UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): March 2, 2017

 

AMERI Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware 000-26460 95-4484725
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
100 Canal Pointe Boulevard, Suite 108, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (732) 243-9250

 

(Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Securities Purchase Agreement

On March 7, 2017, Ameri Holdings, Inc. (the “Company” or “Ameri”), completed the sale and issuance of an aggregate of $1,250,000 in 8% Convertible Unsecured Promissory Notes (the “Notes”) to four accredited investors, including one of the Company’s directors, Dhruwa N. Rai. The Notes were issued pursuant to Securities Purchase Agreements (the “Purchase Agreements”) with each investor, pursuant to which each investor purchased its Note from the Company. The Notes will bear interest at 8% per annum until maturity in March 2020, with interest being paid annually on the first, second and third anniversaries of the issuance of the Notes beginning in March 2018. From and after an event of default and for so long as the event of default is continuing, the Notes will bear default interest at the rate of 10% per annum. The Notes can be prepaid by us at any time without penalty.

The Notes are convertible into shares of our common stock at a conversion price of (i) in the event that any registration statement for the public offering of common stock filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in connection with an uplisting to a national stock exchange is declared effective by the SEC on or prior to December 31, 2017, such price per share that is equal to 68% of the price per share of common stock offered and sold pursuant to such registration statement, or (ii) if no such registration statement is declared effective by December 31, 2017, such price per share that is equal to the weighted average closing price per share of the Company’s common stock for the 20 trading days immediately preceding December 31, 2017, subject to adjustment under certain circumstances. The Notes rank junior to our secured credit facility with Sterling National Bank. The Notes also include certain negative covenants including, without the investors’ approval, restrictions on dividends and other restricted payments and reclassification of its stock.

The parties to the Purchase Agreements have made customary representations, warranties and covenants therein. The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreements and Notes is included to provide information regarding their terms. It does not purport to be a complete description and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement and the Note, the forms of which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.

In accordance with the terms of the sale of the Notes, the investors and Ameri entered into Registration Rights Agreements (the “Registration Rights Agreements”), pursuant to which the Company granted the investors piggyback registration rights in the event the Company proposes to register the offer and sale of any shares of its common stock under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (other than a registration (A) in connection with an uplisting of the Company’s common stock to a national stock exchange, (B) pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 (or other registration solely relating to an offering or sale to employees or directors of the Company pursuant to any employee stock plan or other employee benefit arrangement), (C) pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4 (or similar form that relates to a transaction subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), or (D) in connection with any dividend or distribution reinvestment or similar plan), whether for its own account or for the account of one or more stockholders of the Company. We are obligated to maintain the effectiveness of the registration statement from its effective date until the later of (a) the date on which all registrable shares have been sold or distributed or, if earlier, until such registrable securities may be sold by under Rule 144 (provided that the Company’s transfer agent has accepted an instruction from the Company to such effect) or (b) the third (3rd) anniversary of the closing of the Notes sale. We agreed to use our best efforts to have the registration statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as commercially reasonably possible. There are no monetary penalties if the registration statement is not filed or does not become effective on a timely basis.

 

 

The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreements is included to provide information regarding its terms. It does not purport to be a complete description and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Registration Rights Agreements, the form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.3 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 3.02 Unregistered Shares of Equity Securities.

As described under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Company sold and issued to four accredited investors unsecured promissory notes convertible into common stock of the Company in exchange for net proceeds to the Company of $1,250,000. No placement agent or other financial intermediary was engaged or compensated in connection with the Notes sale.

The net proceeds of the Notes sale will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes, including amounts required to pay officers’ salaries, ongoing public reporting costs, insurance, office-related expenses (including equipment and supplies), and other corporate expenses.

The Note (and its underlying shares of common stock) issued in the Notes sale were exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act as a sale by an issuer not involving a public offering. None of the Notes or shares of our common stock underlying the Notes were registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any state, and were offered and sold in reliance on the exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and corresponding provisions of state securities laws, which exempts transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering. Such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements and certificates evidencing such shares contain a legend stating the same.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit 10.1 Form of Securities Purchase Agreement.
Exhibit 10.2 Form of 8% Convertible Unsecured Promissory Note due March 2020.
Exhibit 10.3 Form of Registration Rights Agreement.

 

 

 

 

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: March 8, 2017 AMERI HOLDINGS, INC.
   
  By:

/s/ Giri Devanur

    Giri Devanur
    President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number Description
Exhibit 10.1 Form of Securities Purchase Agreement.
Exhibit 10.2 Form of 8% Convertible Unsecured Promissory Note due March 2020.
Exhibit 10.3 Form of Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED FOR OFFER OR SALE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (“ Agreement ”) dated as of March , 2017, between Ameri Holdings, Inc. , a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and [NAME] (the “ Purchaser ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Note (as defined below).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS , the Company desires to sell, and the Purchaser desires to purchase, an 8% Convertible Unsecured Promissory Note due March , 2020 of the Company, which note shall be in the aggregate principal amount of [AMOUNT] ($ ) and shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto (the “ Note ”);

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing premises and the covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Purchase and Sale of the Note

Section 1.1      Purchase of the Note . At the Closing (as hereinafter defined) and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and in reliance upon the representations, warranties and agreements contained herein, the Company will issue and sell the Note to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser will purchase the Note from the Company, for the purchase price equal to the original principal amount of the Note (the “ Purchase Price ”). For purposes hereof, the term “ Conversion Shares ” means any shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (“ Common Stock ”), into which the Note is convertible according to its terms.

Section 1.2      The Closing . The purchase and sale of the Note shall take place at a closing (the “ Closing ”) on the date hereof or such other date as the Purchaser and the Company may agree upon (the “ Closing Date ”). At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser the Note purchased hereunder, registered in the name of the Purchaser or its nominee. On the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall deliver by wire transfer the cash Purchase Price hereunder to an account designated in writing by the Company. In addition, each party shall deliver all documents, instruments and writings required to be delivered by such party pursuant to this Agreement at or prior to the Closing.

     

 

Section 1.3      Registration Rights Agreement . At the Closing, the Company and the Purchaser will enter into a Registration Rights Agreement in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit B hereto (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”).

ARTICLE II

Representations and Warranties

Section 2.1      Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Purchaser as of the date hereof and the Closing Date:

(a)      Organization and Qualification; Material Adverse Effect . The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the requisite corporate power to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary other than those in which the failure so to qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect. “ Material Adverse Effect ” means any adverse effect on the business, operations, properties, prospects or financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, if any, and which is (either alone or together with all other adverse effects) material to the Company and its subsidiaries.

