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EXHIBIT 10.7

 

PLACEMENT AGENCY AGREEMENT

December 30, 2013

Gottbetter Capital Markets, LLC

Mr. Julio A. Marquez, President

488 Madison Avenue

12th Floor

New York, New York 10022

 

Re:            DUANE STREET CORP

Dear Mr. Marquez:

This Placement Agency Agreement (“Agreement”) sets forth the terms upon which Gottbetter Capital Markets, LLC, a registered broker-dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) (hereinafter referred to as the “Placement Agent” or “Markets”), shall be engaged by Duane Street Corp., a publicly traded corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter referred to as the “Company” or “DUSR”), to act as an exclusive Placement Agent in connection with the private placement (hereinafter referred to as the “Offering”) of units (the “Units”) of securities of the Company, as more fully described below. The Company will receive a contribution (the “Contribution) from Raditaz, LLC (“Raditaz”), a privately held Connecticut limited liability company, of all of the outstanding limited liability company membership interests (the “LLC Interests”) of Raditaz (which will effectively transfer to the Company all of Raditaz’s assets including all intellectual property relating to the CUR Music platform), in exchange for shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”).

The Offering will consist of a minimum of Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000) through the sale of Two Hundred Forty Two Thousand Three Hundred Sixty Seven (242,367 pre-split) or Four Million (4,000,000 post-split) Units (the “Minimum Amount”) and a maximum of Seven Million Dollars ($7,000,000) through the sale of Four Hundred Twenty Four Thousand One Hundred Forty Three (424,143 pre-split) or Seven Million (7,000,000 post-split) Units (the “Maximum Amount”). In the event the Offering is oversubscribed, the Company, with the consent of the Placement Agent, may sell additional Units up to an amount no greater than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) through the sale of Sixty Thousand Five Hundred Ninety Two (60,592 pre-split) or One Million (1,000,000 post-split) Units (the “Over-allotment Option”). The Offering of the Units will be made by the Placement Agent and its selected dealers, with each Unit consisting of one (1) share of the Company’s Common Stock and a warrant to purchase one (1) share of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price per share of $33.007812 pre-split ($2.00 post-split), which warrant will be exercisable for a period of five (5) years from the date of issuance (the “Investor Warrants”). The Offering Price for the Units will be $16.503906 pre-split ($1.00 post-split) per Unit (the “Offering Price”).

 

  

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The minimum subscription amount for the Offering is One Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($100,000 USD) (6,060 pre-split Units/100,000 post-split Units); provided, however, that subscriptions in lesser amounts may be accepted upon the written consent of the Company and the Placement Agent, in their sole discretion.

The Placement Agent shall accept subscriptions only from (i) persons or entities who qualify as “accredited investors,” as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D (“Regulation D”) as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) and (ii) persons or entities who are offered and purchase the Units in an Offshore Transaction (as such term is defined in Regulation S (“Regulation S”) as promulgated by the SEC under the Act) and who are not U.S. Persons (as such term is defined in Regulation S) and are not acting for the account or benefit of a person in the United States or a U.S. Person..

The Offering will be offered until the earlier of the time that the Maximum Amount, plus any discretionary over-allotment are sold or until January 31, 2014, which date may be extended to April 14, 2014 (the“ Offering Period”), at the sole discretion of the Company and the Placement Agent.

With respect to the Offering, the Company shall provide the Placement Agent, on terms set forth herein, the right to offer and sell all of the available Units being offered during the Offering Period. It is understood that no sale shall be regarded as effective unless and until accepted by the Company. The Company may, in its sole discretion, accept or reject, in whole or in part, any prospective investment in the Units or allot to any prospective subscriber less than the number of Units that such subscriber desires to purchase. Purchases of the Units may be made by the Placement Agent and its officers, directors, employees and affiliates and by the officers, directors, employees and affiliates of the Company for the Offering. The placement of the Units by the Placement Agent will be made on a reasonable best efforts basis.

The Offering will be made by the Company pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Exhibits to the Securities Purchase Agreement, including, but not limited to, the Executive Summary, Risk Factors, Financials, Registration Rights Agreement, Warrant, and any documents, agreements, supplements and additions thereto (“Subscription Documents”), which at all times will be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Placement Agent and their respective counsel and contain such legends and other information as the Company and the Placement Agent and their respective counsel, may, from time to time, deem necessary and desirable to be set forth therein.

1.           Appointment of Placement Agent. On the basis of the written and documented representations and warranties of the Company provided herein, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Placement Agent is appointed as an exclusive Placement Agent of the Company during the Offering Period to assist the Company in finding qualified subscribers for the Units. The Placement Agent may sell the Units through other broker-dealers who are FINRA members (collectively, the “Sub-Agents”) and may reallow or reallocate all or a portion of the Brokers’ Fees including the Broker Warrants (each as defined in Section 3(a), 3(b) and 3(c) below) it receives to such Sub-Agents or pay a finders or consultant fee as allowed by applicable law. On the basis of such representations and warranties and subject to such terms and conditions, the Placement Agent hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform its services hereunder diligently and in good faith and in a professional and businesslike manner and in compliance with applicable law and to use its reasonable best efforts to assist the Company in (A) finding subscribers of the Units who either (i) qualify as “accredited investors,” as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D, or (ii) are offered and purchase the Units outside the United States in an Offshore Transaction (as such term is defined in Regulation S) and who are not U.S. Persons (as such term is defined in Regulation S) and are not acting for the account or benefit of a person in the United States or a U.S. Person and (B) completing the Offering. The Placement Agent has no obligation to purchase any of the Units. Unless sooner terminated in accordance with this Agreement, the engagement of the Placement Agent hereunder shall continue until the later of the Termination Date or the Final Closing (as defined below).

 

  

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2.           Representations, Warranties and Covenants.

A.           Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company. Except as previously disclosed herein or in the Company’s SEC Filings (the “SEC Filings”) the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Section 2A are true and correct as of the date of execution of this Agreement by the Company and the Company covenants as follows, as applicable.

(a) The Subscription Documents have been and/or will be prepared by the Company, in conformity with all applicable laws, and in compliance with Regulation D, Regulation S and/or Section 4(2) of the Act and the requirements of all other rules and regulations (the “Regulations”) of the SEC relating to offerings of the type contemplated by the Offering and the applicable securities laws and the rules and regulations of those jurisdictions wherein the Placement Agent notifies the Company that the Units are to be offered and sold excluding any foreign jurisdictions. The Units will be offered and sold pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Regulation D, Regulation S and/or Section 4(2) of the Act as a transaction not involving a public offering and the requirements of any other applicable state securities laws and the respective rules and regulations thereunder in those United States jurisdictions in which the Placement Agent notifies the Company that the Units are being offered for sale. None of the Company, its affiliates, or any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Placement Agent, its affiliates or any person acting on its behalf, in respect of which no representation is made) has taken nor will it take any action that conflicts with the conditions and requirements of, or that would make unavailable with respect to the Offering, the exemption(s) from registration available pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D, Rule 903 of Regulation S and/or Section 4(2) of the Act, or knows of any reason why any such exemption would be otherwise unavailable to it (including, without limitation, any Directed Selling Efforts (as such term is defined in Regulation S)). None of the Company, its predecessors or affiliates has been subject to any order, judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction temporarily, preliminarily or permanently enjoining such person for failing to comply with Section 503 of Regulation D. The Company has not, for a period of six months prior to the commencement of the offering of the Units sold, offered for sale or solicited any offer to buy any of its securities in a manner that would cause the exemption from registration set forth in Rule 506 of Regulation D to become unavailable with respect to the offer and sale of the Units pursuant to this Agreement in the United States, or would cause the exclusion from registration provided by Rule 903 of Regulation S outside the United States to non-U.S. Persons.

 

(b) As to the Company, the Subscription Documents will not and do not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading: provided, however, the foregoing does not apply to any statements or omissions made solely in reliance on and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent specifically for use in the preparation thereof. To the knowledge of the Company, none of the statements, documents, certificates or other items made, prepared or supplied by the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which they were made. There is no fact which the Company has not disclosed in the Subscription Documents or which is not disclosed in the SEC Filings that the Company makes with the SEC and of which the Company is aware that materially adversely affects or that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the (i) assets, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), business or business prospects of the Company or (ii) ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Subscription documents (the “Company Material Adverse Effect”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any estimates, projections and other forecasts and plans (including the reasonableness of the assumptions underlying such estimates, projections and other forecasts and plans) that may have been delivered to the Placement Agent, a Sub-Agent or their respective representatives, except that such estimates, projections and other forecasts and plans have been prepared in good faith on the basis of assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were believed to be reasonable at the time of such preparation.

 

  

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(c) The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by the Company or the property owned or leased by the Company requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to conduct its business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted (as described in the Subscription Documents and/or the SEC Filings), has all the necessary and requisite documents and approvals from all state authorities, has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Securities Purchase Agreement substantially in the form made part of the Subscription Documents and the other agreements contemplated hereby (this Agreement, Securities Purchase Agreement, and the other agreements contemplated hereby that the Company is required to execute and deliver are collectively referred to herein as the “Company Transaction Documents”) and subject to necessary Board of Directors of the Company and Company stockholder approvals, if required, to issue, sell and deliver the Units, the shares of Common Stock underlying the Units, and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Investor Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”) and the Broker Warrants (as defined below) and to make the representations in this Agreement accurate and not misleading. Prior to the First Closing, as defined herein, each of the Company Transaction Documents will have been duly authorized. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered and constitutes, and each of the other Company Transaction Documents, upon due execution and delivery, will constitute, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms (i) except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect related to laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, including the effect of statutory and other laws regarding fraudulent conveyances and preferential transfers, and except that no representation is made herein regarding the enforceability of the Company’s obligations to provide indemnification and contribution remedies under the securities laws and (ii) subject to the limitations imposed by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

(d) None of the execution and delivery of or performance by the Company under this Agreement or any of the other Company Transaction Documents or the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated conflicts with or violates, or will result in the creation or imposition of, any lien, charge or other encumbrance upon any of the assets of the Company under any agreement or other instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or its assets may be bound, or any term of the Articles of Incorporation o By-Laws of the Company, or any license, permit, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its assets, except in the case of a conflict, violation, lien, charge or other encumbrance (except with respect to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws) which would not, or could not reasonably be expected to, have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

  

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(e) The Company’s financial statements, together with the related notes, if any, included in the Subscription Documents or the Company’s SEC Filings, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of the dates specified and the results of operations for the periods covered thereby. Such financial statements and related notes were prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated, except that the unaudited financial statements omit full notes, and except for normal year end adjustments. During the period of engagement of the Company’s independent certified public accountants, there have been no disagreements between the accounting firm and the Company on any matters of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedures. The Company has made and kept books and records and accounts which are in reasonable detail and which fairly and accurately reflect the activities of the Company in all material respects, subject only to year-end adjustments. Except as set forth in such financial statements or otherwise disclosed in the Subscription Documents, the Company’s senior management has no knowledge of any material liabilities of any kind, whether accrued, absolute or contingent, or otherwise, and subsequent to the date of the Subscription Documents and prior to the date of the First Closing it shall not enter into any material transactions or commitments without promptly thereafter notifying the Placement Agent in writing of any such material transaction or commitment. The other financial and statistical information with respect to the Company and any pro forma information and related notes included in the SEC Filings present fairly the information shown therein on a basis consistent with the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Filings. Except as disclosed in the Subscription Documents, the Company does not know of any facts, circumstances or conditions which could materially adversely affect its operations, earnings or prospects that have not been fully disclosed in the financial statements appearing in the SEC Filings or other financial statements appearing in the SEC Filings or other documents or information provided by the Company.

