UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 
FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 10, 2008 (November 4, 2008)


                                HAGUE CORP.                            
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Nevada
333-146533
20-8195578
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)


14220 E Cavedale RD
Scottsdale AZ
85262  
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  214-701-8779
 
1865 Portage Avenue
Winnepeg, Manitoba, R3J OH2
 (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 
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Item 1.01.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On November 4, 2008, the Company closed on an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization by and among Hague Corp. (the “Company”), Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. (“Solterra”), the shareholders of Solterra and Gregory Chapman as “Indemnitor” (the “Agreement”), which resulted in Solterra becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Pursuant to the Agreement, Mr. Chapman cancelled 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company owned by him and issued a general release in favor of the Company terminating its obligations to repay Mr. Chapman approximately $29,100 in principal owed to him.

In accordance with the Agreement, the Company issued 41,250,000 shares of its Common Stock to the former stockholders of Solterra. Certain existing stockholders of the Company in consideration of Solterra and its shareholders completing the transaction, issued to the Company a Promissory Note in the amount of $3,500,000 due and payable on or before January 15, 2009, through the payment of cash or, with the consent of the Company, the cancellation of up to 12,000,000 issued and outstanding shares of the Company owned by them.

On November 4, 2008, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, Debenture, Security Agreement, Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement, Escrow Agreement, Stock Pledge Agreement and other related transactional documents (the “Transaction Documents”) to obtain $1,500,000 in gross proceeds from three non-affiliated parties (collectively hereinafter referred to as the “Lenders”) in exchange for 3,525,000 restricted shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “Restricted Shares”) and Debentures in the principal amount aggregating $1,500,000. Each Debenture has a term of three years maturing on November 4, 2011 bearing interest at the rate of 8% per annum and is prepayable by the Company at anytime without penalty, subject to the Debenture holders’ conversion rights. Each Debenture is convertible at the option of each Lender into the Company’s Common Stock (the “Debenture Shares”, which together with the Restricted Shares shall collectively be referred to as the “Securities”) at a conversion price of $.2667 per share (the “Conversion Price”). The Registration Rights Agreement requires the Company to register the resale of the Securities within certain time limits and to be subject to certain penalties in the event the Company fails to timely file the Registration Statement, fails to obtain an effective Registration Statement or, once effective, to maintain an effective Registration Statement until the Securities are saleable pursuant to Rule 144 without volume restriction or other limitations on sale. The Debentures are secured by the assets of the Company and are guaranteed by Solterra as the Company’s subsidiary. In the event the Debentures are converted in their entirety, the Company would be required to issue and aggregate of 5,624,297 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, subject to anti-dilution protection for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, reclassifications and sale of the Company’s Common Stock a a price below the Conversion Price.  Certain changes of control or fundamental transactions such as a merger or consolidation with another company could cause an event of default under the Transaction Documents.

The foregoing descriptions of the Agreement and Transaction Documents are subject to more detailed provisions set forth in the Exhibits to this Form 8-K, which are incorporated herein by reference.

As a result of the transactions described in the two preceding paragraphs, there are currently 69,375,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued and outstanding without giving effect to the possible conversion of the Debentures.  Stephen Squires, the new President, Chief Executive Officer and a newly appointed director of the Company is the new controlling stockholder as he owns 51.2% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock.

The Transaction Documents include a Stock Pledge Agreement pursuant to which Stephen Squires has pledged 20,000,000 shares of our Common Stock to the Debenture holders (the “Holders”) until such time as the Debentures are paid in their entirety. Also, the Securities Purchase Agreement provides until such time as the Holders no longer hold any Debentures, we shall appoint two (2) members to our Board of Directors, with such board members to be appointed by MKM Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd. (“MKM”).  Each member appointed by MKM will be independent of, and not affiliated with, MKM. In addition, so long as MKM has the right to appoint two board members under this Agreement, we shall not expand the size of our Board of Directors to more than seven (7) board members.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a default under the Transaction Documents, MKM and Steven Posner Irrevocable Trust u/t/a Dated 06/17/65 (“Posner”) shall have the right to appoint three (3) and two (2) members, respectively, to our Board of Directors, which directors need not be independent of, and may be affiliated with, MKM or Posner.  In the event that MKM or Posner exercises their right to appoint members of our Board of Directors in the event of a default, the Board of Directors shall set the size of the Board to no more than nine (9) members.
 
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Item 2.01.
Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

Reference is made to Item 1.01 for a description of an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization entered into on November 4, 2008 by and among the Registrant, Solterra, the shareholders of Solterra and Gregory Chapman our former executive officer, a director, founder and principal stockholder of the Company, as Indemnitor (the “Agreement”).

As a result of the transactions described in Item 1.01, there are currently 69,375,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued and outstanding without giving effect to the possible conversion of the Debentures.  Steven Squires, the new President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company is the new controlling stockholder as he owns approximately 51.2% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock.

On November 4, 2008, in connection with the Agreement and change in control, Stephen Squires was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Brian Lukian was appointed Chief Financial Officer, Treasure and Secretary of the Company, Dr. Ghassan E. Jabbour as Chief Science Officer of the Company, and David Doderer as Vice President – Research and Development. On that same date, Greg Chapman resigned as an executive of the Company. On November 4, 2008, Mr. Chapman, the sole director of the Company, resigned as a director of the Company effective 10 days following the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and mailing to stockholders of an Information Statement on Schedule 14F-1, which Schedule 14F-1 sets forth certain information regarding the expansion of the Board of Directors to six persons effective upon the resignation of Mr. Chapman. Such six directors include Stephen Squires, Dr. Ghassan E. Jabbour, Dr. Michael S. Wong, Kim Pichanick, Dr. Isaac B. Horton III and Richard Patton.  Dr. Horton and Mr. Patton have been appointed to the Board as appointees of MKM Opportunity Master Fund Ltd. pursuant to the Transaction Documents.

 The foregoing descriptions of the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and the transactions contemplated thereby are subject to the more detailed provisions set forth in the agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and which are incorporated herein by reference.

Information in response to this Item 2.01 below is keyed to the item numbers of Form 10.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Some of the statements under “Item 1 - Description of Business” and “Item 2 -  Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation” and included elsewhere in this Form 8-K contain forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this form 8-K, including statements regarding our plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events, capital expenditures, future results, our competitive strengths, our business strategy and the trends in our industry are forward-looking statements. The words “believe,” “may,” “could,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “should,” “plan,” “expect,” “appear,” “forecast,” “future,” “likely,” “probably,” “suggest” and similar expressions, as they relate to the Company, are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
 
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Forward-looking statements reflect only our current expectations. We may not update these forward-looking statements, even though our situation may change in the future. In any forward-looking statement, where we express an expectation or belief as to future results or events, such expectation or belief is expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis, but there can be no assurance that the statement of expectation or belief will be achieved or accomplished. Our actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements due to a number of uncertainties, many of which are unforeseen, including, without limitation:

 
our reliance on our exclusive licensing agreement with William Marsh;
     
 
we are a development stage company with no history of profitable operations;
     
 
we will likely need substantial additional capital to finance our business;
     
 
our solar products may not gain market acceptance;
     
 
we need to build a manufacturing plant which could have cost overruns and implement plans to hire sales and marketing personal, establish distribution relationships and channels and strategic alliances for market penetration and revenue growth;
     
 
competition within our industry;
     
 
reduction or elimination of government subsidiaries and economic incentives for solar technology could cause our anticipated revenues to decline; and
     
 
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the availability of additional capital on terms acceptable to us.
     
 
 In addition, you should refer to the “Risk Factors” section of this Form 8-K for a discussion of other factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those implied by our forward-looking statements. As a result of these factors, we cannot assure you that the forward-looking statements in this form 8-K will prove to be accurate. Furthermore, if our forward-looking statements prove to be inaccurate, the inaccuracy may be material. In light of the significant uncertainties in these forward-looking statements, you should not regard these statements as a representation or warranty by us or any other person that we will achieve our objectives and plans in any specified time frame, if at all. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

We qualify all the forward-looking statements contained in this Form 8-K by the foregoing cautionary statements
 
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Part I

Item 1. Description of Business.

Corporate Structure

History of Hague Corp.

Hague Corp. was form under the laws of the State of Nevada on January 9, 2007. It acquired certain mineral claims located in Nevada and it has yet to determine whether the property contains resources that are economically recoverable. Hague intends to relinquish or sell its rights to its mineral claims and concentrate its business operations on those of its wholly-owned subsidiary described below.

Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc .
 
Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. (“Solterra”) was organized in the State of Delaware on the 19th day of May 2008. The principal executive office of Solterra is located at 14220 E. Cavedale Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85262 and its phone number is (214) 701-8779.

Plan of Reorganization, Financing Transaction and Change in Control

On November 4, 2008, the Company closed on an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization by and among Hague Corp. (the “Company”), Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. (“Solterra”), the shareholders of Solterra and Gregory Chapman as “Indemnitor” (the “Agreement”), which resulted in Solterra becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Pursuant to the Agreement, Mr. Chapman cancelled 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company owned by him and issued a general release in favor of the Company terminating its obligations to repay Mr. Chapman approximately $29,100 in principal owed to him.

In accordance with the Agreement, the Company issued 41,250,000 shares of its Common Stock to the former stockholders of Solterra. Certain existing stockholders of the Company in consideration of Solterra and its shareholders completing the transaction, issued to the Company a Promissory Note in the amount of $3,500,000 due and payable on or before January 15, 2009, through the payment of cash or, with the consent of the Company, the cancellation of up to 12,000,000 issued and outstanding shares of the Company owned by them.

On November 4, 2008, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, Debenture, Security Agreement, Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement, Escrow Agreement and other related transactional documents (the “Transaction Documents”) to obtain $1,500,000 in gross proceeds from three non-affiliated parties (collectively hereinafter referred to as the “Lenders”) in exchange for 3,525,000 restricted shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “Restricted Shares”) and Debentures in the principal amount aggregating $1,500,000. Each Debenture has a term of three years maturing on November 4, 2011 bearing interest at the rate of 8% per annum and is prepayable by the Company at anytime without penalty, subject to the Debenture holders’ conversion rights. Each Debenture is convertible at the option of each Lender into the Company’s Common Stock (the “Debenture Shares”, which together with the Restricted Shares shall collectively be referred to as the “Securities”) at a conversion price of $.2667 per share (the “Conversion Price”). The Registration Rights Agreement requires the Company to register the resale of the Securities within certain time limits and to be subject to certain penalties in the event the Company fails to timely file the Registration Statement, fails to obtain an effective Registration Statement or, once effective, to maintain an effective Registration Statement until the Securities are saleable pursuant to Rule 144 without volume restriction or other limitations on sale. The Debentures are secured by the assets of the Company and are guaranteed by Solterra as the Company’s subsidiary. In the event the Debentures are converted in their entirety, the Company would be required to issue and aggregate of 5,624,297 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, subject to anti-dilution protection for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, reclassifications and sale of the Company’s Common Stock a a price below the Conversion Price.  Certain changes of control or fundamental transactions such as a merger or consolidation with another company could cause an event of default under the Transaction Documents.
 
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The foregoing descriptions of the Agreement and Transaction Documents are subject to more detailed provisions set forth in the Exhibits to this Form 8-K, which are incorporated herein by reference.

As a result of the transactions described in the two preceding paragraphs, there are currently 69,375,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued and outstanding without giving effect to the possible conversion of the Debentures.  Stephen Squires, the new President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company is the new controlling stockholder as he owns 51.17% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock.

Business Overview

Solterra   is a start-up solar technology and quantum dot manufacturing firm which was founded by Stephen Squires. Mr. Squires and our other officers and directors bring to us a large degree of experience in developing innovative technology, and commercializing high technology products.  We perceive an opportunity to acquire a significant amount of both quantum dot and solar photovoltaic market share by commercializing a low cost quantum dot processing technology and a low cost quantum dot based third generation photovoltaic technology/solar cell, pursuant to an exclusive license agreement with William Marsh Rice University (“Rice University” or “Rice”).  Our objective is to become the first bulk manufacture of high quality tetrapod quantum dots and the first solar cell manufacturer to be able to offer a solar electricity solution that competes on a non-subsidized basis with the price of retail electricity in key markets in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Competitors are pursuing different nanotechnological approaches to developing solar cells, but the general idea is the same for all. When light hits an atom in a semiconductor, those photons of light with lots of energy can push an electron out of its nice stable orbital around the atom. The electron is then free to move from atom to atom, like the electrons in a piece of metal when it conducts electricity. Using nano-size bits of semiconductor embedded in a conductive plastic maximizes the chance that an electron can escape the nanoparticle and reach the conductive plastic before it is "trapped" by another atom that has also been stripped of an electron. Once in the plastic, the electron can travel through wires connecting the solar cell to an electronic device. It can then wander back to the nanocrystal to join an atom that has a positive charge, which scientifically is called electron hole recombination.

A quantum dot solar cell typically uses a thin layer of quantum dot semiconductor material, rather than silicon chips, to convert sunlight into electricity. Quantum Dots, also known as nanocrystals, measure near one billionth of an inch and are a non-traditional type of semiconductor. Management believes that they can be used as an enabling material across many industries and that quantum dots are unparalleled in versatility and flexible in form.

Solterra intends to design and manufacture solar cells using a proprietary thin film semiconductor technology that we believe will allow us to reduce our average solar cell manufacturing costs and be extremely competitive in this market. Solterra will be one of the first companies to integrate non-silicon quantum dot thin film technology into high volume low cost production using proprietary technologies. Our objective is to become one of the first solar module manufacturer to offer a solar electricity solution that competes on a non-subsidized basis with the price of retail electricity in key markets in North America, Europe and Asia.

Management believes that the manufacture of our thin film quantum dot solar cells can introduce a cost effective disruptive technology that can help accelerate the conversion from a fossil fuel dependent energy infrastructure to one based on renewable, carbon-neutral energy sources. We believe that our proposed products also can be a part of the solution to greenhouse gases and global warming.
 
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Solterra plans to:

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S cale up Quantum Dot Production by   applying proprietary technology licensed from Rice University for our quantum dot synthesis process. This licensed technology enables Solterra to produce the highly desirable CdSe tetrapod quantum dots at a cost savings of greater than 50% compared to competing suppliers, and will organically supply Solterra’s requirements for quantum dots for its solar cells. Additionally, Solterra will market these Q-Dots through various existing supply channels into various markets, including but not limited to medical diagnostics and printed electronics. The initial pilot scale up will take place at or near Rice University in Houston, Texas. The staff there will include one post doctorate, Professor Michael Wong the inventor of the technology and our Vice President in charge of quantum dot commercialization David Doderer. Following initial proof of scale production, the commercial production of quantum dots will likely be consolidated in a purpose built facility in Phoenix Arizona adjoining the proposed solar cell production line.

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Fabricate solar cells and optimize the performance of solar cells based on a blend of a suitable conjugated polymer and CdSe quantum dots (QDs).  The aim is to invest our best efforts to demonstrate and scale up production of low cost quantum dot solar cells having peak efficiency of greater than 6%. The efficiency of solar cells is the electrical power it puts out as percentage of the power in incident sunlight. Within the photovoltaic market, cell pricing and peak efficiency are key benchmarks for consumers in the decision for system selection and installation. The design and manufacture of Solterra's quantum dot based solar cells is projected to allow for the conversion of sunlight into usable electricity at a combination of efficiencies and cell cost at a very low "cents per kilowatt-hour" rate. This work is expected to be accomplished on site at the Arizona State University labs where we will also maintain our corporate offices. The staff there will include three post doctorates three undergraduates, our Chief Science Officer, Professor Ghassan Jabbour and our CEO, Stephen Squires.

Objectives:

The Objectives of Solterra are as follows:

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Become the first bulk manufacture of high quality tetrapod quantum dots and the first solar cell manufacturer to be able to offer a solar electricity solution that competes on a non-subsidized basis with the price of retail electricity in key markets in North America, Europe the Middel East and Asia.

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Build a robust intellectual property portfolio in third generation photovoltaics. Success criteria include completion of preparation and filing of various patent applications in the area of TF QD Solar Cell technology, by January 2009, defining and initiating the strategy to secure a reliable source of key materials by February 2009, and filing additional process related patent applications by July 2009, which intellectual property would be owned by Solterra.

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At Rice University, build  scaled up Quantum Dot production of ten 1gram batches for initial proof of scalability with an additional 10 batch set as a control by March 2009. By June 2009, establish our production operation which will be a lab based pilot plant owned and operated by Solterra outside of Rice University and capable of producing 10-50 gram batches   of Quantum Dots per week, then stepping up to 50-1000 grams per week of Quantum Dots and with the capacity to later increase production to 1-10 kilograms per week of Quantum Dots. Ideally, our pilot plant will have the expansion capability of establishing a ten megawatt capacity solar cell pilot production line by December 2010 and with the first yielded product made, sold and shipped by April 2012.
 
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Develop and Characterize the Thin Film Quantum Dot Solar Cell product. Success criteria include establishing a development lab on site at the Arizona State University (“ASU”) macro technology works center in Tempe Arizona under the guidance of Dr. Ghassan Jabbour, performing approximately 200 prototype runs in order to optimize the product performance, achieving greater than 6% peak efficiency, achieving a projected cell cost of less than $1.30/Watt, and demonstrating accelerated lifetime testing to demonstrate product lifetimes to support a performance-based consumer warranty comparable to existing photovoltaics , and delivering working prototypes by November 2009. Solterra has a contract with ASU to permit our use of ASU’s facilities, laboratories and personnel for our intended purposes.

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Construct a 100 Megawatt volume production factory by December 2013. Success criteria include breaking ground by June 2011, First production started by October 2011, first production yield by December 2011, achieve 100MW capacity by December 2013.  By production design, enable ability to quickly replicate plants as demand grows.

Products:

Solar Panels

A solar cell or photovoltaic cell is a device that converts solar energy into electricity by the photovoltaic effect. Photovoltaics is the field of technology and research related to the application of solar cells as solar energy. Sometimes the term solar cell is reserved for devices intended specifically to capture energy from sunlight, while the term photovoltaic cell is used when the source is unspecified. Assemblies of cells are used to make solar modules or solar panels (as we refer to them), which may in turn be linked in larger photovoltaic arrays that can produce substantial amounts of electricity.

Solar cells have many applications. Individual cells are used for powering small devices such as electronic calculators. Photovoltaic (“PV”) arrays generate a form of renewable electricity, particularly useful in situations where electrical power from the grid is unavailable such as in remote area power systems, Earth-orbiting satellites and space probes, remote radiotelephones and water pumping applications. Photovoltaic electricity is also increasingly deployed in grid-tied electrical systems. Similar devices intended to capture energy radiated from other sources include thermophotovoltaic cells, betavoltaics cells, and optoelectric nuclear batteries.

Thin Film Quantum Dot PV Solar Cell: Solterra will produce a low cost, easily processed quantum dot derived solar cell that operates at peak efficiency greater than 6%, and more importantly has a cost per kilowatt hour (“kWH”) comparable to conventional grid supplied power. Within the photovoltaic market, cell pricing and peak efficiency are key benchmarks for consumers in the decision for system selection and installation. At the end of the day, a combination of the two is what is really important for the consumer -- the actual cost for each kilowatt-hour produced. The cleanliness of all renewable energies makes these technologies attractive, and delivery of electricity at or near an equivalent cost to conventional fossil fuel produced energy will make total clean energy adoption inevitable. The design and manufacture of Solterra's quantum dot based solar cells is projected to allow for the conversion of sunlight into usable electricity at a combination of efficiencies and cell cost at a very low "cents per kilowatt-hour" rate. As Solterra approaches this "grid parity," we believe the decision for Solterra Solar Cells will be quickly made.
 
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 Quantum Dots
 
Solterra has a worldwide exclusive license with Rice University for the manufacture of low cost, high quality tetrapod quantum dots using Rice developed intellectual property. Solterra is planning the scale up the bulk production of quantum dots based on this technology and intends to manufacture and sell these semiconductor materials for a broad range of emerging applications both in the United States and abroad.

According to the new report available at Electronics.ca Publications, the global market for quantum dots, which in 2008 is estimated to generate $28.6 million in revenues, is projected to grow over the next five years at a compound annual growth rate (“CAGR”) of 90.7%, reaching over $700 million by 2013.  Following the initially modest revenues generated by standalone colloidal quantum dots - primarily serving the life sciences, academic, and other industrial research and development communities - within the next 2 years several product launches with colloidal or in situ quantum dot underpinning will bolster market revenue considerably.

Quantum dots refer to one of several promising materials niche sectors that recently have emerged from the burgeoning growth area of nanotechnology. Quantum dots fall into the category of nanocrystals, which also includes quantum rods and nanowires. As a materials subset, quantum dots are characterized by particles fabricated to the smallest of dimensions from only a few atoms and upwards. At these tiny dimensions, they behave according to the rules of quantum physics, which describe the behavior of atoms and sub atomic particles, in contrast to classical physics that describes the behavior of bulk materials, or in other words, objects consisting of many atoms.

Current and future applications of quantum dots impact a broad range of industrial markets. These include, for example, biology and biomedicine; computing and memory; electronics and displays; optoelectronic devices such as LEDs, lighting, and lasers; optical components used in telecommunications; and security applications such as covert identification tagging or biowarfare detection sensors.”

Advantages of Quantum Dot Based Solar Cells

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The efficiency of solar cells is the electrical power it puts out as percentage of the power in incident sunlight. One of the most fundamental limitations on the efficiency of a solar cell is the ‘band gap’ of the semi-conducting material used in conventional solar cells: the energy required to boost an electron from the bound valence band into the mobile conduction band. When an electron is knocked loose from the valence band, it goes into the conduction band as a negative charge, leaving behind a ‘hole’ of positive charge. Both electron and hole can migrate through the semi-conducting material.

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In a solar cell, negatively doped (n-type) material with extra electrons in its otherwise empty conduction band forms a junction with positively doped (p-type) material, with extra holes in the band otherwise filled with valence electrons. When a photon with energy matching the band gap strikes the semiconductor, it is absorbed by an electron, which jumps to the conduction band, leaving a hole.

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Both electron and hole migrate in the junction’s electric field, but in opposite directions. If the solar cell is connected to an external circuit, an electric current is generated. If the circuit is open, then an electrical potential or voltage is built up across the electrodes.

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Photons with less energy than the band gap slip right through without being absorbed, while photons with energy higher than the band gap are absorbed, but their excess energy is wasted, and dissipated as heat. The maximum efficiency that a solar cell made from a single material can theoretically achieve is about 30 percent, but Management believes that in practice, the best achievable is about 25 percent.

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It is possible to improve on the efficiency by stacking materials with different band gaps together in multi-junction cells. Stacking dozens of different layers together can increase efficiency theoretically to greater than 70 percent. But this results in technical problems such as strain damages to the crystal layers. The most efficient multi-junction solar cell is one that has three layers: gallium indium phosphide/gallium arsenide/germanium (GaInP/GaAs/Ge) made by the National Center for Photovoltaics in the US, which achieved an efficiency of 34 percent in 2001.
 
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Recently, entirely new possibilities for improving the efficiency of photovoltaics based on quantum dot technology have opened up. Quantum dots have quantum optical properties that are absent in the bulk material due to the confinement of electron-hole pairs (called excitons) on the particle.

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The first advantage of quantum dots is their tunable bandgap. It means that the wavelength at which they will absorb or emit radiation can be adjusted at will: the larger the size, the longer the wavelength of light absorbed and emitted.  The greater the bandgap of a solar cell semiconductor, the more energetic the photons absorbed, and the greater the output voltage.

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On the other hand, a lower bandgap results in the capture of more photons including those in the red end of the solar spectrum, resulting in a higher output of current but at a lower output voltage. Thus, there is an optimum bandgap that corresponds to the highest possible solar-electric energy conversion, and this can also be achieved by using a mixture of quantum dots of different sizes for harvesting the maximum proportion of the incident light.

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Another advantage of quantum dots is that in contrast to traditional semiconductor materials that are crystalline or rigid, quantum dots can be molded into a variety of different form, in sheets or three-dimensional arrays. They can easily be combined with organic polymers, dyes, or made into porous films In the colloidal form suspended in solution, they can be processed to create junctions on inexpensive substrates such as plastics, glass or metal sheets.

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When quantum dots are formed into an ordered three-dimensional array, there will be strong electronic coupling between them so that excitons will have a longer life, facilitating the collection and transport of ‘hot carriers’ to generate electricity at high voltage. In addition, such an array makes it possible to generate multiple excitons from the absorption of a single photon.

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Quantum dots are offering the possibilities for improving the efficiency of solar cells in at least two respects, by extending the band gap of solar cells for harvesting more of the light in the solar spectrum, and by generating more charges from a single photon.

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Infrared photovoltaic cells – which transform infrared light into electricity - are attracting much attention, as nearly half of the approximately 1000W/m 2 of the intensity of sunlight is within the invisible infrared region. So it is possible to use the visible half for direct lighting while harvesting the invisible for generating electricity.

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Photovoltaic cells that respond to infrared – ‘thermovoltaics’ - can even capture radiation from a fuel-fire emitter; and co-generation of electricity and heat are said to be quiet, reliable, clean and efficient. A 1 cm 2 silicon cell in direct sunlight will generate about 0.01W, but an efficient infrared photovoltaic cell of equal size can produce theoretically 1W in a fuel-fired system.

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One development that has made infrared photovoltaics attractive is the availability of light-sensitive conjugated polymers - polymers with alternating single and double carbon-carbon (sometimes carbon-nitrogen) bonds. It was discovered in the 1970s that chemical doping of conjugated polymers increased electronic conductivity several orders of magnitude. Since then, electronically conducting materials based on conjugated polymers have found many applications including sensors, light-emitting diodes, and solar cells.

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Conjugated polymers provide ease of processing, low cost, physical flexibility and large area coverage. They now work reasonably well within the visible spectrum.
 
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Researchers led by Arthur Nozik at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden, Colorado in the United States have demonstrated that the absorption of a single photon by their quantum dots yielded - not one exciton as is usually the case, but three of them.

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The formation of multiple excitons per absorbed photon happens when the energy of the photon absorbed is far greater than the semiconductor band gap. This phenomenon does not readily occur in bulk semiconductors where the excess energy simply dissipates away as heat before it can cause other electron-hole pairs to form.

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In semi-conducting quantum dots, the rate of energy dissipation is significantly reduced, and the charge carriers are confined within a minute volume, thereby increasing their interactions and enhancing the probability for multiple excitons to form.
 
Solterra’s Quantum Dot Solar Cell Architecture
 
 
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Although there are many different nanotechnological approaches to developing solar cells, the general idea is the same for all. When light hits an atom in a semiconductor which in our case is the quantum dot tetrapod, those photons of light with lots of energy can push an electron out of its nice stable orbital around the atom. The electron is then free to move from atom to atom, like the electrons in a piece of metal when it conducts electricity.
 
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Using nano-size bits of semiconductor, again in our case quantum dots, embedded in a conductive plastic maximizes the chance that an electron can escape the nanoparticle and reach the conductive plastic before it is "trapped" by another atom that has also been stripped of an electron. Once in the plastic, the electron can travel through wires connecting the solar cell to your electronic device.  It can then wander back to the nanocrystal to join an atom that has a positive charge.
 
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As stated above, quantum dots improve the efficiency of solar cells in at least two respects, by extending the band gap of solar cells for harvesting more of the light in the solar spectrum, and by generating more charges from a single photon. “We have shown that solar cells based on quantum dots theoretically could convert more than 65 percent of the sun’s energy into electricity, approximately doubling the efficiency of solar cells”, said Arthur Nozik at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory led by Arthur Nozik.
 
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This technology is also applicable to other thin-film devices--where it offers a potential four-fold increase in power-to-weight ratio over the state of the art. Intermediate-band gap solar cells require that quantum dots be sandwiched in an intrinsic region between the photovoltaic solar cells ordinary p- and n-type regions. The quantum dots form the intermediate band of discrete states that allow sub-band gap energies to be absorbed. However, when the current is extracted, it is limited by the bandgap, not the individual photon energies. The energy states of the quantum dot can be controlled by controlling the size of the dot.

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Solterra’s high quality tetrapod quantum dots provide access to quantum effects that provide for greater power generation potential, and therefore greater efficiency per cell area and thus lower cost per watt produced. Prior research has shown that four-legged quantum dots are many times more efficient at converting sunlight into electricity than regular quantum dots.

Solterra’s manufacturing design relies on state-of-the-art but widely available high volume silkscreen and inkjet printing technologies. Solterra’s cell ingredients will be formulated into an ink medium compatible with such equipment. Solterra has negotiated a contractual funded optimization effort with Dr. Ghassan Jabbour, our Chief Science Officer, and Arizona State Universities Macro Technology Works in order to support this effort.

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The solar power industry:

Today’s top ten solar cell manufactures are all manufacturing silicon based solar cells. Since the complex and relatively high cost of dicing and polishing pure silicon will never be a trivial task, it is unlikely we will see a significant drop in cost. The solar photovoltaic industry is divided into three generations of technology. The first generation technology PV products account for over 86% of the total market. This segment of the industry is made up of numerous large players including Sharp, and Sanyo.
 
Three Generations of Photovoltaic Technology
 

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The first generation photovoltaic, consists of a large-area, single layer p-n junction diode, which is capable of generating usable electrical energy from light sources with the wavelengths of solar light. These cells are typically made using silicon wafer. First generation photovoltaic cells (also known as silicon wafer-based solar cells) are the dominant technology in the commercial production of solar cells, accounting for more than 86% of the solar cell market.

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The second generation of photovoltaic materials is based on the use of thin-film deposits of semiconductors. These devices were initially designed to be high-efficiency, multiple junction photovoltaic cells. Later, the advantage of using a thin-film of material was noted, reducing the mass of material required for cell design.

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Solterra is poised to be one of the front runners in large scale commercialization of third generation photovoltaic. Third generation photovoltaics are very different from the other two, broadly defined as semiconductor devices which do not rely on a traditional p-n junction to separate photo generated charge carriers. These new devices include photo electrochemical cells, Polymer solar cells, and nanocrystal solar cells.

Photovoltaics are a compelling long-term investment, and even at today's high prices, management believes that photovoltaic manufacturers are selling solar panels as fast as they can be produced.

The installed base of photovoltaics world wide is only slightly more than 10 gigawatts (12.6 GW is the electrical power generated by the Itaipu Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric power plant) out of 15 Terawatts (terawatt is 10 12 watts) that is used worldwide. The main reason there is a shortage of production capacity is that photovoltaics are manufactured using polysilicon, the same semi-conductor substrate used for integrated circuits. For years, the photovoltaic manufacturers have bought their polysilicon from manufacturers who primarily produced this product for the computer industry. But in 2005, photovoltaic manufacturing output rose to over 1.6 gigawatts, and for the first time, the solar energy industry was competing with the computer industry to buy polysilicon. Photovoltaic panels consumed about one-third of the 30,000 tons of polysilicon produced worldwide in 2005, about 10,000 tons. There has been a worldwide shortage of polysilicon, which lead to a significant increase in the price.

Competitive Strengths

We believe that Solterra’s licensed technology provides us with a number of competitive strengths that position us to become a leader in the solar energy industry and compete in the broader electric power industry:

  Cost-per-Watt advantage. Our proprietary thin film technology should allow us to achieve an average manufacturing cost per watt less than $1.30 and position Solterra’s cells as one of the lowest priced in the world and significantly less than the per watt manufacturing cost of crystalline silicon solar modules.
 
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Continuous and scalable production process. We will manufacture our solar cells on high-throughput production lines that complete all manufacturing steps, from semiconductor printing to final assembly and testing, in an automated, proprietary, continuous process.

Replicable production facilities. We will use a systematic replication process to build new production lines with operating metrics that are comparable to the performance of best of bread production lines. By expanding production, we believe we can take advantage of economies of scale, accelerate development cycles and leverage our operations, enabling further reductions in the manufacturing cost per watt of our solar cells.

Stable supply of raw materials.    We will not be constrained by shortages of semiconductor material, as we will be positioned to produce our own quantum dot materials.

Pre-sold capacity through Long Term Supply Contracts. We intend to pursue Long Term Supply Contracts which, if successfully entered into, would provide us with predictable net sales and enable us to realize economies of scale from capacity expansions quickly. By pre-selling the solar cells to be produced on future production lines, we expect to minimize the customer demand risk of our expansion plans.

Favorable system performance. Under real-world conditions, including variation in ambient
temperature and intensity of sunlight, we believe systems incorporating our solar cells will generate more kilowatt hours of electricity per watt of rated power than systems incorporating crystalline silicon solar modules, increasing our end-users’ return on investment.

Solterra solar cells successfully blend the needs for efficiency, low cost, and time to recoup investment. Furthermore, the solar panels will be easy to install due to their flexibility and low weight.

Market Opportunity

Global demand for electricity is expected to increase from 14.8 trillion kilowatt hours in 2003 to 27.1 trillion kilowatt hours in 2025, according to the Energy Information Administration. However, supply constraints, rising prices, dependence on foreign countries for fuel feedstock and environmental concerns could limit the ability of many conventional sources of electricity to supply the rapidly expanding global demand. These challenges create a growth opportunity for the renewable energy industry, including solar energy. According to the Department of Energy, solar energy is the only source of renewable power with a large enough resource base to supply a significant percentage of the world’s electricity needs.  Worldwide, annual installations by the photovoltaic industry grew from 0.4GW in 2002 to 1.7GW in 2006, representing an average annual growth rate of over 42%. In 2006, the cumulative installed capacity of solar modules worldwide reached just below 7GW.
 
Target Market Segment Strategy
 
Strategies

Our goal is to create a sustainable market for our solar modules by utilizing our proprietary thin film semiconductor technology to develop a solar electricity solution that, by 2011, competes on a non-subsidized basis with the price of retail electricity in key markets in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. We intend to pursue the following strategies to attain this goal:

Penetrate key markets rapidly. We expect to be a fully-integrated solar cell manufacturer. To the extent that our finances will permit in the future, we intend to place production lines in strategic locations over the course of many years across the globe which will enable us to diversify our customer base, gain market share in key solar cell markets and reduce our dependence on any individual country’s subsidy programs.
 
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Further reduce manufacturing cost. We will deploy continuous improvement systems and tools to increase the throughput of all of our production lines and the efficiency of our workforce and to reduce our capital intensity and raw material requirements. In addition, as we expand production, we believe we can absorb fixed costs over higher production volumes, reduce fixed costs by manufacturing in low-cost regions such as Malaysia, negotiate volume-based discounts on certain raw material and equipment purchases and gain production and operational experience that translates into improved process and product performance.

Increase sellable Watts per module. We will constantly be driving several programs designed to increase the number of sellable watts per solar module, which is driven primarily by conversion efficiency.

Enter the mainstream market for electricity. We believe that our ability to enter the non-subsidized, mainstream market for electricity will require system development and optimization, new system financing options and the development of new market channels. As part of these activities, we anticipate developing other quantum dot renewable energy solutions beyond the solar cell that we plan to offer in select market segments.

The grid-tied Photovoltaic market is of importance because it is the fastest growing segment for Photovoltaics. Many of the early niche markets for solar were off-grid solutions such as emergency phone boxes, sail boats, and, of course, outer space. However, now that the price for Photovoltaic solar has dropped and can compete effectively with additional electric power sources (especially when energy rebates are considered), the grid-tied Photovoltaic systems has become the largest growing segment.  An appealing aspect of the potential large projects is that a large project can represent the sales volume in one transaction that might require hundreds of individual transactions for residential Photovoltaic solar applications and successfully obtaining these contracts can help us obtain other customer contracts. In addition, the lifetime requirements for some custom large projects may not be as stringent as for the regulated residential electricity market.

GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES

In North America, where we use far more oil than anywhere else on Earth, the vast majority (71%) of electrical power generation is entirely dependent on fossil fuels - coal (52%), gas (16%), and oil (3%). The world's natural gas is running out along with the oil, and the coal supply is not unlimited either. Nuclear energy contributes only one-fifth to the US power network, and 7% of power is hydroelectric. Only 2% of US electricity production is from renewable sources. As we continue to burning up the world's dwindling fossil energy sources at a terrifying rate, we simultaneously unleash catastrophic damage to the natural environment.

Production of photovoltaics (PV) jumped to 3,800 megawatts worldwide in 2007, up an estimated 50 percent over 2006. At the end of the year, according to preliminary data, cumulative global production stood at 12,400 megawatts, enough to power 2.4 million U.S. homes. Growing by an impressive average of 48 percent each year since 2002, PV production has been doubling every two years, making it the world’s fastest-growing energy source.
 
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Photovoltaics, which directly convert sunlight into electricity, include both traditional, polysilicon-based solar cell technologies and new thin-film technologies. Thin-film manufacturing involves depositing extremely thin layers of photosensitive materials on glass, metal, or plastics. While the most common material currently used is amorphous silicon, the newest technologies use non-silicon-based materials such as cadmium telluride.

            A key force driving the advancement of thin-film technologies is a polysilicon shortage that began in April 2004. In 2006, for the first time, more than half of polysilicon production went into PVs instead of computer chips. While thin films are not as efficient at converting sunlight to electricity, they currently cost less and their physical flexibility makes them more versatile than traditional solar cells. Led by the United States, thin film grew from four percent of the market in 2003 to seven percent in 2006. Polysilicon supply is expected to match demand by 2010, but not before thin film obtains an estimate 20 percent of the market.
 
Government Support
 
           Thanks to the recent passage of Federal legislation. H.R. 1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, provides an eight-year extension of solar energy tax incentives, thereby assuring industry stability in the US. The Solar Electric Power Association expects the renewable energy bill will create more than 440,000 jobs and generate at least $325 billion in private investment. It is also expected that solar will grow despite the economic downturn, as most U.S. states are mandating increased use of renewable energy. By passing this important piece of legislation, Congress is encouraging the growth of renewable energy and the technology companies across the country, that support it, this bill will have a positive impact not only on Solterra and the industry, but the environment as well. One of if not the single most significant economic factor driving adoption of solar utility initiatives is the prospect of carbon use surcharges. As coal, gas, and oil usage are taxed to help prevent pollution and stimulate use of renewable energy sources, solar energy becomes more attractive to the utility grid electricity providers and ordinary households. The environmental impact of energy use choices promises to be an ongoing factor in energy grid supply.
 
SALES AND MARKETING

Out of the top 45 major solar module manufacturers, only about half manufacture their own solar cells. The remaining half is purchasing their cells from third party suppliers. We believe Solterra’s solar cells will have a high probability of being an attractive alternative for these established manufacturers. Our initial sales strategy for both quantum dots and solar cells will be to develop and execute a value added resellers channel strategy. We also intend to utilize our Chief Executive Officer’s controls in reaching into the Middle East markets in order to gain access to large grid tied renewable energy initiatives that are currently underway in these emerging markets. We intend to hire sales and marketing personnel as needed and attend applicable trade shows.
 
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COMPETITION

Some of the largest and well financed enterprises in the solar manufacturing market do not have very much manufacturing capacity. Management believes that these companies have been waiting to see what technologies are the most efficient. As market trials begin to be successful, it is certain that there will be a significant number of acquisition and merger activities as companies move to achieve strategic advantage in the growing solar markets.

Adoption of solar energy has a simple market driving force. If people do not adopt solar energy, the planet will become unfit for human habitation. The fossil fuels are warming the planet at an increasing rate that makes life unsustainable if something does not change.

As stated above, there are 45 major solar module manufacturers, but only half manufacture their own solar cells. The remaining half is purchasing their cells from third party suppliers.  We believe Solterra’s solar cells will have a high probability of being an attractive alternative for these established value added resellers.
 
The manufacture of photovoltaic cells has expanded dramatically in recent years. Photovoltaic production has also been doubling every two years, increasing by an average of 48% each year since 2002, making it a fast growing energy technology.
 
 
A German company Q-Cells is the market leader in productions, but Sharp Electronics is the leader by far in manufacturing capacity. Japanese producers account for 26% of global solar equipment production. Chinese manufacturers raised their share from 20% in 2006 to 35% in 2007.
 
            Sharp is a market leader in production, based on its low cost manufacturing capacity and broad distribution reach to commercial and consumer markets which are expected to develop rapidly now that thin film batteries and electric vehicles make solar energy attractive.
 
Worldwide, solar currently provides less than one percent of electricity demand but is projected to supply 26% of the worlds consumption by 2040. This industrial transition is expected to occur as solar generated electricity becomes cost effective throughout the United States and much of the world. Competition for sources of energies and the sale thereof is intense. Most companies have far greater experience and resources than our company. Fortunately, Management believes that the size and more importantly the ever increasing demand for cheap clean energy can provide consistent long term demand for low cost high efficiency solar cells which is the market that we intend to compete.

EMPLOYEES

As of November 10, 2008, Solterra had three full-time employees and two part-time employees. We anticipate that we will hire additional key staff  in 2009 in areas of Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President Sales and Marketing; research and development, administration/accounting, business development, operations and sales/marketing.

License Agreement with Rice University

On August 20, 2008, Solterra entered into a License Agreement with Rice University. Rice is the owner of certain inventions and patent applications, know-how and rights pertaining to the synthesis of uniform nanoparticle shapes with high selectivity.  Solterra obtained the exclusive rights to license, develop, manufacture, market and exploit Rice’s inventions, patent applications and any issued patents for the manufacture and sale of photovoltaic cells and the manufacture and sale of quantum dots for electronic and medical applications. With respect to Rice’s patent applications, Rice made a provisional filing for an invention disclosure titled “synthesis of uniform nanoparticle shapes with high selectivity” with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on April 13, 2007 and a subsequent utility filing on April 11, 2008 under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (“PCT”). PCT enables the U.S. applicant to file one application, "an international application," in a standardized format in English in the U.S. Receiving Office (the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office), and have that application acknowledged as a regular national or regional filing in any State or region that is party to the PCT. Dr. Michael Wong who has been nominated and appointed to become a director of our company is the inventor of Rice’s patent application licensed by Solterra.
 
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Our agreement with Rice required the payment of $40,000 to Rice, which payment was recently made, and for us to acquire $5,000,000 in initial funding, including $1,500,000 by November 4, 2008 and an additional $3,500,000 by January 30, 2009. Our agreement with Rice also requires many milestones to be accomplished over the next several years utilizing our best efforts, including, without limitation, the following:

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Licensee shall file three patent applications related to thin-film quantum dot (QD) solar cell technology by December 31, 2008, and three additional patent applications related to thin-film QD solar cells or printed electronics in general by December 31, 2009.

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Licensee shall fund $80,000 (eighty thousand dollars) (in direct costs) of sponsored research with Professor Michael Wong by October 31, 2008.

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Following the successful completion of the sponsored research goals with Michael Wong, Licensee shall demonstrate the scalability of the quantum dot production technology by May 31, 2009.

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Licensee shall establish a QD production pilot plant capable of producing 1000g/week by December 31, 2009.

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Licensee shall start up a full scale QD production plant by December 31, 2010.

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Licensee shall demonstrate a working model of a thin film quantum dot solar cell product using Rice Intellectual Property by July 31, 2009. This working model shall achieve 6% efficiency at a manufactured cell cost of <$1.50/Watt, and have a consumer warranty regarding product lifetime performance comparable to existing photovoltaics.

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Licensee shall have received an additional investment commitment of at least $15 (fifteen) million dollars by January 31, 2010.

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Licensee shall bring a 10MW capacity solar cell pilot production line on-stream by May 31, 2010.

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Licensee shall offer for sale solar cells incorporating a Rice Licensed Product on or before June 30, 2010.

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Licensee shall bring a 100 Megawatt volume production facility for solar cells on stream by December 31, 2011.

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Licensee shall offer for sale quantum dots manufactured with Rice Patents for electronic or medical applications on or before December 31, 2009.

Rice is entitled to receive during the term of the License Agreement certain royalties under the License Agreement of adjusted gross sales (as defined) ranging from 2% to 4% for photovoltaic cells and 7.5% of adjusted gross sales for quantum dots sold in electronic and medical applications. Minimum royalties payable under the License Agreement include $129,400 due August 1, 2010, $473,250 due August 1, 2011, $1,746,000 due August 1, 2012 and $3,738,000 due August 1, 2013 and each August 1 of every year thereafter, subject to adjustments for changes in the consumer pricing index. In the event of a Liquidity Event (as defined), Rice is entitled to receive from Licensee a fee of $750,000 within five business days of the Liquidity Event. The term of the License Agreement is to expire on the expiration date of Rice’s rights in its intellectual property and the Licensee’s rights are worldwide.
 
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Agreement with Arizona State University

Solterra has a one year agreement with Arizona State University (“ASU”) pursuant to which ASU at a cost of $835,000 will assist Solterra in scaling up or optimizing the solar cells so that they can be printed. ASU has agreed to provide the services of Ghassan Jabbour of the ASU School of Materials and Flexible Display Center as project director for this work. Separately, Mr. Jabbour has also agreed to serve as our Chief Science Officer and is an employee of Solterra.  

Annual Reports to Security Holders

We intend annually to make available to each of our shareholders, copies of our annual report on Form 10-K, which will include audited financial statements. We intend to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) as a “Smaller Reporting Company.”

Reports to Security Holders
 
We intend to file all required reports due under the Exchange Act with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such reports include annual reports, quarterly reports, Form 8-K and other information we are required to file pursuant to securities laws. You may read and copy materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC which is http://www.sec.gov.
 
Item 1A.
Risk Factors.
 
An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. In determining whether to purchase our securities, you should carefully consider all of the material risks described below, together with the other information contained in this current report before making a decision to purchase our securities. You should only purchase our securities if you can afford to suffer the loss of your entire investment.    In addition to the other information included in this Form 8-K, the following factors should be carefully considered in evaluating our business, financial position and future prospects. Any of the following risks, either alone or taken together, could materially and adversely affect our business, financial position or future prospects. If one or more of these or other risks or uncertainties materialize, or if our underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, our actual results may vary materially from what we have projected. There may be additional risks that we do not presently know or that we currently believe are immaterial which could also materially adversely affect our business, financial position or future prospects.
 
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RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH INVESTING IN OUR COMPANY

Our business, operations and financial condition are subject to various risks. Some of these risks are described below and you should take these risks into account in making a decision to invest in our common stock. If any of the following risks actually occurs, we may not be able to conduct our business as currently planned and our financial condition and operating results could be seriously harmed. In that case, the market price of our common stock could decline and you could lose all or part of your investment in our common stock.
 
Our intended business is based solely on rights granted to Solterra pursuant to a license agreement with William Marsh Rice University.

Pursuant to an agreement dated August 20, 2008, we entered into an exclusive license agreement (the “License”) with Rice University to use, develop, manufacture, market and exploit certain inventions, patent applications and issued patents of licensor with respect to the manufacture and sale of photovoltaic cells and the manufacture and sale of quantum dots for electronic and medical applications. Our license agreement with Rice University requires us to meet certain obligations, conditions and to make certain royalty and other payments during the term of the license agreement. Any default under the terms of our license agreement, which if not cured or waived by Rice University, could result in the loss of our exclusive license agreement and the right to manufacture and sell our intended products. The loss of our exclusive license agreement with Rice University would have a material adverse affect on our operations and investors could lose their entire investment.

We have a limited operating history and limited historical financial information upon which you may evaluate our performance.
 
We are in our early stages of development and face risks associated with a new company in a growth industry. We may not successfully address these risks and uncertainties or successfully implement our operating strategies. If we fail to do so, it could materially harm our business to the point of having to cease operations and could impair the value of our common stock to the point investors may lose their entire investment. Even if we accomplish these objectives, we may not generate positive cash flows or the profits we anticipate in the future.

We are a development stage company and it may be difficult to evaluate our business prospects due to rapidly changing market landscape.
 
Solterra is a development stage company formed in May 2008 in order to commercialize low cost Quantum Dot production and low cost highly efficient Solar Panels incorporating Quantum Dots and Thin Film Technology pursuant to an exclusive license agreement with William Marsh Rice University. We have limited historical information about our company on which you can base an evaluation of our business and prospects. As a development stage company, we are subject to all the risks involved in a start-up business. We can provide no assurances that our operations will be profitable in the future.
 
The solar power market is rapidly evolving and is experiencing technological advances and new market entrants. Our future success will require us to scale our manufacturing capacity significantly; even though our business model, technologies and processes are unproven at significant scale. We are in the early stages of final product development, and we have limited experience upon which to predict whether it will be successful. As a result, you should consider our business and prospects in light of the risks, expenses and challenges that we will face as a development stage company seeking to develop and manufacture new products in a growing and rapidly evolving market.  We expect to continue to make significant capital expenditures and anticipate that our expenses will increase as we seek to:
 
     
 
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establish our manufacturing operations, initially domestically or potentially internationally at a future date;
     
 
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develop our distribution network;
     
 
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continue to research and develop our products and manufacturing technologies;
     
 
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implement internal systems and infrastructure to support our growth; and
     
 
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hire additional personnel.
 
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We do not know whether our revenues will grow at all or grow rapidly enough to absorb these costs, and our limited operating history makes it difficult to assess the extent of these expenses or their impact on our operating results.
 
We will need to raise significant additional capital in order to continue to grow our business and fund our operations which subjects us to the risk that we may be unable to grow our business and fund our operations as planned.

 While we are effectuating our business strategy, we expect to operate on a negative cash flow basis. We can provide no assurance that our current funds will be sufficient to fund operations over an extended period of time. Moreover, our business plans are based upon the need to raise an additional $3,500,000 by January 15, 2009 and we may need significant additional financing over the next 24 months to become operational and to support our intended operations and plans for expansion and growth. As such, we can provide no assurances that we will be able to successfully raise additional financing as needed, on terms satisfactory to us, if at all. Any additional financing will also likely cause substantial dilution to our stockholders. Further, certain existing shareholders (the “Obligors”) have executed a promissory note to pay us $3,500,000 in cash or, with our consent, through the cancellation of up to 12,000,000 shares of our common stock. We can provide no assurances that the Obligors will pay us $3,500,000 in cash under the terms of the Note. Our License Agreement with Rice requires us to utilize our best efforts to raise approximately $15,000,000 by January 2010 in additional financing above and beyond our initial funding. We can provide no assurances that these funds will be obtained on satisfactory terms to us, if at all.

Our future success depends on our ability to develop our manufacturing capacity. If we are unable to achieve our capacity expansion goals, it would limit our growth potential and impair our operating results and financial condition.

We can provide no assurance that we will be successful in establishing production facilities or, once established, that we will attain the expected manufacturing capacity or financial results. Our ability to complete the planning, construction and equipping of manufacturing facilities is subject to significant risk and uncertainty, including:
 
     
 
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we will need to raise significant additional capital in order to finance the costs of constructing and equipping of large scale manufacturing facilities, which we may be unable to do so on reasonable terms or at all, and which could be dilutive to our existing stockholders;
     
 
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the build-out of any facilities will be subject to the risks inherent in the development of a manufacturing facility, including risks of delays and cost overruns as a result of a number of factors, many of which may be out of our control, such as delays in government approvals, burdensome permit conditions and delays in the delivery of manufacturing equipment from numerous suppliers; and
     
 
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we may be required to depend on third parties or strategic partnerships that we establish in the development and operation of additional production capacity, which may subject us to risks that such third parties do not fulfill their obligations to us under our arrangements with them.
 
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If we are unable to develop and successfully operate manufacturing facilities, or if we encounter any of the risks described above, we may be unable to scale our business to the extent necessary to improve results of operations and achieve profitability. Moreover, there can be no assurance that if we do expand our manufacturing capacity that we will be able to generate customer demand for our solar power products at these production levels or that we will increase our revenues or achieve profitability.
 
We may be unable to effectively manage the expansion of our operations.
 
We expect to expand our business significantly in order to satisfy demand for our quantum dots and solar power products and obtain market share. To manage the development and expansion of our operations, we will be required to improve our operational and financial systems, procedures and controls and expand, train and manage a larger employee base. Our management will also be required to maintain and expand our relationships with distribution partners, suppliers and other third parties and attract new distribution partners and suppliers. In addition, our current and planned operations, personnel, systems and internal procedures and controls might be inadequate to support our future growth. If we cannot manage our growth effectively, we may be unable to take advantage of market opportunities, execute our business strategies or respond to competitive pressures, and our business and results of operations could be harmed.
  
There are significant risks associated with the completion of development and facilities which may cause budget overruns or delays in completion of the projects.
 
Construction, equipment or staffing problems or difficulties in obtaining all of the requisite licenses, permits or authorizations from regulatory authorities could delay or prevent the construction or opening or otherwise affect our development and manufacturing facilities. Failure to complete our manufacturing facilities within budget or on schedule may have a significant negative effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
 
Any damage to or breakdown of our manufacturing equipment at a time when we are manufacturing commercial quantities of our products may have a material adverse impact on our business. For example, a supplier’s failure to supply this equipment in a timely manner, with adequate quality and on terms acceptable to us, could delay our manufacturing capacity expansion and otherwise disrupt our production schedule or increase our costs of production.  If we fail to develop successfully our new solar power products or technologies, we will likely be unable to recover the costs we have incurred to develop these products and technologies and may be unable to increase our revenues and to become profitable. Some of our new product and manufacturing technologies are unproven at commercial scale and represent a departure from conventional solar power technologies, and it is difficult to predict whether we will be successful in completing their development. In addition, we intend to invest significantly in developing state of the art manufacturing processes designed to reduce our total costs of production. If our development efforts regarding new manufacturing processes are not successful, and we are unable to increase the efficiency and decrease the costs of our intended manufacturing process, we may not be able to reduce the price of our products, which might prevent our products from gaining wide acceptance, and our gross margins may be negatively impacted.
 
