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EXHIBIT 10.5

 

EX-IM TRANSACTION SPECIFIC SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This EX-IM TRANSACTION SPECIFIC SECURITY AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of July 13, 2011 is made by and between ENGLOBAL U.S., INC., a Texas corporation (the "Debtor"), and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. (the "Secured Party").

 

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT.  The Secured Party has entered into an Ex-Im Transaction Specific Credit Agreement dated of even date herewith with the Debtor (as it may hereafter be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement").  It is a condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Credit Agreement that the Debtor shall have executed and delivered this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the adequacy, receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and in order to induce the Secured Party to issue or cause to be issued Standby LCs for the account of the Debtor and otherwise extend credit related thereto under the Credit Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.   Defined Terms and Related Matters.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement.  The words "hereof", "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.  Unless otherwise defined herein or in the Credit Agreement, the terms defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect from time to time in the State of Texas (the "UCC") are used herein as therein defined.  All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

(a) "Buyer" shall mean an entity which has entered into one or more Export Orders with the Debtor or who is an obligor on Export-Related Accounts Receivable.

 

(b) "Domestic Security Agreement" shall mean that certain Security Agreement dated as of even date hereof between Debtor and Secured Party.

 

(c) "Export-Related Collateral" shall mean all of the Debtor's privileges, rights, titles and interests in and to (i) the Export-Related Accounts Receivables; (ii) the Export-Related Inventory, together with all accessions, appurtenances and additions to and substitutions for any of the foregoing; all products and proceeds of any of the foregoing; all renewals and replacements of any of the foregoing; and all accounts, instruments, notes, chattel paper, documents (including documents of title), books, records, contract rights and general intangibles relating to or arising in connection with the foregoing (including all insurance and claims for insurance affected or held for the benefit of the Debtor or Secured Party in respect of any of the foregoing); and (iii) any cash in the pledged account securing the Credit Agreement.  The inclusion of proceeds does not authorize the Debtor to sell, dispose of or otherwise use the Collateral in any manner not authorized herein.

 

  

  

  

 

 

(d) "Export Order" shall mean a documented purchase order or contract evidencing a Buyer's agreement to purchase the Items from the Debtor for export from the United States.

 

(e) "Export-Related Accounts Receivable" shall mean those Accounts Receivable arising from the sale of Items which are due and payable to the Debtor in the United States and as otherwise approved of by Ex-Im Bank and the Secured Party.

 

(f) "Export-Related Inventory" shall mean the Inventory of the Debtor located in the United States that has been purchased, manufactured or otherwise acquired by the Debtor for sale or resale as Items, or to be incorporated into Items to be sold or resold pursuant to Export Orders.

 

(g) "Items" shall mean the finished goods or services which are intended for export from the United States, meet the U.S. Content requirements in accordance with Section 2.01(b)(ii) of the Borrower Agreement and are specified in Section 4.A. of that certain Loan Authorization Notice executed by Secured Party in connection with the Credit Agreement on July 13, 2011 and submitted to Ex-Im Bank.

 

(h) "U.S. Content" shall mean, with respect to any Item, all the costs, including labor, materials, services and overhead, but not markup or profit margin, which are of U.S. origin or manufacture, and which are incorporated into an Item in the United States.

 

SECTION 2.   GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST.  For valuable consideration, Debtor hereby grants and transfers to Secured Party a security interest in all of the property of Debtor described as follows (collectively, the "Collateral"):

 

(a) all accounts, deposit accounts, contract rights, chattel paper (whether electronic or tangible), instruments, promissory notes, documents, general intangibles, payment intangibles, software, letter of credit rights, health-care insurance receivables and other rights to payment of every kind now existing or at any time hereafter arising ("Accounts Receivable");

 

(b) all inventory, goods held for sale or lease or to be furnished under contracts for service, or goods so leased or furnished, raw materials, component parts, work in process and other materials used or consumed in Debtor's business, now or at any time hereafter owned or acquired by Debtor, wherever located, and all products thereof, whether in the possession of Debtor, any warehousemen, any bailee or any other person, or in process of delivery, and whether located at Debtor's places of business or elsewhere ("Inventory");

 

(c) all warehouse receipts, bills of sale, bills of lading and other documents of every kind (whether or not negotiable) in which Debtor now has or at any time hereafter acquires any interest, and all additions and accessions thereto, whether in the possession or custody of Debtor, any bailee or any other person for any purpose;

 

 

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(d) all money and property heretofore, now or hereafter delivered to or deposited with Bank or otherwise coming into the possession, custody or control of Bank (or any agent or bailee of Bank) in any manner or for any purpose whatsoever during the existence of this Agreement and whether held in a general or special account or deposit for safekeeping or otherwise;

 

(e) all right, title and interest of Debtor under licenses, guaranties, warranties, management agreements, marketing or sales agreements, escrow contracts, indemnity agreements, insurance policies, service or maintenance agreements, supporting obligations and other similar contracts of every kind in which Debtor now has or at any time hereafter shall have an interest;

 

(f) all goods, tools, machinery, furnishings, furniture and other equipment and fixtures of every kind now existing or hereafter acquired, and all improvements, replacements, accessions and additions thereto and embedded software included therein, whether located on any property owned or leased by Debtor or elsewhere, including without limitation, any of the foregoing now or at any time hereafter located at or installed on the land or in the improvements at any of the real property owned or leased by Debtor, and all such goods after they have been severed and removed from any of said real property; and

 

(g) all motor vehicles, trailers, mobile homes, manufactured homes, boats, other rolling stock and related equipment of every kind now existing or hereafter acquired and all additions and accessories thereto, whether located on any property owned or leased by Debtor or elsewhere;

 

together with whatever is receivable or received when any of the foregoing or the proceeds thereof are sold, leased, collected, exchanged or otherwise disposed of, whether such disposition is voluntary or involuntary, including without limitation, all rights to payment, including returned premiums, with respect to any insurance relating to any of the foregoing, and all rights to payment with respect to any claim or cause of action affecting or relating to any of the foregoing (collectively, "Proceeds").

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) Secured Party's security interest in Export-Related Collateral obtained pursuant to the Domestic Security Agreement is junior in right of priority to the security interest therein granted pursuant to this Agreement, and (ii)  Secured Party’s security interest in Collateral that is not Export-Related Collateral obtained pursuant to this Agreement is junior in right of priority to the security interest granted pursuant to the Domestic Security Agreement; provided, however that in respect of any Collateral that constitutes general intangibles under the UCC, the priority in the security interests created pursuant to this Agreement and the Domestic Security Agreement shall rank pari passu and shall share in such Collateral comprising general intangibles pro rata in proportion to the respective obligations secured under this Agreement and the Domestic Security Agreement.

