UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

November 13, 2009

(Date of earliest event reported)

TELKONET, INC.  

  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Utah  

  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

000-31972
87-0627421
(Commission File No.)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

20374 Seneca Meadows Parkway, Germantown, Maryland 20876
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(240)-912-1800
(Registrant's Telephone Number)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Securities Purchase Agreement

On November 16, 2009, Telkonet, Inc. (the "Company") entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”)  in connection with a Regulation D private placement of 215 shares of the Company’s Series A Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Series A”), and warrants (“Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 1,628,800 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”). The Series A shares were sold at a price per share of $5,000 and the Warrants have an exercise price of $0.33, which is equal to the volume-weighted average price of a share of Common Stock measured over the 30-day period immediately preceding November 12, 2009. The Company expects to complete the private placement transaction within the next several days and expects to receive $1,075,000 from the sale of these Series A shares and Warrants. Pursuant to certain executive officer reimbursement agreements (the “Executive Officer Reimbursement Agreements”) discussed below, a portion of the proceeds to be received by the Company will come from certain members of Company management in connection with the conversion of a portion of outstanding indebtedness of the Company owed to such members of management.  The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Series A shares and the Warrants for general working capital needs and may use the proceeds in the short term to repay certain outstanding indebtedness, and to pay expenses of the offering as well as other general corporate capital purposes.

Under the terms of the private placement transaction, each Series A share is convertible into approximately 13,774 shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.363 per share, which is equal to 110% of the volume-weighted average price of a share of Common Stock measured over the 30-day period immediately preceding November 12, 2009.  Except as specifically provided or as otherwise required by law, the Series A shares will vote together with the Common Stock shares on an as-if-converted basis and not as a separate class.  Each Series A share shall have a number of votes equal to the number of shares of Common Stock then issuable upon conversion of such shares of the Series A.

The Securities Purchase Agreement includes representations, warranties, and covenants customary for a transaction of this type.

The Series A shares and Warrants issued in the offering will be sold pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder on the basis that the purchasers are "accredited investors" as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D.

Registration Rights Agreement

In connection with the private placement transaction, on November 16, 2009, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the purchasers listed therein whereby the Company agreed to file a registration statement covering the resale of the shares of Common Stock to be acquired by the purchasers upon conversion of their Series A shares and upon exercise of the Warrants within 5 business days following the conclusion of a rights offering to be filed with the SEC.
 
The Registration Rights Agreement contains customary terms and conditions for a transaction of this type.  The Company and the purchasers have also agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities in respect of any such resale registration. The Registration Rights Agreement grants “piggyback” registration rights to the purchaserss on all fully underwritten registered offerings of the Company.  The Company may postpone or withdraw the filing or the effectiveness of a piggyback registration at any time in its sole discretion.
 
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Executive Officer Reimbursement Agreements

In connection with the private placement transaction, on November 16, 2009, the Company entered into an Executive Officer Reimbursement Agreement with each of (i) Jason L. Tienor, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, (ii) Richard J. Leimbach, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, and (iii) Jeffrey J. Sobieski, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer (collectively, the “Executive Officers”), pursuant to which the Executive Officers agreed to convert a portion of outstanding indebtedness of the Company owed to such Executive Officers into Series A shares and Warrants pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.  Mr. Tienor converted $20,000 of outstanding indebtedness into 4 Series A shares and Warrants to purchase 30,304 shares of Common Stock. Mr. Leimbach converted $10,000 of outstanding indebtedness into 2 Series A shares and Warrants to purchase 15,152 shares of Common Stock. Mr. Sobieski converted $20,000 of outstanding indebtedness into 4 Series A shares and Warrants to purchase 30,304 shares of Common Stock.

The Securities Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the form of Warrant to Purchase Common Stock and the form of Executive Officer Reimbursement Agreement are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4 respectively, and incorporated herein by reference. The press release announcing the private placement transaction is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the form of Warrant to Purchase Common Stock and the form of Executive Officer Reimbursement Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the form of Warrant to Purchase Common Stock and the form of Executive Officer Reimbursement Agreement attached hereto.

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On November 16, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.  A copy of the press release is attached as exhibit 99.1.

The information in this report shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of, or otherwise regarded as filed under, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  Unless expressly incorporated into a filing of the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, made after the date hereof, the information contained herein shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Registrant, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K that relates to the unregistered sale of equity securities is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors of Certain Officers ; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On November 13, 2009, Dr. Tom Hall submitted his resignation as a director of the Company.

On November 16, 2009, Warren V. Musser resigned his position as Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Board elected Anthony J. Paoni as Chairman of the Board to take the position previously held by Mr. Musser.  Mr. Musser will remain as a director of the Company.

On November 16, 2009, Seth D. Blumenfeld submitted his resignation as a director of the Company effective as of the date of the closing of the private placement discussed in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and Jason L. Tienor, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, was elected by the Board to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Seth D. Blumenfeld.
 
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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

On November 16, 2009, the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Utah its Articles of Amendment (the “Articles of Amendment”). The Articles of Amendment amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, to fix the preferences, rights and limitations of the Series A.  A copy of the Articles of Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)   Exhibits

Exhibit
   
Number
 
Description
     
3.1
 
Articles of Amendment of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Telkonet, Inc. filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Utah on November 16, 2009.
     
10.1
 
Securities Purchase Agreement, dated November 16, 2009, by and among Telkonet, Inc. and the parties listed therein.
     
10.2
 
Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 16, 2009, by and among Telkonet, Inc. and the parties listed therein.
     
10.3
 
Form of Warrant to Purchase Common Stock.
     
10.4
 
Form of Executive Officer Reimbursement Agreement.
     
99.1
 
Press Release, dated November 16, 2009.
 
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SIGNATURES

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


 
TELKONET, INC.
   
Date: November 18, 2009
 
 
By: /s/ Richard J. Leimbach                             
 
Richard J. Leimbach
 
Chief Financial Officer

 
 
 
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Exhibit 3.1
 
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF
THE AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
TELKONET, INC.
a Utah corporation

TELKONET, INC. (the “ Corporation ”), a Utah corporation, pursuant to the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act, hereby adopts the following Articles of Amendment of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation.

ARTICLE I

The name of the Corporation is Telkonet, Inc.

ARTICLE II

Article III (Capital Stock) of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation shall be amended to add to the end of such Article III the following Part C:
 
C.   SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK
 
215 shares of the authorized and unissued Preferred Stock of the Corporation are hereby designated “ Series A Preferred Stock ” with the following rights, preferences, powers, privileges and restrictions, qualifications and limitations. Unless otherwise indicated, references to “Sections” or “Subsections” in this Part C of this Article III refer to sections and subsections of Part C of this Article III.
 
1.     Dividends.
 
From and after the date of the issuance of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock, such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall accrue dividends at the rate per annum of eight percent (8%) of the original purchase price (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock ) (the “ Accruing Dividends ”).  Accruing Dividends shall accrue from day to day, whether or not declared, and shall be cumulative; provided however , that except as set forth in the following sentence of this Section 1 or in Subsections 2.1, 5 and 6 , such Accruing Dividends shall be payable only when, as, and if declared by the Board of Directors and the Corporation shall be under no obligation to pay such Accruing Dividends.  The Corporation shall not declare, pay or set aside any dividends on shares of any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation (other than dividends on shares of Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock) unless (in addition to the obtaining of any consents required elsewhere in the Articles of Incorporation) the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding shall first receive, or simultaneously receive, a dividend on each outstanding share of Series A Preferred Stock in an amount at least equal to the greater of (i) the amount of the aggregate Accruing Dividends then accrued on such share of Series A Preferred Stock and not previously paid and (ii) (A) in the case of a dividend on Common Stock or any class or series that is convertible into Common Stock, that dividend per share of Series A Preferred Stock as would equal the product of (1) the dividend payable on each share of such class or series determined, if applicable, as if all shares of such class or series had been converted into Common Stock and (2) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a share of Series A Preferred Stock, in each case calculated on the record date for determination of holders entitled to receive such dividend or (B) in the case of a dividend on any class or series that is not convertible into Common Stock, at a rate per share of Series A Preferred Stock determined by (1) dividing the amount of the dividend payable on each share of such class or series of capital stock by the original issuance price of such class or series of capital stock (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to such class or series ) and (2) multiplying such fraction by an amount equal to the Series A Original Issue Price (as defined below); provided that, if the Corporation declares, pays or sets aside, on the same date, a dividend on shares of more than one class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, the dividend payable to the holders of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 1 shall be calculated based upon the dividend on the class or series of capital stock that would result in the highest Series A Preferred Stock dividend.  The “ Series A Original Issue Price ” shall mean $5,000 per share, subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock.
 

 
2.     Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up; Certain Mergers, Consolidations and Asset Sales .
 
2.1   Payments to Holders of Series A Preferred Stock .  In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders before any payment shall be made to the holders of Common Stock by reason of their ownership thereof, an amount per share equal to the greater of (i) the Series A Original Issue Price, plus any Accruing Dividends accrued but unpaid thereon, whether or not declared, together with any other dividends declared but unpaid thereon, or (ii)  such amount per share as would have been payable had all shares of Series A Preferred Stock been converted into Common Stock pursuant to Section 4 immediately prior to such liquidation, dissolution or winding up (the amount payable pursuant to this sentence is hereinafter referred to as the “ Series A Liquidation Amoun t”).  If upon any such liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders shall be insufficient to pay the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock the full amount to which they shall be entitled under this Subsection 2.1 , the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall share ratably in any distribution of the assets available for distribution in proportion to the respective amounts which would otherwise be payable in respect of the shares held by them upon such distribution if all amounts payable on or with respect to such shares were paid in full.
 
2.2     Payments to Holders of Common Stock .  In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, after the payment of all preferential amounts required to be paid to the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders shall be distributed among the holders of shares of Common Stock, pro rata based on the number of shares held by each such holder.
 
2.3     Deemed Liquidation Events .
 
2.3.1     Definition .  Each of the following events shall be considered a “ Deemed Liquidation Event ” unless the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66⅔%) of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock elect otherwise by written notice sent to the Corporation at least 10 days prior to the effective date of any such event:
(a)     a merger, consolidation or share exchange in which
 
(i) 
the Corporation is a constituent party or
 
(ii) 
a subsidiary of the Corporation is a constituent party and the Corporation issues shares of its capital stock pursuant to such merger or consolidation,
 
except any such merger or consolidation involving the Corporation or a subsidiary in which the shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continue to represent, or are converted into or exchanged for shares of capital stock that represent, immediately following such merger or consolidation, at least a majority, by voting power, of the capital stock of (1) the surviving or resulting corporation or (2) if the surviving or resulting corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of another corporation immediately following such merger or consolidation, the parent corporation of such surviving or resulting corporation ( provided that , for the purpose of this Subsection 2.3.1 , all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Options (as defined below) outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation or upon conversion of Convertible Securities (as defined below) outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation shall be deemed to be outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation and, if applicable, converted or exchanged in such merger or consolidation on the same terms as the actual outstanding shares of Common Stock are converted or exchanged); or
 
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(b)     the sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, by the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation of all or substantially all the assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, or the sale or disposition (whether by merger or otherwise) of one or more subsidiaries of the Corporation if substantially all of the assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries taken as a whole are held by such subsidiary or subsidiaries, except where such sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition is to a wholly owned subsidiary of the Corporation.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a financing shall not constitute a Deemed Liquidation Event.

2.3.2     Effecting a Deemed Liquidation Event .
 
(a)     The Corporation shall not have the power to effect a Deemed Liquidation Event referred to in Subsection 2.3.1(a)(i) unless the agreement or plan of merger, consolidation or share exchange for such transaction (the “ Merger Agreement ”) provides that the consideration payable to the stockholders of the Corporation shall be allocated among the holders of capital stock of the Corporation in accordance with Subsections 2.1 and 2.2 .
 
(b)     In the event of a Deemed Liquidation Event referred to in Subsection 2.3.1(a)(ii) or 2.3.1(b) , if the Corporation does not effect a dissolution of the Corporation under the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act within 90 days after such Deemed Liquidation Event, then (i) the Corporation shall send a written notice to each holder of Series A Preferred Stock no later than the 90th day after the Deemed Liquidation Event advising such holders of their right (and the requirements to be met to secure such right) pursuant to the terms of the following clause (ii) to require the redemption of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock, and (ii) if the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66⅔%) of the then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock so request in a written instrument delivered to the Corporation not later than 120 days after such Deemed Liquidation Event, the Corporation shall use the consideration received by the Corporation for such Deemed Liquidation Event (net of any retained liabilities associated with the assets sold or technology licensed, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation) , together with any other assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders (the “ Available Proceeds ”), to the extent legally available therefor, on the 150th day after such Deemed Liquidation Event, to redeem all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock at a price per share equal to the Series A Liquidation Amount.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a redemption pursuant to the preceding sentence, if the Available Proceeds are not sufficient to redeem all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall redeem a pro rata portion of each holder’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the fullest extent of such Available Proceeds, based on the respective amounts which would otherwise be payable in respect of the shares to be redeemed if the Available Proceeds were sufficient to redeem all such shares, and shall redeem the remaining shares to have been redeemed as soon as practicable after the Corporation has funds legally available therefor.  The provisions of Subsections 6.2 through 6.4 shall apply, with such necessary changes in the details thereof as are necessitated by the context, to the redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Subsection 2.3.2(b) .  Prior to the distribution or redemption provided for in this Subsection 2.3.2(b) , the Corporation shall not expend or dissipate the consideration received for such Deemed Liquidation Event, except to discharge expenses incurred in connection with such Deemed Liquidation Event or in the ordinary course of business.
 
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2.3.3     Amount Deemed Paid or Distributed .  The amount deemed paid or distributed to the holders of capital stock of the Corporation upon any such merger, consolidation, share exchange, sale, transfer, exclusive license, other disposition or redemption shall be the cash or the value of the property, rights or securities paid or distributed to such holders by the Corporation or the acquiring person, firm or other entity.  The value of such property, rights or securities shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
 
2.3.4     Special Definitions .  For purposes of this Article III, the following definitions shall apply:
 
(a)      “ Convertible Securities ” shall mean any evidences of indebtedness, shares or other securities directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, but excluding Options.

(b)      “ Option ” shall mean rights, options or warrants to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire Common Stock or Convertible Securities (as defined below).

 
3.     Voting .
 
On any matter presented to the stockholders of the Corporation for their action or consideration at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation (or by written consent of stockholders in lieu of meeting), each holder of outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to cast the number of votes equal to the number of whole shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such holder are convertible as of the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote on such matter.  Except as provided by law or by the other provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall vote together with the holders of Common Stock as a single class.
 
4.     Optional Conversion .
 
The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have conversion rights as follows (the “ Conversion Rights ”):
 
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4.1     Right to Convert .
 
4.1.1     Conversion Ratio .  Each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at the option of the holder thereof, at any time and from time to time, and without the payment of additional consideration by the holder thereof, into such number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock as is determined by dividing the Series A Original Issue Price by the Series A Conversion Price (as defined below) in effect at the time of conversion.  The “Series A Conversion Price” shall initially be equal to 110% of the greater of (i) the Closing Bid Price (as defined in Subsection 5.3 ) of a share of Common Stock on November 12, 2009 or (ii) the volume-weighted average price of a share of Common Stock measured over the 30-day period immediately preceding November 12, 2009.  Such initial Series A Conversion Price, and the rate at which shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be converted into shares of Common Stock, shall be subject to adjustment as provided below.
 
4.1.2     Termination of Conversion Rights .  In the event of a notice of redemption of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 6 , the Conversion Rights of the shares designated for redemption shall terminate at the close of business on the last full day preceding the date fixed for redemption, unless the redemption price is not fully paid on such redemption date, in which case the Conversion Rights for such shares shall continue until such price is paid in full.  In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation or a Deemed Liquidation Event, the Conversion Rights shall terminate at the close of business on the last full day preceding the date fixed for the payment of any such amounts distributable on such event to the holders of Series A Preferred Stock.
 
4.2     Fractional Shares .  No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock.  In lieu of any fractional shares to which the holder would otherwise be entitled, the Corporation shall pay cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.  Whether or not fractional shares would be issuable upon such conversion shall be determined on the basis of the total number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock the holder is at the time converting into Common Stock and the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion.
 
4.3     Mechanics of Conversion .
 
4.3.1     Notice of Conversion .  In order for a holder of Series A Preferred Stock to voluntarily convert shares of Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock, such holder shall surrender the certificate or certificates for such shares of Series A Preferred Stock (or, if such registered holder alleges that such certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed, a lost certificate affidavit and agreement reasonably acceptable to the Corporation to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against the Corporation on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such certificate), at the office of the transfer agent for the Series A Preferred Stock (or at the principal office of the Corporation if the Corporation serves as its own transfer agent), together with written notice that such holder elects to convert all or any number of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock represented by such certificate or certificates and, if applicable, any event on which such conversion is contingent.  Such notice shall state such holder’s name or the names of the nominees in which such holder wishes the certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock to be issued.  If required by the Corporation, certificates surrendered for conversion shall be endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Corporation, duly executed by the registered holder or his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing.  The close of business on the date of receipt by the transfer agent (or by the Corporation if the Corporation serves as its own transfer agent) of such certificates (or lost certificate affidavit and agreement) and notice shall be the time of conversion (the “ Conversion Time ”), and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares represented by such certificate shall be deemed to be outstanding of record as of such date.  The Corporation shall, as soon as practicable after the Conversion Time, (i) issue and deliver to such holder of Series A Preferred Stock, or to his, her or its nominees, a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion in accordance with the provisions hereof and a certificate for the number (if any) of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock represented by the surrendered certificate that were not converted into Common Stock, (ii) pay in cash such amount as provided in Subsection 4.2 in lieu of any fraction of a share of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon such conversion and (iii) pay all declared but unpaid dividends (but not any undeclared Accruing Dividends) on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock converted.
 
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4.3.2     Reservation of Shares .  The Corporation shall at all times when the Series A Preferred Stock shall be outstanding, reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued capital stock, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, such number of its duly authorized shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding Series A Preferred Stock; and if at any time the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock shall not be sufficient to effect the conversion of all then outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall take such corporate action as may be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purposes, including, without limitation, engaging in best efforts to obtain the requisite stockholder approval of any necessary amendment to the Articles of Incorporation.  Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment reducing the Series A Conversion Price below the then par value of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation will take any corporate action which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the Corporation may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock at such adjusted Series A Conversion Price.
 
4.3.3     Effect of Conversion .  All shares of Series A Preferred Stock which shall have been surrendered for conversion as herein provided shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall immediately cease and terminate at the Conversion Time, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive shares of Common Stock in exchange therefor, to receive payment in lieu of any fraction of a share otherwise issuable upon such conversion as provided in Subsection 4.2 and to receive payment of any dividends declared but unpaid thereon (but not any undeclared Accruing Dividends).  Any shares of Series A Preferred Stock so converted shall be retired and cancelled and may not be reissued as shares of such series, and the Corporation may thereafter take such appropriate action (without the need for stockholder action) as may be necessary to reduce the authorized number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock accordingly.
 
4.3.4     No Further Adjustment .  Upon any such conversion, no adjustment to the Series A Conversion Price shall be made for any declared but unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion or on the Common Stock delivered upon conversion.
 
