Exhibit
10.1


 


FORM
OF SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT


 


This Securities Purchase
Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of December 2, 2015, between Spherix Incorporated, a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors
and permitted assigns, a “Purchaser” and collectively the “Purchasers”).


 


WHEREAS, subject to
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in
this Agreement.


 


NOW, THEREFORE, IN
CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as follows:


 


ARTICLE I.


DEFINITIONS


 


1.1           Definitions.
In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement: (a) capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have
the meanings given to such terms in the Certificate of Designation (as defined herein), and (b) the following terms have the meanings
set forth in this Section 1.1:


 


“Action”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).


 


“Affiliate”
means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common
control with a Person as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act.


 


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


 


“Business
Day” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or
any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to
close.


 


“Certificate
of Designation” means the Certificate of Designation to be filed prior to the Closing by the Company with the Secretary
of State of Delaware, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto


 


“Closing”
means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.


 




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“Closing
Date” means the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable
parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii)
the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities, in each case, have been satisfied or waived, but in no event later than
the third Trading Day following the date hereof.


 


“Commission”
means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.


 


“Common
Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, and any other class of securities into which
such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.


 


“Common
Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to
acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument
that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common
Stock.


 


“Company
Counsel” means Nixon Peabody LLP, with offices located at 437 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022.


 


“Conversion
Price” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Certificate of Designation.


 


“Conversion
Shares” means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock in
accordance with the terms hereof.


 


“Disclosure
Schedules” means the Disclosure Schedules of the Company delivered concurrently herewith, if any.


 


“EGS”
means Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, with offices located at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105-0302.


 


“Escrow
Agent” means Signature Bank, a New York State chartered bank, with offices at 261 Madison Avenue, New York, New York
10016.


 


“Escrow
Agreement” means the escrow agreement which may be entered into prior to the Closing, by and among the Company, the Escrow
Agent and the Placement Agent pursuant to which the Purchasers shall deposit Subscription Amounts with the Escrow Agent to be applied
to the transactions contemplated hereunder.


 


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


 




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“Exempt
Issuance” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers or directors of the Company
pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose, by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors
or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose for services rendered to the
Company, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder and/or other securities
exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement,
provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities
or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with stock splits
or combinations) or to extend the term of such securities, (c) securities pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved
by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing
securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities, (d)
securities to service providers, consultants or IR firms currently under contract or which may be hired by the Company as compensation
for services rendered or to be rendered, provided, however, that no more than an aggregate of 500,000 shares of Common
Stock (as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction after the date
hereof) are issued or issuable to service providers, consultants and IR firms hereunder as an Exempt Issuance, (e) Common Stock
upon a reverse stock split of the Common Stock and (f) securities to law firms, service providers, consultants or IR firms currently
under contract or which may be hired by the Company as compensation for services rendered or to be rendered; provided, however,
that such securities are not registered and do not carry any registration rights.


 


“FCPA”
means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.


 


“GAAP”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).


 


“Intellectual
Property Rights” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(p).


 


“Liens”
means a lien, charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction (other
than restrictions on transfer under securities laws).


 


“Material
Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).


 


“Material
Permits” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(n).


 


“Per
Share Purchase Price” for the Shares equals $0.20, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits,
stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.


 


“Person”
means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability
company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.


 


“Placement
Agent” means Rodman & Renshaw, a unit of H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC.


 




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“Preferred
Stock” means shares of the Company’s Series K Convertible Preferred Stock issued hereunder having the rights, preferences
and privileges set forth in the Certificate of Designation, in the form of Exhibit A hereto.


 


“Preliminary
Prospectus” means the preliminary prospectus dated November __ 2015, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 of
the Securities Act.


 


“Proceeding”
means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial
proceeding, such as a deposition), that has been commenced or to the Company’s knowledge threatened.


 


“Prospectus”
means the final prospectus filed for the Registration Statement.


 


“Purchaser
Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.7.


 


“Registration
Statement” means, collectively, the effective registration statements with Commission on Form S-1 (file No. 333-207078)
and on Form S-1MEF (file No. 333-__________) which registers the sale of the Shares, the Preferred Stock, the Warrants and the
Underlying Shares to the Purchasers.


 


“Regulation
FD” means Regulation FD promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, as such Regulation may be amended
or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the
same purpose and effect as such Regulation.


 


“Required
Approvals” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).


 


“Required
Minimum” means, as of any date, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issued or then potentially
issuable assuming no further adjustments in the future pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including any Underlying Shares issuable
upon exercise in full of all Warrants or conversion in full of all shares of Preferred Stock, ignoring any conversion or exercise
limits set forth therein, and that any previously unconverted shares of Preferred Stock are held until the third anniversary of
the Closing Date.


 


“Rule
144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted
from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose
and effect as such Rule.


 


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


 


“SEC
Reports” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).


 




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“Securities”
means the Shares, the Preferred Stock, the Warrants and the Underlying Shares.


 


“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.


