UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549    

 


 

FORM 10-Q

 


 

  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2020

 

OR

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Commission file number 333-147330

 

INVO Bioscience, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada

 

20-4036208

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

5582 Broadcast Court Sarasota, Florida, 34240

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

 (978) 878-9505

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes ☒  No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).  Yes ☒  No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer ☐

Accelerated filer ☐

 

Non-accelerated filer ☐

Smaller reporting company ☒

Emerging growth company ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes ☐  No ☒

  

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:  None.

 

Title of each class

Trading symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share

INVO

OTCQB

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

 

Shares of common stock, par value $.0001 per share:  157,774,336 shares outstanding as of May 15, 2020.

 

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED March 31, 2020

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Item

 

Page Number

Part I

 

 

 

1.

Financial Statements (Unaudited):

3

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2020 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2019

3

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (Unaudited)

4

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Deficiency for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (unaudited)

5

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (Unaudited)

6

 

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

7

2.

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

21

3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risks

27

4.

Controls and Procedures

27

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

27

 

Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting

27

 

 

 

Part II

 

 

 

1.

Legal Proceedings

28

1A.

Risk Factors

28

2.

Unregistered Issuance of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

28

3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

29

4.

Reserved

29

5.

Other Information

29

6.

Exhibits

29

 

Signatures

30

 

 

 

 

PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1.       Financial Statements

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

   

March 31,

   

December 31,

 
   

2020

   

2019

 

ASSETS

 

(unaudited)

         

Current assets

               

    Cash

  $ 350,000     $ 1,238,585  

    Accounts receivable net

    3,699       7,558  

    Inventory, net

    162,283       101,387  

    Prepaid expense and other current assets

    173,235       195,910  

      Total current assets

    689,217       1,543,440  
                 

Property and equipment, net

    111,055       93,055  
                 

Other Assets:

               

Capitalized patents, net

    6,782       7,234  

Lease right of use, net

    96,354       101,883  

Trademarks

    54,474       49,867  

Total other assets

    157,610       158,984  
                 

Total assets

  $ 957,882     $ 1,795,479  
                 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY

               

Current liabilities

               

     Accounts payable and accrued liabilities, including related parties

  $ 294,739     $ 371,530  

     Accrued compensation

    487,161       393,017  

     Deferred revenue

    714,286       714,286  

     Current portion of lease liability

    21,704       21,365  

     Convertible notes, net of discount

    371,695       -  
     Convertible notes, net of discount – related party     33,152       -  

     Income taxes payable

    912       912  

          Total current liabilities

    1,923,649       1,501,110  
                 

Commitments and contingencies

    -       -  
                 

Lease liability, net of current portion

    75,992       81,494  

Deferred revenue

    3,392,857       3,571,429  

Convertible notes, net of discount

    -       325,784  

Convertible notes, net of discount – related party

    -       28,824  

Deferred tax liability

    433       433  
                 

Total liabilities

    5,392,931       5,509,074  
                 

Stockholder's deficiency

               

Preferred Stock, $.0001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized;

No shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively

    -       -  

Common Stock, $.0001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized;

157,774,336 and 156,316,112 issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively

    15,777       15,631  

   Additional paid-in capital

    20,882,332       20,159,540  

   Accumulated deficit

    (25,333,158

)

    (23,888,766

)

      Total stockholder's deficiency

    (4,435,049

)

    (3,713,595

)

                 

Total liabilities and stockholders' deficiency

  $ 957,882     $ 1,795,479  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.  

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

  

   

For the

   

For the

 
   

Three Months

   

Three Months

 
   

Ended

   

Ended

 
   

March 31,

   

March 31,

 
   

2020

   

2019

 
                 
                 

Revenue

               

Product Revenue

  $ 80,000     $ 10,860  

License Revenue

    178,571       178,572  
                 
                 

Total Revenue

    258,571       189,432  
                 

Cost of Goods Sold:

    29,994       10,978  
                 

Gross Margin

    228,577       178,454  
                 
                 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

    1,595,046       527,565  

Research and developments costs

    30,050       -  

      Total operating expenses

    1,625,096       527,565  
                 

Loss from operations

    (1,396,519

)

    (349,111

)

                 

Other (income) expense:

               

Interest expense

    47,873       109,459  

 Total other (income) expenses

    47,873       109,459  
                 

Loss before income taxes

    (1,444,392

)

    (458,570

)

                 

Provisions for income taxes

    -       -  
                 

Net Loss

  $ (1,444,392

)

  $ (458,570

)

                 

Basic net loss per weighted average shares of common stock

  $ (0.01

)

  $ (0.00

)

                 

Diluted net loss per weighted average shares of common stock

  $ (0.01

)

  $ (0.00

)

                 

Basic weighted average number of shares of common stock

    157,375,918       154,102,856  
                 

Diluted weighted average number of shares of common stock

    157,375,918       154,102,856  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Additional Paid-in Capital

 

 

Accumulated Deficit

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2018

 

 

154,292,497

 

 

$

15,429

 

 

$

18,981,570

 

 

$

(21,721,222

)

 

$

(2,724,223

)

                                         

Common stock issued for services

 

 

60,000

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

26,594

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

26,600

 

Conversion of notes payable and accrued interest

 

 

268,615

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

53,697

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

53,723

 

Net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2019

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(458,570

)

 

 

(458,570

)

Balance, March 31, 2019 (unaudited)

 

 

154,621,112

 

 

$

15,461

 

 

$

19,061,861

 

 

$

(22,179,792

)

 

$

(3,102,470

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2019

 

 

156,316,112

 

 

$

15,631

 

 

$

20,159,540

 

 

$

(23,888,766

)

 

$

(3,713,595

)

Common stock issued to directors and employees

   

1,298,224

     

130

     

303,333

     

-

     

303,463

 

Common stock issued for services

 

 

160,000

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

37,984

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

38,000

 

Stock options issued to directors and employees as compensation

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

381,475

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

381,475

 

Net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2020

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(1,444,392

)

 

 

(1,444,392

)

Balance, March 31, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

157,774,336

 

 

$

15,777

 

 

$

20,882,332

 

 

$

(25,333,158

)

 

$

(4,435,049

)

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

   

For the

   

For the

 
   

Three Months

   

Three Months

 
   

Ended

   

Ended

 
   

March 31,

   

March 31,

 
   

2020

   

2019

 
                 

Cash flows from operating activities:

               

   Net loss

  $ (1,444,392

)

  $ (458,570

)

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:

               

     Non-cash stock compensation issued for services

    38,000       26,600  

     Non-cash stock compensation issued to employees

    303,463       -  

     Fair value of stock options issued to employees

    381,475       -  

     Amortization of discount on notes payable

    39,918       93,237  

     Amortization of leasehold right of use asset

    5,529       -  

     Depreciation and amortization

    2,980       1,971  
                 

Changes in assets and liabilities:

               

      Accounts receivable

    3,859       151,182  

      Inventories

    (60,896

)

    (8,172 )

      Prepaid expenses and other current assets

    22,675       22,758  

      Deferred revenue

    (178,572 )     4,821,428  

      Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    (76,791 )     20,249  

      Leasehold liability

    (5,163 )     -  

      Accrued interest

    10,321       -  

      Accrued compensation

    94,144       (1,582,595 )

   Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

    (863,450 )     3,088,088  
                 

Cash from investing activities:

               

    Payments to acquire property, plant and equipment

    (20,528

)

    (48,400 )

    Payments to acquire trademarks

    (4,607 )     -  

Net cash used in investing activities

    (25,135

)

    (48,400 )
                 

Cash from financing activities:

               

     Cash paid for related party notes payable

    -       (62,743 )

     Cash paid for notes payable

    -       (131,722 )
                 

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

    -       (194,465 )
                 

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

    (888,585 )     2,845,223  
                 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

    1,238,585       212,243  
                 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $ 350,000     $ 3,057,466  
                 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

               
                 

Cash paid during the period for:

               

Interest

  $ -     $ 9,879  
                 

Taxes

  $ -     $ 912  
                 

Common stock issued for conversion of notes payable and accrued interest

  $ -     $ 53,723  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. 

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2020

(unaudited)

 

Note 1 – Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the condensed consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ deficiency and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 of INVO Bioscience, Inc. (the “Company”), and the related information contained in these notes have been prepared by management and are unaudited. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include normal recurring and nonrecurring items) necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles for the periods presented have been made. Interim operating results are not necessarily indicative of operating results for a full year.

 

The preparation of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in the Company’s annual financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s December 31, 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K previously filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

 

The Company considers events or transactions that have occurred after the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet date of March 31, 2020, but prior to the filing of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements with the SEC on this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, to provide additional evidence relative to certain estimates or to identify matters that require additional disclosure, as applicable. Subsequent events have been evaluated through the date of the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with the SEC.

 

Note 2 – Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Changes to GAAP are established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) in the form of accounting standards updates (“ASUs”) to the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification.

 

The Company considers the applicability and impact of all ASUs. ASUs not listed below were assessed and determined not to be applicable or are expected to have minimal impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements 

 

In February 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (“ASU 2016-02”). The new standard establishes a right-of-use (“ROU”) model that requires a lessee to record a ROU asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement.  The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. A modified retrospective transition approach is required for lessees for capital and operating leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, with certain practical expedients available. The adoption of the new standard did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. 

 

Note 3 – Going Concern

 

On January 14, 2019, INVO Bioscience entered into a distribution agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”) with Ferring International Center S.A. (“Ferring”) which granted Ferring an exclusive licensing rights to sublicense the Company’s INVOcell together with the retention device for the U.S. market. Under the terms of the Distribution Agreement, Ferring was obligated to make an initial payment to the Company of $5,000,000 upon satisfaction of certain closing conditions. The Company received the initial $5 million cash payment upon the execution of the Ferring distribution agreement in January 2019. 

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2020

(unaudited)

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, we had net losses of $1,444,392 and $458,570, respectively. We had a working capital deficiency of $1,234,432 in the three months ended March 31, 2020 verses working capital as of December 31, 2019 of $42,330. As of March 31, 2020, our stockholder’s deficiency was $4,435,049 compared to $3,713,595 as of December 31, 2019 and cash used in operations was $863,450 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to cash provided by operations of $3,088,088 for the three months ended March 31, 2019. Those factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

 

Based on our projected cash needs, we will be dependent on generating sufficient sales, entering into new distribution agreements, or raising additional debt or equity capital to support our plans over the next 12 months.   

 

Note 4 – Inventory

 

As of March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019, the Company recorded the following inventory balances:

 

   

March 31,

2020

   

December 31,

2019

 

Raw Materials

  $ 66,763     $ 44,333  

Work in Process

    -       55,502  

Finished Goods

    95,520       1,552  

Total Inventory, net

  $ 162,283     $ 101,387  

 

Note 5 – Property and Equipment

 

The estimated useful lives and accumulated depreciation for furniture, equipment and software are as follows as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

 

 

Estimated Useful Life

Manufacturing equipment

6 to 10 years

Medical equipment

10 years

Office equipment

3 to 7 years

 

   

March 31,

2020

   

December 31,

2019

 

Manufacturing Equipment

  $ 132,513     $ 132,513  

Medical equipment

    20,528       -  

Office equipment

    2,689       2,689  

Accumulated Depreciation

    (44,675

)

    (42,147

)

Total

  $ 111,055     $ 93,055  

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 the Company recorded depreciation expense of $2,528 and $1,137, respectively.

 

Note 6 – Patents

 

As of March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019, the Company recorded the following patent balances:

 

   

March 31,

2020

   

December 31,

2019

 

Total Patents

  $ 77,722     $ 77,722  

Accumulated Amortization

    (70,940

)

    (70,488

)

Patent costs, net

  $ 6,782     $ 7,234  

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2020

(unaudited)

 

During the three ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded $452 and $834 in amortization expense, respectively.

 

Estimated amortization expense as of March 31, 2020 is as follows:

 

Years ended December 31,

       

2020 – remaining nine months

  $ 1,357  

2021

    1,809  

2022

    1,809  

2023

    1,807  

2024 and thereafter

    -  

Total

  $ 6,782  

 

As of March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019, the Company recorded the following trademarks balances:

 

   

March 31, 2020

   

December 31,

2019

 

Total Trademarks

  $ 54,474     $ 49,867  

Accumulated Amortization

    -       -  

Trademarks, net

  $ 54,474     $ 49,867  

 

The trademarks have an indefinite life, so no amortization expense is calculated. Trademarks are periodically reviewed for impairment whenever circumstances and situations change such that there is an indication that the carrying amounts may not be recoverable.  The Trademark assets were created in 2019 and no material adverse changes have occurred since their creation.

 

Note 7 – Leases

 

The Company has an operating lease for our facility, which have an initial term of 5 years with an option to renew for 3 additional years. They also do not have an early termination clause included. Our operating lease agreements do not contain any material restrictive covenants. Per FASB’s ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), effective January 1, 2019, the company is required to report a right-of-use asset and corresponding liability to report the present value of the total least payments, with appropriate interest calculation. Per the terms of ASU 201-02, the company can use its implicit interest rate, if known, or applicable federal rate otherwise. Since the company’s implicit interest rate was not readily determinable, we utilized the applicable federal rate, which was 3.0% as of April 2019.

 

As of March 31, 2020, the Company's lease components included in the consolidated balance sheet were as follows:

 

Lease component

Classification

 

March 31, 2020

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

ROU assets - operating lease

Other assets

 

$

96,354

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total ROU assets

 

$

96,354

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Current operating lease liability

Current liabilities

 

$

21,704

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term operating lease liability

Other liabilities

 

 

75,992

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total lease liabilities

 

$

97,696

 

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2020

(unaudited)

 

Rent expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the life of the lease. Rent expense consists of the following:

 

   

Three months ended

 
   

March 31, 2020

 

Operating lease costs

  $ 6,288  
         

Total rent expense

  $ 6,288  

 

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable leases were as follows:

 

   

March 31, 2020

 

2020 - remaining nine months

  $ 18,239  

2021

    24,886  

2022

    25,633  

2023

    26,402  

2024

    8,886  

2025 and beyond

    -  

Total future minimum lease payments

  $ 104,046  

Less: Interest

    6,350  

Total operating lease liabilities

  $ 97,696  
         

Current operating lease liability

  $ 21,704  

Long-term operating lease liability

    75,992  

Total operating lease liabilities

  $ 97,696  

 

Note 8 – Notes Payable

 

Notes Payable

 

In August 2016, INVO Bioscience converted a long-time vendor’s outstanding accounts payable balance of $131,722 into a Promissory Note with a three year term that accrues interest at 5% per annum. The note provides for interest only payments on the first and second anniversaries of the note. The note is payable in full along with any outstanding accrued interest on August 9, 2019. The Company has the right to prepay the note at any time without a premium or penalty which it did in January 2019.  The interest on this note for the three months ended March 31, 2019 was $489. The Note and all accrued interest were paid in full and as of March 31, 2020, the balance is $0.

 

2018 Convertible Notes Payable

 

In April and May 2018, the Company issued convertible notes (the “2018 Convertible Notes”) payable to investors’ in the aggregate principal amount of $895,000. The 2018 Convertible Notes accrue interest at the rate of 9% per annum which is paid in stock. 2018 Convertible Notes with an aggregate principal amount of $550,000 are due on January 30, 2021, and 2018 Convertible Notes with an aggregate principal amount of $345,000 are due on March 31, 2021. The notes are convertible into shares of common stock at a price of $0.20 per share, provided, that if the Company completes a subsequent equity financing, the holders of the 2018 Convertible Notes can elect to convert the notes in shares of our common stock at a price equal to 75% of the price paid per share in such subsequent equity financing. During the fourth quarter of 2018, three note holders converted their notes with a value of $200,000 into 1,055,415 shares of common stock.  During the three months ended March 31, 2019, a note holder converted principal and accrued interest of $50,000 and $3,723, respectively, into 268,615 shares of common stock. 

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2020

(unaudited)

 

The Company calculated a beneficial conversion feature of the 2018 Convertible Notes based on ASU 17-11 in the form of a discount of $895,000; $36,487 and $93,237 of this amount was amortized to interest expense during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, based on the three year term of the notes. $37,377 was also amortized for a note that was converted during the first quarter of 2019. In addition, $9,424 and $14,870 of interest was expensed in the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The balance of these notes as of March 31, 2020 was $371,695 include the principal balance of $420,000, accrued interest of $89,518 net of the conversion discount of $137,823. The balance of these notes as of December 31, 2019 was $325,784 include the principal balance of $420,000, accrued interest of $80,094 net of the conversion discount of $191,461.

 

Note 9 – Notes Payable and Other Related Party Transactions

 

In April 2011, the Company issued a new short-term convertible note (“Q211 Note”) payable to James Bowdring in the amount of $50,000.  The Note carries a 10% interest rate.  The Company paid $25,000 of the Note in 2011 in cash. The Q211 Note is convertible into Common Stock of the Company at a conversion price of $0.03 per share, subject to adjustments.  During the three months ended March 2020 and March 31, 2019, the Company accrued interest in the amount of $0 and $616 on the Q211 Note, respectively.

 

In November 2011, the Company issued a new convertible note (“Q411 Note”) payable to James Bowdring in the amount of $10,000.  The Q411 Note carries a 10% interest rate. The Q411 Note was converted into Common Stock of the Company at a conversion price of $0.01 per share, subject to adjustments.   In addition, $0 and $247 of interest was accrued in the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

On August 7, 2019, the Company sent James Bowdring, a related party, a check in the amount of $65,197 as full payment under those certain promissory notes dated April 8, 2011 and November 9, 2011.  On August 8, 2019, Mr. Bowdring’s legal counsel returned this check with a letter stating that the check did not properly account for the compound interest identified in such notes.  In addition, the letter stated Mr. Bowdring’s desire to convert these promissory notes into shares of the Company’s common stock in lieu of any cash payment.  The Company does not believe that Mr. Bowdring has the right to convert such notes upon receiving payment of such notes and intends to vigorously contend any conversion of these notes.  The 10% Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes were issued on April 8, 2011 and November 9, 2011, with maturity dates thirty days subsequent to the dates of issuance.  Interest was calculated at 10% per annum, compounded based on a 360-day year. Investors had the option to convert any unpaid principal and accrued interest into shares of Company’s common stock original conversion prices of $.03 and $.01, respectively, subject to adjustments upon the Company’s issuances of stock at prices less than the original conversion prices during the 24-months after issuance of each note (i.e. currently $0.0065).

 

In May 2018, James Bowdring and his children participated in the “2018 Convertible Notes” offerings in the aggregate principal amount of $40,000. The 2018 Convertible Notes accrue interest at the rate of 9% per annum which is paid in stock. These Notes are due on March 31, 2021. The notes are convertible into shares of common stock at a price of $0.20 per share, provided, that if the Company completes a subsequent equity financing, the holders of the 2018 Convertible Notes can elect to convert the notes in shares of our common stock at a price equal to 75% of the price paid per share in such subsequent equity financing. In addition, $3,431 and $3,393 of interest was accrued in the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

In May 2018, the Company sold 150,000 shares of common stock at a price of $0.20 per share for proceeds of $30,000 to Charles Mulrey and family, the brother-in-law of Robert J. Bowdring, Director & Acting Chief Financial Officer as part of the recent financing.

 

During the second quarter of 2018, INVO Bioscience settled a commitment it had with one of its Directors, Dr. Kevin Doody for the services he and his team performed prior to and following INVOcell’s FDA clearance related to clinical guidance and support. The Company issued him 3 million common shares of stock with a fair value of $1,530,000.

 

The Company previously rented its corporate office from Forty Four Realty Trust which is owned by James Bowdring, the brother of former Director and interim CFO, Robert Bowdring from November 2012 through May 2019 when the company relocated to a new facility. It was a month to month rental arrangement for less than the going fair market real estate rental rate. The rent expense paid for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 was $0 and $1,800 respectively. In addition, the Company previously purchased stationary supplies and marketing items at discounted rates from Superior Printing & Promotions which is also owned by James Bowdring and was in the same building as our prior corporate office. INVO Bioscience spent $0 and $778 with Superior during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2020

(unaudited)

 

Principal balances of the Related Party loans were as follows:

 

   

March 31,

2020

   

December 31,

2019

 
                 

James Bowdring Family – 2018 Convertible Notes

    46,872       45,975  
                 
                 

Less discount

    (13,720

)

    (17,151

)

Total, net of discount

  $ 33,152     $ 28,824  

 

Interest expense on the Related Party loans was $897 and $1,751 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities balances include expenses reports for Ms. Karloff and Mr. Bowdring for expenses they paid for personally related to travel or normal business expenses. As of March 31, 2020, they were $0 and as of December 31, 2019, they were $13,018.

 

Note 10 – Stockholders’ Equity

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2020

 

In January 2020, the Company issued 1,000,000 shares of common stock under its 2019 Stock Incentive Plan with a fair value of $221,400 to an officer.

 

In February 2020, the Company issued 100,000 shares of common stock under its 2019 Stock Incentive Plan with a fair value of $24,750 to an employee.

 

In February 2020, the Company issued 99,112 shares of common stock under its 2019 Stock Incentive Plan with a fair value of $25,000 to a board member.

 

In February 2020, the Company issued 99,112 shares of common stock under its 2019 Stock Incentive Plan with a fair value of $25,000 to a board member.

 

In February 2020, the Company issued 60,000 shares of common stock under its 2019 Stock Incentive Plan with a fair value of $15,000 for consulting services.

 

In February 2020, pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Company issued 50,000 shares of common stock with a fair value of $11,500 in consideration of consulting services rendered.  We did not receive any proceeds from the issuance.

 

In March 2020, pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, the Company issued 50,000 shares of common stock with a fair value of $11,500 in consideration of consulting services rendered.  We did not receive any proceeds from the issuance.

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

In January 2019, pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, the Company issued 60,000 shares of common stock with a fair value of $26,600 to service providers.

 

In February 2019, pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, the Company issued 268,615 shares of common stock for conversion of notes payable and accrued interest in the amount of $53,723. 

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2020

(unaudited)

 

Note 11 – Stock Options and Warrants

 

Equity Incentive Plans

 

In October 2019, we adopted our 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (the "2019 Plan"). Under the 2019 Plan, our Board of Directors is authorized to grant both incentive and non-statutory stock options to purchase common stock and restricted stock awards to our employees, directors, and consultants. The 2019 Plan provides for the issuance of 16,000,000 shares. Options generally have a life of 3 to 10 years and exercise price equal to or greater than the fair market value of the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors.

 

Vesting for employees typically occurs over a three-year period or based on performance objective.

 

The following table sets forth the activity of the options to purchase common stock under the 2019 Plan. The prices represent the closing price of our Common Stock on the OTCQB Market on the respective dates.