Our solar power products may not gain market acceptance, which would prevent us from achieving increased revenues and market share.
 
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The development of a successful market for our solar power products may be adversely affected by a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control, including:

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our failure to produce solar power products that compete favorably against other solar power products on the basis of cost, quality and performance;
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our failure to produce solar power products that compete favorably against conventional energy sources and alternative distributed generation technologies, such as wind and biomass, on the basis of cost, quality and performance;
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whether or not customers will accept our new technology; and
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our failure to develop and maintain successful relationships with distributors, systems integrators, project developers and other resellers, as well as strategic partners.
 
If our solar power products fail to gain market acceptance, we would be unable to increase our revenues and market share and to achieve and sustain profitability.
 
Technological changes in the solar power industry could render our solar power products uncompetitive or obsolete, which could reduce our market share and cause our revenues to decline .
 
The solar power market is characterized by continually changing technology requiring improved features, such as increased efficiency, higher power output and lower price. Our failure to further refine our technology and develop and introduce new solar power products could cause our products to become uncompetitive or obsolete, which could reduce our market share and cause our revenues to decline. The solar power industry is rapidly evolving and competitive. We will need to invest significant financial resources in research and development to keep pace with technological advances in the solar power industry and to effectively compete in the future. A variety of competing solar power technologies are under development by other companies that could result in lower manufacturing costs or higher product performance than those expected for our solar power products. Our development efforts may be rendered obsolete by the technological advances of others, and other technologies may prove more advantageous for the commercialization of solar power products.
 
Our ability to develop market share and revenues depends on our ability to successfully grow our distribution relationships and distribution channels.

If we are unable to develop successfully our distribution relationships and distribution channels, our revenues and future prospects will be materially harmed. As we seek to grow our revenues by entering new markets in which we have little experience selling our products, our ability to increase market share and revenues will depend substantially on our ability to expand our distribution channels by identifying, developing and maintaining relationships with resellers. We may be unable to enter into relationships with resellers in the markets we target or on terms and conditions favorable to us, which could prevent us from entering these markets or entering these markets in accordance with our plans. Our ability to enter into and maintain relationships with resellers will be influenced by the relationships between these resellers and our competitors, market acceptance of our products and our low brand recognition as a new entrant.
 
We face risks associated with the marketing, distribution and sale of our solar power products and if we are unable to effectively manage these risks, it could impair our ability to develop expand our business.
 
Significant management attention and financial resources will be required to develop successfully our sales channels. In addition, the marketing, distribution and sale of our solar power products outside the United States expose us to a number of markets in which we have limited experience. If we are unable to manage effectively these risks, it could impair our ability to grow our business abroad. These risks include:

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difficult and expensive compliance with the commercial and legal requirements;
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encountering trade barriers such as export requirements, tariffs, taxes and other restrictions and expenses, which could affect the competitive pricing of our solar power products and reduce our market share in some countries;
·  
 unavailability of government grants from foreign sources, or for government grants that have been approved, risk of forfeiture or repayment in whole or in part:
·  
fluctuations in currency exchange rates relative to the U.S. dollar;
·  
limitations on dividends or restrictions against repatriation of earnings;
·  
difficulty in recruiting and retaining individuals skilled in international business operations; and
·  
increased costs associated with maintaining international marketing efforts.
 
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Problems with product quality or product performance may cause us to incur warranty expenses and may damage our market reputation and prevent us from achieving increased sales and market share.
 
Consistent with standard practice in the solar industry, the duration of our product warranties is lengthy. Our standard product warranty is expected to include a five-year warranty period for defects in material and workmanship and a 20-year warranty period for declines in power performance beyond specified levels. We believe our warranty periods are consistent with industry practice. Due to the long warranty period, we bear the risk of extensive warranty claims long after we have shipped product and recognized revenues. The possibility of future product failures could cause us to incur substantial expenses to repair or replace defective products. Furthermore, widespread product failures may damage our market reputation and reduce our market share and cause sales to decline.
 
Our success in the future may depend on our ability to establish and maintain strategic alliances, and any failure on our part to establish and maintain such relationships could adversely affect our market penetration and revenue growth.
 
Our ability to establish strategic relationships will depend on a number of factors, many of which are outside our control, such as the competitive position of our technology and our products relative to our competitors. We can provide no assurance that we will be able to establish new strategic relationships in the future. In addition, strategic alliances that we may establish, will subject us to a number of risks, including risks associated with sharing proprietary information, loss of control of operations that are material to our business and profit-sharing arrangements. Moreover, strategic alliances may be expensive to implement, require us to issue additional shares of our common stock and subject us to the risk that the third party will not perform its obligations under the relationship, which may subject us to losses over which we have no control or expensive termination arrangements. As a result, even if our strategic alliances with third parties are successful, our business may be adversely affected by a number of factors that are outside of our control.
 
The success of our business depends on the continuing contributions of our key personnel and our ability to attract and retain new qualified employees in a competitive labor market.
 
 Our future success depends to a significant degree on the skills, experience and efforts of our executive officers, namely, Stephen Squires and Ghassan E. Jabbour, SPIE, Fellow. The loss of the services of either of these individuals could harm our business. While we currently do not have employment agreements with these individuals, we expect to enter into employment contracts with them in the near future.  We have not obtained life insurance on any key executive officers. If any executive officer left us or were seriously injured and become unable to work, our business could be harmed.

The reduction or elimination of government subsidies and economic incentives for solar technology could cause our revenues to decline.
 
We believe that the growth of the majority of our target markets, depends on the availability and size of government subsidies and economic incentives for solar technology. Today, the cost of solar power substantially exceeds the cost of power furnished by the electric utility grid. As a result, federal, state and local governmental bodies in many countries, most notably the United States, Japan and Germany, have provided subsidies in the form of cost reductions, tax incentives and other incentives to end users, distributors, systems integrators, other resellers and manufacturers of solar power products to promote the use of solar energy and to reduce dependency on other forms of energy. In the future, these government subsidies and economic incentives could be reduced or eliminated altogether. For example, German subsidies decline at a rate of 5.0% to 6.5% per year (based on the type and size of the PV system) and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment recently announced a gradual increase of two percentage points from 2010 through 2011 and three percentage points in 2012 in the rate at which German subsidies decline. In addition, the Emerging Renewables Program in California has finite funds that may not last through the current program period. California subsidies have declined in the past and will continue to decline as cumulative installations exceed stated thresholds. Net metering policies in California, which currently only require each investor owned utility to provide net metering up to 2.5% of its aggregate customer peak demand, could also limit the amount of solar power installed within California. Further, the 30% investment tax credit for solar energy manufacturers provided in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is set to expire after 2008 if not extended by the United States federal government. The reduction or elimination of government subsidies and economic incentives would likely reduce the size of these markets and/or result in increased price competition, which could cause our revenues to decline.
 
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If solar power technology is not suitable for widespread adoption or sufficient demand for solar power products does not develop or takes longer to develop than we anticipate, our revenues would not significantly increase and we would be unable to achieve or sustain profitability.
 
The market for solar power products is emerging and rapidly evolving, and its future success is uncertain. If solar power technology proves unsuitable for widespread commercial deployment or if demand for solar power products fails to develop sufficiently, we would be unable to generate enough revenues to achieve and sustain profitability. In addition, demand for solar power products in the markets and geographic regions we target may not develop or may develop more slowly than we anticipate. Many factors will influence the widespread adoption of solar power technology and demand for solar power products, including:

·  
 cost-effectiveness of solar power technologies as compared with conventional and non-solar alternative energy technologies;

·  
performance and reliability of solar power products as compared with conventional and non-solar alternative energy products;

·  
success of alternative distributed generation technologies such as fuel cells, wind power and micro turbines;

·  
fluctuations in economic and market conditions that impact the viability of conventional and non-solar alternative energy sources, such as increases or decreases in the prices of oil and other fossil fuels;

·  
capital expenditures by customers that tend to decrease when the United States or global economy slows;

·  
continued deregulation of the electric power industry and broader energy industry; and

·  
availability of government subsidies and incentives.

 
We face intense competition from other companies producing solar power and other energy generation products. If we fail to compete effectively, we may be unable to increase our market share and revenues.
 
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The solar power market is intensely competitive and rapidly evolving. Management believes that there are over 100 companies that are engaged in manufacturing photovoltaic products or have announced an intention to do so. Many of our competitors have established a market position more prominent than ours, and if we fail to attract and retain distribution partners and establish a successful distribution network for our solar power products, we may be unable to obtain anticipated sales and market share. There are a large number of companies in the world with substantially more capital and experience than us that produce solar power products, including, without limitation, BP Solar International Inc., First Solar, Inc., Kyocera Corporation, Mitsubishi, RWE Schott Solar, Inc., Sanyo Corporation, Sharp Corporation, Evergreen Solar, Solar World AG, SunPower Corporation and SunTech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. We also expect that future competition will include new entrants to the solar power market offering new technological solutions. We can provide no assurances that we will be able to successfully compete in our intended markets.
 
If we are unable to protect our intellectual property adequately, we could lose our competitive advantage in the solar power market.
 
Our ability to compete effectively against competing solar power technologies will depend, in part, on our ability to protect our current and future licensed and other proprietary technology, product designs and manufacturing processes by obtaining, maintaining, and enforcing our intellectual property rights through a combination of licenses, patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets and also through unfair competition laws. We may not be able to obtain, maintain or enforce adequately our intellectual property and may need to defend our products against infringement or misappropriation claims, either of which could result in the loss of our competitive advantage in the solar power market and materially harm our business and profitability. We face the following risks in protecting our intellectual property and in developing, manufacturing, marketing and selling our products:
 
•    possible loss of our exclusive license with William Marsh Rice University;

 
 •  we cannot be certain that Rice University’s pending patent applications will result in issued patents or that the claims in any issued patents are or will be sufficiently broad to prevent others form developing or using technology similar to ours or in developing, using, manufacturing, marketing or selling products similar to ours;
 
 
 
 •  given the costs of obtaining patent protection, we may choose not to file patent applications for or not to maintain issued patents for certain innovations that later turn out to be important, or we may choose not to obtain foreign patent protection at all or to obtain patent protection in only some of the foreign countries, which later turn out to be important markets for us;
 
 
 
 •  although we intend to have a number of foreign patents and applications as well as the two held by Rice University , the laws of some foreign jurisdictions do not protect intellectual property rights to the same extent as laws in the United States, and we may encounter difficulties in protecting and defending our rights in such foreign jurisdictions;
   
 
•    third parties may design around our licensed technologies, and there is no assurance that any licensed patents and other intellectual property rights will be sufficient to deter infringement or misappropriation of our intellectual property rights by others;
 
 
 
•     third parties may seek to challenge or invalidate any licensed patents, which can result in a narrowing of or invalidating our patents, or rendering our licensed patents unenforceable;
 
 
 
•     we may have to participate in proceedings such as interference, cancellation, or opposition, before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or before foreign patent and trademark offices, with respect to our licensed patents, patent applications, trademarks or trademark applications or those of others, and these actions may result in substantial costs to us as well as a diversion of management attention;
   
 
•    although we are not currently involved in any litigation involving intellectual property rights, we may need to enforce our intellectual property rights against third parties for infringement or misappropriation or defend our intellectual property rights through lawsuits, which can result in significant costs and diversion of management resources, and we may not be successful in those lawsuits;
   
 
•     we rely on trade secret protections to protect our interests in proprietary know-how and processes for which patents are difficult to obtain or enforce; however, we may not be able to protect our trade secrets adequately; and
   
 
•    the contractual provisions on which we rely to protect our trade secrets and proprietary information, such as our confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements with our employees, consultants and other third parties, may be breached, and our trade secrets and proprietary information may be disclosed to competitors, strategic partners and the public, or others may independently develop technology equivalent to our trade secrets and proprietary information.
 
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  Our technology and products could infringe intellectual property rights of others, which may require costly litigation and, if we are not successful, could cause us to pay substantial damages and disrupt our business.
 
In recent years, there has been significant litigation involving patents and other intellectual property rights in many technology-related industries. There may be patents or patent applications in the United States or other countries that are pertinent to our products or business of which we are not aware. The technology that we incorporate into and use to develop and manufacture our current and future solar power products may be subject to claims that they infringe the patents or proprietary rights of others. The success of our business will also depend on our ability to develop new technologies without infringing or misappropriating the proprietary rights of others. Third parties may allege that we infringe patents, trademarks or copyrights, or that we misappropriated trade secrets. These allegations could result in significant costs and diversion of the attention of management.
 
If a successful claim were brought against us and we are found to infringe a third party’s intellectual property right, we could be required to pay substantial damages, including treble damages if it is determined that we have willfully infringed such rights, or be enjoined from using the technology deemed to be infringing or using, making or selling products deemed to be infringing. If we have supplied infringing products or technology to third parties, we may be obligated to indemnify these third parties for damages they may be required to pay to the patent holder and for any losses they may sustain as a result of the infringement. In addition, we may need to attempt to license the intellectual property right from such third party or spend time and money to design around or avoid the intellectual property. Any such license may not be available on reasonable terms, or at all. Regardless of the outcome, litigation can be very costly and can divert management’s efforts. An adverse determination may subject us to significant liabilities and/or disrupt our business.
 
We may be unable to protect adequately or enforce our proprietary information, which may result in its unauthorized use, reduced revenues or otherwise reduce our ability to compete.
 
Our business and competitive position depend upon our ability to protect our licensed and other proprietary technology, including any manufacturing processes and solar power products that we develop. Despite our efforts to protect this information, unauthorized parties may attempt to obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. Any patents issued to our licensor or us in connection with our efforts to develop new technology for solar power products may not be broad enough to protect all of the potential uses of the technology.
 
In addition, when we do not control the prosecution, maintenance and enforcement of certain important intellectual property, such as a technology licensed to us, the protection of the intellectual property rights may not be in our hands. If the entity that controls the intellectual property rights does not adequately protect those rights, our rights may be impaired, which may impact our ability to develop, market and commercialize the related solar power products.
 
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Our means of protecting our proprietary rights may not be adequate, and our competitors may:
 
       •     independently develop substantially equivalent proprietary information, products and techniques;
 
       •     otherwise gain access to our proprietary information; or
 
       •     design around our licensed patents (if any) or other intellectual property.
 
We intend to pursue a policy of having our employees, consultants and advisors execute proprietary information and invention agreements when they begin working for us. However, these agreements may not provide meaningful protection for our trade secrets or other proprietary information in the event of unauthorized use or disclosure. If we fail to maintain trade secret and patent protection, our potential, future revenues may be decreased.
 
Licenses for technologies and intellectual property may not be available to us.
 
We have entered into license agreements for technologies and intellectual property rights, including quantum dots. Our license agreement is subject to terms and conditions which may limit our ability to use the licensed intellectual property under certain circumstances. For example, our quantum dot license may terminate if we materially breach the license agreement or if we abandon the construction of a manufacturing facility to exploit the licensed technology. We may need to enter into additional license agreements in the future for other technologies or intellectual property rights of third parties. Such licenses, however, may not be available to us on commercially reasonable terms or at all.
 
Existing regulations and changes to such regulations concerning the electrical utility industry may present technical, regulatory and economic barriers to the purchase and use of solar power products, which may significantly reduce demand for our products.
 
The market for electricity generation products is heavily influenced by foreign, federal, state and local government regulations and policies concerning the electric utility industry, as well as internal policies and regulations promulgated by electric utilities. These regulations and policies often relate to electricity pricing and technical interconnection of customer-owned electricity generation. In the United States and in a number of other countries, these regulations and policies are being modified and may continue to be modified. Customer purchases of, or further investment in the research and development of, alternative energy sources, including solar power technology, could be deterred by these regulations and policies, which could result in a significant reduction in the potential demand for our solar power products. For example, utility companies commonly charge fees to larger, industrial customers for disconnecting from the electric grid or for having the capacity to use power from the electric grid for back-up purposes. These fees could increase the cost to our customers of using our solar power products and make them less desirable, thereby harming our business, prospects, results of operations and financial condition.
 
We anticipate that our solar power products and their installation will be subject to oversight and regulation in accordance with national, state and local laws and ordinances relating to building codes, safety, environmental protection, utility interconnection and metering and related matters. There is also a burden in having to track the requirements of individual states and design equipment to comply with the varying standards. Any new government regulations or utility policies pertaining to our solar power products may result in significant additional expenses to us and our resellers and their customers and, as a result, could cause a significant reduction in demand for our solar power products.
 
Compliance with environmental regulations can be expensive, and noncompliance with these regulations may result in potentially significant monetary damages and penalties and adverse publicity.
 
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If we fail to comply with present or future environmental laws or regulations we may be required to pay substantial civil or criminal penalties, incur significant capital expenditures, suspend or limit production or cease operations. Any failure by us to control the use of or generation of, or to restrict adequately the discharge or disposal of, hazardous substances or wastes or to otherwise comply with the complex, technical environmental regulations governing our activities could subject us to potentially significant monetary damages and penalties, criminal proceedings, third party property damage or personal injury claims, natural resource damage claims, cleanup costs or other costs, or restrictions or suspensions of our business operations. In addition, under some foreign, federal and state statutes and regulations governing liability for releases of hazardous substances or wastes to the environment, a governmental agency or private party may seek recovery of response costs or damages from generators of the hazardous substances or operators of property where releases of hazardous substances have occurred or are ongoing, even if such party was not responsible for the release or otherwise at fault. Also, federal, state or international environmental laws and regulations may ban or restrict the availability and use of certain hazardous or toxic raw materials that are or may be used in producing our products, and substitute materials may be more costly or unsatisfactory in performance. We believe that we either have all environmental permits necessary to conduct our business or have initiated the process to obtain additional or modified environmental permits needed to conduct our business. While we are not aware of any outstanding, material environmental claims, liabilities or obligations, future developments such as the implementation of new, more stringent laws and regulations, more aggressive enforcement policies, or the discovery of unknown environmental conditions associated with our current or past operations or properties may require expenditures that could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition. Any noncompliance with or incurrence of liability under environmental laws may subject us to adverse publicity, damage our reputation and competitive position and adversely affect sales of our products.
 
Compliance with occupational safety and health requirements and best practices can be costly, and noncompliance with such requirements may result in potentially significant monetary penalties and adverse publicity.
 
Our intended manufacturing operations and research and development activities involve the use of mechanical equipment which involve a risk of potential injury to our employees. These operations are subject to regulation under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, or OSHA. If we fail to comply with OSHA requirements, or if an employee injury occurs, we may be required to pay substantial penalties, incur significant capital expenditures, suspend or limit production or cease operations. Also, any such violations, employee injuries or failure to comply with industry best practices may subject us to adverse publicity, damage our reputation and competitive position and adversely affect sales of our products.
 
Product liability claims against us could result in adverse publicity and potentially significant monetary damages.
 
Like other retailers, distributors and manufacturers of products that are used by consumers, we face an inherent risk of exposure to product liability claims in the event that the use of the solar power products we sell results in injury. Since our products are electricity producing devices, it is possible that consumers could be injured or killed by our products, whether by product malfunctions, defects, improper installation or other causes. In addition, since revenues generated from our existing products have been modest and the products we are developing incorporate new technologies and use new installation methods, we cannot predict whether or not product liability claims will be brought against us in the future or the effect of any resulting adverse publicity on our business. We intend to rely on our general liability insurance to cover product liability claims and currently do not expect to obtain separate product liability insurance. The successful assertion of product liability claims against us could result in potentially significant monetary damages and if our insurance protection is inadequate to cover these claims, they could require us to make significant payments. Also, any product liability claims and any adverse outcomes with respect thereto may subject us to adverse publicity, damage our reputation and competitive position and adversely affect sales of our products.
 
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Our sales, marketing and distribution plans may substantially rely on the efforts and abilities of third parties and such plans may not be successful.
 
We intend to sell our solar panels using domestic and international distributors, system integrators, project developers and other resellers, who will often add value through system design by incorporating our solar panels with inverters and other electronics, mounting structures and wiring systems. Most of our distribution partners will have a geographic or applications focus. Our distribution partners will likely include companies that are exclusively solar power system resellers as well as others for whom solar power is an extension of their core business, such as engineering design firms or other energy product marketers.
 
We expect to collaborate closely with a relatively small number of resellers both domestically and in the future internationally. We are actively working to recruit our distribution partners by very careful selection of a few accounts and channel partners. We intend to selectively pursue additional strategic relationships with other companies worldwide for the joint marketing, distribution and manufacturing of our products. These resellers are expected to range from large, multinational corporations to small, development-stage companies, each chosen for their particular expertise. We believe that these relationships will enable us to leverage the marketing, manufacturing and distribution capabilities of other companies, explore opportunities for additional product development and more easily enter new geographic markets in a cost effective manner, attract new distribution partners and develop advanced solar power applications.  Our sales, marketing and distribution plans may substantially rely on the efforts and abilities of third parties and such plans may not be successful. Moreover, we face risks associated with the marketing, distribution and sale of our solar power products internationally, and if we are unable to effectively manage these risks, it could impair our ability to expand our business abroad.”

RISKS RELATED TO OUR COMMON STOCK

There have been no trades in our common stock since listing on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board and there can be no assurance that an established trading market will develop.

There has been limited and sporadic trading in our common stock since listing in the OTC Electronic Bulletin Board. Accordingly, there is no established trading market for the common stock.  We have a public float of 24,600,000 shares beneficially owned by a limited number of public shareholders, which may result in high volatility in trading of our common stock, should a public market develop.
 
If an established trading market for our common stock does develop, trading prices may be volatile.

In the event that an established trading market develops in the future, of which there can be no assurances given, the market price of our shares of common stock may be based on factors that may not be indicative of future market performance. Consequently, the market price of our common stock after this transaction may vary greatly. If a market for our common stock develops, there is a significant risk that our stock price may fluctuate dramatically in the future in response to any of the following factors, some of which are beyond our control:

 
·
variations in our quarterly operating results;
 
·
announcements that our revenue or income/loss levels are below analysts' expectations;

 
·
general economic slowdowns;
 
·
changes in market valuations of similar companies;

 
·
announcements by us or our competitors of significant contracts; and/or
 
·
acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments.
 
 
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There is no assurance that our common stock will remain on the OTB Bulletin Board .

In order to maintain the quotation of our shares of common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board, we must remain a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). This requires us to comply with the periodic reporting and proxy statement requirements of the Exchange Act. It is possible that our common stock could be removed from the OTC Bulletin Board and then be traded on the less desirous Pink Sheets. In either venue, an investor may find it difficult to obtain accurate quotations as to the market value of the common stock. In addition, if we failed to meet the criteria set forth in SEC regulations, various requirements would be imposed by law on broker-dealers who sell our securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors. Consequently, such regulations may deter broker-dealers from recommending or selling the common stock, which may further affect its liquidity. This would also make it more difficult for us to raise additional capital.

We are subject to the reporting requirements of the federal securities laws, which can be expensive .

We are a public reporting company in the United States and, accordingly, subject to the information and reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and other federal securities laws, and the compliance obligations of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The costs of preparing and filing annual and quarterly reports and other information with the SEC will cause our expenses to be higher than they would be if we were a privately-held company.

Our Common Stock may be considered to be a “penny stock” and, as such, the market for our Common Stock may be further limited by certain Commission rules applicable to penny stocks.

To the extent the price of our Common Stock remains below $5.00 per share or we have a net tangible assets of $5,000,000 or less, our common shares will be subject to certain “penny stock” rules promulgated by the Commission. Those rules impose certain sales practice requirements on brokers who sell penny stock to persons other than established customers and accredited investors (generally institutions with assets in excess of $5,000,000 or individuals with net worth in excess of $1,000,000).  For transactions covered by the penny stock rules, the broker must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction prior to the sale.  Furthermore, the penny stock rules generally require, among other things, that brokers engaged in secondary trading of penny stocks provide customers with written disclosure documents, monthly statements of the market value of penny stocks, disclosure of the bid and asked prices and disclosure of the compensation to the brokerage firm and disclosure of the sales person working for the brokerage firm.  These rules and regulations adversely affect the ability of brokers to sell our common shares in the public market should one develop and they limit the liquidity of our Shares.

The issuance or sale of equity, convertible or exchangeable securities in the market, or the perception of such future sales or issuances, could lead to a decline in the price, if any, of our common stock.
 
Any issuance of equity, convertible or exchangeable securities, including for the purposes of financing acquisitions and the expansion of our business, may have a dilutive effect on our existing stockholders. In addition, the perceived risk associated with the possible issuance of a large number of shares or securities convertible or exchangeable into a large number of shares could cause some of our stockholders to sell their stock, thus causing the price of our stock to decline. Subsequent sales of our common stock in the open market or the private placement of our common stock or securities convertible or exchangeable into our common stock could also have an adverse effect on the market price, if any, of our shares. If our stock price declines, it may be more difficult for us to or we may be unable to raise additional capital.
 
In addition, future sales of substantial amounts of our currently outstanding common stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales could occur, could adversely affect prevailing trading prices of our common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital through future offerings of equity or equity-related securities. We cannot predict what effect, if any, future sales of our common stock, or the availability of shares for future sales, will have on the market price of our stock.
 
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The price of common stock may fluctuate significantly, which could result in substantial losses for our stockholders and subject us to litigation.

The market price, if any, of our common stock also may be adversely impacted by broad market and industry fluctuations regardless of our operating performance, including general economic and technology trends. The various stock markets in general have, from time to time, experienced extreme price and trading volume fluctuations, and the market prices of technology companies such as ours have been extremely volatile. In addition, some companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their stock have been the subject of securities class action litigation. We may be involved in securities class action litigation in the future. This litigation often results in substantial costs and a diversion of management’s attention and resources.

Our operating results will be subject to quarterly fluctuations which could lead to uncertainty in the marketplace.
 
Our revenue may fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter in the future due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation:
 
 
 
• 
the size and timing of orders and shipments of our intended products;
 
 
 
 
• 
the rate and cost at which we are able to expand our manufacturing capacity to meet product demand, including the rate and cost at which we are able to implement advances in our quantum dot, thin film technology;
 
 
 
 
• 
our ability to establish and expand key distribution partners and supplier relationships;
 
 
 
 
• 
our ability and the terms upon which we are able to raise capital sufficient to finance the expansion of our manufacturing capacity and our sales and marketing efforts;
 
 
 
 
• 
our ability to establish strategic relationships with third parties to accelerate our growth plans;
 
 
 
 
• 
the amount and timing of expenses associated with our research and development programs and our ability to develop enhancements to our manufacturing processes and our products;
 
 
 
 
• 
delays associated with the supply of specialized materials necessary for the manufacture of our solar power products;
 
 
 
 
• 
our ability to execute our cost reduction programs;
 
 
 
 
• 
charges resulting from replacing existing equipment or technology with new or improved equipment or technology as part of our strategy to expand our manufacturing capacity and to decrease our per unit manufacturing cost;
       
   
• 
developments in the competitive environment, including the introduction of new products or technological advancements by our competitors; and
       
    •  the timing of adding the personnel necessary to execute our growth plan.
       

 
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We anticipate that our operating expenses will continue to increase significantly, particularly as we develop our internal infrastructure to support our anticipated growth. If our product revenues in any quarter do not increase correspondingly, our net losses for that period will increase. Moreover, given that a significant portion of our operating expenses is largely fixed in nature and cannot be quickly reduced, if our product revenues are delayed or below expectations, our operating results are likely to be adversely and disproportionately affected. For these reasons, quarter-to-quarter comparisons of our results of operations are not necessarily meaningful and you should not rely on results of operations in any particular quarter as an indication of future performance. If our quarterly revenue or results of operations fall below the expectations of investors or public market analysts in any quarter, the market value of our common stock would likely decrease, and it could decrease rapidly and substantially.
 

Item 2.
Financial Information.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

This current report contains forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to future events or our future results of operation or future financial performance, including, but not limited to, the following: statements relating to our ability to raise sufficient capital to finance our planned operations, our ability to develop brand recognition with resellers and consumers, develop our current and future products, increase sales and our estimates of cash expenditures for the next 12 months. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may”, “should”, “intends”, “expects”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “predicts”, “potential”, or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the risks in the section entitled “Risk Factors” contained in  this current report, which may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity or performance to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity or performance expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the information set forth in our audited financial statements for the period ended June 30, 2008.


Plan of Reorganization, Recent Financing and Change in Control

On November 4, 2008, the Company closed on an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization by and among Hague Corp. (the “Company”), Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. (“Solterra”), the shareholders of Solterra and Gregory Chapman as “Indemnitor” (the “Agreement”), which resulted in Solterra becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Pursuant to the Agreement, Mr. Chapman cancelled 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company owned by him and issued a general release in favor of the Company terminating its obligations to repay Mr. Chapman approximately $29,100 in principal owed to him.

In accordance with the Agreement, the Company issued 41,250,000 shares of its Common Stock to the former stockholders of Solterra. Certain existing stockholders of the Company in consideration of Solterra and its shareholders completing the transaction, issued to the Company a Promissory Note in the amount of $3,500,000 due and payable on or before January 15, 2009, through the payment of cash or, with the consent of the Company, the cancellation of up to 12,000,000 issued and outstanding shares of the Company owned by them.
 
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On November 4, 2008, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, Debenture, Security Agreement, Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement, Escrow Agreement, Stock Pledge Agreement and other related transactional documents (the “Transaction Documents”) to obtain $1,500,000 in gross proceeds from three non-affiliated parties (collectively hereinafter referred to as the “Lenders”) in exchange for 3,525,000 restricted shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “Restricted Shares”) and Debentures in the principal amount aggregating $1,500,000. Each Debenture has a term of three years maturing on November 4, 2011 bearing interest at the rate of 8% per annum and is prepayable by the Company at anytime without penalty, subject to the Debenture holders’ conversion rights. Each Debenture is convertible at the option of each Lender into the Company’s Common Stock (the “Debenture Shares”, which together with the Restricted Shares shall collectively be referred to as the “Securities”) at a conversion price of $.2667 per share (the “Conversion Price”). The Registration Rights Agreement requires the Company to register the resale of the Securities within certain time limits and to be subject to certain penalties in the event the Company fails to timely file the Registration Statement, fails to obtain an effective Registration Statement or, once effective, to maintain an effective Registration Statement until the Securities are saleable pursuant to Rule 144 without volume restriction or other limitations on sale. The Debentures are secured by the assets of the Company and are guaranteed by Solterra as the Company’s subsidiary. In the event the Debentures are converted in their entirety, the Company would be required to issue and aggregate of 5,624,297 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, subject to anti-dilution protection for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, reclassifications and sale of the Company’s Common Stock a a price below the Conversion Price.  Certain changes of control or fundamental transactions such as a merger or consolidation with another company could cause an event of default under the Transaction Documents.  As a result of the transactions described in the two preceding paragraphs, there are currently 69,375,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued and outstanding without giving effect to the possible conversion of the Debentures. The foregoing descriptions of the Agreement and Transaction Documents are subject to more detailed provisions set forth in the Exhibits to this Form 8-K, which are incorporated herein by reference.


Plan of Operation

The Company will execute its business plan as follows.  In the plan of operation the Company will refine the process to optimize the printing of solar cells using the quantum dots to be manufactured by the Company.  The Company has signed a service agreement with a major university to accomplish this task.  The agreement is a fixed price agreement for $835,000.  The refinement of this printing process will be accomplished by September 30, 2009.  The Company will also spend $160,000 in capital equipment to commence manufacturing their proprietary quantum dots.  The Company expects to commence sales of its manufactured quantum dots by the summer of 2009.  The first sales of quantum dots are expected to be for use in the medical industry and will be on a limited basis.

During this development period, the Company will be incurring an estimated $95,000 of monthly overhead expense including public company requirements and convertible debenture interest.

By September of 2009 the refinement of the printing process using quantum dots for the manufacture of solar cells is expected to have been completed.  The Company will spend an approximately $1,700,000 on capital equipment for this manufacturing process.   The Company is expecting to commence sales of solar cells in October 2009

Based on the Company being in development stage,  the Company is expecting to continue having losses until December of 2009.  This date could move forward depending on the success of the sale of Quantum dots to the medical industry.

 
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Results of Operations-June 30, 2008

Management believes that we comply with Financial Accounting Board Statement No. 7 for its characterization of the Company as development stage.  The Company has had no operating revenues since inception on May 19, 2008, and  incurred operating expenses in the amount of $3,700 for the  period May 19, 2008 through June 30, 2008.  In May 2008, we issued to our founder and for legal services an aggregate of 37,000,000 shares of common stock in exchange for the $3,700 of services received.

Statement of Earnings
 
May 19
(inception)
 
   
Through
 
   
June 30
 
   
2008
 
   
$
 
Revenue
   
0
 
Gross Profit
   
0
 
Loss before income taxes
   
3,700
 
Net Loss
   
3,700
 
Net loss per share
   
-
 
Net loss per share diluted
   
-
 
         
Total Assets
   
0
 
Total liabilities
   
0
 
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources-June 30, 2008

Cash

At June 30, 2008 the Company’s balance sheet contained $0 of cash and other assets.

The Company has been in a development stage since inception on May 19, 2008. As a result, the Company intends to rely on financing through the issuance of common stock.
 
Financing

On November 4, 2008 the Company closed on an agreement and plan of merger and reorganization with Hague Corp a public company listed on the OTCBB.  In accordance with the terms of the agreement Hague Corp cancelled 40,000,000 shares of its common stock and issued 41,250,000 shares of its common stock to the former stockholders of Solterra.  Certain existing stockholders of Hague Corp in consideration of Solterra and its shareholders completing the transaction, issued to Hague Corp a Promissory Note in the amount of $3,500,000 due and payable on or before January 15, 2009, through the payment of cash or, with the consent of the Hague Corp, the cancellation of up to 12,000,000 issued and outstanding shares of Hague Corp.  These transactions resulted in Solterra becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hague Corp.
 
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On November 4, 2008, Hague Corp entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, Debenture, Security Agreement, Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement, Escrow Agreement and other related transactional documents (the “Transaction Documents”) to obtain $1,500,000 in gross proceeds from three non-affiliated parties (collectively hereinafter referred to as the “Lenders”) in exchange for 3,525,000 restricted shares of Common Stock of Hague Corp (the “Restricted Shares”) and Debentures in the principal amount aggregating $1,500,000. Each Debenture has a term of three years maturing on November 4, 2011 bearing interest at the rate of 8% per annum and is repayable by Hague Corp at anytime without penalty, subject to the Debenture holders’ conversion rights. Each Debenture is convertible at the option of each Lender into Hague Corp’s Common Stock (the “Debenture Shares”, which together with the Restricted Shares shall collectively be referred to as the “Securities”) at a conversion price of $.2667 per share (the “Conversion Price”). The Registration Rights Agreement requires Hague Corp to register the resale of the Securities within certain time limits and to be subject to certain penalties in the event Hague Corp fails to timely file the Registration Statement, fails to obtain an effective Registration Statement or, once effective, to maintain an effective Registration Statement until the Securities are saleable pursuant to Rule 144 without volume restriction or other limitations on sale. The Debentures are secured by the assets Hague Corp and are guaranteed by Solterra as the subsidiary of Hague Corp. In the event the Debentures are converted in their entirety, Hague Corp would be required to issue and aggregate of 5,624,297 shares of Hague Corp’s Common Stock, subject to anti-dilution protection for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, reclassifications and sale of Hague Corp’s Common Stock at a price below the Conversion Price.  Certain changes of control or fundamental transactions such as a merger or consolidation with another company could cause an event of default under the Transaction Documents. 

As a result of these transactions, there are currently 69,375,000 shares of the Hague Corp’s Common Stock issued and outstanding without giving effect to the possible conversion of the Debentures.  The former Shareholders of Solterra owns 62.6% of the issued and outstanding shares of Hague Corp’s Common Stock and therefore control Hague Corp.
 
Balance Sheet-June  30, 2008

The Company is in early development as a result it has no assets or liabilities on the balance sheet at June 30, 2008.

 
Results of Operations-September 30, 2008


Management believes that we  comply with Financial Accounting Board Statement No. 7 for its characterization of the Company as development stage.
 
Statement of Earnings
 
July 1, 2008
 
   
Through
 
   
Sep 30
 
   
2008
 
   
$
 
Revenue
   
0
 
Gross Profit
   
0
 
Loss before income taxes
   
75,462
 
Net Loss
   
75,462
 
Net loss per share
   
-
 
Net loss per share diluted
   
-
 
         
Total Assets
   
0
 
Total liabilities
   
0
 
 
  The Company is in early development as a result it has not had revenue since inception on May 19, 2008.  During the quarter ended September 30, 2008, $75,462 of expenses were incurred on administrative activities including the $40,000 fee for the license with Rice University.  The Company is expecting to continue to incur losses until the solar sell printing operation is refined and the manufacture and sale of its Quantum Dot solar cells takes place.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources-September 30, 2008

At September 30, 2008 the Company had negative working capital of 32,962.  The Company has been in a development stage since inception. As a result, the Company has relied on financing through the issuance of common stock.


Balance Sheet-September 30, 2008

Cash

At September 30, 2008 the Company’s balance sheet contained $99 of cash.  This is an increase of $99 since the June 30, 2008 year- end balance of $0.

The Company has been in a development stage since inception. As a result, the Company has relied on financing through the issuance of common stock.
 
Prepaid

Prepaid consists of prepaid insurance purchased in the current quarter to satisfy the requirements of the technology licensed through Rice University.  The policy is for a period of 12 months.  The balance increased by $10,252 from the June 30, 2008 balance of $0.

  Subscriptions receivable

During the quarter the Company issued 4,250,000 shares of common stock at $0.01 per share for a total of $42,500.   At September 30, 2008, $34,155 had been collected the balance of $8,345 was received in October 2008.

Shareholder advances

During the quarter ended September 30, 2008, the one Shareholder of Solterra received monthly management fees of $5,000 per month.  At September 30, 2008,  the Shareholder had not taken all fees due him as a result the Company owes the Shareholder $4,208.  The amount due to the shareholder increased by $4,208 from the June 30, 2008 balance of $0.

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
 
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The balance at September 30, 2008 includes the initiation fee for the license agreement with Rice University.  This fee of $40,000 was paid by the Company on November 7, 2008.   Also included in accounts payable is the balance of the 12 month insurance policy purchased to satisfy the requirements of the license agreement.  Accounts payable increased $47,450 from the June 30, 2008 balance of $0.

  Common Stock

During the quarter the Company issued 4,250,000 shares of common stock at $0.01 per share for a total of $42,500.   At September 30, 2008, $34,155 had been collected and the balance of $8,345 was received in October 2008.  At  September 30, 2008,  the Company  had issued 41,250,000 shares of common stock.


Item 3.
Properties.

Since inception of Solterra, Solterra utilizes the home of Stephen Squires in Scottsdale, Arizona as its executive office on a rent free basis. We intend to lease about 200 square feet of executive office space from Arizona State University (“ASU”).

Item 4.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.

The following table sets forth, as of November 10, 2008, shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by (1) each person (including any group) of more than five percent of our Common Stock, based solely on Schedule 13D and 13G filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and (2) the Company’s directors and officers.

Name of Beneficial Owner
 
Common Stock
Beneficially Owned (1)(2)
   
Percent of Class
 
Stephen Squires
    35,550,000       51.2  
Brian Lukian C.A.
    1,200,000       1.7  
Ghassan E. Jabbour
    0       -0-  
Michael S. Wong
    0       -0-  
Kim Pichanick
    0       -0-  
Dr. Isaac B. Horton, III
    0       -0-  
Richard Patton
    0       -0-  
David Doderer
    0       -0-  
Directors and executive officers as a group (8 persons)
    36,500,000       52.6  
Andrew McKinnon
 
__6,900,000
   
___9.9__
 
____________
* Less than 1%.
(1)
Unless otherwise indicated, ownership represents sole voting and investment power.
(2)
The address for each beneficial owner named above is c/o the Company at 14220 E. Cavedale Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85262.
 
 
 
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Changes in Control

On the Closing Date of the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization which occurred on November 4, 2008, 2008, Greg Chapman relinquished control of the Company and Mr. Stephen Squires became the principal and controlling stockholder of the Company. (Reference is made to Item 5.01for a description of the change in control of the Registrant as a result of the transactions disclosed herein.)
 
Item 5.
Directors and Executive Officers.
The following table sets forth information regarding our current and proposed executive officers and directors:

Name
 
Age
 
Position with the Company (1)
 
Stephen Squires
 
49
 
President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
 
Brian Lukian C.A.
 
60
 
Acting Chief Financial Officer
 
Dr.Ghassan E. Jabbour
 
46
 
Chief Science Officer, Director
 
Dr. Michael S. Wong
 
35
 
Director
 
Kim Pichanick
 
45
 
Director
 
David Doderer
 
37
 
Vice President of Research and Development
 
Richard Patton
 
52
 
Director
 
Dr. Isaac B. Horton, III
 
51
 
Director
 
Greg Chapman (2)
 
45
 
President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Director and Secretary
 
____________
(1)  
Each of the aforementioned persons listed as a director was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Registrant following the consummation of the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization. Their appointment is to be effective ten days following the filing and mailing of a Schedule 14F-1 to the stockholders of the Registrant.

(2)  
Mr. Chapman resigned from his position as an officer and director of the Company in connection with the consummation of the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization. His resignation as an officer is effective immediately at the closing date; however, his resignation as a director will be effective ten days following the filing and mailing of a Schedule 14F-1 to the stockholders of the Registrant.

Background

The following is a brief summary of the background of each director, director nominee and executive officer of our company:
 
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Stephen Squires has over 25 years of experience in turnarounds, startups, business development, mergers and acquisitions and strategic planning. Mr. Squires is skilled at identifying emerging technologies and driving commercialization/global market introduction to position companies for growth. From 1977 to1983, he worked at  McDonald Douglas Corporation, a company engaged in the business of building advanced tactical fighter aircraft and Space vehicles, developing and adapting advanced materials for combat aircraft applications. From1983 to 2001, Mr. Squires, as founder, served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Aviation Composite Technologies, Inc., a company whose principal business was the engineering, design, manufacture and refurbishment of advanced composite aero structures. Under Mr. Squires leadership the company grew from zero to over 200 employees and operated a 100,000 square foot state of the art facility. Aviation Composite was merged with USDR Aerospace in 2001. Prior to his employment with the Company which commenced upon the closing date of the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, Mr. Squire’s principal occupation was consulting and advising in the areas of Advanced materials, nanotechnology, applications engineering, strategic international marketing with emphasis on middle east and commercialization of emerging technologies for Orasi LLC. Since 1998, Mr. Squires has pursued his interests in advanced materials such as nano fibers and nanotubes where he quickly recognized the potential of the unique quantum features these materials held.

Brian Lukian C.A. has over 25 years of financial, strategic and business leadership contributing to the growth and turnaround of corporations in various industries.  Since January 2007, he has been providing consulting services in regards to mergers and acquisitions, turnarounds, financings as well as business and industry analysis. From 2005 through December 2006, he was employed by Ace Security Laminate Corporation, Ottawa, Canada as its chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Ace Security is in the business of manufacturing and distribution of high-end security window laminates. From 2003 through 2005, he was employed by Genomics One Corporation, Toronto and Montreal, Canada, as its chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Genomics One is a distributor of a variety of products that target the Life Sciences market.  From 2000 through 2003, he was employed by Arcamatrix Corporation, Toronto Canada, as its chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Arcamatrix is in the business of secure document transfer and storage of information for the healthcare industry. In the positions as chief financial officer and chief operating officer of the aforementioned companies, Mr. Lukian reported directly to the chief executive officer and the audit committee of the board of directors of each respective company, and he was responsible for the daily operations, overseeing the preparation of financial statements, forecasts, budgets and regulatory filings, compliance with applicable securities laws, analyzing potential acquisitions and serving as a liaison with the financial community, shareholders and investment bankers and brokers. Mr. Lukian earned a certificate as Chartered Accountant, McGill University, while employed by Ernst & Young, Montreal, Canada and is a member of the Order of Chartered Accountants of Quebec. Mr. Lukian also has a United States Investment Bankers license, Series Seven. He received a Bachelor of Commerce from Loyola College, Montreal, Canada.

Dr. Ghassan E. Jabbour is the Director of Flexible and Organic Electronics Development at the Flexible Display Center (FDC) since 2006 and a Professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering at Arizona State University since 2006. He is also the Technical Advisory Board Leader on Optoelectronic Materials, Devices and Encapsulation at FDC. He has been selected to the Asahi Shimbun 100 New Leaders of the USA and has received the Presidential Award for Excellence from the Hariri Foundation in 1997. Dr. Jabbour's research experience encompasses flexible-roll-to-roll-electronics and displays, smart textile, moisture and oxygen barrier technology, transparent conductors, organic light emitting devices, organic and hybrid photovoltaics, organic memory storage, organic thin film transistors, combinatorial discovery of materials, nano and macro printed devices, micro and nanofabrication, biosensors, and quantum simulations of electronic materials. Dr. Jabbour attended Northern Arizona University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the University of Arizona. Dr. Jabbour is an SPIE fellow.  Prof. Jabbour has authored and co-authored over 300 publications, invited talks, and conference proceedings. He is the editor of several books and symposia proceedings involving organic photonics and electronics, and nanotechnology. Prof. Jabbour is the guest editor of the MRS Bulletin issue on “Organic Photovoltaics”. He is the Chair and/or Co-Chair of over 50 conferences related to photonic and electronic properties of organic materials and their applications in displays and lighting, hybrid photosensitive materials, and hybrid integration of semiconducting and nanotechnology.
 
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Dr. Michael S. Wong Principal Investigator, Associate Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Associate Professor in Chemistry (Joint Appointment) at William Marsh Rice University. His accomplishments include:
 
·  
Smithsonian Magazine "37 Under 36" Young Innovator Award (2007)
·  
3M Non-tenured Faculty Award (2006, 2007)
·  
GOLD 2006 Conference Best Presentation Award, for "best new idea in gold catalysis" (2006)
·  
AIChE South Texas Section Best Applied Paper Award (2006)
·  
AIChE Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum Young Investigator Award (2006)
·  
MIT Technology Review's TR35 Young Innovator Award (2006)
·  
Hershel M. Rich Invention Award (2006)
·  
National Academy of Engineering Indo-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, Invited Speaker (2006)
·  
Smalley/Curl Innovation Award (2005)
·  
National Academies Keck Futures Initiative (NAKFI) Symposium, Invited Participant (2004)
·  
Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award (2003)
·  
National Academy of Engineering Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering (JAFOE)
·  
Symposium, Invited Participant (2002)
·  
Rice Quantum Institute (RQI), Fellow (2002)
·  
Robert P. Goldberg Grand Prize, MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition (2001)
·  
Union Carbide Innovation Recognition Award (2000)
·  
MIT Chemical Engineering Edward W. Merrill Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (1997)
·  
Faculty advisor for Phi Lambda Upsilon, chemical sciences honorary society (2003 - present)

Dr. Michael S. Wong joined the Department of Chemical Engineering in 2001, and received a joint appointment in the Department of Chemistry in 2002. Before coming to Rice University, he did post-doctoral research with Dr. Galen D. Stucky of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of California, Santa Barbara. Mr. Wong’s educational background includes a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Caltech, an M.S. in Chemical Engineering Practice (“Practice School”) from MIT, and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from MIT (under the supervision of Dr. Jackie Y. Ying, “Supramolecular Templating of Mesoporous Zirconia-Based Nanocomposite Catalysts”). With the underlying theme of designing and engineering novel materials for catalytic and encapsulation applications, his research interests lie in the areas of nanostructured materials (e.g. nanoporous materials, nanoparticle-based hollow spheres, and quantum dots), heterogeneous catalysis, and bioengineering applications. He is particularly interested in developing new chemical approaches to assembling nanoparticles into functional macrostructures.

Kim Pichanick From 2006 to date , Ms. Pichanick has served as a principal of KPN Advisors LLC, a company that provides strategic global communications and investor relations. Ms. Pichanick works with senior level management to develop integrated communications plans that insure consistent messages are communicated to stakeholders, media and employees.  Ms. Pichanick manages communications and investor relations’ goals and objectives associated with mergers and acquisitions and supports business and financial objectives, externally and internally. Ms. Pichanick is also a principal of KPN Holdings, LLC, through which she owns her interest in the KPN Advisors and other companies.

KPN Holdings is a significant shareholder of QED Clinical, LLC, d/b/a CINA, a provider of elegant Healthcare software data communications solutions. Ms. Pichanick is Principal and majority owner of The Hardersen Group, LLC, (“THG”) with offices in Jupiter, Florida and Dallas, Texas.  THG provides strategies to protect and preserve wealth for financially mature clients. These strategies protect and preserve wealth during the client(s) lifetime and assist with estate maximization strategies to transfer wealth to the next generations and enable significant charitable donations using elegant insurance tools and strategies. From December 2004 to November 2007, Ms. Pichanick served as a director of Aleris International, Inc. Ms. Pichanick supported Aleris’s senior management team to develop a communications function and global communications strategy that significantly contributed to Aleris’s growth from 2,100 employees to 9,100 employees and an increase in annual revenue from approximately $2 billion to approximately $9 billion during the period from December 2004 to December 2007. Specific responsibilities included investor relations, media relations, employee communications and marketing communications.
 
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Richard Patton- Since July 2007, Mr. Patton has been responsible for the overall management of Juma Technology's Operations Department, an IP Convergence Company, as its Chief Operating Officer. He is charged with overseeing client implementations, project management and its Customer Service Center. From June 2005 through June 2007,Mr. Patton served as President and CEO of Government Telecommunications, Inc. (GTI), which specializes in designing, deploying and maintaining voice, data and telecommunications networks for agencies of the Federal government. During his tenure, Patton was credited with the company's turn around. He secured eight-figure, multi-year service contracts with the Department of Justice and General Services Administration.Patton has held key senior management positions at Millivision Technologies, East Wind Partners, Elglobe and AT&T, including posts in Operations, New Product Development, Business Development, Product Management and Strategic Planning.He has a Master of Science in Computer Science from Fairleigh Dickenson University and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, also from Fairleigh Dickenson University. Patton began his career in 1978 at AT&T Bell Labs.
 
Dr. Isaac B. Horton, III is a founder of Remote Source Lighting International, Inc. (RSLI) and has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman since January 1995. Dr. Horton is also the founder, majority shareholder, CEO and Chairman of the parent company Remote Light. Inc. Remote Source Lighting International, Inc. (RSLI) has been recognized as the leading manufacturer of fiber optic lighting products. Its manufacturing and research development facility is located in San Juan Capistrano, California and the corporate office is located in North Carolina. He has traveled to more than 20 countries establishing business ventures in each of these, which include Malaysia, France, Italy, Germany, Kuwait, South Africa, Taiwan, Brazil, Australia, Japan, Mexico, Belgium, Canada and China. He has purchased four companies including one in Brussels and one in Australia, which produce fiber optics products. Dr. Horton has applied for or has been awarded more than 70 patents. These products can be used in illumination, data transmission and disinfections. RSLI won the Deal of the Year Award for 1998 for the Research Triangle of North Carolina, Innovator of the Year for the International Association of Lighting Designers and Product of the Year in 1997 from the largest Entertainment Lighting Organization and Application of the Year Award for the same organization for 1999. He has also raised almost $1 million dollars for Ultra Fine Technologies, a Nanopartical Company which recently won a $250,000 grant from the Fermi Institute in Germany.
 
Dr. Horton completed his undergraduate degree in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1979. After receiving a Doctorate degree in Chemistry from Indiana University, he began his career as a Drug Designer for Dupont Company in 1984. He later joined the Rohm and Haas Company where he held positions in Manufacturing and Engineering, Marketing, Strategic Planning and New Product Management. Dr. Horton also attended the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Management Program. In addition, he has held numerous business positions including vice president of the Wilmington Delaware Development Company. Dr. Horton presently serves on the Board of Directors of Shaw University, is on the Honorary Board of Directors of The Character Education Foundation, and is the Chairman of the Board of Alpha Global. Dr. Horton has published works in scientific journals, holds scientific patents and has copyrights in music and dramatic writings.
 
David Doderer has over 15 years of research & development experience in emerging technologies including biotech, nanotech and quantum effects.  From 2002 to 2005, he served as principal investigator for USGN, a company engaged in the business of defense, safety and security solutions, where he contributed to numerous patents/patents pending & proprietary processes. From 2006 to 2008, he managed Managing Hudler Titan LLC, a technology consulting company, specializing in advanced nanofiber filtration for gaseous streams; crowd sourcing to efficiently share and manage the information resource existing in personal experience; and a clean energy/ clean air/ clean water initiative through aggregation of retail level contributions in alternative energy based carbon offset programs.
 
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Greg Chapman has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director since shortly after our inception on January 9, 2007.  Since July 2004, he has served as the sole officer and director of Osler Incorporated, which company is involved in the exploration of copper and iron sulphide exploration in Nevada.  Since August 2004, he has served as the owner, manager and operator of CFM Accounting in Vancouver, British Columbia (from August 2004 to August 2006) and in Winnipeg, Manitoba (since September 2006).  From September 2000 to July 2004, Mr. Chapman owned and operated Northern Cactus Accounting in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mr. Chapman received a Bachelors degree in Economics from the University of Manitoba in 1985, and his BSc in Accountancy from California State University in Sacramento in 1994. Mr. Chapman commits approximately 8 hours per week of his time to our business.  Mr. Chapman is responsible for the overall direction of our company. He will rely on the information forwarded to him by the geologist we pay to complete the studies regarding our mineral property.  It is important to note, as described above, that since July 2004, Mr. Chapman has served as sole officer and director of Osler Incorporated a similar company to our company, which is involved in the exploration of copper and iron sulphide exploration in Nevada, and as such, the time he is able to spend on our matters may be limited and/or he may face conflicts of interest between Osler Incorporated and our company.