(f) Immediately prior to the First Closing, the shares of Common Stock underlying the Units and the Investor Warrants and the Broker Warrants will have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided in the Company Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. No holder of any of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Units, the Investor Warrants and Broker Warrants will be subject to personal liability solely by reason of being such a holder, and except as described in the Subscription Documents, none of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Units, the Investor Warrants and the Broker Warrants will be subject to preemptive or similar rights of any stockholder or security holder of the Company or an adjustment under the antidilution or exercise rights of any holders of any outstanding shares of capital stock, options, warrants or other rights to acquire any securities of the Company. Immediately prior to the First Closing, a sufficient number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock will have been reserved for issuance upon the exercise of the Investor Warrants and the Broker Warrants.

(g) Except as described in the Subscription Documents and/or the Company’s SEC Filings, the Company has no subsidiaries and does not own any equity interest and has not made any loans or advances to or guarantees of indebtedness to any person, corporation, partnership or other entity. The conduct of business by the Company as presently and proposed to be conducted is not subject to continuing oversight, supervision, regulation or examination by any governmental official or body of the United States, or any other jurisdiction wherein the Company conducts or proposes to conduct such business, except as described in the Subscription Documents and/or the Company’s SEC Filings and except as such regulation is applicable to US public companies and commercial enterprises generally, The Company has obtained all material licenses, permits and other governmental authorizations necessary to conduct its business as presently conducted. The Company has not received any notice of any violation of, or noncompliance with, any federal, state, local or foreign laws, ordinances, regulations and orders (including, without limitation, those relating to environmental protection, occupational safety and health, securities laws, equal employment opportunity, consumer protection, credit reporting, “truth-in-lending”, and warranties and trade practices) applicable to its business, the violation of, or noncompliance with, would have a Company Material Adverse Effect, and the Company knows of no facts or set of circumstances which could give rise to such a notice.

 

  

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(h) Except as described in the Subscription Documents and/or the Company’s SEC Filings, no default by the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company or any other party, exists in the due performance under any material agreement to which the Company is a party or to which any of its assets is subject (collectively, the “Company Agreements”). The Company Agreements, if any, disclosed in the Subscription Documents and/or the Company’s SEC Filings are the only material agreements to which the Company is bound or by which its assets are subject, are accurately described in the Subscription Documents and/or the Company’s SEC Filings and are in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms, subject to any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and to general equitable principles and the availability of specific performance.

 

(i) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Subscription Documents, the Company has operated its business in the ordinary course and, except as may otherwise be set forth in the Subscription Documents and/or the Company’s SEC Filings, there has been no: (i) Company Material Adverse Effect; (ii) material transaction otherwise than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (iii) issuance of any securities (debt or equity) or any rights to acquire any such securities other than pursuant to equity incentive plans approved by its Board of Directors; (iv) damage, loss or destruction, whether or not covered by insurance, with respect to any material asset or property of the Company; or (v) agreement to permit any of the foregoing.

(j) Except as set forth in the Subscription Documents and/or the Company’s SEC Filings, there are no actions, suits, claims, hearings or proceedings pending before any court or governmental authority or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company, or involving its assets or any of its officers or directors (in their capacity as such) which, if determined adversely to the Company or such officer or director, could reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or adversely affect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the enforceability hereof.

(k) The Company is not: (i) in violation of its Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws; (ii) in default of any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, note, loan agreement, security agreement, lease, alliance agreement, joint venture agreement or other agreement, license, permit, consent, approval or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is or may be bound or to which any of its assets may be subject, the default of which could reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; (iii) in violation of any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company, the violation of which would have a Company Material Adverse Effect; or (iv) in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company and specifically naming the Company, which violation or violations individually, or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(l) Except as disclosed in the Subscription Documents and/or the Company’s SEC Filings, as of the date of this Agreement, no current or former stockholder, director, officer or employee of the Company, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any affiliate of any such person is presently, directly or indirectly through his/her affiliation with any other person or entity, a party to any loan from the Company or any other transaction (other than as an employee) with the Company providing for the furnishing of services by, or rental of any personal property from, or otherwise requiring cash payments to any such person.

(m) The Company is not obligated to pay, and has not obligated the Placement Agent to pay, a finder’s or origination fee in connection with the Offering (other than to the Placement Agent), and hereby agrees to indemnify the Placement Agent from any such claim made by any other person as more fully set forth in Section 8 hereof. The Company has not offered for sale or solicited offers to purchase the Units except for negotiations with the designated Placement Agent. Except as set forth in the Subscription Documents, no other person has any right to participate in any offer, sale or distribution of the Company’s securities to which the Placement Agent’s rights, described herein, shall apply.

 

  

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(n) Until the earlier of (i) the Termination Date or (ii) the Final Closing (as hereinafter defined), the Company will not issue any press release, grant any interview, or otherwise communicate with the media in any manner whatsoever with respect to the Offering without the Placement Agent’s prior written consent, which consent will not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, and subject to any applicable laws and regulations.

(o) No representation or warranty contained in Section 2A of this Agreement contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements herein not misleading in the context of such representations and warranties. The Placement Agent shall be entitled to rely on such representations and warranties.

(p) No consent, authorization or filing of or with any court or governmental authority is required in connection with the issuance or the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein or in the other Company Transaction Documents, except for required filings with the SEC and the applicable state securities commissions relating specifically to the Offering (all of which filings will be duly made by, or on behalf of, the Company), and those which are required to be made after the First Closing (all of which will be duly made on a timely basis).

(q) The Company acknowledges that Adam S. Gottbetter is the owner of Gottbetter Capital Group, Inc., Gottbetter & Partners, LLP and Gottbetter Capital Markets, LLC. Gottbetter Capital Group, Adam S. Gottbetter and/or other affiliates of Mr. Gottbetter, as well as affiliates of a Sub-Agent, may own shares of the Company. Gottbetter & Partners, LLP has been or will be engaged by the Company as its corporate and securities counsel in respect of the transactions, and G&P may continue to be retained by the Company after the Contribution to serve as its corporate and securities counsel and in such case, will receive legal fees in accordance with an executed retainer agreement. Gottbetter Capital Markets, LLC is a placement agent for the private placement offering of the Units for which it will receive placement agent fees in accordance with executed placement agent agreements.

(r) Neither the sale of the Units by the Company nor its use of the proceeds thereof will violate the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, nor do any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company is not (a) a person whose property or interests in property are blocked pursuant to Section 1 of Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)) or (b) a person who engages in any dealings or transactions, or be otherwise associated, with any such person. The Company and its subsidiaries, if any, are in compliance, in all material respects, with the USA Patriot Act of 2001 (signed into law October 26, 2001).

(s) None of Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the Offering, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered Person” and, together, “Issuer Covered Persons”) is subject to any Disqualification Event, except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Placement Agent a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.

 

  

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(t) The Company is not aware of any person (other than any Issuer Covered Person or Placement Agent Covered Person) that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the sale of any the Securities.

(u) The Company will promptly notify the Placement Agent in writing of (A) any Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person and (B) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person.

 

2B.           Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Placement Agent. The Placement Agent hereby represents and warrants to the Company that the following representations and warranties are true and correct as of the date of this Agreement:

(a) The Placement Agent is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York and has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of this Agreement.

 

(b) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Placement Agent, and upon due execution and delivery by the Company, this Agreement will be a valid and binding agreement of the Placement Agent enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by principles of public policy and, as to enforceability, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditor’s rights from time to time in effect and subject to general equity principles.

(c) The Placement Agent is a member of FINRA and is registered as a broker-dealer under the Exchange Act (as defined below), and under the securities acts of each state into which it is making offers or sales of the Units. None of the Placement Agent or its affiliates, or any person acting on behalf of the foregoing (other than the Company, its or their affiliates or any person acting on its or their behalf, in respect of which no representation is made) has taken nor will it take any action that conflicts with the conditions and requirements of, or that would make unavailable with respect to the Offering, the exemption(s) from registration available pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D, Rule 903 of Regulation S or Section 4(2) of the Act, or knows of any reason why any such exemption would be otherwise unavailable to it. The Placement Agent will conduct the Offering in compliance with all applicable securities laws.

(d) None of the Placement Agent or its affiliates, or any person acting on behalf of the foregoing, has engaged or will engage in any Directed Selling Efforts (as such term is defined in Regulation S).

(e) Any offer or solicitation of an offer to buy the Units made by the Placement Agent or its affiliates, or any person acting on behalf of the foregoing, in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S and in reliance upon similar exemptions from registration available under applicable state securities laws, will be made outside of the United States exclusively to persons or entities that are, and will be at the time of the delivery of the Units, not a U.S. Person (as such term is defined in Regulation S) and were, and are at the time of the delivery of the Units, not acting for the account or benefit of a person in the United States or a U.S. Person.

 

  

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(f) Adam S. Gottbetter is the owner of Gottbetter Capital Group, Inc., Gottbetter & Partners, LLP and Gottbetter Capital Markets, LLC. Gottbetter Capital Group, Adam S. Gottbetter and/or other affiliates of Mr. Gottbetter, as well as affiliates of a Sub-Agent, may own shares of the Company. Gottbetter & Partners, LLP has been or will be engaged by the Company as its corporate and securities counsel in respect of the transactions, and G&P may continue to be retained by the Company after the Contribution to serve as its corporate and securities counsel, and in such case, will receive legal fees in accordance with an executed retainer agreement. Gottbetter Capital Markets, LLC is a placement agent for the private placement offering of the Units for which it will receive placement agent fees in accordance with executed placement agent agreements.

(g) The Placement Agent represents that neither it, nor to its knowledge any of its directors, executive officers, general partners, managing members or other officers participating in the Offering (each, a “Placement Agent Covered Person” and, together, “Placement Agent Covered Persons”), is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”).

(h) The Placement Agent represents that it is not aware of any person (other than any Issuer Covered Person or Placement Agent Covered Person) that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the sale of the Units. Placement Agent will promptly notify the Company of any agreement entered into between such Placement Agent and such person in connection with such sale.

(i) The Placement Agent will notify the Company promptly in writing of (A) any Disqualification Event relating to any Placement Agent Covered Person not previously disclosed to the Company in accordance with Section 3(b)(i), No Disqualification Events and (B) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a Disqualification Event relating to any Placement Agent Covered Person.