4.3.5     Taxes .  The Corporation shall pay any and all issue and other similar taxes that may be payable in respect of any issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 4 .  The Corporation shall not, however, be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock in a name other than that in which the shares of Series A Preferred Stock so converted were registered, and no such issuance or delivery shall be made unless and until the person or entity requesting such issuance has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Corporation, that such tax has been paid.
 
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4.4     Adjustment for Stock Splits and Combinations .  If the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time after the Series A Original Issue Date (as defined below) effect a subdivision of the outstanding Common Stock, the Series A Conversion Price in effect immediately before that subdivision shall be proportionately decreased so that the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion of each share of such series shall be increased in proportion to such increase in the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.  If the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time after the Series A Original Issue Date combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Series A Conversion Price in effect immediately before the combination shall be proportionately increased so that the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion of each share of such series shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.  Any adjustment under this subsection shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective. For purposes of this Article III, “ Series A Original Issue Date ” shall mean the date on which the first share of Series A Preferred Stock was issued.
 
4.5     Adjustment for Certain Dividends and Distributions .  In the event the Corporation at any time or from time to time after the Series A Original Issue Date shall make or issue, or fix a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution payable on the Common Stock in additional shares of Common Stock, then and in each such event the Series A Conversion Price in effect immediately before such event shall be decreased as of the time of such issuance or, in the event such a record date shall have been fixed, as of the close of business on such record date, by multiplying the Series A Conversion Price then in effect by a fraction:
 
(1) 
the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date, and
 
(2) 
the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or the close of business on such record date plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of such dividend or distribution.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) if such record date shall have been fixed and such dividend is not fully paid or if such distribution is not fully made on the date fixed therefor, the Series A Conversion Price shall be recomputed accordingly as of the close of business on such record date and thereafter the Series A Conversion Price shall be adjusted pursuant to this subsection as of the time of actual payment of such dividends or distributions; and (b) that no such adjustment shall be made if the holders of Series A Preferred Stock simultaneously receive a dividend or other distribution of shares of Common Stock in a number equal to the number of shares of Common Stock as they would have received if all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock had been converted into Common Stock on the date of such event.
 
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4.6            Adjustments for Other Dividends and Distributions .  In the event the Corporation at any time or from time to time after the Series A Original Issue Date shall make or issue, or fix a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution payable in securities of the Corporation (other than a distribution of shares of Common Stock in respect of outstanding shares of Common Stock) or in other property and the provisions of Section 1 do not apply to such dividend or distribution, then and in each such event provision shall be made so that the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall receive upon conversion thereof, in addition to the number of shares of Common Stock receivable thereupon, the kind and amount of securities of the Corporation, cash or other property which they would have been entitled to receive had the Series A Preferred Stock been converted into Common Stock on the date of such event and had they thereafter, during the period from the date of such event to and including the conversion date, retained such securities receivable by them as aforesaid during such period, giving application to all adjustments called for during such period under this paragraph with respect to the rights of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock; provided, however, that no such provision shall be made if the holders of Series A Preferred Stock receive, simultaneously with the distribution to the holders of Common Stock, a dividend or other distribution of such securities, cash or other property in an amount equal to the amount of such securities, cash or other property as they would have received if all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock had been converted into Common Stock on the date of such event.
 
4.7            Adjustment for Merger or Reorganization, etc .  Subject to the provisions of Subsection 2.3 , if there shall occur any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger involving the Corporation in which the Common Stock (but not the Series A Preferred Stock) is converted into or exchanged for securities, cash or other property (other than a transaction covered by Subsections 4.5 or 4.6 ), then, following any such reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger, each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall thereafter be convertible in lieu of the Common Stock into which it was convertible prior to such event into the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property which a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation issuable upon conversion of one share of Series A Preferred Stock immediately prior to such reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger would have been entitled to receive pursuant to such transaction; and, in such case, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation) shall be made in the application of the provisions in this Section 4 with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, to the end that the provisions set forth in this Section 4 (including provisions with respect to changes in and other adjustments of the Series A Conversion Price) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to any securities or other property thereafter deliverable upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock.
 
4.8            Certificate as to Adjustments .  Upon the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment of the Series A Conversion Price pursuant to this Section 4 , the Corporation at its expense shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable but in any event not later than 10 days thereafter, compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to each holder of Series A Preferred Stock a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment (including the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property into which the Series A Preferred Stock is convertible) and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based.  The Corporation shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable after the written request at any time of any holder of Series A Preferred Stock (but in any event not later than 10 days thereafter), furnish or cause to be furnished to such holder a certificate setting forth (i) the Series A Conversion Price then in effect, and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock and the amount, if any, of other securities, cash or property which then would be received upon the conversion of Series A Preferred Stock.
 
4.9            Notice of Record Date .  In the event:
 
(a)           the Corporation shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock (or other capital stock or securities at the time issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock) for the purpose of entitling or enabling them to receive any dividend or other distribution, or to receive any right to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or any other securities, or to receive any other security; or
 
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(b)     of any capital reorganization of the Corporation, any reclassification of the Common Stock of the Corporation, or any Deemed Liquidation Event; or
 
(c)     of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Corporation, then, and in each such case, the Corporation will send or cause to be sent to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock a notice specifying, as the case may be, (i) the record date for such dividend, distribution or right, and the amount and character of such dividend, distribution or right, or (ii) the effective date on which such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is proposed to take place, and the time, if any is to be fixed, as of which the holders of record of Common Stock (or such other capital stock or securities at the time issuable upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock) shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other capital stock or securities) for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, and the amount per share and character of such exchange applicable to the Series A Preferred Stock and the Common Stock.  Such notice shall be sent at least 10 days prior to the record date or effective date for the event specified in such notice.
 
5.     Mandatory Conversion .
 
5.1     Trigger Events .  If at any time on or after the 18 month anniversary of the Series A Original Issue Date, the Closing   Bid Price (as defined below) of the Common Stock equals or exceeds four hundred percent (400%) of the Series A Conversion Price then in effect for at least 20 Trading Days (as defined below) in a period of 30 consecutive Trading Days, the Corporation shall have the right to convert all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock (the “ Mandatory Conversion Right ”). The Corporation may exercise the Mandatory Conversion Right by delivering written notice to all holders of record of shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Subsection 5.2 .  Upon the exercise of the Mandatory Conversion Right by the Corporation, (i) all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall automatically be converted into shares of Common Stock, at the then effective conversion rate, on the date and time designated by the Corporation in the written notice delivered to all holders of record of shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Subsection 5.2 (the date and time specified in such written notice is referred to herein as the “ Mandatory Conversion Time ”), (ii) such shares may not be reissued by the Corporation, and (iii) the Corporation shall pay out of funds lawfully available therefore any Accruing Dividends accrued but unpaid at the Mandatory Conversion Time.
 
5.2     Procedural Requirements .  All holders of record of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be sent written notice of the Mandatory Conversion Time and the place designated for mandatory conversion of all such shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 5 .  Such notice need not be sent in advance of the occurrence of the Mandatory Conversion Time.  Upon receipt of such notice, each holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall surrender his, her or its certificate or certificates for all such shares (or, if such holder alleges that such certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed, a lost certificate affidavit and agreement reasonably acceptable to the Corporation to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against the Corporation on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such certificate) to the Corporation at the place designated in such notice.  If so required by the Corporation, certificates surrendered for conversion shall be endorsed or accompanied by written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Corporation, duly executed by the registered holder or by his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing.  All rights with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock converted pursuant to Subsection 5.1 , including the rights, if any, to receive notices and vote (other than as a holder of Common Stock), will terminate at the Mandatory Conversion Time (notwithstanding the failure of the holder or holders thereof to surrender the certificates at or prior to such time), except only the rights of the holders thereof, upon surrender of their certificate or certificates (or lost certificate affidavit and agreement) therefor, to receive the items provided for in the next sentence of this Subsection 5.2 .  As soon as practicable after the Mandatory Conversion Time and the surrender of the certificate or certificates (or lost certificate affidavit and agreement) for Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall issue and deliver to such holder, or to his, her or its nominees, a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable on such conversion in accordance with the provisions hereof, together with cash as provided in Subsection 4.2 in lieu of any fraction of a share of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon such conversion and the payment of any accrued but unpaid Accruing Dividends on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock converted.  Such converted Series A Preferred Stock shall be retired and cancelled and may not be reissued as shares of such series, and the Corporation may thereafter take such appropriate action (without the need for stockholder action) as may be necessary to reduce the authorized number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock accordingly.
 
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5.3     Special Definitions . For purposes of this Article III, the following definitions shall apply:
 
(a)           “ Closing Bid Price ” means (a) the last reported closing bid price per share of Common Stock on the Principal Trading Market, as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets, or, (b) if the Principal Trading Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price then the last bid price of the Common Stock prior to 4:00 P.M., New York City time, as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets, or (c) if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing price of Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for the Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets, or (d) if no closing bid price is reported for the Common Stock by Bloomberg Financial Markets, the average of the bid prices of any market makers for the Common Stock as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC. If the Closing Bid Price cannot be calculated for the Common Stock on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price of the Common Stock on such date shall be the fair market value as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

(b)           “ Principal Trading Market ” means the Trading Market (as defined below) on which the Common Stock is primarily listed on and quoted for trading.
 
 
(c)           “ Trading Day   means (i) a day on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and traded on its Principal Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), a day on which the Common Stock is traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or (iii) if the Common Stock is not quoted on any Trading Market, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided , that in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean 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.

(d)           “ Trading Market ” means whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Amex, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or the OTC Bulletin Board on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.
 
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6.     Redemption .
 
6.1     Redemption .  In the event that at least fifty percent (50%) of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued on the Series A Original Issue Date remain outstanding on the 5th anniversary of the Series A Original Issue Date, shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be redeemed by the Corporation out of funds lawfully available therefor at a price equal to the Series A Original Issue Price per share , plus any Accruing Dividends accrued but unpaid thereon, whether or not declared, together with any other dividends declared but unpaid thereon   (the “ Redemption Price ”), in three annual installments commencing not more than 60 days after receipt by the Corporation at any time during the period beginning on the 5th anniversary of the Series A Original Issue Date and ending 180 days following the 5th anniversary of the Series A Original Issue Date, from the holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, of written notice requesting redemption of all shares of Series A Preferred Stock. The date of each such installment shall be referred to as a “ Redemption Date ”.  On each Redemption Date, the Corporation shall redeem, on a pro rata basis in accordance with the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned by each holder, that number of outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock determined by dividing (i) the total number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Redemption Date by (ii) the number of remaining Redemption Dates (including the Redemption Date to which such calculation applies).  If the Corporation does not have sufficient funds legally available to redeem on any Redemption Date all shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed on such Redemption Date, the Corporation shall redeem a pro rata portion of each holder’s redeemable shares of such capital stock out of funds legally available therefor, based on the respective amounts which would otherwise be payable in respect of the shares to be redeemed if the legally available funds were sufficient to redeem all such shares, and shall redeem the remaining shares to have been redeemed as soon as practicable after the Corporation has funds legally available therefor.
 
6.2     Redemption Notice .  The Corporation shall send written notice of the mandatory redemption (the “ Redemption Notice ”) to each holder of record of Series A Preferred Stock not less than 40 days prior to each Redemption Date.  Each Redemption Notice shall state:
 
(a)     the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by the holder that the Corporation shall redeem on the Redemption Date specified in the Redemption Notice;
 
(b)     the Redemption Date and the Redemption Price;
 
(c)     the date upon which the holder’s right to convert such shares terminates (as determined in accordance with Subsection 4.1 ); and
 
(d)     that the holder is to surrender to the Corporation, in the manner and at the place designated, his, her or its certificate or certificates representing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed.
 
6.3     Surrender of Certificates; Payment .  On or before the applicable Redemption Date, each holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed on such Redemption Date, unless such holder has exercised his, her or its right to convert such shares as provided in Section 4 , shall surrender the certificate or certificates representing such shares (or, if such registered holder alleges that such certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed, a lost certificate affidavit and agreement reasonably acceptable to the Corporation to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against the Corporation on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such certificate) to the Corporation, in the manner and at the place designated in the Redemption Notice, and thereupon the Redemption Price for such shares shall be payable to the order of the person whose name appears on such certificate or certificates as the owner thereof.  In the event less than all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock represented by a certificate are redeemed, a new certificate representing the unredeemed shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall promptly be issued to such holder.
 
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6.4     Rights Subsequent to Redemption .  If the Redemption Notice shall have been duly given, and if on the applicable Redemption Date the Redemption Price payable upon redemption of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed on such Redemption Date is paid or tendered for payment or deposited with an independent payment agent so as to be available therefor in a timely manner, then notwithstanding that the certificates evidencing any of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall not have been surrendered, dividends with respect to such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall cease to accrue after such Redemption Date and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith after the Redemption Date terminate, except only the right of the holders to receive the Redemption Price without interest upon surrender of their certificate or certificates therefor.
 
7.     Redeemed or Otherwise Acquired Shares .  Any shares of Series A Preferred Stock that are redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries shall be automatically and immediately cancelled and retired and shall not be reissued, sold or transferred.  Neither the Corporation nor any of its subsidiaries may exercise any voting or other rights granted to the holders of Series A Preferred Stock following redemption.
 
8.     Waiver .  Any of the rights, powers, preferences and other terms of the Series A Preferred Stock set forth herein may be waived on behalf of all holders of Series A Preferred Stock by the affirmative written consent or vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66⅔%) of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding.
 
9.     Notices .  Any notice required or permitted by the provisions of this Article III to be given to a holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to the post office address last shown on the records of the Corporation, or given by electronic communication in compliance with the provisions of the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act, and shall be deemed sent upon such mailing or electronic transmission.
 
ARTICLE III

Pursuant to the authority granted to the Board of Directors of the Corporation by Subsection 1002(1)(e) of the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act and within the limits set forth in Section 602 of the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act, the aforesaid amendment was adopted on November 16, 2009, without shareholder action, by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, these Articles of Amendment of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation have been adopted and executed on November 16, 2009.
 

 
 
TELKONET, INC.
   
   
  By: /s/ Jason Tienor                 
  Name: Jason Tienor 
  Title: Chief Executive Officer 
 
 
 


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Exhibit 10.1
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
 
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of November 16, 2009, by and among Telkonet, Inc., a Utah corporation (the “ Company ”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “ Purchaser ” and collectively, the “ Purchasers ”).
 
RECITALS
 
A. The Company and each Purchaser is executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and Rule 506 of Regulation D (“ Regulation D ”) as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act.

B. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) that aggregate number of shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Series A Preferred Stock ”), set forth below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement (which aggregate amount for all Purchasers together shall be 215 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and shall be collectively referred to herein as the “Shares” ) and (ii) warrants, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Warrants ”), to acquire up to that number of   shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient resulting from dividing (A) the product of twenty-five percent (25%) multiplied by the Subscription Amount for such Purchaser by (B) the Warrant Exercise Price, rounded up to the nearest whole share (the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant to the Warrants collectively are referred to herein as the “ Warrant Shares ”).  The Shares shall be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”) (the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Shares collectively are referred to herein as the “Conversion Shares” ), and shall have the rights, preferences and restrictions set forth in the Articles of Amendment of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Articles of Amendment” ).

C. In addition to selling Shares and Warrants as set forth in the foregoing Recital, the Company wishes to issue as a commitment fee to each of the Purchasers, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, an additional Warrant to each of the Purchasers, to acquire up to that number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient resulting from dividing (A) the product of twenty-five percent (25%) multiplied by the Subscription Amount for such Purchaser by (B) the Warrant Exercise Price, rounded up to the nearest whole share.

D. The Shares, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares collectively are referred to herein as the “ Securities ”.

E.  Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto are executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will agree to provide certain registration rights with respect to the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and applicable state securities laws.

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 the Purchasers hereby agree as follows:
 

 
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
 
1.1  Definitions .  In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated in this Section 1.1 :
 
Action ” means any action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding (including any partial proceeding such as a deposition) or investigation pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened in writing against the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or any officer, director or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary acting in his or her capacity as an officer, director or employee before or by any federal, state, county, local or foreign court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency, regulatory authority, stock market, stock exchange or trading facility.
 
Additional Option ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13 .
 
Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.  With respect to a Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Purchaser will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser.
 
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
 
Articles of Amendment ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
 
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 Initial Closing and the Subsequent Closings unless otherwise specified.
 
Commission ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
 
Common Stock ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals, and also includes any other class of securities into which the Common Stock may hereafter be reclassified or changed into.
 
Common Stock Equivalents ” means any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary 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 exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock or other securities that entitle the holder to receive, directly or indirectly, Common Stock.
 
Company ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Company Counsel ” means Goodwin Procter LLP, with offices located at 53 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts.
 
 
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Company Deliverables ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a) .

Company’s Knowledge ” means with respect to any statement made to the Company’s Knowledge, that the statement is based upon the actual knowledge of the executive officers of the Company having responsibility for the matter or matters that are the subject of the statement.

Control ” (including the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” or “under common control with”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
 
Conversion Shares ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
 
Disclosure Materials ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h) .
 
Disclosure Schedules ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 .
 
Effective Date ” means the date on which the initial Registration Statement required by Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the Commission.
 
Environmental Laws ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(cc) .
 
Escrow Agent ” have the meanings set forth in Section 2.1(c) .

Escrow Amount ” have the meanings set forth in Section 2.1(c) .
 
Evaluation Date has the meaning set forth in   Section 3.1(t) .
 
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
Exercising Shareholder ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13 .
 
GAAP ” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, as applied by the Company.
 
General Counsel ” means Howard J. Barr, the General Counsel of the Company.
 
Initial Closing ” means the initial closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares and the Warrants pursuant to this Agreement.
 
Initial Closing Date ” means the Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all of the conditions set forth in Sections 2.1 , 2.2 , 5.1 and 5.2 hereof are satisfied or waived, as the case may be, or such other date as the parties may agree.
 
Intellectual Property Rights ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(p) .
 
Lien ” means any lien, charge, claim, encumbrance, security interest, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restrictions of any kind.
 
 
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Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, prospects, business or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except that any of the following, either alone or in combination, shall not be deemed a Material Adverse Effect: (i) effects caused by changes or circumstances affecting general market conditions in the U.S. economy or which are generally applicable to the industry in which the Company operates, provided that such effects are not borne disproportionately by the Company, (ii) effects resulting from or relating to the announcement or disclosure of the sale of the Securities or other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (iii) effects caused by any event, occurrence or condition resulting from or relating to the taking of any action in accordance with this Agreement.
 
Material Contract ” means any contract of the Company that has been filed or was required to have been filed as an exhibit to the SEC Reports pursuant to Item 601(b)(4) or Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K.

Material Permits ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(n) .
 
New York Courts ” means the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan.
 
Outside Date ” means the November 24, 2009.
 
Person ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, governmental authority or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein.
 
Principal Trading Market ” means the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is primarily listed on and quoted for trading.
 
Proceeding ” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
 
Proxy Statement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.16 .
 
Purchase Price ” means $5,000     per share of Series A Preferred Stock.
 
Purchaser ” or “ Purchasers ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
 
Purchaser Deliverables ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b) .
 
“Registration Rights Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
 
Registration Statement ” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the Purchasers of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement).
 
Regulation D ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
 
Required Approvals ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(e) .
 
Reverse Stock Split ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.16 .
 
 
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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 ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.16 .
 
SEC Report s” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h) .
 
Secretary’s Certificate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a)(viii) .
 
