Document:

Exhibit
4.2

 

SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of November 17, 2016, between SG Blocks, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each,
including its successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).

 

WHEREAS,
the Company’s Amended Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”); in Case No. 15-12790 (JLG) (the “Bankruptcy
Case”), in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”)
became effective pursuant to the Order Confirming Debtors’ Amended Plan of Reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy
Code, entered by the Bankruptcy Court on June 3, 2016;

 

WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell
to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company
as more fully described in this Agreement.

 

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

 

Article
I.

DEFINITIONS

 

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

 

“Acquiring
Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.7.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

    

     

    

 

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

 

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

 

“Common
Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, and any other class of securities into which
such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

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

 

“Company
Counsel” means Thompson Hine LLP, with offices located at 3900 Key Center, 127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1291.

 

“Conversion
Price” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Debentures.

 

“Conversion
Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Debentures.

 

“Debentures”
means the Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Convertible Debentures on the Maturity Date (as defined therein), subject to
the terms therein, issued by the Company to the Purchasers hereunder, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

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

 

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

 

“Effective
Date” means the earliest of the date that (a) all of the Underlying Shares have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 or may
be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required
under Rule 144 and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or (b) following the one year anniversary of the Closing Date
provided that a holder of Underlying Shares is not an Affiliate of the Company, or (c) all of the Underlying Shares may be sold
pursuant to an exemption from registration under Section 4(1) of the Securities Act without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions
and Company Counsel has delivered to such holders a standing written unqualified opinion that resales may then be made by such
holders of the Underlying Shares pursuant to such exemption which opinion shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable
to such holders.

 

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

 

“Exempt
Issuance” means the issuance of (a) securities issued pursuant to the Plan; (b) shares of Common Stock or options to
employees, officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose, by a majority
of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established
for such purpose; (c) shares of Common Stock or options (subject to adjustment for forward and reverse stock splits and the like
that occur after the date hereof) to consultants and/or service providers in connection with Company projects, as approved by
the Board of Directors; (d) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder and/or
other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date
of this Agreement, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number
of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities or to extend the term
of such securities; and (e) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the
disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equityholders of
a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic
with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds,
but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or
to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

“Legend
Removal Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

“Maximum
Rate” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.17.

 

“Participation
Maximum” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(a).

 

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

 

“Pre-Notice”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(b).

 

“Principal
Amount” means, as to each Purchaser, the amounts set forth below such Purchaser’s signature block on the signature
pages hereto next to the heading “Principal Amount,” in United States Dollars, which shall equal such Purchaser’s
Subscription Amount multiplied by 1.25.

 

“Prior
Debenture” means the Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Convertible Debenture due June 30, 2018 issued by the Company
to Hillair Capital Investments L.P. on June 30, 2016 in the original principal amount of $2,500,000.

 

“Prior
Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2016, by and between the Company, SG Building
Blocks, Inc., and the Purchasers, pursuant to which the Company granted security interests in certain property to the Purchasers
as further described therein.

 

“Prior
Subsidiary Guarantee” means the Subsidiary Guarantee, dated as of June 30, 2016, by SG Building Blocks, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and any other entity that may become party to such agreement (collectively, the “Guarantors”)
in favor of Hillair Capital Investments L.P., pursuant to which the Guarantors guarantee the Obligations (as defined therein)
of the Company under the Prior Debenture.

 

“Pro
Rata Portion” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(e).

 

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

 

“Public
Information Failure” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.3(b).

 

“Public
Information Failure Payments” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.3(b).

 

“Purchaser
Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.10.

 

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

 

“Required
Minimum” means, as of any date, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issued or potentially issuable
in the future pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including any Underlying Shares issuable upon conversion in full of all outstanding
Debentures, ignoring any conversion set forth therein, and assuming that the Conversion Price is at all times on and after the
date of determination 75% of the then Conversion Price on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of determination.

 

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

 

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

 

“Securities”
means the Debentures and the Underlying Shares.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

“Subsequent
Financing” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(a).

 

“Subsequent
Financing Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(b).

 

“Subsidiary”
means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a) and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect
subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

 

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

 

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

 

“Transaction
Documents” means this Agreement, the Debentures, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents
or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

 

“Transfer
Agent” means American Stock Transfer & Trust Company LLC, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing
address of: Operations Center, 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219 and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

“Underlying
Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion or redemption of the Debentures and issued.

 

“Variable
Rate Transaction” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.13(b).

 

“VWAP”
means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then
listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest
preceding date on which the Common Stock actually trades) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted
as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)),
(b) if the OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the
nearest preceding date) on the OTCQB or OTCQX, as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading
on the OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets
Group Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per
share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined
by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding
and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

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Article
II.

PURCHASE AND SALE

 

2.1         Closing.
On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, substantially concurrent with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly,
agree to purchase, up to an aggregate of $937,500 in principal amount of the Debentures (corresponding to an aggregate Subscription
Amount of up to $750,000. Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company, via wire transfer or a certified check, immediately available
funds equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as set forth on the signature page hereto executed by such Purchaser,
and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective Debenture, and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the
other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the covenants and conditions set
forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of EGS or such other location as the parties shall mutually
agree.

 

2.2         Deliveries.

 

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

 

(i)          this
Agreement duly executed by the Company; and

 

(ii)         a
Debenture with a principal amount equal to such Purchaser’s Principal Amount, registered in the name of such Purchaser.

 

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

 

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

 

(ii)         such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the account specified in writing by the Company.

 

2.3         Closing
Conditions.

 

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

 

(i)          the
accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein
(unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(i)          the
accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained
herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(v)         from
the date hereof to the Closing Date, a banking moratorium shall not have been declared either by the United States or New York
State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international
calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the
reasonable judgment of such Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the Closing.

 

Article
III.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

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

 

(a)          Subsidiaries.
All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on Schedule 3.1(a). Except as set forth on set
forth on Schedule 3.1(a), the Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests
of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary
are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.
If the Company has no subsidiaries, all other references to the Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction Documents shall
be disregarded.

 

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

 

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

 

(d)          No
Conflicts. Except as provided in Schedule 3.1(d), the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s
or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, (ii)
conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result
in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights
of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any material agreement,
credit facility, debt or other material instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other material understanding
to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound
or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation,
order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary
is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or
a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(e)          Filings,
Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice
to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other
Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i)
the filings required pursuant to Section 4.6 of this Agreement, (ii) the notice and/or application(s) to each applicable Trading
Market for the issuance and sale of the Securities and the listing of the Underlying Shares for trading thereon in the time and
manner required thereby, (iii) the filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made under applicable
state securities laws and (iv) as set forth on Schedule 3.1(e) (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).

 

(f)           Issuance
of the Securities. The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction
Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other
than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Underlying Shares, when issued in accordance with
the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed
by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Company has reserved from its
duly authorized capital stock a number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of the Underlying Shares at least equal to the Required
Minimum on the date hereof.

 

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

 

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(h)          SEC
Reports; Financial Statements. Except as described on Schedule 3.1(h), the Company has filed all reports, schedules,
forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company
was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents
incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”). Except as described
on Schedule 3.1(h), such SEC Reports were filed on a timely basis or the Company received a valid extension of such time
of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the
SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable,
and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects
with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the
time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles
applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in
such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required
by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as
of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of
unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.

 

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(i)           Material
Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Except as provided in Schedule 3.1(i) since the effective
date of the Plan, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A)
trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities
not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the
Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend
or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem
any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate,
except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for
confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth
on Schedule 3.1(i), no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is
reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, properties,
operations, assets or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws
at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 Trading Day prior to the
date that this representation is made.

 

(j)           Litigation.
Except as provided in Schedule 3.1(j), there is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective
properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state,
county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”) which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality,
validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision,
have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director
or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state
securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not
pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer
of the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement
filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.

 

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

 

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(l)           Compliance.
Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(l) or as has been resolved by the effectiveness of the Plan, neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice
or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary
received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement
or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such
default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator or other
governmental authority or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental
authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection,
occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as could not
have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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

 

(n)          Title
to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them
and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries,
in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for (i) the Liens disclosed on Schedule 3.1(n), (ii) Liens as do not materially
affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by
the Company and the Subsidiaries and (iii) Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves
have been made therefor in accordance with GAAP and, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any
real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and
enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.

 

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(o)          Intellectual
Property. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights
and similar rights as described in the SEC Reports as necessary or required for use in connection with their respective businesses
and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”).
None of, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual
Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned, within two (2)
years from the date of this Agreement. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received, since the date of the latest audited
financial statements included within the SEC Reports, a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge that the Intellectual
Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as could not have or reasonably be expected to not have
a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is
no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken
reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except
where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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

 

(q)          Transactions
With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company or
any Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is presently a party
to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including
any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or
personal property to or from providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to, or otherwise requiring payments
to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director,
or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case
in excess of $120,000 other than for: (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses
incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option
plan of the Company.

 

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(r)           Sarbanes-Oxley;
Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with any and all applicable requirements
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated
by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries
maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed
in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted
only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets
is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
The Company and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information
required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized
and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms.

 

(s)          Certain
Fees. Except as provided in Schedule 3.1(s), no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable
by the Company or any Subsidiaries to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker,
bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Purchasers shall have no
obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated
in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

(t)           Private
Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2,
no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers
as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the
Trading Market.

 

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

 

(v)          Registration
Rights. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(v), no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration
under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiaries.

 

(w)         Listing
and Maintenance Requirements. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and, except as
set forth on Schedule 3.1(w), the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to
have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification
that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof,
received notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company
is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is, and has no reason to
believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements.

 

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(x)          Application
of Takeover Protections. The Company and the Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render
inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement)
or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s certificate of incorporation (or similar charter documents)
or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and
the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation
as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership of the Securities.

 

(y)          Disclosure.
All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their
respective businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, is true
and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order
to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The press releases
disseminated by the Company during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made and when made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges
and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.

 

(z)          No
Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section
3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly,
made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this
offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of (i) the Securities Act which would
require the registration of any such securities under the Securities Act, or (ii) any applicable shareholder approval provisions
of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.

 

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(aa)        Solvency.
Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the receipt by the
Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder: (i) the fair saleable value of the Company’s assets exceeds
the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including
known contingent liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to
carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular
capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, consolidated and projected capital requirements and capital availability
thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate
all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in
respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability
to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt).
The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation
under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date. Schedule 3.1(aa)
sets forth as of the date hereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which
the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” means (x)
any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary
course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of others, whether
or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties
by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business;
and (z) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance
with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.

 

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

 

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

 

(dd)        Foreign
Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent
or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has: (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful
contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any
unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns
from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any person
acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law or (iv) violated in any material respect any
provision of FCPA.

 

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(ee)        Accountants.
The Company’s accounting firm is set forth on Schedule 3.1(ee) of the Disclosure Schedules. To the knowledge
and belief of the Company, such accounting firm: (i) is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and
(ii) shall express its opinion with respect to the financial statements to be included in the Company’s Annual Report for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.

 

(ff)         Seniority.
As of the Closing Date, no Indebtedness or other claim against the Company is senior to the Debentures in right of payment, whether
with respect to interest or upon liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise, other than indebtedness secured by purchase money security
interests (which is senior only as to underlying assets covered thereby) and capital lease obligations (which is senior only as
to the property covered thereby).

 

(gg)        No
Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers. There are no disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated
by the Company to arise, between the Company and the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the Company and
the Company is current with respect to any fees owed to its accountants and lawyers which could affect the Company’s ability
to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents.