 

 

 

Options Outstanding

 

 

Options Exercisable

 

 

 

Number of

Shares

 

 

Price per

Share Range

 

 

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price

 

 

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value (1)

 

 

Number of

Shares

 

 

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price

 

 

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value (1)

 

Balance at December 31, 2019

 

 

8,320,587

 

 

$

0.26-0.29

 

 

$

0.26

 

 

$

-

 

 

 

360,176

 

 

$

0.26

 

 

$

-

 

Forfeited

 

 

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Vested

                                   

1,998,544

     

0.23

         

Exercised

 

 

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Granted

 

 

5,275,560

 

 

$

0.21-0.26

 

 

$

0.22

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Balance at March 31, 2020

 

 

13,596,147

 

 

$

0.21-0.29

 

 

$

0.25

 

 

$

-

 

 

 

2,358,720

 

 

$

0.23

 

 

$

-

 

 

(1)

The intrinsic value of an option represents the amount by which the market value of the stock exceeds the exercise price of the option of in-the-money options only.

 

The fair value of each option granted is estimated as of the grant date using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:

 

 

 

Three Months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Risk-free interest rate range

 

 

0.48 to 1.65

%

 

 

-%

 

Expected life of option-years

 

 

5.20 to 5.77

 

 

 

-

 

Expected stock price volatility

 

 

110.8 to 128.0

%

 

 

-

%

Expected dividend yield

 

 

-

%

 

 

-

%

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2020

(unaudited)

 

The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasury interest rates, the terms of which are consistent with the expected life of the stock options. Expected volatility is based upon the average historical volatility of our common stock over the period commensurate with the expected term of the related instrument. The expected life and estimated post-employment termination behavior is based upon historical experience of homogeneous groups, executives and non-executes, within our company. We do not currently pay dividends on our common stock nor do we expect to in the foreseeable future.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options Outstanding

 

 

Options Exercisable

 

 

 

Range of

Exercise Prices

 

 

Options

Outstanding

 

 

Weighted

Average

Remaining

Life in

Years

 

 

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price

 

 

Options

Exercisable

 

 

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price of

Options

Exercisable

 

Year ended December 31, 2019

 

$

0.26-0.29

 

 

 

8,320,587

 

 

 

2.6

 

 

$

0.26

 

 

 

360,176

 

 

$

0.26

 

Three Months ended March 31, 2020

 

$

0.21-0.29

 

 

 

13,596,147

 

 

 

3.6

 

 

$

0.25

 

 

 

2,358,720

 

 

$

0.23

 

 

   

Total Intrinsic Value of

Options Exercised

   

Total Fair Value of

Options Vested

 

Year ended December 21, 2019

    -       69,787  

Three months ended March 31, 2020

  $ -     $ 378,537  

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the weighted average grant date fair value of options granted was $0.20 per share. We estimate the fair value of options at the grant date using the Black-Scholes model. For all stock options granted through December 31, 2019, the weighted average remaining service period is 3.6 years.

 

We recognized $381,475 in stock-based compensation expense, which is recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019. Unamortized stock option expense at March 31, 2020 that will be amortized over the weighted-average remaining service period totaled $1,794,251.

 

Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units

 

In the three months ended March 31, 2020, we issued 1,398,224 of restricted stock, to certain employees and directors. Shares issued to employees and directors vest over a time frame from immediate to 1 year. In the three months ended March 31, 2020, 1,157,889 shares of restricted stock vested.

 

The following table summarizes our aggregate restricted stock awards and restricted stock unit activity during the three months ended March 31, 2020:

 

   

Number of Unvested Shares

   

Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value

   

Aggregate Value of Unvested Shares

 
                         

Balance at December 31, 2019

    333,334     $ 0.30     $ 100,000  

Granted

    1,398,224     $ 0.23     $ 320,140  

Vested

    (1,157,889

)

  $ 0.23     $ (265,963

)

Forfeitures

    (-

)

  $ -     $ (-

)

Balance at March 31, 2020

    573,669     $ 0.27     $ 154,178  

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2020

(unaudited)

 

We recognized $265,963 in stock-based compensation expense, which is recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2020, and we will recognize $154,178 over the remaining requisite service period.

 

Warrants

 

As of March 31, 2020, and 2019, the Company does not have any outstanding or committed and unissued warrants. 

 

Note 12 – Income Taxes

 

The Company uses the asset and liability method to account for income taxes. Under this method, deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. If a carryforward exists, the Company makes a determination as to whether the carryforward will be utilized in the future.  Currently, a valuation allowance is established for all DTA’s and carryforwards as their recoverability is deemed to be uncertain. If our expectations for future operating results at the federal or at the state jurisdiction level vary from actual results due to changes in healthcare regulations, general economic conditions, or other factors, we may need to adjust the valuation allowance, for all or a portion of our deferred tax assets. Our income tax expense in future periods will be reduced or increased to the extent of offsetting decreases or increases, respectively, in our valuation allowance in the period when the change in circumstances occurs. These changes could have a significant impact on our future earnings.

 

Income tax expense was $0 and $0 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019. The annual forecasted effective income tax rate for 2020 is 0% with a year-to-date effective income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2020 of 0%.

 

Note 13 – Commitments and Contingencies

 

A)

Litigation

 

INVO Bioscience, Inc. v. James Bowdring

 

On August 7, 2019, the Company sent James Bowdring, the brother of our then Chief Financial Officer, a check in the amount of $65,197 as full and final payment under those certain promissory notes dated April 8, 2011 and November 9, 2011.  On August 8, 2019, Mr. Bowdring’s legal counsel returned the check.  A basis for returning the check was a claim that the interest due under the Notes called for compounded interest and not per annum interest.  In addition, the letter rejecting the tender of the payment in full check alleged Mr. Bowdring was considering a future intention to convert his Promissory Notes into shares of the Company’s common stock.  Mr. Bowdring, through his counsel, indicated that such future intention to convert the Notes to common stock were contingent upon Mr. Bowdring addressing certain personal issues which were not disclosed by his counsel in the correspondence returning the checks.  The Company does not believe that Mr. Bowdring has the right to seek conversion of the Notes once payment for the Notes has been tendered.  In order to resolve the issue of the Company’s tender of payment in full versus Mr. Bowdring’s assertion that he can reject tender and seek conversion, the Company has filed an action in the Suffolk Superior Court in Boston on September 3, 2019 seeking Declaratory Judgment and Judgment for Breach of Contract. On September 30, 2019, Mr. Bowdring filed an answer and counterclaim under which he alleged breach of contract, fraud, promissory estoppel, unfair and deceptive practices and constructive trust. Mr. Bowdring is seeking receipt of all shares due under the adjusted conversion price.

 

The 10% Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes were issued on April 8, 2011 and November 9, 2011, with maturity dates thirty days subsequent to the dates of issuance.  Interest was calculated at 10% per annum, compounded based on a 360-day year. Investors had the option to convert any unpaid principal and accrued interest into shares of Company’s common stock original conversion prices of $.03 and $.01, respectively, subject to adjustments upon the Company’s issuances of stock at prices less than the original conversion prices during the 24-months after issuance of each note (i.e. currently $0.0065).

 

The Company does not currently expect the above matter to have a material adverse effect upon either our results of operations, financial position, or cash flows.

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2020

(unaudited)

 

B)

Employee Agreements

 

On October 10, 2019, we entered into an agreement with our newly appointed CEO, Steve Shum. We agreed to pay Mr. Shum an annual salary of $260,000. In addition, Mr. Shum is eligible to earn bonus compensation of up to $75,000 bonus upon a successful up-listing to the NASDAQ exchange. All other bonus amounts will be determined by the Board of Directors, in their sole discretion. In addition to his base salary and performance bonus, we granted Mr. Shum: (i) 400,000 shares of our common stock and (ii) a three-year option to purchase 6,483,171 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.255 per share.  These options will vest monthly over a 3-year period.

 

On January 15, 2020, INVO Bioscience, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an employment agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) with Michael Campbell to continue serving as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Business Development, a position he has held since February 2019. Mr. Campbell’s compensation will consist of an annual base salary of $220,000, and a target annual incentive bonus of up to 50% of his base salary if the Company achieves goals and objectives determined by the board of directors.

 

In connection with the Employment Agreement, on January 17, 2020, the Company granted Mr. Campbell 1,000,000 shares of Company common stock, and an option to purchase 4,000,000 shares of Company common stock (the “Option”) at an exercise price of $0.21378 per share. One quarter of the Option vested upon grant, and the remainder vests in monthly increments over a period of two years from the date of grant.

 

The Company has entered into a consulting agreement with Shine Management, Inc. through which it is receiving outsourced accounting and the support of its acting CFO, Debra Hoopes. Debra is the CFO and Chief Administrative Officer of Shine Management, Inc. and Management Services Company in Charlottesville, VA.

 

Note 14 – Contracts with Customers

 

We have adopted ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers effective January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective method applied to those contracts which were not substantially completed as of January 1, 2018. These standards provide guidance on recognizing revenue, including a five-step model to determine when revenue recognition is appropriate. The standard requires that an entity recognize revenue to depict the transfer of control of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. Revenues for 2018 are reported under ASC 606, while prior period amounts are not adjusted and continue to be reported under ASC 605, Revenue Recognition.

 

Revenues for products, including: INVOcell®and INVO TM Retention System are typically recognized at the time the product is shipped, at which time the title passes to the customer, and there are no further performance obligations. Revenues from consignment are recognized when the medical device is shipped from the Consignor to the customer.

 

In January 2019 we announced a U.S. license and distribution agreement with Ferring International Center S.A. (“Ferring”) and as a result took a significant step to strengthen the Company that we believe will allow us to implement our overall business plan. We believe that this strategic partnership with a strong reproductive organization such as Ferring Pharmaceuticals will provide us with the necessary sales and marketing resources within the United States to expand the market and help reach couples not receiving reproductive treatments today.  The agreement calls for the issuance of an initial upfront payment of $5 million which we received upon the signing of the agreement and then subsequent licensing fee payment of $3,000,000 that will provides us a source of non-dilutive financing to execute our plan. Under the terms of the agreement we can pursue developing international markets and as well as partnering and opening INVO-only reproductive centers within the U.S. market. We believe this major milestone and agreement was a critical milestone that allows the Company to implement its mission of expanding access to care within the fertility marketplace.

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2020

(unaudited)

 

Under the terms of the Distribution Agreement, Ferring completed its obligation to make an initial payment to the Company of $5,000,000 upon completion of the required closing conditions, including executed agreements from all current manufacturers of the Licensed Product that upon a material supply default by the Company, Ferring can assume a direct purchase relationship with such manufacturers. Ferring is obligated to make a second payment to the Company of $3,000,000 provided that the Company is successful in obtaining a five (5) day label enhancement from the FDA for the current incubation period for the Licensed Product at least three (3) years prior to the expiration of the term of the license for the Licensed Product and provided further that Ferring has not previously exercised its right to terminate the Distribution Agreement for convenience. In addition, the Company entered into a separate exclusive Distribution Agreement.  The Distribution Agreement has an initial term expiring on December 31, 2025, which may be terminated by the Company if Ferring fails to generate specified annual minimum revenues to the Company from the sale of the Licensed Product.

 

The Ferring license was deemed to be a functional licenses that provide customers with a “right to access” to our intellectual property during the subscription period and, accordingly, revenue is recognized over a period of time, which is generally the subscription period. During the quarter ended March 31, 2020, the Company recognized $178,571 related to the Ferring license agreement.  

 

As of March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019, the Company had deferred revenues of $4,107,143 and $4,477,261, respectively.

 

On September 20, 2019, we entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Quality Medicines, Cosmetics & Medical Equipment Import for the territories of Sudan, Uganda and Ethiopia. This distribution agreement has a term of one year and may be extended by mutual agreement and is based on wholesale prices. Quality Medicines is required to register our product in each of these countries.

 

On September 11, 2019, we entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with G-Systems Limited registered in Nigeria. In the territories of Nigeria. This distribution agreement has a term of one year and may be extended by mutual agreement and is based on wholesale prices. G-Systems is required to register our produce in Nigeria.

 

On November 12, 2019, we announced we had entered into exclusive distribution agreements with Biovate a Jordanian company for the territory of Jordan and Orcan Medical for the territory of Turkey. This agreement has a term of one year with extensions by mutual agreement. Safadi Drugstore is required to register our product in Jordan.

 

On January 16, 2020, we announced a Joint Venture agreement for the India Market. Under terms of the agreement, INVO Bioscience and our Partner, Medesole Healthcare and Trading Pvt Ltd, will each own 50% of the joint venture. We provide the device, training and general technology support to the joint venture, while Medesole will be responsible for the operations of the INVOcell clinics in India. Both partners will equally invest in start-up and capital expenditures and share in the revenue and profits of the joint venture. The business model allows INVO to benefit not only from the sale of the device, but from the delivery of the entire solution. We believe this JV structure is an attractive new model for us, and one in which we may replicate in other select parts of the world.  As of March 31, 2020 the final JV setup had not yet been completed. We currently anticipate this to occur during the second quarter of 2020.

 

Sources of Revenue

 

We have identified the following revenues disaggregated by revenue source:

 

 

 

Domestic Physicians  – direct sales of products concluded in January 2019 

 

Domestic Distributor - sales to Ferring who then sells to physicians

 

Domestic Licensing fee

 

 

 

 

 

International Distributors  – direct sales of products.

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2020

(unaudited)

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 the source of revenue was derived from:

 

   

March 31,

2020

   

March 31,

2019

 
                 

Domestic product revenue

  $ 80,000     $ 10,860  
                 

Domestic Licensing Fee

    178,571       178,572  
                 

Total revenue

  $ 258,571     $ 189,432  

 

Contract Balances

 

We incur agreement obligations on general customer purchase orders and e-mails that have been accepted but unfulfilled. Due to the short duration of time between order acceptance and delivery of the related product, we have determined that the balance related to these obligations is generally immaterial at any point in time. We monitor the value of orders accepted but unfulfilled at the close of each reporting period to determine if disclosure is appropriate.

 

Warranty

 

Our general product warranties do not extend beyond an assurance that the product delivered will be consistent with stated specifications and do not include separate performance obligations.

 

Significant Judgments in the Application of the Guidance in ASC 606

 

There are no significant judgments associated with the satisfaction of our performance obligations. We generally satisfy performance obligations upon delivery of the product to the customer. This is consistent with the time in which the customer obtains control of the products. Therefore, the value of unsatisfied performance obligations at the end of any reporting period is generally immaterial. We consider variable consideration in establishing the transaction price. Forms of variable consideration applicable to our arrangements include sales returns, rebates, volume-based bonuses, and prompt pay discounts. We use historical information along with an analysis of the expected value to properly calculate and to consider the need to constrain estimates of variable consideration. Such amounts are included as a reduction to revenue from the sale of products in the periods in which the related revenue is recognized and adjusted in future periods as necessary.

 

Commissions and Contract Costs

 

We do not use or offer sales commissions of any type at this time. We generally do not incur incremental charges associated with securing agreements with customers which would require capitalization and recovery over the life of the agreement.

 

Practical Expedients

 

Our payment terms for sales direct to customers and distributors are substantially less than the one year collection period that falls within the practical expedient in determination of whether a significant financing component exists.

 

Shipping and Handling Charges

 

Fees charged to customers for shipping and handling of products are included as an offset to the costs for shipping and handling of products included as a component of cost of products.

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2020

(unaudited)

 

Taxes Collected from Customers

 

As our products are used in another service and are exempt, to this point we have not collected taxes. If we were to collect taxes they would be on the value of transaction revenue and would be excluded from product revenues and cost of sales and would be accrued in current liabilities until remitted to governmental authorities.

 

Effective Date and Transition Disclosures

 

Adoption of the new standards related to revenue recognition did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements and is not expected to have a material impact in future periods.

 

Note 15 – Subsequent Events

 

Effective May 15, 2020, we entered into definitive securities purchase agreements (“Purchase Agreements”) with accredited investors for their purchase of (i) secured convertible notes issued by us in the aggregate original principal amount of $2,105,000 (the “Notes”), and (ii) Unit Purchase Options (“Purchase Options”) to purchase 5,851,900 units (each, a “Unit”), at an exercise price of $0.25 per Unit (subject to adjustments). with each Unit exercisable for (A) one share of our common stock and (B) a 5-year warrant (the “Warrants”) to purchase one share of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 (subject to adjustments) (the “Private Placement”).  Each purchaser of a Note will be issued a 5-year Purchase Option to purchase 2.78 Units for each dollar of Notes purchased  Upon closing of the sale of the Notes and Purchase Options (the “Closing”), we are expected to receive proceeds of $2.105 million (of which $1,961,360 was received in cash and $143,640 resulted from cancellation of indebtedness). Tribal Capital Markets, LLC acted as placement agent (the “Placement Agent”) in the Private Placement. The Company received approximately $1.75 million in net proceeds at Closing, after deducting placement agent fees payable to the Placement Agent and investor counsel in connection with the transaction.  Pursuant to that certain Form of Secured Convertible Note entered into in connection with the Purchase Agreement (the “Form of Note”), interest on such Notes accrues at a rates of ten percent (10%) per annum and is payable either in cash or in shares of our common stock at the conversion price in the Note on each of the six and twelve month anniversary of the issuance date and on the maturity date of November 15, 2021 (the “Maturity Date”).

 

In May 2020, the Company issued 230,000 shares of common stock under its 2019 Stock Incentive Plan with a fair value of $48,730  to certain employees.

 

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date the financial statements were released and there were no others.

 

 

Item 2.       Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

Statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including without limitation this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, other than statements of historical information, are forward looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  These forward-looking statements may sometimes be identified by such words as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate” and “continue” or similar words.  We believe that it is important to communicate our future expectations to investors.  However, these forward-looking statements involve many risks and uncertainties including those referred to herein and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.  Our actual results could differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors.  We are under no duty to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to conform these statements to actual results.

 

Overview

 

We are a medical device company focused in the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) marketplace. Our mission is to increase access to care and expand fertility treatment and patient care across the globe. Our patented device, the INVOcell, is the first Intravaginal Culture (IVC) system in the world used for the natural in vivo incubation of eggs and sperm during fertilization and early embryo development. INVOcell was granted FDA clearance in the United States in November 2015, received the CE mark in October 2019, and is now positioned to help provide millions of infertile couples across the globe access to a new infertility treatment option. We believe this novel device and procedure provides a more natural, safe, effective and economical fertility treatment compared to current infertility treatments, including in-vitro fertilization (“IVF”) and intrauterine insemination (“IUI”). Unlike conventional infertility treatments such as IVF where the eggs and sperm develop into embryos in a laboratory incubator, the INVOcell utilizes the women’s vaginal cavity as an incubator to support a more natural fertilization and embryo development environment.

 

In both current utilization of the INVOCell and in clinical studies, the INVO Procedure has proven to have equivalent pregnancy success and live birth rates as the traditional assisted reproductive technique, IVF. Additionally, we believe there are psychological benefits of the potential mother’s participation in fertilization and early embryo development by vaginal incubation compared to that of traditional IVF treatment. INVOcell also offers to patients a more natural and personalized way to achieve pregnancy.

 

For many couples struggling with infertility, access to treatment is often not available. Financial challenges (cost of treatment) and limited availability (or capacity) of fertility medical care are two of the main challenges in the ART marketplace that contribute to the large percentage of untreated patients. Religious, social and cultural roadblocks can also prevent hopeful couples from realizing their dream to have a baby. We believe INVOcell can address many of the key challenges in the ART market, particularly patient cost and infrastructure capacity constraints. The many benefits to the INVO Solution include:

 

● 

Cost: Many current clinics offering INVOcell are doing so at approximately half the cost of IVF treatment, due to: less drugs often being prescribed for INVOcell, fewer office visits needed, less laboratory time needed as incubation is occurring inside the body rather than the lab incubator.

 

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Enhances Industry capacity; The INVOcell device eliminates the need for a lab incubator as well as helps reduce the overall need for lab-support resources. We believe this generally supports the ability to lower costs as well as enable a clinic to handle a higher volume of patients on average.

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Reduces the risk of errors of wrong embryo transfers since the embryos are never separated from the woman.

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Promotes greater involvement by couples in the treatment and conception.

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Creates a more natural and environmentally stable incubation than traditional IVF incubation in a laboratory.

 

In the second quarter of 2016, the first post-FDA cleared US baby from the INVOcell and INVO procedure was born in Texas.

 

 

In January 2019, we entered into a Distribution & Supply Agreement with Ferring International Center S.A. (“Ferring”), pursuant to which, among other things, we granted Ferring an exclusive license in the United States (the “Territory”) with rights to sublicense under patents related to our proprietary INVOcell™ intravaginal culture device together with the retention device and any other applicable accessories (collectively, the “Licensed Product”) to market, promote, distribute and sell the Licensed Product with respect to all therapeutic, prophylactic and diagnostic uses of medical devices or pharmaceutical products involving reproductive technology (including infertility treatment) in humans (the “Field”). Ferring is responsible, at its own cost, for all commercialization activities for the Licensed Product in the United States. We retained a limited exception to the exclusive license granted to Ferring allowing us, subject to certain restrictions, to establish up to five clinics that will commercialize INVO cycles in the Territory. We are looking at the best approach to pursue establishing these five Company-owned INVO-only clinics. We retained all commercialization rights for the Licensed Product outside of the United States.  We believe the strategic partnership with a strong reproductive organization such as Ferring  has provided us with the necessary sales and marketing resources and overall market credibility to help execute our goal to expand the INVOcell device around the world.

 

On September 20, 2019, we entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Quality Medicines, Cosmetics & Medical Equipment Import for the territories of Sudan, Uganda and Ethiopia. This distribution agreement has a term of one year and may be extended by mutual agreement and is based on wholesale prices. Quality Medicines is required to register our product in each of these countries.

 

On September 11, 2019, we entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with G-Systems Limited registered in Nigeria. In the territories of Nigeria. This distribution agreement has a term of one year and may be extended by mutual agreement and is based on wholesale prices. G-Systems is required to register our produce in Nigeria.

 

On November 12, 2019, we announced we had entered into exclusive distribution agreements with Biovate a Jordanian company for the territory of Jordan and Orcan Medical for the territory of Turkey. This agreement has a term of one year with extensions by mutual agreement. Safadi Drugstore is required to register our product in Jordan.

 

On January 16, 2020, we announced a Joint Venture agreement for the India Market. Under terms of the agreement, INVO Bioscience and our Partner, Medesole Healthcare and Trading Pvt Ltd, will each own 50% of the joint venture. We provide the device, training and general technology support to the joint venture, while Medesole will be responsible for the operations of the INVOcell clinics in India. Both partners will equally invest in start-up and capital expenditures and share in the revenue and profits of the joint venture. The business model allows INVO to benefit not only from the sale of the device, but from the delivery of the entire solution. We believe this JV structure is an attractive new model for us, and one in which we may replicate in other select parts of the world. 