Securities Act ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
 
Series A Preferred Stock ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
 
Shares ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
 
Short Sales ” include, without limitation, (i) all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act, whether or not against the box, and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges, forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, short sales, swaps, “put equivalent positions” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act) and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), and (ii) sales and other transactions through non-U.S. broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock) .
 
Stock Certificates ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a)(ii) .
 
Subscription Amount ” means, with respect to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for the Shares and the related Warrants purchased hereunder as indicated on such Purchaser’s signature page to this Agreement next to the heading “Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount)” in United States dollars and in immediately available funds .
 
Subscription Right ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13 .
 
Subsequent Closing ” and “ Subsequent Closings ” have the meanings set forth in Section 2.1(b) .
Subsequent Closing Date ” means the Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all of the conditions set forth in Sections 5A.1 and 5A.2 hereof are satisfied or waived, as the case may be, or such other date as the parties may agree which date(s) shall be no later than the Outside Date.
 
Subsidiary means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a) , and shall, where applicable, include any subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.
 
Trading Affiliate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(h) .
 
Trading Day ” means (i) a day on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and traded on its Principal Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), a day on which the Common Stock is traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or (iii) if the Common Stock is not quoted on any Trading Market, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided , that in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.
 
 
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Trading Market ” means whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or the OTC Bulletin Board on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.
 
Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement and any other documents or agreements explicitly contemplated hereunder.
 
Transfer Agent ” means StockTrans, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 44 West Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, Pennsylvania 19003, and a facsimile number of 610-649-7302, or any successor transfer agent for the Company.
 
Warrants ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.
 
Warrant Exercise Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) .
 
Warrant Shares ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
 
ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
 
2.1 Closing .
 
(a) Amount .  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Initial Closing or a Subsequent Closing, as applicable, the Company shall issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser shall, severally and not jointly, purchase from the Company, such number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock equal to the quotient resulting from dividing (i) the Subscription Amount for such Purchaser by (ii) the Purchase Price, rounded down to the nearest whole Share.  In addition, (A) each Purchaser shall receive a Warrant to purchase a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient resulting from dividing (I) the product of twenty-five percent (25%) multiplied by the Subscription Amount for such Purchaser by (II) the Warrant Exercise Price, rounded up to the nearest whole share, as indicated below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page to this Agreement and (B) each Purchaser shall receive an additional Warrant to purchase a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient resulting from dividing (I) the product of twenty-five percent (25%) multiplied by the Subscription Amount for such Purchaser by (II) the Warrant Exercise Price, rounded up to the nearest whole share, as indicated below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page to this Agreement. The Warrants shall have an exercise price equal to the greater of (i) the closing bid price of a share of Common Stock on November 12, 2009 or (ii) the volume-weighted average price of a share of Common Stock measured over the 30-day period immediately preceding November 12, 2009, per Warrant Share (the “ Warrant Exercise Price ”).
 
(b) Initial Closing; Subsequent Closings .  The Initial Closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares shall take place at the offices of the Company Counsel on the Initial Closing Date or at such other locations or remotely by facsimile transmission or other electronic means as the parties may mutually agree.  In the event there is more than one closing (each such closing after the Initial Closing, a “ Subsequent Closing ” and collectively, the “ Subsequent Closings ”), the term “Closing” shall apply to the Initial Closing and the Subsequent Closings unless otherwise specified.
 
 
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(c) Form of Payment .  Except as may otherwise be agreed to among the Company and one or more of the Purchasers, on or prior to the Business Day immediately prior to the Initial Closing Date or a Subsequent Closing Date, as applicable, each Purchaser shall wire its Subscription Amount, in United States dollars and in immediately available funds, to a non-interest bearing escrow account established by the Company with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “ Escrow Agent ”) as set forth on Exhibit I hereto (the aggregate amounts received being held in escrow by the Escrow Agent are referred to herein as the “ Escrow Amount ”).  On the Initial Closing Date or a Subsequent Closing Date, as applicable, (i) the Company shall instruct the Escrow Agent to deliver, in immediately available funds, the applicable portion of the Escrow Amount to the Company, (ii) the Company shall irrevocably instruct the Transfer Agent to deliver to each Purchaser one or more stock certificates, free and clear of all restrictive and other legends (except as expressly provided in Section 4.1(b) hereof), evidencing the number of Shares such Purchaser is purchasing as is set forth on such Purchaser’s signature page to this Agreement next to the heading “Number of Shares to be Acquired” , within three (3) Trading Days after the Initial Closing or such Subsequent Closing, as applicable, and (iii) the Company shall deliver to (A) each Purchaser one or more Warrants, free and clear of all restrictive and other legends (except as expressly provided in Section 4.1(b) hereof), evidencing the number of Warrants such Purchaser is purchasing as is set forth on such Purchaser’s signature page to this Agreement next to the heading “Underlying Shares Subject to Warrant” and (B) each Purchaser one or more Warrants, free and clear of all restrictive and other legends (except as expressly provided in Section 4.1(b) hereof), evidencing the number of Warrants as is set forth on such Purchaser’s signature page to this Agreement next to the heading “Underlying Shares Subject to Additional Warrant,” within three (3) Trading Days after the Initial Closing or such Subsequent Closing, as applicable .
 
2.2 Closing Deliveries .    (a)  On or prior to the Initial Closing, the Company shall issue, deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following (the “ Company Deliverables ”):
 
(i) this Agreement, duly executed by the Company;
 
(ii) facsimile copies of one or more stock certificates evidencing the Shares subscribed for by such Purchaser hereunder, registered in the name of such Purchaser as set forth on the Stock Certificate Questionnaire included as Exhibit D-2 hereto (the “ Stock Certificate ”), with the original Stock Certificates delivered within three (3) Trading Days of the Initial Closing or such Subsequent Closing, as applicable ;
 
(iii) (A) facsimile copies of one or more Warrants, executed by the Company and registered in the name of such Purchaser as set forth on the Stock Certificate Questionnaire included as Exhibit D-2 hereto, pursuant to which such Purchaser shall have the right to acquire such number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient resulting from dividing (I) the product of twenty-five percent (25%) multiplied by the Subscription Amount for such Purchaser by (II) the Warrant Exercise Price, rounded up to the nearest whole share, and (B) facsimile copies of one or more additional Warrants, executed by the Company and registered in the name of such Purchaser as set forth on the Stock Certificate Questionnaire included as Exhibit D-2 hereto, pursuant to which such Purchaser shall have the right to acquire such number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient resulting from dividing (I) the product of twenty-five percent (25%) multiplied by the Subscription Amount for such Purchaser by (II) the Warrant Exercise Price, rounded up to the nearest whole share, on the terms set forth therein, with the original Warrants delivered within three (3) Trading Days of the Initial Closing or such Subsequent Closing, as applicable ;
 
(iv) a legal opinion of Company Counsel, dated as of the Initial Closing Date and in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E , executed by such counsel and addressed to the Purchasers;
 
 
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(v) a legal opinion of General Counsel, dated as of the Initial Closing Date and in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F , executed by such counsel and addressed to the Purchasers;
 
(vi) the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Company;
 
(vii) a certificate of the Secretary of the Company (the “ Secretary’s Certificate ”), dated as of the Initial Closing Date, (a) certifying the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee thereof approving the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the issuance of the Securities, (b) certifying the current versions of the certificate or articles of incorporation, as amended by the Articles of Amendment, and by-laws of the Company and (c) certifying as to the signatures and authority of persons signing the Transaction Documents and related documents on behalf of the Company, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G ;
 
(viii) the Compliance Certificate referred to in Section 5.1(h) ;
 
(ix) a certificate evidencing the formation and good standing of the Company issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of the State of Utah, as of a date within three (3) Business Days of the Initial Closing Date;
 
(x) a certificate evidencing the Company’s qualification as a foreign corporation and good standing issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of each jurisdiction in which the Company is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, as of a date within three (3) Business Days of the Initial Closing Date;
 
(xi) a copy of the Articles of Amendment, as filed with the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of the State of Utah; and
 
(xii)  evidence of repayment of the Company’s indebtedness to its officers on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Purchasers.
 
(b) On or prior to the Initial Closing and in the case of 2.2(b)(ii) pursuant to Section 2.1(c), each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following (the “ Purchaser Deliverables ”):
 
(i) this Agreement, duly executed by such Purchaser;
 
(ii) its Subscription Amount in United States dollars and in immediately available funds, in the amount set forth as the “Purchase Price” indicated below such Purchaser’s name on the applicable signature page hereto under the heading “Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount)” by wire transfer to the Escrow Account, as set forth on Exhibit I attached hereto; provided , however , in the event such Purchaser is acquiring Shares and Warrants at a Subsequent Closing, such Purchaser shall deliver its Subscription Amount on the applicable Subsequent Closing Date.
 
(iii) the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by such Purchaser;
 
(iv) a fully completed and duly executed Selling Stockholder Questionnaire in the form attached as Annex B to the Registration Rights Agreement; and
 
 
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(v) a fully completed and duly executed Accredited Investor Questionnaire, satisfactory to the Company, and Stock Certificate Questionnaire in the forms attached hereto as Exhibits D-1 and D-2 , respectively.
 
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
 
3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company .  Except (i) as set forth in the schedules delivered herewith (the “ Disclosure Schedules ”), which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules, or (ii) disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and the Initial Closing Date (except for the representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be made as of such date), to each of the Purchasers:
 
(a) Subsidiaries .  The Company has no direct or indirect Subsidiaries other than those listed in Schedule 3.1(a) hereto.  Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.1(a) hereto, the Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or comparable equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any and all Liens, and all the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or comparable equity interest 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.
 
(b) Organization and Qualification .  The Company and each of its 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 corporate power and authority to own or lease and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted.  The Company and each of its 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, would not have or reasonably be expected to result in 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; Validity .  The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.  The Company’s execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, but not limited to, the sale and delivery of the Shares and the Warrants and the reservation for issuance and the  subsequent issuance of the Conversion Shares upon the conversion of the Shares and the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and no further corporate action is required by the Company, its Board of Directors or its stockholders in connection therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals.  Each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and is, or when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) 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, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
 
 
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(d) No Conflicts .  The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Shares and Warrants and the reservation for issuance and issuance of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares) do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provisions of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or otherwise result in a violation of the organizational documents of the Company, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would result in a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any Material Contract, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations, assuming the correctness of the representations and warranties made by the Purchasers herein, of any self-regulatory organization to which the Company or its securities are subject, including all applicable Trading Markets), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) such as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have  or  reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals .  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is 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 (including the issuance of the Securities), other than (i) the filing with the Commission of one or more Registration Statements in accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement, (ii) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (iii) the filing of a Notice of Sale of Securities on Form D with the Commission under Regulation D of the Securities Act, (iv) the filing of any requisite notices and/or application(s) to the Principal Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the Securities and the listing of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares for trading or quotation, as the case may be, thereon in the time and manner required thereby, (v) the filings required in accordance with Section 4.5 of this Agreement and (vi) those that have been made or obtained prior to the date of this Agreement (collectively, the “ Required Approvals ”).
 
(f) Issuance of the Securities .  The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free and clear of all Liens, other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents or imposed by applicable securities laws, and shall not be subject to preemptive or similar rights.  The Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens, other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents or imposed by applicable securities laws, and shall not be subject to preemptive or similar rights of stockholders.  The Warrants have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, free and clear of all Liens, other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents or imposed by applicable securities laws, and shall not be subject to preemptive or similar rights of stockholders. The Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents and the Warrants will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens, other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents or imposed by applicable securities laws, and shall not be subject to preemptive or similar rights of stockholders.
 
 
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(g) Capitalization .   The number of shares and type of all authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock, options and other securities of the Company (whether or not presently  convertible into or  exercisable or  exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company )  is set forth in Schedule 3.1(g)  hereto.  The Company has not issued any capital stock since the date of its most recently filed SEC Report other than to reflect stock option and warrant exercises that do not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material affect on the issued and outstanding capital stock, options and other securities.   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 that have not been effectively waived as of the Initial Closing Date. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(g) hereto or a result of the purchase and sale of the Shares and Warrants, 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 Shares and Warrants 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 applicable 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 Company’s Knowledge, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.
 
(h) SEC Reports; Disclosure Materials .  The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it under 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 ”, and the SEC Reports, together with the Disclosure Schedules, being collectively referred to as the “ Disclosure Materials ”) 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, except where the failure to file on a timely basis would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (including, for this purpose only, any failure to qualify to register the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares for resale on Form S-3 or which would prevent any Purchaser from using Rule 144 to resell any Securities) .  As of their respective filing dates, or to the extent corrected by a subsequent restatement, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, 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 light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act.   Each of the Material Contracts to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or to which the property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are subject has been filed as an exhibit to the SEC Reports.
 
 
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(i) Financial Statements . 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 (or to the extent corrected by a subsequent restatement).  Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved, 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 taken as a whole 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.
 
(j) 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 have been no events, occurrences or developments that have had or would reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any material 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 materially its method of accounting or the manner in which it keeps its accounting books and records, (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 (other than in connection with repurchases of unvested stock issued to employees of the Company), and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except Common Stock issued in the ordinary course as dividends on outstanding preferred stock or issued pursuant to existing Company stock option or stock purchase plans or executive and director compensation arrangements disclosed in the SEC Reports. Except for the issuance of the Shares and Warrants contemplated by this Agreement, 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 that has not been publicly disclosed at least one (1) Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.
 
(k) Litigation .  Except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(k) hereto, there is no Action which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) except as specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports, would, if there were an unfavorable decision, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(l) Employment Matters .  No material labor dispute exists or, to the Company’s Knowledge, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company which would have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  None of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and each Subsidiary believes that its relationship with its employees is good.
 
(m) Compliance .  Except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(m) hereto, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (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 of its Subsidiaries under), nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries received written notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any Material Contract (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company or its properties or assets, or (iii) is in violation of, or in receipt of written notice that it is in violation of, any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority applicable to the Company, except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
 
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(n) Regulatory Permits . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct its respective business as currently conducted and as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits, individually or in the aggregate, has not and would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“ Material Permits ”), and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of Proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Material Permits.
 
(o) Title to Assets .  All real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its Subsidiaries.
 
(p) Patents and Trademarks .  To the Company’s Knowledge, the Company and the Subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service mark applications and registrations, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses, technology, know-how and other intellectual property rights and similar rights described in the SEC Reports as necessary or material for use in connection with their respective businesses and which the failure to so have would have or reasonably be expected to result in 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.  Except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(p) hereto, there is no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by any Person that the Company’s business as now conducted infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of another.  To the Company’s Knowledge, there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights that would have or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their Intellectual Property Rights, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(q) Insurance .  The Company and each of the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses and locations in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of cancellation of any such insurance, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, will it or any Subsidiary be unable to renew their respective 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.
 
(r) Transactions With Affiliates and Employees .   Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the Company’s Knowledge, 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), that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act.
 
 
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(s) Internal Accounting Controls .  The Company maintains 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 and liability accountability, (iii) access to assets or incurrence of liabilities is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets and liabilities is compared with the existing assets and liabilities at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
 
(t) Sarbanes-Oxley; Disclosure Controls .  Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company is in compliance in all material respects with all of the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which are applicable to it as of the Initial Closing Date. The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) 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.
 
(u) Certain Fees .   Other than the fees and expenses set forth in Section 6.1 hereof or as set forth in Schedule 3.1(u) hereto, no person or entity will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company or a Purchaser for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of the Company. 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 paragraph (u) that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  The Company shall indemnify, pay, and hold each Purchaser harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such right, interest or claim.
 
(v) Private Placement . Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2 of this Agreement and the accuracy of the information disclosed in the Accredited Investor Questionnaires provided by the Purchasers, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers under the Transaction Documents. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.
 
(w) Investment Company   The Company is not, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Shares and Warrants, will not be or be 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.
 
(x) Registration Rights .  Other than each of the Purchasers or as set forth in Schedule 3.1(x) hereto, no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company other than those securities which are currently registered on an effective registration statement on file with the Commission.
 
 
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(y) Listing and Maintenance Requirements .  Other than as set forth in Schedule 3.1(y) hereto, the Company’s 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 terminate 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.  Other than as set forth in Schedule 3.1(y) hereto, the Company has not, in the twelve (12) months preceding the date hereof, received written notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market.  Other than as set forth in Schedule 3.1(y) hereto, the Company is in compliance with all listing and maintenance requirements of the Principal Trading Market on the date hereof.
 
(z) Application of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreements .  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 charter documents or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could reasonably be expected to become applicable to any of 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, the Company's issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers' ownership of the Securities.
 
(aa) No Integrated Offering .  Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2 , none of the Company, its Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any of its Affiliates or any Person acting on its behalf has, directly or indirectly, at any time within the past six (6) months, made any offers or sales of any Company security or solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that would (i) eliminate the availability of the exemption from registration under Regulation D under the Securities Act in connection with the offer and sale by the Company of the Securities as contemplated hereby or (ii) cause the offering of the Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of any applicable law, regulation or stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.
 
(bb) Tax Matters .  Other than as set forth in Schedule 3.1(bb) hereto, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has accurately and timely prepared and filed all foreign, federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith, with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside on the books of the Company and (iii) has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, where the failure to so pay or file any such tax, assessment, charge or return would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction.
 
(cc) Environmental Matters .  To the Company’s Knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is in violation of any statute, rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “ Environmental Laws ”), (ii) owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is in violation of any Environmental Laws, (iii) is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws, or (iv) is subject to any claim relating to any Environmental Laws; which violation, contamination, liability or claim has had or would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
 
 
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(dd) No General Solicitation . Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, 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.
 
(ee) 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 hereby and 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.
 
(ff) Regulation M Compliance .  The Company has not, and to the Company’s Knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company.
 
(gg) No Additional Agreements .  The Company does not have any agreement or understanding with any Purchaser with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents other than as specified in the Transaction Documents.
 
(hh) Use of Form S-3 .  The Company meets the registration and transaction requirements for use of Form S-3 for the registration of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares for resale by the Purchasers.
 
3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers .  Each Purchaser hereby, for itself and for no other Purchaser, represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Initial 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 the requisite corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the applicable Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Purchaser and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or, if such Purchaser is not a corporation, such partnership, limited liability company or other applicable like 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 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.
 
 
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(b) No Conflicts .  The execution, delivery and performance by such Purchaser of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the consummation by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Purchaser, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which such Purchaser is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment  or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to such Purchaser, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Purchaser to perform its obligations hereunder.
 
(c) Investment Intent .  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 Shares and, upon conversion of the Shares, will acquire the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion thereof, and Warrants and, upon exercise of the Warrants, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise thereof 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 laws, provided, however , that by making the representations herein, such Purchaser does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum period of time and reserves the right, subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such Securities pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or under an exemption from such registration and in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws.  Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such Purchaser does not presently have any agreement, plan or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute or effect any distribution of any of the Securities (or any securities which are derivatives thereof) to or through any person or entity; such Purchaser is not a registered broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act or an entity engaged in a business that would require it to be so registered as a broker-dealer.
 
(d) Purchaser Status .  At the time such Purchaser was offered the Shares and Warrants, it was, and at the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it exercises the Warrants it will be, an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act.
 
(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 advertisement.
 
(f) 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.
 
 
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(g) Access to Information .  Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Disclosure Materials and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information about the Company and the Subsidiaries and their respective financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment. Neither such inquiries nor any other investigation conducted by or on behalf of such Purchaser or its representatives or counsel shall modify, amend or affect such Purchaser's right to rely on the truth, accuracy and completeness of the Disclosure Materials and the Company's representations and warranties contained in the Transaction Documents.  Such Purchaser has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed decision with respect to its acquisition of the Securities.
 