 

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

 

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(ii)          Acknowledgment
Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding
(except for Sections 3.2(f) and 4.15 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none of
the Purchasers has been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long
and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to
hold the Securities for any specified term, (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, specifically
including, without limitation, Short Sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after the closing of this or future
private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities, (iii)
any Purchaser, and counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or
indirectly, may presently have a “short” position in the Common Stock and (iv) each Purchaser shall not be deemed
to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction;
provided, that no Purchaser shall engage in a Net Short Sale (as defined in Section 4.15) until such Purchaser no longer
holds any Debentures. The Company further understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more Purchasers may engage in hedging activities
at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that
the value of the Underlying Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined, and (z) such hedging activities
(if any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders' equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging
activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach
of any of the Transaction Documents.

 

(jj)          Regulation
M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly,
any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting
purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase
any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Company’s
placement agent in connection with the placement of the Securities.

 

(kk)        Stock
Option Plans. Each stock option granted by the Company under the Company’s stock option plan was granted (i) in accordance
with the terms of the Company’s stock option plan or the terms of the stock option agreements between the Company and the
optionee and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option
would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock option granted under the Company’s stock option plan
has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly
grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public
announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.

 

(ll)          Office
of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company's knowledge, any director, officer,
agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office
of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”).

 

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

 

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

 

(oo)       No
Disqualification Events. With respect to the Securities to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506 under the
Securities Act, none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer
of the Company participating in the offering hereunder, 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 of the "Bad Actor" disqualifications described
in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a "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 Issuer 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 Purchasers a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.

 

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

 

(qq)       Notice
of Disqualification Events. The Company will notify the Purchasers in writing, prior to the Closing Date of (i) any Disqualification
Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a Disqualification
Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person.

 

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3.2         Representations
and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser, for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants as
of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows (unless as of a specific date therein):

 

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

 

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

 

(c)          Purchaser
Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on each date on
which it converts any Debentures it will be an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3),
(a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act.

 

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

 

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

 

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(f)           Certain
Transactions and Confidentiality. Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not
directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser, executed
any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time that
such Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any other Person representing the Company setting
forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage
separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions
made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the representation set forth above shall
only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase
the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement, such Purchaser has maintained the
confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty,
or preclude any actions, with respect to the identification of the availability of, or securing of, available shares to borrow
in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.

 

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

 

Article
IV.

OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

4.1         Transfer
Restrictions.

 

(a)          The
Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities
other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an Affiliate of a Purchaser or in
connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to
the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance
of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration
of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing
to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall make the representations set forth in Section 3.2, and then shall
have the rights and obligations of a Purchaser under this Agreement.

 

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

 

[NEITHER]
THIS SECURITY [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS CONVERTIBLE] HAS [NOT] BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO,
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A
LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR OR THE COMPANY TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE
TO THE COMPANY. THIS SECURITY [AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY] MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH
A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED
INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

The
Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a
registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited
investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement
and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees
or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel
of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be required of such
pledge. At the appropriate Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a
pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities.

 

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(c)          Certificates
evidencing the Underlying Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof):
(i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, (ii) following
any sale of such Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) if such Underlying Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144,
without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to
such Underlying Shares and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable
requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission).
The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Transfer Agent promptly after the Effective Date if required
by the Transfer Agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder. If all or any portion of a Debenture is converted at a time
when there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the Underlying Shares, or if such Underlying Shares may
be sold under Rule 144 without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required
under Rule 144 as to such Underlying Shares and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or if such legend is not otherwise
required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by
the staff of the Commission) then such Underlying Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that following
the Effective Date or at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 4.1(c), it will, no later than
the earlier of (i) three Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined
below) following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Transfer Agent of a certificate representing Underlying Shares,
as applicable, issued with a restrictive legend (such third Trading Day, the “Legend Removal Date”), deliver
or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other
legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions
on transfer set forth in this Section 4. Certificates for Underlying Shares subject to legend removal hereunder shall be
transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Purchaser by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository
Trust Company System as directed by such Purchaser. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the
standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect
to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of a certificate representing Underlying Shares, as applicable, issued
with a restrictive legend.

 

(d)          In
addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated
damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Underlying Shares (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date such Securities
are submitted to the Transfer Agent) delivered for removal of the restrictive legend and subject to Section 4.1(c), $10
per Trading Day (increasing to $15 per Trading Day five (5) Trading Days after such damages have begun to accrue) for each Trading
Day after the Legend Removal Date until such certificate is delivered without a legend. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser’s
right to pursue actual damages for the Company’s failure to deliver certificates representing any Securities as required
by the Transaction Documents, and such Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity
including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief.

 

(e)          Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees with the Company that such Purchaser will sell any Securities
pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements,
or an exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are sold pursuant to a registration statement, they will be sold in compliance
with the plan of distribution set forth therein, and acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates
representing Securities as set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance upon this understanding.

 

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

 

4.3         Furnishing
of Information; Public Information.

 

(a)          If
the Common Stock is not registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act on the date hereof, the Company agrees to
cause the Common Stock to be registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act on or before the 60th calendar day following the
date hereof. Until the time that no Purchaser owns Securities, the Company covenants to maintain the registration of the Common
Stock under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within
the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act
even if the Company is not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.

 

(b)          At
any time during the period commencing from the six (6) month anniversary of the date hereof and ending at such time that all of
the Securities may be sold without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without
restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144, if the Company shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information
requirement under Rule 144(c) (a “Public Information Failure”) then, in addition to such Purchaser’s
other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, by
reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the Securities, an amount in cash equal to two percent (2.0%)
of the aggregate Subscription Amount of such Purchaser’s Securities on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every
thirtieth (30th) day (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter until the earlier of (a) the date such
Public Information Failure is cured and (b) such time that such public information is no longer required for the Purchasers to
transfer the Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144. The payments to which a Purchaser shall be entitled pursuant to this Section
4.3(b) are referred to herein as “Public Information Failure Payments.” Public Information Failure Payments
shall be paid on the earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month during which such Public Information Failure Payments are
incurred and (ii) the third (3rd) Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Public Information Failure Payments
is cured. In the event the Company fails to make Public Information Failure Payments in a timely manner, such Public Information
Failure Payments shall bear interest at the rate of 1.5% per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. Nothing herein
shall limit such Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Public Information Failure, and such Purchaser shall
have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific
performance and/or injunctive relief.

 

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4.4         Integration.
The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined
in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require
the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of
the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require shareholder approval
prior to the closing of such other transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.

 

4.5         Conversion
Procedures. The form of Notice of Conversion included in the Debentures set forth the totality of the procedures required
of the Purchasers in order to convert the Debentures. No additional legal opinion, other information or instructions shall be
required of the Purchasers to convert their Debentures. The Company shall honor conversions of the Debentures and shall deliver
Underlying Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction Documents.

 

4.6         Securities
Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall (a) by 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the fourth Trading Day immediately
following the date hereof, issue a press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b)
file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the Commission within the time
required by the Exchange Act. From and after the issuance of such press release, the Company represents to the Purchasers that
it shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to any of the Purchasers by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases
with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any such press release
nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any
Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall
not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall
promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission
or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except: (a) as required by federal
securities law in connection with the filing of final Transaction Documents with the Commission, (b) to the extent requested by
the Commission and (c) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company
shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under clauses (b) and (c).

 

4.7         Shareholder
Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that
any Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including
any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the
Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving
Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers.

 

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4.8         [Intentionally
Omitted].

 

4.9         Use
of Proceeds. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.9 attached hereto, the Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale
of the Securities hereunder as provided in the Plan and for working capital purposes and except as provided in the Plan shall
not use such proceeds: (a) for the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt (b) for the redemption of any Common
Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, (c) for the settlement of any outstanding litigation or (d) in violation of FCPA or OFAC regulations.

 

4.10       Indemnification
of Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.10, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its
directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent
role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls such Purchaser
(within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders,
agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles
notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a “Purchaser Party”)
harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all
judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such
Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants
or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against
the Purchaser Parties in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is
not an Affiliate of such Purchaser Party, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless
such action is based upon a breach of such Purchaser Party’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction
Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser Party may have with any such stockholder or any violations by such
Purchaser Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser Party which constitutes fraud, gross negligence,
willful misconduct or malfeasance). If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may
be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall
have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party. Any
Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but
the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment
thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time
to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel, a material
conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the
Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company will
not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s
prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (z) to the extent, but only to the extent that
a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties,
covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents. The indemnification
required by this Section 4.10 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation
or defense, as and when bills are received or are incurred. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to
any cause of action or similar right of any Purchaser Party against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company may
be subject to pursuant to law.

 

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4.11       Reservation
and Listing of Securities.

 

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

 

(b)          If,
on any date, the number of authorized but unissued (and otherwise unreserved) shares of Common Stock is less than the Required
Minimum on such date, then the Board of Directors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Company’s certificate
or articles of incorporation to increase the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to at least the Required
Minimum at such time, as soon as possible and in any event not later than the 120th day after such date.

 

(c)          The
Company shall, if applicable: (i) in the time and manner required by the principal Trading Market, prepare and file with such
Trading Market an additional shares listing application covering a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the Required
Minimum on the date of such application, (ii) take all steps necessary to cause such shares of Common Stock to be approved for
listing or quotation on such Trading Market as soon as commercially reasonable thereafter, (iii) provide to the Purchasers evidence
of such listing or quotation and (iv) maintain the listing or quotation of such Common Stock on any date at least equal to the
Required Minimum on such date on such Trading Market or another Trading Market.

 

4.12       Participation
in Future Financing.

 

(a)          From
the date hereof until the 18-month anniversary of the Closing Date, upon any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
of Common Stock, Common Stock Equivalents for cash consideration, Indebtedness or a combination of units thereof (a “Subsequent
Financing”), each Purchaser shall have the right to participate in up to an amount of the Subsequent Financing equal
to 100% of such Subsequent Financing (the “Participation Maximum”) on the same terms, conditions and price
provided for in the Subsequent Financing.

 

(b)          At
least five (5) Trading Days prior to the closing of the Subsequent Financing, the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser a written
notice of its intention to effect a Subsequent Financing (“Pre-Notice”), which Pre-Notice shall ask such Purchaser
if it wants to review the details of such financing (such additional notice, a “Subsequent Financing Notice”).
Upon the request of a Purchaser, and only upon a request by such Purchaser, for a Subsequent Financing Notice, the Company shall
promptly, but no later than one (1) Trading Day after such request, deliver a Subsequent Financing Notice to such Purchaser. The
Subsequent Financing Notice shall describe in reasonable detail the proposed terms of such Subsequent Financing, the amount of
proceeds intended to be raised thereunder and the Person or Persons through or with whom such Subsequent Financing is proposed
to be effected and shall include a term sheet or similar document relating thereto as an attachment.

 

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

 

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

 

(e)          If
by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Trading Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice, the
Company receives responses to a Subsequent Financing Notice from Purchasers seeking to purchase more than the aggregate amount
of the Participation Maximum, each such Purchaser shall have the right to purchase its Pro Rata Portion (as defined below) of
the Participation Maximum. “Pro Rata Portion” means the ratio of (x) the Subscription Amount of Securities purchased
on the Closing Date by a Purchaser participating under this Section 4.12 and (y) the sum of the aggregate Subscription Amounts
of Securities purchased on the Closing Date by all Purchasers participating under this Section 4.12.

 

(f)          The
Company must provide the Purchasers with a second Subsequent Financing Notice, and the Purchasers will again have the right of
participation set forth above in this Section 4.12, if the Subsequent Financing subject to the initial Subsequent Financing Notice
is not consummated for any reason on the terms set forth in such Subsequent Financing Notice within thirty (30) Trading Days after
the date of the initial Subsequent Financing Notice.

 

(g)          The
Company and each Purchaser agree that if any Purchaser elects to participate in the Subsequent Financing, the transaction documents
related to the Subsequent Financing shall not include any term or provision whereby such Purchaser shall be required to agree
to any restrictions on trading as to any of the Securities purchased hereunder or be required to consent to any amendment to or
termination of, or grant any waiver, release or the like under or in connection with, this Agreement, without the prior written
consent of such Purchaser.