 

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SECTION 3.   OBLIGATIONS SECURED.  The obligations secured hereby are the payment and performance of: (a) all present and future Indebtedness of Debtor to Secured Party; (b) all obligations of Debtor and rights of Secured Party under this Agreement; and (c) all present and future obligations of Debtor to Secured Party of other kinds.  The word "Indebtedness" is used herein in its most comprehensive sense and includes any and all advances, debts, obligations and liabilities of Debtor, or any of them, heretofore, now or hereafter made, incurred or created, whether voluntary or involuntary and however arising, whether due or not due, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, determined or undetermined, including under any swap, derivative, foreign exchange, hedge, deposit, treasury management or other similar transaction or arrangement, and whether Debtor may be liable individually or jointly with others, or whether recovery upon such Indebtedness may be or hereafter becomes unenforceable.

 

SECTION 4.   TERMINATION.  This Agreement will terminate upon the performance of all obligations of Debtor to Secured Party, including without limitation, the payment of all Indebtedness of Debtor to Secured Party, and the termination of all commitments of Secured Party to extend credit to Debtor, existing at the time Secured Party receives written notice from Debtor of the termination of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 5.   OBLIGATIONS OF SECURED PARTY.  Secured Party has no obligation to make any loans hereunder.  Any money received by Secured Party in respect of the Collateral may be deposited, at Secured Party's option, into a non-interest bearing account over which Debtor shall have no control, and the same shall, for all purposes, be deemed Collateral hereunder.

 

SECTION 6.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.  Debtor represents and warrants to Secured Party that:

 

(a) Debtor is an organization registered under the laws of the State of Texas;

 

(b) Debtor's legal name is exactly as set forth on the first page of this Agreement, and all of Debtor 's organizational documents or agreements delivered to Secured Party are complete and accurate in every respect;

 

(c) Debtor’s chief executive office is located at the following address: 654 North Sam Houston Parkway East, Suite 400, Houston, Texas 77060;

 

(d) Debtor is the owner and has possession or control of the Collateral and Proceeds;

 

(e) the Collateral (except goods in transit) is located or domiciled at the following additional addresses: [_______________________________];

 

(f) Debtor has the exclusive right to grant a security interest in the Collateral and Proceeds;

 

(g) all Collateral and Proceeds are genuine, free from liens, adverse claims, setoffs, default, prepayment, defenses and conditions precedent of any kind or character, except the lien created hereby or as otherwise agreed to by Secured Party, or as heretofore disclosed by Debtor to Secured Party, in writing;

 

 

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(h) all statements contained herein and, where applicable, in the Collateral are true and complete in all material respects;

 

(i) no financing statement covering any of the Collateral or Proceeds, and naming any secured party other than Secured Party, is on file in any public office that has not been disclosed to Secured Party;

 

(j) where Collateral consists of rights to payment, all persons appearing to be obligated on the Collateral and Proceeds have authority and capacity to contract and are bound as they appear to be, all property subject to chattel paper has been properly registered and filed in compliance with law and to perfect the interest of Debtor in such property, and all such Collateral and Proceeds comply with all applicable laws concerning form, content and manner of preparation and execution, including where applicable Federal Reserve Regulation Z and any State consumer credit laws; and

 

(k) where the Collateral consists of equipment, Debtor is not in the business of selling goods of the kind included within such Collateral, and Debtor acknowledges that no sale or other disposition of any such Collateral, including without limitation, any such Collateral which Debtor may deem to be surplus, has been consented to or acquiesced in by Secured Party, except as specifically set forth in writing by Secured Party.

 

SECTION 7.   COVENANTS OF DEBTOR.

 

(a) Debtor agrees in general: (i) to pay Indebtedness secured hereby when due; (ii) to indemnify Secured Party against all losses, claims, demands, liabilities and expenses of every kind caused by property subject hereto; (iii) to permit Secured Party to exercise its powers; (iv) to execute and deliver such documents as Secured Party deems necessary to create, perfect and continue the security interests contemplated hereby; (v) not to change its name, and as applicable, its chief executive office, its principal residence or the jurisdiction in which it is organized and/or .registered without giving Secured Party prior written notice thereof; (vi) not to change the places where Debtor keeps any Collateral or Debtor's records concerning the Collateral and Proceeds without giving Secured Party prior written notice of the address to which Debtor is moving same; and (vii) to cooperate with Secured Party in perfecting all security interests granted herein and in obtaining such agreements from third parties as Secured Party deems necessary, proper or convenient in connection with the preservation, perfection or enforcement of any of its rights hereunder.

 

(b) Debtor agrees with regard to the Collateral and Proceeds, unless Secured Party agrees otherwise in writing: (i) that Secured Party is authorized to file financing statements in the name of Debtor to perfect Secured Party's security interest in Collateral and Proceeds; (ii) where applicable, to insure the Collateral with Secured Party named as loss payee, in form, substance and amounts, under agreements, against risks and liabilities, and with insurance companies satisfactory to Secured Party; (iii) where applicable, to operate the Collateral in accordance with all applicable statutes, rules and regulations relating to the use and control thereof, and not to use any Collateral for any unlawful purpose or in any way that would void any insurance required to be carried in connection therewith; (iv) not to remove the Collateral from Debtor's premises except in the ordinary course of Debtor's business; (v) to pay when due all license fees, registration fees and other charges in connection with any Collateral; (vi) not to permit any lien on the Collateral or Proceeds, including without limitation, liens arising from repairs to or storage of the Collateral, except in favor of Secured Party; (vii) not to sell, hypothecate or dispose of, nor permit the transfer by operation of law of, any of the Collateral or Proceeds or any interest therein, except sales of inventory to buyers in the ordinary course of Debtor's business or as otherwise permitted in the Credit Agreement; (viii) to permit Secured Party to inspect the Collateral at any time; (ix) to keep, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, complete and accurate records regarding all Collateral and Proceeds, and to permit Secured Party to inspect the same and make copies thereof at any reasonable time; (x) if requested by Secured Party, to receive and use reasonable diligence to collect Collateral consisting of accounts and other rights to payment and Proceeds, in trust and as the property of Secured Party, and to immediately endorse as appropriate and deliver such Collateral and Proceeds to Secured Party daily in the exact form in which they are received together with a collection report in form satisfactory to Secured Party; (xi) not to commingle Collateral or Proceeds, or collections thereunder, with other property; (xii) to give only normal allowances and credits and to advise Secured Party thereof immediately in writing if they affect any rights to payment or Proceeds in any material respect; (xiii) from time to time, when requested by Secured Party, to prepare and deliver a schedule of all Collateral and Proceeds subject to this Agreement and to assign in writing and deliver to Secured Party all accounts, contracts, leases and other chattel paper, instruments, documents and other evidences thereof; (xiv) in the event Secured Party elects to receive payments of rights to payment or Proceeds hereunder, to pay all expenses incurred by Secured Party in connection therewith, including expenses of accounting, correspondence, collection efforts, reporting to account or contract debtors, filing, recording, record keeping and expenses incidental thereto; and (xv) to provide any service and do any other acts which may be necessary to maintain, preserve and protect all Collateral and, as appropriate and applicable, to keep all Collateral in good and saleable condition, to deal with the Collateral in accordance with the standards and practices adhered to generally by users and manufacturers of like property, and to keep all Collateral and Proceeds free and clear of all defenses, rights of offset and counterclaims.