(h) Certain Trading Activities .  Other than with respect to the transactions contemplated herein, since the time that such Purchaser was first contacted by the Company or any other Person regarding the transactions contemplated hereby, neither the Purchaser nor any Affiliate of such Purchaser which (x) had knowledge of the transactions contemplated hereby, (y) has or shares discretion relating to such Purchaser’s investments or trading or information concerning such Purchaser’s investments, including in respect of the Securities, and (z) is subject to such Purchaser’s review or input concerning such Affiliate’s investments or trading (collectively, “ Trading Affiliate s”) has directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser or Trading Affiliate, effected or agreed to effect any purchases or sales of the securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any Short Sales involving the Company’s securities). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser and/or Trading Affiliate that is, individually or collectively, a multi-managed investment bank or vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser's or Trading Affiliate’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 or Trading Affiliate’s assets, the representation set forth above shall apply only with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that have knowledge about the financing transaction contemplated by this Agreement.  Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to the identification of the availability of, or securing of, available shares to borrow in order to effect short sales or similar transactions in the future.
 
(i) Brokers and Finders .  No Person will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company or any Purchaser for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of the Purchaser.
 
(j) Independent Investment Decision .  Such Purchaser has independently evaluated the merits of its decision to purchase Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents, and such Purchaser confirms that it has not relied on the advice of any other Purchaser’s business and/or legal counsel in making such decision.  Such Purchaser understands that nothing in this Agreement or any other materials presented by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchaser in connection with the purchase of the Securities constitutes legal, tax or investment advice.  Such Purchaser has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors as it, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with its purchase of the Securities.
 
 
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(k) Reliance on Exemptions .  Such Purchaser understands that the Securities being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgements and understandings of such Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Purchaser to acquire the Securities.
 
(l) No Governmental Review .  Such Purchaser understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.
 
(m) Regulation M . Such Purchaser is aware that the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act may apply to sales of Common Stock and other activities with respect to the Common Stock by the Purchasers.
 
(n) Residency .  Such Purchaser’s residence (if an individual) or offices in which its investment decision with respect to the Securities was made (if an entity) are located at the address immediately below such Purchaser’s name on its signature page hereto.
 
The Company and each of the Purchasers acknowledge and agree that no party to this Agreement has made or makes any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in this Article III and the Transaction Documents.
 
ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
 
4.1 Transfer Restrictions .
 
(a) Compliance with Laws .  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IV , each Purchaser covenants that the Securities may be disposed of only pursuant to an effective registration statement under, and in compliance with the requirements of, 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 compliance with any applicable state and federal securities laws.  In connection with any transfer of the Securities other than (i) pursuant to an effective registration statement, (ii) to the Company  or (iii) pursuant to Rule 144 ( provided that the Purchaser provides the Company with reasonable assurances (in the form of seller and, if applicable, broker representation letters) that the securities may be sold pursuant to such rule), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act.  As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement with respect to such transferred Securities.
 
(b) Legends .  Certificates evidencing the Securities shall bear any legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any state and a restrictive legend in substantially the following form, until such time as they are not required under Section 4.1(c) :
 
[NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED] [THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED] UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.  THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (B) 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 OR BLUE SKY LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS TRANSFER AGENT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.
 
 
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(c) Removal of Legends .  The legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend or any other legend to the holder of the applicable Securities upon which it is stamped, if (i) such Securities are registered for resale under the Securities Act (provided that, if the Purchaser is selling pursuant to the effective registration statement registering the Securities for resale, the Purchaser agrees to only sell such Securities during such time that such registration statement is effective and not withdrawn or suspended, and only   as permitted by such registration statement), (ii) such Securities are sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 (if the transferor is not an Affiliate of the Company), or (iii) such Securities 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 securities and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions.

(d) Acknowledgement .  Each Purchaser hereunder acknowledges its primary responsibilities under the Securities Act and accordingly will not sell or otherwise transfer the Securities or any interest therein without complying with the requirements of the Securities Act.  While the Registration Statement remains effective, each Purchaser hereunder may sell the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares in accordance with the plan of distribution contained in the Registration Statement and if it does so it will comply therewith and with the related prospectus delivery requirements unless an exemption therefrom is available.  Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees that if it is notified by the Company in writing at any time that the Registration Statement registering the resale of the Conversion Shares or the Warrant Shares is not effective or that the prospectus included in such Registration Statement no longer complies with the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act, the Purchaser will refrain from selling such Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares until such time as the Purchaser is notified by the Company that such Registration Statement is effective or such prospectus is compliant with Section 10 of the Securities Act, unless such Purchaser is able to, and does, sell such Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act.  Both the Company and its Transfer Agent, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, may rely on this Section 4.1(d) and each Purchaser hereunder will indemnify and hold harmless each of such persons from any breaches or violations of this Section 4.1(d) .

4.2       Reservation of Common Stock .  The Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance from and after the Initial Closing Date, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Shares and exercise of the Warrants issued at the Closing (without taking into account any limitations on exercise of the Warrants set forth in the Warrants).
 
 
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4.3  Furnishing of Information .  In order to enable the Purchasers to sell the Securities under Rule 144, for a period of twelve (12) months from the Initial Closing, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts 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. During such twelve (12) month period, 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.
 
4.4 Integration .  The Company shall not, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that no Affiliate of the Company shall, 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 will be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the Purchasers, or that will be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require stockholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless stockholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.
 
4.5 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity .  By 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, the Company shall issue a press release disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby.  On or before 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second (2 nd ) Trading Day immediately following the execution of this Agreement, the Company will file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission describing the terms of the Transaction Documents (and including as exhibits to such Current Report on Form 8-K the material Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement, the form of Warrant and the Registration Rights Agreement)).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser or an Affiliate of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser or an Affiliate of any Purchaser in any press release or filing with the Commission (other than the Registration Statement) or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except (i) as required by federal securities law in connection with (A) any registration statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement and (B) the filing of final Transaction Documents (including signature pages thereto) with the Commission and (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required by law, request of the Staff of the Commission or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior written notice of such disclosure permitted under this subclause (ii).  Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are required to be publicly disclosed by the Company as described in this Section 4.5 , such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).
 
4.6 Use of Proceeds .  The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares and Warrants hereunder for working capital and general corporate purposes and satisfaction of the Company’s debt as set forth in Section 2.2(a)(xii) .
 
4.7 Principal Trading Market Listing .  In the time and manner required by the Principal Trading Market, the Company shall prepare and file with such Principal Trading Market an additional shares listing application covering all of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all steps necessary to cause all of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares to be approved for listing on the Principal Trading Market as promptly as possible thereafter.     
 
 
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4.8 Form D; Blue Sky .  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 the written request of any Purchaser.  The Company, on or before the Initial Closing Date, 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 under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification) and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon the written request of any Purchaser.
 
4.9 Delivery of Shares and Warrants After Closing . The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the respective Shares and Warrants purchased by each Purchaser to such Purchaser within three (3) Trading Days of the Initial Closing or such Subsequent Closing, as applicable.
 
4.10 Short Sales and Confidentiality After The Date Hereof .  Each Purchaser shall not, and shall cause its Trading Affiliates not to, engage, directly or indirectly, in any Net Short Sales (as hereinafter defined) from the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the earliest of (x) the Effective Date of the initial Registration Statement, (y) the twenty-four (24) month anniversary of the Initial Closing Date or (z) the date that such Purchaser no longer holds any Securities.  For purposes of this Section 4.10 , a “ Net Short Sale ” by any Purchaser shall mean a sale of Common Stock by such Purchaser that is marked as a short sale and that is made at a time when there is no equivalent offsetting long position in Common Stock held by such Purchaser.  For purposes of determining whether there is an equivalent offsetting position in Common Stock held by the Purchaser, Warrant Shares that have not yet been issued pursuant to the exercise of Warrants shall be deemed to be held long by the Purchaser, and the amount of shares of Common Stock held in a long position shall be all Conversion Shares and unexercised Warrant Shares (ignoring any exercise limitations included therein) issuable to such Purchaser on such date, plus any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents otherwise then held by such Purchaser.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that a Purchaser 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 apply only with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that have knowledge about the financing transaction contemplated by this Agreement.   Each Purchaser understands and acknowledges, severally and not jointly with any other Purchaser, that the Commission currently takes the position that covering a short position established prior to effectiveness of a resale registration statement with shares included in such registration statement would be a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act, as set forth in Item 65, Section 5 under Section A, of the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations, dated July 1997, compiled by the Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance.
 
4.11 Provisions Regarding Board of Directors .  The Company shall take all action necessary to ensure that, as of the Initial Closing, (i) the Board of Directors will include (a) Jason Tienor, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, (b) Warren V. Musser, (c) Anthony J. Paoni and (d) Thomas C. Lynch, (ii) a Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors to be chaired by Anthony J. Paoni shall be established and (iii) if requested by the Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors, Warren V. Musser and Thomas C. Lynch will not stand for reelection at the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company immediately following the Initial Closing and will resign prior to such meeting.
 
4.12 Reserved .
 
 
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4.13 Rights Offering .  As soon as practicable following the Initial Closing Date, subject to approval of the Board of Directors, the Company shall distribute, at no charge, one (1) non-transferable subscription right (the “Subscription Right” ) for each share of Common Stock owned by its shareholders (other than the Purchasers and participants in the Company’s 401(k) Plan).  Each Subscription Right will entitle the holder thereof to purchase the number of equity securities of the Company mutually determined by the Board of Directors and the Purchasers at the price and terms mutually determined by the Board of Directors and the Purchasers.  Each shareholder who fully exercises their Subscription Right (each, an “Exercising Shareholder” ) shall, subject to the provisions of this Section 4.13 , have an additional option (the “Additional Option” ) to purchase all or any part of the balance of any such remaining unsubscribed equity securities of the Company.  In the event there are two or more such Exercising Shareholders that choose to exercise the Additional Option for a total number of remaining equity securities of the Company in excess of the number available, the remaining equity securities of the Company available for purchase under this Section 4.13 shall be allocated to such Exercising Shareholders pro rata based on the number of equity securities of the Company such Exercising Shareholders have elected to purchase pursuant to their Subscription Right (without giving effect to any equity securities of the Company that any such Exercising Shareholders has elected to purchase pursuant to the Additional Option).  The Board of Directors will determine whether it is desirable to enter into a Backstop Agreement with a third party in connection with this Section 4.13 .
 
4.14 Option Exchange .  As soon as practicable following the closing of the transactions contemplated by Section 4.13 , the Company shall offer its current employees the ability to exchange their current “out of the money options” in the Company for new options of the Company on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
 
4.15 Employment Agreements .  As soon as practicable following the closing of the transactions contemplated by Section 4.13 , the Company shall enter into employment agreements with the Company’s key employees on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
 
4.16 Reverse Stock Split of the Issued and Outstanding Common Stock .  As soon as practicable following the Initial Closing Date, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, the Company will prepare and file with the United States Securities Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”), a preliminary proxy statement (as amended, the “ Proxy Statement ”) relating to a reverse stock split of the issued and outstanding Common Stock (the “ Reverse Stock Split ”).  The Company will respond to any comments of the SEC and use its commercially reasonable efforts to mail the Proxy Statement to its stockholders at the earliest practicable time. As soon as practicable following its approval by the SEC, the Company shall distribute the Proxy Statement to its stockholders and, pursuant thereto, shall hold a special meeting of its stockholders, for the purpose of voting on the Reverse Stock Split.  Such efforts will include, without limitation, the preparation, delivery and dissemination of the Proxy Statement, prepared in accordance with the Exchange Act, to the stockholders of the Company soliciting their vote in favor of the Reverse Stock Split and containing advice that the Board of Directors recommends that the stockholders approve the Reverse Stock Split.
 
 
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ARTICLE V.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE INITIAL CLOSING

5.1 Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of the Purchasers to Purchase Securities .  The obligation of each Purchaser to acquire Shares and Warrants at the Initial Closing is subject to the fulfillment to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, on or prior to the Initial Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by such Purchaser (as to itself only):
 
(a) Representations and Warranties .  The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties which are qualified as to materiality, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date when made and as of the Initial Closing Date, as though made on and as of such date, except for such representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date.
 
(b) Performance .  The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Initial Closing.
 
(c) No Injunction .  No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
 
(d) Consents .  The Company shall have obtained in a timely fashion any and all consents, permits, approvals, registrations and waivers necessary for consummation of the purchase and sale of the Securities (including all Required Approvals), all of which shall be and remain so long as necessary in full force and effect.
 
(e) Adverse Changes .  Since the date of execution of this Agreement, no event or series of events shall have occurred that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(f) Company Deliverables .  The Company shall have delivered the Company Deliverables in accordance with Section 2.2(a) .
 
(g) Compliance Certificate .  The Company shall have delivered to each Purchaser a certificate, dated as of the Initial Closing Date and signed by its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer, certifying to the fulfillment of the conditions specified in Sections 5.1(a) and (b) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H .
 
(h) Termination .  This Agreement shall not have been terminated as to such Purchaser in accordance with Section 6.16 herein.
 
5.2 Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of the Company to sell Securities .  The Company’s obligation to sell and issue the Shares and Warrants at the Initial Closing to the Purchasers is subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Company on or prior to the Initial Closing Date of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by the Company:
 
(a) Representations and Warranties .  The representations and warranties made by the Purchasers in Section 3.2 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties which are qualified as to materiality, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date when made, and as of the Initial Closing Date as though made on and as of such date, except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date.
 
 
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(b) Performance .  Such Purchaser shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Purchaser at or prior to the Initial Closing Date.
 
(c) No Injunction .  No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
 
(d) Consents .  The Company shall have obtained in a timely fashion any and all consents, permits, approvals, registrations and waivers necessary for consummation of the purchase and sale of the Securities, all of which shall be and remain so long as necessary in full force and effect.
 
(e) Purchasers Deliverables .  In the case of each Purchaser acquiring Shares and Warrants at the Initial Closing, such Purchaser shall have delivered its Purchaser Deliverables in accordance with Section 2.2(b) .  In the case of each Purchaser acquiring Shares and Warrants at a Subsequent Closing, such Purchaser shall have delivered its Purchaser Deliverables in accordance with Section 2.2(b) (other than its Subscription Amount pursuant to Section 2.2(b)(ii) which will be delivered on the applicable Subsequent Closing Date).
 
(f) Termination . This Agreement shall not have been terminated as to such Purchaser in accordance with Section 6.16 herein.
 
 
ARTICLE V.A.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO SUBSEQUENT CLOSINGS

5A.1 Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of the Purchasers to Purchase Securities .  The obligation of each Purchaser to acquire Shares and Warrants at a Subsequent Closing is subject to the fulfillment to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, on or prior to the applicable Subsequent Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by such Purchaser (as to itself only):

(a) Initial Closing .  The Initial Closing shall have occurred.

5A.2 Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of the Company to sell Securities .  The Company’s obligation to sell and issue the Shares and Warrants at a Subsequent Closing to the Purchasers is subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Company on or prior to the applicable Subsequent Closing Date of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by the Company:

(a) Initial Closing .  The Initial Closing shall have occurred.

(b) Purchaser Deliverables .  Such Purchaser shall have delivered its Subscription Amount in accordance with Section 2.2(b)(ii) .
 
 
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ARTICLE VI.
MISCELLANEOUS
 
6.1 Fees and Expenses .  The Company and the Purchasers shall each pay the fees and expenses of their respective advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.
 
6.2 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, understandings, discussions and representations, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.  At or after the Closing, and without further consideration, the Company and the Purchasers will execute and deliver to the other such further documents as may be reasonably requested in order to give practical effect to the intention of the parties under the Transaction Documents.
 
6.3 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 (provided the sender receives a machine-generated confirmation of successful transmission) at the facsimile number specified in this Section 6.3 prior to 5:00 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 specified in this Section 6.3 on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on any Trading Day, (c) the Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service with next day delivery specified, 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 follows:
 
  If to the Company:   Telkonet, Inc.
20374 Seneca Meadows Parkway
Germantown, Maryland 20876-7004
Telephone No.: 240-912-1800
Facsimile No.: 240-912-1839
Attention: Jason Tienor
E-mail: jtienor@telkonet.com
     
  With a copy to: Goodwin Procter LLP
53 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109-2802
Telephone No.: 617-570-1000
Facsimile No.: 617-523-1231
Attention: Jocelyn M. Arel
E-mail: jarel@goodwinprocter.com
     
 
If to a Purchaser:
To the address set forth under such Purchaser’s name on the signature page hereof;
 
or such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner, by such Person.

6.4 Amendments; Waivers; No Additional Consideration .  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 a majority 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 waiver 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 either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.  No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Purchaser to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any Transaction Document unless the same consideration is also offered to all Purchasers who then hold Securities.
 
 
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6.5 Construction .  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.  The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.  This Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents.
 
6.6 Successors and Assigns .  The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties and their successors and permitted assigns.  This Agreement, or any rights or obligations hereunder, may not be assigned by the Company without the prior written consent of each Purchaser.  Any Purchaser may assign its rights hereunder in whole or in part to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities in compliance with the Transaction Documents and applicable law, provided such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the terms and conditions of this Agreement that apply to the “Purchasers”.
 
6.7 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.
 
6.8 Governing Law .  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 party agrees that all 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, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in 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 Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such New York Court, or that such Proceeding has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient forum.  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.
 
 
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6.9 Survival .  Subject to applicable statute of limitations, the representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.
 
6.10 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 signature page were an original thereof.
 
6.11 Severability .  If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is a reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Agreement.
 
6.12 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, or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Transfer Agent of such loss, theft or destruction and the execution by the holder thereof of a customary lost certificate affidavit of that fact and an agreement to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Transfer Agent for any losses in connection therewith or, if required by the Transfer Agent, a bond in such form and amount as is required by the Transfer Agent.  The applicants for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.  If a replacement certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is requested due to a mutilation thereof, the Company may require delivery of such mutilated certificate or instrument as a condition precedent to any issuance of a replacement.
 
6.13 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 described in the foregoing sentence and hereby agree to waive in any action for specific performance of any such obligation (other than in connection with any action for a temporary restraining order) the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
 
6.14 Adjustments in Share Numbers and Prices . In the event of any stock split, subdivision, dividend or distribution payable in shares of Common Stock (or other securities or rights convertible into, or entitling the holder thereof to receive directly or indirectly shares of Common Stock), combination or other similar recapitalization or event occurring after the date hereof and prior to the Closing, each reference in any Transaction Document to a number of shares or a price per share shall be deemed to be amended to appropriately account for such event.
 
 
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6.15 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 of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document.  The decision of each Purchaser to purchase Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by such Purchaser independently of any other Purchaser and independently of any information, materials, statements or opinions as to the business, affairs, operations, assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company or any Subsidiary which may have been made or given by any other Purchaser or by any agent or employee of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser and any of its agents or employees shall have any liability to any other Purchaser (or any other Person) relating to or arising from any such information, materials, statement or opinions.  Nothing contained herein or in any 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 acknowledges that no other Purchaser has acted as agent for such Purchaser in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no Purchaser will be acting as agent of such Purchaser in connection with monitoring its investment in the Securities or enforcing its rights under the Transaction Documents.  Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.  Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents.  The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Purchaser.
 