 

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(h)          Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 4.12 and unless otherwise agreed to by such Purchaser, the Company shall either confirm
in writing to such Purchaser that the transaction with respect to the Subsequent Financing has been abandoned or shall publicly
disclose its intention to issue the securities in the Subsequent Financing, in either case in such a manner such that such Purchaser
will not be in possession of any material, non-public information, by the tenth (10th) Business Day following delivery of the
Subsequent Financing Notice. If by such tenth (10th) Business Day, no public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to
the Subsequent Financing has been made, and no notice regarding the abandonment of such transaction has been received by such
Purchaser, such transaction shall be deemed to have been abandoned and such Purchaser shall not be deemed to be in possession
of any material, non-public information with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(i)           Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Section 4.12 shall not apply in respect of (i) an Exempt Issuance, or (ii) an underwritten public offering
of Common Stock.

 

4.13       Subsequent
Equity Sales.

 

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

 

(b)          From
the date hereof until the Debentures are no longer outstanding, the Company shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into
an agreement to effect any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (or
a combination of units thereof) involving a Variable Rate Transaction. “Variable Rate Transaction” means a
transaction in which the Company (i) issues or sells any debt or equity securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or
exercisable for, or include the right to receive, additional shares of Common Stock either (A) at a conversion price, exercise
price or exchange rate or other price that is based upon, and/or varies with, the trading prices of or quotations for the shares
of Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity securities or (B) with a conversion, exercise or
exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security or
upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market
for the Common Stock or (ii) enters into, or effects a transaction under, any agreement, including, but not limited to, an equity
line of credit, whereby the Company may issue securities at a future determined price. Any Purchaser shall be entitled to obtain
injunctive relief against the Company to preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect
damages. For purposes of clarity, the prohibition set forth in this Section 4.13(b) shall not apply to any customary agreement,
including, without limitation, any underwriting agreement or underwriter compensation warrant with a fixed exercise price, entered
into by the Company in connection with an underwritten public offering of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents.

 

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(c)          Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Section 4.13 shall not apply in respect of an Exempt Issuance, except that no Variable Rate Transaction shall
be an Exempt Issuance.

 

4.14       Equal
Treatment of Purchasers. No consideration (including any modification of any Transaction Document) shall be offered or paid
to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration
is also offered to all of the parties to this Agreement. Further, the Company shall not make any payment of principal or interest
on the Debentures in amounts which are disproportionate to the respective principal amounts outstanding on the Debentures at any
applicable time. The Company shall not amend, supplement or modify any Transaction Document to which any party to this Agreement
is a party unless either (x) such amendment, supplement or modification is offered to all Purchasers or (y) such amendment, supplement
or modification could not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the rights or interests of any such other parties. For clarification
purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser by the Company and negotiated separately by each
Purchaser, and is intended for the Company to treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the Purchasers
acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise. Each Purchaser
agrees that the provisions of this Section 4.14 shall not be amended without the prior written consent of each Purchaser to this
Agreement who is adversely affected thereby.

 

4.15       Certain
Transactions and Confidentiality. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that neither
it, nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales, including
Short Sales, of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending
at such time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release
as described in Section 4.6. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time
as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to the initial press release
as described in Section 4.6, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction and
the information included in the Transaction Documents and the Disclosure Schedules. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Purchaser
makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in Short Sales in the securities of the Company
after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced as described in Section 4.6;
provided, however, each Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly with any other Purchasers, that such Purchaser will not enter
into any Net Short Sales (as hereinafter defined) from the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the date that such
Purchaser no longer holds any Debentures. For purposes of this Section 4.15, a “Net Short Sale” by any Purchaser
shall mean a sale of Common Stock by such Purchaser that is marked as a short sale and that is made at a time where there is no
equivalent offsetting long position in Common Stock held by such Purchaser. For purposes of determining whether there is an equivalent
offsetting long position in Common Stock held by the Purchaser, Underlying Shares that have not yet been converted pursuant to
the Debentures shall be deemed to be held long by the Purchaser, and the amount of shares of Common Stock held in a long position
shall be all unconverted Underlying Shares (ignoring any exercise limitations included therein) issuable to such Purchaser on
such date, plus any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents otherwise then held by such Purchaser. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage
separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions
made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall only
apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the
Securities covered by this Agreement.

 

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

 

4.17       Capital
Changes. Until the one year anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company shall not undertake a reverse or forward stock split
or reclassification of the Common Stock without the prior written consent of the Purchasers holding a majority in principal amount
outstanding of the Debentures.

 

4.18       Company
Acknowledgements. The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that the security interest granted to the Purchasers pursuant
to the Prior Security Agreement applies to and covers the obligations of the Company to the Purchasers evidenced by the Debentures
and the guarantee by the Guarantors in favor of the Purchasers pursuant to the Prior Subsidiary Guarantee applies to and covers
the obligations of the Company to the Purchasers evidenced by the Debentures.

 

Article
V.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1         Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect
whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing
has not been consummated on or before November 21, 2016 provided, however, that such termination will not affect
the right of any party to sue for any breach by any other party (or parties).

 

5.2         Fees
and Expenses. At the Closing, the Company has agreed to reimburse Hillair Capital Management LLC (“Hillair”)
$50,000 for its due diligence and legal fees and expenses. Accordingly, in lieu of the foregoing payments, the aggregate amount
that Hillair’s fund is to pay for the Securities at the Closing shall be reduced by $50,000 in lieu thereof. The Company
shall pay all Transfer Agent fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction
letter delivered by the Company and any conversion or exercise notice delivered by a Purchaser), stamp taxes and other taxes and
duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Purchasers.

 

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5.3         Entire
Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of
the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral
or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.

 

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

 

5.5         Amendments;
Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed,
in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Purchasers holding at least 75% in interest of the Securities then outstanding,
which waiver, modification, supplement or amendment shall be binding on all holders of the Securities then outstanding. No waiver
of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver
in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall
any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

 

5.6         Headings.
The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect
any of the provisions hereof.

 

5.7         Successors
and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted
assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of
each Purchaser (other than by merger). Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to
whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect
to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Purchasers.”

 

5.8         No
Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors
and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as
otherwise set forth in Section 4.10.

 

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5.9         Governing
Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall
be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the
principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement
and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a
party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be
commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to
the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication
of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including
with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert
in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such
suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal
service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered
or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under
this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If either
party shall commence an action, suit or proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then, in addition to
the obligations of the Company under Section 4.10, the prevailing party in such action, suit or proceeding shall be reimbursed
by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation
and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

 

5.10       Survival.
The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.

 

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

 

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

 

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5.13       Rescission
and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of)
any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction
Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser
may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand
or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights; provided, however, that in the
case of a rescission of a conversion of a Debenture, the applicable Purchaser shall be required to return any shares of Common
Stock subject to any such rescinded conversion.

 

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

 

5.15       Remedies.
In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of
the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that
monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the
Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and not to assert in any action for specific performance of any such obligation
the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

5.16       Payment
Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document
or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or
exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from,
disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person
under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action),
then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived
and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

 

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5.17       Usury.
To the extent it may lawfully do so, the Company hereby agrees not to insist upon or plead or in any manner whatsoever claim,
and will resist any and all efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, usury laws wherever enacted, now or at
any time hereafter in force, in connection with any claim, action or proceeding that may be brought by any Purchaser in order
to enforce any right or remedy under any Transaction Document. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in any
Transaction Document, it is expressly agreed and provided that the total liability of the Company under the Transaction Documents
for payments in the nature of interest shall not exceed the maximum lawful rate authorized under applicable law (the “Maximum
Rate”), and, without limiting the foregoing, in no event shall any rate of interest or default interest, or both of
them, when aggregated with any other sums in the nature of interest that the Company may be obligated to pay under the Transaction
Documents exceed such Maximum Rate. It is agreed that if the maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law and applicable to
the Transaction Documents is increased or decreased by statute or any official governmental action subsequent to the date hereof,
the new maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law will be the Maximum Rate applicable to the Transaction Documents from
the effective date thereof forward, unless such application is precluded by applicable law. If under any circumstances whatsoever,
interest in excess of the Maximum Rate is paid by the Company to any Purchaser with respect to indebtedness evidenced by the Transaction
Documents, such excess shall be applied by such Purchaser to the unpaid principal balance of any such indebtedness or be refunded
to the Company, the manner of handling such excess to be at such Purchaser’s election.

 

5.18       Independent
Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several
and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance
or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any
other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the
Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers
are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the
rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser
to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate
legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. For reasons of administrative convenience only, each
Purchaser and its respective counsel have chosen to communicate with the Company through EGS. EGS does not represent any of the
Purchasers and only represents Hillair. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction
Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any of the Purchasers.

 

5.19       Liquidated
Damages. The Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction
Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other
amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages
or other amounts are due and payable shall have been canceled.

 

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

 

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

 

5.22       WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES
EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY
AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY. 

 

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

 

	SG BLOCKS, INC.	 	Address for Notice:
	 	 	 	
        912 Bluff Road

        

	By:	/s/ Paul M. Galvin	 	Brentwood, TN 37027
	Name:	Paul Galvin	 	
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer	 	Fax:
	 	 	 	E-mail:

 

	With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):	 
	 	 
	David D. Watson, Esq.	 
	Thompson Hine LLP	 
	3900 Key Center	 
	127 Public Square	 
	
        Cleveland, OH 44114-1291
	 

 

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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO SGBX SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

 

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

 

	Name of Purchaser: 	Hillair Capital Investments L.P.

	Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: 	/s/ Sean M. McAvoy

	Name of Authorized Signatory: 	Sean M. McAvoy

	Title of Authorized Signatory: 	Managing Member, Hillair Capital Advisors LLC

	Email Address of Authorized Signatory: 	SEANM@HILLAIRCAPITAL.COM

	Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: 	 

 

	Address for Notice to Purchaser:	c/o Hillair Capital
Management LLC
	 	345
Lorton Avenue, Suite 303
	 	Burlingame,
CA 94010

 

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

 

Subscription
Amount: $750,000                     

 

Principal
Amount (1.25 x Subscription Amount): $937,500             

 

EIN
Number: _______________________

 

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38Exhibit

	
			
	 
	 
	Exhibit 10.1

	
		
	To:
	PAREXEL International Corporation

	 
	195 West Street

	 
	Waltham, Massachusetts 02451

	 
	 

	From:
	HSBC Bank USA, National Association

	 
	452 Fifth Avenue

	 
	New York, NY 10018

	 
	Email:  [        ]

November 21, 2016
Ladies and Gentlemen: 
The purpose of this letter agreement (this “Confirmation”) is to confirm the terms and conditions of the Transaction entered into between HSBC Bank USA, National Association (the “Seller”), and PAREXEL International Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (the “Purchaser”), on the Trade Date specified below (the “Transaction”). The additional terms of the Transaction shall be set forth in a Pricing Supplement in the form of Annex D hereto. This Confirmation and the Pricing Supplement constitutes a “Confirmation” as referred to in the Agreement specified below. 
This Confirmation and the Pricing Supplement evidence a complete and binding agreement between the Seller and the Purchaser as to the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation and the Pricing Supplement relate. This Confirmation and the Pricing Supplement shall supplement, form a part of, and be subject to an agreement in the form of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement as if the Seller and the Purchaser had executed an agreement in such form (but without any Schedule except for the election of the laws of the State of New York as the governing law but without regard to its choice of law provisions), on the Trade Date (the “Agreement”). In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of the Agreement, this Confirmation and the Pricing Supplement, the following will prevail in the order of precedence indicated: (i) the Pricing Suppnt, (ii) this Confirmation and (iii) the Agreement. The parties hereby agree that no Transaction other than the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates shall be governed by the Agreement. 
ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS 
Section 1.01. Definitions. (a) As used in this Confirmation, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 
“10b-18 VWAP” means, (A) for any Trading Day described in clause (x) of the definition of Trading Day hereunder, the volume-weighted average price at which the Common Stock trades as reported in the composite transactions for United States exchanges and quotation systems, during the regular trading session for the Exchange (or, if applicable, the Successor Exchange on which the Common Stock has been listed in accordance with Section 7.01(c)) on such Trading Day, excluding (i) trades that do not settle regular way, (ii) opening (regular way) reported trades in the consolidated system on such Trading Day, (iii) trades that occur in the last ten minutes before the scheduled close of trading on the Exchange on such Trading Day and ten minutes before the scheduled close of the primary trading in the market where the trade is effected, and (iv) trades on such Trading Day that do not satisfy the requirements of Rule 10b-18(b)(3), as determined in good faith by the Calculation Agent, or (B) for any Trading Day that is described in clause (y) of the definition of Trading Day hereunder, an amount determined in good faith by the Calculation Agent as 10b-18 VWAP using a volume weighted method based on Rule 10b-18 eligible transactions in the Common Stock on such day. The Calculation Agent shall use the Bloomberg Page “PRXL US <Equity> AQR SEC” (or any successor thereto), (absent manifest error on such page), for such Trading Day to determine the 10b-18 VWAP. 
“Additional Termination Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01. 
“Affected Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 14 of the Agreement. 