3.           Placement Agent Compensation.

 

(a) In connection with the Offering, the Company will pay a cash fee (the “Brokers’ Cash Fee”) to the Placement Agent at each Closing, and as a condition to Closing, equal to Ten Percent (10%) of the gross sales price of the Units purchased by those investor(s) directly introduced to the Company by the Placement Agent (“Markets Investors”). In addition, the Company will deliver to the Placement Agent (or its designees) warrants exercisable for a period of five (5) years from the Closing Date, to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock equal to Ten Percent (10%) of the number of shares of Common Stock sold to the Markets Investors with an exercise price of $16.503906 ($1.00 per share post-split) (“Broker Warrants”) (“Brokers’ Cash Fee” and “Broker Warrants” are sometimes referred to collectively as “Brokers’ Fees”).

(b) In the event the Company elects to commence a solicitation of exercise of Investor Warrants, the Company agrees to engage only the Placement Agent and its sub dealers, to solicit the exercise of the Investor Warrants from the Markets Investors or its sub dealers investors. The Company agrees to pay to the Placement Agent a Brokers’ Cash Fee equal to Five Percent (5%) of the exercise price for each Investor Warrant exercised by Markets Investors and its sub dealers investors in connection with a solicitation of exercise of warrants by the Company.

(c) The Company shall also pay to the Placement Agent the Brokers’ Fees if any person or entity contacted by the Placement Agent in connection with the Offering, which person introduced to the Company prior to or during the Offering by the Placement Agent, invests in the Company at any time prior to the date that is eighteen (18) months after the Termination Date or the Final Closing whichever is applicable, regardless of whether such Post-Closing Investor purchased the Units.

(d) To the extent there is more than one Closing, payment of the proportional amount of the Brokers’ Fees will be made out of the proceeds of subscriptions for the Units sold at each Closing.

 

  

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4.           Subscription and Closing Procedures.

 

(a) The Company shall cause to be delivered to the Placement Agent copies of the Units Subscription Documents and has consented, and hereby consents, to the use of such copies for the purposes permitted by the Act and applicable securities laws and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and hereby authorizes the Placement Agent and its agents and employees to use the Units Subscription Documents in connection with the sale of the Units until the earlier of (i) the Termination Date or (ii) the Final Closing, and no person or entity is or will be authorized to give any information or make any representations other than those contained in the Subscription Documents or to use any offering materials other than those contained in the Subscription Documents in connection with the sale of the Units, unless the Company first provides the Placement Agent with notification of such information, representations or offering materials.

(b) The Company shall make available to the Placement Agent, any Sub-Agent and their respective representatives such information, including, but not limited to, financial information, and other information regarding the Company (the “Information”), as may be reasonably requested in making a reasonable investigation of the Company and its affairs. The Company shall provide access to the officers, directors, employees, independent accountants, legal counsel and other advisors and consultants of the Company as shall be reasonably requested by the Placement Agent. The Company recognizes and agrees that the Placement Agent and a Sub-Agent (i) will use and rely primarily on the Information and generally available information from recognized public sources in performing the services contemplated by this Agreement without independently verifying the Information or such other information, (ii) does not assume responsibility for the accuracy of the Information or such other information, and (iii) will not make an appraisal of any assets or liabilities owned or controlled by the Company or its market competitors.

(c) Each prospective purchaser will be required to complete and execute the Subscription Documents, Anti-Money Laundering Form and other documents (the “Subscription Documents”) which will be forwarded or delivered to the Placement Agent at the Placement Agent’s offices at the address set forth in Section 12 hereof.

(d) Simultaneously with the delivery to the Placement Agent of the Subscription Documents, the subscriber’s check or other good funds will be forwarded directly by the subscriber to the escrow agent and deposited into a non interest bearing escrow account (the “Escrow Account”) established for such purpose (the “Escrow Agent”). All such funds for subscriptions will be held in the Escrow Account pursuant to the terms of an escrow agreement among the Company, the Placement Agent and the Escrow Agent. The Company will pay all fees related to the establishment and maintenance of the Escrow Account. Subject to the receipt of subscriptions for the amount for Closing, the Company will either accept or reject, for any or no reason, the Subscription Documents in a timely fashion and at each Closing will countersign the Subscription Documents and provide duplicate copies of such documents to the Placement Agent for distribution to the subscribers. The acceptance of any Subscription Documents will be subject to the reasonable approval of the Company. The Company will give notice to the Placement Agent of its acceptance of each subscription. The Company, or the Placement Agent on the Company’s behalf, will promptly return to subscribers incomplete, improperly completed, improperly executed and rejected subscriptions and give written notice thereof to the Placement Agent upon such return.

 

  

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(e) If subscriptions for a Closing have been accepted prior to the Termination Date, the funds therefor have been collected by the Escrow Agent and all of the conditions set forth elsewhere in this Agreement are fulfilled, a closing shall be held promptly with respect to the Units sold (the “First Closing”). Thereafter, the remaining Units will continue to be offered and sold until the Termination Date. Additional closings (“Closings”) may from time to time be conducted at times mutually agreed to between the Placement Agent and the Company with respect to additional Units sold, with the final closing (“Final Closing”) to occur within 10 days after the earlier of the Termination Date and the date on which the Maximum Amount (including any over-allotment) has been subscribed for. Delivery of payment for the accepted subscriptions for Units from the funds held in the Escrow Account will be made at each Closing at the Placement Agent’s offices against delivery of the Units by the Company at the address set forth in Section 12 hereof (or at such other place as may be mutually agreed upon between the Company and the Placement Agent), net of amounts due to the Placement Agent and its Blue Sky counsel as of such Closing. Executed certificates for the Units will be in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as the Placement Agent may request on or before the date of each Closing (“Closing Date”). The certificates will be forwarded to the subscriber directly by the transfer agent or the Company’s designated agent at each Closing. The Company will issue the certificates for the Units within twenty (20) days of each Closing.

(f) If Subscription Documents have not been received and accepted by the Company on or before the Termination Date for any reason, the Offering will be terminated, no Units will be sold, and the Escrow Agent will, at the request of the Placement Agent, cause all monies received from subscribers for the Units to be promptly returned to such subscribers without interest, penalty, expense or deduction.

5.           Further Covenants.

The Company hereby covenants and agrees that:

(a) Except upon prior written notice to the Placement Agent and specifically excluding the Contribution, the Company shall not, at any time prior to the Final Closing, knowingly take any action which would cause any of the representations and warranties made by it in this Agreement not to be complete and correct in all material respects on and as of each Closing Date with the same force and effect as if such representations and warranties had been made on and as of each such date (except to the extent any representation or warranty relates to an earlier date).

(b) If, at any time prior to the Final Closing, any event shall occur that causes a Company Material Adverse Effect which as a result it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Subscription Documents so that the representations and warranties herein remain true and correct in all material respects, or in case it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Subscription Documents to comply with Regulation D or any other applicable securities laws or regulations, the Company will promptly notify the Placement Agent and shall, at its sole cost, prepare and furnish to the Placement Agent copies of appropriate amendments and/or supplements in such quantities as the Placement Agent may reasonably request. The Company will not at any time before the Final Closing prepare or use any amendment or supplement to the Subscription Documents of which the Placement Agent will not previously have been advised and furnished with a copy, or which is not in compliance in all material respects with the Act and other applicable securities laws. As soon as the Company is advised thereof, the Company will advise the Placement Agent and its counsel, and confirm the advice in writing, of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Subscription Documents, or the suspension of any exemption for such qualification or registration thereof for offering in any jurisdiction, or of the institution or threatened institution of any proceedings for any of such purposes, and the Company will use their best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order and, if issued, to obtain as soon as reasonably possible the lifting thereof.

 

  

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(c) The Company shall comply with the Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations thereunder, all applicable state securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder in the states in which Placement Agent’s Blue Sky counsel has advised the Placement Agent and/or the Company that the Units are qualified or registered for sale or exempt from such qualification or registration, so as to permit the continuance of the sales of the Units, and will file or cause to be filed with the SEC, and shall promptly thereafter forward or cause to be forwarded to the Placement Agent, any and all reports on Form D as are required. Attorney’s legal fees, blue sky filing fees and out of pocket expenses (“Registration Legal Fees”) related to the filings for registrations of sale or exemption from such qualifications with any state securities commissions and any other regulatory agencies shall be paid out of the proceeds of the Offering, in an amount equal to Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) USD per state where the filing is required, plus filing fees and other out-of-pocket expenses. An accounting of such Registration Legal Fees will be provided to the Company. Such fees shall be paid at the time of a Closing, if known, and if not yet invoiced, funds will remain in escrow to cover the estimated invoice or deposited into the attorney’s escrow account responsible for the Registration Legal Fees.

(d) The Company shall use best efforts to qualify the Units for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as may be mutually agreed to by the Company and the Placement Agent, and the Company will make or cause to be made such applications and furnish information as may be required for such purposes, provided that the Company will not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction or execute a general consent to service of process. The Company will, from time to time, prepare and file such statements and reports as are or may be required to continue such qualifications in effect for so long a period as the Placement Agent may reasonably request with respect to the Offering.

(e) The Company shall place a legend on the certificates representing the Units, the Common Stock and the Investor Warrants that the securities evidenced thereby have not been registered under the Act or applicable state securities laws, setting forth or referring to the applicable restrictions on transferability and sale of such securities under the Act and applicable state laws.

(f) The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Units for the purposes substantially as described in the Subscription Documents. Except as set forth in the Subscription Documents, the Company shall not use any of the net proceeds of the Offering to repay indebtedness to officers (other than accrued salaries incurred in the ordinary course of business), directors or stockholders of the Company without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent.

(g) During the Offering Period, the Company shall afford each prospective purchaser of the Units the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from an officer of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the Offering and the opportunity to obtain such other additional information necessary to verify the accuracy of the Subscription Documents to the extent the Company possesses such information or can acquire it without unreasonable expense.

(h) Except with the prior written consent of the Placement Agent, the Company shall not, at any time prior to the earlier of the Final Closing or the Termination Date, except as contemplated by the Contribution and the Subscription Documents (i) engage in or commit to engage in any transaction outside the ordinary course of business as described in the Subscription Documents, (ii) issue, agree to issue or set aside for issuance any securities (debt or equity) or any rights to acquire any such securities (with the exception of the Conversion Securities and securities in connection with the Subsequent Offering), (iii) incur, outside the ordinary course of business, any material indebtedness (with the exception of any indebtedness incurred in connection with the Subsequent Offering), (iv) dispose of any material assets, (v) make any material acquisition or (vi) change its business or operations in any material respect.