Possible Expansion of the Board in the event of Default under Outstanding Debentures

The Transaction Documents include a Stock Pledge Agreement pursuant to which Stephen Squires has pledged 20,000,000 shares of our Common Stock to the Debenture holders (the “Holders”) until such time as the Debentures are paid in their entirety. Also, the Securities Purchase Agreement provides until such time as the Holders no longer hold any Debentures, we shall appoint two (2) members to our Board of Directors, with such board members to be appointed by MKM Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd. (“MKM”).  Each member appointed by MKM will be independent of, and not affiliated with, MKM. In addition, so long as MKM has the right to appoint two board members under this Agreement, we shall not expand the size of our Board of Directors to more than seven (7) board members.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a default under the Transaction Documents, MKM and Steven Posner Irrevocable Trust u/t/a Dated 06/17/65 (“Posner”) shall have the right to appoint three (3) and two (2) members, respectively, to our Board of Directors, which directors need not be independent of, and may be affiliated with, MKM or Posner.  In the event that MKM or Posner exercises their right to appoint members of our Board of Directors in the event of a default, the Board of Directors shall set the size of the Board to no more than nine (9) members. Dr. Isaac B. Horton, III and Richard Patton will be serving on our Board of Directors as designees of MKM.

Significant Employees and Consultants

In the past, we have had no employees other than Greg Chapman, who served as our sole director and officer.  For our accounting requirements, we utilized the consulting services of an independent bookkeeper to assist in the preparation of our interim financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. Mr. Chapman was serving as our principal accounting officer.

As of the Closing Date of our Agreement and Plan of reorganization, we have three new full-time employees (including Stephen Squires) and two part-time employees including Brian Lukian and Ghassan E. Jabbour. We anticipate that we will hire additional key staff in 2009 in areas of Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President Sales and Marketing; research and development, administration/accounting, business development, operations and sales/marketing.
 
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Conflicts of Interest

We do not have any written procedures in place to address conflicts of interest that may arise between our business and the future business activities of executive officers.

Board Meetings and Committees
 
  Our board of directors held no formal meetings during the 12 month period ended June 30, 2008. All proceedings of the board of directors were conducted by the written consent of the directors and filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the directors.
 
We do not have standing audit, nominating or compensation committees, or committees performing similar functions. Our board of directors believes that it is not necessary to have standing audit, nominating or compensation committees at this time because the functions of such committees are adequately performed by our board of directors. The directors who perform the functions of auditing, nominating and compensation committees in the past were not independent because they were also officers of our company.
 
Identified in item 5 are six new directors appointed to our Board of Directors following the consummation of the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization. Their appointment is to be effective ten days following the filing and mailing of a Schedule 14F-1 to the stockholders of the Registrant. Four of the new members, namely Michael S. Wong, Kim Pichanick, Dr. Isaac B. Horton, III and Richard Patton may be considered independent directors. Under the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (“NASDAQ”) definition, an independent director means a person other than an officer or employee of the Company or its subsidiaries or any other individuals having a relationship that, in the opinion of the Company’ board of directors, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of the director. The board’s discretion in determining director independence is not completely unfettered. Further, under the NASDAQ definition, an independent director is a person who (1) is not currently (or whose immediate family members are not currently), and has not been over the past three years (or whose immediate family members have not been over the past three years), employed by the company; (2) has not (or whose immediate family members have not) been paid more than $60,000 during the current or past three fiscal years;  (3) has not (or whose immediately family has not) been a partner in or controlling shareholder or executive officer of an organization which the company made, or from which the company received, payments in excess of the greater of $200,000 or 5% of that organizations consolidated gross revenues, in any of the most recent three fiscal years; (4) has not (or whose immediate family members have not), over the past three years been employed as an executive officer of a company in which an executive officer of our Company has served on that company’s compensation committee; or (5) is not currently (or whose immediate family members are not currently), and has not been over the past three years (or whose immediate family members have not been over the past three years) a partner of our company’s outside auditor. The term “Financial Expert” is defined as a person who has the following attributes: an understanding of generally accepted accounting principals and financial statements; has the ability to assess the general application of such principals in connection with the accounting for estimates, accruals and reserves; experience preparing, auditing, analyzing or evaluating financial statements that present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by the Company’s financial statements, or experience actively supervising one or more persons engaged in such activities; an understanding of internal controls and procedures for financial reporting; and an understanding of audit committee functions.
 
In the future, we intend to have an audit committee, compensation committee, management committee, nominating committee and such other committees as determined by the Board of Directors to be in the best interest of the Company and to be in compliance with all applicable securities and state laws and listing requirements of any applicable exchanges or NASDAQ that the Company’s securities may become listed on in the future, of which we can provide no assurances that this will occur. In the event we form an audit committee, we will seek to have a “financial expert” as an independent board member serving on the Audit Committee.
 
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Role and Responsibilities of the Board

The Board of Directors oversees the conduct and supervises the management of our business and affairs pursuant to the powers vested in it by and in accordance with the requirements of the Revised Statutes of Nevada. The Board of Directors intends to hold regular meetings to consider particular issues or conduct specific reviews whenever deemed appropriate.

Our Board of Directors considers good corporate governance to be important to our effective operations. Our directors are elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders and by the Board to fill vacancies and serve until their successors are elected or appointed.  Officers are appointed by the Board of Directors and serve at the discretion of the Board of Directors or until their earlier resignation or removal.

In the past, there have been no arrangements or understandings pursuant to which a director or executive officer was selected to be a director or executive officer. We have had no nominating committee of the Board or any employment contracts. Accordingly, executive officers serve at the pleasure of the Board, subject to their rights under any employment contracts we enter into with them in the future.

Code of Ethics

We have adopted a Code of Ethics within the meaning of Item 406(b) of Regulation S-K of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 . The Code of Ethics applies to directors and senior officers, such as the principal executive officer, principal financial officer, controller, and persons performing similar functions. The Code of Ethics was previously filed as an exhibit to our annual report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended June 30, 2008.


Item 6.
Executive Compensation .

 The table below summarizes all compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to our executive officers for all services rendered in all capacities to the Company (including its wholly-owned subsidiary, Solterra) for the period from the Company’s inception on January 9, 2007 through the fiscal period ended June 30, 2007 and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008; it being noted that our subsidiary, Solterra, was incorporated in May 2008.

Name and Principal Position
Year
Salary
($)
Bonus
($)
Stock Awards
($)
Option Awards
($)
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compen-sation
($)
Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
($)
All Other Compen-sation
($)
Total
($)
Greg Chapman, former CEO
 
Stephen
Squires CEO
 
2008
2007
 
 
2008
2007
$4,400
$1,820
 
 
0
0
0
0
 
 
0
0
0
0
 
 
0
0
0
0
 
 
0
0
0
0
 
 
0
0
0
0
 
 
0
0
0
0
 
 
0
0
$4,400
$1,820
 
 
$  0
$  0
 
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Option/SAR Grants

We have made no grants of stock options or stock appreciation rights to any current or prior officer or director during the period from our inception on January 9, 2007 through the fiscal period ending June 30, 2008. In the near future, we anticipate adopting a stock option plan.

Compensation of Directors

We intend to pay directors a fee of at least $500 per meeting for attendance at Board meetings in an amount to be approved by the Board. Board members will also be eligible to participate in any stock option plans approved by the Board or a committee thereof.
 
Employment contracts and termination of employment and change-in-control arrangements

There are no employment agreements between our company and our former chief executive officer, Greg Chapman or between our company and its current chief executive officer, namely Stephen Squires.  From July 1, 2008 to October 31, 2008, Mr. Squires was paid a salary of $5,000 per month, increasing to $10,000 per month effective November 4, 2008. Brian Lukian and David Doderer each began receiving a salary at the rate not to exceed  $10,000 per month effective November 4, 2008 and Ghassan Jabbour commenced receiving a salary of $5,000 per month. We are in the process of negotiating employment contracts with one or more of our executive officers. Such agreements are expected to include salaries, bonuses, options and other forms of compensation.

Item 7.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

There have been no transactions or proposed transactions in which the amount involved exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or 1% of the average our total assets at year-end for the last three completed fiscal years in which any of our directors, executive officers or beneficial holders of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock, or any of their respective relatives, spouses, associates or affiliates, has had or will have any direct or material indirect interest, except as follows:


 
(i)
On January 12, 2007, our sole director and officer, Greg Chapman, acquired 2,000,000 shares of our common stock at a price of $0.002 per share for total cash proceeds of $4,000.  In connection with the 20:1 forward stock split affected on July 15, 2007, the 2,000,000 shares now total 40,000,000 shares of our common stock. Exemption from registration is claimed under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as an offering not constituting a “public offering.”
 
 
(ii)
For the period from January 9, 2007 (inception) through June 30, 2007, we received $24,600 in cash for the sale of 24,600,000 shares of our common stock at a purchase price of $0.001 per share in offshore transactions with non-affiliated parties during the period between May and June 2007. Our private placement was conducted in offshore transactions relying on Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. None of the subscribers were U.S. persons, as defined in Regulation S. No directed selling efforts were made in the United States by us, any distributor, any of their respective affiliates or any person acting on behalf of any of the foregoing. We implemented the applicable offering restrictions required by Regulation S by including an appropriate restrictive legend.
 
 
(iii)
Our former President, Greg Chapman, has in the past provided us office space free of charge, which encompasses approximately 350 square feet. Mr. Chapman’s father owns the space provided. This arrangement ceased on the Closing Date of the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization. We have utilized the home of Stephen Squires, our current President and Chief Executive Officer, on a rent free basis for office space for Solterra since its inception.
 
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(iv)
The Company was charged management fees of $6,620 from inception through June 30, 2008 by Greg Chapman, a director of the Company. The Company also has a related party loan of $29,100 which was due to Mr. Chapman for funds advanced.  The loan was forgiven by Mr. Chapman on November 4, 2008.

 
(v)
At the closing date of the Plan of Reorganization (i.e. November 4, 2008), the following transactions occurred involving our securities:

(a)   Mr. Chapman agreed to retire and cancel his 40,000,000 shares of common stock.

(b)   We issued debentures to three non-affiliated persons in the principal amount of $1,500,000, convertible at $.2667 per share. (See Item 1.01 for a complete description of the terms of the Plan of Reorganization.) Exemption from registration is claimed under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(c)   We issued 41,250,000 shares of our common stock in exchange for the interests in Solterra of Stephen Squires (35,550,000 shares), Phoenix Alliance Corp. (3,800,000 shares), Brian Lukian (1,000,000,shares), Barry Laughren (500,000 shares), Adrienne Grody (20,000 shares), Lester Morse (190,000 shares) and Steven Morse (190,000 shares). Exemption from registration is claimed under Rule 506 and/or Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(d)   We received from certain existing shareholders of our company a promissory note in the principal amount of $3,500,000, payable on January 15, 2009 in cash, or with the prior written consent of our company, the cancellation of 12,000,000 issued and outstanding shares of our Common Stock.


Item 8.
Legal Proceedings.

We are not aware of any legal proceedings in which any director or officer, any proposed director or officer or any owner of record or beneficial owner of more than 5% of any class of voting securities of our company, or any affiliate of any such director or officer, proposed director or officer or security holder, is a party adverse to our company or has a material interest adverse to our company.

Item 9.
Market Price of and Dividends on the Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

The principal United States market for our common equity is the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board (the “OTC Bulletin Board” ), a quotation medium for subscribing members. Our common stock is quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “HGUE.”

The table below sets out the range of high and low bid information for our common stock for each full quarterly period within the last fiscal year as regularly quoted in the automated quotation system of the OTC Bulletin Board.

Quarter Ended
High
Low
     
June 30, 2008
$1.50
$0.02
March 31, 2008
(1) $0.02
(1) $0.02
December 31, 2007
(1) N/A
(1) N/A
September 30, 2007
(1) N/A
(1) N/A
June 20, 2007
(1) N/A
(1) N/A

(1)Commenced trading on the OTC BB on February 27, 2008
 
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These quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not represent actual transactions.
 
Holders
 
As of September 2, 2008, there were approximately 39 holders of our common stock.

Dividends

We have not paid dividends on our common stock, and do not anticipate paying dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.


Securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans

We have no compensation plans under which our equity securities are authorized for issuance.

Performance graph

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information required under this item.

Issuer Repurchases of Equity Securities

From inception through the filing date of this Form 8-K, there have been no repurchases of our equity securities, other than Mr. Chapman’s voluntary cancellation of 40,000,000 shares of our Common Stock as described in Item 7.


Item 10.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

            See “Item 7” above for details of sales of recent unregistered securities since inception.
 
Item 11.
Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.
 
As of November 10, 2008, our authorized capital stock consists of 100,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001.  As of November 10, 2008, 69,375,000 shares of our Common Stock were issued and outstanding.
 
Common Stock
 
The holders of outstanding shares of our common stock are entitled to receive dividends out of assets legally available at times and in amounts as our board of directors may determine. Each stockholder is entitled to one vote for each share of our common stock held on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders. Cumulative voting is not provided for in our articles of incorporation, or any amendments thereto, which means that the majority of the shares voted can elect all of the directors then standing for election. Our common stock is not entitled to preemptive rights and is not subject to conversion or redemption. Upon the occurrence of a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, the holders of shares of our common stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after payment of liabilities and satisfaction of preferential rights of any outstanding preferred stock. There are no sinking fund provisions applicable to our common stock. The outstanding shares of our common stock are fully paid and non-assessable.
 
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Preferred Stock
 
We are not authorized to issue preferred stock.

 
Item 12.
Indemnification of Officers and Directors.
 
Our company is incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada. Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Revised Statutes provides that a Nevada corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, except an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, does not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and that, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
 
Section 78.7502 further provides a Nevada corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including amounts paid in settlement and attorneys' fees actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. Indemnification may not be made for any claim, issue or matter as to which such a person has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom, to be liable to the corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper.
 
To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding as referred to above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation shall indemnify him against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense.
 
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Section 78.751 of the Nevada Revised Statutes provides that discretionary indemnification under Section 78.7502 unless ordered by a court or advanced pursuant to subsection 2 of section 78.751, may be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances. The determination must be made:
 
 
·
By the stockholders;
 
·
By the board of directors by majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors - who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding;

 
·
If a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding so orders, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or
 
·
If a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding cannot be obtained, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion.
 
The Articles of Incorporation, the Bylaws or an agreement made by the corporation may provide that the expenses of officers and directors incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding must be paid by the corporation as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. The provisions of this subsection do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which corporate personnel other than directors or officers may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.
 
The indemnification and advancement of expenses authorized in or ordered by a court pursuant to NRS Section 78.751:
 
 
·
does not exclude any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the articles of incorporation or any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, for either an action in his official capacity or an action in another capacity while holding his office, except that indemnification, unless ordered by a court pursuant to section 78.7502 or for the advancement of expenses made pursuant to subsection 2 of section 78.751, may not be made to or on behalf of any director or officer if a final adjudication establishes that his acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was material to the cause of action; and
     
 
·
continues for a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and inures to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
 
Our Bylaws provide for the indemnification of our directors to the fullest extent permitted under the general corporation law of the State of Nevada from time to time against all expenses, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered in connection with acting as directors of our company.

Our articles of incorporation provide that no Director or Officer of the corporation shall be personally liable to the corporation or any of its stockholders for damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a Director or Officer involving any act or omission of any such Director or Officer; provided, however, that: the foregoing provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a Director or Officer (i) for acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law, or (ii) the payment of dividends in violation of Section 78.300 of the Nevada Revised Statutes. Any repeal or modification of this Article by the Stockholders of the corporation shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any limitations on the personal liability of a Director or Officer of the corporation for acts or omissions prior to such repeal or modification.
 
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of our company under Nevada law or otherwise, we have been advised the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission is that such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than payment by us for expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of our company in successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by a director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction, the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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Item 13.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

The audited financial statements of Solterra follow Item 9.01 below.

Item 14.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

None.
 
Item 15.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

The exhibits are listed and described in Item 9.01 of this Form 8-K.
 
 
Item 3.02.
Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities.

Reference is made to Item 2.01 and, in particular, Items 7 and 10 thereunder for information as to the recent sales of unregistered securities.
 
Item 5.01.
Changes in Control of the Registrant.

On the Closing Date, the Registrant consummated the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, pursuant to which the Registrant acquired Solterra in exchange for the issuance of 41,250,000 shares of the common stock of the Registrant, including 35,550,000 shares to Stephen Squires, representing 51.2% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Registrant. Simultaneously, Mr. Greg Chapman cancelled his 40,000,000 shares as part of the Plan of Reorganization. The issuance of the 41,250,000 Shares was exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to Section 4(2) of Regulation D  promulgated under, the Securities Act. Following the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, designees of Solterra became the officers and directors of the Registrant. Reference is made to Item 2.01 of this Form 8-K for a more extensive description of these transactions.

Other than the transactions and agreements disclosed in this Form 8-K, the Registrant knows of no arrangements which may result in a change in control of the Registrant, except as follows:

The Transaction Documents include a Stock Pledge Agreement pursuant to which Stephen Squires has pledged 20,000,000 shares of our Common Stock to the Debenture holders (the “Holders”) until such time as the Debentures are paid in their entirety. Also, the Securities Purchase Agreement provides until such time as the Holders no longer hold any Debentures, we shall appoint two (2) members to our Board of Directors, with such board members to be appointed by MKM Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd. (“MKM”).  Each member appointed by MKM will be independent of, and not affiliated with, MKM. In addition, so long as MKM has the right to appoint two board members under this Agreement, we shall not expand the size of our Board of Directors to more than seven (7) board members.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a default under the Transaction Documents, MKM and Steven Posner Irrevocable Trust u/t/a Dated 06/17/65 (“Posner”) shall have the right to appoint three (3) and two (2) members, respectively, to our Board of Directors, which directors need not be independent of, and may be affiliated with, MKM or Posner.  In the event that MKM or Posner exercises their right to appoint members of our Board of Directors in the event of a default, the Board of Directors shall set the size of the Board to no more than nine (9) members.
 
No officer, director, promoter, or affiliate of the Registrant has, or proposes to have, any direct or indirect material interest in any asset proposed to be acquired by the Registrant through security holdings, contracts, options, or otherwise.
 
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Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

In connection with the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, there was a complete change in the Registrant’s board of directors and management. Prior to the consummation of the transaction, the Registrant’s board of directors was comprised of one officer and director, namely, Greg Chapman. Effective at the Closing of the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (i.e. November 4, 2009), Mr. Chapman resigned as an officer and director of the Registrant. Mr. Chapman’s resignation as an officer was immediate; however, his resignation as a director became effective upon the appointment of six new directors named in Item 2.01 and under Item 5. The six new directors’ appointment shall become effective ten days following the filing and mailing of a Schedule 14F-1 to the stockholders of the Registrant.

Reference is made to Item 2.01 above for biographical and other information regarding the new executive officers and directors of the Registrant and the current lack of any employment agreements with the Registrant.
 
Item 5.06.
Change in Shell Company Status.

As the result of the completion of the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, the Registrant is no longer a shell company. Reference is made to Item 2.01 for a more complete description of the transaction and the business of the Company subsequent to the Closing Date.

Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) – (b)    The financial statements of Solterra and pro forma financial information follow the exhibits.

(d)   Exhibits.
 
All exhibits set forth below are filed as exhibits to this form 8-K, unless otherwise noted.
 
2.1
Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of October 15, 2008, by and among Hague Corp., Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc., the shareholders of Solterra and Greg Chapman, as Indemnitor.
   
4.1
Form of Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of November 4, 2008.
   
4.2
Form of Security Agreement dated November 4, 2008.
 
4.3
Form of Subsidiary Guarantee dated November 4, 2008.
   
4.4
Form of Stock Pledge Agreement dated November 4, 2008.
   
4.5
Form of Debenture-- MKM Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd. .
   
4.6
Form of Debenture.-- MKM SP1, LLC
   
4.7
Form of Debenture-- Steven Posner Irrevocable Trust u/t/a Dated 06/17/65 .
   
4.8
Form of Escrow Agreement
   
4.9
Form of Amended Waiver and Consent.
   
4.10
Form of Registration Rights Agreement.
   
10.1
License Agreement by and between William Marsh Rice University and Soltarra Renewable Technologies, Inc. dated August 20, 2008.
   
10.2
Letter dated October 2, 2008 from Rice University amending the License Agreement contained in Exhibit 10.1
   
10.3
Agreement with Arizona State University executed by ASU on October 8, 2008 and executed by Solterra on September 18, 2008.

 
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SOLTERRA RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
                     
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
                     
 
                     
                     
June 30, 2008
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     


 
F-1



 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


To the Board of Directors of
Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc.
(A Development Stage Company)
Scottsdale, Arizona

We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) as of June 30, 2008, and the related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the period from May 19, 2008 (inception) through June 30, 2008.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.  An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. as of June 30, 2008, and the results of its operations and cash flow for the period from May 19, 2008 (inception) through June 30, 2008, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company's absence of significant revenues, losses from operations, and its need for additional financing in order to fund its projected loss in 2009 raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. The 2008 financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.



LBB & Associates Ltd., LLP
Houston, Texas

November 7, 2008


F-2

 
       
SOLTERRA RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
     
(A Development Stage Company)
     
       
       
BALANCE SHEET
     
       
       
       
   
June 30,
 
   
2008
 
       
       
ASSETS
     
Current
     
Cash
  $ -  
         
         
Total current assets
    -  
         
         
Total Assets
  $ -  
         
         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
       
Current
       
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
  $ -  
         
         
Total current liabilities
    -  
         
         
         
Total liabilities
    -  
         
         
Stockholder's equity
       
Common stock, $0.0001 par value,
       
100,000,000 shares authorized
       
37,000,000 issued and outstanding
    3,700  
         
Additional paid-in-capital
    -  
Deficit accumulated during the development stage
    (3,700 )
         
Total stockholders' equity
    -  
         
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
  $ -  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
 
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SOLTERRA RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
     
(A Development Stage Company)
     
       
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
     
       
       
       
       
   
Period from May 19, 2008 (Inception) through June 30, 2008
 
       
       
Costs and expenses:
     
       
General and administrative
  $ 3,700  
         
         
Net loss from operations
    (3,700 )
         
         
Net loss
    (3,700 )
         
         
         
Net loss per share:
       
         
Basic and fully diluted
    (0.00 )
   
(less than $0.01)
 
         
Weighted average shares outstanding
       
         
Basic and fully diluted
    37,000,000  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
 
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SOLTERRA RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
             
(A Development Stage Company)
                         
                               
STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
                   
                               
                               
                               
                               
                           
Period from May 19, 2008 (Inception) through June 30, 2008
 
                               
                     
Deficit
       
                     
accumulated
 
               
Additional
   
during
       
   
Common Stock
   
paid-in
   
Developemnt
 
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Capital
   
Stage
   
Total
 
                               
Issuance of common stock
    37,000,000     $ 3,700       -     $ -     $ 3,700  
                                         
Net loss
                            (3,700 )     (3,700 )
                                         
Balance June 30, 2008
    37,000,000     $ 3,700       -     $ (3,700 )   $ -  

 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
 
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SOLTERRA RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
     
(A Development Stage Company)
     
       
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
     
       
       
       
       
   
Period from May 19, 2008 (Inception) through June 30, 2008
 
       
       
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATIONS
     
Net loss
  $ (3,700 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities
       
Stock issued for services
    3,700  
Net change in working capital
    -  
         
Cash flows used in operations
    -  
         
         
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING
       
      -  
         
Cash flows from investing activities
    -  
         
         
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING
       
      -  
         
Cash flows from financing activities
    -  
         
         
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH
    -  
         
Cash, beginning of period
    -  
         
Cash, end of period
  $ -  
         
         
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
       
         
Cash paid on interest expense
  $ -  
         
         
Cash paid on income taxes
  $ -  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 

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SOLTERRA RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June 30, 2008


Note 1.
Nature and Continuance of Operations

The Company was incorporated in the State of Delaware on the 19th day of May  2008.  The Company is in the development stage of solar technology and quantum dot manufacturing and has had no revenues to date.  Initial operations have included capital formation.  The Company intends to scale up Quantum Dot Production by applying proprietary technology licensed from William Marsh Rice University for a quantum dot synthesis process. This licensed technology enables the Company to produce highly desirable CdSe tetrapod quantum dots at a cost savings of greater than 50% compared to competing suppliers, and will organically supply Solterra’s requirements for quantum dots for its solar cells.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applicable to a going concern, which assumes that the Company will be able to meet its obligations and continue its operations for its next fiscal year.  Realization values may be substantially different from carrying values as shown and these financial statements do not give effect to adjustments that would be necessary to the carrying value and classification of assets and liabilities should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.  At June 30, 2008, the Company had not yet achieved profitable operations, has accumulated losses of $3,700 since its inception, has no working capital, and expects to incur further losses in the development of its business, all of which casts substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.  The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to generate future profitable operations and/or to obtain the necessary financing to meet its obligations and repay its liabilities arising from normal business operations when they come due.  Management is presently seeking financing to implement its business plan; however there is no assurance of additional funding being available.


Note 2.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.  Because a precise determination of many assets and liabilities is dependent upon future events, the preparation of financial statements for a period necessarily involves the use of estimates which have been made using careful judgment.  Actual results may vary from these estimates.

The financial statements have, in management’s opinion, been properly prepared within the framework of the significant accounting policies summarized below:  

Development Stage Company

The Company complies with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 7 for its characterization of the Company as development stage.

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Cash and Cash Equivalents
 
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.
 
Stock-based Compensation
 
The Company adopted SFAS 123(R) effective May 19, 2008.  The Company estimates the fair value of stock options using the Black-Scholes valuation model, consistent with the provisions of SFAS 123(R).  Key inputs and assumptions used to estimate the fair value of stock options include the grant price of the award, the expected option term, volatility of the Company’s stock, the risk-free rate, and dividend yield.  Estimates of fair value are not intended to predict actual future events or the value ultimately realized by the option holders, and subsequent events are not indicative of the reasonableness of the original estimates of fair value made by the Company.
 
Product Development costs

Costs of product development are expensed as incurred.

Income Taxes

The Company uses the assets and liability method of accounting for income taxes pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 109 “Accounting for Income Taxes”.  Under the assets and liability method of SFAS 109, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to temporary differences between the financial statements carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.  

Basic and Diluted Loss Per Share

The Company reports basic loss per share in accordance with the SFAS No. 128, “Earnings Per Share”.  Basic loss per share is computed using the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period.  Diluted loss per share has not been provided as it would anti-dilutive.

Foreign Currency Translation

The Company’s functional currency is United States (“U.S.”) dollars as substantially all of the Company’s operations use this denomination.  The Company uses the U.S. dollar as its reporting currency for consistency with registrants of the Securities and Exchange Commission and in accordance with SFAS No. 52.

Transactions undertaken in currencies other than the functional currency of the entity are translated using the exchange rate in effect as of the transaction date.  Any exchange gains and losses would be included in other income (expenses) on the Statement of Operations.

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Financial Instruments

The carrying value of cash, accounts payable and accrued liabilities and related party loan, to the extent there is a balance, approximate their fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments.  Unless otherwise noted, it is management’s opinion that the Company is not exposed to significant interest, currency or credit risks arising from these financial statements.
 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
The Company does not expect the adoption of recently issued accounting pronouncements to have a significant impact on the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flow.
 
Note 3.
Related Party Transaction

The Company issued common stock to the founding director of the Company in exchange for services rendered:
36,600,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a value of $0.0001 per shares for a total of $3,660 of services rendered associated with its formation and planning.

Note 4.
Income Taxes

As of June 30, 2008, the Company had net operating loss carry forwards of approximately $3,700 that may be available to reduce future years’ taxable income through 2028. Future tax benefits which may arise as a result of these losses have not been recognized in these financial statements, as their realization is determined not likely to occur and accordingly, the Company has recorded a valuation allowance for the deferred tax asset relating to these tax loss carry-forwards.

The Company’s effective tax rate is reconciled to the statutory rate as follows:
 
   
June 30, 2008
 
       
Benefit at 34%
  $ 1,300  
Change in valuation allowances
    (1,300 )
Net refundable amount
  $ -  
The cumulative tax effect at the expected rate of 34% of significant items comprising our net deferred tax amount is as follows:
 
   
   
June 30, 2008
 
Deferred tax asset attributable to:
       
Net operating loss carryover
  $ 1,300  
Valuation allowance
    (1,300 )
Net deferred tax asset
  $ -  
 
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Note 5.
Common Stock

During the period May 19 (inception) to June 30, 2008 the Company issued 36,600,000 common shares of the Company to a director in exchange for services rendered associated with the Company’s formation and planning.  The 36,600,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a value of $0.0001 per share for a total of $3,660 of services rendered

During the period May 19 (inception) to June 30, 2008 the Company issued 400,000 common shares of the Company to the corporate attorney in exchange for services rendered associated with the Company’s formation.  The 400,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a value of $0.0001 per share for a total of $40 of services rendered.

Note 6.
Commitments

License agreement
On the 20 th day of August 2008 the Company concluded a license agreement with William Marsh Rice University of Houston Texas.  This agreement gives the Company exclusive use of the issued patents and patent applications as well as the know how owned by Rice University to develop, manufacture and market Quantum Dots.  This licensed technology enables the Company to produce highly desirable CdSe tetrapod quantum dots at a cost savings of greater than 50% compared to competing suppliers, and will organically supply Solterra’s requirements for quantum dots for its solar cells.

The agreement includes an initiation fee of $40,000 as well as minimum royalty milestones which are effective for the period ending August 1, 2010.

The Company has a License agreement with William Marsh Rice University whereby minimum royalty payments which are calculated based on sales volume must be made starting in August 2010.  An initial license fee is also payable.

Development service agreement
In October the Company entered into a development service agreement with a major university to optimize the printing process of solar cells. The agreement is for the period October 1, 2008 to September 30, 2009.  Below are the total payments under this agreement.

Other

The Company has not signed any lease agreements.

In June 2008 the Company entered into a reorganization agreement for the Company to be analyzed and prepared for financing.  Services provided included preparation of the business plan, marketing strategy, industry analysis, and competitive analysis, a competitive market strategy including budgets forecasts as well as all presentation material and investor negotiations.  The fee is $500,000 and is based entirely on successfully raising financing for the Company to execute its business plan.
 
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The following table summarizes financial commitments of the Company.

Fiscal
 
Services
   
License
   
Reorganization
       
Year
 
agreement
   
Agreement
   
agreement
   
Total
 
2009
  $ 607,270     $ 40,000     $ 500,000     $ 1,147,270  
2010
    227,730       -       -       227,730  
2011
    -       129,450       -       129,450  
2012
    -       473,250       -       473,250  
2013
    -       1,746,000       -       1,746,000  
Thereafter
            3,738,600               3,738,600  
Total
  $ 835,000     $ 6,127,300     $ 500,000     $ 7,462,300  

 
Note 7.
Subsequent events

Related party transaction
Starting July of 2008 the Company made monthly management fee payments to a Shareholder of $5,000.

Common stock issued
In July the Company issued 4,250,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $0.01 per share for a total proceeds of $42,500.  The par value of the Common Stock of the Company is $0.0001 therefore $42,075 of this issue was recorded as additional paid in capital.

Financing
On November 4, 2008 the Company closed on an agreement and plan of merger and reorganization with Hague Corp a public company listed on the OTCBB.  In accordance with the terms of the agreement Hague Corp cancelled 40,000,000 shares of its common stock and issued 41,250,000 shares of its common stock to the former stockholders of Solterra.  Certain existing stockholders of Hague Corp in consideration of Solterra and its shareholders completing the transaction, issued to Hague Corp a Promissory Note in the amount of $3,500,000 due and payable on or before January 15, 2009, through the payment of cash or, with the consent of the Hague Corp, the cancellation of up to 12,000,000 issued and outstanding shares of Hague Corp.  These transactions resulted in Solterra becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hague Corp.

On November 4, 2008, Hague Corp entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, Debenture, Security Agreement, Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement, Escrow Agreement and other related transactional documents (the “Transaction Documents”) to obtain $1,500,000 in gross proceeds from three non-affiliated parties (collectively hereinafter referred to as the “Lenders”) in exchange for 3,525,000 restricted shares of Common Stock of Hague Corp (the “Restricted Shares”) and Debentures in the principal amount aggregating $1,500,000. Each Debenture has a term of three years maturing on November 4, 2011 bearing interest at the rate of 8% per annum and is repayable by Hague Corp at anytime without penalty, subject to the Debenture holders’ conversion rights. Each Debenture is convertible at the option of each Lender into Hague Corp’s Common Stock (the “Debenture Shares”, which together with the Restricted Shares shall collectively be referred to as the “Securities”) at a conversion price of $.2667 per share (the “Conversion Price”). The Registration Rights Agreement requires Hague Corp to register the resale of the Securities within certain time limits and to be subject to certain penalties in the event Hague Corp fails to timely file the Registration Statement, fails to obtain an effective Registration Statement or, once effective, to maintain an effective Registration Statement until the Securities are saleable pursuant to Rule 144 without volume restriction or other limitations on sale. The Debentures are secured by the assets Hague Corp and are guaranteed by Solterra as the subsidiary of Hague Corp. In the event the Debentures are converted in their entirety, Hague Corp would be required to issue and aggregate of 5,624,297 shares of Hague Corp’s Common Stock, subject to anti-dilution protection for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, reclassifications and sale of Hague Corp’s Common Stock at a price below the Conversion Price.  Certain changes of control or fundamental transactions such as a merger or consolidation with another company could cause an event of default under the Transaction Documents. 

As a result of these transactions, there are currently 69,375,000 shares of the Hague Corp’s Common Stock issued and outstanding without giving effect to the possible conversion of the Debentures.  The former Shareholders of Solterra owns 62.6% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Hague Corp’s Common Stock and therefore control Hague Corp.
 
 
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SIGNATURE


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.

 
 
HAGUE CORP.
 
       
November 10, 2008
By:
/s/ Stephen Squires  
    Stephen Squires  
    President and CEO  
       

 
 
 
 
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Exhibit 4.1
 
 
 
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
 
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of November 4, 2008 between Hague Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “ Purchaser ” and collectively, the “ Purchasers ”).
 
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as follows:
 
 
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
 
1.1   Definitions .  In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement: (a) capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Debentures (as defined herein), and (b) the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
 
Acquiring Person ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.7.
 
Action ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
 
Affiliate ” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.  
 
Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Company.
 
Business Day ” means any day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.
 
Closing ” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.
 
Closing Date ” means the Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities have been satisfied or waived.
 
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Closing Statement ” means the Closing Statement in the form Annex A attached hereto.
 
 “ Commission ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed into.
 
Common Stock Equivalents ” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive Common Stock.
 
Company Counsel ” means Morse & Morse, PLLC with offices located at 1400 Old Country Road, Suite 302, Westbury, New York 11590.
 
Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Debentures.
 
Debentures ” means the 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures due, subject to the terms therein, 36 months from their date of issuance, issued by the Company to the Purchasers hereunder, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
 
Disclosure Schedules ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1.
 
Discussion Time ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2(f).
 
Effective Date ” means the date that the initial Registration Statement filed by the Company pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the Commission.
 
Eligible Holder ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(a).
 
Equity Securities ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(a).
 
Escrow Agreement ” means the Escrow Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company, the Purchasers and Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP, in the form of Exhibit G attached hereto.
 
Evaluation Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(r).
 
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
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Exempt Issuance ” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose and ratified by the Company’s shareholders, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise, exchange or conversion price of such securities, and (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and in which the Company receives benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities.
 
Family Member ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(a).
 
GAAP ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
 
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Holder ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(a).
 
Indebtedness ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(aa).
 
Intellectual Property Rights ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o).
 
Legend Removal Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).
 
Liens ” means a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
 
Material Adverse Effect ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).
 
Material Permits ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).
 
Maximum Rate ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.17.
 
Merger ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.3(b)(i).
 
Holder ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(a).
 
Permitted Assignee ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(a).
 
Person ” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
 
Proceeding ” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
 
Purchaser Party ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.10.
 
Registrable Securities ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(a).
 
Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company and the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.
 
Registration Statement ” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale of the Underlying Shares by each Purchaser as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement.
 
Required Approvals ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).
 
Required Minimum ” means, as of any date, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issued or potentially issuable in the future pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including any Underlying Shares issuable upon conversion in full of all Debentures, ignoring any conversion or exercise limits set forth therein, and assuming that the Conversion Price is at all times on and after the date of determination 75% of the then Conversion Price on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of determination.
 
Restricted Shares ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.3(a)(iv).
 
Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
 
SEC Reports ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
 
 
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Securities ” means the Debentures, the Underlying Shares and the Restricted Shares.
 
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
Security Agreement ” means the Security Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company and the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto.

Security Documents ” shall mean the Security Agreement, the Subsidiary Guarantee and the Stock Pledge Agreement and any other documents and filing required thereunder in order to grant the Purchasers a first priority security interest in the assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries as provided in the Security Agreement, including all UCC-1 filing receipts.
 
Short Sales ” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock). 
 
SRFF ” means Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP with offices located at 61 Broadway, 32 nd Floor, New York, New York 10006.
 
Stock Pledge Agreement ” means the Stock Pledge Agreement, dated the date hereof, between the Company and Stephen Squires, in the form of Exhibit F attached hereto.
 
Subscription Amount ” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for the Debentures purchased hereunder as specified below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately available funds.
 
Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a) and shall, where applicable, include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.
 
Subsidiary Guarantee ” means the Subsidiary Guarantee, dated the date hereof, by each Subsidiary in favor of the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto.
 
Trading Day ” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.
 
Trading Market ” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board.
 
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Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the Debentures, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the Subsidiary Guarantee, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
 
Transfer Agent ” means Empire Stock Transfer Inc. the current transfer agent of the Company with a mailing address of 2470 Saint Rose Parkway, Suite 304, Henderson, Nevada 89074 and a facsimile number of (702) 974-1444, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.
 
Underlying Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion or redemption of the Debentures.
 
Variable Rate Transaction ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.13(b).
 
VWAP ” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. New York City time to 4:02 p.m. New York City time); (b)  if the OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board; (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported; or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
 
 
ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
 
2.1   Closing .  On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, up to an aggregate of up to $1,500,000 of Debentures.  Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company via wire transfer or a certified check, immediately available funds equal to its Subscription Amount and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective Debenture, as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing.  Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of SRFF or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree.

 
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2.2   Deliveries .
 
(a)  
 
(a)   On the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following:
 
(i)   this Agreement duly executed by the Company;
 
(ii)   a legal opinion of Company Counsel, in substantially the form of Exhibit C attached hereto;
 
(iii)   a Debenture with a principal amount equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount, registered in the name of such Purchaser;
 
(iv)   a number of shares of Common Stock (the “ Restricted Shares ”) equal to: (3,525,000 multiplied by (the Purchaser’s Principal Amount divided by $1,500,000) which shall bear a legend restricting transfer under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and acknowledging the restrictions on transfer set forth herein, such legend shall be substantially in the following form:
 
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW.  NO TRANSFER OF THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE VALID OR EFFECTIVE UNLESS (A) SUCH TRANSFER IS MADE PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (B) THE HOLDER SHALL DELIVER TO COMPANY AN OPINION OF ITS COUNSEL, IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO COMPANY AND REASONABLY CONCURRED IN BY COMPANY’S COUNSEL, THAT SUCH PROPOSED TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT;

(v)   the Security Agreement, duly executed by the Company and each Subsidiary, along with all of the Security Documents, including the Subsidiary Guarantee, duly executed by the parties thereto;
 
(vi)   a copy of the written resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, any agreement contemplated herein to which the Company is a party and the transactions contemplated thereby;
 
(vii)   the Stock Pledge Agreement duly executed by Stephen Squires; and
 
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(viii)   the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company;
 
(ix)   the Escrow Agreement duly executed by the Company; and
 
(x)   the Subsidiary Guarantee, duly executed by each Subsidiary of the Company.
 
(b)   On the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:
 
(i)   this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
 
(ii)   such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the account as specified in writing by the Company;
 
(iii)   the Security Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
 
(iv)   the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser; and
 
(v)   the Escrow Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser.
 
2.3   Closing Conditions .
 
(b)   The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
 
(i)   the accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein;
 
(ii)   all obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
 
(iii)   the delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement, it being understood that the Purchasers shall receive an aggregate of $1,500,000 in Debentures and the Company shall receive  $1,500,000 in payment thereof.
 
(c)   The respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
 
(i)   the Company shall have entered into and closed upon an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (the “ Merger ”) by and among the Company, Solterrra Renewable Technologies, Inc. (“ Solterra ”) and the shareholders of Solterra in form acceptable to Holders;
 
(ii)   the accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein;
 
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(iii)   all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
 
(iv)   all existing debtholders of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall each have executed and delivered the Purchasers a written subordination agreement acceptable to, and approved by, the Purchasers;
 
(v)   the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement;
 
(vi)   the Company shall have prepared the Current Report on Form 8-K relating to the Merger (the “ Merger 8-K ”) in a form acceptable to the Purchasers;
 
(vii)   there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof; and
 
(viii)   from the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market (except for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the Company, which suspension shall be terminated prior to the Closing), and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of each Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the Closing.
 
 
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
 
3.1   Representations and Warranties of the Company .  Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation or otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each Purchaser:

 
(a)   Subsidiaries .  All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on Schedule 3.1(a) .  The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.  If the Company has no subsidiaries, all other references to the Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction Documents shall be disregarded.
 
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(b)   Organization and Qualification .  The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents.  Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “ Material Adverse Effect ”) and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.
 
(c)   Authorization; Enforcement .  The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.  The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s stockholders in connection therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals.  Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
 
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(d)   No Conflicts .  The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by it to which it is a party of the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(e)   Filings, Consents and Approvals .  The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings required pursuant to Section 4.6, (ii) the filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement, (iii) the notice and/or application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the Securities and the listing of the Underlying Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby and (iv) the filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “ Required Approvals ”).
 
(f)   Issuance of the Securities .  The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents.  The Underlying Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents.  The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock a number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of the Underlying Shares at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date hereof.
 
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(g)   Capitalization .  The capitalization of the Company is as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) , which Schedule 3.1(g) shall also include the number of shares of Common Stock owned beneficially, and of record, by Affiliates of the Company as of the date hereof. The Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act.  No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.  No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities.  There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.
 
(h)   SEC Reports; Financial Statements .  The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “ SEC Reports ”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension.  As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing.  Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“ GAAP ”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
 
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(i)   Material Changes .  Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the date hereof: (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information.  Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i) , no event, liability or development has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least one Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.
 
(j)   Litigation .  There is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “ Action ”) which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty.  There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company.  The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.
 
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(k)   Labor Relations .  No material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees are good.  No executive officer, to the knowledge of the Company, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters.  The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(l)   Compliance .  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to its business and all such laws that affect the environment, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(m)   Regulatory Permits .  The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“ Material Permits ”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
 
(n)   Title to Assets .  The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries and Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties.  Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.
 
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(o)   Patents and Trademarks .  The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights as described in the SEC Reports as necessary or material for use in connection with their respective businesses and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “ Intellectual Property Rights ”).  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or any Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights.  The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(p)   Insurance .  Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(p) , the Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage at least equal to the aggregate Subscription Amount.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in cost.
 
(q)   Transactions with Affiliates and Employees .  Except as set forth in the SEC Reports and on Schedule 3.1(q) , none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for: (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.
 
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(r)   Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls .  The Company is in material compliance with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which are applicable to it as of the Closing Date.  The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms.  The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by the Company’s most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “ Evaluation Date ”).  The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date.  Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
(s)   Certain Fees .  Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(s) , no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
 
(t)   Private Placement .  Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.
 
(u)   Investment Company . The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.  The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
 
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(v)   Registration Rights .  Other than each of the Purchasers, no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company.
 
(w)   Listing and Maintenance Requirements .  The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration.  The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements.
 
(x)   Application of Takeover Protections .  The Company and the Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s certificate of incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership of the Securities.
 
(y)   Disclosure .  Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, nonpublic information.  The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.  All disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.   The press releases disseminated by the Company during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made and when made, not misleading.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.
 
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(z)   No Integrated Offering . Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of (i) the Securities Act which would require the registration of any such securities under the Securities Act, or (ii) any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.
 
(aa)   Solvency .  Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder: (i) the fair saleable value of the Company’s assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid.  The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt).  The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date.   Schedule 3.1(aa) sets forth as of the date hereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments.  For the purposes of this Agreement, “ Indebtedness ” means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (z) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.
 
(bb)   Tax Status . Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each Subsidiary has filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon, and the Company has no knowledge of a tax deficiency which has been asserted or threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary.
 
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(cc)   No General Solicitation . Neither the Company nor any person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising.  The Company has offered the Securities for sale only to the Purchasers and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.
 
(dd)   Foreign Corrupt Practices.   Neither the Company, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company, has: (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is  in violation of law or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
 
(ee)   Accountants .  The Company’s accounting firm is set forth on Schedule 3.1(ee) of the Disclosure Schedules.  To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such accounting firm is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act.
 
(ff)   Seniority .  As of the Closing Date, no Indebtedness or other claim against the Company is senior to the Debentures in right of payment, whether with respect to interest or upon liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise, other than indebtedness secured by purchase money security interests (which is senior only as to underlying assets covered thereby) and capital lease obligations (which is senior only as to the property covered thereby).
 
(gg)   No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers.   There are no disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company to arise, between the Company and the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the Company and the Company is current with respect to any fees owed to its accountants and lawyers which could affect the Company’s ability to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents.
 
(hh)   Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities .  The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby.  The Company further acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities.  The Company further represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.
 
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(ii)   Regulation M Compliance .  The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the securities of the Company, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Company’s placement agent in connection with the placement of the Securities.
 

3.2   Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers . Each Purchaser, for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows:
 
(a)   Organization; Authority .  Such Purchaser is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full right, corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or similar action on the part of such Purchaser.  Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
 
(b)   Own Account .  Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has no present intention of distributing any of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities (this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws) in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law.  Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.
 
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(c)   Purchaser Status .  At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it or converts any Debentures it will be either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.  Such Purchaser is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act.
 
(d)   Experience of Such Purchaser .  Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment.  Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.
 
(e)   General Solicitation .  Such Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general advertisement.
 
(f)   Short Sales and Confidentiality Prior To The Date Hereof .  Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser, executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period commencing from the time that such Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any other Person representing the Company setting forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder until the date hereof (“ Discussion Time ”).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement.  Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).
 
 
ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
 
4.1   Transfer Restrictions .
 
(a)   The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws.  In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act.  As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.
 
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(b)   The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.1, of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form:
 
[NEITHER] THIS SECURITY [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS [EXERCISABLE] [CONVERTIBLE]] HAS [NOT] BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.  THIS SECURITY [AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON [EXERCISE] [CONVERSION] OF THIS SECURITY] MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
 
The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties.  Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith.  Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge.  At the appropriate Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities, including, if the Securities are subject to registration pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of Selling Stockholders thereunder.
 
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(c)   Certificates evidencing the Underlying Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof): (i) while a registration statement (including the Registration Statement) covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Underlying Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such Underlying Shares and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Transfer Agent promptly after the Effective Date if required by the Transfer Agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder.  If all or any portion of a Debenture is converted at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the Underlying Shares, or if such Underlying Shares may be sold under Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such Underlying Shares and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or if such legend is not otherwise required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission) then such Underlying Shares shall be issued free of all legends.  The Company agrees that following the Effective Date or at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 4.1(c), it will, no later than three Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Transfer Agent of a certificate representing Underlying Shares, as applicable, issued with a restrictive legend (such third Trading Day, the “ Legend Removal Date ”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends.  The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 4.  Certificates for Underlying Shares subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Purchaser by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such Purchaser.

(d)   Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees that such Purchaser will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein, and acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance upon this understanding.
 
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4.2   Acknowledgment of Dilution .  The Company acknowledges that the issuance of the Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, which dilution may be substantial under certain market conditions.  The Company further acknowledges that its obligations under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, its obligation to issue the Underlying Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents, are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any right of set off, counterclaim, delay or reduction, regardless of the effect of any such dilution or any claim the Company may have against any Purchaser and regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership of the other stockholders of the Company.
 
4.3   Furnishing of Information .  Until the earliest of the time that no Purchaser owns Securities, the Company covenants to maintain the registration of the Common Stock under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act.  As long as any Purchaser owns Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the Purchasers to sell the Securities under Rule 144.  The Company further covenants that it will take such further action as any holder of Securities may reasonably request, to the extent required from time to time to enable such Person to sell such Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the requirements of the exemption provided by Rule 144.
 
4.4   Integration .  The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities to the Purchasers in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the Purchasers or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market.
 
4.5   Conversion and Exercise Procedures .  The form of Notice of Conversion included in the Debentures   set forth the totality of the procedures required of the Purchasers in order to convert the Debentures.  No additional legal opinion, other information or instructions shall be required of the Purchasers to convert their Debentures.  The Company shall honor conversions of the Debentures and shall deliver Underlying Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction Documents.
 
4.6   Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity . The Company shall, by 8:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day following the date hereof, file a press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the fourth Trading Day following the date hereof, file (i) a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto and (ii) the Merger 8-K.  The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except: (y) as required by federal securities law in connection with (i) any registration statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement and (ii) the filing of final Transaction Documents (including signature pages thereto) with the Commission and (z) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (z).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have until 30 calendar days from the date hereof to file an amended Merger 8-K with the financial statements required by Item 9.01 of Form 8-K.  It is expressly understood by the parties that the failure by the Company to make the filings are required by this Section 4.6 on a timely basis will constitute a material default under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents.
 
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4.7   Shareholder Rights Plan .  No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers.
 
4.8   Non-Public Information .  Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf, will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information.  The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.
 
4.9   Use of Proceeds .  The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder as set forth on Schedule 4.9 attached hereto, and shall not use such proceeds for: (a) the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt (other than payment of trade payables in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and prior practices), (b) the redemption of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or (c) the settlement of any outstanding litigation.
 
4.10   Indemnification of Purchasers .   Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.10, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling person (each, a “ Purchaser Party ”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against a Purchaser in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon a breach of such Purchaser’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser may have with any such stockholder or any violations by the Purchaser of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance).  If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party.  Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of such separate counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel.  The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (z) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents.
 
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4.11   Reservation and Listing of Securities .
 
(a)   The Company shall maintain a reserve from its duly authorized shares of Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents in such amount as may then be required to fulfill its obligations in full under the Transaction Documents.
 
(b)   If, on any date, the number of authorized but unissued (and otherwise unreserved) shares of Common Stock is less than the Required Minimum on such date, then the Board of Directors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Company’s certificate or articles of incorporation to increase the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to at least the Required Minimum at such time, as soon as possible and in any event not later than the 75th day after such date.
 
(c)   The Company shall, if applicable: (i) in the time and manner required by the principal Trading Market, prepare and file with such Trading Market an additional shares listing application covering a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date of such application, (ii) take all steps necessary to cause such shares of Common Stock to be approved for listing on such Trading Market as soon as possible thereafter, (iii) provide to the Purchasers evidence of such listing and (iv) maintain the listing of such Common Stock on any date at least equal to the Required Minimum on such date on such Trading Market or another Trading Market.
 
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4.12   Preemptive Rights .
 
(a)   Subsequent Offerings . In the event the Company issues and sells (i) any Common Stock, (ii) any security convertible, with or without consideration, into any Common Stock (including any option to purchase such a convertible security), (iii) any security carrying any warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any Common Stock, or (iv) any such warrant or right (clauses (i) – (iv) referred to hereinafter as “ Equity Securities ”) other than an Exempt Issuance, each Holder (as defined below) who qualifies as an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Act (an “ Eligible Holder ”) shall have a preemptive right to purchase such number of shares of Equity Securities necessary for such Eligible Holder to maintain its percentage ownership position in the Company.  Each Eligible Holder's preemptive share is equal to the ratio of (a) the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock of which such Eligible Holder is deemed to be a holder immediately prior to the issuance of such Equity Securities (including all shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of any security of the Company or upon the exercise of any outstanding warrants, options, or rights to subscribe to or purchase any Common Stock or other security of the Company) to (b) the total number of shares of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock (including all shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of any security of the Company or upon the exercise of any outstanding warrants, options, or rights to subscribe to or purchase any Common Stock or other security of the Company) immediately prior to the issuance of the Equity Securities. For purposes of this Section 4, “ Holder ” is defined as each Purchaser, or any of Purchaser’s successors or Permitted Assignees (as defined below), who acquire rights in accordance with this Agreement with respect to the Registrable Securities (as defined below) directly or indirectly from Purchasers or any Permitted Assignee.  “ Permitted Assignee ” means (a) with respect to a partnership, its partners or former partners in accordance with their partnership interests, (b) with respect to a corporation, its shareholders in accordance with their interest in the corporation, (c) with respect to a limited liability company, its members or former members in accordance with their interest in the limited liability company, (d) with respect to an individual party, any Family Member (as defined below) of such party, (e) an entity that is controlled by, controls, or is under common control with a transferor, or (f) a party to this Agreement. “ Family Member ” means (a) with respect to any individual, such individual's spouse, any descendants (whether natural or adopted), any trust all of the beneficial interests of which are owned by any of such individuals or by any of such individuals together with any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the estate of any such individual, and any corporation, association, partnership, or limited liability company all of the equity interests of which are owned by those above described individuals, trusts, or organizations and (b) with respect to any trust, the owners of the beneficial interests of such trust.  “ Registrable Securities ” means the Underlying Shares, the Restricted Shares and the Interest Shares.
 
