, or pay any dividend or distribution on, any of its capital stock, whether or not such redemption, repurchase, dividend or distribution amount is payable in cash or in other property or assets (other than dividends by wholly-owned Subsidiaries to the Company), without the prior express written consent of the Holder.
(e) Restriction on Transfer of Assets. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of any assets or rights of the Company or any Subsidiary owned or hereafter acquired whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, other than sales, leases, licenses, assignments, transfers, conveyances and other dispositions of such assets or rights by the Company and its Subsidiaries that, in the aggregate, do not have a fair market value in excess of $1,000,000 in any twelve (12) month period, and other than (i) sales, leases, assignments, transfers, conveyances and other dispositions of such assets or rights by the Company in the ordinary course of business and (ii) sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business.
(f) Change in Nature of Business. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries on the Issuance Date or any business substantially related or incidental thereto. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, modify its or their corporate structure or purpose.
(g) Preservation of Existence, Etc. The Company shall maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, its existence, rights and privileges, and become or remain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to become or remain, duly qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary.
(h) Maintenance of Properties, Etc. The Company shall maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, all of its properties which are necessary or useful in the proper conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, at all times with the provisions of all leases to which it is a party as lessee or under which it occupies property, so as to prevent any loss or forfeiture thereof or thereunder.
(i) Maintenance of Insurance. The Company shall maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, insurance with responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations (including, without limitation, comprehensive general liability, hazard, rent and business interruption insurance) with respect to its properties (including all real properties leased or owned by it) and business, in such amounts and covering such risks as is required by any governmental authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto or as is carried generally in accordance with sound business practice by companies in similar businesses similarly situated.
11. [Reserved]
12. [Reserved]
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13. Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note. The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversions and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Note shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Note (including, without limitation, compliance with Section 4 hereof). The issuance of Common Stock and certificates for Common Stock as contemplated hereby upon the conversion of this Note shall be made without charge to the Holder or such Common Stock for any issuance tax or other costs in respect thereof, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any certificate in a name other than the Holder or its agent on its behalf.
14. Payment of Collection, Enforcement and Other Costs. If (a) this Note is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any legal proceeding or the Holder otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under this Note or to enforce the provisions of this Note (b) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of the Company or other proceedings affecting Company creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Note, then the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall pay the costs incurred by the Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements.
- Non-circumvention. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its articles of incorporation, bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Note, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Note and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable Common Stock upon the conversion of this Note, and (ii) shall, so long as any of the Principal Amount under this Note remains outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of this Note, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise of this Note.
16*.*Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of a Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.
17. Notices. Whenever notice is required to be given under this Note, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 10(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Note, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) as soon as practicable upon each adjustment of the Conversion Price and the number of Conversion Shares, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment(s) and (ii) at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities, indebtedness, or other property pro rata to holders of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information (to the extent it constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder and (iii) at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction. It is expressly understood and agreed that the time of execution specified by the Holder in each Conversion Notice shall be definitive and may not be disputed or challenged by the Company.
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[Reserved].
Payments. Whenever any payment of cash is to be made by the Company to any Person pursuant to this Note, unless otherwise expressly set forth herein, such payment shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America by wire transfer of immediately available funds by providing the Company with prior written notice setting out the Holder’s wire transfer instructions. Whenever any amount expressed to be due by the terms of this Note is due on any day which is not a Business Day, the same shall instead be due on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day. Any amounts due under the Transaction Documents which is not paid when due shall result in a late charge being incurred and payable by the Company in an amount equal to interest on such amount at the rate of fifteen percent (15%) per month from the date such amount was due until the same is paid in full.
20. Transferability of Note. A Holder may transfer some or all of this Note, or any shares issuable upon conversion of this Note, without the consent of the Company.
21. Register. The Company shall maintain a register (the “Register”) and record the names and addresses of the holders of each Convertible Note and the principal amount of the Convertible Notes held by such holders (the “Registered Notes”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The Company and the holders of the Notes shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of a Note for all purposes, including, without limitation, the right to receive payments of Principal Amount and interest hereunder, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. A Registered Note may be assigned or sold in whole or in part only by registration of such assignment or sale on the Register. Upon its receipt of a request to assign or sell all or part of any Registered Note by a Holder, the Company shall record the information contained therein in the Register and issue one or more new Registered Notes in the same aggregate principal amount asthe principal amount of the surrendered Registered Note to the designated assignee or transferee.
22. Amendment. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Note may be amended and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Holder. The Holder shall be entitled, at its option, to the benefit of any amendment of any other similar Convertible Note issued by the Company under the Securities Purchase Agreement.
23. Dispute Resolution. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Conversion Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Shares (as the case may be), the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations (as the case may be) via facsimile (i) within two (2) Business Days after receipt of the applicable notice giving rise to such dispute to the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) or (ii) if no notice gave rise to such dispute, at any time after the Holder or the Company (as the case may be) learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation (as the case may be) within three (3) Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Company or the Holder (as the case may be), then the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days submit via facsimile (a) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Shares and the disputed determination of the Conversion Price to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Holder, with the consent of the Company (which may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), or (b) if acceptable to the Holder, the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Shares and the disputed determination of the Conversion Price to the Company’s independent, outside accountant. The Company shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant (as the case may be) to perform the determinations or calculations (as the case may be) and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than ten (10) Business Days from the time it receives such disputed determinations or calculations (as the case may be). Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation (as the case may be) shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error. The fees and expenses of such investment bank or accountant shall be borne by the parties in the same proportion as the respective amounts by which the investment bank’s or accountant’s determination differs from such party’s calculation.
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24. Waiver of Notice. To the extent permitted by law, the Company hereby irrevocably waives demand, notice, presentment, protest and all other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Note and any other Transaction Document.
25. Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Note shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. The Company 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 brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to the Holder or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIALFOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS NOTE OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
- Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Note, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“1934 Act” **** means **** the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Articles Supplementary” means that Articles Supplementary of Series A Preferred Stock to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“Bloomberg” means Bloomberg, L.P.
“CommonStock” means the common stock of the Company and any other shares issued or issuable with respect thereto (whether by way of a stock dividend or stock split or in exchange for or upon conversion of such shares or otherwise in connection with a combination of shares, distribution, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, other corporate reorganization or other similar event with respect to the Common Stock).
“Conversion Price” means the price per share equal the Stated Value (as that term is defined in the Articles Supplementary) divided by 3.25.
“Conversion Shares” means shares of preferred stock of the Company designated as Series A Preferred Stock with rights and privileges as described in the Articles Supplementary.
“Execution Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
“Fundamental Transaction” means that (i) the Company shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (1) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving entity) any other Person unless the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such consolidation or merger continue to hold more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock after such consolidation or merger, or (2) sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets to any other Person, in connection with which the Company is dissolved, or (3) allow any other Person to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Company (not including any shares of Voting Stock of the Company held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (4) consummate a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with any other Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Company (not including any shares of Voting Stock of the Company held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination), or (ii) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) is or shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Voting Stock of the Company.
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“Interest Rate” means fifteen percent (15.0%) per annum, in each case as may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 1(c).
“Lien” means any lien, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, charge, security interest, adverse claim, liability, interest, charge, preference, priority, proxy, transfer restriction (other than restrictions under the federal and state securities laws), encroachment, tax, order, community property interest, equitable interest, option, warrant, right of first refusal, easement, profit, license, servitude, right of way, covenant or zoning restriction.
“New DRIVEiT” means the combined public reporting parent company after the Transaction as described herein or any Successor Entity.
“Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
“Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.
“Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any department or agency thereof.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or the successor thereto.
“Securities PurchaseAgreement” means that certain securities purchase agreement by and among the Company and the Holder, dated as of the Execution Date, as may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Subsidiary” means any Person in which the Company, directly or indirectly, (I) owns any of the outstanding capital stock or holds any equity or similar interest of such Person or (II) controls or operates all or any part of the business, operations or administration of such Person; provided, that after the Subscription Date, a Person (other than Subsidiaries as of the Subscription Date) shall not become a Subsidiary pursuant to clause (I) unless the Company, directly or indirectly, owns at least 10% of any of the outstanding capital stock or holds at least 10% of any equity or similar interest of such person.
“Subsidiary Spin-Off” means any inquiry, proposal or offer from any Person relating to any (a) direct or indirect acquisition (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of assets of a Subsidiary (excluding sales of assets in the ordinary course of business) equal to 51% or more of the value of the assets of the Subsidiary or to which 51% or more of the revenues or earnings of the Subsidiary are attributable, (b) tender offer for, or direct or indirect acquisition (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of 51% or more of the outstanding equity securities of any Subsidiary, or (c) merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving substantially all of any Subsidiary or involving the assets of the any Subsidiaries with a value set forth in clause (a) of this definition.
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“Successor Entity” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving the Business Combination or any other Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) with which the Business Combination or such other Fundamental Transaction, respectively, shall have been entered into.
“Trading Day” means, as applicable, (x) with respect to all price determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time) unless such day is otherwise designated as a Trading Day in writing by the Holder or (y) with respect to all determinations other than price determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which The New York Stock Exchange (or any successor thereto) is open for trading of securities.
“Voting Stock” of a Person means capital stock of such Person of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power to elect, or the general power to appoint, at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time capital stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
“VWAP” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” function or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the three highest closing bid prices and the three lowest closing ask prices of all of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC). If VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 23. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.
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INWITNESS WHEREOF, Holder and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Convertible Note to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
| COMPANY | ||
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| DRIVEiT Financial Auto Group, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ David Michery | |
| Name: | David Michery | |
| Title: | Chairman of the Board |
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| HOLDER | ||
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| JADR Capital 2 Pty Limited | ||
| By: | /s/ Jusitn Davis-Rice | |
| Name: | Justin Davis-Rice | |
| Title: | Sole Director |
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF ArticlesSupplementary
Exhibit 10.4
Execution Version
[●]
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONSOF RIGHTS, PREFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS
OF
SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERREDSTOCK
__, 2024
The undersigned, [●], in accordance with the provisions of Section 103 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), hereby certifies that:
| 1. | He/She<br>is the [●] of [●], a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”). |
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| 2. | The<br>Corporation is authorized to issue [●] shares of preferred stock of which [[●] shares are designated as “[●]”/none<br>are designated]. |
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| 3. | In<br>accordance with Sections 141(c) and 151 of the DGCL, the following resolutions were duly adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation<br>on [●], 2024: |
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WHEREAS, Article [●] of the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) of [●], a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”) provides the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) with the authority to classify and issue up to [●] shares of preferred stock, par value $[●] per share (the “Preferred Stock”), of which [[●]shares are designated as “[●]”/none are designated];
WHEREAS, the Board is authorized to fix the dividend rights, dividend rate, voting rights, conversion rights, rights and terms of redemption and liquidation preferences of any wholly unissued series of preferred stock and the number of shares constituting any series and the designation thereof, of any of them; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board, pursuant to its authority, to fix the rights, preferences, restrictions and other matters relating to a new series of the preferred stock, the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, which shall consist of up to [●] shares which the Corporation has the authority to issue.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that, pursuant to the authority conferred by Article [●] of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board does hereby provide for the issuance of a new series of preferred stock for cash or exchange of other securities, rights or property and does hereby fix and determine the rights, preferences, restrictions and other matters relating to such series of preferred stock as set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Board hereby authorizes and establishes the classification and designation of [●] shares of Preferred Stock as shares of “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.”
EXHIBIT A
TERMS OF PREFERRED STOCK
Section 1. Numberof Shares and Designation. This series of Preferred Stock shall be designated as the “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock,” par value $[●] per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”). The Series A Preferred Stock shall be perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 6 hereof, and the authorized number of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be [●]. The number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be increased from time to time subject to the provisions of Section 5 and Section 15 hereof and any such additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall form a single series with the Series A Preferred Stock. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the same designations, rights, preferences, powers, restrictions and limitations as every other share of Series A Preferred Stock.
Section 2. CertainDefinitions. The following words and terms shall have the meanings defined in this Section 2. All capitalized words and terms not defined, have the meaning in the Securities Purchase Agreement:
“Affiliate” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
“BusinessDay” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law, regulation, or executive order to close.
“CapitalStock” means any and all shares (however designated) of the Corporation’s capital stock.
“Certificate” means this Certificate of Designations of Rights, Preferences and Limitations of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
“Certificateof Incorporation” means the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended.