 


“Series
A Warrants” means, collectively, the Series A Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers at the Closing
in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof and the other Series A Warrants contemplated under Section 2.1 to be issued concurrently
at the Closing, which Series A Warrants shall be exercisable beginning immediately and have a term of exercise equal to six (6)
months, in the form of Exhibit B-1 attached hereto.


 


“Series
B Warrants” means, collectively, the Series B Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers at the Closing
in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof and the other Series B Warrants contemplated under Section 2.1 to be issued concurrently
at the Closing, which Series B Warrants shall be exercisable beginning immediately and have a term of exercise equal to five (5)
years, in the form of Exhibit B-2 attached hereto.


 


“Shares”
means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to certain Purchasers on the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement.


 


“Short
Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall
not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock). 


 


“Stated
Value” means $1,000 per share of Preferred Stock.


 


“Subscription
Amount” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for the Shares or Preferred Stock, as applicable
to such Purchaser, and the Warrants purchased hereunder as specified below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of
this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately available
funds.


 


“Subsidiary”
means any significant subsidiary of the Company as defined under Regulation S-X of the Securities Act, and shall, where applicable,
also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof but before the Closing Date.


 


“Trading
Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.


 


“Trading
Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on
the date in question: the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New
York Stock Exchange or the OTCQB or OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing).


 




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“Transaction
Documents” means this Agreement, the Certificate of Designation, the Warrants and, if applicable, the Escrow Agreement.


 


“Transfer
Agent” means Equity Stock Transfer, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 110 Greene Street,
New York, NY 10012 and a facsimile number of (347) 584-3644, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.


 


“Underlying
Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock and/or upon exercise
of the Warrants.


 


“Warrants”
means, collectively, the Series A Warrants and the Series B Warrants.


 


“Warrant
Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.


 


ARTICLE II.


PURCHASE AND SALE


 


2.1           Closing.
On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, substantially concurrent with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly,
agree to purchase, up to an aggregate of $4,000,000 of Shares and Warrants as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a); provided,
however, that, to the extent a Purchaser determines, in its sole discretion, that such Purchaser (together with such Purchaser’s
Affiliates, and any Person acting as a group together with such purchaser or any of such Holder’s Affiliates) would beneficially
own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, in lieu of purchasing Shares, such Purchaser may elect the Preferred Stock
at the Stated Value in lieu of Shares. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% of the number of shares
of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of the Securities on the Closing Date. Each Purchaser
shall deliver, via wire transfer or a certified check, immediately available funds equal to its Subscription Amount pursuant to
Section 2.2(b)(ii), and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective Shares or shares of Preferred Stock (as applicable
to such Purchaser) and Warrants, as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the
other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in
Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of EGS or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree.
The Company covenants that, if the Purchaser delivers a Notice of Conversion (as defined in the Certificate of Designation) no
later than 12 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the Trading Day prior to the Closing Date to convert any shares of Preferred Stock
between the date hereof and the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver Conversion Shares to the Purchaser on the Closing Date
in connection with such Notice of Conversion. Each Purchaser acknowledges that concurrently with the Closing and pursuant to the
Prospectus, the Company may sell additional shares of Common Stock to purchasers not party to this Purchase Agreement and will
issue to each such purchaser’s broker-dealer of such additional shares of Common Stock and Warrants in the same form and
amount per share of Common Stock or Conversion Share as issued to a Purchaser hereunder. Unless otherwise directed by the Placement
Agent, settlement of the Shares shall occur via “Delivery Versus Payment” (“DVP”) (i.e.,
on the Closing Date the Placement Agent shall confirm to the Company the dollar amounts held in escrow and their DVP accounts (either
directly or through ICBC custodian services) and upon such confirmation, the Company shall issue the Shares registered in the Purchasers’
names and addresses and released by the Transfer Agent directly to the account(s) at the Placement Agent identified by each Purchaser;
upon receipt of such Shares, the Placement Agent shall promptly electronically deliver such Shares to the applicable Purchaser,
and payment therefor shall promptly be made by the Placement Agent (or its clearing firm) by wire transfer to the Company on the
Closing Date).


 




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2.2          Deliveries.


 


(a)          On
or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following:


 


(i)          this
Agreement duly executed by the Company;


 


(ii)         a
legal opinion of Company Counsel, substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto addressed to the Placement Agent;


 


(iii)        subject
to the last sentence of Section 2.1, as to a Purchaser purchasing Shares hereunder, a copy of the irrevocable instructions to the
Transfer Agent instructing the Transfer Agent to deliver on an expedited basis via The Depository Trust Company Deposit or Withdrawal
at Custodian system (DWAC) Shares equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price,
registered in the name of such Purchaser;


 


(iv)        for
each Purchaser, as applicable, who has elected to purchase the Preferred Stock, a certificate evidencing a number of shares of
Preferred Stock equal to, in aggregate, such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Stated Value, registered in the
name of such Purchaser and evidence of the filing and acceptance of the Certificate of Designation from the Secretary of State
of Delaware;


 


(v)         a
Series A Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 100% of
such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price, with an exercise price equal to $0.20,
subject to adjustment therein (such Series A Warrant certificate may be delivered within three Trading Days of the Closing Date);


 


(vi)        a
Series B Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 80% of
such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share Purchaser Price, with an exercise price equal to $0.25,
subject to adjustment therein (such Series B Warrant certificate may be delivered within three Trading Days of the Closing Date);
and


 


(vii)       the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (which may be delivered in accordance with Rule 172 promulgated under the Securities
Act).