 

 

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SECTION 8.   POWERS OF SECURED PARTY.  Debtor appoints Secured Party its true attorney in fact to perform any of the following powers, which are coupled with an interest, are irrevocable until termination of this Agreement and may be exercised from time to time by Secured Party's officers and employees, or any of them, whether or not Debtor is in default: (a) to perform any obligation of Debtor hereunder in Debtor's name or otherwise; (b) to give notice to account debtors or others of Secured Party's rights in the Collateral and Proceeds, to enforce or forebear from enforcing the same and make extension and modification agreements with respect thereto; (c) to release persons liable on Collateral or Proceeds and to give receipts and acquittances and compromise disputes in connection therewith; (d) to release or substitute security; (e) to resort to security in any order; (f) to prepare, execute, file, record or deliver notes, assignments, schedules, designation statements, financing statements, continuation statements, termination statements, statements of assignment, applications for registration or like papers to perfect, preserve or release Secured Party's interest in the Collateral and Proceeds; (g) to receive, open and read mail addressed to Debtor; (h) to take cash, instruments for the payment of money and other property to which Secured Party is entitled; (i) to verify facts concerning the Collateral and Proceeds by inquiry of obligors thereon, or otherwise, in its own name or a fictitious name; (j) to endorse, collect, deliver and receive payment under instruments for the payment of money constituting or relating to Proceeds; (k) to prepare, adjust, execute, deliver and receive payment under insurance claims, and to collect arid receive payment of and endorse any instrument in payment of loss or returned premiums or any other insurance refund or return, and to apply such amounts received by Secured Party, at Secured Party's sole option, toward repayment of the 'Indebtedness or, where appropriate; replacement of the Collateral; (l) to exercise all rights, powers and remedies which Debtor would have, but for this Agreement, with respect to all Collateral and Proceeds subject hereto; (m) to enter onto Debtor's premises in inspecting the Collateral; (n) to make withdrawals from and to close deposit accounts or other accounts with any financial institution, wherever located, into which Proceeds may have been deposited, and to apply funds so withdrawn to payment of the Indebtedness; (o) to preserve or release the interest evidenced by chattel paper to which Secured Party is entitled hereunder and to endorse and deliver any evidence of title incidental thereto; and (p) to do all acts and things and execute all documents in the name of Debtor or otherwise, deemed by Secured Party as necessary, proper and convenient in connection with the preservation, perfection or enforcement of its rights hereunder.

 

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SECTION 9.   PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS, TAXES, CHARGES, LIENS AND ASSESSMENTS.  Debtor agrees to pay, prior to delinquency, all insurance premiums, taxes, charges, liens and assessments against the Collateral and Proceeds, and upon the failure of Debtor to do so, Secured Party at its option may pay any of them and shall be the sole judge of the legality or validity thereof and the amount necessary to discharge the same.  Any such payments made by Secured Party shall be obligations of Debtor to Secured Party, due and payable immediately upon demand, together with interest at a rate determined in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, and shall be secured by the Collateral and Proceeds, subject to all terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 10.   EVENTS OF DEFAULT.  The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute an "Event of Default" under this Agreement: (a) any default in the payment or performance of any obligation, or any defined event of default, under (i) any contract or instrument evidencing any Indebtedness, or (ii) any other agreement between Debtor and Secured Party, including without limitation any loan agreement, relating to or executed in connection with any Indebtedness; (b) any representation or warranty made by Debtor herein shall prove to be incorrect, false or misleading in any material respect when made; (c) Debtor shall fail to observe or perform any obligation or agreement contained herein; (d) any impairment of the rights of Secured Party in any Collateral or Proceeds, or any attachment or like levy on any property of Debtor; and (e) Secured Party, in good faith, believes any or all of the Collateral and/or Proceeds to be in danger of misuse, dissipation, commingling, loss, theft, damage or destruction, or otherwise in jeopardy or unsatisfactory in character or value.

 

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SECTION 11.   REMEDIES.  Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, Secured Party shall have the right to declare immediately due and payable all or any Indebtedness secured hereby and to terminate any commitments to make loans or otherwise extend credit to Debtor.  Secured Party shall have all other rights, powers, privileges and remedies granted to a secured party upon default under the Texas Business and Commerce Code or otherwise provided by law, including without limitation, the right (a) to contact all persons obligated to Debtor on any Collateral or Proceeds and to instruct such persons to deliver all Collateral and/or Proceeds directly ·to Secured Party, and (b) to sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of any or all Collateral.  All rights, powers, privileges and remedies of Secured Party shall be cumulative.  No delay, failure or discontinuance of Secured Party in exercising any right, power, privilege or remedy hereunder shall affect or operate as a waiver of such right, power, privilege or remedy; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power, privilege or remedy preclude, waive or otherwise affect any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power, privilege or remedy.  Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind by Secured Party of any default hereunder, or any such waiver of any provisions or conditions hereof, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent set forth in writing.  It is agreed that public or private sales or other dispositions, for cash or on credit, to a wholesaler or retailer or investor, or user of property of the types subject to this Agreement, or public auctions, are all commercially reasonable since differences in the prices generally realized in the different kinds of dispositions are ordinarily offset by the differences in the costs and credit risks of such 'dispositions.  While an Event of Default exists: (a) Debtor will deliver to Secured Party from time to time, as requested by Secured Party, current lists of all Collateral and Proceeds; (b) Debtor will not dispose of any Collateral or Proceeds except on terms approved by Secured Party; (c) at Secured Party's request, Debtor will assemble and deliver all Collateral and Proceeds, and books and records pertaining thereto, to Secured Party at a reasonably convenient place designated by Secured Party; and (d) Secured Party may, without notice to Debtor, enter onto Debtor's premises and take possession of the Collateral.  With respect to any sale or other disposition by Secured Party of any Collateral subject to this Agreement, Debtor hereby expressly grants to Secured Party the right to sell such Collateral using any or all of Debtor's trademarks, trade names, trade name rights and/or proprietary labels or marks.  Debtor further agrees that Secured Party shall have no obligation to process or prepare any Collateral for sale or other disposition.