 

We operate with a core internal team and outsource certain operational functions in order to help accelerate our efforts as well as reduce fixed internal overhead needs and in-house capital equipment requirements.  Our most critical management and leadership functions are carried out by our core management team.  We have contracted out the manufacturing, packaging/labeling and sterilization of the device to a medical manufacturing company to assemble packages and label the product; and to a sterilization specialist to perform the gamma sterilization process.  

 

Historically, our most significant challenge in growing our business has been our limited resources.   In prior years we had reduced this by, among other things, officers and directors foregoing salaries and fees and not engaging in certain activities in order to avoid incurring certain expenses (such as travel and marketing costs).  Beginning in 2019, as a result of the Ferring agreement and upfront payment, we expanded our sales and marketing efforts and regulatory and clinical development. Our cash needs are primarily attributable to funding our sales and marketing efforts, strengthening our training capabilities, satisfying existing obligations, funding our planned clinical trial for additional product indications, and building an administrative infrastructure, including costs and professional fees associated with being a public company.  Our existing distribution and partnership agreements, such as Ferring and the other more recent international agreements, provide for increasing revenue minimums and should help offset the higher level of spending.

 

 

Recent Developments

 

Effective May 15, 2020, we entered into definitive securities purchase agreements (“Purchase Agreements”) with accredited investors for their purchase of (i) secured convertible notes issued by us in the aggregate original principal amount of $2,105,000 (the “Notes”), and (ii) Unit Purchase Options (“Purchase Options”) to purchase 5,851,900 units (each, a “Unit”), at an exercise price of $0.25 per Unit (subject to adjustments). with each Unit exercisable for (A) one share of our common stock and (B) a 5-year warrant (the “Warrants”) to purchase one share of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 (subject to adjustments) (the “Private Placement”).  Each purchaser of a Note will be issued a 5-year Purchase Option to purchase 2.78 Units for each dollar of Notes purchased  Upon closing of the sale of the Notes and Purchase Options (the “Closing”), we are expected to receive proceeds of $2.105 million (of which $1,961,360 was received in cash and $143,640 resulted from cancellation of indebtedness). Tribal Capital Markets, LLC acted as placement agent (the “Placement Agent”) in the Private Placement. The Company received approximately $1.75 million in net proceeds at Closing, after deducting placement agent fees payable to the Placement Agent and investor counsel in connection with the transaction.  Pursuant to that certain Form of Secured Convertible Note entered into in connection with the Purchase Agreement (the “Form of Note”), interest on such Notes accrues at a rates of ten percent (10%) per annum and is payable either in cash or in shares of our common stock at the conversion price in the Note on each of the six and twelve month anniversary of the issuance date and on the maturity date of November 15, 2021 (the “Maturity Date”).

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

Our discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations are based upon the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as recognized in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements requires that we make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.  Our estimates include those related to revenue recognition, the valuation of inventory, and valuation of deferred tax assets and liabilities, useful lives of intangible assets, warranty obligations and accruals.  We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that management believes to be reasonable under the circumstances.  Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.  For a complete description of accounting policies, see Note 1 to our financial statements included in our Form 10K for the year ended December 31, 2019.  There were no significant changes in critical accounting estimates.

 

Results of Operations

 

Three months ended March 31, 2020, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019

 

Revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $258,571, compared to $189,432 for the same three month period ended March 31, 2019. The increase was the result of increased product sales to Ferring as they continue to expand their marketing activities. However, we do believe that our first quarter results were impacted by the COVID-19 virus outbreak as we witnessed many clinics curtail their fertility services. While this situation may also impact our second quarter in a similar manner, we expect this to be temporary as clinics begin to re-open.  

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we added additional clinics now offering the INVOcell procedure. Since executing the Ferring agreement in January 2019, the total number of clinics providing INVOcell as a treatment option has nearly tripled. A newly trained facility can often take a period of time until initial product ordering begins. As a result, we believe the growing number of clinics will begin to lead to a larger volume of product sales as we move forward. 

 

Cost of goods sold for the three months ended March 31, 2020 were $29,994 or approximately 12% of revenues compared to $10,978 or 6% of revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2019. The increase in cost of sales was the result of an increase in production supplies and materials due to a heavier mix of product sales versus license revenue.  This resulted in a decrease in gross margin to 88% from 94% in the same period in 2019. 

 

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses were $1,595,046 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to $527,565 for the three months ended March 31, 2019. The $1,067,481 increase in selling, general and administrative expenses in the three months ending March 31, 2020 was primarily the result of an increase in compensation and professional fees related to our increased activities to grow INVOcell around the world. Of this increase, approximately $685,000 was related to non-cash equity based compensation.

 

 

Research and Development Expenses

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2020 we incurred $30,050 for research and development expense. These expenses related to our commencement of our research and development funding efforts in 2020. Excluding the investment in inventory in anticipation of clinical trials.

 

Interest Expense, Financing Fees

 

Interest expense and financing fees were $47,873 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to $109,459 for the same period in 2019. The primary reason for the lower interest expenses in the three months ended March31, 2020 was related to the decrease in amortization of the discount Notes Payable.

 

Income Taxes

 

Income tax expense was $0 and $0 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019. The annual forecasted effective income tax rate for 2020 is 0% with a year-to-date effective income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2020 of 0%.

 

Net Loss

 

The net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $1,444,392 as compared to a net loss of $458,570 for the same three month period in 2019. The primary reason for the increase in net loss was the result of our increased selling, general and administration expenses.

 

Throughout the period 2019 to 2020 we incurred annual net losses as we continued to market our product and proprietary process as we endeavored to increase our revenue base.  We expect to continue incurring losses during 2020.

 

We cannot accurately predict the level of success our key partners will enjoy over the next 12-24 months.  However, INVO Bioscience anticipates that it will continue to launch the INVOcell device and INVO procedure within the U.S. through our agreement with Ferring Pharmaceuticals, and in other parts of the world with new distributor partnerships, IVF centers and physicians.   

 

To achieve our plan, we will require additional financing.  As we expand our distribution base, our costs and expenses for 2020 will likely exceed the cash flow being generated and therefore we will require additional capital to meet our needs. In order to properly fund our operational needs for at least the next 12 months, we recently closed a $2.1 million convertible note financing, including unit purchase options.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, we had net losses of $1,444,392 and $458,570, respectively. The net loss in 2020 was higher than 2019 due to the increase in selling, general and administrative as the result of an increase in compensation and professional fees partially offset by an increase in product revenue.

 

We had a working capital deficiency of $1,234,432 in the three months ended March 31, 2020 verses working capital as of December 31, 2019 of $42,330. As of March 31, 2020, our stockholder’s deficiency was $4,435,049 compared to $3,713,595 as of December 31, 2019 and cash used in operations was $863,450 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to cash provided by operations of $3,088,088 for the three months ended March 31, 2019.

 

Our registered independent certified public accountants  stated in their report dated March 30, 2020, that we have generated, negative cash outflows from operating activities, experienced recurring net operating losses, and are dependent on securing additional equity and debt financing to support our business efforts. As reflected in their audit report, our registered independent certified public accountants indicated that these factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

 

Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on, among other things, our ability to raise additional capital and implement our business plan. See “Risk Factors.” Our financial statements attached do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if we are unable to continue as a going concern. We finalized our new distribution and supply agreements with Ferring on January 14, 2019 and as part of the closing process the Company received a $5 million one-time license payment.

 

Based on our projected cash needs, we will be dependent on generating sufficient sales, entering into new distribution agreements, or   raising additional debt or equity capital to support our plans over the next 12 months.

 

 

Cash Flows

 

The following table shows a summary of our cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019:

 

   

2020

   

2019

 

Cash (used in) provided by:

               

Operating activities

    (863,450 )     3,088,088  

Investing activities

    (25,135

)

    (48,400

)

Financing activities

    -       (194,465

)

 

As of March 31, 2020, we had a $350,000 in cash compared to $1,238,585 at December 31, 2019.  Net cash used in operating activities during the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $863,450, as compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $3,077,088 for the three months ended in March 31, 2020.  The decrease in net cash was primarily due to the $4,821,428 increase in deferred revenue as a result of the initial exclusive license and distribution agreement fee received by the Company in January in the three months ended March 31, 2019.

 

In the three months ended March 31, 2020, cash used in investing activities was $25,135 related to purchases of medical equipment purchases. This compared to $48,400 in investing activities in the three months ended March 31, 2020, to acquire molds for the next generation of the INVOcell.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2020 there was no cash provided by or used by financing activities. In the three months ended March 31, 2019, cash used in financing activities was related to cash paid to pay off principle note payments for both related and non-related party loans during the period. 

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

There have been no material changes in our critical accounting policies or critical accounting estimates since December 31, 2019. For further discussion of our accounting policies see the “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 as well as the notes to the financial statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

The accounting policies that reflect our more significant estimates, judgments and assumptions and which we believe are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our reported financial results include the following:

 

Revenue Recognition

 

We recognizes revenue in accordance with ACS 606, when a customer obtains control of promised goods and is recognized at an amount that reflects the consideration expected to be received in exchange for such goods and collectability of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured.

 

Intangible Assets

 

Our intangible assets consist of its INVOcell and INVO process patents The Company amortizes its intangible assets with definitive lives over their useful lives, which range up to 20 years, based on the time period the Company expects to receive the economic benefit from these assets. No impairment charge was recorded during the three months period ended March 31, 2020 or 2019.

 

We continually assesses whether events or changes in circumstances have occurred that may warrant revision of the estimated useful lives of its intangible and indefinite-lived assets or whether the remaining balances of those assets should be evaluated for possible impairment. There were no changes in the carrying value of intangible and indefinite-lived assets during the three months ended March 31, 2020.

 

 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

 

Our long-lived assets are its patents which are subject to amortization. The Company evaluates long-lived assets for recoverability whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that an asset may have been impaired. In evaluating an asset for recoverability, the Company estimates the future cash flow expected to result from the use of the asset and eventual disposition. If the expected future undiscounted cash flow is less than the carrying amount of the asset, an impairment loss, equal to the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of the asset, is recognized.

 

We continually assesses whether events or changes in circumstances have occurred that may warrant revision of the estimated useful lives of its intangible and indefinite-lived assets or whether the remaining balances of those assets should be evaluated for possible impairment. There were no changes in the carrying value of intangible and indefinite-lived assets during the three months ended March 31, 2020.

 

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable

 

We performs ongoing credit evaluations of our customers and adjusts credit limits based upon payment history and the customer’s current credit worthiness, as determined by our review of their current credit information. We continuously monitor collections and payments from our customers and maintain a provision for estimated credit losses based upon our historical experience and any specific customer collection issues that we have identified. While such credit losses have historically been minimal, within our expectations and the provisions established, we cannot guarantee that we will continue to experience the same credit loss rates that we have in the past. A significant change in the liquidity or financial position of any of our significant customers could have a material adverse effect on the collectability of our accounts receivable and our future operating results.

 

Income Taxes

 

As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are required to estimate our income tax provision (benefit) in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves estimating our current income tax provision (benefit) together with assessing temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items for tax and accounting purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included within our consolidated balance sheets. We regularly evaluate our ability to recover the reported amount of our deferred income taxes considering several factors, including our estimate of the likelihood of the Company generating sufficient taxable income in future years during the period over which temporary differences reverse.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

For information regarding recent accounting pronouncements and their effect on the Company, see “Recent Accounting Pronouncements” in Note 2 of the Unaudited Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements contained herein

 

Forward Looking Statements

 

The statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q which are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements regarding future events and our future results are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections and the beliefs and assumptions of our management, including, without limitation, our expectations regarding results of operations, the commercialization of our technology, regulatory approvals, our development of new technologies, the adequacy of our ability to develop current financing sources to fund our operations, our growth initiatives, and the strength of our intellectual property portfolio. These forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as “plans”, “intends,” “may,” “could,” “expect,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “continue” or similar terms, though not all forward-looking statements contain such words. The actual results of the future events described in such forward-looking statements could differ materially from those stated in such forward-looking statements due to a number of important factors. These factors that could cause actual results to differ from those anticipated or predicted include, without limitation, our ability to develop and commercialize our products, including obtaining regulatory approvals, the size and growth of the potential markets for our products and our ability to serve those markets, the rate and degree of market acceptance of any of our products, general economic conditions, costs and availability of raw materials and management information systems, our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for our products, competition, the loss of key management and technical personnel, our ability to obtain timely payment of our invoices from customers, litigation, the effect of governmental regulatory developments, the availability of financing sources, our ability to comply with our debt obligations, our ability to deleverage our balance sheet, and seasonality, as well as the uncertainties set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on April 16, 2019, including the risk factors contained in Item 1A, and from time to time in the Company’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

 

Item 3.       Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risks

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 4.       Controls and Procedures

 

Item 4a.     Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are designed to be effective in providing reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Our management, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Acting Chief Financial (and principal accounting) Officer, carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of March 31, 2020, the end of the fiscal period covered by this Form 10Q.  We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to be effective in providing reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.  Based upon that evaluation and the identification of the material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018 (due to limited resources and employees) which has been remediated as of the end of the period December 31, 2019, our Chief Executive Officer and Acting Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report.

 

During the second quarter of 2019, to mitigate the internal limited resources and limited employees, we have continued rely heavily on direct management oversight of transactions, along with the use of outside legal and accounting professionals. We are taking steps to create effective procedures and controls throughout the organization.  We are in the process of establishing procedures and segregating duties where it can.  It has implemented a new accounting system, has outsourced its accounts payable function, implemented an approval processes, created a number of policies, reporting processes, a standard customer contract and has introduced an employee manual.  We will continue to monitor our disclosure controls and procedures and will address areas of potential concern.  As we grow, we expect to increase our number of employees, which will enable us to implement adequate segregation of duties within the internal control framework.

 

As a result of the infusion of additional cash with the closing of the Distribution Agreement with Ferring we have taken a number of steps to enhance our internal and disclosure controls.

 

Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Acting Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all errors and all fraud.  A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met.  Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs.  Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected.  These inherent limitations include, but are not limited to, the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake.  Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control.  The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.  Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.  Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

 

Item 4b.     Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes to our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1.      Legal Proceedings

 

We did not have any material development for any pending litigation in the three months ended March 31, 2020. Please see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for a description of pending litigation, which Report is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 1A.   Risk Factors

 

You should carefully review and consider the information regarding certain factors that could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results set forth under “Item 1A.  Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 filed on March 30, 2020 with the SEC.  There have been no material changes from the factors disclosed in our 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K, although we may disclose changes to such factors or disclose additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Item 2.      Unregistered Issuance of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

1.   Effective May 15, 2020, we entered into definitive securities purchase agreements (“Purchase Agreements”) with accredited investors for their purchase of (i) secured convertible notes issued by us in the aggregate original principal amount of $2,105,000 (the “Notes”), and (ii) Unit Purchase Options (“Purchase Options”) to purchase 5,851,900 units (each, a “Unit”), at an exercise price of $0.25 per Unit (subject to adjustments). with each Unit exercisable for (A) one share of our common stock and (B) a 5-year warrant (the “Warrants”) to purchase one share of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 (subject to adjustments) (the “Private Placement”).  Each purchaser of a Note will be issued a 5-year Purchase Option to purchase 2.78 Units for each dollar of Notes purchased  Upon closing of the sale of the Notes and Purchase Options (the “Closing”), we are expected to receive proceeds of $2.105 million (of which $1,961,360 was received in cash and $143,640 resulted from cancellation of indebtedness). Tribal Capital Markets, LLC acted as placement agent (the “Placement Agent”) in the Private Placement. The Company received approximately $1.75 million in net proceeds at Closing, after deducting placement agent fees payable to the Placement Agent and investor counsel in connection with the transaction.  The terms of the Private Placement are more fully set forth in the form of Purchase Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.  The Purchase Options are subject to the terms and conditions of the form of Purchase Option attached hereto as Exhibit 4.2 and incorporated by reference herein.  The Warrants are subject to the terms and conditions of the Form of Warrant attached hereto as Exhibit 4.3 and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Pursuant to that certain Form of Secured Convertible Note entered into in connection with the Purchase Agreement (the “Form of Note”), interest on such Notes accrues at a rates of ten percent (10%) per annum and is payable either in cash or in shares of the Company’s common stock at the conversion price in the Note on each of the six and twelve month anniversary of the issuance date and on the maturity date of November 15, 2021 (the “Maturity Date”).

 

All amounts due under the Notes are convertible at any time after the issuance date, in whole or in part (subject to rounding for fractional shares), at the option of the holders into our common stock at a fixed conversion price, which is subject to adjustment as summarized below. The Notes are initially convertible into our common stock at an initial fixed conversion price of $0.18 per share. This conversion price is subject to adjustment for stock splits, combinations or similar events and “full ratchet” anti-dilution provisions, among other adjustments.

 

Upon any issuance by us of any of our equity securities, including Common Stock, for cash consideration, indebtedness or a combination thereof after the date hereof (a “Subsequent Equity Financing”), each holder shall have the option to convert the outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest of its Note into the number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of securities issued in the Subsequent Equity Financing (“Conversion Securities”) equal to the product of unpaid principal, together with the balance of unpaid and accrued interest and other amounts payable hereunder multiplied by 1.1, divided by the price per share paid by the investors for the Conversion Securities.

 

A Note may not be converted and shares of common stock may not be issued under the Notes if, after giving effect to the conversion or issuance, the holder together with its affiliates would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% of our outstanding ordinary shares.

 

We  may prepay the Notes at any time in whole or in part by paying a s sum of money equal to 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed, together with accrued and unpaid interest plus a prepayment fee equal to one percent (1%) of the principal amount to be repaid.

 

The Notes contain customary triggering events including but not limited to: (i) failure to make payments when due under the Notes; and (ii) bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company.  If a triggering event occurs, each holder may require us to redeem all or any portion of the Notes (including all accrued and unpaid interest thereon), in cash.

 

 

The Notes are secured by the proceeds from the $3,000,000 milestone payment pursuant to Section 7.2(b) of the Distribution Agreement dated November 12, 2018 between the Obligor and Ferring International Center S.A. (“Ferring”), after such proceeds are actually received by us from Ferring, all pursuant to the terms of a Security Agreement entered into between us and the noteholders under the Securities Purchase Agreement

 

The Notes are subject to the terms and conditions of the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and incorporated herein by reference.  The Security Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Security Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

We entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the holders of the Notes as of the date of Closing (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has agreed to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) an initial Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or Form S-1 if S-3 is not available) covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), provided that such initial Registration Statement shall register for resale at least the number of shares of our common stock equal to 100% of the maximum number of shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Purchase Option (and related warrants)(as of the date such Registration Statement is initially filed with the SEC, with the filing of such initial Registration Statement to occur within 30 days of the Closing  The Registration Rights Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

The issuance of Notes and Purchase Options was exempt pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

 

2.     In March 2020, we issued 50,000 shares of common stock with a fair value of $11,500 in consideration of consulting services rendered.  We did not receive any proceeds from the issuance. The issuance was exempt under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

3.     In February 2020, we issued 50,000 shares of common stock with a fair value of $11,500 in consideration of consulting services rendered. We did not receive any proceeds from the issuance. The issuance was exempt under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Item 3.      Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

Item 4.      Reserved

 

Item 5.      Other Information

 

None.

 

Item 6.      Exhibits

 

4.1

Form of Secured Convertible Note

4.2

Form of Unit Purchase Option

4.3

Form of Warrant

10.1

Form of Securities Purchase Agreement

10.2

Form of Security Agreement

10.3

Form of Registration Rights Agreement

31.1

Certification of Principal Executive Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2

Certification of Principal Financial Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101

The following materials from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Deficiency for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, and (v) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on May 15, 2020.

 

 

INVO Bioscience, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

Date:  May 15, 2020

By:

/s/ Steven Shum                      

 

 

 

Steven Shum, Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

Date:  May 15, 2020

By:

/s/ Debra Hoopes                       

 

 

 

Debra Hoopes, Acting Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

(Acting Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

Execution copy

 

THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SAID ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION UNDER SAID ACT.

 

SECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

 

U.S. ________________     May __, 2020

                                    

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, INVO Bioscience, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Maker”), hereby promises to pay to ______________, or its successors and assigns (the “Payee”), at its address at ________________________________, or to such other address as Payee shall provide in writing to the Maker for such purpose, a principal sum of ____________________ and __/100 Dollars (U.S. $____________). The aggregate principal amount outstanding under this Secured Convertible Promissory Note (this “Note”) will be conclusively evidenced by the schedule annexed as Exhibit B hereto (the “Loan Schedule”), up to a maximum principal amount of U.S. $___________. The entire principal amount hereunder shall be due and payable in full on November __, 2021 (the “Maturity Date”), or on such earlier date as such principal amount may earlier become due and payable pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

1.     Interest Rate. Interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal amount of this Note at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum from the date of the first making of the loan for such principal amount until such unpaid principal amount is paid in full or earlier converted into shares (the “Shares”) of the Maker’s common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), in accordance with the terms hereof. Interest hereunder shall be paid either in cash or in Common Stock, as determined by the Payee in its sole discretion, on each of the six and twelve month anniversary of the date hereof and on the Maturity Date or on such earlier date as the principal amount under this Note becomes due and payable or is converted in accordance with the terms hereof and shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Triggering Event (as defined herein), the Maker shall pay a late fee in cash to the Payee on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Note at an interest rate equal to the lesser of twenty percent (20%) per annum or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law (the “Late Fees”) which shall accrue daily from the date of the occurrence and during the continuance of such Triggering Event hereunder through and including the date of actual payment in full.

 

2.     Conversion of Principal and Interest.

 

(a)     Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Payee, at its sole option, may deliver to the Maker a notice in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (a “Conversion Notice”) and an updated Loan Schedule, at any time and from time to time after the date hereof and prior to the payment of the principal amount and all accrued interest thereon (the date of the delivery of a Conversion Notice, except as otherwise set forth in the last sentence of this paragraph, a “Conversion Date”), to convert all or any portion of the outstanding principal amount of this Note plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, for a number of Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the dollar amount of such outstanding principal amount of this Note plus the accrued and

 

 

 

unpaid interest thereon being converted by the Conversion Price (as defined in Section 17). Conversions hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount of this Note plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereunder in an amount equal to the applicable conversion, which shall be evidenced by entries set forth in the Conversion Notice and the Loan Schedule.

