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
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333-146533
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20-8195578
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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14220
E Cavedale RD
Scottsdale
AZ
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85262
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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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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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
(17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item
1.01.
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Entry
into a Material Definitive
Agreement.
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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.
Item
2.01.
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Completion
of Acquisition or Disposition of
Assets.
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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.
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:
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our
reliance on our exclusive licensing agreement with William
Marsh;
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we
are a development stage company with no history of profitable
operations;
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we
will likely need substantial additional capital to finance our
business;
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our
solar products may not gain market acceptance;
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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;
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competition
within our industry;
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reduction
or elimination of government subsidiaries and economic incentives for
solar technology could cause our anticipated revenues to decline;
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the
availability of additional capital on terms acceptable to
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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
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
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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.
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
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.
Solterra
plans to:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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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internal systems and infrastructure to support our
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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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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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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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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
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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.
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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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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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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or not customers will accept our new technology;
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failure to develop and maintain successful relationships with
distributors, systems integrators, project developers and other resellers,
as well as strategic partners.
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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
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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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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;
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of government grants from foreign sources, or for government grants that
have been approved, risk of forfeiture or repayment in whole or in
part:
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in currency exchange rates relative to the
U.S. dollar;
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on dividends or restrictions against repatriation of
earnings;
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in recruiting and retaining individuals skilled in international business
operations; and
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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.
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,
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of solar power technologies as compared with conventional and non-solar
alternative energy technologies;
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and reliability of solar power products as compared with conventional and
non-solar alternative energy
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of alternative distributed generation technologies such as fuel cells,
wind power and micro turbines;
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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;
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expenditures by customers that tend to decrease when the United States or
global economy slows;
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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.
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;
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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;
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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;
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although we intend to have a number of foreign patents and applications as
well as the two held by Rice University
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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;
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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
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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
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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;
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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;
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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
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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
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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.
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.
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.
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:
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variations
in our quarterly operating results;
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announcements
that our revenue or income/loss levels are below analysts'
expectations;
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general
economic slowdowns;
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changes
in market valuations of similar
companies;
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announcements
by us or our competitors of significant contracts;
and/or
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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
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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.
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:
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size and timing of orders and shipments of our intended
products;
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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;
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our
ability to establish and expand key distribution partners and supplier
relationships;
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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;
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our
ability to establish strategic relationships with third parties to
accelerate our growth plans;
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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;
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delays
associated with the supply of specialized materials necessary for the
manufacture of our solar power
products;
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ability to execute our cost reduction
programs;
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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;
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developments
in the competitive environment, including the introduction of new products
or technological advancements by our competitors; and
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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.
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Financial
Information.
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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.
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.
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 $3,700 of services
received.
Statement
of Earnings
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May
19
(inception)
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2008
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$
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Revenue
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0
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Gross
Profit
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0
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Loss
before income taxes
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3,700
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Net
Loss
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3,700
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Net
loss per share
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Net
loss per share diluted
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Total
Assets
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0
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Total
liabilities
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0
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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.
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
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July
1, 2008
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Sep
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2008
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Revenue
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0
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Gross
Profit
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Loss
before income taxes
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75,462
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Net
Loss
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75,462
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Net
loss per share
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Net
loss per share diluted
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Total
Assets
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0
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Total
liabilities
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0
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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.
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
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.
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
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management.
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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
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Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned (1)(2)
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Percent
of Class
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Stephen
Squires
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35,550,000
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51.2
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Brian
Lukian C.A.
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1,200,000
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1.7
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Ghassan
E. Jabbour
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0
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-0-
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Michael
S. Wong
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0
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-0-
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Kim
Pichanick
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0
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-0-
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Dr.
Isaac B. Horton, III
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0
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-0-
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Richard
Patton
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0
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-0-
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David
Doderer
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0
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-0-
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Directors
and executive officers as a group (8 persons)
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36,500,000
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52.6
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Andrew
McKinnon
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__6,900,000
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___9.9__
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* Less
than 1%.
(1)
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Unless
otherwise indicated, ownership represents sole voting and investment
power.
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(2)
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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.
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Directors
and Executive Officers.
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The
following table sets forth information regarding our current and proposed
executive officers and directors:
Name
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Age
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Position
with the Company (1)
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Stephen
Squires
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49
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President
and Chief Executive Officer and Director
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Brian
Lukian C.A.
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60
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Acting
Chief Financial Officer
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Dr.Ghassan
E. Jabbour
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46
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Chief
Science Officer, Director
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Dr.