 

  

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(i) The Company shall pay all reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the preparation and printing of all necessary offering documents and instruments related to the Offering and the issuance of the Units and will also pay for the Company’s expenses for accounting fees, legal fees, printing costs, and other costs involved with the Offering from the proceeds of the Offering at the time of the First Closing. The Company will provide at its own expense such quantities of the Subscription Documents and other documents and instruments relating to the Offering as the Placement Agent may reasonably request. The Company will pay at its own expense in connection with the creation, authorization, issuance, transfer and delivery of the Units, including, without limitation, fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar; the fees and expenses of the Escrow Agent; all fees and expenses of legal, accounting and other advisers to the Company from the proceeds of the Offering at the time of the First Closing; the Registration Legal Fees related to the registration or qualification of the Units for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions, payable within five (5) days of being invoiced from the proceeds of the Offering; and from the proceeds of the Offering at the First Closing, the legal fees and expenses of the Placement Agent’s counsel (the “Placement Agent Counsel Fee”), which legal fees shall be a total of Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) plus expenses, provided that such limitation shall in no way effect the obligations of the Company with respect to indemnification and contribution as set forth in Sections 8 and 9 herein. The Placement Agent Counsel Fee does not include the Registration Legal Fees and expenses for the Blue Sky and other regulatory filings required to be made for the Offering.

6.           Conditions of Placement Agent’s Obligations.

The obligations of the Placement Agent hereunder to affect a Closing are subject to the fulfillment, at or before each Closing, of the following additional conditions:

(a) Each of the representations and warranties made by the Company (when read without regard to any qualification as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect contained therein) shall be true and correct on each Closing Date, except to the extent any such representation or warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date except for any untrue or incorrect representation and warranty that, individually or in the aggregate, does not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(b) The Company shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all agreements, covenants and conditions required to be performed, and complied with by it at or before the Closing.

(c) The Subscription Documents do not, and as of the date of any amendment or supplement thereto will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(d) No order suspending the use of the Subscription Documents or enjoining the Offering or sale of the Units shall have been issued, and no proceedings for that purpose or a similar purpose shall have been initiated or pending, or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, be contemplated or threatened.

(e) The Placement Agent shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying, as to the fulfillment of the conditions set forth in subparagraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) above.

(f) The Company shall have delivered to the Placement Agent: (i) a good standing certificate dated as of a date within 10 days prior to the Closing Date from the secretary of state of its jurisdiction of incorporation and (ii) resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors approving this Agreement and the transactions and agreements contemplated by this Agreement, and the Subscription Documents, all as certified by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

 

  

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(g) At each Closing, the Company shall pay and/or issue to the Placement Agent the Brokers’ Fees earned in such Closing.

(h) All proceedings taken at or prior to the Closing in connection with the authorization, issuance and sale of the Units will be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Placement Agent and its counsel, and such counsel shall have been furnished with all such documents, certificates and opinions as it may reasonably request upon reasonable prior notice in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

7.           Conditions of the Company’s Obligations.

The obligations of the Company hereunder are subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:

(a) The satisfaction or waiver of all conditions to closing as set forth herein.

(b) As of each Closing, each of the representations and warranties made by Placement Agent herein being true and correct as of the Closing Date for such Closing.

(c) At each Closing, the Company shall have received the proceeds from the sale of the Units that are part of such Closing less applicable Brokers’ Fees.

7A. Mutual Condition. The obligations of the Placement Agent and the Company hereunder are subject to the execution by each investor of a Securities Purchase Agreement in form and substance acceptable to the Placement Agent and the Company and deposit by such investor with the escrow agent of all funds required to be so deposited by such investor.

8.           Indemnification.

(a) The Company will: (i) indemnify and hold harmless the Placement Agent, its agents and their respective officers, directors, employees, selected dealers and each person, if any, who controls the Placement Agent within the meaning of the Act and such agents (each an “Indemnitee” or a “Placement Agent Party”) against, and pay or reimburse each Indemnitee for, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses whatsoever (or actions or proceedings or investigations in respect thereof), severally (which will, for all purposes of this Agreement, include, but not be limited to, all reasonable costs of defense and investigation and all reasonable attorneys’ fees, including appeals), to which any Indemnitee may become subject (a) under the Act or otherwise, in connection with the offer and sale of the Units and (b) as a result of the breach of any representation, warranty or covenant made by the Company herein, regardless of whether such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses shall result from any claim by any Indemnitee or by any third party; and (ii) reimburse each Indemnitee for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, action, proceeding or investigation; provided, however, the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such claim, damage or liability is finally judicially determined to have resulted from (A) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact made in the Subscription Documents, or an omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, made solely in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent specifically for use in the Subscription Documents or (B) any violations by the Placement Agent of the Act or state securities laws which does not result from a violation thereof by the Company or any of their respective affiliates or (C) due to the intentional or negligent misrepresentation and / or malfeasance of the Placement Agent. In addition to the foregoing agreement to indemnify and reimburse, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses whatsoever (or actions or proceedings or investigations in respect thereof), joint or several (which shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, include, but not be limited to, all reasonable costs of defense and investigation and all reasonable attorneys’ fees, including appeals) to which any Indemnitee may become subject insofar as such costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of or are based upon the claim of any person or entity that he or it is entitled to broker’s or finder’s fees from any Indemnitee in connection with the Offering as a result of the Company obligating itself or any Indemnitee to pay such a fee, other than fees due to the Placement Agent, its dealers, sub-agents or finders. The foregoing indemnity agreements will be in addition to any liability the Company may otherwise have.

 

  

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(b) The Placement Agent will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its subsidiaries, and their respective officers, directors, and each person, if any, who controls such entity within the meaning of the Act (collectively, the “Company Indemnitees”) against, and pay or reimburse any such person for, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses whatsoever (or actions, proceedings or investigations in respect thereof) to which the Company or any such person may become subject under the Act or otherwise, whether such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses shall result from any claim of the Company or any such person who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act or by any third party, but only to the extent that such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are based upon any violations by the Placement Agent of the Act or state securities laws which does not result from a violation thereof by the Company or any of their respective affiliates, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Subscription Documents made in reliance upon and in conformity with information contained in the Subscription Documents relating to the Placement Agent, or an omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in either case, if made or omitted in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent, specifically for use in the preparation thereof or due to the intentional or negligent misrepresentation and / or malfeasance of the Placement Agent. The Placement Agent will reimburse the Company or any such person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action, proceeding or investigation to which such indemnity obligation applies. In addition to the foregoing agreement to indemnify and reimburse, the Placement Agent will indemnify and hold harmless each Company Indemnitee against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses whatsoever (or actions or proceedings or investigations in respect thereof), joint or several (which shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, include, but not be limited to, all reasonable costs of defense and investigation and all reasonable attorneys’ fees, including appeals) to which any Company Indemnitee may become subject insofar as such costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of or are based upon the claim of any person or entity that he or it is entitled to broker’s or finder’s fees from any Company Indemnitee in connection with the Offering as a result of the Placement Agent obligating itself or any Company Indemnitee to pay such a fee. The foregoing indemnity agreements are in addition to any liability which the Placement Agent may otherwise have.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, claim, proceeding or investigation (the “Action”), such indemnified party, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, will notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, but the omission to so notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party under this Section 8 unless the indemnifying party has been substantially prejudiced by such omission. The indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof subject to the provisions herein stated, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party. The indemnified party will have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Action and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel will not be at the expense of the indemnifying party if the indemnifying party has assumed the defense of the Action with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, provided, however, that if the indemnified party shall be requested by the indemnifying party to participate in the defense thereof or shall have concluded in good faith and specifically notified the indemnifying party either that there may be specific defenses available to it that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party or that such Action involves or could have a material adverse effect upon it with respect to matters beyond the scope of the indemnity agreements contained in this Agreement, then the counsel representing it, to the extent made necessary by such defenses, shall have the right to direct such defenses of such Action on its behalf and in such case the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel in connection with any such participation or defenses shall be paid by the indemnifying party. No settlement of any Action against an indemnified party will be made without the consent of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed in light of all factors of importance to such party, and no indemnifying party shall be liable to indemnify any person for any settlement of any such claim effected without such indemnifying party’s consent.

 

  

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9.           Contribution.

To provide for just and equitable contribution, if: (i) an indemnified party makes a claim for indemnification pursuant to Section 8 hereof and it is finally determined, by a judgment, order or decree not subject to further appeal that such claims for indemnification may not be enforced, even though this Agree­ment expressly provides for indemnification in such case; or (ii) any indemnified or indemnifying party seeks contribution under the Act, the Exchange Act, or otherwise, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Placement Agent on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Placement Agent on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the Offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total Brokers’ Fees received by the Placement Agent. The relative fault, in the case of an untrue statement, alleged untrue statement, omission or alleged omission will be determined by, among other things, whether such statement, alleged statement, omission or alleged omission relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Placement Agent, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement, alleged statement, omission or alleged omission. The Company and the Placement Agent agree that it would be unjust and inequitable if the respective obligations of the Company and the Placement Agent for contribution were determined by pro rata allocation of the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses or by any other method or allocation that does not reflect the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 9. No person guilty of a fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 10(f) of the Act) will be entitled to contribution from any person who is not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 9, each person, if any, who controls the Placement Agent within the meaning of the Act will have the same rights to contribution as the Placement Agent, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act will have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the provisions of this Section 9. Anything in this Section 9 to the contrary notwithstanding, no party will be liable for contribution with respect to the settlement of any claim or action effected without its written consent. This Section 9 is intended to supersede, to the extent permitted by law, any right to contribution under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise available.

10.           Termination.

(a) The Offering may be terminated by the Placement Agent at any time prior to the expiration of the Offering Period in the event that: (i) any of the representations, warranties or covenants of the Company contained herein or in the Subscription Documents shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect when actually made; (ii) the Company shall have failed to perform any of its material obligations hereunder or under any other Company Transaction Document or any other transaction document; (iii) there shall occur any event, within the control of the Company that is reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated hereunder or the ability of the Company to perform hereunder; or (iv) the Placement Agent determines that it is reasonably likely that any of the conditions to Closing to be fulfilled by the Company set forth herein will not, or cannot, be satisfied.

 

  

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(b) The Offering may be terminated by the Company at any time prior to the expiration of the Offering Period (i) in the event that the Placement Agent shall have failed to perform any of its material obligations hereunder, or (ii) on account of the Placement Agent’s fraud, illegal or willful misconduct or gross negligence or (iii) a material breach of this Agreement by the Placement Agent. In the event of any such termination by the Company, the Placement Agent shall not be entitled to any amounts whatsoever except (i) as may be due under any indemnity or contribution obligation provided herein or in any other Company Transaction Document, at law or otherwise and (ii) it shall retain any Brokers’ Fees received for Closings that occurred prior to the Termination Date.

(c) This Offering may be terminated upon mutual agreement of the Company and the Placement Agent at any time prior to the expiration of the Offering Period.