 

(b)     Upon any issuance by the Maker of any of its equity securities, including Common Stock, for cash consideration, indebtedness or a combination thereof after the date hereof (a “Subsequent Equity Financing”), the Payee shall have the option to convert the outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest of this Note into the number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of securities issued in the Subsequent Equity Financing (“Conversion Securities”) equal to the product of unpaid principal, together with the balance of unpaid and accrued interest and other amounts payable hereunder multiplied by 1.1, divided by the price per share paid by the investors for the Conversion Securities. At least two (2) Trading Days prior to the closing of the Subsequent Equity Financing, the Maker shall deliver to the Payee a written notice of its intention to effect a Subsequent Equity Financing (“Pre-Notice”), which Pre-Notice shall ask the Payee if it wants to review the details of such financing (such additional notice, a “Subsequent Financing Notice”).  Upon the request of the Payee, and only upon a request by the Payee, for a Subsequent Financing Notice, the Maker shall promptly, but no later than one (1) Trading Day after such request, deliver a Subsequent Financing Notice to the Payee.  The Subsequent Financing Notice shall describe in reasonable detail the proposed terms of such Subsequent EquityFinancing, the amount of proceeds intended to be raised thereunder and the person or persons through or with whom such Subsequent Equity Financing is proposed to be effected and shall include a term sheet or similar document relating thereto as an attachment. If the Payee desires to participate in such Subsequent Equity Financing, it must provide written notice to the Maker by not later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the second (2nd) Trading Day after receipt of the Pre-Notice that the Payee is willing to participate in the Subsequent Equity Financing.  If the Maker receives no such notice from the Payee as of such second (2nd) Trading Day, the Payee shall be deemed to have notified the Maker that it does not elect to participate. The Payee, by acceptance of this Note, agrees with the Maker that, if this Note is converted pursuant to this Section 2(b), then, as a condition to the issuance of the Conversion Securities, the Payee shall deliver the original of this Note to the Maker with appropriate endorsements at the closing of such Subsequent Equity Financing and shall execute and deliver to the Maker the applicable definitive agreements for the Subsequent Equity Financing; provided, however, this Note shall for all purposes be deemed paid and cancelled regardless of whether the Payee delivers the original of this Note or approves or executes the such financing agreements.

 

3.     Certain Conversion Limitations.

 

(a)     The Payee may not convert an outstanding principal amount of this Note or accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the extent such conversion would result in the Payee, together with any affiliate thereof, beneficially owning (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) in excess of 9.99% of the then issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock. Since the Payee will not be obligated to report to the Maker the number of shares of Common Stock it may hold at the time of a conversion hereunder, unless the conversion at issue would result in the issuance of Shares in excess of 9.99% of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock without regard to any other shares which may be

 

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beneficially owned by the Payee or an affiliate thereof, the Payee shall have the authority and obligation to determine whether and the extent to which the restriction contained in this Section will limit any particular conversion hereunder. The provisions of this Section may be waived by Payee upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Maker.

 

(b)     The Payee may not convert an outstanding principal amount of this Note or accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the extent such conversion would require the Maker to issue shares of Common Stock in excess of the Maker’s then sufficient authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock.

 

4.     Deliveries.

 

(a)     Not later than two (2) Trading Days (as defined in Section 17) after any Conversion Date; provided that a conversion notice on any such date is received prior to 12 p.m. EST and for notices received after 12p.m. EST, then on the third Trading Day (the “Delivery Date”), the Maker will (i) cause the Shares to be transmitted by the Maker’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) to the Payee by crediting the account of the Payee’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Maker is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Shares to or resale of the Shares by the Payee or (B) the Shares are eligible for resale by the Payee pursuant to Rule 144, and otherwise deliver to the Payee a certificate or certificates representing the number of Shares (or Conversion Securities) being acquired upon the conversion of the principal amount of this Note and any interest accrued thereunder being converted pursuant to the Conversion Notice (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3 hereof), and (ii) deliver to the Payee an endorsement by the Maker of the Loan Schedule acknowledging the remaining outstanding principal amount of this Note plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon not converted (an “Endorsement”). The Maker’s delivery to the Payee of stocks certificates or the Transfer Agent’s crediting the Payee’s balance account through DWAC in accordance with clause (i) above shall be Maker’s conclusive endorsement of the remaining outstanding principal amount of this Note plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon not converted as set forth in the Loan Schedule. If the Maker fails for any reason to deliver to the Payee the Conversion Shares subject to a Conversion Notice by the Delivery Date, the Maker shall pay to the Payee, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Conversion Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Conversion Notice), $5 per Trading Day (increasing to $10 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Delivery Date until such Conversion Shares are delivered or the Payee rescinds such conversion.

 

(b)     In addition to any other rights available to the Payee, if the Maker fails to transmit to the Payee the Conversion Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 4(a) above pursuant to conversion on or before the Delivery Date, and if after such date the Payee is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Payee’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Payee of the Conversion Shares which the Payee anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Maker shall (A) pay in cash to the Payee the amount, if any, by which (x) the Payee’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common

 

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Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Conversion Shares that the Maker was required to deliver to the Payee in connection with the conversion at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Payee, either reinstate the portion of the Note and equivalent number of Conversion Shares for which such conversion was not honored (in which case such conversion shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Payee the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Maker timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Payee purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Maker shall be required to pay the Payee $1,000. The Payee shall provide the Maker written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Payee in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Maker, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Payee’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Maker’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Note as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

(c)     Assuming the Payee has held the Note for at least six months, the Maker agrees that the Payee is under no obligation to sell the Conversion Shares issuable upon the conversion of the Note prior to removing the legend and the Maker will use its commercially reasonable efforts including delivering an opinion to the Maker’s transfer agent at its own expense to ensure the forgoing.

 

5.     Prepayment. Maker shall have the right to prepay this Note at any time in whole or in part (“Optional Redemption”), by paying to the Payee a sum of money equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount to be redeemed, together with accrued but unpaid interest thereon, a prepayment fee equal to one percent (1%) of the principal amount to be prepaid, and any and all other sums due, accrued or payable to the Payee arising under this Note or any Transaction Document through the Redemption Payment Date as defined below (the “Redemption Amount”). Maker’s election to exercise its right to prepay must be by notice in writing (“Notice of Redemption”). The Notice of Redemption shall specify the date for such Optional Redemption (the “Redemption Payment Date”), which date shall be ten (10) Trading Days after the date of the Notice of Redemption (the “Redemption Period”). A Notice of Redemption shall not be effective with respect to any portion of the Principal Amount for which the Payee has a pending election to convert, or for conversions initiated or made by the Payee during the Redemption Period. On the Redemption Payment Date, the Redemption Amount, less any portion of the Redemption Amount against which the Payee has exercised its conversion rights, shall be paid in good funds to the Payee. In the event the Maker fails to pay the Redemption Amount on the Redemption Payment Date as set forth herein, then such Notice of Redemption will be null and void.

 

6.     Certain Adjustments.

 

(a)     The Conversion Price and number and kind of shares or other securities to be issued upon conversion shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the happening of certain events while this conversion right remains outstanding, as follows:

 

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1.     Merger, Sale of Assets, etc. If the Maker at any time shall consolidate with or merge into or sell or convey all or substantially all its assets to any other entity, this Note, as to the unpaid principal portion thereof and accrued interest thereon, shall thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to convert into such number and kind of shares or other securities and property as would have been issuable or distributable on account of such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, upon or with respect to the securities subject to the conversion right immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale, or conveyance. The foregoing provision shall similarly apply to successive transactions of a similar nature by any such successor or purchaser. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the anti-dilution provisions of this Section shall apply to such securities of such successor or purchaser after any such consolidation, merger, sale, or conveyance.

 

2.     Reclassification, etc. If the Maker at any time shall, by reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a different number of securities of any class or classes, this Note, as to the unpaid principal portion thereof and accrued interest thereon, shall thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to convert into an adjusted number of such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result of such change with respect to the Common Stock immediately prior to such reclassification or other change.

 

3.     Stock Splits, Combinations and Dividends. If the shares of Common Stock are subdivided or combined into a greater or smaller number of shares of Common Stock, or if a dividend is paid on the Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price shall be proportionately reduced in case of subdivision of shares or stock dividend or proportionately increased in the case of combination of shares, in each such case by the ratio which the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event bears to the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

4.     Subsequent Equity Sales. If, at any time while this Note is outstanding, the Maker sells or grants any option to purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock (other than Excluded Securities) entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the then Conversion Price (such lower price, the “Base Conversion Price” and such issuances, collectively, a “Dilutive Issuance”) (if the holder of the Common Stock so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the Conversion Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then the Conversion Price shall be reduced to such lower Dilutive Issuance price. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock or Convertible Securities are issued. Subject to Section [__] of the Purchase Agreement, if the Maker enters into a Variable Rate Transaction (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), the Maker shall be deemed to have issued Common Stock at the lowest possible conversion price at which such securities may be converted or exercised. The Maker shall notify the Payee in writing, no later than the Trading Day following the issuance of any Common Stock subject to this Section 6(a)(4), indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price,

 

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conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Maker provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 6(a)(4), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Payee is entitled to receive a number of Conversion Shares based upon the Base Conversion Price on or after the date of such Dilutive Issuance, regardless of whether the Payee accurately refers to the Base Conversion Price in the Notice of Conversion.

 

(b)     No adjustments in the Conversion Price shall be required if such adjustment is less than $0.0001, provided that any adjustments which by reason of this Section are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Section 6 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.

 

(c)     Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any of Section 6, the Maker shall promptly mail to the Payee a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiting such adjustment.

 

(d)     If (A) the Maker shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on the Common Stock; (B) the Maker shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock; (C) the Maker shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights; (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Maker shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Maker is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Maker, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property; (E) the Maker shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Maker; then, in each case, the Maker shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of the any portion of the principal amount and interest outstanding under this Note, and shall cause to be mailed to the Payee at its last address as it shall appear upon the stock books of the Maker, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided, however, that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice.

 

(e)     In case of any (1) merger or consolidation of the Maker with or into another Person that would constitute a Change of Control Transaction (as defined in Section 17), or (2) sale, directly or indirectly, by the Maker of more than one-half of the assets of the Maker (on an as valued basis) in one or a series of related transactions, or (3) tender or other offer or exchange (whether by the Maker or another Person) pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are

 

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permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, stock, cash or property of the Maker or another Person: then the Payee shall have the right to (A) convert the then aggregate amount of principal and interest outstanding under this Note into the shares of stock and other securities, cash, and property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common Stock following such merger, consolidation or sale, and the Payee shall be entitled upon such event or series of related events to receive such amount of securities, cash and property as the shares of Common Stock into which such aggregate amount of principal and interest outstanding under this Note could have been converted immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or sale would have been entitled, (B) in the case of a merger or consolidation, (x) require the surviving entity to issue convertible debt with aggregate principal amount equal to the then aggregate amount of principal outstanding under this Note, plus all accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts owing thereon, which convertible debt shall have terms identical (including with respect to conversion) to the terms of this Note and shall be entitled to all of the rights and privileges of the Payee as set forth herein and the agreements pursuant to which this Note was issued (including, without limitation, as such rights relate to the acquisition, transferability, registration and listing of such shares of stock other securities issuable upon conversion thereof), and (y) simultaneously with the issuance of such convertible debt, shall have the right to convert such debt only into shares of stock and other securities, cash and property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common Stock following such merger or consolidation, or (C) in the event of an exchange or tender offer or other transaction contemplated by clause (3) of this Section, tender or exchange the then outstanding aggregate amount of principal and interest under this Note for such securities, stock, cash and other property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common Stock that have tendered or exchanged their shares of Common Stock following such tender or exchange, and the Payee shall be entitled upon such exchange or tender to receive such amount of securities, cash and property as the shares of Common Stock into which the then outstanding aggregate amount of principal and interest under this Note could have been converted (taking into account all then accrued and unpaid dividends) immediately prior to such tender or exchange. The terms of any such merger, sale, consolidation, tender or exchange shall include such terms so as to continue to give the Payee the right to receive the securities, cash and property set forth in this Section upon any conversion or redemption following such event. This provision shall similarly apply to successive such events.

 

(f)     The Maker covenants that it will reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock solely for the purpose of issuance upon conversion of the outstanding aggregate amount of principal and interest under this Note as herein provided, upon the conversion of the outstanding amount of principal and interest under this Note. The Maker covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be issuable pursuant to the terms thereof shall be, upon issuance, duly authorized, validly issued and fully paid, and nonassessable.

 

(g)     Upon a conversion hereunder the Maker shall not be required to issue stock certificates representing fractions of shares of the Common Stock, but may if otherwise permitted, make a cash payment in respect of any final fraction of a share based on the Per Share Market Value at such time. If the Maker elects not, or is unable, to make such a cash payment, the Payee shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of the final fraction of a share, one whole share of Common Stock.

 

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(h)     The issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of the principal amount and interest outstanding under this Note shall be made without charge to the Payee for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such certificate.

 

7.     Mandatory Prepayment Upon Triggering Events. Upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event (as defined below), the Payee shall have the right (in addition to all other rights it may have hereunder under this Note or under applicable law), exercisable at the sole option of the Payee, to require the Maker to prepay all or a portion of the outstanding principal amount of this Note plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Such prepayment shall be due and payable within ten (10) Trading Days of the date on which the notice for the payment therefor is provided by the Payee.

 

A “Triggering Event” means any one or more of the following events (whatever the reason and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary, or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any order, rule, or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

 

(i)     any default in the payment of the principal or interest on or other payments owing in respect of this Note, free of any claim of subordination, as and when the same shall become due and payable (whether on a Conversion Date, the Maturity Date, by acceleration or otherwise);

 

(ii)     a Securities and Exchange Commission or judicial stop trade order or trading suspension by the OTC Bulletin Board, the Pink Sheets OTC Electronic Market, or a Subsequent Market with respect to the Common Stock that lasts for five or more consecutive Trading Days;

 

(iii)     the Maker shall commence or there shall be commenced against the Maker a case under any applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws as now or hereafter in effect or any successor thereto, or the Maker commences any other proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to the Maker or any subsidiary thereof or there is commenced against the Maker or any subsidiary thereof any such bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding which remains undismissed for a period of 60 days; or the Maker or any subsidiary thereof is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; or the Maker or any subsidiary thereof suffers any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any substantial part of its property which continues undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or the Maker or any subsidiary thereof shall by any act or failure to act indicate its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing; or any corporate or other action is taken by the Maker or any subsidiary thereof for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or

 

(iv)     the Maker shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant, agreement or warranty contained in, or otherwise commit any breach of (i) this Note or (ii) the Purchase Agreement, and such failure or breach shall not, if subject to the possibility of a cure by

 

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the Maker, have been remedied within thirty (30) days after the date on which notice of such failure or breach shall have been given.

 

8.     No Waiver of Payee’s Rights, etc. All payments of principal and interest shall be made without setoff, deduction, or counterclaim. No delay or failure on the part of the Payee in exercising any of its options, powers or rights, nor any partial or single exercise of its options, powers or rights shall constitute a waiver thereof or of any other option, power or right, and no waiver on the part of the Payee of any of its options, powers or rights shall constitute a waiver of any other option, power or right. The Maker hereby waives presentment of payment, protest, and notices or demands in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or endorsement of this Note. Acceptance by the Payee of less than the full amount due and payable hereunder shall in no way limit the right of the Payee to require full payment of all sums due and payable hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

9.     Modifications. No term or provision contained herein may be modified, amended or waived except by written agreement or consent signed by the party to be bound thereby.

 

10.     Cumulative Rights and Remedies; Usury. The rights and remedies of the Payee expressed herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights and remedies otherwise available. If it shall be found that any interest outstanding hereunder shall violate applicable laws governing usury, the applicable rate of interest outstanding hereunder shall be reduced to the maximum permitted rate of interest under such law.

 

11.     Collection Expenses. If this obligation is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection after default, and provided the Payee prevails on the merits in respect to its claim of default, the Maker shall pay (and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Payee from and against), all reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Payee in pursuing collection of this Note.

 

12.     Successors and Assigns. This Note shall be binding upon the Maker and its successors and shall inure to the benefit of the Payee and its successors and assigns. The term “Payee” as used herein, shall also include any endorsee, assignee or other holder of this Note.

 

13.     Lost or Stolen Promissory Note. If this Note is lost, stolen, mutilated or otherwise destroyed, the Maker shall execute and deliver to the Payee a new promissory note containing the same terms, and in the same form, as this Note. In such event, the Maker may require the Payee to deliver to the Maker an affidavit of lost instrument and customary indemnity in respect thereof as a condition to the delivery of any such new promissory note.

 

14.     Secured Obligation. The obligations of the Maker under this Note are secured by those certain assets of the Maker designated as Collateral under the executed copy of the Security Agreement (the “Security Agreement”), between the Maker and the Secured Parties (as defined therein). Execution of the Security Agreement will occur at the time of the execution of this Note. This secured interest will be senior to any indebtedness or other obligation incurred by the Maker after the date of this Note.

 

15.     Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Nevada without regard to the principles of

 

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conflicts of law thereof. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the State of Nevada, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.

 

16.     Specific Enforcement, Consent to Jurisdiction. The Maker and the Payee acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Note or the Purchase Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to seek one or more preliminary and final injunctions to prevent or cure breaches of the provisions of this Note and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof and of the Purchase Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which any of them may be entitled by law or equity. Subject to Section 15 hereof, each of the Maker and the Payee hereby waives, and agrees not to assert in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction in Nevada of such court, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, or that the venue of the suit, action, or proceeding is improper. Nothing in this Section shall affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

17.     Definitions. For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Approved Stock Plan” means any employee benefit plan or agreement which has been approved by the board of directors of the Maker prior to or subsequent to the date hereof pursuant to which shares of Common Stock and standard options to purchase Common Stock may be issued to any employee, officer, consultant or director for services provided to the Maker in their capacity as such.

Change of Control Transaction” means the occurrence of any of (i) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of in excess of 33% of the voting securities of the Maker, (ii) a replacement of more than one-half of the members of the Maker’s board of directors which is not approved by those individuals who are members of the board of directors on the date hereof in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) the merger of the Maker with or into another entity, the direct or indirect consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Maker in one or a series of related transactions, unless following such transaction, the holders of the Maker’s securities continue to hold at least 66% of such securities following such transaction or (iv) the execution by the Maker of an agreement to which the Maker is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth above in (i), (ii) or (iii).

 

Conversion Price” shall be $0.18 per share, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

 

Convertible Securities” means any stock or other security (other than Options) that is at any time and under any circumstances, directly or indirectly, convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any shares of Common Stock.

 

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Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Excluded Securities” means (i) shares of Common Stock or standard options or restricted stock units to purchase Common Stock issued to directors, officers, employees, consultants or advisors of the Maker for services rendered to the Maker in their capacity as such pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan (as defined above) provided that (A) all such issuances (taking into account the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such options) after the date hereof pursuant to this clause (i) do not, in the aggregate, exceed more than 25% of the Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the date hereof and (B) the exercise price of any such options is not lowered, none of such options are amended to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such options are otherwise materially changed in any manner that adversely affects the Payee; (ii) shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion or exercise of Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) issued prior to the Closing Date, provided that the conversion price of any such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) is not lowered, none of such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) are amended to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) are otherwise materially changed in any manner that adversely affects the Payee; (iii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes; (iv) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Units or the Warrants (as defined in the Purchase Agreement); (v) shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities issued or issuable to banks, service providers, equipment lessors pursuant to a non-convertible debt financing or equipment leasing where the primary purpose of such issuance is not to raise capital and (vi) shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities issued or issuable in connection with strategic alliances, acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, strategic partnerships and licenses where the primary purpose of such issuance is not to raise capital.

 

Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

 

Per Share Market Value” means on any particular date (a) the closing bid price per share of Common Stock on such date on the OTC Bulletin Board or on such Subsequent Market on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted, or if there is no such price on such date, then the closing bid price on the OTC Bulletin Board or on such Subsequent Market on the date nearest preceding such date, or (b) if the shares of Common Stock are not then listed or quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board or a Subsequent Market, the closing bid price for a share of Common Stock in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated or similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices) at the close of business on such date, or (c) if the shares of Common Stock are not then reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), then the average of the “Pink Sheet” quotes for the relevant conversion period, as determined in good faith by the Payee.

 

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

 

Purchase Agreement” means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of May __, 2020 by and between Maker and Payee.

 

Subsequent Market” means the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, Nasdaq SmallCap Market or Nasdaq National Market.

 

Trading Day” means (a) a day on which the shares of Common Stock are traded on such Subsequent Market on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted, or (b) if the shares of Common Stock are not listed on a Subsequent Market, a day on which the shares of Common Stock are traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or (c) if the shares of Common Stock are not quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, a day on which the shares of Common Stock are quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or any similar organization or agency succeeding its functions of reporting prices); provided, however, that in the event that the shares of Common Stock are not listed or quoted as set forth in (a), (b) and (c) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of California or State of Nevada are authorized or required by law or other government action to close.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Maker has caused this Convertible Promissory Note to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

 

 

By:______________________________

Name: Steve Shum

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

Dated:

 

The undersigned hereby elects to convert the principal amount and interest indicated below of the attached Secured Convertible Promissory Note into shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value (the “Common Stock”), of INVO Bioscience, Inc., according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. No fee will be charged to the holder for any conversion.

 

Exchange calculations: ______________________________________________

 

Date to Effect Conversion: ___________________________________________

 

Principal Amount and Interest of

Convertible Note to be Converted: ____________________________________

 

Number of shares of Common Stock to be Issued: ________________________

 

 

Applicable Conversion Price:

 

Signature: __________________________________________

 

Name:_____________________________________________

 

Address: ___________________________________________

 

 

 

 

 

-Exhibit A-

 

EXHIBIT B

 

LOAN SCHEDULE

 

Secured Convertible Promissory Note Issued by INVO Bioscience, Inc.

 

Dated: May __, 2020

 

SCHEDULE

OF

CONVERSIONS AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL

 

Date of Conversion

Amount of Conversion

Total Amount Due Subsequent

To Conversion

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Exhibit B-

Exhibit 4.2

 

Execution copy

 

 

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

 

Unit Purchase Option No. 2020-001

 

UNIT PURCHASE OPTION

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

 

Units: _______       Initial Exercise Date: May __, 2020

            

THIS UNIT PURCHASE OPTION (the “Purchase Option”) certifies that, for value received, _____________ or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after May___, 2020 (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and on or prior to the close of business on the five year anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from INVO Bioscience, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), up to ______ units (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Units”), each Unit consisting of (A) one share of Common Stock (“Unit Shares”) and (B) a warrant (each, a “Warrant”) to purchase one share of Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) having an expiration date five years after the date of issuance. Each Warrant will have the same terms as this Purchase Option except that it will have an exercise price of $0.30 per share and each Warrant will be exercisable for one share of Common Stock only and will not entitle Holder to an additional Warrant and will be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. The purchase price of one Unit under this Purchase Option shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).

 

Section 1.     Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated May __, 2020, among the Company and the purchasers signatory thereto.

 

For purposes of this Purchase Option, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

 

 

a)      “Approved Stock Plan” means any employee benefit plan or agreement which has been approved by the board of directors of the Company prior to or subsequent to the Closing Date pursuant to which shares of Common Stock and standard options to purchase Common Stock may be issued to any employee, officer, consultant or director for services provided to the Company in their capacity as such.

 

b)      “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg, L.P.

 

c)     “Convertible Securities” means any stock or other security (other than Options) that is at any time and under any circumstances, directly or indirectly, convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any shares of Common Stock.

