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Exhibit 10.10

 

AGREEMENT

 

This AGREEMENT, effective as of January 12, 2011 (the “Effective Date”), is by and between Global Pari-Mutuel Services, Inc. (the “Company”), a Nevada corporation, and Ron Charles (“Charles”), an individual having an address at 10702 Art Street, Shadow Hills, California 91040 (this “Agreement”).

 

ARTICLE 1

ENGAGEMENT

 

Section 1.01        Services.  During the Term (as hereinafter defined), Charles shall devote such time as is requested by the Company to providing the Company with the services (the “Services”) of aiding and participating in, and otherwise facilitating, negotiations and communications with AmTote International, Inc. and/or its affiliates (“AmTote”) with respect to a material strategic relationship between the Company and AmTote evidenced by definitive documentation (the “AmTote Agreement”).

 

Section 1.02        Conflict of Interest.  Charles agrees that throughout the period of Charles’s service hereunder, Charles shall not perform any activities or services, or accept such other service which would be inconsistent with this Agreement, the relationship between the parties, or would interfere with or present a conflict of interest concerning Charles’s service to the Company. Charles agrees and acknowledges that his service to the Company is conditioned upon him adhering to and complying with the business practices and requirements of ethical conduct set forth in writing from time to time by the Company in its employee manual or similar publication.

 

Section 1.03        Representation and Warranty.  Charles represents and warrants that the Services provided to the Company do not and will not breach any agreement or duty he has to anyone else, including any agreement or duty to keep in confidence trade secret information belonging to others.  Charles further represents and warrants that he will not bring, use or disclose any trade secret information from other companies during his service with the Company.

 

ARTICLE 2

TERM; TERMINATION

 

Section 2.01        Term.  This Agreement shall commence effective as of the Effective Date and shall, unless earlier terminated in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, continue through (i) the AmTote Agreement Execution Date (as hereinafter defined) or (ii) December 31, 2011 if the AmTote Agreement Execution Date has not occurred by December 31, 2011 (the “Term”).

 

Section 2.02         Termination.

 

a.           The Company may terminate this Agreement (i) with ten (10) days’ prior written notice in the event that discussions and/or negotiations with AmTote have ceased, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, or (ii) in the event of a material breach of a provision of this Agreement by Charles that, to the extent such breach is curable, remains uncured for a period of thirty (30) days following written notice of such breach from the Company to Charles and, to the extent such breach is not curable, fifteen (15) days following written notice of such breach from the Company to Charles.

 

  

  

  

 

b.           Charles may terminate this Agreement in the event of a material breach of a provision of this Agreement by the Company that, to the extent such breach is curable, remains uncured for a period of thirty (30) days following written notice of such breach from Charles to the Company and, to the extent such breach is not curable, fifteen (15) days following written notice of such breach from Charles to the Company.

 

ARTICLE 3

COMPENSATION

 

Section 3.01        Fee.  In consideration of the Services furnished by Charles hereunder, promptly upon the execution of the AmTote Agreement by each of the parties thereto (the “AmTote Agreement Execution Date”), the Company shall pay to Charles a one-time fee of $500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand Dollars).

 

Section 3.02        Stock Option.  Subject to the approval of the Company’s board of directors, in further consideration of the Services furnished by Charles hereunder, the Company shall grant a stock option to Charles to purchase 50,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share, with the following terms (the “Option”): (i) a three-year term; (ii) an exercise price of $3.00 per share; (iii) immediate vesting of the Option on the AmTote Agreement Execution Date and (iv) the Option may only be exercised in whole and not in part.

 

Section 3.03        Expense Reimbursement.  During the Term, upon submission of appropriate documentation to the Company, the Company shall reimburse Charles for all reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket expenses incurred in performance of the Services.

 

ARTICLE 4

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

 

Section 4.01        Confidentiality Agreement.

