UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 12, 2017

 

Naked Brand Group Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   001-37662   99-0369814
(State or other   (Commission   (IRS Employer
jurisdiction 
of incorporation)
  File Number)   Identification No.)

  

10th Floor – 95 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

212.851.8050

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

x Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Entry into Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

On January 12, 2017, Naked Brand Group Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain investors providing for the issuance and sale by the Company of 1,879,811 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), in a registered direct offering (the “Offering”).  The Shares were offered at a price of $1.04 per Share.  

 

The gross proceeds from the Offering are $1.955 million. The Company intends to use the proceeds from the Offering to provide working capital for general corporate purposes and to support Naked's ongoing operations through the estimated timeframe to completion of its proposed merger with Bendon Limited, the Letter of Intent for which was announced January 13, 2017.  

 

The Shares were offered by the Company pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-213965), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 19, 2016.  The Shares may be offered only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement, forming a part of the effective registration statement.  A prospectus supplement relating to the Offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

Attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report is the opinion of Duane Morris LLP relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the Shares.

 

The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company and the investors including representations and warranties that the respective parties made to, and solely for the benefit of, the other parties thereto in the context of all of the terms and conditions of that agreement and in the context of the specific relationship between the parties. The provisions of the Purchase Agreement, including the representations and warranties contained therein, are not for the benefit of any party other than the parties to the Purchase Agreement or as stated therein and is not intended as a document for investors and the public to obtain factual information about the current state of affairs of the parties to those documents and agreements. Rather, investors and the public should look to other disclosures contained in the Company’s filings with the SEC.

 

The foregoing summary of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report.  

 

This Current Report does not constitute an offer to sell the Shares or a solicitation of an offer to buy these Shares, nor shall there be any sale of these Shares in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

 

Entry into Letter of Intent

 

On December 19, 2016, the Company entered into a letter of intent with Bendon Limited (the “LOI”), an intimate apparel company based in New Zealand (“Bendon”), for a proposed merger of the companies, pursuant to which a newly-formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company would merge with and into Bendon (the “Merger”). The LOI became binding on the Company on January 12, 2017 upon entry into the Purchase Agreement. Upon consummation of the proposed Merger, Bendon would be the surviving corporation, continuing in existence as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. As contemplated by the LOI, the Company would issue the holders of ordinary shares of Bendon an aggregate of 118,812,163 shares of common stock of the Company. Completion of the proposed Merger is subject to the negotiation of a definitive merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”), satisfaction of the conditions negotiated therein and approval of the proposed Merger by the Company’s stockholders. Pursuant to the terms of the LOI, the Company’s management, as well as certain insiders, will agree to sign voting agreements pursuant to which each stockholder will grant a proxy and/or agree to vote for the proposed Merger at any meeting of stockholders. In addition, key employees of Bendon will be offered employment with the Company, to be effective upon completion of the proposd Merger and Ms. Carole Hochman, the Company’s current Chief Executive Officer, Chief Creative Officer, and Chairwoman of its board of directors, will be offered continued employment pursuant to an employment agreement. Further, the Company is required to (i) appoint two new directors to the Company’s board of directors, (ii) adhere to a no-shop provision until the earlier of the date the Merger Agreement is executed or the LOI is terminated, and (iii) issue 2.5 million shares of common stock to Bendon in the event the Merger Agreement is not executed by February 10, 2017 or the Merger is not consummated within six months thereafter (each a “Merger Milestone”); provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to issue Bendon such shares if Bendon’s action(s) or lack thereof has been the principal cause of or resulted in the failure of the parties to achieve a Merger Milestone.

 

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In accordance with the terms of the LOI, Bendon agreed to introduce investors to the Company, which are not affiliated with Bendon, to participate in a financing resulting in aggregate gross proceeds of up to $2.5 million, subject to adjustment as set forth in the LOI.  Such investors are participating in the Offering.

 

The foregoing summary of the LOI does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the LOI, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report.

 

Voting Agreements

 

In connection with the LOI, the Company has entered into voting agreements (each, a “Voting Agreement”) with all directors and officers of the Company and will enter into agreements with certain stockholders of the Company, representing approximately 22% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock following the offering. Pursuant to the Voting Agreements, among other things, the signatories thereto have agreed to vote all of their shares of common stock, as well as any additional shares acquired after the date of the Voting Agreements, if any, in support of the Merger.

 

The foregoing description of the Voting Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Voting Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 hereto.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

As previously disclosed, the Company issued each of Carole Hochman, David Hochman and Andrew Kaplan a convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $112,000, $12,000 and $100,000, respectively (each a “Note” and collectively, the “Notes”). In accordance with the terms and conditions of the Notes, upon completion of the Offering, the outstanding balance of each Note automatically converted into shares of common stock. Ms. Hochman converted an outstanding balance of $114,320 into 92, 943 shares based on a conversion price per share of $1.23 and Mr. Hochman and Mr. Kaplan converted an outstanding balance of $12,210 and $101,751, respectively, into 11,740 shares and 97,837 shares based on a conversion price per share of $1.04. Upon completion of the Offering and the issuance of the shares upon conversion of the Notes, the Company has 8,152,313 shares of common stock outstanding.

 

The shares of common stock issued upon conversion of the Notes were issued in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

 

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

 

Pursuant to the terms of the LOI, on January 17, 2017, the board of directors of the Company elected Justin Davis-Rice and Edward Peter Hanson to serve as directors on the board of directors until the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders or until their earlier resignation or removal. Mr. Rice is the Executive Chairman of Bendon. Except with respect to the LOI in which Mr. Rice has in interest due to his position at Bendon, the Company has not entered into any transactions with Messrs. Rice and Hanson that are reportable pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

 

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD.

 

On January 13, 2017, the Company issued a press release announcing the Offering. The press release is furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

On January 13, 2017, the Company issued a joint press release with Bendon relating to the Merger. A copy of the joint press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the information contained in Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section. The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing or document.

 

Item 8.01. Other Information.

 

As previously disclosed, on September 23, 2016, the Company received written notice from the Listing Qualifications Staff of The NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) notifying the Company that it no longer complies with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) due to the Company’s failure to maintain a minimum of $2,500,000 in stockholders’ equity (the “Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Requirement”) or any alternatives to such requirement. The Company reported stockholders’ equity of $420,941 in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended October 31, 2016. In November 2016, the Company provided NASDAQ with a plan to regain compliance, which among other things, discussed the proposed Merger. In December 2016, NASDAQ granted the Company an extension of up to 180 calendar days from the date of the notice, or until March 22, 2017, to evidence compliance with the Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Requirement. The Company is working diligently to satisfy the Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Requirement; however, it cannot make any assurance that it will comply by March 22, 2017. In the event the Company does not satisfy such requirement, NASDAQ will provide written notification that the Company’s common stock will be delisted. At that time, the Company may appeal NASDAQ’s determination to a hearings panel.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)        Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
5.1   Opinion of Duane Morris LLP*
     
10.1   Securities Purchase Agreement dated January 12, 2017, between Naked Brand Group Inc. and certain investors*
     
10.2   Form of Voting Agreement*
     
10.3   Letter of Intent, dated December 19, 2016*
     
23.1   Consent of Duane Morris LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)*
     
99.1   Press Release, dated January 13, 2017**
     
99.2   Press Release, dated January 13, 2017**

  

* Filed herewith.

 

** Furnished herewith.

 

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Additional Information and Where to Find It

 

This communication does not constitute the solicitation of any vote or approval. This communication is being made in respect of the proposed Merger. The proposed Merger will be submitted to the stockholders of the Company for their consideration. In connection therewith, the Company intends to file relevant materials with the SEC, including a definitive proxy statement. Such documents are not currently available. Before making any voting or investment decision with respect, investors and security holders of the Company are urged to read the definitive proxy statement and the other relevant materials filed or to be filed with the SEC carefully and in their entirety when they become available because they will contain important information about the Company, Bendon and the proposed Merger. The definitive proxy statement and other relevant materials (when they become available), and any other documents filed by the Company with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at the SEC web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, investors and security holders of the Company may obtain free copies of the documents filed with the SEC by the Company by directing a written request to: Naked Brand Group Inc., 95 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10016, Attention: Investor Relations.