(d) Before any termination by the Placement Agent under Section 10(a) or by the Company under Section 10(b) shall become effective, the terminating party shall give five (5) days prior written notice to the other party of its intention to terminate the Offering (the “Termination Notice”). The Termination Notice shall specify the grounds for the proposed termination. If the specified grounds for termination, or their resulting adverse effect on the transactions contemplated hereby, are curable, then the other party shall have three (3) days from the Termination Notice within which to remove such grounds or to eliminate all of their material adverse effects on the transactions contemplated hereby; otherwise, the Offering shall terminate.

(e) Upon any termination pursuant to this Section 10, the Placement Agent and the Company will instruct the Escrow Agent to cause all monies received with respect to the subscriptions for the Units not accepted by the Company to be promptly returned to such subscribers without interest, penalty or deduction.

11.           Survival.

(a) The obligations of the parties to pay any costs and expenses hereunder and to provide indemnification and contribution as provided herein shall survive any termination hereunder. In addition, the provisions of Sections 3, 8 through 17 shall survive the sale of the Units or any termination of the Offering hereunder.

(b) The respective indemnities, covenants, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the Placement Agent set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of, and regardless of any access to information by the Company or the Placement Agent, or any of their officers or directors or any controlling person thereof, and will survive the sale of the Units or any termination of the Offering hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if either party effects a Closing with knowledge that one or more of the other party’s representations and warranties has become untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or that such other party has failed to comply or satisfy in any material respect a covenant, condition or agreement of it or them, the party so effecting the Closing shall be deemed to have waived any claim based on the breach of such inaccurate representation and warranty or the failure to have complied with the specific covenant or condition.

 

  

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12.           Notices.

All communications hereunder will be in writing and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or after notice by one party to the other of a change of address, if sent to the Placement Agent, will be mailed, postage prepaid, certified mail, return receipt request or sent by overnight courier or delivered by hand and signed by addressee to Gottbetter Capital Markets, LLC 488 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10022, Attention: Mr. Julio A. Marquez, President, telefax number (212) 400-6999, with a copy to: Law Offices of Barbara J. Glenns, Esq. 30 Waterside Plaza, Suite 25G, New York, New York 10010, Attn: Barbara J. Glenns, Esq., telefax number (212) 689-6578, if sent to Duane Street Corp. will be mailed, postage prepaid, certified mail, return receipt request or sent by overnight courier or delivered by hand and signed by addressee to Duane Street Corp 616 Corporate Way, Suite 2-4059, Valley Cottage, NY 10989, ATTN: Peretz Yehuda Aisenstark, President, 616 Corporate Way, Suite 2-4059 Valley Cottage, NY 10989, with a copy to: Gottbetter & Partners, LLP 488 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10022 telefax: 212-400-6901 Attn: Adam S. Gottbetter, Esq. Notices sent by certified mail shall be deemed received five days thereafter, notices sent by hand delivery or overnight delivery shall be deemed received on the date of the relevant written record of receipt.

13.           Governing Law, Jurisdiction.

This Agreement shall be deemed to have been made and delivered in New York City and shall be governed as to validity, interpretation, construction, effect and in all other respects by the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of law thereof.

 

THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE TO SUBMIT ALL CONTROVERSIES TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF FINRA ARBITRATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS SET FORTH BELOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT (A) ARBITRATION IS FINAL AND BINDING ON THE PARTIES, (B) THE PARTIES ARE WAIVING THEIR RIGHTS TO SEEK REMEDIES IN COURT, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL, (C) PRE-ARBITRATION DISCOVERY IS GENERALLY MORE LIMITED AND DIFFERENT FROM COURT PROCEEDINGS, (D) THE ARBITRATOR’S AWARD IS NOT REQUIRED TO INCLUDE FACTUAL FINDINGS OR LEGAL REASONING AND ANY PARTY’S RIGHT TO APPEAL OR TO SEEK MODIFICATION OF RULES BY ARBITRATORS IS STRICTLY LIMITED, (E) THE PANEL OF FINRA ARBITRATORS WILL TYPICALLY INCLUDE A MINORITY OF ARBITRATORS WHO WERE OR ARE AFFILIATED WITH THE SECURITIES INDUSTRY, AND (F) ALL CONTROVERSIES WHICH MAY ARISE BETWEEN THE PARTIES CONCERNING THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DETERMINED BY ARBITRATION PURSUANT TO THE RULES THEN PERTAINING TO FINRA. ALL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, ENFORCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. JUDGMENT ON ANY AWARD OF ANY SUCH ARBITRATION MAY BE ENTERED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR IN ANY OTHER COURT HAVING JURISDICTION OVER THE PERSON OR PERSONS AGAINST WHOM SUCH AWARD IS RENDERED. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT THE DETERMINATION OF THE ARBITRATORS SHALL BE BINDING AND CONCLUSIVE UPON THEM. THE PREVAILING PARTY, AS DETERMINED BY SUCH ARBITRATORS, IN A LEGAL PROCEEDING SHALL BE ENTITLED TO COLLECT ANY COSTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND REASONABLE ATTORNEY’S FEES FROM THE OTHER PARTY. PRIOR TO FILING AN ARBITRATION, THE PARTIES HEREBY AGREE THAT THEY WILL ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THEIR DIFFERENCES FIRST BY SUBMITTING THE MATTER FOR RESOLUTION TO A MEDIATOR, ACCEPTABLE TO ALL PARTIES, AND WHOSE EXPENSES WILL BE BORNE EQUALLY BY ALL PARTIES. THE MEDIATION WILL BE HELD IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK, ON AN EXPEDITED BASIS. IF THE PARTIES CANNOT SUCCESSFULLY RESOLVE THEIR DIFFERENCES THROUGH MEDIATION, THE MATTER WILL BE RESOLVED BY ARBITRATION. THE ARBITRATION SHALL TAKE PLACE IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, THE STATE OF NEW YORK, ON AN EXPEDITED BASIS.

 

  

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14.           Miscellaneous.

A.           No provision of this Agreement may be changed or terminated except by a writing signed by the party or parties to be charged therewith. Unless expressly so provided, no party to this Agreement will be liable for the performance of any other party’s obligations hereunder. Either party hereto may waive compliance by the other with any of the terms, provisions and conditions set forth herein; provided, however, that any such waiver shall be in writing specifically setting forth those provisions waived thereby. No such waiver shall be deemed to constitute or imply waiver of any other term, provision or condition of this Agreement. Neither party may assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement to any other person or entity without the prior written consent of the other party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties specifically acknowledge and agree that any Sub-Agent may rely upon and shall be a beneficiary of the Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company set forth in Section 2A hereof.

B.           Each party shall, without payment of any additional consideration by any other party, at any time on or after the date of any Closings, take such further action and execute such other and further documents and instruments as the other party may reasonably request in order to provide the other party with the benefits of this Agreement.

C.           The Parties to this Agreement each hereby confirm that they will cooperate with each other to the extent that it may become necessary to enter into any revisions or amendments to this Agreement, in the future to conform to any federal or state regulations as long as such revisions or amendments do not materially alter the obligations or benefits of either party under this Agreement.

15.           Entire Agreement; Severability.

This Agreement together with any other agreement referred to herein supersedes all prior understandings and written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to the Offering and the subject matter hereof. If any portion of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable, then so far as is reasonable and possible (i) the remainder of this Agreement shall be considered valid and enforceable and (ii) effect shall be given to the intent manifested by the portion held invalid or unenforceable.

16.           Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which may be executed by less than all of the parties and shall be deemed to be an original instrument which shall be enforceable against the parties actually executing such counterparts and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Agreement and of signature pages by facsimile transmission or in pdf format shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Agreement as to the parties and may be used in lieu of the original Agreement for all purposes. Signatures of the parties transmitted by facsimile or in pdf format shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

  

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17.   Confidentiality.

(a)           The Placement Agent will maintain the confidentiality of the Information and, unless and until such information shall have been made publicly available by the Company or by others without breach of a confidentiality agreement, shall disclose the Information only as authorized by the Company or as required by law or by order of a governmental authority or court of competent jurisdiction. In the event the Placement Agent is legally required to make disclosure of any of the Information, the Placement Agent will give prompt notice to the Company prior to such disclosure, to the extent the Placement Agent can practically do so.

(b)           The foregoing paragraph shall not apply to information that:

(i) at the time of disclosure by the Company, is or thereafter becomes, generally available to the public or within the industries in which the Company conducts business, other than as a result of a breach by the Placement Agent of its obligations under this Agreement;

(ii) prior to or at the time of disclosure by the Company, was already in the possession of, the Placement Agent or any of its affiliates, or could have been developed by them from information then lawfully in their possession, by the application of other information or techniques in their possession, generally available to the public; at the time of disclosure by the Company thereafter, is obtained by the Placement Agent or any of its affiliates from a third party who the Placement Agent reasonably believes to be in possession of the information not in violation of any contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation to the Company with respect to that information; or is independently developed by the Placement Agent or its affiliates.

The exclusions set forth in sub-section (b) above shall not apply to pro forma financial information of the Company, which pro forma Information shall in all events be subject to sub-section (a) above.

(c)           Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to limit the ability of the Placement Agent or its affiliates to pursue, investigate, analyze, invest in, or engage in investment banking, financial advisory or any other business relationship with entities other than the Company, notwithstanding that such entities may be engaged in a business which is similar to or competitive with the business of the Company, and notwithstanding that such entities may have actual or potential operations, products, services, plans, ideas, customers or supplies similar or identical to the Company’s, or may have been identified by the Company as potential merger or acquisition targets or potential candidates for some other business combination, cooperation or relationship. The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that they do not claim any proprietary interest in the identity of any other entity in its industry or otherwise, and that the identity of any such entity is not confidential information.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of the agreement between the Company and the Placement Agent, kindly sign and return this Agreement, whereupon it will become a binding agreement as provided herein, between the Company and the Placement Agent in accordance with its terms.

 

	 	
DUANE STREET CORP.

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ Peretz Yehuda Aisenstark	 
	 	 	Peretz Yehuda Aisenstark	 
	 	 	616 Corporate Way 

Suite 2-4059

Valley Cottage, NY 10989

Tel: 855-360-3330

	 
	Accepted and agreed to this day of December, 2013: 

GOTTBETTER CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC

 

	 	 	 
	
By:

	/s/ Julio A. Marquez	 	 	 	 
	 	Julio A. Marquez	 	 	 	 
	 	President	 	 	 	 

 

 

21duane_ex108.htm

EXHIBIT 10.8

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into effective as of January 28, 2014 between Duane Street Corp. (to be renamed CÜR Media, Inc.) , a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the persons who have executed the signature page(s) hereto (each, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS, the Company has entered into a Contribution Agreement (the “Contribution Agreement”) with Raditaz, LLC (“Raditaz”), a privately held Connecticut limited liability corporation, and the members of Raditaz under which the members will receive shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) pursuant to the Contribution of their Raditaz LLC Membership Interests, thereby making Raditaz a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company; and

 

WHEREAS, prior to the execution of the Contribution Agreement, the Company offered, in compliance with Rule 506 of Regulation D and/or Regulation S of the Securities Act (as defined herein), to investors in a private placement transaction (the “PPO”), units (“PPO Units”) of its securities, each Unit consisting of one share of Common Stock and one warrant (the “Investor Warrants”) to acquire one additional share of Common Stock; and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the sale of PPO Units, the Company engaged a placement agent and issued warrants (the “Broker Warrants”) to the placement agent and its sub-agents, if any; and

 

WHEREAS, the final closing of the PPO took place on ______________ ___, 2014; and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the PPO, the Company agreed to provide certain registration rights related to the shares comprising part of the PPO Units, the shares underlying the Investor Warrants comprising part of the PPO Units, and the shares underlying the Broker Warrants issued to the PPO placement agent and/or participating sub-agents on the terms set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, representations, warranties, covenants, and conditions set forth herein, the parties mutually agree as follows:

 

1.           Certain Definitions.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

 

“Approved Market” means the OTC Markets, the Nasdaq Stock Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange.