 




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(b)          On
or prior to the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company or the Escrow Agent, as applicable,
the following:


 


(i)          this
Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser; and


 


(ii)         such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the account specified in the Escrow Agreement or as otherwise directed
by the Placement Agent for delivery to the account of the Company.


 


2.3          Closing
Conditions. 


 


(a)          The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:


 


(i)          the
accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse
Effect, in all respects) on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein (unless as
of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);


 


(ii)         all
obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed; and


 


(iii)        the
delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.


 


(b)          The
respective obligations of each Purchaser hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being
met:


 


(i)          the
accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse
Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein
(unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);


 


(ii)         all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;


 


(iii)        the
delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement;


 


(iv)        there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof; and


 




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(v)         from
the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s
principal Trading Market, and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg
L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are
reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States
or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national
or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in
each case, in the reasonable judgment of such Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the
Closing.


 


ARTICLE III.


REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES


 


3.1          Representations
and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, which SEC Reports shall be deemed a part hereof and
shall qualify any representation or otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in an SEC Report, the Company
hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each Purchaser:


 


(a)          Subsidiaries.
All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth in the Company’s most recent Form 10-K. The Company
owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens,
and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable
and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. If the Company has no subsidiaries, all other
references to the Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction Documents shall be disregarded.


 


(b)          Organization
and Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power
and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation,
bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business
and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted
or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as
the case may be, would not have or reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity
or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on
the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document
(any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”) and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction
revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.


 




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(c)          Authorization;
Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by
it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company
and no further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s stockholders in connection herewith
or therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which
it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the
terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating
to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification
and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.


 


(d)          No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to
which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate
or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default
(or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any
of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration
or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing
a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which
any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict
with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court
or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations),
or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii)
and (iii), such as would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.


 


(e)          Filings,
Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice
to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other
Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i)
the filings required pursuant to Section 4.4 of this Agreement, (ii) the filing with the Commission of the Prospectus and any amendment
to the Registration Statement permitted by Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act, (iii) application(s) to each applicable
Trading Market for the listing of the Shares and Warrant Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, (iv)
such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws and (v) in all other cases, where failure to obtain
such consent, waiver, authorization or order, or to give such notice or make such filing or registration would not have a Material
Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).


 




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(f)          Issuance
of the Securities; Registration. The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable
Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the
Company. The Underlying Shares, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company. The Company has reserved from its duly
authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of the Underlying Shares at least equal to the
Required Minimum on the date hereof. The Company has prepared and filed the Registration Statement in conformity with the requirements
of the Securities Act, which became effective on December 1, 2015 (the “Effective Date”), including the Prospectus,
and such amendments and supplements thereto as may have been required to the date of this Agreement. The Registration Statement
is effective under the Securities Act and no stop order preventing or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
or suspending or preventing the use of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued by the Commission and no proceedings
for that purpose have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, are threatened by the Commission. The Company, if required
by the rules and regulations of the Commission, proposes to file the Prospectus, with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b). At
the time the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto became effective, at the date of this Agreement and at the Closing
Date, the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements
of the Securities Act and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, at time the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as applicable, or any
amendment or supplement thereto was issued and at the Closing Date, conformed and will conform in all material respects to the
requirements of the Securities Act and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.


 




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(g)          Capitalization.
Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule 3.1(g), the capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the SEC Reports.
As of the date thereof, there are 34,459,430 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding. Except as set forth in Disclosure
Schedule 3.1(g), the Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange
Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of
shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion
and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange
Act. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities and except
as set forth in Disclosure Schedule 3.1(g), there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls
or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock or the capital stock of
any Subsidiary, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become
bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or capital stock of any Subsidiary. The issuance and
sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any
Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion,
exchange or reset price under any of such securities. There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any
Subsidiary that contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements
by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or such Subsidiary. The Company
does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement.
All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,
have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation
of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any
stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. There are no stockholders
agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company
is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.