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(b)   Exercise of Preemptive Rights .  If the Company issues any Equity Securities in a transaction to which the preemptive rights set forth in Section 4.12(a) apply, it shall give each Eligible Holder written notice of such issuance, describing the Equity Securities and the price and the terms and conditions upon which the Company issued the same and shall provide each Eligible Holder with access to any information regarding such offering and the Company, provided to the purchasers of Equity Securities.  Each Eligible Holder shall have seven business days from the giving of such notice to exercise its preemptive right to purchase Equity Securities for the price and upon the terms and conditions specified in the notice by giving written notice to the Company and stating therein the quantity of Equity Securities to be purchased. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to offer or sell such Equity Securities to any Holder who would cause the Company to be in violation of applicable federal securities laws by virtue of such offer or sale.
 
(c)   Issuance of Equity Securities to Other Persons .  The Company shall have 90 days after expiration of the seven business day period set forth in Section 4.12(b) above to sell the Equity Securities in respect of which the Holders' rights were not exercised, at a price and upon general terms and conditions materially no more favorable to the purchasers thereof than specified in the Company’s notice to the Eligible Holders pursuant to Section 4.12(b) above. If the Company has not sold such Equity Securities within 90 days of the notice provided pursuant to Section 4.12(b) above, the Company shall not thereafter issue or sell any Equity Securities, without first offering such securities to the Eligible Holders in the manner provided above.
 
(d)   Termination and Waiver of Preemptive Rights .  The preemptive rights established by this Section 4.12 shall terminate upon the earlier of (x) the date the Debentures are no longer outstanding or (y) the 12 month anniversary of the Effective Date.
 
(e)   Excluded Securities .  The preemptive rights established by this Section 4.12 shall have no application to (x) any Exempt Issuance, (y) any of the Transaction Documents and (z) any financing, up to $3,500,000, that is closed within 75 days of the Closing Date.
 
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4.13   Subsequent Equity Sales .
 
(a)   From the date hereof until the earlier of (x) the date the Debentures are no longer outstanding or (y) the 12 month anniversary of the Effective Date, the Company shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into an agreement to effect any Subsequent Financing involving a Variable Rate Transaction. “ Variable Rate Transaction ” means a transaction in which the Company issues or sells (i) any debt or equity securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or include the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock either (A) at a conversion price, exercise price or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the shares of Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity securities or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the Common Stock or (ii) enters into any agreement, including, but not limited to, an equity line of credit, whereby the Company may sell securities at a future determined price.
 
(b)   Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.13 shall not apply in respect of an Exempt Issuance, except that no Variable Rate Transaction shall be an Exempt Issuance.
 
4.14   Equal Treatment of Purchasers .  No consideration (including any modification of any Transaction Document) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents. Further, the Company shall not make any payment of principal or interest on the Debentures in amounts which are disproportionate to the respective principal amounts outstanding on the Debentures at any applicable time.  For clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser by the Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for the Company to treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.
 
4.15   Restrictions on Short Sales and Confidentiality After The Date Hereof . Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that neither it, nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it, will execute any Short Sales during the period commencing at the Discussion Time and ending the date that such Purchaser no longer holds any Debentures.  Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company as described in Section 4.6, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction and the information included in the Transaction Documents and the Disclosure Schedules.  Each Purchaser severally and not jointly with any other Purchaser acknowledges the positions of the Commission as set forth in Item 65, Section A, of the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations, dated July 1997, compiled by the Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance.
 
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4.16   Form D; Blue Sky Filings .  The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof, promptly upon request of any Purchaser. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the Securities for, sale to the Purchasers at the Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of any Purchaser.
 
4.17   Capital Changes .  Until such time that the Debentures are no longer outstanding, the Company shall not undertake a reverse or forward stock split or reclassification of the Common Stock without the prior written consent of the Purchasers holding 75% of the principal amount outstanding of the Debentures.
 
4.18   Board of Directors .  From the date of this Agreement until such time as the Holders no longer hold any Debentures, the Company shall appoint two (2) members to its Board of Directors, with such board members to be appointed by MKM Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd. (“MKM”).  Each member appointed by MKM will be independent of, and not affiliated with, MKM. In addition, so long as MKM has the right to appoint two board members under this Agreement, the Company shall not expand the size of its Board of Directors to more than seven (7) board members.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a default under this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents, MKM and Steven Posner Irrevocable Trust u/t/a Dated 06/17/65 (“Posner”) shall have the right to appoint three (3) and two (2) members, respectively, to the Company’s Board of Directors, which directors need not be independent of, and may be affiliated with, MKM or Posner.  In the event that MKM or Posner exercises their right to appoint members of the Company’s Board of Directors in the event of a default, the Board of Directors shall set the size of the Board to no more than nine (9) members.
 
4.19   Secured Obligation .  As an inducement for the Purchasers to purchase the Debentures and to secure the complete and timely payment, performance and discharge in full, as the case may be, of all of the obligations of the Company under the Debentures, the Company and each Subsidiary, unconditionally and irrevocably pledges, grants and hypothecates to the Purchasers a continuing and perfected security interest in and to, a lien upon and a right of set-off against all of their respective right, title and interest of whatsoever kind and nature in and to, all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries.  The parties acknowledge and agree that the obligations of the Company under the Transaction Documents, including but not limited to the Debentures, are subject to the security interest granted by the Company and its Subsidiaries pursuant to the Security Agreement, by and among the Company, its Subsidiaries and the secured parties thereto and that such obligations are “Obligations” under such Security Agreement.  The Company and the Subsidiaries shall take any and all actions requested by the Purchasers in order to grant the Purchasers a first priority security interest in the assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries, including all UCC-1 filing receipts.
 
4.20   Insurance . Within 30 days from the date hereof, the Company agrees to be insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility for directors and officers insurance for a minimum of one million dollars per incident and five million dollars in the aggregate.  The Company shall keep such insurance in effect until such time as all the Debentures have been repaid in full (including interest and penalties) or converted pursuant to the terms thereunder.
 
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4.21   Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance . As long as any of the Debentures are outstanding, the Company shall use its best efforts to ensure that the Company’s controls and procedures are in compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as if the Company was an “accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that the Company shall not be required to provide a registered public accounting firm’s attestation report on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
 
5.1   Termination .  This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before November 15, 2008; provided , however , that such termination will not affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by the other party (or parties).
 
5.2   Fees and Expenses .  At the Closing, the Company has agreed to reimburse MKM the non-accountable sum of $25,000 for its legal fees and expenses, of which, $10,000 has been paid. The Company shall deliver to each Purchaser, prior to the Closing, a completed and executed copy of the Closing Statement attached hereto as Annex A .  Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.  The Company shall pay all transfer agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Purchasers.
 
5.3   Entire Agreement .  The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
 
5.4   Notices .  Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.  The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.
 
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5.5   Amendments; Waivers .  No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Purchasers of at least 67% in interest of the Securities still held by Purchasers or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought.  No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.
 
5.6   Headings .  The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
 
5.7   Successors and Assigns .  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns.  The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Purchaser (other than by merger).  Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Purchasers.”
 
5.8   No Third-Party Beneficiaries .  This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.10.
 
5.9   Governing Law .  All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and any dispute between the parties relating to or arising from the Transaction Documents shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.  Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York.  Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, or that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding.  Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.  If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
 
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5.10   Survival .  The representations and warranties shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities for the applicable statute of limitations.
 
5.11   Execution .  This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart.  In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
 
5.12   Severability . If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
 
5.13   Rescission and Withdrawal Right .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights; provided , however , that in the case of a rescission of a conversion of a Debenture, the Purchaser shall be required to return any shares of Common Stock subject to any such rescinded conversion or exercise notice.
 
5.14   Replacement of Securities .  If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction.  The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.
 
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5.15   Remedies .  In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents.  The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
 
5.16   Payment Set Aside . To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
 
5.17   Usury .  To the extent it may lawfully do so, the Company hereby agrees not to insist upon or plead or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will resist any and all efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, usury laws wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, in connection with any claim, action or proceeding that may be brought by any Purchaser in order to enforce any right or remedy under any Transaction Document.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in any Transaction Document, it is expressly agreed and provided that the total liability of the Company under the Transaction Documents for payments in the nature of interest shall not exceed the maximum lawful rate authorized under applicable law (the “ Maximum Rate ”), and, without limiting the foregoing, in no event shall any rate of interest or default interest, or both of them, when aggregated with any other sums in the nature of interest that the Company may be obligated to pay under the Transaction Documents exceed such Maximum Rate.  It is agreed that if the maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law and applicable to the Transaction Documents is increased or decreased by statute or any official governmental action subsequent to the date hereof, the new maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law will be the Maximum Rate applicable to the Transaction Documents from the effective date forward, unless such application is precluded by applicable law.  If under any circumstances whatsoever, interest in excess of the Maximum Rate is paid by the Company to any Purchaser with respect to indebtedness evidenced by the Transaction Documents, such excess shall be applied by such Purchaser to the unpaid principal balance of any such indebtedness or be refunded to the Company, the manner of handling such excess to be at such Purchaser’s election.
 
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5.18   Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights .  The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document.  Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.  Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in their review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents.  For reasons of administrative convenience only, Purchasers and their respective counsel have chosen to communicate with the Company through SRFF.  SRFF does not represent all of the Purchasers but only MKM. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by the Purchasers.
 
5.19   Liquidated Damages .  The Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due and payable shall have been canceled.
 
5.20   Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc.   If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.
 
5.21   Construction . The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments hereto.
 
5.22   WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL .  IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
 
(Signature Pages Follow)
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
 
HAGUE CORP.
 
 
Address for Notice:
 
14220 E Cavedale Road
Scottsdale AZ 85262
By:__________________________________________
     Name: Stephen Squires
     Title: Chief Executive Officer
With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Facsimile: (480) 248-3116
 
Steven Morse, Esq.
Morse & Morse, PLLC
1400 Old Country Road, Suite 302
Westbury, NY 11590
Facsimile: (516) 487-1452
 
 

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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO HAGUE SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
 
Name of Purchaser: MKM OPPORTUNITY MASTER FUND, LTD.
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser : __________________________________
Name of Authorized Signatory: David Skriloff
Title of Authorized Signatory: Portfolio Manager
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: david@mkmcap.com
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________

Address for Notice of Purchaser:

MKM Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd.
644 Broadway, 4 th Floor
New York, New York 10012

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





Subscription Amount: $875,000





EIN Number:   [PROVIDE THIS UNDER SEPARATE COVER]

[SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE]
 
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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO HAGUE SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
 
 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
 
Name of Purchaser:                                                      Steven Posner Irrevocable Trust u/t/a Dated 06/17/65
Signature of Purchaser :                                                      ______________________________________________________
Name of Authorized Signatory:                                                                Steven Posner
Title of Authorized Signatory:                                                                Trustee
Signature of Purchaser :                                                      ______________________________________________________
Name of Authorized Signatory:                                                                Stuart Posner
Title of Authorized Signatory:                                                                Trustee
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: _____________________________________________
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________

Address for Notice of Purchaser:




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





Subscription Amount: $500,000




EIN Number:   [PROVIDE THIS UNDER SEPARATE COVER]

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Name of Purchaser: MKM SP1, LLC
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser : __________________________________
Name of Authorized Signatory: David Skriloff
Title of Authorized Signatory: Portfolio Manager
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: david@mkmcap.com
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________

Address for Notice of Purchaser:

MKM SP1, LLC
644 Broadway, 4 th Floor
New York, New York 10012

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





Subscription Amount: $125,000





EIN Number:   [PROVIDE THIS UNDER SEPARATE COVER]
 
 
 
 
 
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Exhibit 4.2
SECURITY AGREEMENT

            This SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of November 4, 2008 (this “ Agreement ”), is among Hague Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), all of the Subsidiaries of the Company (such subsidiaries , the “ Guarantors and together with the Company , the “ Debtors ”) and the holders of the Company’s  8% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures due November 4, 2011 and issued on November 4, 2008 in the original aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000 (collectively, the “ Debenture s ”) signatory hereto, their endorsees, transferees and assigns (collectively, the “ Secured Parties ”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

            WHEREAS, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined in the Debentures), the Secured Parties have severally agreed to extend the loans to the Company evidenced by the Debentures;

            WHEREAS, pursuant to a certain Subsidiary Guarantee, dated as of the date hereof (the “ Guarant ee ”), the Guarantors have jointly and severally agreed to guarantee and act as surety for payment of such Debentures; and

            WHEREAS, in order to induce the Secured Parties to extend the loans evidenced by the Debentures, each Debtor has agreed to execute and deliver to the Secured Parties this Agreement and to grant the Secured Parties, pari   passu with each other Secured Party and through the Agent, a security interest in certain property of such Debtor to secure the prompt payment, performance and discharge in full of all of the Company’s obligations under the Debentures and the Guarantors’ obligations under the Guarantee.

            NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

            1.                       Certain Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.  Terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement that are defined in Article 9 of the UCC (such as “account”, “chattel paper”, “commercial tort claim”, “deposit account”, “document”, “equipment”, “fixtures”, “general intangibles”, “goods”, “instruments”, “inventory”, “investment property”, “letter-of-credit rights”, “proceeds” and “supporting obligations”) shall have the respective meanings given such terms in Article 9 of the UCC.

(a)           “ Collate ral ” means the collateral in which the Secured Parties are granted a security interest by this Agreement and which shall include the following personal property of the Debtors, whether presently owned or existing or hereafter acquired or coming into existence, wherever situated, and all additions and accessions thereto and all substitutions and replacements thereof, and all proceeds, products and accounts thereof, including, without limitation, all proceeds from the sale or transfer of the Collateral and of insurance covering the same and of any tort claims in connection therewith , and all dividends, interest, cash, notes, securities, equity interest or o ther property at any time and from time to time acquired, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, or in exchange for, any or all of the Pledged Securities (as defined below) :
 
 
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(i)             All goods, including, without limitation, (A) all machinery, equipment, computers, motor vehicles, trucks, tanks, boats, ships, appliances, furniture, special and general tools, fixtures, test and quality control devices and other equipment of every kind and nature and wherever situated, together with all documents of title and documents representing the same, all additions and accessions thereto, replacements therefor, all parts therefor, and all substitutes for any of the foregoing and all other items used and useful in connection with any Debtor’s businesses and all improvements thereto; and (B) all inventory;

(ii)            All contract rights and other general intangibles, including, without limitation, all partnership interests, membership interests, stock or other securities, rights under any of the Organizational Documents, agreements related to the Pledged Securities, licenses, distribution and other agreements, computer software (whether “off-the-shelf”, licensed from any third party or developed by any Debtor), computer software development rights, leases, franchises, customer lists, quality control procedures, grants and rights, goodwill, trademarks, service marks, trade styles, trade names, patents, patent applications, copyrights, and income tax refunds;
 
(iii)           All accounts, together with all instruments, all documents of title representing any of the foregoing, all rights in any merchandising, goods, equipment, motor vehicles and trucks which any of the same may represent, and all right, title, security and guaranties with respect to each account, including any right of stoppage in transit;

(iv)           All documents, letter-of-credit rights, instruments and chattel paper;

(v)            All commercial tort claims;

(vi)           All deposit accounts and all cash (whether or not deposited in such deposit accounts);

(vii)          All investment property;

 (viii)        All supporting obligations; and

(ix)           All files, records, books of account, business papers, and computer programs; and

(x)             the products and proceeds of all of the foregoing Collateral set forth in clauses (i)-(ix) above.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the “ Collateral shall include all investment property and general intangibles respecting ownership and/or other equity interests in each Guarantor, including, without limitation, the shares of capital stoc k and the other equity interests listed on Schedule H hereto (as the same may be modified from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof), and any other shares of capital stock and/or other equity interests of any other direct or indirect subsidiary of any Debtor obtained in the future, and, in each case, all certificates representing such shares and/or equity interests and, in each case, all rights, options, warrants, stock, other securities and/or equity interests that may hereafter be received, receivab l e or distributed in respect of, or exchanged for, any of the foregoing and all rights arising under or in connection with the Pledged Securities, including, but not limited to, all dividends, interest and cash.
 
 
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute an assignment of any asset which, in the event of an assignment, becomes void by operation of applicable law or the assignment of which is otherwise prohibited by applicable law (in each case to the extent that such applicable law is not overridden by Sections 9-406, 9-407 and/or 9-408 of the UCC or other similar applicable law); provided , however , that to the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement shall create a valid security interest in such asset and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement shall create a valid security interest in the proceeds of such asset.

(b)           “ Intellectual Property ” means the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, (i) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including, without limitation, all registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office, (ii) all letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions thereof, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, (iii) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade dress, service marks, logos, domain names and other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common law rights related thereto, (iv) all trade secrets arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, (v) all rights to obtain any reissues, renewals or extensions of the foregoing, (vi) all licenses for any of the foregoing, and (vii) all causes of action for infringement of the foregoing.
 
(c)             Majority in Interest   mean s , at any time of determination, the majority in interest (based on then-outstanding principal amounts of Debentures at the time of such determination) of the Secured Parties.
 
(d)             Necessary Endorsement   mean s undated stock powers endorsed in blank or other proper instruments of assignment duly executed and such other instruments or documents as the Agent (as that term is defined below) may reasonably request.

( e )           “ Obligations ” means all of the liabilities and obligations (primary, secondary, direct, contingent, sole, joint or several) due or to become due, or that are now or may be hereafter contracted or acquired, or owing to, of any Debtor to the Secured Parties, including, without limitation, all obligations under this Agreement, the Debentures, the Guarantee and any other instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith, in each case, whether now or hereafter existing, voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others, and whether or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, created or incurred, and all or any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are paid, to the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered directly or indirectly from any of the Secured Parties as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise as such obligations may be amended, supplemented, converted, extended or modified from time to time.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Obligations” shall include, without limitation: (i) principal of, and interest on the Debentures and the loans extended pursuant thereto; (ii) any and all other fees, indemnities, costs, obligations and liabilities of the Debtors from time to time under or in connection with this Agreement, the Debentures, the Guarantee and any other instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith; and (iii) all amounts (including but not limited to post-petition interest) in respect of the foregoing that would be payable but for the fact that the obligations to pay such amounts are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving any Debtor.

( f )           “ Organizational Documents ” means with respect to any Debtor, the documents by which such Debtor was organized (such as a certificate of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership or articles of organization, and including, without limitation, any certificates of designation for preferred stock or other forms of preferred equity) and which relate to the internal governance of such Debtor (such as bylaws, a partnership agreement or an operating, limited liability or members agreement).

 ( g )          “ Pledged Securities ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4(i).

(h)           “ UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and or any other applicable law of any state or states which has jurisdiction with respect to all, or any portion of, the Collateral or this Agreement, from time to time.  It is the intent of the parties that defined terms in the UCC should be construed in their broadest sense so that the term “Collateral” will be construed in its broadest sense.  Accordingly if there are, from time to time, changes to defined terms in the UCC that broaden the definitions, they are incorporated herein and if existing definitions in the UCC are broader than the amended definitions, the existing ones shall be controlling.
 
 
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           2.                        Grant of Security Interest in Collateral . As an inducement for the Secured Parties to extend the loans as evidenced by the Debentures and to secure the complete and timely payment, performance and discharge in full, as the case may be, of all of the Obligations, each Debtor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably pledges, grants and hypothecates to the Secured Parties a security interest in and to, a lien upon and a right of set-off against all of their respective right, title and interest of whatsoever kind and nature in and to, the Collateral (a “ Security Interest ” and, collectively, the “ Security Interests ”).

            3.                         Delivery of Certain Collateral .  Contemporaneously or prior to the execution of this Agreement, each Debtor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent (a) any and all certificates and other instruments representing or evidencing the Pledged Securities, and (b) any and all cer t ificates and other instruments or documents representing any of the other Collateral, in each case, together with all Necessary Endorsements.  The Debtors are, contemporaneously with the execution hereof, delivering to Agent, or have previously delivered t o Agent, a true and correct copy of each Organizational Document governing any of the Pledged Securities.

             4.                        Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements of the Debtors . Except as set forth under the corresponding section of the disclosure schedules delivered to the Secured Parties concurrently herewith (the “ Disclosure Schedules ”), which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof, each Debtor represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, the Secured Parties as follows:

(a)           Each Debtor has the requisite corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other power and authority to enter into this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by each Debtor of this Agreement and the filings contemplated therein have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Debtor and no further action is required by such Debtor.  This Agreement has been duly executed by each Debtor.  This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Debtor, enforceable against each Debtor in accordance with its terms except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar laws of general application relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and by general principles of equity.

 (b)           The Debtors have no place of business or offices where their respective books of account and records are kept (other than temporarily at the offices of its attorneys or accountants) or places where Collateral is stored or located, except as set forth on Sch edule A attached hereto.  Except as specifically set forth on Schedule A , each Debtor is the record owner of the real property where such Collateral is located, and there exist no mortgages or other liens on any such real property except for Permitted Liens (as defined in the Debentures).  Except as disclosed on Schedule A , none of such Collateral is in the possession of any consignee, bailee, warehouseman, agent or processor.

(c)            Except for Permitted Liens (as defined in the Debentures) and except as set forth on Schedule B attached hereto, the Debtors are the sole owner of the Collateral (except for non-exclusive licenses granted by any Debtor in the ordinary course of business), free and clear of any liens, security interests, encumbrances, rights or claims, and are fully authorized to grant the Security Interests.  Except as set forth on Schedule B attached hereto, there is not on file in any governmental or regulatory authority, agency or recording office an effective financing statement, security agreement, license or transfer or any notice of any of the foregoing (other than those that will be filed in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement) covering or affecting any of the Collateral.  Except as set forth on Schedule B attached hereto and except pursuant to this Agreement, as long as this Agreement shall be in effect, the Debtors shall not execute and shall not knowingly permit to be on file in any such office or agency any other financing statement or other document or instrument (except to the extent filed or recorded in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of this Agreement).

(d)           No written claim has been received that any Collateral or Debtor's use of any Collateral violates the rights of any third party. There has been no adverse decision to any Debtor's claim of ownership rights in or exclusive rights to use the Collateral in any jurisdiction or to any Debtor's right to keep and maintain such Collateral in full force and effect, and there is no proceeding involving said rights pending or, to the best knowledge of any Debtor, threatened before any court, judicial body, administrative or regulatory agency, arbitrator or other governmental authority.
 
 
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(e)           Each Debtor shall at all times maintain its books of account and records relating to the Collateral at its principal place of business and its Collateral at the locations set forth on Schedule A attached hereto and may not relocate such books of account and records or tangible Collateral unless it delivers to the Secured Parties at least 30 days prior to such relocation (i) written notice of such relocation and the new location thereof (which must be within the United States) and (ii) evidence that appropriate financing statements under the UCC and other necessary documents have been filed and recorded and other steps have been taken to perfect the Security Interests to create in favor of the Secured Parties a valid, perfected and continuing perfected first priority lien in the Collateral.

(f)           This Agreement creates in favor of the Secured Parties a valid security interest in the Collateral, subject only to Permitted Liens (as defined in the Debentures) securing the payment and performance of the Obligations.  Upon making the filings described in the immediately following paragraph, all security interests created hereunder in any Collateral which may be perfected by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements shall have been duly perfected.  Except for the filing of the Uniform Commercial Code financing statements referred to in the immediately following paragraph, the recordation of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement (as defined below) with respect to copyrights and copyright applications in the United States Copyright Office referred to in paragraph (m), the execution and delivery of deposit account control agreements satisfying the requirements of Section 9-104(a)(2) of the UCC with respect to each deposit account of the Debtors, and the delivery of the certificates and other instruments provided in Section 3, no action is necessary to create, perfect or protect the security interests created hereunder.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except for the filing of said financing statements, the recordation of said Intellectual Property Security Agreement, and the execution and delivery of said deposit account control agreements, no consent of any third parties and no authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, (ii) the creation or perfection of the Security Interests created hereunder in the Collateral or (iii) the enforcement of the rights of the Agent and the Secured Parties hereunder.

 (g)           Each Debtor hereby authorizes the Agent to file one or more financing statements under the UCC, with respect to the Security Interests, with the proper filing and recording agencies in any jurisdiction deemed proper by it.

  (h)           The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Debtors does not (i) violate any of the provisions of any Organizational Documents of any Debtor or any judgment, decree, order or award of any court, governmental body or arbitrator or any applicable law, rule or regulation applicable to any Debtor or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that 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 (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing any Debtor's debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which any Debtor is a party or by which any property or asset of any Debtor is bound or affected. If any, all required consents (including, without limitation, from stockholders or creditors of any Debtor) necessary for any Debtor to enter into and perform its obligations hereunder have been obtained.

 (i)              The capital stock and other equity interests listed on Schedule H hereto (the “ Pledged Securities ) represent all of the capital stock and other equity interests of the Guarantors, and represent all ca pital stock and other equity interests owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company.  All of the Pledged Securities are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and the Company is the legal and beneficial owner of the Pledged Securities, free and cl e ar of any lien, security interest or other encumbrance except for the security interests created by this Agreement and other Permitted Liens (as defined in the Debenture s ).  

(j)             The ownership and other equity interests in partnerships and limited liability companies (if any) included in the Collateral (the “ Pledged Interests ) by their express terms do not provide that they are securities governed by Article 8 of the UCC and are not held in a securities account or by any financial intermediary.
 
 
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(k)            Except for Permitted Liens (as defined in the Debentures), each Debtor shall at all times maintain the liens and Security Interests provided for hereunder as valid and perfected first priority liens and security interests in the Collateral in favor of the Secured Parties until this Agreement and the Security Interest hereunder shall be terminated pursuant to Section 11 hereof.  Each Debtor hereby agrees to defend the same against the claims of any and all persons and entities. Each Debtor shall safeguard and protect all Collateral for the account of the Secured Parties.  At the request of the Agent, each Debtor will sign and deliver to the Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties at any time or from time to time one or more financing statements pursuant to the UCC in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and will pay the cost of filing the same in all public offices wherever filing is, or is deemed by the Agent to be, necessary or desirable to effect the rights and obligations provided for herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Debtor shall pay all fees, taxes and other amounts necessary to maintain the Collateral and the Security Interests hereunder, and each Debtor shall obtain and furnish to the Agent from time to time, upon demand, such releases and/or subordinations of claims and liens which may be required to maintain the priority of the Security Interests hereunder.

( l )           No Debtor will transfer, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, license, sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral (except for non-exclusive licenses granted by a Debtor in its ordinary course of business and sales of inventory by a Debtor in its ordinary course of business) without the prior written consent of a Majority in Interest .

( m )                    Each Debtor shall keep and preserve its equipment, inventory and other tangible Collateral in good condition, repair and order and shall not operate or locate any such Collateral (or cause to be operated or located) in any area excluded from insurance coverage.

( n)             Each Debtor shall maintain with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to the Collateral , including Collateral hereafter acquired, a gainst loss or damage of the kinds and in the amounts customarily insured against by entities of established reputation having similar properties similarly situated and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by other such e n tities and otherwise as is prudent for entities engaged in similar businesses but in any event sufficient to cover the full replacement cost thereof.  Each Debtor shall cause each insurance policy issued in connection herewith to provide, and the insurer i ssuing such policy to certify to the Agent , that (a) the Agent will be named as lender loss payee and additional insured under each such insurance policy; (b) if such insurance be proposed to be cancelled or materially changed for any reason whatsoever, su ch insurer will promptly notify the Agent and such cancellation or change shall not be effective as to the Agent for at least thirty (30) days after receipt by the Agent of such notice, unless the effect of such change is to extend or increase coverage un d er the policy; and (c) the Agent will have the right (but no obligation) at its election to remedy any default in the payment of premiums within thirty (30) days of notice from the insurer of such default.  If no Event of Default (as defined in the Debent u re s ) exists and if the proceeds arising out of any claim or series of related claims do not exceed $100,000, loss payments in each instance will be applied by the applicable Debtor to the repair and/or replacement of property with respect to which the loss was incurred to the extent reasonably feasible, and any loss payments or the balance thereof remaining, to the extent not so applied, shall be paya ble to the applicable Debtor;   provided , however , that payments received by any Debt or after an Event of Default occurs and is continuing or in excess of $100,000 for any occurrence or series of related occurrences shall be paid to the Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties and, if received by such Debtor, shall be held in trust for the S ecured Parties and immediately paid over to the Agent unless otherwise directed in writing by the Agent.   Copies of such policies or the related certificates, in each case, naming the Agent as lender loss payee and additional insured shall be delivered to the Agent at least annually and at the time any new policy of insurance is issued.

(o)            Each Debtor shall, within ten (10) days of obtaining knowledge thereof, advise the Secured Parties promptly, in sufficient detail, of any material adverse change in the Collateral, and of the occurrence of any event which would have a material adverse effect on the value of the Collateral or on the Secured Parties’ security interest, through the Agent, therein.
 
 
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 ( p )          Each Debtor shall promptly execute and deliver to the Agent such further deeds, mortgages, assignments, security agreements, financing statements or other instruments, documents, certificates and assurances and take such further action as the Agent may from time to time request and may in its sole discretion deem necessary to perfect, protect or enforce the Secured Parties’ security interest in the Collateral including, without limitation, if applicable, the execution and delivery of a separate security agreement with respect to each Debtor’s Intellectual Property (“ Intellectual Property Security Agreement ”) in which the Secured Parties have been granted a security interest hereunder, substantially in a form reasonably acceptable to the Agent, which Intellectual Property Security Agreement, other than as stated therein, shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions hereof.

( q )           Each Debtor shall permit the Agent and its representatives and agents to inspect the Collateral during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior notice, and to make copies of records pertaining to the Collateral as may be reasonably requested by the Agent from time to time.

( r )           Each Debtor shall take all steps reasonably necessary to diligently pursue and seek to preserve, enforce and collect any rights, claims, causes of action and accounts receivable in respect of the Collateral.

( s )           Each Debtor shall promptly notify the Secured Parties in sufficient detail upon becoming aware of any attachment, garnishment, execution or other legal process levied against any Collateral and of any other information received by such Debtor that may materially affect the value of the Collateral, the Security Interest or the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties hereunder.

( t )           All information heretofore, herein or hereafter supplied to the Secured Parties by or on behalf of any Debtor with respect to the Collateral is accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date furnished.

( u )           The Debtors shall at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect their respective valid existence and good standing and any rights and franchises material to its business.

( v )           No Debtor will change its name, type of organization, jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number (if it has one), legal or corporate structure, or identity, or add any new fictitious name unless it provides at least 30 days prior written notice to the Secured Parties of such change and, at the time of such written notification, such Debtor provides any financing statements or fixture filings necessary to perfect and continue the perfection of the Security Interests granted and evidenced by this Agreement.

( w )          Except in the ordinary course of business, no Debtor may consign any of its inventory or sell any of its inventory on bill and hold, sale or return, sale on approval, or other conditional terms of sale without the consent of the Agent which shall not be unreasonably withheld.

( x )           No Debtor may relocate its chief executive office to a new location without providing 30 days prior written notification thereof to the Secured Parties and so long as, at the time of such written notification, such Debtor provides any financing statements or fixture filings necessary to perfect and continue the perfection of the Security Interests granted and evidenced by this Agreement.

 ( y )           Each Debtor was organized and remains organized solely under the laws of the state set forth next to such Debtor’s name in Schedule D attached hereto, which Schedule D sets forth each Debtor’s organizational identification number or, if any Debtor does not have one, states that one does not exist.

( z )            (i) The actual name of each Debtor is the name set forth in  Schedule D attached hereto; (ii) no Debtor has any trade names except as set forth on Schedule E attached hereto; (iii) no Debtor has used any name other than that stated in the preamble hereto or as set forth on Schedule E for the preceding five years; and (iv) no entity has merged into any Debtor or been acquired by any Debtor within the past five years except as set forth on Schedule E .

( aa )          At any time and from time to time that any Collateral consists of instruments, certificated securities or other items that require or permit possession by the secured party to perfect the security interest created hereby, the applicable Debtor shall deliver such Collateral to the Agent.
 
 
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(bb)           Each Debtor, in its capacity as issuer, hereby agrees to comply with any and all orders and instructions of Agent regarding the Pledged Interests consistent with the terms of this Agreement without the further consent of any Debtor as contemplated by Section 8-106 (or an y successor section) of the UCC.  Further, each Debtor agrees that it shall not enter into a similar agreement (or one that would confer “ control” within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC) with any other person or entity.
 
( cc )         Each Debtor shall cause all tangible chattel paper constituting Collateral to be delivered to the Agent, or, if such delivery is not possible, then to cause such tangible chattel paper to contain a legend noting that it is subject to the security interest created by this Agreement.  To the extent that any Collateral consists of electronic chattel paper, the applicable Debtor shall cause the underlying chattel paper to be “marked” within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the UCC (or successor section thereto).

( dd )          If there is any investment property or deposit account included as Collateral that can be perfected by “control” through an account control agreement, the applicable Debtor shall cause such an account control agreement, in form and substance in each case satisfactory to the Agent, to be entered into and delivered to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

( ee )          To the extent that any Collateral consists of letter-of-credit rights, the applicable Debtor shall cause the issuer of each underlying letter of credit to consent to an assignment of the proceeds thereof to the Secured Parties.

( ff )            To the extent that any Collateral is in the possession of any third party, the applicable Debtor shall join with the Agent in notifying such third party of the Secured Parties’ security interest in such Collateral and shall use its best efforts to obtain an acknowledgement and agreement from such third party with respect to the Collateral, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

( gg )          If any Debtor shall at any time hold or acquire a commercial tort claim, such Debtor shall promptly notify the Secured Parties in a writing signed by such Debtor of the particulars thereof and grant to the Secured Parties in such writing a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.

( hh )         Each Debtor shall immediately provide written notice to the Secured Parties of any and all accounts which arise out of contracts with any governmental authority and, to the extent necessary to perfect or continue the perfected status of the Security Interests in such accounts and proceeds thereof, shall execute and deliver to the Agent an assignment of claims for such accounts and cooperate with the Agent in taking any other steps required, in its judgment, under the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or any similar federal, state or local statute or rule to perfect or continue the perfected status of the Security Interests in such accounts and proceeds thereof.

 ( ii )           Each Debtor shall cause each subsidiary of such Debtor to immediately become a party hereto (an “ Additional Debtor ”), by executing and delivering an Additional Debtor Joinder in substantially the form of Annex A attached hereto and comply with the provisions hereof applicable to the Debtors.  Concurrent therewith, the Additional Debtor shall deliver replacement schedules for, or supplements to all other Schedules to (or referred to in) this Agreement, as applicable, which replacement schedules shall supersede, or supplements shall modify, the Schedules then in effect.  The Additional Debtor shall also deliver such opinions of counsel, authorizing resolutions, good standing certificates, incumbency certificates, organizational documents, financing statements and other information and documentation as the Agent may reasonably request.  Upon delivery of the foregoing to the Agent, the Additional Debtor shall be and become a party to this Agreement with the same rights and obligations as the Debtors, for all purposes hereof as fully and to the same extent as if it were an original signatory hereto and shall be deemed to have made the representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein as of the date of execution and delivery of such Additional Debtor Joinder, and all references herein to the “Debtors” shall be deemed to include each Additional Debtor.

( jj)             Each Debtor shall vote the Pledged Securities to comply with the covenants and agreements set forth herein and in the Debentures.
 
 
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(kk)            Each Debtor shall register the pledge of the applicable Pledged Securities on the books of such Debtor.  Each Debtor shall notify each issuer of Pledged Securities to register the pledge of the applicable Pledged Securities in the name of the Secured Parties on the books o f such issuer.  Further, except with respect to certificated securities delivered to the Agent, the applicable Debtor shall deliver to Agent an acknowledgement of pledge (which, where appropriate, shall comply with the requirements of the relevant UCC wit h respect to perfection by registration) signed by the issuer of the applicable Pledged Securities, which acknowledgement shall confirm that: (a) it has registered the pledge on its books and records; and (b) at any time directed by Agent during the contin u ation of an Event of Default, such issuer will transfer the record ownership of such Pledged Securities into the name of any designee of Agent, will take such steps as may be necessary to effect the transfer, and will comply with all other instructions of   Agent regarding such Pledged Securities without the further consent of the applicable Debtor.

(ll)             In the event that, upon an occurrence of an Event of Default, Agent shall sell all or any of the Pledged Securities to another party or part ies (herein called the “ Transferee ) or shall purchase or retain all or any of the Pledged Securities, each Debtor shall, to the extent applicable: (i) deliver to Agent or the Transferee, as the case may be, the articles of incorporation, bylaws, minute bo oks, stock certificate books, corporate seals, deeds, leases, indentures, agreements, evidences of indebtedness, books of account, financial records and all other Organizational Documents and records of the Debtors and their direct and indirect subsidiari e s; (ii) use its best efforts to obtain resignations of the persons then serving as officers and directors of the Debtors and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, if so requested; and (iii) use its best efforts to obtain any approvals that are required b y any governmental or regulatory body in order to permit the sale of the Pledged Securities to the Transferee or the purchase or retention of the Pledged Securities by Agent and allow the Transferee or Agent to continue the business of the Debtors and the i r direct and indirect subsidiaries.
 
(mm )         Without limiting the generality of the other obligations of the Debtors hereunder, each Debtor shall promptly (i) cause to be registered at the United States Copyright Office all of its material copyrights, (ii) cause the security interest contemplated hereby with respect to all Intellectual Property registered at the United States Copyright Office or United States Patent and Trademark Office to be duly recorded at the applicable office, and (iii) give the Agent notice whenever it acquires (whether absolutely or by license) or creates any additional material Intellectual Property.

 ( nn )        Each Debtor will from time to time, at the joint and several expense of the Debtors, promptly execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents, and take all such further action as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Agent may reasonably request, in order to perfect and protect any security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or to enable the Secured Parties to exercise and enforce their rights and remedies hereunder and with respect to any Collateral or to otherwise carry out the purposes of this Agreement.

( oo )           Schedule F attached hereto lists all of the patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, registered copyrights, and domain names owned by any of the Debtors as of the date hereof.   Schedule F lists all material licenses in favor of any Debtor for the use of any patents, trademarks, copyrights and domain names as of the date hereof.  All material patents and trademarks of the Debtors have been duly recorded at the United States Patent and Trademark Office and all material copyrights of the Debtors have been duly recorded at the United States Copyright Office.

( pp )          Except as set forth on Schedule G attached hereto, none of the account debtors or other persons or entities obligated on any of the Collateral is a governmental authority covered by the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or any similar federal, state or local statute or rule in respect of such Collateral.

            5.                         Effect of Pledge on Certa in Rights .   If any of the Collateral subject to this Agreement consists of nonvoting equity or ownership interests (regardless of class, designation, preference or rights) that may be converted into voting equity or ownership interests upon the occurrence of certain events (including, without limitation, upon the transfer of all or any of the other stock or assets of the issuer), it is agreed that the pledge of such equity or ownership interests pursuant to this Agreement or the enforcement of any of Agent s rights hereunder shall not be deemed to be the type of event which would trigger such conversion rights notwithstanding any provisions in the Organizational Documents or agreements to which any Debtor is subject or to which any Debtor is party.
 
 
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            6.                         Defaults . The following events shall be “ Events of Default ”:

(a)   The occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) under the Debentures;

(b)   Any representation or warranty of any Debtor in this Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made;

(c)   The failure by any Debtor to observe or perform any of its obligations hereunder for five (5) days after delivery to such Debtor of notice of such failure by or on behalf of a Secured Party unless such default is capable of cure but cannot be cured within such time frame and such Debtor is using best efforts to cure same in a timely fashion; or

(d)   If any provision of this Agreement shall at any time for any reason be declared to be null and void, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any Debtor, or a proceeding shall be commenced by any Debtor, or by any governmental authority having jurisdiction over any Debtor, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or any Debtor shall deny that any Debtor has any liability or obligation purported to be created under this Agreement.

             7.                Duty To Hold In Trust .

(a)            Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter, each Debtor shall, upon receipt of any revenue, income , dividend, interest or other sums subject to the Security Interests, whether payable pursuant to the Debentures or otherwise, or of any check, draft, note, trade acceptance or other instrument evidencing an obligation to pay any such sum, hold the same in trust for the Secured Parties and shall forthwith endorse and transfer any such sums or instruments, or both, to the Secured Parties, pro-rata in proportion to their respective then-currently outstanding principal amount of Debentures for application to the satisfaction of the Obligations (and if any Debenture is not outstanding, pro-rata in proportion to the initial purchases of the remaining Debentures).

(b)             If any Debtor shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any securities or other property (including, without limitation, shares of Pledged Securities or instruments representin g Pledged Securities acquired after the date hereof, or any options, warrants, rights or other similar property or certificates representing a dividend, or any distribution in connection with any recapitalization, reclassification or increase or reduction   of capital, or issued in connection with any reorganization of such Debtor or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries) in respect of the Pledged Securities (whether as an addition to, in substitution of, or in exchange for, such Pledged Securities or o t herwise), such Debtor agrees to (i) accept the same as the agent of the Secured Parties; (ii) hold the same in trust on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties; and (iii) to deliver any and all certificates or instruments evidencing the same t o Agent on or before the close of business on the fifth business day following the receipt thereof by such Debtor, in the exact form received together with the Necessary Endorsements, to be held by Agent subject to the terms of this Agreement as Collatera l .

             8.                Rights and Remedies Upon Default .

            (a)            Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter, the Secured Parties, acting through the Agent, shall have the right to exercise all of the remedies conferred hereunder and under the Debentures, and the Secured Parties shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC.  Without limitation, the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall have the following rights and powers:

( i )   The Agent shall have the right to take possession of the Collateral and, for that purpose, enter, with the aid and assistance of any person, any premises where the Collateral, or any part thereof, is or may be placed and remove the same, and each Debtor shall assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Agent at places which the Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Debtor's premises or elsewhere, and make available to the Agent, without rent, all of such Debtor’s respective premises and facilities for the purpose of the Agent taking possession of, removing or putting the Collateral in saleable or disposable form.

( ii)      Upon notice to the Debtors by Agent, all rights of each Debtor to exercise the voting and other consensual rights which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise and all rights of each Debtor to receive the divid ends and interest which it would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain, shall cease.  Upon such notice, Agent shall have the right to receive , for the benefit of the Secured Parties, any interest, cash dividends or other payments on the Collateral and, at the option of Agent, to exercise in such Agent s discretion all voting rights pertaining thereto.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to exercise all rights with respect to the Col l ateral as it w ere the sole and absolute owner thereof, including, without limitation, to vote and/or to exchange, at its sole discretion, any or all of the Collateral in connection with a merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization or other rea djustment concerning or involving the Collateral or any Debtor or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries.

(iii )   The Agent shall have the right to operate the business of each Debtor using the Collateral and shall have the right to assign, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of and deliver all or any part of the Collateral, at public or private sale or otherwise, either with or without special conditions or stipulations, for cash or on credit or for future delivery, in such parcel or parcels and at such time or times and at such place or places, and upon such terms and conditions as the Agent may deem commercially reasonable, all without (except as shall be required by applicable statute and cannot be waived) advertisement or demand upon or notice to any Debtor or right of redemption of a Debtor, which are hereby expressly waived.  Upon each such sale, lease, assignment or other transfer of Collateral, the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may, unless prohibited by applicable law which cannot be waived, purchase all or any part of the Collateral being sold, free from and discharged of all trusts, claims, right of redemption and equities of any Debtor, which are hereby waived and released.
 
 
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( iv )    The Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to notify any account debtors and any obligors under instruments or accounts to make payments directly to the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, and to enforce the Debtors’ rights against such account debtors and obligors.

( v )     The Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may (but is not obligated to) direct any financial intermediary or any other person or entity holding any investment property to transfer the same to the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, or its designee.

( vi )     The Agent may (but is not obligated to) transfer any or all Intellectual Property registered in the name of any Debtor at the United States Patent and Trademark Office and/or Copyright Office into the name of the Secured Parties or any designee or any purchaser of any Collateral.

(b)             The Agent shall compl y with any applicable law in connection with a disposition of Collateral and such compliance will not be considered adversely to affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral.  The Agent may sell the Collateral without giving any warr a nties and may specifically disclaim such warranties.  If the Agent sells any of the Collateral on credit, the Debtors will only be credited with payments actually made by the purchaser.  In addition, each Debtor waives any and all rights that it may have t o a judicial hearing in advance of the enforcement of any of the Agent s rights and remedies hereunder, including, without limitation, its right following an Event of Default to take immediate possession of the Collateral and to exercise its rights and re m edies with respect thereto.
 
(c)              For the purpose of enabling the Agent to further exercise rights and remedies under this Section 8 or elsewhere provided by agreement or applicable law, each Debtor hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Secured Parties, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Debtor) to use, license or sublicense following an Event of Default, any Intellectual Property   now owned or hereafter acquired by such Debtor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the com p ilation or printout thereof.

             9.                Applications of Proceeds . The proceeds of any such sale, lease or other disposition of the Collateral hereunder or from payments made on account of any insurance policy insuring any portion of the Collateral shall be applied first, to the expenses of retaking, holding, storing, processing and preparing for sale, selling, and the like (including, without limitation, any taxes, fees and other costs incurred in connection therewith) of the Collateral, to the reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Agent in enforcing the Secured Parties’ rights hereunder and in connection with collecting, storing and disposing of the Collateral, and then to satisfaction of the Obligations pro rata among the Secured Parties (based on then-outstanding principal amounts of Debentures at the time of any such determination), and to the payment of any other amounts required by applicable law, after which the Secured Parties shall pay to the applicable Debtor any surplus proceeds. If, upon the sale, license or other disposition of the Collateral, the proceeds thereof are insufficient to pay all amounts to which the Secured Parties are legally entitled, the Debtors will be liable for the deficiency, together with interest thereon, at the rate of 18% per annum or the lesser amount permitted by applicable law (the “ Default Rate ”), and the reasonable fees of any attorneys employed by the Secured Parties to collect such deficiency.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Debtor waives all claims, damages and demands against the Secured Parties arising out of the repossession, removal, retention or sale of the Collateral, unless due solely to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Secured Parties as determined by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent jurisdiction.

            10.             Securities Law Provision .  Each Debtor recognizes that Agent may be limited in its ability to effect a sale to the public of all or part of the Pledged Securities by reason of certain prohibitions in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or other federal or state securities laws (collectively, the “ Securities Laws ), and may be com pelled to resort to one or more sales to a restricted group of purchasers who may be required to agree to acquire the Pledged Securities for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof.  Each Debtor agrees t h at sales so made may be at prices and on terms less favorable than if the Pledged Securities were sold to the public, and that Agent has no obligation to delay the sale of any Pledged Securities for the period of time necessary to register the Pledged Sec u rities for sale to the public under the Securities Laws.  Each Debtor shall cooperate with Agent in its attempt to satisfy any requirements under the Securities Laws (including, without limitation, registration thereunder if requested by Agent) applicable   to the sale of the Pledged Securities by Agent.
 
 
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             11.                Costs and Expenses . Each Debtor agrees to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with any filing required hereunder, including without limitation, any financing statements pursuant to the UCC, continuation statements, partial releases and/or termination statements related thereto or any expenses of any searches reasonably required by the Agent.  The Debtors shall also pay all other claims and charges which in the reasonable opinion of the Agent is reasonably likely to prejudice, imperil or otherwise affect the Collateral or the Security Interests therein.  The Debtors will also, upon demand, pay to the Agent the amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of any experts and agents, which the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may incur in connection with (i) the enforcement of this Agreement, (ii) the custody or preservation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral, or (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Secured Parties under the Debentures. Until so paid, any fees payable hereunder shall be added to the principal amount of the Debentures and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.

             12.                Responsibility for Collateral . The Debtors assume all liabilities and responsibility in connection with all Collateral, and the Obligations shall in no way be affected or diminished by reason of the loss, destruction, damage or theft of any of the Collateral or its unavailability for any reason.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) neither the Agent nor any Secured Party (i) has any duty (either before or after an Event of Default) to collect any amounts in respect of the Collateral or to preserve any rights relating to the Collateral, or (ii) has any obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale, and (b) each Debtor shall remain obligated and liable under each contract or agreement included in the Collateral to be observed or performed by such Debtor thereunder.  Neither the Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any such contract or agreement by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Agent or any Secured Party of any payment relating to any of the Collateral, nor shall the Agent or any Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any Debtor under or pursuant to any such contract or agreement, to make inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Agent or any Secured Party in respect of the Collateral or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any such contract or agreement, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to the Agent or to which the Agent or any Secured Party may be entitled at any time or times.

            13.             Security Interest s Absolute . All rights of the Secured Parties and all obligations of the Debtors hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of: (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Debentures or any agreement entered into in connection with the foregoing, or any portion hereof or thereof; (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment or performance of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Debentures or any other agreement entered into in connection with the foregoing; (c) any exchange, release or nonperfection of any of the Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any other collateral for, or any guarantee, or any other security, for all or any of the Obligations; (d) any action by the Secured Parties to obtain, adjust, settle and cancel in its sole discretion any insurance claims or matters made or arising in connection with the Collateral; or (e) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute any legal or equitable defense available to a Debtor, or a discharge of all or any part of the Security Interests granted hereby.  Until the Obligations shall have been paid and performed in full, the rights of the Secured Parties shall continue even if the Obligations are barred for any reason, including, without limitation, the running of the statute of limitations or bankruptcy.  Each Debtor expressly waives presentment, protest, notice of protest, demand, notice of nonpayment and demand for performance. In the event that at any time any transfer of any Collateral or any payment received by the Secured Parties hereunder shall be deemed by final order of a court of competent jurisdiction to have been a voidable preference or fraudulent conveyance under the bankruptcy or insolvency laws of the United States, or shall be deemed to be otherwise due to any party other than the Secured Parties, then, in any such event, each Debtor’s obligations hereunder shall survive cancellation of this Agreement, and shall not be discharged or satisfied by any prior payment thereof and/or cancellation of this Agreement, but shall remain a valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof.  Each Debtor waives all right to require the Secured Parties to proceed against any other person or entity or to apply any Collateral which the Secured Parties may hold at any time, or to marshal assets, or to pursue any other remedy. Each Debtor waives any defense arising by reason of the application of the statute of limitations to any obligation secured hereby.

             14.                Term of Agreement . This Agreement and the Security Interests shall terminate on the date on which all payments under the Debentures have been indefeasibly paid in full and all other Obligations have been paid or discharged; provided, however, that all indemnities of the Debtors contained in this Agreement (including, without limitation, Annex B hereto) shall survive and remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement.
 
 
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15.             Power of Attorney; Further Assurances .

 (a)           Each Debtor authorizes the Agent, and does hereby make, constitute and appoint the Agent and its officers, agents, successors or assigns with full power of substitution, as such Debtor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with power, in the name of the Agent or such Debtor, to, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, (i) endorse any note, checks, drafts, money orders or other instruments of payment (including payments payable under or in respect of any policy of insurance) in respect of the Collateral that may come into possession of the Agent; (ii) to sign and endorse any financing statement pursuant to the UCC or any invoice, freight or express bill, bill of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications and notices in connection with accounts, and other documents relating to the Collateral; (iii) to pay or discharge taxes, liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral; (iv) to demand, collect, receipt for, compromise, settle and sue for monies due in respect of the Collateral; (v) to transfer any Intellectual Property or provide licenses respecting any Intellectual Property; and (vi) generally, at the option of the Agent, and at the expense of the Debtors, at any time, or from time to time, to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments and to do all acts and things which the Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve and realize upon the Collateral and the Security Interests granted therein in order to effect the intent of this Agreement and the Debentures all as fully and effectually as the Debtors might or could do; and each Debtor hereby ratifies all that said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement and thereafter as long as any of the Obligations shall be outstanding.   The designation set forth herein shall be deemed to amend and supersede any inconsistent provision in the Organizational Documents or other documents or agreements to which any Debtor is subject or to which any Debtor is a party.   Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Secured Party is specifically authorized to execute and file any applications for or instruments of transfer and assignment of any patents, trademarks, copyrights or other Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office.

 (b)           On a continuing basis, each Debtor will make, execute, acknowledge, deliver, file and record, as the case may be, with the proper filing and recording agencies in any jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the jurisdictions indicated on Schedule C attached hereto, all such instruments, and take all such action as may reasonably be deemed necessary or advisable, or as reasonably requested by the Agent, to perfect the Security Interests granted hereunder and otherwise to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement, or for assuring and confirming to the Agent the grant or perfection of a perfected security interest in all the Collateral under the UCC.

(c)           Each Debtor hereby irrevocably appoints the Agent as such Debtor’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and instead of such Debtor and in the name of such Debtor, from time to time in the Agent’s discretion, to take any action and to execute any instrument which the Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including the filing, in its sole discretion, of one or more financing or continuation statements and amendments thereto, relative to any of the Collateral without the signature of such Debtor where permitted by law, which financing statements may (but need not) describe the Collateral as “all assets” or “all personal property” or words of like import, and ratifies all such actions taken by the Agent.  This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement and thereafter as long as any of the Obligations shall be outstanding.
 