 

SECTION 12.   DISPOSITION OF COLLATERAL AND PROCEEDS; TRANSFER OF INDEBTEDNESS.  In disposing of Collateral hereunder, Secured Party may disclaim all warranties of title, possession, quiet enjoyment and the like.  Any proceeds of any disposition of any Collateral or Proceeds, or any part thereof, may be applied by Secured Party to the payment of expenses incurred by Secured Party in connection with the foregoing, including reasonable attorneys' fees, and the balance of such proceeds may be applied by Secured Party toward the payment of the Indebtedness in such order of application as Secured Party may from time to time elect.  Upon the transfer of all or any part of the Indebtedness, Secured Party may transfer all or any part of the Collateral or Proceeds and shall be fully discharged thereafter from all liability and responsibility with respect to any of the foregoing so transferred, and the transferee shall be vested with all rights and powers of Secured Party hereunder with respect to any of the foregoing so transferred; but with respect to any Collateral or Proceeds not so transferred, Secured Party shall retain all rights, powers, privileges and remedies herein given.

 

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SECTION 13.   STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.  Until all Indebtedness shall have been paid in full and all commitments by Secured Party to extend credit to Debtor have been terminated, the power of sale or other disposition and all other rights, powers, privileges and remedies granted to Secured Party hereunder shall continue to exist and may be exercised by Secured Party at any time and from time to time irrespective of the fact that the Indebtedness or any part thereof may have become barred by any statute of limitations, or that the personal liability of Debtor may have ceased, unless such liability shall have ceased due to the payment in full of all Indebtedness secured hereunder.

 

SECTION 14.   MISCELLANEOUS.  When there is more than one Debtor named herein: (a).the word "Debtor" shall mean all or anyone or more of them as the context requires; (b) the obligations of each Debtor hereunder are joint and several; and (c) until all Indebtedness shall have been paid in full, no Debtor shall have any right of subrogation or contribution, and each Debtor hereby waives any benefit of or right to participate in any of the Collateral or Proceeds or any other security now or hereafter held by Secured Party.  Debtor hereby waives any right to require Secured Party to (i) proceed against Debtor or any other person, (ii) marshal assets or proceed against or exhaust any security from Debtor or any other person, (iii) perform any obligation of Debtor with respect to any Collateral or Proceeds, and (d) make any presentment or demand, or give any notices of any kind, including without limitation, any notice of nonpayment or nonperformance, protest, notice of protest, notice of dishonor, notice of intention to accelerate or notice of acceleration hereunder or in connection with any Collateral or Proceeds.  Debtor further waives any right to direct the application of payments or security for any indebtedness of Debtor or indebtedness of customers of Debtor.  Any requirement of reasonable notice to Debtor with respect to the sale or other disposition of Collateral shall be met if such notice is given pursuant to the requirements of the Section hereof entitled Notices at least five (5) days before the date of any public disposition or the date after which any private sale or other disposition will be made.

 

SECTION 15.   NOTICES.  All notices, requests and demands required under this Agreement must be in writing, addressed to Secured Party at the address specified in any other loan documents entered into between Debtor and Secured Party and to Debtor at the address of its chief executive office (or principal residence, if applicable) specified below or to such other address as any party may designate by written notice to each other party, and shall be deemed to have been given or made as follows: (a) if personally delivered upon delivery; (b) if sent by mail, upon the earlier of the date of receipt or three (3) days after deposit in the U.S. mail, first class and postage prepaid; and (c) if sent by telecopy, upon receipt.

 

SECTION 16.   COSTS, EXPENSES AND ATTORNEYS' FEES.  Debtor shall pay to Secured Party immediately upon demand the full amount of all payments, advances, charges, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees (to include outside counsel fees and all allocated costs of Secured Party's in-house counsel to the extent permissible), incurred by Secured Party in connection with (a) the perfection and preservation of the Collateral or Secured Party's interest therein, and (b) the realization, enforcement and exercise of any right, power, privilege or remedy conferred by this Agreement, whether incurred at the trial or appellate level, in an arbitration proceeding or otherwise, and including any of the foregoing incurred in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding (including without limitation, any adversary proceeding, contested matter or motion brought by Secured Party or any other person) relating to Debtor or in any way affecting any of the Collateral or Secured Party's ability to exercise any of its rights or remedies with respect thereto.

 

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SECTION 17.   SUCCESSORS; ASSIGNS; AMENDMENT.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the parties, and may be amended or modified only in writing signed by Secured Party and Debtor.

 

SECTION 18.   SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS.  If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or any remaining provisions of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 19.   GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.

 

	  	
ENGLOBAL U.S. INC.

 

 

By:   _______________________________      

Name: _____________________________                                                               

Title:  ______________________________                                                              

 

Address for notices:

654 North Sam Houston Parkway East

Suite 400

Houston, TX 77060

Attention: John R. Beall

Telephone No.: __________________

Telecopier No.: __________________

	  	
 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

 

 

By:   _______________________________      

Name: ______________________________

Title: _______________________________

 

Address for notices:

1000 Louisiana Street, 4th Floor

Houston, Texas 77002

Attention: Graciela Garcia

Telephone No.: (713)319-1456

Telecopier No.: (713)739-1080

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of December 28, 2011 among Zurvita Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Vicis Capital Master Fund (the “Purchaser”).

 

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to Purchaser, and Purchaser 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 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 Series C Designations (as defined herein), and (b) the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1.1:

 

“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one (1) 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 144 under the Securities Act.  With respect to a Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Purchaser will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser.

 

“Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which shall be 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.