6.16 Termination . This Agreement may be terminated and the sale and purchase of the Shares and the Warrants abandoned at any time prior to the Initial Closing by either the Company or any Purchaser (with respect to itself only) upon written notice to the other, if the Initial Closing has not been consummated on or prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Outside Date; provided, however , that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 6.16 shall not be available to any Person whose failure to comply with its obligations under this Agreement has been the cause of or resulted in the failure of the Initial Closing to occur on or before such time.  Nothing in this Section 6.16 shall be deemed to release any party from any liability for any breach by such party of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or to impair the right of any party to compel specific performance by any other party of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.  In the event of a termination pursuant to this Section 6.16 , the Company shall promptly notify all non-terminating Purchasers.  Upon a termination in accordance with this Section 6.16 , the Company and the terminating Purchaser(s) shall not have any further obligation or liability (including arising from such termination) to the other, and no Purchaser will have any liability to any other Purchaser under the Transaction Documents as a result therefrom.
 
 
 

 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
 
TELKONET, INC.
 
By: /s/ Jason Tienor        
Name: Jason Tienor
Title: Chief Executive Officer
 

 
SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 
NAME OF PURCHASER: ____________________________



By:                                                                                                        
Name:
Title:

 
Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $__________
 

 
Number of Shares to be Acquired: ______________________
 
Underlying Shares Subject to Warrant: ____________________
(25% of the Subscription Amount)

Underlying Shares Subject to Additional Warrant: ___________
(25% of the Subscription Amount)
 
Tax ID No.: ____________________
 
Address for Notice:
 
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________

Telephone No.:   _______________________

Facsimile No.:   ________________________

E-mail Address:   ________________________

Attention:  _______________________


Delivery Instructions:
(if different than above)

c/o  _______________________________

Street:   ____________________________

City/State/Zip: ______________________

Attention: __________________________

Telephone No.: ____________________________
 
 

 
EXHIBITS :
 
A:
Form of Warrant
B:
Form of Articles of Amendment
C:
Form of Registration Rights Agreement
D-1:
Accredited Investor Questionnaire
D-2:
Stock Certificate Questionnaire
E:
Form of Opinion of Company Counsel
F:
Form of Opinion of General Counsel
G:
Form of Secretary’s Certificate
H:
Form of Officer’s Certificate
I:
Wire Instructions

SCHEDULES :
 
3.1(a) Subsidiaries
3.1(g) Capitalization
3.1(k) Litigation
3.1(m) Compliance
3.1(p) Patents and Trademarks
3.1(u) Certain Fees
3.1(x) Registration Rights
3.1(y) Listing and Maintenance Requirements
3.1(bb) Tax Matters
 
 


 
 
EXHIBIT A
 
FORM OF WARRANT
 


 
EXHIBIT B
 
FORM OF ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
 
 

 
EXHIBIT C
 
FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
 
 

 

 
INSTRUCTION SHEET

(to be read in conjunction with the entire Securities Purchase Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement)

A.
Complete the following items in the Securities Purchase Agreement and/or Registration Rights Agreement:

1.
Provide the information regarding the Purchaser requested on the signature page. The Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement must be executed by an individual authorized to bind the Purchaser.

2.
Exhibit D-1 – Accredited Investor Questionnaire:

 
Provide the information requested by the Accredited Investor Questionnaire

3.
Exhibit D-2 Stock Certificate Questionnaire:

 
Provide the information requested by the Stock Certificate Questionnaire

4.
Annex B to the Registration Rights Agreement -- Selling Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire

 
Provide the information requested by the Selling Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire

5.
Return the signed Securities Purchase Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement to:
 
 
Goodwin Procter LLP
53 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109-2802
Telephone No.: 617-570-1000
Facsimile No.: 617-523-1231
Attention: Carlos C. Clark
E-mail: ccclark@goodwinprocter.com
 
B.
Instructions regarding the transfer of funds for the purchase of Shares and Warrants is set forth on Exhibit I to the Securities Purchase Agreement.




 
EXHIBIT D-1

ACCREDITED INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE

(ALL INFORMATION WILL BE TREATED CONFIDENTIALLY)

To:           Telkonet, Inc.

This Investor Questionnaire (“ Questionnaire ”) must be completed by each potential investor in connection with the offer and sale of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, par value $.001 per share (the “ Series A Preferred Stock ”), and shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share, that may be issued upon conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and exercise of certain warrants (collectively, the “ Securities ”), of Telkonet, Inc., a Utah corporation (the “ Corporation ”).  The Securities are being offered and sold by the Corporation without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Act ”), and the securities laws of certain states, in reliance on the exemptions contained in Section 4(2) of the Act and on Regulation D promulgated thereunder and in reliance on similar exemptions under applicable state laws.  The Corporation must determine that a potential investor meets certain suitability requirements before offering or selling Securities to such investor.  The purpose of this Questionnaire is to assure the Corporation that each investor will meet the applicable suitability requirements.  The information supplied by you will be used  in determining whether you meet such criteria, and reliance upon the private offering exemptions from registration is based in part on the information herein supplied.
 
This Questionnaire does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security.  Your answers will be kept strictly confidential.  However, by signing this Questionnaire, you will be authorizing the Corporation to provide a completed copy of this Questionnaire to such parties as the Corporation deems appropriate in order to ensure that the offer and sale of the Securities will not result in a violation of the Act or the securities laws of any state and that you otherwise satisfy the suitability standards applicable to purchasers of the Securities.  All potential investors must answer all applicable questions and complete, date and sign this Questionnaire.  Please print or type your responses and attach additional sheets of paper if necessary to complete your answers to any item.
 
PART A.                       BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Name of Beneficial Owner of the Securities:                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Business Address:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
(Number and Street)
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
(City)                                           (State)                                                                (Zip Code)

Telephone Number: (___)                                                                                                                                               

If a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other entity:
 
Type of entity:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
State of formation:_____________                                               Approximate Date of formation:                                                                                                                   
 


 
  Were you formed for the purpose of investing in the securities being offered?        
 
Yes ____                      No ____

If an individua l :

Residence Address:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
(Number and Street)
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
(City)                                           (State)                                                                (Zip Code)

Telephone Number: (___)                                                                                                                                               

Age:­­­­­­­­ ­__________                                Citizenship: ____________                                                      Where registered to vote: _______________

Set forth in the space provided below the state(s), if any, in the United States in which you maintained your residence during the past two years and the dates during which you resided in each state:

 
Are you a director or executive officer of the Corporation?
 
Yes ____                      No ____

Social Security or Taxpayer Identification No.                                                                                                                                                                                       

PART B.                       ACCREDITED INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE

 
In order for the Company to offer and sell the Securities in conformance with state and federal securities laws, the following information must be obtained regarding your investor status. Please initial each category   applicable to you as a Purchaser of Securities of the Company.
 
 
__ (1)
A bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, or any savings and loan association or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity;

 
__ (2)
A broker or dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;

 
__ (3)
An insurance company as defined in Section 2(13) of the Securities Act;

 
__ (4)
An investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of that Act;

 
__ (5)
A Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958;
 
 


 
 
__ (6)
A plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 
__ (7)
An employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21) of such act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000 or, if a self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors;

 
__ (8)
A private business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940;
 
 
 
__ (9)
An organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, a corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

__ (10)
A trust, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that such person is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investing in the Company;
 
 
 
__(11)
A natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person’s spouse, at the time of his purchase exceeds $1,000,000;
 
 
__(12)
A natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years, or joint income with that person’s spouse in excess of $300,000, in each of those years, and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year;
 
 
__(13)
  An executive officer or director of the Company;

__(14)
An entity in which all of the equity owners qualify under any of the above subparagraphs. If the undersigned belongs to this investor category only, list the equity owners of the undersigned, and the investor category which each such equity owner satisfies.
 
A.
FOR EXECUTION BY AN INDIVIDUAL:
           
     
By
   
 
Date        
 
   
Print Name:
   
           
B.
FOR EXECUTION BY AN ENTITY:
     
Entity Name:
   
 
 

 
 
 
       
 
Date
 
By
   
           
     
Print Name:
   
 
         
 
   
Title:
   
 
         
           
C.
ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES (if required by partnership, corporation or trust document):
           
   
Entity Name:
     
 
         
     
By
   
 
Date
       
     
Print Name:
   
 
         
 
   
Title:
   
 
         
           
 
 
Entity Name:
     
           
     
By
   
 
Date
       
 
   
Print Name:
   
           
     
Title:
   
 

 

 
EXHIBIT D-2
 
STOCK CERTIFICATE QUESTIONNAIRE
 
Pursuant to Section 2.2(b) of the Agreement, please provide us with the following information:
 
1.
The exact name that the Securities are to be registered in (this is the name that will appear on the stock certificate(s)).  You may use a nominee name if appropriate:
   
       
2.
The relationship between the Purchaser of the Securities and the Registered Holder listed in response to Item 1 above:
   
       
3.
The mailing address, telephone and telecopy number of the Registered Holder listed in response to Item 1 above:
   
       
       
       
       
       
4.
The Tax Identification Number (or, if an individual, the Social Security Number) of the Registered Holder listed in response to Item 1 above:
   

 


 
EXHIBIT E
 
FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY COUNSEL
 

____________ __ _, 2009

To Purchasers Listed on the signature pages to the
Purchase Agreement referred to below

 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
We have acted as counsel to Telkonet, Inc., a Utah corporation (the “ Company ”), in connection with the sale to you today of the shares (the “ Preferred Shares ”) of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and warrants (the “ Warrants ”) to purchase the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of November 16, 2009 (the “ Purchase Agreement ”) by and among the Company and each of the Purchasers listed on the signature pages to the Purchase Agreement (the “ Purchasers ”).  We are furnishing this opinion letter to you pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(iv) of the Purchase Agreement.  Capitalized terms that are defined in the Purchase Agreement and not otherwise defined in this opinion letter are used in this opinion letter as so defined.
 
We have reviewed such documents and made such examination of law as we have deemed appropriate to give the opinions expressed below.  We have relied, without independent verification, on certificates of public officials and, as to matters of fact material to the opinions set forth below, on representations in the Purchase Agreement and certificates of officers of the Company.
 
Our opinion in numbered paragraph 1 is based on the assumption that the Company and any person acting on its behalf have complied and will comply with the limitations on manner of offering and sale set forth in Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), with respect to all offers and sales of the Company’s securities, including the Preferred Shares and the Warrants.
 
Our opinion set forth below is limited to the federal law of the United States.
 
Based upon the foregoing and subject to the additional qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that:
 
1. Based on, and assuming the accuracy of, the representations of each of the Purchasers in the Purchase Agreement, the sale of the Preferred Shares and the Warrants pursuant to the Purchase Agreement does not require registration under the Securities Act.
 
Our opinion expressed above is subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of general application affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and to general principles of equity.
 
 

 
This opinion letter and the opinion it contains shall be interpreted in accordance with the Legal Opinion Principles issued by the Committee on Legal Opinions of the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section as published in 53 Business Lawyer 831 (May 1998).
 
This opinion letter is being furnished only to you for your use solely in connection with the Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, and neither it nor the opinion it contains may be relied on for any other purpose or by anyone else.
 
Very truly yours,
 
GOODWIN PROCTER  LLP

 


EXHIBIT F
 
FORM OF OPINION OF GENERAL COUNSEL
 
_______________, 2009

To Purchasers Listed on the signature pages to the
Purchase Agreement referred to below

 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
This letter is being furnished to you in my role as General Counsel for Telkonet, Inc., a Utah corporation (the “ Company ”), in connection with the sale to you today of the shares (the “ Preferred Shares ”) of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Series A Preferred Stock ”), and warrants (the “ Warrants ”) to purchase the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of November 16, 2009 (the “ Purchase Agreement ”) by and among the Company and each of the Purchasers listed on the signature pages to the Purchase Agreement.  I am furnishing this opinion letter to you pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(v) of the Purchase Agreement.  Capitalized terms that are defined in the Purchase Agreement and not otherwise defined in this opinion letter are used in this opinion letter as so defined.
 
The Purchase Agreement, the Warrants and the Registration Rights Agreement are referred to collectively in this opinion letter as the “ Transaction Documents .”
 
I have reviewed such documents and made such examination of law as I have deemed appropriate to give the opinions expressed below.  I have relied, without independent verification, on certificates of public officials and, as to matters of fact material to the opinions set forth below, on representations in the Purchase Agreement and certificates of officers of the Company.
 
My opinion regarding valid existence and good standing in numbered paragraph 1 is based solely on a certificate of the Utah Secretary of State and, in the case of valid existence, a review of the Company’s articles of incorporation and an officer’s certificate confirming that the Company has taken no action looking to its dissolution.
 
My opinion in numbered paragraph 7 regarding the number of shares of each series or class of stock issued and outstanding is based solely on my review of a copy of the stock ledger of the Company certified by an officer of the Company and of minutes of meetings and actions by written consent at or by which stock issuances were approved.
 
I note that the Transaction Documents provide that they are to be governed by New York law.  The opinions in numbered paragraph 3 below regarding the validity, binding effect and enforceability of the Transaction Documents are given as though each of the Transaction Documents were governed by the internal law of Maryland.
 
My opinions set forth below are limited to Maryland law, the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act and the federal law of the United States.
 
Based upon the foregoing and subject to the additional qualifications set forth below, I am of the opinion that:
 
 

 
1. The Company is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under Utah law.
 
2. The Company has the corporate power to execute and deliver each of the Transaction Documents and perform its obligations thereunder.
 
3. Each of the Transaction Documents has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes its valid and binding obligation enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
 
4. The execution and delivery by the Company of the Transaction Documents and the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Transaction Documents, including its issuance and sale of the Preferred Shares, its issuance of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares in accordance with the Company’s articles of incorporation (the “ Conversion Shares ”), its issuance and sale of the Warrants, and its issuance of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms of the Warrants (the “ Warrant Shares ”), do not and will not (i) violate the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act or any Maryland or federal statute, rule or regulation, or (ii) violate the Company’s articles of incorporation or by-laws.
 
5. No consent, approval, license or exemption by, order or authorization of, or filing, recording or registration with any Utah governmental authority pursuant to the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act or any Maryland or federal governmental authority is required to be obtained or made by the Company in connection with the execution and delivery by the Company of the Transaction Documents or the performance by it of its obligations thereunder, including its issuance and sale of the Preferred Shares, its issuance of the Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Preferred Shares in accordance with the Company’s articles of incorporation, its issuance and sale of the Warrants, and its issuance of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms of the Warrants, other than those that have been obtained or made.
 
6. The Preferred Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued, delivered and paid for in accordance with the Purchase Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.  Assuming a sufficient number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock are available for issuance when the Preferred Shares are converted, the Conversion Shares, when issued and delivered upon conversion of the Preferred Shares in accordance with the Company’s articles of incorporation, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.  The Warrants have been duly authorized and, when issued, delivered and paid for in accordance with the Purchase Agreement, will be validly issued.  Assuming a sufficient number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock are available for issuance when the Warrants are exercised, the Warrant Shares, when issued and delivered upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms of the Warrants, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
 
7. The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 155,000,000 shares of  Common Stock, of which _________ shares are issued and outstanding, and (ii) 15,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of which _________ shares have been designated Series A Preferred Stock, none of which are issued and outstanding.  The issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
 
I am not representing the Company in any pending litigation in which it is a named defendant that challenges the validity or enforceability of, or seeks to enjoin the performance of, the Transaction Documents.
 
 

 
My opinions expressed above are subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of general application affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and to general principles of equity.
 
I express no opinion as to (i) compliance by the directors of the Company with their fiduciary duties in approving the Transaction Documents; and (ii) the validity, binding effect and enforceability of (a) provisions in the Transaction Documents relating to the choice of forum for resolving disputes and (b) the indemnification obligations of the Company in the Purchase Agreement.
 
This opinion letter and the opinions it contains shall be interpreted in accordance with the Legal Opinion Principles issued by the Committee on Legal Opinions of the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section as published in 53 Business Lawyer 831 (May 1998).
 
This opinion letter is being furnished only to you for your use solely in connection with the Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, and neither it nor the opinions it contains may be relied on for any other purpose or by anyone else.
 
Very truly yours,
 
Howard J. Barr

 

 
EXHIBIT G
 
FORM OF SECRETARY’S CERTIFICATE

The undersigned hereby certifies that he is the duly elected, qualified and acting Secretary of Telkonet, Inc., a Utah corporation (the “ Company ”), and that as such he is authorized to execute and deliver this certificate in the name and on behalf of the Company and in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 16, 2009, by and among the Company and the investors party thereto (the “Securities Purchase Agreement” ), and further certifies in his official capacity, in the name and on behalf of the Company, the items set forth below.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
 
1.
Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true, correct and complete copy of the resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on November ___, 2009.  Such resolutions have not in any way been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded, have been in full force and effect since their adoption to and including the date hereof and are now in full force and effect.
 
2.
Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true, correct and complete copy of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, together with any and all amendments thereto currently in effect, and no action has been taken to further amend, modify or repeal such Articles of Incorporation, the same being in full force and effect in the attached form as of the date hereof.
 
3.
Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true, correct and complete copy of the Bylaws of the Company and any and all amendments thereto currently in effect, and no action has been taken to further amend, modify or repeal such Bylaws, the same being in full force and effect in the attached form as of the date hereof.
 
4.
Each person listed below has been duly elected or appointed to the position(s) indicated opposite his name and is duly authorized to sign the Securities Purchase Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents on behalf of the Company, and the signature appearing opposite such person’s name below is such person’s genuine signature.
 

 
Name
Position
Signature
 
 
Jason L. Tienor
Chief Executive Officer
_________________________
 
Richard J. Leimbach
Chief Financial Officer
_________________________


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand as of this ____ day of _____________, 2009.
 


 
     
 
Secretary
 
 
 


 
I, Jason L. Tienor, Chief Executive Officer, hereby certify that _____________ is the duly elected, qualified and acting Secretary of the Company and that the signature set forth above is his true signature.
 

 
     
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 

 
  EXHIBIT A
 
Resolutions
 
 

 
EXHIBIT B
 
Articles of Incorporation
 
 
 

 
EXHIBIT C
 
Bylaws
 



 
EXHIBIT H
 
FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
 

The undersigned, the Chief Executive Officer of Telkonet, Inc., a Utah corporation (the “ Company ”), pursuant to Section 5.1(i) of the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 16, 2009, by and among the Company and the investors signatory thereto (the “ Securities Purchase Agreement ”), hereby represents, warrants and certifies as follows (capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement):

 
1.
The representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Securities Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties which are qualified as to materiality, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date when made and as of the date hereof, as though made on and as of such date, except for such representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date.

 
2.
The Company has performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the date hereof.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate this ___ day of ______________, 2009.


 
     
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 

 
EXHIBIT I
 
WIRE INSTRUCTIONS

JPMorgan Chase Bank
ABA # 021000021
Account No.: 806031209
Account Name: Telkonet, Inc.
 
 

 
Schedule 3.1(a)

 
Subsidiaries
 
 

 
Schedule 3.1(g)
 
 
Capitalization
 
 

 
Schedule 3.1(w)

 
Registration Rights
 
 

 
Schedule 3.1(x)
 

 
Listing and Maintenance Requirements
 

Exhibit 10.2
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
 
This Registration Rights Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of November 16, 2009 by and among Telkonet, Inc., a Utah corporation (the “ Company ”), and the several purchasers signatory hereto (each 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 ”).
 
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 of the Purchasers agree 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 ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(d) .
 
Affiliate ” means, with respect to any person, any other person which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person.
 
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
 
Business Day ” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business.
 
Closing ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
 
Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
 
Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any securities into which such common stock may hereinafter be reclassified.
 