 

  

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“Blackout Period” means, with respect to a registration, a period, in each case commencing on the day immediately after the Company notifies the Purchasers that they are required, because of the occurrence of an event of the kind described in Section 4(f) hereof, to suspend offers and sales of Registrable Securities during which the Company, in the good faith judgment of its board of directors, determines (because of the existence of, or in anticipation of, any acquisition, financing activity, or other transaction involving the Company, or the unavailability for reasons beyond the Company’s control of any required financial statements, disclosure of information which is in its best interest not to publicly disclose, or any other event or condition of similar significance to the Company) that the registration and distribution of the Registrable Securities to be covered by such Registration Statement, if any, would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its stockholders and ending on the earlier of (1) the date upon which the material non-public information commencing the Blackout Period is disclosed to the public or ceases to be material and (2) such time as the Company notifies the selling Holders that the Company will no longer delay such filing of the Registration Statement, recommence taking steps to make such Registration Statement effective, or allow sales pursuant to such Registration Statement to resume.

 

“Broker Warrants” has the meaning given it in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

“Business Day” means any day of the year, other than a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which the Commission is required or authorized to close.

 

“Commission” means the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.

 

“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company and any and all shares of capital stock or other equity securities of: (i) the Company which are added to or exchanged or substituted for the Common Stock by reason of the declaration of any stock dividend or stock split, the issuance of any distribution or the reclassification, readjustment, recapitalization or other such modification of the capital structure of the Company; and (ii) any other corporation, now or hereafter organized under the laws of any state or other governmental authority, with which the Company is merged, which results from any consolidation or reorganization to which the Company is a party, or to which is sold all or substantially all of the shares or assets of the Company, if immediately after such merger, consolidation, reorganization or sale, the Company or the stockholders of the Company own equity securities having in the aggregate more than 50% of the total voting power of such other corporation.

 

“Effective Date” means the later of (i) the date set forth in the preamble to this Agreement and (ii) the date of the final closing of the PPO.

 

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

 

  

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“Family Member” means (a) with respect to any individual, such individual’s spouse, any descendants (whether natural or adopted), any trust all of the beneficial interests of which are owned by any of such individuals or by any of such individuals together with any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the estate of any such individual, and any corporation, association, partnership or limited liability company all of the equity interests of which are owned by those above described individuals, trusts or organizations and (b) with respect to any trust, the owners of the beneficial interests of such trust.

 

“Holder” means each Purchaser or any of such Purchaser’s respective successors and Permitted Assignees who acquire rights in accordance with this Agreement with respect to any Registrable Securities directly or indirectly from a Purchaser or from any Permitted Assignee.

 

“Initial Registration Statement” means the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement.

 

“Investor Warrants” has the meaning given it in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

 “Majority Holders” means at any time Holders representing a majority of the Registrable Securities.

 

“Permitted Assignee” means (a) with respect to a partnership, its partners or former partners in accordance with their partnership interests, (b) with respect to a corporation, its stockholders in accordance with their interest in the corporation, (c) with respect to a limited liability company, its members or former members in accordance with their interest in the limited liability company, (d) with respect to an individual party, any Family Member of such party, (e) an entity that is controlled by, controls, or is under common control with a transferor, or (f) a party to this Agreement.

 

“Piggyback Registration” means, in any registration of Common Stock as set forth in Section 3(b), the ability of holders of Registrable Securities to include Registrable Securities in such registration.

 

“PPO” has the meaning given it in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

“PPO Units” has the meaning given it in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

The terms “register,” “registered,” and “registration” refers to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such registration statement.

 

“Registrable Securities” means the shares comprising part of or underlying the PPO Units, Investor Warrants, and Broker Warrants but excluding (i) any Registrable Securities that have been publicly sold or may be sold immediately without registration under the Securities Act either pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act or otherwise; (ii) any Registrable Securities sold by a person in a transaction pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act; or (iii) any Registrable Securities that are at the time subject to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.

 

  

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“Registrable Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to each Purchaser upon exercise of the Investor Warrants or Broker Warrants.

 

“Registration Default Date” means the date that is 180 days after the date the Registration Statement is actually filed with the Commission.

 

“Registration Default Period” means the period during which any Registration Event occurs and is continuing.

 

“Registration Event” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(a) the Company fails to file with the Commission the Registration Statement on or before the Registration Filing Date;

 

(b) the Company fails to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission on or before the Registration Default Date;

 

(c) after the SEC Effective Date, sales of Registrable Securities cannot be made pursuant to the Registration Statement for any reason (including without limitation by reason of a stop order, or the Company’s failure to update the Registration Statement) other than the occurrence of an event of the kind described in Section 4(f) which gives rise to a Blackout Period and except as excused pursuant to Section 3(e); or

 

(d) the Common Stock generally or the Registrable Securities specifically are not listed or included for quotation on an Approved Market, or trading of the Common Stock is suspended or halted on the Approved Market, which at the time constitutes the principal market for the Common Stock, for more than two full, consecutive Trading Days; provided, however, a Registration Event shall not be deemed to occur if all or substantially all trading in equity securities (including the Common Stock) is suspended or halted on the Approved Market for any length of time.

 

“Registration Filing Date” means the date that is no later than 90 days after date of the final closing of the PPO.

 

“Registration Statement” means the registration statement that the Company is required to file pursuant to this Agreement to register the Registrable Securities.

 

  

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“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act.

 

“Rule 145” means Rule 145 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act.

 

“Rule 415” means Rule 415 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 purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar federal statute promulgated in replacement thereof, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

 

“SEC Effective Date” means the date the Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission.

 

“Trading Day” means (a) if the Common Stock is listed or quoted on an Approved Market, then any day during which securities are generally eligible for trading on the Approved Market, or (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted and traded on an Approved Market, then any business day.

 

2.           Term.  This Agreement shall expire the earlier of two years from the SEC Effective Date or until Rule 144 of the Securities Act is available to the holders of Registrable Securities with respect to all of their shares.

 

3.           Registration.

 

(a) Registration on Form S-1. Not later than the Registration Filing Date, the Company shall file with the Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-1, or other applicable form, relating to the resale by the Holders of all of the Registrable Securities, and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective prior to the Registration Default Date.

 

(b) Piggyback Registration. The Holders of any shares of Common Stock removed from the Registration Statement as the result of a cutback comment from the Commission shall be entitled to Piggyback Registration with respect to such removed shares at any time following the SEC Effective Date with respect to a registration statement filed by the Company which would permit the inclusion of such shares. Accordingly, if the Company shall determine to register for sale for cash any of its Common Stock, for its own account or for the account of others (other than the Holders), other than (i) a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans or securities issued or issuable to employees, consultants (to the extent the securities owned or to be owned by such consultants could be registered on Form S-8) or any of their Family Members (including a registration on Form S-8) or (ii) a registration relating solely to a Securities Act Rule 145 transaction or a registration on Form S-4 in connection with a merger, acquisition, divestiture, reorganization or similar event, the Company shall promptly give to the Holders written notice thereof (and in no event shall such notice be given less than 20 calendar days prior to the filing of such registration statement), and shall, subject to Section 3(c), include as a Piggyback Registration all of the Registrable Securities specified in a written request delivered by the Holder thereof within 10 calendar days after receipt of such written notice from the Company. However, the Company may, without the consent of the Holders, withdraw such registration statement prior to its becoming effective if the Company or such other stockholders have elected to abandon the proposal to register the securities proposed to be registered thereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Piggyback Registration will not apply to any shares which can be sold without limitation under Rule 144.

 

  

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(c) Underwriting. If a Piggyback Registration is for a registered public offering that is to be made by an underwriting, the Company shall so advise the Holders of the Registrable Securities eligible for inclusion in such Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 3(b). In that event, the right of any Holder to Piggyback Registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to sell any of their Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company and any other stockholders of the Company selling their securities through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter selected for such underwriting by the Company or the selling stockholders, as applicable. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, if the underwriter or the Company determines that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock or the amount of other securities to be underwritten, the underwriter may exclude some or all Registrable Securities from such registration and underwriting. The Company shall so advise all Holders (except those Holders who failed to timely elect to include their Registrable Securities through such underwriting or have indicated to the Company their decision not to do so), and indicate to each such Holder the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the registration and underwriting, if any. The number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such registration and underwriting shall be allocated among such Holders as follows:

 

(i) If the Piggyback Registration was initiated by the Company, the number of shares that may be included in the registration and underwriting shall be allocated first to the Company and then, subject to obligations and commitments existing as of the date hereof, to all selling stockholders, including the Holders, who have requested to sell in the registration on a pro rata basis according to the number of shares requested to be included therein; and

 

(ii) If the Piggyback Registration was initiated by the exercise of demand registration rights by a stockholder or stockholders of the Company (other than the Holders), then the number of shares that may be included in the registration and underwriting shall be allocated first to such selling stockholders who exercised such demand and then, subject to obligations and commitments existing as of the date hereof, to all other selling stockholders, including the Holders, who have requested to sell in the registration on a pro rata basis according to the number of shares requested to be included therein.

 

  

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No Registrable Securities excluded from the underwriting by reason of the underwriter’s marketing limitation shall be included in such registration. If any Holder disapproves of the terms of any such underwriting, such Holder may elect to withdraw such Holder’s Registrable Securities therefrom by delivering a written notice to the Company and the underwriter.  The Registrable Securities so withdrawn from such underwriting shall also be withdrawn from such registration; provided, however, that, if by the withdrawal of such Registrable Securities, a greater number of Registrable Securities held by other Holders may be included in such registration (up to the maximum of any limitation imposed by the underwriters), then the Company shall offer to all Holders who have included Registrable Securities in the registration the right to include additional Registrable Securities pursuant to the terms and limitations set forth herein in the same proportion used above in determining the underwriter limitation.