 


(h)          SEC
Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required
to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof,
for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such
material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, together with
the Registration Statement, Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC
Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports
prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects
with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has not
been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act in the past 12 months and has filed on a date that is more than
12 months prior to the date hereof then-current "Form 10 information" (as defined in Rule 144(i)(3)) with the Commission
reflecting its status as an entity that was no longer an issuer described in Rule 144(i)(1)(i). The financial statements of the
Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations
of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in all
material respects in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during
the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes
thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all
material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the
results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial,
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(i)          Material
Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included
within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the date hereof, (i) there has
been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
(ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses
incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the
Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not
altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property
to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v)
the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock
option plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information. Except
for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth on Disclosure Schedule 3.1(i), no event,
liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with
respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, properties, operations, assets or financial condition
that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made
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(j)          Litigation.
Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, there is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending
or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties
before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local
or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”) which has not been previously disclosed in the SEC Reports which (i)
adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities
or (ii) would, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor, the Company’s knowledge any director or officer thereof, is or has been since September
2013 the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim
of breach of fiduciary duty. To the knowledge of the Company, there has not been and there is not pending or contemplated, any
investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company. The Commission
has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or
any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.


 


(k)          Labor
Relations. No labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of
the Company, which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’
employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe
that their relationships with their employees are good. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or
any Subsidiary, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure
or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant
in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters that would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state,
local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and
wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.


 


(l)          Compliance.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been
waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the
Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture,
loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is
bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), except as set forth on Disclosure Schedule 3.1(l), (ii) is in
violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) to the knowledge of
the Company is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, including
without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health
and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as would not reasonably be expected
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(m)          Environmental
Laws.  The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all
federal, state, local and foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including ambient
air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases
or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous
Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment,
storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands, or demand
letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations, issued, entered,
promulgated or approved thereunder (“Environmental Laws”); (ii) have received all permits licenses or other
approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws tic induct their respective businesses; and (iii) are in compliance
with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where in each clause (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to
so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.


 


(n)          Regulatory
Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal,
state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports,
except where the failure to possess such permits would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material
Permits”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation
or modification of any Material Permit.


 


(o)          Title
to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them
and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries,
in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for (i) Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not
materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries, (ii) Liens
for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves have been made therefor in accordance with GAAP
and, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties, and (iii) Liens pursuant to its Certificate of Designations
of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series I Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock. Any real property and facilities held
under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the
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(p)          Intellectual
Property. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights
and similar rights necessary or required for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports
and which the failure to so have would have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”).
Except as set forth on Disclosure Schedule 3.1(p), none of, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice
(written or otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected
to expire or terminate or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement, except where such action would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received, since the date of
the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge
that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as would not have or reasonably
be expected to not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable.
The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all
of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.


 


(q)          Insurance.
The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and
in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including,
but not limited to, directors and officers insurance. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it
will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from
similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in cost.


 


(r)          Transactions
With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company or
any Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is presently a party
to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including
any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or
personal property to or from, providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to or otherwise requiring payments
to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director,
or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case
in excess of $120,000 other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses
incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan
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(s)          Sarbanes-Oxley;
Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in material compliance with any and all applicable requirements
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all rules and regulations applicable to
smaller reporting companies promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing
Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance
that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions
are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability,
(iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken
with respect to any differences. The Company and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures
to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The
Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company and
the Subsidiaries as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date,
the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the
conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations
as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the internal control over financial reporting
(as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company and its Subsidiaries.


 


(t)          Certain
Fees. Except as set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions
are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiary to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent,
investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. To the Company’s
knowledge, the Purchasers have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other
Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents.


 


(u)          Investment
Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Shares and Preferred
Stock, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended. 


 


(v)         Registration
Rights. No Person has any right to cause the Company or any Subsidiary to effect the registration under the Securities Act
of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary.


 


(w)          Listing
and Maintenance Requirements. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the
Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration
of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating
such registration. The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on
which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or
maintenance requirements of such Trading Market, except as set forth in the SEC Reports and as set forth on Disclosure Schedule
3.1(w) or such as has been cured. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue
to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements. The Common Stock is currently eligible for electronic
transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation and the Company is current in payment
of the fees to the Depository Trust Company (or such other established clearing corporation) in connection with such electronic
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(x)          Application
of Takeover Protections. Assuming the truthfulness of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers herein, the Company
and the Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition,
business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision
under the Company’s certificate of incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation
that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations
or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance
of the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership of the Securities, but excluding the effect of any Subsequent Financing


 


(y)          Disclosure.
Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company
confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or their agents or counsel
with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information which is not otherwise disclosed
in the Prospectus Supplement. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representation
in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers
regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the
Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading. The press releases disseminated by the Company during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement
taken as a whole do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made and when
made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations or warranties
with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.


 


(z)          No
Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2,
neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made
any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering
of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of any applicable shareholder approval provisions
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(aa)         Solvency.
Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the receipt by the
Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder, (i) the fair saleable value of the Company’s assets exceeds
the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including
known contingent liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry
on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular
capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, consolidated and projected capital requirements and capital availability
thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate
all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in
respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability
to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt).
Except as set forth on Disclosure Schedule 3.1(aa), the Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead
it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction
within one year from the Closing Date. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any indebtedness for
money borrowed.


 


(bb)         Tax
Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries each (i) has made or filed all United States federal, state and local
income and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject,
(ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due
on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of
all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid
taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company or
of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.