 

This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

 

Participants in the Solicitation

 

The Company and its directors, executive officers and certain other members of management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of the Company in connection with the proposed Merger. Information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation of the stockholders of the Company and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the definitive proxy statement regarding the proposed Merger and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC by the Company when they become available. Additional information regarding the directors and executive officers of the Company is also included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2016 and the proxy statement for Naked’s 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. These documents are available free of charge at the SEC’s web site (www.sec.gov) and from Investor Relations at Naked at the address described above.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

Certain statements either contained in or incorporated by reference into this document, other than purely historical information, including estimates, projections and statements relating to the Company’s business plans, objectives and expected operating results, and the assumptions upon which those statements are based, are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in or incorporated by reference into this current report on Form 8-K regarding strategy, future operations, future financial position, future revenue, projected expenses, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. Examples of such statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to the structure, timing and completion of the proposed Merger; the Company’s continued listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market until closing of the proposed Merger; the combined company’s listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market after closing of the proposed Merger; expectations regarding the capitalization, resources and ownership structure of the combined company; the adequacy of the combined company’s capital to support its future operations; the Company’s and Bendon’s plans, objectives, expectations and intentions; the nature, strategy and focus of the combined company; the executive and board structure of the combined company; and expectations regarding voting by the Company’s stockholders. The Company and/or Bendon may not actually achieve the plans, carry out the intentions or meet the expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on management’s current expectations and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results and performance could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including, without limitation, risks and uncertainties associated with stockholder approval of and the ability to consummate the proposed Merger through the process being conducted by the Company and Bendon, the ability of the Company to enter into the Merger Agreement and consummate such transaction, the ability to project future cash utilization and reserves needed for contingent future liabilities and business operations, the availability of sufficient resources of the combined company to meet its business objectives and operational requirements, the ability to realize the expected synergies or savings from the proposed Merger in the amounts or in the timeframe anticipated, the risk that competing offers or acquisition proposals will be made, the ability to integrate Naked’s and Bendon’s businesses in a timely and cost-efficient manner, the inherent uncertainty associated with financial projections, and the potential impact of the announcement or closing of the proposed Merger on customer, supplier, employee and other relationships. The Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.

 

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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.

 

  NAKED BRAND GROUP INC.  
     
  By:  /s/ Kai-Hsiang Lin  
  Kai-Hsiang Lin  
  Vice President of Finance  
     
  Date:   January 17, 2017  

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
5.1   Opinion of Duane Morris LLP*
     
10.1   Securities Purchase Agreement dated January 12, 2017, between Naked Brand Group Inc. and certain investors*
     
10.2   Form of Voting Agreement*
     
10.3   Letter of Intent, dated December 19, 2016*
     
23.1   Consent of Duane Morris LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)*
     
99.1   Press Release, dated January 13, 2017**
     
99.2   Press Release, dated January 13, 2017**

 

* Filed herewith.

 

** Furnished herewith.

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

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Naked Brand Group Inc.

95 Madison Avenue, 10 th Floor

New York, NY 10016

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel to Naked Brand Group Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), in connection with (i) the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-213965) (the “ Registration Statement ”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and the related prospectus contained therein (the “ Base Prospectus ”) and (ii) the preparation and filing of the prospectus supplement, dated January 13, 2017 (the “ Prospectus Supplement ”) relating to the issuance and sale by the Company of up to 1,879,811 shares (the “ Shares ”) of common stock, par value $0.001 per share of the Company (the “ Common Stock ”).

 

The Shares are to be issued and sold by the Company pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2017 (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), by and among the Company and certain investors, the form of which is being filed with the Commission as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on the date hereof.

 

In connection with this opinion, we have examined and relied upon the originals, or copies certified to our satisfaction, of such records, documents, certificates and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinions expressed below. Insofar as this opinion letter relates to factual matters, we have assumed and without independent investigation that the statements of the Corporation contained in the Registration Statement are true and correct as to all factual matters stated therein.

 

Duane Morris llp
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January 12, 2017 

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In rendering this opinion, we have assumed the genuineness and authenticity of all signatures on original documents, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies, the accuracy, completeness and authenticity of certificates of public officials and the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents where authorization, execution and delivery are prerequisites to the effectiveness of such documents.

 

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the limitations, qualifications and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized for issuance, and when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Nevada, and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other law.

 

The opinion expressed herein is rendered as of the date hereof and is based on existing law, which is subject to change. Where our opinion expressed herein refers to events to occur at a future date, we have assumed that there will have been no changes in the relevant law or facts between the date hereof and such future date. We do not undertake to advise you of any changes in the opinion expressed herein from matters that may hereafter arise or be brought to our attention or to revise or supplement such opinions should the present laws of any jurisdiction be changed by legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise.

 

Our opinion expressed herein is limited to the matters expressly stated herein and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated.

 

We hereby consent to the use of this letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to any and all references to our firm in the Prospectus Supplement which is a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are “experts” within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act or within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  /s/ Duane Morris LLP

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of January 12, 2017, between Naked Brand Group Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “ Purchaser ” and collectively the “ Purchasers ”).

 

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.

 

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

 

Article I
DEFINITIONS

 

1.1            Definitions . In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Commission ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

Per Share Purchase Price ” equals $1.04, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.

 

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.

 

Prospectus ” means the final prospectus filed for the Registration Statement.

 

Prospectus Supplement ” means the supplement to the Prospectus complying with Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act that is filed with the Commission and delivered by the Company to each Purchaser at the Closing.

 

Registration Statement ” means the effective registration statement with Commission File No. 333-213965 which registers the sale of the Shares to the Purchasers.

 

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

 

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

 

Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to each Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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

 

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

 

Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of the Company and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

 

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

 

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

 

Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

 

Transfer Agent ” means Standard Registrar & Transfer Co. Inc., the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 12528 South 1840 East, Draper, UT 84020, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

Article II
PURCHASE AND SALE

 

2.1            Closing . On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, up to an aggregate of $2.5 million of Shares. Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company, via wire transfer, immediately available funds equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as set forth on the signature page hereto executed by such Purchaser and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective Shares as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing, which may occur by remote delivery of documents, shall occur at the offices of Duane Morris LLP, 1540 Broadway, New York, New York 10036-4086 or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree.

 

2.2            Deliveries .

 

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

 

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

 

(ii)          the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement (which may be delivered in accordance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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2.3            Closing Conditions .

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Article III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

3.1            Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Purchaser, as of the date hereof, that:

 

(a)           The Company and each Subsidiary (as defined below) has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing (or the foreign equivalent thereof) under the laws of each of their respective jurisdictions of organization. The Company and each Subsidiary is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification and has all power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and to conduct the business in which it is engaged, except where the failure to so qualify, be in good standing or have such power or authority (i) would not have, singularly or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, assets, properties or business of the Company or any Subsidiary, taken as a whole, or (ii) impair in any material respect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate any transactions contemplated by the Agreement (any such effect as described in clauses (i) or (ii), a “ Material Adverse Effect ”).

 

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(b)           The Company has the requisite right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement, to authorize, issue and sell the Shares as contemplated by this Agreement to perform and to discharge its obligations hereunder and thereunder; and this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms, except (i) as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating to enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity and (ii) to the extent any indemnification or contribution provisions contained therein may further be limited by applicable laws and principles of public policy.

 

(c)           The Shares to be issued and sold by the Company to the Purchasers hereunder have been duly authorized and the Shares, when issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided herein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any preemptive or similar rights. The Company has prepared and filed the Registration Statement in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, which became effective on October 19, 2016 (the “ Effective Date ”), including the Prospectus, and such amendments and supplements thereto as may have been required to the date of this Agreement in connection with the sale of the Shares hereunder. The Registration Statement is effective under the Securities Act and no stop order preventing or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus has been issued by the Commission and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, are threatened by the Commission. The Company, if required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, proposes to file the Prospectus, with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) in relation to the sale of the Shares. At the time the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto became effective, at the date of this Agreement and at the Closing Date, the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and did not and 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 not misleading; and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, at time the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto was issued and at the Closing Date, conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and will conform to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

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(d)           The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, have been issued in all material respects in compliance with United States federal and state securities laws, and conform to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. As of October 31, 2016, other than as described in the Company’s reports filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company has not issued any securities, other than Common Stock of the Company issued pursuant to the exercise of stock options previously outstanding under the Company’s equity incentive plans, or the issuance of restricted Common Stock or restricted stock units pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans or purchase plans or Common Stock of the Company issued pursuant to the exercise of warrants or convertible notes previously outstanding. All of the Company’s options, warrants and other rights to purchase or exchange any securities for shares of the Company’s capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and were issued in all material respects in compliance with United States federal and state securities laws. None of the outstanding shares of Common Stock was issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company. There are no authorized or outstanding shares of capital stock, options, warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase, or equity or debt securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary other than those described above or those accurately described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Company’s reports filed with the Commission. The description of the Company’s equity incentive plans, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, if applicable, and the options or other rights granted thereunder, as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, accurately and fairly present in all material respects the information required to be shown with respect to such plans, arrangements, options and rights.

 

(e)           All the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and, except to the extent set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, are owned by the Company directly or indirectly through one or more wholly-owned Subsidiaries, free and clear of any claim, lien, encumbrance, security interest, restriction upon voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party.

 

(f)           The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement (including all schedules and exhibits hereto) and each of the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action. This Agreement (including all schedules and exhibits hereto) and the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms. The execution of, and performance of, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including all schedules and exhibits) and the Transaction Documents and compliance with the respective provisions hereof and thereof by the Company will not, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, violate any provision of law and will not conflict with or result in any material breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a material default under, or require a consent or waiver under, the Company’s articles of incorporation or bylaws or any material indenture, lease, agreement or other instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or any of its properties (whether tangible or intangible) is bound, or any decree, judgment, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company.