“Changeof Control Event” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following in one or a series of related transactions:
| (i) | one or more acquisitions after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), resulting in a majority or more of the voting rights or equity interests in the Corporation being transferred to such Persons or their Affiliates; |
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| (ii) | a replacement of more than a majority of the members of the Board that is not approved by (i) those individuals who are members of the Board on the date hereof (or other directors previously approved by such individuals) and (ii) the Majority Holder; |
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| (iii) | a merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any one or more Subsidiaries owning a majority of the consolidated assets of the Corporation and all Subsidiaries with another entity, or a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation and its consolidated Subsidiaries in one or a series of related transactions, unless following such transaction or series of transactions, the Holders of the Corporation’s securities immediately prior to the first such transaction continue to hold at least a majority of the voting rights and equity interests in the surviving entity or acquirer of such assets; |
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| (iv) | a recapitalization, reorganization or other transaction involving the Corporation or any Subsidiary that constitutes or results in a transfer of a majority or more of the voting rights or equity interests in the Corporation to any Persons; or |
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| (v) | the execution by the Corporation or its controlling shareholders of an agreement providing for any of the foregoing events. |
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement shall not be deemed to be a Change of Control Event for the purposes of this Certificate.
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“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“CommonStock” means (i) the common stock, $[●] par value, of the Corporation and (ii) any Capital Stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.
“CommonStock Equivalents” means any securities of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
“Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(ii) hereof.
“**DGCL”**means the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended.
“ExchangeAct” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as in effect at the time.
“FundamentalTransaction” means that (i) the Corporation shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (A) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries is the surviving corporation) any other Person, or (B) sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its respective properties or assets to any other Person, or (C) allow any other Person to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Corporation (not including any shares of Voting Stock of the Corporation held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (D) consummate a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with any other Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Corporation (not including any shares of Voting Stock of the Corporation held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination), or (E) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify the Common Stock, or (ii) any Change of Control Event shall occur or any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) is or shall otherwise become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation. Provided, however, that neither (i) the spin-off or dividend of common stock of a Subsidiary, nor (ii) any transaction with an Affiliate or a related party of the Majority Holders, shall be deemed to be a Fundamental Transaction.
“Holder” or “Holders” shall mean each holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
“IssuanceDate” means the respective Closing Date (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement, as the same may from time to time be amended), pursuant to which the Corporation shall issue, and the Holder shall acquire, shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
“Junior Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9 hereof.
“Liquidation Preference PerShare” shall mean $50,000.00.
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“MajorityHolders” means any Holder(s) of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
“Notice of Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(i) hereof.
“ParentEntity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on a Trading Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.
“Parity Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 hereof.
“Person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a limited liability company, an unincorporated business organization, a trust or other entity or organization, and any government or political subdivision or any agency or instrumentality thereof.
“PIK Dividend” means a dividend accrued on each share of Series A Preferred Stock and paid in shares (including fractional shares) of Series A Preferred Stock.
“PIK DividendConditions” means (i) the Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, and (ii) the closing price of the Common Stock on the most recent Trading Day is over $0.10.
“PIK DividendShares” means the shares (including fractional shares) of Series A Preferred Stock paid and issued in connection with a PIK Dividend.
“Properties” means any and all properties and assets (real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible) owned or used by the Corporation.
“SecuritiesAct” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as in effect at the time.
“SecuritiesPurchase Agreement” means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement by and between the initial Holder and the Corporation dated as of __, 2024 pursuant to which the initial Holder shall acquire shares of Series A Preferred Stock subject to the conditions contained in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
“Senior Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 hereof.
“Share Delivery Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(ii) hereof.
“StatedValue” means $50,000 per share of Series A Preferred Stock.
“Subsidiary” or“Subsidiaries” of any Person means (i) any corporation with respect to which more than 50% of the issued and outstanding voting equity interests of such corporation is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by such Person and one or more of its other Subsidiaries or by one or more of such Person’s other Subsidiaries, or (ii) any partnership or limited liability company in which such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person shall have an interest (whether in the form of voting or participation in profits or capital contribution) of more than 50% or of which any such Person is a general partner or may exercise the powers of a general partner.
“SuccessorEntity” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Majority Holders, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Majority Holders, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.
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“TradingMarket” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market; the Nasdaq Global Market; the Nasdaq Global Select Market; the New York Stock Exchange; the NYSE American; any level of the OTC Markets operated by OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
“VotingStock” of a Person means capital stock of such Person of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power to elect, or the general power to appoint, at least a majority of the board of directors, managers, trustees or other similar governing body of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time capital stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
“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 L.P. (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 the OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink OTC Markets, Inc. (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 and reasonably acceptable to the Corporation, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Corporation.
Section 3. Dividends.
(a) Dividend Rate. Holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when and as declared by the Board, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends, other than as set forth in Section 3(d) below, cumulative cash dividends at an annual rate of 15.0%, which is initially equivalent to $7,500 per annum per share, based on the $50,000 Stated Value per share preference, payable quarterly in arrears on the original Stated Value together with any accrued but unpaid dividends. (the “Dividend Rate”). The Dividend Rate shall accrue from, and including, the Issuance Date to, but not including the 10-year anniversary of the Issuance Date.
(b) Dividend Amount. With respect to each share of Series A Preferred Stock from time to time outstanding (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the PIK Dividend Shares), from the Dividend Payment Date of such share, dividends shall accrue on each share of Series A Preferred Stock, in an amount for each share of Series A Preferred Stock, equal to the Dividend Rate times the Stated Value (compounded as provided for immediately below, including with respect to any accrued and unpaid dividends) (such per share amount, as applicable, the “DividendAmount”) during each quarterly period following the applicable Dividend Record Date. All Dividend Amounts paid in cash or elected to be paid as PIK Dividends shall be compounded as applicable.
(c) Dividend Payment Date; Dividend Record Date. Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall accrue daily and be cumulative until paid from, and including, the date of the Issuance Date and shall be payable quarterly on the fifth (5^th^) day following the last day of each fiscal quarter (each such payment date, a “Dividend Payment Date,” and each such quarterly period, a “Dividend Period”); provided that if any Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the dividend that would otherwise have been payable on that Dividend Payment Date may be paid on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest, additional dividends or other sums will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after that Dividend Payment Date to that next succeeding Business Day. The first dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock is scheduled to be paid on the fifth day of the next calendar quarter after the Issuance Date in the quarterly amount of $1,500 per share, which for the first Dividend Period shall be appropriately pro-rated, to the persons who are the holders of record of the Series A Preferred Stock at the close of business on the corresponding record date. Any dividend payable on the Series A Preferred Stock, including dividends payable for any partial Dividend Period, will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of four 90-day quarters. Dividends will be payable to holders of record as they appear in the Corporation’s stock records for the Series A Preferred Stock at the close of business on the applicable record date, which shall be the last day of the calendar quarter, whether or not a Business Day, in which the applicable Dividend Payment Date falls (each, a “Dividend RecordDate”).
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(d) PIK Dividend. The Dividend Amount shall be paid solely in cash, provided, however, that if the PIK Dividend Conditions are satisfied or waived as of the relevant Dividend Payment Date, then the Corporation, in its sole and absolute discretion, may elect to pay the Dividend Amount in PIK Dividend Shares, subject to Section 3(e) and Section 3(j)(iii) of this Certificate. The Dividend Amount shall be automatically declared and the applicable Dividend Amount automatically paid to the Holder as set forth above. For the avoidance of doubt, unless otherwise expressly set forth herein, with respect to PIK Dividend Shares, the Dividend Payment Date of such shares shall be the Issuance Date of such shares for all purposes hereunder. All Dividend Amounts payable with respect to the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be paid, whether in cash or in PIK Dividend Shares pursuant to this Section 3(d), pro rata to each Holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock based upon the aggregate accrued but unpaid dividends on the shares held by each such Holder. PIK Dividend Shares issued on the applicable Dividend Payment Date shall have an aggregate Dividend Amount on such Dividend Payment Date equal to the total Dividend Amount accrued on such shares as of such Dividend Payment Date minus any portion thereof paid in cash pursuant hereto. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Corporation shall take all actions necessary for all PIK Dividend Shares to be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and issued free and clear of all liens, mortgages, security interests, pledges, deposits, restrictions or other encumbrances, on each Dividend Payment Date. The Corporation shall update its books and records to reflect the issuance of any PIK Dividend Shares promptly following each Dividend Payment Date, and at the request of any Holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, shall deliver to such Holder a copy of such books and records reflecting the issuance of such PIK Dividend Shares; provided, however, that the failure of the Corporation to comply with the terms of this sentence shall not in any way affect the issuance of such PIK Dividend Shares in accordance with the terms hereof.
(e) Limiting Documents. No dividends on shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be authorized by the Board or paid or set apart for payment by the Corporation at any time when the payment thereof would be unlawful under the laws of the State of Delaware or when the terms and provisions of any agreement of the Corporation, including any agreement relating to the Corporation’s indebtedness (the “LimitingDocuments”), prohibit the authorization, payment or setting apart for payment thereof or provide that the authorization, payment or setting apart for payment thereof would constitute a breach of the Limiting Documents or a default under the Limiting Documents, or if the authorization, payment or setting apart for payment shall be restricted or prohibited by law.
(f) Dividend Accrual. Notwithstanding the foregoing, dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock will accrue regardless of whether (i) the Corporation has earnings; (ii) there are funds legally available for the payment of such dividends; or (iii) such dividends are declared by the Board. No interest, or sum in lieu of interest, will be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments on the Series A Preferred Stock which may be in arrears, and holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will not be entitled to any dividends in excess of full cumulative dividends described above. Any dividend payment made on the Series A Preferred Stock shall first be credited against the earliest accumulated but unpaid dividend due with respect to those shares.
(g) Dividends on Junior Stock or Parity Stock. Unless full cumulative dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for payment for all past Dividend Periods, no dividends (other than in shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock, or in shares of any series of Preferred Stock that the Corporation may issue ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon liquidation) shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment upon shares of any capital stock of the Corporation other than the Series A Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement. This Section 3(g) shall not apply to spin-offs or dividends of the common stock of any Subsidiary.
(h) Pro Rata Dividends. When dividends are not paid in full (or a sum sufficient for such full payment is not so set apart) upon the Series A Preferred Stock and the shares of any other series of Preferred Stock that the Corporation may issue ranking on parity as to dividends with the Series A Preferred Stock, all dividends declared upon the Series A Preferred Stock and any other series of Preferred Stock ranking on parity that the Corporation may issue as to dividends with the Series A Preferred Stock shall be declared pro rata so that the amount of dividends declared per share of Series A Preferred Stock and such other series of Preferred Stock that the Corporation may issue shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued dividends per share on the Series A Preferred Stock and such other series of Preferred Stock that the Corporation may issue (which shall not include any accrual in respect of unpaid dividends for prior Dividend Periods if such Preferred Stock does not have a cumulative dividend) bear to each other. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments on the Series A Preferred Stock which may be in arrears. For avoidance of doubt, the Series B and the Series C Preferred Stock rank on parity with the Series A Preferred Stock.
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(i) Payment of Accrued and Unpaid Dividends. Holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any dividend in excess of all accumulated accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock as described in this Section 3. Any dividend payment made on the Series A Preferred Stock shall first be credited against the earliest accumulated accrued and unpaid dividend due with respect to such shares which remains payable at the time of such payment, provided, however, if a Person is a Holder of the Series A Preferred Stock as of the record date for any spin-off or dividend of the common stock of any Subsidiary, the Holder shall be entitled to such stock dividend on an as converted basis.
(j) Dividend Default. Whenever dividends on any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are in arrears for one or more Dividend Periods, whether or not consecutive (a “Dividend Default”):
(i) the Dividend Rate shall be increased to 20.0% per annum (equivalent to $10,000 per annum per share) (as increased, the “Penalty Rate”), commencing on the first day after the Dividend Payment Date on which a Dividend Default occurs and for each subsequent Dividend Payment Date thereafter until such time as the Corporation has paid all accumulated accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock in full, at which time the Dividend Rate shall revert to the rate of 15.0% of the Stated Value per share;
(ii) on the next Dividend Payment Date following the Dividend Payment Date on which a Dividend Default occurs, and continuing until such time as the Corporation has paid all accumulated accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock in full, the Corporation shall pay all dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock, including all accumulated accrued and unpaid dividends, on each Dividend Payment Date either in cash or, if not paid in cash, by issuing to the holders thereof PIK Dividend Shares if (A) the PIK Dividend Conditions are satisfied or waived and (B) the Common Stock is then subject to a National Market Listing (as hereinafter defined), based upon the aggregate accrued but unpaid dividends on the shares held by each such Holder. PIK Dividend Shares issued on the applicable Dividend Payment Date shall have an aggregate Stated Amount equal to the total Dividend Amount accrued on such shares as of such Dividend Payment Date minus any portion thereof paid in cash pursuant hereto; and
(iii) to the extent that the Corporation determines a registration statement on Form S-3 or other appropriate form to cover resales of Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock is required in connection with the issuance of, or for resales of, such Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock issued as payment of a dividend, the Corporation will use its reasonable best efforts to file and maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement until such time as all shares of such stock have been resold thereunder or such shares are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
For purposes hereof, a “National Market Listing” shall mean that the Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), the NYSE American LLC (the “NYSE American”) or Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”), or listed on an exchange that is a successor to the NYSE, the NYSE American or Nasdaq.