 

d)     “Excluded Securities” means (i) shares of Common Stock or standard options or restricted stock units to purchase Common Stock issued to directors, officers, employees, consultants or advisors of the Company for services rendered to the Company in their capacity as such pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan (as defined above) provided that (A) all such issuances (taking into account the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such options) after the date hereof pursuant to this clause (i) do not, in the aggregate, exceed more than 25% of the Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the date hereof and (B) the exercise price of any such options is not lowered, none of such options are amended to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such options are otherwise materially changed in any manner that adversely affects the Holder; (ii) shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion or exercise of Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) issued prior to the Closing Date, provided that the conversion price of any such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) is not lowered, none of such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) are amended to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) are otherwise materially changed in any manner that adversely affects the Holder; (iii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes; (iv) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Units or the Warrants; (v) shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities issued or issuable to banks, service providers, equipment lessors pursuant to a non-convertible debt financing or equipment leasing where the primary purpose of such issuance is not to raise capital and (vi) shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities issued or issuable in connection with strategic alliances, acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, strategic partnerships and licenses where the primary purpose of such issuance is not to raise capital.

 

e)     “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

 

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Section 2.     Exercise.

 

a)     Exercise of Purchase Options. Exercise of the purchase rights for Units represented by this Purchase Option may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed facsimile copy (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B and within two (2) Trading Days of the date said Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company; provided that if the Notice of Exercise is received after 12 p.m. EST on such day, then the Company will have three (3) Trading Days for delivery, the Company shall have received payment of the aggregate Exercise Price of the Units thereby purchased by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank or, if available, pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise form be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Purchase Option to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Units available hereunder and the Purchase Option has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Purchase Option to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Purchase Option resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Units available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Units purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Units purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Units purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Purchase Option, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Units hereunder, the number of Units available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

b)     Exercise Price. The exercise price per Unit under this Purchase Option shall be $0.25, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

 

c)     Cashless Exercise. If at any time after the six month anniversary of the date of the Purchase Agreement, there is no effective Registration Statement registering, or no current prospectus available for, the resale of the Unit Shares by the Holder, then this Purchase Option may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Unit Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 

(A) = the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which Holder elects to exercise this Purchase Option by means of a “cashless exercise,” as set forth in the applicable Notice of Exercise;

 

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(B) = the Exercise Price of this Purchase Option, as adjusted hereunder; and

 

(X) = the number of Unit Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Purchase Option in accordance with the terms of this Purchase Option if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

 

Assuming the Holder has held the Purchase Option for at least six months in the case of such a cash-less exercise, the Company agrees that the Holder is under no obligation to sell the Unit Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Purchase Option prior to removing the legend and the Company will use its best efforts including delivering an opinion to the Company’s transfer agent at its own expense to ensure the forgoing. If Unit Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Unit Shares shall take on the registered characteristics of the Purchase Options being exercised, and the holding period of the Purchase Options being exercised may be tacked on to the holding period of the Unit Shares.  The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c).

 

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b)  if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) if the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 5(p).

 

d)     Mechanics of Exercise.

 

i.     Delivery of Units Shares and Warrants Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Unit Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Unit Shares to or resale of the Unit Shares by the Holder or (B) the Unit Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder pursuant to Rule 144, and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Unit Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise

 

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provided that such Notice of Exercise is received by 12 p.m. EST and three (3) Trading Days for any Notice of Exercise received after 12 p.m. EST (such date, the “Unit Share Delivery Date”). The Unit Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date the Purchase Option has been exercised, with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price (or by cashless exercise, if permitted) and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(d)(vi) prior to the issuance of such shares, having been paid. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Unit Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Unit Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Unit Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $5 per Trading Day (increasing to $10 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Unit Share Delivery Date until such Unit Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Purchase Option remains outstanding and exercisable. Warrants purchased hereunder as part of the Units shall be delivered the Holder on the Unit Share Delivery Date

 

ii.     Delivery of New Purchase Options Upon Exercise. If this Purchase Option shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Purchase Option certificate, at the time of delivery of the Units, deliver to the Holder a new Purchase Option evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Unit Shares called for by this Purchase Option, which new Purchase Option shall in all other respects be identical with this Purchase Option.

 

iii.     Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Units pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Unit Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

iv.     Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Unit Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Unit Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Unit Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Unit Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order

 

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giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Units and equivalent number of Unit Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Purchase Option as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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

 

vi.     Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Unit Shares and Warrants shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of Unit Shares and Warrants, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Unit Shares and Warrants shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event that Unit Shares and Warrants are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Purchase Option when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Units.

 

vii.     Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Purchase Option, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

e)     Holder’s Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Purchase Option, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of

 

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this Purchase Option, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below).  For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Purchase Option and the Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Purchase Option beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other Common Stock Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates.  Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Purchase Option is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which portion of this Purchase Option is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Purchase Option is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which portion of this Purchase Option is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.  Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.  In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Purchase Option, by the Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Purchase Option. The Holder, upon notice to the

 

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Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Purchase Option held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Purchase Option.

 

Section 3.     Certain Adjustments.

 

a)     Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Purchase Option is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Purchase Option), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of Units issuable upon exercise of this Purchase Option shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Purchase Option shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

b)     Subsequent Equity Sales. If and whenever on or after the Closing Date the Company sells or grants any option to purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock (other than Excluded Securities) (including the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company, but excluding any Excluded Securities issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold) entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock for a consideration per share (the “Base Share Price”) less than a price equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale (such Exercise Price then in effect is referred to herein as the “Applicable Price”) (the foregoing a “Dilutive Issuance”) (if the holder of the Common Stock so issued shall at any time, whether by

 

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operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the Exercise Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Exercise Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the Base Share Price. No such adjustment shall cause the number of Units to increase proportionately. For all purposes of the foregoing (including, without limitation, determining the adjusted Exercise Price and the Base Share Price under this Section 3(b)), the following shall be applicable:

 

c)     Number of Units. Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 3(a), the number of Units that may be purchased upon exercise of this Purchase Option shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the adjusted number of Units shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment (without regard to any limitations on exercise contained herein).

 

d)     Voluntary Adjustment By Company. The Company may at any time during the term of this Purchase Option, with the prior written consent of the Holder, reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company.

 

e)     Notice. The Company shall notify the Holder, in writing, no later than the Trading Day following the issuance or deemed issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to Section 3(b), indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to Section 3(b), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares based upon the Base Share Price regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Share Price in the Notice of Exercise.

 

f)     Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Purchase Option is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock

 

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or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Purchase Option, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Unit that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) or Section 2(f) on the exercise of this Purchase Option), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Purchase Option is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) or Section 2(f) on the exercise of this Purchase Option). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Purchase Option following such Fundamental Transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction, the Company or any Successor Entity (as defined below) shall, at the Holder's option, exercisable at any time concurrently with, or within 30 days after, the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction (or, if later, the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction), purchase this Purchase Option from the Holder by paying the same type or form of consideration (and in the same proportion), at the Black Scholes Value (as defined below) of the unexercised portion of this Purchase Option, that is being offered and paid to the holders of Common Stock of the Company in connection with the Fundamental Transaction, whether that consideration be in the form of cash, stock or any combination thereof, or whether the holders of Common Stock are given the choice to receive from among alternative forms of consideration in connection with the Fundamental Transaction. “Black Scholes Value” means the value of this Warrant based on the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of the day of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction for pricing purposes and reflecting (A) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date, (B) an expected volatility equal to the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (C) the underlying price per

 

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share used in such calculation shall be the greater of (i) the sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of any non-cash consideration, if any, being offered in such Fundamental Transaction and (ii) the greater of (x) the last VWAP immediately prior to the public announcement of such Fundamental Transaction and (y) the last VWAP immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction and (D) a remaining option time equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date and (E) a zero cost of borrow. The payment of the Black Scholes Value will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds within the later of (i) five Business Days of the Holder’s election and (ii) the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Purchase Option and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(i) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Purchase Option a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Purchase Option which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Purchase Option (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Purchase Option) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Purchase Option immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Purchase Option and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Purchase Option and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

 

g)     Holder’s Right of Alternative Exercise Price Following Issuance of Certain Options or Convertible Securities. In addition to and not in limitation of the other provisions of this Section 3 and subject to Section 8(c) of the Purchase Agreement, excluding any Excluded Securities if after the Subscription Date, the Company in any manner issues or sells or enters into any agreement to issue or sell, any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities (any such securities, “Variable Price Securities”) that are issuable pursuant to such agreement or convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock at a price which varies or may vary with the market price of the Common Shares, including by way of one or more reset(s) to a fixed price, but exclusive of such formulations reflecting customary anti-dilution provisions (such as share splits,

 

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share combinations, share dividends and similar transactions) (each of the formulations for such variable price being herein referred to as, the “Variable Price”), the Company shall provide written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier to the Holder on the date of such agreement and the issuance of such Convertible Securities or Options. From and after the date the Company enters into such agreement or issues any such Variable Price Securities, the Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation, in its sole discretion to substitute the Variable Price for the Exercise Price upon exercise of this Purchase Option by designating in the Exercise Notice delivered upon any exercise of this Purchase Option that solely for purposes of such exercise the Holder is relying on the Variable Price rather than the Exercise Price then in effect. The Holder’s election to rely on a Variable Price for a particular exercise of this Purchase Option shall not obligate the Holder to rely on a Variable Price for any future exercises of this Purchase Option.

 

h)     Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

 

i)     Notice to Holder.

 

i.     Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly mail to the Holder a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Units and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

ii.     Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Purchase Option Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification,

 

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consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Purchase Option constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Purchase Option during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

Section 4.     Transfer of Purchase Option

 

a)     Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof, this Purchase Option and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Purchase Option at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Purchase Option substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Purchase Option or Purchase Options in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Purchase Option evidencing the portion of this Purchase Option not so assigned, and this Purchase Option shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Purchase Option to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Purchase Option in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Purchase Option to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Purchase Option in full. The Purchase Option, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Unit Shares without having a new Purchase Option issued.

 

b)     New Purchase Options. This Purchase Option may be divided or combined with other Purchase Option upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Purchase Options are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Purchase Option or Purchase Options in exchange for the Purchase Option or Purchase Options to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Purchase Options issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the Initial Exercise Date and shall be identical with this Purchase Option except as to the number of Unit Shares and Warrants issuable pursuant thereto.

 

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c)     Purchase Option Register. The Company shall register this Purchase Option, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Purchase Option Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Purchase Option as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

d)     Transfer Restrictions. This Purchase Option may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company.

 

e)     Representation by the Holder. The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Purchase Option and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Units issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Units or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.

 

Section 5.     Miscellaneous.

 

a)     No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise. This Purchase Option does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3.

 

b)     Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Purchase Option. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Purchase Option or any stock certificate relating to the Units, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Purchase Option, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Purchase Option or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Purchase Option or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Purchase Option or stock certificate.

 

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

 

d)     Authorized Shares.     The Company covenants that, during the period the Purchase Option is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Unit Shares and Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Purchase Option (the “Required Reserve Amount”). The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Purchase Option shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Units upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Purchase Option. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure

 

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that such Units may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Units which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Purchase Option will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Purchase Option and payment for such Units in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

e)     Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Purchase Option shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

 

f)     Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Units acquired upon the exercise of this Purchase Option, if not registered and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

 

g)     Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies, notwithstanding the fact that all rights hereunder terminate on the Termination Date. If the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Purchase Option, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

h)     Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

 

i)     Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Purchase Option to purchase Units, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

j)     Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Purchase Option. The Company agrees that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Purchase Option and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

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k)     Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Purchase Option and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Purchase Option are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Purchase Option and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Units.

 

l)     Amendment. This Purchase Option (other than Section 2(e)) may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.

 

m)     Severability. If any provision of this Purchase Option is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Purchase Option so long as this Purchase Option as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

 

n)     Headings. This Purchase Option shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and the Holder and shall not be construed against any Person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Purchase Option are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Purchase Option. Terms used in this Purchase Option but defined in the other Transaction Documents shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms on the Closing Date in such other Transaction Documents unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Holder.

 

o)     Governing Law. This Purchase Option shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Purchase Option shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of Nevada, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Nevada or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Nevada. The Company hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to the Company at the address set forth on its signature page to the Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. The Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in Nevada, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in

 

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connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS PURCHASE OPTION OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Purchase Option to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

 

By:__________________________________________

     Name: Steve Shum

     Title: CEO

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF WARRANT
(see attached)

 

-Exhibit A-

 

EXHIBIT B

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS

UNIT PURCHASE OPTION TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK AND WARRANTS

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

 

The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase _________________ of the shares of Common Stock (“Unit Shares”) and a warrant (the “Warrant”) to purchase ___________ of the shares of Common Stock of INVO Bioscience, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), evidenced by Unit Purchase Option No. _______ (the “Purchase Option”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Unit Purchase Option.

 

1.     Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price shall be made as:

 

 

____________

a “Cash Exercise” with respect to _________________ Units; and/or

 

 

____________

a “Cashless Exercise” with respect to _______________ Units.

 

2.     Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the Holder has elected a Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Units to be issued pursuant hereto, the Holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $___________________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Option.

 

3.     Delivery of Units. The Company shall deliver to Holder, or its designee or agent as specified below, __________ Unit Shares and __________ Warrants in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Option. Delivery shall be made to Holder, or for its benefit, as follows:

 

☐     Check here if requesting delivery as a certificate to the following name and to the following address:

 

Issue to:

 
   
   

 

☐     Check here if requesting delivery by Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian as follows:

DTC Participant:

 

DTC Number:

 

Account Number:

 
   

 

Date: _____________ __,


Name of Registered Holder

By:
Name:
Title:

Tax ID:____________________________

Facsimile:__________________________

E-mail Address:_____________________

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

(To assign the foregoing Unit Purchase Option, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Unit Purchase Option and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

Name:

 
 

(Please Print)

Address:

 
 

(Please Print)

Dated: _______________ __, ______

 

Holder’s Signature:

 

Holder’s Address:

 

 

 

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Exhibit 4.3

 

Execution copy

 

 

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

 

Warrant No. 2020-001

 

WARRANT

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

 

Warrant Shares: _______   Initial Exercise Date: May __, 2020

                  

THIS WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, _____________ or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after May ___, 2020 (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and on or prior to the close of business on the five year anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from INVO Bioscience, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), up to ______ shares of Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) having an expiration date five years after the date of issuance. The purchase price of one Warrant Share under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).

 

Section 1.     Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated May __, 2020, among the Company and the purchasers signatory thereto.

 

For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

a)     “Approved Stock Plan” means any employee benefit plan or agreement which has been approved by the board of directors of the Company prior to or subsequent to the Closing Date pursuant to which shares of Common Stock and standard options to purchase Common Stock may be issued to any employee, officer, consultant or director for services provided to the Company in their capacity as such.

 

b)     “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg, L.P.

 

 

 

c)     “Convertible Securities” means any stock or other security (other than Options) that is at any time and under any circumstances, directly or indirectly, convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any shares of Common Stock.

 

d)     “Excluded Securities” means (i) shares of Common Stock or standard options or restricted stock units to purchase Common Stock issued to directors, officers, employees, consultants or advisors of the Company for services rendered to the Company in their capacity as such pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan (as defined above) provided that (A) all such issuances (taking into account the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such options) after the date hereof pursuant to this clause (i) do not, in the aggregate, exceed more than 25% of the Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the date hereof and (B) the exercise price of any such options is not lowered, none of such options are amended to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such options are otherwise materially changed in any manner that adversely affects the Holder; (ii) shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion or exercise of Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) issued prior to the Closing Date, provided that the conversion price of any such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) is not lowered, none of such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) are amended to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) are otherwise materially changed in any manner that adversely affects the Holder; (iii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes; (iv) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants; (v) shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities issued or issuable to banks, service providers, equipment lessors pursuant to a non-convertible debt financing or equipment leasing where the primary purpose of such issuance is not to raise capital and (vi) shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities issued or issuable in connection with strategic alliances, acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, strategic partnerships and licenses where the primary purpose of such issuance is not to raise capital.

 

e)     “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

 

Section 2.     Exercise.

 

a)     Exercise of Warrants. Exercise of the purchase rights for Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed facsimile copy (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of

 

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Exercise in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A and within two (2) Trading Days of the date said Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company; provided that if the Notice of Exercise is received after 12 p.m. EST on such day, then the Company will have three (3) Trading Days for delivery, the Company shall have received payment of the aggregate Exercise Price of the Warrant Shares thereby purchased by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank or, if available, pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise form be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

b)     Exercise Price. The exercise price per Warrant Share under this Warrant shall be $0.30, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

 

c)     Cashless Exercise. If at any time after the six month anniversary of the date of the Purchase Agreement, there is no effective Registration Statement registering, or no current prospectus available for, the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 

(A) = the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which Holder elects to exercise this Warrant by means of a “cashless exercise,” as set forth in the applicable Notice of Exercise;

 

(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and

 

(X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

 

Assuming the Holder has held the Warrant for at least six months in the case of such a cash-less exercise, the Company agrees that the Holder is under no obligation to sell

 

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the Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to removing the legend and the Company will use its best efforts including delivering an opinion to the Company’s transfer agent at its own expense to ensure the forgoing. If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the registered characteristics of the Warrants being exercised, and the holding period of the Warrants being exercised may be tacked on to the holding period of the Warrant Shares.  The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c).

 

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b)  if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) if the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 5(p).

 

d)     Mechanics of Exercise.

 

i.     Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder pursuant to Rule 144, and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise provided that such Notice of Exercise is received by 12 p.m. EST and three (3) Trading Days for any Notice of Exercise received after 12 p.m. EST (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been exercised, with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price (or by cashless exercise, if permitted) and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(d)(vi) prior to the issuance of such shares,

 

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having been paid. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $5 per Trading Day (increasing to $10 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable.

 

ii.     Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

 

iii.     Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

iv.     Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Unit Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The

 

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Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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

 

vi.     Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

 

vii.     Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

e)     Holder’s Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below).  For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion

 

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of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other Common Stock Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates.  Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.  Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.  In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 

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Section 3.     Certain Adjustments.

 

a)     Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

b)     Subsequent Equity Sales. If and whenever on or after the Closing Date the Company sells or grants any option to purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock (other than Excluded Securities) (including the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company, but excluding any Excluded Securities issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold) entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock for a consideration per share (the “Base Share Price”) less than a price equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale (such Exercise Price then in effect is referred to herein as the “Applicable Price”) (the foregoing a “Dilutive Issuance”) (if the holder of the Common Stock so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the Exercise Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Exercise Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the Base Share Price. No such adjustment shall cause the number of Warrant Shares to increase proportionately. For all purposes of the foregoing (including, without limitation, determining the adjusted Exercise Price and the Base Share Price under this Section 3(b)), the following shall be applicable:

 

c)     Number of Warrant Shares. Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 3(a), the number of Warrant Shares that may be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the

 

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adjusted number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment (without regard to any limitations on exercise contained herein).

 

d)     Voluntary Adjustment By Company. The Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant, with the prior written consent of the Holder, reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company.

 

e)     Notice. The Company shall notify the Holder, in writing, no later than the Trading Day following the issuance or deemed issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to Section 3(b), indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to Section 3(b), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares based upon the Base Share Price regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Share Price in the Notice of Exercise.

 

f)     Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) or Section 2(f) on the exercise of this Warrant), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares

 

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of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) or Section 2(f) on the exercise of this Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction, the Company or any Successor Entity (as defined below) shall, at the Holder's option, exercisable at any time concurrently with, or within 30 days after, the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction (or, if later, the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction), purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying the same type or form of consideration (and in the same proportion), at the Black Scholes Value (as defined below) of the unexercised portion of this Warrant, that is being offered and paid to the holders of Common Stock of the Company in connection with the Fundamental Transaction, whether that consideration be in the form of cash, stock or any combination thereof, or whether the holders of Common Stock are given the choice to receive from among alternative forms of consideration in connection with the Fundamental Transaction. “Black Scholes Value” means the value of this Warrant based on the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of the day of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction for pricing purposes and reflecting (A) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date, (B) an expected volatility equal to the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (C) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the greater of (i) the sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of any non-cash consideration, if any, being offered in such Fundamental Transaction and (ii) the greater of (x) the last VWAP immediately prior to the public announcement of such Fundamental Transaction and (y) the last VWAP immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction and (D) a remaining option time equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date and (E) a zero cost of borrow. The payment of the Black Scholes Value will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds within the later of (i) five Business Days of the Holder’s election and (ii) the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(i) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and

 

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approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

 

g)     Holder’s Right of Alternative Exercise Price Following Issuance of Certain Options or Convertible Securities. In addition to and not in limitation of the other provisions of this Section 3 and subject to Section 8(c) of the Purchase Agreement, excluding any Excluded Securities if after the Subscription Date, the Company in any manner issues or sells or enters into any agreement to issue or sell, any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities (any such securities, “Variable Price Securities”) that are issuable pursuant to such agreement or convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock at a price which varies or may vary with the market price of the Common Shares, including by way of one or more reset(s) to a fixed price, but exclusive of such formulations reflecting customary anti-dilution provisions (such as share splits, share combinations, share dividends and similar transactions) (each of the formulations for such variable price being herein referred to as, the “Variable Price”), the Company shall provide written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier to the Holder on the date of such agreement and the issuance of such Convertible Securities or Options. From and after the date the Company enters into such agreement or issues any such Variable Price Securities, the Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation, in its sole discretion to substitute the Variable Price for the Exercise Price upon exercise of this Warrant by designating in the Exercise Notice delivered upon any exercise of this Warrant that solely for purposes of such exercise the Holder is relying on the Variable Price rather than the Exercise Price then in effect. The Holder’s election to rely on a Variable Price for a particular exercise of this Warrant shall not obligate the Holder to rely on a Variable Price for any future exercises of this Warrant.

 

h)     Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as

 

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of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

 

i)     Notice to Holder.

 

i.     Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly mail to the Holder a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

ii.     Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

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Section 4.     Transfer of Warrant

 

a)     Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

 

b)     New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the Initial Exercise Date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

c)     Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

d)     Transfer Restrictions. This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company.

 

e)     Representation by the Holder. The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.

 

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Section 5.     Miscellaneous.

 

a)     No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3.

 

b)     Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

 

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

 

d)     Authorized Shares.     The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant (the “Required Reserve Amount”). The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

e)     Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

 

f)     Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

 

g)     Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies, notwithstanding the fact

 

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that all rights hereunder terminate on the Termination Date. If the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

h)     Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

 

i)     Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

j)     Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

k)     Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

l)     Amendment. This Warrant (other than Section 2(e)) may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.

 

m)     Severability. If any provision of this Warrant is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Warrant so long as this Warrant as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties

 

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or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

 

n)     Headings. This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and the Holder and shall not be construed against any Person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Warrant. Terms used in this Warrant but defined in the other Transaction Documents shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms on the Closing Date in such other Transaction Documents unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Holder.