16.                Notices . All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be subject to the notice provision of the Purchase Agreement (as such term is defined in the Debentures).
 
17.                Other Security . To the extent that the Obligations are now or hereafter secured by property other than the Collateral or by the guarantee, endorsement or property of any other person, firm, corporation or other entity, then the Agent shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to pursue, relinquish, subordinate, modify or take any other action with respect thereto, without in any way modifying or affecting any of the Secured Parties’ rights and remedies hereunder.
 
18.             A ppointment of Agent . The Secured Parties hereby appoint MKM Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd. to act as their agent (“ MKM ” or “ Agent ”) for purposes of exercising any and all rights and remedies of the Secured Parties hereunder. Such appointment shall continue until revoked in writing by a Majority in Interest, at which time a Majority in Interest shall appoint a new Agent, provided that MKM may not be removed as Agent unless MKM shall then hold less than $100,000 in principal amount of Debentures ; provided ,   further , that such removal may occur only if each of the other Secured Parties shall then h old not less than an aggregate of $500,000   in principal amount of Debentures. The Agent shall have the rights, responsibilities and immunities set forth in Annex B hereto.
 
 
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19.                Miscellaneous .

(a)           No course of dealing between the Debtors and the Secured Parties, nor any failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Secured Parties, any right, power or privilege hereunder or under the Debentures shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.

(b)           All of the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral, whether established hereby or by the Debentures or by any other agreements, instruments or documents or by law shall be cumulative and may be exercised singly or concurrently.

(c)           This Agreement, together with the exhibits and schedules hereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into this Agreement and the exhibits and schedules hereto. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Debtors and the Secured Parties or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought.

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

(e)           No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

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

(g)           Each party shall take such further action and execute and deliver such further documents as may be necessary or appropriate in order to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Agreement.

(h)   All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.  Each Debtor agrees that all proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Debentures (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan. Each Debtor hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such proceeding is improper. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.  Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. If any party shall commence a proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Agreement, then the prevailing party in such proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorney’s fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such proceeding.
 
 
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(i)           This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were the original thereof.

(j)           All Debtors shall jointly and severally be liable for the obligations of each Debtor to the Secured Parties hereunder.

(k)           Each Debtor shall indemnify, reimburse and hold harmless the Agent and the Secured Parties and their respective partners, members, shareholders, officers, directors, employees and agents (and any other persons with other titles that have similar functions) (collectively, “ Indemnitees ”) from and against any and all losses, claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs and expenses, of any kind or nature, (including fees relating to the cost of investigating and defending any of the foregoing) imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnitee in any way related to or arising from or alleged to arise from this Agreement or the Collateral, except any such losses, claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs and expenses which result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnitee as determined by a final, nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction.  This indemnification provision is in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other indemnification provision in the Debentures, the Purchase Agreement (as such term is defined in the Debentures) or any other agreement, instrument or other document executed or delivered in connection herewith or therewith.

(l)             Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to subject Agent or any Secured Party to liability as a partner in any Debtor or any if its direct or indirect subsidiaries that is a partnership or as a member in any Debtor or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries that is a limited liability company, nor shall Agent or any Secured Party be deemed to have assumed any obligations under any partnership agreement or limited liability company agreement, as applic a ble, of any such Debtor or any if its direct or indirect subsidiaries or otherwise, unless and until any such Secured Party exercises its right to be substituted for such Debtor as a partner or member, as applicable, pursuant hereto.

(m)             To the extent that the grant of the security interest in the Collateral and the enforcement of the terms hereof require the consent, approval or action of any partner or member, as applicable, of any Debtor or any direct or indirect subsidiary of any Deb t or or compliance with any provisions of any of the Organizational Documents, the Debtors hereby grant such consent and approval and waive any such noncompliance with the terms of said documents.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]


            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Security Agreement to be duly executed on the day and year first above written.


HAGUE CORP.
 
 
By:__________________________________________
     Name: Stephen Squires
     Title: Chief Executive Officer
 
 
SOLTERRA RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
 
By:__________________________________________
     Name: Stephen Squires
     Title: Chief Executive Officer
 

 

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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS TO HAGUE SA]

Name of Investing Entity:                                                                MKM Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd.

Signature of Investing Entity :                                                         ______________________________________________
Name of Authorized Signatory:                                                       David Skriloff

Title of Authorized Signatory:                                                         Portfolio Manager

[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS FOLLOWS]


 
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS TO HAGUE SA]

Name of Investing Entity:                                                                Steven Posner Irrevocable Trust u/t/a Dated 06/17/65

Signature of Investing Entity :                                                         _______________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory:                                                       Steven Posner

Title of Authorized Signatory:                                                          Trustee

Signature of Investing Entity :                                                          _______________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory:                                                         Stuart Posner

Title of Authorized Signatory:                                                           Trustee

[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS FOLLOWS]




 
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS TO HAGUE SA]

Name of Investing Entity:                                                                MKM SP1, LLC

Signature of Investing Entity :                                                         ______________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory:                                                       David Skriloff

Title of Authorized Signatory:                                                         Portfolio Manager


 
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SCHEDULE A


Principal Place of Business of Debtors:


Locations Where Collateral is Located or Stored:


SCHEDULE B




SCHEDULE C




SCHEDULE D
Legal Names and Organizational Identification Numbers




SCHEDULE E
Names; Mergers and Acquisitions



SCHEDULE F
Intellectual Property



SCHEDULE G
Account Debtors



SCHEDULE H
Pledged Securities


 

 
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ANNEX A
to
SECURITY
AGREEMENT

FORM OF ADDITIONAL DEBTOR JOINDER

Security Agreement dated as of November 4, 2008 made by
Hague Corp.
and its subsidiaries party thereto from time to time, as Debtors
to and in favor of
the Secured Parties identified therein (the “ Security Agreement ”)

           Reference is made to the Security Agreement as defined above; capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in, or by reference in, the Security Agreement.

           The undersigned hereby agrees that upon delivery of this Additional Debtor Joinder to the Secured Parties referred to above, the undersigned shall (a) be an Additional Debtor under the Security Agreement, (b) have all the rights and obligations of the Debtors under the Security Agreement as fully and to the same extent as if the undersigned was an original signatory thereto and (c) be deemed to have made the representations and warranties set forth therein as of the date of execution and delivery of this Additional Debtor Joinder.  WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE UNDERSIGNED SPECIFICALLY GRANTS TO THE SECURED PARTIES A SECURITY INTEREST IN THE COLLATERAL AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH IN THE SECURITY AGREEMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES TO THE WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL PROVISIONS SET FORTH THEREIN.

           Attached hereto are supplemental and/or replacement Schedules to the Security Agreement, as applicable.

           An executed copy of this Joinder shall be delivered to the Secured Parties, and the Secured Parties may rely on the matters set forth herein on or after the date hereof.  This Joinder shall not be modified, amended or terminated without the prior written consent of the Secured Parties.

 
 

 
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           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Joinder to be executed in the name and on behalf of the undersigned.

 
[Name of Additional Debtor]

 
By:
 
Name:
 
Title:

 
Address:





 
Dated:


 
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ANNEX B
to
SECURITY
AGREEMENT

THE AGENT

                      1.   Appointment .   The Secured Parties (all capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings provided in the Security Agreement to which this Annex B is attached (the " Agreement ")), by their acceptance of the benefits of the Agreement, hereby designate MKM Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd. (“ MKM ” or “ Agent ”) as the Agent to act as specified herein and in the Agreement.  Each Secured Party shall be deemed irrevocably to authorize the Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of the Agreement and any other Transaction Document (as such term is defined in the Debentures) and to exercise such powers and to perform such duties hereunder and thereunder as are specifically delegated to or required of the Agent by the terms hereof and thereof and such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  The Agent may perform any of its duties hereunder by or through its agents or employees.

                      2. Nature of Duties .   The Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in the Agreement.  Neither the Agent nor any of its partners, members, shareholders, officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for any action taken or omitted by it as such under the Agreement or hereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, be responsible for the consequence of any oversight or error of judgment or answerable for any loss, unless caused solely by its or their gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent jurisdiction.  The duties of the Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature; the Agent shall not have by reason of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Debtor or any Secured Party; and nothing in the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon the Agent any obligations in respect of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document except as expressly set forth herein and therein.

                      3. Lack of Reliance on the Agent .  Independently and without reliance upon the Agent, each Secured Party, to the extent it deems appropriate, has made and shall continue to make (i) its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries in connection with such Secured Party’s investment in the Debtors, the creation and continuance of the Obligations, the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and the taking or not taking of any action in connection therewith, and (ii) its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Company and its subsidiaries, and of the value of the Collateral from time to time, and the Agent shall have no duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Secured Party with any credit, market or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before any Obligations are incurred or at any time or times thereafter.  The Agent shall not be responsible to the Debtors or any Secured Party for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties herein or in any document, certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith, or for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, perfection, collectibility, priority or sufficiency of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or for the financial condition of the Debtors or the value of any of the Collateral, or be required to make any inquiry concerning either the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or the financial condition of the Debtors, or the value of any of the Collateral, or the existence or possible existence of any default or Event of Default under the Agreement, the Debentures or any of the other Transaction Documents.
 
 
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                      4. Certain Rights of the Agent .  The Agent shall have the right to take any action with respect to the Collateral, on behalf of all of the Secured Parties.  To the extent practical, the Agent shall request instructions from the Secured Parties with respect to any material act or action (including failure to act) in connection with the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, and shall be entitled to act or refrain from acting in accordance with the instructions of Secured Parties holding a majority in principal amount of Debentures (based on then-outstanding principal amounts of Debentures at the time of any such determination); if such instructions are not provided despite the Agent’s request therefor, the Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such act or taking such action, and if such action is taken, shall be entitled to appropriate indemnification from the Secured Parties in respect of actions to be taken by the Agent; and the Agent shall not incur liability to any person or entity by reason of so refraining.  Without limiting the foregoing, (a) no Secured Party shall have any right of action whatsoever against the Agent as a result of the Agent acting or refraining from acting hereunder in accordance with the terms of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, and the Debtors shall have no right to question or challenge the authority of, or the instructions given to, the Agent pursuant to the foregoing and (b) the Agent shall not be required to take any action which the Agent believes (i) could reasonably be expected to expose it to personal liability or (ii) is contrary to this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or applicable law.

                      5.   Reliance .  The Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, statement, certificate, telex, teletype or telecopier message, cablegram, radiogram, order or other document or telephone message signed, sent or made by the proper person or entity, and, with respect to all legal matters pertaining to the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and its duties thereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it and upon all other matters pertaining to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and its duties thereunder, upon advice of other experts selected by it. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, the Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any Secured Party to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by the Debtors or is cared for, protected or insured or that the liens granted pursuant to the Agreement have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority.

                      6.   Indemnification .   To the extent that the Agent is not reimbursed and indemnified by the Debtors, the Secured Parties will jointly and severally reimburse and indemnify the Agent, in proportion to their initially purchased respective principal amounts of Debentures, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Agent in performing its duties hereunder or under the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or in any way relating to or arising out of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document except for those determined by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted solely from the Agent's own gross negligence or willful misconduct.  Prior to taking any action hereunder as Agent, the Agent may require each Secured Party to deposit with it sufficient sums as it determines in good faith is necessary to protect the Agent for costs and expenses associated with taking such action.

                      7.   Resignation by the Agent .

(a)  The Agent may resign from the performance of all its functions and duties under the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents at any time by giving 30 days' prior written notice (as provided in the Agreement) to the Debtors and the Secured Parties.  Such resignation shall take effect upon the appointment of a successor Agent pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) below.

(b)  Upon any such notice of resignation, the Secured Parties, acting by a  Majority in Interest , shall appoint a successor Agent hereunder.

(c) If a successor Agent shall not have been so appointed within said 30-day period, the Agent shall then appoint a successor Agent who shall serve as Agent until such time, if any, as the Secured Parties appoint a successor Agent as provided above.  If a successor Agent has not been appointed within such 30-day period, the Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction or may interplead the Debtors and the Secured Parties in a proceeding for the appointment of a successor Agent, and all fees, including, but not limited to, extraordinary fees associated with the filing of interpleader and expenses associated therewith, shall be payable by the Debtors on demand.

                      8.   Rights with respect to Collateral .   Each Secured Party agrees with all other Secured Parties and the Agent (i) that it shall not, and shall not attempt to, exercise any rights with respect to its security interest in the Collateral, whether pursuant to any other agreement or otherwise (other than pursuant to this Agreement), or take or institute any action against the Agent or any of the other Secured Parties in respect of the Collateral or its rights hereunder (other than any such action arising from the breach of this Agreement) and (ii) that such Secured Party has no other rights with respect to the Collateral other than as set forth in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.  Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Agreement.  After any retiring Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Agent, the provisions of the Agreement including this Annex B shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent.

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Exhibit 4.3

 
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE, dated as of November 4, 2008 (this “ Guarantee ”), made by each of the signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as provided herein, the “ Guarantors ”), in favor of the purchasers signatory (the “ Purchasers ”) to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between Hague Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”) and the Purchasers.
 

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company and the Purchasers (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), the Company has agreed to sell and issue to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers have agreed to purchase from the Company the Debentures (the “ Debentures ”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein; and

WHEREAS, each Guarantor will directly benefit from the extension of credit to the Company represented by the issuance of the Debentures; and

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby, each Guarantor hereby agrees with the Purchasers as follows:

1.   Definitions . Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Purchase Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Purchase Agreement. The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereto” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Guarantee shall refer to this Guarantee as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Guarantee, and Section and Schedule references are to this Guarantee unless otherwise specified. The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.  The following terms shall have the following meanings:

Guarantee ” means this Subsidiary Guarantee, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

             “ Obligations ” means, in addition to all other costs and expenses of collection incurred by Purchasers in enforcing any of such Obligations and/or this Guarantee, all of the liabilities and obligations (primary, secondary, direct, contingent, sole, joint or several) due or to become due, or that are now or may be hereafter contracted or acquired, or owing to, of any Guarantor to the Purchasers, including, without limitation, all obligations under this Guarantee, the Debentures, and any other instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith, in each case, whether now or hereafter existing, voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others, and whether or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, created or incurred, and all or any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are paid, to the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered directly or indirectly from any of the Purchasers as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise as such obligations may be amended, supplemented, converted, extended or modified from time to time.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Obligations” shall include, without limitation: (i) principal of, and interest on the Debentures and the loans extended pursuant thereto; (ii) any and all other fees, indemnities, costs, obligations and liabilities of the Guarantors from time to time under or in connection with this Guarantee, the Debentures and any other instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith; and (iii) all amounts (including but not limited to post-petition interest) in respect of the foregoing that would be payable but for the fact that the obligations to pay such amounts are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving any Guarantor.
 
 
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2.   Guarantee .

(a)   Guarantee .

(i)  
The Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantee to the Purchasers and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance by the Company when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations.

(ii)  
Anything herein or in any other Transaction Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws, including laws relating to the insolvency of debtors, fraudulent conveyance or transfer or laws affecting the rights of creditors generally (after giving effect to the right of contribution established in Section 2(b)).

(iii)  
Each Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or affecting the rights and remedies of the Purchasers hereunder.

(iv)  
The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in full force and effect until all the Obligations and the obligations of each Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall have been satisfied by payment in full.

(v)  
No payment made by the Company, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Purchasers from the Company, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations), remain liable for the Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Obligations are paid in full.

(vi)  
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Guarantee, with respect to any defaulted non-monetary Obligations the specific performance of which by the Guarantors is not reasonably possible (e.g. the issuance of the Company's Common Stock), the Guarantors shall only be liable for making the Purchasers whole on a monetary basis for the Company's failure to perform such Obligations in accordance with the Transaction Documents.

(b)   Right of Contribution . Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantor's right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2(c). The provisions of this Section 2(b) shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the Purchasers, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Purchasers for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
 
 
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(c)   No Subrogation .  Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor by the Purchasers, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Purchasers against the Company or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Purchasers for the payment of the Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Company or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Purchasers by the Company on account of the Obligations are paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Purchasers, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Purchasers in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Purchasers, if required), to be applied against the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the Purchasers may determine.

(d)   Amendments, Etc. With Respect to the Obligations . Each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Obligations made by the Purchasers may be rescinded by the Purchasers and any of the Obligations continued, and the Obligations, or the liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Purchasers, and the Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Purchasers may deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Purchasers for the payment of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. The Purchasers shall have no obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by them as security for the Obligations or for the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or any property subject thereto.

(e)   Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional . Each Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Purchasers upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Section 2; the Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2; and all dealings between the Company and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Purchasers, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2. Each Guarantor waives, to the extent permitted by law, diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the Company or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Obligations. Each Guarantor understands and agrees that the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of the Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document, any of the Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Purchasers, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance or fraud or misconduct by Purchasers) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Company or any other Person against the Purchasers, or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Company or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Company for the Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Purchasers may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as they may have against the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Purchasers to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Purchasers against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof, “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.
 
 
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(f)   Reinstatement . The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Purchasers upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Company or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.

(g)   Payments . Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the Purchasers without set-off or counterclaim in U.S. dollars at the address set forth or referred to in the Signature Pages to the Purchase Agreement.

3.   Representations and Warranties . Each Guarantor hereby makes the following representations and warranties to Purchasers as of the date hereof:

(a)   Organization and Qualification . The Guarantor is a corporation, duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction set forth on Schedule 1, with the requisite corporate power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. The Guarantor has no subsidiaries other than those identified as such on the Disclosure Schedules to the Purchase Agreement. The Guarantor is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not, individually or in the aggregate, (x) adversely affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any of this Guaranty in any material respect, (y) have a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, prospects, or financial condition of the Guarantor or (z) adversely impair in any material respect the Guarantor's ability to perform fully on a timely basis its obligations under this Guaranty (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”).

(b)   Authorization; Enforcement .  The Guarantor has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Guaranty, and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Guaranty by the Guarantor and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of the Guarantor. This Guaranty has been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, 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.

(c)   No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty by the Guarantor and the consummation by the Guarantor of the transactions contemplated thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of its Articles of Incorporation or By-laws or (ii) conflict with, 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 Guarantor is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Guarantor is subject (including Federal and State securities laws and regulations), or by which any material property or asset of the Guarantor is bound or affected, except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations as could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a Material Adverse Effect. The business of the Guarantor is not being conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, except for violations which, individually or in the aggregate, do not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(d)   Consents and Approvals . The Guarantor is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local, foreign or other governmental authority or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of this Guaranty.
 
 
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(e)   Purchase Agreement . The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the Purchase Agreement as they relate to such Guarantor, each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference, are true and correct as of each time such representations are deemed to be made pursuant to such Purchase Agreement, and the Purchasers shall be entitled to rely on each of them as if they were fully set forth herein, provided that each reference in each such representation and warranty to the Company's knowledge shall, for the purposes of this Section 3, be deemed to be a reference to such Guarantor's knowledge.

4.   Covenants .

(a)   Each Guarantor covenants and agrees with the Purchasers that, from and after the date of this Guarantee until the Obligations shall have been paid in full, such Guarantor shall take, and/or shall refrain from taking, as the case may be, each commercially reasonable action that is necessary to be taken or not taken, as the case may be, so that no Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) is caused by the failure to take such action or to refrain from taking such action by such Guarantor.

(b)   So long as any of the Obligations are outstanding, unless Purchasers holding at least 75% of the aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Debentures shall otherwise consent in writing, each Guarantor will not directly or indirectly on or after the date of this Guarantee:

i.   other than Permitted Indebtedness (as defined in the Debentures)   enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind, including but not limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom;

ii.   other than Permitted Liens (as defined in the Debentures) enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any liens of any kind, on or w ith respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profi ts therefrom;

iii.   amend its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other charter documents so as to adversely affect any rights of the Holder hereunder ;

iv.   repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire more than a de minimis number of shares of its securities or debt obligations;

v.   pay cash dividends on any equity securities of the Company;

vi.   enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Guarantor which would be required to be disclosed in any public filing of the Company with the Commission, unless such transaction is made on an arm’s-length basis and expressly approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company (even if less than a quorum otherwise required for board approval); or

vii.   enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.
 
 
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5.   Miscellaneous .

(a)   Amendments in Writing . None of the terms or provisions of this Guarantee may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in writing by the Purchasers.

(b)   Notices . All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Purchasers or any Guarantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in the Purchase Agreement, provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Guarantor shall be addressed to such Guarantor at its notice address set forth on Schedule 5(b) .

(c)   No Waiver By Course Of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies . The Purchasers shall not by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 5(a)), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any default under the Transaction Documents or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Purchasers, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Purchasers of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Purchasers would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.

(d)   Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification .

(i)  
Each Guarantor agrees to pay, or reimburse the Purchasers for, all its costs and expenses incurred in collecting against such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in Section 2 or otherwise enforcing or preserving any rights under this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents to which such Guarantor is a party, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Purchasers.

(ii)  
Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Purchasers harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise, sales or other taxes which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Guarantee.

(iii)  
Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Purchasers harmless from, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Guarantee to the extent the Company would be required to do so pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

(iv)  
The agreements in this Section shall survive repayment of the Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

(e)   Successor and Assigns . This Guarantee shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Purchasers and their respective successors and assigns; provided that no Guarantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Guarantee without the prior written consent of the Purchasers.

(f)   Set-Off . Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Purchasers at any time and from time to time while an Event of Default under any of the Transaction Documents shall have occurred and be continuing, without notice to such Guarantor or any other Guarantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each Guarantor, to set-off and appropriate and apply any and all deposits, credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by the Purchasers to or for the credit or the account of such Guarantor, or any part thereof in such amounts as the Purchasers may elect, against and on account of the obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor to the Purchasers hereunder and claims of every nature and description of the Purchasers against such Guarantor, in any currency, whether arising hereunder, under the Purchase Agreement, any other Transaction Document or otherwise, as the Purchasers may elect, whether or not the Purchasers have made any demand for payment and although such obligations, liabilities and claims may be contingent or unmatured. The Purchasers shall notify such Guarantor promptly of any such set-off and the application made by the Purchasers of the proceeds thereof, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The rights of the Purchasers under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies(including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) which the Purchasers may have.
 
 
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(g)   Counterparts . This Guarantee may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Guarantee on any number of separate counterparts (including by telecopy), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

(h)   Severability . Any provision of this Guarantee which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

(i)   Section Headings . The Section headings used in this Guarantee are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

(j)   Integration . This Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents represent the agreement of the Guarantors and the Purchasers with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Purchasers relative to subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Transaction Documents.

(k)   Governing Law . THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. Each Guarantor hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Guarantee and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the “ New York Courts ”).  Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such New York Courts, or such New York Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding.  Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Guarantee and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guarantee or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Guarantee, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

(l)   Acknowledgements .  Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges that:

(i)  
it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party;

(ii)  
the Purchasers have no fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Guarantor arising out of or in connection with this Guarantee or any of the other Transaction Documents, and the relationship between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and

(iii)  
no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Transaction Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Guarantors and the Purchasers.

(m)   Additional Guarantors .  The Company shall cause each of its subsidiaries formed or acquired on or subsequent to the date hereof to become a Guarantor for all purposes of this Guarantee by executing and delivering an
Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex 1 hereto.

(n)   Release of Guarantors . Subject to Section 2(f), each Guarantor will be released from all liability hereunder concurrently with the repayment in full of all amounts owed under the Purchase Agreement, the Debentures and the other Transaction Documents.

(o)   Seniority . The Obligations of each of the Guarantors hereunder rank senior in priority to any other Indebtedness (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) of such Guarantor.

(p)   Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH GUARANTOR AND, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THE BENEFITS HEREOF, THE PURCHASERS, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS GUARANTEE AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
 
  Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc.  
       
 
By:
/s/   
   
Name: Stephen Squires
 
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer  
       

                         
 
 


 
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SCHEDULE 1

GUARANTORS

                  The following are the names, notice addresses and jurisdiction of organization of each Guarantor.

 
  COMPANY    
JURISDICTION OF
OWNED BY
 
GUARANTOR
INCORPORATION
PERCENTAGE
     
Solterra Renewable
   
Technologies, Inc.
Delaware
100%
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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SCHEDULE 5(B)

GUARANTORS ADDRESSES

Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc.
14220 E. Cavedale Road
Scottsdale, Arizona 85262
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Annex 1 to
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE

ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of ____ __, ______ made by ______________________________, a ______________ corporation (the “ Additional Guarantor ”), in favor of the Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement referred to below. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in such Purchase Agreement.

                                           W I T N E S S E T H :

           WHEREAS, Hague Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”) and the Purchasers have entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2008 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Purchase Agreement ”);

           WHEREAS, in connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than the Additional Guarantor) have entered into the Subsidiary Guarantee, dated as of November 4, 2008 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Guarantee ”) in favor of the Purchasers;

           WHEREAS, the Purchase Agreement requires the Additional Guarantor to become a party to the Guarantee; and

           WHEREAS, the Additional Guarantor has agreed to execute and
deliver this Assumption Agreement in order to become a party to the Guarantee;

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:

1.   Guarantee . By executing and delivering this Assumption Agreement, the Additional Guarantor, as provided in Section 5(m) of the Guarantee, hereby becomes a party to the Guarantee as a Guarantor thereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Guarantor and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby expressly assumes all obligations and liabilities of a Guarantor thereunder. The information set forth in Annex 1 hereto is hereby added to the information set forth in Schedule 1 to the Guarantee. The Additional Guarantor hereby represents and warrants that each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 3 of the Guarantee is true and correct on and as the date hereof as to such Additional Guarantor (after giving effect to this Assumption Agreement) as if made on and as of such date.

2.   Governing Law . THIS ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 
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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assumption Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
 
    [ADDITIONALGUARANTOR]  
       
       
    By:  
    Name:  
    Title:  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Exhibit 4.4

 
STOCK PLEDGE AGREEMENT
 
This Stock Pledge Agreement (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of November 4, 2008, by and among Hague Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), Stephen Squires (the “ Pledgor ”), and the pledgees signatory hereto and their respective endorsees, transferees and assigns (collectively, the “ Pledgees ”).
 
BACKGROUND

 
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated the date hereof, between Company and the Pledgees (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), Company has agreed to issue to the Pledgees and the Pledgees have agreed to purchase from Company certain of Company’s 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures, due three years from the date of issue (the “ Notes ”), which are convertible into shares of Company’s Common Stock, par value $.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”); and
 
WHEREAS, as a material inducement to the Pledgees to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Pledgees have required and the Pledgor has agreed (i) to unconditionally guarantee the timely and full satisfaction of all obligations of the Company, whether matured or unmatured, now or hereafter existing or created and becoming due and payable (the “ Obligations ”) to the Pledgees, their successors, endorsees, transferees or assigns under the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) to the extent of the Collateral (as hereinafter defined), and (ii) to grant to the Pledgees, their successors, endorsees, transferees or assigns a security interest in the Pledged Stock (as hereinafter defined), as collateral security for Obligations.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
 
1.   Defined Terms .  All capitalized terms used herein which are not defined shall have the meanings given to them in the Purchase Agreement.
 
2.   Pledge and Grant of Security Interest .  To the extent of the Collateral (as hereinafter defined), the Pledgor hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Pledgees, their successors, endorsees, transferees and assigns the due and punctual performance and payment of the Obligations owing to the Pledgees, their successors, endorsees, transferees or assigns when due, all at the time and place and in the amount and manner prescribed in, and otherwise in accordance with, the Transaction Documents, regardless of any defense or set-off counterclaim which the Company or any other person may have or assert, and regardless of whether or not the Pledgees or anyone on behalf of the Pledgees shall have instituted any suit, action or proceeding or exhausted its remedies or taken any steps to enforce any rights against the Company or any other person to compel any such performance or observance or to collect all or part of any such amount, either pursuant to the provisions of the Transaction Documents or at law or in equity, and regardless of any other condition or contingency.  The Pledgor shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Pledgees beyond the Collateral pledged for the Obligations set forth herein. For purposes of this agreement, Collateral shall mean:
 
 
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(a)   the shares of stock set forth on Schedule A annexed hereto and expressly made a part hereof (together with any additional shares of stock or other equity interests acquired by Pledgor, the “Pledged Stock”), the certificates representing the Pledged Stock and all dividends, cash, instruments and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Stock;
 
(b)   all additional shares of stock of the Company from time to time acquired by Pledgor in any manner from the ownership of the Pledged Stock, including, without limitation, stock dividends or a distribution in connection with any increase or reduction of capital, reclassification, merger, consolidation, sale of assets, combination of shares, stock split, spin-off or split-off (which shares shall be deemed to be part of the Collateral), and the certificates representing such additional shares, and all dividends, cash, instruments and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such shares; and
 
(c)   all options and rights, whether as an addition to, in substitution of or in exchange for any shares of any Pledged Stock and all dividends, cash, instruments and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all such options and rights.
 
3.   Delivery of Collateral .  All certificates representing or evidencing the Pledged Stock shall be delivered to and held by or on behalf of Pledgees pursuant hereto and shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, all in form and substance satisfactory to Pledgees.  Pledgor hereby authorizes the Company upon demand by Pledgees to deliver any certificates, instruments or other distributions issued in connection with the Collateral directly to Pledgees, in each case to be held by Pledgees, subject to the terms hereof.  Upon an Event of Default (as defined below) that has occurred and is continuing beyond any applicable grace period, Pledgees shall have the right, during such time in their discretion and without notice to Pledgor, to transfer to or to register in the name of Pledgees or any of their nominees any or all of the Pledged Stock.  In addition, Pledgees shall have the right at such time to exchange certificates or instruments representing or evidencing Pledged Stock for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations.
 
4.   Representations and Warranties of Pledgor .  Pledgor represents and warrants to Pledgees (which representations and warranties shall be deemed to continue to be made until all of the Indebtedness has been paid in full and each Document and each agreement and instrument entered into in connection therewith has been irrevocably terminated) that:
 
(a)   the execution, delivery and performance by Pledgor of this Agreement and the pledge of the Collateral hereunder do not and will not result in any violation of any agreement, indenture, instrument, license, judgment, decree, order, law, statute, ordinance or other governmental rule or regulation applicable to Pledgor;
 
(b)   this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid, and binding obligation of Pledgor enforceable against Pledgor in accordance with its terms;
 
(c)   (i) all Pledged Stock owned by Pledgor is set forth on Schedule A hereto and (ii) Pledgor is the direct and beneficial owner of each share of the Pledged Stock;
 
 
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(d)   all of the shares of the Pledged Stock have been duly authorized, validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable;
 
(e)   no consent or approval of any person, corporation, governmental body, regulatory authority or other entity, is or will be necessary for (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, (ii) the exercise by the Pledgees of any rights with respect to the Collateral or (iii) the pledge and assignment of, and the grant of a security interest in, the Collateral hereunder;
 
(f)   there are no pending or, to the best of Pledgor’s knowledge, threatened actions or proceedings before any court, judicial body, administrative agency or arbitrator which may materially adversely affect the Collateral;
 
(g)   Pledgor has the requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to pledge and assign the Collateral to Pledgees in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
 
(h)   Pledgor owns each item of the Collateral and, except for the pledge and security interest granted to Pledgees hereunder, the Collateral shall be, immediately following the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Documents, free and clear of any other security interest, pledge, claim, lien, charge, hypothecation, assignment, offset or encumbrance whatsoever (collectively, “Liens”).
 
(i)   there are no restrictions on transfer of the Pledged Stock contained in the certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or equivalent organizational documents) of the Company or otherwise which have not otherwise been enforceably and legally waived by the necessary parties.
 
(j)   none of the Pledged Stock has been issued or transferred in violation of the securities registration, securities disclosure or similar laws of any jurisdiction to which such issuance or transfer may be subject.
 
(k)   the pledge and assignment of the Collateral and the grant of a security interest under this Agreement vest in Pledgees all rights of Pledgor in the Collateral as contemplated by this Agreement.
 
(l)   The Pledged Stock constitutes 28.83% of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company upon completion of the transactions contemplated in the Purchase Agreement.
 
5.   Covenants .  Pledgor covenants that, until the Indebtedness shall be satisfied in full and each Document and each agreement and instrument entered into in connection therewith is irrevocably terminated:
 
(a)   Pledgor will not sell, assign, transfer, convey, or otherwise dispose of its rights in or to the Collateral or any interest therein; nor will Pledgor create, incur or permit to exist any Lien whatsoever with respect to any of the Collateral or the proceeds thereof other than that created hereby.
 
 
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(b)   Pledgor will, at its expense, defend Pledgees’ right, title and security interest in and to the Collateral against the claims of any other party.
 
(c)   Pledgor shall at any time, and from time to time, upon the written request of Pledgees, execute and deliver such further documents and do such further acts and things as Pledgees may reasonably request in order to effect the purposes of this Agreement including, but without limitation, delivering to Pledgees upon the occurrence of an Event of Default irrevocable proxies in respect of the Collateral in form satisfactory to Pledgees.  Until receipt thereof, upon an Event of Default that has occurred and is continuing beyond any applicable grace period, this Agreement shall constitute Pledgor’s proxy to Pledgees or their nominee to vote all shares of Collateral then registered in Pledgor’s name.
 
6.   Voting Rights and Dividends .  In addition to Pledgees’ rights and remedies set forth in Section 8 hereof, in case an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, beyond any applicable cure period, Pledgees shall (i) be entitled to vote the Collateral, (ii) be entitled to give consents, waivers and ratifications in respect of the Collateral (Pledgor hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing Pledgees, with full power of substitution, the proxy and attorney-in-fact of Pledgor for such purposes) and (iii) be entitled to collect and receive for its own use cash dividends paid on the Collateral.  Pledgor shall not be permitted to exercise or refrain from exercising any voting rights or other powers if, in the reasonable judgment of Pledgees, such action would have a material adverse effect on the value of the Collateral or any part thereof; and, provided, further, that Pledgor shall give at least five (5) days’ written notice of the manner in which Pledgor intends to exercise, or the reasons for refraining from exercising, any voting rights or other powers other than with respect to any election of directors and voting with respect to any incidental matters.  Following the occurrence of an Event of Default, all dividends and all other distributions in respect of any of the Collateral, shall be delivered to Pledgees to hold as Collateral and shall, if received by Pledgor, be received in trust for the benefit of Pledgees, be segregated from the other property or funds of Pledgor, and be forthwith delivered to Pledgees as Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement).
 
7.   Event of Default .  An Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred and may be declared by Pledgees upon the happening of any of the following events:
 
(a)   An “Event of Default” (or similar term) under any Document or any agreement or note related to any Document shall have occurred and be continuing beyond any applicable cure period;
 
(b)   Pledgor shall default in the performance of any of its obligations under any agreement between Pledgor and Pledgees, including, without limitation, this Agreement, and such default shall not be cured for a period of fifteen (15) days after the occurrence thereof;
 
(c)   Any representation or warranty of Pledgor made herein, in any Document or in any agreement, statement or certificate given in writing pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall be false or misleading in any material respect;
 
(d)   Any portion of the Collateral is subjected to levy of execution, attachment, distraint or other judicial process; or any portion of the Collateral is the subject of a claim (other than by Pledgees) of a Lien or other right or interest in or to the Collateral and such levy or claim shall not be cured, disputed or stayed within a period of fifteen (15) business days after the occurrence thereof; or
 
(e)   Pledgor shall (i) apply for, consent to, or suffer to exist the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee, liquidator or other fiduciary of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property, (ii) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iii) commence a voluntary case under any state or federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect), (iv) be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, (v) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any other law providing for the relief of debtors, (vi) acquiesce to, or fail to have dismissed, within sixty (60) days, any petition filed against it in any involuntary case under such bankruptcy laws, or (vii) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.
 
 
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8.   Remedies .  In case an Event of Default shall have occurred and be declared by Pledgees, Pledgees may:
 
(a)   Subject to any requirement of applicable law, sell, assign and deliver the whole or, from time to time, any part of the Collateral at the time held by Pledgees, at any private sale or at public auction, with or without demand, advertisement or notice of the time or place of sale or adjournment thereof or otherwise (all of which are hereby waived, except such notice as is required by applicable law and cannot be waived), for cash or credit or for other property for immediate or future delivery, and for such price or prices and on such terms as Pledgees in their sole discretion may determine, or as may be required by applicable law and
 
(b)   Exercise all corporate rights with respect to the Collateral including, without limitation, all rights of conversion, exchange, subscription or any other rights, privileges or options pertaining to any shares of the Collateral as if it were the absolute owner thereof, including, but without limitation, the right to exchange, at its discretion, any or all of the Collateral upon the merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other readjustment of the Company thereof, or upon the exercise by the Company  of any right, privilege or option pertaining to any of the Collateral, and, in connection therewith, to deposit and deliver any and all of the Collateral with any committee, depository, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agent upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, all without liability except to account for property actually received by it.
 
Pledgor hereby waives and releases any and all right or equity of redemption, whether before or after sale hereunder.  At any such sale, unless prohibited by applicable law, Pledgees may bid for and purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold free from any such right or equity of redemption.  All moneys received by Pledgees hereunder whether upon sale of the Collateral or any part thereof or otherwise shall be held by Pledgees and applied by them as provided in Section 10 hereof.  No failure or delay on the part of Pledgees in exercising any rights hereunder shall operate as a waiver of any such rights nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such rights preclude any other or future exercise thereof or the exercise of any other rights hereunder.  Pledgees shall have no duty as to the collection or protection of the Collateral or any income thereon nor any duty as to preservation of any rights pertaining thereto, except to apply the funds in accordance with the requirements of Section 10 hereof.  Pledgees may exercise their rights with respect to property held hereunder without resort to other security for or sources of reimbursement for the Indebtedness.  In addition to the foregoing, Pledgees shall have all of the rights, remedies and privileges of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code of New York regardless of the jurisdiction in which enforcement hereof is sought.
 
9.   Private Sale .  Pledgor recognizes that Pledgees may be unable to effect (or to do so only after delay which would adversely affect the value that might be realized from the Collateral) a public sale of all or part of the Collateral by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act, and may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales to a restricted group of purchasers who will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such Collateral for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof.  Pledgor agrees that any such private sale may be at prices and on terms less favorable to the seller than if sold at public sales and that such private sales shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner.  Pledgor agrees that Pledgees have no obligation to delay sale of any Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit the Company to register the Collateral for public sale under the Securities Act.
 
10.   Proceeds of Sale .  The proceeds of any collection, recovery, receipt, appropriation, realization or sale of the Collateral shall be applied by Pledgees as follows:
 
(a)   First, to the payment of all costs, reasonable expenses and charges of Pledgees and to the reimbursement of Pledgees for the prior payment of such costs, reasonable expenses and charges incurred in connection with the care and safekeeping of the Collateral (including, without limitation, the reasonable expenses of any sale or any other disposition of any of the Collateral), the expenses of any taking, attorneys’ fees and reasonable expenses, court costs, any other fees or expenses incurred or expenditures or advances made by Pledgees in the protection, enforcement or exercise of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder;
 
 
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(b)   Second, to the payment of the Indebtedness, in whole or in part, in such order as Pledgees may elect, whether or not such Indebtedness is then due;
 
(c)   Third, to such persons, firms, corporations or other entities as required by applicable law including, without limitation, the UCC; and
 
(d)   Fourth, to the extent of any surplus to the Pledgor or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
 
11.   Waiver of Marshaling .  Pledgor hereby waives any right to compel any marshaling of any of the Collateral.
 
12.   No Waiver .  Any and all of Pledgees’ rights with respect to the Liens granted under this Agreement shall continue unimpaired, and Pledgor shall be and remain obligated in accordance with the terms hereof, notwithstanding (a) the bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of Pledgor, (b) the release or substitution of any item of the Collateral at any time, or of any rights or interests therein, or (c) any delay, extension of time, renewal, compromise or other indulgence granted by Pledgees in reference to any of the Indebtedness.  Pledgor hereby waives all notice of any such delay, extension, release, substitution, renewal, compromise or other indulgence, and hereby consents to be bound hereby as fully and effectively as if Pledgor had expressly agreed thereto in advance.  No delay or extension of time by Pledgees in exercising any power of sale, option or other right or remedy hereunder, and no failure by Pledgees to give notice or make demand, shall constitute a waiver thereof, or limit, impair or prejudice Pledgees’ right to take any action against Pledgor or to exercise any other power of sale, option or any other right or remedy.
 
13.   Expenses .  The Collateral shall secure, and Pledgor shall pay to Pledgees on demand, from time to time, all reasonable costs and expenses, (including but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, taxes, and all transfer, recording, filing and other charges) of, or incidental to, the custody, care, transfer, administration of the Collateral or any other collateral, or in any way relating to the enforcement, protection or preservation of the rights or remedies of Pledgees under this Agreement or with respect to any of the Indebtedness.
 
14.   MKM Appointed Attorney-In-Fact and Performance by MKM .  Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Pledgor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints MKM Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd. (“ MKM ”), on behalf of the Pledgees, as Pledgor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to execute, acknowledge and deliver any instruments and to do in Pledgor’s name, place and stead, all such acts, things and deeds for and on behalf of and in the name of Pledgor, which Pledgor could or might do or which Pledgees may deem necessary, desirable or convenient to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, to execute such instruments of assignment or transfer or orders and to register, convey or otherwise transfer title to the Collateral into Pledgees’ name.  Pledgor hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorney-in-fact may so do and hereby declares this power of attorney to be coupled with an interest and irrevocable.  If Pledgor fails to perform any agreement herein contained, Pledgees may themselves perform or cause performance thereof, and any costs and expenses of Pledgees incurred in connection therewith shall be paid by the Pledgor as provided in Section 10 hereof.
 
15.   WAIVERS .  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION (A) ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT EXECUTED OR DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH, OR (B) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT EXECUTED OR DELIVERED BY THEM IN CONNECTION HEREWITH, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE AND EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF EACH PARTY TO THE WAIVER OF ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
 
 
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16.   Recapture .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if Pledgees receive any payment or payments on account of the Indebtedness, which payment or payments or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver, or any other party under the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended, or any other federal or state bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium or insolvency law relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, common law or equitable doctrine, then to the extent of any sum not finally retained by Pledgees, Pledgor’s obligations to Pledgees shall be reinstated and this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect (or be reinstated) until payment shall have been made to Pledgees, which payment shall be due on demand.
 
17.   Release and Termination . Upon the payment in full of the Obligations, the pledge, assignment and security interest granted by this Agreement will terminate, the Pledgees will promptly return the Collateral to Pledgor and all rights to the Collateral will revert to Pledgor, and Pledgees shall execute and deliver to Pledgor such documents as Pledgor reasonably requests to evidence that termination.
 
18.   Captions .  All captions in this Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute part of this Agreement for any other purpose.
 
19.   Miscellaneous .
 
(a)   This Agreement constitutes the entire and final agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and may not be changed, terminated or otherwise varied except by a writing duly executed by the parties hereto.
 
(b)   No waiver of any term or condition of this Agreement, whether by delay, omission or otherwise, shall be effective unless in writing and signed by the party sought to be charged, and then such waiver shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.
 
(c)   In the event that any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to Pledgor or any circumstance in any jurisdiction governing this Agreement shall, to any extent, be invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute, regulation, or rule of law, such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform to such statute, regulation or rule of law, and the remainder of this Agreement and the application of any such invalid or unenforceable provision to parties, jurisdictions, or circumstances other than to whom or to which it is held invalid or unenforceable shall not be affected thereby, nor shall same affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.
 
(d)   This Agreement shall be binding upon Pledgor, and Pledgor’s successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of Pledgees and their successors and assigns.
 
(e)   Any notice or other communication required or permitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be given in accordance with the Security Agreement.
 
(f)   This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in all respects in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applied to contracts to be performed wholly within the State of New York.
 
(g)   PLEDGOR EXPRESSLY CONSENTS TO THE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF EACH COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION LOCATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR ALL PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT.  ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ANY MATTER OR CLAIM IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO OR CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK.  PLEDGOR FURTHER CONSENTS THAT ANY SUMMONS, SUBPOENA OR OTHER PROCESS OR PAPERS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY NOTICE OR MOTION OR OTHER APPLICATION TO EITHER OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS OR A JUDGE THEREOF) OR ANY NOTICE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY PROCEEDINGS HEREUNDER, MAY BE SERVED INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, OR BY PERSONAL SERVICE PROVIDED A REASONABLE TIME FOR APPEARANCE IS PERMITTED, OR IN SUCH OTHER MANNER AS MAY BE PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE RULES OF SAID COURTS.  EACH PLEDGOR  WAIVES ANY OBJECTION TO JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF ANY ACTION INSTITUTED HEREON AND SHALL NOT ASSERT ANY DEFENSE BASED ON LACK OF JURISDICTION OR VENUE OR BASED UPON FORUM NON CONVENIENS.
 
(h)   It is understood and agreed that any person or entity that desires to become a Pledgor hereunder, or is required to execute a counterpart of this Stock Pledge Agreement after the date hereof pursuant to the requirements of any Document, shall become a Pledgor hereunder by (x) executing a Joinder Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Pledgees, (y) delivering supplements to such exhibits and annexes to such Documents as Pledgees shall reasonably request and (z) taking all actions as specified in this Agreement as would have been taken by such Pledgor had it been an original party to this Agreement, in each case with all documents required above to be delivered to Pledgees and with all documents and actions required above to be taken to the reasonable satisfaction of Pledgees.
 
(i)   This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.  Any signature delivered by a party by facsimile transmission shall be deemed an original signature hereto.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first written above.

 
 
HAGUE CORP.
 
       
 
By:
/s/   
   
Stephen Squires
 
   
Chief Executive Officer
 
       
       
  Pledgees:  
       
  MKM OPPORTUNITY MASTER FUND, LTD.  
       
 
By:
   
   
David Skriloff
 
   
Portfolio Manager
 
       
  STEVEN POSNER IRREVOCABLE TRUST U/T/A DATED 06/17/65  
       
 
By:
   
   
Steven Posner
 
   
Trustee
 
       
 
By:
   
   
Stuart Posner
 
   
Trustee
 
       
  MKM SP1, LLC  
       
  By:    
   
David Skriloff
 
   
Portfolio Manager
 
       
  Pledgor:  
       
    Stephen Squires  
 

 
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SCHEDULE A to the Stock Pledge Agreement
 
Pledged Stock
 

Pledgor
Issuer
Class of Stock
Stock Certificate Number
 
Par Value
   
Number of Shares
 
Stephen Squires
Hague Corp.
Common
[To be provided under separate cover]
  $ .001       20,000,000  
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Exhibit 4.5

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

Original Issue Date: November 4, 2008
Original Conversion Price (subject to adjustment herein): $0.2667

$875,000


8% SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE
DUE NOVEMBER 4, 2011

THIS SENIOR SECURED DEBENTURE is one of a series of duly authorized and validly issued 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures of Hague Corp., a Nevada corporation, (the “ Company ”), having its principal place of business at 14220 E Cavedale Road, Scottsdale AZ 85262 designated as its 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debenture due November 4, 2011 (this debenture, the “ Debenture ” and, collectively with the other debentures of such series, the “ Debentures ” shall total the principal sum of $1,500,000 pursuant to which the Company shall have received a total of $1,500,000).

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to MKM Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd. or its registered assigns (the “ Holder ”), or shall have paid pursuant to the terms hereunder, the principal sum of $875,000 on November 4, 2011 (the “ Maturity Date ”) or such earlier date as this Debenture is required to be repaid as provided hereunder, and to pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture in accordance with the provisions hereof.  This Debenture is subject to the following additional provisions:

Section 1 .                                 Definitions .  For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Debenture, (a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement and (b) the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Alternate Consideration ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).

Bankruptcy Event ” means any of the following events: (a) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) thereof 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 Significant Subsidiary thereof, (b) there is commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement, (c) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof 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 Significant Subsidiary thereof 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 60 calendar days after such appointment, (e) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof calls a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts or (g) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, 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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Base Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).

Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c).

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

Buy-In ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(v).

Change of Control Transaction ” means the occurrence after the date hereof of any of (a) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of 33% of the voting securities of the Company (other than by means of conversion of the Debentures), (b) the Company merges into or consolidates with any other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Company and, after giving effect to such transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the Company or the successor entity of such transaction, or (c) the Company sells or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another Person and the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction, (d) a replacement at one time or within a three year period of more than one-half of the members of the Board of Directors which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board of Directors on the date hereof (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the Board of Directors on any date whose nomination to the Board of Directors was approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are members on the date hereof), or (e) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company  is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth in clauses (a) through (d) above.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization by and among the Company, Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc., Hague and the shareholders of Solterra shall not constitute a Change of Control Transaction.

Conversion ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.

Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).

Conversion Schedule ” means the Conversion Schedule in the form of Schedule 1 attached hereto.

Conversion Shares ” means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof.

Debenture Register ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).

Dilutive Issuance ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

Dilutive Issuance Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

Effectiveness Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
 
 
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Equity Conditions ” means, during the period in question, (a) the Company shall have duly honored all conversions and redemptions scheduled to occur or occurring by virtue of one or more Notices of Conversion of the Holder, if any, (b) the Company shall have paid all liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the Holder in respect of this Debenture, (c)(i) there is an effective Registration Statement pursuant to which the Holder is permitted to utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and the Company believes, in good faith, that such effectiveness will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future) or (ii) all of the Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents may be resold pursuant to Rule 144 without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the Holder, (d) the Common Stock is trading on a Trading Market and all of the shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents are listed or quoted for trading on such Trading Market (and the Company believes, in good faith, that trading of the Common Stock on a Trading Market will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future), (e) there is a sufficient number of authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved shares of Common Stock for the issuance of all of the shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (f) there is no existing Event of Default or no existing event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, would constitute an Event of Default, (g) the issuance of the shares in question to the Holder would not violate the limitations set forth in Section 4(c) herein, (h) there has been no public announcement of a pending or proposed Fundamental Transaction or Change of Control Transaction that has not been consummated, (i) the Holder is not in possession of any information provided by the Company that constitutes, or may constitute, material non-public information and (j) the average daily trading volume for a period of 20 consecutive Trading Days prior to the applicable date in question for the Common Stock on the principal Trading Market exceeds 150,000 shares (subject to adjustment for forward and reverse stock splits and the like) per Trading Day.

Event of Default ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).

  Forced Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.

Forced Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.

Forced Conversion Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.

Forced Conversion Notice Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.

Fundamental Transaction ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).

Interest Payment Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

Late Fees ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).

 “ New York Courts ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(d).

Notice of Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

Original Issue Date ” means the date of the first issuance of the Debentures, regardless of any transfers of any Debenture and regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued to evidence such Debentures.
 
 
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Permitted Indebtedness ” means (a) the indebtedness evidenced by the Debentures and (b) up to $1,000,000 of non-equity linked indebtedness under accounts receivable or inventory lines of credit with a federal or state regulated bank or nationally recognized commercial lending institution whose primary business is not investing in securities.

Permitted Lien ” means the individual and collective reference to the following: (a) Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet due or Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Company) have been established in accordance with GAAP; (b) Liens imposed by law which were incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, statutory landlords’ Liens, and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, and which (x) do not individually or in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries or (y) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing for the foreseeable future the forfeiture or sale of the property or asset subject to such Lien; and (c) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted Indebtedness.
 
Purchase Agreement ” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2008 among the Company and the original Holders, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date of the Purchase Agreement, among the Company and the original Holders, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Registration Statement ” means a registration statement that registers the resale of all Conversion Shares of the Holder, names the Holder as a “selling stockholder” therein, and meets the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement.

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

Share Delivery Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(ii).

Subsidiary ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

Threshold Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.

Trading Day ” means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for business.

Trading Market ” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board.

Transaction Documents ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
 
 
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VWAP ” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted for trading as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)); (b)  if the OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board; (c) if the Common Stock is not then quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported; or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company.

Section 2 .                                 Interest .

a)   Payment of Interest . The Company shall pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture at the rate of 8% per annum, payable quarterly on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1, beginning on the first such date after the Original Issue Date, on each Conversion Date (as to that principal amount then being converted) and on the Maturity Date (each such date, an “ Interest Payment Date ”) (if any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the applicable payment shall be due on the next succeeding Business Day), in cash or shares of the Company’s common stock (“ Interest Shares ”), at the option of the Company.   The number of Interest Shares to be issued will be determined by dividing the interest payment by 80% of the VWAP for the 10 consecutive Trading Days prior to the Interest Payment Date.  Interest Shares shall be delivered to the Purchaser within five business days of the Interest Payment Date.

b)   Interest Calculations . Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, consisting of twelve 30 calendar day periods, and shall accrue daily commencing on the Original Issue Date until payment in full of the outstanding principal, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts which may become due hereunder, has been made.  Interest shall cease to accrue with respect to any principal amount converted, provided that, the Company actually delivers the Conversion Shares within the time period required by Section 4(d)(ii) herein.  Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person in whose name this Debenture is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and transfers of this Debenture (the “ Debenture Register ”).

c)   Late Fee .  All overdue accrued and unpaid interest to be paid hereunder shall entail a late fee at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 18% per annum or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law (the “ Late Fees ”) which shall accrue daily from the date such interest is due hereunder through and including the date of actual payment in full.

d)   Prepayment .  The Company may prepay any portion of the principal amount of this Debenture at any time and from time-to-time in whole or in part without the prior written consent of the Holder, after giving the Holder at least ten business days prior written notice and an opportunity to make a voluntary conversion before the prepayment date.

