Exhibit 99 .1

 

 

RESERVE EQUITY FINANCING AGREEMENT

 

 

THIS AGREEMENT dated as of the 28 day of October, 2009 (the “Agreement”) between AGS Capital Group, LLC a New York limited liability corporation (the “Investor”), and INVO Bioscience, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada (the “Company”).

 

 

WHEREAS , the parties desire that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, from time to time as provided herein, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company up to Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) of the Company’s common stock, par value $.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), which shares of Common Stock shall be registered for resale pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (defined herein); and

 

 

WHEREAS , such investments will be made in reliance upon the provisions of Regulation D (“Regulation D”) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Securities Act”), and or upon such other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act as may be available with respect to any or all of the investments to be made hereunder.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I.

 

Certain Definitions

 

Section 1.1. “ Advance ” shall mean the portion of the Commitment Amount requested by the Company in the Advance Notice.

 

Section 1.2. “ Advance Date ” shall mean the first Trading Day after expiration of the applicable Pricing Period for each Advance.

 

Section 1.3. “ Advance Notice ” shall mean a written notice in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto to the Investor executed by an officer of the Company and setting forth the Advance amount that the Company requests from the Investor.

 

Section 1.4. “ Advance Notice Date ” shall mean each date the Company delivers (in accordance with Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement) to the Investor an Advance Notice requiring the Investor to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock specified in the Advance Notice, subject to the terms of this Agreement. No Advance Notice Date shall be less than five (5) calendar days after the prior Advance Notice Date.

 

Section 1.5. “ Bid Price ” shall mean, on any date, the closing bid price (as reported by Bloomberg L.P. or other comparable reporting service) of the Common Stock on the Principal Market or if the Common Stock is not traded on a Principal Market, the highest reported bid price for the Common Stock, as furnished by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

Section 1.6. “ Closing ” shall mean one of the closings of a purchase and sale of Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.3.

 

Section 1.7. “ Commitment Amount ” shall mean the aggregate amount of up to Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) which the Investor has agreed to provide to the Company in order to purchase the Company’s Common Stock pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

Section 1.8. “ Commitment Period ” shall mean the period commencing on the Effective Date, and expiring upon the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.2.

 

Section 1.9. “ Common Stock ” shall mean the Company’s common stock, par value $.0001 per share.

 

Section 1.10. “ Condition Satisfaction Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.2.

 

 

Section 1.11. “ Damages ” shall mean any loss, claim, damage, liability, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees and disbursements and costs and expenses of expert witnesses and investigation).

 

Section 1.12. “ Effective Date ” shall mean the date on which the SEC first declares effective a Registration Statement registering the resale of the Registrable Securities as set forth in Section 7.2(a).

 

Section 1.13. Intentionally Omitted .

 

Section 1.14. “ Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Section 1.15. “ Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean any condition, circumstance, or situation that may result in, or reasonably be expected to result in (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of the Agreement, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under the Agreement.

 

Section 1.16. “ Market Price ” shall mean the VWAP of the Common Stock during the Pricing Period.

 

Section 1.17. “ Maximum Advance Amount ” shall equal 100% of the average daily trading volume for the 5 days as reported by Bloomberg or comparable financial news service (U.S market only) (“ADV”) immediately preceding the Advance Notice Date.

 

Section 1.18. “ FINRA ” shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

Section 1.19. “ Person ” shall mean an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a trust or other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

 

Section 1.20. “ Pricing Period ” shall mean the five (5) consecutive Trading Days after the Advance Notice Date.

 

Section 1.21. “ Principal Market ” shall mean the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the American Stock Exchange, the OTC Bulletin Board, or the New York Stock Exchange, whichever is at the time the principal trading exchange or market for the Common Stock.

 

Section 1.22. “ Purchase Price ” shall mean ninety two percent (92%) of the Market Price during the Pricing Period.

 

Section 1.23. “ Registrable Securities ” shall mean the shares of Common Stock to be issued hereunder (i) in respect of which the Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the SEC, (ii) which have not been sold under circumstances meeting all of the applicable conditions of Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act (“ Rule 144 ”) or (iii) which have not been otherwise transferred to a holder who may trade such shares without restriction under the Securities Act, and the Company has delivered a new certificate or other evidence of ownership for such securities not bearing a restrictive legend.

 

Section 1.24. “ Registration Rights Agreement ” shall mean the Registration Rights Agreement dated the date hereof, regarding the filing of the Registration Statement for the resale of the Registrable Securities, entered into between the Company and the Investor.

 

Section 1.25. “ Registration Statement ” shall mean a registration statement on Form S-1 or Form S-3 (if use of such form is then available to the Company pursuant to the rules of the SEC and, if not, on such other form promulgated by the SEC for which the Company then qualifies and which counsel for the Company shall deem appropriate, and which form shall be available for the resale of the Registrable Securities to be registered thereunder in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, and in accordance with the intended method of distribution of such securities), for the registration of the resale by the Investor of the Registrable Securities under the Securities Act.

 

Section 1.26. “ Regulation D ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

Section 1.27. “ SEC ” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Section 1.28. “ Securities Act ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

Section 1.29. “ Trading Day ” shall mean any day during which the New York Stock Exchange shall be open for business.

 

Section 1.30. “ VWAP ” means, as of any date, the daily dollar volume-weighted average price for such security as reported by Bloomberg, LP through its “Historical Price Table Screen (HP)” with Market: Weighted Ave function selected (or comparable financial news service (U.S market only), or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, LP (or comparable financial news service (U.S market only), the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC.

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ARTICLE II.

 

Advances

Section 2.1. Advances”

 

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, the provisions of Article VII hereof), the Company, at its sole and exclusive option, may issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, shares of the Company’s Common Stock by the delivery, in the Company’s sole discretion, of Advance Notices. The number of shares of Common Stock that the Investor shall purchase pursuant to each Advance shall be determined by dividing the amount of the Advance by the Purchase Price. No fractional shares shall be issued. Fractional shares shall be rounded to the next higher whole number of shares. The aggregate maximum amount of all Advances that the Investor shall be obligated to make under this Agreement shall not exceed the Commitment Amount.

 

Section 2.2. Mechanics .

 

(a)    Advance Notice . At any time during the Commitment Period, the Company may require the Investor to purchase shares of Common Stock by delivering an Advance Notice to the Investor, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 7.2; provided, however, unless waived in writing by the Investor, the amount for each Advance as designated by the Company in the applicable Advance Notice shall not be more than the Maximum Advance Amount and the aggregate amount of the Advances pursuant to this Agreement shall not exceed the Commitment Amount. There shall be a minimum of five (5) calendar days between each Advance Notice.

 

(b)     Date of Delivery of Advance Notice . An Advance Notice shall be deemed delivered on (i) the Trading Day it is received by email (to the address set forth in Section 11.1 herein) by the Investor if such notice is received prior to 5:00 pm Eastern Time, or (ii) the immediately succeeding Trading Day if it is received by email after 5:00 pm Eastern Time on a Trading Day or at any time on a day which is not a Trading Day. No Advance Notice may be deemed delivered on a day that is not a Trading Day.

 

Section 2.3. Closings .

 

(a)   On or before the final day of the Pricing Period, the Company shall deliver to the Investor such number of shares of the Common Stock registered in the name of the Investor as shall equal the number of shares specified in the Advance Notice, subject to reduction in accordance with Section 7.1(g) if the Market Price is at or below the Floor Price. On the later of the Advance Date or one Trading Day following receipt of the shares of Common Stock corresponding to the Advance Notice, the Investor shall deliver to the Company the amount of the Advance by wire transfer of immediately available funds. On or prior to the Advance Date, each of the Company and the Investor shall deliver to the other all documents, instruments and writings required to be delivered by either of them pursuant to Section 2.3(b) below in order to implement and effect the transactions contemplated herein. To the extent the Company has not paid the fees, expenses, and disbursements of the Investor in accordance with Section 12.4, the amount of such fees, expenses, and disbursements may be deducted by the Investor (and shall be paid to the relevant party) directly out of the proceeds of the Advance with no reduction in the amount of shares of the Company’s Common Stock to be delivered on such Advance Date.