 

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(g)           Except for (i) the registration of the Shares offered in the Offering under the Securities Act (which has been effected), (ii) any Prospectus containing information previously omitted at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 430B of the Rules and Regulations and (iii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations, filings, or qualifications as may be required under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and applicable state or foreign securities laws and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“ FINRA ”), if applicable, in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Company, no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing, qualification or registration with, any court or governmental agency or body, foreign or domestic, which has not been made, obtained or taken and is not in full force and effect, is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company, the offer or sale of the Shares or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

(h)           The financial statements, together with the related notes and schedules, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, and the Prospectus fairly present in all material respects the financial position and the results of operations and changes in financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries and other consolidated entities at the respective dates or for the respective periods therein specified. Such financial statements and related notes and schedules have been prepared in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent basis throughout 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. Such financial statements, together with the related notes and schedules, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and the Rules and Regulations and the rules and regulations under the Exchange Act. No other financial statements or supporting schedules or exhibits are required by the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations to be described, or included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.

 

(i)           Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there is no legal or governmental action, suit, claim or proceeding pending to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary is the subject which (i) is required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or a document incorporated by reference therein and is not described therein, or (ii) singularly or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any Subsidiary would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; and to the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others.

 

(j)           Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in (i) violation of its charter or by-laws (or analogous governing instrument, as applicable), (ii) default in any respect, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets is subject or (iii) to the Company’s knowledge, violation of any law, ordinance, governmental rule, regulation or court order, decree or judgment to which it or its property or assets is subject except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph(s), for any violations or defaults which, singularly or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(k)           Except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company and each Subsidiary possess all licenses, certificates, authorizations and permits issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate local, state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies which are necessary for the ownership of its properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (collectively, the “ Governmental Permits ”), except where any failures to possess or make the same, singularly or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each Subsidiary is in compliance with all such Governmental Permits, and all such Governmental Permits are valid and in full force and effect, except where any non-compliance or the validity or failure to be in full force and effect would not, singularly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, all such Governmental Permits are free and clear of any material restriction or condition that are in addition to, or materially different from those normally applicable to similar licenses, certificates, authorizations and permits. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received notification of any revocation or modification (or proceedings related thereto) of any such Governmental Permit and, to the Company’s knowledge, there is no reason to believe that any such Governmental Permit will not be renewed.

 

(l)           Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is or, after giving effect to the offering of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, will become an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

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

 

(a)           Organization; Authority . Such Purchaser is either an individual or an entity duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right, corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law. The Purchaser’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Purchaser’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) 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 Purchaser is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Purchaser is bound or affected.

 

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(b)           Understandings or Arrangements . Such Purchaser is acquiring the Shares as principal for its own account and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Shares (this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). Such Purchaser is acquiring the Shares hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.

 

(c)           Access to Information . Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules thereto) and the Company’s filings with the Commission 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 Shares and the merits and risks of investing in the Shares; (ii) access to information about the Company and its 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.

 

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

 

(e)           Ownership . The Purchaser’s signature page sets forth all securities of the Company held or beneficially owned by such Purchaser as of the date hereof, including without limitation, Common Stock and Common Stock Equivalents. Such Purchaser does not hold or beneficially own any other securities of the Company, except as indicated on the signature page hereto.

 

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(f)           Group . Such Purchaser represents that it is not a “group” within the meaning of Section 13d-5 under the Exchange Act with any holder or beneficial owner of the Company’s securities and in calculating and reporting such Purchaser’s beneficial ownership, such Purchaser is not required under the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act to include the beneficial ownership of the securities of the Company held by another holder or beneficial owner of the Company’s securities.

 

(g)           Purchase Status . At the time such Purchaser was offered the Shares, it was, and as of the date hereof it is either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.

 

(h)           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 Shares, 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 Shares and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

 

Article IV
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

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

 

4.2            Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity . The Company shall (a) by 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, issue a press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the Commission within the time required by the Exchange Act. The Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except (a) as required by federal securities law in connection with the filing of final Transaction Documents with the Commission and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (b).

 

4.3            Use of Proceeds . The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares hereunder as described in the Prospectus Supplement.

 

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4.4            Listing of Common Stock . The Company hereby agrees to use best efforts to maintain the listing or quotation of the Common Stock on the Trading Market on which it is currently listed, and concurrently with the Closing, the Company shall apply to list or quote all of the Shares on such Trading Market and promptly secure the listing of all of the Shares on such Trading Market. The Company further agrees, if the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded on any other Trading Market, it will then include in such application all of the Shares, and will take such other action as is necessary to cause all of the Shares to be listed or quoted on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible. The Company will then take all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock on a Trading Market and will comply in all respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Trading Market. The Company agrees to maintain the eligibility of the Common Stock for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation, including, without limitation, by timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such other established clearing corporation in connection with such electronic transfer.

 

4.5            Certain Transactions and Confidentiality . Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales, including Short Sales of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.2. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.2, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.2, (ii) no Purchaser shall be restricted or prohibited from effecting any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance with applicable securities laws from and after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4 and (iii) no Purchaser shall have any duty of confidentiality to the Company or its Subsidiaries after the issuance of the initial press release as described in Section 4.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Shares covered by this Agreement.

 

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Article V
MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1            Termination . This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before June 30, 2017; provided, however, that no such termination will affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by any other party (or parties).

 

5.2            Fees and Expenses . Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company and any exercise notice delivered by a Purchaser), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Shares to the Purchasers.

 

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

 

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

 

5.5            Amendments; Waivers . No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Purchasers who purchased at least a majority in interest of the Shares based on the initial Subscription Amounts hereunder or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

5.15          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 or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any of the Purchasers. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between the Company and a Purchaser, solely, and not between the Company and the Purchasers collectively and not between and among the Purchasers.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

NAKED BRAND GROUP INC.
 
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

[REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
SIGNATURE PAGE FOR PURCHASER FOLLOWS]

 

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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

 

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

 

Name of Purchaser:

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: ________________________

 

Name of Authorized Signatory:

 

Title of Authorized Signatory:

 

Email Address of Authorized Signatory:

 

Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory:

 

Address for Notice to Purchaser:

 

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

 

Subscription Amount:

 

Number of Shares:

 

EIN Number:

 

Company Shares currently held by Purchaser:

 

Shares of Common Stock:

 

Common Stock Equivalents:

 

Delivery instructions for the Shares

 

¨        Paper Certificate

 

Provide Address for Delivery of Paper Stock Certificate to Purchaser (if not same as address for notice):

 

or

 

¨        DWAC

 

Name of DTC Participant (broker-dealer at which the account or accounts to be credited with the Shares are maintained):

 

DTC Participant Number:

 

Name of Account at DTC Participant being credited with the Shares:

 

Account Number at DTC Participant being credited with the Shares:

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

VOTING AGREEMENT

 

This VOTING AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of [__], 2017 (the “ Effective Date ”) by and between Naked Brand Group Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), and [__________], a shareholder (“ Shareholder ”) of the Company.

 

WITNESETH:

 

WHEREAS , the Shareholder is, as of the date hereof, the record and beneficial owner of the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), of the Company, set forth opposite such Shareholder’s name on Schedule I hereto (the “ Shares ”);

 

WHEREAS , the Company and Bendon Limited (“ Bendon ”) propose to enter into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ Merger Agreement ”), which provides for Bendon to merge with a newly formed wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, with Bendon surviving as a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “ Merger ”); and

 

WHEREAS , as a condition to the willingness of the Company and Bendon to enter into the Merger Agreement and as an inducement and in consideration therefor, the Shareholder has agreed to enter into this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and in the Merger Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I
VOTING AGREEMENT AND IRREVOCABLE PROXY

 

Section 1.1        Agreement to Vote Shares. The Shareholder hereby agrees to vote the Shares (i) in favor of the Merger, and/or (ii) against any action or agreement which would impede, interfere with or prevent the Merger, including, but not limited to, any other extraordinary corporate transaction, including a merger, acquisition, sale, consolidation, reorganization or liquidation involving the Company and a third party, or any other proposal of a third party to acquire the Company, and affirms that the irrevocable proxy set forth herein in Section 1.2 is given in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, and that such irrevocable proxy is given to secure the performance of the duties of the Shareholder under this Agreement.

 

Section 1.2        Grant of Irrevocable Proxy. If requested by the Company, the Shareholder shall appoint the Company and any designee of the Company, and each of them individually, as the Shareholder’s proxy, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to vote during the voting period with respect to the Shares and any other shares of Common Stock of the Company hereafter acquired on the matters and in the manner specified in Section 1.1 . The Shareholder shall take such further action or execute such other instruments as may be reasonably necessary to effectuate the intent of any such proxy. The Shareholder affirms that any irrevocable proxy given by him with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be given to the Company by such Shareholder to secure the performance of the obligations of the Shareholder under this Agreement. It is agreed that the Company (and its officers on behalf of the Company) will use the irrevocable proxy that may be granted by the Shareholder only in accordance with applicable law and only if such Shareholder fails to comply with Section 1.1 and that, to the extent the Company (and its officers on behalf of the Company) uses any such irrevocable proxy, he will only vote the shares subject to such irrevocable proxy with respect to the matters specified in, and in accordance with the provisions of, Section 1.1 .