Company ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
 
Effective Date ” means the date that the Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) is first declared effective by the Commission.
 
Effectiveness Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) .
 
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
Filing Deadline ” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a) , the date within 5 Business Days following the closing of the transactions contemplated by Section 4.13 of the Purchase Agreement; provided , however , that if the Filing Deadline falls on a day that the Commission is closed for business, the Filing Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business.
 

 
Holder ” or “ Holders ” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.
 
Indemnified Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) .
 
Indemnifying Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) .
 
Initial Registration Statement ” means the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) of this Agreement.
 
“Losses ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) .
 
New Registration Statement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(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.
 
“Piggyback Registration” has the meaning set for in Section 2A(a) .
 
“Piggyback Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2A(a) .
 
Principal Market ” means the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is primarily listed on and quoted for trading.
 
Proceeding ” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
 
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 under 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.
 
Purchase Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
 
Purchaser ” or “ Purchasers ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
 
Registrable Securities ” means all of (i) the Shares, (ii) the Warrant Shares and (iii) any securities issued or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing, provided , that the Holder has completed and delivered to the Company a Selling Stockholder Questionnaire; and provided, further , that with respect to a particular Holder, such Holder’s Shares and Warrant Shares shall cease to be Registrable Securities upon the earliest to occur of the following: (A) a sale pursuant to a Registration Statement or Rule 144 under the Securities Act (in which case, only such security sold by the Holder shall cease to be a Registrable Security); or (B) becoming eligible for resale by the Holder under Rule 144 without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required thereunder and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions, pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed, delivered and acceptable to the Transfer Agent.
 
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Registration Statements ” means any one or more registration statements of the Company filed under the Securities Act that covers the resale of any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation the Initial Registration Statement, the New Registration Statement and any Remainder Registration Statements), amendments and supplements to such Registration Statements, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Registration Statements.
 
Remainder Registration Statement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) .
 
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.
 
Rule 415 ” means Rule 415 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.
 
Rule 424 ” means Rule 424 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 Guidance ” means (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance, comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff and (ii) the Securities Act.
 
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
Selling Stockholder Questionnaire ” means a questionnaire in the form attached as Annex B hereto, or such other form of questionnaire as may reasonably be adopted by the Company from time to time.
 
Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to the Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
 
Trading Day ” means (i) a day on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and traded on its Principal Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), a day on which the Common Stock is traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or (iii) if the Common Stock is not quoted on any Trading Market, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided , that in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.
 
Trading Market ” means whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Amex, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or OTC Bulletin Board on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.
 
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Warrants ” means the Warrants issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
 
Warrant Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
 
2.     Registration .
 
(a)     On or prior to the Filing Deadline, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities not already covered by an existing and effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 or, if Rule 415 is not available for offers and sales of the Registrable Securities, by such other means of distribution of Registrable Securities as the Holders may reasonably specify (the “ Initial Registration Statement ”).  The Initial Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is then ineligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering) subject to the provisions of Section 2(d) and shall contain (except if otherwise required pursuant to written comments received from the Commission upon a review of such Registration Statement) the “Plan of Distribution” section attached hereto as Annex A (which may be modified to respond to comments, if any, provided by the Commission).  Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in this Section 2 , in the event the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly (i) inform each of the holders thereof and use its commercially reasonable efforts to file amendments to the Initial Registration Statement as required by the Commission and/or (ii) withdraw the Initial Registration Statement and file a new registration statement (a “ New Registration Statement ”), in either case covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the Commission, on Form S-3 or such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering; provided, however , that prior to filing such amendment or New Registration Statement, the Company shall be obligated to use its commercially reasonable 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. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation of the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater number 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 first be reduced by Registrable Securities not acquired pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (whether pursuant to registration rights or otherwise), second by Registrable Securities represented by holders of Warrant Shares (applied, in the case that some Warrant Shares may be registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Warrant Shares held by such Holders) and third by Registrable Securities represented by Shares (applied, in the case that some Shares may be registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Shares held by such Holders, subject to a determination by the Commission that certain Holders must be reduced first based on the number of Shares held by such Holders).  In the event the Company amends the Initial Registration Statement or files a New Registration Statement, as the case may be, under clauses (i) or (ii) above, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Initial Registration Statement, as amended, or the New Registration Statement (the “ Remainder Registration Statements ”).
 
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(b)     The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as soon as practicable (including filing with the Commission a request for acceleration of effectiveness in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act), and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep each Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the earlier of (i) such time as all of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been publicly sold by the Holders or (ii) the date that all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement may be sold by non-affiliates 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 counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and reasonably acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent (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 promptly notify the Holders via facsimile or electronic mail of a “.pdf” format data file of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement on the same Trading Day that the Company telephonically confirms effectiveness with the Commission, which date of confirmation shall initially be the date requested for effectiveness of such Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 A.M. New York City time on the first Trading Day after the Effective Date, file a final Prospectus with the Commission, as required by Rule 424(b).
 
(c)     Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed Selling Stockholder Questionnaire not more than five (5) Trading Days following the date of this Agreement. At least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of a Registration Statement for any registration under this Agreement, the Company will notify each Holder of the information the Company requires from that Holder other than the information contained in the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire, if any, which shall be completed and delivered to the Company promptly upon request and, in any event, within three (3) Trading Days prior to the applicable anticipated filing date.  Each Holder further agrees that it shall not be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement or use the Prospectus for offers and resales of Registrable Securities at any time, unless such Holder has returned to the Company a completed and signed Selling Stockholder Questionnaire and a response to any requests for further information as described in the previous sentence. If a Holder of Registrable Securities returns a Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or a request for further information, in either case, after its respective deadline, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take such actions as are required to name such Holder as a selling security holder in the Registration Statement or any pre-effective or post-effective amendment thereto and to include (to the extent not theretofore included) in the Registration Statement the Registrable Securities identified in such late Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or request for further information. Each Holder acknowledges and agrees that the information in the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or request for further information as described in this Section 2(c) will be used by the Company in the preparation of the Registration Statement and hereby consents to the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement.
 
(d)     In the event that Form S-3 is not  available for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall (i) register the resale of the Registrable Securities on another appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the Holders and (ii) undertake to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 promptly after such form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the Commission.
 
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2A.            Piggyback Registrations .
 
(a)     Right to Piggyback .  Whenever the Company proposes to publicly sell any of its common equity securities pursuant to a registration statement (a “ Piggyback Registration Statement ”) under the Securities Act (other than a registration statement on Form S-8 or on Form S-4 or any similar successor forms thereto), for its own account in a fully underwritten firm commitment registered offering (a “ Piggyback Registration ”), the Company shall give prompt written notice, in any event within five (5) Business Days of the Company’s decision to effect a sale or registration, to the Holders of its intention to effect such sale or registration and, subject to Section 2A(b), shall include in such registration all Securities with respect to which the Company has received a written request from the Holders for inclusion therein within ten (10) days after the receipt of the Company’s notice.  The Company may postpone or withdraw the filing or the effectiveness of a Piggyback Registration at any time in its sole discretion.
 
(b)     Priority on Piggyback Registrations .  If the managing underwriter advises the Company in writing that in its opinion the number of securities requested to be included in a Piggyback Registration exceeds the number that can be sold in such offering without having an adverse effect on such offering, including the price at which such securities can be sold, then the Company shall include in such registration the maximum number of shares that such underwriter advises can be so sold without having such effect, allocated (i) first, to the securities the Company proposes to sell, (ii) second, to the Registrable Securities requested to be included therein by the Holders, and (iii) third, among other securities requested to be included in such registration by other security holders of the Company on such basis as such holders may agree among themselves and the Company.
 
3.     Registration Procedures
 
In connection with the Company's registration obligations pursuant to Section 2   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 (except for Annual Reports on Form 10-K, and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K and any similar or successor reports), (i) furnish to the Holder copies of such Registration Statement, Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto, as proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of such Holder (it being acknowledged and agreed that if a Holder does not object to or comment on the aforementioned documents within such five (5) Trading Day or one (1) Trading Day period, as the case may be, then the Holder shall be deemed to have consented to and approved the use of such documents) and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to 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 counsel to its Holders, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act.  The Company shall not file any Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto in a form to which a Holder reasonably objects in good faith, provided that, the Company is notified of such objection in writing within the five (5) Trading Day or one (1) Trading Day period described above, as applicable.
 
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(b)     (i)  Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements, to each Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for its Effectiveness Period; (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 practicable to any comments received from the Commission with respect to each Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and, as promptly as reasonably possible, provide the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to such Registration Statement that pertains to the Holders as “Selling Stockholders”; and (iv) comply 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 until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of (subject to the terms of this Agreement) in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented; provided, however , that each Purchaser shall be responsible for the delivery of the Prospectus to the Persons to whom such Purchaser sells any of the Shares or the Warrant Shares (including in accordance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act), and each Purchaser agrees to dispose of Registrable Securities in compliance with the “Plan of Distribution” described in the Registration Statement and otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 3(b) ) by reason of the Company filing a report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K or any analogous report under the Exchange Act, the Company shall have incorporated such report by reference into such Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the Commission on the same day on which the Exchange Act report which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement such Registration Statement was filed.
 
(c)     Notify the Holders (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 practicable (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to such filing) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one (1) 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 any Registration Statement (in which case the Company shall provide to each of the Holders true and complete copies of all comments that pertain to the Holders as a “Selling Stockholder” or to the “Plan of Distribution” and all written responses thereto, but not information that the Company believes would constitute material and non-public information); and (C) with respect to each 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 that pertains to the Holders as “Selling Stockholders” or the “Plan of Distribution”; (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 such 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 such Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of such 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 the case of any Prospectus, form of prospectus or supplement thereto, 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.
 
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(d)     Use commercially reasonable efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order 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, as soon as practicable.
 
(e)     If requested by a Holder, furnish to such Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and each amendment thereto 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 the Company shall have no obligation to provide any document pursuant to this clause that is available on the Commission’s EDGAR system.
 
(f)     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.
 
(g)     If requested by a Holder, cooperate with such Holder to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to the Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement and under law, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holders may reasonably request.
 
(h)     Following the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(c) , as promptly as reasonably practicable (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 the affected Registration Statements 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, no Registration Statement nor any 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 the case of any Prospectus, form of prospectus or supplement thereto, 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(c) 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 commercially reasonable 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(h) to suspend the availability of a Registration statement and Prospectus, for a period not to exceed one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) in any 365-day period.
 
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(i)     The Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to (i) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and any Affiliate thereof, (ii) any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“ FINRA ”) affiliations, (iii) any natural persons who have the power to vote or dispose of the common stock and (iv) any other information as may be requested by the Commission, FINRA or any state securities commission.
 
(j)     The Company shall cooperate with any registered broker through which a Holder proposes to resell its Registrable Securities in effecting a filing with FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 2710 as requested by any such Holder and the Company shall pay the filing fee required for the first such filing within two (2) Business Days of the request therefor.
 
4.     Registration Expenses .  All fees and expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with its obligations under this Agreement (excluding any underwriting discounts and selling commissions and the legal fees and expenses of more than one legal counsel for any Holder) 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 (A) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading, (B) with respect to compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities and determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Securities for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as requested by the Holders) and (C) if not previously paid by the Company in connection with Section 3(j) above, 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 FINRA pursuant to the FINRA Rule 2710, so long as the broker is receiving no more than a customary brokerage commission in connection with such sale, (ii) the reasonable, documented fees and expenses of one counsel to the Holders, (iii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement), (iv) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (v) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (vi) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vii) 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 underwriting, broker or similar fees or 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, defend and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, agents, partners, members, managers, stockholders, Affiliates and employees 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, partners, members, managers, stockholders, agents and employees 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 costs of preparation and investigation and reasonable attorneys' fees) and expenses (collectively, “ Losses ”), as incurred, that arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any 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 to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, or (ii) any violation or alleged violation by the
 
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Company of the Securities Act, 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 (A) such untrue statements, alleged untrue statements, omissions or alleged 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 approved  in writing by such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that each Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (B) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(c)(iii) - (vi) , related to the use by a 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 and defined in Section 6(d) below, to the extent that following the receipt of the Advice the misstatement or omission giving rise to such Loss would have been corrected or (C) to the extent that any such Losses arise out of the Purchaser’s (or any other indemnified Person’s) failure to send or give a copy of the Prospectus or supplement (as then amended or supplemented), if required, pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule) to the Persons asserting an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of Registrable Securities to such Person if such statement or omission was corrected in such Prospectus or supplement.  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.  Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of an Indemnified Party (as defined in Section 5(c) ) and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Holders.
 
(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, arising out of or are based solely upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any 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 any form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading (i) to the extent that 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 (ii) 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 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 such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (iii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(c)(iii) - (vi) , to the extent related to 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.
 
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(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 reasonable 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 materially and adversely 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 such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest exists 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 such counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party); provided , that the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all Indemnified Parties.  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, delayed or conditioned.  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 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 5 ) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within twenty (20) 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 finally judicially determined to not be entitled to indemnification hereunder). The failure to deliver written notice to the Indemnifying Party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such Indemnifying Party of any liability to the Indemnified Party under this Section 5 , except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is materially and adversely prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.
 
(d)     Contribution .  If a claim for 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, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, 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 reasonable 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 5 was available to such party in accordance with its terms.
 
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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) , (A) 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  and (B) no contribution will be made under circumstances where the maker of such contribution would not have been required to indemnify the Indemnified Party under the fault standards set forth in this Section 5 .  No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
 
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 5 are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties and are not in diminution or limitation of the indemnification provisions under the Purchase Agreement.
 
6.     Miscellaneous .
 
(a)     Remedies .  In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their 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, will 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 waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
 
(b)     Compliance .  Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it (unless an exemption therefrom is available) in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement and shall sell the Registrable Securities only in accordance with a method of distribution described in the Registration Statement
 
(c)     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(c)(iii) - (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 commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable.
 
(d)     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 hereof, 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.
 
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(e)     Amendments and Waivers .  The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, or waived unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and Holders holding no less than a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities, provided that any party may give a waiver as to itself.  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 Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by 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 immediately preceding sentence.
 
(f)     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.
 
(g)     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.  Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.  The Company may not assign its rights (except by merger or in connection with another entity acquiring all or substantially all of the Company’s assets) or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable Securities.  Each Holder may assign its respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under the Purchase Agreement; provided in each case that (i) the Holder agrees in writing with the transferee or assignee to assign such rights and related obligations under this Agreement, and for the transferee or assignee to assume such obligations, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within a reasonable time after such assignment, (ii) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such transferee or assignee and the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned, (iii) at or before the time the Company received the written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of this sentence, the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein and (iv) the transferee is an “accredited investor,” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D.
 
(h)     Execution and Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in two or more 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 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 were the original thereof.
 
(i)     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.
 
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(j)     Cumulative Remedies .  The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.
 
(k)     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 good faith 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.
 
(l)     Headings .  The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not limit or otherwise affect  the meaning hereof.
 
(m)     Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights .  The obligations of each Purchaser under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser hereunder, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser hereunder.  The decision of each Purchaser to purchase the Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made independently of any other Purchaser. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  Each Purchaser acknowledges that no other Purchaser has acted as agent for such Purchaser in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no Purchaser will be acting as agent of such Purchaser in connection with monitoring its investment in the Securities or enforcing its rights under the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser 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 Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any Proceeding for such purpose.  The Company acknowledges that each of the Purchasers has been provided with the same Registration Rights Agreement for the purpose of closing a transaction with multiple Purchasers and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Purchaser.
 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
 
 
 
TELKONET, INC.


By: /s/ Jason Tienor        
Name: Jason Tienor
Title: Chief Executive Officer
 
 

 
 

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
 
 
 
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ANNEX A
 
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We are registering the shares of Common Stock issued to the selling stockholders and issuable upon exercise of the warrants issued to the selling stockholders to permit the resale of these shares of Common Stock by the holders of the shares of Common Stock and warrants from time to time after the date of this prospectus.  We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling stockholders of the shares of Common Stock.  We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the shares of Common Stock.

The selling stockholders may sell all or a portion of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by them and offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or agents.  If the shares of Common Stock are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the selling stockholders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent's commissions.  The shares of Common Stock may be sold on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale, in the over-the-counter market or in transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the-counter market and in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in transactions, which may involve crosses or block transactions.  The selling stockholders may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares:
 
·
ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
 
·
block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;
 
·
purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;
 
·
an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;
 
·
privately negotiated transactions;
 
·
settlement of short sales entered into after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part;
 
·
broker-dealers may agree with the selling stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;
 
·
through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether such options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise;
 
·
a combination of any such methods of sale; and
 
·
any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.
 
The selling stockholders also may resell all or a portion of the shares in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as permitted by that rule, or Section 4(1) under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus, provided that they meet the criteria and conform to the requirements of those provisions.
 
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Broker-dealers engaged by the selling stockholders may arrange for other broker-dealers to participate in sales. If the selling stockholders effect such transactions by selling shares of Common Stock to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling stockholders or commissions from purchasers of the shares of Common Stock for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal. Such commissions will be in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction will not be 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 sales of the shares of Common Stock or otherwise, 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 shares of Common Stock in the course of hedging in positions they assume.  The selling stockholders may also sell shares of Common Stock short and if such short sale shall take place after the date that this Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission, the selling stockholders may deliver shares of Common Stock covered by this prospectus to close out short positions and to return borrowed shares in connection with such short sales.  The selling stockholders may also loan or pledge shares of Common Stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such shares, to the extent permitted by applicable law. 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). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the selling stockholders have been advised that they may not use shares registered on this registration statement to cover short sales of our common stock made prior to the date the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, has been declared effective by the SEC.
 
The selling stockholders may, from time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the warrants or shares of Common Stock owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of Common Stock from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, amending, if necessary, the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling stockholders under this prospectus.  The selling stockholders also may transfer and donate the shares of Common Stock in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.
 
The selling stockholders and any broker-dealer or agents participating in the distribution of the shares of Common Stock may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act in connection with such sales.  In such event, any commissions paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed to, any such broker-dealer or agent 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. Selling Stockholders who are "underwriters" within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act will be subject to the applicable prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act including Rule 172 thereunder and may be subject to certain statutory liabilities of, including but not limited to, Sections 11, 12 and 17 of the Securities Act and Rule 10b-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
 
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Each selling stockholder has informed the Company that it is not a registered broker-dealer and does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Common Stock.  Upon the Company being notified in writing by a selling stockholder that any material arrangement has been entered into with a broker-dealer for the sale of common stock through a block trade, special offering, exchange distribution or secondary distribution or a purchase by a broker or dealer, a supplement to this prospectus will be filed, if required, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, disclosing (i) the name of each such selling stockholder and of the participating broker-dealer(s), (ii) the number of shares involved, (iii) the price at which such the shares of Common Stock were sold, (iv) the commissions paid or discounts or concessions allowed to such broker-dealer(s), where applicable, (v) that such broker-dealer(s) did not conduct any investigation to verify the information set out or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, and (vi) other facts material to the transaction.  In no event shall any broker-dealer receive fees, commissions and markups, which, in the aggregate, would exceed eight percent (8.0%).
 
Under the securities laws of some states, the shares of Common Stock may be sold in such states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers.  In addition, in some states the shares of Common Stock may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with.
 
There can be no assurance that any selling stockholder will sell any or all of the shares of Common Stock registered pursuant to the shelf registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part.
 