 

 (b)    Obligations Upon Closing. The Investor agrees to advance the amount corresponding to the Advance Notice to the Company upon completion of each of the following conditions:

 

(i) The Company shall deliver to the Investor the shares of Common Stock applicable to the Advance in accordance with Section 2.3(a). The certificates evidencing such shares shall be free of restrictive legends.

 

(ii) The Registration Statement filed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement shall be effective and available for the resale of all applicable shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Advance and certificates evidencing such shares shall be free of restrictive legends;

 

(iii) the Company shall have obtained all material permits and qualifications required by any applicable state for the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities, or shall have the availability of exemptions therefrom. The sale and issuance of the Registrable Securities shall be legally permitted by all laws and regulations to which the Company is subject;

 

(iv) the Company shall have filed with the SEC all reports, notices and other documents required of a “reporting company” under the Exchange Act and applicable Commission regulations;

 

(v) the Company shall pay any unpaid fees as set forth in Section 12.4 below or withhold such amounts as provided in Section 2.3; and

 

(vi) the Company’s transfer agent shall be DWAC eligible.

 

(vii) the conditions in Section 7.2 are satisfied or waived.

 

Section 2.4. Lock Up Period . On the date hereof, the Company shall obtain from each officer and director a lock-up agreement, as defined below, in the form annexed hereto as Schedule 2.4.

 

Section 2.5. Hardship . In the event the Investor sells shares of the Company’s Common Stock after receipt of an Advance Notice and the Company fails to perform its obligations as mandated in Section 2.3, and specifically the Company fails to deliver to the Investor on the Advance Date the shares of Common Stock corresponding to the applicable Advance pursuant to Section 2.3(a)(i), the Company acknowledges that the Investor shall suffer financial hardship and therefore shall be liable for any and all losses, commissions, fees, or financial hardship caused to the Investor.

 

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ARTICLE III.

 

Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Investor

 

Investor hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that the following are true and correct as of the date hereof and as of each Advance Date:

 

Section 3.1. Organization and Authorization . The Investor is duly incorporated or organized and validly existing in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and has all requisite power and authority to purchase and hold the securities issuable hereunder. The decision to invest and the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Investor, the performance by such Investor of its obligations hereunder and the consummation by such Investor of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized and requires no other proceedings on the part of the Investor. The undersigned has the right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other instruments (including, without limitations, the Registration Rights Agreement), on behalf of the Investor. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Investor and, assuming the execution and delivery hereof and acceptance thereof by the Company, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms.

 

Section 3.2. Evaluation of Risks . The Investor has such knowledge and experience in financial, tax and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of, and bearing the economic risks entailed by, an investment in the Company and of protecting its interests in connection with this transaction. It recognizes that its investment in the Company involves a high degree of risk.

 

Section 3.3. No Legal Advice From the Company . The Investor acknowledges that it had the opportunity to review this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with his or its own legal counsel and investment and tax advisors. The Investor is relying solely on such counsel and advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its representatives (including Gilford Securities, Inc.) or agents for legal, tax or investment advice with respect to this investment, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the securities laws of any jurisdiction.  The Investor is not relying on any representation except for the representations of the Company contained in this Agreement.  The Investor is also not relying on any representations of Gilford Securities, Inc., the placement agent in this transaction.

 

Section 3.4. Investment Purpose . The securities are being purchased by the Investor for its own account, and for investment purposes. The Investor agrees not to assign or in any way transfer the Investor’s rights to the securities or any interest therein and acknowledges that the Company will not recognize any purported assignment or transfer except in accordance with applicable Federal and state securities laws. No other person has or will have a direct or indirect beneficial interest in the securities. The Investor agrees not to sell, hypothecate or otherwise transfer the Investor’s securities unless the securities are registered under Federal and applicable state securities laws or unless, in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company, an exemption from such laws is available.

 

Section 3.5. Accredited Investor . The Investor is an “ Accredited Investor ” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act.

 

Section 3.6. Information . The Investor and its advisors (and its counsel), if any, have been furnished with all requested materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and information it deemed material to making an informed investment decision. The Investor and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company and its management, and have reviewed or had an opportunity to review all SEC documents filed on behalf of the Company. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such Investor or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect the Investor’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement. The Investor understands that its investment involves a high degree of risk. The Investor is in a position regarding the Company, which, based upon employment, family relationship or economic bargaining power, enabled and enables such Investor to obtain information from the Company in order to evaluate the merits and risks of this investment. The Investor has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice, as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to this transaction.

 

Section 3.7. Receipt of Documents . The Investor and its counsel have received and read in their entirety: (i) this Agreement and the Exhibits annexed hereto; (ii) all requested due diligence and other information necessary to verify the accuracy and completeness of such representations, warranties and covenants; (iii) the Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2009 and other SEC filings ; and (iv) answers to all questions the Investor submitted to the Company regarding an investment in the Company; and the Investor has relied on the information contained therein and has not been furnished, nor has it relied upon, any other documents, literature, memorandum or prospectus.

 

Section 3.8. No General Solicitation . Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby.

 

Section 3.9. Not an Affiliate . The Investor is not an officer, director or a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company or any “ Affiliate ” of the Company (as that term is defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act).

 

 

Section 3.10. Trading Activities . The Investor’s trading activities with respect to the Company’s Common Stock shall be in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws, rules and regulations and the rules and regulations of the Principal Market on which the Company’s Common Stock is listed or traded. The Investor covenants that neither the Investor nor any of its affiliates nor any entity managed or controlled by the Investor will, or cause or assist any person to, enter into or execute any “ short sale ” (as such term is defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO, or any successor regulation, promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act) of any securities of the Company, and that the Investor and its affiliates shall comply with all other applicable law.

 

Section 3.11.   Statutory Underwriter Status . The Investor acknowledges that, pursuant to the Commission’s current interpretations of the Securities Act, the Investor will be disclosed as an “ underwriter ” within the meaning of the Securities Act in the Registration Statement (and amendments thereto) and in any Prospectus contained therein to the extent required by applicable law.

 

Section 3.12.   Prospectus Delivery . The Investor agrees that unless the Registrable Securities are eligible for resale pursuant to all the conditions of Rule 144 without volume or manner of sale limitations, it will resell the Registrable Securities only pursuant to the Registration Statement, in a manner described under the caption “ Plan of Distribution ” in the Registration Statement, and in a manner in compliance with all applicable securities laws, including, without limitation, any applicable prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and any other trading restrictions of the Exchange Act.

 

Section 3.13.   Financial Capability . The Investor has the current financial capability to perform all of its obligations under this Agreement, including the capability to purchase the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

Section 3.14.   No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and any other document or instrument contemplated hereby, by the Investor and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby do not (i) violate any provision of the Investor’s charter documents or bylaws, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any material agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, indenture, note, bond, license, lease agreement, instrument or obligation to which the Investor is a party, (iii) create or impose a lien, charge or encumbrance on any property of the Investor under any agreement or any commitment to which the Investor is a party or by which the Investor is bound or by which any of its respective properties or assets are bound, (iv) result in a violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws and regulations) applicable to the Investor or by which any property or asset of the Investor are bound or affected, or (v) require the consent of any third-party that has not been obtained pursuant to any material contract to which Investor is subject or to which any of its assets, operations or management may be subject. The Investor is not required under federal, state, foreign or local law, rule or regulation to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or to purchase the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

 

ARTICLE IV.

 

Representations and Warranties of the Company

 

Except as stated below, on the disclosure schedules attached hereto or in the SEC Documents (as defined herein), the Company hereby represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Investor that the following are true and correct as of the date hereof:

 

Section 4.1. Organization and Qualification . The Company is duly incorporated or organized and validly existing in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and has all requisite corporate power to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

Section 4.2. Authorization, Enforcement, Compliance with Other Instruments . (i) The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and any related agreements, in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, (ii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and any related agreements by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, have been duly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors and no further consent or authorization is required by the Company, its Board of Directors or its stockholders, (iii) this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and any related agreements have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, (iv) this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and assuming the execution and delivery thereof and acceptance by the Investor and any related agreements constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies.