Following any Dividend Default that has been cured by the Corporation as provided above in Section 3(h)(i), if the Corporation subsequently fails to pay cash dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock in full for any Dividend Period, such subsequent failure shall constitute a separate Dividend Default, and the foregoing provisions of this Section 3(h) shall immediately apply until such subsequent Dividend Default is cured as so provided.
Notwithstanding anything in this Certificate to the contrary, cash dividends on any shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be payable solely in shares of Series A Preferred Stock unless and until the Corporation has, in the judgment of the Board, sufficient cash available to permit the declaration and payment of such dividends in accordance with the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and applicable Laws.
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Section 4. LiquidationPreference. Upon the occurrence of (i) liquidation; (ii) dissolution (other than a dissolution arising from the failure to make a routine filing with the Delaware Secretary of State); or (iii) winding-up, then, before any distribution or payment shall be made to the holders of any Common Stock or any other class or series of Junior Stock, the Corporation shall first redeem all shares of Series A Preferred Stock, out of the Corporation’s assets legally available for distribution to shareholders, the Liquidation Preference Per Share, plus accrued but unpaid dividends. After payment of the full amount of the liquidating distributions to which they are entitled, the Holders will have no right or claim to any of the Corporation’s remaining assets. In the event that, upon any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the Corporation’s available assets are insufficient to pay the amount of the liquidating distributions on all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable on all Senior Stock and Parity Stock, each as defined in Section 8 of this Certificate, then after payment of the liquidating distribution on all outstanding Senior Stock, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and all other such classes or series of Parity Stock shall share ratably in any such distribution of assets in proportion to the full liquidating distributions to which they would otherwise be respectively entitled. The merger or consolidation of the Corporation into or with another corporation which results in the exchange of outstanding shares of the Corporation for securities or other consideration issued or paid or caused to be issued or paid by such other corporation or an affiliate thereof (except if such merger or consolidation does not result in the transfer of more than 50 percent of the voting securities of the Corporation), or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Corporation, shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation for purposes of this Section 4, unless the Majority Holders vote otherwise. The amount deemed distributed to the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock upon any such merger or consolidation shall be the cash or the value of the property, rights and/or securities distributed to such holders by the acquiring person, firm or other entity. The value of such property, rights or other securities shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
Section 5. VotingRights.
(a) Voting Generally. Except as provided by the DGCL, the holder of each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights except as set forth below in Section 5(b) and Section 15. To the extent the holder of a share of Series A Preferred Stock is entitled to vote on a matter pursuant to Section 5(b), then the holder of each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the right to one vote for each share, and shall be entitled to notice of such shareholders’ meeting in accordance with the Bylaws, and shall be entitled to vote upon such matters and in such manner as may be provided by law.
(b) Protective Provisions. Without limiting the foregoing or Section 15, for so long as the Holders have the right to make Additional Purchases (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) and until the final Additional Purchase Closing (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), and thereafter for so long as at least 25% of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued to the Holders on the Issuance Dates remain outstanding, consent of the Majority Holders shall be required for any action that: (i) alters or changes the rights, preferences or privileges of the Series A Preferred Stock, (ii) creates (by reclassification or otherwise) any new class or series of shares having rights, preferences or privileges senior to or pari passu with the Series A Preferred Stock, (iii) results in the redemption or repurchase of any shares of Common Stock (other than pursuant to agreements with service providers giving the Corporation the right to repurchase shares upon the cessation and/or termination of services or other instruments or securities outstanding as of the date this Certificate is first filed with the Delaware Secretary of State), (iv) results in any Fundamental Transaction or any other merger, other corporate reorganization, sale of control, or any transaction in which all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation are sold, (v) amends or waives any provision of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws relative to the Series A Preferred Stock, (vi) increases the number of directors who may serve on the Corporation’s Board, (vii) results in the payment or declaration of any dividend on any shares of Common or Preferred Stock, other than spin-offs or dividends of common stock of any Subsidiary, or (viii) enters into any transaction that contemplates any of the foregoing. Holders shall be entitled to written notice of all shareholder meetings or written consents (and copies of proxy materials and other information sent to shareholder) with respect to which they would be entitled to vote, which notice shall be provided pursuant to the Corporation’s Bylaws and the DGCL.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if the voting rights provided by this Section 5 would otherwise cause the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock to be a transaction other than a public offering at below the Minimum Price as that term is defined under Nasdaq Rule 5635 and the accompanying instructions thereto, or violate Nasdaq Rule 5640, then the voting rights granted to the Holder(s) under this Section 5 shall be reduced proportionately as necessary to comply with such Nasdaq Rule.
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Section 6 Conversionof Series A Preferred Stock.
(a) Optional Conversion. Subject to this Section 6, each share of Series A Preferred Stock is convertible, in whole or in part and at the option of the Holder, into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined by dividing the Stated Value of the Series A Preferred Stock being converted by the then applicable Conversion Price. The Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 6(d) below. No conversion shall be permitted to the extent that it violates the Rules of the Principal Market, including, if applicable, Nasdaq Rule 5635(d).
For purposes hereof, the term “Conversion Price” shall mean, a price per share equal to the lower of (A) [●]^1^ and (B) 90% of the lowest daily VWAP in the five (5) Trading Days prior to such Conversion Date(s); provided, however, that the Conversion Price shall not be less than $0.10, which for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be adjusted for stock dividends, subdivisions, or combinations.
(b) Mechanics of Conversion.
(i) Before any Holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to convert the same into shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 6(a) hereof, such Holder shall give written notice to the Corporation at its principal corporate office of the election to convert shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted, the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned subsequent to the conversion at issue, and the name or names in which the certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock are to be issued, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (each, a “Notice of Conversion”). No ink-original Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Conversion form be required. The calculations and entries set forth in the Notice of Conversion shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical error. To effect conversions of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, a Holder shall not be required to surrender the certificate(s) representing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the Corporation unless all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock represented thereby are so converted, in which case such Holder shall deliver the certificate representing such shares of Series A Preferred Stock promptly following the Conversion Date at issue.
| ^1^ | 90% of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading<br>Day immediately prior to the Initial Closing. |
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(ii) Shares of Series A Preferred Stock converted into Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be canceled and shall not be reissued. The Corporation shall, as soon as practicable after delivery of the Notice of Conversion, in the case of a conversion pursuant to Section 6(a) hereof, and as soon as practicable after delivery of the certificate(s) evidencing the Series A Preferred Stock, within one (1) Business Days thereafter (the “Share Delivery Date”), issue and deliver or cause to be delivered to such Holder or Holders, or to the nominee or nominees thereof, a certificate or certificates representing the number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock to which such Holder or Holders shall be entitled as aforesaid. Conversion under this Section 6 shall be deemed to have been made immediately prior to the close of business on the date of delivery of the Notice of Conversion, unless a later date is specified in the Notice of Conversion, and the Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock as of such date (such date, the “Conversion Date”). If, in the case of any conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 6, such shares of Common Stock are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the Share Delivery Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Corporation at any time on or before its receipt of such shares of Common Stock, to rescind such conversion, in which event the Corporation shall promptly return to the Holder any original Series A Preferred Stock certificate delivered to the Corporation. The Corporation’s obligation to issue and deliver the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by a Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by such Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Corporation or any violation or alleged violation of law by such Holder or any other person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Corporation to such Holder in connection with the issuance of such shares of Common Stock. In the event a Holder shall elect to convert any or all of the shares of its Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation may not refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and/or enjoining conversion of all or part of the Series A Preferred Stock of such Holder shall have been sought and obtained, and the Corporation posts a surety bond for the benefit of such Holder in the amount of 150% of the Stated Value of Series A Preferred Stock which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Corporation shall issue shares of Common Stock and, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion. If the Corporation fails to deliver to a Holder such shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Section 6 by the Share Delivery Date applicable to such conversion and no injunction or similar court order is in effect, then, in addition to all other remedies available to Holder, at the sole discretion of Holder, the Corporation shall: (A) pay in cash to Holder on each Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date that the issuance or credit of such shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion is not timely effected an amount equal to 5% of the product of (I) the number of shares of Common Stock not so delivered or credited (as the case may be) to Holder or Holder’s nominee multiplied by (II) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Required Delivery Date; or (B) if on or after the Required Delivery Date, Holder (or any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of Holder) purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock (“Replacement Shares”) to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by Holder of all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, or a sale of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, that Holder so anticipated receiving from the Company without any restrictive legend, then, within five (5) Trading Days after Holder’s request and in Holder’s sole discretion, the Company shall either (I) pay cash to Holder in an amount equal to Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the Replacement Shares (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so deliver such certificate or credit Holder’s balance account shall terminate and such shares shall be cancelled, or (II) promptly honor its obligation to so credit Holder’s DTC account representing such number of shares of Common Stock that would have been so delivered if the Company timely complied with its obligations hereunder and pay cash to Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (1) such number of shares of Common Stock that the Company was required to deliver to Holder by the Required Delivery Date multiplied by (2) the lowest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date Holder purchased Replacement Shares and ending on the date of such delivery and payment under this clause (B). Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages for the Corporation’s failure to deliver shares of Common Stock within the period specified herein and such Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit a Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law.
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(c) Fractional Shares; Computation Certificates.
(i) No fractional shares shall be issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock and the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole share for any shares in excess of one-half (1/2) or otherwise rounded down.
(ii) Upon the occurrence of each adjustment of the Conversion Price of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 6, the Corporation, at its expense, shall promptly compute such adjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and prepare and furnish to each Holder of Series A Preferred Stock a statement, signed by its independent registered public accounting firm, setting forth such adjustment and showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based. The Corporation shall, upon the written request at any time of any Holder of Series A Preferred Stock, furnish or cause to be furnished to such Holder a like certificate setting forth (A) such adjustment, (B) the Conversion Price for such Series A Preferred Stock at the time in effect, and (C) the number of shares of Common Stock and the amount, if any, of other property which at the time would be received upon the conversion of a share of such Series A Preferred Stock.
(d) Adjustments of the Conversion Price. The Conversion Price of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:
(i) Adjustments for Recapitalization. If at any time or from time to time there shall be a recapitalization of the Common Stock, provision shall be made so that the Holders shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock the number of shares of stock or other securities or property of the Corporation or otherwise, to which a holder of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion would have been entitled on such recapitalization. In any such case, appropriate adjustment shall be made in the application of the provisions of this Section 6 with respect to the rights of the Holders after the recapitalization to the end that the provisions of this Section 6 (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Conversion Price and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock) shall be applicable after that event as nearly equivalent as may be practicable.
(ii) Adjustment for Stock Splits and Combinations. If the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date effect a subdivision of the outstanding Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect immediately before that subdivision shall be proportionately decreased so that the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion of each share of such series shall be increased in proportion to such increase in the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. If the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect immediately before the combination shall be proportionately increased so that the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion of each share of such series shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Any adjustment under this subsection shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.
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(iii) Adjustments for Distribution. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 6(d) hereof, in the event the Corporation shall declare a distribution payable in Common Stock, Common Stock Equivalents or other securities of the Corporation, any Subsidiary or any other Persons, evidences of indebtedness issued by the Corporation, any Subsidiary or other Persons, cash or other property or assets (or rights to acquire cash or other property or assets), or options, rights or other property not referred to in Section 6(e) hereof to the holders of Common Stock, in each case whether 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) (each, a “Distribution”), then, in each such case for the purpose of this Section 6(d), the Holders shall be entitled to a proportionate share of any such Distribution as though they were the holders of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation into which their shares of Series A Preferred Stock are convertible as of the record date fixed for the determination of the holders of Common Stock of the Corporation entitled to receive such Distribution.