 

(d) Occurrence of Registration Event. If a Registration Event occurs, then the Company will make payments to each Holder of Registrable Securities (a “Qualified Purchaser”), as liquidated damages for the amount of damages to the Qualified Purchaser by reason thereof, at a rate equal to 1% of the purchase price per Unit paid by such Holder in the PPO for the Registrable Securities then held by each Qualified Purchaser for each full period of 30 days of the Registration Default Period (which shall be pro rated for any period less than 30 days); provided, however, if a Registration Event occurs (or is continuing), liquidated damages shall be paid, subject to the 1% limitation, only with respect to that portion of the Qualified Purchaser’s Registrable Securities that cannot then be immediately resold in reliance on Rule 144. For purposes of the foregoing, if Registrable Securities underlying warrants can be exercised on a cashless basis and if so exercised on a cashless basis such Registrable Securities would be saleable under Rule 144, no liquidated damages shall be due and payable with respect thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum amount of liquidated damages that may be paid to any Qualified Purchaser pursuant to this Section 3(d) shall be an amount equal to 10% of the purchase price per Unit paid by such Holder in the PPO for the Registrable Securities held by such Qualified Purchaser at the time of the first occurrence of a Registration Event. Each such payment shall be due and payable within five days after the end of each full 30-day period of the Registration Default Period until the termination of the Registration Default Period and within five days after such termination. Such payments shall constitute the Qualified Purchaser’s exclusive remedy for such events. The Registration Default Period shall terminate upon (i) the filing of the Registration Statement in the case of clause (a) of the definition of Registration Event, (ii) the SEC Effective Date in the case of clause (b) of the definition of Registration Event, (iii) the ability of the Qualified Purchaser to effect sales pursuant to the Registration Statement in the case of clause (c) of the definition of Registration Event, (iv) the listing or inclusion and/or trading of the Common Stock on an Approved Market, as the case may be, in the case of clause (d) of the definition of Registration Event, and (v) in the case of the events described in clauses (b) and (c) of the definition of Registration Event, the earlier termination of the Registration Default Period. The amounts payable as liquidated damages pursuant to this Section 3(d) shall be payable in lawful money of the United States.

 

  

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(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3(d) above, (a) if the Commission does not declare the Registration Statement effective on or before the Registration Default Date, or (b) if the Commission allows the Registration Statement to be declared effective at any time before or after the Registration Default Date, subject to the withdrawal of certain Registrable Securities from the Registration Statement, and the reason for (a) or (b) is the Commission’s determination that (x) the offering of any of the Registrable Securities constitutes a primary offering of securities by the Company, (y) Rule 415 may not be relied upon for the registration of the resale of any or all of the Registrable Securities, and/or (z) a Holder of any Registrable Securities must be named as an underwriter, the Holders understand and agree that in the case of (b) the Company may reduce, on a pro rata basis, the total number of Registrable Securities to be registered on behalf of each such Holder, and, in the case of (a) or (b), and that a Holder shall not be entitled to any liquidated damages with respect to the Registrable Securities not registered for the reason set forth in (a), or so reduced on a pro rata basis as set forth in (b). In any such pro rata reduction, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will first be reduced by the Registrable Securities represented by the Registrable Warrant Shares (applied, in the case that some Registrable Warrant Shares may be registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Registrable Warrant Shares held by such Holders on a fully diluted basis), and second by Registrable Securities represented by Conversion Shares (applied, in the case that some Conversion Shares may be registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Conversion Shares held by such Holders). In addition, any such affected Holder shall be entitled to Piggyback Registration rights after the Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission until the earlier of such time as: (AA) all Registrable Securities have been registered pursuant to an effective Registration Statement, (BB) the Registrable Securities may be resold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act, or (CC) the Holder agrees to be named as an underwriter in any such registration statement. The Holders acknowledge and agree the provisions of this paragraph may apply to the Registration Statement and Piggyback Registrations.

 

  

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4.           Registration Procedures for Registrable Securities.  The Company will keep each Holder reasonably advised as to the filing and effectiveness of the Registration Statement. At its expense with respect to the Registration Statement, the Company will:

 

(a) prepare and file with the Commission with respect to the Registrable Securities, a Registration Statement on Form S-1, or any other form for which the Company then qualifies or which counsel for the Company shall deem appropriate and which form shall be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended methods of distribution thereof, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and shall remain effective for a period of one year or for such shorter period ending on the earlier to occur of (i) the date as of which all of the Holders as selling stockholders thereunder may sell all of the Registrable Securities registered for resale thereon without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor rule thereto) promulgated under the Securities Act or (ii) the date when all of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder shall have been sold (the “Effectiveness Period”). Thereafter, the Company shall be entitled to withdraw such Registration Statement and the Investors shall have no further right to offer or sell any of the Registrable Securities registered for resale thereon pursuant to the respective Registration Statement (or any prospectus relating thereto);

 

(b) if the Registration Statement is subject to review by the Commission, promptly respond to all comments and diligently pursue resolution of any comments to the satisfaction of the Commission;

 

(c) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective during the Effectiveness Period;

 

(d) furnish, without charge, to each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement such number of copies of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary prospectus and any other prospectus filed under Rule 424 of the Securities Act) as such Holders may reasonably request, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, to the extent required in order for the Holder to meet any prospectus delivery requirement applicable to the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder, but only during the Effectiveness Period;

 

(e) use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify such registration under such other applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement reasonably requests and as may be necessary for the marketability of the Registrable Securities (such request to be made by the time the applicable Registration Statement is deemed effective by the Commission) and do any and all other acts and things necessary to enable such Holder to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder; provided, that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this paragraph, (ii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (iii) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction.

 

  

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(f) notify each Holder of Registrable Securities, the disposition of which requires delivery of a prospectus relating thereto under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event (as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event), which comes to the Company’s attention, that will after the occurrence of such event cause the prospectus included in such Registration Statement, if not amended or supplemented, to contain an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and the Company shall promptly thereafter prepare and furnish to such Holder a supplement or amendment to such prospectus (or prepare and file appropriate reports under the Exchange Act) so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, unless suspension of the use of such prospectus otherwise is authorized herein or in the event of a Blackout Period, in which case no supplement or amendment need be furnished (or Exchange Act filing made) until the termination of such suspension or Blackout Period;

 

(g) comply, and continue to comply during the Effectiveness Period, in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement;

 

(h) as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event, notify each Holder of Registrable Securities being offered or sold pursuant to the Registration Statement of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of the Registration Statement;

 

(i) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be quoted on the OTC Markets or such other principal securities market on which securities of the same class or series issued by the Company are then listed or traded;

 

(j) provide a transfer agent and registrar, which may be a single entity, for the shares of Common Stock at all times;

 

(k) if requested by the Holders, cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities transferred by such Holders to a transferee pursuant to the Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by applicable law, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holders may request;

 

  

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(l) during the Effectiveness Period, refrain from bidding for or purchasing any Common Stock or any right to purchase Common Stock or attempting to induce any person to purchase any such security or right if such bid, purchase or attempt would in any way limit the right of the Holders to sell Registrable Securities by reason of the limitations set forth in Regulation M of the Exchange Act; and

 

(m) take all other reasonable actions necessary to expedite and facilitate the disposition by the Holders of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

5.           Suspension of Offers and Sales.  Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 4(f) hereof or of the commencement of a Blackout Period, such Holder shall discontinue the disposition of Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 4(f) hereof or notice of the end of the Blackout Period, and, if so directed by the Company, such Holder shall deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies (including, without limitation, any and all drafts), other than permanent file copies, then in such Holder’s possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.

 

6.           Registration Expenses.  The Company shall pay all expenses in connection with any registration obligation provided herein, including, without limitation, all registration, filing, stock exchange fees, printing expenses, all fees and expenses of complying with applicable securities laws, and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and of its independent accountants; provided, that, in any registration, each party shall pay for its own underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes. Except as provided in this Section and Section 9, the Company shall not be responsible for the expenses of any attorney or other advisor employed by a Holder.

 

7.           Assignment of Rights.  No Holder may assign its rights under this Agreement to any party without the prior written consent of the Company; provided, however, that any Holder may assign its rights under this Agreement without such consent to a Permitted Assignee as long as (a) such transfer or assignment is effected in accordance with applicable securities laws; (b) such transferee or assignee agrees in writing to become subject to the terms of this Agreement; and (c) such Holder notifies the Company in writing of such transfer or assignment, stating the name and address of the transferee or assignee and identifying the Registrable Securities with respect to which such rights are being transferred or assigned.

 

  

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8.           Information by Holder.  Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed selling securityholder notice and questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex A not later than three (3) Business Days following a request therefor from the Company.  The Company’s obligations in Section 3 with respect to each Holder shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s furnishing to the Company promptly upon request such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it, the intended method of disposition of such securities, and such other information as shall be required in order to comply with any applicable law or regulation in connection with the registration of such Holder’s Registrable Securities or any qualification or compliance with respect to such Holder’s Registrable Securities and referred to in this Agreement. The Company’s obligations in Section 3 with respect to each Holder shall also be conditioned upon such Holder’s disposition of its Registrable Securities in accordance with applicable law.

 

9.           Indemnification.

 

(a) In the event of the offer and sale of Registrable Securities under the Securities Act, the Company shall, and hereby does, indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each Holder, its directors, officers, partners, each other person who participates as an underwriter in the offering or sale of such securities, and each other person, if any, who controls or is under common control with such Holder or any such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, and expenses to which the Holder or any such director, officer, partner or underwriter or controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or any other federal or state law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement of any material fact contained in any registration statement prepared and filed by the Company under which Registrable Securities were registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated or necessary to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances in which they were made not misleading, or any violation or alleged violation of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law by the Company in connection with this Agreement; and the Company shall reimburse the Holder, and each such director, officer, partner, underwriter and controlling person for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating, defending or settling any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action or proceeding; provided, that such indemnity agreement found in this Section 9(a) shall in no event exceed the net proceeds from the PPO received by the Company; and provided further, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case (i) to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability (or action or proceeding in respect thereof) or expense arises out of or is based upon (a) an untrue statement in or omission from such registration statement, any such preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, summary prospectus, amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Holder specifically for use in the preparation thereof or (b) any failure of a Holder to distribute Registrable Securities in accordance with applicable laws, or (ii) if the person asserting any such loss, claim, damage, liability (or action or proceeding in respect thereof) who purchased the Registrable Securities that are the subject thereof did not receive a copy of an amended preliminary prospectus or the final prospectus (or the final prospectus as amended or supplemented) at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such Registrable Securities to such person because of the failure of such Holder or underwriter to so provide such amended preliminary or final prospectus and the untrue statement or omission of a material fact made in such preliminary prospectus was corrected in the amended preliminary or final prospectus (or the final prospectus as amended or supplemented). Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Holders, or any such director, officer, partner, underwriter or controlling person and shall survive the transfer of such shares by the Holder.