RESTRICTED - Exhibit A – 1

           Exhibit 10.1

“Affected Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 14 of the Agreement. 
“Affiliated Purchaser” means any “affiliated purchaser” (as such term is defined in Rule 10b-18) of the Purchaser. 
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the second paragraph of this Confirmation. 
“Alternative Termination Delivery Unit” means (i) in the case of a Termination Event (other than following consummation of a Merger Event or Nationalization) or Event of Default (as defined in the Agreement), one share of Common Stock and (ii) in the case of consummation of a Merger Event or Nationalization, a unit consisting of the number or amount of each type of property received by a holder of one share of Common Stock in such Merger Event or Nationalization; provided that if such Merger Event involves a choice of consideration to be received by all holders of the Common Stock, an Alternative Termination Delivery Unit shall be deemed to include the amount of cash received by a holder who had elected to receive the maximum possible amount of cash as consideration for his shares. 
“Bankruptcy Code” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.07. 
“Block Purchase Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.03. 
“Business Day” means any day on which the Exchange is open for trading. 
“Calculation Agent” means the Seller; provided, however, that if an Event of Default under Section 5(a)(vii) of the Agreement has occurred and is continuing with respect to Seller, then a leading market maker in issuer equity derivatives selected by the Buyer shall act as Calculation Agent. 
“Cash Distribution Amount” means, for any “Reference Period” set forth in the Pricing Supplement, the amount specified in the Pricing Supplement for such Reference Period. 
“Cash Settlement Amount” means an amount in cash equal to (i) the absolute value of the Settlement Number multiplied by (ii) the dollar volume weighted average price per share at which Seller or its designated affiliate executes purchases of shares of Common Stock during the Cash Settlement Purchase Period in respect of a commercially reasonable hedge position for the Transaction. 
“Cash Settlement Payment Date” means the first Business Day immediately following the date of notification by the Seller to the Purchaser of the Cash Settlement Amount or such later Business Day as determined by the Seller in its good faith, commercially reasonable discretion. 
“Cash Settlement Purchase Period” means the period during which the Seller purchases shares of Common Stock to unwind a commercially reasonable hedge position following the Valuation Completion Date, which shall be determined in a commercially reasonable manner and which shall not exceed 30 Trading Days; provided that the Seller may extend the Cash Settlement Purchase Period as it shall determine in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner in order to unwind a commercially reasonable hedge position and to be appropriate in light of legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements or related policies and procedures (whether or not such requirements, policies or procedures are imposed by law or have been voluntarily adopted by the Seller). 
“Change in Law” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01. 
“Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01. 
“Communications Procedures” has the meaning set forth in Annex C hereto. 
“Confirmation” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this letter agreement. 

           Exhibit 10.1

“Contract Period” means the period commencing on and including the Trade Date and ending on and including the date all payments or deliveries of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 7.03 have been made. 
“Default Notice Day” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(a). 
“Deficiency Determination Date” has the meaning set forth in Annex A hereto, in respect of the Private Placement Procedures, and has the meaning set forth in Annex B hereto, in respect of the Registration Procedures. 
“De-Listing” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(c). 
“Disrupted Day” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02. 
“Distribution” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(f). 
“Distribution Termination Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(f). 
“Early Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 14 of the Agreement. 
“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 14 of the Agreement. 
“Exchange” means the NASDAQ Global Select Market. 
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. 
“Expiration Date” means May 22, 2017. 
“Extraordinary Cash Dividend” means the per share cash dividend or distribution, or a portion thereof, declared by the Purchaser on shares of Common Stock that is classified by the board of directors of the Purchaser as an “extraordinary” dividend. 
“Final Resale Date” has the meaning set forth in Annex A hereto, in respect of the Private Placement Procedures, and has the meaning set forth in Annex B hereto, in respect of the Registration Procedures. 
“First Acceleration Date” has the meaning set forth in the Pricing Supplement. 
“Indemnified Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.02. 
“Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.02. 
“Initial Delivery Percentage” means the percentage specified as such in the Pricing Supplement. 
“Initial Number of Shares” means the number of shares of Common Stock, rounded down to the nearest integer, equal to the product of (i) the Initial Delivery Percentage and (ii) the Purchase Price divided by the Initial Share Price. 
“Initial Settlement Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02. 
“Initial Share Price” means the closing price of the Common Stock on the Exchange on the Trade Date. 
“Makewhole Notice Date” has the meaning set forth in Annex A hereto, in respect of the Private Placement Procedures, and has the meaning set forth in Annex B hereto, in respect of the Registration Procedures. 

           Exhibit 10.1

“Makewhole Shares” has the meaning set forth in Annex A hereto, in respect of the Private Placement Procedures, and has the meaning set forth in Annex B hereto, in respect of the Registration Procedures. 
“Merger Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(d). 
“Merger Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.05. 
“Nationalization” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(e). 
“New York Banking Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in The City of New York. 
“Net Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in Annex A hereto, in respect of the Private Placement Procedures, and has the meaning set forth in Annex B hereto, in respect of the Registration Procedures. 
“Number of Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01. 
“Obligations” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.02. 
“Observation Days” means, for any Tranche, the dates specified as such in the Pricing Supplement. 
“Pricing Supplement” means the Pricing Supplement attached hereto as Annex D. 
“Private Placement Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Annex A hereto. 
“Private Placement Price” means the private placement value of a share of Common Stock as determined in accordance with Annex A hereto. 
“Private Placement Procedures” has the meaning set forth in Annex A hereto. 
“Private Placement Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b). 
“Private Securities” has the meaning set forth in Annex A hereto. 
“Private Settlement Shares” has the meaning set forth in Annex A hereto. 
“Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01. 
“Purchaser” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Confirmation. 
“Purchaser Share Cap” means [_____N/A______] shares of Common Stock, subject to appropriate adjustments pursuant to Section 8.02(x) in respect of events that are within the Purchaser’s control. 
“Proceedings” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.10. 
“Prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Annex B hereto. 
“Reference Period” means, for any corresponding “Cash Distribution Amount” specified in the Pricing Supplement, the period specified in the Pricing Supplement for such Cash Distribution Amount. 
“Registered Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b). 
“Registered Settlement Shares” has the meaning set forth in Annex B hereto. 

           Exhibit 10.1

“Registration Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Annex B hereto. 
“Registration Procedures” has the meaning set forth in Annex B hereto. 
“Registration Settlement” has the meaning set forth in Annex B hereto. 
“Regulation M” means Regulation M under the Exchange Act. 
“Rule 10b-18” means Rule 10b-18 promulgated under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule thereto). 
“Scheduled Business Day” means any day on which the Exchange is scheduled to be open for trading for its regular trading session. 
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. 
“Seller” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph hereto. 
“Seller Share Cap” means [___N/A________] shares of Common Stock, subject to appropriate adjustments pursuant to Section 8.02(x). 
“Seller Termination Share Purchase Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.03. 
“Selling Agent” has the meaning set forth in Annex A hereto. 
“Settlement Date” means (i) if Section 3.01(a)(i) is applicable, the fourth Business Day following the Valuation Completion Date; (ii) if settlement in cash is applicable pursuant to Section 3.01(d), the Cash Settlement Payment Date; (iii) if Section 3.01(e) is applicable, the Business Day immediately following the day on which the Seller informs the Purchaser, pursuant to Annex A hereto, of the number of Private Placement Shares required to be delivered; and (iv) if Section 3.01(f) is applicable, each of the dates so advised by the Seller pursuant to Annex B hereto. 
“Settlement Number” means, for any Tranche, a number of shares of Common Stock, rounded down to the nearest integer and which number may be negative, equal to (i) the Valuation Number for such Tranche minus (ii) the Tranche Initial Number of Shares. 
“Settlement Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b). 
“Share De-listing Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(c). 
“Share Price Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01. 
“Shortfall” has the meaning set forth in Annex A hereto, in respect of the Private Placement Procedures, and has the meaning set forth in Annex B hereto, in respect of the Registration Procedures. 
“Successor Exchange” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(c). 
“Termination Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(a). 
“Termination Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 14 of the Agreement. 
“Termination Price” means the value of an Alternative Termination Delivery Unit (determined as provided in Annex A hereto). 

           Exhibit 10.1

“Termination Settlement Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.03(a). 
“Threshold Price” means the price specified as such in the Pricing Supplement. 
“Trade Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01. 
“Trading Day” means (x) any day (i) other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Exchange is not open for business, (ii) during which trading of any securities of the Purchaser on any national securities exchange has not been suspended, (iii) during which there has not been, in the Seller’s good faith and commercially reasonable judgment, a material limitation in the trading of Common Stock or any options contract or futures contract related to the Common Stock, (iv) during which there has been no suspension pursuant to Section 4.02 of this Confirmation and (v) during which the Seller has not received a Block Purchase Notice, or (y) any day that, notwithstanding the occurrence of events contemplated in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) of this definition, the Seller determines in its good faith and commercially reasonable judgment to be a Trading Day. 
“Tranche” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04. 
“Tranche Discount” means, for any Tranche, the amount specified as such in the Pricing Supplement. 
“Tranche Initial Number of Shares” means, for any Tranche, the number specified as such in the Pricing Supplement; provided that the sum of the Tranche Initial Number of Shares for all Tranches shall be equal to the Initial Number of Shares. 
“Tranche Notional Amount” means, for any Tranche, the amount specified as such in the Pricing Supplement; provided that the sum of the Tranche Notional Amounts for all Tranches shall be equal to the Purchase Price. 
“Transaction” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Confirmation. 
“Valuation Completion Date” has the meaning set forth in the Pricing Supplement. 
“Valuation Number” means, for any Tranche, (i) the Tranche Notional Amount for such Tranche divided by (ii) the arithmetic average of the 10b-18 VWAPs for all of the Observation Days for such Tranche in the Valuation Period minus the Tranche Discount for such Tranche, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its commercially reasonable judgment.  For the avoidance of doubt, if the Tranche Discount for such Tranche is a negative number, the difference in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be equal to the arithmetic average of the 10b-18 VWAPs for all of the Observation Days for such Tranche in the Valuation Period plus the absolute value of the Tranche Discount for such Tranche. 
“Valuation Period” means the period of consecutive Trading Days commencing on and including the second Trading Day following the Trade Date and ending on and including the Valuation Completion Date. 
ARTICLE 2 PURCHASE OF THE STOCK 
Section 2.01. Purchase of the Stock. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Confirmation, the Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Seller, and the Seller agrees to sell to the Purchaser, on November 21, 2016 or on such other Business Day as the Purchaser and the Seller shall otherwise agree (the “Trade Date”), a number of shares (the “Number of Shares”) of the Purchaser’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), for a purchase price equal to $200,000,000 (the “Purchase Price”). The Number of Shares purchased by the Purchaser hereunder shall be determined in accordance with the terms of this Confirmation. 
Section 2.02. Delivery and Payments. On the second Business Day immediately following the Trade Date (such day, the “Initial Settlement Date”), the Seller shall deliver the Initial Number of Shares to the Purchaser, upon payment by the Purchaser of an amount equal to the Purchase Price to the Seller; provided that if the Seller is unable, using commercially reasonable efforts, to borrow or otherwise acquire a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the 