(iv) Adjustment for Reorganization or Reclassification. If any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Corporation or a Change of Control Event, shall be effected while any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding in such a manner that holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or assets with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock, then, as a condition of such reorganization, reclassification, or Change of Control Event, lawful and adequate provision shall be made whereby each Holder who has not received the amounts to be distributed to such holder in accordance with this Certificate shall thereafter have the right to receive upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified herein and in lieu of the shares of Common Stock immediately theretofore receivable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock, such shares of stock, securities or assets as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Common Stock equal to the number of shares of such Common Stock immediately theretofore so receivable had such reorganization, reclassification or Change of Control Event not taken place, and in such case appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holders to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Conversion Price, Conversion Rate and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be possible, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the conversion of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock. Prior to or simultaneously with the consummation of any such reorganization, reclassification or Change of Control Event, the survivor or successor corporation (if other than the Corporation) resulting from such reorganization, reclassification or Change of Control Event shall assume by written instrument executed and mailed or delivered to each Holder, the obligation to deliver to such Holders such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such Holder may be entitled to receive, and containing the express assumption by such successor corporation of the due and punctual performance and observance of every provision of this Certificate to be performed and observed by the Corporation and of all liabilities and obligations of the Corporation hereunder with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock.
(v) Subsequent Equity Sales. If, at any time while shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation or any Subsidiary, as applicable, closes a financing in which it sells or grants any option to purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice outstanding securities, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalent, entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the then Conversion Price (such lower price, the “Base Conversion Price” and such issuances, collectively, a “DilutiveIssuance”) (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the Conversion Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then the Conversion Price shall be reduced to equal the Base Conversion Price. The Corporation agrees to consult with the Majority Holder prior to commencing any such financing regarding its terms. Further, the Corporation shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than the Trading Day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to this Section 6, indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Corporation provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice, upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Holder is entitled to receive a number of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock determined based upon the Base Conversion Price on or after the date of such Dilutive Issuance, regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Conversion Price in the Notice of Conversion.
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(e) Certificate as to Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to this Section 6, the Corporation at its expense shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable but in any event not later than five (5) days thereafter, compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to each Holder a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment (including the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property into which the Series A Preferred Stock is convertible) and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Corporation shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable after the written request at any time of any Holder (but in any event not later than five (5) days thereafter), furnish or cause to be furnished to such holder a certificate setting forth (i) the Conversion Price then in effect, and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock and the amount, if any, of other securities, cash or property which then would be received upon the conversion of Series A Preferred Stock.
(f) Good Faith Assistance. The Corporation will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or through any reorganization, recapitalization, 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 to be observed or performed hereunder by the Corporation, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Section 6 and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the conversion rights of the Holders against impairment.
(g) Notice of Record Taking. In the event of any taking by the Corporation of a record of the Holders of any class of securities for the purpose of determining the Holders thereof who are entitled to receive any dividend (other than a cash dividend) or other distribution, any right to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of stock of any class or any other securities or property, or to receive any other right, the Corporation shall mail to each Holder, at least ten (10) days prior to the date specified therein, a notice specifying the date on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right, and the amount and character of such dividend, distribution or right.
(h) Reservation of Shares. The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, 250% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock (the “RequiredReserve Amount”); and if at any time the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock shall not be sufficient to enable the Corporation to satisfy its obligation to have available for issuance upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required Reserve Amount, then, in addition to such other remedies as shall be available to the Holder, the Corporation will immediately take all such corporate action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purposes, including, without limitation, using its best efforts to obtain the requisite shareholder approval of any necessary amendment to these provisions as soon as possible. For avoidance of doubt, because the Corporation does not have sufficient authorized Common Stock as of the Issuance Date, it will reserve the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that it legally can and seek shareholder approval as provided in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
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(i) Payment of Taxes. The Corporation shall pay all documentary, stamp or other transactional taxes (exclusive of income taxes) attributable to the issuance or delivery of shares of capital stock of the Corporation upon conversion of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any taxes which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of any certificate for such shares in a name other than that of the holder of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock in respect of which such shares are being issued.
(j) Status of Shares. All shares of Common Stock that may be issued in connection with the conversion provisions set forth herein will, upon issuance by the Corporation, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all taxes, Liens or charges with respect thereto.
(k) Notice. Any notice required by the provisions of this Section 6 to be given to the Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be deemed given upon hand delivery, one (1) Business Day after the notice is sent by overnight courier or three (3) Business Days after the notice is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to each holder of record at his address appearing on the stock books of the Corporation. The Corporation shall provide each Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to the terms of this Certificate, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Corporation shall give written notice to each Holder (i) promptly following any adjustment of the Conversion Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which the Corporation closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or Distribution upon the Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grant, issuances, or sales of any Common Stock, Common Stock Equivalents, assets or other property to all holders of shares of Common Stock as a class or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any matter on which the holders of Common Stock shall have the right to vote.
(l) Cancellation of Series A Preferred Stock. In the event any shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be converted pursuant to this Section 6 or otherwise reacquired by the Corporation, the shares so converted or reacquired shall be canceled and may not be reissued. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation may be appropriately amended from time to time to effect the corresponding reduction in the Corporation’s authorized capital stock.
(m) Conversion Disputes. In the case of any dispute with respect to a conversion, the Corporation shall promptly issue such number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 6(c) above as are not disputed. If such dispute involves the calculation of the Conversion Price, and such dispute is not promptly resolved by discussion between the relevant Holder and the Corporation, the Corporation shall submit the disputed calculations to an independent outside accountant within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of notice of such dispute. The accountant, at the Corporation’s sole expense, shall promptly audit the calculations and notify the Corporation and the Holder of the results no later than ten (10) Business Days from the date it receives the disputed calculations. The accountant’s calculation shall be deemed conclusive, absent manifest error. The Corporation shall then issue the appropriate number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 6(c) above. If the accountant determines the Corporation’s calculations are correct, the Holder shall reimburse the Corporation for the accountant’s expense.
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(n) Limitations on Conversions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be convertible by a Holder into shares of Common Stock, and the Corporation shall not effect any conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock into or otherwise issue any shares of Common Stock pursuant hereto, to the extent (but only to the extent) that after giving effect to such Conversion or other share issuance hereunder the Holder (together with its Affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 9.9% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the Common Stock. To the extent the above limitation applies, the determination of whether shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be convertible (vis-à-vis other convertible, exercisable or exchangeable securities owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates) and of which such securities shall be convertible, exercisable or exchangeable (as among all such securities owned by the Holder and its Affiliates) shall, subject to such Maximum Percentage limitation, be determined on the basis of the first submission for conversion or exercise (as the case may be). Under no circumstances can the Maximum Percentage limitation be amended on less than 61 days’ notice, if, as a result of such amendment, the Maximum Percentage is amended to be above 9.99%. No prior inability to convert shares of Series A Preferred Stock, or to issue shares of Common Stock, pursuant to this paragraph shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent determination of convertibility. For purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership and all determinations and calculations (including, without limitation, with respect to calculations of percentage ownership) shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this paragraph to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Maximum Percentage beneficial ownership limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such Maximum Percentage limitation. For any reason at any time until the shares of Series A Preferred Stock has been converted, upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Corporation shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding, including by virtue of any prior conversion, exchange or exercise of convertible or exercisable securities into Common Stock, including, without limitation, shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
Section 7. Statusof Acquired Shares. All shares of Series A Preferred Stock converted by its Holder in accordance with Section 6 hereof, or acquired by the Corporation, shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of undesignated Preferred Stock of the Corporation.
Section 8. Ranking. The Series A Preferred Stock will rank: (i) senior to (A) all of the Corporation’s Common Stock, and (B) and any other equity securities that the Corporation may issue in the future, the terms of which specifically provide that such equity securities rank junior to the Series A Preferred Stock, in each case with respect to payment of amounts upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up (“Junior Stock”); (ii) equal to any shares of equity securities that the Corporation may issue in the future, the terms of which specifically provide that such equity securities rank on par with such Series A Preferred Stock, in each case with respect to payment of amounts upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up (“Parity Stock”); and (iii) junior to all of the Corporation’s existing and future indebtedness. Without prior written consent of the Majority Holders, the Corporation shall not create or issue any Parity Stock or any class or series of capital stock specifically ranking, by its terms, senior to the Series A Preferred Stock (collectively, “SeniorStock”), as to distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary.
Section 9.Fundamental Transactions.
(a) Consent to Fundamental Transactions. The Corporation shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless: (i) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Corporation under this Certificate in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9 pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Majority Holders and approved by the Majority Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each Holder of Series A Preferred Stock in exchange for such shares of Series A Preferred Stock a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Certificate, including, without limitation, having a stated value equal to the stated value and dividend rate of the Series A Preferred Stock held by the Holders and having similar ranking to the Series A Preferred Stock, and reasonably satisfactory to the Majority Holders, (ii) the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) is a publicly traded corporation whose shares of common stock are quoted on or listed for trading on a Trading Market, and (iii) the Majority Holders approve the Fundamental Transaction, in their sole discretion.
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(b) Effect of Fundamental Transactions. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction described in Section 9(a), the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Certificate referring to the “Corporation” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Corporation and shall assume all of the obligations of the Corporation under this Certificate with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Corporation herein and therein. In addition to the foregoing, upon consummation of a Fundamental Transaction described in Section 9(a), the Successor Entity shall deliver to each Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Section 6, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) that each Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had all the shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by each Holder been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock contained in this Certificate), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Certificate.
(c) Successive Fundamental Transactions. The provisions of this Section 9 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock.
Section 10.Intentionally Omitted.
Section 11.Information Rights. During any period in which (i) the Corporation is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and (ii) the Holders have the right to make Additional Purchases (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued to the Holders on the Issuance Dates remain outstanding, the Corporation shall use its best efforts to (a) transmit by mail to all the Holders who at that time own more than 10% of the issued and outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, as their names and addresses appear in the Corporation’s record books and without cost to such Holders, copies of the annual reports and quarterly reports that the Corporation would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if the Corporation was subject to such sections (other than any exhibits that would have been required) and (b) promptly upon written request, supply copies of such reports to any prospective holder of Series A Preferred Stock; provided, that the requirements of this Section 11 shall terminate on the six (6) month anniversary of the date on which the Corporation’s Common Stock becomes subject to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act. The Corporation shall mail the reports to the Holders within 30 days after the respective dates by which the Corporation would have been required to file the reports with the Commission if the Corporation were then subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, assuming the Corporation is a “non-accelerated filer” in accordance with the Exchange Act.
Section 12. RecordHolders. The Corporation and its transfer agent shall deem and treat the record Holder of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor its transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 13. SinkingFund. The Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to the benefits of any retirement or sinking fund.
Section 14. Amendmentof Resolution. The Board reserves the right, subject to the terms of this Certificate, from time to time to increase (but not in excess of the total number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock or designated shares of Series A Preferred Stock) or decrease (but not below the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding) the number of shares that constitute the Series A Preferred Stock by further resolution adopted by the Board or a duly authorized committee of the Board and by the filing of a certificate pursuant to the provisions of the DGCL stating that such increase or decrease, as the case may be, has been so authorized and in other respects to amend this Certificate within the limitations provided by law, this resolution and the Certificate of Incorporation. Provided, however, that no increase contemplated by this Section 14 shall be made without the consent of the Majority Holders.
Section 15.Restriction and Limitations. Except as expressly provided herein or as required by law, the Corporation shall not, without the vote or written consent of the Majority Holders, take any action which would adversely and materially affect any of the preferences, limitations or relative rights of the Series A Preferred Stock.
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Section 16. Waiver. Any right or privilege of the Series A Preferred Stock may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) by and only by the written consent of the Corporation and the Majority Holders and any such waiver shall be binding upon each holder of Series A Preferred Stock or other securities exercisable for or convertible into Series A Preferred Stock. No failure or delay on the part of a Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege.
Section 18. Lostor Stolen Certificates. Upon receipt by the Corporation of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any certificates representing Series A Preferred Stock (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of an indemnification undertaking by the applicable Holder to the Corporation in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of the certificate(s), the Corporation shall execute and deliver new certificate(s) of like tenor and date.
Section 18. Remedies,Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Certificate shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Certificate and any of the other transaction documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and no remedy contained herein shall be deemed a waiver of compliance with the provisions giving rise to such remedy. Nothing herein shall limit any Holder’s right to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Corporation to comply with the terms of this Certificate. The Corporation covenants to each Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by a Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Corporation (or the performance thereof). The Corporation acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holders and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Corporation therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, each Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any such breach or any such threatened breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required, to the extent permitted by applicable law. The Corporation shall provide all information and documentation to a Holder that is requested by such Holder to enable such Holder to confirm the Corporation’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Certificate.
Section 19.Non-circumvention. The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees that the Corporation will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Certificate, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Certificate and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other provision of this Certificate, the Corporation (i) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the conversion of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock above the Stated Value then in effect, (ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Corporation may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of Series A Preferred Stock and (iii) shall, so long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Required Reserve Amount, subject to this Certificate.