(b)      Authorization; Enforcement . (i) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement, the Note, the Registration Rights Agreement and any other agreements or documents delivered by the Company at the Closing (“ Transaction Documents ”) and to issue the Note in accordance with the terms hereof, (ii) the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance of the Note, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and no further consent or authorization of the Company or its Board of Directors (or any committee or subcommittee thereof) or stockholders is required, (iii) the Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, (iv) the Transaction Documents constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application, and (v) the Conversion Shares have been duly authorized and, upon issuance thereof and payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Note, as the case may be, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of any and all liens, claims and encumbrances.

(c)      No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and issuance of the Note and the Conversion Shares will not (i) result in a violation of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended; (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) to the Company’s knowledge result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including United States federal and state securities laws) applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or affected, except in the case of clause (ii), such conflicts that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

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(d)      SEC Documents . Since December 31, 2016, the Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”) (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the “ SEC Documents ”). To the Company’s knowledge, as of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, 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 light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(e)      No Contemplated Bankruptcy . On the date hereof, the Company does not contemplate and has no knowledge of any person contemplating the filing of any petition against the Company or any subsidiary under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other such law. The Company does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts and liabilities (including, among other things, contingent liabilities and other commitments) beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts to be payable on or in respect of obligations of Company). The execution, delivery, observance, performance and fulfillment of Company’s obligations and duties under this Agreement will not render the Company insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they become due. The Company has (a) not entered into the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with the actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud any creditor and (b) received reasonably equivalent value in exchange for its obligations under this Agreement.

Section 2.2      Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser . The Purchaser hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Company as of the date hereof and the Closing Date:

(a)      Accredited Investor Status; Sophisticated Purchaser . The Purchaser is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”). The Purchaser has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that the Purchaser is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the purchase of the Note and the Conversion Shares. The Purchaser is not registered as a broker or dealer under Section 15(a) of the Exchange Act, affiliated with any broker or dealer registered under Section 15(a) of the Exchange Act, or a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

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(b)      Information . The Purchaser and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company which have been requested and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Note and the Conversion Shares, which have been requested by the Purchaser. The Purchaser and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company. The Purchaser acknowledges that its purchase of the Note and (if applicable) the Conversion Shares involves a high degree of risk and that Purchaser may never recover Purchaser’s investment in these securities.

(c)      Investment Representation . The Purchaser is purchasing the Note for the Purchaser’s own account and not with a view to distribution in violation of any securities laws. The Purchaser has been advised and understands that neither the Note nor the Conversion Shares have been registered under the Securities Act or under the “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction and may be resold only if registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act or if an exemption from registration is available, except under circumstances where neither such registration nor such an exemption is required by law. The Purchaser has been advised and understands that the Company, in issuing the Note, is relying upon, among other things, the representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in this Section 2.2 in concluding that such issuance is a “private offering” and is exempt from the registration provisions of the Securities Act.

(d)      Rule 144 . The Purchaser understands that there is no public trading market for the Note, that none is expected to develop, and that the Note must be held indefinitely unless and until such Note, or if applicable, the Conversion Shares, are registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from registration is available. The Purchaser has been advised or is aware of the provisions of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

ARTICLE III

Covenants and Acknowledgments

Section 3.1      Junior, Subordinated Status of the Note . The Note shall be junior and subordinate to, and the Company shall be permitted to incur, any indebtedness under a Qualified Credit Facility. For purposes hereof, a “ Qualified Credit Facility ” shall mean any secured or unsecured credit facility that the Company may obtain after the date hereof from a lender that makes commercial loans or extends commercial credit facilities in the ordinary course of its business which is secured by inventory and/or accounts receivable. Purchaser hereby agrees to execute any acknowledgment or sign any reasonable subordination agreement evidencing the fact that the Note is subordinate to such a credit facility in all respects, including right of payment and security.

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ARTICLE IV

Legend and Stock

Upon payment therefor as provided in this Agreement, the Company will issue the Note in the name the Purchaser or its designees and in such denominations to be specified by the Purchaser prior to (or from time to time subsequent to) Closing. The Note and any certificate representing Conversion Shares issued upon conversion thereof, prior to such Conversion Shares being registered under the Securities Act for resale or available for resale under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED FOR OFFER OR SALE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.

The Company agrees to reissue the Note and Conversion Shares without the legend set forth above, at such time as (i) the holder thereof is permitted to dispose of securities pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or (ii) such securities are sold to a purchaser or purchasers who (in the opinion of counsel to the seller or such purchaser(s), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and its counsel) are able to dispose of such shares publicly without registration under the Securities Act, or (iii) such securities have been registered under the Securities Act.

ARTICLE V

Governing Law; Miscellaneous

Section 5.1      Governing Law . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.

Section 5.2      Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party; provided that a facsimile signature shall be considered due execution and shall be binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if the signature were an original, not a facsimile signature.

Section 5.3      Headings . The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.

Section 5.4      Severability . If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.

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Section 5.5      Entire Agreement; Amendments; Waivers . This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or written agreements between the Purchaser, the Company, their affiliates and persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement and the instruments referenced herein (including the other Transaction Documents) contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor the Purchaser makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. In addition:

(a)     The provisions of this Agreement may from time to time be amended, modified or waived, if such amendment, modification or waiver is in writing and consented to by the Company and the Purchaser.

(b)     Except as provided herein, no failure or delay on the part of the Purchaser in exercising any power or right under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right. No notice to or demand on the Company in any case shall entitle it to any notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. No waiver or approval by the Purchaser shall, except as may be otherwise stated in such waiver or approval, be applicable to subsequent transactions. No waiver or approval hereunder shall require any similar or dissimilar waiver or approval thereafter to be granted hereunder.

Section 5.6      Notices . Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing, must be delivered by (i) hand delivery, (ii) nationally recognized overnight carrier or (iii) email, and will be deemed to have been delivered upon receipt. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:

If to the Company:

Ameri Holdings, Inc.
100 Canal Pointe Blvd., Suite 108
Princeton, New Jersey 08540

Telephone: (732) 243-9250
Attention: Mr. Giri Devanur, President and Chief Executive Officer

Email: giri.devanur@ameri100.com

With a copy to:

Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
1325 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019
Telephone: (212) 451-2289
Attention: Adam W. Finerman, Esq.
Email: afinerman@olshanlaw.com

 

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If to the Transfer Agent:

Corporate Stock Transfer

3200 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite 430

Denver, Colorado 80209

Telephone: (303) 282-4800
Attention: Ms. Shari Humpherys
Email: shumpherys@corporatestock.com

If to the Purchaser:

[NAME]

[ADDRESS]

Telephone:
Email:

 

Each party shall provide five (5) days prior written notice to the other party of any change in address, telephone number or facsimile number. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

Section 5.7      Successors and Assigns . Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns, including any permitted assignee of the Note. The Purchaser may assign some or all of its rights hereunder to any permitted assignee of the Note; provided , however , that any such assignment shall not release the Purchaser from its obligations hereunder unless such obligations are assumed by such assignee and the Company has consented to such assignment and assumption.