Section 3.                        Registration of Transfers and Exchanges .

a)   Different Denominations . This Debenture is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Debentures of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.  No service charge will be payable for such registration of transfer or exchange.

b)   Investment Representations . This Debenture has been issued subject to certain investment representations of the original Holder set forth in the Purchase Agreement and may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with the Purchase Agreement and applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations.

c)   Reliance on Debenture Register . Prior to due presentment for transfer to the Company of this Debenture, the Company and any agent of the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Debenture is duly registered on the Debenture Register as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Debenture is overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
 
 
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Section 4.                        Conversion .

a)   Voluntary Conversion . At any time after the Original Issue Date until this Debenture is no longer outstanding, this Debenture shall be convertible, in whole or in part, into shares of Common Stock at the option of the Holder, at any time and from time to time (subject to the conversion limitations set forth in Section 4(c) hereof).  The Holder shall effect conversions by delivering to the Company a Notice of Conversion, the form of which is attached hereto as Annex A (each, a “ Notice of Conversion ”), specifying therein the principal amount of this Debenture to be converted and the date on which such conversion shall be effected (such date, the “ Conversion Date ”).  If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion is deemed delivered hereunder.  To effect conversions hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Debenture to the Company unless the entire principal amount of this Debenture, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, has been so converted. Conversions hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture in an amount equal to the applicable conversion.  The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the principal amount(s) converted and the date of such conversion(s).  The Company may deliver an objection to any Notice of Conversion within one Business Day of delivery of such Notice of Conversion.  In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. The Holder, and any assignee by acceptance of this Debenture, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph and those provisions contained in Section 2(d), following conversion of a portion of this Debenture, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this Debenture may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

b)   Conversion Price .  The conversion price in effect on any Conversion Date shall be equal to $0.2667, subject to adjustment herein (the “ Conversion Price ”).

c)   Conversion Limitations .  The Company shall not effect any conversion of this Debenture, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Debenture, to the extent that after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other person or entity acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below).  For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, unconverted principal amount of this Debenture beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including, without limitation, any other Debentures or the Warrants) beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates.  Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 4(c), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 4(c) applies, the determination of whether this Debenture is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which principal amount of this Debenture is convertible shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Debenture may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and which principal amount of this Debenture is convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. To ensure compliance with this restriction, the Holder will be deemed to represent to the Company each time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has not violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination.  In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  For purposes of this Section 4(c), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report, as the case may be; (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company; or (C) a more recent notice by the Company or the Company’s transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.  Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.  In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Debenture, by the Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “ Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” shall be 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture held by the Holder.  The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 4(c) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Debenture.

d)  
Mechanics of Conversion .

i.   Conversion Shares Issuable Upon Conversion of Principal Amount .  The number of Conversion Shares issuable upon a conversion hereunder shall be determined by the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture to be converted by (y) the Conversion Price.
 
 
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ii.   Delivery of Certificate Upon Conversion . Not later than three Trading Days after each Conversion Date (the “ Share Delivery Date ”), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Holder (A) a certificate or certificates representing the Conversion Shares which, on or after the earlier of (i) the one year anniversary of the Original Issue Date or (ii) the Effective Date, shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions (other than those which may then be required by the Purchase Agreement) representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of this Debenture and (B) a bank check in the amount of accrued and unpaid interest. On or after the earlier of (i) the one year anniversary of the Original Issue Date or (ii) the Effective Date, the Company shall use its best efforts to deliver any certificate or certificates required to be delivered by the Company under this Section 4(d) electronically through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions.

iii.   Failure to Deliver Certificates .  If in the case of any Notice of Conversion such certificate or certificates are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the third Trading Day after the Conversion Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Company at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates, to rescind such Conversion, in which event the Company shall promptly return to the Holder any original Debenture delivered to the Company and the Holder shall promptly return to the Company the Common Stock certificates representing the principal amount of this Debenture unsuccessfully tendered for conversion to the Company.

iv.   Obligation Absolute; Partial Liquidated Damages .  The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided , however , that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any such action the Company may have against the Holder.  In the event the Holder of this Debenture shall elect to convert any or all of the outstanding principal amount hereof, the Company may not refuse conversion based on any claim that the Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with the Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all or part of this Debenture shall have been sought and obtained, and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of the Holder in the amount of 150% of the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to the Holder to the extent it obtains judgment.  In the absence of such injunction, the Company shall issue Conversion Shares or, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to issue free trading shares of common stock in violation of applicable federal and/or state securities laws.

v.   Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Conversion . In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 4(d)(ii), and if after such Share Delivery Date the Holder is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise), or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Conversion Shares which the Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a “ Buy-In ”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by the Holder) the amount by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) this Debenture in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the attempted conversion or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Company had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 4(d)(ii).  For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of this Debenture with respect to which the actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of $10,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000.  The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss.  Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Debenture as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
 
 
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vi.   Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion . The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of this Debenture, as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the other holders of the Debentures), not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall (subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement) be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 5) upon the conversion of the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture.  The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and, if the Registration Statement is then effective under the Securities Act, shall be registered for public sale in accordance with such Registration Statement.

vii.   Fractional Shares . No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of this Debenture.  As to any fraction of a share which Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such conversion, the Company shall at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share.

viii.   Transfer Taxes .  The issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of this Debenture shall be made without charge to the Holder hereof for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such certificates, provided that, the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificate upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holder of this Debenture so converted and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the person or persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.

Section 5 .                                    Certain Adjustments .

a)   Stock Dividends and Stock Splits .  If the Company, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Common Stock on shares of Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalents (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon conversion of the Debentures), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of the Common Stock, any shares of capital stock of the Company, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event.  Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.
 
 
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b)   Subsequent Equity Sales .  Until the one year anniversary of the Effective Date, if at any time during this period while this Debenture is outstanding,  the Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable, sells or grants any option to purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the then Conversion Price (such lower price, the “ Base Conversion Price ” and such issuances, collectively, a “ Dilutive Issuance ”) (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the Conversion Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then the Conversion Price shall be reduced to equal the Base Conversion Price.  Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment will be made under this Section 5(b) in respect of an Exempt Issuance.  If the Company enters into a Variable Rate Transaction, despite the prohibition set forth in the Purchase Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have issued Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents at the lowest possible conversion price at which such securities may be converted or exercised. The Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than one Business Day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to this Section 5(b), indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the “ Dilutive Issuance Notice ”).  For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 5(b), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Conversion Shares based upon the Base Conversion Price on or after the date of such Dilutive Issuance, regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Conversion Price in the Notice of Conversion.
 
c)   Subsequent Rights Offerings .  If the Company, at any time while the Debenture is outstanding, shall issue rights, options or warrants to all holders of Common Stock (and not to Holders) entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is lower than the VWAP on the record date referenced below, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock offered for subscription or purchase, and of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares so offered (assuming delivery to the Company in full of all consideration payable upon exercise of such rights, options or warrants) would purchase at such VWAP.  Such adjustment shall be made whenever such rights or warrants are issued, and shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights, options or warrants.

d)   Pro Rata Distributions . If the Company, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, distributes to all holders of Common Stock (and not to the Holders) evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including cash and cash dividends) or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security (other than the Common Stock, which shall be subject to Section 5(b)), then in each such case the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying such Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the VWAP determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator shall be such VWAP on such record date less the then fair market value at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one outstanding share of the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith.  In either case the adjustments shall be described in a statement delivered to the Holder describing the portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights applicable to one share of Common Stock.  Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after the record date mentioned above.
 
 
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e)   Fundamental Transaction . If, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, (i) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person and the Company is not the surviving corporation, (ii) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions, (iii) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or (iv) the Company effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (in any such case, a “ Fundamental Transaction ”), then, upon any subsequent conversion of this Debenture, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, the same kind and amount of securities, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, the holder of one share of Common Stock (the “ Alternate Consideration ”).  For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Conversion Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration.  If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any conversion of this Debenture following such Fundamental Transaction.  To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the Holder a new debenture consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to convert such debenture into Alternate Consideration. The terms of any agreement pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is effected shall include terms requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply with the provisions of this Section 5(e) and insuring that this Debenture (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.

f)   Calculations .  All calculations under this Section 5 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.  For purposes of this Section 5, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) issued and outstanding.

g)   Notice to the Holder .

i.   Adjustment to Conversion Price .  Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 5, the Company shall promptly deliver to each Holder a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

ii.   Notice to Allow Conversion by Holder .  If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, of any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of this Debenture, and shall cause to be delivered to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Debenture Register, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange, provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice.  The Holder is entitled to convert this Debenture during the 20-day period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date of the event triggering such notice.
 
 
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Section 6 .                                    Forced Conversion .  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if after the earlier of (i) the Effective Date and (ii) the date that all of the Conversion Shares are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the Holder (such period the “ Threshold Period ”), the VWAP for 20 consecutive Trading Days, which period shall have commenced only after the earlier of the Threshold Period, exceeds $1.50 (subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the Original Issue Date), the Company may, within one Trading Day after the end of any such Threshold Period, deliver a written notice to the Holder (a “ Forced Conversion Notice ” and the date such notice is delivered to the Holder, the “ Forced Conversion Notice Date ”) to cause the Holder to convert all or part of the then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture plus, if so specified in the Forced Conversion Notice, accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the Holder under this Debenture, if any, it being agreed that the “Conversion Date” for purposes of Section 4 shall be deemed to occur on the third Trading Day following the Forced Conversion Notice Date (such third Trading Day, the “ Forced Conversion Date ”).  The Company may not deliver a Forced Conversion Notice, and any Forced Conversion Notice delivered by the Company shall not be effective, unless all of the Equity Conditions are met (unless waived in writing by the Holder) on each Trading Day occurring during the applicable Threshold Period through and including the later of the Forced Conversion Date and the Trading Day after the date such Conversion Shares pursuant to such conversion are delivered to the Holder.  Any Forced Conversion shall be applied ratably to all Holders based on their initial purchases of Debentures pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, provided that any voluntary conversions by a Holder shall be applied against the Holder’s pro rata allocation, thereby decreasing the aggregate amount forcibly converted hereunder if only a portion of this Debenture is forcibly converted.  For purposes of clarification, a Forced Conversion shall be subject to all of the provisions of Section 4, including, without limitation, the provision requiring payment of liquidated damages and limitations on conversions.

Section 7 .                                    Negative Covenants . As long as any portion of this Debenture remains outstanding, unless the holders of at least 75% in principal amount of the then outstanding Debentures shall have otherwise given prior written consent, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its subsidiaries (whether or not a Subsidiary on the Original Issue Date) to, directly or indirectly:

a)   other than Permitted Indebtedness, enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind, including, but not limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom;

b)   other than Permitted Liens, enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Liens of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom;

c)   amend its charter documents, including, without limitation, its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, in any manner that materially and adversely affects any rights of the Holder, it being understood that changing the Company’s name and increasing the number of authorized shares of common stock to not more than 400 million shall not be  considered actions that adversely affects the rights of the Holder;

d)   repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness, other than the Debentures if on a pro-rata basis, other than regularly scheduled interest payments as such terms are in effect as of the Original Issue Date;

e)   pay cash dividends or distributions on any equity securities of the Company;

f)   enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Company which would be required to be disclosed in any public filing with the Commission, unless such transaction is made on an arm’s-length basis and expressly approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company (even if less than a quorum otherwise required for board approval); or

g)   enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.
 
 
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Section 8 .                                 Events of Default .

a)   Event of Default ” means, wherever used herein, any of the following events (whatever the reason for such event and whether such event shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

i.   any default in the payment of (A) the principal amount of any Debenture or (B) interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing to a Holder on any Debenture, as and when the same shall become due and payable (whether on a Conversion Date or the Maturity Date or by acceleration or otherwise) which default, solely in the case of an interest payment or other default under clause (B) above, is not cured within five Trading Days after notice of failure is sent by the Holder;

ii.   the Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement contained in the Debentures (other than a breach by the Company of its obligations to deliver shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon conversion, which breach is addressed in clause (xi) below) which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within the earlier to occur of (A) five Trading Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder or by any other Holder to the Company and (B) 10 Trading Days after the Company has become or should have become aware of such failure;

iii.   a default or event of default (subject to any grace or cure period provided in the applicable agreement, document or instrument or any amendment thereof) shall occur under (A) any of the Transaction Documents, (B) the licensing agreement with Rice University or (C) any other material agreement, lease, document or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is obligated (and not covered by clause (vi) below);

iv.   any representation or warranty made in this Debenture, any other Transaction Documents, any written statement pursuant hereto or thereto or any other report, financial statement or certificate made or delivered to the Holder or any other Holder shall be untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed made;

v.   the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X)  shall be subject to a Bankruptcy Event;

vi.   the Company or any Subsidiary shall default on any of its obligations under any mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, indenture agreement, factoring agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for borrowed money or money due under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement that (a) involves an obligation greater than $50,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, and (b) results in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable;

vii.   the Common Stock shall not be eligible for listing or quotation for trading on a Trading Market and shall not be eligible to resume listing or quotation for trading thereon within five Trading Days;

viii.   the Company shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental Transaction or shall agree to sell or dispose of all or in excess of 33% of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions (whether or not such sale would constitute a Change of Control Transaction);
 
 
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ix.   the Initial Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) shall not have been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the 180 th  calendar day after the Closing Date unless the Company then meets the current public information requirements under Rule 144 in respect of the Registrable Securities (as defined under the Registration Rights Agreement);

x.   if, during the Effectiveness Period (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), either (a) the effectiveness of the Registration Statement lapses for any reason or (b) the Holder shall not be permitted to resell Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) under the Registration Statement for a period of more than 30 consecutive Trading Days or 60 non-consecutive Trading Days during any 12 month period; provided , however , that if the Company is negotiating a merger, consolidation, acquisition or sale of all or substantially all of its assets or a similar transaction and, in the written opinion of counsel to the Company, the Registration Statement would be required to be amended to include information concerning such pending transaction(s) or the parties thereto which information is not available or may not be publicly disclosed at the time, the Company shall be permitted an additional 10 consecutive Trading Days during any 12 month period pursuant to this Section 8(a)(x);

xi.   the Company shall fail for any reason to deliver certificates to a Holder prior to the fifth Trading Day after a Conversion Date pursuant to Section 4(d) or the Company shall provide at any time notice to the Holder, including by way of public announcement, of the Company’s intention to not honor requests for conversions of any Debentures in accordance with the terms hereof;

xii.   the Company fails, by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the fourth Trading Day following the date hereof, to file a Current Report on Form 8-K relating to the merger by and among the Company, Solterrra Renewable Technologies, Inc. (“ Solterra ”) and the shareholders of Solterra. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have until 30 calendar days from the date hereof to file an amended Merger 8-K with the financial statements required by Item 9.01 of Form 8-K;

xiii.   any Person shall breach any agreement delivered to the initial Holders pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Purchase Agreement; or

xiv.   any monetary judgment, writ or similar final process shall be entered or filed against the Company, any subsidiary or any of their respective property or other assets for more than $50,000, and such judgment, writ or similar final process shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of 45 calendar days.

b)   Remedies Upon Event of Default . If any Event of Default occurs, the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, plus accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing in respect thereof through the date of acceleration, shall become, at the Holder’s election, immediately due and payable in cash.  Commencing five days after the occurrence of any Event of Default that results in the eventual acceleration of this Debenture, the interest rate on this Debenture shall accrue at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 18% per annum or the maximum rate permitted under applicable law.  Upon the payment in full, the Holder shall promptly surrender this Debenture to or as directed by the Company.  In connection with such acceleration described herein, the Holder need not provide, and the Company hereby waives, any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, and the Holder may immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it under applicable law.  Such acceleration may be rescinded and annulled by Holder at any time prior to payment hereunder and the Holder shall have all rights as a holder of the Debenture until such time, if any, as the Holder receives full payment pursuant to this Section 8(b).  No such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
 
 
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Section 9 .                                 Miscellaneous .

a)   Notices .  Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder hereunder, including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at the address set forth above, or such other facsimile number or address as the Company may specify for such purpose by notice to the Holder delivered in accordance with this Section 9(a).  Copies of all notices to the Company shall be simultaneously sent to Morse & Morse, PLLC, 1400 Old Country Road, Suite 302, Westbury, NY 11590, telephone no. 516-487-1446, by both facsimile to 516-487-1452 and by email to morgold@aol.com. 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 sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the facsimile number or address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such facsimile number or address appears, at the principal place of business of the Holder.  Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified on the signature page prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time), (ii) the date immediately following the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified on the signature page between 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) and 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (iii) the second Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.

b)   Absolute Obligation . Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Debenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, liquidated damages and accrued interest, as applicable, on this Debenture at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.  This Debenture is a direct debt obligation of the Company.  This Debenture ranks pari passu with all other Debentures now or hereafter issued under the terms set forth herein.

c)   Lost or Mutilated Debenture .  If this Debenture shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated Debenture, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed Debenture, a new Debenture for the principal amount of this Debenture so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Debenture, and of the ownership hereof, reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

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

e)   Waiver .  Any waiver by the Company or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this Debenture shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Debenture.  The failure of the Company or the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Debenture on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Debenture.  Any waiver by the Company or the Holder must be in writing.
 
 
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f)   Severability .  If any provision of this Debenture is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Debenture shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances.  If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on this Debenture as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this indenture, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Holder, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such as though no such law has been enacted.

g)   Next Business Day .  Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.

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

i)   Assumption .  Any successor to the Company or any surviving entity in a Fundamental Transaction shall (i) assume, prior to such Fundamental Transaction, all of the obligations of the Company under this Debenture and the other Transaction Documents pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Holder (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (ii) issue to the Holder a new debenture of such successor entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Debenture, including, without limitation, having a principal amount and interest rate equal to the principal amount and the interest rate of this Debenture and having similar ranking to this Debenture, which shall be satisfactory to the Holder (any such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).  The provisions of this Section 9(i) shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations of this Debenture.

j)   Secured Obligation .  The obligations of the Company under this Debenture are secured by all assets of the Company and each Subsidiary pursuant to the Security Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2008 between the Company, the Subsidiaries of the Company and the Secured Parties (as defined therein).

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(Signature Pages Follow)
 

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Debenture to be duly executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date first above indicated.
 
 
 
HAGUE CORP.
 
       
 
By:
/s/   
   
Name: Stephen Squires
 
    Title: Chief Executive Officer  
   
Facsimile No. for delivery of Notices: (480) 248-3116
 

 
 
 
 
 


 
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ANNEX A

NOTICE OF CONVERSION


The undersigned hereby elects to convert principal under the 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debenture due November 4, 2011 of Hague Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), into shares of common stock (the “ Common Stock ”), of the Company according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below.  If shares of Common Stock 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.

By the delivery of this Notice of Conversion the undersigned represents and warrants to the Company that its ownership of the Common Stock does not exceed the amounts specified under Section 4 of this Debenture, as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.

The undersigned agrees to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements under the applicable securities laws in connection with any transfer of the aforesaid shares of Common Stock.

Conversion calculations:
Date to Effect Conversion:

Principal Amount of Debenture to be Converted:


Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:


Signature:

Name:

Address for Delivery of Common Stock Certificates:

Or

DWAC Instructions:

Broker No:                                                      
Account No:                                    
                  
 
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Schedule 1

CONVERSION SCHEDULE

The 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures due on November 4, 2011 in the aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000.00 are issued by Hague Corp., a Nevada corporation.  This Conversion Schedule reflects conversions made under Section 4 of the above referenced Debenture.

Dated:


 
Date of Conversion
(or for first entry, Original Issue Date)
 
Amount of Conversion
 
Aggregate Principal Amount Remaining Subsequent to Conversion
(or original Principal Amount)
 
Company Attest
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       



 
 
 
 

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Exhibit 4.6

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

Original Issue Date: November 4, 2008
Original Conversion Price (subject to adjustment herein): $0.2667

$125,000


8% SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE
DUE NOVEMBER 4, 2011

THIS SENIOR SECURED DEBENTURE is one of a series of duly authorized and validly issued 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures of Hague Corp., a Nevada corporation, (the “ Company ”), having its principal place of business at 14220 E Cavedale Road, Scottsdale AZ 85262 designated as its 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debenture due November 4, 2011 (this debenture, the “ Debenture ” and, collectively with the other debentures of such series, the “ Debentures ” shall total the principal sum of $1,500,000 pursuant to which the Company shall have received a total of $1,500,000).

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to MKM SP1, LLC or its registered assigns (the “ Holder ”), or shall have paid pursuant to the terms hereunder, the principal sum of $125,000 on November 4, 2011 (the “ Maturity Date ”) or such earlier date as this Debenture is required to be repaid as provided hereunder, and to pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture in accordance with the provisions hereof.  This Debenture is subject to the following additional provisions:

Section 1 .                                 Definitions .  For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Debenture, (a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement and (b) the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Alternate Consideration ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).
 
 
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Bankruptcy Event ” means any of the following events: (a) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) thereof 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 Significant Subsidiary thereof, (b) there is commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement, (c) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof 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 Significant Subsidiary thereof 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 60 calendar days after such appointment, (e) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof calls a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts or (g) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, 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.

Base Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).

Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c).

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

Buy-In ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(v).

Change of Control Transaction ” means the occurrence after the date hereof of any of (a) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of 33% of the voting securities of the Company (other than by means of conversion of the Debentures), (b) the Company merges into or consolidates with any other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Company and, after giving effect to such transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the Company or the successor entity of such transaction, or (c) the Company sells or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another Person and the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction, (d) a replacement at one time or within a three year period of more than one-half of the members of the Board of Directors which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board of Directors on the date hereof (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the Board of Directors on any date whose nomination to the Board of Directors was approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are members on the date hereof), or (e) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company  is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth in clauses (a) through (d) above.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization by and among the Company, Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc., Hague and the shareholders of Solterra shall not constitute a Change of Control Transaction.

Conversion ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.

Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).

Conversion Schedule ” means the Conversion Schedule in the form of Schedule 1 attached hereto.

Conversion Shares ” means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof.
 
 
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Debenture Register ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).

Dilutive Issuance ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

Dilutive Issuance Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

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

Equity Conditions ” means, during the period in question, (a) the Company shall have duly honored all conversions and redemptions scheduled to occur or occurring by virtue of one or more Notices of Conversion of the Holder, if any, (b) the Company shall have paid all liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the Holder in respect of this Debenture, (c)(i) there is an effective Registration Statement pursuant to which the Holder is permitted to utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and the Company believes, in good faith, that such effectiveness will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future) or (ii) all of the Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents may be resold pursuant to Rule 144 without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the Holder, (d) the Common Stock is trading on a Trading Market and all of the shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents are listed or quoted for trading on such Trading Market (and the Company believes, in good faith, that trading of the Common Stock on a Trading Market will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future), (e) there is a sufficient number of authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved shares of Common Stock for the issuance of all of the shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (f) there is no existing Event of Default or no existing event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, would constitute an Event of Default, (g) the issuance of the shares in question to the Holder would not violate the limitations set forth in Section 4(c) herein, (h) there has been no public announcement of a pending or proposed Fundamental Transaction or Change of Control Transaction that has not been consummated, (i) the Holder is not in possession of any information provided by the Company that constitutes, or may constitute, material non-public information and (j) the average daily trading volume for a period of 20 consecutive Trading Days prior to the applicable date in question for the Common Stock on the principal Trading Market exceeds 150,000 shares (subject to adjustment for forward and reverse stock splits and the like) per Trading Day.

Event of Default ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).

  Forced Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.

Forced Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.

Forced Conversion Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.

Forced Conversion Notice Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.

Fundamental Transaction ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).

Interest Payment Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

Late Fees ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).

 “ New York Courts ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(d).

Notice of Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
 
 
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Original Issue Date ” means the date of the first issuance of the Debentures, regardless of any transfers of any Debenture and regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued to evidence such Debentures.

Permitted Indebtedness ” means (a) the indebtedness evidenced by the Debentures and (b) up to $1,000,000 of non-equity linked indebtedness under accounts receivable or inventory lines of credit with a federal or state regulated bank or nationally recognized commercial lending institution whose primary business is not investing in securities.

Permitted Lien ” means the individual and collective reference to the following: (a) Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet due or Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Company) have been established in accordance with GAAP; (b) Liens imposed by law which were incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, statutory landlords’ Liens, and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, and which (x) do not individually or in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries or (y) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing for the foreseeable future the forfeiture or sale of the property or asset subject to such Lien; and (c) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted Indebtedness.
 
Purchase Agreement ” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2008 among the Company and the original Holders, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date of the Purchase Agreement, among the Company and the original Holders, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Registration Statement ” means a registration statement that registers the resale of all Conversion Shares of the Holder, names the Holder as a “selling stockholder” therein, and meets the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement.

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

Share Delivery Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(ii).

Subsidiary ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

Threshold Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.

Trading Day ” means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for business.

Trading Market ” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board.
 
 
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Transaction Documents ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

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

Section 2 .                                 Interest .

a)   Payment of Interest . The Company shall pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture at the rate of 8% per annum, payable quarterly on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1, beginning on the first such date after the Original Issue Date, on each Conversion Date (as to that principal amount then being converted) and on the Maturity Date (each such date, an “ Interest Payment Date ”) (if any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the applicable payment shall be due on the next succeeding Business Day), in cash or shares of the Company’s common stock (“ Interest Shares ”), at the option of the Company.   The number of Interest Shares to be issued will be determined by dividing the interest payment by 80% of the VWAP for the 10 consecutive Trading Days prior to the Interest Payment Date.  Interest Shares shall be delivered to the Purchaser within five business days of the Interest Payment Date.

b)   Interest Calculations . Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, consisting of twelve 30 calendar day periods, and shall accrue daily commencing on the Original Issue Date until payment in full of the outstanding principal, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts which may become due hereunder, has been made.  Interest shall cease to accrue with respect to any principal amount converted, provided that, the Company actually delivers the Conversion Shares within the time period required by Section 4(d)(ii) herein.  Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person in whose name this Debenture is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and transfers of this Debenture (the “ Debenture Register ”).

c)   Late Fee .  All overdue accrued and unpaid interest to be paid hereunder shall entail a late fee at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 18% per annum or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law (the “ Late Fees ”) which shall accrue daily from the date such interest is due hereunder through and including the date of actual payment in full.

d)   Prepayment .  The Company may prepay any portion of the principal amount of this Debenture at any time and from time-to-time in whole or in part without the prior written consent of the Holder, after giving the Holder at least ten business days prior written notice and an opportunity to make a voluntary conversion before the prepayment date.
 
 
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Section 3.                        Registration of Transfers and Exchanges .

a)   Different Denominations . This Debenture is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Debentures of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.  No service charge will be payable for such registration of transfer or exchange.

b)   Investment Representations . This Debenture has been issued subject to certain investment representations of the original Holder set forth in the Purchase Agreement and may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with the Purchase Agreement and applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations.

c)   Reliance on Debenture Register . Prior to due presentment for transfer to the Company of this Debenture, the Company and any agent of the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Debenture is duly registered on the Debenture Register as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Debenture is overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

Section 4.                        Conversion .

a)   Voluntary Conversion . At any time after the Original Issue Date until this Debenture is no longer outstanding, this Debenture shall be convertible, in whole or in part, into shares of Common Stock at the option of the Holder, at any time and from time to time (subject to the conversion limitations set forth in Section 4(c) hereof).  The Holder shall effect conversions by delivering to the Company a Notice of Conversion, the form of which is attached hereto as Annex A (each, a “ Notice of Conversion ”), specifying therein the principal amount of this Debenture to be converted and the date on which such conversion shall be effected (such date, the “ Conversion Date ”).  If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion is deemed delivered hereunder.  To effect conversions hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Debenture to the Company unless the entire principal amount of this Debenture, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, has been so converted. Conversions hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture in an amount equal to the applicable conversion.  The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the principal amount(s) converted and the date of such conversion(s).  The Company may deliver an objection to any Notice of Conversion within one Business Day of delivery of such Notice of Conversion.  In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. The Holder, and any assignee by acceptance of this Debenture, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph and those provisions contained in Section 2(d), following conversion of a portion of this Debenture, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this Debenture may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

b)   Conversion Price .  The conversion price in effect on any Conversion Date shall be equal to $0.2667, subject to adjustment herein (the “ Conversion Price ”).

c)   Conversion Limitations .  The Company shall not effect any conversion of this Debenture, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Debenture, to the extent that after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other person or entity acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below).  For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, unconverted principal amount of this Debenture beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including, without limitation, any other Debentures or the Warrants) beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates.  Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 4(c), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 4(c) applies, the determination of whether this Debenture is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which principal amount of this Debenture is convertible shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Debenture may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and which principal amount of this Debenture is convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. To ensure compliance with this restriction, the Holder will be deemed to represent to the Company each time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has not violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination.  In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  For purposes of this Section 4(c), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report, as the case may be; (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company; or (C) a more recent notice by the Company or the Company’s transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.  Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.  In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Debenture, by the Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “ Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” shall be 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture held by the Holder.  The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 4(c) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Debenture.
 
 
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d)  
Mechanics of Conversion .

i.   Conversion Shares Issuable Upon Conversion of Principal Amount .  The number of Conversion Shares issuable upon a conversion hereunder shall be determined by the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture to be converted by (y) the Conversion Price.
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ii.   Delivery of Certificate Upon Conversion . Not later than three Trading Days after each Conversion Date (the “ Share Delivery Date ”), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Holder (A) a certificate or certificates representing the Conversion Shares which, on or after the earlier of (i) the one year anniversary of the Original Issue Date or (ii) the Effective Date, shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions (other than those which may then be required by the Purchase Agreement) representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of this Debenture and (B) a bank check in the amount of accrued and unpaid interest. On or after the earlier of (i) the one year anniversary of the Original Issue Date or (ii) the Effective Date, the Company shall use its best efforts to deliver any certificate or certificates required to be delivered by the Company under this Section 4(d) electronically through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions.

iii.   Failure to Deliver Certificates .  If in the case of any Notice of Conversion such certificate or certificates are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the third Trading Day after the Conversion Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Company at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates, to rescind such Conversion, in which event the Company shall promptly return to the Holder any original Debenture delivered to the Company and the Holder shall promptly return to the Company the Common Stock certificates representing the principal amount of this Debenture unsuccessfully tendered for conversion to the Company.

iv.   Obligation Absolute; Partial Liquidated Damages .  The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided , however , that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any such action the Company may have against the Holder.  In the event the Holder of this Debenture shall elect to convert any or all of the outstanding principal amount hereof, the Company may not refuse conversion based on any claim that the Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with the Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all or part of this Debenture shall have been sought and obtained, and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of the Holder in the amount of 150% of the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to the Holder to the extent it obtains judgment.  In the absence of such injunction, the Company shall issue Conversion Shares or, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to issue free trading shares of common stock in violation of applicable federal and/or state securities laws.
 
 
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v.   Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Conversion . In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 4(d)(ii), and if after such Share Delivery Date the Holder is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise), or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Conversion Shares which the Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a “ Buy-In ”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by the Holder) the amount by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) this Debenture in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the attempted conversion or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Company had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 4(d)(ii).  For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of this Debenture with respect to which the actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of $10,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000.  The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss.  Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Debenture as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

vi.   Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion . The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of this Debenture, as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the other holders of the Debentures), not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall (subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement) be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 5) upon the conversion of the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture.  The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and, if the Registration Statement is then effective under the Securities Act, shall be registered for public sale in accordance with such Registration Statement.

vii.   Fractional Shares . No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of this Debenture.  As to any fraction of a share which Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such conversion, the Company shall at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share.

viii.   Transfer Taxes .  The issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of this Debenture shall be made without charge to the Holder hereof for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such certificates, provided that, the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificate upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holder of this Debenture so converted and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the person or persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.
 
 
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Section 5 .                                    Certain Adjustments .

a)   Stock Dividends and Stock Splits .  If the Company, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Common Stock on shares of Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalents (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon conversion of the Debentures), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of the Common Stock, any shares of capital stock of the Company, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event.  Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

b)   Subsequent Equity Sales .  Until the one year anniversary of the Effective Date, if at any time during this period while this Debenture is outstanding,  the Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable, sells or grants any option to purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the then Conversion Price (such lower price, the “ Base Conversion Price ” and such issuances, collectively, a “ Dilutive Issuance ”) (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the Conversion Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then the Conversion Price shall be reduced to equal the Base Conversion Price.  Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment will be made under this Section 5(b) in respect of an Exempt Issuance.  If the Company enters into a Variable Rate Transaction, despite the prohibition set forth in the Purchase Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have issued Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents at the lowest possible conversion price at which such securities may be converted or exercised. The Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than one Business Day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to this Section 5(b), indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the “ Dilutive Issuance Notice ”).  For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 5(b), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Conversion Shares based upon the Base Conversion Price on or after the date of such Dilutive Issuance, regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Conversion Price in the Notice of Conversion.
 
c)   Subsequent Rights Offerings .  If the Company, at any time while the Debenture is outstanding, shall issue rights, options or warrants to all holders of Common Stock (and not to Holders) entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is lower than the VWAP on the record date referenced below, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock offered for subscription or purchase, and of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares so offered (assuming delivery to the Company in full of all consideration payable upon exercise of such rights, options or warrants) would purchase at such VWAP.  Such adjustment shall be made whenever such rights or warrants are issued, and shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights, options or warrants.
 
 
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d)   Pro Rata Distributions . If the Company, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, distributes to all holders of Common Stock (and not to the Holders) evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including cash and cash dividends) or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security (other than the Common Stock, which shall be subject to Section 5(b)), then in each such case the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying such Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the VWAP determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator shall be such VWAP on such record date less the then fair market value at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one outstanding share of the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith.  In either case the adjustments shall be described in a statement delivered to the Holder describing the portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights applicable to one share of Common Stock.  Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after the record date mentioned above.

e)   Fundamental Transaction . If, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, (i) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person and the Company is not the surviving corporation, (ii) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions, (iii) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or (iv) the Company effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (in any such case, a “ Fundamental Transaction ”), then, upon any subsequent conversion of this Debenture, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, the same kind and amount of securities, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, the holder of one share of Common Stock (the “ Alternate Consideration ”).  For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Conversion Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration.  If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any conversion of this Debenture following such Fundamental Transaction.  To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the Holder a new debenture consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to convert such debenture into Alternate Consideration. The terms of any agreement pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is effected shall include terms requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply with the provisions of this Section 5(e) and insuring that this Debenture (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.

f)   Calculations .  All calculations under this Section 5 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.  For purposes of this Section 5, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) issued and outstanding.

g)   Notice to the Holder .

i.   Adjustment to Conversion Price .  Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 5, the Company shall promptly deliver to each Holder a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
 
 
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ii.   Notice to Allow Conversion by Holder .  If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, of any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of this Debenture, and shall cause to be delivered to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Debenture Register, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange, provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice.  The Holder is entitled to convert this Debenture during the 20-day period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date of the event triggering such notice.

Section 6 .                                    Forced Conversion .  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if after the earlier of (i) the Effective Date and (ii) the date that all of the Conversion Shares are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the Holder (such period the “ Threshold Period ”), the VWAP for 20 consecutive Trading Days, which period shall have commenced only after the earlier of the Threshold Period, exceeds $1.50 (subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the Original Issue Date), the Company may, within one Trading Day after the end of any such Threshold Period, deliver a written notice to the Holder (a “ Forced Conversion Notice ” and the date such notice is delivered to the Holder, the “ Forced Conversion Notice Date ”) to cause the Holder to convert all or part of the then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture plus, if so specified in the Forced Conversion Notice, accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the Holder under this Debenture, if any, it being agreed that the “Conversion Date” for purposes of Section 4 shall be deemed to occur on the third Trading Day following the Forced Conversion Notice Date (such third Trading Day, the “ Forced Conversion Date ”).  The Company may not deliver a Forced Conversion Notice, and any Forced Conversion Notice delivered by the Company shall not be effective, unless all of the Equity Conditions are met (unless waived in writing by the Holder) on each Trading Day occurring during the applicable Threshold Period through and including the later of the Forced Conversion Date and the Trading Day after the date such Conversion Shares pursuant to such conversion are delivered to the Holder.  Any Forced Conversion shall be applied ratably to all Holders based on their initial purchases of Debentures pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, provided that any voluntary conversions by a Holder shall be applied against the Holder’s pro rata allocation, thereby decreasing the aggregate amount forcibly converted hereunder if only a portion of this Debenture is forcibly converted.  For purposes of clarification, a Forced Conversion shall be subject to all of the provisions of Section 4, including, without limitation, the provision requiring payment of liquidated damages and limitations on conversions.

Section 7 .                                    Negative Covenants . As long as any portion of this Debenture remains outstanding, unless the holders of at least 75% in principal amount of the then outstanding Debentures shall have otherwise given prior written consent, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its subsidiaries (whether or not a Subsidiary on the Original Issue Date) to, directly or indirectly:

a)   other than Permitted Indebtedness, enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind, including, but not limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom;
 
 
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b)   other than Permitted Liens, enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Liens of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom;

c)   amend its charter documents, including, without limitation, its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, in any manner that materially and adversely affects any rights of the Holder, it being understood that changing the Company’s name and increasing the number of authorized shares of common stock to not more than 400 million shall not be  considered actions that adversely affects the rights of the Holder;

d)   repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness, other than the Debentures if on a pro-rata basis, other than regularly scheduled interest payments as such terms are in effect as of the Original Issue Date;

e)   pay cash dividends or distributions on any equity securities of the Company;

f)   enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Company which would be required to be disclosed in any public filing with the Commission, unless such transaction is made on an arm’s-length basis and expressly approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company (even if less than a quorum otherwise required for board approval); or

g)   enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.

Section 8 .                                 Events of Default .

a)   Event of Default ” means, wherever used herein, any of the following events (whatever the reason for such event and whether such event shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

i.   any default in the payment of (A) the principal amount of any Debenture or (B) interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing to a Holder on any Debenture, as and when the same shall become due and payable (whether on a Conversion Date or the Maturity Date or by acceleration or otherwise) which default, solely in the case of an interest payment or other default under clause (B) above, is not cured within five Trading Days after notice of failure is sent by the Holder;

ii.   the Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement contained in the Debentures (other than a breach by the Company of its obligations to deliver shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon conversion, which breach is addressed in clause (xi) below) which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within the earlier to occur of (A) five Trading Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder or by any other Holder to the Company and (B) 10 Trading Days after the Company has become or should have become aware of such failure;

iii.   a default or event of default (subject to any grace or cure period provided in the applicable agreement, document or instrument or any amendment thereof) shall occur under (A) any of the Transaction Documents, (B) the licensing agreement with Rice University or (C) any other material agreement, lease, document or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is obligated (and not covered by clause (vi) below);

iv.   any representation or warranty made in this Debenture, any other Transaction Documents, any written statement pursuant hereto or thereto or any other report, financial statement or certificate made or delivered to the Holder or any other Holder shall be untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed made;
 
 
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v.   the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X)  shall be subject to a Bankruptcy Event;

vi.   the Company or any Subsidiary shall default on any of its obligations under any mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, indenture agreement, factoring agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for borrowed money or money due under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement that (a) involves an obligation greater than $50,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, and (b) results in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable;

vii.   the Common Stock shall not be eligible for listing or quotation for trading on a Trading Market and shall not be eligible to resume listing or quotation for trading thereon within five Trading Days;

viii.   the Company shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental Transaction or shall agree to sell or dispose of all or in excess of 33% of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions (whether or not such sale would constitute a Change of Control Transaction);

ix.   the Initial Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) shall not have been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the 180 th  calendar day after the Closing Date unless the Company then meets the current public information requirements under Rule 144 in respect of the Registrable Securities (as defined under the Registration Rights Agreement);

x.   if, during the Effectiveness Period (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), either (a) the effectiveness of the Registration Statement lapses for any reason or (b) the Holder shall not be permitted to resell Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) under the Registration Statement for a period of more than 30 consecutive Trading Days or 60 non-consecutive Trading Days during any 12 month period; provided , however , that if the Company is negotiating a merger, consolidation, acquisition or sale of all or substantially all of its assets or a similar transaction and, in the written opinion of counsel to the Company, the Registration Statement would be required to be amended to include information concerning such pending transaction(s) or the parties thereto which information is not available or may not be publicly disclosed at the time, the Company shall be permitted an additional 10 consecutive Trading Days during any 12 month period pursuant to this Section 8(a)(x);

xi.   the Company shall fail for any reason to deliver certificates to a Holder prior to the fifth Trading Day after a Conversion Date pursuant to Section 4(d) or the Company shall provide at any time notice to the Holder, including by way of public announcement, of the Company’s intention to not honor requests for conversions of any Debentures in accordance with the terms hereof;

xii.   the Company fails, by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the fourth Trading Day following the date hereof, to file a Current Report on Form 8-K relating to the merger by and among the Company, Solterrra Renewable Technologies, Inc. (“ Solterra ”) and the shareholders of Solterra. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have until 30 calendar days from the date hereof to file an amended Merger 8-K with the financial statements required by Item 9.01 of Form 8-K;

xiii.   any Person shall breach any agreement delivered to the initial Holders pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Purchase Agreement; or

xiv.   any monetary judgment, writ or similar final process shall be entered or filed against the Company, any subsidiary or any of their respective property or other assets for more than $50,000, and such judgment, writ or similar final process shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of 45 calendar days.
 
 
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b)   Remedies Upon Event of Default . If any Event of Default occurs, the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, plus accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing in respect thereof through the date of acceleration, shall become, at the Holder’s election, immediately due and payable in cash.  Commencing five days after the occurrence of any Event of Default that results in the eventual acceleration of this Debenture, the interest rate on this Debenture shall accrue at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 18% per annum or the maximum rate permitted under applicable law.  Upon the payment in full, the Holder shall promptly surrender this Debenture to or as directed by the Company.  In connection with such acceleration described herein, the Holder need not provide, and the Company hereby waives, any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, and the Holder may immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it under applicable law.  Such acceleration may be rescinded and annulled by Holder at any time prior to payment hereunder and the Holder shall have all rights as a holder of the Debenture until such time, if any, as the Holder receives full payment pursuant to this Section 8(b).  No such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 9 .                                 Miscellaneous .

a)   Notices .  Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder hereunder, including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at the address set forth above, or such other facsimile number or address as the Company may specify for such purpose by notice to the Holder delivered in accordance with this Section 9(a).  Copies of all notices to the Company shall be simultaneously sent to Morse & Morse, PLLC, 1400 Old Country Road, Suite 302, Westbury, NY 11590, telephone no. 516-487-1446, by both facsimile to 516-487-1452 and by email to morgold@aol.com. 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 sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the facsimile number or address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such facsimile number or address appears, at the principal place of business of the Holder.  Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified on the signature page prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time), (ii) the date immediately following the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified on the signature page between 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) and 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (iii) the second Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.

b)   Absolute Obligation . Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Debenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, liquidated damages and accrued interest, as applicable, on this Debenture at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.  This Debenture is a direct debt obligation of the Company.  This Debenture ranks pari passu with all other Debentures now or hereafter issued under the terms set forth herein.

c)   Lost or Mutilated Debenture .  If this Debenture shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated Debenture, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed Debenture, a new Debenture for the principal amount of this Debenture so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Debenture, and of the ownership hereof, reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
 
 
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d)   Governing Law .  All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Debenture shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof.  Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the “ New York Courts ”).  Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such New York Courts, or such New York Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding.  Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Debenture and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Debenture or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Debenture, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

e)   Waiver .  Any waiver by the Company or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this Debenture shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Debenture.  The failure of the Company or the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Debenture on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Debenture.  Any waiver by the Company or the Holder must be in writing.

f)   Severability .  If any provision of this Debenture is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Debenture shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances.  If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on this Debenture as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this indenture, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Holder, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such as though no such law has been enacted.

g)   Next Business Day .  Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.

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

i)   Assumption .  Any successor to the Company or any surviving entity in a Fundamental Transaction shall (i) assume, prior to such Fundamental Transaction, all of the obligations of the Company under this Debenture and the other Transaction Documents pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Holder (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (ii) issue to the Holder a new debenture of such successor entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Debenture, including, without limitation, having a principal amount and interest rate equal to the principal amount and the interest rate of this Debenture and having similar ranking to this Debenture, which shall be satisfactory to the Holder (any such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).  The provisions of this Section 9(i) shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations of this Debenture.

j)   Secured Obligation .  The obligations of the Company under this Debenture are secured by all assets of the Company and each Subsidiary pursuant to the Security Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2008 between the Company, the Subsidiaries of the Company and the Secured Parties (as defined therein).

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(Signature Pages Follow)
 

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Debenture to be duly executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date first above indicated.

 
 
HAGUE CORP.
 
       
 
By:
/s/   
    Name: Stephen Squires  
    Title: Chief Executive Officer  
   
Facsimile No. for delivery of Notices: (480) 248-3116
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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ANNEX A

NOTICE OF CONVERSION


The undersigned hereby elects to convert principal under the 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debenture due November 4, 2011 of Hague Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), into shares of common stock (the “ Common Stock ”), of the Company according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below.  If shares of Common Stock 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.

By the delivery of this Notice of Conversion the undersigned represents and warrants to the Company that its ownership of the Common Stock does not exceed the amounts specified under Section 4 of this Debenture, as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.

The undersigned agrees to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements under the applicable securities laws in connection with any transfer of the aforesaid shares of Common Stock.

Conversion calculations:
Date to Effect Conversion:

Principal Amount of Debenture to be Converted:


Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:


Signature:

Name:

Address for Delivery of Common Stock Certificates:

Or

DWAC Instructions:

Broker No:                                                      
Account No:      
 
                                                
 
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Schedule 1

CONVERSION SCHEDULE

The 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures due on November 4, 2011 in the aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000.00 are issued by Hague Corp., a Nevada corporation.  This Conversion Schedule reflects conversions made under Section 4 of the above referenced Debenture.

Dated:


 
Date of Conversion
(or for first entry, Original Issue Date)
 
Amount of Conversion
 
Aggregate Principal Amount Remaining Subsequent to Conversion
(or original Principal Amount)
 
Company Attest
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Exhibit 4.7

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

Original Issue Date: November 4, 2008
Original Conversion Price (subject to adjustment herein): $0.2667

$500,000


8% SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE
DUE NOVEMBER 4, 2011

THIS SENIOR SECURED DEBENTURE is one of a series of duly authorized and validly issued 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures of Hague Corp., a Nevada corporation, (the “ Company ”), having its principal place of business at 14220 E Cavedale Road, Scottsdale AZ 85262 designated as its 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debenture due November 4, 2011 (this debenture, the “ Debenture ” and, collectively with the other debentures of such series, the “ Debentures ” shall total the principal sum of $1,500,000 pursuant to which the Company shall have received a total of $1,500,000).

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to Steven Posner Irrevocable Trust u/t/a Dated 06/17/65 or its registered assigns (the “ Holder ”), or shall have paid pursuant to the terms hereunder, the principal sum of $500,000 on November 4, 2011 (the “ Maturity Date ”) or such earlier date as this Debenture is required to be repaid as provided hereunder, and to pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture in accordance with the provisions hereof.  This Debenture is subject to the following additional provisions:

Section 1 .                                 Definitions .  For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Debenture, (a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement and (b) the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Alternate Consideration ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).

Bankruptcy Event ” means any of the following events: (a) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) thereof 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 Significant Subsidiary thereof, (b) there is commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement, (c) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof 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 Significant Subsidiary thereof 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 60 calendar days after such appointment, (e) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof calls a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts or (g) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, 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.

Base Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).

Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c).

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

Buy-In ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(v).
 
 
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Change of Control Transaction ” means the occurrence after the date hereof of any of (a) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of 33% of the voting securities of the Company (other than by means of conversion of the Debentures), (b) the Company merges into or consolidates with any other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Company and, after giving effect to such transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the Company or the successor entity of such transaction, or (c) the Company sells or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another Person and the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction, (d) a replacement at one time or within a three year period of more than one-half of the members of the Board of Directors which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board of Directors on the date hereof (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the Board of Directors on any date whose nomination to the Board of Directors was approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are members on the date hereof), or (e) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company  is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth in clauses (a) through (d) above.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization by and among the Company, Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc., Hague and the shareholders of Solterra shall not constitute a Change of Control Transaction.

Conversion ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.

Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).

Conversion Schedule ” means the Conversion Schedule in the form of Schedule 1 attached hereto.

Conversion Shares ” means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof.

Debenture Register ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).

Dilutive Issuance ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

Dilutive Issuance Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

Effectiveness Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
 
 
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Equity Conditions ” means, during the period in question, (a) the Company shall have duly honored all conversions and redemptions scheduled to occur or occurring by virtue of one or more Notices of Conversion of the Holder, if any, (b) the Company shall have paid all liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the Holder in respect of this Debenture, (c)(i) there is an effective Registration Statement pursuant to which the Holder is permitted to utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and the Company believes, in good faith, that such effectiveness will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future) or (ii) all of the Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents may be resold pursuant to Rule 144 without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the Holder, (d) the Common Stock is trading on a Trading Market and all of the shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents are listed or quoted for trading on such Trading Market (and the Company believes, in good faith, that trading of the Common Stock on a Trading Market will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future), (e) there is a sufficient number of authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved shares of Common Stock for the issuance of all of the shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (f) there is no existing Event of Default or no existing event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, would constitute an Event of Default, (g) the issuance of the shares in question to the Holder would not violate the limitations set forth in Section 4(c) herein, (h) there has been no public announcement of a pending or proposed Fundamental Transaction or Change of Control Transaction that has not been consummated, (i) the Holder is not in possession of any information provided by the Company that constitutes, or may constitute, material non-public information and (j) the average daily trading volume for a period of 20 consecutive Trading Days prior to the applicable date in question for the Common Stock on the principal Trading Market exceeds 150,000 shares (subject to adjustment for forward and reverse stock splits and the like) per Trading Day.

Event of Default ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).

  Forced Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.

Forced Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.

Forced Conversion Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.

Forced Conversion Notice Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.

Fundamental Transaction ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).

Interest Payment Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

Late Fees ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).

 “ New York Courts ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(d).

Notice of Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

Original Issue Date ” means the date of the first issuance of the Debentures, regardless of any transfers of any Debenture and regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued to evidence such Debentures.

Permitted Indebtedness ” means (a) the indebtedness evidenced by the Debentures and (b) up to $1,000,000 of non-equity linked indebtedness under accounts receivable or inventory lines of credit with a federal or state regulated bank or nationally recognized commercial lending institution whose primary business is not investing in securities.
 
 
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Permitted Lien ” means the individual and collective reference to the following: (a) Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet due or Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Company) have been established in accordance with GAAP; (b) Liens imposed by law which were incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, statutory landlords’ Liens, and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, and which (x) do not individually or in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries or (y) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing for the foreseeable future the forfeiture or sale of the property or asset subject to such Lien; and (c) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted Indebtedness.
 
Purchase Agreement ” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2008 among the Company and the original Holders, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date of the Purchase Agreement, among the Company and the original Holders, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Registration Statement ” means a registration statement that registers the resale of all Conversion Shares of the Holder, names the Holder as a “selling stockholder” therein, and meets the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement.

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

Share Delivery Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(ii).

Subsidiary ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

Threshold Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.

Trading Day ” means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for business.

Trading Market ” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board.

Transaction Documents ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

VWAP ” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted for trading as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)); (b)  if the OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board; (c) if the Common Stock is not then quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported; or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company.
 
 
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Section 2 .                                 Interest .

a)   Payment of Interest . The Company shall pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture at the rate of 8% per annum, payable quarterly on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1, beginning on the first such date after the Original Issue Date, on each Conversion Date (as to that principal amount then being converted) and on the Maturity Date (each such date, an “ Interest Payment Date ”) (if any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the applicable payment shall be due on the next succeeding Business Day), in cash or shares of the Company’s common stock (“ Interest Shares ”), at the option of the Company.   The number of Interest Shares to be issued will be determined by dividing the interest payment by 80% of the VWAP for the 10 consecutive Trading Days prior to the Interest Payment Date.  Interest Shares shall be delivered to the Purchaser within five business days of the Interest Payment Date.

b)   Interest Calculations . Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, consisting of twelve 30 calendar day periods, and shall accrue daily commencing on the Original Issue Date until payment in full of the outstanding principal, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts which may become due hereunder, has been made.  Interest shall cease to accrue with respect to any principal amount converted, provided that, the Company actually delivers the Conversion Shares within the time period required by Section 4(d)(ii) herein.  Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person in whose name this Debenture is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and transfers of this Debenture (the “ Debenture Register ”).

c)   Late Fee .  All overdue accrued and unpaid interest to be paid hereunder shall entail a late fee at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 18% per annum or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law (the “ Late Fees ”) which shall accrue daily from the date such interest is due hereunder through and including the date of actual payment in full.

d)   Prepayment .  The Company may prepay any portion of the principal amount of this Debenture at any time and from time-to-time in whole or in part without the prior written consent of the Holder, after giving the Holder at least ten business days prior written notice and an opportunity to make a voluntary conversion before the prepayment date.