Section 20. Transferof Series A Preferred Stock. A Holder may transfer some or all of its shares of Series A Preferred Stock without the consent of the Corporation. Any such transfer shall comply with all applicable securities laws.
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Section 21.Register. The Corporation shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Corporation as it may designate by notice to the Holders), a register for the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, in which the Corporation shall record the name, address and facsimile number of the Persons in whose name the shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been issued, as well as the name and address of each transferee. The Corporation may treat the Person in whose name any shares of Series A Preferred Stock is registered on the register as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, but in all events recognizing any properly made transfers.
Section 22.Amendment. This Certificate or any provision hereof may be amended by obtaining the affirmative vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose, or by written consent without a meeting in accordance with the DGCL, of the Majority Holders, voting separately as a single class, and with such other shareholder approval, if any, as may then be required pursuant to the DGCL and the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.
Section 23.Severability. If any provision of this Certificate is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Certificate 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 violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law.
Section 24. NextBusiness Day. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.
Section 25.Headings. The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Certificate and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
Section 26. PrincipalMarket Compliance. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if while the Common Stock is listed on the Principal Market any of the terms, provisions, rights, covenants and restrictions set forth in this Certificate are determined by the Principal Market to be in violation of any of the Principal Market Rules, then such terms, provisions, rights, covenants or restrictions shall be of no force and effect to the extent of such noncompliance, and shall otherwise be interpreted to the extent possible in a manner consistent with compliance with such Principal Market Rules. In the event the immediately preceding sentence applies, the remainder of the terms, provisions, rights, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired, or invalidated.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, [●] has caused this Certificate to be signed by the undersigned as of the date first written above.
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EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF CONVERSION
Reference is made to (a) that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of __, 2024 (the “Agreement”), by and between [●] and [●], a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), (b) that certain Certificate of Designations of Rights and Preferences of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate”) and (c) that certain Conversion Amount (as defined in the Certificate) issued by the Corporation and outstanding as of the date hereof. In accordance with and pursuant to the Certificate, the undersigned hereby elects to convert the Conversion Amount (as defined in the Certificate) indicated below into shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock, $[●] par value per share (the “Common Stock”), at the Conversion Price (as defined in the Agreement and the Certificate, as of the date specified below). Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning as set forth in the Certificate.
Date of this Conversion Notice: _____________
Date of Conversion (the date that is one Business Day after the date of this Conversion Notice): ___________________
Number of Shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be Converted: ___________________
Stated Value of Each Share of Series A Preferred Stock: ___________________
Accrued and Accumulated and Unpaid Dividends on such Shares: ___________________
Aggregate Conversion Amount: ____________
Conversion Price: ___________________
Aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the undersigned on the Date of Conversion (Aggregate Conversion Amount and divided by the Conversion Price): __________________
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The Corporation hereby acknowledges this Notice of Conversion and hereby directs its transfer agent to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated [________] from the Corporation and acknowledged and agreed to by [________].
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Execution Version
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ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY
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SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERREDSTOCK
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DRIVEiT Financial Auto Group, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Maryland (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:
FIRST: Under a power contained in Article SIXTH of the charter of the Corporation (the “Charter”), the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”), by resolution duly adopted at a meeting duly called held on [●], 20[●], classified and designated [●] ([●]) shares (the “Shares”) of authorized but unissued Preferred Stock (as defined in the Charter) as shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, with the preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption as set forth below:
TERMS OF PREFERRED STOCK
Section 1. Numberof Shares and Designation. This series of Preferred Stock shall be designated as the “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock,” par value $[●] per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”). The Series A Preferred Stock shall be perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 6 hereof, and the authorized number of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be [●]. The number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be increased from time to time subject to the provisions of Section 5 and Section 15 hereof and any such additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall form a single series with the Series A Preferred Stock. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the same designations, rights, preferences, powers, restrictions and limitations as every other share of Series A Preferred Stock.
Section 2. CertainDefinitions. The following words and terms shall have the meanings defined in this Section 2. All capitalized words and terms not defined, have the meaning in the Securities Purchase Agreement:
“Affiliate” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
“Articlesof Incorporation” means the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended.
“ArticlesSupplementary” means this Articles Supplementary of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
“BusinessDay” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law, regulation, or executive order to close.
“CapitalStock” means any and all shares (however designated) of the Corporation’s capital stock.
“Changeof Control Event” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following in one or a series of related transactions:
| (i) | one or more acquisitions after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), resulting in a majority or more of the voting rights or equity interests in the Corporation being transferred to such Persons or their Affiliates; |
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| (ii) | a replacement of more than a majority of the members of the Board that is not approved by (i) those individuals who are members of the Board on the date hereof (or other directors previously approved by such individuals) and (ii) the Majority Holder; |
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| (iii) | a merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any one or more Subsidiaries owning a majority of the consolidated assets of the Corporation and all Subsidiaries with another entity, or a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation and its consolidated Subsidiaries in one or a series of related transactions, unless following such transaction or series of transactions, the Holders of the Corporation’s securities immediately prior to the first such transaction continue to hold at least a majority of the voting rights and equity interests in the surviving entity or acquirer of such assets; |
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| (iv) | a recapitalization, reorganization or other transaction involving the Corporation or any Subsidiary that constitutes or results in a transfer of a majority or more of the voting rights or equity interests in the Corporation to any Persons; or |
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| (v) | the execution by the Corporation or its controlling shareholders of an agreement providing for any of the foregoing events. |
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement shall not be deemed to be a Change of Control Event for the purposes of this Articles Supplementary.
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“CommonStock” means (i) the common stock, $[●] par value, of the Corporation and (ii) any Capital Stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.
“CommonStock Equivalents” means any securities of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
“Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(ii) hereof.
“ExchangeAct” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as in effect at the time.
“FundamentalTransaction” means that (i) the Corporation shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (A) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries is the surviving corporation) any other Person, or (B) sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its respective properties or assets to any other Person, or (C) allow any other Person to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Corporation (not including any shares of Voting Stock of the Corporation held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (D) consummate a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with any other Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Corporation (not including any shares of Voting Stock of the Corporation held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination), or (E) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify the Common Stock, or (ii) any Change of Control Event shall occur or any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) is or shall otherwise become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation. Provided, however, that neither (i) the spin-off or dividend of common stock of a Subsidiary, nor (ii) any transaction with an Affiliate or a related party of the Majority Holders, shall be deemed to be a Fundamental Transaction.
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“Holder” or “Holders” shall mean each holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
“IssuanceDate” means the respective Closing Date (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement, as the same may from time to time be amended), pursuant to which the Corporation shall issue, and the Holder shall acquire, shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
“Junior Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9 hereof.
“Liquidation Preference PerShare” shall mean $50,000.00.
“MajorityHolders” means any Holder(s) of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
“**MGCL”**means the Maryland General Corporation Law, as amended.
“Notice of Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(i) hereof.
“ParentEntity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on a Trading Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.
“Parity Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 hereof.
“Person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a limited liability company, an unincorporated business organization, a trust or other entity or organization, and any government or political subdivision or any agency or instrumentality thereof.
“PIK Dividend” means a dividend accrued on each share of Series A Preferred Stock and paid in shares (including fractional shares) of Series A Preferred Stock.
“PIK DividendConditions” means (i) the Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, and (ii) the closing price of the Common Stock on the most recent Trading Day is over $0.10.
“PIK DividendShares” means the shares (including fractional shares) of Series A Preferred Stock paid and issued in connection with a PIK Dividend.
“Properties” means any and all properties and assets (real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible) owned or used by the Corporation.
“SecuritiesAct” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as in effect at the time.
“SecuritiesPurchase Agreement” means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement by and between the initial Holder and the Corporation dated as of __, 2024 pursuant to which the initial Holder shall acquire shares of Series A Preferred Stock subject to the conditions contained in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
“Senior Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 hereof.
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“Share Delivery Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(ii) hereof.
“StatedValue” means $50,000 per share of Series A Preferred Stock.
“Subsidiary” or“Subsidiaries” of any Person means (i) any corporation with respect to which more than 50% of the issued and outstanding voting equity interests of such corporation is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by such Person and one or more of its other Subsidiaries or by one or more of such Person’s other Subsidiaries, or (ii) any partnership or limited liability company in which such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person shall have an interest (whether in the form of voting or participation in profits or capital contribution) of more than 50% or of which any such Person is a general partner or may exercise the powers of a general partner.
“SuccessorEntity” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Majority Holders, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Majority Holders, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.
“TradingMarket” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market; the Nasdaq Global Market; the Nasdaq Global Select Market; the New York Stock Exchange; the NYSE American; any level of the OTC Markets operated by OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
“VotingStock” of a Person means capital stock of such Person of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power to elect, or the general power to appoint, at least a majority of the board of directors, managers, trustees or other similar governing body of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time capital stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
“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 L.P. (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 the OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink OTC Markets, Inc. (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 and reasonably acceptable to the Corporation, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Corporation.
Section 3. Dividends.
(a) Dividend Rate. Holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when and as declared by the Board, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends, other than as set forth in Section 3(d) below, cumulative cash dividends at an annual rate of 15.0%, which is initially equivalent to $7,500 per annum per share, based on the $50,000 Stated Value per share preference, payable quarterly in arrears on the original Stated Value together with any accrued but unpaid dividends. (the “Dividend Rate”). The Dividend Rate shall accrue from, and including, the Issuance Date to, but not including the 10-year anniversary of the Issuance Date.
(b) Dividend Amount. With respect to each share of Series A Preferred Stock from time to time outstanding (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the PIK Dividend Shares), from the Dividend Payment Date of such share, dividends shall accrue on each share of Series A Preferred Stock, in an amount for each share of Series A Preferred Stock, equal to the Dividend Rate times the Stated Value (compounded as provided for immediately below, including with respect to any accrued and unpaid dividends) (such per share amount, as applicable, the “DividendAmount”) during each quarterly period following the applicable Dividend Record Date. All Dividend Amounts paid in cash or elected to be paid as PIK Dividends shall be compounded as applicable.
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(c) Dividend Payment Date; Dividend Record Date. Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall accrue daily and be cumulative until paid from, and including, the date of the Issuance Date and shall be payable quarterly on the fifth (5^th^) day following the last day of each fiscal quarter (each such payment date, a “Dividend Payment Date,” and each such quarterly period, a “Dividend Period”); provided that if any Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the dividend that would otherwise have been payable on that Dividend Payment Date may be paid on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest, additional dividends or other sums will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after that Dividend Payment Date to that next succeeding Business Day. The first dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock is scheduled to be paid on the fifth day of the next calendar quarter after the Issuance Date in the quarterly amount of $1,500 per share, which for the first Dividend Period shall be appropriately pro-rated, to the persons who are the holders of record of the Series A Preferred Stock at the close of business on the corresponding record date. Any dividend payable on the Series A Preferred Stock, including dividends payable for any partial Dividend Period, will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of four 90-day quarters. Dividends will be payable to holders of record as they appear in the Corporation’s stock records for the Series A Preferred Stock at the close of business on the applicable record date, which shall be the last day of the calendar quarter, whether or not a Business Day, in which the applicable Dividend Payment Date falls (each, a “Dividend RecordDate”).
(d) PIK Dividend. The Dividend Amount shall be paid solely in cash, provided, however, that if the PIK Dividend Conditions are satisfied or waived as of the relevant Dividend Payment Date, then the Corporation, in its sole and absolute discretion, may elect to pay the Dividend Amount in PIK Dividend Shares, subject to Section 3(e) and Section 3(j)(iii) of this Articles Supplementary. The Dividend Amount shall be automatically declared and the applicable Dividend Amount automatically paid to the Holder as set forth above. For the avoidance of doubt, unless otherwise expressly set forth herein, with respect to PIK Dividend Shares, the Dividend Payment Date of such shares shall be the Issuance Date of such shares for all purposes hereunder. All Dividend Amounts payable with respect to the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be paid, whether in cash or in PIK Dividend Shares pursuant to this Section 3(d), pro rata to each Holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock based upon the aggregate accrued but unpaid dividends on the shares held by each such Holder. PIK Dividend Shares issued on the applicable Dividend Payment Date shall have an aggregate Dividend Amount on such Dividend Payment Date equal to the total Dividend Amount accrued on such shares as of such Dividend Payment Date minus any portion thereof paid in cash pursuant hereto. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Corporation shall take all actions necessary for all PIK Dividend Shares to be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and issued free and clear of all liens, mortgages, security interests, pledges, deposits, restrictions or other encumbrances, on each Dividend Payment Date. The Corporation shall update its books and records to reflect the issuance of any PIK Dividend Shares promptly following each Dividend Payment Date, and at the request of any Holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, shall deliver to such Holder a copy of such books and records reflecting the issuance of such PIK Dividend Shares; provided, however, that the failure of the Corporation to comply with the terms of this sentence shall not in any way affect the issuance of such PIK Dividend Shares in accordance with the terms hereof.
