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Premier Alliance Names Kent F. Anson as Chief Executive Officer,

Positioning the Company for Its Next Phase of Growth

 

 

Charlotte, NC – January 22, 2014 - Premier Alliance Group, Inc., (OTCQB: PIMO) a leading provider of business performance, cyber security,  and energy-management solutions, today announced that Kent F. Anson is joining the company as chief executive officer, effective January 20.

“In Kent, Premier Alliance is getting a proven leader who can execute on our plans for long-term, sustainable growth,” said Joseph J. Grano Jr., Chairman of the Board of Directors of Premier Alliance. “The company has undergone a dramatic transformation, notably with our recent acquisition of cyber-security assessment company root9B. We are confident Kent can help manage our core businesses while looking for new and exciting ways to grow value for our company and our shareholders.”

“I could not be more pleased to lead an organization like Premier Alliance,” Mr. Anson said. “Premier is known for its talented employees, deep client relationships and innovation in areas like energy management, security and compliance. I am privileged to join this team, and I look forward to delivering meaningful results for all our stakeholders, including our shareholders, partners, customers and employees.”

Mr. Anson joins Premier Alliance from Honeywell, where he has held several senior-management positions since 2002. Mr. Anson served as director, large & complex projects, vice president of higher education and vice president of global energy at Honeywell Building Solutions. Previously, he held management positions at General Electric Co. and Munters Corporation.

He holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in economics and marketing from the University of South Carolina, and an MBA, with honors, from the University of Bridgeport.

Mr. Anson succeeds Mark Elliott as CEO. Mr. Elliott will be remaining with the company in a new role of Chief Operating Officer, where he will assist Mr. Anson in integrating Premier Alliance’s recent acquisitions and executing the company’s strategic plan.  Mr. Elliott will report directly to Mr. Anson.

 

About Premier Alliance Group, Inc. 

 

Premier Alliance Group, Inc., (OTCQB: PIMO) is a leading provider of Business Performance, Cyber Security, and Energy & Sustainability Solutions.  Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Premier Alliance has been delivering results that improve productivity, mitigate risk and maximize profits since 1995.  Our clients range in size from Fortune 100 companies to mid-sized and owner-managed businesses across a broad range of industries, including local, state and federal government agencies.  For more information, visit www.premieralliance.com.

 

Safe Harbor Statement

 

Certain information contained in this press release may be forward-looking. Actual results might differ materially from any forward-looking statements contained in this press release. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other unknown factors that could cause the actual results of Premier Alliance Group to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In addition to statements which explicitly describe such risks and uncertainties, readers are urged to consider statements labeled with the terms "believes," "belief," "expects," "intends," "anticipates" or "plans" to be uncertain and forward-looking.CareView Communications, Inc. 8-k

Exhibit 10.126

 

Execution
Version

 

FOURTH AMENDMENT
TO

NOTE AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This FOURTH AMENDMENT
TO NOTE AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of January 16, 2014 (this “Amendment”), is made by and
among CAREVIEW COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and the investors identified
on Annex I attached hereto (together with their respective successors and permitted assigns, the “Investors”).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, the Company
and the Investors are parties to that certain Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 21, 2011 (as amended from
time to time, including without limitation pursuant to that certain Note and Warrant Amendment Agreement dated December 20, 2011,
that certain Second Amendment to Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated January 31, 2012, and that certain Third Amendment to
Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated August 20, 2013, the “Purchase Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant
to Section 7.9 of the Purchase Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, the parties hereto desire to
amend the Purchase Agreement as set forth herein; and

 

WHEREAS, the Investors
wish to purchase from the Company, and the Company wishes to sell and issue to the Investors, upon the terms and conditions stated
herein and in the Purchase Agreement, (i) additional Notes in the initial aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000, with a conversion
price per share equal to $0.40 (subject to adjustment as described therein) (the “2014 Supplemental Closing Notes”),
and (ii) additional Warrants to purchase an aggregate of up to 4,000,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, at an exercise
price per share equal to $0.40 (subject to adjustment as described therein) (the “2014 Supplemental Warrants”),
in each case as of the date of this Amendment (the “2014 Supplemental Closing Date”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company
and the Investors are executing and delivering this Amendment in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded
by the provisions of Regulation D, as promulgated by the Commission under the Act.