 

Section 4.3. Capitalization . The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 200,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 55,247,000 shares of Common Stock are issued and outstanding, and 100,000,000 shares of authorized Preferred Stock, of which no shares are issued and outstanding  All of such outstanding shares have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents (as defined in paragraph 4.5), no shares of Common Stock are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents and on Schedule 4.3, as of the date hereof, (i) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) there are no outstanding debt securities ( iii) there are no currently effective outstanding registration statements ; and (iv) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the Securities Act (except pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement), except pursuant to the terms of an agreement between the Company and the Investor. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, there are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by this Agreement or any related agreement or the consummation of the transactions described herein or therein. The Company has furnished to the Investor true and correct copies of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”), and the Company’s By-laws, as in effect on the date hereof (the “ By-laws ”), and the terms of all securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.

 

Section 4.4. No Conflict . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) result in a violation of the Certificate of Incorporation, any certificate of designations of any outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company or By-laws or (ii) conflict with or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party, or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of the Principal Market on which the Common Stock is quoted) applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or by which any material property or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or affected and which would cause a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, neither the Company nor its subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default under its Articles of Incorporation or By-laws or their organizational charter or by-laws, respectively, or any material contract, agreement, mortgage, indebtedness, indenture, instrument, judgment, decree or order or any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries. The business of the Company and its subsidiaries is not being conducted in violation of any material law, ordinance, regulation of any governmental entity. Except as specifically contemplated by this Agreement and as required under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws, the Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the date hereof. The Company and its subsidiaries are unaware of any fact or circumstance which might give rise to any of the foregoing.

 

 

Section 4.5. SEC Documents; Financial Statements . The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act since December 2008 for the one year preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof or amended after the date hereof and all exhibits include therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to as the “ SEC Documents ”) on timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Document prior to the expiration of any such extension. The Company has delivered to the Investor or its representatives, or made available through the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov., true and complete copies of the SEC Documents. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). No other information provided by or on behalf of the Company to the Buyers which is not included in the SEC Documents contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made and not misleading.

 

Section 4.6.  Intentionally Omitted.

 

Section 4.7. No Default . Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, the Company is not in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other material instrument or agreement to which it is a party or by which it is or its property is bound and neither the execution, nor the delivery by the Company, nor the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement or any of the exhibits or attachments hereto will conflict with or result in the breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default or result in the creation or imposition of any lien or charge on any assets or properties of the Company under its Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws, any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other material agreement applicable to the Company or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, or any statute, or any decree, judgment, order, rules or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or its properties, in each case which default, lien or charge is likely to cause a Material Adverse Effect on the Company’s business or financial condition.

 

Section 4.8. Intentionally Omitted

 

Section 4.9. Intellectual Property Rights . The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights or licenses to use all material trademarks, trade names, service marks, service mark registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and rights necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted. The Company and its subsidiaries do not have any knowledge of any infringement by the Company or its subsidiaries of trademark, trade name rights, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, service names, service marks, service mark registrations, trade secret or other similar rights of others, and, to the knowledge of the Company, there is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought against, or to the Company’s knowledge, being threatened against, the Company or its subsidiaries regarding trademark, trade name, patents, patent rights, invention, copyright, license, service names, service marks, service mark registrations, trade secret or other infringement; and the Company and its subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing.

 

Section 4.10. Employee Relations . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is involved in any labor dispute nor, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is any such dispute threatened. None of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union and the Company and its subsidiaries believe that their relations with their employees are good.

 

Section 4.11. Environmental Laws . Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, the Company and its subsidiaries are (i) in compliance with any and all applicable material foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“ Environmental Laws ”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval.

 

Section 4.12. Title . Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, the Company has good and marketable title to its properties and material assets owned by it, free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, encumbrance, claim or equitable interest other than such as are not material to the business of the Company. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries.

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Section 4.14. Regulatory Permits . The Company and its subsidiaries possess all material certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as of the date hereof, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorization or permits would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit.

 

Section 4.15. Internal Accounting Controls . The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and the rules and regulations as promulgated by the SEC to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

 

Section 4.16. No Material Adverse Breaches, etc . Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is subject to any charter, corporate or other legal restriction, or any judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation which in the judgment of the Company’s officers has or is expected in the future to have a Material Adverse Effect on the business, properties, operations, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company or its subsidiaries. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in breach of any contract or agreement which breach, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the business, properties, operations, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company or its subsidiaries.

 

Section 4.17. Absence of Litigation . Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending against or affecting the Company, the Common Stock or any of the Company’s subsidiaries, wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would (i) have a Material Adverse Effect on the transactions contemplated hereby (ii) adversely affect the validity or enforceability of, or the authority or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under, this Agreement or any of the documents contemplated herein, or (iii) have a Material Adverse Effect on the business, operations, properties, financial condition or results of operation of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

Section 4.18. Subsidiaries . Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, the Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, association or other business entity.

 

Section 4.19. Tax Status . Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents or in Schedule 4.19, the Company and each of its subsidiaries has made or filed all federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject and (unless and only to the extent that the Company and each of its subsidiaries has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all unpaid and unreported taxes) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim.

 

Section 4.20. Certain Transactions . Except as set forth in the SEC Documents none of the officers, directors, or employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.

 

Section 4.21. Rights of First Refusal . The Company is not obligated to offer the securities offered hereunder on a right of first refusal basis or otherwise to any third parties including, but not limited to, current or former shareholders of the Company, underwriters, brokers, agents or other third parties.

 

Section 4.22. Use of Proceeds . The Company shall use the net proceeds from this offering for working capital and other general corporate purposes including paying relevant fees and commissions incurred from this transaction.

 

 

Section 4.23. Maintenance of Listing or Quotation on Principal Market . For so long as any securities issuable hereunder held by the Investor remain outstanding, the Company acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that it will use its best efforts to maintain the listing or quotation, as applicable, of its Common Stock on the Principal Market.

 

Section 4.24. Opinion of Counsel . Investor shall receive an opinion letter from counsel to the Company on the date hereof.

 

Section 4.25. Opinion of Counsel . The Company will obtain for the Investor, at the Company’s expense, any and all opinions of counsel which may be reasonably required in order to sell the securities issuable hereunder without restriction.

 

Section 4.26. Dilution . The Company is aware and acknowledges that issuance of shares of the Company’s Common Stock could cause dilution to existing shareholders and could significantly increase the outstanding number of shares of Common Stock.

 

Section 4.27. Acknowledgment Regarding Investor’s Purchase of Shares . The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Investor is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length investor with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder. The Company further acknowledges that the Investor is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder and any advice given by the Investor or any of its representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder is merely incidental to the Investor’s purchase of the Common Stock hereunder. The Company is aware and acknowledges that it may not be able to request Advances under this Agreement if it cannot obtain an effective Registration Statement or if any issuances of Common Stock pursuant to any Advances would violate any rules of the Principal Market. The Company further is aware and acknowledges that any fees paid pursuant to Section 12.4 hereunder or shares issued pursuant to

 

Section 12.4(b) hereunder shall be earned on the date hereof and not refundable or returnable under any circumstances.

 

Section 4.28. No Legal Advice From the Investor . The Company acknowledges that it had the opportunity to review this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with his or its own legal counsel and investment and tax advisors. The Company is relying solely on such counsel and advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Investor or any of its representatives or agents for legal, tax or investment advice with respect to this investment, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the securities laws of any jurisdiction.  The Company is not relying on any representation except for the representations of the Investor contained in this Agreement.  The Company is also not relying on any representations of Gilford Securities, Inc., the placement agent in this transaction.

 

 

ARTICLE V.

 

Indemnification

 

The Investor and the Company represent to the other the following with respect to itself:

 

Section 5.1. Indemnification .