 

 

 

 

Section 1.3        Nature of Irrevocable Proxy. Any proxy granted pursuant to Section 1.2 to the Company by the Shareholder shall be irrevocable during the term of this Agreement, shall be deemed to be coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable proxy and shall revoke any and all prior proxies granted by the Shareholder. Any proxy that may be granted hereunder shall terminate upon the termination of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE II
COVENANTS

 

Section 2.1        Shares.      Prior to the termination of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided herein, Shareholder shall not: (a) transfer, assign, sell, gift-over, pledge or otherwise dispose of, or consent to any of the foregoing (“ Transfer ”), any or all of the Shares or any right or interest therein; (b) enter into any contract, option or other agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to any Transfer; (c) grant any proxy, power-of-attorney or other authorization or consent with respect to any of the Shares; (d) deposit any of the Shares into a voting trust, or enter into a voting agreement or arrangement with respect to any of the Shares; (e) exercise, or give notice of an intent to exercise, any options unless the Shares underlying such options become subject to this Agreement upon such option exercise; or (f) take any other action that would in any way restrict, limit or interfere with the performance of Shareholder’s obligations hereunder or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF EACH SHAREHOLDER

 

The Shareholder hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

 

Section 3.1       Authority, etc. The Shareholder (i) if a natural person, represents that the Shareholder has reached the age of 21 and has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other related agreements or certificates and to carry out the provisions hereof and thereof; (ii) if a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company or partnership, or association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity, represents that such entity is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its organization, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby is authorized by, and will not result in a violation of state law or its charter or other organizational documents, such entity has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other related agreements or certificates and to carry out the provisions hereof and thereof, the execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such entity and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such entity; or (iii) if executing this Agreement in a representative or fiduciary capacity, represents that it has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement in such capacity and on behalf of the subscribing individual, ward, partnership, trust, estate, corporation, or limited liability company or partnership, or other entity for whom the Shareholder is executing this Agreement, and such individual, partnership, ward, trust, estate, corporation, or limited liability company or partnership, or other entity has full right and power to perform pursuant to this Agreement and represents that this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such entity. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Shareholder and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company) constitutes a valid and binding obligation of such Shareholder, enforceable against such Shareholder in accordance with its terms, except to the extent enforcement is limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and by general equitable principles.

 

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Section 3.2        Ownership of Shares. As of the date hereof, the Shareholder is the lawful owner of the Shares and has the sole power to vote or cause to be voted such Shares or holds the power to vote or cause to be voted such Shares solely with one or more other persons. The Shareholder has good and valid title to the Shares owned by the Shareholder, free and clear of any and all pledges, mortgages, liens, charges, proxies, voting agreements, encumbrances, adverse claims, options, security interests and demands of any nature or kind whatsoever, other than (i) those created by this Agreement, or (ii) those existing under applicable securities laws. As of the date hereof, the Shareholder does not own any other shares of Common Stock of the Company other than the Shares.

 

Section 3.3         No Conflicts. (a) No authorization, consent or approval of any other person is necessary for the execution of this Agreement by the Shareholder and (b) none of the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Shareholder, the consummation by the Shareholder of the transactions contemplated hereby or compliance by the Shareholder with any of the provisions hereof shall (i) result in, or give rise to, a violation or breach of or a default under any of the terms of any material contract, understanding, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which the Shareholder is a party or by which the Shareholder or any of the Shares or its assets may be bound or (ii) violate any applicable order, writ, injunction, decree, judgment, statute, rule or regulation, except for any of the foregoing as would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the Shareholder’s ability to perform his obligations under this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

 

The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Shareholder as follows:

 

Section 4.1       Due Organization, etc. The Company is a Nevada corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of Nevada. The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Shareholder) constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent enforcement is limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and by general equitable principles.

 

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Section 4.2        No Conflicts. (a) No authorization, consent or approval of any other person is necessary for the execution of this Agreement by the Company and (b) none of the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or compliance by the Company with any of the provisions hereof shall (i) conflict with or result in any breach of the organizational documents of the Company, (ii) result in, or give rise to, a violation or breach of or a default under any of the terms of any material contract, understanding, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its assets may be bound or (iii) violate any applicable order, writ, injunction, decree, judgment, statute, rule or regulation, except for any of the foregoing as would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the Company’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE V
TERMINATION

 

Section 5.1        Termination. This Agreement shall automatically terminate, and neither the Company nor the Shareholder shall have any rights or obligations hereunder and this Agreement shall become null and void and have no effect upon (i) the failure by the Company and Bendon to execute the Merger Agreement by February 10, 2017, or (ii) the date of termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms. The termination of this Agreement shall not prevent either party from seeking any remedies (at law or in equity) against the other party or relieve any party from liability for such party’s willful and material breach of any terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the provisions of Article VI shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 6.1       Further Actions. Each of the parties hereto agrees to take any all actions and to do all things reasonably necessary or appropriate to effectuate this Agreement.

 

Section 6.2       Amendments, Waivers, etc. This Agreement may not be amended, changed, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, except upon the execution and delivery of a written agreement executed by each of the parties hereto. The failure of any party hereto to exercise any right, power or remedy provided under this Agreement or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity, or to insist upon compliance by any other party hereto with its obligations hereunder, and any custom or practice of the parties at variance with the terms hereof shall not constitute a waiver by such party of its right to exercise any such or other right, power or remedy or to demand such compliance.

 

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Section 6.3        Notices. All notices or other communications which are required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and sufficient if delivered by hand, by facsimile transmission, by registered or certified mail, post pre-paid, or by courier or overnight carrier, to the persons at the addresses set forth below (or at such other address as may be provided hereunder), and shall be deemed to have been delivered as of the date so delivered:

 

If to a Shareholder, at the address set forth below such Shareholder’s name on Schedule I hereto:

 

  If to the Company, to:  
     
  Naked Brand Group Inc.  
  95 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor  
  New York, NY 10016  
     
  with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):  
     
  Duane Morris LLP  
  1540 Broadway  
  New York, New York 10036-4086  
  Attention: Nanette C. Heide, Esq.  
  Fax No: (212) 202-5334  

 

Section 6.4       Headings. Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Agreement are for convenience of the parties only, and shall be given no substantive or interpretive effect whatsoever.

 

Section 6.5       Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to any person or any circumstance, is invalid or unenforceable (a) a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision and (b) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application of such provision, in any other jurisdiction.

 

Section 6.6        Entire Agreement; Assignment. This Agreement (together with the Merger Agreement, to the extent referred to herein) constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any of the parties hereto (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other parties; provided , however , that the Company may assign, in its sole and absolute discretion, any or all of its rights, interests and obligations under this Agreement to any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company. No assignment shall release the Company of its obligations hereunder. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

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Section 6.7       Parties in Interest. The Company and the Shareholder hereby agree that their respective representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein are solely for the benefit of the other party hereto, in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Agreement, and this Agreement is not intended to, and does not, confer upon any person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder, including, without limitation, the right to rely upon the representations and warranties set forth herein. The representations and warranties in this Agreement are the product of negotiations among the parties hereto and are for the sole benefit of the parties hereto. Any inaccuracies in such representations and warranties are subject to waiver by the parties hereto in accordance with Section 6.2 without notice or liability to any other person. In some instances, the representations and warranties in this Agreement may represent an allocation among the parties hereto of risks associated with particular matters regardless of the knowledge of any of the parties hereto. Consequently, persons other than the parties hereto may not rely upon the representations and warranties in this Agreement as characterizations of actual facts or circumstances as of the date of this Agreement or as of any other date.

 

Section 6.8        Interpretation. When a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article or Section, such reference shall be to an Article or Section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. Whenever the words “include,” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant thereto unless otherwise defined therein. The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such term. Any references to the masculine gender of any pronoun shall be deemed to include references to the feminine and gender neutral form of such pronoun. Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with the terms hereof, including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes and references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein. References to a person are also to its permitted successors and assigns. Each of the parties has participated in the drafting and negotiation of this Agreement. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement must be construed as if drafted by all the parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

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Section 6.9       Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE MADE IN AND IN ALL RESPECTS SHALL BE INTERPRETED, CONSTRUED AND GOVERNED BY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

 

Section 6.10     Specific Performance. The parties acknowledge that any breach of this Agreement would give rise to irreparable harm for which monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy and that, in addition to other rights or remedies, the parties shall be entitled to seek enforcement of any provision of this Agreement by a decree of specific performance and to temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of any of the provisions of this Agreement, without the necessity of proving the inadequacy of monetary damages as a remedy.