 

NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the mutual promises, representations, warranties and covenants contained herein and in the Purchase
Agreement, which represent integral components of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and shall be fully
enforceable by the parties hereto, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Investors mutually agree as follows:

 

1.            Definitions.
Capitalized terms used in this Amendment but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase
Agreement.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

2.            Amendments to Purchase
Agreement.

 

a.        Section 1.3
of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Sale
of Additional Securities. After the Closing, the Company may sell to the Investors, on the same terms and conditions as those
contained in this Agreement (as amended from time to time), up to $10,000,000 in additional Notes and Warrants to purchase an additional
4,000,000 shares of Common Stock, and (a) any such additional Notes shall be included within the definition of “Notes”
under this Agreement; (b) any such additional Warrants shall be included within the definition of “Warrants” under
this Agreement; (c) any such additional Notes and additional Warrants shall be included within the definition of “Closing
Securities” under this Agreement; (d) any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any such additional Notes shall
be included within the definition of “Note Shares” under this Agreement; (e) any shares of Common Stock issuable upon
the exercise of any such additional Warrants shall be included within the definition of “Warrant Shares” under this
Agreement; and (f) any amendment to this Agreement to further consummate the sale of any such additional Notes and/or additional
Warrants shall be included within the definition of “Transaction Documents” under this Agreement. Any such additional
Notes shall be substantially in the form of the senior secured convertible note attached hereto as Exhibit A, with such
updates to the “Issuance Date”, “Maturity Date”, “First Five Year Note Period”, “Conversion
Price” and other terms as shall be mutually acceptable to the Company and the Investors. Any such additional Warrants shall
be substantially in the form of common stock warrant attached hereto attached hereto as Exhibit B, with such updates to
the “Expiration Date”, “Warrant Price” and other terms as shall be mutually acceptable to the Company and
the Investors.”

 

b.        The last
sentence of Section 2(d)(i) of the form of Note attached as Exhibit A to the Purchase Agreement and the last sentence of
Section 2(d)(i) of each of the currently outstanding Notes held by the Investors is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
to read as follows:

 

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“For purposes
of this Note, the term “Major Event” shall mean the occurrence of (i) the signing of a definitive agreement
or a series of agreements for the transfer, sale, lease or license of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or
capital securities; (ii) the signing of a definitive agreement to consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or
not the Company is the Successor Entity) that results or would result, after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by such agreement, in such other Person (or the holders of such other Person’s capital stock immediately prior
to the transaction) (other than the Holder or its Affiliates) being or becoming the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of thirty-five percent (35%) or more of any class of the Company’s or the Successor
Entity’s outstanding capital securities; (iii) the signing of a definitive agreement or a series of agreements to consummate
a stock acquisition or sale or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, or
spin-off), or series thereof, with any other Person or Persons (other than the Holder or its Affiliates) that results or would
result, after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement or agreements, in such other
Person or Persons being or becoming the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act)
of thirty-five percent (35%) or more of any class of the Company’s outstanding capital securities; (iv) the commencement
or other public announcement by any Person (other than the Company, the Holder or the Holder’s Affiliates) of a purchase,
tender or exchange offer for 35% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held
by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender
or exchange offer); (v) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Exchange Act) (other than the Holder or its Affiliates) is or shall become the “beneficial owner”
(as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of either (x) 35% or more of the aggregate
ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock or (y) 35% or more of the aggregate ordinary voting
power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock not held by such Person or Persons as of the date hereof; or (vi) the
public announcement by any Person, Persons or group (other than the Company, the Holder or the Holder’s Affiliates) of a
bona fide intention to enter into any of the agreements or to engage in or commence any of the actions described in clauses
(i) through (v) above, or otherwise reflecting an intent to acquire the Company or all or substantially all of its assets or capital
securities, or the public announcement by the Company of its receipt of a communication from such a Person, Persons or group evidencing
the same.”