Each selling stockholder and any other person participating in such distribution will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, to the extent applicable, Regulation M of the Exchange Act, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the shares of Common Stock by the selling stockholder and any other participating person.  To the extent applicable, Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the shares of Common Stock to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of Common Stock.  All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the shares of Common Stock and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of Common Stock.
 
We will pay all expenses of the registration of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to the registration rights agreement, including, without limitation, Securities and Exchange Commission filing fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or “blue sky” laws; provided , however , that each selling stockholder will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any and any related legal expenses incurred by it.  We will indemnify the selling stockholders against certain liabilities, including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance with the registration rights agreement, or the selling stockholders will be entitled to contribution.  We may be indemnified by the selling stockholders against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the selling stockholders specifically for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the related registration rights agreements, or we may be entitled to contribution.
 
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ANNEX B
 
SELLING STOCKHOLDER NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE

The undersigned holder of shares of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share of Telkonet, Inc. (the “ Company ”) issued pursuant to a certain Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the Company and the Purchasers named therein, dated as of November 16, 2009 (the “ Agreement ”), understands that the Company intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 (the “ Resale Registration Statemen t”) for the registration and the 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 Agreement. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement.

In order to sell or otherwise dispose of any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement, a holder of Registrable Securities generally will be required to be named as a selling stockholder in the related prospectus or a supplement thereto (as so supplemented, the “ Prospectus ”), deliver the Prospectus to purchasers of Registrable Securities (including pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act) and be bound by the provisions of the Agreement (including certain indemnification provisions, as described below).  Holders must complete and deliver this Notice and Questionnaire in order to be named as selling stockholders in the Prospectus.   Holders of Registrable Securities who do not complete, execute and return this Notice and Questionnaire within three (3) Trading Days following the date of the Agreement (1) will not be named as selling stockholders in the Resale Registration Statement or the Prospectus and (2) may not use the Prospectus for resales of Registrable Securities.

Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling stockholder in the Resale Registration Statement and the Prospectus.  Holders of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not named as a selling stockholder in the Resale Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
NOTICE
 
The undersigned holder (the “ Selling Stockholder ”) of Registrable Securities hereby gives notice to the Company of its intention to sell or otherwise dispose of Registrable Securities owned by it and listed below in Item (3), unless otherwise specified in Item (3), pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement.  The undersigned, by signing and returning this Notice and Questionnaire, understands and agrees that it will be bound by the terms and conditions of this Notice and Questionnaire and the Agreement.

The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate and complete:

QUESTIONNAIRE
 
1. Name.
 
 
(a)
Full Legal Name of Selling Stockholder:
   
   
 
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(b)
Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities Listed in Item 3 below are held:
     
     

                  
(c)
Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by the questionnaire):
     
     
 
2.  Address for Notices to Selling Stockholder:
 
 
 
 
Telephone:
Fax:
Contact Person:
E-mail address of Contact Person:________________________________________________

3.  Beneficial Ownership of Registrable Securities Issuable Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement:
 
                
(a)
Type and Number of Registrable Securities beneficially owned and issued pursuant to the Agreement:
 
     
     
     
     
 
 
(b)
Number of shares of Common Stock to be registered pursuant to this Notice for resale:
 
     
     
     
     
 
4.  Broker-Dealer Status:
 
 
(a)
Are you a broker-dealer?
 
Yes   o                       No   o
 
(b)
If “yes” to Section 4(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for investment banking services to the Company?
 
Yes   o                       No   o
 
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Note:
If no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
 
 
(c)
Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer?
 
Yes   o                       No   o
 
 
Note:
If yes, provide a narrative explanation below:
 
     
     
     
 
 
(c)
If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you bought the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities?
 
Yes   o                       No   o
 
 
Note:
If no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
 
5.  Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Stockholder.
 
Except as set forth below in this Item 5, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the Registrable Securities listed above in Item 3.
 
Type and amount of other securities beneficially owned:
 
   
   
   

6.  Relationships with the Company:
 
Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.
 
State any exceptions here:
 
   
   
   


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7.  Plan of Distribution:
 
The undersigned has reviewed the form of Plan of Distribution attached as Annex A to the Registration Rights Agreement, and hereby confirms that, except as set forth below, the information contained therein regarding the undersigned and its plan of distribution is correct and complete.
 
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 and prior to the effective date of any applicable Resale Registration Statement. All notices hereunder and pursuant to the Agreement shall be made in writing, by hand delivery, confirmed or facsimile transmission, first-class mail or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery at the address set forth below.  In the absence of any such notification, the Company shall be entitled to continue to rely on the accuracy of the information in this Notice and Questionnaire.
 
By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items (1) through (7) above and the inclusion of such information in the Resale Registration Statement and the Prospectus.  The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of any such Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
 
By signing below, the undersigned acknowledges that it understands its obligation to comply, and agrees that it will comply, with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, particularly Regulation M in connection with any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement.  The undersigned also acknowledges that it understands that the answers to this Questionnaire are furnished for use in connection with Registration Statements filed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and any amendments or supplements thereto filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act.
 
The undersigned hereby acknowledges and is advised of the following Interpretation A.65 of the July 1997 SEC Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations regarding short selling:
 
“An Issuer filed a Form S-3 registration statement for a secondary offering of common stock which is not yet effective.  One of the selling stockholders wanted to do a short sale of common stock “against the box” and cover the short sale with registered shares after the effective date.  The issuer was advised that the short sale could not be made before the registration statement become effective, because the shares underlying the short sale are deemed to be sold at the time such sale is made.  There would, therefore, be a violation of Section 5 if the shares were effectively sold prior to the effective date.”
 
By returning this Questionnaire, the undersigned will be deemed to be aware of the foregoing interpretation.
 
I confirm that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the foregoing statements (including without limitation the answers to this Questionnaire) are correct.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.
 
 
Dated: ________________________ Beneficial Owner: ______________________________
   
  By: _________________________________________
  Name:
  Title:
 
 
PLEASE FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:
 
Goodwin Procter LLP
53 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109-2802
Telephone No.: 617-570-1000
Facsimile No.: 617-523-1231
Attention: Carlos C. Clark
E-mail: ccclark@goodwinprocter.com

 
 


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Exhibit 10.3
 
NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.  THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (B) 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 OR BLUE SKY LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS TRANSFER AGENT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.
 
TELKONET, INC.
 
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
 
     
Warrant No. ____
  
Original Issue Date: ___________
 
Telkonet, Inc., a Utah corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby certifies that, for value received, ___________ or its permitted registered assigns (the “ Holder ”), is entitled to purchase from the Company up to a total of ___________ shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “ Common Stock ”), of the Company (each such share, a “ Warrant Share ” and all such shares, the “ Warrant Shares ”) at an exercise price per share equal to the greater of (i) the closing bid price of a share of Common Stock on November 12, 2009 or (ii) the volume-weighted average price of a share of Common Stock measured over the 30-day period immediately preceding November 12, 2009,   per share (as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 9 herein, the “ Exercise Price ”), at any time and from time to time on or after the date hereof (the “ Original Issue Date ”) and through and including 5:30 P.M., New York City time, on ______________, 2014 (the “ Expiration Date ”), and subject to the following terms and conditions:

This Warrant (this “ Warrant ”) is one of a series of similar warrants issued pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated November 16, 2009, by and among the Company and the Purchasers identified therein (the “ Purchase Agreement ”).  All such Warrants are referred to herein, collectively, as the “ Warrants .”
 
1.            Definitions . In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
  
2.            Registration of Warrants . The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “ Warrant Register ”), in the name of the record Holder (which shall include the initial Holder or, as the case may be, any registered assignee to which this Warrant is permissibly assigned hereunder) from time to time.  The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.
 

 
3.            Registration of Transfers . Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement and compliance with all applicable securities laws, the Company shall register the transfer of all or any portion of this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with the Form of Assignment attached as Schedule 2 hereto duly completed and signed, to the Company’s transfer agent or to the Company at its address specified in the Purchase Agreement and (x) delivery, at the request of the Company, of an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that the transfer of such portion of this Warrant may be made pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and all applicable state securities or blue sky laws and (y) delivery by the transferee of a written statement to the Company certifying that the transferee is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and making the representations and certifications set forth in Sections 3.2(b), (c) and (d) of the Purchase Agreement, to the Company at its address specified in the Purchase Agreement.  Upon any such registration or transfer, a new warrant to purchase Common Stock in substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new warrant, a “ New Warrant ”) evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the transferee, and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations in respect of the New Warrant that the Holder has in respect of this Warrant. The Company shall prepare, issue and deliver at its own expense any New Warrant under this Section 3 .
 
4.            Exercise and Duration of Warrants .
 
(a)           All or any part of this Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered Holder in the manner permitted by Section 10 of this Warrant at any time and from time to time on or after the Original Issue Date and through and including 5:30 P.M. New York City time, on the Expiration Date.  Upon the earlier of (i) 5:30 P.M., New York City time, on the Expiration Date, (ii) full exercise of this Warrant, or (iii) subject to Section 4(b), consummation of a Change of Control (as defined below), the portion of this Warrant not exercised prior thereto shall be and become void and of no value and this Warrant shall be terminated and no longer outstanding.

For the purposes hereof each of the following events shall constitute a “Change of Control”:

(i)           a merger, consolidation or share exchange in which
 
(x)           the Company is a constituent party or
 
 
(y)
a subsidiary of the Company is a constituent party and the Company issues shares of its capital stock pursuant to such merger or consolidation,
 
except any such merger or consolidation involving the Company or a subsidiary in which the shares of capital stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continue to represent, or are converted into or exchanged for shares of capital stock that represent, immediately following such merger or consolidation, at least a majority, by voting power, of the capital stock of (1) the surviving or resulting corporation or (2) if the surviving or resulting corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of another corporation immediately following such merger or consolidation, the parent corporation of such surviving or resulting corporation ( provided that , for the purpose of this Section 4(a), all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation or upon conversion of convertible securities outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation shall be deemed to be outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation and, if applicable, converted or exchanged in such merger or consolidation on the same terms as the actual outstanding shares of Common Stock are converted or exchanged); or
 
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(ii)           the sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company of all or substantially all the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, or the sale or disposition (whether by merger or otherwise) of one or more subsidiaries of the Company if substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole are held by such subsidiary or subsidiaries, except where such sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition is to a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a financing shall not constitute a Change of Control.

(b)           Immediately prior to the consummation of a Change of Control, the Warrant Shares shall automatically be deemed exercised for Common Stock if the price per share of the Common Stock is above the Exercise Price.

(c)           The Holder may exercise this Warrant by delivering to the Company (i) an exercise notice, in the form attached as Schedule 1 hereto (the “ Exercise Notice ”), completed and duly signed,  and (ii) payment of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised, and the date on which the last of such items is delivered to the Company (as determined in accordance with the notice provisions hereof) is an “ Exercise Date .” The delivery by (or on behalf of) the Holder of the Exercise Notice and the applicable Exercise Price as provided above shall constitute the Holder’s certification to the Company that its representations contained in Sections 3.2(b), (c) and (d) of the Purchase Agreement are true and correct as of the Exercise Date as if remade in their entirety (or, in the case of any transferee Holder that is not a party to the Purchase Agreement, such transferee Holder’s certification to the Company that such representations are true and correct as to such assignee Holder as of the Exercise Date).  The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder.  Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of a New Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares.

5.            Delivery of Warrant Shares . Upon exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than three (3) Trading Days after the Exercise Date) issue or cause to be issued and cause to be delivered to or upon the written order of the Holder and in such name or names as the Holder may designate (provided that, if the Registration Statement is not effective and the Holder directs the Company to deliver a certificate for the Warrant Shares in a name other than that of the Holder or an Affiliate of the Holder, it shall deliver to the Company on the Exercise Date an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that the issuance of such Warrant Shares in such other name may be made pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and all applicable state securities or blue sky laws), (i) a certificate for the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, free of restrictive legends, or (ii) an electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares to the Holder’s account at the Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) or a similar organization, unless in the case of clause (i) and (ii) a registration statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares and naming the Holder as a selling stockholder thereunder is not then effective or the Warrant Shares are not freely transferable without volume and manner of sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, in which case such Holder shall receive a certificate for the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise with appropriate restrictive legends.  The Holder, or any Person permissibly so designated by the Holder to receive Warrant Shares, shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of such Warrant Shares as of the Exercise Date.  If the Warrant Shares are to be issued free of all restrictive legends, the Company shall, upon the written request of the Holder, use its reasonable best efforts to deliver, or cause to be delivered, Warrant Shares hereunder electronically through DTC or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions, if available; provided, that, the Company may, but will not be required to, change its transfer agent if its current transfer agent cannot deliver Warrant Shares electronically through such a clearing corporation.
 
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6.            Charges, Taxes and Expenses . Issuance and delivery of certificates for shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax, transfer agent fee or other incidental tax or expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company; provided, however , that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration of any certificates for Warrant Shares or the Warrants in a name other than that of the Holder or an Affiliate thereof. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding or transferring this Warrant or receiving Warrant Shares upon exercise hereof.
 
7.            Replacement of Warrant . If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction (in such case) and, in each case, a customary and reasonable indemnity and surety bond, if requested by the Company. Applicants for a New Warrant under such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Company may prescribe. If a New Warrant is requested as a result of a mutilation of this Warrant, then the Holder shall deliver such mutilated Warrant to the Company as a condition precedent to the Company’s obligation to issue the New Warrant.
 
8.            Reservation of Warrant Shares . The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as herein provided, the number of Warrant Shares that are initially issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of this entire Warrant, free from preemptive rights or any other contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 9 ). The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the payment of the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable. The Company will take all such action as may be reasonably necessary to assure that such shares of Common Stock may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Common Stock may be listed.
 
9.            Certain Adjustments . The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 9 .
 
(a)            Stock Dividends and Splits . If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) pays a stock dividend on its Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of Common Stock any shares of capital of the Company, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination.
 
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(b)            Pro Rata Distributions . If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, distributes to all holders of Common Stock for no consideration (i) evidences of its indebtedness, (ii) any security (other than a distribution of Common Stock covered by the preceding paragraph) or (iii) rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security, or (iv) any other asset (in each case, “ Distributed Property ”), then, upon any exercise of this Warrant that occurs after the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution, the Holder shall be entitled to receive, in addition to the Warrant Shares otherwise issuable upon such exercise (if applicable), the Distributed Property that such Holder would have been entitled to receive in respect of such number of Warrant Shares had the Holder been the record holder of such Warrant Shares immediately prior to such record date without regard to any limitation on exercise contained therein.
 
(c)            Number of Warrant Shares . Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 9 , the number of Warrant Shares that may be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the increased or decreased number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment.
 
10.            Payment of Exercise Price . The Holder shall pay the Exercise Price in immediately available funds.
 
11.            Reserved .

12.            No Fractional Shares . No fractional Warrant Shares will be issued in connection with any exercise of this Warrant.  In lieu of any fractional shares that would otherwise be issuable, the number of Warrant Shares to be issued shall be rounded down to the next whole number and the Company shall pay the Holder in cash the fair market value (based on the closing sale price) for any such fractional shares.
 
13.            Notices . Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries hereunder (including, without limitation, any Exercise Notice) shall be in writing and 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 in the Purchase Agreement prior to 5:30 P.M., New York City time, on a Trading Day, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in the Purchase Agreement on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 P.M., New York City time, on any Trading Day, (iii) the Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service specifying next business day delivery, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the Person to whom such notice is required to be given, if by hand delivery. The address and facsimile number of a Person for such notices or communications shall be as set forth in the Purchase Agreement unless changed by such Person by two (2) Trading Days’ prior notice to the other Persons in accordance with this Section 13 .
 
14.            Warrant Agent . The Company shall serve as warrant agent under this Warrant. Upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a new warrant agent. Any corporation into which the Company or any new warrant agent may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which the Company or any new warrant agent shall be a party or any corporation to which the Company or any new warrant agent transfers substantially all of its corporate trust or shareholders services business shall be a successor warrant agent under this Warrant without any further act.  Any such successor warrant agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to be mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder at the Holder’s last address as shown on the Warrant Register.
 
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15.            Miscellaneous .
 
(a)     No Rights as a Stockholder .  The Holder, solely in such Person's capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in such Person's capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, amalgamation, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which such Person is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
 
(b)     Authorized Shares . (i) The Company covenants that during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant.  The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant.  The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed.  The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).
 
(c)     Successors and Assigns . Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Warrant and in Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement, and compliance with applicable securities laws, this Warrant may be assigned by the Holder. This Warrant shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the Company and the Holder and their respective successors and assigns. Subject to the preceding sentence, nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company and the Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause of action under this Warrant. This Warrant may be amended only in writing signed by the Company and the Holder, or their successors and assigns.
 
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(d)     Amendment and Waiver .  Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of the Warrants may be amended and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Holders of Warrants representing no less than a majority of the Warrant Shares obtainable upon exercise of the Warrants then outstanding.
 
(e)     Acceptance . Receipt of this Warrant by the Holder shall constitute acceptance of and agreement to all of the terms and conditions contained herein.
 
(f)     Governing Law; Jurisdiction . ALL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, ENFORCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THEREOF. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER 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. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER 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 PERSON AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT UNDER THE PURCHASE 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 OF THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY. 
 
(g)            Headings .   The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
 
(h)            Severability .  In case any one or more of the provisions of this Warrant shall be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Warrant shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the Company and the Holder will attempt in good faith to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision which shall be a commercially reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Warrant.
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.
 
 
 
TELKONET, INC.
   
   
 
By:   /s/ Jason Tienor                                       
 
Name:    Jason Tienor
 
Title:      Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
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SCHEDULE 1

FORM OF EXERCISE NOTICE

[To be executed by the Holder to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Warrant]
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:

(1)           The undersigned is the Holder of Warrant No. __________ (the “ Warrant ”) issued by Telkonet, Inc., a Utah corporation (the “ Company ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.

(2)           The undersigned hereby exercises its right to purchase __________ Warrant Shares pursuant to the Warrant.

(3)           The Holder shall pay the sum of $___________ in immediately available funds to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

(4)           Pursuant to this Exercise Notice, the Company shall deliver to the Holder Warrant Shares determined in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

 
 
Dated:____________________
 
Name of Holder:  ____________________________
 
By:_________________________________     
Name: _______________________________
Title:  _______________________________
(Signature must conform in all respects to name of Holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)
 
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SCHEDULE 2

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
 
[To be completed and executed by the Holder only upon transfer of the Warrant]
 
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto                              (the “ Transferee ”) the right represented by the within Warrant to purchase                  shares of Common Stock of Telkonet, Inc., a Utah company, (the “ Company ”) to which the within Warrant relates and appoints                              attorney to transfer said right on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises. In connection therewith, the undersigned represents, warrants, covenants and agrees to and with the Company that:

(a)
the offer and sale of the Warrant contemplated hereby is being made in compliance with Section 4(1) of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”) or another valid exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act and in compliance with all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States;
 
(b)
the undersigned has not offered to sell the Warrant by any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including, but not limited to, any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, and any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising;
 
(c)
the undersigned has read the Transferee’s investment letter included herewith, and to its actual knowledge, the statements made therein are true and correct; and
 
(d)
the undersigned understands that the Company may condition the transfer of the Warrant contemplated hereby upon the delivery to the Company by the undersigned or the Transferee, as the case may be, of a written opinion of counsel (which opinion shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions) to the effect that such transfer may be made without registration under the Securities Act and under applicable securities laws of the states of the United States.
 