 

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

 

“Closing Date” means the Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchaser’s obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities have been satisfied or waived.

 

“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

  

 

  

“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $.0001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed into.

 

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

 

“Disclosure Schedules” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1.

 

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

 

“Exempt Issuance” means: (a) shares of Common Stock or options to purchase Common Stock issued to employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors of the Company or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose, (b) securities issued upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder and/or other securities (including the stock rights set forth on
Schedule 3.1(g)) exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that, unless set forth on Schedule 3.1(g), such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise, exchange or conversion price of any such securities and (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the directors, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company in a business synergistic with the business of the Company, as determined by a majority of the directors, and in which the Company
receives benefits in addition to the investment of funds, 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.

 

“Liens” means a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.

 

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

 

“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.

 

  

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“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.

 

“Public Information Failure” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.14 (b).

 

“Public Information Failure Payments” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.14(b).

 

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

 

“Required Minimum” means, as of any date, one hundred and ten percent (110%) of the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issued or potentially issuable in the future pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including any Underlying Shares issuable upon exercise or conversion in full of the Series C Warrant and Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (including a reasonable reserve for Underlying Shares issuable as payment of dividends), ignoring any conversion or exercise limits set forth therein.

 

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

 

 “Securities” means the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, the Series C Warrant, the Warrant Shares and the Underlying Shares.

 

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

 

 “Series C Convertible Preferred Stock” means the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company and such designations, preferences and limitations as are set forth in the Series C Designations.

 

“Series C Designations” means the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock filed with the State of Delaware on December 27, 2011.

 

“Series C Warrant” means the Series C Common Stock Purchase Warrant, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, delivered to the Purchaser at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a)(v) hereof.

 

“Short Sales” shall include 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).

 

  

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“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a).

 

 “Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.

 

“Trading Market” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the NYSE Amex, the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, the OTC Bulletin Board, or “Pink Sheets” published by Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices).

 

“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Series C Designations, the Series C Warrant, the Escrow Agreement and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

 

“Underlying Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion or redemption of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock and upon exercise of the Series C Warrant.

 

“VWAP” of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “Determination Date”) shall mean the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if shares of Common Stock are traded on a national securities exchange (an “Exchange”), the weighted average of the closing sale price of a share of the Common Stock of the Company on the last five (5) Trading Days prior to the Determination Date reported on such Exchange as reported in The Wall Street Journal (weighted with respect to the trading volume with respect to each such day); (b) if shares of Common Stock are not
traded on an Exchange but trade in the over-the-counter market and such shares are quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations System (“NASDAQ”), the weighted average of the closing sale price of a share of the Common Stock of the Company on the last five (5) Trading Days prior to the Determination Date reported on NASDAQ as reported in The Wall Street Journal (weighted with respect to the trading volume with respect to each such day); (c) if such shares are an issue for which last sale prices are not reported on NASDAQ, the average of the closing sale price, in each case on the last five (5) Trading Days (or if the relevant price or quotation did not exist on any of such days, the relevant price or quotation on the next preceding Business Day on which there was such a price or quotation) prior to the Determination Date as reported by the
Over the Counter Bulletin Board (the “OTCBB”), or any other successor organization; (d) if no closing sales price is reported for the Common Stock by the OTCBB or any other successor organization for such day, the average of the closing sale price, in each case on the last five (5) Trading Days (or if the relevant price or quotation did not exist on any of such days, the relevant price or quotation on the next preceding business day on which there was such a price or quotation) prior to the Determination Date as reported by  the “pink sheets” by the Pink Sheets, LLC, or any successor organization, (e) if no closing sales price is reported for the Common Stock by the OTCBB or any other successor organization for such day, then the average of the high and low bid and asked price of any of the market makers for the Common Stock as reported on the OTCBB or
in the “pink sheets” by the Pink Sheets, LLC on the last five (5) Trading Days; or (e) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company.

 

  

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

 

ARTICLE II

PURCHASE AND SALE

 

2.1           Closing.  On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Purchaser agrees to purchase, and the Company agrees to sell, 2,800,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, each share having a Stated Value of $1.00, along with the Series C Warrant (as referred to in Section 2.2(a)(iii) below) for an aggregate purchase price of $2,800,000 (the
“Purchase Price”), which Purchase Price has been previously advanced to the Company ($1,500,000 of which was received by the Company on August 8, 2011 and $1,300,000 of which was received by the Company on December 6, 2011).  On the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock and the Series C Warrant and the other items set forth in Section 2.2 issuable at the Closing.  Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3,
the Closing shall occur at the offices of Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP, 61 Broadway, New York 10006, or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree.

 

2.2           Deliveries.

 

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

 

(i)           this Agreement duly executed by the Company;

 

(ii)          a certificate evidencing 2,800,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock;

 

(iii)         a Series C Warrant, in the name of the Purchaser, to purchase 11,200,000 shares of Common Stock, with an exercise price equal to twenty-five  cents ($0.25), subject to adjustment therein, with a term of exercise of seven (7) years;

 

(iv)         any required consents or waivers; and

(v)           an officer’s certificate and secretary’s certificate in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser;

 

 

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

 

  

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(i)           this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;

 

(ii)          a waiver from the holders of no-less than fifty one percent (51%) of the outstanding Series C Convertible Preferred Stock consenting to the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations and to the preferences and rights of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company as so modified thereby.

 

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 when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained herein;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(i)           the accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein;

 

(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; and

 

(iv)         there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date of the balance sheet (the “Balance Sheet”) included in the annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on October 28, 2011 (the “Form 10-K”).

 

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

3.1           Representations and Warranties of the Company.  Except as set forth under the corresponding section of the disclosure schedules delivered to the Purchaser concurrently herewith (the “Disclosure Schedules”) which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and to qualify any representation or warranty otherwise made herein to the extent of such disclosure, the Company hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth below to Purchaser.

 

  

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(a)           Subsidiaries.  All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on Schedule 3.1(a).  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 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, then all other references in the Transaction Documents to the Subsidiaries or any of them will 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 (as applicable), with the requisite corporate 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 or default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of
incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents.  The Company and each of 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, could 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, prospects 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 corporate power and authority or qualification.

 

(c)           Authorization; Enforcement.  The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.  The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the
Company, its board of directors or its stockholders in connection therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals.  Each Transaction Document 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.

 

  

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(d)           No Conflicts.  The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the other 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 could 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 the filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws  (the
“Required Approvals”).