 

Section 6.11    Submission to Jurisdiction. The parties hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York located in the borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, or if such court does not have jurisdiction, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, for the purposes of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby. Each of the parties hereto further agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by registered mail to such party’s respective address set forth in Section 6.3 (or to such other address for notices as provided by such party pursuant to Section 6.3 ) or in any other manner permitted by law shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding in New York with respect to any matters to which it has submitted to jurisdiction as set forth above in the immediately preceding sentence. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in (i) the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or (ii) the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to please or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

Section 6.12     Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (II) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (III) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (IV) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 6.12 .

 

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Section 6.13      Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts (including by facsimile or electronic submission via .pdf file), each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered (including by facsimile or electronic submission via .pdf file) to the other parties.

 

Section 6.14      Acknowledgments. The Company acknowledges that the Shareholder has entered into this Agreement solely in its capacity as the record and/or beneficial owner of the Shares and not in any capacity as a director or officer of the Company. Nothing herein shall limit or affect any actions taken by the Shareholder or its affiliates or designee, or require the Shareholder or its affiliates or designee to take any action, in each case, in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Company, and any actions taken, or failure to take any actions, by such a director or officer in such capacity shall not be deemed to constitute a breach of this Agreement.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Shareholder have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the first date written above.

 

  NAKED BRAND GROUP INC.
   
  By:  
    Name:  
    Title:  
       
  SHAREHOLDER
   
  By:  
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

[Signature Page to Voting Agreement]

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Number of Shares:

Certificate Number:

 

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Exhibit 10.3

 

Bendon Limited

8 Airpark Drive, Airport Oaks

Auckland 2022, New Zealand

 

  December 19, 2016

 

Naked Brand Group Inc.

95 Madison Avenue, 10 th Floor

New York, NY 10016

 

Gentlemen:

 

This letter is to confirm our understanding concerning the terms of a proposed transaction between Bendon Limited (“Bendon”) and Naked Brand Group Inc. (“Naked”).

 

1.            Bendon and Naked will negotiate in good faith a definitive merger agreement (the “Agreement”) pursuant to which, on the closing date of the transaction contemplated by the Agreement (“Closing Date”), (i) a wholly-owned subsidiary of Naked (“Merger Sub”) would merge with and into Bendon (the “Merger”) and (ii) as consideration in the Merger, assuming Naked currently has 6,268,731 common shares outstanding (which includes the conversion of $224,000 of Notes currently outstanding into 215,385 of common shares), Naked would issue to the holders of ordinary shares of Bendon (the “Bendon Shares”) an aggregate of 118,812,163 shares of common stock of Naked (the “Naked Shares”). The Merger will be structured to be accomplished without taxation to the holders of Bendon Shares to the extent possible. Bendon shall be the surviving corporation in the Merger, continuing in existence as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Naked. Shares issued to Bendon will be subject to adjustment based on Naked having Net Assets (as defined below) of $1.359 million (the “Net Asset Amount”) (provided that if equity or options are issued to cancel all or any portion of the Hochman Obligation (as defined below), the Net Asset Amount shall increase by that same amount) and Bendon having Net Debt (as defined below) of $52.4 million as of the Closing (the “Net Debt Amount”) as follows:

 

 

 

 

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(a) In the event Naked’s Net Assets are less than the Net Asset Amount (the “Net Asset Shortfall Amount”) at the Closing, Naked shall issue additional Naked Shares to the holders of Bendon Shares in an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the difference between the Net Asset Amount and the Net Asset Shortfall Amount and (ii) 11.634. In the event Naked’s Net Assets are more than the Net Asset Amount (the “Net Asset Excess Amount”) at the Closing, then the aggregate amount of Naked Shares issuable to the holders of Bendon Shares shall be reduced by the amount of Naked Shares equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the difference between the Net Asset Amount and the Net Asset Excess Amount and (ii) 11.634. Provided, however, that in either event, such adjustment shall only be made to the extent such Net Asset Shortfall Amount or Net Asset Excess Amount is greater than or less than $150,000, as applicable. As soon as possible after the execution of this letter but in no event later than the Pre-merger Financing (defined below), Naked and Bendon will mutually agree to an operating budget (the “Budget”) for the period from the date of the Pre-merger Financing until the Closing Date. Any change, at any time, in the Budget shall cause a dollar-for-dollar change in the Net Asset Amount. The Board will also establish a committee to oversee the Budget, which committee shall be comprised of the four directors and include two existing directors and the New Directors (as defined in Section 7 of this letter). The Budget will be reviewed by such committee on a regular basis. No material adverse deviations from the Budget will be made without approval from the committee.

 

(b) In the event Bendon’s Net Debt exceeds the Net Debt Amount (the “Net Debt Excess Amount”), then the aggregate amount of Naked Shares issuable to the holders of Bendon Shares shall be reduced by the amount of Naked Shares equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the difference between the Net Debt Excess Amount and the Net Debt Amount and (ii) 0.833. In the event Bendon’s Net Debt is less than the Net Debt Amount (the “Net Debt Shortfall Amount”), then Naked shall issue additional Naked Shares to the holders of Bendon Shares in an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the difference between the Net Debt Shortfall Amount and the Net Debt Amount and (ii) 0.833. Provided, however, that in either event, such adjustment shall only be made to the extent such Net Debt Excess Amount or Net Debt Shortfall Amount is greater than or less than $1,000,000, as applicable.

 

 

 

 

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(c) For purposes of this letter, (i) “Net Assets” means, with respect to Naked, the combined consolidated cash and cash equivalents, including all short-term money market instruments and treasury bills and similar instruments, as well as accounts receivable (current, i.e. within 90 days), inventory, prepaid expenses and deposits less such party’s combined consolidated indebtedness (i.e., all indebtedness for borrowed money and capitalized leases and equivalents, all accounts payable and accrued liabilities, deferred compensation and lines of credit and other obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments, as well as cash overdrafts) of such party and (ii) “Net Debt” means, with respect to Bendon, the combined consolidated indebtedness (i.e., all indebtedness for borrowed money and capitalized leases and equivalents, all accounts payable and accrued liabilities, deferred compensation and lines of credit and other obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments, as well as cash overdrafts) of such party, less such party’s combined consolidated cash and cash equivalents, including all short-term money market instruments and treasury bills and similar instruments, as well as accounts receivable (current, i.e. within 90 days), inventory, prepaid expenses and deposits. The parties have agreed to the Net Debt calculation for Bendon based upon the information set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

2.           As of the Closing Date, Bendon will have an aggregate of up to $15 million of convertible debt outstanding, such debt maturing within twelve (12) months from the date of this letter with a conversion price of $1.04 per share or greater (the “Existing Convertible Debt”). Eric Watson, on behalf of Bendon, agrees that should less than 66% of the Existing Convertible Debt be converted into equity of Bendon or Naked, as the case may be, prior to maturity, he or a party introduced by him will loan Naked an amount equal to the difference of 66% of the Existing Convertible Debt at Closing and the amount of convertible debt that was converted into equity (the “New Loan”). The New Loan will be used by Naked to repay a like amount of the convertible debt. The New Loan will have a set maturity of two (2) years from the date of this origination and bear interest at a rate of 15% per annum, which interest shall be compounding annually and payable in cash. To the extent the Existing Convertible Debt is converted at an effective conversion price of less than $1.04 per share of Naked common stock, Eric Watson shall surrender a number of shares of Naked common stock to Naked equal to the excess of (A) the number of shares actually issued to the holders of the Existing Convertible Debt, over (B) the number of shares that would have been issued to such holders at an effective conversion price of $1.04 per share of Naked common stock.

 

3.            As of the date of this letter, Bendon has outstanding demand promissory notes in an aggregate principal amount of $5 million. Prior to Closing, Bendon will amend the terms of such demand promissory notes so that they have a set maturity of two

 

 

 

 

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(2) years from the date of this letter and bear interest at a rate of 15% per annum, which interest shall be compounding annually and payable in cash.

 

4.            The parties agree that the following shall be the proposed timeline for the Merger:

 

· Naked Board to approve Merger, in concept, subject to Agreement (30 calendar days);

 

· Filing of preliminary proxy statement to obtain Required Stockholder Approval (defined below) (45-75 calendar days).

 

5.            Naked, as the publicly held holding company for Bendon, will amend its charter documents on the Closing Date to, among other things, change its name to a name designated by Bendon to reflect the business of Bendon (“Name Change”) and to increase Naked’s authorized capitalization to allow for the issuance of the Naked Shares in the Merger (“Capitalization Amendment”). The Board of Directors of Naked from and after the Closing Date will consist of either five or seven persons, one of whom will be the nominee of the existing Naked shareholders, specifically Carole Hochman, with the remaining persons to be selected by Bendon.