 

 (a)  In consideration of the Investor’s execution and delivery of this Agreement, and in addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under this Agreement, the Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Investor, and all of its officers, directors, partners, employees and agents (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (collectively, the “ Investor Indemnitees ”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Investor Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (the “ Indemnified Liabilities ”), incurred by the Investor Indemnitees or any of them as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company in this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Company contained in this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, or (c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such Investor Indemnitee not arising out of any action or inaction of an Investor Indemnitee, and arising out of or resulting from the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of this Agreement or any other instrument, document or agreement executed pursuant hereto by any of the Investor Indemnitees   provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable under this Section 5.1 to an Investor Indemnitee to the extent that such Indemnified Liabilities resulted or arose from the breach by an Investor Indemnitee of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of an Investor Indemnitee contained in this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement or the negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct or bad faith of an Investor Indemnitee. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities, which is permissible under applicable law.

 

(b)  In consideration of the Company’s execution and delivery of this Agreement, and in addition to all of the Investor’s other obligations under this Agreement, the Investor shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Company and all of its officers, directors, shareholders, employees and agents (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (collectively, the “ Company Indemnitees ”) from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by the Company Indemnitees or any of them as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Investor in this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, or any instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby executed by the Investor, (b) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Investor(s) contained in this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby executed by the Investor, or (c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such Company Indemnitee not arising out of any action or inaction of a Company Indemnitee, and arising out of or resulting from the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of this Agreement or any other instrument, document or agreement executed pursuant hereto by any of the Company Indemnitees provided, however, that the Investor shall not be liable under this Section 5.1 to a Company Indemnitee to the extent that such Indemnified Liabilities resulted or arose from the breach by a Company Indemnitee of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of a Company Indemnitee contained in this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement or the negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct or bad faith of a Company Indemnitee. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Investor may be unenforceable for any reason, the Investor shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities, which is permissible under applicable law.

 

(c)  The obligations of the parties to indemnify or make contribution under this Section 5.1 shall survive termination.

 

Section 5.2   Notification of Claims for Indemnification . Each party entitled to indemnification under this Article V (an “ Indemnified Party ”) shall, promptly after the receipt of notice of the commencement of any claim against such Indemnified Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought from the party obligated to indemnify such Indemnified Party under this Article V (the “ Indemnifying Party ”), notify the Indemnifying Party in writing of the commencement thereof. Any such notice shall describe the claim in reasonable detail. The failure of any Indemnified Party to so notify the Indemnifying Party of any such action shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any liability which it may have to such Indemnified Party (a) other than pursuant to this Article V or (b) under this Article V unless, and only to the extent that, such failure results in the Indemnifying Party’s forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses or the Indemnifying Party is prejudiced by such delay. The procedures listed below shall govern the procedures for the handling of indemnification claims.

 

(a)   Any claim for indemnification for Indemnified Liabilities that do not result from a Third Party Claim as defined in the following paragraph, shall be asserted by written notice given by the Indemnified Party to the Indemnifying Party. Such Indemnifying Party shall have a period of thirty (30) days after the receipt of such notice within which to respond thereto. If such Indemnifying Party does not respond within such thirty (30) day period, such Indemnifying Party shall be deemed to have refused to accept responsibility to make payment as set forth in Section 5.1. If such Indemnifying Party does not respond within such thirty (30) day period or rejects such claim in whole or in part, the Indemnified Party shall be free to pursue such remedies as specified in this Agreement.

 

(b)   If an Indemnified Party shall receive notice or otherwise learn of the assertion by a person or entity not a party to this Agreement of any threatened legal action or claim (collectively a “ Third Party Claim ”), with respect to which an Indemnifying Party may be obligated to provide indemnification, the Indemnified Party shall give such Indemnifying Party written notice thereof within twenty (20) days after becoming aware of such Third Party Claim.

 

 

(c)   An Indemnifying Party may elect to defend (and, unless the Indemnifying Party has specified any reservations or exceptions, to seek to settle or compromise) at such Indemnifying Party’s own expense and by such Indemnifying Party’s own counsel, any Third Party Claim. Within thirty (30) days after the receipt of notice from an Indemnified Party (or sooner if the nature of such Third Party Claim so requires), the Indemnifying Party shall notify the Indemnified Party whether the Indemnifying Party will assume responsibility for defending such Third Party Claim, which election shall specify any reservations or exceptions. If such Indemnifying Party does not respond within such thirty (30) day period or rejects such claim in whole or in part, the Indemnified Party shall be free to pursue such remedies as specified in this Agreement. In case any such Third Party Claim shall be brought against any Indemnified Party, and it shall notify the Indemnifying Party of the commencement thereof, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof at its own expense, with counsel satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in its reasonable judgment; provided, however, that any Indemnified Party may, at its own expense, retain separate counsel to participate in such defense at its own expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in any Third Party Claim in which both the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and an Indemnified Party, on the other hand, are, or are reasonably likely to become, a party, such Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to control its own defense of such claim if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to such Indemnified Party, either (x) one or more significant defenses are available to the Indemnified Party that are not available to the Indemnifying Party or (y) a conflict or potential conflict exists between the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and such Indemnified Party, on the other hand, that would make such separate representation advisable; provided, however, that in such circumstances the Indemnifying Party (i) shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel to all Indemnified Parties and (ii) shall reimburse the Indemnified Parties for such reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel incurred in any such Third Party Claim, as such expenses are incurred, provided that the Indemnified Parties agree to repay such amounts if it is ultimately determined that the Indemnifying Party was not obligated to provide indemnification under this Article IX. The Indemnifying Party agrees that it shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim relating to the matters contemplated hereby (if any Indemnified Party is a party thereto or has been actually threatened to be made a party thereto) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability arising or that may arise out of such claim. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any claim effected against an Indemnified Party without the Indemnifying Party’s written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. The rights accorded to an Indemnified Party hereunder shall be in addition to any rights that any Indemnified Party may have at common law, by separate agreement or otherwise; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, nothing in this Article V shall restrict or limit any rights that any Indemnified Party may have to seek equitable relief.

 

ARTICLE VI.

 

Covenants of the Company

 

Section 6.1. Registration Rights . The Company shall cause the Registration Rights Agreement to remain in full force and effect and the Company shall comply in all material respects with the terms thereof.

 

Section 6.2. Quotation of Common Stock . The Company shall use its best efforts to maintain the Common Stock’s authorization for quotation on the Principal Market.

 

Section 6.3. Exchange Act Registration . The Company will file in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of it as a reporting company under the Exchange Act and will not take any action or file any document (whether or not permitted by Exchange Act or the rules thereunder) to terminate or suspend such registration or to terminate or suspend its reporting and filing obligations under said Exchange Act.

 

Section 6.4. Transfer Agent Instructions . Not later than the fifth day after each Advance Notice Date and prior to each Closing, the Company shall deliver instructions to its transfer agent to issue shares of Common Stock to the Investor free of restrictive legends on the applicable Advance Date.

 

Section 6.5. Corporate Existence . The Company will take all steps necessary to preserve and continue the corporate existence of the Company.

 

Section 6.6. Notice of Certain Events Affecting Registration; Suspension of Right to Make an Advance . Subject to compliance with Regulation FD under the Exchange Act, The Company will immediately notify the Investor upon its becoming aware of the occurrence of any of the following events in respect of a registration statement or related prospectus relating to an offering of Registrable Securities: (i) receipt of any request for additional information by the SEC or any other Federal or state governmental authority during the period of effectiveness of the Registration Statement for amendments or supplements to the registration statement or related prospectus; (ii) the issuance by the SEC or any other Federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; (iii) receipt of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; (iv) the happening of any event that makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or related prospectus of any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement, related prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that in the case of the related prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (v) the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement would be appropriate; and the Company will promptly make available to the Investor any such supplement or amendment to the related prospectus. The Company shall not deliver to the Investor any Advance Notice during the continuation of any of the foregoing events.

 

Section 6.7. RESERVED .

 

Section 6.8. Consolidation; Merger . The Company shall not, at any time after the delivery of an Advance Notice and before the Advance Date applicable to such Advance Notice, effect any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into, or a transfer of all or substantially all the assets of the Company to another entity (a “ Consolidation Event ”) unless the resulting successor or acquiring entity (if not the Company) assumes by written instrument the obligation to deliver to the Investor such shares of stock and/or securities as the Investor is entitled to receive pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Section 6.9. Issuance of the Company’s Common Stock. The sale of the shares of Common Stock shall be made in accordance with the provisions and requirements of Regulation D and any applicable state securities law.