Michael S. Wong
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35
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Director
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Kim
Pichanick
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45
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Director
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David
Doderer
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37
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Vice
President of Research and Development
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Richard
Patton
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52
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Director
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Dr.
Isaac B. Horton, III
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51
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Director
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Greg
Chapman (2)
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45
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President,
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Director and
Secretary
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(1)
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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.
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(2)
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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.
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The
following is a brief summary of the background of each director, director
nominee and executive officer of our company:
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.
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:
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Smithsonian
Magazine "37 Under 36" Young Innovator Award
(2007)
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3M
Non-tenured Faculty Award (2006,
2007)
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GOLD
2006 Conference Best Presentation Award, for "best new idea in gold
catalysis" (2006)
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AIChE
South Texas Section Best Applied Paper Award
(2006)
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AIChE
Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum Young Investigator Award
(2006)
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MIT
Technology Review's TR35 Young Innovator Award
(2006)
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Hershel
M. Rich Invention Award (2006)
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National
Academy of Engineering Indo-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium,
Invited Speaker (2006)
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Smalley/Curl
Innovation Award (2005)
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National
Academies Keck Futures Initiative (NAKFI) Symposium, Invited Participant
(2004)
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Oak
Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement
Award (2003)
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National
Academy of Engineering Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering
(JAFOE)
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Symposium,
Invited Participant (2002)
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Rice
Quantum Institute (RQI), Fellow
(2002)
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Robert
P. Goldberg Grand Prize, MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition
(2001)
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Union
Carbide Innovation Recognition Award
(2000)
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MIT
Chemical Engineering Edward W. Merrill Outstanding Teaching Assistant
Award (1997)
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Faculty
advisor for Phi Lambda Upsilon, chemical sciences honorary society (2003 -
present)
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Executive
Compensation
.
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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
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Year
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Salary
($)
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Bonus
($)
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Stock
Awards
($)
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Option
Awards
($)
|
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan Compen-sation
($)
|
Change
in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
($)
|
All
Other Compen-sation
($)
|
Total
($)
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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.
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Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director
Independence.
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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:
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(i)
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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.”
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(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.
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(iii)
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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)
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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.
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(v)
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At
the closing date of the Plan of Reorganization (i.e. November 4, 2008),
the following transactions occurred involving our
securities:
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(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.
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Legal
Proceedings.
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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.
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Market
Price of and Dividends on the Registrant’s Common Equity and Related
Stockholder Matters
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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
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30, 2008
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$1.50
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$0.02
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March
31, 2008
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$0.02
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$0.02
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December
31, 2007
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N/A
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(1)
N/A
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September
30, 2007
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(1)
N/A
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(1)
N/A
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June
20, 2007
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(1)
N/A
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(1)
N/A
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(1)Commenced
trading on the OTC BB on February 27, 2008
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.
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Recent
Sales of Unregistered Securities.
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See
“Item 7” above for details of sales of recent unregistered securities since
inception.
Item
11.
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Description
of Registrant’s Securities to be
Registered.
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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.
Preferred
Stock
We are
not authorized to issue preferred stock.
Item
12.
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Indemnification
of Officers and Directors.
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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.
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:
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By
the stockholders;
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By
the board of directors by majority vote of a quorum consisting of
directors - who were not parties to the action, suit or
proceeding;
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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
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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.
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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:
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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
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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.
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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.
Item
13.
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Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data.
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The
audited financial statements of Solterra follow Item 9.01 below.
Item
14.
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Changes
in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure.
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None.
Item
15.
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Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
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The
exhibits are listed and described in Item 9.01 of this Form 8-K.
Item
3.02.
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Unregistered
Sale of Equity Securities.
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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.
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Changes
in Control of the Registrant.
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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.
Item
5.02.
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Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
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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.
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Change
in Shell Company Status.
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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.
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Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
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(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
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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.
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4.1
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Form
of Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of November 4,
2008.
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4.2
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Form
of Security Agreement dated November 4,
2008.
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4.3
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Form
of Subsidiary Guarantee dated November 4, 2008.
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4.4
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Form
of Stock Pledge Agreement dated November 4, 2008.
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4.5
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Form
of Debenture--
MKM
Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd.
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4.6
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Form
of Debenture.--
MKM SP1,
LLC
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4.7
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Form
of Debenture--
Steven
Posner Irrevocable Trust u/t/a Dated 06/17/65
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4.8
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Form
of Escrow Agreement
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4.9
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Form
of Amended Waiver and Consent.