Section 5.8      Further Assurances . Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

Section 5.9      Survival . The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants in this Agreement shall survive the Closing.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date and year first above written.

  COMPANY:
   
   
  AMERI HOLDINGS, INC.
   
  By:  
    Name:   Giri Devanur
    Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

  PURCHASER:
   
   
   
  [NAME]

 

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EXHIBIT A

Form of Note

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

Form of Registration Rights Agreement

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED FOR OFFER OR SALE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.

 

8% CONVERTIBLE UNSECURED PROMISSORY NOTE DUE MARCH , 2020

OF

AMERI HOLDINGS, INC.

Original Issuance Date: March    , 2017 Original Principal Amount: $_______
  Princeton, New Jersey

 

THIS NOTE (this “ Note ”) is duly authorized and issued by Ameri Holdings, Inc. , a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and designated as the Company’s 8% Convertible Unsecured Promissory Note in the original principal amount of [AMOUNT] U.S. Dollars ($ ). All principal and unpaid interest under this Note shall become due and payable on March , 2020 (the “ Maturity Date ”).

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company hereby promises to pay to the order of [NAME] , or his registered assigns or successors-in-interest (the “ Holder ”), the principal sum of [AMOUNT] U.S. Dollars ($ ) together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon, if any, on the Maturity Date, in accordance with the terms hereof. Interest on the unpaid principal balance hereof shall accrue at the rate of 8% per annum from the original date of issuance, March __, 2017 (the “ Issuance Date ”), until the same becomes due and payable on the Maturity Date, or such earlier date upon acceleration or by redemption in accordance with the terms hereof or of the other Transaction Documents. Interest on this Note shall accrue daily commencing on the Issuance Date and shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year, 30-day months and actual days elapsed and shall be payable in accordance with Section 1 hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Note shall bear interest on the due and unpaid Principal Amount from and after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 3(a), at the rate (the “ Default Rate ”) equal to the lower of ten percent (10%) per annum or the highest rate permitted by law. Unless otherwise agreed or required by applicable law, payments will be applied first to any unpaid collection costs, then to unpaid interest and fees and any remaining amount to principal.

Except as otherwise provided herein, all payments of principal and interest on this Note shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account as the Holder may from time to time designate by written notice in accordance with the provisions of this Note. This Note may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time without penalty. Whenever any amount expressed to be due by the terms of this Note is due on any day which is not a Business Day (as defined below), the same shall instead be due on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day.

     

 

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Issuance Date, pursuant to which the Note was originally issued (the “ Purchase Agreement ”). For purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them below:

Business Day ” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in the City of New York, State of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed.

Conversion Price ” shall mean (i) in the event that any registration statement for the public offering of Common Stock filed by the Company with the SEC in connection with an uplisting to a national stock exchange is declared effective by the SEC on or prior to December 31, 2017, such price per share that is equal to 68% of the price per share of Common Stock offered and sold pursuant to such registration statement, or (ii) if no such registration statement is declared effective by December 31, 2017, such price per share that is equal to the weighted average closing price per share of the Company’s Common Stock for the 20 trading days immediately preceding December 31, 2017, in either case as adjusted as set forth herein.

Convertible Securities ” means any convertible securities, warrants, options or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase or exchange for, shares of Common Stock.

Conversion Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock into which this Note is convertible in accordance with the terms hereof.

Debt ” shall mean indebtedness of any kind.

Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Principal Amount ” shall refer to the sum of (i) the original principal amount of this Note, (ii) all accrued but unpaid interest hereunder, and (iii) any default payments owing under the Transaction Documents but not previously paid or added to the Principal Amount.

Principal Market ” shall mean the principal market, exchange, or quotation service on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted for trading.

Registration Statement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Trading Day ” shall mean a day on which there is trading on the Principal Market.

The following terms and conditions shall apply to this Note:

Section 1.         Payments of Principal and Interest.

(a)      Interest Payments . The Company shall pay all accrued but unpaid interest on the Principal Amount of this Note (the “ Annual Amount ”), on the first, second and third anniversaries of the Issuance Date beginning on March , 2018. The Annual Amount shall be paid in cash.

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(b)      Payment of Principal . Subject to the provisions hereof, including, without limitation, the right to obtain prepayment of the Principal Amount provided herein, the Principal Amount of this Note shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date. Payment of the Principal Amount shall be effected in cash.

(c)      Prepayment of Principal . On or after March , 2018, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to prepay, in full or in part, at par the Principal Amount provided herein, along with all accrued but unpaid interest as of the intended date of such prepayment. The Company shall provide the Holder with 10 Business Days prior notice of its election to prepay all or a portion of the Principal Amount, and following such notice the Holder shall have such 10 Business Day period to convert such portion of the Principal Amount to be prepaid into shares of Common Stock pursuant to the conversion terms set forth herein.

(d)      Taxes . The Company may withhold and pay over to the relevant authorities any appropriate tax or other legally required withholdings from any interest payment to be made to the Holder to the extent that such withholding is required by the Internal Revenue Code or any other applicable law, rule, or regulation.

Section 2.         Subordinate Status . The obligations of the Company hereunder shall rank junior to and be subordinate to all other Qualified Credit Facility Debt of the Company, whether now or hereinafter existing, as set forth in Section 3.1 of the Purchase Agreement.

THIS 8% CONVERTIBLE UNSECURED NOTE IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF A SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT IN FAVOR OF STERLING NATIONAL BANK, WHICH SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT IS INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY CONTRARY STATEMENT CONTAINED IN THE WITHIN THIS 8% CONVERTIBLE UNSECURED NOTE, NO PAYMENT ON ACCOUNT OF PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST THEREOF SHALL BECOME DUE OR BE PAID EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF SUCH SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT.

Section 3.         Defaults and Remedies .