           Exhibit 10.1

Initial Number of Shares for delivery to the Purchaser on the Initial Settlement Date, the Initial Number of Shares shall be reduced to such number of shares of Common Stock as the Seller is able to borrow or otherwise acquire in order to establish a commercially reasonable hedge position. Such delivery and payment shall be effected in accordance with the Seller’s customary procedures. 
Section 2.03. Conditions to Seller’s Obligations. The Seller’s obligation to deliver the Initial Number of Shares to the Purchaser on the Initial Settlement Date is subject to the condition that the representations and warranties made by the Purchaser in the Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date hereof and the Initial Settlement Date. 
Section 2.04.  Tranches. The Transaction will be divided into two tranches (each, a “Tranche”), each with the terms set forth in this Confirmation, and in particular, with the Tranche Discount, Tranche Notional Amount and Observation Days set forth in the Pricing Supplement. 
ARTICLE 3 SUBSEQUENT PAYMENTS OR SHARE DELIVERIES 
Section 3.01. Subsequent Payments or Share Deliveries. 
(a) In respect of each Tranche, 
(i) if the Settlement Number is greater than zero, the Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Settlement Number on the Settlement Date in accordance with the Seller’s customary procedures; and 
(ii) if the Settlement Number is less than zero, then the Calculation Agent shall determine the Cash Settlement Amount, and the Purchaser shall, in its sole discretion, subject to the terms of this Confirmation, make a payment of cash or delivery of shares of Common Stock to the Seller equal to the Cash Settlement Amount, as provided in this Section 3.01; provided that the same settlement method shall apply to all Tranches hereunder. 
(b) In respect of each Tranche, subject to Section 3.01(c), payment of the Cash Settlement Amount by the Purchaser to the Seller shall be in cash or validly issued shares of Common Stock (“Settlement Shares”), and if in shares of Common Stock, then in shares to be sold in a private placement (“Private Placement Shares”) or registered shares (“Registered Shares”), as the Purchaser shall elect in its sole discretion, subject to the terms of this Confirmation, which binding election shall be made by written notice to the Seller no later than the close of business on the second Business Day following the Valuation Completion Date and shall be the same election for both Tranches; provided that by making an election to deliver Settlement Shares pursuant to this Section 3.01(b), the Purchaser shall be deemed to make the representations and warranties in Section 5.01 as if made on the date of the Purchaser’s election; and provided further that if the Purchaser fails to make such election by such date, the Purchaser shall be deemed to have elected settlement in cash. 
(c) In respect of any Tranche, 
(i) any election by the Purchaser to pay the Cash Settlement Amount in Settlement Shares pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 3.01 shall not be valid, and settlement in cash shall apply, if the representations and warranties made by the Purchaser to the Seller in Section 5.01 are not true and correct in all material respects as of the date the Purchaser makes such election. 
(ii) Notwithstanding any election by the Purchaser to pay the Cash Settlement Amount in Settlement Shares, at any time prior to the time the Seller (or any affiliate of the Seller) has contracted to resell all or any portion of such Settlement Shares, the Purchaser may elect to deliver in lieu of such Settlement Shares an amount in cash equal to the Cash Settlement Amount with respect to any Settlement Shares not yet contracted to be sold, in which case the provisions of Section 3.01(d) shall apply with respect to such amount; provided that any such election by the Purchaser pursuant to this clause (ii) shall not be valid and settlement in Settlement 

           Exhibit 10.1

Shares shall continue to apply if the representations and warranties made by the Purchaser to the Seller in Section 5.01(a) are not true and correct in all material respects as of the date the Purchaser makes such election. 
(iii) If the Purchaser elects to pay the Cash Settlement Amount (A) in Private Placement Shares and fails to comply with the requirements set forth in Section 3.01(e) or Annex A hereto or takes any action that would make unavailable either (1) the exemption set forth in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act for the sale of any Private Placement Shares by the Purchaser to the Seller or (2) an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act reasonably acceptable to the Seller for resales of Private Placement Shares by the Seller, or (B) in Registered Shares and fails to comply with the requirements set forth in Section 3.01(f) or Annex B hereto; then in the case of either (A) or (B), the Purchaser shall deliver in lieu of any Private Placement Shares or Registered Shares an amount in cash equal to the Cash Settlement Amount with respect to any Settlement Shares not yet sold, in which case the provisions of Section 3.01(d) shall apply with respect to such amount. 
(d) In respect of any Tranche, 
(i) If the Purchaser elects to pay the Cash Settlement Amount in cash, if settlement in cash is otherwise applicable in accordance with this Section 3.01, or if the Purchaser elects to pay the Cash Settlement Amount in Private Placement Shares pursuant to Section 3.01(e), then the Calculation Agent shall determine the Cash Settlement Amount. 
(ii) If cash settlement is applicable, payment of the Cash Settlement Amount shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available U.S. dollar funds on the Cash Settlement Payment Date. 
(e) In respect of any Tranche, if the Purchaser elects to pay the Cash Settlement Amount in Private Placement Shares, then on the Settlement Date, the Purchaser shall deliver to the Seller a number of Settlement Shares equal to (A) the Cash Settlement Amount divided by (B) the Private Placement Price (determined by the Calculation Agent in a commercially reasonable manner in accordance with the Private Placement Procedures contained in Annex A hereto). 
(f) In respect of any Tranche, if the Purchaser elects to pay the Cash Settlement Amount in Registered Shares, then the Purchaser shall deliver to the Seller a number of Settlement Shares with a value equal to the Cash Settlement Amount.  Such Settlement Shares shall be delivered in such numbers and on such dates on or following the Cash Settlement Payment Date as are specified by the Seller in accordance with the Registration Procedures contained in Annex B hereto. 
Section 3.02. Private Placement Procedures and Registration Procedures. If the Purchaser elects to deliver Private Placement Shares pursuant to Section 3.01(b) or elects to deliver Alternative Termination Delivery Units pursuant to Section 7.02(a), the Private Placement Procedures contained in Annex A hereto shall apply, and if the Purchaser elects to deliver Registered Shares pursuant to Section 3.01(b), the Registration Procedures contained in Annex B hereto shall apply. 
Section 3.03. Continuing Obligation to Deliver Shares. 
(a) If at any time, as a result of provisions limiting deliveries of shares of Common Stock to the Purchaser Share Cap, the Purchaser fails to deliver to the Seller any shares of Common Stock, the Purchaser shall, to the extent that the Purchaser has at such time authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock not reserved for other purposes, promptly notify the Seller thereof and deliver to the Seller a number of shares of Common Stock not previously delivered as a result of such provisions. 
(b) The Purchaser agrees to use its best efforts to cause the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to be increased, if necessary, to an amount sufficient to permit the Purchaser to fulfill its obligations under this Section 3.03. 
ARTICLE 4 MARKET TRANSACTIONS 

           Exhibit 10.1

Section 4.01. Transactions by the Seller. 
(a) The parties agree and acknowledge that: 
(i) During the Valuation Period, the Seller (or its agent or affiliate) may effect transactions in shares of Common Stock in connection with this Confirmation. The timing of such transactions by the Seller, the price paid or received per share of Common Stock pursuant to such transactions and the manner in which such transactions are made, including without limitation whether such transactions are made on any securities exchange or privately, shall be within the sole judgment of the Seller exercised in good faith. 
(ii) During any Cash Settlement Purchase Period and any Seller Termination Share Purchase Period, the Seller (or its agent or affiliate) may purchase shares of Common Stock in connection with this Confirmation. The timing of such purchases by the Seller, the price paid per share of Common Stock pursuant to such purchases and the manner in which such purchases are made, including without limitation whether such purchases are made on any securities exchange or privately, shall be within the sole judgment of the Seller exercised in good faith; provided that the Seller shall use good faith and commercially reasonable efforts to make all purchases of Common Stock in a manner that would comply with the limitations set forth in clauses (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4) and (c) of Rule 10b-18 (but without regard to clause (a)(13)(iv) of Rule 10b-18) as if such rule were applicable to such purchases. 
(iii) The Purchaser shall, at least one day prior to the first day of the Valuation Period, any Cash Settlement Purchase Period and any Seller Termination Share Purchase Period, notify the Seller of the total number of shares of Common Stock purchased in Rule 10b-18 purchases of blocks pursuant to the once-a-week block exception set forth in Rule 10b-18(b)(4) by or for the Purchaser or any of its Affiliated Purchasers during each of the four calendar weeks preceding such day and during the calendar week in which such day occurs (“Rule 10b-18 purchase” and “blocks” each being used as defined in Rule 10b-18), which notice shall be substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto. 
(b) The Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that (i) all transactions effected pursuant to Section 4.01 hereunder shall be made in the Seller’s sole judgment exercised in good faith and for the Seller’s own account and (ii) the Purchaser does not have, and shall not attempt to exercise, any influence over how, when or whether to effect such transactions, including, without limitation, the price paid or received per share of Common Stock pursuant to such transactions whether such transactions are made on any securities exchange or privately. It is the intent of the Seller and the Purchaser that this Transaction comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c) of the Exchange Act and that this Confirmation shall be interpreted to comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B) and the Seller shall take no action that results in the Transaction not so complying with such requirements. 
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confirmation, the Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that, on any day, the Seller shall not be obligated to deliver or receive any shares of Common Stock to or from the Purchaser and the Purchaser shall not be entitled to receive any shares of Common Stock from the Seller on such day, to the extent (but only to the extent) that after such transactions the Seller’s ultimate parent entity would directly or indirectly beneficially own (as such term is defined for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) at any time on such day in excess of 8.0% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. Any purported receipt or delivery of shares of Common Stock shall be void and have no effect to the extent (but only to the extent) that after any receipt or delivery of such shares of Common Stock the Seller’s ultimate parent entity would directly or indirectly so beneficially own in excess of 8.0% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. If, on any day, any delivery or receipt of shares of Common Stock by the Seller is not effected, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, the Seller’s and Purchaser’s respective obligations to make or accept such receipt or delivery shall not be extinguished and such receipt or delivery shall be effected over time as promptly as the Seller determines, in the commercially reasonable determination of the Seller, that after such receipt or delivery its ultimate parent entity would not directly or indirectly beneficially own in excess of 8.0% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. 
Section 4.02. Adjustment of Transaction for Securities Laws. 