 

Section 6.10. Review of Public Disclosures . All SEC filings (including, without limitation, all filings required under the Exchange Act, which include Forms 10-Q, 10-K, 8-K, etc) and other public disclosures made by the Company, including, without limitation, all press releases, investor relations materials, and scripts of analysts meetings and calls, shall be reviewed and approved for release by the Company’s attorneys and, if containing financial information, the Company’s independent certified public accountants.

 

Section 6.11. Market Activities    The Company will not, directly or indirectly take any action designed to cause or result in, or that constitutes or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Common Stock.

 

 

ARTICLE VII.

 

Conditions for Advance and Conditions to Closing

 

Section 7.1. Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of the Company. The obligation hereunder of the Company to issue and sell the shares of Common Stock to the Investor incident to each Closing is subject to the satisfaction, or waiver by the Company, at or before each such Closing, of each of the conditions set forth below.

 

(a)    Accuracy of the Investor’s Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties of the Investor shall be true and correct in all material respects.

 

(b)  Performance by the Investor . The Investor shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Investor at or prior to such Closing.

 

Section 7.2. Conditions Precedent to the Right of the Company to Deliver an Advance Notice . The right of the Company to deliver an Advance Notice is subject to the fulfillment by the Company, on such Advance Notice Date (a “ Condition Satisfaction Date ”), of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in writing by the Investor:

 

(a)  Registration of the Common Stock with the SEC . The Company shall have filed with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect to the resale of the Registrable Securities in accordance with and subject to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement. As set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, the Registration Statement shall have previously become effective and shall remain effective on each Condition Satisfaction Date and (i) neither the Company nor the Investor shall have received notice that the SEC has issued or intends to issue a stop order with respect to the Registration Statement or that the SEC otherwise has suspended or withdrawn the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, either temporarily or permanently, or intends or has threatened to do so (unless the SEC’s concerns have been addressed and the Investor is reasonably satisfied that the SEC no longer is considering or intends to take such action), and (ii) no other suspension of the use or withdrawal of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or related prospectus shall exist. The Registration Statement must have been declared effective by the SEC prior to the first Advance Notice Date.

 

(b)  Authority . The Company shall have obtained all permits and qualifications required by any applicable state in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement for the offer and sale of the shares of Common Stock, or shall have the availability of exemptions therefrom. The sale and issuance of the shares of Common Stock shall be legally permitted by all laws and regulations to which the Company is subject.

 

(c)  Fundamental Changes . There shall not be any fundamental changes to the information set forth in the Registration Statement which are not already reflected in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement.

 

(d)  Performance by the Company . The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to each Condition Satisfaction Date.

 

(e)  No Injunction . No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of or which would materially modify or delay any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and no proceeding shall have been commenced that may have the effect of prohibiting the consummation of or materially modify or delay any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(f)  No Suspension of Trading in or Delisting of Common Stock . The Common Stock is trading on a Principal Market. The trading of the Common Stock is not suspended by the SEC or the Principal Market. The issuance of shares of Common Stock with respect to the applicable Closing will not violate the shareholder approval requirements of the Principal Market. The Company shall not have received any notice threatening the continued quotation of the Common Stock on the Principal Market and the Company shall have no knowledge of any event which would be more likely than not to have the effect of causing the Common Stock to not be trading or quoted on a Principal Market.

 

(g)  Maximum Advance Amount . The amount of an Advance corresponding to the Advance Notice shall not exceed the Maximum Advance Amount. In addition, the Advance amount shall be automatically reduced by 50%, unless agreed to in writing by both parties to override, if on any day during the Pricing Period, the VWAP for that day does not meet or exceed the Floor Price. The Floor Price shall be 85% of the Volume Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock for the five (5) Trading Days prior to the Advance Notice Date, or any other price mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Investor in writing.  In addition, in no event shall the number of shares issuable to the Investor pursuant to an Advance cause the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Investor and its affiliates to exceed 4.99% of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company (“ Ownership Limitation ”). Any portion of an Advance that would cause the Investor to exceed the Ownership Limitation shall automatically be withdrawn. For the purposes of this section, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

(h)  No Knowledge . The Company has no knowledge of any event which would be more likely than not to have the effect of causing such Registration Statement to be suspended or otherwise ineffective at Closing.

 

(i)  Executed Advance Notice . The Investor shall have received the Advance Notice executed by an officer of the Company and the representations contained in such Advance Notice shall be true and correct as of each Condition Satisfaction Date.

 

 

ARTICLE VIII.

 

Due Diligence Review; Non-Disclosure of Non-Public Information

 

Section 8.1. Non-Disclosure of Non-Public Information .

 

  (a)  Subject to Section 6.6 and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company covenants and agrees that it shall refrain from disclosing, and shall cause its officers, directors, employees and agents to refrain from disclosing, any material non-public information to the Investor without also disseminating such information to the public.

 

(b) Nothing herein shall require the Company to disclose material, non-public information to the Investor or its advisors or representatives, and the Company represents that it does not disseminate material, non-public information to any investors who purchase stock in the Company in a public offering, to money managers or to securities analysts in violation of Regulation FD of the Exchange Act, provided, however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company will, as hereinabove provided and subject to compliance with Regulation FD, immediately notify the advisors and representatives of the Investor and, if any, underwriters, of any event or the existence of any circumstance (without any obligation to disclose the specific event or circumstance) of which it becomes aware, constituting material, non-public information (whether or not requested of the Company specifically or generally during the course of due diligence by such persons or entities), which, if not disclosed in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement would cause such prospectus to include a material misstatement or to omit a material fact required to be stated therein in order to make the statements, therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. Nothing contained in this Section 8.1 shall be construed to mean that such persons or entities other than the Investor (without the written consent of the Investor prior to disclosure of such information) may not obtain material, non-public information in the course of conducting due diligence in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and nothing herein shall prevent any such persons or entities from notifying the Company of their opinion that based on such due diligence by such persons or entities, that the Registration Statement contains an untrue statement of material fact or omits a material fact required to be stated in the Registration Statement or necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

 

ARTICLE IX.

 

Choice of Law/Jurisdiction

 

Section 9.1. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the principles of conflict of laws.

 

Section 9.2. Arbitration .  Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or otherwise relating to the parties relationship that cannot be settled by the Company and the Investor after discussion shall be settled solely by arbitration. Any such arbitration shall be fully and finally resolved in binding arbitration in a proceeding in the State of New York, City of New York, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association before a single arbitrator.  The arbitrator shall not have the authority to modify or change any of the terms of this Agreement.  The arbitrator may award interim relief and grant specific performance in addition to monetary damages.  The Company and the Investor further agree that no demand for punitive or exemplary damages shall be made in any arbitration proceeding.  Any monetary award shall be in U.S. dollars.  The arbitrator's award shall be final and binding upon the parties, and judgment upon the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction in any state of the United States or country or application may be made to such court for a judicial acceptance of the award and an enforcement as the law of such jurisdiction may require or allow. 

 

 

ARTICLE X.

 

Assignment; Termination

 

Section 10.1. Assignment . Neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations of the Company or the Investor hereunder may be assigned to any other Person.

 

Section 10.2. Termination .

 

 (a) Unless earlier terminated as provided hereunder, this Agreement shall terminate automatically on the earliest of (i) the first day of the month next following the 24-month anniversary of the Effective Date, or (ii) the date on which the Investor shall have made payment of Advances pursuant to this Agreement in the aggregate amount of the Commitment Amount.