 

a.           Charles understands that during the Term, Charles and his employees or agents may have access to unpublished and otherwise confidential information (“Confidential Information”) both of a technical and non-technical nature, relating to the business of the Company and any of its parents, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates (collectively, “Affiliated Entities”), or of a Company Client (as defined below), including without limitation any of their actual or anticipated business, research or development, any of their technology or the implementation or exploitation thereof, including without limitation information Charles and others have collected, obtained or created, information pertaining to clients, accounts, vendors, prices, costs, materials, processes, codes, material results, technology, system designs, system specifications, materials of construction, trade secrets and equipment designs, including information disclosed to the Company by others under agreements to hold such information confidential.  Charles agrees to observe all Company policies and procedures concerning such Confidential Information.  Charles further agrees not to disclose or use, either while providing the Services or at any time thereafter, any Confidential Information for any purpose, including without limitation any competitive purpose, unless authorized to do so by the Company in writing, except that it may disclose and use such information when necessary in the performance of the Services.  Charles’s obligations under this Agreement will continue with respect to Confidential Information, whether or not his service is terminated, until such information becomes generally available from public sources through no fault of Charles.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, Charles shall be permitted to disclose Confidential Information as may be required by a subpoena or other governmental order, provided that he first notifies the Company of such subpoena, order or other requirement and allows the Company the opportunity to seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy.

 

  

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b.           During the Term of this Agreement, upon the Company’s request, or upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, Charles will promptly deliver to the Company all documents, records, files, notebooks, manuals, letters, notes, reports, customer and supplier lists, cost and profit data, e-mail, apparatus, computers, blackberries or other PDAs, hardware, software, drawings, blueprints, and any other material of the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities or clients, or of the Company Client (as defined below), including all materials pertaining to Confidential Information developed by Charles or others, and all copies of such materials, whether of a technical, business or fiscal nature, whether on the hard drive of a laptop or desktop computer, in hard copy, disk or any other format, which are in Charles’s possession, custody or control.

 

c.           Charles will promptly disclose to the Company any idea, invention, discovery or improvement, whether patentable or not (“Creations”), conceived or made by him alone or with others at any time during his service to the Company.  Charles agrees that the Company owns any such Creations, conceived or made by Charles alone or with others at any time during his service to the Company, and Charles hereby assigns and agrees to assign to the Company all rights he has or may acquire therein and agrees to execute any and all applications, assignments and other instruments relating thereto that the Company deems necessary or desirable.  These obligations shall continue beyond the termination of his service to the Company with respect to Creations and derivatives of such Creations conceived or made during his service with the Company.  Charles understands that the obligation to assign Creations to the Company shall not apply to any Creation which is developed entirely on Charles’s own time without using any of the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities, and/or Confidential Information unless such Creation (a) relates in any way to the business or to the current or anticipated research or development of the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities; or (b) results in any way from his work on behalf of the Company.

 

d.           Charles will not assert any rights to any invention, discovery, idea or improvement relating to the business of the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities or to his duties hereunder as having been made or acquired by Charles prior to his work for the Company, except for the matters, if any, described in Appendix A to this Agreement.

 

e.           During the Term, if Charles incorporates into a product or process of the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities anything listed or described in Appendix A, the Company is hereby granted and shall have a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide license (with the right to grant and authorize sublicenses) to make, have made, modify, use, sell, offer to sell, import, reproduce, distribute, publish, prepare derivative works of, display, perform publicly and by means of digital audio transmission and otherwise exploit as part of or in connection with any product, process or machine.

 

  

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f.           Charles agrees to cooperate fully with the Company, both during and after his service with the Company, with respect to the procurement, maintenance and enforcement of copyrights, patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights (both in the United States and foreign countries) relating to such Creations.  Charles shall sign all papers, including, without limitation, copyright applications, patent applications, declarations, oaths, formal assignments, assignments of priority rights and powers of attorney, that the Company may deem necessary or desirable in order to protect its rights and interests in any Creations.  Charles further agrees that if the Company is unable, after reasonable effort, to secure the necessary signature on any such papers, any officer of the Company shall be entitled to execute such papers as his agent and attorney-in-fact and Charles hereby irrevocably designates and appoints each officer of the Company as his attorney-in-fact to execute any such papers on his behalf and to take any and all actions as the Company may deem necessary or desirable in order to protect its rights and interests in any Creations, under the conditions described in this paragraph.

 

g.           “Company Client” means any entity to which the Company provides services during the Term of this Agreement.

 

Section 4.02        Non-solicitation; Non-competition.

 

a.           Charles agrees that, during the Term and until thirty-six (36) months after the termination of this Agreement, Charles will not directly or indirectly, including on behalf of any person, firm or other entity, employ or solicit for employment any employee or consultant of the Company, or its Affiliated Entities, or a Company Client, or anyone who was an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities within the one (1) year prior to the termination of this Agreement, or induce any such employee to terminate his or her employment with the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities, without the express written consent of an authorized representative of the Company.