 


(cc)         Foreign
Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent
or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful
contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any
unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns
from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any person
acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any
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(dd)         Accountants.
The Company’s accounting firm is Marcum, LLP. To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such accounting firm (i) is a registered
public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and (ii) shall express its opinion with respect to the financial statements
to be included in the Company’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.        


 


(ee)         Acknowledgment
Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting
solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated
thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in
any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given
by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions
contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents
to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been
based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.


 


(ff)         Acknowledgement
Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding
(except for Sections 3.2(f) and 4.14 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none of the Purchasers
has been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short,
securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities
for any specified term; (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, specifically including, without
limitation, Short Sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private placement
transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities; (iii) any Purchaser, and
counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, presently
may have a “short” position in the Common Stock, and (iv) each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation
with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further understands
and acknowledges (subject to Sections 3.2(f) and 4.14) that (y) one or more Purchasers may engage in hedging activities at various
times during the period that the Securities are outstanding and (z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of
the existing stockholders' equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities are being conducted. 
The Company acknowledges that, subject to compliance with Section 3.2(f) and 4.14, such aforementioned hedging activities do not
constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.


 


(gg)         Regulation
M Compliance.  Within the past 30 days, the Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i)
taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any
compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation
for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation
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(hh)         Office
of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company's knowledge, any director, officer, agent,
employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of
Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”).


 


(ii)         U.S.
Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the
meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Purchaser’s
request.


 


(jj)         Bank
Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act
of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the
“Federal Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates owns or controls, directly
or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent or
more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank
or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.


 


(kk)         Money
Laundering. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with
applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970,
as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money
Laundering Laws”), and no Action or Proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any
arbitrator involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of
the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened.


 


3.2           Representations
and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser, for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants to
the Company as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (other than representations and warranties that speak as of another
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(a)          Organization;
Authority. Such Purchaser is either an individual or an entity duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right, corporate, partnership limited liability
company or similar power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents
and otherwise to carry out his, her or its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction
Documents and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized
by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar corporate or shareholder action, as applicable, on
the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when
delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such
Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’
rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable
remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law. The execution and delivery
of the Transaction Documents to which such Purchaser is a party and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Purchaser.


 


(b)          Understandings
or Arrangements. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities as principal for his, her or its own account and has no direct
or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities
(this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant to the Registration
Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities
hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.


 


(c)          Purchaser
Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on each date on
which it exercises any Warrants or converts any shares of Preferred Stock, it will be either: (i) an “accredited investor”
as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional
buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.


 


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


 




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(e)          Access
to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including
all exhibits and schedules thereto) and the SEC Reports and has been afforded, subject to Regulation FD, (i) the opportunity to
ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms
and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information
about the Company and its financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient
to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses
or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to
the investment.  Such Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that neither the Placement Agent nor any Affiliate of the Placement
Agent has provided such Purchaser with any information or advice with respect to the Securities nor is such information or advice
necessary or desired.  Neither the Placement Agent nor any Affiliate has made or makes any representation as to the Company
or the quality of the Securities and the Placement Agent and any Affiliate may have acquired non-public information with respect
to the Company which such Purchaser agrees need not be provided to it.  In connection with the issuance of the Securities
to such Purchaser, neither the Placement Agent nor any of its Affiliates has acted as a financial advisor or fiduciary to such
Purchaser.


 


(f)          Certain
Transactions and Confidentiality. Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not,
nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser, directly or indirectly executed any
purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time that
such Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any other Person representing the Company setting
forth the material pricing terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio
managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment
decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the representation set forth
above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision
to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement or to such Purchaser’s
representatives, including, without limitation, its officers, directors, partners, legal and other advisors, employees, agents
and Affiliates, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction
(including the existence and terms of this transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for avoidance of doubt, nothing contained
herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to the identification of the availability
of, or securing of, available shares to borrow in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.


 


(g)          Assuming
the truthfulness of the representations and warranties of the Company hereunder, the sale of the Securities to such Purchaser under
this Agreement will not result in such Purchaser beneficially owning greater than 9.99% of the Common Stock.


 


The Company
acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in this Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s
right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any representations and warranties
contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this
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ARTICLE IV.


OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE
PARTIES


 


4.1           Underlying
Shares. The shares of Common Stock underlying the Preferred Stock shall be issued free of restrictive legends. If all or any
portion of a Warrant is exercised at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover the issuance or resale of
the Warrant Shares or if the Warrant is exercised via cashless exercise, the Warrant Shares issued pursuant to any such exercise
shall be issued free of all legends. If at any time following the date hereof the Registration Statement (or any subsequent registration
statement registering the sale or resale of the Warrant Shares) is not effective or is not otherwise available for the sale or
resale of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall immediately notify the holders of the Warrants in writing that such registration
statement is not then effective and thereafter shall promptly notify such holders when the registration statement is effective
again and available for the sale or resale of the Warrant Shares (it being understood and agreed that the foregoing shall not limit
the ability of the Company to issue, or any Purchaser to sell, any of the Warrant Shares in compliance with applicable federal
and state securities laws). The Company shall use best efforts to keep a registration statement (including the Registration Statement)
registering the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares effective during the term of the Warrants.