           Exhibit 10.1

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 4.01(a), if, (x) based on the advice of counsel, the Seller reasonably determines that on any Trading Day, the Seller’s trading activity in order to manage a commercially reasonable economic hedge in respect of the Transaction would not be advisable in respect of legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements or related policies and procedures (whether or not such requirements, policies or procedures are imposed by law or have been voluntarily adopted by the Seller, but provided that such policies or procedures are related to legal, regulatory or self-regulatory issues and are generally applicable in similar situations and applied in a non-discriminatory manner), or (y) the Seller receives a Block Purchase Notice pursuant to Section 4.03, then the Seller may extend the Expiration Date, modify the Valuation Period or otherwise adjust the terms of the Transaction in its good faith and commercially reasonable discretion to ensure the Seller’s compliance with such laws and to preserve the fair value of the Transaction. The Seller shall notify the Purchaser of the exercise of the Seller’s rights pursuant to this Section 4.02(a) upon such exercise and upon request, shall provide the Purchaser with a schedule setting forth in reasonable detail the basis of any adjustment made to the Transaction pursuant to this Section 4.02(a). 
(b) The Purchaser agrees that, during the Contract Period, neither the Purchaser nor any of its affiliates or agents shall make any distribution (as defined in Regulation M) of Common Stock, or any security for which the Common Stock is a reference security (as defined in Regulation M), unless the Purchaser has provided written notice to the Seller of (i) such “restricted period” (as defined in Regulation M) not later than 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the restricted period for such distribution (such notice, the “Notice of Restricted Period”); and (ii) written notice (x) of the final date of such restricted period no later than 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately following the completion of the related restricted period or (y) that no such distribution has occurred or is imminent (such notice, the “Notice of Completion of Restricted Period”). The Purchaser acknowledges that any such Notice of Restricted Period may cause the provisions of Section 4.02(a) above to apply. Additionally, the Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that any notices given under this section must comply with the standards set forth in Section 5.01(b). 
Section 4.03. Purchases of Common Stock by the Purchaser. Without the prior written consent of the Seller, the Purchaser shall not, and shall cause its affiliates and affiliated purchasers (each as defined in Rule 10b-18) not to, directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, by means of a derivative instrument) purchase, offer to purchase, place any bid or limit order that would effect a purchase of, or commence any tender offer relating to, any shares of Common Stock (or equivalent interest, including a unit of beneficial interest in a trust or limited partnership or a depository share) or any security convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock during the Contract Period.  The foregoing shall not limit (i) delivery of shares of Common Stock of affiliates or affiliated purchasers pursuant to the terms of convertible securities, warrants, options or other similar securities outstanding as of the Trade Date, (ii) the Purchaser’s ability (or the ability of any “agent independent of the issuer” (as defined in Rule 10b-18)), pursuant to any plan (as defined in Rule 10b-18) of the Purchaser, to re-acquire shares of Common Stock in connection with any equity transaction related to such plan or to limit the Purchaser’s ability to withhold shares of Common Stock to cover tax liabilities associated with such equity transactions or otherwise restrict the Purchaser’s ability to repurchase shares of Common Stock under privately negotiated or off-market transactions (including, without limitation, an agreement relating to employee benefit plans or transactions with any of the Purchaser’s employees, officers, directors or affiliates), so long as any re-acquisition, withholding or repurchase does not constitute a “Rule 10b-18 purchase” (as defined in Rule 10b-18), (iii) purchases pursuant to any odd-lot program conducted by the Purchaser or its affiliates or affiliated purchasers with regard to shares of Common Stock and (iv) a block purchase (as defined in Rule 10b-18) that complies with Rule 10b-18, is executed prior to the opening of the Exchange on such date of purchase through the same broker or dealer used by Seller in effecting purchases of Common Stock in connection with this Confirmation and for which an EDG Permitted Contact receives notice (such notice, a “Block Purchase Notice”) prior to the opening of the Exchange on such date of purchase.  The Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the receipt of a Block Purchase Notice by an EDG Permitted Contact shall result in an adjustment to the terms of the Transaction pursuant to Section 4.02(a) of this Confirmation. 
ARTICLE 5 REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS
Section 5.01. Repeated Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Purchaser. The Purchaser represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Seller, on the date hereof and on any date pursuant to which the Purchaser makes an 

           Exhibit 10.1

election to deliver Settlement Shares pursuant to Section 3.01, to pay cash in lieu of Settlement Shares pursuant to Section 3.01(c)(ii) or to receive or deliver Alternative Termination Delivery Units pursuant to Section 7.03, that: 
(a) Disclosure; Compliance with Laws. The reports and other documents filed by the Purchaser with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act when considered as a whole (with the more recent such reports and documents deemed to amend inconsistent statements contained in any earlier such reports and documents), do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. The Purchaser is not in possession of any material nonpublic information regarding the Purchaser or the Common Stock. 
(b) Rule 10b5-1. The Purchaser acknowledges that (i) the Purchaser does not have, and shall not attempt to exercise, any influence over how, when or whether to effect purchases of Common Stock by the Seller (or its agent or affiliate) in connection with this Confirmation and (ii) the Purchaser is entering into the Agreement and this Confirmation in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade compliance with federal securities laws including, without limitation, Rule 10b-5 promulgated under the Exchange Act. The Purchaser also acknowledges and agrees that any amendment, modification, waiver or termination of this Confirmation must be effected in accordance with the requirements for the amendment or termination of a “plan” as defined in Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any such amendment, modification, waiver or termination shall be made in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade the prohibitions of Rule 10b-5 under the Exchange Act, and no amendment, modification or waiver shall be made at any time at which the Purchaser or any officer or director of the Purchaser is aware of any material nonpublic information regarding the Purchaser or the Common Stock. 
(c) Nature of Shares Delivered. Any shares of Common Stock or Alternative Termination Delivery Units delivered to the Seller pursuant to this Confirmation, when delivered, shall have been duly authorized and shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of preemptive or similar rights, and such delivery shall pass title thereto free and clear of any liens or encumbrances. 
(d) No Manipulation. The Purchaser is not entering into this Confirmation to create actual or apparent trading activity in the Common Stock (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock) or to manipulate the price of the Common Stock (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock). 
(e) Regulation M. The Purchaser is not engaged in, and is not currently contemplating engaging in, a distribution, as such term is used in Regulation M, that would preclude purchases by the Purchaser or the Seller of the Common Stock or cause the Seller to violate any law, rule or regulation with respect to such purchases. 
(f) Board Authorization. The Purchaser is entering into this Transaction in connection with its share repurchase program, which was approved by its board of directors and publicly disclosed, solely for the purposes stated in such board resolution and public disclosure. There is no internal policy of the Purchaser, whether written or oral, that would prohibit the Purchaser from entering into any aspect of this Transaction, including, but not limited to, the purchases of shares of Common Stock to be made pursuant hereto. 
(g) Due Authorization and Good Standing. The Purchaser is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Massachusetts. This Confirmation has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Purchaser and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Seller) constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Purchaser, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles. The Purchaser has all corporate power to enter into this Confirmation and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to purchase the Common Stock and deliver any Settlement Shares in accordance with the terms hereof. 
(h) Certain Transactions. There has not been any public announcement (as defined in Rule 165(f) under the Securities Act) of any merger, acquisition, or similar transaction involving a recapitalization relating to the Purchaser that (a) has not been completed or as to which a vote by the target shareholders has not been completed and (b) would fall within the scope of Rule 10b-18(a)(13)(iv). 

           Exhibit 10.1

Section 5.02. Initial Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Purchaser. The Purchaser represents and warrants to, and agrees with the Seller, as of the date hereof, that: 
(a) Solvency. The assets of the Purchaser at their fair valuation exceed the liabilities of the Purchaser, including contingent liabilities; the capital of the Purchaser is adequate to conduct the business of the Purchaser and the Purchaser has the ability to pay its debts and obligations as such debts mature and does not intend to, or does not believe that it will, incur debt beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature. 
(b) Required Filings. The Purchaser has made, and will use its best efforts to make, all filings required, as determined by the Purchaser in reasonable reliance on the advice of counsel, to be made by it with the SEC, any securities exchange or any other regulatory body in the United States with respect to the Transaction contemplated hereby. 
(c) No Conflict. The execution and delivery by the Purchaser of, and the performance by the Purchaser of its obligations under, this Confirmation and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated do not conflict with or violate (i) any provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other constitutive documents of the Purchaser, (ii) any statute or order, rule, regulation or judgment of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Purchaser or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective assets or (iii) any contractual restriction binding on or affecting the Purchaser or any of its subsidiaries or any of its assets, except, in the case of clause (iii) above, where such conflict or violation would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Purchaser’s or the Seller’s ability to perform its obligations under the Transaction. 
(d) Consents. All governmental and other consents that are required to have been obtained by the Purchaser with respect to performance, execution and delivery of this Confirmation have been obtained and are in full force and effect and all conditions of any such consents have been complied with. 
(e) Investment Company Act. The Purchaser is not and, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated in this Confirmation, will not be required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. 
(f) Commodity Exchange Act. The Purchaser is an “eligible contract participant”, as such term is defined in Section 1a(18) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended. 
(g) Suitability. The Purchaser (A) is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities; (B) will exercise independent judgment in evaluating the recommendations of any broker-dealer or its associated persons, unless it has otherwise notified the broker-dealer in writing; and (C) has total assets of at least $50 million as of the date hereof. 
Section 5.03. Additional Representations, Warranties and Agreements. 
(a) Acknowledgement. The Purchaser acknowledges that: 
(i) during the term of the Transaction, the Seller and its affiliates may buy or sell shares of Common Stock or other securities or buy or sell options or futures contracts or enter into swaps or other derivative securities in order to establish, adjust or unwind its hedge position with respect to the Transaction; 
(ii) the Seller and its affiliates may also be active in the market for the shares of Common Stock and derivatives linked to the shares of the Common Stock other than in connection with hedging activities in relation to the Transaction, including acting as agent or as principal and for its own account or on behalf of customers; 
(iii) the Seller shall make its own good faith and commercially reasonably determination as to whether, when or in what manner any hedging or market activities in the Purchaser’s securities shall be conducted and shall do so in a manner that it deems, in good faith, appropriate to hedge its price and market risk with respect to the Valuation Number and the 10b-18 VWAPs; 

           Exhibit 10.1

(iv) any market activities of the Seller and its affiliates with respect to the Common Stock may affect the market price and volatility of the Common Stock, as well as the Valuation Number and 10b-18 VWAP, each in a manner that may be adverse to the Purchaser; and 
(v) the Transaction is a derivatives transaction in which it has granted the Purchaser an option; the Seller may purchase shares for its own account at an average price that may be greater than, or less than, the price paid by the Purchaser under the terms of the Transaction. 
(b) Non-Reliance. The Purchaser and the Seller represent and warrant to, and agree with, each other that it has entered into this Transaction solely in reliance on its own judgment. 
Neither party has any fiduciary obligation to the other party relating to this Transaction. In addition, neither party has held itself out as advising, or has held out any of its employees or agents as having the authority to advise, the other party as to whether or not the other party should enter into this Transaction, any subsequent actions relating to this Transaction or any other matters relating to this Transaction. Neither party shall have any responsibility or liability whatsoever in respect of any advice of this nature given, or views expressed, by it or any such persons to the other party relating to this Transaction, whether or not such advice is given or such views are expressed at the request of the other party. The Purchaser has conducted its own analysis of the legal, accounting, tax and other implications of this Transaction and consulted such advisors, accountants and counsel as it has deemed necessary. 
Section 5.04. Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller represents and warrants to the Purchaser that: 
(a) Due Authorization. This Confirmation has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Seller and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Purchaser) constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Seller. The Seller has all corporate power to enter into this Confirmation and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to deliver the Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof. 
(b) Right to Transfer. The Seller will, at the Initial Settlement Date and on any other day on which it is required to deliver shares of Common Stock to the Purchaser hereunder, have the free and unqualified right to transfer the Number of Shares of Common Stock to be delivered by the Seller pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 3.01 hereof, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, claim, equity or encumbrance of any kind. 
(c) Commodity Exchange Act. The Seller is an “eligible contract participant”, as such term is defined in Section 1a(12) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended. 
ARTICLE 6 ADDITIONALCOVENANTS
Section 6.01. Further Assurances. Each party hereby agrees that it shall cooperate with the other party, and execute and deliver, or use its reasonable efforts to cause to be executed and delivered, all such other instruments, and to obtain all consents, approvals or authorizations of any person, and take all such other actions as may be reasonably requested by the other party from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Confirmation, in order to effectuate the purposes of this Confirmation and the Transaction contemplated hereby. 
Section 6.02. Purchaser’s Hedging Transactions. The Purchaser hereby agrees with the Seller that the Purchaser shall not, during the Contract Period, enter into or alter any corresponding or hedging transaction or position with respect to the Common Stock (including, without limitation, with respect to any securities convertible or exchangeable into the Common Stock) and agrees not to alter or deviate from the terms of this Confirmation. 
Section 6.03. No Communications. The Purchaser hereby agrees with the Seller that the Purchaser shall not, directly or indirectly, communicate any information relating to the Common Stock or this Transaction (including any notices required by Section 6.05) to any employee of the Seller, other than as set forth in the Communications Procedures attached as Annex C hereto. 
Section 6.04. Maximum Deliverable Number of Shares of Common Stock. 