 

b.           Charles further agrees that, during the Term and until thirty-six (36) months after the termination of this Agreement, Charles will not directly or indirectly, including on behalf of any person, firm or other entity, without the express written consent of an authorized representative of the Company, (i) perform services within the Territory (as defined below) for any Competing Business (as defined below), or a Company Client, whether as an employee, consultant, agent, contractor or in any other capacity, (ii) hold office as an officer or director or like position in any Competing Business, or a Company Client, (iii) request any present or future customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities or a Company Client, to curtail or cancel their business with the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities, and (iv) accept business from such customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities or a Company Client.  These obligations will continue for the specified period regardless of whether the termination of Charles’s relationship was voluntary or involuntary or with or without cause.

 

c.           “Competing Business” means any corporation, partnership or other entity or person (other than the Company) which is engaged in the development, marketing, distribution or sale of, or research directed to developing online pari-mutuel wagering technology and systems and services related thereto or any other business carried on or planned to be carried on by the Company.

 

  

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d.           “Territory” means anywhere where the Company’s business is presently conducted or presently proposed to be conducted.

 

e.           Charles agrees that in the event a court determines the length of time or the geographic area or activities prohibited under this Section 4.02 are too restrictive to be enforceable, the court may reduce the scope of the restriction to the extent necessary to make the restriction enforceable.

 

ARTICLE 5

GENERAL

 

Section 5.01        Independent Contractor.

 

a.           For all purposes Charles will operate as an independent contractor of the Company. Consequently, Charles retains full independence in exercising judgment as to the manner of performing the Services, and bears full responsibility for any and all tax liability that arises from the monies paid pursuant to this Agreement.  The Company shall not withhold any funds for tax or other governmental purposes, and Charles shall be responsible for the payment of same.  Charles shall not be entitled to receive any employment benefits offered to employees of the Company including workers compensation insurance.  To this end, Charles acknowledges that he is not an employee, agent, co-venturer, or representative of the Company and that the Company will not incur any liability as a result of his actions.  Charles shall at all times disclose that he is an independent contractor of the Company and shall not represent to any third party that he is an employee, agent, co-venturer, or representative of the Company other than as expressly authorized by the Company.

 

b.           Charles shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors, employees, agents, subsidiaries and other affiliates, from and against any and all claims incurred by reason any of the following to the extent occasioned by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Charles or his employees or agents: (a) failure to perform any covenant or agreement set forth in the Agreement; (b) injury to or death of any person or any damage to or loss of property; or (c) any breach by Charles of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement under this Agreement.  The Company shall have the right to offset against any fees due to Charles under this Agreement by the amount of any indemnity to which the Company is entitled under this Section 5.01(b) for any damage, cost, liability, expense, fee or other disbursement, incurred by the Company pursuant to this Section 5.01(b).

 

Section 5.02        Entire Agreement.  This Agreement and the attachments hereto, embody all of the representations, warranties, and agreements between the parties relating to Charles’s service to the Company.  No other representations, warranties, covenants, understandings, or agreements exist between the parties regarding the subject matter hereof.  This Agreement shall supersede all agreements, written or oral, relating to Charles’s service to the Company.  This Agreement may not be amended, modified or terminated except by a writing signed by the parties.

 

  

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Section 5.03        Notices.  All notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered by hand, mailed by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested), sent by facsimile or electronic mail or sent by Federal Express or other recognized overnight courier, in each case at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice):

 

If to the Company:

 

Global Pari-Mutuel Services, Inc.

500 Fifth Avenue, Suite 810

New York, New York  10110

Telephone: (917) 338-7301

Facsimile: (203) 724-1855

Electronic Mail: j.lilien@bendigopartners.com

Attention: R. Jarrett Lilien

 

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

 

Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP

Park Avenue Tower

65 East 55th Street

New York, New York  10022

Telephone: (212) 451-2300

Facsimile: (212) 451-2222

Electronic Mail: rfriedman@olshanlaw.com

Attention: Robert H. Friedman, Esq.