 


4.2           Furnishing
of Information. Until the earliest of the time that (i) no Purchaser owns Securities or (ii) the Warrants have expired, the
Company covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports
required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act even if the Company is not then subject
to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.


 


4.3           Integration.
The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined
in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules
and regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction
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4.4           Securities
Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall (a) by 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date hereof, issue a press release
disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including the
Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the Commission within the time required by the Exchange Act. From and after the
issuance of such press release, the Company represents to the Purchasers that it shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public
information delivered to any of the Purchasers by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers,
directors, employees or agents. In addition, effective upon the issuance of such press release, the Company acknowledges and agrees
that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company, any
of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates on the one hand, and any of
the Purchasers or any of their Affiliates on the other hand, shall terminate. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with
each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor
any Purchaser shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the
Company, with respect to any press release of any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to any
press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required
by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or
communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the
name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent
of such Purchaser, except (a) as required by federal securities law in connection with the filing of final Transaction Documents
with the Commission and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company
shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (b).


 


4.5           Shareholder
Rights Plan. Assuming the truthfulness of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein, no claim will
be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an “Acquiring
Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights
agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could
be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, solely by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction
Documents at the Closing, it being understood and acknowledged by the Purchaser that he/she/it shall at no time be or become a
beneficial holder as defined under Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, of more than 9.99% of the Company’s common stock, and
nothing set forth herein shall invalidate the rights of the Company from enforcing its Shareholder Rights Plan.


 


4.6           Non-Public
Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents,
which shall be disclosed pursuant to Section 4.4, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting
on its behalf has, on or prior to the date hereof, or will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information
that constitutes, or the Company reasonably believes constitutes, material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser
shall have consented in writing to the receipt of such information and agreed with the Company to keep such information confidential.
The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in
securities of the Company. To the extent that the Company delivers any material, non-public information to a Purchaser without
such Purchaser’s prior written consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that such Purchaser shall not have any duty
of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or
Affiliates, or a duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees
or Affiliates not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public information, provided that the Purchaser shall remain subject
to applicable law. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material,
non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission
pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing
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4.7           Use
of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares, the Preferred Stock and the Warrants hereunder
consistent with the Use of Proceeds section in the Prospectus, subject to the reasonable discretion of the management or the board
of directors of the Company as set forth therein.


 


4.8           Indemnification
of Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.8, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors,
officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a
Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls such Purchaser (within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders,
agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles
notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a “Purchaser Party”) harmless
from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments,
amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser
Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or
agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against the
Purchaser Parties in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not
an Affiliate of such Purchaser Party, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any
transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Securities
(unless such action is based solely upon a breach of such Purchaser Party’s representations, warranties or covenants under
the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser Party may have with any such stockholder, or based
upon any violations by such Purchaser Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser Party which constitutes
fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect
of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing,
and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the
Purchaser Party. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the
defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent
that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a
reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion
of counsel to such Purchaser Party, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position
of such Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one
such separate counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a Purchaser
Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (z) to
the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach
of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other
Transaction Documents. The indemnification required by this Section 4.8 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof
during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are incurred. The indemnity agreements contained
herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Purchaser Party against the Company or others and any
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4.9           Reservation
of Common Stock. As of the date hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company shall continue to reserve and keep available
at all times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company
to issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement and Warrant Shares pursuant to any exercise of the Warrants. 


 


4.10         Listing
of Common Stock. The Company hereby agrees to use best efforts to maintain the listing or quotation of the Common Stock on
the Trading Market on which it is currently listed, and concurrently with the Closing, the Company shall apply to list or quote
all of the Shares and Warrant Shares (and shares of Common Stock underlying any Preferred Stock issued hereunder) on such Trading
Market and promptly secure the listing of all of the Shares and Warrant Shares (and shares of Common Stock underlying any Preferred
Stock issued hereunder) on such Trading Market on or prior to the Closing Date. The Company further agrees, if the Company applies
to have the Common Stock traded on any other Trading Market, it will then include in such application all of the Shares and Warrant
Shares, and will take such other action as is necessary to cause all of the Shares and Warrant Shares to be listed or quoted on
such other Trading Market as promptly as possible. The Company will then take all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing
and trading of its Common Stock on a Trading Market and will comply in all respects with the Company’s reporting, filing
and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Trading Market. The Company agrees to maintain the eligibility of the Common
Stock for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation, including, without
limitation, by timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such other established clearing corporation in connection
with such electronic transfer.


 


4.11        Reservation
and Listing of Securities.


 


(a)          The
Company shall maintain a reserve from its duly authorized shares of Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents
in such amount as may then be required to fulfill its obligations in full under the Transaction Documents.