 

o)     Governing Law. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of Nevada, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Nevada or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Nevada. The Company hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to the Company at the address set forth on its signature page to the Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. The Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in Nevada, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

 

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

 

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

 

By:__________________________________________

     Name: Steve Shum

     Title: CEO

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

 

The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase _________________ of the shares of Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) of INVO Bioscience, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), evidenced by Warrant No. _______ (the “Warrant”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.

 

1.     Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price shall be made as:

 

 

____________

a “Cash Exercise” with respect to _________________ Warrant Shares; and/or

 

 

____________

a “Cashless Exercise” with respect to _______________ Warrant Shares.

 

2.     Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the Holder has elected a Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the Holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $___________________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

 

3.     Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to Holder, or its designee or agent as specified below, __________ Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant. Delivery shall be made to Holder, or for its benefit, as follows:

 

☐     Check here if requesting delivery as a certificate to the following name and to the following address:

 

Issue to:

 
   
   

 

☐     Check here if requesting delivery by Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian as follows:

DTC Participant:

 

DTC Number:

 

Account Number:

 
   

 

Date: _____________ __,


Name of Registered Holder

By:
Name:
Title:

Tax ID:____________________________

Facsimile:__________________________

E-mail Address:_____________________

 

-Exhibit A-

 

EXHIBIT B

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

Name:

 
 

(Please Print)

Address:

 
 

(Please Print)

Dated: _______________ __, ______

 

Holder’s Signature:

 

Holder’s Address:

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

Execution Copy

 

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May ___, 2020, by and among INVO Bioscience, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and the subscribers identified on the signature page hereto (each a “Subscriber” and collectively “Subscribers”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Subscribers are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon an exemption from securities registration afforded by the provisions of Section 4(2), Section 4(6) and/or Regulation D (“Regulation D”) as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”).

 

WHEREAS, the parties desire that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, the Company shall issue and sell to the Subscribers, as provided herein, and the Subscribers, in the aggregate, shall purchase up to Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000) (the “Purchase Price”) of principal amount of secured convertible promissory notes of the Company (“Note” or “Notes”) which notes are convertible into shares (“Conversion Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Notes with an initial conversion price of $0.18, the form of which is annexed hereto as Exhibit A, and unit purchase options (the “Purchase Options”), in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B, to purchase units (“Units”) with each Unit consisting of (A) shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Unit Shares”) and (B) warrants (“Warrants”), in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C, to purchase shares of Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”). The Notes, the Conversion Shares, the Purchase Options, Units, the Unit Shares, the Warrants, and the Warrant Shares are collectively referred to herein as the “Securities.”

 

WHEREAS, to secure payment for the Notes, concurrent with the Closing Date, the Company will grant Subscribers a security interest in certain assets pursuant to a security agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Security Agreement”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company engaged Tribal Capital Markets, LLC (“Tribal”) as placement agent for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and agreed to pay Tribal fees for those investors who invest hereunder per the efforts of Tribal as follows: (i) a cash fee equal to 8% of the proceeds invested under this Agreement (the “Cash Fee”), payable at the time of closing of subscriptions under this Agreement and (ii) a warrant to purchase 8% of the proceeds invested under this Agreement at an exercise price of $0.18 (i.e. if $3,000,000 is invested hereunder, then Tribal would receive a 5-year warrant to purchase 240,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Tribal Warrant”) at an exercise price of $0.18 per share, with the form of warrant being the same as the Warrants set forth above.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement the Company and the Subscribers hereby agree as follows:

 

1.     Conditions To Closing. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on the Closing Date (as defined in Section 2), each Subscriber shall purchase, and the Company shall sell to each Subscriber, a Note in the principal amount designated on the signature page hereto. The aggregate amount of the Notes to be purchased by the Subscribers

 

 

 

on the Closing Date shall, in the aggregate, be equal to the Purchase Price. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties agree that $25,000 , representing legal fees of the Subscribers for this Agreement and the transactions related thereto, shall be deducted from the Purchase Price to be paid by the Subscribers to the Company on the Closing Date.

 

2.     Closing Date. The “Closing Date” shall be the date that subscriber funds representing the amount due the Company from the Purchase Price of the offer and sale of the Notes and Purchase Options is transmitted by cash, cancellation of indebtedness, wire transfer or check, subject to collection to the escrow account as directed by the Company. Each Subscriber understands and acknowledges that this subscription is part of a proposed placement by the Company of up to $3,500,000 of Notes, which offering is being made on a “best efforts” basis (the “Offering”). During the Offering, funds will be held in an escrow account established by the Company and released at the discretion of the Company from time to time. If a subscription is not accepted, whether in whole or in part, the subscription funds held therein will be returned to the Subscriber without interest or deduction. The consummation of the transactions contemplated herein for all Closings shall take place at the offices of Dentons US, LLP, 601 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 2500, Los Angeles, California 90017, upon the satisfaction of all conditions to Closing set forth in this Agreement.

 

3.     Purchase Options.     On the Closing Date, the Company will issue and deliver a Purchase Option to each Subscriber. The number of Purchase Options issuable to a Subscriber will be equal to the principal amount of the Note subscribed for by Subscriber multiplied by 2.78 and each Purchase Option will be exercisable for Units consisting of: (A) one share of Common Stock and (B) a Warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock. The Exercise Price to acquire a Purchase Option will be $0.25 and the exercise price for a Warrant will be $0.30.

 

4.     Subscriber’s Representations and Warranties. Each Subscriber hereby represents and warrants to and agrees with the Company only as to such Subscriber the following:

 

(a)     Organization and Standing of the Subscribers. If the Subscriber is an entity, such Subscriber is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or other entity duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization.

 

(b)     Authorization and Power. Each Subscriber has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement and the Security Agreement and to purchase the Notes and Purchase Options being sold to it hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Security Agreement by such Subscriber and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or partnership action, and no further consent or authorization of such Subscriber or its Board of Directors, stockholders, partners, members, as the case may be, is required. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed, and delivered by such Subscriber and constitutes, or shall constitute when executed and delivered, a valid and binding obligation of the Subscriber enforceable against the Subscriber in accordance with the terms thereof, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity.

 

(c)     No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation by such Subscriber of the transactions contemplated hereby or relating hereto do not and will not (i) result in a violation of such Subscriber’s charter documents or

 

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bylaws or other organizational documents 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 or obligation to which such Subscriber is a party or by which its properties or assets are bound, or result in a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or any order, judgment or decree of any court or governmental agency applicable to such Subscriber or its properties (except for such conflicts, defaults and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on such Subscriber). Such Subscriber 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 this Agreement or to purchase the Notes or acquire the Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof, provided that for purposes of the representation made in this sentence, such Subscriber is assuming and relying upon the accuracy of the relevant representations and agreements of the Company herein.

 

(d)     Information on Company. The Subscriber has been furnished with or has had access at the EDGAR Website of the Commission to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the Commission pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”)(all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements, notes and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the “Reports”). In addition, the Subscriber has received in writing from the Company such other information concerning its operations, financial condition and other matters as the Subscriber has requested in writing (such other information is collectively, the “Other Written Information”), and considered all factors the Subscriber deems material in deciding on the advisability of investing in the Securities.

 

(e)     Information on Subscriber. The Subscriber is, and will be at the time of the conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants, an “accredited investor”, as such term is defined in Regulation D promulgated by the Commission under the 1933 Act, is experienced in investments and business matters, has made investments of a speculative nature and has purchased securities of United States publicly-owned companies in private placements in the past and, with its representatives, has such knowledge and experience in financial, tax and other business matters as to enable the Subscriber to utilize the information made available by the Company to evaluate the merits and risks of and to make an informed investment decision with respect to the proposed purchase, which represents a speculative investment. The Subscriber has the authority and is duly and legally qualified to purchase and own the Securities. The Subscriber is able to bear the risk of such investment for an indefinite period and to afford a complete loss thereof. The information set forth on the signature page hereto regarding the Subscriber is accurate.

 

(f)     Purchase of Notes and Purchase Options. Subscriber further represents the address set forth in the Confidential Purchaser Questionnaire is his/her principal residence (or, if Subscriber is a company, partnership or other entity, the address of its principal place of business); that Subscriber is purchasing the Securities for Subscriber’s own account and not, in whole or in part, for the account of any other person; Subscriber is purchasing the Securities for investment and not with a view to resale or distribution; and Subscriber has not formed any entity for the purpose of purchasing the Securities.

 

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(g)     Compliance with Securities Act. The Subscriber understands and agrees that the Securities have not been registered under the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws, by reason of their issuance in a transaction that does not require registration under the 1933 Act (based in part on the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Subscriber contained herein), and that such Securities must be held indefinitely unless a subsequent disposition is registered under the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws or is exempt from such registration.

 

(h)     Note Legend. The Note shall bear the following or similar legend:

 

“THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS NOTE UNDER SAID ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO [THE COMPANY] THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.”

 

(i)     Purchase Options Legend. The Purchase Options shall bear the following or similar legend:

 

“THIS PURCHASE OPTIONS AND THE COMMON SHARES AND WARRANTS ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS PURCHASE OPTION HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THIS PURCHASE OPTION AND AND THE COMMON SHARES AND WARRANTS ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS PURCHASE OPTION MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS PURCHASE OPTION UNDER SAID ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO [THE COMPANY] THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.”

 

(j)     Warrants Legend. The Warrants shall bear the following or similar legend

 

“THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT UNDER SAID ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO [THE COMPANY] THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.”

 

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(k)     Conversion Shares, Unit Shares and Warrant Shares Legend. The Conversion Shares, Unit Shares and Warrant Shares shall bear the following legend:

 

“THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THESE SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO [THE COMPANY] THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.”

 

(l)     Communication of Offer. The offer to sell the Securities was directly communicated to the Subscriber by the Company. At no time was the Subscriber presented with or solicited by any leaflet, newspaper or magazine article, radio or television advertisement, or any other form of general advertising or solicited or invited to attend a promotional meeting otherwise than in connection and concurrently with such communicated offer.

 

(m)     No Governmental Review. Each Subscriber understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other governmental or state agency has passed on or made recommendations or endorsement of the Securities or the suitability of the investment in the Securities, nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.

 

(n)     Correctness of Representations. Each Subscriber represents as to such Subscriber that the foregoing representations and warranties in this Agreement and the Confidential Purchaser Questionnaire are true and correct as of the date hereof and, unless a Subscriber otherwise notifies the Company prior to each Closing Date, shall be true and correct as of each Closing Date.

 

(o)     Review of Documents. Subscriber has carefully read this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, and the Reports, and Subscriber has accurately completed the Confidential Purchaser Questionnaire which accompanies this Agreement.

 

(p)     Completion of Questionnaire. The Confidential Purchaser Questionnaire has been completed, signed and delivered to the Company by the Subscriber and is, as of the date hereof, true, complete, and correct in all respects.

 

5.     Company Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with each Subscriber the following, except as set forth in the Reports (but (i)without giving effect to any amendment thereof filed with, or furnished to the Commission on or after the date hereof and (ii) excluding any disclosures contained under the heading “Risk Factors” and any disclosure of risks included in any “forward-looking statements” disclaimer or in any other section to the extent they are forward-looking statements or cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature) and as otherwise qualified in the Transaction Documents or the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement:

 

(a)     Due Incorporation. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has the requisite corporate power to own its properties and to carry on its business as disclosed in the

 

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Reports. The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, other than those jurisdictions in which the failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect. For purpose of this Agreement, a “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations, properties or business of the Company taken as a whole.

 

(b)     Authority; Enforceability. This Agreement, the Notes, the Purchase Options, the Security Agreement, the Warrant, the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined herein) and any other agreements delivered together with this Agreement or in connection herewith (collectively “Transaction Documents”) have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and are valid and binding agreements enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity. The Company has full corporate power and authority necessary to enter into and deliver the Transaction Documents and to perform its obligations thereunder, including, without limitation, the issuance of the Notes and the reservation for issuance and issuance of the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes, the reservation for issuance and issuance of the Unit Shares issuable pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Options and the issuance of the Warrants and the reservation for issuance and issuance of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

 

(c)     Capitalization. The Company is authorized to issue (i) 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock of which, as of the date of this Agreement, 157,774,336 shares were issued and outstanding and 28,091,926 shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to securities (other than the Notes, the Purchase Options and the Warrants) exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, shares of Common Stock, and (ii) 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of which, as of the date of this Agreement, no shares were issued and outstanding. All outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid, nonassessable, and free of any preemptive rights. (i) None of the Company’s capital stock is subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company; (ii) except as disclosed in Schedule 5(c)(iii), 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, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any capital stock of the Company, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to issue additional capital stock of the Company or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any capital stock of the Company; (iii) except as disclosed in Schedule 5(c)(iii), there are no outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or by which the Company is or may become bound; (iv) there are no financing statements securing obligations in any amounts filed in connection with the Company; (v) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the 1933 Act; (vi) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company; (vii) there are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities; (viii) the Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement; and (ix) the Company does not have any liabilities or obligations required

 

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to be disclosed in the Reports which are not so disclosed in the Reports, other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or could not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(d)     Consents. No consent, approval, authorization, or order of any court, governmental agency or body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Company, or any of its Affiliates, any Principal Market, or the Company’s stockholders is required for the execution by the Company of the Transaction Documents and compliance and performance by the Company of its obligations under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, the issuance and sale of the Securities. The Company is not in violation of the requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which could reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock in the foreseeable future.

 

(e)     No Violation or Conflict. Assuming the representations and warranties of the Subscribers in Section 4 are true and correct, except as set forth in Schedule 5(e), neither the issuance and sale of the Securities nor the performance of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents will violate, conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default (or an event which with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both would be reasonably likely to constitute a default in any material respect) of a material nature under (A) the articles or certificate of incorporation, charter or bylaws of the Company or (B) to the Company’s knowledge, any decree, judgment, order, law, treaty, rule, regulation or determination applicable to the Company of any court, governmental agency or body, or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Company or over the properties or assets of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

 

(f)     The Securities. The Securities upon issuance:

 

(i)     are, or will be, free and clear of any preemptive or similar rights, security interests, liens, claims or other encumbrances, other than restrictions upon transfer under the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws;

 

(ii)     have been, or will be, duly and validly authorized, and upon either conversion of the Notes, the Conversion Shares, exercise of the Units, the Unit Shares and the Warrants and exercise of the Warrants, the Warrant Shares will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and, if (A) registered pursuant to the 1933 Act, (B) prospectus delivery requirements have been complied with, and (C) resold pursuant to an effective registration statement, will be free trading and unrestricted;

 

(iii)     will not have been issued or sold in violation of any preemptive or other similar rights of the holders of any securities of the Company;

 

(iv)     will not subject the holders thereof to personal liability by reason of being such holders provided Subscriber’s representations herein are true and accurate and Subscribers take no actions or fail to take any actions required for their purchase of the Securities to be in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations; and

 

(v)     will not result in a violation of Section 5 under the 1933 Act, provided Subscriber’s representations herein are true and accurate and Subscribers take no actions or fail to take any actions required by Subscriber for Subscriber’s purchase of the Securities to be in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

 

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As of the Closing, the Company shall have reserved from its duly authorized capital stock not less than (i) 100% of the maximum number of Conversion Shares initially issuable upon conversion of the Notes (assuming for purposes hereof that the Notes are convertible at the initial Conversion Price (as defined in the Notes) and without taking into account any limitations on the conversion of the Notes set forth in the Notes), (ii) 100% of the maximum number of Unit Shares issuable pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Option without taking into account any limitations on the issuance of securities set forth in the Notes and (iii) 100% of the maximum number of Warrant Shares initially issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (without taking into account any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth therein).

 

(g)     Litigation. Except as set forth in the Reports, there is no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or investigation before any court, governmental agency or body, or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Company, or any of its Affiliates that would affect the execution by the Company or the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Transaction Documents. Except as disclosed in the Reports, there is no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, basis for or threatened action, suit, proceeding or investigation before any court, governmental agency or body, or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Company, or any of its Affiliates which litigation if adversely determined would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(h)     Information Concerning Company. During the two (2) years prior to the date hereof, the Company has timely filed all Reports required to be filed by it with the Commission pursuant to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act. The Company has delivered to the Subscribers or their respective representatives true, correct and complete copies of each of the Reports not available on the EDGAR system. The Reports contain all the information required to be disclosed therein as of their respective dates. As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the Reports complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect as of the time of filing. 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 which will not be material, either individually or in the aggregate). Since the last day of the fiscal year of the most recent audited financial statements included in the Reports (“Latest Financial Date”), and except as modified in the Reports or Other Written Information or in the Schedules hereto, there has been no Material Adverse Event relating to the Company’s business, financial condition or affairs not disclosed in the Reports. The Reports do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances when made. No other information provided by or on behalf of the Company to any of the Subscribers which is not included in the Reports (including, without limitation, information referred to in Section 4(d) of this Agreement) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made.

 

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(i)     Defaults. The Company is not in violation of its articles of incorporation or bylaws. Except as disclosed on Schedule 5(i), the Company is (i) not in default under or in violation of any other material agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties are bound or affected, which default or violation would have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) not in default with respect to any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body or subject to or party to any order of any court or governmental authority arising out of any action, suit or proceeding under any statute or other law respecting antitrust, monopoly, restraint of trade, unfair competition or similar matters, or (iii) not in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority which violation would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(j)     No General Solicitation. Neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor to its knowledge, 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 1933 Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.

 

(k)     Absence of Certain Changes. Since the date of the Company’s most recent audited financial statements contained in a Form 10-K except as disclosed in the Reports filed subsequent to such Form 10-K, there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the business, assets, liabilities, properties, operations (including results thereof), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company taken as a whole. Since the Latest Financial Date, except as disclosed in the Reports filed subsequent to such Form 10-K, the Company has not (i) declared or paid any dividends, (ii) sold any assets, individually or in the aggregate, outside of the ordinary course of business or (iii) made any material capital expenditures, individually or in the aggregate, outside the ordinary course of business. The Company has not taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any law or statute relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, liquidation or winding up, nor does the Company have any knowledge or reason to believe that any of its creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a creditor to do so. The Company is not as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur at the Closing, will not be Insolvent (as defined below). For purposes of this Section 5(k), “Insolvent” means, with respect to the Company, (i) the present fair saleable value of the Company’s assets is less than the amount required to pay the Company’s total Indebtedness (as defined below), (ii) the Company is unable to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured or (iii) the Company intends to incur or believes that it will incur debts that would be beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature. The Company has not engaged in any business or in any transaction, and is not about to engage in any business or in any transaction, for which the Company’s remaining assets constitute unreasonably small capital.

 

(l)     Intellectual Property. The Company has, or has rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights necessary or required for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the Reports and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”). None of, and the Company has not received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement. The Company has not received, since the Latest Financial Date, a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as could not have or reasonably be expected to not have a Material

 

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Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company has taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has no knowledge of any facts that would preclude it from having valid license rights or clear title to the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company has no knowledge that it lacks or will be unable to obtain any rights or licenses to use all Intellectual Property Rights that are necessary to conduct its business.

 

(m)     Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. None of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company (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, providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.

 

(n)     No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Subscribers’ representations and warranties set forth herein, neither the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.

 

(o)     No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances. Except as disclosed in the Reports, no event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or is reasonably expected to exist or occur with respect to the Company or any of its businesses, properties, liabilities, prospects, operations (including results thereof) or condition (financial or otherwise), that (i) would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws on a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its Common Stock and which has not been publicly announced, (ii) could have a material adverse effect on any Subscriber’s investment hereunder or (iii) could have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(p)     Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of the Company has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee.

 

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(q)     Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company is in material compliance with all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof.

 

(r)     Indebtedness and Other Contracts. The Company (i) except as disclosed on Schedule 5(r), does not have any outstanding Indebtedness (as defined below), (ii) is not a party to any contract, agreement or instrument, the violation of which, or default under which, by the other party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) is not in violation of any term of, or in default under, any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) is not a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement: (x) “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (B) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (including, without limitation, “capital leases” in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business), (C) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (D) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (E) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (F) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (G) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (A) through (F) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage, claim, lien, tax, right of first refusal, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (A) through (G) above; and (y) “Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto.

 

6.     Registration Rights Granted to Subscriber.  If the Company determines to register any of its securities, either for its own account or the account of a security holder or holders, other than (i) a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans on Form S-8 (or any successor form) or (ii) a registration relating solely to a Commission Rule 145 transaction on Form S-4 (or any successor form), the Company will include in such registration (and any related qualification under blue sky laws or other compliance), and in any underwriting involved therein, the Conversion Shares underlying the Notes, the Unit Shares underlying the Purchase Options and the Warrant Shares

 

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underlying the Warrants delivered pursuant to this Agreement, subject to any reductions required due to the Commission’s interpretation of Rule 415 of the 1933 Act, in accordance with the terms of that certain Registration Rights Agreement entered into between the Company and the Subscribers (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).

 

 

7.     Regulation D Offering. The offer and issuance of the Securities to the Subscribers is being made pursuant to the exemption from the registration provisions of the 1933 Act afforded by Section 4(2) or Section 4(6) of the 1933 Act and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The Company will provide, at the Company’s expense, such other legal opinions in the future as are reasonably necessary for the issuance and resale of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants pursuant to an effective registration statement.

 

8.     Covenants.

 

(a)     Reporting Status. Until the date on which the Subscribers shall have sold all of the Securities (the “Reporting Period”), the Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would no longer require or otherwise permit such termination.

 

(b)     Reservation of Shares. So long as any Notes, Purchase Options or Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, no less than (i) 100% of the maximum number of Conversion Shares initially issuable upon conversion of the Notes (assuming for purposes hereof that the Notes are convertible at the initial Conversion Price (as defined in the Notes) and without taking into account any limitations on the conversion of the Notes set forth in the Notes), (ii) 100% of the maximum number of Unit Shares issuable pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Options and (iii) 100% of the maximum number of Warrant Shares initially issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (without taking into account any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth therein).

 

(c)     Other Notes or Indebtedness; Variable Securities. So long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Company will not issue any Notes (other than to the Subscribers as contemplated hereby) or incur any Indebtedness senior to or pari passu to the Notes, and the Company shall not issue any other securities that would cause a breach or default under the Notes, without the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Notes held by the Subscribers on the Closing Date (‘Requisite Holders”). So long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Company shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into an agreement to effect any Subsequent Equity Financing involving a Variable Rate Transaction without the prior written consent of the Requisite Holders. “Variable Rate Transaction” means a transaction in which the Company (i) issues or sells any Convertible Securities either (A) at a conversion, exercise or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the shares of Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such Convertible Securities, or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such Convertible Securities or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the Common Stock, other than pursuant to a customary “weighted average” anti-dilution provision or (ii) enters into any agreement (including, without

 

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limitation, an equity line of credit or an “at-the-market” offering) whereby the Company may sell securities at a future determined price (other than standard and customary “preemptive” or “participation” rights). Each Subscriber shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company to preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect damages.