 

6.            Promptly after signing the Agreement, but in any case no later than 75 calendar days, Naked shall file the preliminary proxy statement to solicit the vote of the stockholders of Naked on the approval of the issuance of the Naked Shares in the Merger, the Name Change, the Capitalization Amendment and on such other matters as may be required by applicable law or regulation or mutually agreed upon by Naked and Bendon (the “Required Stockholder Approval”). Management of Naked will agree that they and their respective affiliates (collectively, the “Naked Management Group”) will vote the shares of common stock of Naked currently controlled by them (which represents approximately 15.1% of the issued and outstanding shares of Naked) in favor of the foregoing items. At the time of the Pre-merger Financing (defined below), the Naked Management Group shall obtain voting agreements from holders of an additional 13.3% of the issued and outstanding shares of Naked to vote in favor of the foregoing items. Between the time of the Pre-merger Financing to the execution of the Agreement, the Naked Management Group shall obtain voting agreements from holders of an additional 1% of the issued and outstanding shares of Naked to vote in favor of the foregoing items. Each holder executing a voting agreement shall also agree to refrain from selling Naked Shares until the completion of the Merger. The Naked Management Group agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the additional votes for the Required Stockholder Approval (which may be completed through the foregoing voting agreements or other similar arrangements). Bendon and its management will agree that they and their respective affiliates will vote the shares of common stock of Naked controlled by them in favor of the foregoing items.

 

 

 

 

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7.            Simultaneously with the completion of the Pre-merger Financing, the board of directors of Naked will expand the number of members on its board of directors by two and fill such newly-created vacancies with two individuals appointed by Bendon (one of which will be Justin Davis Rice and another individual that qualifies as “independent” as determined in accordance with the rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC) (the “New Directors”). The Board will also establish a committee to oversee the Budget, which committee shall be comprised of the three directors (including the New Directors). The Budget will be reviewed by such committee on a regular basis. No material adverse deviations from the Budget will be made without approval from the committee.

 

8.           Key employees of Bendon will be offered employment with Naked, to be effective upon completion of the Merger, at the discretion of Bendon. Carole Hochman will also be offered continued employment pursuant to an employment agreement, on substantially the same terms as set forth on Exhibit A.

 

9.           The Agreement will contain customary representations and warranties concerning Bendon and Naked and their respective business and financial condition. All such representations and warranties will expire on the Closing Date.

 

10.          Simultaneously with the execution of the Agreement, each member of the Naked Management Group as of the date of this letter that is a stockholder of Naked shall agree in writing not to sell such shares for a period of one year after the Closing Date, subject to customary exceptions.

 

11.          Within ten (10) business days from the date of this letter, parties introduced by, but not affiliated with, Bendon (“Bendon Purchasers”) shall purchase the lesser of $2,500,000 shares of Naked’s common stock at a purchase price of $1.04 per share or such amount that may be sold pursuant to Naked’s registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Pre-merger Financing”). In the event a portion of the shares in the Pre-Merger Financing cannot be issued pursuant to the Form S-3, then the aggregate Pre-merger Financing shall be reduced by the amount of such shortfall (“Pre-Merger S-3 Shortfall”). The “Net Asset Amount” shall also be reduced by the Pre-Merger S-3 Shortfall.

 

 

 

 

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12.         All holders of options, warrants and other rights to purchase or convert or exchange into Bendon Shares (“Bendon Stock Rights”) whose instruments governing their Bendon Stock Rights do not provide that, upon the Merger, such Bendon Stock Rights will automatically be converted into similar options, warrants, rights and convertible securities of Naked (“New Naked Stock Rights”) will agree in writing to exchange their Bendon Stock Rights, upon consummation of the Merger, for substantially equivalent New Naked Stock Rights, in each instance satisfactory to Bendon.

 

13.         The closing of the Merger will be conditioned upon:

 

(a)         Naked receiving the Required Stockholder Approval, the parties agreeing that they will work expeditiously towards obtaining the Required Stockholder Approval following the execution of the Agreement; and

 

(b)         Naked Shares being listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

14.          During the period beginning on the date of this letter and ending on the earlier of the date the Agreement is executed or this letter is terminated, neither Naked nor any of its officers, directors, employees, representatives or agents will (a) discuss, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of Bendon, any proposal or offer from any person other than Bendon and its affiliates, relating to a possible business combination of Naked or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Naked or shares of Naked capital stock or convertible debt of Naked (a “Competing Transaction”); (b) provide any non-public information with respect to Naked to any third party (other than information that is normally provided in the ordinary course of operations to third parties where there is no reason to believe that such information may be utilized to evaluate a possible Competing Transaction), or (c) enter into any agreement, agreement in principle or other commitment (whether or not legally binding) relating to any Competing Transaction, or knowingly solicit, initiate or encourage the submission of any proposal or offer from any person or entity (including any of their officers, directors, employees, representatives or agents) relating to any Competing Transaction. Naked shall (x) immediately terminate any negotiations with respect to a Competing Transaction concurrent with the signing of this letter and (y) promptly notify Bendon in the case of the receipt by Naked or any of its officers, directors, employees, representatives or agents of any proposal, offer or submission with respect to a Competing Transaction after the signing of this letter. Naked shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its officers, directors, employees, representatives or agents to comply with the provisions of this Section 14.

 

 

 

 

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15.          During the period from the signing of this letter through the execution of the Agreement (the “Restricted Period”), Naked shall: (i) conduct its business in the ordinary course in a manner consistent with past practice; (ii) maintain its properties and other assets in good working condition (normal wear and tear excepted); and (iii) use its best efforts to maintain the business and employees, customers, assets and operations as an ongoing concern in accordance with past practice. During such Restricted Period, without limiting the foregoing, Naked shall also not: (i) declare, set aside or pay any dividend on, or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of, any of Naked’s stock, or purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of Naked’s stock or any other securities of Naked or any options, warrants, calls or rights to acquire any such shares or other securities, (ii) split, combine or reclassify any of Naked’s stock, (iii) issue any shares of Naked stock or any other securities, (iv) sell any assets of Naked other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (v) incur any debt other than trade debt in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (vi) enter into any agreement, whether written or oral, to do any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Naked will be permitted to issue Naked stock or options (A) in the Pre-merger Financing and (B) in exchange for, or in connection with, the cancellation of outstanding obligations to Carole Hochman (“Hochman Obligation”) that are outstanding on the date of this letter. If equity or options are issued to cancel all or any portion of the Hochman Obligation, the Net Asset Amount shall increase by that same amount. During the Restricted Period, Bendon shall notify Naked upon the occurrence of any of the following material events: (i) the issuance of any shares of Bendon stock or any other Bendon securities, or (ii) the incurrence of any debt other than trade debt in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

 

16.          Bendon agrees that, until the earlier of (i) 45 days from the execution of this letter (ii) the execution of the Agreement or (iii) the termination of this letter, except as provided for herein, neither it nor any of its affiliates or any of their officers, directors, employees, or representatives acting on its behalf of or in concert with it will, directly or indirectly, without prior approval in writing by Naked: (a) make any statement or proposal to the Board of Directors of Naked or any or any committee thereof, any of their respective representatives or any of Naked’s stockholders regarding, or make any public announcement, proposal or offer (including any “solicitation” of “proxies” as such terms are defined or used in Regulation 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) with respect to, or otherwise solicit, seek or offer to effect (including, for the avoidance of doubt, indirectly by means of communication with the press or media) (i) any business combination, merger, tender offer, exchange offer or similar transaction involving Naked or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) any restructuring, recapitalization, liquidation or similar transaction involving Naked or any of its subsidiaries, (iii) any acquisition of (A) any loans of Naked or any of its subsidiaries, (B) any debt or equity securities issued by Naked or any of its subsidiaries, (C) all or substantially all of the assets of Naked or any of its subsidiaries, or (D) any rights or options to acquire interests in any of the foregoing, (iv) any proposal to seek representation on the Board of Directors of Naked or otherwise seek to control or influence the management, Board of Directors or policies of Naked, (v) any request or proposal to waive, terminate or amend the provisions of this letter or (vi) any proposal, arrangement or other statement that is inconsistent with the terms of this letter; (b) instigate, encourage or assist any third party (including forming a “group” with any such third party) to do, or enter into any discussions or agreements with any third party with respect to, any of the actions set forth in clause (a) above; (c) take any action which would reasonably be expected to require Naked or any of its affiliates to make a public announcement regarding any of the actions set forth in clause (a) above; or (d) acquire or propose or agree to acquire, of record or beneficially, by purchase or otherwise, (i) any loans of Naked or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) any debt or equity securities issued by Naked or any of its subsidiaries, (iii) all or substantially all of the assets of Naked or any of its subsidiaries, or (iv) any rights or options to acquire interests in any of the foregoing.