 


(b)          If,
on any date, the number of authorized but unissued (and otherwise unreserved) shares of Common Stock is less than the Required
Minimum on such date, then the Board of Directors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Company’s certificate
of incorporation to increase the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to at least the Required Minimum at such
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(c)          The
Company shall, if applicable: (i) in the time and manner required by the principal Trading Market, prepare and file with such Trading
Market an additional shares listing application covering a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the Required Minimum
on the date of such application, (ii) take all steps necessary to cause such shares of Common Stock to be approved for listing
or quotation on such Trading Market as soon as possible thereafter, (iii) provide to the Purchasers evidence of such listing or
quotation and (iv) maintain the listing or quotation of such Common Stock on any date at least equal to the Required Minimum on
such date on such Trading Market or another Trading Market. The Company agrees to maintain the eligibility of the Common Stock
for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation, including, without limitation,
by timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such other established clearing corporation in connection with such
electronic transfer.


 


4.12        Subsequent
Equity Sales.


 


(a)          From
the date hereof until 90 days after the Closing Date, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall issue, enter into any agreement
to issue or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents.


 


(b)          Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Section 4.12(a) shall not apply in respect of an Exempt Issuance.


 


4.13        Equal
Treatment of Purchasers. No consideration (including any modification of any Transaction Document) shall be offered or paid
to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration
is also offered to all of the parties to this Agreement. For clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right
granted to each Purchaser by the Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for the Company to treat
the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect
to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.


 


4.14        Certain
Transactions and Confidentiality. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that neither
it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales, including
Short Sales of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending
at such time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release
as described in Section 4.4.  Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other
Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company
pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence
and terms of this transaction and the information included in the Disclosure Schedules.  Notwithstanding
the foregoing and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and
agrees that (i) no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions
in any securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced
pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4, (ii) no Purchaser shall be restricted or prohibited from effecting
any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance with applicable securities laws from and after the time that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in
Section 4.4 and (iii) no Purchaser shall have any duty of confidentiality or duty not to trade in the securities of the Company
to the Company or its Subsidiaries after the issuance of the initial press release as described in Section 4.4.  Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage
separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions
made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall only
apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the
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4.15         Capital
Changes. Until the one year anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company shall not undertake a reverse or forward stock split
or reclassification of the Common Stock without the prior written consent of the Purchasers holding a majority in interest of the
Shares; provided, that no such consent shall be required in connection with a reverse stock split required to maintain the listing
of the Common Stock on the principal Trading Market.


 


4.16         Conversion
and Exercise Procedures. Each of the form of Notice of Exercise included in the Warrants and the form of Notice of Conversion
included in the Certificate of Designation set forth the totality of the procedures required of the Purchasers in order to exercise
the Warrants or convert the Preferred Stock, respectively. Without limiting the preceding sentences, no ink-original Notice of
Exercise or Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization)
of any Notice of Exercise or Notice of Conversion form be required in order to exercise the Warrants or convert the Preferred Stock.
No additional legal opinion, other information or instructions shall be required of the Purchasers to exercise their Warrants or
convert their Preferred Stock. The Company shall honor exercises of the Warrants and conversions of the Preferred Stock and shall
deliver Underlying Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction Documents.


 


ARTICLE V.


MISCELLANEOUS


 


5.1           Termination. 
This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect
whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing
has not been consummated on or before December 11, 2015; provided, however, that no such termination will affect
the right of any party to sue for any breach by any other party (or parties).


 


5.2           Fees
and Expenses. Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and
expenses of their advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident
to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent
fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company),
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5.3           Entire
Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto and the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede
all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been
merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.


 


5.4           Notices.
Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered
via facsimile or email attachment at the facsimile number or email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto
at or prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such
notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or email attachment at the facsimile number or email address as set forth on
the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading
Day, (c) the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight
courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices
and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant
to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries,
the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K


 


5.5           Amendments;
Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed,
in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Purchasers who hold at least 51% in interest of the Shares and shares of Preferred
Stock, determined as a single class on an as-converted basis, then outstanding and held by the Purchasers or their permitted assigns
or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought; provided, that
if any amendment, modification or waiver disproportionately and adversely impacts a Purchaser (or group of Purchasers), the consent
of such disproportionately impacted Purchaser (or group of Purchasers) shall also be required. No waiver of any default with respect
to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver
of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission
of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right. Any proposed amendment or waiver
that disproportionately, materially and adversely affects the rights and obligations of any Purchaser relative to the comparable
rights and obligations of the other Purchasers shall require the prior written consent of such adversely affected Purchaser, Any
amendment effected in accordance with accordance with this Section 5.5 shall be binding upon each Purchaser and holder of Securities
and the Company.


 


5.6           Headings.
The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect
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5.7           Successors
and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted
assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of
each Purchaser (other than by merger). Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to
whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect
to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Purchasers,” and provided
further that the rights of the Purchasers under Sections 4.11 and 4.12(b) shall not be assigned without the Company’s prior
written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).