(a)      Events of Default . An “ Event of Default ” is: (i) a default in payment of the Principal Amount, when due, or failure to pay any accrued but unpaid interest thereon of the Note within five (5) Business Days after the date such interest payment is due; (ii) a default in the timely issuance of the Conversion Shares upon and in accordance with the terms hereof (where for purposes of this Note, the term timely shall mean within ten (10) days following the conversion date) (iii) failure by the Company for thirty (30) days after written notice has been received by the Company to comply with any other material provision of the Note, the Purchase Agreement or the Transaction Documents, (iv) a material breach by the Company of its representations or warranties in the Purchase Agreement or Transaction Documents that remains uncured for thirty (30) business days after notice to the Company; or (v) if the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject to any Bankruptcy Event. “ Bankruptcy Event ” means any of the following events: (a) the Company or any subsidiary commences a case or other proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction relating to the Company or any subsidiary thereof; (b) there is commenced against the Company or any subsidiary any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed within 30 days after commencement; (c) the Company or any subsidiary is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; (d) the Company or any subsidiary suffers any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any substantial part of its property that is not discharged or stayed within 30 days; (e) the Company or any subsidiary makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (f) the Company or any subsidiary, by any act or failure to act, expressly indicates its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing or takes any corporate or other action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.

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(b)      Remedies . If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Note, the Holder may declare all of the then outstanding Principal Amount of this Note, including any interest due thereon, to be due and payable immediately. The Company shall pay interest on such amount in cash at the Default Rate to the Holder if such amount is not paid within two (2) days of Holder’s request. The remedies under this Note shall be cumulative.

Section 4.         Certain Negative Covenants . The Company hereby covenants and agrees that, for so long as the Note remains outstanding, unless the Holder shall otherwise consent in writing, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any subsidiary to, directly or indirectly after the date hereof declare, pay or make any dividend or distribution on any Common Stock, other than dividends or distributions payable in its stock, or Convertible Securities, or split-ups or reclassifications of its stock into additional or other shares of its stock.

Section 5.         Conversion .

(a)      Conversion by Holder . From and after the earlier of (i) December 31, 2017 and (ii) the date of effectiveness of any registration statement for the public offering of Common Stock filed by the Company with the SEC in connection with an uplisting to a national stock exchange and subject to the terms hereof and restrictions and limitations contained herein, the Holder shall have the right, at Holder’s option, at any time and from time to time to convert, in part or in whole, the outstanding Principal Amount and all accrued and unpaid interest under this Note into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“ Common Stock ”), at the then applicable Conversion Price, by delivering to the Company a fully executed notice of conversion in the form of conversion notice attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Conversion Notice ”), which may be transmitted by facsimile (with the original mailed on the same date by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested). The Conversion Notice shall specify a date for the conversion to be effective, which date shall be no earlier than the date on which the Conversion Notice is delivered (the “ Conversion Date ”), and the Conversion Notice shall be irrevocable when delivered.

(b)      Conversion Procedures . Upon conversion of this Note pursuant to this Section 5, the outstanding Principal Amount hereunder shall be converted into such number of fully paid, validly issued and non-assessable shares of Common Stock, free of any liens, claims and encumbrances, as is determined by dividing the outstanding Principal Amount being converted by the then applicable Conversion Price and any accrued but unpaid interest shall be paid in cash. The Company will deliver to the Holder not later than three (3) Trading Days after the Conversion Date, a certificate or certificates which shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions (assuming that the Registration Statement has been declared effective), representing the number of shares of Common Stock being acquired upon the conversion of this Note.

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(c)      Conversion Price Adjustments .

          (i)      Stock Dividends, Splits and Combinations . If the Company or any of its subsidiaries, at any time while the Note is outstanding (A) shall pay a stock dividend or otherwise make a distribution or distributions on any equity securities (including instruments or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such equity securities but excluding any stockholder rights granted pursuant to a poison pill) in shares of Common Stock, (B) subdivide outstanding Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (C) combine outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issues new securities by reclassification of the shares of Common Stock of the Company, then, and in each such case, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such event or the record date therefor, whichever is earlier, shall be adjusted so that the Holder shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company which such Holder would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the occurrence of any of the events described above, had such Note been surrendered for conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such event or record date therefore, whichever is earlier. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 5(c) shall become effective (x) in the case of any such dividend or distribution, immediately after the close of business on the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Common Stock entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, or (y) in the case of such subdivision, reclassification or combination, at the close of business on the day upon which such corporate action becomes effective.

          (ii)      Distributions . If the Company or any of its subsidiaries, at any time while the Note is outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock evidences of its indebtedness or assets or cash or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (excluding those referred to in Section 5(c)(i) above), then concurrently with such distributions to holders of Common Stock, the Company shall distribute to the Holder of this Note the amount of such indebtedness, assets, cash or rights or warrants which the Holder of this Note would have received had this Note been converted into Common Stock at the then applicable the Conversion Price immediately prior to the record date for such distribution.

          (iii)      Rounding of Adjustments . All calculations under this Section 5(c) shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.

          (iv)      Notice of Adjustments . Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to this Section 5(c), the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder of this Note, a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment, provided that any failure to so provide such notice shall not affect the automatic adjustment hereunder.

          (v)      Fundamental Changes . In case any transaction or event (including, without limitation, any merger, consolidation, combination, recapitalization, sale of assets, tender or exchange offer, reclassification, compulsory share exchange or liquidation) shall occur in which all or substantially all outstanding shares of Common Stock are converted into or exchanged or acquired for or constitute the right to receive stock, or other securities, cash, property or assets (each, “ Fundamental Change ”), the Holder of this Note outstanding immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Change shall have the right upon any subsequent conversion to receive the kind and amount of stock, other securities, cash, property or assets that such holder would have received if such share had been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Change.

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(d)      Reservation and Issuance of Conversion Shares . The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock solely for the purpose of issuance upon conversion of this Note, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder of this Note, not less than such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be issuable (taking into account the adjustments under this Section 5) upon the conversion of this Note hereunder in Common Stock. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and freely tradeable.

(e)      No Fractions . Upon a conversion hereunder the Company shall not be required to issue stock certificates representing fractions of shares of Common Stock, but may if otherwise permitted, make a cash payment in respect of any final fraction of a share based on the closing price of a share of Common Stock at such time. If the Company elects not, or is unable, to make such cash payment, the Holder shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of the final fraction of a share, one whole share of Common Stock.