Dated:    __________________________
  __________________________________________ 
   
(Signature must conform in all respects to name of
holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)
     
    __________________________________________ 
   
Address of Transferee
     
    __________________________________________
In the presence of:
   
    __________________________________________ 
________________________________     

 
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Exhibit 10.4
 
EXECUTIVE OFFICER REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
 
This Executive Officer Reimbursement Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of November 16, 2009, by and between Telkonet, Inc., a Utah corporation (the “ Company ”) and ___________ (the “ Executive Officer ”).
 
RECITALS
 
A.           Prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company received short term loans from the Executive Officer and the aggregate amount currently outstanding under such short term loans is $____________ (the “ Outstanding Amount ”).
 
B.           Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Company, the Executive Officer and certain other parties are entering into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “ Purchase Agreement ”) providing for the sale of shares (the “ Preferred Shares ”) of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and warrants (the “ Warrants ”) to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”).
 
C.           The Company and the Executive Officer desire to enter into this Agreement to set forth their agreement and understanding with respect to how a portion of the Outstanding Amount will be reimbursed by the Company through the sale and issuance of Shares and Warrants pursuant to the Purchase 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 the Executive Officer hereby agree as follows:
 
1.            Reimbursement of a Portion of the Outstanding Amount . The Executive Officer shall accept, in full and complete satisfaction of $________ of the Outstanding Amount, _______ Preferred Shares which are convertible into _______ shares of Common Stock and Warrants to purchase _______ shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.  This Agreement hereby satisfies the Executive Officer’s obligation to deliver his Subscription Amount (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) pursuant to Sections 2.1(c) and 2.2(b)(ii) of the Purchase Agreement.

2.            Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns.  The parties hereto shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto.

3.            Applicable Law . 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 Utah, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.

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

 
5.            No Third Party Beneficiary. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person.

6.            Miscellaneous .

(a)           This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Company and the Executive Officer with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior oral or written agreements and understandings, if any, relating to the subject matter hereof. The terms and provisions of this Agreement may be waived, or consent for the departure therefrom granted, only by a written document executed by the party entitled to the benefits of such terms or provisions.

(b)           This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other parties hereto.  Facsimile signatures on this Agreement, or any counterpart of this Agreement, shall have the same force and effect as original signatures.

(c)           Each provision of this Agreement shall be considered separable and, if for any reason any provision or provisions hereof are determined to be invalid or contrary to applicable law, such invalidity or illegality shall not impair the operation of or affect the remaining portions of this Agreement.

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Executive Officer Reimbursement Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
 
 
  TELKONET, INC. 
   
  By:   /s/ Jason Tienor                                      
  Name: Jason Tienor 
  Title: Chief Executive Officer 
   
   
   
  EXECUTIVE OFFICER
   
   
  ________________________________ 
 
Name:
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
SIGNATURE PAGE TO EXECUTIVE OFFICER REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
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Exhibit 99.1

 
News Release
 


Media Contacts:
Telkonet Investor Relations, 240.912.1811, ir@telkonet.com
Garrett Axford, Georgina Garrett / Simon Jones, 866.940.9987, +44.1903.854900, mail@garrett-axford.co.uk
 
For Immediate Release
 
Telkonet Announces 2009 Third Quarter Results; Equity Financing; and Board of Director Changes
 
November 16, 2009: Germantown, MD – Telkonet, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: TKOI), a Clean Technology company that develops and manufactures proprietary energy management and SmartGrid networking technology, announced today third quarter results for the period ended September 30, 2009. Telkonet has reflected MSTI Holdings, Inc. or “MST” results of operations in the condensed consolidated statement of operations through the date of the disposal (April 22, 2009) as discontinued operations for all periods presented.
 
For the 2009 third quarter, Telkonet, Inc. had revenue of $2.4 million, a decrease of 49% compared to $4.7 million in the 2008 third quarter. Telkonet’s revenues decreased by 23% when compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2009. Telkonet, Inc. reported gross margins of 51% for the third quarter of 2009 compared to the 2008 third quarter of 47%, and 57% in the second quarter of 2009. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $1.7 million, compared to $2.1 million in the 2008 third quarter and $1.7 million in the 2009 second quarter.
 
Telkonet, Inc. reported a 2009 third quarter net loss of $(2.1) million, or $(0.02) per share, compared to a net loss of $(2.9) million or $(0.04) per share in the 2008 third quarter. N et income for the third quarter of 2008 included losses from discontinued operations of $(1.4) million, or $(0.02) per share.
 
Telkonet had a negative adjusted EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization), a non-GAAP measure, in the third quarter of 2009 of approximately $(741,000) compared to a negative adjusted EBITDA of $(391,000) in the 2008 third quarter.
 
“During the third quarter we continued our focus on cost and cash management to weather the difficult economy,” said Jason Tienor, Telkonet’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Our primary target market for our clean tech products as well as our networking solutions, the hospitality market, has been one of the most affected sectors of the economy, with low occupancy rates halting capital purchases. We are disappointed that we had an increase in operating losses both quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year, but remain focused on near-term profitability as we diversify our sales strategy in new market segments, such as the government, education and healthcare markets, and we continue to pursue strategic business partnerships fueled by federal stimulus funding.”
 
For the nine months ended June 30, 2009, Telkonet had revenue of $8.4 million, a decrease of 37% compared to $13.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2008. Telkonet, Inc. reported gross margins of 54% for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to 40% for the nine months ended September 30, 2008.
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses were $5.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to $7.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008.
 
Telkonet, Inc. reported a net income of $4.2 million, or $0.04 per share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, when compared to a net loss of $(12.2) million, or $(0.16) per share for the nine months ended
 
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September 30, 2008. Net income in 2009 includes a $6.9 million gain on the deconsolidation of MST. Telkonet had a negative adjusted EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization), a non-GAAP measure, of approximately $(1.3) million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to negative adjusted EBITDA of $(3.6) million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008.
 
Equity Financing
Telkonet announces that it has today entered into definitive agreements in connection with a Regulation D private placement of 215 shares of the Company’s Series A Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Series A”), and warrants (“Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 1,628,800 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”). The Series A shares were sold at a price per share of $5,000 and the Warrants have an exercise price of $0.33, which is equal to the volume-weighted average price of a share of Common Stock measured over the 30-day period immediately preceding November 12, 2009. The Company expects to complete the private placement transaction within the next several days and expects to receive $1,075,000 from the sale of these Series A shares and Warrants. A portion of the proceeds to be received by the Company will come from certain members of Company management in connection with the conversion of a portion of outstanding indebtedness of the Company owed to such members of management.  The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Series A shares and the Warrants for general working capital needs and may use the proceeds in the short term to repay certain outstanding indebtedness, and to pay expenses of the offering as well as other general corporate capital purposes.
 
Under the terms of the private placement transaction, each Series A share is convertible into approximately 13,774 shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.363 per share, which is equal to 110% of the volume-weighted average price of a share of Common Stock measured over the 30-day period immediately preceding November 12, 2009.  Except as specifically provided or as otherwise required by law, the Series A shares will vote together with the Common Stock shares on an as-if-converted basis and not as a separate class.  Each Series A share shall have a number of votes equal to the number of shares of Common Stock then issuable upon conversion of such shares of the Series A.
 
Additionally, the Company agreed with the purchasers to file a registration statement covering the resale of the shares of common stock to be acquired by the purchasers upon conversion of their Series A shares following the conclusion of a rights offering to be filed with the SEC.
 
Board of Director Changes
Telkonet announces that, effective Friday, November 13, 2009, Dr. Tom Hall resigned his position as a member of the Board of Directors.
Effective November 16, 2009, Warren V. Musser resigned his position as Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Board elected Anthony J. Paoni as Chairman of the Board to take the position previously held by Mr. Musser.
 

 
 

 

In connection with the closing of the private placement transaction, Seth D. Blumenfeld will be resigning from the board and Jason L. Tienor, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Seth D. Blumenfeld.
 
Conference Call
The Company will hold a conference call Monday, November 16 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss these results. Interested parties should dial 866-893-4204 (domestically) or 706-758-7105 (internationally). Please use conference ID # 40955730. There will be a replay of the call available until December 14, 2009 posted on the Investor Relations page of the Telkonet web site at http://www.telkonet.com/investors/investors.php .
 
NON-GAAP Financial Measures
To comply with Regulation G promulgated pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Telkonet, Inc. attached to this news release and will post to the company’s investor relations web site (www.telkonet.com) any reconciliations of differences between non-GAAP financial information that may be required in connection with issuing the company’s financial results.
 
The Company, as is common in its industry, uses EBITDA as a measure of performance to demonstrate earnings exclusive of interest and non-cash events. The Company manages its business based on its cash flows. The Company, in its daily management of its business affairs and analysis of its monthly, quarterly and annual performance, makes its decisions based on cash flows, not on the amortization of assets obtained through historical activities. The Company, in managing its current and future affairs, cannot affect the amortization of the intangible assets to any material degree, and therefore uses EBITDA as its primary management guide. Since an outside investor may base its evaluation of the Company’s performance based on the Company’s net loss not its cash flows, there is a limitation to the EBITDA measurement. EBITDA is not, and should not be considered, an alternative to net loss, loss from operations, or any other measure for determining operating performance of liquidity, as determined under accounting principals generally accepted in the United States (GAAP). The most directly comparable GAAP reference in the Company’s case is the removal of interest, depreciation, amortization, taxes and other non-cash expense. In assessing the overall health of its business during the quarter ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the Company excluded items in the following general categories, each of which are described below:
 
 
·
Loss on Sale of Investment. In February 2009 the Company completed the sale of its investment in a publicly-traded company and recorded a $29,371 loss on the sale of the investment in the consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The Company considers this an investment transaction, and it is not an indication of operating performance. Therefore the Company does not consider the inclusion of our sale of this investment helpful in assessing its current financial performance compared to previous periods as well as prospects for the future.
 
 
·
Gain on Derivative Liability. The Company has historically recorded non-cash gains and losses on the fair value of their derivative liabilities which arouse from the sale of the Convertible Debentures in May and July 2008. These Debentures have embedded derivatives and the accounting treatment of derivative financial instruments requires that the Company record all derivatives and related warrants, and classify all other non-employee stock options and warrants as derivative liabilities and mark them to market at each reporting date. The Company considers this a financing transaction, and it is not an indication of current or future operating performance. Therefore, the Company does not consider the inclusion of this transaction helpful in assessing its current financial performance compared to previous periods as well as prospects for the future.
 

 
 

 


 
 
·
Impairment write-down in investment in marketable securities. In the third quarter of 2009, the Company recorded a non-recurring expense of $367,653 based upon the Company’s determination that its investment in Geeks on Call America is impaired because the Company believes that its fair market value has permanently declined. The Company considers this an investment transaction, and it is not an indication of current or future operating performance. Therefore, the Company does not consider the inclusion of this transaction helpful in assessing its current financial performance compared to previous periods as well as prospects for the future.
 
 
·
Other Expense . In the first quarter of 2008, the Company recorded a non-recurring non-cash expense of $1,598,203 in connection with an amendment to 3,380,000 stock purchase warrants held by private placement investors which reduced the exercise price under such warrants from $4.17 per share to $0.6978258 per share. The Company considers this a financing transaction, and it is not an indication of current or future operating performance. Therefore the Company does not consider the inclusion of this transaction helpful in assessing its current financial performance compared to previous periods as well as prospects for the future.
 
 
·
Impairment write-down in investment in affiliate . In the second quarter of 2008, the Company recorded a one-time non-cash expense of $380,000 in connection with the issuance of 600,000 shares of Company stock attributable to the release of shares from a purchase price contingency escrow. The Company considers this an investment transaction, and it is not an indication of current or future operating performance. Therefore the Company does not consider the inclusion of this transaction helpful in assessing its current financial performance compared to previous periods as well as prospects for the future.
 
 
·
Stock-Based Compensation . The Company believes that because of the variety of equity awards used by companies, varying methodologies for determining stock-based compensation and the assumptions and estimates involved in those determinations, the exclusion of non-cash stock-based compensation enhances the ability of management and investors to understand the impact of non-cash stock-based compensation on our operating results. Further, the Company believes that excluding stock-based compensation expense allows for a more transparent comparison of its financial results to previous periods.
 
Each of the non-GAAP financial measures described above, and used in this press release, should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, a measure of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Further, investors are cautioned that there are inherent limitations associated with the use of each of these non-GAAP financial measures as an analytical tool. In particular, these non-GAAP financial measures are not based on a comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles and many of the adjustments to the GAAP financial measure reflect the exclusion of items that are recurring and will be reflected in the Company’s financial results for the foreseeable future. The Company compensates for these limitations by providing specific information in the reconciliation included in this press release regarding the GAAP amounts excluded from the non-GAAP financial measures. In addition, as noted above, the Company evaluates the non-GAAP financial measures together with the most directly comparable GAAP financial information.
 
 
_______________________
(1)
GAAP stands for Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.


About Telkonet
Telkonet, a Clean Technology company, provides integrated, centrally-managed energy management and SmartGrid networking solutions that improve energy efficiency and reduce the demand for new energy generation. The Company’s energy management systems, aimed at the hospitality, commercial, government, healthcare and education markets, are dynamically lowering HVAC costs in over 160,000 rooms, and are an integral part of various utilities’ green energy efficiency and rebate programs.
 
Primarily targeting SmartGrid and utility applications, Telkonet’s patented powerline communications (PLC) platform delivers cost-effective, robust networking, with real-time online monitoring and maintenance capabilities, increasing the reliability and energy efficiency across the entire utility grid. www.telkonet.com .
 
 
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All company, brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.

Statements included in this release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties such as competitive factors, technological development, market demand and the Company’s ability to obtain new contracts and accurately estimate net revenue due to variability in size, scope and duration of projects, and internal issues in the sponsoring client. Further information on potential factors that could affect the Company’s financial results, can be found in the Company’s Registration Statement and in its Reports on Forms 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
 
 
 
 
 
 
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TELKONET, INC.
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME (LOSS) TO ADJUSTED EBITDA
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 AND 2008
(Unaudited)
 
   
Three Months Ended
   
Nine Months Ended
 
   
September 30,
   
September 30,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
Net income (loss), as reported
  $ (2,139,644 )   $ (2,878,757 )   $ 4,162,143     $ (12,231,629 )
Net (income) loss from discontinued operations
    -       1,370,896       635,735       3,412,656  
Net (gain) from discontinued operations
    -       -       (6,932,586 )     -  
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
    (2,139,644 )     (1,507,861 )     (2,134,708 )     (8,818,973 )
                                 
Financing expense, net
    228,730       243,424       710,266       593,228  
Depreciation and amortization
    86,223       103,056       266,740       318,210  
                                 
EBITDA attributed to Telkonet segment
    (1,824,691 )     (1,161,381 )     (1,157,702 )     (7,907,535 )
Adjustments:
                               
Loss on sale of investment
    -       -       29,371       -  
(Gain) loss on derivative liability
    650,338       576,156       (788,936 )     1,594,604  
Impairment write-down in investment in marketable securities
    367,653       -       367,653       -  
Other expense
    -       -       -       1,598,203  
Impairment write-down in investment in affiliate
    -       -       -       380,000  
Stock based compensation
    65,746       194,483       243,366       704,613  
                                 
Adjusted EBITDA
  $ (740,954 )   $ (390,742 )   $ (1,306,248 )   $ (3,630,110 )


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TELKONET, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(UNAUDITED)
   
For The Three Months Ended
September 30,
   
For The Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
Revenues, net:
                       
Product
 
$
1,445,888
   
$
3,837,728
   
$
5,462,955
   
$
10,821,179
 
Recurring
   
991,130
     
897,482
     
2,982,384
     
2,559,728
 
Total Revenue
   
2,437,018
     
4,735,210
     
8,445,339
     
13,380,907
 
                                 
Cost of Sales:
                               
Product
   
833,926
     
2,076,776
     
2,942,748
     
6,800,627
 
Recurring
   
348,321
     
416,723
     
957,668
     
1,274,786
 
Total Cost of Sales
   
1,182,247
     
2,493,499
     
3,900,416
     
8,075,413
 
                                 
Gross Profit
   
1,254,771
     
2,241,711
     
4,544,923
     
5,305,494
 
                                 
Operating Expenses:
                               
Research and Development
   
263,672
     
509,418
     
761,950
     
1,667,229
 
Selling, General and Administrative
   
1,732,053
     
2,123,035
     
5,089,221
     
7,268,375
 
Impairment write-down in investment in affiliate
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
380,000
 
Stock Based Compensation
   
65,746
     
194,483
     
243,366
     
704,613
 
Depreciation and Amortization
   
86,223
     
103,056
     
266,740
     
318,210
 
Total Operating Expense
   
2,147,694
     
2,929,992
     
6,361,277
     
10,338,427
 
                                 
Loss from Operations
   
(892,923
)
   
(688,281
)
   
(1,816,354
)
   
(5,032,933
)
                                 
Other Income (Expenses):
                               
Financing Expense, net
   
(228,730
)
   
(243,424
)
   
(710,266
)
   
(2,191,431
)
Gain (Loss) on Derivative Liability
   
(650,338
)
   
(576,156
)
   
788,936
     
(1,594,609
)
Impairment of Investment in Marketable Securities
   
(367,653
)
   
-
     
(367,653
)
   
-
 
(Loss) on Sale of Investment
   
-
     
-
     
(29,371
)
   
-
 
Total Other Income (Expenses)
   
(1,246,721
   
(819,580
)
   
(318,354
)
   
(3,786,040
                                 
Income (Loss) Before Provision for Income Taxes
   
(2,139,644
   
(1,507,861
)
   
(2,134,708
)
   
(8,818,973
)
Provision for Income Taxes
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
                                 
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations
 
$
(2,139,644
 
$
(1,507,861
)
 
$
(2,134,708
)
 
$
(8,818,973
)
                                 
Discontinued Operations
                               
Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations
   
-
     
(1,370,896
)
   
(635,735
)
   
(3,412,656
)
Gain on Deconsolidation
   
-
     
-
     
6,932,586
     
-
 
                                 
Net Income (Loss)
 
$
(2,139,644
 
$
(2,878,757
 
$
4,162,143
   
$
(12,231,629
                                 
Net income (loss) per share:
                               
Income (loss) per share from continuing operations - basic
 
$
(0.02
)
 
$
(0.04
)
 
$
(0.02
)
 
$
(0.16
)
Income (loss) per share from continuing operations - diluted
 
$
(0.02
 
$
(0.04
)
 
$
(0.02
)
 
$
(0.16
)
Income (loss) per share from discontinued operations – basic
 
$
0.00
   
$
(0.02
)
 
$
0.07
   
$
(0.04
)
Income (loss) per share from discontinued operations – diluted
 
$
0.00
   
$
(0.02
)
 
$
0.07
   
$
(0.04
)
Net income (loss) per share – basic
 
$
(0.02
)
 
$
(0.04
)
 
$
0.04
   
$
(0.16
)
Net income (loss) per share - diluted
 
$
(0.02
 
$
(0.04
)
 
$
0.04
   
$
(0.16
)
                                 
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding - basic
   
96,220,386
     
81,422,404
     
93,787,069
     
76,880,047
 
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding - diluted
   
96,220,386
     
81,422,404
     
93,787,069
     
76,880,047
 
                                 
Comprehensive Income (Loss): 
                               
Net Income (Loss) 
 
(2,139,644
 
(2,878,757
 
4,162,143
   
(12,231,629
Unrecognized Gain (Loss) on Investment 
   
-
     
(1,218,100
   
32,750
     
(2,776,304
                                 
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
(2,139,644
 
(4,096,857
 
4,194,893
   
(15,007,933

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