 


5.8           No
Third-Party Beneficiaries. The Placement Agent shall be the third party beneficiary of the representations and warranties of
the Company in Section 3.1 and the representations and warranties of the Purchasers in Section 3.2. This Agreement is intended
for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor
may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.8 and this Section 5.8.


 


5.9           Governing
Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall
be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the
principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement
and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party
hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced
exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any
dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect
to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Action
or Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such Action or Proceeding
is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such Proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and
consents to process being served in any such Action or Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or
overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and
agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall
be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If any party shall commence an Action
or Proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then, in addition to the obligations of the Company under
Section 4.8, the prevailing party in such Action or Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the non-prevailing party for its reasonable
attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Action
or Proceeding.


 


5.10         Survival.
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5.11         Execution.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same
agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to each other party, it being
understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission
or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the
party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf”
signature page were an original thereof.


 


5.12         Severability.
If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal,
void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full
force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially
reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated
by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that
they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be
hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.


 


5.13         Rescission
and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of)
any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction
Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser
may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand
or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights; provided, however, that in the case of a rescission
of a conversion of the Preferred Stock or exercise of a Warrant, the applicable Purchaser shall be required to return any shares
of Common Stock subject to any such rescinded conversion or exercise notice concurrently with the return to such Purchaser of the
aggregate exercise price paid to the Company for such shares and the restoration of such Purchaser’s right to acquire such
shares pursuant to such Purchaser’s Warrant (including, issuance of a replacement warrant certificate evidencing such restored
right).


 


5.14         Replacement
of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company
shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or
in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory
to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall
also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.


 


5.15         Remedies.
In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of
the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that
monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the
Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and not to assert in any action for specific performance of any such obligation
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5.16         Independent
Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several
and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance
or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any
other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the
Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers
are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce his, her or its rights including, without limitation,
the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and (unless deemed an indispensible party under
applicable law) it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such
purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by his, her or its own separate legal counsel in their review and negotiation of the
Transaction Documents. For reasons of administrative convenience only, each Purchaser and his, her or its respective counsel have
chosen to communicate with the Company through EGS. EGS does not represent any of the Purchasers and only represents Rodman &
Renshaw, a unit of H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction
Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any of the Purchasers. It
is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between
the Company and a Purchaser, solely, and not between the Company and the Purchasers collectively and not between and among the
Purchasers.


 


5.17         Saturdays,
Sundays, Holidays, etc.         If the last or appointed day for the taking of
any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken
or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.


 


5.18         Construction.
The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel have reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction
Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting
party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments thereto. In addition, each and
every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in any Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse
and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after
the date of this Agreement.


 


5.19         Liquidated
Damages. The Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction
Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other
amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages
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5.20         WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY,
UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY. 


 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories
as of the date first indicated above.


 


	spherix incorporated	Address for Notice:
	 	 
	 	 
	By:__________________________________________	 
	Name:	 
	Title:	 
	 	 
	With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):	 
	 	Nixon Peabody LLP
	 	437 Madison Avenue
	 	New York, NY 10022
	 	Attention: Theodore Ghorra, Esq,
	 	Fax: (855) 856-7298


 


	Solely with respect to delivery of the Shares and the Subscription Amounts via DVP:	 
	 	 
	RODMAN & Renshaw, a unit of H. C. Wainwright & Co., LLC	Address for Notice:
	 	 
	By:_______________________________________	 
	Name:	 
	Title:	 


 


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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO SPEX SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT]


 


IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as
of the date first indicated above.


 


Name of Purchaser: ______________________________________________________________________________


 


Signature of Authorized Signatory of
Purchaser: _______________________________________________________


 


Name of Authorized Signatory: _____________________________________________________________________


 


Title of Authorized Signatory: ______________________________________________________________________


 


Email Address of Authorized Signatory:_______________________________________________________________


 


Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________________


 


Address for Notice to Purchaser:


 


Address for Delivery of Securities to Purchaser (if not same
as address for notice):


 


Subscription Amount: $_________________


 


Shares of Common Stock: _________________


 


Shares of Preferred Stock: _________________


 


Series A Warrant Shares: ______________


 


Series B Warrant Shares: ______________


 


EIN Number: ____________________


 


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Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, by checking this box the above-signed agrees that the obligations
of the above-signed to purchase the securities set forth in this Agreement to be purchased from the Company by the above-signed
shall be unconditional and all conditions to Closing in favor of the above-signed shall be disregarded. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
in the event the Company accepts the above-signed’s subscription for the Company’s securities and any conditions to
Closing contemplated by this Agreement that required delivery by the Company or the above-signed of any agreement, instrument,
certificate or the like or purchase price (as applicable) are not satisfied as of the Closing, such deliverable shall be an unconditional
obligation of the Company or the above-signed (as applicable) to deliver such agreement, instrument, certificate or the like or
purchase price (as applicable) to such other party on the Closing Date.


 


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