(f)      Charges, Taxes and Expenses . Issuance of certificates for shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of this Note (including repayment in stock) shall be made without charge to the holder hereof for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided , however , that in the event certificates for shares of Common Stock are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Note when surrendered for conversion shall be accompanied by an assignment form; and provided further , that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or taxes which may be payable in respect of any such transfer.

(g)      Cancellation . After all of the Principal Amount (including accrued but unpaid interest and default payments at any time owed on this Note) has been paid in full or converted into Common Stock, this Note shall automatically be deemed canceled and the Holder shall promptly surrender the Note to the Company at the Company’s principal executive offices.

Section 6.         General.

(a)      Payment of Expenses . The Company agrees to pay all reasonable charges and expenses, including attorneys’ fees and expenses, which may be incurred by the Holder in successfully enforcing this Note and/or collecting any amount due under this Note.

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(b)      Savings Clause . In case any provision of this Note is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be excessive in scope or otherwise invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be adjusted rather than voided, if possible, so that it is enforceable to the maximum extent possible, and the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Note will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. In no event shall the amount of interest paid hereunder exceed the maximum rate of interest on the unpaid principal balance hereof allowable by applicable law. If any sum is collected in excess of the applicable maximum rate, the excess collected shall be applied to reduce the principal debt. If the interest actually collected hereunder is still in excess of the applicable maximum rate, the interest rate shall be reduced so as not to exceed the maximum allowable under law.

(c)      Amendment . Neither this Note nor any term hereof may be amended, waived, discharged or terminated other than by a written instrument signed by the Company and the Holder.

(d)      Assignment, etc . The Holder may assign or transfer this Note to any transferee. The Holder shall notify the Company of any such assignment or transfer promptly. This Note shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and shall inure to the benefit of the Holder and its successors and permitted assigns.

(e)      No Waiver . No failure on the part of the Holder to exercise, and no delay in exercising any right, remedy or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Holder of any right, remedy or power hereunder preclude any other or future exercise of any other right, remedy or power. Each and every right, remedy or power hereby granted to the Holder or allowed it by law or other agreement shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other, and may be exercised by the Holder from time to time.

(f)      Governing Law; Jurisdiction.

          (i)      Governing Law . THIS NOTE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF THAT WOULD OTHERWISE REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

          (ii)      Jurisdiction . The Company irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any State or Federal Court sitting in the State of New York, County of New York, over any suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note. The Company irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action, or proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that suit, action, or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

            The Company agrees that the service of process upon it mailed by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested (and service so made shall be deemed complete three days after the same has been posted as aforesaid) or by personal service shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit or proceeding. Nothing herein shall affect Holder’s right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. The Company agrees that a final non-appealable judgment in any such suit or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on such judgment or in any other lawful manner.

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          (iii)      NO JURY TRIAL . THE COMPANY HEREBY KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION BASED ON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS NOTE.

(g)      Replacement Notes . This Note may be exchanged by Holder at any time and from time to time for a Note or Notes with different denominations representing an equal aggregate outstanding Principal Amount, as reasonably requested by Holder, upon surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for such registration or exchange. In the event that Holder notifies the Company that this Note has been lost, stolen or destroyed, a replacement Note identical in all respects to the original Note (except for registration number and Principal Amount, if different than that shown on the original Note), shall be issued to the Holder, provided that the Holder executes and delivers to the Company an agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Company to indemnify the Company from any loss incurred by it in connection with the Note.

(h)      Notices Procedures . Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder hereunder, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by confirmed facsimile, or by a nationally recognized overnight courier service to the Company at the facsimile telephone number or address of the principal place of business of the Company as set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, or by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to the Holder at the facsimile telephone number or address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such facsimile telephone number or address appears, at the principal place of business of the Holder. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed delivered (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally, (ii) when sent by facsimile, upon receipt if received on a Business Day prior to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), or on the first Business Day following such receipt if received on a Business Day after 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) or (iii) upon receipt, when deposited with a nationally recognized overnight courier service.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed on the date first set forth above.

  AMERI HOLDINGS, INC.
   
  By:  
    Name: Giri Devanur
    Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF CONVERSION NOTICE

(To be executed by the Holder
in order to convert a Note)

The undersigned hereby elects to convert the outstanding Principal Amount (as defined in the Note) indicated below of this Note into shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of AMERI HOLDINGS, INC. (the “Company”) according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. If shares are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is delivering herewith such certificates and opinions as reasonably requested by the Company in accordance therewith. No fee will be charged to the holder for any conversion, except for such transfer taxes, if any.

Conversion information:  
  Date to Effect Conversion
   
   
  Aggregate Principal Amount of Note Being Converted
   
   
  Number of shares of Common Stock to be Issued
   
   
  Applicable Conversion Price
   
   
  Signature
   
   
  Name
   
   
  Address

 

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Exhibit 10.3

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) dated as of March , 2017, between Ameri Holdings, Inc. , a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and [NAME] (the “ Purchaser ”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS , the Company and the Purchaser have entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement of even date herewith (the “ Purchase Agreement ”) pursuant to which, among other things, the Company has on or about the date hereof issued an 8% Convertible Unsecured Promissory Note due March , 2020 (the “ Note ”), which is convertible into shares (the “ Conversion Shares ”) of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“ Common Stock ”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein;

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual promises, representations, warranties, covenants and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement and this Agreement, the Company and the Purchaser agree as follows:

1.            Certain Definitions . Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Purchase Agreement or the Note. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

Closing ” and “ Closing Date ” shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

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

Holder ” and “ Holders ” shall include the Purchaser and any permitted transferee or transferees of Registrable Securities (as defined below) and/or the Note which have not been sold to the public to whom the registration rights conferred by this Agreement have been transferred in compliance with this Agreement and the Purchase Agreement; provided that neither such person nor any affiliate of such person is registered as a broker or dealer under Section 15(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

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

Registrable Securities ” shall mean: (i) the Conversion Shares or other securities issued or issuable to each Holder or its permitted transferee or designee (a) upon the conversion of the Note, or (b) upon any distribution with respect to, any exchange for or any replacement of such Note, or (c) upon any conversion, exercise or exchange of any securities issued in connection with any such distribution, exchange or replacement; (ii) securities issued or issuable upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing; and (iii) any other security issued as a dividend or other distribution with respect to, in exchange, for or in replacement of the securities referred to in the preceding clauses; provided that all such shares shall cease to be Registrable Securities at such time as they have been sold under a Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or otherwise or at such time as they are eligible to be sold without the need for current public information or other restriction by the Purchaser pursuant to Rule 144.