 

(f)           Issuance of the Securities.  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 other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents or under applicable securities laws.  The Underlying Shares, when issued 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 a number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of the Underlying Shares at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date hereof.

 

  

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(g)           Capitalization.  The capitalization of the Company is as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g).  Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g), 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 as set forth on Schedule
3.1(g), there are no outstanding options, warrants, script 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 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.  The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchaser) 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.  All of the outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company are 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 of the Company 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)           Financial Statements.  The financial statements of the Company included in the Form 10-K and provided to the Purchaser comply in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission.  Such financial statements have been prepared 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, year-end audit adjustments.

 

(i)           Material Changes.  Since the date of the latest financial statements included within the Form 10-K, and delivered to the Purchaser (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any material 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, (iii) the Company has not materially 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 or stock grant plans.

 

  

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(j)           Litigation.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(j), 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 (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, 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, to the best of the knowledge of the Company, any director or officer thereof, is or has been 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 threatened in writing, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current director or executive 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 under the Securities Act.  There is no action, suit, claim, investigation, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution proceeding or other proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing against or involving the Company or any of its properties or assets, which individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  There are no outstanding orders, judgments, injunctions, awards or decrees of any court, arbitrator or governmental or regulatory body against the Company or any executive officers or directors of the Company in their capacities as such, which individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(k)           Labor Relations.  No material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary which could 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, 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.  No executive officer, to the knowledge of the Company, 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, and, to the knowledge of the Company, 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.  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 could 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 material 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), (ii) is in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, is or has been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to its business and all such laws that affect the environment, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  

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(m)           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 Form 10-K, except where the failure to possess such permits could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), are in material compliance with all terms and conditions of
each such Material Permit, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.

 

(n)           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 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, Liens for the payment of federal, state or
other taxes, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties.  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 Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.

 

(o)           Patents and Trademarks.  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 material for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the Form 10-K and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the
“Intellectual Property Rights”).  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or any Subsidiary violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person unless such notice has been resolved without a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights.  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 could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expecting to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

 

(p)           Insurance.   Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(p), 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 coverage at least equal to the aggregate Subscription Amount.  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.

 

  

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(q)           Transactions With Affiliates and Employees.  Except as set forth in the Form 10-K and/or as set forth on Schedule 3.1(q), 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, 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 or partner, other than (i) for payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company or a Subsidiary and (iii) for other employee benefits, including stock option or stock grant agreements under any stock plans of the Company.

 

(r)           No Disagreements with Auditors and Lawyers.  To the knowledge of the Company, there are no material disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company to arise, between the Company and the auditors and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the Company.

 

(s)           Certain Fees.  No brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company 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.  The Purchaser shall 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.

 

(t)           Private Placement.  Assuming the accuracy of the Purchaser’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchaser as contemplated hereby.

 

(u)           Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.  The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act.

 

  

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

 

(w)           Disclosure.  All disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchaser regarding the Company, its business 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 Company acknowledges and agrees that Purchaser has not made any representations
or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.

 

(x)           No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchaser’s 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 the Securities
Act.

 

(y)           Solvency.  As set forth in the financial statements, included in the Form 10-K, for the period ended July 31, 2011, the auditors for the Company included a “going concern” note.  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).  The Company has not taken, nor does it have any intention to take, any steps to seek protection pursuant to any bankruptcy or reorganization law of any
jurisdiction within six (6) months from the Closing Date.   The Company does not have any knowledge, nor has it received any written notice, that any of its creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings, nor does it have any knowledge of any fact that, as of the date hereof, would reasonably lead a creditor to do so.

 

(z)           Schedule 3.1(z) sets forth as of the dates thereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments.  For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” shall mean (a) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business) in excess of $25,000, (b) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations
in respect of Indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (c) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $25,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.

 

  

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(aa)           Tax Status. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(aa), the Company has timely filed all tax returns, reports, declarations, statements, and other information required by law to be filed with or supplied to any taxing authority with respect to the Taxes (as defined below) owed by the Company (the “Tax Returns”).  All Taxes due and payable on or before the Closing have been paid or will be paid prior to the time
they become delinquent.  All Taxes that the Company is or was required by law to withhold or collect have been duly withheld or collected and, to the extent required, have been paid to the proper governmental entity.  The Company has not been advised (a) that any of the Tax Returns have been or are being examined or audited as of the date hereof, (b) that any such examination or audit is currently threatened or contemplated, or (c) of any deficiency in assessment or proposed judgment to its Taxes.  The Company has no knowledge of any liability for any Taxes to be imposed upon its properties or assets as of the date of this Agreement that are not adequately provided for on the Balance Sheet.  The Company has delivered or made available to the Purchaser true and complete copies of all federal income Tax Returns, examination reports, and statements
of deficiencies filed by, assessed against or agreed to by the Company in the past three years.  The Company has never been a member of a consolidated or affiliated group of corporations filing a consolidated or combined income Tax Return, nor does the Company have any liability for Taxes of any other person or entity.  The Company is not a party to any tax allocation or sharing arrangement or tax indemnity agreement.  For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Taxes” shall mean all taxes, charges, fees, levies, or other similar assessments or liabilities, including, without limitation, income, gross receipts, ad valorem, premium, value-added, excise, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, withholding, employment, payroll, and franchise taxes imposed by the United
States of America or any other governmental entity, and any interest, fines, penalties, assessments, or additions to tax resulting from, attributable to or incurred in connection with any tax or any contest or dispute thereof.

 

(bb)           No General Solicitation.  Neither the Company nor any person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising.  The Company has offered the Securities for sale only to the Purchaser and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.

 

(cc)           Acknowledgment Regarding Purchaser’s Purchase of Securities.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser 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 Purchaser is not 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 Purchaser or any of
its representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchaser’s purchase of the Securities.  The Company further represents to 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.

 

  

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(dd)           Acknowledgement Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity.  Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding, it is understood and acknowledged by the Company (i) that Purchaser has not been asked to agree, nor has 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) that past or future open market or other transactions by Purchaser,
including Short Sales, and 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) that Purchaser, and counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a “short” position in the Common Stock, and (iv) that 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 that (a)  Purchaser may engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation,
during the periods that the value of the Underlying Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined and (b) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders’ equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities are being conducted.  The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.

 

(ee)           Manipulation of Price.  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) except in private transactions not involving a market maker, sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the securities of the Company  or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any person
any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Company’s placement agent in connection with the placement of the Securities.