           Exhibit 10.1

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Confirmation, the Purchaser shall not be required to deliver Settlement Shares, or shares of Common Stock or other securities comprising the aggregate Alternative Termination Delivery Units, in excess of the Purchaser Share Cap, in each case except to the extent that the Purchaser has available at such time authorized but unissued shares of such Common Stock or other securities not expressly reserved for any other uses (including, without limitation, shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise of options or convertible debt). The Purchaser shall not permit the sum of (i) the Purchaser Share Cap plus (ii) the aggregate number of shares expressly reserved for any such other uses, in each case whether expressed as caps or as numbers of shares reserved or otherwise, to exceed at any time the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Confirmation, the Seller shall not be required to deliver Settlement Shares, or shares of Common Stock or other securities comprising the aggregate Alternative Termination Delivery Units, in excess of the Seller Share Cap. 
Section 6.05. Notice of Certain Transactions. If at any time during the Contract Period, the Purchaser makes, or expects to be made, or has made, any public announcement (as defined in Rule 165(f) under the Securities Act) of any merger, acquisition, or similar transaction involving a recapitalization relating to the Purchaser (other than any such transaction in which the consideration consists solely of cash and there is no valuation period, or as to which the completion of such transaction or the completion of the vote by target shareholders has occurred, a “Merger Transaction”) as to which the limitations in Rule 10b-18(a)(13)(iv) would apply, then the Purchaser shall (i) notify the Seller prior to the opening of trading in the Common Stock on any day on which the Purchaser makes, or expects to be made, or has made any such public announcement, (ii) notify the Seller promptly following any such announcement (or, if later, prior to the opening of trading in the Common Stock on the first day of any Seller Termination Share Payment Period) that such announcement has been made and (iii) promptly deliver to the Seller following the making of any such announcement (or, if later, prior to the opening of trading in the Common Stock on the first day of any Seller Termination Share Payment Period) a certificate indicating (A) the Purchaser’s average daily Rule 10b-18 purchases (as defined in Rule 10b-18) during the three full calendar months preceding the date of such announcement and (B) the Purchaser’s block purchases (as defined in Rule 10b-18) effected pursuant to paragraph (b)(4) of Rule 10b-18 during the three full calendar months preceding the date of such announcement. In addition, the Purchaser shall promptly notify the Seller of the earlier to occur of the completion of such transaction and the completion of the vote by target shareholders. Accordingly, the Purchaser acknowledges that its actions in relation to any such announcement or transaction must comply with the standards set forth in Section 6.03. 
Section 6.06. Delivery or Receipt of Cash. For the avoidance of doubt, other than payment of the Purchase Price by the Purchaser, nothing in this Confirmation shall be interpreted as requiring the Purchaser to cash settle this Transaction, except in circumstances where cash settlement is within the Purchaser’s control (including, without limitation, where the Purchaser elects to deliver or receive cash, where the Purchaser fails timely to elect to deliver Settlement Shares or to deliver or receive Alternative Termination Delivery Units, or where the Purchaser has made Private Placement settlement in accordance with Annex A unavailable due to the occurrence of events within its control ) or in those circumstances in which holders of the Common Stock would also receive cash. 
ARTICLE 7 TERMINATION
Section 7.01. Additional Termination Events. 
(a) An Additional Termination Event shall occur in respect of which the Purchaser is the sole Affected Party and this Transaction is the sole Affected Transaction if, on any day, the Seller determines, in its sole reasonable judgment, that, after using commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate any of the following risks, it is unable to establish, re-establish or maintain any hedging transactions reasonably necessary in the normal course of such party’s business to hedge the price and market risk of entering into and performing its obligations under this Transaction, due to market illiquidity, illegality or lack of availability of hedging transaction market participants. 
(b) An Additional Termination Event shall occur in respect of which the Purchaser is the sole Affected Party and this Transaction is the sole Affected Transaction if (i) a Share De-listing Event occurs; (ii) a Merger Event occurs; 

           Exhibit 10.1

(iii) a Nationalization occurs, (iv) a Distribution Termination Event occurs, (v) a Share Price Event occurs, (vi) a Change in Law occurs or (vii) an event described in paragraph III of Annex C occurs. 
(c) A “Share De-listing Event” means that at any time during the Contract Period, the Common Stock ceases to be listed, traded or publicly quoted on the Exchange for any reason (other than a Merger Event, a “De-Listing”) and is not immediately re-listed, traded or quoted as of the date of such de-listing, on the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE MKT, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors) (each, a “Successor Exchange”); provided that it shall not constitute an Additional Termination Event if the Common Stock is immediately re-listed on a Successor Exchange upon its De-Listing from the Exchange, and the Successor Exchange shall be deemed to be the Exchange for all purposes. In addition, in lieu of designating an Early Termination Date in respect of such event, the Seller shall have the right to make any commercially reasonable adjustments to the terms of the Transaction that the Seller determines appropriate in its reasonable good faith judgment to preserve the fair value of the Transaction. 
(d) A “Merger Event” means the public announcement, including any public announcement as defined in Rule 165(f) of the Securities Act (by the Purchaser or otherwise, but with respect to (iv) by the Purchaser only) at any time during the Contract Period of any (i) planned recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock that will, if consummated, result in a transfer of more than 20% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (ii) planned consolidation, amalgamation, merger or similar transaction of the Purchaser with or into another entity (other than a consolidation, amalgamation or merger in which the Purchaser will be the continuing entity and which does not result in any such recapitalization, reclassification or change of more than 20% of such shares outstanding), (iii) other takeover offer for the shares of Common Stock that is aimed at resulting in a transfer of more than 20% of such shares of Common Stock (other than such shares owned or controlled by the offeror), (iv) intention to solicit or enter into, or to explore strategic alternatives or other similar undertaking that, if consummated, would result in any of the foregoing, (v) Merger Transaction (provided that, for purposes of this Section 7.01, the Merger Transaction involves consideration (x) valued in excess of 20% of the market capitalization of Purchaser measured on the relevant date of announcement or (y) consisting of a number of shares of Common Stock that exceeds 20% of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock on the relevant date of announcement) or (vi) irrevocable commitment to any of the foregoing. 
(e) A “Nationalization” means that all or substantially all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock or assets of the Purchaser are nationalized, expropriated or are otherwise required to be transferred to any governmental agency, authority or entity. 
(f) A “Distribution Termination Event” means a declaration by the Purchaser of any cash, stock or other dividend or distribution on shares of Common Stock, other than an Extraordinary Cash Dividend (a “Distribution”), that has an ex-dividend date during the Contract Period, the value of which, together with all prior declared Distributions that have an ex-dividend date during the same Reference Period of the Purchaser, exceeds the Cash Distribution Amount specified in the Pricing Supplement for such Reference Period (it being understood that a calculation of the Termination Amount in connection with a Distribution Termination Event shall not give effect to any related Distribution).  For the avoidance of doubt, the Transaction will not be adjusted for dividends. 
(g) A “Share Price Event” means that the 10b-18 VWAP is below the Threshold Price for two consecutive Trading Days. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6 of the Agreement, if a Share Price Event occurs, then an Additional Termination Event will automatically occur without any notice or action by Seller or Purchaser and the Trading Day that the 10b-18 VWAP is below the Threshold Price will be the “Early Termination Date” for purposes of the Agreement. 
(h) A “Change in Law” means that (A) due to the adoption of or any change in any applicable law or regulation (including, without limitation, any tax law), or (B) due to the promulgation of or change in, or public announcement of, the formal or informal interpretation by any court, tribunal or regulatory authority with competent jurisdiction of any applicable law or regulation (including any action taken by a taxing authority), a party determines in good faith that (X) it has become illegal to hold, acquire or dispose of hedge positions (including Common Stock) in connection with the Transaction in the manner contemplated by the Seller on the Trade Date, or (Y) it will incur a materially increased cost in performing its obligations hereunder (including, without limitation, due to any increase in tax liability, 

           Exhibit 10.1

decrease in tax benefits or other adverse effect on its tax position); provided that any determination as to whether (1) the adoption of or any change in any applicable law or regulation (including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, (x) any tax law or (y) adoption or promulgation of new regulations authorized or mandated by existing statute) or (2) the promulgation of or any change in the interpretation by any court, tribunal or regulatory authority with competent jurisdiction of any applicable law or regulation (including any action taken by a taxing authority), in each case, constitutes a “Change in Law” shall be made without regard to Section 739 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 or any similar legal certainty provision in any legislation enacted, or rule or regulation promulgated, on or after the Trade Date; provided further, that Seller shall not terminate the Transaction for a Change in Law referred to in clause (Y) above except to the extent it is exercising its right to terminate transactions as a result of such clause (Y) with respect to other similarly situated counterparties in respect of similar transactions, where “similar transactions” shall mean other accelerated stock buyback transactions with issuer counterparties that are affected by the same Change in Law that experience a similar degree of increased costs due to such Change in Law. 
Section 7.02. Consequences of Additional Termination Events. 
(a) In the event of the occurrence or effective designation of an Early Termination Date under the Agreement, cash settlement, as set forth in Section 7.02(b), shall apply unless (i) the Purchaser elects (which election shall be binding), in lieu of payment or receipt, as applicable, of the amount payable in respect of this Transaction pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement (the “Termination Amount”), to deliver or to receive Alternative Termination Delivery Units pursuant to Section 7.03, and (ii) notifies the Seller of such election by delivery of written notice to the Seller on the Business Day immediately following the Purchaser’s receipt of a notice (as required by Section 6(d) of the Agreement following the designation of an Early Termination Date in respect of this Transaction) setting forth the amounts payable by the Purchaser or by the Seller with respect to such Early Termination Date (the date of such delivery, the “Default Notice Day”); provided that the Purchaser shall not have the right to elect the delivery or receipt of the Alternative Termination Delivery Units pursuant to Section 7.03 if: 
(i) the representations and warranties made by the Purchaser to the Seller in Section 5.01 are not true and correct in all material respects as of the date the Purchaser makes such election, as if made on such date, or 
(ii) in the event that the Termination Amount is payable by the Purchaser to the Seller, (A) the Purchaser has taken any action that would make unavailable (x) the exemption set forth in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, for the sale of any Alternative Termination Delivery Units by the Purchaser to the Seller or (y) an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act reasonably acceptable to the Seller for resales of Alternative Termination Delivery Units by the Seller, and (B) such Early Termination Date is in respect of an Event of Default which is within Purchaser’s control (including, without limitation, failure to execute a Private Placement Agreement or otherwise comply with the requirements applicable to Purchaser set forth in Annex A hereto). 
For the avoidance of doubt, upon the Purchaser’s making an election to deliver Alternative Termination Delivery Units pursuant to this Section 7.02(a), the Purchaser shall be deemed to make the representations and warranties in Section 5.01 hereof as if made on the date of the Purchaser’s election.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time prior to the time the Seller (or any affiliate of the Seller) has contracted to resell the property to be delivered upon alternative termination settlement, the Purchaser may deliver in lieu of such property an amount in cash equal to the Termination Amount in the manner set forth in Section 6(d) of the Agreement. 
(b) If cash settlement applies in respect of an Early Termination Date, Section 6 of the Agreement shall apply. 
(c) The parties acknowledge and agree that in calculating the Termination Amount, the Seller may (but need not) determine such amount based on (i) expected losses and/or gains assuming a commercially reasonable (including, without limitation, with regard to reasonable legal and regulatory guidelines) risk bid were used to determine loss and/or gains or (ii) the price at which one or more market participants would offer to sell to the Seller a block of shares of Common Stock equal in number to the Seller’s hedge position in relation to the Transaction. 