 

(b) The Company may terminate this Agreement effective upon fifteen Trading Days’ prior written notice to the Investor; provided that (i) there are no Advances outstanding, and (ii) the Company has paid all amounts owed to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated at any time by the mutual written consent of the parties, effective as of the date of such mutual written consent unless otherwise provided in such written consent. In the event of any termination of this Agreement by the Company hereunder, so long as the Investor owns any shares of Common Stock issued hereunder, unless all of such shares of Common Stock may be resold by the Investor without registration and without any time, volume or manner of sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144, the Company shall not (i) cancel the common stock issued to Investor or suspend (except as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement) or  withdraw the Registration Statement or otherwise willfully cause the Registration Statement to become ineffective, or voluntarily delist the Common Stock from, the Principal Market without listing the Common Stock on another Principal Market.

 

(c) The obligation of the Investor to make an Advance to the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall terminate permanently (including with respect to an Advance Date that has not yet occurred) in the event that (i) there shall occur any stop order or suspension of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for an aggregate of fifty (50) Trading Days, during the Commitment Period, or (ii) the Company shall at any time fail materially to comply with the requirements of Article VI and such failure is not cured within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice from the Investor, provided , however , that this paragraph (c) shall not apply to any period commencing upon the filing of a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement and ending upon the date on which such post effective amendment is declared effective by the SEC.

 

(d) Nothing in this Section 10.2 shall be deemed to release the Company or the Investor from any liability for any breach under this Agreement, or to impair the rights of the Company and the Investor to compel specific performance by the other party of its obligations under this Agreement. The indemnification provisions contained in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 shall survive termination hereunder.

 

 

ARTICLE XI.

 

Notices

 

Section 11.1. Notices . Any notices, consents, waivers, or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) three (3) days after being sent by U.S. certified mail, return receipt requested, (iii) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same or (iv) or upon confirmation of receipt of email by the recipient emailing back the sender that they are in receipt of the email. The addresses and emails for such communications shall be:

 

Each party shall provide five (5) days’ prior written notice to the other party of any change in address or email.

 

 

ARTICLE XII.

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 12.1. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party.

 

Section 12.2 Entire Agreement; Amendments . This Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or written agreements between the Investor, the Company, their affiliates and persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the instruments referenced herein and therein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor the Investor makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party to be charged with enforcement.

 

Section 12.3. Reporting Entity for the Common Stock . The reporting entity relied upon for the determination of the trading price or trading volume of the Common Stock on any given Trading Day for the purposes of this Agreement shall be Bloomberg, L.P. or any successor thereto. The written mutual consent of the Investor and the Company shall be required to employ any other reporting entity.

 

Section 12.4. Fees and Expenses. Each of the parties shall pay its own fees and expenses (including the fees of any attorneys, accountants, appraisers or others engaged by such party) in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, except that the Company shall pay a Due Diligence Fee of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) to Investor, of which $5,000 has been paid prior to the date hereof, and the remaining $5,000 shall be paid on the date hereof. If any action at law or in equity is necessary to enforce or interpret the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable fees, costs and disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

 

Section 12.5 Severability . If any provision of this Agreement becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, unenforceable or void, this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect without said provision; provided that, if the severance of such provision materially changes the economic benefits of this Agreement to either party as such benefits are anticipated as of the date hereof, then such party may terminate this Agreement on five (5) business days prior written notice to the other party.

 

Section 12.5. Confidentiality . If for any reason the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not consummated, each of the parties hereto shall keep confidential any information obtained from any other party (except information publicly available or in such party’s domain prior to the date hereof, and except as required by court order) and shall promptly return to the other parties all schedules, documents, instruments, work papers or other written information without retaining copies thereof, previously furnished by it as a result of this Agreement or in connection herein.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have caused this Reserve Equity Financing Agreement to be executed by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first set forth above.

 

		COMPANY:
		invo bioscience, Inc.
		By:	/s/Kathleen Karloff
		Name: Kathleen T. Karloff
		Title: Chief Executive Officer
		INVESTOR:
		ags capital group, llc
		By:	/s/ Allen Silberstein
		Name: Allen Silberstein
		Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

EXHIBIT A

 

ADVANCE NOTICE

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

 

The undersigned, __________hereby certifies, with respect to the sale of shares of Common Stock of INVO BIOSCIENCE INC. (the “ Company ”) issuable in connection with this Advance Notice, delivered pursuant to the Reserve Equity Financing Agreement (the “ Agreement ”), as follows:

 

1. The undersigned is the duly elected Officer of the Company, its Chief Executive, President or Chief Financial Officer.

 

2. There are no fundamental changes to the information set forth in the Registration Statement which would require the Company to file a post effective amendment to the Registration Statement.

 

3. The Company has performed in all material respects all covenants and agreements to be performed by the Company and has complied in all material respects with all obligations and conditions contained in the Agreement on or prior to the Advance Notice Date, and shall continue to perform in all material respects all covenants and agreements to be performed by the Company through the applicable Advance Date. All conditions to the delivery of this Advance Notice are satisfied as of the date hereof.

 

4. The undersigned hereby represents, warrants and covenants that it has made all filings (“ SEC Filings ”) required to be made by it pursuant to applicable securities laws (including, without limitation, all filings required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which include Forms 10-Q or, 10-K or, 8-K, etc.). All SEC Filings and other public disclosures made by the Company, including, without limitation, all press releases, analysts meetings and calls, etc. (collectively, the “ Public Disclosures ”), have been reviewed and approved for release by the Company’s attorneys and, if containing financial information, the Company’s independent certified public accountants. None of the Company’s Public Disclosures contain, as of their respective dates, any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

If Returning This Advance Notice via email Please Send To: asilberstein@agscapitalgroup.com

 

 

SCHEDULE 2.4

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

 

The undersigned hereby agrees that for a period commencing on November 1, 2009 and expiring upon the termination of the Reserve Equity Financing Agreement dated October 28, 2009 between the Company and the Investor (the “ Lock-up Period ”), he, she or it will not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Investor, issue, offer, agree or offer to sell, sell, grant an option for the purchase or sale of, transfer, pledge, assign, hypothecate, distribute or otherwise encumber or dispose of any securities of the Company, including common stock or options, rights, warrants or other securities underlying, convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for or evidencing any right to purchase or subscribe for any common stock (whether or not beneficially owned by the undersigned), or any beneficial interest therein (collectively, the “ Securities ”) except in accordance with the volume limitations set forth in Rule 144(e) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Notwithstanding the forgoing, nothing herein shall prevent the undersigned from disposing of Securities (i) if the recipient of the Securities agrees to be bound by the terms of this Lock-up, or (ii) in connection with a merger where the Company is not the surviving entity.

 

 

In order to enable the aforesaid covenants to be enforced, the undersigned hereby consents to the placing of legends and/or stop-transfer orders with the transfer agent of the Company’s securities with respect to any of the Securities registered in the name of the undersigned or beneficially owned by the undersigned, and the undersigned hereby confirms the undersigned’s investment in the Company.

 

 

Dated: ___________________, 2009

	Signature
	Name:
	Address:
	City, State, Zip Code:
	_____________________________________________________________
	Print Social Security Number
	or Taxpayer I.D. Number

 

Exhibit 99 .2

 

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of October 28, 2009, by and between INVO Bioscience, Inc. , a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), and AGS Capital Group, LLC , (the   Investor ”).

 

WHEREAS:

 

A. In connection with the Reserve Equity Financing Agreement by and between the parties hereto of even date herewith (the “ Reserve Equity Financing Agreement ”), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Reserve Equity Financing Agreement, to issue and sell to the Investor shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.0001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), which can be purchased pursuant to the terms of the Reserve Equity Financing Agreement. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Reserve Equity Financing Agreement.

 

B. To induce the Investor to execute and deliver the Reserve Equity Financing Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the “ Securities Act ”), and applicable state securities laws.

 

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

 

1. DEFINITIONS .

 

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

a. “ Person ” means a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a partnership, an organization, a business, an individual, a governmental or political subdivision thereof or a governmental agency.

 

b. “ Register ” “ registered ” and “ registration ” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing one or more Registration Statements (as defined below) in compliance with the Securities Act and pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act or any successor rule providing for offering securities on a continuous or delayed basis (“ Rule 415 ”), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement(s) by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the  “ SEC ”).

 

c. “ Registrable Securities ” means the shares of Common Stock issuable to Investor pursuant to the Reserve Equity Financing Agreement.