Section 3.                        Registration of Transfers and Exchanges .

a)   Different Denominations . This Debenture is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Debentures of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.  No service charge will be payable for such registration of transfer or exchange.

b)   Investment Representations . This Debenture has been issued subject to certain investment representations of the original Holder set forth in the Purchase Agreement and may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with the Purchase Agreement and applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations.

c)   Reliance on Debenture Register . Prior to due presentment for transfer to the Company of this Debenture, the Company and any agent of the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Debenture is duly registered on the Debenture Register as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Debenture is overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

Section 4.                        Conversion .

a)   Voluntary Conversion . At any time after the Original Issue Date until this Debenture is no longer outstanding, this Debenture shall be convertible, in whole or in part, into shares of Common Stock at the option of the Holder, at any time and from time to time (subject to the conversion limitations set forth in Section 4(c) hereof).  The Holder shall effect conversions by delivering to the Company a Notice of Conversion, the form of which is attached hereto as Annex A (each, a “ Notice of Conversion ”), specifying therein the principal amount of this Debenture to be converted and the date on which such conversion shall be effected (such date, the “ Conversion Date ”).  If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion is deemed delivered hereunder.  To effect conversions hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Debenture to the Company unless the entire principal amount of this Debenture, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, has been so converted. Conversions hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture in an amount equal to the applicable conversion.  The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the principal amount(s) converted and the date of such conversion(s).  The Company may deliver an objection to any Notice of Conversion within one Business Day of delivery of such Notice of Conversion.  In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. The Holder, and any assignee by acceptance of this Debenture, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph and those provisions contained in Section 2(d), following conversion of a portion of this Debenture, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this Debenture may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.
 
 
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b)   Conversion Price .  The conversion price in effect on any Conversion Date shall be equal to $0.2667, subject to adjustment herein (the “ Conversion Price ”).

c)   Conversion Limitations .  The Company shall not effect any conversion of this Debenture, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Debenture, to the extent that after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other person or entity acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below).  For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, unconverted principal amount of this Debenture beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including, without limitation, any other Debentures or the Warrants) beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates.  Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 4(c), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 4(c) applies, the determination of whether this Debenture is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which principal amount of this Debenture is convertible shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Debenture may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and which principal amount of this Debenture is convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. To ensure compliance with this restriction, the Holder will be deemed to represent to the Company each time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has not violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination.  In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  For purposes of this Section 4(c), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report, as the case may be; (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company; or (C) a more recent notice by the Company or the Company’s transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.  Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.  In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Debenture, by the Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “ Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” shall be 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture held by the Holder.  The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 4(c) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Debenture.

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Mechanics of Conversion .

i.   Conversion Shares Issuable Upon Conversion of Principal Amount .  The number of Conversion Shares issuable upon a conversion hereunder shall be determined by the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture to be converted by (y) the Conversion Price.
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ii.   Delivery of Certificate Upon Conversion . Not later than three Trading Days after each Conversion Date (the “ Share Delivery Date ”), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Holder (A) a certificate or certificates representing the Conversion Shares which, on or after the earlier of (i) the one year anniversary of the Original Issue Date or (ii) the Effective Date, shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions (other than those which may then be required by the Purchase Agreement) representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of this Debenture and (B) a bank check in the amount of accrued and unpaid interest. On or after the earlier of (i) the one year anniversary of the Original Issue Date or (ii) the Effective Date, the Company shall use its best efforts to deliver any certificate or certificates required to be delivered by the Company under this Section 4(d) electronically through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions.

iii.   Failure to Deliver Certificates .  If in the case of any Notice of Conversion such certificate or certificates are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the third Trading Day after the Conversion Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Company at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates, to rescind such Conversion, in which event the Company shall promptly return to the Holder any original Debenture delivered to the Company and the Holder shall promptly return to the Company the Common Stock certificates representing the principal amount of this Debenture unsuccessfully tendered for conversion to the Company.
 
 
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iv.   Obligation Absolute; Partial Liquidated Damages .  The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided , however , that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any such action the Company may have against the Holder.  In the event the Holder of this Debenture shall elect to convert any or all of the outstanding principal amount hereof, the Company may not refuse conversion based on any claim that the Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with the Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all or part of this Debenture shall have been sought and obtained, and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of the Holder in the amount of 150% of the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to the Holder to the extent it obtains judgment.  In the absence of such injunction, the Company shall issue Conversion Shares or, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to issue free trading shares of common stock in violation of applicable federal and/or state securities laws.

v.   Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Conversion . In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 4(d)(ii), and if after such Share Delivery Date the Holder is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise), or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Conversion Shares which the Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a “ Buy-In ”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by the Holder) the amount by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) this Debenture in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the attempted conversion or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Company had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 4(d)(ii).  For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of this Debenture with respect to which the actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of $10,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000.  The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss.  Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Debenture as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

vi.   Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion . The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of this Debenture, as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the other holders of the Debentures), not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall (subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement) be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 5) upon the conversion of the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture.  The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and, if the Registration Statement is then effective under the Securities Act, shall be registered for public sale in accordance with such Registration Statement.

vii.   Fractional Shares . No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of this Debenture.  As to any fraction of a share which Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such conversion, the Company shall at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share.
 
 
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viii.   Transfer Taxes .  The issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of this Debenture shall be made without charge to the Holder hereof for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such certificates, provided that, the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificate upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holder of this Debenture so converted and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the person or persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.

Section 5 .                                    Certain Adjustments .

a)   Stock Dividends and Stock Splits .  If the Company, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Common Stock on shares of Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalents (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon conversion of the Debentures), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of the Common Stock, any shares of capital stock of the Company, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event.  Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

b)   Subsequent Equity Sales .  Until the one year anniversary of the Effective Date, if at any time during this period while this Debenture is outstanding,  the Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable, sells or grants any option to purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the then Conversion Price (such lower price, the “ Base Conversion Price ” and such issuances, collectively, a “ Dilutive Issuance ”) (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the Conversion Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then the Conversion Price shall be reduced to equal the Base Conversion Price.  Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment will be made under this Section 5(b) in respect of an Exempt Issuance.  If the Company enters into a Variable Rate Transaction, despite the prohibition set forth in the Purchase Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have issued Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents at the lowest possible conversion price at which such securities may be converted or exercised. The Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than one Business Day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to this Section 5(b), indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the “ Dilutive Issuance Notice ”).  For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 5(b), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Conversion Shares based upon the Base Conversion Price on or after the date of such Dilutive Issuance, regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Conversion Price in the Notice of Conversion.
 
c)   Subsequent Rights Offerings .  If the Company, at any time while the Debenture is outstanding, shall issue rights, options or warrants to all holders of Common Stock (and not to Holders) entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is lower than the VWAP on the record date referenced below, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock offered for subscription or purchase, and of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares so offered (assuming delivery to the Company in full of all consideration payable upon exercise of such rights, options or warrants) would purchase at such VWAP.  Such adjustment shall be made whenever such rights or warrants are issued, and shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights, options or warrants.
 
 
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d)   Pro Rata Distributions . If the Company, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, distributes to all holders of Common Stock (and not to the Holders) evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including cash and cash dividends) or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security (other than the Common Stock, which shall be subject to Section 5(b)), then in each such case the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying such Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the VWAP determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator shall be such VWAP on such record date less the then fair market value at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one outstanding share of the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith.  In either case the adjustments shall be described in a statement delivered to the Holder describing the portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights applicable to one share of Common Stock.  Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after the record date mentioned above.

e)   Fundamental Transaction . If, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, (i) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person and the Company is not the surviving corporation, (ii) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions, (iii) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or (iv) the Company effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (in any such case, a “ Fundamental Transaction ”), then, upon any subsequent conversion of this Debenture, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, the same kind and amount of securities, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, the holder of one share of Common Stock (the “ Alternate Consideration ”).  For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Conversion Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration.  If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any conversion of this Debenture following such Fundamental Transaction.  To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the Holder a new debenture consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to convert such debenture into Alternate Consideration. The terms of any agreement pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is effected shall include terms requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply with the provisions of this Section 5(e) and insuring that this Debenture (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.

f)   Calculations .  All calculations under this Section 5 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.  For purposes of this Section 5, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) issued and outstanding.

g)   Notice to the Holder .

i.   Adjustment to Conversion Price .  Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 5, the Company shall promptly deliver to each Holder a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

ii.   Notice to Allow Conversion by Holder .  If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, of any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of this Debenture, and shall cause to be delivered to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Debenture Register, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange, provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice.  The Holder is entitled to convert this Debenture during the 20-day period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date of the event triggering such notice.
 
 
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Section 6 .                                    Forced Conversion .  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if after the earlier of (i) the Effective Date and (ii) the date that all of the Conversion Shares are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the Holder (such period the “ Threshold Period ”), the VWAP for 20 consecutive Trading Days, which period shall have commenced only after the earlier of the Threshold Period, exceeds $1.50 (subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the Original Issue Date), the Company may, within one Trading Day after the end of any such Threshold Period, deliver a written notice to the Holder (a “ Forced Conversion Notice ” and the date such notice is delivered to the Holder, the “ Forced Conversion Notice Date ”) to cause the Holder to convert all or part of the then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture plus, if so specified in the Forced Conversion Notice, accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the Holder under this Debenture, if any, it being agreed that the “Conversion Date” for purposes of Section 4 shall be deemed to occur on the third Trading Day following the Forced Conversion Notice Date (such third Trading Day, the “ Forced Conversion Date ”).  The Company may not deliver a Forced Conversion Notice, and any Forced Conversion Notice delivered by the Company shall not be effective, unless all of the Equity Conditions are met (unless waived in writing by the Holder) on each Trading Day occurring during the applicable Threshold Period through and including the later of the Forced Conversion Date and the Trading Day after the date such Conversion Shares pursuant to such conversion are delivered to the Holder.  Any Forced Conversion shall be applied ratably to all Holders based on their initial purchases of Debentures pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, provided that any voluntary conversions by a Holder shall be applied against the Holder’s pro rata allocation, thereby decreasing the aggregate amount forcibly converted hereunder if only a portion of this Debenture is forcibly converted.  For purposes of clarification, a Forced Conversion shall be subject to all of the provisions of Section 4, including, without limitation, the provision requiring payment of liquidated damages and limitations on conversions.

Section 7 .                                    Negative Covenants . As long as any portion of this Debenture remains outstanding, unless the holders of at least 75% in principal amount of the then outstanding Debentures shall have otherwise given prior written consent, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its subsidiaries (whether or not a Subsidiary on the Original Issue Date) to, directly or indirectly:

a)   other than Permitted Indebtedness, enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind, including, but not limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom;

b)   other than Permitted Liens, enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Liens of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom;

c)   amend its charter documents, including, without limitation, its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, in any manner that materially and adversely affects any rights of the Holder, it being understood that changing the Company’s name and increasing the number of authorized shares of common stock to not more than 400 million shall not be  considered actions that adversely affects the rights of the Holder;

d)   repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness, other than the Debentures if on a pro-rata basis, other than regularly scheduled interest payments as such terms are in effect as of the Original Issue Date;

e)   pay cash dividends or distributions on any equity securities of the Company;

f)   enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Company which would be required to be disclosed in any public filing with the Commission, unless such transaction is made on an arm’s-length basis and expressly approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company (even if less than a quorum otherwise required for board approval); or

g)   enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.
 
 
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Section 8 .                                 Events of Default .

a)   Event of Default ” means, wherever used herein, any of the following events (whatever the reason for such event and whether such event shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

i.   any default in the payment of (A) the principal amount of any Debenture or (B) interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing to a Holder on any Debenture, as and when the same shall become due and payable (whether on a Conversion Date or the Maturity Date or by acceleration or otherwise) which default, solely in the case of an interest payment or other default under clause (B) above, is not cured within five Trading Days after notice of failure is sent by the Holder;

ii.   the Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement contained in the Debentures (other than a breach by the Company of its obligations to deliver shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon conversion, which breach is addressed in clause (xi) below) which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within the earlier to occur of (A) five Trading Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder or by any other Holder to the Company and (B) 10 Trading Days after the Company has become or should have become aware of such failure;

iii.   a default or event of default (subject to any grace or cure period provided in the applicable agreement, document or instrument or any amendment thereof) shall occur under (A) any of the Transaction Documents, (B) the licensing agreement with Rice University or (C) any other material agreement, lease, document or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is obligated (and not covered by clause (vi) below);

iv.   any representation or warranty made in this Debenture, any other Transaction Documents, any written statement pursuant hereto or thereto or any other report, financial statement or certificate made or delivered to the Holder or any other Holder shall be untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed made;

v.   the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X)  shall be subject to a Bankruptcy Event;

vi.   the Company or any Subsidiary shall default on any of its obligations under any mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, indenture agreement, factoring agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for borrowed money or money due under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement that (a) involves an obligation greater than $50,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, and (b) results in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable;

vii.   the Common Stock shall not be eligible for listing or quotation for trading on a Trading Market and shall not be eligible to resume listing or quotation for trading thereon within five Trading Days;

viii.   the Company shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental Transaction or shall agree to sell or dispose of all or in excess of 33% of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions (whether or not such sale would constitute a Change of Control Transaction);

ix.   the Initial Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) shall not have been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the 180 th  calendar day after the Closing Date unless the Company then meets the current public information requirements under Rule 144 in respect of the Registrable Securities (as defined under the Registration Rights Agreement);
 
 
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x.   if, during the Effectiveness Period (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), either (a) the effectiveness of the Registration Statement lapses for any reason or (b) the Holder shall not be permitted to resell Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) under the Registration Statement for a period of more than 30 consecutive Trading Days or 60 non-consecutive Trading Days during any 12 month period; provided , however , that if the Company is negotiating a merger, consolidation, acquisition or sale of all or substantially all of its assets or a similar transaction and, in the written opinion of counsel to the Company, the Registration Statement would be required to be amended to include information concerning such pending transaction(s) or the parties thereto which information is not available or may not be publicly disclosed at the time, the Company shall be permitted an additional 10 consecutive Trading Days during any 12 month period pursuant to this Section 8(a)(x);

xi.   the Company shall fail for any reason to deliver certificates to a Holder prior to the fifth Trading Day after a Conversion Date pursuant to Section 4(d) or the Company shall provide at any time notice to the Holder, including by way of public announcement, of the Company’s intention to not honor requests for conversions of any Debentures in accordance with the terms hereof;

xii.   the Company fails, by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the fourth Trading Day following the date hereof, to file a Current Report on Form 8-K relating to the merger by and among the Company, Solterrra Renewable Technologies, Inc. (“ Solterra ”) and the shareholders of Solterra. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have until 30 calendar days from the date hereof to file an amended Merger 8-K with the financial statements required by Item 9.01 of Form 8-K;

xiii.   any Person shall breach any agreement delivered to the initial Holders pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Purchase Agreement; or

xiv.   any monetary judgment, writ or similar final process shall be entered or filed against the Company, any subsidiary or any of their respective property or other assets for more than $50,000, and such judgment, writ or similar final process shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of 45 calendar days.

b)   Remedies Upon Event of Default . If any Event of Default occurs, the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, plus accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing in respect thereof through the date of acceleration, shall become, at the Holder’s election, immediately due and payable in cash.  Commencing five days after the occurrence of any Event of Default that results in the eventual acceleration of this Debenture, the interest rate on this Debenture shall accrue at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 18% per annum or the maximum rate permitted under applicable law.  Upon the payment in full, the Holder shall promptly surrender this Debenture to or as directed by the Company.  In connection with such acceleration described herein, the Holder need not provide, and the Company hereby waives, any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, and the Holder may immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it under applicable law.  Such acceleration may be rescinded and annulled by Holder at any time prior to payment hereunder and the Holder shall have all rights as a holder of the Debenture until such time, if any, as the Holder receives full payment pursuant to this Section 8(b).  No such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 9 .                                 Miscellaneous .

a)   Notices .  Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder hereunder, including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at the address set forth above, or such other facsimile number or address as the Company may specify for such purpose by notice to the Holder delivered in accordance with this Section 9(a).  Copies of all notices to the Company shall be simultaneously sent to Morse & Morse, PLLC, 1400 Old Country Road, Suite 302, Westbury, NY 11590, telephone no. 516-487-1446, by both facsimile to 516-487-1452 and by email to morgold@aol.com. 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 sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the facsimile number or address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such facsimile number or address appears, at the principal place of business of the Holder.  Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified on the signature page prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time), (ii) the date immediately following the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified on the signature page between 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) and 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (iii) the second Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.
 
 
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b)   Absolute Obligation . Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Debenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, liquidated damages and accrued interest, as applicable, on this Debenture at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.  This Debenture is a direct debt obligation of the Company.  This Debenture ranks pari passu with all other Debentures now or hereafter issued under the terms set forth herein.

c)   Lost or Mutilated Debenture .  If this Debenture shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated Debenture, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed Debenture, a new Debenture for the principal amount of this Debenture so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Debenture, and of the ownership hereof, reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

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

e)   Waiver .  Any waiver by the Company or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this Debenture shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Debenture.  The failure of the Company or the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Debenture on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Debenture.  Any waiver by the Company or the Holder must be in writing.

f)   Severability .  If any provision of this Debenture is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Debenture shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances.  If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on this Debenture as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this indenture, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Holder, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such as though no such law has been enacted.

g)   Next Business Day .  Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.

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

i)   Assumption .  Any successor to the Company or any surviving entity in a Fundamental Transaction shall (i) assume, prior to such Fundamental Transaction, all of the obligations of the Company under this Debenture and the other Transaction Documents pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Holder (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (ii) issue to the Holder a new debenture of such successor entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Debenture, including, without limitation, having a principal amount and interest rate equal to the principal amount and the interest rate of this Debenture and having similar ranking to this Debenture, which shall be satisfactory to the Holder (any such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).  The provisions of this Section 9(i) shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations of this Debenture.

j)   Secured Obligation .  The obligations of the Company under this Debenture are secured by all assets of the Company and each Subsidiary pursuant to the Security Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2008 between the Company, the Subsidiaries of the Company and the Secured Parties (as defined therein).

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(Signature Pages Follow)
 

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Debenture to be duly executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date first above indicated.

 
 
HAGUE CORP.
 
       
 
By:
/s/   
    Name: Stephen Squires  
    Title: Chief Executive Officer  
   
Facsimile No. for delivery of Notices: (480) 248-3116
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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ANNEX A

NOTICE OF CONVERSION


The undersigned hereby elects to convert principal under the 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debenture due November 4, 2011 of Hague Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), into shares of common stock (the “ Common Stock ”), of the Company according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below.  If shares of Common Stock 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.

By the delivery of this Notice of Conversion the undersigned represents and warrants to the Company that its ownership of the Common Stock does not exceed the amounts specified under Section 4 of this Debenture, as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.

The undersigned agrees to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements under the applicable securities laws in connection with any transfer of the aforesaid shares of Common Stock.

Conversion calculations:
Date to Effect Conversion:

Principal Amount of Debenture to be Converted:


Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:


Signature:

Name:

Address for Delivery of Common Stock Certificates:

Or

DWAC Instructions:

Broker No:                                                      
Account No:                  
                                    
 
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Schedule 1

CONVERSION SCHEDULE

The 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures due on November 4, 2011 in the aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000.00 are issued by Hague Corp., a Nevada corporation.  This Conversion Schedule reflects conversions made under Section 4 of the above referenced Debenture.

Dated:


 
Date of Conversion
(or for first entry, Original Issue Date)
 
Amount of Conversion
 
Aggregate Principal Amount Remaining Subsequent to Conversion
(or original Principal Amount)
 
Company Attest
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

 
 
 
 
 

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Exhibit 4.8

 
ESCROW AGREEMENT
 
THIS ESCROW AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made as of November 4, 2008, by and among Hague Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), the purchasers signatory hereto (each investor a “ Purchaser ” and together with all other investors, the “ Purchasers ”), and Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP, with an address at 61 Broadway, New York, New York 10006 (the “ Escrow Agent ”).   Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement referred to in the first recital.
 
W I T N E S S E T H:
 
WHEREAS, the Purchasers will be purchasing from the Company, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, in the aggregate, up to $1,500,000 of Debentures and Restricted Shares (such amount, the “ Subscription Amounts ” or the “ Escrowed Funds ”) on the Closing Date as set forth in the Purchase Agreement (the “ Purchase Agreement ”) dated the date hereof between the Purchasers and the Company, which securities will be issued under the terms contained herein and in the Purchase Agreement; and
 
WHEREAS, it is intended that the purchase of the securities be consummated in accordance with the requirements set forth in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; and
 
WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchasers have requested that the Escrow Agent hold the Subscription Amounts in escrow upon the terms set forth herein;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and mutual promises contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and legal sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:
 
 
ARTICLE 1
 
TERMS OF THE ESCROW
 
1.1.   The parties hereby agree to establish an escrow account with the Escrow Agent whereby the Escrow Agent shall hold the funds for the purchase of up to $1,500,000 in the aggregate, of Securities of the Company as contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.  
 
1.2.   Upon the Escrow Agent’s receipt of the aggregate Subscription Amounts for the Closing into its master escrow account, together with executed counterparts of this Agreement, and the Purchase Agreement, it shall telephonically advise the Company, or the Company’s designated attorney or agent, of the amount of funds it has received into its master escrow account.
 
 
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1.3.   Wire transfers to the Escrow Agent shall be made as follows:
 
Citibank
New York, NY

A/C of Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP
A/C#:                                           92883436
ABA#:                                           021000089
SWIFT Code:                                CITIUS33
REMARK:  HAGUE CORP./[PURCHASERNAME]

1.4  The Company, promptly following being advised by the Escrow Agent that the Escrow Agent has received the Subscription Amounts from the Purchasers along with facsimile copies of counterpart signature pages of the Purchase Agreement, and this Agreement from each Purchaser, shall deliver to the Escrow Agent the Debentures and the Restricted Shares to be issued to each Purchaser at the Closing together with:
 
(a)   the Company’s executed counterpart of the Purchase Agreement;

(b)   the Company’s executed counterpart of this Escrow Agreement;

(c)   originally executed Debentures;

(d)   the Restricted Shares; and

(e)   the other deliverables as per the Purchase Agreement.

1.5     In the event that the foregoing items are not in the Escrow Agent’s possession within five (5) Business Days of the Escrow Agent notifying the Company that the Escrow Agent has custody of the Subscription Amount for the Closing, then each Purchaser shall have the right to demand the return of their portion of the Subscription Amount.
 
1.6   Once the Escrow Agent receives $1,375,000 in Escrowed Funds, a Release Notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A , (the “ Release Notice ”) may be executed by the Company and the Purchasers which Release Notice shall instruct the Escrow Agent to wire the aggregate Subscription Amounts for the Debentures and the Restricted Shares per the joint disbursement instructions of the Company and the Purchasers.  
 
1.7  Wire transfers to the Company shall be made pursuant to written instructions from the Company provided to the Escrow Agent and attached to the Release Notice on the Closing Date.
 
1.8  Upon receipt by the Escrow Agent of the fully executed Release Notice, the Escrow Agent shall deliver the Purchase Agreement, the Debentures, the Restricted Shares, the Escrow Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, to the appropriate parties.
 
 
 
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ARTICLE II
 
MISCELLANEOUS
 
2.1   No waiver or any breach of any covenant or provision herein contained shall be deemed a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach thereof, or of any other covenant or provision herein contained.  No extension of time for performance of any obligation or act shall be deemed an extension of the time for performance of any other obligation or act.
 
2.2     All notices or other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing, and shall be sent as set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
 
2.3     This Escrow Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the permitted successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto.
 
2.4     This Escrow Agreement is the final expression of, and contains the entire agreement between, the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings with respect thereto.  This Escrow Agreement may not be modified, changed, supplemented or terminated, nor may any obligations hereunder be waived, except by written instrument signed by the parties to be charged or by its agent duly authorized in writing or as otherwise expressly permitted herein.
 
2.5     Whenever required by the context of this Escrow Agreement, the singular shall include the plural and masculine shall include the feminine.  This Escrow Agreement shall not be construed as if it had been prepared by one of the parties, but rather as if all parties had prepared the same.  Unless otherwise indicated, all references to Articles are to this Escrow Agreement.
 
2.6     The parties hereto expressly agree that this Escrow Agreement shall be governed by, interpreted under and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.  Any action to enforce, arising out of, or relating in any way to, any provisions of this Escrow Agreement shall only be brought in a state or Federal court sitting in New York City.
 
2.7     The Escrow Agent’s duties hereunder may be altered, amended, modified or revoked only by a writing signed by the Company, each Purchaser and the Escrow Agent.
 
2.8     The Escrow Agent shall be obligated only for the performance of such duties as are specifically set forth herein and may rely and shall be protected in relying or refraining from acting on any instrument reasonably believed by the Escrow Agent to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.  The Escrow Agent shall not be personally liable for any act the Escrow Agent may do or omit to do hereunder as the Escrow Agent while acting in good faith and in the absence of gross negligence, fraud and willful misconduct, and any act done or omitted by the Escrow Agent pursuant to the advice of the Escrow Agent’s attorneys-at-law shall be conclusive evidence of such good faith, in the absence of gross negligence, fraud and willful misconduct.
 
2.9     The Escrow Agent is hereby expressly authorized to disregard any and all warnings given by any of the parties hereto or by any other person or corporation, excepting only orders or process of courts of law and is hereby expressly authorized to comply with and obey orders, judgments or decrees of any court.  In case the Escrow Agent obeys or complies with any such order, judgment or decree, the Escrow Agent shall not be liable to any of the parties hereto or to any other person, firm or corporation by reason of such decree being subsequently reversed, modified, annulled, set aside, vacated or found to have been entered without jurisdiction.
 
2.10   The Escrow Agent shall not be liable in any respect on account of the identity, authorization or rights of the parties executing or delivering or purporting to execute or deliver the Purchase Agreement or any documents or papers deposited or called for thereunder in the absence of gross negligence, fraud and willful misconduct.
 
 
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2.11   The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to employ such legal counsel and other experts as the Escrow Agent may deem necessary properly to advise the Escrow Agent in connection with the Escrow Agent’s duties hereunder, may rely upon the advice of such counsel, and may pay such counsel reasonable compensation; provided that the costs of such compensation shall be borne by the Escrow Agent.   The Escrow Agent has acted as legal counsel for one of the Purchasers and may continue to act as legal counsel for said Purchaser, from time to time, notwithstanding its duties as the Escrow Agent hereunder.  The Company and the Purchasers consent to the Escrow Agent in such capacity as legal counsel for said Purchaser and waives any claim that such representation represents a conflict of interest on the part of the Escrow Agent.  The Purchasers understand that the Purchasers and the Escrow Agent are relying explicitly on the foregoing provision in entering into this Escrow Agreement.
 
2.12   The Escrow Agent’s responsibilities as escrow agent hereunder shall terminate if the Escrow Agent shall resign by giving written notice to the Company and the Purchasers.  In the event of any such resignation, the Purchasers and the Company shall appoint a successor Escrow Agent and the Escrow Agent shall deliver to such successor Escrow Agent any escrow funds and other documents held by the Escrow Agent.
 
2.13   If the Escrow Agent reasonably requires other or further instruments in connection with this Escrow Agreement or obligations in respect hereto, the necessary parties hereto shall join in furnishing such instruments.
 
2.14   It is understood and agreed that should any dispute arise with respect to the delivery and/or ownership or right of possession of the documents or the escrow funds held by the Escrow Agent hereunder, the Escrow Agent is authorized and directed in the Escrow Agent’s sole discretion (1) to retain in the Escrow Agent’s possession without liability to anyone all or any part of said documents or the escrow funds until such disputes shall have been settled either by mutual written agreement of the parties concerned by a final order, decree or judgment or a court of competent jurisdiction after the time for appeal has expired and no appeal has been perfected, but the Escrow Agent shall be under no duty whatsoever to institute or defend any such proceedings or (2) to deliver the escrow funds and any other property and documents held by the Escrow Agent hereunder to a state or Federal court having competent subject matter jurisdiction and located in the City of New York in accordance with the applicable procedure therefore
 
2.15   The Company and each Purchaser agree jointly and severally to indemnify and hold harmless the Escrow Agent and its partners, employees, agents and representatives from any and all claims, liabilities, costs or expenses in any way arising from or relating to the duties or performance of the Escrow Agent hereunder or the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Purchase Agreement other than any such claim, liability, cost or expense to the extent the same shall have been determined by final, unappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct of the Escrow Agent.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Escrow Agreement as of date first written above.
 
 
HAGUE CORP.
 
 
By:__________________________________________
     Name: Stephen Squires
     Title: Chief Executive Officer
 
 
With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
 
Steven Morse, Esq.
Morse & Morse, PLLC
1400 Old Country Road, Suite 302
Westbury, NY 11590
Facsimile: (516) 487-1452
 
 
 
ESCROW AGENT:
 
 
SICHENZIA ROSS FRIEDMAN FERENCE LLP
 
 
 
By:__________________________________________
     Name:  Marc Ross, Esq.
     Title: Partner
 
 


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SIGNATURE PAGES FOR PURCHASERS FOLLOW]

 
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF PURCHASERS TO HAGUE CORP. ESCROW]


Name of Purchaser:                                                      MKM Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd.

Signature of Purchaser :                                              ______________________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory:                                  David Skriloff

Title of Authorized Signatory:                                    Portfolio Manager

[SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE]



 
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF PURCHASERS TO HAGUE CORP. ESCROW]


Name of Purchaser:                                                      Steven Posner Irrevocable Trust u/t/a Dated 06/17/65

Signature of Purchaser :                                                      ______________________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory:                                                                Steven Posner

Title of Authorized Signatory:                                                                Trustee

Signature of Purchaser :                                                      ______________________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory:                                                                Stuart Posner

Title of Authorized Signatory:                                                                Trustee

[SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE]


 
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF PURCHASERS TO HAGUE CORP. ESCROW]


Name of Purchaser:                                                      MKM SP1, LLC

Signature of Purchaser :                                             ______________________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory:                                 David Skriloff

Title of Authorized Signatory:                                   Portfolio Manager




 
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Exhibit A


RELEASE NOTICE
 
The UNDERSIGNED, pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2008, among Hague Corp., the purchasers signatory hereto (each investor a “ Purchaser ” and together with all other investors, the “ Purchasers ”) and Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP, as Escrow Agent (the “ Escrow Agreement ”; capitalized terms used herein and not defined shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Escrow Agreement), hereby notify the Escrow Agent that each of the conditions precedent to the purchase and sale of the Securities set forth in the Purchase Agreement have been satisfied.  The Company and the Purchasers hereby confirm that all of their respective representations and warranties contained in the Purchase Agreement remain true and correct and authorize the release by the Escrow Agent of the funds and documents to be released at the Closing as described in the Escrow Agreement. This Release Notice shall not be effective until executed by the Company and the Purchasers.
 
This Release Notice may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Release Notice to be duly executed and delivered as of this __ day of October. 2008.
 
 
 
HAGUE CORP.
 
 
By:__________________________________________
     Name: Stephen Squires
     Title: Chief Executive Officer
 
 


 
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF PURCHASERS TO HAGUE CORP. RELEASE]


Name of Purchaser:                                                      MKM Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd.

Signature of Purchaser :                                             ______________________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory:                                 David Skriloff

Title of Authorized Signatory:                                   Portfolio Manager

[SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE]



 
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF PURCHASERS TO HAGUE CORP. RELEASE]


Name of Purchaser:                                                      Steven Posner Irrevocable Trust u/t/a Dated 06/17/65

Signature of Purchaser :                                              ______________________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory:                                  Steven Posner

Title of Authorized Signatory:                                    Trustee

Signature of Purchaser :                                               ______________________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory:                                   Stuart Posner

Title of Authorized Signatory:                                      Trustee

[SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE]


 
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF PURCHASERS TO HAGUE CORP. RELEASE]


Name of Purchaser:                                                      MKM SP1, LLC

Signature of Purchaser :                                             ______________________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory:                                 David Skriloff

Title of Authorized Signatory:                                   Portfolio Manager
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Exhibit 4.9

 
WAIVER CONSENT AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT

THIS WAIVER, CONSENT AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of November 5, 2008 (this “ Agreement ”), by and among Hague Corp. (“ Borrower ”), MKM Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd. (“ MKM Opportunity “), Steven Posner Irrevocable Trust u/t/a Dated 06/17/65 (“ Posner ”), MKM SP1, LLC (“ MKM SP1 ” and together with MKM Opportunity and Posner, the “ Subscribers ”), Randall J. Lanham, Attorney Escrow (“ Lanham ”) and Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP (the “ Escrow Agent ”).
 
W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Subscribers have entered into the Transaction Documents with the Borrower pursuant to which the Subscribers are to be issued certain debentures and shares of Common Stock; and
 
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual benefits accruing to Subscribers and Borrower and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:
 
1.            DEFINITIONS .

For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, (a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement (the “ Securities Purchase Agreement ”) dated as of November 4, 2008 by and among the Borrower and the Subscribers and (b) the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 
Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the Debentures, the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Subsidiary Guarantee and the Stock Pledge Agreement, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
 
2.            WAIVERS AND CONSENT .

2.1            Waiver of Closing Conditions .  Notwithstanding anything to the foregoing in any of the Transaction Documents, the parties shall have two (2) business days from the date hereof to deliver to the Escrow Agent (i) originally executed legal opinion from Lanham relating to the Securities Purchase Agreement, (ii) the Restricted Shares, (iii) originally executed legal opinion from Lanham relating to the Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of October 31, 2008 by and among the Borrower and the Subscribers (the “ Private Sale Agreement ”), and (iv) the free-trading shares pursuant to the Private Sale Agreement.  Upon receipt of this executed Agreement, the parties authorize the Escrow Agent to wire the Subscription Amount (as defined in the Escrow Agreement) to the Borrower pursuant to the disbursement memo executed by the Borrower and the Subscribers.

2.2            Closing Date .  The Borrower and Subscribers hereby confirm that the nothing contained herein shall be construed as affecting the Closing Date, which for all the Transaction Documents be considered as of November 4, 2008.

2.3           Effect on Lender Transaction Documents .   Subject to the waivers and consents provided herein, all of the terms and conditions of the Lender Transaction Documents shall continue in full force and effect after the execution of this Agreement and shall not be in any way changed, modified or superseded by the terms set forth herein, including but not limited to, any other obligations the Borrower may have to the Lender under the Lender Transaction Documents.  Except as expressly set forth herein, this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a waiver, amendment or modification of any provisions of the Lender Transaction Documents or of any right, power or remedy of the Lender, or constitute a waiver of any provision of the Lender Transaction Documents (except to the extent herein set forth), or any other document, instrument and/or agreement executed or delivered in connection therewith, in each case whether arising before or after the date hereof or as a result of performance hereunder or thereunder.  The Lender reserve all rights, remedies, powers, or privileges available under the Lender Transaction Documents, at law or otherwise.  This Agreement shall not constitute a novation or satisfaction and accord of the Lender Transaction Documents or any other document, instrument and/or agreement executed or delivered in connection therewith.
 
 
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3.            MISCELLANEOUS .

3.1            Successors and Assigns .  This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the successors and permitted assigns of the Parties.  Neither party hereto may assign or permit the assignment of its obligations without first requiring the assignee of such obligation to assume such assigning party’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.
 
3.2            Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial .  All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and any dispute between the parties relating to or arising from the Transaction Documents shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.  Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York.  Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, or that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding.  Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.  If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.  EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE BREACH, TERMINATION OR VALIDITY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (II) EACH SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK SEPARATE COUNSEL OF ITS OWN CHOICE TO REVIEW THIS AGREEMENT, (III) EACH SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (IV) EACH SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 3.2 .

3.3            Injunctive Relief .  Each Party acknowledges and agrees that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the other and that the remedy or remedies at law for any such breach will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of any such breach, in addition to all other available remedies, the non-breaching party shall be entitled to an injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate and specific performance of such obligations without the necessity of showing economic loss or the posting of any bond.

3.4            Severability .  In the event that any provision of this Agreement becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, unenforceable or void, this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect without said provision; provided that in such case the parties shall negotiate in good faith to replace such provision with a new provision which is not illegal, unenforceable or void, as long as such new provision does not materially change the economic benefits of this Agreement to the parties.

3.5            Counterparts/Execution .  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different signatories hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.  This Agreement may be executed by facsimile signature and delivered by facsimile transmission.
 
3.6            Notices .  Any notice, demand or request required or permitted to be given by the respective parties hereto pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall delivered in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
 
3.7            Entire Agreement; Amendments .  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with regard to the subject matter hereof and thereof, superseding all prior agreements or understandings, whether written or oral, between or among the parties.  No amendment, modification or other change to this Agreement or waiver of any agreement or other obligation of the parties under this Agreement may be made or given unless such amendment, modification or waiver is set forth in writing and is signed by Assignors and Lender.  Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
 
3.8            Headings .  The headings used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
 

HAGUE CORP.


By:           __________________________________________
Name: Stephen Squires
Title: Chief Executive Officer

MKM OPPORTUNITY MASTER FUND, LTD.


By:           __________________________________________
Name: David Skriloff
Title: Portfolio Manager

STEVEN POSNER IRREVOCABLE TRUST U/T/A DATED 06/17/65


By:           __________________________________________
Name: Steven Posner
Title: Trustee


By:           __________________________________________
Name: Stuart Posner
Title: Trustee

MKM SP1, LLC


By:           __________________________________________
Name: David Skriloff
Title: Portfolio Manager

RANDALL J. LANHAM, ATTORNEY ESCROW


By:           __________________________________________
Name: Randall J. Lanham
Title: Partner

SICHENZIA ROSS FRIEDMAN FERENCE LLP


By:           __________________________________________
Name: Marc Ross, Esq.
Title: Partner

 
 
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Exhibit 4.10
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of November 4, 2008, between Hague Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”) and each of the several purchasers signatory hereto (each such purchaser, a “ Purchaser ” and, collectively, the “ Purchasers ”).

               This Agreement is made pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and each Purchaser (the “ Purchase Agreement ”).

               The Company and each Purchaser hereby agrees as follows:

        1.                       Definitions

                Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

            “ Advice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).

Effectiveness Date ” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder, the earlier of (a) 90 th calendar day following the Filing Date and (b) the 180 th calendar day following the date hereof and with respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 3(c), the 90 th calendar day following the date on which an additional Registration Statement is required to be filed hereunder; provided , however , that in the event the Company is notified by the Commission that one or more of the above Registration Statements will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments, the Effectiveness Date as to such Registration Statement shall be the fifth Trading Day following the date on which the Company is so notified if such date precedes the dates otherwise required above.

Effectiveness Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

Event ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).

Event Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
 
 
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Filing Date ” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required hereunder, the 100 th calendar day following the date hereof and with respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 3(c), the earliest practical date on which the Company is permitted by SEC Guidance to file such additional Registration Statement related to the Registrable Securities.

Holder ” or “ Holders ” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.

Indemnified Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

Indemnifying Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

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

Initial Shares ” means a number of Registrable Securities equal to the lesser of (i) the total number of Registrable Securities and (ii) one-third of the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock that are held by non-affiliates of the Company on the day immediately prior to the filing date of the Initial Registration Statement.

Interest Shares ” means the shares of common stock issued or issuable by the Company for the payment of interest accrued under the Debentures.

Losses ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

Plan of Distribution ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

Prospectus ” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

Registrable Securities ” means (a) all of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion in full of the Debentures (assuming on the date of determination the Debentures are converted in full without regard to any conversion limitations therein), (b) all of the Interest Shares, (c) all shares of Common Stock issuable as principal on the Debentures assuming all permissible and principal payments are made in shares of Common Stock and the Debentures are held until maturity, (d) the Restricted Shares; (e) any additional shares of Common Stock issuable in connection with any anti-dilution provisions in the Debentures (without giving effect to any limitations on conversion set forth in the Debentures) and (f) any securities issued or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing; provided, however , that the Company shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness, or file another Registration Statement hereunder with respect to any Registrable Securities that are not subject to the current public information requirement under Rule 144 and that are eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions without current public information pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed, delivered and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders.

Registration Statement ” means any registration statement required to be filed hereunder pursuant to Section 2(a) and any additional registration statements contemplated by Section 3(c), including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to any such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in any such registration statement.
 
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 “ Rule 415 ” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

Rule 424 ” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

Selling Stockholder Questionnaire ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

SEC Guidance ” means (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance, comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff and (ii) the Securities Act.

        2.                       Shelf Registration

(a)   On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all or such maximum portion of the Registrable Securities as permitted by SEC Guidance (provided that, the Company shall use diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations D.29) that are not then registered on an effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415.  Each Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance herewith) and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least an 85% majority in interest of the Holders) substantially the “ Plan of Distribution ” attached hereto as Annex A .  Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause a Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold, or may be sold without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders (the “ Effectiveness Period ”).  The Company shall telephonically request effectiveness of a Registration Statement as of 5:00 p.m. New York City time on a Trading Day.   The Company shall immediately notify the Holders via facsimile or by e-mail of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement on the same Trading Day that the Company telephonically confirms effectiveness with the Commission, which shall be the date requested for effectiveness of such Registration Statement.  The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the Trading Day after the effective date of such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424.  Failure to so notify the Holder within one Trading Day of such notification of effectiveness or failure to file a final Prospectus as foresaid shall be deemed an Event under Section 2(b).   Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement and subject to the payment of liquidated damages pursuant to Section 2(b), if any SEC Gui dance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registr ation of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced by Registrable Securities represented by Conversion Shares (applied, in the case that some Conversion Shares may be registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Conversion Shares held by such Holders) . In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Holder at least five Trading Days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Holder’s allotment.
 
 
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(b)   If: (i) the Initial Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its Filing Date (if the Company files the Initial Registration Statement without affording the Holders the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by Section 3(a) herein, the Company shall be deemed to have not satisfied this clause (i)), or (ii) the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration of a Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, within five Trading Days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review, or (iii) prior to the effective date of a Registration Statement, the Company fails to file a pre-effective amendment and otherwise respond in writing to comments made by the Commission in respect of such Registration Statement within 10 calendar days after the receipt of comments by or notice from the Commission that such amendment is required in order for such Registration Statement to be declared effective, or (iv) as to, in the aggregate among all Holders on a pro-rata basis based on their purchase of the Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, a Registration Statement registering for resale all of the Initial Shares is not declared effective by the Commission by the Effectiveness Date of the Initial Registration Statement, or (v) all of the Registrable Securities are not registered for resale pursuant to one or more effective Registration Statements on or before November 4, 2009, or (vi) after the effective date of a Registration Statement, such Registration Statement ceases for any reason to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, or the Holders are otherwise not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Securities (a)  because the Company is negotiating a merger, consolidation, acquisition or sale of all or substantially all of its assets or a similar transaction which, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, requires the Registration Statement to be amended to include information in connection with such pending transaction (including the parties thereto) and such information is not yet available or publicly disclosable, for more than an aggregate of 30 calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) during any 12-month period or (b) for any other reason, more than an aggregate of 60 calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) during any 12-month period, or (vii) the Company shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144 as to the applicable Registrable Securities (any such failure or breach being referred to as an “ Event ”, and for purposes of clauses (i), (iv), (v) and (vii), the date on which such Event occurs, and for purpose of clause (ii) the date on which such five Trading Day period is exceeded, and for purpose of clause (iii) the date which such 10 calendar day period is exceeded, and for purpose of clause (vi) the date on which such 30 or 60 calendar day period, as applicable, is exceeded being referred to as “ Event Date ”), then, in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under applicable law, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash or shares of the Company’s Common Stock (“ Liquidated Damages Shares ”), at the option of the Company, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 2% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for any unregistered Registrable Securities then held by such Holder; provided , however , with respect to subsection (v), an Event shall not occur and no liquidated damages shall accrue if the Registrable Securities may be resold pursuant to Rule 144 without volume or manner restrictions.  The number of Liquidated Damages Shares to be issued will be determined by dividing the liquidated damages payment by 80% of the VWAP for the 10 consecutive Trading Days prior to the Event Date.  Liquidated Damages Shares shall be delivered to the Holders within five business days of the Event Date.  If the Company fails to pay any partial liquidated damages pursuant to this Section in full within seven days after the date payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 18% per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Holder, accruing daily from the date such partial liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full. The partial liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event.

3.            Registration Procedures .

               In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:

(a)   Not less than five (5) Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement and not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to the filing of any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), the Company shall (i) furnish to each Holder copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such Holders, and (ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent registered public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel to each Holder, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall not file a Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities shall reasonably object in good faith, provided that, the Company is notified of such objection in writing no later than five (5) Trading Days after the Holders have been so furnished copies of a Registration Statement or one (1) Trading Day after the Holders have been so furnished copies of any related Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto. Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex B (a “ Selling Stockholder Questionnaire ”) on a date that is not less than two (2) Trading Days prior to the Filing Date or by the end of the fourth (4 th ) Trading Day following the date on which such Holder receives draft materials in accordance with this Section.
 
 
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(b)   (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, to a Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep a Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities, (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424, (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the Commission with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and provide as promptly as reasonably possible to the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to a Registration Statement (provided that, the Company may excise any information contained therein which would constitute material non-public information as to any Holder which has not executed a confidentiality agreement with the Company), and (iv) comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.

(c)   If during the Effectiveness Period, the number of Registrable Securities at any time exceeds 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock then registered in a Registration Statement, then the Company shall file as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any case prior to the applicable Filing Date, an additional Registration Statement covering the resale by the Holders of not less than the number of such Registrable Securities.

(d)   Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall, pursuant to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made) as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than one Trading Day prior to such filing) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one Trading Day following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed, (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on such Registration Statement, and (C) with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (vi) of the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company believes may be material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it not in the best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provided that, any and all of such information shall remain confidential to each Holder until such information otherwise becomes public, unless disclosure by a Holder is required by law; provided , further , that notwithstanding each Holder’s agreement to keep such information confidential, each such Holder makes no acknowledgement that any such information is material, non-public information.

(e)   Use its best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order stopping or suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.

(f)   Furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each such Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference to the extent requested by such Person, and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission; provided, that any such item which is available on the EDGAR system need not be furnished in physical form.
 
 
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(g)   Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after the giving of any notice pursuant to Section 3(d).

(h)    The Company shall cooperate with any broker-dealer through which a Holder proposes to resell its Registrable Securities in effecting a filing with the FINRA Corporate Financing Department pursuant to NASD Rule 2710, as requested by any such Holder, and the Company shall pay the filing fee required by such filing within two (2) Business Days of request therefor.

(i)   Prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the Registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement; provided, that, the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.

(j)   If requested by a Holder, cooperate with such Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holder may request.

(k)   Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(d), as promptly as reasonably possible under the circumstances taking into account the Company’s good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its stockholders of the premature disclosure of such event, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to a Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, neither a Registration Statement nor such Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance with clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section 3(d) above to suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus.  The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable.  The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right under this Section 3(k) to suspend the availability of a Registration Statement and Prospectus, subject to the payment of partial liquidated damages otherwise required pursuant to Section 2(b), for a period not to exceed 60 calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) in any 12 month period .

(l)   Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission.

(m)   The Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and, if required by the Commission, the natural persons thereof that have voting and dispositive control over the shares. During any periods that the Company is unable to meet its obligations hereunder with respect to the registration of the Registrable Securities solely because any Holder fails to furnish such information within three Trading Days of the Company’s request, any liquidated damages that are accruing at such time as to such Holder only shall be tolled and any Event that may otherwise occur solely because of such delay shall be suspended as to such Holder only, until such information is delivered to the Company.

        4.                       Registration Expenses . All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent registered public accountants) (A) with respect to filings made with the Commission, (B) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading, (C) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities) and (D) if not previously paid by the Company in connection with an Issuer Filing, with respect to any filing that may be required to be made by any broker through which a Holder intends to make sales of Registrable Securities with the FINRA pursuant to NASD Rule 2710, so long as the broker is receiving no more than a customary brokerage commission in connection with such sale, (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder.  In no event shall the Company be responsible for any broker or similar commissions of any Holder or, except to the extent provided for in the Transaction Documents, any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.
 
 
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        5.                       Indemnification .

(a)   Indemnification by the Company . The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, members, partners, agents, brokers (including brokers who offer and sell Registrable Securities as principal as a result of a pledge or any failure to perform under a margin call of Common Stock), investment advisors and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, members, stockholders, partners, agents and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “ Losses ”), as incurred, arising out of or relating to (1) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading or (2) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (i) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement, such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(d).  The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware.

(b)   Indemnification by Holders . Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising out of or based solely upon: (x) such Holder’s failure to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act or (y) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or (ii) to the extent that such information relates to such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(d). In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

(c)   Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings . If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “ Indemnified Party ”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the “ Indemnifying Party ”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided, that, the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
 
 
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               An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless:  (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses, (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding, or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and counsel to the Indemnified Party shall reasonably believe that a material conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one separate counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party).  The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.  No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.

               Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party; provided, that, the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is judicially determined not to be entitled to indemnification hereunder.

(d)   Contribution . If the indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission.  The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in accordance with its terms.

               The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), no Holder shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties.

        6.                       Miscellaneous .

(a)   Remedies .  In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement.  The Company and each Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
 
 
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(b)   No Piggyback on Registrations; Prohibition on Filing Other Registration Statements . Neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Holders in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in any Registration Statements other than the Registrable Securities; provided , however , the Company may prepare and file registration statements on Form S-8 relating to equity securities issuable in connection with the Company’s stock option or other employee benefit plans for up to 5% of the then total shares of common stock issued and outstanding, in any 12 month period, of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock as set forth on the Company’s most recent Form 10-K or Form 10-Q.  The Company shall not file any other registration statements until all Registrable Securities are registered pursuant to a Registration Statement that is declared effective by the Commission, provided that this Section 6(b) shall not prohibit the Company from filing amendments to registration statements filed prior to the date of this Agreement.

(c)   Compliance . Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.

(d)   Discontinued Disposition .  By its acquisition of Registrable Securities, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d)(iii) through (vi), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “ Advice ”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or amended) may be resumed.  The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable.  The Company agrees and acknowledges that any periods during which the Holder is required to discontinue the disposition of the Registrable Securities hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2(b).

(e)   Piggy-Back Registrations . If, at any time during the Effectiveness Period, there is not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or equity securities issuable in connection with the Company’s stock option or other employee benefit plans, then the Company shall deliver to each Holder a written notice of such determination and, if within fifteen days after the date of the delivery of such notice, any such Holder shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such registration statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such Holder requests to be registered; provided , however , that the Company shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 6(e) that are not subject to the current public information requirement under Rule 144 and that are eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions without current public information pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed, delivered and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders

(f)   Amendments and Waivers . The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Holders of 67% or more of the then outstanding Registrable Securities (including, for this purpose any Registrable Securities issuable upon exercise or conversion of any Security).  If a Registration Statement does not register all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a waiver or amendment done in compliance with the previous sentence, then the number of Registrable Securities to be registered for each Holder shall be reduced pro rata among all Holders and each Holder shall have the right to designate which of its Registrable Securities shall be omitted from such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of a Holder or some Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by such Holder or Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided , however , that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the first  sentence of this Section 6(f).

(g)   Notices . Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
 
 
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(h)   Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not assign (except by merger) its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all of the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign their respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under the Purchase Agreement.

(i)   No Inconsistent Agreements . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to any of its securities to any Person that have not been satisfied in full.

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

(k)   Governing Law .  All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

(l)   Cumulative Remedies . The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.

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

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

(o)   Independent Nature of Holders’ Obligations and Rights . The obligations of each Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder hereunder, and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Holder shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

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(Signature Pages Follow)

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

HAGUE CORP.
 
 
By:__________________________________________
     Name: Stephen Squires
     Title: Chief Executive Officer
 









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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS TO HAGUE RRA]


Name of Purchaser:                                                      MKM Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd.

Signature of Purchaser :                                             ______________________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory:                                 David Skriloff

Title of Authorized Signatory:                                   Portfolio Manager


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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS TO HAGUE RRA]


Name of Purchaser:                                                      Steven Posner Irrevocable Trust u/t/a Dated 06/17/65

Signature of Purchaser :                                              ______________________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory:                                  Steven Posner

Title of Authorized Signatory:                                     Trustee

Signature of Purchaser :                                                ______________________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory:                                    Stuart Posner

Title of Authorized Signatory:                                      Trustee


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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS TO HAGUE RRA]


Name of Purchaser:                                                      MKM SP1, LLC

Signature of Purchaser :                                              ______________________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory:                                  David Skriloff

Title of Authorized Signatory:                                    Portfolio Manager






 
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Annex A

Plan of Distribution

Each Selling Stockholder (the “ Selling Stockholders ”) of the common stock and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their shares of common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions.  These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices.  A Selling Stockholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares:
 
·  
ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
 
·  
block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;
 
·  
purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;
 
·  
an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;
 
·  
privately negotiated transactions;
 
·  
settlement of short sales entered into after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part;
 
·  
broker-dealers may agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;
 
·  
through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;
 
·  
a combination of any such methods of sale; or
 
·  
any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.
 
The Selling Stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), if available, rather than under this prospectus.
 
Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales.  Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA IM-2440.
 
 
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In connection with the sale of the common stock or interests therein, the Selling Stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the common stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume.  The Selling Stockholders may also sell shares of the common stock short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities.  The Selling Stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
 
The Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales.  In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act.  Each Selling Stockholder has informed the Company that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Common Stock. In no event shall any broker-dealer receive fees, commissions and markups which, in the aggregate, would exceed eight percent (8%).
 