 

  

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(b) As a condition to including Registrable Securities in any registration statement filed pursuant to this Agreement, each Holder agrees to be bound by the terms of this Section 9 and to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, its directors and officers, and each other person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Company or any such director or officer or controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or any other federal or state law, to the extent arising out of or based upon: (x) such Holder’s failure to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, (y) any failure of a Holder to distribute Registrable Securities in accordance with applicable laws, or (z) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement, any prospectus, or any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in the registration statement or such prospectus or (ii) to the extent that (1) such untrue statements or omissions are based upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such prospectus or such form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (2) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 4(f) hereof, the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the advice contemplated in Section 4(f). In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding involving a claim referred to in this Section (including any governmental action), such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party, give written notice to the indemnifying party of the commencement of such action; provided, that the failure of any indemnified party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations under this Section, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice. In case any such action is brought against an indemnified party, unless in the reasonable judgment of counsel to such indemnified party a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist or the indemnified party may have defenses not available to the indemnifying party in respect of such claim, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in and to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the latter in connection with the defense thereof, unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties arises in respect of such claim after the assumption of the defenses thereof or the indemnifying party fails to defend such claim in a diligent manner, other than reasonable costs of investigation. Neither an indemnified nor an indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action or proceeding effected without its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement, which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, and without limiting any of the rights set forth above, in any event any party shall have the right to retain, at its own expense, counsel with respect to the defense of a claim.

 

  

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(d) If an indemnifying party does or is not permitted to assume the defense of an action pursuant to Sections 9(c) or in the case of the expense reimbursement obligation set forth in Sections 9(a) and (b), the indemnification required by Sections 9(a) and 9(b) shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills received or expenses, losses, damages, or liabilities are incurred.

 

(e) If the indemnification provided for in Section 9(a) or 9(b) is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred to herein, the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party hereunder, shall (i) contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense as is appropriate to reflect the proportionate relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other (determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission), or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law or provides a lesser sum to the indemnified party than the amount hereinafter calculated, not only the proportionate relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, but also the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. No indemnified party guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any indemnifying party who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

(f) Other Indemnification. Indemnification similar to that specified in this Section (with appropriate modifications) shall be given by the Company and each Holder of Registrable Securities with respect to any required registration or other qualification of securities under any federal or state law or regulation or governmental authority other than the Securities Act.

 

  

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10.           Rule 144.  With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144 and any other rule or regulation of the Commission that may at any time permit the Holders to sell the Registrable Securities to the public without registration, the Company agrees: (i) to make and keep public information available as those terms are understood in Rule 144, (ii) to file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required to be filed by an issuer of securities registered under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) as long as any Holder owns any Registrable Securities, to furnish in writing upon such Holder’s request a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 and of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and to furnish to such Holder a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company, and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company as may be reasonably requested in availing such Holder of any rule or regulation of the Commission permitting the selling of any such Registrable Securities without registration and (iv) undertake any additional actions commercially reasonably necessary to maintain the availability of the use of Rule 144.

 

11.           Corporate Existence.  For a period of one (1) year commencing on the date hereof, and so long as any Holder owns any Registrable Securities, the Company shall not directly or indirectly consummate any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock split, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, an “Organizational Change”), unless, prior to the consummation of an Organizational Change, the Company obtains the written consent of the Majority Holders.

 

12.           Independent Nature of Each Purchaser’s Obligations and Rights.  The obligations of each Purchaser under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and each Purchaser shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under this Agreement. Nothing contained herein and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute such Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture, or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose; provided, however, that the Majority Holders shall be able to alter the rights of each Purchaser as provided herein.

 

  

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13.           Other Registration Rights.  The Company shall not grant any registration rights which would require the Company to file a registration statement in connection therewith prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement without the consent of the Majority Holders. Further, for a period of two years following the closing under the Contribution Agreement, the Company will not register, or take any action to register, the shares issued under the Contribution Agreement to officers, directors, principal shareholders and certain key employees of the Company.

 

14.           Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States of America and the State of New York, both substantive and remedial, without regard to New York conflicts of law principles. Any judicial proceeding brought against either of the parties to this Agreement or any dispute arising out of this Agreement or any matter related hereto shall be brought in the courts of the State of New York, New York County, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and, by its execution and delivery of this Agreement, each party to this Agreement accepts the jurisdiction of such courts. The foregoing consent to jurisdiction shall not be deemed to confer rights on any person other than the parties to this Agreement.

 

(b) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and each Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the sole and exclusive remedy for a Registration Event shall be as set forth in Section 3(d).

 

(c) Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, Permitted Assignees, executors and administrators of the parties hereto.

 

  

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(d) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not entered, as of the date hereof, and shall not enter, on or after the date of this Agreement, into any agreement with respect to its securities that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

 

(e) Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subjects hereof.

 

(f) Notices, etc. All notices or other communications which are required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and sufficient if delivered by hand, by facsimile transmission, by registered or certified mail, postage pre-paid, by electronic mail, or by courier or overnight carrier, to the persons at the addresses set forth below (or at such other address as may be provided hereunder), and shall be deemed to have been delivered as of the earlier of the date of actual delivery or, as of the first business day following the date of transmission, if delivered by facsimile, five days after mailing, if delivered by registered or certified mail, or the next business day if delivered by electronic mail or by overnight courier:

 

If to the Company to:

 

Duane Street Corp.

2217 New London Turnpike

South Glastonbury, CT 06073

Attention: Tom Brophy, CEO

Facsimile: 

 

with copy to:

 

Gottbetter & Partners, LLP

488 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Attention: Adam S. Gottbetter, Esq.

Facsimile: (212) 400-6901

 

If to the Purchasers:

 

To each Purchaser at the address set forth on the signature page hereto or at such other address as any party shall have furnished to the other parties in writing.

 

  

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(g) Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Holder, upon any breach or default of the Company under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of such Holder nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereunder occurring; nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Holder of any breach or default under this Agreement, or any waiver on the part of any Holder of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to any holder, shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

(h) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be enforceable against the parties actually executing such counterparts, and all of which together shall constitute one instrument. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, 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 signature page were an original thereof.

 

(i) Severability. In the case any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

(j) Amendments. The provisions of this Agreement may be amended at any time and from time to time, and particular provisions of this Agreement may be waived, with and only with an agreement or consent in writing signed by the Company and the Majority Holders. The Purchasers acknowledge that by the operation of this Section, the Majority Holders may have the right and power to diminish or eliminate all rights of the Purchasers under this Agreement.

 

[signature pages follow]

 

  

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This Registration Rights Agreement is hereby executed as of the date first above written.

 

	 	
DUANE STREET CORP.

	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	
By: 

	/s/ Peretz Yehudah Aisenstark 	 
	 	 	Name: Peretz Yehudah Aisenstark 

Title: President

	 

 

 [THE PURCHASER’S SIGNATURE TO THE SECURITIES PURCHASE

AGREEMENT FOR THE PPO SHALL CONSTITUTE THE PURCHASER’S

SIGNATURE TO THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT.

 

  

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ANNEX A

 

DUANE STREET CORP.

 

Selling Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire

 

The undersigned beneficial owner of securities of __________, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with respect to which the undersigned has certain registration rights (“Registrable Securities”), understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of a registration rights agreement between the Company and the undersigned, among others (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).  A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below.  All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.  Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.

 

NOTICE

 

The undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling Securityholder”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities owned by the Selling Securityholder in the Registration Statement.

 

The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate:

 

QUESTIONNAIRE

 

1.  Name:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	
Full Legal Name of Selling Securityholder:

 

 

 

	
  

	
(b)

	
Full Legal Name of Holder of Record (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities are held:

 

 

 

	
  

	
(c)

	
Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by this questionnaire):

 

 

 

  

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2.  Address for Notices to Selling Securityholder:

 

 

 

	
Telephone: ____________________________________________Fax: ______________________________________

	
Email:______________________________________________

	
Contact Person: ______________________________________

 

3.  Broker-Dealer Status:

 

	
  

	
(a)

	
Are you a broker-dealer?

 

Yes   o                      No   o

 

	
  

	
(b)

	
If “yes” to Section 3(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for investment banking services to the Company?

 

Yes   o                      No   o

 

	
  

	
Note:

	
If “no” to Section 3(b), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

 

	
  

	
(c)

	
Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer?

 

Yes   o                      No   o

 

	
  

	
(d)

	
If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you purchased the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities?

 

Yes   o                      No   o

 

	
  

	
Note:

	
If “no” to Section 3(d), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

 

4.  Beneficial Ownership of Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Securityholder:

 

Except as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company.

 

	
  

	
(a)

	
Type and Amount of securities (including any Registrable Securities) beneficially owned1 by the Selling Securityholder:

 

___________________________

1 Beneficially Owned:  A “beneficial owner” of a security includes any person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise has or shares (i) voting power, including the power to direct the voting of such security, or (ii) investment power, including the power to dispose of, or direct the disposition of, such security.  In addition, a person is deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of a security of which such person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time within 60 days, including, but not limited to, any right to acquire such security: (i) through the exercise of any option, warrant or right, (ii) through the conversion of any security or (iii) pursuant to the power to revoke, or the automatic termination of, a trust, discretionary account or similar arrangement.

 

  

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5.  Relationships with the Company:

 

Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor (if you are a natural person) any member of your immediate family, nor (if you are not a natural person) any of your affiliates2, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.

 

State any exceptions here:

 

  

 

 

The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or while the Registration Statement remains effective.

 

By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 5 and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto.  The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto.

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It is possible that a security may have more than one “beneficial owner,” such as a trust, with two co-trustees sharing voting power, and the settlor or another third party having investment power, in which case each of the three would be the “beneficial owner” of the securities in the trust.  The power to vote or direct the voting, or to invest or dispose of, or direct the investment or disposition of, a security may be indirect and arise from legal, economic, contractual or other rights, and the determination of beneficial ownership depends upon who ultimately possesses or shares the power to direct the voting or the disposition of the security.

 

The final determination of the existence of beneficial ownership depends upon the facts of each case.  You may, if you believe the facts warrant it, disclaim beneficial ownership of securities that might otherwise be considered “beneficially owned” by you.

  

2 Affiliate:  An “affiliate” is a company or person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls you, or is controlled by you, or is under common control with you.

 

  

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Selling Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.

 

	BENEFICIAL OWNER (individual) 	 	BENEFICIAL OWNER (entity)
	 	 	 
	_______________________________________________________	 	_______________________________________________________
	Signature 	 	Name of Entity
	 	 	 
	_______________________________________________________	 	_______________________________________________________
	Print Name	 	Signature
	 	 	 
	_______________________________________________________	 	_______________________________________________________
	Signature (if Joint Tenants or Tenants in Common)	 	Print Name: 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	Title:__________________________________________
	 	 	 
	Dated: _________________________________	 	 

 

PLEASE E-MAIL OR FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN THE ORIGINAL BY MAIL, TO:

 

Gottbetter & Partners, LLP

488 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor

New York, NY  10022

Attention:  Eleanor Osmanoff

Facsimile:  (212) 400-6901

E-mail:  emo@gottbetter.com

 

PLEASE RETURN THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE AT YOUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY.

 

 

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