     

 

Registration Expenses ” shall mean all expenses to be incurred by the Company in connection with each Holder’s registration rights under this Agreement, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees, printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, blue sky fees and expenses, and the expense of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration (but excluding the compensation of regular employees of the Company, which shall be paid in any event by the Company).

Registration Statement ” shall mean the Piggyback Registration Statement described in Section 2(a) herein.

Regulation D ” shall mean Regulation D as promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, and as subsequently amended.

Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Selling Expenses ” shall mean all underwriting discounts and selling commissions applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities and all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Holder not included within “ Registration Expenses ”.

2.            Piggyback Registration Requirements . The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the piggyback registration of the Registrable Securities (including, without limitation, the execution of an undertaking to file post-effective amendments, appropriate qualification under applicable blue sky or other state securities laws and appropriate compliance with applicable regulations issued under the Securities Act) as would permit or facilitate the sale or distribution of all the Registrable Securities in the manner (including manner of sale) and in all states reasonably requested by the Holder in accordance with the following:

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(a)      If at any time after the Closing Date the Company proposes to register the offer and sale of any shares of its Common Stock under the Securities Act (other than a registration (A) in connection with an uplisting of the Company’s Common Stock to a national stock exchange, (B) pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 (or other registration solely relating to an offering or sale to employees or directors of the Company pursuant to any employee stock plan or other employee benefit arrangement), (C) pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4 (or similar form that relates to a transaction subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), or (D) in connection with any dividend or distribution reinvestment or similar plan), whether for its own account or for the account of one or more stockholders of the Company and the form of Registration Statement (a “ Piggyback Registration Statement ”) to be used may be used for any registration of securities of the Company, the Company shall give prompt written notice (in any event no later than 15 days prior to the filing of such registration statement) to the holder of the Registrable Securities of its intention to effect such a registration and, shall include in such Registration Statement all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion from the holders of Registrable Securities within 10 days after the Company’s notice has been given to each such holder. The Company may postpone or withdraw the filing or the effectiveness of a Piggyback Registration Statement at any time in its sole discretion. Each holder of Registrable Securities shall furnish to the Company or the underwriter(s) (if any) in respect of the offering pursuant to the subject Registration Statement, as applicable, such information regarding the Holder and the distribution proposed by it as the Company may reasonably request in connection with any registration or offering referred to in this Section. Each holder of Registrable Securities shall cooperate as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement with respect to such registration, and for so long as the Company is obligated to file and keep effective such Registration Statement, shall provide to the Company, in writing, for use in the Registration Statement, all such information regarding the holder of Registrable Securities of and its plan of distribution of shares of Common Stock included in such Registration Statement as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Company to prepare such Registration Statement, to maintain the currency and effectiveness thereof and otherwise to comply with all applicable requirements of law in connection therewith. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, if a piggyback registration is initiated as a primary underwritten offering on behalf of the Company and the managing underwriter advises the Company and the holders of Registrable Securities (if any holders of Registrable Securities have elected to include Registrable Securities in such piggyback registration) in writing that in its reasonable and good faith opinion the number of shares of Common Stock proposed to be included in such registration or takedown, including all Registrable Securities and all other shares of Common Stock proposed to be included in such underwritten offering, exceeds the number of shares of Common Stock which can be sold in such offering and/or that the number of shares of Common Stock proposed to be included in any such registration would adversely affect the price per share of the Common Stock to be sold in such offering, the Company shall include in such registration or takedown (i) first, the shares of Common Stock that the Company proposes to sell; (ii) second, the shares of Common Stock requested to be included therein by holders of Registrable Securities, allocated pro rata among all such holders on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities owned by each such holder or in such manner as they may otherwise agree; and (iii) third, the shares of Common Stock requested to be included therein by holders of Common Stock other than holders of Registrable Securities, allocated among such holders in such manner as they may agree.

(b)      The Company’s commercially reasonable efforts to effect the piggyback registration of the Registrable Securities shall include, without limitation, the following:

          (i)       Cause such Registration Statement and other filings to be declared effective as soon as commercially reasonably possible.

          (ii)       Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement and notify the Holders of the filing and effectiveness of such Registration Statement and any amendments or supplements.

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          (iii)       Furnish to each Holder that has Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement such numbers of copies of a current prospectus conforming with the requirements of the Act, copies of the Registration Statement, any amendment or supplement thereto and any documents incorporated by reference therein and such other documents as such Holder may reasonably require in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities owned by such Holder.

          (iv)       Register and qualify the securities covered by such Registration Statement under the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of all domestic jurisdictions; provided that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions.

          (v)       Notify promptly each Holder that has Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement of the happening of any event (but not the substance or details of any such event) of which the Company has knowledge as a result of which the prospectus (including any supplements thereto or thereof) included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing (each an “ Event ”), and use its best efforts to promptly update and/or correct such prospectus. Each Holder will hold in confidence and will not make any disclosure of any such Event and any related information disclosed by the Company.

          (vi)       Notify each Holder of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities commission or agency of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the threat or initiation of any proceedings for that purpose. The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible time.

          (vii)       List the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement with all securities exchange(s) and/or markets on which the Common Stock is then listed and prepare and file any required filings with the Nasdaq Stock Market or any other exchange or market where the shares of Common Stock are traded.

          (viii)      Take all steps reasonably necessary to enable Holders to avail themselves of the prospectus delivery mechanism set forth in Rule 153 (or successor thereto) under the Act.

(c)      Notwithstanding the obligations under Section 2(b)(v) or any provision of this Agreement, if (i) in the good faith judgment of the Company, following consultation with legal counsel, it would be detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for resales of Registrable Securities to be made pursuant to the Registration Statement due to the existence of a material development or potential material development involving the Company that the Company would be obligated to disclose in the Registration Statement, which disclosure would be premature or otherwise inadvisable at such time or would have a material adverse effect upon the Company and its stockholders, or (ii) in the good faith judgment of the Company, it would adversely affect or require premature disclosure of the filing of a Company-initiated registration of any class of its equity securities, then the Company will have the right to suspend the use of the Registration Statement for a period of not more than 90 consecutive calendar days, but only if the Company reasonably concludes, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that the failure to suspend the use of the Registration Statement as such would create a risk of a material liability or violation under applicable securities laws or regulations.

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(d)      During the registration period, the Company will make available, upon reasonable advance notice during normal business hours, for inspection by any Holder whose Registrable Securities are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, all pertinent financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the “ Records ”) as reasonably necessary to enable each such Holder to exercise its due diligence responsibility in connection with or related to the contemplated offering. The Company will cause its officers, directors and employees to supply all information that any Holder may reasonably request for purposes of performing such due diligence.