 

 

 

 

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17.         This letter will automatically terminate and be of no further force and effect except for any provision that survives pursuant to the Agreement upon the earlier to occur of (a) the execution of the Agreement by Bendon, Naked and Merger Sub, (b) the failure of Bendon to provide the Pre-merger Financing, (c) the mutual agreement of Bendon and Naked, (d) a material adverse change in the economic terms of this letter which change(s) is not the result of actions taken by the party which is acting to terminate this letter, and (e) a highly significant departure by Bendon from its business as conducted as of the date of this letter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the definitive agreement is not consummated by February 10, 2017 or the Closing Date does not occur within six months thereafter (each, a “Merger Milestone”), then in either case, Naked shall issue Bendon an aggregate of 2,500,000 shares of Naked common stock (as adjusted for stock splits, dividends or additional issuances after the date hereof); provided, however, that Naked shall not be required to issue Bendon such shares if Bendon’s action(s) or lack thereof has been the principal cause of or resulted in the failure of the parties to achieve a Merger Milestone. Additionally, if Naked’s common stock is delisted from trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market prior to the execution of the Agreement, this letter shall terminate and Naked shall issue Bendon an aggregate of 2,500,000 shares of Naked common stock (as adjusted for stock splits, dividends or additional issuances after the date hereof). Any shares of Naked common stock issued to Bendon as a result of termination of this letter will either be registered under a registration statement with the SEC or Naked will grant Bendon demand registration rights with respect to such shares such that Bendon can require Naked to register the resale of such shares on an appropriate registration statement at any time for up to five years from the letter’s termination.

 

 

 

 

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18.         Naked shall, by 8:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the trading day immediately following the closing of the Pre-merger Financing, issue a press release and a Current Report on Form 8-K, disclosing the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this letter. From and after the issuance of such press release and Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed in accordance with the preceding sentence, Naked represents to the Bendon Purchasers that it shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to any of the Bendon Purchasers by Naked or any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by this letter. Other than as provided for in the preceding two sentences, neither party hereto (without the written consent of the other) will make any public announcement or other dissemination (public or private) of information concerning our discussions and the contemplated transactions. Either party may, however, make any disclosure which its counsel advises is required by applicable law or regulation, in which case the non-disclosing party will be advised and the parties will use their best efforts to cause a mutually agreeable release or announcement to be issued. The parties may also make appropriate disclosure to their executive officers, directors, prospective and existing investors and professional advisors.

 

19.          Each party shall bear its own expenses in connection with the proposed Merger.

 

20.          During the period from the date hereof to the Closing Date each party will give to the other party, and to the other party’s respective accountants, counsel and other representatives, full access during normal business hours to all of their property, contracts, commitments, books and records, and will furnish to the other party all such documents and copies of documents and information with respect to its affairs as the other party may, from time to time, reasonably request. Each party and their respective accountants, counsel and other representatives shall hold all information received by them in confidence except information which (a) at the time of disclosure was in the public domain, (b) after disclosure, became part of the public domain other than as a result of a breach of this covenant or (c) is required to be disclosed pursuant to legal process.

 

21.          THIS LETTER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OR CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISION OR RULE (WHETHER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION) THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THOSE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

 

 

 

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22.         This letter may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one agreement. The headings of the various sections of this letter have been inserted for reference only and shall not be deemed to be a part of this letter.

 

23.          Except with regard to Sections 14 through 23 hereof (which constitute binding agreements of the parties), this letter is intended only as an expression of the parties to proceed to negotiate, draft and execute a definitive form of Agreement on the terms and conditions contained herein and shall not be deemed to constitute a legally binding commitment of the parties hereto, it being the parties’ intention to proceed with the Merger herein only if a definitive Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties. The parties each recognize that matters material to the transaction which are not addressed herein may be raised by one another for inclusion in the Agreement.

 

It is our desire to move expeditiously towards completion of the Merger on the basis of the terms and conditions contained herein. To indicate your desire to proceed with the Merger and your agreement with the terms of this letter, please sign below.

 

    Very truly yours,
     
    BENDON LIMITED
     
  By: /s/ Justin Davis-Rice
    Name: Justin Davis-Rice
    Title: Chairman

 

ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO AS OF DECEMBER 19, 2016

 

NAKED BRAND GROUP INC.

     
By: /s/ Carole Hochman  
  Name: Carole Hochman  
  Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

See attached.

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Naked Brand Announces $1.955 Million

Registered Direct Offering

 

New York, NY (January 13, 2017)     Naked Brand Group Inc.   (NASDAQ: NAKD) (“Naked” or the “Company”), announced today that the Company has entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement for the sale of shares of its common stock in a registered direct offering to investors. The Company is selling 1,879,811 shares at a purchase price of $1.04 per share with gross proceeds to the Company totaling $1.955 million.

 

The proceeds from the offering will be used to provide working capital for general corporate purposes and to support Naked's ongoing operations through the estimated timeframe to completion of its proposed merger with Bendon Limited, the Letter of Intent for which was also announced today.

 

The shares   are being offered by Naked pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-213965) which was declared effective on October 19, 2015, by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).  A prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering of the shares will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.  Copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus relating to the securities may also be obtained  from Naked Brand Group Inc., 95 Madison Avenue, 10 th Floor, New York, NY 10016.  

 

This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The securities are being be offered only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus, forming a part of the effective registration statement.

 

About Naked:

 

Naked was founded on one basic desire—to create a new standard for how products worn close to the skin fit, feel, and function. Naked’s women’s and men’s collections are available at  www.wearnaked.com, and Naked has a growing retail footprint for its innovative and luxurious innerwear products in some of the leading online and department stores in North America including Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s, Dillard’s, Soma, Saks Fifth Avenue, Amazon.com, BareNecessities.com, and more. In 2014, renowned designer and sleepwear pioneer Carole Hochman joined Naked as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Creative Officer, and Chairwoman with the goal of growing Naked into a global lifestyle brand. In June 2015, Naked announced a strategic partnership with NBA Miami HEAT (now Chicago Bulls) star Dwyane Wade. The 3-time NBA Champion, 11-time All Star, and Olympic Gold Medalist joined the Company’s Advisory Board, and is the Creative Director for a signature collection of men’s innerwear launching 2016. Naked is now headquartered in New York City and plans to expand in the future into other apparel and product categories that can exemplify the mission of the brand, such as activewear, swimwear, sportswear. and more.  http://www.nakedbrands.com/

 

 

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This news release contains forward-looking statements, which reflect the expectations of management of the Company with respect to potential future events. Forward-looking statements consist of statements that are not purely historical, including any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the closing of the offering. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, performance or developments to differ materially from those contained in the statements. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements as a result of such risks and uncertainties, which include, without limitation: an economic downturn or economic uncertainty in the Company’s key markets; the Company’s inability to effectively manage the growth and the increased complexity of its business; the Company’s highly competitive market and increasing competition in the market; the Company’s inability to deliver its products to the market and to meet customer expectations due to problems with its distribution system; the Company’s failure to maintain the value and reputation of its brand; the Company’s failure to raise the capital necessary to carry out its business plan and operations; and other risk factors detailed in the Company’s reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available at www.sec.gov . These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release, and the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results, performance or developments could differ from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States. Although the Company believes that any beliefs, plans, expectations and intentions contained in this news release are reasonable, there can be no assurance that any such beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions will prove to be accurate.

 

Company Contact: 

NAKED BRAND GROUP, INC. 
Joel Primus
Founder & President
Tel: 212.851.8050 
E:  joel.primus@nakedbrandgroup.com 

 

Investors:

Jean Fontana/Megan Crudele, ICR

203-682-8200

jean.fontana@icrinc.com

 

2

 

 

Exhibit 99.2

 

NAKED BRAND GROUP AND BENDON LIMITED ANNOUNCE LETTER OF INTENT TO MERGE

 

Transformative Merger Expected to Create a Powerful Portfolio of Innerwear, Sleepwear & Swimwear Brands

 

NEW YORK, January 13, 2017 – Naked Brand Group Inc. (NASDAQ:NAKD) ("Naked" or the “Company”), an innovative innerwear fashion and lifestyle brand, and Bendon Limited (“Bendon”), a global leader in intimate apparel and swimwear renowned for best in category technology and design throughout its 70 year history, announced today that they have entered into a Letter of Intent (the “LOI”) for a proposed merger of the companies (the “Merger”). Expected benefits of this proposed merger include:

 

· Bendon would gain immediate access to the U.S. capital markets enabling it to further grow the business globally, both organically and through future strategic acquisitions;
     
· The Naked brand would be able to leverage Bendon’s well-established global wholesale and retail distribution channels;
     
· The combined entity would capitalize on the industry-leading expertise of Carole Hochman, Naked’s Chief Executive Officer, to strengthen its global intimate apparel and sleepwear brand portfolio; and
     
· Operating synergies through integrated supply chain management and administrative functions.

 

Bendon's brands include Heidi Klum Intimates and Swimwear, Stella McCartney Lingerie and Swimwear, Bendon, Bendon Man, Davenport, Evollove, Fayreform, Hickory, Lovable (in Australia and New Zealand) and Pleasure State. Bendon’s brands are distributed globally through over 4,000 doors across 34 countries, as well as through a growing network of 60 company-owned Bendon retail and outlet stores in Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. Bendon is headquartered in Auckland, and maintains additional offices in Sydney, New York, London and Hong Kong. For the fiscal year ended 2016, Bendon generated approximately NZ $144 million (US $100 million) in net sales.