(e) Limiting Documents. No dividends on shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be authorized by the Board or paid or set apart for payment by the Corporation at any time when the payment thereof would be unlawful under the laws of the State of Delaware or when the terms and provisions of any agreement of the Corporation, including any agreement relating to the Corporation’s indebtedness (the “LimitingDocuments”), prohibit the authorization, payment or setting apart for payment thereof or provide that the authorization, payment or setting apart for payment thereof would constitute a breach of the Limiting Documents or a default under the Limiting Documents, or if the authorization, payment or setting apart for payment shall be restricted or prohibited by law.
(f) Dividend Accrual. Notwithstanding the foregoing, dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock will accrue regardless of whether (i) the Corporation has earnings; (ii) there are funds legally available for the payment of such dividends; or (iii) such dividends are declared by the Board. No interest, or sum in lieu of interest, will be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments on the Series A Preferred Stock which may be in arrears, and holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will not be entitled to any dividends in excess of full cumulative dividends described above. Any dividend payment made on the Series A Preferred Stock shall first be credited against the earliest accumulated but unpaid dividend due with respect to those shares.
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(g) Dividends on Junior Stock or Parity Stock. Unless full cumulative dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for payment for all past Dividend Periods, no dividends (other than in shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock, or in shares of any series of Preferred Stock that the Corporation may issue ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon liquidation) shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment upon shares of any capital stock of the Corporation other than the Series A Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement. This Section 3(g) shall not apply to spin-offs or dividends of the common stock of any Subsidiary.
(h) Pro Rata Dividends. When dividends are not paid in full (or a sum sufficient for such full payment is not so set apart) upon the Series A Preferred Stock and the shares of any other series of Preferred Stock that the Corporation may issue ranking on parity as to dividends with the Series A Preferred Stock, all dividends declared upon the Series A Preferred Stock and any other series of Preferred Stock ranking on parity that the Corporation may issue as to dividends with the Series A Preferred Stock shall be declared pro rata so that the amount of dividends declared per share of Series A Preferred Stock and such other series of Preferred Stock that the Corporation may issue shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued dividends per share on the Series A Preferred Stock and such other series of Preferred Stock that the Corporation may issue (which shall not include any accrual in respect of unpaid dividends for prior Dividend Periods if such Preferred Stock does not have a cumulative dividend) bear to each other. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments on the Series A Preferred Stock which may be in arrears. For avoidance of doubt, the Series B and the Series C Preferred Stock rank on parity with the Series A Preferred Stock.
(i) Payment of Accrued and Unpaid Dividends. Holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any dividend in excess of all accumulated accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock as described in this Section 3. Any dividend payment made on the Series A Preferred Stock shall first be credited against the earliest accumulated accrued and unpaid dividend due with respect to such shares which remains payable at the time of such payment, provided, however, if a Person is a Holder of the Series A Preferred Stock as of the record date for any spin-off or dividend of the common stock of any Subsidiary, the Holder shall be entitled to such stock dividend on an as converted basis.
(j) Dividend Default. Whenever dividends on any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are in arrears for one or more Dividend Periods, whether or not consecutive (a “Dividend Default”):
(i) the Dividend Rate shall be increased to 20.0% per annum (equivalent to $10,000 per annum per share) (as increased, the “Penalty Rate”), commencing on the first day after the Dividend Payment Date on which a Dividend Default occurs and for each subsequent Dividend Payment Date thereafter until such time as the Corporation has paid all accumulated accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock in full, at which time the Dividend Rate shall revert to the rate of 15.0% of the Stated Value per share;
(ii) on the next Dividend Payment Date following the Dividend Payment Date on which a Dividend Default occurs, and continuing until such time as the Corporation has paid all accumulated accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock in full, the Corporation shall pay all dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock, including all accumulated accrued and unpaid dividends, on each Dividend Payment Date either in cash or, if not paid in cash, by issuing to the holders thereof PIK Dividend Shares if (A) the PIK Dividend Conditions are satisfied or waived and (B) the Common Stock is then subject to a National Market Listing (as hereinafter defined), based upon the aggregate accrued but unpaid dividends on the shares held by each such Holder. PIK Dividend Shares issued on the applicable Dividend Payment Date shall have an aggregate Stated Amount equal to the total Dividend Amount accrued on such shares as of such Dividend Payment Date minus any portion thereof paid in cash pursuant hereto; and
(iii) to the extent that the Corporation determines a registration statement on Form S-3 or other appropriate form to cover resales of Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock is required in connection with the issuance of, or for resales of, such Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock issued as payment of a dividend, the Corporation will use its reasonable best efforts to file and maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement until such time as all shares of such stock have been resold thereunder or such shares are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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For purposes hereof, a “National Market Listing” shall mean that the Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), the NYSE American LLC (the “NYSE American”) or Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”), or listed on an exchange that is a successor to the NYSE, the NYSE American or Nasdaq.
Following any Dividend Default that has been cured by the Corporation as provided above in Section 3(h)(i), if the Corporation subsequently fails to pay cash dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock in full for any Dividend Period, such subsequent failure shall constitute a separate Dividend Default, and the foregoing provisions of this Section 3(h) shall immediately apply until such subsequent Dividend Default is cured as so provided.
Notwithstanding anything in this Articles Supplementary to the contrary, cash dividends on any shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be payable solely in shares of Series A Preferred Stock unless and until the Corporation has, in the judgment of the Board, sufficient cash available to permit the declaration and payment of such dividends in accordance with the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws and applicable Laws.
Section 4. LiquidationPreference. Upon the occurrence of (i) liquidation; (ii) dissolution (other than a dissolution arising from the failure to make a routine filing with the Delaware Secretary of State); or (iii) winding-up, then, before any distribution or payment shall be made to the holders of any Common Stock or any other class or series of Junior Stock, the Corporation shall first redeem all shares of Series A Preferred Stock, out of the Corporation’s assets legally available for distribution to shareholders, the Liquidation Preference Per Share, plus accrued but unpaid dividends. After payment of the full amount of the liquidating distributions to which they are entitled, the Holders will have no right or claim to any of the Corporation’s remaining assets. In the event that, upon any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the Corporation’s available assets are insufficient to pay the amount of the liquidating distributions on all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable on all Senior Stock and Parity Stock, each as defined in Section 8 of this Articles Supplementary, then after payment of the liquidating distribution on all outstanding Senior Stock, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and all other such classes or series of Parity Stock shall share ratably in any such distribution of assets in proportion to the full liquidating distributions to which they would otherwise be respectively entitled. The merger or consolidation of the Corporation into or with another corporation which results in the exchange of outstanding shares of the Corporation for securities or other consideration issued or paid or caused to be issued or paid by such other corporation or an affiliate thereof (except if such merger or consolidation does not result in the transfer of more than 50 percent of the voting securities of the Corporation), or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Corporation, shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation for purposes of this Section 4, unless the Majority Holders vote otherwise. The amount deemed distributed to the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock upon any such merger or consolidation shall be the cash or the value of the property, rights and/or securities distributed to such holders by the acquiring person, firm or other entity. The value of such property, rights or other securities shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
Section 5. VotingRights.
(a) Voting Generally. Except as provided by the MGCL, the holder of each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights except as set forth below in Section 5(b) and Section 15. To the extent the holder of a share of Series A Preferred Stock is entitled to vote on a matter pursuant to Section 5(b), then the holder of each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the right to one vote for each share, and shall be entitled to notice of such shareholders’ meeting in accordance with the Bylaws, and shall be entitled to vote upon such matters and in such manner as may be provided by law.
(b) Protective Provisions. Without limiting the foregoing or Section 15, for so long as the Holders have the right to make Additional Purchases (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) and until the final Additional Purchase Closing (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), and thereafter for so long as at least 25% of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued to the Holders on the Issuance Dates remain outstanding, consent of the Majority Holders shall be required for any action that: (i) alters or changes the rights, preferences or privileges of the Series A Preferred Stock, (ii) creates (by reclassification or otherwise) any new class or series of shares having rights, preferences or privileges senior to or pari passu with the Series A Preferred Stock, (iii) results in the redemption or repurchase of any shares of Common Stock (other than pursuant to agreements with service providers giving the Corporation the right to repurchase shares upon the cessation and/or termination of services or other instruments or securities outstanding as of the date this Articles Supplementary is first filed with the Delaware Secretary of State), (iv) results in any Fundamental Transaction or any other merger, other corporate reorganization, sale of control, or any transaction in which all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation are sold, (v) amends or waives any provision of the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws relative to the Series A Preferred Stock, (vi) increases the number of directors who may serve on the Corporation’s Board, (vii) results in the payment or declaration of any dividend on any shares of Common or Preferred Stock, other than spin-offs or dividends of common stock of any Subsidiary, or (viii) enters into any transaction that contemplates any of the foregoing. Holders shall be entitled to written notice of all shareholder meetings or written consents (and copies of proxy materials and other information sent to shareholder) with respect to which they would be entitled to vote, which notice shall be provided pursuant to the Corporation’s Bylaws and the MGCL.
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(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if the voting rights provided by this Section 5 would otherwise cause the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock to be a transaction other than a public offering at below the Minimum Price as that term is defined under Nasdaq Rule 5635 and the accompanying instructions thereto, or violate Nasdaq Rule 5640, then the voting rights granted to the Holder(s) under this Section 5 shall be reduced proportionately as necessary to comply with such Nasdaq Rule.
Section 6 Conversionof Series A Preferred Stock.
(a) Optional Conversion. Subject to this Section 6, each share of Series A Preferred Stock is convertible, in whole or in part and at the option of the Holder, into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock determined by dividing the Stated Value of the Series A Preferred Stock being converted by the then applicable Conversion Price. The Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 6(d) below. No conversion shall be permitted to the extent that it violates the Rules of the Principal Market, including, if applicable, Nasdaq Rule 5635(d).
For purposes hereof, the term “Conversion Price” shall mean, a price per share equal to the lower of (A) [●]^1^ and (B) 90% of the lowest daily VWAP in the five (5) Trading Days prior to such Conversion Date(s); provided, however, that the Conversion Price shall not be less than $0.10, which for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be adjusted for stock dividends, subdivisions, or combinations.
(b) Mechanics of Conversion.
(i) Before any Holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to convert the same into shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 6(a) hereof, such Holder shall give written notice to the Corporation at its principal corporate office of the election to convert shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted, the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned subsequent to the conversion at issue, and the name or names in which the certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock are to be issued, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (each, a “Notice of Conversion”). No ink-original Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Conversion form be required. The calculations and entries set forth in the Notice of Conversion shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical error. To effect conversions of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, a Holder shall not be required to surrender the certificate(s) representing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the Corporation unless all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock represented thereby are so converted, in which case such Holder shall deliver the certificate representing such shares of Series A Preferred Stock promptly following the Conversion Date at issue.
| ^1^ | 90% of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading<br>Day immediately prior to the Closing. |
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(ii) Shares of Series A Preferred Stock converted into Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be canceled and shall not be reissued. The Corporation shall, as soon as practicable after delivery of the Notice of Conversion, in the case of a conversion pursuant to Section 6(a) hereof, and as soon as practicable after delivery of the certificate(s) evidencing the Series A Preferred Stock, within one (1) Business Days thereafter (the “Share Delivery Date”), issue and deliver or cause to be delivered to such Holder or Holders, or to the nominee or nominees thereof, a certificate or certificates representing the number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock to which such Holder or Holders shall be entitled as aforesaid. Conversion under this Section 6 shall be deemed to have been made immediately prior to the close of business on the date of delivery of the Notice of Conversion, unless a later date is specified in the Notice of Conversion, and the Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock as of such date (such date, the “Conversion Date”). If, in the case of any conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 6, such shares of Common Stock are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the Share Delivery Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Corporation at any time on or before its receipt of such shares of Common Stock, to rescind such conversion, in which event the Corporation shall promptly return to the Holder any original Series A Preferred Stock certificate delivered to the Corporation. The Corporation’s obligation to issue and deliver the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by a Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by such Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Corporation or any violation or alleged violation of law by such Holder or any other person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Corporation to such Holder in connection with the issuance of such shares of Common Stock. In the event a Holder shall elect to convert any or all of the shares of its Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation may not refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and/or enjoining conversion of all or part of the Series A Preferred Stock of such Holder shall have been sought and obtained, and the Corporation posts a surety bond for the benefit of such Holder in the amount of 150% of the Stated Value of Series A Preferred Stock which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Corporation shall issue shares of Common Stock and, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion. If the Corporation fails to deliver to a Holder such shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Section 6 by the Share Delivery Date applicable to such conversion and no injunction or similar court order is in effect, then, in addition to all other remedies available to Holder, at the sole discretion of Holder, the Corporation shall: (A) pay in cash to Holder on each Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date that the issuance or credit of such shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion is not timely effected an amount equal to 5% of the product of (I) the number of shares of Common Stock not so delivered or credited (as the case may be) to Holder or Holder’s nominee multiplied by (II) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Required Delivery Date; or (B) if on or after the Required Delivery Date, Holder (or any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of Holder) purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock (“Replacement Shares”) to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by Holder of all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, or a sale of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, that Holder so anticipated receiving from the Company without any restrictive legend, then, within five (5) Trading Days after Holder’s request and in Holder’s sole discretion, the Company shall either (I) pay cash to Holder in an amount equal to Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the Replacement Shares (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so deliver such certificate or credit Holder’s balance account shall terminate and such shares shall be cancelled, or (II) promptly honor its obligation to so credit Holder’s DTC account representing such number of shares of Common Stock that would have been so delivered if the Company timely complied with its obligations hereunder and pay cash to Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (1) such number of shares of Common Stock that the Company was required to deliver to Holder by the Required Delivery Date multiplied by (2) the lowest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date Holder purchased Replacement Shares and ending on the date of such delivery and payment under this clause (B). Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages for the Corporation’s failure to deliver shares of Common Stock within the period specified herein and such Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit a Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law.