If to Charles:

 

Ron Charles

10702 Art Street

Shadow Hills, California 91040

Telephone: (818) 512-9589

Facsimile: (818) 353-7955

Electronic Mail: roncharles77@hotmail.com

All notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted under this Agreement shall be deemed received on the date of delivery, if hand delivered, on the date of receipt, if transmitted by facsimile or electronic mail, three business days after the date of mailing, if mailed by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested), and one business day after the date of sending, if sent by Federal Express or other recognized overnight courier.

 

Section 5.04         Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

a.           This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted exclusively in accordance with the laws of New York, without regard to conflict of laws provisions thereof to the extent that the general application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby. All disputes arising from or relating to this Agreement shall be heard exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction within the State of New York, County of New York, and the parties hereto consent to personal jurisdiction in such courts for such purposes, and further waive all objections on grounds of improper venue or forum non conveniens.

 

 

  

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b.           EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

 

Section 5.05        Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement is declared void or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, all other provisions shall nonetheless remain in full force and effect.

 

Section 5.06        Waiver.  The waiver by either party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach.  The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any provision of this Agreement on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that provision or any other provision of this Agreement.  Any waiver must be in writing and signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought.

 

Section 5.07        Assignment.  This Agreement may not be assigned by Charles without the prior written consent of the Company. This Agreement may not be assigned by the Company without the prior written consent of Charles. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each party’s successors and permitted assigns, including without limitation, any corporation or other entity into which the Company is merged or which acquires all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.

 

Section 5.08        Survival.  The obligations set forth in Sections 4.01 and 4.02 and Article 5 shall survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.09        Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first written.

 

	  	
GLOBAL PARI-MUTUEL SERVICES, INC.

	  	  
	  	  
	  	
By:

	

/s/ R. Jarrett Lilien

	  	  	
Name:

	
R. Jarrett Lilien

	  	  	
Title:

	
Chief Executive Officer

	  	  
	  	  
	  	

/s/ Ron Charles

	  	
RON CHARLES

 

  

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Appendix A

 

 

  

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Exhibit "4.2"  Initial Warrant

 

AS OF THE DATE HEREOF, THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.  ANY SECURITIES ISSUED HEREUNDER MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT.

 

WARRANT FOR THE PURCHASE OF SHARES

 

DATED: DECEMBER 1, 2009

 

THIS WARRANT (“Warrant”) is issued to 2309 Holdings, LLC (“Holder”) by Bigelow Income Properties, LLC, a Missouri limited liability company (“Company”) as of December 1, 2009 in connection with and pursuant to the terms of the Operating Agreement of the Company also dated December 1, 2009 (“Operating Agreement”).

 

This certifies that, for value received, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, Holder is entitled, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, to purchase from the Company up to Five Million (5,000,000) Company Shares (“Warrant Shares”) at an exercise price (“Exercise Price”) of $0.0001 per share, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 11 hereof.  The exact number of Warrant Shares and Exercise Price of such Shares are subject to the terms hereof and all references to “Warrant Shares” and “Exercise Price” herein shall be deemed to include any such adjustment or series of adjustments.  The term “Warrant” as used herein shall mean this Warrant, and any warrants delivered in substitution or exchange therefor as provided herein.  All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Operating Agreement.

 

1.           Term of Warrant.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, this Warrant shall be exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time after the issuance hereof (“Exercise Period”).

 

2.           Number of Shares, Exercise Price.

 

(a)           The exact number of Warrant Shares exercisable at any time shall be an amount equal to the quotient derived by dividing (i) the total dollar value of equity capital raised by the Company from time to time (including the fair market value of contributions in-kind) by (ii) Two Hundred Forty Dollars ($240.00); provided, however, upon the occurrence of any event whereby the Company (A) becomes authorized to engage in leveraged acquisitions and incur any debt for the acquisition of Company assets that is not necessary for timing purposes and will not be retired as soon as practicable by the issuance of additional Shares or (B) terminates either agreement contemplated by Section 2.08 of the Operating Agreement, the Holder shall automatically have the right to immediately purchase all or any part of 5,000,000 Warrant Shares at the then current Exercise Price.

 

(b)           The Exercise Price at which this Warrant may be exercised shall be $0.0001 per Share, which price is based on the total current fair market value of the Company divided by the maximum number of Warrant Shares.