 

c.        The first
sentence of Section 2(f) of the form of Note attached as Exhibit A to the Purchase Agreement and the first sentence of Section
2(f) of each of the currently outstanding Notes held by the Investors is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:

 

“This Note
is one of a series of notes issued by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.”

 

d.        Section 4(a)(xi)
of the form of Note attached as Exhibit A to the Purchase Agreement and Section 4(a)(xi) of each of the currently outstanding
Notes held by the Investors is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

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“[Intentionally
omitted]”

 

e.        Section 23(c)
of the form of Note attached as Exhibit A to the Purchase Agreement and Section 23(c) of each of the currently outstanding
Notes held by the Investors is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

““Change
of Control” means the consummation of any transaction described in clauses (i) through (v) of the definition of “Major
Event” in Section 2(d)(i).”

 

f.        Section 23
of the form of Note attached as Exhibit A to the Purchase Agreement and Section 23 of each of the currently outstanding
Notes held by the Investors is hereby amended to add the following definition in its alphabetical position:

 

“(d)    “Closing
Sale Price” means, as of any date, the last closing trade price for the Common Stock on the Eligible Market representing
the principal securities exchange or trading market for the Common Stock, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if such Eligible Market
begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing trade price, then the last trade price of such
security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no Eligible Market is the principal securities
exchange or trading market for the Common Stock, the last closing trade price of such security on the principal securities exchange
or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last
trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg,
or, if no last trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the ask prices of any market makers for such
security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group, Inc. or any successor thereto. If the Closing Sale
Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security
on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder.”

 

3.            No Further Amendments.
Except as amended by this Amendment, the Purchase Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

 

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4.            Issuance of 2014
Supplemental Closing Notes and 2014 Supplemental Warrants. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment and the Purchase
Agreement, on the 2014 Supplemental Closing Date, each of the Investors listed on Annex I shall severally, and not jointly,
purchase from the Company, and the Company shall sell and issue to each Investor, the 2014 Supplemental Closing Notes and the 2014
Supplemental Warrants in the respective amounts set forth opposite each such Investor’s name on Annex I in exchange
for a cash payment by each such Investor of the amount set forth opposite such Investor’s name on Annex I (the “2014
Supplemental Purchase Price”). The 2014 Supplemental Closing Notes shall be substantially in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit A-1, and the 2014 Supplemental Warrants shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-1.
The closing of the purchase, sale and issuance of the 2014 Supplemental Closing Notes and 2014 Supplemental Warrants (the “2014
Supplemental Closing”) shall take place simultaneously with the execution of this Amendment at the offices of Edwards
Wildman Palmer LLP, 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199, or at such other location as the Company and the Investors
shall mutually agree. At the 2014 Supplemental Closing, the Company shall have satisfied the closing conditions set forth in subsections
(c)-(h), (k) and (l) of Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement as of the 2014 Supplemental Closing Date (for avoidance of doubt,
reading references to the “Closing Date” in such subsections to refer to the 2014 Supplemental Closing Date) and shall
deliver to the Investors the 2014 Supplemental Closing Notes and the 2014 Supplemental Warrants, each registered in such name or
names as the Investors may designate. On the 2014 Supplemental Closing Date, the Investors shall deliver the 2014 Supplemental
Purchase Price to the Company, payable by wire transfer in same day funds to an account specified by the Company in writing. The
2014 Supplemental Closing Notes shall be secured as and to the same extent as the other Notes issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement,
as described in the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, the Security Agreement and IP Security Agreement.