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(c) Fractional Shares; Computation Certificates.
(i) No fractional shares shall be issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock and the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole share for any shares in excess of one-half (1/2) or otherwise rounded down.
(ii) Upon the occurrence of each adjustment of the Conversion Price of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 6, the Corporation, at its expense, shall promptly compute such adjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and prepare and furnish to each Holder of Series A Preferred Stock a statement, signed by its independent registered public accounting firm, setting forth such adjustment and showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based. The Corporation shall, upon the written request at any time of any Holder of Series A Preferred Stock, furnish or cause to be furnished to such Holder a like certificate setting forth (A) such adjustment, (B) the Conversion Price for such Series A Preferred Stock at the time in effect, and (C) the number of shares of Common Stock and the amount, if any, of other property which at the time would be received upon the conversion of a share of such Series A Preferred Stock.
(d) Adjustments of the Conversion Price. The Conversion Price of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:
(i) Adjustments for Recapitalization. If at any time or from time to time there shall be a recapitalization of the Common Stock, provision shall be made so that the Holders shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock the number of shares of stock or other securities or property of the Corporation or otherwise, to which a holder of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion would have been entitled on such recapitalization. In any such case, appropriate adjustment shall be made in the application of the provisions of this Section 6 with respect to the rights of the Holders after the recapitalization to the end that the provisions of this Section 6 (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Conversion Price and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock) shall be applicable after that event as nearly equivalent as may be practicable.
(ii) Adjustment for Stock Splits and Combinations. If the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date effect a subdivision of the outstanding Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect immediately before that subdivision shall be proportionately decreased so that the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion of each share of such series shall be increased in proportion to such increase in the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. If the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect immediately before the combination shall be proportionately increased so that the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion of each share of such series shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Any adjustment under this subsection shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.
(iii) Adjustments for Distribution. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 6(d) hereof, in the event the Corporation shall declare a distribution payable in Common Stock, Common Stock Equivalents or other securities of the Corporation, any Subsidiary or any other Persons, evidences of indebtedness issued by the Corporation, any Subsidiary or other Persons, cash or other property or assets (or rights to acquire cash or other property or assets), or options, rights or other property not referred to in Section 6(e) hereof to the holders of Common Stock, in each case whether 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) (each, a “Distribution”), then, in each such case for the purpose of this Section 6(d), the Holders shall be entitled to a proportionate share of any such Distribution as though they were the holders of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation into which their shares of Series A Preferred Stock are convertible as of the record date fixed for the determination of the holders of Common Stock of the Corporation entitled to receive such Distribution.
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(iv) Adjustment for Reorganization or Reclassification. If any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Corporation or a Change of Control Event, shall be effected while any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding in such a manner that holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or assets with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock, then, as a condition of such reorganization, reclassification, or Change of Control Event, lawful and adequate provision shall be made whereby each Holder who has not received the amounts to be distributed to such holder in accordance with this Articles Supplementary shall thereafter have the right to receive upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified herein and in lieu of the shares of Common Stock immediately theretofore receivable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock, such shares of stock, securities or assets as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Common Stock equal to the number of shares of such Common Stock immediately theretofore so receivable had such reorganization, reclassification or Change of Control Event not taken place, and in such case appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holders to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Conversion Price, Conversion Rate and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be possible, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the conversion of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock. Prior to or simultaneously with the consummation of any such reorganization, reclassification or Change of Control Event, the survivor or successor corporation (if other than the Corporation) resulting from such reorganization, reclassification or Change of Control Event shall assume by written instrument executed and mailed or delivered to each Holder, the obligation to deliver to such Holders such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such Holder may be entitled to receive, and containing the express assumption by such successor corporation of the due and punctual performance and observance of every provision of this Articles Supplementary to be performed and observed by the Corporation and of all liabilities and obligations of the Corporation hereunder with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock.
(v) Subsequent Equity Sales. If, at any time while shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation or any Subsidiary, as applicable, closes a financing in which it sells or grants any option to purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice outstanding securities, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalent, entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the then Conversion Price (such lower price, the “Base Conversion Price” and such issuances, collectively, a “DilutiveIssuance”) (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the Conversion Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then the Conversion Price shall be reduced to equal the Base Conversion Price. The Corporation agrees to consult with the Majority Holder prior to commencing any such financing regarding its terms. Further, the Corporation shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than the Trading Day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to this Section 6, indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Corporation provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice, upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Holder is entitled to receive a number of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock determined based upon the Base Conversion Price on or after the date of such Dilutive Issuance, regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Conversion Price in the Notice of Conversion.
(e) Certificate as to Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to this Section 6, the Corporation at its expense shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable but in any event not later than five (5) days thereafter, compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to each Holder a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment (including the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property into which the Series A Preferred Stock is convertible) and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Corporation shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable after the written request at any time of any Holder (but in any event not later than five (5) days thereafter), furnish or cause to be furnished to such holder a certificate setting forth (i) the Conversion Price then in effect, and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock and the amount, if any, of other securities, cash or property which then would be received upon the conversion of Series A Preferred Stock.
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(f) Good Faith Assistance. The Corporation will not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or through any reorganization, recapitalization, 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 to be observed or performed hereunder by the Corporation, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Section 6 and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the conversion rights of the Holders against impairment.
(g) Notice of Record Taking. In the event of any taking by the Corporation of a record of the Holders of any class of securities for the purpose of determining the Holders thereof who are entitled to receive any dividend (other than a cash dividend) or other distribution, any right to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of stock of any class or any other securities or property, or to receive any other right, the Corporation shall mail to each Holder, at least ten (10) days prior to the date specified therein, a notice specifying the date on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right, and the amount and character of such dividend, distribution or right.
(h) Reservation of Shares. The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, 250% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock (the “RequiredReserve Amount”); and if at any time the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock shall not be sufficient to enable the Corporation to satisfy its obligation to have available for issuance upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required Reserve Amount, then, in addition to such other remedies as shall be available to the Holder, the Corporation will immediately take all such corporate action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purposes, including, without limitation, using its best efforts to obtain the requisite shareholder approval of any necessary amendment to these provisions as soon as possible. For avoidance of doubt, because the Corporation does not have sufficient authorized Common Stock as of the Issuance Date, it will reserve the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that it legally can and seek shareholder approval as provided in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
(i) Payment of Taxes. The Corporation shall pay all documentary, stamp or other transactional taxes (exclusive of income taxes) attributable to the issuance or delivery of shares of capital stock of the Corporation upon conversion of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any taxes which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of any certificate for such shares in a name other than that of the holder of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock in respect of which such shares are being issued.
(j) Status of Shares. All shares of Common Stock that may be issued in connection with the conversion provisions set forth herein will, upon issuance by the Corporation, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all taxes, Liens or charges with respect thereto.
(k) Notice. Any notice required by the provisions of this Section 6 to be given to the Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be deemed given upon hand delivery, one (1) Business Day after the notice is sent by overnight courier or three (3) Business Days after the notice is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to each holder of record at his address appearing on the stock books of the Corporation. The Corporation shall provide each Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to the terms of this Articles Supplementary, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Corporation shall give written notice to each Holder (i) promptly following any adjustment of the Conversion Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which the Corporation closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or Distribution upon the Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grant, issuances, or sales of any Common Stock, Common Stock Equivalents, assets or other property to all holders of shares of Common Stock as a class or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any matter on which the holders of Common Stock shall have the right to vote.
(l) Cancellation of Series A Preferred Stock. In the event any shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be converted pursuant to this Section 6 or otherwise reacquired by the Corporation, the shares so converted or reacquired shall be canceled and may not be reissued. The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation may be appropriately amended from time to time to effect the corresponding reduction in the Corporation’s authorized capital stock.
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(m) Conversion Disputes. In the case of any dispute with respect to a conversion, the Corporation shall promptly issue such number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 6(c) above as are not disputed. If such dispute involves the calculation of the Conversion Price, and such dispute is not promptly resolved by discussion between the relevant Holder and the Corporation, the Corporation shall submit the disputed calculations to an independent outside accountant within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of notice of such dispute. The accountant, at the Corporation’s sole expense, shall promptly audit the calculations and notify the Corporation and the Holder of the results no later than ten (10) Business Days from the date it receives the disputed calculations. The accountant’s calculation shall be deemed conclusive, absent manifest error. The Corporation shall then issue the appropriate number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 6(c) above. If the accountant determines the Corporation’s calculations are correct, the Holder shall reimburse the Corporation for the accountant’s expense.
(n) Limitations on Conversions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be convertible by a Holder into shares of Common Stock, and the Corporation shall not effect any conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock into or otherwise issue any shares of Common Stock pursuant hereto, to the extent (but only to the extent) that after giving effect to such Conversion or other share issuance hereunder the Holder (together with its Affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 9.9% (the “MaximumPercentage”) of the Common Stock. To the extent the above limitation applies, the determination of whether shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be convertible (vis-à-vis other convertible, exercisable or exchangeable securities owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates) and of which such securities shall be convertible, exercisable or exchangeable (as among all such securities owned by the Holder and its Affiliates) shall, subject to such Maximum Percentage limitation, be determined on the basis of the first submission for conversion or exercise (as the case may be). Under no circumstances can the Maximum Percentage limitation be amended on less than 61 days’ notice, if, as a result of such amendment, the Maximum Percentage is amended to be above 9.99%. No prior inability to convert shares of Series A Preferred Stock, or to issue shares of Common Stock, pursuant to this paragraph shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent determination of convertibility. For purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership and all determinations and calculations (including, without limitation, with respect to calculations of percentage ownership) shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this paragraph to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Maximum Percentage beneficial ownership limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such Maximum Percentage limitation. For any reason at any time until the shares of Series A Preferred Stock has been converted, upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Corporation shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding, including by virtue of any prior conversion, exchange or exercise of convertible or exercisable securities into Common Stock, including, without limitation, shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
Section 7. Statusof Acquired Shares. All shares of Series A Preferred Stock converted by its Holder in accordance with Section 6 hereof, or acquired by the Corporation, shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of undesignated Preferred Stock of the Corporation.
Section 8. Ranking. The Series A Preferred Stock will rank: (i) senior to (A) all of the Corporation’s Common Stock, and (B) and any other equity securities that the Corporation may issue in the future, the terms of which specifically provide that such equity securities rank junior to the Series A Preferred Stock, in each case with respect to payment of amounts upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up (“Junior Stock”); (ii) equal to any shares of equity securities that the Corporation may issue in the future, the terms of which specifically provide that such equity securities rank on par with such Series A Preferred Stock, in each case with respect to payment of amounts upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up (“Parity Stock”); and (iii) junior to all of the Corporation’s existing and future indebtedness. Without prior written consent of the Majority Holders, the Corporation shall not create or issue any Parity Stock or any class or series of capital stock specifically ranking, by its terms, senior to the Series A Preferred Stock (collectively, “SeniorStock”), as to distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary.
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Section 9. Fundamental Transactions.