 

3.2           Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser.  Purchaser hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows:

 

(a)           Organization; Authority.  Purchaser is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full right, corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.  The execution, delivery and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or
similar action on the part of Purchaser.  Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by Purchaser, and when delivered by Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

  

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(b)           Own Account.  Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has no present intention of distributing any of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law
and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities (this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws) in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law.  Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.

 

(c)           Purchaser Status.  At the time Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and at the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it exercises any Series C Warrant or converts any Series C Convertible Preferred Stock it will be either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A (a) under the Securities Act.  Such Purchaser is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange
Act.

 

(d)           Experience of Such Purchaser.  Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. 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.

 

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

 

(f)           Short Sales and Confidentiality Prior To The Date Hereof.  Other than the transaction contemplated hereunder, Purchaser has not directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with Purchaser, executed any disposition, including Short Sales, in the securities of the Company during the period commencing from the time that Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any other Person setting forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder until the date
hereof (“Discussion Time”).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of 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, Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this
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(g)           Risk Factors.  Purchaser hereby agrees and acknowledges that it has been informed of the following: (i) there are factors relating to the subsequent transfer of any Securities acquired hereunder that could make the resale of such Securities difficult; and (ii) there is no guarantee that Purchaser will realize any gain from the purchase of the Securities.  The purchase of the Securities involves a high degree of risk and is subject to many uncertainties.  These risks and uncertainties may adversely affect the Company’s
business, operating results and financial condition.  In such an event, the trading price for the Common Stock could decline substantially and Purchaser could lose all or part of its investment.

 

(h)           Due Diligence.  Purchaser hereby agrees and acknowledges that Purchaser has reviewed the Form 10-K and has had an opportunity to meet with representatives of the Company and to ask questions and receive answers to Purchaser’s satisfaction regarding the Company’s proposed business and the Company’s financial condition in order to assist Purchaser in evaluating the merits and risks of purchasing the Securities.  All material documents and information pertaining to the Company and the purchase of Securities hereunder that have
been requested by Purchaser have been made available to Purchaser.

 

(i)           Certain Fees.  Purchaser has not employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any brokerage or investment banking fees, commissions, finders’ structuring fees, financial advisory fees or other similar fees in connection with the Transaction Documents.

 

ARTICLE IV

OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

4.1           Transfer Restrictions.

 

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

 

  

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(b)           The Purchaser agrees to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.1, of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form:

 

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS [EXERCISABLE] [CONVERTIBLE] HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE
TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.  THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON [EXERCISE] [CONVERSION] OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

(c)           The Company acknowledges and agrees that Purchaser may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company, provided,
however, the Company may require the Purchaser to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the Purchaser and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that such transfer or pledge does not require registration of such transferred or pledged Securities under the Securities Act.  At Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities.

 

4.2           Acknowledgment of Dilution.  The Company acknowledges that the issuance of the Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, which dilution may be substantial under certain market conditions.  The Company further acknowledges that its obligations under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation its obligation to issue the Underlying Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents, are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any right of set off, counterclaim, delay or reduction, regardless of the
effect of any such dilution or any claim the Company may have against any Purchaser and regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership of the other stockholders of the Company.

 

  

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4.3           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 in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the Purchaser.

 

4.4           Shareholder Rights Plan.  No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that 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 Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents
or under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchaser.

 

4.5           Use of Proceeds.  Except as set forth on Schedule 4.5 attached hereto, the Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder for working capital purposes and not for the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt (other than payment of trade payables in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and prior practices, including attorney’s and professional fees), to redeem any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or to settle any
outstanding litigation.

 

4.6           Reimbursement.  If Purchaser becomes involved in any capacity in any Proceeding by or against any Person who is a stockholder of the Company (except as a result of sales, pledges, margin sales and similar transactions by such Purchaser to or with any other stockholder), solely as a result of Purchaser’s acquisition of the Securities from the Company under this Agreement, the Company will reimburse Purchaser for its reasonable legal and other expenses (including the cost of any investigation preparation and travel in connection therewith) incurred
in connection therewith, as such expenses are incurred.  The reimbursement obligations of the Company under this paragraph shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have, shall extend upon the same terms and conditions to any Affiliates of the Purchaser who are actually named in such action, proceeding or investigation, and partners, directors, agents, employees and controlling persons (if any), as the case may be, of the Purchaser and any such Affiliate, and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives of the Company, the Purchaser and any such Affiliate and any such Person.  The Company also agrees that neither the Purchaser nor any such Affiliates, partners, directors, agents, employees or controlling persons shall have any liability to the Company or any Person asserting
claims on behalf of or in right of the Company solely as a result of acquiring the Securities under this Agreement.

 

  

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4.7           Indemnification of Purchaser.  Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.7, the Company will indemnify and hold 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 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 person (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 untrue representation, misrepresentation, breach of warranty or non-fulfillment of any covenant, agreement or other obligation by or of the Company contained in any Transaction Document or in any certificate,
document, or instrument delivered by the Company to the Purchaser or (b) any action instituted against any Purchaser Party, or any of their respective affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an affiliate of such Purchaser Party, solely as a result of such Purchaser’s acquisition of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (unless such action is based upon a breach of such Purchaser’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser may have with any such stockholder or any violations by the Purchaser of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser 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 such separate counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the
Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one (1) such separate counsel.  The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (i) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (ii) 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, except if such claim arises primarily from a breach of such Purchaser’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser may have with any such stockholder or any
violations by the Purchaser of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance.

 

  

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4.8           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 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 of the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Company’s certificate or articles of incorporation to increase the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to at least the Required Minimum at such time, as soon as possible and in any event not later than the ninetieth (90th) day after such date.

 

4.9           Participation in Future Financing.

 

(a)           From the date hereof until the date that is the one (1) year anniversary of the Closing Date, upon any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (a “Subsequent Financing”), Purchaser shall have the pro-rata right to participate in the Subsequent Financing on the same terms, conditions and price provided for in the Subsequent Financing.

 

(b)           At least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the closing of the Subsequent Financing, the Company shall deliver to Purchaser a written notice of its intention to effect a Subsequent Financing (“Pre-Notice”), which Pre-Notice shall ask Purchaser if it wants to review the details of such financing (such additional notice, a “Subsequent Financing Notice”).  Upon the request of Purchaser, and only upon a request by such Purchaser, for a Subsequent Financing Notice, the
Company shall promptly, but no later than one (1) Trading Day after such request, deliver a Subsequent Financing Notice to Purchaser.  The Subsequent Financing Notice shall describe in reasonable detail the proposed terms of such Subsequent Financing, the amount of proceeds intended to be raised thereunder, the Person or Persons through or with whom such Subsequent Financing is proposed to be effected, and attached to which shall be a term sheet or similar document relating thereto.