The Company is required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the registration of the shares.  The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
 
Because Selling Stockholders may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, they will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act including Rule 172 thereunder.  In addition, any securities covered by this prospectus which qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act may be sold under Rule 144 rather than under this prospectus.  There is no underwriter or coordinating broker acting in connection with the proposed sale of the resale shares by the Selling Stockholders.
 
We agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the shares may be resold by the Selling Stockholders without registration and without regard to any volume or manner-of-sale limitations by reason of Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the shares have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect.  The resale shares will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale shares may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.
 
Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale shares may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the common stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution.  In addition, the Selling Stockholders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of shares of the common stock by the Selling Stockholders or any other person.  We will make copies of this prospectus available to the Selling Stockholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).
 

 
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Annex B
 
HAGUE CORP.
 
Selling Stockholder Notice and Questionnaire
 
The undersigned beneficial owner of common stock (the “ Registrable Securities ”) of Hague Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) a registration statement (the “ Registration Statement ”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), of the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”) to which this document is annexed.  A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below.  All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.
 
Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.  Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
 
NOTICE
 
The undersigned beneficial owner (the “ Selling Stockholder ”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities owned by it in the Registration Statement.
 

 
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The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate:
 
QUESTIONNAIRE
 
 
1.
Name.
 
 
(a)
Full Legal Name of Selling Stockholder
 
 
 

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

 
 
(c)
Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by this Questionnaire):
 
 
 
 
 
2.  Address for Notices to Selling Stockholder:
 
 
 
 
Telephone:
Fax:
Contact Person:

 
 
3.  Broker-Dealer Status:
 
 
(a)
Are you a broker-dealer?
 
Yes                         No   
 
 
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(b)
If “yes” to Section 3(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for investment banking services to the Company?
 
Yes                         No   
 
Note:
If “no” to Section 3(b), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
 
 
(c)
Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer?
 
Yes                         No   
 
 
(d)
If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you purchased the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities?
 
Yes                         No   
 
Note:
If “no” to Section 3(d), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
 
 
4.  Beneficial Ownership of Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Stockholder.
 
Except as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the securities issuable pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
 
 
(a)
Type and Amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling Stockholder:
 
 
 
 

 
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5.  Relationships with the Company:
 
Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.
 
 
State any exceptions here:
 
 
 
 

 
 
The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective.
 
By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 5 and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto .  The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.
 
  Beneficial Owner:    
       
Date:
By:
/s/   
    Name   
    Title   
       
 
 
 
PLEASE FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:

 

 
 

 

B-4
Exhibit 10.1

 
Agreement # _____________________
License Agreement
between
Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc.
and
William Marsh Rice University
Rice Agreement # ___________________
Effective Date: _____________________
 
Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc.
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THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT (“Agreement”), with an Effective Date of August 20, 2008, is entered into by William Marsh Rice University, a Texas non-profit corporation with a principal address at 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005 (“Rice”), and Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with a principal address of 1220 North Market Street, Suite 806, Wilmington, DE 19801 (“Licensee”).
 
R E C I T A L S:
 
WHEREAS, Rice is the owner of certain inventions, know-how and rights pertaining to the synthesis of uniform nanoparticle shapes with high selectivity, including without limitation all rights pursuant to the patent applications and issued patents listed in Exhibit A; and,
 
WHEREAS, Licensee desires to secure the exclusive right and license to use, develop, manufacture, market, and exploit the inventions disclosed and claimed in the patent applications and issued patents in Exhibit A; and,
 
WHEREAS, Rice believes that such use, development and exploitation of the inventions disclosed and claimed in the patent applications and issued patents in Exhibit A is in the public's best interest and is consistent with Rice's educational and research missions and goals.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the provisions set forth herein and the mutual benefits to be derived herefrom, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Rice and Licensee, hereby agree as follows:
 
SECTION 1 Definitions
 
1.1 “Adjusted Gross Sales” means the cash consideration or Fair Market Value of any non-cash consideration attributable to the Sale of any Rice Licensed Product(s), less qualifying costs directly attributable to such Sale and actually identified on the invoice and borne by the seller. Such qualifying costs shall be limited to the following:
 
a) Discounts, in amounts customary in the trade for quantity purchases;
 
b) Credits or refunds, not exceeding the original invoice amount, for claims or returns;
 
c) Transportation insurance premiums;
 
d) Outbound transportation expenses; and/or
 
e) Sales, or use taxes, or duties imposed by a governmental agency paid by or on behalf of seller, other than any non-U.S. taxes or duties paid by or on behalf of Licensee as described in Section 11 below.
 
1.2 “Confidential Information” means all information that is of a confidential and proprietary nature to Rice, including without limitation Rice Patents and related technology. Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. 2
 
 
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1.3 “Effective Date” means the date first written above on which this Agreement is deemed to take effect and both Parties become subject to the rights and obligations set forth herein.
 
1.4 “Entity” means a corporation, an association, a joint venture, a partnership, a trust, a business, an institution, an individual, a government or political subdivision thereof, including an agency, or any other organization that can exercise independent legal standing.
 
1.5 “Fair Market Value” means the cash consideration which one would realize from an unaffiliated, unrelated buyer in an arm's length sale of an identical item sold in the same quantity, under the same terms, and at the same time and place.
 
1.6 “Field of Use” means the manufacture and sale of photovoltaic cells and the manufacture and sales of quantum dots for electronic and medical applications.
 
1.7 “Insolvent” means as to Licensee the circumstance in which either
(a) the sum of the Licensee's debts, liabilities and other obligations is greater than all of the Licensee's assets at a fair valuation,
 
(b) Licensee is generally not paying its debts, liabilities and other obligations as they become due, or
 
(c)  Licensee is not able to make reasonable assurances to Rice that Licensee will be able to pay its debts, liabilities and other obligations as they become due.
 
1.8 “Liquidity Event” means (i) any merger or consolidation of Licensee with another entity (other than one in which stockholders of the Licensee own a majority by voting power of the outstanding shares of the surviving or acquiring corporation); (ii) a sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Licensee; and (iii) the closing of a firm commitment underwritten initial public offering of common stock of Licensee.
 
1.9 “Party” shall mean Rice or Licensee individually, and “Parties” shall mean Rice and Licensee collectively.
 
1.10 “Rice Intellectual Property” means the Rice Patents.
 
1.11 “Rice Licensed Product(s)” means product(s) whose manufacture, use or sale is covered in whole or in part by any claim of the Rice Patents; product(s) which are made in whole or in part using a process or machine covered in whole or in part by a claim of the Rice Patents; or product(s) made, at least in part, using Rice Intellectual Property. Rice Licensed Product(s) shall also include any service rendered in whole or in part through the use of a product, process or machine covered in whole or in part by any claim of any of the Rice Patents or enabled by Rice Intellectual Property.
 
1.12 “Rice Patent(s)” are those United States patent applications and issued patents listed in Exhibit A hereto and any corresponding foreign patent applications and issued patents, and any divisionals, continuations, reissues and reexaminations to the extent that the claims are directed to subject matter within the Field of Use.
 
1.13 “Sale” means any bona fide transaction for which cash or non-cash consideration is received or expected for the sale, use, lease, import, transfer or other disposition of Rice Licensed Product(s). A Sale of Rice Licensed Product(s) shall be deemed completed at the time Licensee invoices, ships, or receives payment for such Rice Licensed Product(s), whichever occurs first. Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. 3
 
1.14 “Term” means the term of this Agreement which shall commence on the Effective Date and continue until the date of expiration of the last to expire of Rice’s rights in Rice Intellectual Property, unless sooner terminated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
 
1.15 “Territory” means world-wide.
 
 
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SECTION 2 License Grant
 
2.1 Grant of Exclusive Rights. Rice grants to Licensee an exclusive license under the Rice Intellectual Property listed in Exhibit A, to make, have made, use, import, offer for sale, sell, lease, or otherwise transfer Rice Licensed Products in the Field of Use in the Territory , without the right to sub-license, during the Term of this Agreement subject to Rice’s rights set forth in Sections 2.4, and 7 and to any federal government interest reserved or granted to the Government of the United States as a matter of law or statute, or to a foreign state pursuant to an existing or future treaty with the United States. No other rights or licenses are granted hereunder.
 
2.2 Additional Licenses. A license in any other territory or field of use in addition to the Territory and/or Field of Use shall be the subject of a separate agreement and shall require Licensee’s submission of evidence, satisfactory to Rice, demonstrating Licensee’s willingness and ability to develop and commercialize in such other territory and/or field of use the kinds of products or processes likely to be encompassed in such other territory and/or field.
 
2.3 U.S. Manufacturing. Licensee agrees that any Rice Licensed Products made, used, or sold in the United States will be manufactured substantially in the United States.
 
2.4 Rice’s Continuing Educational and Research Rights.
 
a) Notwithstanding the grant of rights to Licensee in Section 2.1, Licensee acknowledges that Rice shall retain a continuing irrevocable worldwide right to use Rice Intellectual Property on a non-exclusive royalty-free basis for any purpose, including, but not limited to, the right to make, have made, use or transfer or to authorize the make, use, or transfer of Rice Licensed Product(s), in each case, for educational and research purposes only, including, but
not limited to, third party sponsored research and collaborations with investigators from other institutions or government agencies and grant to others non-exclusive licenses to make and use for academic research purposes the subject matter described and claimed in Rice Patent Rights. Licensee further acknowledges that the scope of Rice’s continuing rights includes the right to publish and disclose any research results related to any of the foregoing.
 
b) Rice shall have the right to use, free of charge, any product or process, developed by Licensee which contains or is based on any Rice Licensed Product, for Rice research, educational, academic or administrative purposes.
 
c) No provision of this Agreement shall restrict Rice’s ability to conduct further research and development in the area of the Rice Licensed Products or other areas.
 
SECTION 3 Fees, Royalties and Commercial Obligations
 
3.1 License Initiation Fee and Royalties. Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. 4
 
a) In partial consideration of the exclusive license granted herein, Licensee shall pay to Rice, a non-refundable, non-creditable, license initiation fee of US $40,000.00 (FORTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS) payable within five business days after Solterra receives initial funding, and no later than September 2, 2008.
 
b) In further consideration of the exclusive license granted herein, Licensee shall pay to Rice a royalty calculated as a percentage of Adjusted Gross Sales attributed to Licensee (“Royalty”) according to the following schedule:
 
For photovoltaic cells:
 
Royalty
From the Effective Data to July 31, 2011 2%
From August 1, 2011 to July 31, 2012 3%
From August 1, 2012 and thereafter 4%
For quantum dots sold into electronic and medical applications:
 
Royalty
From the Effective Date 7.5%
 
 
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c) In the event that a Rice Licensed Product(s) is sold in combination with another product which is itself not a Rice Licensed Product(s), Adjusted Gross Sales shall be calculated by multiplying the sales price of such combination Sale by the fraction A/(A+B) where A is the Fair Market Value of the Rice Licensed Product(s) and B is the Fair Market Value of the other product in the combination Sale. In no case shall royalties due to Rice be less than 50% of the corresponding Royalty as listed above.
 
d) Royalties and other amounts payable by Licensee to Rice under this Section 3.1 shall accompany reports as set forth in Section 3.4 below.
 
3.2 Success Fee. Upon the occurrence of a Liquidity Event, Licensee shall pay Rice a Success Fee of US $700,000.00 (SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) dollars due within 5 business days of the Liquidity Event.
 
3.3 Diligence Milestones and Annual Minimum Royalties.
 
a) Licensee shall pay Rice a minimum royalty each year (“Annual Minimum Royalty”), payable on August 1 of each year. The Annual Minimum Royalty shall be credited against the Royalties due in the forthcoming 12 months. Licensee shall pay Rice Annual Minimum Royalties according to the following schedule:
 
 Due Date   Annual Minimum Royalty
 August 1, 2010    $129,450.00
 August 1, 2011     $473,250.00
 August 1, 2012    $1,746,000.00
 August 1, 2013 and each August 1 of every year thereafter    $3,738,600.00
     
 
These Annual Minimums are creditable towards Royalties due in the forthcoming 12 months only. Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. 5
 
b) The Annual Minimum Royalties will be adjusted by the cumulative percentage change in the CPI-W Consumer Price Index between August and the July preceding the date on which the payment in question is payable.
 
c) Licensee shall use its best efforts to develop for commercial use and to market Rice Licensed Product(s) as soon as practicable, consistent with sound and reasonable business practices. Licensee shall also meet the milestones set forth in Exhibit B.
 
d) Licensee shall provide Rice on each June 1 and December 1 during the Term of this Agreement with written reports, setting forth in such detail as Rice may reasonably request, the progress of the research and development, evaluation, testing, regulatory approvals, manufacturing, marketing and sales and commercialization of any Rice Licensed Product(s) (“Progress Reports”) for the most recent time period and plans for the forthcoming year. If multiple technologies are covered by the license granted hereunder, the Progress Report shall provide the information set forth above for each technology. If progress differs from that anticipated in the plan required under Exhibit B, Licensee shall explain the reasons for the difference and propose a modified research and development plan for Rice’s review and approval. Licensee shall also provide any reasonable additional data Rice requires to evaluate Licensee’s performance. Licensee shall also notify Rice within thirty (30) days of the first commercial Sale each type of Rice Licensed Product(s) in each country.
 
e) At any time after three (3) years from the Effective Date of this Agreement, Rice may terminate or render this license non-exclusive in whole or in part as appropriate, if in Rice’s reasonable judgment, the Progress Reports furnished by Licensee do not demonstrate that Licensee:
 
1. Has put the licensed subject matter into commercial use in the country or countries hereby licensed directly or through a sublicense, and is keeping the licensed subject matter reasonably available to the public; or
 
2. Is engaged in research, development, manufacturing, marketing or sublicensing activity appropriate to achieving the milestones set forth in Exhibit B.
 
3.4 Royalty Reports and Royalty Payments. Licensee shall deliver to Rice within forty-five (45) days after the end of each calendar quarter, any part of which is within the Term of this Agreement, a written report, certified by the chief financial officer of Licensee and setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of the royalties due to Rice for such calendar quarter, including, without limitation:
 
a) Number of Rice Licensed Product(s) sold, listed by country in which the Sale occurred;
 
b) Type of Rice Licensed Product sold and corresponding Rice Patent(s) involved with each Rice Licensed Product
 
 
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c) Adjusted Gross Sales listed by country in which the Sale occurred; and
 
d) Payments owed to Rice, listed by category, including without limitation, royalties on Sales, including the relative Fair Market Values attributable to Rice Licensed Product(s). Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. 6 Licensee shall accompany each report of this Section 3.4 with the payment of amounts due to Rice; provided however, if Licensee has not received the consideration due for a Sale, then amounts due to  Rice with respect to such unreceived consideration will be payable by Licensee to Rice upon receipt thereof by Licensee. If no amounts are due to Rice for any reporting period, the report shall so state.
 
3.5 Records. Licensee will maintain complete and accurate books and records that enable the royalties payable hereunder to be verified. The records for each calendar quarter shall be maintained for five (5) years after the submission of each report under Section 3.4 hereof.
 
3.6 Audits.
 
a) Upon reasonable prior notice to Licensee, Rice or its appointed accountants shall have access  to such books and records relating to Adjusted Gross Sales as necessary to conduct a review or audit of Adjusted Gross Sales. Such access shall be available to Rice not more than once each calendar year of the Term of this Agreement, during normal business hours, and once a  year for three years after the expiration or termination of this Agreement. If an audit of
Licensee’s records indicate that Licensee has underpaid royalties by five percent (5%) or more, Licensee will pay the costs and expenses incurred by Rice and its accountants, if any, in connection with the review or audit.
 
b) Whenever Licensee has its books and records audited by an independent certified public accountant, Licensee shall, within thirty (30) days of the conclusion of such audit, provide Rice with a written statement, certified by said auditor, setting forth the calculation of royalties due to Rice over the time period audited as determined from the books and records of the Licensee.
 
c) Licensee shall have its financial statements audited by nationally or regionally recognized  qualified auditors on an annual basis during the Term of this Agreement and will deliver a copy of such audited financial statements and any accompanying auditor’s report to Rice  within ninety (90) days after the end of each of Licensee’s fiscal years, any part of which are within the Term of this Agreement.
 
3.7 Country, Place of Payment, Interest.
 
a) All dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement are expressed in United States dollars and all payments to Rice shall be made in United States dollars by check payable to “William Marsh Rice University.”
 
b) Amounts that are not paid when due hereunder shall accrue interest from the due date until paid, at a rate equal to one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month (or the maximum allowed by law, if less).
 
SECTION 4 Patent Expenses and Reimbursement
 
4.1 Rice shall work closely with Licensee to develop a suitable strategy for the prosecution and maintenance of Rice Patents; provided that Rice shall maintain final authority in all decisions regarding the prosecution and maintenance of Rice Patents. Licensee shall promptly reimburse Rice for all documented attorneys' fees, expenses, official fees and other charges incident to the preparation, prosecution and maintenance of Rice Patents pursuant to the strategy developed by Rice Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. 7 in consultation with Licensee, including all patent expenses incurred by Rice related to the prosecution and maintenance of Rice Patents prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement.. Licensee shall not be liable for fees and expenses associated with the preparation, prosecution and maintenance of Rice Patents that Licensee has specifically advised Rice in writing that it does not desire to pursue. Licensee may elect to surrender Rice Patent Rights in any country upon at least sixty (60) days’ prior written notice to Rice. Such notice shall not relieve Licensee from responsibility to reimburse Rice for patent-related expenses incurred prior to the expiration of the sixty (60) day notice period (or such longer period specified in Licensee’s notice). Rice shall provide Licensee with itemized statements reflecting the expenses owed to Rice for the preparation,
prosecution and maintenance of Rice Patents, and Licensee shall reimburse Rice for such expenses within thirty (30) days after receipt of such statement.
 
4.2 Rice shall confer with Licensee regarding choice of patent counsel. Although Rice shall maintain final authority in all decisions regarding patent counsel selection, it is intended that both Rice and Licensee will interact directly with the selected patent counsel in all phases of patent prosecution: preparation, office action responses, filing strategies for continuation or divisional applications, etc. Rice will request that copies of all documents prepared by the counsel be provided to Licensee for review and comment prior to filing to the extent practicable under the circumstances.
 
4.3 Rice shall confer with Licensee as to the countries in which Licensee desires Rice to seek patent  protection. Licensee shall, upon request by Rice, provide Rice or its authorized representative with any information needed to file or prosecute such patent application and will execute and deliver to Rice all documents required to file and prosecute such patent application. Should Rice elect not to apply for patent protection in a country desired by Licensee, Rice shall use reasonable efforts to give Licensee written notice of its decision at least thirty (30) days prior to the applicable deadline for such foreign filing.
 
4.4 Licensee shall comply with all United States and foreign laws with respect to patent and copyright marking of Rice Licensed Product(s).
 
 
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4.5 Each party shall provide to the other prompt notice with respect to all matters that come to its attention that may affect the preparation, prosecution or maintenance of any Rice Patents or Rice Copyrights. In particular, licensee must immediately notify Rice if Licensee does not qualify as a “small entity” as provided by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
 
SECTION 5 Term and Termination
 
5.1 This Agreement, unless sooner terminated as provided herein, shall terminate at the end of the Term of this Agreement as defined in Section 1.16.
 
5.2 Licensee, at its option, may terminate this Agreement at any time by doing all of the following:
 
a) By ceasing to make, have made, use and sell any Rice Licensed Product(s);
 
b) By giving sixty (60) days prior written notice to Rice of such cessation and of Licensee's intent to terminate; and
 
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5.3 Rice, at its option, may terminate this Agreement, upon written notice to Licensee of Rice's intent to terminate, if any of the following occur:
 
a) Licensee has not met a milestone set forth in Exhibit B; or
 
b) Licensee ceases development, marketing, sales or other commercialization efforts with regard to Rice Licensed Product(s) in the Field of Use; or
 
c) Licensee becomes more than fifteen (15) days in arrears in any payments, fees or other expenses due pursuant to this Agreement; or
 
d) Licensee breaches this Agreement, other than being in arrears in payments, fees or other expenses, and does not cure such breach within forty-five (45) days after receiving written notice thereof from Rice.
 
e) If, at any time after three years from the date of this Agreement, Rice determines that the Agreement should be terminated pursuant to Section 3.3(d).
 
f) An examination by Rice’s accountant pursuant to Section 3.6 shows an underreporting or  underpayment by LICENSEE in excess of twenty (20%) for any twelve (12) month period.
 
g) Licensee, or any of its officers, is convicted of a felony relating to the manufacture, use, or sale of Rice Licensed Products.
 
h) Licensee provides any false report, which has not been corrected within thirty (30) days after written notice thereof by Rice or within thirty (30) days after Licensee becomes aware that false information has been provided, whichever occurs earlier.
 
5.4 If Licensee becomes Insolvent, all duties of Rice and all rights (but not duties) of Licensee under this Agreement shall immediately terminate without the necessity of any action being taken by Rice or by Licensee. In addition, if Licensee becomes Insolvent, Rice, at its option, may terminate this Agreement immediately upon written notice to Licensee.
 
 
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5.5 Upon termination of this Agreement, except under Section 5.1, Licensee shall have ninety (90) days to complete the manufacture of work in progress and one hundred eighty (180) days to complete the sale of any Rice Licensed Product(s) in stock or in the course of manufacture at the time of termination; provided, however, that all such Sales are subject to the royalty and accounting obligations set forth in this Agreement, even if such royalty obligations arise from transactions subsequent to the effective date of termination.
 
5.7 Upon termination of this Agreement, except under Section 5.1 , Licensee shall, at Rice's request,  return to Rice all Confidential Information and Rice Technical Information fixed in any tangible medium of expression, as well as any data generated by Licensee during the term of this Agreement which will facilitate the development of any technology licensed hereunder.
 
5.8 Licensee's obligation to pay royalties accrued during the Term of this Agreement under Section 3 hereof shall survive termination of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge and agree that in no event shall the termination of this Agreement release Licensee from the obligation to pay any amounts that become due on or before the effective date of termination Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. 9 under Sections 3, 4, 7, and 8. In addition, the provisions of Sections 3.6, 3.7, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 13 shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement , and each Party shall remain obligated under any other provisions that expressly or by their nature survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement .
 
5.9 Licensee may terminate this Agreement by giving ninety (90) days advance written notice of termination to Rice and paying a termination fee of US $100,000.00 dollars (ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS). Upon termination, Licensee shall submit a final Royalty Report to Rice and any royalty payments and unreimbursed patent expenses invoiced by Rice shall become immediately payable.
 
SECTION 6 Confidentiality
 
6.1 Licensee agrees to maintain in confidence and not to disclose to any third party any Confidential Information received pursuant to this Agreement, including any Confidential Information disclosed to Licensee prior to the Effective Date; provided however, that Confidential Information may be disclosed to legal counsel or, upon execution of an appropriate confidentiality agreement, to corporate partners or potential corporate partners, investment bankers or consultants. Licensee agrees to ensure that its employees have access to Confidential Information only on a need-to-know basis and that they are obligated in writing to abide by Licensee's obligations hereunder. The foregoing obligation shall not apply to:
 
a) Information that is known to Licensee prior to the time of disclosure, in each case, to the extent evidenced by written records promptly disclosed to Rice upon receipt of the Confidential Information;
 
b) Information disclosed to Licensee by a third party that has a right to make such disclosure without any obligation of confidentiality;
 
c) Information that is independently developed by Licensee by employees not having access to or knowledge of Confidential Information, in each case, to the extent evidenced by written records disclosed to Rice;
 
d) Information that becomes patented, published or otherwise part of the public domain as a result of acts by Rice, or a third person obtaining such information as a matter of right without any obligation of confidentiality;
 
e) Information that is required to be disclosed by order of United States governmental authority or a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that Licensee shall use its best efforts to obtain confidential treatment of such information by the authority or court.
 
6.2 Rice shall not be obligated to accept or protect any confidential information from Licensee unless provided for in a separate agreement between the Parties.
 
6.3 The placement of a copyright notice on any Confidential Information shall not be construed to mean  that such information has been published and will not release Licensee from its obligation of confidentiality hereunder.
 
SECTION 7 Infringement and Litigation
 
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7.1 Rice and Licensee are responsible for notifying each other promptly of any infringement of Rice Intellectual Property or any misappropriation of Rice Confidential Information or Rice Technical Information that may come to their  attention. Rice and Licensee shall consult one another in a timely manner concerning any appropriate response thereto.
 
7.2 With respect to any Rice Patents that are exclusively licensed to Licensee pursuant to this Agreement, Licensee shall have the right, but not the obligation to prosecute in its own name such infringement or misappropriation at its own expense, so long as such license is exclusive at the time of the commencement of such action. Before Licensee commences an action with respect to any infringement of such patents, Licensee shall give careful consideration to the views of Rice and to potential effects on the public interest in making its decision whether or not to sue. Licensee shall not settle or compromise any such suit in a manner that imposes any obligations or restrictions on Rice or
grants any rights to Rice Intellectual Property, without Rice's advance written consent. Financial recoveries from any such litigation will first be applied to reimburse Licensee and Rice for its outside counsel fees and court costs with additional recoveries being shared equally by Licensee and Rice.
 
7.3 Licensee’s prosecution rights under Section 7.2 shall be subject to the continuing right of Rice to intervene at Rice's own expense and join Licensee in any claim or suit for infringement or misappropriation of Rice Intellectual Property. If Rice elects to join as a party, Rice shall jointly control the action with Licensee. Licensee shall reimburse Rice for any costs Rice incurs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, as part of an action brought by Licensee, irrespective of whether Rice becomes a co-plaintiff. Any financial recoveries shall first be applied to reimburse Licensee and Rice for their outside counsel fees and court costs with any remainder being shared equally between Rice
and Licensee.
 
7.4 If Licensee fails to prosecute such infringement or misappropriation, Rice shall have the right, but not the obligation, to prosecute such infringement or misappropriation at its own expense. In such event, financial recoveries will be entirely retained by Rice.
 
7.5 In any action to enforce any of the Rice Intellectual Property, either Party, at the request and expense  of the other Party, shall cooperate to the fullest extent reasonably possible. This provision shall not be construed to require either Party to undertake any activities, including legal discovery, at the request of any third party except as may be required by lawful process of a court of competent jurisdiction.
 
7.6 If a declaratory judgment action is brought naming Licensee or Rice as a defendant and alleging invalidity or unenforceability of any of the Rice Patents, whether brought as an independently filed declaratory judgment action or as a counterclaim in any infringement-related litigation, Rice may elect to take over the sole defense of the declaratory judgment action or the declaratory judgment counterclaim portion of the other litigation, at its own expense. Each party shall promptly notify the other party hereto of its receipt of any such allegations. Licensee shall cooperate fully with Rice in connection with any such defense. Rice retains the right, exercisable in the sole discretion of Rice
and upon advance notice to Licensee, to grant non-exclusive licenses under the Rice Patents in the Field of Use to third parties as a means to resolve such declaratory judgment actions or counterclaims. Rice shall also have the right to grant non-exclusive licenses under the Rice Patents in the Field of Use to third parties as a means to resolve or settle claims, suits or proceedings arising out of allegations that Rice or any of its employees have, through their work related to nanotechnology, infringed the intellectual property rights of others. If Rice grants any non-exclusive Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. 11  license under the terms of this Section, the economic terms of this Agreement will be adjusted to account for the reduction in the scope of rights granted to Licensee. Nothing in this Section 7.6 shall be construed as obligating Rice to resolve any dispute or to settle or defend any claim, suit or proceeding arising out of Licensee’s manufacture, use or sale of Rice Licensed Products.
 
7.7 In the event that Licensee does challenge the validity or enforceability of one or more of the Rice Patents (or any claims therein), Rice may, at its option, upon written notice to Licensee: (1) terminate this Agreement or (2) require an augmented royalty of up to three times the Royalties payable under Section 3.1. Such challenge of validity or enforceability includes, but is not limited to, actions before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, such as through reexamination. Any challenge by Licensee of the Patents shall be brought in the United States District Court in Harris County, Texas, or, when appropriate, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, with at least
thirty (30) days written notice to Rice. Licensee shall pay all of Rice’s reasonable attorneys' fees, costs, and expenses associated with an unsuccessful challenge. A challenge shall be deemed unsuccessful if any claim of a challenged Rice Patent remains valid and enforceable after the challenge (even when the claim is narrowed in scope). Under no circumstance shall Rice pay any of Licensee's attorneys' fees, costs, and expenses related to any challenge of one or more of the Rice Patents.
 
7.8 Non-assert. Licensee and Rice agree that Licensee shall not assert Rice Intellectual Property infringement claims against not-for-profit research institutions for activities related to research, teaching, education, or academic purposes.
 
 
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SECTION 8
Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability; Indemnification
 
8.1 THE RICE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION OR TECHNOLOGY PROVIDED BY RICE AND USED IN THE MANUFACTURE, USE, IMPORT, SALE, OFFER FOR SALE, LEASE, OR OTHER TRANSFER OF RICE LICENSED PRODUCT(S) ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS AND RICE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT THERETO. BY WAY OF EXAMPLE BUT NOT OF LIMITATION, RICE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES (I) OF COMMERCIAL UTILITY, (II) OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR (III) THAT THE USE OF THE RICE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, OR RICE LICENSED PRODUCT(S) WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY PATENT, COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY OR PROPERTY RIGHTS OF OTHERS.
 
8.2 IN NO EVENT SHALL RICE BE LIABLE TO LICENSEE, LICENSEE'S SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS OR ANY THIRD PARTY WITH RESPECT TO ANY CLAIM (I) ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE RICE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, (II) ARISING FROM THE MANUFACTURE, USE, IMPORT, OR SALE OR OFFER FOR SALE, LEASE OR OTHER TRANSFER OF RICE LICENSED PRODUCT(S), (III) FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OR
INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, OR (IV) FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND.
 
8.3 LICENSEE SHALL INDEMNIFY, DEFEND, AND HOLD HARMLESS RICE, ITS TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, AGENTS, SUBCONTRACTORS, STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES (INDIVIDUALLY, AN “INDEMNIFIED PARTY”, AND COLLECTIVELY, THE “INDEMNIFIED PARTIES”) FOR, FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITY,
 
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LOSS, DAMAGE, ACTION, CLAIM OR EXPENSE SUFFERED OR INCURRED BY THE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND OTHER COSTS AND EXPENSES OF LITIGATION) (INDIVIDUALLY, A “LIABILITY”, AND COLLECTIVELY, THE “LIABILITIES”) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF, OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION ANY CAUSE OF ACTION RELATING TO PRODUCT LIABILITY CONCERNING ANY BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT BY LICENSEE, USE OF THE RICE PATENT RIGHTS GRANTED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT BY LICENSEE, OR RICE LICENSED PRODUCT MANUFACTURED,, USED, IMPORTED, SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE, LEASED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF PURSUANT TO ANY RIGHT OR LICENSE GRANTED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
 
8.4 The Indemnified Party shall promptly notify Licensee of any claim or action giving rise to Liabilities. Licensee shall have the right to defend any such claim or action, at its cost and expense with attorneys satisfactory to Rice.  Licensee shall not settle or compromise any such claim or action in a manner that imposes any restrictions or obligations on Rice or grants any rights to the Rice Intellectual Property or Rice Licensed Product(s) without Rice's prior written consent. If Licensee fails or declines to assume the defense of any such claim or action within thirty (30) days after notice thereof, or if representation of such Indemnified Party by the counsel retained by Licensee would be inappropriate because of actual or potential differences in the interests of such Indemnified Party any other party represented by such counsel, Rice may assume the defense of such claim or action for the account and at the risk of Licensee, and any liabilities related thereto shall be conclusively deemed a liability of Licensee. Licensee shall pay promptly to the Indemnified Party any Liabilities to which the foregoing indemnity relates,
as incurred. The indemnification rights of Rice or any other Indemnified Party contained herein are in addition to all other rights which Rice or such other Indemnified Party may have at law or in equity or otherwise.
 
SECTION 9 Insurance
 
9.1 Licensee shall procure and maintain in full force and effect, throughout the Term of this Agreement, commercial general liability insurance for a minimum amount of $5,000,000 per occurrence and $5,000,000 in the aggregate. Such commercial general liability insurance shall provide: (i) product liability coverage; and (ii) broad form contractual liability coverage for Licensee’s indemnification obligations under this Agreement. Licensee shall maintain such commercial general liability insurance after the expiration or termination of this Agreement during any period in which Licensee continues to make, use, perform or sell a product that was a Rice Licensed Product under this
Agreement, and thereafter for a period of five (5) years.
 
9.2 Rice reserves the right to request additional policies of insurance where appropriate and reasonable in light of Licensee’s business operations and availability of coverage.
 
9.3 The policy or policies of insurance specified herein shall be issued by an insurance carrier with an A.M. Best rating of “A” or better and shall name Rice as an additional insured with respect to Licensee's performance of this Agreement. All rights of subrogation shall be waived against Rice and its insurers. Licensee shall, upon request by Rice, provide Rice with certificates evidencing the insurance coverage required herein and all subsequent renewals thereof. Such certificates shall Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. 13 provide that Licensee's insurance carrier(s) notify Rice in writing at least 30 days prior to a cancellation or material change in coverage.
 
9.4 The specified minimum insurance amounts shall not constitute a limitation on Licensee's obligation to indemnify Rice under this Agreement.
 
 
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SECTION 10 Use of Names; Independent Contractor
 
10.1 Licensee and its employees and agents shall not use Rice's name, any adaptation thereof, any Rice logotype, trademark, service mark or slogan or the name mark or logotype of any Rice faculty, staff, student representative or  organization in any way without the prior, written consent of Rice.
 
10.2 Rice shall permit Licensee to acknowledge that Licensee has entered into an exclusive license for  rights to certain technology developed at Rice.
 
10.3 Licensee and Rice intend that their relationship under this Agreement shall be as independent contractors, and neither Licensee nor Rice shall conduct themselves in a manner inconsistent with such independent contractor status. Nothing in this Agreement nor any performance hereunder is intended, or shall be construed, to create a partnership, joint venture or other form of business enterprise, or relationship of agency or employment, between Licensee and Rice (including, its faculty, students and employees). Moreover, neither Party shall have the authority to enter into contracts on behalf of the other Party.
 
SECTION 11 Foreign Taxes
 
11.1 Licensee shall pay all taxes which may be assessed or levied on, or on account of, the Rice Licensed Product made, used, sold, leased, transferred, or disposed of hereunder and all taxes (other than taxes  imposed by the United States of America or the State of Texas or jurisdictions within such State)  levied on or on account of the amounts (including royalty payments) payable to, or for the account of, Rice University under this Agreement. These taxes are not deductible from any payments due Rice.
 
SECTION 12 Notices
 
12.1 Any notice or other communication of the Parties required or permitted to be given or made under this Agreement shall be in writing and be deemed effective upon receipt if delivered personally, by reputable courier, by facsimile with confirmation or electronic transmission with confirmation, or by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed to the other Party as follows (or as changed by written notice pursuant to this Section 11):
 
If for Rice:
 
Office of Technology Transfer - MS 705
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Rice University
6100 Main Street
P. 0. Box 1892
Houston, TX 77005-1892
Attn: Director, Office of Technology Transfer
Phone: (713) 348-6231
Fax: (713) 348-6289
Email: OTT-Director@rice.edu or techtran@rice.edu
 
If for Licensee:
Attn:
Phone:
Fax:
 
SECTION 13 Additional Provisions
 
13.1 Legal Compliance. Licensee shall comply with all prevailing laws, rules and regulations pertaining to the development, testing, manufacture, marketing, sale, use, import or export of Rice Intellectual Property and Rice Licensed Product(s). Licensee shall comply with all United States laws and regulations controlling the export of certain commodities and technical data, including without limitation all Export Administration Regulations under the United States Department of Commerce and International Traffic in Arms Regulations under the Department of State. Among other things, these laws and regulations prohibit or require a license for the export of certain types of commodities
and technical data to specified countries. Licensee hereby gives written assurance that it will comply with, all United States export control laws and regulations, that it bears sole responsibility for any violation of such laws and regulations by itself and that it will indemnify, defend, and hold Rice harmless (in accordance with Section 8.3) for the consequences of any such violation.
 
 
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13.2 Power and Authority; Due Authorization; No Conflict; Enforceability; Binding Effect. Each Party represents and warrants to the other Party that (i) such Party has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement, (ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by such Party and does not and shall not conflict with any agreement or instrument to which it is bound, (iii) this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Party, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, and (iv) this Agreement, and the interests, rights, duties and obligations hereunder, shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
 
13.3 Entire Agreement; Further Assurances. This Agreement, including Exhibits A and B attached hereto, constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties, and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous negotiations, understandings and agreements, with respect to the subject matter hereof. Each Party shall execute and deliver such further documents and take such further actions as may be required or reasonably requested by the other Party to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement.
 
13.4 No Assignment; No Amendment; No Waiver. This Agreement (i) may not be assigned or transferred, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise, by either Party without the prior written consent Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. 15 of the other Party, and (ii) may not be amended or modified, by course of conduct or otherwise, except in a writing duly executed by each of the Parties. Any waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be in writing duly executed by the waiving Party. The failure or delay by either Party to seek redress for any breach or default under this Agreement, or to insist upon the strict performance of any provision of this Agreement, shall not constitute a waiver thereof or of any other provision of this Agreement, and such Party shall have all remedies provided herein and at law and in equity with respect to such act and any subsequent act constituting the same.
 
13.5 Force Majeure; Remedies Cumulative. In the event either Party's performance under this Agreement is in any way prevented or delayed as a result of causes or conditions (other than financial incapacity to pay) beyond such Party's reasonable control, such Party shall be excused temporarily without liability with respect to such performance or nonperformance; provided, however, that such Party must diligently pursue reasonable and appropriate actions to remedy such cause or condition. The rights and remedies provided in this Agreement are cumulative in nature and shall be in addition to any such other rights and remedies available at law and in equity.
 
13.6 Resolution of Disputes.
 
a) In the event of any dispute or disagreement between the Parties either in interpreting any provision of this Agreement or about the performance of either Party and upon the written request of either Party, each of the Parties will appoint a designated representative to attempt to resolve such dispute or disagreement. The designated representatives will discuss the problem and negotiate in good faith in an effort to resolve the dispute without any formal proceedings. The specific format of such discussion shall be left to the discretion of the designated representatives. No litigation for the resolution of such dispute may be commenced until the designated representatives have met and  either Party has concluded in good faith that amicable resolution through continued negotiation does n ot appear likely (unless either Party fails or refuses to appoint a designated representative and schedule a meeting of such representatives within thirty (30) days after a request to do so by the other Party).
 
b) Each party shall continue to perform its undisputed obligations under this Agreement pending final resolution of any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement; provided, however, that a party may suspend performance of its undisputed obligations during any period in which the other party fails or refuses to perform its undisputed obligations. Nothing in this Section 13.6(b) is intended to relieve Licensee from its obligation to make undisputed payments pursuant to Sections 3 and 4 of this Agreement.
 
 
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c) The parties agree that all applicable statutes of limitation and time-based defenses (such as estoppel and laches) shall be tolled while the procedures set forth in Sections 13.6(a) are pending. The parties shall cooperate in taking any actions necessary to achieve this result.
 
13.7 Governing Law; Jurisdiction and Venue; Attorneys' Fees. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the United States and the laws of the State of Texas (without regard to the conflicts or choice of law principles thereof). Licensee and Rice irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the State of Texas, and agree that any court of competent jurisdiction sitting in Harris County, Texas, shall be an appropriate and convenient place of venue to resolve any dispute with respect to this Agreement. In the event either Party commences any proceeding against the other Party with respect to this Agreement, the prevailing Party (as  determined by the authority before whom such proceeding is commenced) shall be entitled to recover reasonable Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. 16 attorneys' fees and costs as may be incurred in connection therewith in addition to any such other relief as may be granted.
 
13.8 Severability. In the event any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, it is the desire and intention of the Parties that such invalidity or unenforceability not invalidate or render unenforceable the remainder of the Agreement and that such provision be reformed and construed in such a manner that it will, to the maximum extent practicable, be deemed valid and enforceable, and the rights and obligations of the Parties shall be construed and enforced accordingly.
 
13.9 Construction of Agreement. The Parties acknowledge and agree that both Parties substantially  participated in negotiating the provisions of this Agreement; therefore, both Parties agree that this Agreement shall not be construed more favorably toward one Party than the other Party, regardless of which Party primarily drafted the Agreement. The Section and other headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect, expressly or by implication, the meaning or interpretation of any of the provisions hereof.
 
13.10 Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer any benefits, rights or remedies on any Entity, other than the Parties and their successors and permitted assigns.
 
13.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties, intending to be legally bound, have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized representatives and effective as of the Effective Date.
 
William Marsh Rice University
Date:
Signature:
Scott W. Wise
Vice President for
Investments and Treasurer
Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc.
Date: __________________________
Signature:
Stephen B. Squires
President and CEO
Reviewed and recommended for signature:
Signature:
Nila D. Bhakuni
Director,
Office of Technology Transfer
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Exhibit A
 
Rice Patents
Rice
Tech ID
Invention
Disclosure
Received
Invention Disclosure Title Patent Title Filing Date Serial Number Patent Type Country Inventors Pa
27014 8/31/06 Synthesis of Uniform Nanoparticle Shapes
with High Selectivity
Synthesis of Uniform Nanoparticle Shapes
with High Selectivity
4/13/07 60/911,721 Provisional U.S. Michael Wong,
Subashini Asokan
Synthesis of Uniform Nanoparticle Shapes with high Selectivity 4/11/08 PCT/US2008/060129 PCT PCT Michael Wong, Subashini Asokan On an “as is” basis as of the Effective Date
 
 
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Exhibit B
 
Company Diligence Milestones
 
Licensee shall use best efforts to develop Rice Licensed Products and to introduce Rice Licensed Products into the commercial market; thereafter, Licensee shall make Rice Licensed Products reasonably available to the public. Specifically, Licensee shall fulfill the following obligations:
 
(a) Licensee shall submit a business plan and/or a technology development to Rice prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement.
 
(b) Licensee shall acquire $5,000,000 (five million dollars) in initial funding by August 31, 2008.
 
(c) Licensee shall file 3 patent applications related to thin-film quantum dot (QD) solar cell technology by December 31, 2008, and 3 additional patent applications related to thin-film QD solar cells or printed electronics in general by December 31, 2009.
 
(d) Licensee shall fund $80,000 (eighty thousand dollars) (in direct costs) of sponsored research with Professor Michael Wong by October 31, 2008.
 
(e) Following the successful completion of the sponsored research goals with Michael Wong, Licensee shall demonstrate the scalability of the quantum dot production technology by May 31, 2009.
 
(f) Licensee shall establish a QD production pilot plant capable of producing 1000 g/week by December 31, 2009.
 
(g) Licensee shall start up a full scale QD production plant by December 31, 2010.
 
(h) Licensee shall demonstrate a working model of a thin film quantum dot solar cell product using Rice Intellectual Property by July 31, 2009. This working model shall achieve 6% efficiency at a manufactured cell cost of <$1.50/Watt, and have a consumer warranty regarding product lifetime performance comparable to existing photovoltaics.
 
(i) Licensee shall have received an additional investment commitment of at least $15 (fifteen) million dollars by January 31, 2010.
 
(j) Licensee shall bring a 10MW capacity solar cell pilot production line on-stream by May 31, 2010.
 
(k) Licensee shall offer for sale solar cells incorporating a Rice Licensed Product on or before June 30, 2010.
 
(l) Licensee shall bring a 100 Megawatt volume production facility for solar cells on stream by December 31, 2011.
 
(m) Licensee shall offer for sale quantum dots manufactured with Rice Patents for electronic or medical applications on or before December 31, 2009.

 
 
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Exhibit 10.2
 
 
RICE  
Office of Technology Transfers 
 Nila BHAKUNI
 
Director
                                                                                                         
 
October 2, 2008

Mr. Stephen G. Squires
President and CEO
Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc.
14220 E. Cavedale Road
Scotts date, AZ 85262

RE:  Amendment to the License Agreement between Solterra Renewable
    Technologies, Inc., and William Marsh Rice University
    (Agreement #OTT LA 09-1-001)

Dear Mr. Squires:

This letter confirms our understanding and agreement to amend that certain license agreement dated August 20, 2008, between Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. and William Marsh Rice University (“License Agreement”) as follows:

Article 3.1(a) is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(a)  
In partial consideration of the exclusive license granted herein, Licensee
shall pay to Rice , a non-refundable, non-creditable, license initiation fee of US $40,000.00 (FORTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS) payable within five business days after Solterra receives initial funding, and no later than November 4, 2008.

Company Diligence Milestone (b) in Exhibit B is amended in its entirety to read:

(b)  
Licensee shall acquire $5,000,000 (FIVE MILLION DOLLARS) in initial funding according to the following plan:

(i)  
A first installment of $1,500,000 (ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) shall be received by November 4, 2008.
(ii)  
A second installment of $3,500,000 (THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) shall be received by June 30, 2009.

All other provisions of the License Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

Rice University*Office of Technology Transfer*MS 705
    6100 Main Street,, Houston, Texas 77005
Phone (713)348-6231 FAX(713)348-6289 E-Mail:bhakuni@rice.edu

 
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Please indicate your agreement to amend the License Agreement as set forth above, effective October 2, 2008, by signing where indicated below and returning a copy to my attention.

Sincerely,


Nita D. Bhakuni


Agreed and accepted:

­­_________________________
Stephen Squires
President and CEO
Solterra  Renewable Technologies Inc.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
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Exhibit 10.3
AGREEMENT

FIXED-PRICE

ASU Reference No. 09022547


THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into by and between Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. (hereinafter called "Sponsor"), and the Arizona Board of Regents for and on behalf of Arizona State University (hereinafter called "ASU").

WHEREAS Sponsor desires that ASU perform certain services as described in the scope of work attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit A, and ASU desires to perform such services upon and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I .   SCOPE OF WORK.   ASU shall use all reasonable efforts to perform the services and deliver any reports or other items specified in Exhibit A attached hereto.

ARTICLE II .   PROJECT DIRECTOR.   ASU shall provide Ghassan Jabbour, of the ASU School of Materials and Flexible Display Center, as Project Director for work under this Agreement.

ARTICLE III .   PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.   This Agreement shall begin on October 1, 2008 and shall terminate on September 30, 2009.  This Agreement may be modified or extended at any time by mutual written consent of both parties.

ARTICLE IV .  SPECIAL PROVISIONS.

1.  
Compensation.   Compensation shall be on a fixed-price basis.  Sponsor shall compensate ASU in an amount not to exceed $835,000, for ASU's services hereunder for year one only.  Sponsor shall remit according to the following schedule of invoices against the total contract price:
 
Date Due
 
Amount
 
Upon signing agreement
  $ 334,000  
Quarterly Payment 01-01-09
  $ 136,635  
Quarterly Payment 04-01-09
  $ 136,635  
Quarterly Payment 07-01-09
  $ 136,635  
Final Payment 9-30-09
  $ 91,095  
Total Year 1
  $
835,000
 
 
Option Year 2 for $546,300 and Option Year 3 for $556,000 are not exercised at this time.
 
 
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Invoices are due and payable within 30 days. The remaining amount of the contract price due under this Agreement shall be paid upon receipt of invoices from ASU issued quarterly for the duration of the period of performance up to the contract value.

ASU reserves the right to subject invoices not paid within thirty (30) days of the invoice date to a 1% per month late fee on the unpaid balance for any amounts not in dispute. ASU reserves the right to discontinue the services if Sponsor fails to make payments within 30 days of receipt of invoice.

In the event of non payment, ASU may terminate all further work on the project and seek full payment from the Sponsor for all work performed and all expenses incurred including allocable cost, pursuant to the termination clause of this agreement including the collection of payment.

Should it become necessary for ASU to commence collection proceedings or retain an attorney to enforce any of the terms of this Agreement, the Sponsor shall pay attorneys’ fees and the costs of collection incurred by ASU.

2.  
Publications.   Sponsor recognizes that under ASU policy the results of work performed under this Agreement must be publishable and agrees that ASU and its employees and students engaged in work under this Agreement shall be free to present at symposia or professional meetings, and to publish in journals, theses or dissertations, or otherwise of their own choosing, methods and results of the work performed under this Agreement.  Upon written request by Sponsor, copies of proposed manuscripts will be furnished to Sponsor for review prior to publication.  In no event will ASU delay publication for more than thirty (30) days from date of submittal of manuscript for Sponsor review.

3.  
Notices.   All notices under this Agreement given by either party to the other shall be in writing and shall be sent by U.S. Postal Service, first class, facsimile or e-mail.  Addresses are as follows:

For ASU:       Office for Research &                                                         Attn:  Dudley Sharp
Sponsored Projects Admin.                                              Assistant Director, Research Admin
Arizona State University                                                  e-mail: dudley.sharp@asu.edu
P.O. Box 873503                                                                  cc: Ghassan.Jabbour@asu.edu
(Street Address: 1120 S. Cady Mall)                               cc: Kimberly.Habiger@asu.edu
Tempe, Arizona  85287-3503
Phone:  480-965-0273                                                         Fax:  480-965-2455

For Sponsor:  Solterra Renewable Technologies Inc.
14220 E. Cavedale Rd                                                         Attn:  Stephen B. Squires
Scottsdale AZ 85262                                                                      President & CEO
Phone:      214-701-8779                                                      email:  ssquires4@aol.com
Fax:           636-773-1738


ARTICLE V.  GENERAL PROVISIONS.

1.  
Entire Agreement.   This Agreement embodies the entire understanding of the parties and supersedes any other agreement or understanding between the parties relating to the subject matter.  The parties agree that should any part of this Agreement be held to be invalid or void, the remainder of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding upon the parties.

2.  
Waivers.   No waiver, amendment or modification of this Agreement shall be valid or binding unless written and signed by the parties.  Waiver by either party of any breach or default of any clause of this Agreement by the other party shall not operate as a waiver of any previous or future default or breach of the same or different clause of this Agreement.

3.  
Assignment.   Neither party may assign any rights hereunder without the express, written, prior consent of both parties.

4.  
Governing Law.   This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Arizona.
 
 
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5.  
Cancellation for Nonappropriations.   The parties recognize that performance by ASU depends upon appropriation of funds by the State Legislature of Arizona.  If the Legislature fails to appropriate the necessary funds, or if ASU's appropriation is reduced during the fiscal year, ASU may reduce the scope of this Agreement if appropriate or cancel this Agreement without further duty or obligation.  ASU agrees to notify Sponsor as soon as reasonably possible after ASU knows of the loss of funds.

6.  
Conflict of Interest.   This Agreement is subject to the provisions of A.R.S. 38-511.  The State of Arizona may cancel this Agreement if any person significantly involved in negotiating, drafting, securing or obtaining this Agreement for or on behalf of the Arizona Board of Regents becomes an employee in any capacity of any other party or a consultant to any other party with reference to the subject matter of this Agreement while the Agreement or any extension thereof is in effect.

7.  
Independent Contractor.   ASU is an independent contractor and shall be free to exercise its discretion and independent judgment as to the method and means of performance of its work hereunder.  ASU employees shall not be considered employees of Sponsor, and neither ASU nor Sponsor personnel will, by virtue of this Agreement, be entitled or eligible, by reason of this agreement, to participate in any benefits or privileges given or extended by the other party to its employees.

8.  
Termination.   Either party may at any time terminate this Agreement by giving the other party not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice.  In the event this Agreement is canceled by Sponsor, Sponsor shall remain responsible for payment to ASU for all work performed through the date of termination and for reimbursement to ASU of all non-cancelable commitments incurred in the conduct of the research.  Non-cancelable commitments shall include employment commitments to ASU personnel through the end of the semester following any such termination by Sponsor.  In the event ASU terminates this Agreement any unused funds from the advance will be returned.

9.  
Dispute Resolution.   In the event of any dispute, claim, question, or disagreement arising from or relating to this agreement or the breach thereof, the parties hereto shall use their reasonable efforts to settle the dispute, claim, question, or disagreement. To this effect, they shall consult and negotiate with each other in good faith and, recognizing their mutual interests, attempt to reach a just and equitable solution satisfactory to both parties.  Notice is provided of Sections 12-1518 and 12-133, Arizona Revised Statues.

10.  
Insurance.   ASU maintains general liability insurance and worker’s compensation coverage as required by state law and pertinent federal laws and regulations under the State of Arizona Risk Management Plan.

11.  
Nondiscrimination. The parties agree to comply with all applicable state and federal laws, rules, regulations and executive orders governing equal employment opportunity, immigration, nondiscrimination, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, and affirmative action.

12.  
News Release.   Sponsor may not use the name of ASU in news releases, publicity, advertising, or other promotion, without the prior written consent of ASU, except for documents used for internal consumption by Sponsor.

13.  
Service Marks and Trademarks.   Neither party shall use any service marks, trademarks, logos or other marks of the other party without the express written approval of the other party. The use of any marks must comply with the owner ’s requirements, including using the “circle R” indication of a registered trademark.
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representatives on the respective dates entered below.
 
 
ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS,        SOLTERRA RENEWABLE  
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    TECHNOLOGIES, INC  
           
           
By:  
/s/
  By: 
/s/
 
 
Dudley Q. Sharp  
   
Stephen B. Squires
 
 
Assistant Director     
   
President & CEO
 
  Research Administration        
           
Date:      Date:    

                                                                                             
                                                                                            
 

                                                                                                                   
 
 

 
 
 
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