 

3.           Exercise of Warrant.

 

(a)           Cash Exercise.  This Warrant may be exercised by the Holder in whole or in part by (i) the delivery of a Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto duly completed and executed on behalf of the Holder, at the office of the Company (or at such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the Holder at the address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company) during the Exercise Period and (ii) the delivery of payment to the Company, for the account of the Company, by cash, cancellation of indebtedness, wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account specified by the Company, or by certified or bank cashier’s check, of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant Shares specified in the Exercise Form in lawful money of the United States of America.  The Company agrees that such Warrant Shares shall be deemed to be issued to the Holder as the record holder of such Warrant Shares as of the close of business on the date on which the foregoing are delivered.  Confirmation that a book entry has been entered reflecting the issuance of the appropriate number of Warrant Shares to Holder shall be sent to Holder as promptly as practicable, and in any event within ten

 

  

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(10) days, thereafter.  If this Warrant shall have been exercised only in part, the remaining number of Warrant Shares shall still be available pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

4.           This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised immediately prior to the close of business on the date of the delivery of all required documentation and consideration as provided above, and the Holder shall be treated for all purposes as the holder of record of such Shares as of the close of business on such date.  No payments or accruals shall be made in connection with Warrant Shares issuable on the exercise of this Warrant for any cash dividends paid or payable to holders of record of Shares prior to the date on which the Holder shall be deemed to be the record holder of such Warrant Shares. No Fractional Shares or Scrip.  No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant.

 

5.           Replacement of Warrant.  On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, on delivery of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Company or, in the case of mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense shall execute and deliver, in lieu of this Warrant, a new warrant of like tenor and amount.

 

6.           Rights of Shareholders.  Subject to Sections 9 and 11 of this Warrant, the Holder shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of Shares or any other securities of the Company that may at any time be issuable on the exercise hereof for any purpose, nor shall anything contained herein be construed, in and of itself, to confer upon (or take away from) the Holder, as such, any of the rights of a Shareholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to Shareholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any action or to receive notice of meetings, or to receive dividends or subscription rights or otherwise unless and until all or part of the Warrant shall have been exercised properly as provided herein.

 

7.           Transfer of Warrant.

 

(a)           Non-Transferability and Non-Negotiability of Warrant.  This Warrant may not be transferred or assigned in whole or in part except as provided in the Operating Agreement without the prior written consent of the Company.

 

(b)           Compliance with Securities Laws.

 

(i)           The Holder of this Warrant, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges that this Warrant and the Shares to be issued upon exercise hereof are being acquired solely for the Holder’s own account and not as a nominee for any other party, and for investment, and that the Holder will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this Warrant or any Shares to be issued upon exercise hereof except under circumstances that will not result in a violation of the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws.  Upon exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall, if requested by the Company, confirm in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Company, that the Shares so purchased are being acquired solely for the Holder’s own account and not as a nominee for any other party, for investment, and not with a view toward distribution or resale.

 

(ii)           To the extent applicable, this Warrant and all Shares issuable upon the exercise hereof shall be subject to the following (in addition to any other restrictions required by state securities laws):

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.  SUCH SECURITIES AND ANY SECURITIES OR SHARES ISSUED HEREUNDER MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT.  COPIES OF THE AGREEMENT COVERING THE PURCHASE OF THESE SECURITIES AND RESTRICTING THEIR TRANSFER OR SALE MAY BE OBTAINED AT NO COST BY WRITTEN REQUEST MADE BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD HEREOF TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY AT ITS PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES.

 

  

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(iii)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, if not already done, as soon as practicable after the issuance of any of the Warrant Shares, the Company will cause such Shares to be registered pursuant to all applicable securities laws and listed on a nationally recognized exchange.  At such time all applicable restrictions set forth herein shall be removed, and such Shares shall be held free and clear of any restrictions by virtue of this Warrant.

 

8.           Reservation of Stock.  The Company may but shall not be required to issue, reserve, register or list any Shares issuable pursuant to this Warrant unless and until this Warrant is properly exercised in whole or in part.  In such case, if not already done, an appropriate number of Shares shall be issued, registered and listed on an exchange reasonably acceptable to Holder.  The Company covenants that all Shares that are issued upon the exercise of rights represented by this Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price, all as set forth herein, will be free from all taxes, liens and charges in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously or otherwise specified herein).  The Company agrees that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing and accounting for Shares to make such book entries as may be required upon exercise of all or any part of the Warrant.