 

(c)           If Purchaser desires to participate in such Subsequent Financing, Purchaser must provide written notice to the Company by not later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 10th Trading Day after Purchaser has received the Pre-Notice that the Purchaser is willing to participate in the Subsequent Financing, the amount of the Purchaser’s participation, and that the Purchaser has such funds ready, willing, and available for investment on the terms set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice.  If the Company receives no notice from a Purchaser as of such tenth
(10th) Trading Day, such Purchaser shall be deemed to have notified the Company that it does not elect to participate.

 

(d)           If by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the tenth (10th) Trading Day after the Purchaser has received the Pre-Notice, notifications by Purchaser of its willingness to participate in the Subsequent Financing (or to cause its designees to participate) is, in the aggregate, less than the total amount of the Subsequent Financing, then the Company may effect the remaining portion of such Subsequent Financing on the terms and with the Persons set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice.

 

  

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(e)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.9 shall not apply in respect of (i) an Exempt Issuance, and (ii) shares of Common Stock issued solely in connection with dividends required to be paid under the terms and conditions of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, if any.

 

4.10           Variable Rate Transactions.  From the date hereof until the twelve (12) month anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into an agreement to effect any Subsequent Financing involving a “Variable Rate Transaction,”  The term “Variable Rate Transaction” shall mean a transaction in which the Company issues or sells (i) any debt or equity securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or include the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock
either at a conversion, exercise or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations in the public secondary market for the shares  of Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity securities, or  (ii) enters into any agreement, including, but not limited to, an equity line of credit, whereby the Company may sell securities at a future determined price.

 

4.11           Form D; Blue Sky Filings.  The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof, promptly upon request of Purchaser.  The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the Securities for, sale to the Purchaser at the Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly
upon request of Purchaser.

 

4.12           Short Sales and Confidentiality After The Date Hereof.  The Purchaser covenants that neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any Short Sales during the period commencing at the Discussion Time and ending at the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced.  The Purchaser covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality
of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Purchaser does not make any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in Short Sales in the securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced.

 

4.13           Securities Laws Disclosure Publicity.  The Company shall, within 4 Business Days of the Closing Date, file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission disclosing the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  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 the 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 (i) any registration statement and (ii) the filing of final Transaction Documents (including signature pages thereto) 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).

 

 

 

 

  

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4.14           Furnishing of Information; Public Information.

 

(a) Until the earliest of the time that (i) Purchaser does not own any Securities or (ii) the Series C Warrant has 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.  As long as Purchaser owns Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the Purchaser to sell the Securities under Rule 144.  The Company further
covenants that it will take such further action as any holder of Securities may reasonably request, to the extent required from time to time to enable such Person to sell such Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the requirements of the exemption provided by Rule 144.

 

(b) At any time during the period commencing from the one year anniversary of the date hereof and ending on the earlier of (i) at such time that all of the Securities may be sold without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144 and (ii) two years from the date hereof, if the Company shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c) (a “Public Information Failure”) then, in addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in
cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the Securities, an amount in cash equal to one percent (1%) of the aggregate Purchase Price of such Purchaser’s Securities on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth (30th) day (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter until the earlier of (a) the date such Public Information Failure is cured and (b) such time that such public information is no longer required  for the Purchaser to transfer the Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144.  The payments to which a Purchaser shall be entitled pursuant to this Section are referred to herein as “Public Information
Failure Payments.”  Public Information Failure Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month during which such Public Information Failure Payments are incurred and (ii) the fifth (5th) Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Public Information Failure Payments is cured.  In the event the Company fails to make Public Information Failure Payments in a timely manner, such Public Information Failure Payments shall bear interest at the rate
of 1.0% per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Public Information Failure, and such Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief.

 

  

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ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1           Fees and Expenses.  Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.  The Company shall pay all transfer agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Purchaser.

 

5.2           Entire Agreement.  The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and 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.

 

5.3           Notices.  Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto 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 at the facsimile number 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.

 

5.4           Amendments; Waivers.  No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Purchaser or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought.  No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition
or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

 

5.5           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 any of the provisions hereof.

 

5.6           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 Purchaser (other than by merger).  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 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 “Purchaser”.

 

  

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5.7           No Third-Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.

 

5.8           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 Florida, 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, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in Hillsborough County, Florida.  Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in Hillsborough County, Florida 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 suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding.  Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and
consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this 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.  The parties hereby waive all rights to a trial by jury.  If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation
and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

 

5.9           Survival.  The representations, warranties, covenants and other agreements contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery, exercise and/or conversion of the Securities, as applicable for a period of two (2) years from the date of this Agreement.

 

5.10           Execution.  This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart.  In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party
executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

 

5.11           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.

 

  

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5.12           Remedies.  In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, the Purchaser 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 agrees to waive and not to assert in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law
would be adequate.

 

5.13           Construction.  The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has 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 hereto.

 

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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.

 

	
ZURVITA HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

	
Address for Notice:

	
By:     /s/ Jay
Shafer                                                                                                             

Name: Jay Shafer

Title: Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

	
800 Gessner

Houston, Texas  77024

 

	
With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

 

Darrin M. Ocasio, Esq.

Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP

61 Broadway, 32nd Floor

New York, New York  10006

Tel: (212) 930-9700

Fax: (212) 930-9725

 

	  

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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO SECURITIES

PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

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

 

Name of Purchaser:  Vicis Capital Master Fund

 

By: Vicis Capital LLC, its investment advisor

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser:    

                                                                                                                                      

Name of Authorized Signatory:    __________________________________________________

 

Title of Authorized Signatory:      __________________________________________________

 

Email Address of Purchaser:        __________________________________________________

 

Facsimile Number of Purchaser:   _________________________________________________

 

Jurisdiction of Organization of Purchaser: Cayman Islands

 

Address for Notice of Purchaser:

 

Vicis Capital Master Fund

Attn: Shad Stastney

445 Park Avenue, Suite 1901

New York, NY  10022

Address for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as above):

Vicis Capital Master Fund

Attn: Rich Duda

445 Park Avenue, Suite 1901

New York, NY  10022

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