 

9.     Patriot Act Compliance. (Terms used in this section are defined in paragraph (d) below.)

 

To induce the Company to accept the undersigned’s investment, the undersigned hereby makes the following representations, warranties and covenants to the Company:

 

(a)     The undersigned represents and warrants that no holder of any beneficial interest in the undersigned’s equity securities of the Company (each a “Beneficial Interest Holder”) and, no Related Person (in the case the undersigned is an entity) is or will be:

 

(1)     A person or entity whose name appears on the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Asset Control from time to time;

 

(2)     A Foreign Shell Bank; or

 

(3)     A person or entity resident in or whose subscription funds are transferred from or through an account in a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction.

 

(b)     The undersigned represents that the bank or other financial institution (the “Wiring Institution”) from which the undersigned’s funds will be wired is located in a FATF Country.

 

(c)     The undersigned represents that:

 

(1)     Neither it, any Beneficial Interest Holder nor any Related Person (in the case of the undersigned is an entity) is a Senior Foreign Political Figure, any member of a Senior Foreign Political Figure’s Immediate Family or any Close Associate of a Senior Foreign Political Figure;

 

(2)     Neither it, any Beneficial Interest Holder nor any Related Person (in the case the undersigned is an entity) is resident in, or organized or chartered under the laws of, a jurisdiction designated by the Secretary of the Treasury under Section 311 or 312 of the USA PATRIOT Act as warranting special measures due to money laundering concerns; and

 

(3)     Its investment funds do not originate from, nor will they be routed through, an account maintained at a Foreign Shell Bank, an “offshore bank,” or a bank organized or chartered under the laws of a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction.

 

(d)     Definitions:

 

Close Associate: With respect to a Senior Foreign Political Figure, a person who is widely and publicly known internationally to maintain an unusually close relationship with the Senior Foreign Political Figure, and includes a person who is in a position to conduct substantial domestic and international financial transactions on behalf of the Senior Foreign Political Figure.

 

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FATF: The Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering.

 

FATF Country: A country that is a member of FATF. As of September 1, 2003, the countries which are members of FATF are: Argentina; Australia; Austria; Belgium; Brazil; Canada; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hong Kong; Iceland; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Luxembourg; Mexico; Kingdom of the Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Portugal; Singapore; South Africa; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; United Kingdom and United States. For a current list of FATF members see http://www1.oecd.org/fatf/Members_en.htm.

 

Foreign Bank: An organization which (i) is organized under the laws of a country outside the United States; (ii) engages in the business of banking; (iii) is recognized as a bank by the bank supervisory or monetary authority of the country of its organization or principal banking operations; (iv) receives deposits to a substantial extent in the regular course of its business; and (v) has the power to accept demand deposits, but does not include the U.S. branches or agencies of a foreign bank.

 

Foreign Shell Bank: A Foreign Bank without a Physical Presence in any country, but does not include a Regulated Affiliate.

 

Government Entity: Any government or any state, department or other political subdivision thereof, or any governmental body, agency, authority or instrumentality in any jurisdiction exercising executive, legislative, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.

 

Immediate Family: With respect to a Senior Foreign Political Figure, typically includes the political figure’s parents, siblings, spouse, children and in-laws.

 

Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction: Any foreign country or territory that has been designated as non-cooperative with international anti-money laundering principles or procedures by an intergovernmental group or organization, such as FATF, of which the United States is a member and with which designation the United States representative to the group or organization continues to concur. See http://www1.oecd.org/fatf/NCCT_en.htm for FATF’s list of non-cooperative countries and territories.

 

Physical Presence: A place of business maintained by a Foreign Bank and is located at a fixed address, other than solely a post office box or an electronic address, in a country in which the Foreign Bank is authorized to conduct banking activities, at which location the Foreign Bank: (a) employs one or more individuals on a full-time basis; (b) maintains operating records related to its banking activities; and (c) is subject to inspection by the banking authority that licensed the Foreign Bank to conduct banking activities.

 

Publicly Traded Company: An entity whose securities are listed on a recognized securities exchange or quoted on an automated quotation system in the U.S. or country other than a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction or a wholly-owned subsidiary of such an entity.

 

Qualified Plan: A tax qualified pension or retirement plan in which at least 100 employees participate that is maintained by an employer organized in the U.S. or is a U.S. Government Entity.

 

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Regulated Affiliate: A Foreign Shell Bank that: (a) is an affiliate of a depository institution, credit union or Foreign Bank that maintains a Physical Presence in the U.S. or a foreign country, as applicable; and (b) is subject to supervision by a banking authority in the country regulating such affiliated depository institution, credit union or Foreign Bank.

 

Related Person: With respect to any entity, any interest holder, director, senior officer, trustee, beneficiary or grantor of such entity; provided that in the case of an entity that is a Publicly Traded Company or a Qualified Plan, the term “Related Person” shall exclude any interest holder holding less than 5% of any class of securities of such Publicly Traded Company and beneficiaries of such Qualified Plan.

 

Senior Foreign Political Figure: A senior official in the executive, legislative, administrative, military or judicial branches of a non-U.S. government (whether elected or not), a senior official of a major non-U.S. political party, or a senior executive of a non-U.S. government-owned corporation. In addition, a Senior Foreign Political Figure includes any corporation, business or other entity that has been formed by, or for the benefit of, a Senior Foreign Political Figure.

 

USA PATRIOT Act: The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT Act) Act of 2001 (Pub. L. No. 107-56).

 

10.     Miscellaneous.

 

(a)     Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail, registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii) delivered by reputable overnight air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv) transmitted by hand delivery or email, addressed as set forth below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery or delivery by email, with accurate confirmation generated by the transmitting email machine, at the address or number designated below (if delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company, to: INVO Bioscience, Inc., 5582 Broadcast Court, Sarasota, Florida 34240, Attn: Steve Shum, email: steveshum@invobioscience.com, with a copy by email only to: Dentons US LLP, 601 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 2500, Los Angeles, California 90017, Attn: Greg Carney, Esq., email: greg.carney@dentons.com, and (ii) if to the Subscriber, to: the one or more addresses and email addresses indicated on the signature pages hereto.

 

(b)     Preemptive Rights. So long as 15% of the Notes issued to Subscribers on the Closing Date remain outstanding, if the Company offers to sell Covered Securities (as defined below) in a public or private offering of Covered Securities solely for cash (a “Qualified Offering”), each Subscriber shall be afforded the opportunity to acquire from the Company, for the same price and on the same terms as such Covered Securities are offered, in the aggregate up to the amount of Covered Securities required to enable it to maintain its Subscriber Percentage Interest. “Subscriber

 

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Percentage Interest” means, as of any date of determination, the percentage equal to (A) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Subscriber as of the date of determination divided by (B) the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as of such date. “Covered Securities” means Common Stock and any rights, options or warrants to purchase or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, other than securities that are issuances to employees, including new employees, or directors of, or consultants or advisors to, the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to (i) an Approved Stock Plan (as defined below), provided that (1) all such issuances (taking into account the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such options) after the date hereof pursuant to this clause do not, in the aggregate, exceed more than 25% of the Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the date hereof and (2) the exercise price of any such options is not lowered, none of such options are amended to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such options are otherwise materially changed in any manner that adversely affects any of the Subscribers, provided that such issuances are approved by the Board of Directors; (ii) shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities issued or issuable to banks, service providers, or equipment lessors pursuant to a non-convertible debt financing or equipment leasing transaction approved by the Board provided that the primary purpose of such issuance is not to raise capital; and (iii) shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities issued or issuable in connection with strategic alliances, acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, strategic partnerships and licenses provided that the primary purpose of such issuance is not to raise capital (each an “Excluded Issuance”). “Approved Stock Plan” means any employee benefit plan which has been approved by the board of directors of the Company prior to or subsequent to the date hereof pursuant to which shares of Common Stock and standard options to purchase Common Stock may be issued to any employee, officer or director for services provided to the Company in their capacity as such. Prior to making any Qualified Offering of Covered Securities, the Company shall give the Subscriber written notice at the address shown on each Subscriber’s signature page hereto of its intention to make such an offering, describing, to the extent then known, the anticipated amount of securities, and other material terms then known to the Company upon which the Company proposes to offer the same (such notice, a “Qualified Offering Notice”). The Subscriber shall then have 10 days after receipt of the Qualified Offering Notice (the “Offer Period”) to notify the Company in writing that it intends to exercise such preemptive right and as to the amount of Covered Securities the Subscriber desires to purchase, up to the maximum amount calculated pursuant to this Section 9(b) (the “Designated Securities”). Such notice constitutes a non-binding indication of interest of the Subscriber to purchase the amount of Designated Securities specified by the Subscriber (or a proportionately lesser amount if the amount of Covered Securities to be offered in such Qualified Offering is subsequently reduced) at the price (or range of prices) established in the Qualified Offering and other terms set forth in the Company’s notice to it. Any failure to respond or to confirm the Subscriber’s interest in purchasing any Covered Securities to which it is entitled under this Section 9(b) during the Offer Period constitutes a waiver of its preemptive rights in respect of such offering or as to the Covered Securities as to which no interest in purchasing is received, as applicable. The sale of the Covered Securities in the Qualified Offering, including any Designated Securities, shall be closed not later than 120 days after the end of the Offer Period. The Covered Securities to be sold to other investors in such Qualified Offering shall be sold at a price not less than, and upon terms no more favorable to such other investors than, those specified in the Qualified Offering Notice. If the Company does not consummate the sale of Covered Securities to other investors within such 120-day period, the right provided hereunder shall be revived and such securities shall not be offered unless first reoffered to the Subscribers in accordance herewith. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein and unless otherwise agreed by the Subscriber, by not later than the end of such 120-day period, the Company shall either confirm in writing to the Subscriber that the Qualified Offering has been

 

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abandoned or shall publicly disclose its intention to issue the Covered Securities in the Qualified Offering, in either case in such a manner that the Subscriber will not be in possession of any material, non-public information thereafter. If the Subscriber exercises its preemptive right provided in this Section 9(b) with respect to a Qualified Offering that is an underwritten public offering or an offering made to qualified institutional buyers (as such term is defined in the Commission’s Rule 144A under the 1933 Act) for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the 1933 Act (a “Rule 144A offering”), a private placement or other offering, whether not registered under the 1933 Act, the Company shall offer and sell the Subscriber, if any such offering is consummated, the Designated Securities (as adjusted, upward to reflect the actual size of such offering when priced but not in excess of each Subscriber’s Subscriber Percentage Interest) at the same price as the Covered Securities are offered to third persons (not including the underwriters or the initial purchasers in a Rule 144A offering that is being reoffered by the initial purchasers) in such offering and shall provide written notice of such price upon the determination of such price.

 

(c)     Entire Agreement; Assignment. This Agreement and other documents delivered in connection herewith represent the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and may be amended only by a writing executed by both parties. Neither the Company nor the Subscribers have relied on any representations not contained or referred to in this Agreement and the documents delivered herewith. No right or obligation of the Company shall be assigned without prior notice to and the written consent of the Subscribers.

 

(d)      Counterparts/Execution. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different signatories hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument. This Agreement may be executed by electronic signature and delivered by electronic mail transmission.

 

(e)     Law Governing this Agreement. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada without regard to conflicts of laws principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. Any action brought by either party against the other concerning the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be brought only in the civil or state courts of Nevada or in the federal courts located in Clark County. The parties and the individuals executing this Agreement and other agreements referred to herein or delivered in connection herewith on behalf of the Company agree to submit to the jurisdiction of such courts and waive trial by jury. The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. In the event that any provision of this Agreement or any other agreement delivered in connection herewith is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any such provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of any agreement.

 

(f)     Specific Enforcement, Consent to Jurisdiction. The Company and Subscriber acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to seek one or more preliminary and final injunctions to prevent or cure breaches of the provisions of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, this being in addition to any other remedy to which any of them may be entitled by law or equity. Subject to Section 9(e) hereof, each of the

 

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Company, Subscriber and any signatory hereto in his personal capacity hereby waives, and agrees not to assert in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction in Nevada of such court, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing in this Section shall affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

(g)     Equal Treatment of Subscribers. The Company hereby represents, warrants and covenants that, as of the Closing Date and from and after the Closing Date, none of the terms offered to any other persons or entities (“Persons”) with respect to any similar transactions as the transactions contemplated hereunder is or will be more favorable to such other Person than those of the Subscriber under the Transaction Documents. No consideration (including any modification of any Transaction Document) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of such Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to such Transaction Documents. Further, the Company shall not make any payment of principal or interest on the Notes in amounts which are disproportionate to the respective principal amounts outstanding on the Notes at any applicable time. For clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Subscriber by the Company and negotiated separately by each Subscriber, and is intended for the Company to treat the Subscribers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the Subscribers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.

 

(h)     Independent Nature of Subscribers.     The Company acknowledges that the obligations of each Subscriber under the Transaction Documents are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Subscriber, and no Subscriber shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Subscriber under the Transaction Documents. The Company acknowledges that each Subscriber has represented that the decision of each Subscriber to purchase Securities has been made by such Subscriber independently of any other Subscriber and independently of any information, materials, statements or opinions as to the business, affairs, operations, assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company which may have been made or given by any other Subscriber or by any agent or employee of any other Subscriber, and no Subscriber or any of its agents or employees shall have any liability to any Subscriber (or any other person) relating to or arising from any such information, materials, statements or opinions.  The Company acknowledges that nothing contained in any Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Subscriber pursuant hereto or thereto shall be deemed to constitute the Subscribers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Subscribers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  The Company acknowledges that each Subscriber shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation, the rights arising out of the Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Subscriber to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.  The Company acknowledges that it has elected to provide all Subscribers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because Company was required or requested to do so by the Subscribers.  The Company acknowledges that such procedure with respect to the Transaction Documents in no way creates a presumption that the Subscribers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

(i)     Potential Conflict of Interest. EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND/OR AFFILIATES OF TRIBAL CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC (PLACEMENT AGENT FOR

 

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THE OFFERING) INTEND TO INVEST IN THE OFFERING, WHICH MAY REPRESENT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

 

 

 

[THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]

 

 

 

 

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Signature Page for Individuals:

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Subscriber has caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be executed as of the date indicated below.

 

 

$______________________(Amount of Note)

 

Purchase Price

 

____________________________________

___________________________________

Print or Type Name

Print or Type Name (Joint-owner)

____________________________________

___________________________________

Signature

Signature (Joint-owner)

___________________________________

__________________________________

Date

Date (Joint-owner)

____________________________________

___________________________________

IRS Taxpayer Identification Number

IRS Taxpayer Identification Number (Joint-owner)

___________________________________

____________________________________

Address

Address (Joint-owner)

___________________________________

____________________________________

Telephone Number

Telephone Number

___________________________________

____________________________________

Fax Number

Fax Number

___________________________________

____________________________________

E-mail Address

E-mail Address

 

Type of Ownership

 

☐     Individual

☐     Tenants in common

☐     Joint tenants with right of survivorship

☐     Community property (check only if resident of community property state)

☐     Other (please specify:____________________)

  

 

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Wiring Instructions:

 

Bank Name: 

ABA:  

SWIFT:

Tel Number:

Address:

Acct #:

Acct. Name:

Reference: INVO Secured Note Financing

 

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Partnerships, Corporations or Other Entities:

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Subscriber has caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be executed as of the date indicated below.

 

 

$ ______________________ (Amount of Note)

   Purchase Price                    

_____________________________________________________________________________

Print or Type Name of Entity

______________________________________________________________________________

Address

 

______________________________

Telephone Number

 

______________________________

Fax Number

 

______________________________

Email Address

 

 

____________________________________     ____________________________________

Taxpayer I.D. No. (if applicable)                        Date

 

 

By: ____________________________________     ____________________________________

Signature: Name:                                                        Print or Type Name and Indicate

                  Title:                                                          Title or Position with Entity          

 

 

____________________________________             ____________________________________

Signature (other authorized signatory)                        Print or Type Name and Indicate

                                                                                     Title or Position with Entity          

 

Type of Ownership

 

☐     Corporation

☐     Limited Liability Company

☐     Partnership

☐     Trust

☐     Other (please specify:____________________)

 

 

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All subscriptions from partnerships, corporations, trusts or limited liability companies must be accompanied by resolutions of the appropriate corporate authority (board of directors, trustee or managing partner or members, as applicable) and trust documents evidencing the authorization and power to make the subscription.

 

Wiring Instructions:

 

Wiring Instructions:

 

Bank Name: 

ABA:  

SWIFT:

Tel Number:

Address:

Acct #:

Acct. Name:

Reference: INVO Secured Note Financing

 

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ACCEPTANCE BY INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be executed, and the foregoing subscription accepted, as of the date indicated below.

 

 

INVO Bioscience, Inc.

 

 

 

By: _________________________________

Name: _____________________________

Title: _______________________________

 

 

 

Date: _______________________, 2020

 

 

 

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SECTION A

 

CONFIDENTIAL PURCHASER QUESTIONNAIRE

 

Please review, sign on page 32, and return to: 

 

INVO Bioscience, Inc.

5582 Broadcast Court

Sarasota, Florida 34240

Email: steveshum@invobioscience.com

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

CONFIDENTIAL PURCHASER QUESTIONNAIRE

 

THIS QUESTIONNAIRE WILL BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE UNDERSIGNED’S EXPRESSED INTEREST IN A PROPOSED INVESTMENT IN INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC. (THE “COMPANY”).

 

THE COMPANY SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO FULLY RELY ON THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONTAINED HEREIN UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE UNDERSIGNED HAS FURNISHED AN AMENDED CONFIDENTIAL PURCHASER QUESTIONNAIRE.

 

THIS QUESTIONNAIRE MUST BE ANSWERED FULLY AND RETURNED TO THE COMPANY

 

THE INFORMATION SUPPLIED IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE WILL BE HELD IN STRICT CONFIDENCE. NO INFORMATION WILL BE DISCLOSED EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH DISCLOSURE IS REQUIRED BY LAW OR REGULATION, OTHERWISE DEMANDED BY PROPER LEGAL PROCESS OR IN LITIGATION INVOLVING THE COMPANY AND ITS CONTROLLING PERSONS.

 

 

(1)

By initialing one of the categories below, the Subscriber represents and warrants that the Subscriber comes within the category so initialed. The Subscriber agrees to furnish any additional information which the Company deems necessary in order to verify the answers set forth below. The Subscriber must initial AT LEAST ONE CATEGORY BELOW.

 

     (i)                The undersigned has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Units and protecting the undersigned’s own interests in this transaction, and does not desire to utilize the services of any other person in connection with evaluating such merits and risks.

 

     (ii)                The undersigned intends to use or has used the services of a purchaser representative acceptable to the Company (“Purchaser Representative”) in connection with evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Securities. The undersigned hereby acknowledges the following named person(s) to be the undersigned’s Purchaser Representative in connection with evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Units (a properly filled out Purchaser Representative Questionnaire must be provided with this document):

 

The advisor’s name, address, and occupation are as follows:

 

                                                                                                                                                 

 

                                                                                                                                                 

 

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(2)

By initialing one of the categories below, the Subscriber represents and warrants that the Subscriber comes within the category so initialed and has truthfully set forth the factual basis or reason the Subscriber comes within that category. All information in response to this paragraph will be kept strictly confidential. The Subscriber agrees to furnish any additional information which the Company deems necessary in order to verify the answers set forth below. The Subscriber is not required to initial any Category below, but should do so if the Subscriber falls within such Category.

 

Category I                          The Subscriber is a director or executive officer of the Company.

 

Category II                         The Subscriber is an individual (not a partnership, corporation, etc.) whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with the Subscriber’s spouse, presently exceeds $1,000,000, excluding the value of the primary residence of the Subscriber.

 

Explanation. In calculation of net worth, the Subscriber may include equity in personal property and real estate (other than the primary residence of the Subscriber), including the Subscriber’s cash, short term investments, stocks, securities. Equity in personal property and real estate should be based on the fair market value of such property less debt secured by such property.

 

Category III                         The Subscriber is an individual (not a partnership, corporation, etc.) who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years, or joint income with the Subscriber’s spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of the two most recent years, and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year.

 

Category IV                         The undersigned is (i) a bank, as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”); (ii) a savings and loan association or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Act, whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity; (iii) an insurance company as defined in Section 2(13) of the Act; (iv) an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of that Act; (v) a Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958; or (vi) a plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000.

 

 

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Category V                         The undersigned is an (i) employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21) of such act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered investment advisor, (ii) an employee benefit plan with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, or (iii) a self-directed employee benefit plan (including a self-directed individual retirement account or IRA, Keough or SEP plan) with investment decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors (describe entity).

 

 

Category VI                        The undersigned is a private business development company as defined in section 202(a) (22) of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 (describe entity).

 

 

Category VII                         The undersigned is either a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, Massachusetts business trust, or non-profit organization within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, in each case not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities and with total assets in excess of $5,000,000. (describe entity).

 

 

Category VIII                        The undersigned is a trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities, where the purchase is directed by a “sophisticated investor” as defined in Regulation 506(b)(2)(ii) under the Act. (Must also answer Question 5 below).

 

Category IX                        The undersigned is an entity (other than a trust) in which all of the equity owners are “accredited investors” within one or more of the above categories. If relying upon this category alone, each equity owner must complete a separate copy of this Purchaser. Questionnaire. (describe entity below)

 

 

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The undersigned agrees that the undersigned will notify the Company at any time in the event that the representations and warranties in this Purchaser Questionnaire shall cease to be true, accurate and complete.

 

(2)     Suitability (please answer each question)

 

 

(a)

For an individual, please describe your current employment, including the company by which you are employed and its principal business:

 

 

(b)

For an individual, please describe any college or graduate degrees held by you:

 

(c)     For all subscribers, please list types of prior investments:

 

 

(d)

For all subscribers, please state whether you have participated in other private placements before:

 

YES

   

NO

 

 

 

(e)

If your answer to question (d) above was “YES”, please indicate frequency of such prior participation in private placements of:

 

 

Public
Companies

Private
Companies

Frequently

   

Occasionally

   

Never

   

 

 

(f)

For individuals, do you expect your current level of income to significantly decrease in the foreseeable future?

 

YES

   

NO

 

 

 

(g)

For trust, corporate, partnership and other institutional subscribers, do you expect your total assets to significantly decrease in the foreseeable future?

 

YES

   

NO

 

 

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(h)

For all subscribers, do you have any other investments or contingent liabilities which you reasonably anticipate could cause you to need sudden cash requirements in excess of cash readily available to you?

 

YES

   

NO

 

 

 

(i)

For all subscribers, are you familiar with the risk aspects and the non-liquidity of investments such as the Securities for which you seek to purchase?

 

YES

   

NO

 

 

 

(j)

For all subscribers, do you understand that there is no guarantee of financial return on this investment and that you run the risk of losing your entire investment?