 

d.    “ Registration Period ”   The period beginning on the date the Registration Statement(s) is declared effective under the Securities Act and ending on the date on which all Registrable Securities under such Registration Statement are available for sale under Rule 144(b) (or any successor provision thereto) without volume limitation.

 

e. “ Registration Statement ” means a registration statement under the Securities Act which covers the Registrable Securities.

 

2. REGISTRATION .

 

a.  Filing of a Registration Statement . The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-1 or on such other form as is available. The Company shall cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC prior to the first sale to the Investor of the Company’s Common Stock pursuant to the Reserve Equity Financing Agreement. After a Registration Statement is declared effective, the Company shall insure that the Registration Statement and any subsequent Registration Statements remain in effect until all of the Registrable Securities have been sold, or may be sold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144.

 

b.  Sufficient Number of Shares Registered .   The Company shall use its best efforts to register the maximum number of shares permissible by the SEC under SEC Rule 415.  If any Registrable Securities must be excluded from the initial Registration Statement, the Company shall use its best efforts at the first opportunity that is permitted by the SEC to register for resale the Registrable Securities that were excluded from being registered on the initial Registration Statement and to cause such new Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable following the filing thereof.

 

 

3. RELATED OBLIGATIONS .

 

a. The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to a Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement, which prospectus is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act, as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective at all times during the Registration Period, and, during such period, comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities of the Company covered by such Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 3(b)) by reason of the Company’s filing a report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K or any analogous report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), the Company shall have incorporated such report by reference into the Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the SEC promptly following the day on which the Exchange Act report is filed which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement the Registration Statement.

 

b. The Company shall furnish to the Investor without charge, (i) at least one copy of such Registration Statement as declared effective by the SEC and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, all exhibits and each preliminary prospectus, (ii) ten (10) copies of the final prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto (or such other number of copies as such Investor may reasonably request) and (iii) such other documents as such Investor may reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor.

 

c. The Company shall use its best efforts to (i) register and qualify the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under such other securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Investor reasonably requests, (ii) prepare and file in those jurisdictions, such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness thereof during the Registration Period, (iii) take such other actions as may be necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the Registration Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for sale in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (w) make any change to its certificate of incorporation or by-laws, (x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(d), (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly notify the Investor of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the registration or qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in the United States or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.

 

d. As promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event or development, the Company shall notify the Investor in writing of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (provided that in no event shall such notice contain any material, nonpublic information), and promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or omission, and deliver ten (10) copies of such supplement or amendment to each Investor. The Company shall also promptly notify the Investor in writing (i) when a prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and when a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment has become effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to the Investor by facsimile on the same day of such effectiveness), (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related prospectus or related information, and (iii) of the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate.

 

e. The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or the suspension of the qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction within the United States of America and, if such an order or suspension is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of such order or suspension at the earliest possible moment and to notify the Investor of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.

 

f.  Intentionally Omitted.

 

g. The Company shall make available to the Investor (and will deliver to Investor’s counsel), (i) copies of any Registration Statement at least 3 business days prior to filing thereof, and (ii) subject to restrictions imposed by the United States federal government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, copies of all public correspondence between the Commission and the Company concerning the Registration Statement. The Company will make available for inspection by the Investor and any attorney, accountant or other professional retained by the Investor (collectively, the “ Inspectors ”) all pertinent financial and other records, and pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the “Records”), as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information which any Inspector may reasonably request in connection with the Registration Statement. The Investor agrees that Records obtained by it as a result of such inspections which is conspicuously marked by the Company as “Confidential” (subject to the Company’s obligations with respect to material non-public information set forth in Section 8.1(a) herein) shall be deemed confidential and held in strict confidence by the Investor, unless (a) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement or is otherwise required under the Securities Act, (b) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a final, non-appealable subpoena or order from a court or government body of competent jurisdiction, or (c) the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this or any other agreement of which the Inspector and the Investor has knowledge. The Investor agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Records deemed confidential.

 

 

h. The Company shall hold in confidence and not make any disclosure of information concerning the Investor provided to the Company unless (i) disclosure of such information is necessary to comply with federal or state securities laws, (ii) the disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement, (iii) the release of such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other final, non-appealable order from a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction, or (iv) such information has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement or any other agreement. The Company agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such information concerning the Investor is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt written notice to the Investor and allow the Investor, at the Investor’s expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, such information.

 

i. The Company shall use its best efforts either to cause all the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement (i) to be listed on each securities exchange on which securities of the same class or series issued by the Company are then listed, if any, if the listing of such Registrable Securities is then permitted under the rules of such exchange or to secure the inclusion for quotation on a Primary Market. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligation under this Section 3(j).

 

j. The Company shall cooperate with the Investor to the extent applicable, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legend) representing the Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to a Registration Statement and enable such certificates to be in such denominations or amounts, as the case may be, as the Investor may reasonably request and registered in such names as the Investor may request.

 

k. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities (other than in foreign jurisdictions) as may be necessary to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.

 

l. The Company shall make generally available to its security holders as soon as practical, but not later than ninety (90) days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158 under the Securities Act) covering a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company’s fiscal quarter next following the effective date of the Registration Statement.

 

m. The Company shall otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC in connection with any registration hereunder.

 

n. Within two (2) business days after a Registration Statement which covers Registrable Securities is ordered effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities (with copies to the Investor) confirmation that such Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A .

 

o. The Company shall take all other reasonable and customary actions necessary to expedite and facilitate disposition by the Investor of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.

 

4. OBLIGATIONS OF THE INVESTOR .

 

The Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d), the Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement(s) covering such Registrable Securities until the Investor’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(d) or receipt of notice that no supplement or amendment is required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended certificates for shares of Common Stock to a transferee of the Investor in accordance with the terms of the Reserve Equity Financing Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which the Investor has entered into a contract for sale prior to the Investor’s receipt of a notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d) and for which the Investor has not yet settled.

 

The Investor covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

The Company may require the Investor to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Investor  and any affiliate thereof, and, if required by the SEC, the natural persons thereof that have voting and dispositive control over the shares.

 

 

5. EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION .

 

All expenses (excluding any underwriting discounts and selling commissions and all legal fees and expenses of legal counsel for Investor or any other holder of Registrable Securities) incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, including, without limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers, legal and accounting fees shall be paid by the Company.

 

6. INDEMNIFICATION .

 

With respect to Registrable Securities which are included in a Registration Statement under this Agreement:

 

a. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company will, and hereby does, indemnify, hold harmless and defend the Investor, the directors, officers, partners, employees, agents, representatives of, and each Person, if any, who controls the Investor within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each, an “ Indemnified Person ”), against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees, amounts paid in settlement or expenses, joint or several (collectively, “ Claims ”) incurred in investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim, suit, inquiry, proceeding, investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by or before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or the SEC, whether pending or threatened, whether or not an indemnified party is or may be a party thereto (“ Indemnified Damages ”), to which any of them may become subject insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or in any filing made in connection with the qualification of the offering under the securities or other “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in which Registrable Securities are offered (“ Blue Sky Filing ”), or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which the statements therein were made, not misleading; or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any other law, including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation there under relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) being, collectively, “ Violations ”). The Company shall reimburse the Investor and each such controlling person promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any legal fees or disbursements or other reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(a): (x) shall not apply to a Claim by an Indemnified Person arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such Indemnified Person expressly for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto; (y) shall not be available to the extent such Claim is based on a failure of the Investor to deliver or to cause to be delivered the prospectus made available by the Company, if such prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(e) or such Claim is based on the use by Investor of an outdated or defective prospectus after the Company has notified Investor in writing that the prospectus is outdated or defective; and (z) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person.