 

Ms. Hochman stated, “We are extremely excited about the potential of this proposed merger, and look forward to capitalizing on Bendon’s scale and expertise to further expand the Naked brands. The Bendon team has built a phenomenal business, and by leveraging their infrastructure, product and geographic knowledge, and talent, we believe that we can accelerate our growth in the innerwear fashion and lifestyle market.”

 

Justin Davis-Rice, Executive Chairman of Bendon, commented, “This is a transformative merger that will create a powerful creative, marketing, operational and capital markets platform. As a publicly traded company in the U.S., we expect to have an opportunity to accelerate our growth and strengthen our position as a global leader in intimate apparel, swimwear, innerwear fashion and lifestyle brands through both organic growth and strategic acquisitions. We are also delighted to partner with industry pioneer, Carole Hochman, who brings unrivalled experience to our company and whose expertise is expected to not only strengthen our existing brands but to provide us with an unprecedented opportunity to develop our sleepwear business, a product category that represents a significant growth opportunity.”

 

Eric Watson, Executive Chairman of Cullen Investments, Bendon’s majority shareholder, added, “This is an incredible opportunity for Bendon to strengthen its leadership in the industry and drive the continued growth of the business as a consolidator of globally recognized brands.”

 

 

 

 

Carole Hochman, who will become Chief Creative Officer of the merged company, is considered one of the single most influential women in the intimate apparel and sleepwear business in the United States with experience that extends more than 30 years. She was the driving force behind the Carole Hochman Design Group, for which she served as Chief Creative Officer until her departure in 2013 and for which she was previously CEO until its acquisition by Komar in 2010. Under Carole’s leadership, Carole Hochman Design Group manufactured the Carole Hochman brand of sleepwear, loungewear and daywear, in addition to numerous other sleepwear collections including Christian Dior, Oscar de la Renta, Ralph Lauren, Jockey, Donna Karan, Tommy Bahama and Betsey Johnson.

 

As stated in the LOI, Mr. Davis-Rice will join Naked’s board of directors, effective immediately. Concurrent with the completion of the proposed Merger, Ms. Hochman would retain a seat on the board of the combined company.

 

Terms of Letter of Intent

 

The LOI with Bendon provides that the Company would issue the holders of ordinary shares of Bendon an aggregate of 118,812,163 shares of common stock of the Company, subject to adjustment, representing approximately 93.6% of the combined company. Completion of the Merger is subject to the negotiation of a definitive merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”), satisfaction of the conditions negotiated therein and approval of the Merger by the Company’s stockholders. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that a Merger Agreement will be entered into or that the proposed Merger will be consummated. Further, readers are cautioned that those portions of the LOI that describe the proposed Merger, including the consideration to be issued therein, are non-binding.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the LOI, the Company’s management as well as certain insiders will agree to sign voting agreements pursuant to which each such person will grant a proxy and/or agree to vote for the Merger at any meeting of stockholders. In addition, key employees of Bendon will be offered employment with the Company, to be effective upon completion of the Merger. Upon completion of the Merger, the Board of the Company would be comprised of Ms. Hochman, Mr. Davis-Rice and several additional members to be identified and nominated by Bendon.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the LOI, the Company has agreed to adhere to a no-shop provision until the earlier of the date the Merger Agreement is executed or the LOI is terminated. If the Merger Agreement is not executed by February 10, 2017, or the Merger is not consummated within six months thereafter (each a “Merger Milestone”), the Company will be required to issue to Bendon 2.5 million shares of common stock; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to issue Bendon such shares if Bendon’s action(s) or lack thereof has been the principal cause of or resulted in the failure of the parties to achieve a Merger Milestone.

 

Assuming Naked and Bendon enter into the Merger Agreement, the parties will look to seek shareholder approval from Naked’s shareholders in the first quarter of 2017, subject to SEC review of the proxy statement to be filed by the parties for the proposed transaction.

 

 

 

 

About Naked:

Naked was founded on one basic desire – to create a new standard for how products worn close to the skin fit, feel, and function. Naked's women's and men's collections are available at www.wearnaked.com, and Naked has a growing retail footprint for its innovative and luxurious innerwear products in some of the leading online and department stores in North America including Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's, Dillard's, Soma, Saks Fifth Avenue, Amazon.com, BareNecessities.com, and more. In 2014, renowned designer and sleepwear pioneer Carole Hochman joined Naked as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Creative Officer, and Chairwoman with the goal of growing Naked into a global lifestyle brand. In June 2015, Naked announced a strategic partnership with NBA Miami HEAT (now Chicago Bulls) star Dwyane Wade. The 3-time NBA Champion, 11-time All Star, and Olympic Gold Medalist joined the Company's Advisory Board, and is the Creative Director for a signature collection of men's innerwear launching 2016. Naked is now headquartered in New York City and plans to expand in the future into other apparel and product categories that can exemplify the mission of the brand, such as activewear, swimwear, sportswear and more. http://www.nakedbrands.com/

 

About Bendon:

Bendon is a global leader in intimate apparel and swimwear renowned for its best in category innovation in design, and technology and unwavering commitment to premium quality products throughout its 70-year history. Bendon has a portfolio of 10 highly productive brands, including owned brands Bendon, Bendon Man, Davenport, Evollove, Fayreform, Hickory, Lovable (in Australia and New Zealand) and Pleasure State, as well as licensed brands Heidi Klum Intimates and Swimwear and Stella McCartney Lingerie and Swimwear.

 

In October 2014 Bendon announced supermodel and television host Heidi Klum as the Creative Director and face of Bendon's flagship Intimates collection, succeeding Elle Macpherson after 25 years with the brand.  Bendon products are distributed through over 4,000 doors across 34 countries as well as through a growing network of 60 company-owned Bendon retail and outlet stores in Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. Bendon’s global supply chain is one of its strongest assets, controlling sourcing, manufacturing and production at over 30 partner facilities across Asia. The company has more than 700 staff at offices and stores in Auckland, Sydney, New York, London and Hong Kong and is poised for continued meaningful growth as it opens additional retail stores and expands its current portfolio of products. http://www.bendongroup.com/

 

Additional Information about the Proposed Merger and Where to Find It

In connection with the proposed Merger, Naked intends to file relevant materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, including a proxy statement. Investors and security holders of Naked are urged to read these materials when they become available because they will contain important information about Naked, Bendon and the proposed Merger. The proxy statement and other relevant materials (when they become available), and any other documents filed by Naked with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at the SEC web site at  www.sec.gov . In addition, investors and securityholders may obtain free copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Naked by directing a written request to: Naked Brand Group Inc., 95 Madison Avenue, 10 th Floor, New York, New York 10016, Attention: Investor Relations. Investors and securityholders are urged to read the proxy statement and the other relevant materials when they become available before making any voting or investment decision with respect to the proposed Merger.

 

This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities

 

 

 

 

Participants in the Solicitation

Naked and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of Naked in connection with the proposed Merger. Information regarding the special interests of these directors and executive officers in the proposed Merger will be included in the proxy statement referred to above. Additional information regarding the directors and executive officers of Naked is also included in Naked’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2016 and the proxy statement for Naked’s 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. These documents are available free of charge at the SEC’s web site ( www.sec.gov ) and from Investor Relations at Naked at the address described above.

 

Forward-Looking Statements Safe Harbor

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties related to operating performance and outlook of Naked and the combined businesses of Naked and Bendon following the Merger, as well as other future events and their potential effects on Naked and the combined company that are subject to risks and uncertainties. The following factors, among others, in the future could cause Naked’s or Bendon’s actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, statements relating to the possibility that Naked and Bendon are able to execute the Merger Agreement when expected or at all; the structure, timing and completion of the proposed Merger; Naked’s continued listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market until closing of the proposed Merger; the combined company’s listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market after closing of the proposed Merger; the benefits of the Merger, including future financial and operating results of the combined company, Naked and Bendon’s plans, objectives, expectations and intentions, and the ability to realize the expected synergies or savings from the proposed Merger in the amounts or in the timeframe anticipated; the risk that competing offers or acquisition proposals will be made; the ability to integrate Naked’s and Bendon’s businesses in a timely and cost-efficient manner; the inherent uncertainty associated with financial projections; the potential impact of the announcement or closing of the proposed Merger on customer, supplier, employee and other relationships.  In addition, these forward-looking statements necessarily depend upon assumptions, estimates and dates that may be incorrect or imprecise and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. Accordingly, any forward-looking statements included in this announcement do not purport to be predictions of future events or circumstances and may not be realized. Forward-looking statements can be identified by, among other things, the use of forward- looking terms such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “continues,” “could,” “estimates,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “goal,” “objective,” or the negative of any of these terms, or comparable terminology, or by discussions of our outlook, plans, goals, strategy or intentions. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States and the rules and regulations of the SEC, we assume no obligation to update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting these forward-looking statements.

 

CONTACTS:

Investors:

Jean Fontana/Megan Crudele, ICR

203-682-8200

jean.fontana@icrinc.com

 

Media:

Alecia Pulman/Brittany Fraser, ICR

203-682-8200

NakedBrandsPR@icrinc.com

 

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