(e)      Each Holder will hold in confidence, use only in connection with the contemplated offering and not make any disclosure of all Records and other information that the Company determines in good faith to be confidential, and of which determination the Holders are so notified, unless (i) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement, (ii) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court or government body of competent jurisdiction, (iii) the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this or any other agreement (to the knowledge of the relevant Holder), (iv) the Records or other information was developed independently by the Holder without breach of this Agreement, (v) the information was known to the Holder before receipt of such information from the Company, or (vi) the information was disclosed to the Holder by a third party not under an obligation of confidentiality. However, a Holder may make disclosure of such Records and other information to any attorney, adviser, or other third party retained by it that needs to know the information as determined in good faith by the Holder (the “ Holder Representative ”), if the Holder advises the Holder Representative of the confidentiality provisions of this Section 2(e), but the Holder will be liable for any act or omission of any of its Holder Representatives relative to such information as if the act or omission was that of the Holder. The Company is not required to disclose any confidential information in the Records to any Holder unless and until such Holder has entered into a confidentiality agreement (in form and substance satisfactory to the Company) with the Company with respect thereto, substantially to the effect of this Section 2(e). Unless legally prohibited from so doing, each Holder will, upon learning that disclosure of Records containing confidential information is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company, at the Company’s expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Records deemed confidential. Nothing herein will be deemed to limit the Holder’s ability to sell Registrable Securities in a manner that is otherwise consistent with applicable laws and regulations.

(f)      The Company shall file a Registration Statement with respect to any newly authorized and/or reserved Registrable Securities consisting of Conversion Shares described in clause (i) of the definition of Registrable Securities within ten (10) business days of any stockholders’ meeting authorizing same and shall use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective within ninety (90) days of such stockholders’ meeting. If the Holders become entitled, pursuant to an event described in clause (ii) and (iii) of the definition of Registrable Securities, to receive any securities in respect of Registrable Securities that were already included in a Registration Statement, subsequent to the date such Registration Statement is declared effective, and the Company is unable under the securities laws to add such securities to the then effective Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly file, in accordance with the procedures set forth herein, an additional Registration Statement with respect to such newly Registrable Securities. The Company shall use its best efforts to (i) cause any such additional Registration Statement, when filed, to become effective within 30 days of that date that the need to file the Registration Statement arose. All of the registration rights and remedies under this Agreement shall apply to the registration of such newly reserved shares and such new Registrable Securities.

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3.            Expenses of Registration . All Registration Expenses in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance with registration pursuant to this Agreement shall be borne by the Company, and all Selling Expenses of a Holder shall be borne by such Holder.

4.            Registration on Form S-3 . The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to meet the “registrant eligibility” requirements for a secondary offering set forth in the general instructions to Form S-3 or any comparable or successor form or forms, or in the event that the Company is ineligible to use such form, such form as the Company is eligible to use under the Securities Act, provided that if such other form is used, the Company shall convert such other form to a Form S-3 as soon as the Company becomes so eligible.

5.            Registration Period . In the case of the registration effected by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall keep such registration effective until the later of (a) the date on which all the Holders have completed the sales or distribution described in the Registration Statement relating thereto or, if earlier until such Registrable Securities may be sold by the Holders under Rule 144 (provided that the Company’s transfer agent has accepted an instruction from the Company to such effect) or (b) the third (3rd) anniversary of the Closing Date.

6.            Indemnification.

(a)        Company Indemnity . The Company will indemnify each Holder, each of its officers, directors, agents and partners, and each person controlling each of the foregoing, within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to which registration, qualification or compliance has been effected pursuant to this Agreement, and each underwriter, if any, and each person who controls, within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, any underwriter, against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any final prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company files any amendment or supplement thereto with the SEC), Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement or any post-effective amendment thereof or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made, or any violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any state securities law or in either case, any rule or regulation thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such registration, qualification or compliance, and will reimburse each Holder, each of its officers, directors, agents and partners, and each person controlling each of the foregoing, for any reasonable legal fees of a single counsel and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating and defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, provided that the Company will not be liable in any such case to a Holder to the extent that any such claim, loss, damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based on (i) any untrue statement or omission based upon written information furnished to the Company by such Holder or underwriter (if any) therefor and stated to be specifically for use therein, (ii) any failure by any Holder to comply with prospectus delivery requirements or the Securities Act or Exchange Act or any other law or legal requirement applicable to them or any covenant or agreement contained in the Purchase Agreement or this Agreement or (iii) an offer of sale of Conversion Shares occurring during a period in which sales under the Registration Statement are suspended as permitted by this Agreement. The indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld).

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(b)        Holder Indemnity . Each Holder will, severally but not jointly, if Registrable Securities held by it are included in the securities as to which such registration, qualification or compliance is being effected, indemnify the Company, each of its directors, officers, agents and partners, and any other stockholder selling securities pursuant to the Registration Statement and any of its directors, officers, agents, partners, and any person who controls such stockholder within the meaning of the Securities Act or Exchange Act and each underwriter, if any, of the Company’s securities covered by such a Registration Statement, each person who controls the Company or such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, each other Holder (if any), and each of their officers, directors and partners, and each person controlling such other Holder(s) against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based on (i) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any such final prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company files any amendment or supplement thereto with the SEC), Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement or any post- effective amendment thereof or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made or (ii) failure by any Holder to comply with prospectus delivery requirements or the Securities Act, Exchange Act or any other law or legal requirement applicable to them or any covenant or agreement contained in the Purchase Agreement or this Agreement, and will reimburse the Company and such other Holder(s) and their directors, officers and partners, underwriters or control persons for any reasonable legal fees or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating and defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is made in such final prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company files any amendment or supplement thereto with the SEC), Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement or any post-effective amendment thereof in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Holder and stated to be specifically for use therein, and provided that the maximum amount for which such Holder shall be liable under this indemnity shall not exceed the net proceeds received by the Holders from the sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement in question. The indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claims, losses, damages or liabilities if such settlement is effected without the consent of such Holder (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).

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(c)        Procedure . Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 6 (the “ Indemnified Party ”) shall give notice to the party required to provide indemnification (the “ Indemnifying Party ”) promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim in any litigation resulting therefrom, provided that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), and the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at its own expense, and provided further that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Section 6 except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is materially and adversely affected by such failure to provide notice. No Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with the consent of each Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Each Indemnified Party shall furnish such non-privileged information regarding itself or the claim in question as an Indemnifying Party may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection with the defense of such claim and litigation resulting therefrom.