 

5.            Bringdown of Company’s
Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to the Investors that, except as set forth in a disclosure
letter delivered to the Investors as of the 2014 Supplemental Closing Date, the statements contained in Article 2 and the
first sentence of Section 5.1(k) of the Purchase Agreement are true and correct as of the 2014 Supplemental Closing Date
as though made as of the 2014 Supplemental Closing Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties are specifically
made as of a particular date (in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct as of such other specified
date). For the avoidance of doubt, as a result of the operation of this Section 5 and for purposes hereof, any representation
and warranty made in the Purchase Agreement “as of the Closing Date” shall be deemed to be made as of the 2014 Supplemental
Closing Date, any reference in a representation and warranty to “the date hereof” shall be deemed to refer to the date
of this Amendment, any retroactive time period set forth in a representation and warranty shall be deemed to be retroactive from
the date of this Amendment for such time period, and any reference to “Closing Securities” shall be deemed to refer
to the 2014 Supplemental Closing Notes and the 2014 Supplemental Warrants.

 

6.            Bringdown of Investors’
Representations and Warranties. Each Investor, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Company that the statements
contained in Article 3 of the Purchase Agreement are true and correct as of the 2014 Supplemental Closing Date as though
made as of the 2014 Supplemental Closing Date (for this purpose, reading any reference to “Closing Securities” in such
Article 3 to refer only to the 2014 Supplemental Closing Notes and the 2014 Supplemental Warrants).

 

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7.            Form D and
Blue Sky. The Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the 2014 Supplemental Closing Notes and the 2014 Supplemental
Warrants as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to the Investors promptly after such filing. The Company
shall, on or before the 2014 Supplemental Closing Date, take such action as is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for or
to qualify the 2014 Supplemental Closing Notes and the 2014 Supplemental Warrants for sale to the Investors at the 2014 Supplemental
Closing pursuant to this Amendment under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the State of New York, and shall
provide evidence of any such exemption or qualification so taken to the Investors on or prior to the 2014 Supplemental Closing
Date. The Company shall make all filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the 2014 Supplemental Closing Notes and
the 2014 Supplemental Warrants required under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the State of New York following
the 2014 Supplemental Closing Date.

 

8.            Acknowledgement
and Undertaking by Company. The Company agrees and acknowledges that the transactions described in this Amendment and the issuance
of the 2014 Supplemental Closing Notes, the 2014 Supplemental Warrants and shares of Common Stock upon exercise or conversion of
the 2014 Supplemental Closing Notes and 2014 Supplemental Warrants are intended to be exempt from Section 16(b) of the Exchange
Act pursuant to one or more rules promulgated thereunder, applicable law and the Commission’s releases and interpretations,
and will, from time to time as and when requested by the Investors, and will cause its successors and assigns to, execute and deliver
or cause to be executed and delivered, to the extent it may lawfully do so, all such documents and instruments and take, or cause
to be taken, to the extent it may lawfully do so, all such further actions as the Investors may reasonably deem necessary and desirable
to facilitate and effect any such exemption.

 

9.            Acknowledgment
by Investors. The Investors agree and acknowledge that the Company’s current arrangements for the replacement of Samuel
Greco are acceptable to the Investors and that neither the resignation of Samuel Greco nor such arrangements for his replacement
will constitute an Event of Default under Section 4(a)(x) of the Notes.

 

10.           Miscellaneous.

 

a.             Ratification
and Confirmation. The Company acknowledges, agrees and confirms that: (x) the Purchase Agreement and each of the other Transaction
Documents, as amended and otherwise modified by the amendments and other modifications specifically provided herein, are and shall
continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed; and (y) without limiting
the generality of the foregoing clause (x), (i) all obligations, liabilities and Indebtedness of the Company under the Transaction
Documents, as amended hereby, constitute “Obligations” (as defined in the Security Agreement) secured by and entitled
to the benefits of the security set forth in the Security Agreement and the IP Security Agreement, and the liens and security interests
granted in favor of the Investors under the terms of the Security Agreement and the IP Security Agreement are perfected, effective,
enforceable and valid and such liens and security interests are, in each case, a first priority lien and security interest (except
to the extent otherwise expressly permitted by the Transaction Documents) and such liens and security interests are hereby in all
respects ratified and confirmed, and (ii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise or conversion of the 2014 Supplemental
Closing Notes and the 2014 Supplemental Warrants shall constitute “Registrable Securities” under the Registration Rights
Agreement.