(a) Consent to Fundamental Transactions. The Corporation shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless: (i) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Corporation under this Articles Supplementary in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9 pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Majority Holders and approved by the Majority Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each Holder of Series A Preferred Stock in exchange for such shares of Series A Preferred Stock a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Articles Supplementary, including, without limitation, having a stated value equal to the stated value and dividend rate of the Series A Preferred Stock held by the Holders and having similar ranking to the Series A Preferred Stock, and reasonably satisfactory to the Majority Holders, (ii) the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) is a publicly traded corporation whose shares of common stock are quoted on or listed for trading on a Trading Market, and (iii) the Majority Holders approve the Fundamental Transaction, in their sole discretion.
(b) Effect of Fundamental Transactions. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction described in Section 9(a), 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 Articles Supplementary referring to the “Corporation” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Corporation and shall assume all of the obligations of the Corporation under this Articles Supplementary with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Corporation herein and therein. In addition to the foregoing, upon consummation of a Fundamental Transaction described in Section 9(a), the Successor Entity shall deliver to each Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Section 6, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) that each Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had all the shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by each Holder been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock contained in this Articles Supplementary), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Articles Supplementary.
(c) Successive Fundamental Transactions. The provisions of this Section 9 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock.
Section 10. IntentionallyOmitted.
Section 11. InformationRights. During any period in which (i) the Corporation is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and (ii) the Holders have the right to make Additional Purchases (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued to the Holders on the Issuance Dates remain outstanding, the Corporation shall use its best efforts to (a) transmit by mail to all the Holders who at that time own more than 10% of the issued and outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, as their names and addresses appear in the Corporation’s record books and without cost to such Holders, copies of the annual reports and quarterly reports that the Corporation would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if the Corporation was subject to such sections (other than any exhibits that would have been required) and (b) promptly upon written request, supply copies of such reports to any prospective holder of Series A Preferred Stock; provided, that the requirements of this Section 11 shall terminate on the six (6) month anniversary of the date on which the Corporation’s Common Stock becomes subject to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act. The Corporation shall mail the reports to the Holders within 30 days after the respective dates by which the Corporation would have been required to file the reports with the Commission if the Corporation were then subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, assuming the Corporation is a “non-accelerated filer” in accordance with the Exchange Act.
Section 12. RecordHolders. The Corporation and its transfer agent shall deem and treat the record Holder of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor its transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
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Section 13. SinkingFund. The Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to the benefits of any retirement or sinking fund.
Section 14. Amendmentof Resolution. The Board reserves the right, subject to the terms of this Articles Supplementary, from time to time to increase (but not in excess of the total number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock or designated shares of Series A Preferred Stock) or decrease (but not below the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding) the number of shares that constitute the Series A Preferred Stock by further resolution adopted by the Board or a duly authorized committee of the Board and by the filing of a certificate pursuant to the provisions of the MGCL stating that such increase or decrease, as the case may be, has been so authorized and in other respects to amend this Articles Supplementary within the limitations provided by law, this resolution and the Articles of Incorporation. Provided, however, that no increase contemplated by this Section 14 shall be made without the consent of the Majority Holders.
Section 15. Restrictionand Limitations. Except as expressly provided herein or as required by law, the Corporation shall not, without the vote or written consent of the Majority Holders, take any action which would adversely and materially affect any of the preferences, limitations or relative rights of the Series A Preferred Stock.
Section 16. Waiver. Any right or privilege of the Series A Preferred Stock may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) by and only by the written consent of the Corporation and the Majority Holders and any such waiver shall be binding upon each holder of Series A Preferred Stock or other securities exercisable for or convertible into Series A Preferred Stock. No failure or delay on the part of a Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege.
Section 18. Lostor Stolen Certificates. Upon receipt by the Corporation of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any certificates representing Series A Preferred Stock (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of an indemnification undertaking by the applicable Holder to the Corporation in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of the certificate(s), the Corporation shall execute and deliver new certificate(s) of like tenor and date.
Section 18. Remedies,Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Articles Supplementary shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Articles Supplementary and any of the other transaction documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and no remedy contained herein shall be deemed a waiver of compliance with the provisions giving rise to such remedy. Nothing herein shall limit any Holder’s right to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Corporation to comply with the terms of this Articles Supplementary. The Corporation covenants to each Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by a Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Corporation (or the performance thereof). The Corporation acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holders and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Corporation therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, each Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any such breach or any such threatened breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required, to the extent permitted by applicable law. The Corporation shall provide all information and documentation to a Holder that is requested by such Holder to enable such Holder to confirm the Corporation’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Articles Supplementary.
Section 19. Non-circumvention. The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees that the Corporation will not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Articles Supplementary, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Articles Supplementary and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other provision of this Articles Supplementary, the Corporation (i) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the conversion of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock above the Stated Value then in effect, (ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Corporation may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of Series A Preferred Stock and (iii) shall, so long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Required Reserve Amount, subject to this Articles Supplementary.
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Section 20. Transferof Series A Preferred Stock. A Holder may transfer some or all of its shares of Series A Preferred Stock without the consent of the Corporation. Any such transfer shall comply with all applicable securities laws.
Section 21. Register. The Corporation shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Corporation as it may designate by notice to the Holders), a register for the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, in which the Corporation shall record the name, address and facsimile number of the Persons in whose name the shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been issued, as well as the name and address of each transferee. The Corporation may treat the Person in whose name any shares of Series A Preferred Stock is registered on the register as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, but in all events recognizing any properly made transfers.
Section 22. Amendment. this Articles Supplementary or any provision hereof may be amended by obtaining the affirmative vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose, or by written consent without a meeting in accordance with the MGCL, of the Majority Holders, voting separately as a single class, and with such other shareholder approval, if any, as may then be required pursuant to the MGCL and the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.
Section 23. Severability. If any provision of this Articles Supplementary is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Articles Supplementary 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 violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law.
Section 24. NextBusiness Day. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.
Section 25. Headings. The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Articles Supplementary and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
Section 26. Principal Market Compliance. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if while the Common Stock is listed on the Principal Market any of the terms, provisions, rights, covenants and restrictions set forth in this Articles Supplementary are determined by the Principal Market to be in violation of any of the Principal Market Rules, then such terms, provisions, rights, covenants or restrictions shall be of no force and effect to the extent of such noncompliance, and shall otherwise be interpreted to the extent possible in a manner consistent with compliance with such Principal Market Rules. In the event the immediately preceding sentence applies, the remainder of the terms, provisions, rights, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired, or invalidated.
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SECOND: The Shares have been classified and designated by the Board of Directors under authority contained in the Charter.
THIRD: These Articles Supplementary have been approved by the Board of Directors in the manner and by the vote required by law.
FOURTH: The undersigned Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation acknowledges these Articles Supplementary to be the corporate act of the Corporation and, as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned Chief Executive Officer acknowledges that to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties for perjury.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles Supplementary to be executed under seal in its name and on its behalf by its Chief Executive Officer and attested to by its Secretary on this [●] day of [●], 20[●].
| ATTEST: | DRIVEIT FINANCIAL AUTO GROUP, INC. | |||
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| By: | By: | (SEAL) | ||
| Name: | Name: | |||
| Title: | Secretary | Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
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EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF CONVERSION
Reference is made to (a) that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of __, 2024 (the “Agreement”), by and between [●] and [●], a Maryland corporation (the “Corporation”), (b) that certain Articles Supplementary of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ArticlesSupplementary”) and (c) that certain Conversion Amount (as defined in the Certificate) issued by the Corporation and outstanding as of the date hereof. In accordance with and pursuant to the Certificate, the undersigned hereby elects to convert the Conversion Amount (as defined in the Certificate) indicated below into shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock, $[●] par value per share (the “Common Stock”), at the Conversion Price (as defined in the Agreement and the Certificate, as of the date specified below). Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning as set forth in the Certificate.
Date of this Conversion Notice: _____________
Date of Conversion (the date that is one Business Day after the date of this Conversion Notice): ___________________
Number of Shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be Converted: ___________________
Stated Value of Each Share of Series A Preferred Stock: ___________________
Accrued and Accumulated and Unpaid Dividends on such Shares: ___________________
Aggregate Conversion Amount: ____________
Conversion Price: ___________________
Aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the undersigned on the Date of Conversion (Aggregate Conversion Amount and divided by the Conversion Price): __________________
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The Corporation hereby acknowledges this Notice of Conversion and hereby directs its transfer agent to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated [________] from the Corporation and acknowledged and agreed to by [________].
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Exhibit 10.5
AMENDMENT TO THE MERGER AGREEMENT
This Amendment to the Merger Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of October 30, 2024, by and among DRIVEiT Financial Auto Group, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), Yotta Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Yotta Merger Sub Inc., a Maryland corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”). Each of the Company, Parent, and Merger Sub is also referred to herein as a “Party” and, collectively, the “Parties”.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Parties entered into that certain Merger Agreement, dated August 20, 2024 (the “Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend the Agreement to change the treatment of the Bridge Financing Notes and the Company’s Preferred Stock upon the consummation of the Merger at the Effective Time; and
WHEREAS, Section 11.2 of the Agreement provides that the Agreement may only be amended by a written instrument executed by each Party.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and in the Agreement, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.
2. Amendment to Agreement.
(a) Recital G. Recital G of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“In connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, certain investors shall enter into certain Securities Purchase Agreements (the “2024 Bridge Financing Agreements”), pursuant to which, among other things, such investors shall purchase (a) on a date following the execution of this Agreement, but prior to the Closing Date, up to an aggregate of $2,950,000 in one or more convertible promissory notes of the Company (collectively, the “2024 Bridge Financing Notes”) and (b) on the Closing Date and in nine (9) subsequent tranche closings after the Closing Date, up to an aggregate of $53,400,000 in Parent Preferred Stock (such aggregate amount described in clauses (a) and (b), the “2024 Bridge Financing”), in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the 2024 Bridge Financing Agreements;”
(b) Section 1.1. The definition of “2024 Bridge Financing Commitment” Section 1.1 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.:
(c) Section 3.2. Section 3.2 of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“Contingent on and effective immediately prior to the Effective Time, the Bridge Financing Notes shall be (i) treated in accordance with the terms of the Bridge Financing Agreement governing such Bridge Financing Notes, (ii) converted into Company Preferred Stock, and (iii) at the Effective Time and notwithstanding Section 3.1(b), each share of such Company Preferred Stock issued in accordance with clause (ii) above shall be converted into the right to receive a share of Parent Preferred Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, the 2024 Bridge Financing Notes shall not be included in the allocation of the Merger Consideration.”
(d) Section 8.8. Section 8.8 of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“Immediately prior to the Closing, Parent agrees that it shall (i) subrogate and replace the Company as a party the 2024 Bridge Financing Agreements and assume all the Company’s and assume all of the Company’s obligations thereunder to consummate the 2024 Bridge Financing and (ii) file a certificate of designation, in the form provided by the Company to Parent in conjunction with the 2024 Bridge Financing Agreements, for the designation of certain shares of Parent Preferred Stock as “Series A Preferred Stock” with the rights described in such certificate of designation..”
(e) Section 9.3. Section 9.3 of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“Parent’s (i) execution and delivery of all documents required to subrogate and replace the Company as a party to the 2024 Bridge Financing Agreements and assume all of the Company’s obligations thereunder, including under the 2024 Bridge Financing Notes and (ii) filing of a certificate of designation, in the form provided by the Company to Parent under the 2024 Bridge Financing Agreements.”
3. Effect on Agreement. Except as set forth in this Amendment, all of the terms, covenants, agreements, and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its original terms.
4. Prior Agreements. This Amendment supersedes all prior or contemporaneous negotiations, commitments, agreements and writings with respect to the subject matter hereof, all such other negotiations, commitments, agreements and writings will have no further force or effect, and the Parties to any such other negotiation, commitment, agreement or writing will have no further rights or obligations thereunder.
5. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to any conflicts of laws principles thereto that would call for the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
6. Counterparts, Facsimile Signatures. This Amendment may be executed in any number of identical counterparts, each of which, for all purposes, is to be deemed an original, and all of which constitute, collectively, one and the same Amendment. Signatures transmitted by electronic means such as email or facsimile shall have the same legal effect as an original signature hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment to Merger Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Parties as of the date first above written.
| PARENT | |
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| Yotta Acquisition Corporation | |
| By: | /s/ Hui Chen |
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| Name: | Hui Chen |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
| COMPANY | |
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| DRIVEIT Financial Auto Group, Inc. | |
| By: | /s/ David Michery |
| --- | --- |
| Name: | David Michery |
| Title: | Chairman of the Board |
| MERGER SUB | |
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| Yotta Merger Sub Inc. | |
| By: | /s/ Hui Chen |
| --- | --- |
| Name: | Hui Chen |
| Title: | Director |
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