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4.10
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Form
of Registration Rights Agreement.
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10.1
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License
Agreement by and between William Marsh Rice University and Soltarra
Renewable Technologies, Inc. dated August 20, 2008.
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10.2
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Letter
dated October 2, 2008 from Rice University amending the License Agreement
contained in Exhibit 10.1
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10.3
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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.
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(A
Development Stage Company)
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FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
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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
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SOLTERRA
RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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Development Stage Company)
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BALANCE
SHEET
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ASSETS
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current assets
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Total
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LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
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payable and accrued liabilities
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current liabilities
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liabilities
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Stockholder's
equity
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Common
stock, $0.0001 par value,
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100,000,000
shares authorized
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37,000,000
issued and outstanding
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3,700
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paid-in-capital
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Deficit
accumulated during the development stage
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stockholders' equity
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Total
liabilities and stockholders' equity
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$
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
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SOLTERRA
RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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Development Stage Company)
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STATEMENT
OF OPERATIONS
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Period
from May 19, 2008 (Inception) through June 30, 2008
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Costs
and expenses:
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and administrative
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loss from operations
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|
|
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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SOLTERRA
RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
|
|
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|
(A
Development Stage Company)
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
|
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|
STATEMENT
OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
|
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.
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.
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.
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
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
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.
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.
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
|
|
|
|
|
|
52
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.
“
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.
“
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).
“
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).
“
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.
“
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.
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
(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;
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
(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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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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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:
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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
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Number:
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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
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Number:
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39
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)
:
(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.
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.
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.
(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.
(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.
(
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.
(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.
(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.
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.
(
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.
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.
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.
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.
(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
|
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SOLTERRA
RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
|
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Stephen Squires
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
|
[SIGNATURE
PAGE OF HOLDERS FOLLOWS]
[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]
[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]
[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
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
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.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Joinder to be executed in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned.
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[Name
of Additional Debtor]
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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.
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.
2.
Guarantee
.
(a)
Guarantee
.
(i)
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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.
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(ii)
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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)).
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(iii)
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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.
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(iv)
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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.
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(v)
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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.
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(vi)
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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.
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(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
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)
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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.
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(ii)
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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.
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(iii)
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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.
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(iv)
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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.
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(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.
(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)
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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;
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(ii)
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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
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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.
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(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.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee
to be
duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
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Solterra Renewable
Technologies, Inc.
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Name: Stephen Squires
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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
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JURISDICTION
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GUARANTOR
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INCORPORATION
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Solterra
Renewable
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Technologies,
Inc.
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Delaware
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SCHEDULE
5(B)
GUARANTORS
ADDRESSES
Solterra
Renewable Technologies, Inc.
14220 E.
Cavedale Road
Scottsdale,
Arizona 85262
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.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assumption
Agreement
to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above
written.
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12
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:
(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;
(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.
(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.
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;
(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.
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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of Page Intentionally Left Blank]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and
year first written above.
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CORP.
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Stephen
Squires
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Chief
Executive Officer
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Pledgees:
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MKM
OPPORTUNITY MASTER FUND, LTD.
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By:
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David
Skriloff
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Portfolio
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STEVEN
POSNER IRREVOCABLE TRUST U/T/A DATED 06/17/65
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By:
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Steven
Posner
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Trustee
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Stuart
Posner
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Trustee
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MKM
SP1, LLC
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SCHEDULE A to the Stock
Pledge Agreement
Pledged
Stock
Pledgor
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Stock Certificate Number
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Hague
Corp.
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Common
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9
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.
“
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.
“
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.
“
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.
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.
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)
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Mechanics of
Conversion
.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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);
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.
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)
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.
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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:
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)
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18
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).
“
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.
“
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).
“
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.
“
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.
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.
d)
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Mechanics of
Conversion
.
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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.
i.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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);
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.
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)
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.
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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:
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)
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18
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).
“
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.
“
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.
“
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.
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.
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)
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Mechanics of
Conversion
.
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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.
i.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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);
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.
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)
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.
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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:
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)
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17
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.
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.
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.
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.
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By:__________________________________________
Name:
Stephen Squires
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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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
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ESCROW
AGENT:
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SICHENZIA
ROSS FRIEDMAN FERENCE LLP
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By:__________________________________________
Name: Marc
Ross, Esq.