 

9.           Notices.  Notice shall be given to the Holder by the Company upon the happening of any of the following:

 

(a)           At the end of each calendar quarter in which the Company receives equity capital, the Company shall provide Holder a written notice that includes the following: (i) the amount of capital received, including the fair market value of contributions in-kind, (ii) the cumulative amount of capital received by the Company through the end of such calendar quarter, including the fair market value of contributions in-kind,  and (iii) the number of Shares shown on the books of the Company as owned by the Holder at the end of such calendar quarter.

 

(b)           Whenever the Exercise Price or number of Shares purchasable hereunder shall be adjusted pursuant to Section 11 hereof, the Company shall issue a certificate signed by a Manager of the Company setting forth, in reasonable detail, the event requiring the adjustment, the amount of the adjustment, the method by which such adjustment was calculated, and the Exercise Price and number of Shares purchasable hereunder after giving effect to such adjustment, and shall cause a copy of such certificate to be mailed (by first-class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder of this Warrant.

 

(c)           In case:

 

(i)           the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Shares (or other stock or securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) for the purpose of entitling them to receive any dividend or other distribution, or any right to subscribe for or purchase any shares of stock of any class or any other securities, or to receive any other right;

 

(ii)           of any capital reorganization of the Company, any reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another entity, or any conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to another entity;

 

(iii)           of any dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company;

 

(iv)           of any redemption or conversion of any or all outstanding Shares; or

 

(v)           of the filing of any registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”);

 

then, and in each such case, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed to the Holder a notice specifying, as the case may be, (A) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right, and stating the amount and character of such dividend, distribution or right, (B) the date on which such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up, redemption or conversion is to take place, and the time, if any is to be fixed, as of which the holders of record of Shares shall be entitled to

 

  

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exchange their Shares for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, or (C) the anticipated date on which the Company expects its first registration statement with the SEC to become effective.  Such notice shall be mailed at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date therein specified.

 

(d)           All such notices, advices and communications shall be deemed to have been received (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the date of such delivery and (ii) in the case of mailing, on the third (3rd) business day following the date of such mailing if sent to a United States address and on the tenth (10th) business day following the date of such mailing if sent to an address outside the United States.

 

10.           Amendments. This Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.

 

11.           Adjustments.  The Exercise Price and the number of Shares purchasable hereunder are subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

 

(a)           Reclassification, etc.  If the Company, at any time while this Warrant, or any portion thereof, remains outstanding and unexpired by reclassification of securities or otherwise, shall change any of the securities as to which purchase rights under this Warrant exist into the same or a different number of securities of any other class or classes, this Warrant shall thereafter represent the right to acquire such number and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result of such change with respect to the securities that were subject to the purchase rights under this Warrant immediately prior to such reclassification or other change and the Exercise Price therefor shall be appropriately adjusted, all subject to further adjustment as provided in this Section 11.

 

(b)           Split, Subdivision or Combination of Shares.  If the Company at any time while this Warrant, or any portion thereof, remains outstanding and unexpired shall split, subdivide or combine the securities as to which purchase rights under this Warrant exist, into a different number of securities of the same class, then (i) in the case of a split or subdivision, the Exercise Price for such securities shall be proportionately decreased and the securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately increased, and (ii) in the case of a combination, the Exercise Price for such securities shall be proportionately increased and the securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately decreased.

 

(c)           Adjustments for Dividends in Stock or Other Securities or Property.  If while this Warrant, or any portion hereof, remains outstanding and unexpired the holders of the securities as to which purchase rights under this Warrant exist at the time shall have received, or, on or after the record date fixed for the determination of eligible shareholders, shall have become entitled to receive, without payment therefor, other or additional stock or other securities or property (other than cash) of the Company by way of dividend, then and in each case, this Warrant shall represent the right to acquire, in addition to the number of shares of the security receivable upon exercise of this Warrant, and without payment of any additional consideration therefor, the amount of such other or additional stock or other securities or property (other than cash) of the Company that such holder would hold on the date of such exercise had it been the holder of record of the security receivable upon exercise of this Warrant on the date hereof and had thereafter, during the period from the date hereof to and including the date of such exercise, retained such shares and/or all other additional stock available by it as aforesaid during such period, giving effect to all adjustments called for during such period by the provisions of this Section 11.