 

b. In connection with a Registration Statement, the Investor agrees to indemnify, hold harmless and defend, to the same extent and in the same manner as is set forth in Section 6(a), the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each an “ Indemnified Party ”), against any Claim or Indemnified Damages to which any of them may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claim or Indemnified Damages arise out of or is based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent, that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Investor expressly for use in connection with such Registration Statement; and, subject to Section 6(d), the Investor will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) and the agreement with respect to contribution contained in Section 7 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, further, however, that the Investor shall be liable under this Section 6(b) for only that amount of a Claim or Indemnified Damages as does not exceed the net proceeds to the Investor as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(b) with respect to any prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Indemnified Party if the untrue statement or omission of material fact contained in the prospectus was corrected and such new prospectus was delivered to the Investor prior to the Investor’s use of the prospectus to which the Claim relates.

 

 

c. Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as the case may be; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of not more than one counsel for such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person shall cooperate fully with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person which relates to such action or claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person fully apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent, provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.

 

d. The indemnification required by this Section 6 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or Indemnified Damages are incurred.

 

e. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (i) any cause of action or similar right of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person against the indemnifying party or others, and (ii) any liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to the law.

 

7.  CONTRIBUTION .

 

To the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is prohibited or limited by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum contribution with respect to any amounts for which it would otherwise be liable under Section 6 to the fullest extent permitted by law; provided, however, that: (i) no seller of Registrable Securities guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any seller of Registrable Securities who was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and (ii) contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount to the net amount of proceeds received by such seller from the sale of such Registrable Securities.

 

8. REPORTS UNDER THE EXCHANGE ACT .

 

So long as the Investor is subject to the restrictions contained in Rule 144 and with a view to making available to the Investor the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or any similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Investors to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration (“ Rule 144 ”) the Company agrees to:

 

a. make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144;

 

b. file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements (it being understood that nothing herein shall limit the Company’s obligations under Section 6.3 of the Reserve Equity Financing Agreement) and the filing of such reports and other documents is required for the applicable provisions of Rule 144; and

 

c. furnish to the Investor so long as the Investor owns Registrable Securities, promptly upon request, (i) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested to permit the Investor to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without registration.

                        9. AMENDMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS.

 

Provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only by a written agreement between the Company and the Investor. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 9 shall be binding upon the Investor and the Company. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of this Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.

 

  

 10. MISCELLANEOUS .

 

a. A Person is deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities whenever such Person owns or is deemed to own of record such Registrable Securities. If the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two or more Persons with respect to the same Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions, notice or election received from the registered owner of such Registrable Securities.

 

b. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one business day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:

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

 

c. Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy, shall not operate as a waiver thereof.

 

d. The corporate laws of the State of New York shall govern all issues concerning the relative rights of the Company and the Investor. All other questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or otherwise relating to the parties relationship that cannot be settled by the Company and the Investor after discussion shall be settled solely by arbitration. Any such arbitration shall be fully and finally resolved in binding arbitration in a proceeding in the State of New York, City of New York, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association before a single arbitrator.  The arbitrator shall not have the authority to modify or change any of the terms of this Agreement.  The arbitrator may award interim relief and grant specific performance in addition to monetary damages.  The Company and the Investor further agree that no demand for punitive or exemplary damages shall be made in any arbitration proceeding.  Any monetary award shall be in U.S. dollars.  The arbitrator's award shall be final and binding upon the parties, and judgment upon the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction in any state of the United States or country or application may be made to such court for a judicial acceptance of the award and an enforcement as the law of such jurisdiction may require or allow.

 

e. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the permitted successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto.

 

f. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

g. This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to the other party hereto by facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.

 

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

 

i. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

j. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of day and year first above written.

 

			company: invo bioscience,  Inc.
			By:
		/s/ Kathleen Karloff
			Name: Kathleen T. Karloff
			Title: Chief Executive Officer
			INVESTOR:
			ags capital group, llc
			By:
			/s/ Allen Silberstein
			Name: Allen Silberstein
			Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 99 .3

September 24, 2009

 

INVO Bioscience, Inc.

100 Cummings Center

Suite 421E

Beverly, MA 01915

 

Attention:               Ms. Kathleen T. Karloff,

Chief Executive Officer

 

Dear Ms. Karloff,

The purpose of this agreement (the “Agreement”) is to set forth the terms and conditions pursuant to which Gilford Securities, Inc. (“Gilford”) shall act as non-exclusive placement agent for INVO Bioscience, Inc (the “Company”) in connection with  a proposed Reserve Equity Financing of securities (the “Securities”) by AGS Capital Group, LLC (“AGS”). The gross proceeds from the proposed offering are to be up to $10,000,000. The terms of such Reserve Equity Financing and the Securities to be issued shall be mutually agreed upon by the Company and the investor(s) and set forth in definitive documentation based on the terms set forth in a Confidential Reserve Equity Financing Term Sheet to be executed by the parties.

 

The parties hereto hereby agree that the Company shall pay to Gilford the cash fees and compensation set forth below, if there is any Closing (defined as an investment of cash in return for the issuance of Securities of the Company from time to time) for any financing under the proposed Reserve Equity Financing (a “Financing”) within twenty-four (24) months of the date of this Agreement with any investor(s) to whom the Company was introduced by Gilford.  The parties also agree that any closing and funding of the Financing within the terms of this agreement shall result in an extension of this agreement for a new twenty-four (24) month period from the date of the last funding from AGS.

 

Terms

1.

Gilford shall act as non-exclusive placement agent for the Company in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities on a best efforts basis for a period of 60 days. Gilford shall receive a cash commission equaling six percent (6%) of the total proceeds received by the Company from the sale of Securities sold to AGS.  All amounts payable hereunder shall be paid to Gilford out of an escrow account at each funding or by such other means acceptable to Gilford.

2.

Upon execution of the definitive documents, the Company shall issue and sell to Gilford and/or its designees, for a total cost of one dollar ($1.00), six hundred thousand (600,000) Common Shares of the Company.  In the event the Company elects to have a Closing on more than six million dollars ($6,000,000), then the Company shall issue and sell to Gilford and/or its designees, for a total cost of one dollar ($1), an additional four hundred thousand (400,000) Common Shares of the Company.

3.

The Company will pay all reasonable expenses, not to exceed $10,000, incurred by Gilford in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of the definitive documents, including but not limited to attorneys’ fees and consulting expenses in two installments.  The first installment of $5,000 will be due upon execution of the definitive documents and the balance upon the first funding based on actual expenses.

4.

It is understood that Gilford may enter into other agreements with brokers-dealers who shall act as sub-placement agents and/or dealers in connection with the proposed offering contemplated herein, but the Company shall have no liability to such persons for fees and expenses incurred in connection with their participation in such offering.

5.

The Company represents and acknowledges that there are no claims for services in the nature of a finder’s fee nor are there any royalties, commissions or other payments due to any other person or entity with respect to the proposed Financing, sold by Gilford, contemplated hereby except as herein set forth.  Gilford shall compensate any of our personnel, who may have acted in such capacities, as we shall determine.

 

 

6.

Gilford represents that it is a registered broker-dealer in good standing and will not take any action that will result in the securities being offered or sold in a manner that does not comply with applicable law, including, without limitation, the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any trading market or FINRA.

7.

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles. Any dispute arising out of this agreement shall be adjudicated in the courts in the State of New York or in the federal court sitting in the Southern District of New York, and each of the parties hereto agrees that service of process upon it by registered or certified mail at its address set forth herein shall be deemed adequate and lawful.

8.	The Company and Gilford hereby agree to the terms and conditions of the Indemnification Agreement attached hereto as Appendix A with the same force and effect as if such terms and conditions were set forth at length herein.

9.

This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding and agreement between the parties hereto with respect to its subject matter and there are no agreements or understanding with respect to the subject matter hereof which are not contained in this Agreement. This Agreement may be modified only in writing signed by the party to be charged hereunder.

If the foregoing correctly sets forth our agreement, please confirm this by signing and returning to us the duplicate copy of this letter.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

GILFORD SECURITIES INCORPORATED

as Agent

 

By: / s/ Robert A. Maley                                                       

      Robert A. Maley

      President

 

ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO THIS

 

24th day of September 2009

 

INVO Bioscience, Inc.

 

By:    /s/ Kathleen Karloff

Ms. Kathleen T. Karloff

Chief Executive Officer