7.            Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 herein is unavailable to the Indemnified Parties in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to herein (other than by reason of the exceptions provided therein), then each such Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as between the Company on the one hand and any Holder(s) on the other, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company and of such Holder(s) in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of any Holder(s) on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by such Holder(s).

In no event shall the obligation of any Indemnifying Party to contribute under this Section 7 exceed the amount that such Indemnifying Party would have been obligated to pay by way of indemnification if the indemnification provided for under Section 6(a) or 6(b) hereof had been available under the circumstances.

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The Company and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraphs. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraphs shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, no Holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount equal to the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement in question. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

8.            Survival . The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in Sections 6 and 7 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement or the Purchase Agreement, and (ii) the consummation of the sale or successive resales of the Registrable Securities.

9.            Information by Holders . As a condition to the obligations of the Company to complete any registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Registrable Securities of each Holder, such Holder will furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended methods of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it as is reasonably required by the Company to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities. At least ten business days prior to the first anticipated filing date of a Registration Statement for any registration under this Agreement, the Company will notify each Holder of the information the Company requires from that Holder whether or not such Holder has elected to have any of its Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement. If the Company has not received the requested information from a Holder by the business day prior to the anticipated filing date, then the Company may file the Registration Statement without including Registrable Securities of that Holder.

10.            Further Assurances . Each Holder will cooperate with the Company, as reasonably requested by the Company, in connection with the preparation and filing of any Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Holder has notified the Company in writing of such Holder’s irrevocable election to exclude all of such Holder’s Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.

11.            Suspension of Sales . Upon receipt of any notice from the Company under Section 2(b)(v) or 2(c), each Holder will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities until (i) it receives copies of a supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Sections 2(b)(v) or (ii) the Company advises the Holder that a suspension of sales under Section 2(c) has terminated. If so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company (at the expense of the Company) or destroy all copies in the Holder’s possession (other than a limited number of file copies) of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities that is current at the time of receipt of such notice.

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12.            Replacement Certificates . The certificate(s) representing the Registrable Securities held by the Purchaser (or then Holder) may be exchanged by the Purchaser (or such Holder) at any time and from time to time for certificates with different denominations representing an equal aggregate number of shares of Common Stock, as reasonably requested by such Purchaser (or such Holder) upon surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for such registration or transfer or exchange. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of the Note or certificates for the underlying shares of Common Stock of any of the foregoing, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, or upon surrender and cancellation of such certificate if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Note or certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation at no charge to the holder.

13.            Transfer or Assignment . Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The rights granted to the Purchaser by the Company under this Agreement to cause the Company to register Registrable Securities may be transferred or assigned (in whole or in part) to a transferee or assignee of the Note or Registrable Securities, and all other rights granted to the Purchaser by the Company hereunder may be transferred or assigned to any transferee or assignee of the Note or Registrable Securities; provided in each case that (i) the Company is given written notice by the Purchaser at the time of or within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, stating the name and address of said transferee or assignee and identifying the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned; and provided further that the transferee or assignee of such rights agrees in writing to be bound by the registration provisions of this Agreement, (ii) such transfer or assignment is not made under the Registration Statement or Rule 144, (iii) such transfer is made according to the applicable requirements of the Purchase Agreement, and (iv) the transferee has provided to the Company an investor questionnaire (or equivalent document) evidencing that the transferee is a “qualified institutional buyer” or an “accredited investor” defined in Rule 501(a)(1),(2),(3), or (7) of Regulation D.

14.            Miscellaneous.

(a)      Remedies . The Company and the Purchaser acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent or cure breaches of the provisions of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, this being in addition to any other remedy to which any of them may be entitled by law or equity.

(b)      Jurisdiction . Each of the Company and the Purchaser (i) hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court, the New York state courts and other courts of the United States sitting in New York, New York for the purposes of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and (ii) hereby waives, and agrees not to assert in any such suit action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such court, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper. The Company and the Purchaser consent to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof 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 in this paragraph shall affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

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(c)      Notices . Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing by personal delivery, nationally recognized overnight carrier or email, and shall be effective upon receipt of such notice. The addresses for such communications shall be:

to the Company:

Ameri Holdings, Inc.
100 Canal Pointe Blvd., Suite 108
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
Telephone: (732) 243-9250
Fax: (732) 243-9254
Attention: Mr. Giri Devanur, President and Chief Executive Officer

If to the Purchaser:

[NAME]

[ADDRESS]

Telephone:

Email:

Any party hereto may from time to time change its address for notices by giving at least five days’ written notice of such changed address to the other parties hereto.

(d)      Waivers . No waiver by any party 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 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 accruing to it thereafter. The representations and warranties and the agreements and covenants of the Company and each Purchaser contained herein shall survive the Closing.

(e)      Execution in Counterpart . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart.

(f)      Signatures . Facsimile signatures shall be valid and binding on each party submitting the same.

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(g)      Entire Agreement: Amendment . This Agreement, together with the Purchase Agreement, the Note, and the agreements and documents contemplated hereby and thereby, contains the entire understanding and agreement of the parties, and may not be amended, modified or terminated except by a written agreement signed by the Company and the Holder of the Registrable Securities seeking registration of such securities.

(h)      Governing Law . This Agreement and the validity and performance of the terms hereof shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts executed and to be performed entirely within such state, except to the extent that the law of the State of Delaware regulates the Company’s issuance of securities.

(i)      Jury Trial . EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY.

(j)      Force Majeure . The Company shall not be deemed in breach of its commitments under this Agreement and no payments by the Company as set forth in Section 2 shall be required if the Company is unable to fulfill its obligations hereunder in a timely fashion if the SEC or the Nasdaq Stock Market are closed or operating on a limited basis as a result of the occurrence of a Force Majeure. As used herein, “ Force Majeure ” means war or armed hostilities or other national or international calamity, or one or more acts of terrorism, which are having a material adverse effect on the financial markets in the United States. Furthermore, any payments owed as a result of Section 2 shall not accrue during any period during which the Company’s performance hereunder has been delayed or the Company’s ability to fulfill its obligations hereunder has been impaired by a Force Majeure.

(k)      Titles . The titles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

(l)      No Strict Construction . The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party.

[Signature Page Follows]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

  COMPANY:
   
  AMERI HOLDINGS, INC.

   
   
  By:  
   

Name: Giri Devanur

Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

   
   
  PURCHASER:
   
   
     
    [NAME]
   

 

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