 

(d)           Notice as to Adjustments.  Upon the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment pursuant to this Section 11, the Company, at its expense, shall promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to the Holder of this Warrant a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based.  The Company shall, upon the written request, at any time, of the Holder, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Holder a like certificate setting forth:  (i) such adjustments and readjustments; (ii) the Exercise Price at the time in effect; and (iii) the number of Shares and the amount, if any, of other property that at the time would be received upon the exercise of the Warrant.

 

  

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(e)           No Impairment.  The Company will not, by any voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Section 11 and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder of this Warrant against impairment.

 

12.           Miscellaneous.

 

(a)           This Warrant shall be governed by the laws of the State of Missouri as applied to agreements entered into in the State of Missouri by and among residents of the State of Missouri.

 

(b)           This Warrant, together with all exhibits hereto and any other documents executed and delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, contains the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.  No representations, inducements, promises or agreements, oral or otherwise, between the parties not embodied herein shall be of any force or effect.  No modification or amendment hereof shall be binding unless contained in a written document executed by all parties.

 

(c)           The Company and Holder each warrant, represent and agree that execution of this Warrant, and any other documents executed or deliver pursuant to the provisions hereof, have been duly authorized by it, that this Warrant is duly executed by it and the obligations herein set forth are its valid and binding obligations enforceable in accordance with terms.  Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law; but if any provision of this Warrant, or any document executed and delivered pursuant hereto, shall be prohibited by or invalid under such law, such a provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Warrant or any document executed and delivered pursuant hereto.

 

(d)           In the event of a dispute with regard to the interpretation of this Warrant, the prevailing party may collect the cost of attorney’s fees, litigation expenses or such other expenses as may be incurred in the enforcement of the prevailing party’s rights hereunder.

 

(e)           Except as may be otherwise specifically provided herein, this Warrant is not intended to create, nor shall it be in any way interpreted or construed to create, any third party beneficiary rights in any person not a party hereto.

 

(f)           Time is of the essence in performance of the parties’ respective obligations herein contained.

 

(g)           This Warrant shall be exercisable as provided for herein, except that in the event that the expiration date of this Warrant shall fall on a Saturday, Sunday and or United States federally recognized Holiday, this expiration date for this Warrant shall be extended to 5:00 p.m. Pacific standard time on the business day following such Saturday, Sunday or recognized Holiday.

 

(h)           The Company and Holder will promptly execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered all such other and further instruments, documents, information or assurances and promptly do or cause to be done all such other and further things, as may be necessary or reasonably required in order to allow the timely exercise of and/or vest further and more fully in the Holder all rights, interests, powers, benefits, privileges and advantages conferred or intended to be conferred upon it by this Warrant or to otherwise effect the purposes of this Warrant.

 

  

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Warrant as the date hereof.

 

BIGELOW INCOME PROPERTIES, LLC

By: 2309 Holdings, LLC, Sole Manager

By:      /s/ Charles Christian Kirley                                                                         

Charles Christian Kirley, Sole Manager

 

“Company”

2309 HOLDINGS, LLC

By:      /s/ Charles Christian Kirley                                                                         

Charles Christian Kirley, Sole Manager

“Holder”

  

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NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

To:  BIGELOW INCOME PROPERTIES, LLC

 

(1)           The undersigned hereby elects to purchase __________ Shares of Bigelow Income Properties, LLC, pursuant to the terms of that certain Warrant dated as of December 1, 2009, and tenders herewith payment of the purchase price for such Shares in full.

 

(2)           In connection with this exercise of the Warrant, the undersigned hereby confirms and acknowledges that the Shares to be issued are being acquired solely for the account of the undersigned and not as a nominee for any other party, or for investment, and that the undersigned will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of any such Shares except under circumstances that will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any applicable state securities laws.

 

(3)           Please cause an entry to be made on the books and records of the Company indicating that such Shares have been issued in the name of the undersigned.

 

(4)           Please issue a confirmation indicating (i) that the required entry has been made and (ii) the unexercised portion of the undersigned’s Warrant.

 

Dated:  _______________.

 

2309 HOLDINGS, LLC

By: _______________________________

Name: _____________________________

Title: ______________________________

“Holder”

  

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