Title:
Partner
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[REMAINDER
OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
SIGNATURE
PAGES FOR PURCHASERS FOLLOW]
[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]
[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]
[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
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.
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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]
[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]
[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
12
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.
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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THIS PAGE LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK]
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
3
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).
“
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.
“
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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
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.
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.
(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.
(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.
********************
(Signature
Pages Follow)
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as
of the date first written above.
HAGUE
CORP.
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By:__________________________________________
Name:
Stephen Squires
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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[SIGNATURE
PAGE OF HOLDERS FOLLOWS]
[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
[SIGNATURE
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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
[SIGNATURE
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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
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:
·
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ordinary
brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer
solicits purchasers;
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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;
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purchases
by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its
account;
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an
exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable
exchange;
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privately
negotiated transactions;
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settlement
of short sales entered into after the effective date of the registration
statement of which this prospectus is a
part;
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broker-dealers
may agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number of such
shares at a stipulated price per
share;
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through
the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions,
whether through an options exchange or
otherwise;
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a
combination of any such methods of sale;
or
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any
other method permitted pursuant to applicable
law.
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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.
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).
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.
The
undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and
represents and warrants that such information is accurate:
QUESTIONNAIRE
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(a)
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Full
Legal Name of Selling Stockholder
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(b)
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Full
Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through
which Registrable Securities are
held:
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(c)
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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):
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2. Address
for Notices to Selling Stockholder:
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Telephone:
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Fax:
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Contact
Person:
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(a)
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Are
you a broker-dealer?
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Yes No
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(b)
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If
“yes” to Section 3(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as
compensation for investment banking services to the
Company?
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Yes No
Note:
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If
“no” to Section 3(b), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should
be identified as an underwriter in the Registration
Statement.
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(c)
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Are
you an affiliate of a
broker-dealer?
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Yes No
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(d)
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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?
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Yes No
Note:
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If
“no” to Section 3(d), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should
be identified as an underwriter in the Registration
Statement.
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4. Beneficial
Ownership of Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling
Stockholder.
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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.
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(a)
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Type
and Amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling
Stockholder:
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5. Relationships
with the Company:
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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.
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State
any exceptions here:
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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.
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Beneficial
Owner:
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Date:
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By:
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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.
1
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
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.
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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.
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.
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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%
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.
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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
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).
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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
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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).
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
c) By
tendering payment of all accrued royalties and other payments due to Rice.
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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.
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
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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
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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.
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
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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.
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
Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc.
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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.
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
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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.
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
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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
Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc.
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Solterra
Renewable Technologies, Inc.
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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
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
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Office of Technology
Transfers
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Nila
BHAKUNI
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Director
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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)
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In
partial consideration of the exclusive license granted herein,
Licensee
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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)
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Licensee
shall acquire $5,000,000 (FIVE MILLION DOLLARS) in initial funding
according to the following plan:
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(i)
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A
first installment of $1,500,000 (ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS) shall be received by November 4,
2008.
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(ii)
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A
second installment of $3,500,000 (THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS) shall be received by June 30,
2009.
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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
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.
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Compensation. Compensation
shall be on a fixed-price basis. Sponsor shall compensate ASU
in an amount not to exceed $835,000, for ASU's services hereunder for year
one only. Sponsor shall remit according to the following
schedule of invoices against the total contract
price:
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Date
Due
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Amount
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Upon
signing agreement
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$
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334,000
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Quarterly
Payment 01-01-09
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$
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136,635
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Quarterly
Payment 04-01-09
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$
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136,635
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Quarterly
Payment 07-01-09
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$
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136,635
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Final
Payment 9-30-09
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$
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91,095
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Total
Year 1
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$
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835,000
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Option
Year 2 for $546,300 and Option Year 3 for $556,000 are not exercised at this
time.
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.
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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.
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3.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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2.
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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.
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3.
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Assignment. Neither
party may assign any rights hereunder without the express, written, prior
consent of both parties.
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4.
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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.
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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.
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6.
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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.
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7.
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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.
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8.
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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.
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9.
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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.
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10.
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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.
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11.
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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.
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12.
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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.
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13.
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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,
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SOLTERRA
RENEWABLE
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FOR
AND ON BEHALF OF
ARIZONA
STATE UNIVERSITY
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TECHNOLOGIES,
INC
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By:
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By:
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Dudley
Q. Sharp
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Assistant
Director
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President
& CEO
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Research
Administration
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Date:
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Date:
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