 

b.             Expenses. The
Company will pay and bear full responsibility for the reasonable legal fees and other out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Investors
attributable to the negotiation and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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c.             Further Assurances.
The Company shall duly execute and deliver, or cause to be duly executed and delivered, at its own cost and expense, such further
instruments and documents and to take all such action, in each case as may be necessary or proper in the reasonable judgment of
the Investors to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Amendment.

 

d.             Survival. The
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made herein shall survive any investigation made by any party hereto, the
execution and delivery of this Amendment and the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

e.             Governing Law.
All questions concerning the construction, interpretation and validity of this Amendment shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the domestic laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision
or rule (whether in the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction
other than the State of Delaware. In furtherance of the foregoing, the internal law of the State of Delaware will control the interpretation
and construction of this Amendment, even if under such jurisdiction’s choice of law or conflict of law analysis, the substantive
law of some other jurisdiction would ordinarily or necessarily apply.

 

f.             Construction.
The Company and the Investors acknowledge that the Company and its independent counsel and the Investors and their independent
counsel have jointly reviewed and drafted this document, and agree that any rule of construction and interpretation to the effect
that drafting ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed.

 

g.             Counterparts; Facsimile
and Electronic Signatures. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each such counterpart hereof shall
be deemed to be an original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one agreement. Counterpart signatures
to this Amendment delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be acceptable and binding.

 

h.             Headings. The
section and paragraph headings contained in this Amendment are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the
meaning or interpretation of this Amendment.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
each of the undersigned has duly executed this Fourth Amendment to Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement as of the date first written
above.

 

	 	COMPANY:
	 	 	 
	 	CareView Communications, Inc., A Nevada corporation
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Steven G. Johnson
	 	 	Name: Steven
G. Johnson
	 	 	Title: President

 

	 	INVESTORS:
	 	 	 
	 	HealthCor Partners Fund, L.P.
	 	By: HealthCor Partners Management L.P., as Manager
	 	By: HealthCor Partners Management, G.P., LLC, as General Partner
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Jeffrey C. Lightcap
	 	Name: Jeffrey C. Lightcap
	 	Title: Senior Managing Director

 

	 	Address:	HealthCor Partners
	 	 	Carnegie
Hall Towers
	 	 	152
West 57th Street
	 	 	New
York, NY 10019

 

	 	HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, L.P.
	 	By: HealthCor Hybrid Offshore G.P., LLC, as General Partner
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ John H. Coghlin
	 	Name: John H. Coghlin
	 	Title: General Counsel

 

	 	Address:	HealthCor Partners
	 	 	Carnegie
Hall Towers
	 	 	152
West 57th Street
	 	 	New
York, NY 10019

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:

 

	CareView Communications, Inc., A Texas corporation	 
	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Steven G. Johnson	 
	Name: Steven G. Johnson	 
	Title: President	 
	 	 	 
	CareView Operations, LLC	 
	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Steven G. Johnson	 
	Name: Steven G. Johnson	 
	Title: President	 

  

    	 

    	 

    

 

Annex I

 

Investors

 

	Investor	2014 Supplemental Closing Notes	2014 Supplemental Warrants	Supplemental Purchase Price
	HealthCor Partners Fund, L.P.	$2,329,000	1,863,200	$2,329,000
	HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, L.P.	$2,671,000	2,136,800	$2,671,000
	TOTAL	$5,000,000	4,000,000	$5,000,000

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

Exhibit A-1

 

Form of 2014 Supplemental Closing Notes

 

See attached.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

Exhibit B-1

 

Form of 2014 Supplemental Warrants

 

See attached.

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