           Exhibit 10.1

Section 7.03. Alternative Termination Settlement. 
(a) Subject to Section 7.02(a), if the Termination Amount shall be payable by the Purchaser to the Seller and the Purchaser elects to deliver the Alternative Termination Delivery Units to the Seller, the Purchaser shall, as soon as directed by the Seller after the Default Notice Day (such date, the “Termination Settlement Date”), deliver to the Seller a number of Alternative Termination Delivery Units equal to the quotient of (A) the Termination Amount divided by (B) the Termination Price. 
(b) Subject to Section 7.02(a), if the Termination Amount shall be payable by the Seller to the Purchaser and the Purchaser elects to receive the Alternative Termination Delivery Units from the Seller, (i) the Seller shall, beginning on the first Trading Day following the Default Notice Day and ending when the Seller shall have satisfied its obligations under this clause (the “Seller Termination Share Purchase Period”), purchase (subject to the provisions of Section 4.01 and Section 4.02 hereof) a number of Alternative Termination Delivery Units with an aggregate purchase price equal to the Termination Amount; and (ii) the Seller shall deliver such Alternative Termination Delivery Units to the Purchaser on the settlement dates relating to such purchases. 
Section 7.04. Notice of Default. If an Event of Default occurs in respect of the Purchaser, the Purchaser will, promptly upon becoming aware of it, notify the Seller specifying the nature of such Event of Default. 
ARTICLE 8 ADJUSTMENTS
Section 8.01. Cash Dividends. (a) If the Purchaser declares any Extraordinary Cash Dividend that has an ex-dividend date during the Contract Period, then prior to or on the date on which such Extraordinary Cash Dividend is paid by the Purchaser to holders of record, the Purchaser shall pay to the Seller an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the amount of such Extraordinary Cash Dividend and (ii) the theoretical short delta number of shares as of the opening of business on the related ex-dividend date, as determined by the Calculation Agent, required for the Seller to hedge its exposure to the Transaction. 
(b) [reserved] 
Section 8.02. Other Dilution Adjustments. If (x) any corporate event occurs having a dilutive or concentrative effect on the theoretical value of the Common Stock (other than any cash dividend but including, without limitation, a spin-off, a stock split, reorganization, rights offering or recapitalization), or (y) as a result of the definition of Trading Day (whether because of a suspension of transactions pursuant to Section 4.02 or otherwise), any day that would otherwise be a Trading Day during the Contract Period is not a Trading Day or on such Trading Day, pursuant to Section 4.02, the Seller effects transactions with respect to shares of Common Stock at a volume lower than originally anticipated (as determined in a commercially reasonable manner by the Seller) and in order to maintain or unwind a commercially reasonable hedge position with respect to this Transaction (such day, a “Disrupted Day”), or (z) as a result of market conditions, the Seller incurs additional costs in connection with maintaining a commercially reasonable hedge position with respect to this Transaction resulting from the insufficient availability of stock lenders willing and able to lend shares of Common Stock with a borrow cost not significantly greater than the cost as of the date hereof and otherwise on terms consistent with those as of the date hereof, then in any such case, the Calculation Agent shall make corresponding adjustments with respect to any variable relevant to the terms of the Transaction, as the Calculation Agent determines appropriate in its commercially reasonable discretion to preserve the fair value of the Transaction, and shall determine the effective date of such adjustment and shall notify the Purchaser and the Seller of such adjustment, and shall provide, upon request, a schedule setting forth in reasonable detail the basis of such adjustment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the extent a Disrupted Day occurs on any day in the Contract Period, the Calculation Agent may, in its good faith and commercially reasonable discretion, postpone the Expiration Date (and the First Acceleration Date, if such Disrupted Day occurs before the scheduled First Acceleration Date), and the Calculation Agent shall determine whether (i) such Disrupted Day is a Disrupted Day in full, in which case the 10b-18 VWAP for such Disrupted Day shall not be included for purposes of determining the Valuation Number for any Tranche, or (ii) such Disrupted Day is a Disrupted Day only in part, in which case the 10b18 VWAP for such Disrupted Day shall be determined by the Calculation Agent based on Rule 10b-18 eligible transactions in the Common Stock on such Disrupted Day taking into account the nature and duration of the relevant event, and the weighting of the 10b-18 VWAP for the relevant Observation 

           Exhibit 10.1

Days for such Tranche shall be adjusted in a commercially reasonable manner by the Calculation Agent for purposes of determining the Valuation Number for such Tranche, with such adjustments based on, among other factors, the duration of the event and the volume, historical trading patterns and price of the Common Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, any time the Calculation Agent or the Seller is called upon to make an adjustment, such adjustment will take into account the effect of an event assuming that the Seller maintains a commercially reasonable hedge position. 
ARTICLE 9 MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.01. Successors and Assigns.  All covenants and agreements in this Confirmation made by or on behalf of either of the parties hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto whether so expressed or not. 
Section 9.02. Purchaser Indemnification. The Purchaser (the “Indemnifying Party”) agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Seller and its officers, directors, employees, affiliates, advisors, agents and controlling persons (each, an “Indemnified Person”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities, joint or several (collectively, “Obligations”) resulting from a breach by the Purchaser of this Confirmation or any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating directly thereto, and to reimburse, each such Indemnified Person for any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating, preparation for, providing evidence for or defending any of the foregoing, provided, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall not have any liability to any Indemnified Person to the extent that such Obligations result from the gross negligence, willful misconduct, bad faith, violation of law by such Indemnified Person or breach of this Agreement by such Indemnified Person (and in such case, such Indemnified Person shall promptly return to the Indemnifying Party any amounts previously expended by the Indemnifying Party hereunder) or (ii) are trading losses incurred by the Seller as part of its purchases or sales of shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Confirmation (unless and, to the extent that, the losses are directly related to a breach by the Purchaser of an agreement, term or covenant herein). 
Section 9.03. Assignment and Transfer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, the Seller may assign, transfer and set over all rights, title and interest, powers, privileges and remedies of the Seller under the Transaction, in whole or in part, to an affiliate of the Seller whose obligations are guaranteed by HSBC Bank USA, National Association , without the consent of the Purchaser. 
Section 9.04. Calculation Agent. Whenever the Calculation Agent is required to act or to exercise judgment in any way with respect to this Transaction, it will do so in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner. Upon written request by either party, the Calculation Agent shall promptly provide a written explanation of any calculation or adjustment made by it including, where applicable, a description of the methodology and the basis for such calculation or adjustment in reasonable detail, it being understood that the Calculation Agent shall not be obligated to disclose any (i) any proprietary models or positions and (ii) any information to the extent it would be in violation of any applicable law, regulation, or contractual obligation. 
Section 9.05. Non-confidentiality. The Seller and the Purchaser hereby acknowledge and agree that, subject to Section 6.03, each is authorized to disclose the tax treatment and tax structure of this Confirmation and the transactions contemplated hereby to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, and there are no express or implied agreements, arrangements or understandings to the contrary. 
Section 9.06. Unenforceability and Invalidity. To the extent permitted by law, the unenforceability or invalidity of any provision or provisions of this Confirmation shall not render any other provision or provisions herein contained unenforceable or invalid. 
Section 9.07. Securities Contract.  The parties hereto agree and acknowledge as of the date hereof that (i) the Seller is a “financial institution” within the meaning of Section 101(22) of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) and (ii) this Confirmation is a “securities contract,” as such term is defined in Section 741(7) of the Bankruptcy Code, entitled to the protection of Sections 362(b)(6) and 555 of the Bankruptcy Code. 

           Exhibit 10.1

Section 9.08. No Collateral, Netting or Setoff. Notwithstanding any provision of the Agreement, or any other agreement between the parties, to the contrary, the obligations of the Purchaser hereunder are not secured by any collateral. Obligations under this Transaction shall not be netted, recouped or set off (including pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement) against any other obligations of the parties, whether arising under the Agreement, this Confirmation, under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise, and no other obligations of the parties shall be netted, recouped or set off (including pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement) against obligations under this Transaction, whether arising under the Agreement, this Confirmation, under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise, and each party hereby waives any such right of setoff, netting or recoupment. 
Section 9.09. Equity Rights. The Seller acknowledges and agrees that this Confirmation is not intended to convey to it rights with respect to the Transaction that are senior to the claims of holders of Common Stock in the event of the Purchaser’s bankruptcy. 
Section 9.10. Designation by HSBC.  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Confirmation to the contrary requiring or allowing HSBC to purchase, sell, receive or deliver any Shares or other securities to or from Counterparty, HSBC (the “Designator”) may designate any of its affiliates (the “Designee”) to deliver or take delivery, as the case may be, and otherwise perform its obligations to deliver, if any, or take delivery of, as the case may be, any such Share or other securities in respect of the Transaction, and the Designee may assume such obligations, if any.  Such designation shall not relieve the Designator of any of its obligations, if any, hereunder. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, if the Designee shall have performed the obligations, if any, of the Designator hereunder, then the Designator shall be discharged of its obligations, if any, to Counterparty to the extent of such performance.
Section 9.11. Submission to Jurisdiction. Section 13(b) of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by the following: 
“Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits for itself and its property in any suit, legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and/or the Transaction, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, (each, “Proceedings”) to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, sitting in New York Country, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof. Nothing in the Confirmation or this Agreement precludes either party from bringing Proceedings in any other jurisdiction if (A) the courts of the State of New York or the United States of America for the Southern District of New York lack jurisdiction over the parties or the subject matter of the Proceedings or declines to accept the Proceedings on the grounds of lacking such jurisdiction; (B) the Proceedings are commenced by a party for the purpose of enforcing against the other party’s property, assets or estate any decision or judgment rendered by any court in which Proceedings may be brought as provided hereunder; (C) the Proceedings are commenced to appeal any such court’s decision or judgment to any higher court with competent appellate jurisdiction over that court’s decisions or judgments if that higher court is located outside the State of New York or Borough of Manhattan, such as a federal court of appeals or the U.S. Supreme Court; or (D) any suit, action or proceeding has been commenced in another jurisdiction by or against the other party or against its property, assets or estate and, in order to exercise or protect its rights, interests or remedies under this Agreement, the Confirmation, the party (1) joints, files a claim, or takes any other action, in any such suit, action or proceeding or (2) otherwise commences any Proceeding in that other jurisdiction as the result of that other suit, action or proceeding having commenced in that other jurisdiction.” 
Section 9.12. Waiver of Trial by Jury. EACH OF THE SELLER AND THE PURCHASER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES (ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS) ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE AGREEMENT, THIS CONFIRMATION AND THE TRANSACTION OR THE ACTIONS OF THE SELLER OR ITS AFFILIATES IN THE NEGOTIATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF. 

           Exhibit 10.1

Section 9.13.  Notices. Unless otherwise specified herein, any notice, the delivery of which is expressly provided for in this Confirmation, may be made by telephone, to be confirmed in writing to the address below. Changes to the information below must be made in writing. 
(a) If to the Purchaser: 
PAREXEL International
Herman Heijermansweg 20 1077 WL 
Amsterdam, Netherlands 
ATTENTION: Peter Rietman Treasurer 
Phone: 011-31 20 5721-101 
Fax: 011-31-20-5721-109 
With a copy to: 
PAREXEL International Corporation 
195 West Street Waltham, MA 02451 
Attention: Douglas Batt Title: General Counsel 
Phone: 781434-4158 
Fax: 781-434-5033 
(b) If to the Seller: 
HSBC Bank USA, National Association, 
452 Fifth Avenue, 
New York, NY 1001 
Attention:    Jeff Nicklas
Phone:        212-525-3154
Fax:        646-366-3664

           Exhibit 10.1

Counterparty hereby agrees (a) to check this Confirmation carefully and immediately upon receipt so that errors or discrepancies can be promptly identified and rectified and (b) to confirm that the foregoing by signing this Supplemental Confirmation and immediately returning an executed copy to HSBC.

Yours sincerely, 
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By: /s/ Rudina McClinchy            
Name: Rudina McClinchy

Agreed and Accepted By:
PAREXEL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

By: /s/ Peter Rietman        
Name: Peter Rietman
Title:  Treasurer

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