 

YES

   

NO

 

 

(3)     Manner in which title is to be held: (circle one)

 

(a)     Individual Ownership

(b)     Community Property

(c)     Joint Tenant with Right of Survivorship (both parties must sign)

(d)     Partnership

(e)     Tenants in Common

(f)     Limited Liability Company

(g)     Corporation

(h)     Trust

(i)     Other

 

(4)     FINRA Affiliation.

 

Are you affiliated or associated with an FINRA member firm (please check one):

 

YES

   

NO

 

 

If Yes, please describe:

 

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

 

*If subscriber is a Registered Representative with an FINRA member firm, have the following acknowledgment signed by the appropriate party:

 

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The undersigned FINRA member firm acknowledges receipt of the notice required by the FINRA Conduct Rules.

 

_________________________________

Name of FINRA Member Firm

 

 

By: ______________________________

Authorized Officer

 

Date: ____________________________

 

(5)     For Trust Subscribers

 

A. Certain trusts generally may not qualify as accredited investors except under special circumstances. Therefore, if you intend to hold securities in whole or in part through a trust, please answer each of the following questions.

 

Is the trustee of the trust a national or state bank that is acting in its fiduciary capacity in making the investment on behalf of the trust?

 

                    Yes ☐                             No ☐     

 

B. If the trust is a revocable trust, please complete Question 1 below. If the trust is an irrevocable trust, please complete Question 2 below.

 

1.     REVOCABLE TRUSTS

 

Can the trust be amended or revoked at any time by its grantors:

 

Yes ☐                             No ☐

 

If yes, please answer the following questions relating to each grantor (please add sheets if necessary):

 

Grantor Name: _________________________

 

Net worth of grantor (including spouse, if applicable), including home, home furnishings and automobiles exceeds $1,000,000?

 

Yes ☐                             No ☐

 

OR

 

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Income (exclusive of any income attributable to spouse) was in excess of $200,000 for the prior two taxable years and is reasonably expected to be in excess of $200,000 for the current taxable year?

 

Yes ☐                             No ☐

OR

 

Income (including income attributable to spouse) was in excess of $300,000 for the prior two taxable years and is reasonably expected to be in excess of $300,000 for the current taxable year?

 

Yes ☐                             No ☐

 

2.     IRREVOCABLE TRUSTS

 

If the trust is an irrevocable trust, please answer the following questions:

 

Please provide the name of each trustee:

 

Trustee Name: ________________________________________

 

Trustee Name: ________________________________________

 

Does the trust have assets greater than $5 million?

 

Yes ☐                             No ☐

Indicate how often you invest in:

 

Marketable Securities

 

Often ☐     Occasionally ☐     Seldom ☐     Never ☐

 

Restricted Securities

 

Often ☐     Occasionally ☐     Seldom ☐     Never ☐

 

Venture Capital Companies

 

Often ☐     Occasionally ☐     Seldom ☐     Never ☐

 

This completes the questions applicable to Trust Investors. Please sign below.

 

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The undersigned has been informed of the significance of the foregoing representations and answers contained in this Confidential Purchaser Questionnaire and such representations and answers have been provided with the understanding that the Company, will rely on them.

 

 

 Individual

Date:     ________________________

_______________________________

Name of Individual

(Please type or print)

 

_______________________________ 

Signature of Individual

 

_______________________________

Name of Joint Owner

(Please type or print)

 

 

_______________________________

Signature (Joint Owner)

 

 

Partnership, Corporation or

Other Entity

 

Date:     ________________________

______________________________

Print or Type Entity Name

 

 

By: _______________________

Name:

Title:

  ________________________________

Signature (other authorized signatory, if any)

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

Execution copy

 

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of May __, 2020 (this “Agreement”) is entered into by and among INVO Bioscience, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Obligor”), and the holders of the Notes (as defined below) (collectively, the “Secured Parties”) under the Purchase Agreement (defined below).

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, Obligor and the Secured Parties are parties to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May __, 2020 by and among Obligor and Secured Parties (the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Obligor issued up to an aggregate of $3,500,000 of those certain Secured Convertible Promissory Notes to the Secured Parties (the “Notes”); and

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto acknowledge that the Notes, as well as the obligations under the Purchase Agreement, shall be entitled to the benefits of the security interest provided for the benefits of the holders of the Notes, all on a pari passu basis.

 

WHEREAS, in order to induce the Secured Parties to purchase the Notes, the Obligor agreed to execute and deliver to the Secured Parties this Agreement for the benefit of the Secured Parties and to grant to them a first priority security interest in the Collateral (as defined in Section 1 below) of the Obligor to secure the prompt payment, performance, and discharge in full of the Obligor’s obligations under the Notes (as defined below).

 

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

 

1.     Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1. Terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement that are defined in Article 9 of the UCC (such as “general intangibles” and “proceeds”) shall have the respective meanings given such terms in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

 

 

(a)     “Collateral” means the collateral in which the Secured Parties are granted a security interest by this Agreement and which shall include all of the assets set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

(b)      “Obligations” means all of the Obligor’s obligations under this Agreement and the Notes in each case, whether now or hereafter existing, voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others, and whether or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, created or incurred, and all or any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are paid, to the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered directly or indirectly from the Secured Parties as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise as such obligations may be amended, supplemented, converted, extended or modified from time to time.

 

(c)     “Obligor” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

(d)      “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code, as currently in effect in the State of Delaware.

 

2.     Grant of Security Interest. As an inducement for the Secured Parties to purchase the Notes from Obligor and to advance funds to Obligor and to secure the complete and timely payment, performance and discharge in full, as the case may be, of all of the Obligations, Obligor hereby, unconditionally and irrevocably, pledges, grants and hypothecates to the Secured Parties a continuing security interest in, a first lien upon, and a right of set-off against all of the Obligor’s right, title, and interest of whatsoever kind and nature in and to the Collateral (the “Security Interest”).

 

3.     Representations Warranties Covenants and Agreements of the Obligor. Obligor represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, the Secured Parties as follows:

 

(a)     Obligor has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by Obligor of this Agreement and the filings contemplated therein have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Obligor and no further action is required by the Obligor.

 

(b)     Obligor represents and warrants that it has no place of business or offices where its respective books of account and records are kept (other than temporarily at the offices of its attorneys or accountants) or places where Collateral is stored or located, except as set forth on Schedule A attached hereto;

 

(c)     Obligor is the sole owner of the Collateral (except for non-exclusive licenses granted by Obligor in the ordinary course of business), free and clear of any liens, security interests, encumbrances, rights or claims, and is fully authorized to grant the Security Interest in and to pledge the Collateral. There is not on file in any governmental or regulatory authority, agency or recording office an effective financing statement, security agreement, license or transfer or any notice of any of the foregoing (other than those that have been filed in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement) covering or affecting any of the

 

 

 

Collateral. So long as this Agreement shall be in effect, the Obligor shall not execute and shall not knowingly permit to be on file in any such office or agency any such financing statement or other document or instrument (except to the extent filed or recorded in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of this Agreement).

 

(d)     No part of the Collateral has been judged invalid or unenforceable. No written claim has been received that any Collateral or Obligor’s use of any Collateral violates the rights of any third parties. There has been no adverse decision to Obligor’s claim of ownership rights in or exclusive rights to use the Collateral in any jurisdiction or to the Obligor’s right to keep and maintain such Collateral in full force and effect, and there is no proceeding involving said rights pending or, to the best knowledge of any Obligor, threatened before any court, judicial body, administrative or regulatory agency, arbitrator or other governmental authority.

 

(e)     Obligor shall at all times maintain its books of account and records relating to the Collateral at its principal place of business and its Collateral at the locations set forth on Schedule A attached hereto and may not relocate such books of account and records or tangible Collateral unless it delivers to the Secured Parties at least 30 days prior to such relocation (i) written notice of such relocation and the new location thereof (which must be within the United States) and (ii) evidence that appropriate financing statements and other necessary documents have been filed and recorded and other steps have been taken to perfect the Security Interest to create in favor of the Secured Parties valid, perfected and continuing first priority liens in the Collateral.

 

(f)     This Agreement creates in favor of the Secured Parties a valid security interest in the Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Obligations and, upon making the filings described in the immediately following sentence, a perfected security interest in such Collateral. Except for the filing of financing statements on Form UCC-I under the UCC with the jurisdictions indicated on Schedule B, attached hereto, no authorization or approval of or filing with or notice to any governmental authority or regulatory body is required either (i) for the grant by the Obligor of, or the effectiveness of, the Security Interest granted hereby or for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Obligor or (ii) for the perfection of or exercise by the Secured Parties of their rights and remedies hereunder.

 

(g)     On the date of execution of this Agreement, Obligor will deliver to the Secured Parties one or more executed UCC financing statements on Form UCC-1 under the UCC with respect to the Security Interest for filing with the jurisdictions indicated on Schedule B, attached hereto and in such other jurisdictions as may be requested by the Secured Parties.

 

(h)     The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement does not conflict with or cause a breach or default, or an event that with or without the passage of time or notice, shall constitute a breach or default, under any agreement to which the Obligor is a party or by which the Obligor is bound. No consent (including, without limitation, from stockholders or creditors of the Obligor) is required for the Obligor to enter into and perform its obligations hereunder.

 

(i)     Obligor shall at all times maintain the liens and Security Interest provided for hereunder as valid and perfected liens and security interests in the Collateral in favor of the

 

 

 

Secured Parties until this Agreement and the Security Interest hereunder shall be terminated pursuant to Section 11 hereof. Obligor hereby agrees to defend the same against any and all persons. The Obligor shall safeguard and protect all Collateral for the account of the Secured Parties. At the request of the Secured Parties, the Obligor will sign and deliver to the Secured Parties at any time or from time to time one or more financing statements pursuant to the UCC (or any other applicable statute) in form reasonably satisfactory to the Secured Parties and will pay the cost of filing the same in all public offices wherever filing is, or is deemed by the Secured Parties to be, necessary or desirable to effect the rights and obligations provided for herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligor shall pay all fees, taxes and other amounts necessary to maintain the Collateral and the Security Interest hereunder, and the Obligor shall obtain and furnish to the Secured Parties from time to time, upon demand, such releases and/or subordinations of claims and liens which may be required to maintain the priority of the Security Interest hereunder.

 

(j)     Obligor will not transfer, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, license (except for non-exclusive licenses granted by such Obligor in the ordinary course of business), sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral without the prior written consent of the Secured Parties.

 

(k)     Obligor shall, within ten (10) days of obtaining knowledge thereof, advise the Secured Parties promptly in writing, in sufficient detail, of any substantial change in the Collateral, and of the occurrence of any event which would have a material adverse effect on the value of the Collateral or on the Secured Parties’ Security Interest therein.

 

(l)     Obligor shall promptly execute and deliver to the Secured Parties such further deeds, mortgages, assignments, security agreements, financing statements or other instruments, documents, certificates and assurances and take such further action as the Secured Parties may from time to time request and may in its sole discretion deem necessary to perfect, protect or enforce its Security Interest in the Collateral.

 

(m)     Obligor shall permit the Secured Parties and their representatives and agents to inspect the Collateral at any time, and to make copies of records pertaining to the Collateral as may be requested by the Secured Parties from time to time.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

(q)     Obligor will open a separate bank account for the Collateral and will execute a deposit account control agreement among Obligor, Obligor’s depositary bank for such new bank account and the Secured Parties promptly after the date of this Agreement, but in any event no later than thirty (30) days following the date hereof.

 

4.     Defaults. The following events shall be “Events of Default”:

 

(a)     The occurrence of a Triggering Event (as defined in the Notes) under the Notes;

 

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

 

(c)     The failure by Obligor to observe or perform any of its obligations hereunder or the Notes, for five (5) days after receipt by Obligor of notice of such failure from the Secured Parties.

 

5.     Duty To Hold In Trust. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter, Obligor shall, upon receipt by it of any revenue, income or other sums subject to the Security Interest, whether payable pursuant to the Notes or otherwise, or of any check, draft, note, trade acceptance or other instrument evidencing an obligation to pay any such sum, hold the same in trust for the Secured Parties, such funds to be segregated from other funds of the Obligor in the deposit account to be opened pursuant to Section 3(q) herein, and shall forthwith endorse and transfer any such sums or instruments, or both, to the Secured Parties for application to the satisfaction of the Obligations.

 

6.     Rights and Remedies Upon Default. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter, the Secured Parties shall have the right to exercise all of the remedies conferred hereunder and under the Notes, and the Secured Parties shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC and/or any other applicable law (including the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction in which any Collateral is then located). Without limitation, the Secured Parties shall have the following rights and powers:

 

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

 

(b)     The Secured Parties shall have the right to operate the business of the Obligor using the Collateral and shall have the right to assign, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of and deliver all or any part of the Collateral, at public or private sale or otherwise, either with or without special conditions or stipulations, for cash or on credit or for future delivery, in such parcel or parcels and at such time or times and at such place or places, and upon such terms and

 

 

 

conditions as the Secured Parties may deem commercially reasonable, all without (except as shall be required by applicable statute and cannot be waived) advertisement or demand upon or notice to the Obligor or right of redemption of the Obligor, which are hereby expressly waived. Upon each such sale, lease, assignment or other transfer of Collateral, the Secured Parties may, unless prohibited by applicable law which cannot be waived, purchase all or any part of the Collateral being sold, free from and discharged of all trusts, claims, right of redemption and equities of the Obligor, which are hereby waived and released.

 

7.     Applications of Proceeds. The proceeds of any such sale, lease or other disposition of the Collateral hereunder shall be applied first, to the expenses of retaking, holding, storing, processing and preparing for sale, selling, and the like (including, without limitation, any taxes, fees and other costs incurred in connection therewith) of the Collateral, to the reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Secured Parties in enforcing their rights hereunder and in connection with collecting, storing and disposing of the Collateral, and then to satisfaction of the Obligations, and to the payment of any other amounts required by applicable law, after which the Secured Parties shall pay to the Obligor any surplus proceeds. If, upon the sale, license or other disposition of the Collateral, the proceeds thereof are insufficient to pay all amounts to which the Secured Parties are legally entitled, the Obligor will be liable for the deficiency, together with interest thereon, at the rate of 20% per annum or such lesser amount permitted by applicable law (the “Default Rate”), and the reasonable fees of any attorneys employed by the Secured Parties to collect such deficiency. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Obligor waives all claims, damages and demands against the Secured Parties arising out of the repossession, removal, retention or sale of the Collateral, unless due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Secured Parties.

 

8.     Costs and Expenses. The Obligor agrees to pay all out-of-pocket fees, costs, and expenses incurred in connection with any filing required hereunder, including without limitation, any financing statements, continuation statements, partial releases and/or termination statements related thereto or any expenses of any searches reasonably required by the Secured Parties. The Obligor shall also pay all other claims and charges which in the reasonable opinion of the Secured Parties might prejudice, imperil or otherwise affect the Collateral or the Security Interest therein. The Obligor will also, upon demand, pay to the Secured Parties the amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of any experts and agents, which the Secured Parties may incur in connection with (i) the enforcement of this Agreement, (ii) the custody or preservation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral, or (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Secured Parties under the Notes. Until so paid, any fees payable hereunder shall be added to the principal amount of the Notes and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.

 

9.     Responsibility for Collateral. Obligor assumes all liabilities and responsibility in connection with all Collateral, and the obligations of the Obligor hereunder or under the Notes shall in no way be affected or diminished by reason of the loss, destruction, damage or theft of any of the Collateral or its unavailability for any reason.

 

10.     Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Secured Parties and all Obligations of the Obligor hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of: (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Notes or any agreement entered into in

 

 

 

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

 

11.     Term of Agreement. This Agreement and the Security Interest shall terminate on the date on which all payments under the Notes have been made in full and all other Obligations have been paid or discharged. Upon such termination, the Secured Parties, at the request and at the expense of the Obligor, will join in executing any termination statement with respect to any financing statement executed and filed pursuant to this Agreement.

 

12.     Power of Attorney; Further Assurances.

 

(a)     The Obligor authorizes each of the Secured Parties, and does hereby make, constitute and appoint it, and its respective officers, agents, successors or assigns with full power of substitution, as the Obligor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with power, in its own name or in the name of the Obligor, to, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, (i) endorse any notes, checks, drafts, money orders, or other instruments of payment (including payments payable under or in respect of any policy of insurance) in respect of the Collateral that may come into possession of such Secured Party; (ii) to sign and endorse any UCC financing statement or any invoice, freight or express bill, bill of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications and notices in connection with accounts, and other documents relating to the Collateral; (iii) to pay or discharge taxes, liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on or threatened

 

 

 

against the Collateral; (iv) to demand, collect, receipt for, compromise, settle and sue for monies due in respect of the Collateral; and (v) generally, to do, at the option of such Secured Party, and at the Obligor’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which such Secured Party deems necessary to protect, preserve and realize upon the Collateral and the Security Interest granted therein in order to effect the intent of this Agreement, the Notes and the Transaction Documents all as fully and effectually as the Obligor might or could do; and the Obligor hereby ratifies all that said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement and thereafter as long as any of the Obligations shall be outstanding.

 

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

 

(c)     Obligor hereby irrevocably appoints each of the Secured Parties as its attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of the Obligor and in the name of the Obligor, from time to time in such Secured Party’s discretion, to take any action and to execute any instrument which such Secured Party may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including the filing, in its sole discretion, of one or more financing or continuation statements and amendments thereto, relative to any of the Collateral without the signature of the Obligor where permitted by law.

 

13.     Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing, with copies to all the other parties hereto, and shall be deemed to have been duly given when (i) if delivered by hand, upon receipt, (ii) upon transmission if sent by electronic mail, (iii) if sent by nationally recognized overnight delivery service (receipt requested), the next business day or (iv) if mailed by first-class registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, four days after posting in the U.S. mails, in each case if delivered to the following addresses:

 

 

If to Obligor:        INVO Bioscience, Inc.

5582 Broadcast Court

Sarasota, Florida 34240

Attention: Steve Shum

Email: steveshum@invobioscience.com

 

If to Secured Parties:     At the address set forth opposite their name on the signature page

 

14.     Other Security. To the extent that the Obligations are now or hereafter secured by property other than the Collateral or by the guarantee, endorsement or property of any other person, firm, corporation or other entity, then the Secured Parties shall have the right, in their

 

 

 

sole discretion, to pursue, relinquish, subordinate, modify or take any other action with respect thereto, without in any way modifying or affecting any of the Secured Parties’ rights and remedies hereunder.

 

15.     Miscellaneous.

 

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

 

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

 

(c)     This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and is intended to supersede all prior negotiations, understandings and agreements with respect thereto. Except as specifically set forth in this Agreement, no provision of this Agreement may be modified or amended except by a written agreement specifically referring to this Agreement and signed by the parties hereto.

 

(d)     In the event that any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction for any reason, unless such provision is narrowed by judicial construction, this Agreement shall, as to such jurisdiction, be construed as if such invalid, prohibited or unenforceable provision had been more narrowly drawn so as not to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining portion of such provision or the other provisions of this Agreement and without affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision or the other provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.

 

(e)     No waiver of any breach or default or any right under this Agreement shall be considered valid unless in writing and signed by the parties giving such waiver, and no such waiver shall be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or default or right, whether of the same or similar nature or otherwise.

 

(f)     This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and its successors and assigns.

 

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

 

(h)     This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada except to the extent the validity, perfection or enforcement of a security interest hereunder in respect of any particular Collateral which are governed by a jurisdiction other than

 

 

 

the State of Nevada in which case such law shall govern. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any Nevada State or United States Federal court over any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, and the parties hereto hereby irrevocably agree that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such Nevada State or Federal court. The parties hereto agree that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other inner provided by law. The parties hereto further waive any objection to venue in the State of Nevada and any objection to an action or proceeding in the State of Nevada, on the basis of forum non conveniens.

 

(i)     This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement in the event that any signature is delivered by electronic mail transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the parties executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with the same force and effect as if such electronic signature were the original thereof.

 

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

 

 

  OBLIGOR:
   
   
  INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC.
   
   
  By   
  Name: 
  Title: 
   
   
  SECURED PARTIES:
   
   
  Name:
  Address:
   
   
  Name:
  Address: 
   
   
  Name:
  Address:
   
   
  Name:
  Address: 
   
   
  Name:
  Address: 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE A

 

Principal Place of Business of the Obligor:

 

Florida

 

 

Locations Where Collateral is Located or Stored:

 

Florida

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE B

 

Jurisdictions:

 

Nevada

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Collateral

 

The proceeds from the $3,000,000 milestone payment pursuant to Section 7.2(b) of the Distribution Agreement dated November 12, 2018 between the Obligor and Ferring International Center S.A. (“Ferring”), after such proceeds are actually received by Obligor from Ferring.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

Execution copy

 

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of May __, 2020 (this “Agreement”), by and among INVO Bioscience, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and the investors identified on the signature page hereto (each an “Investor” and collectively “Investors”).

 

R E C I T A L S

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company and the Investors (the “Purchase Agreement”), the Investors, in the aggregate are purchasing up to Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000) of principal amount of secured convertible promissory notices of the Company (the “Notes”), which Notes are convertible into shares (the “Conversion Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and unit purchase options (the “Purchase Options”), to purchase units (“Units”) with each Unit consisting of (A) shares of Common Stock (the “Option Shares”) and (B) warrants (“Warrants”) to purchase shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Investors agreed to cooperate in good faith to enter into a registration rights agreement granting to the Investors piggyback registration rights with respect to the Conversion Shares underlying the Notes, the Option Shares underlying the Purchase Option and the Warrant Shares underlying the Warrants delivered pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (collectively, the “Securities”); and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Investors desire to define certain registration rights (“Registration Rights”) with respect to the Securities on the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1.     Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

Affiliate” (and any plural thereof) shall mean as to any Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the first Person (including all Persons or entities that at any time prior to the termination of this Agreement become Affiliates of any person referred to in this Agreement). A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the other Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise;

 

Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereof;

 

 

 

Associate” (and any plural thereof) has the meaning ascribed to such term under Rule 12b-2 promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act and shall include all persons or entities that at any time prior to the Termination of this Agreement become Associates of any person or entity referenced in this Agreement;

 

Beneficial Ownership” and terms of similar import shall be as defined under and determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act;

 

Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act;

 

Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof;

 

Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereof;

 

Conversion Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof;

 

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or any successor act), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

 

FINRA” shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority;

 

Holder” shall mean (a) each Investor, its Affiliates or Associates (solely in their capacity as holders of Registrable Securities), and (b) any Permitted Assignees under Section 3.5 hereof;

 

Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(c) hereof;

 

Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(c) hereof;

 

Investor” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereof;

 

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to an offer of Registrable Securities;

 

Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(a) hereof;

 

Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof;

 

Option Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof;

 

Other Stockholders” shall mean Persons who by virtue of agreements with the Company (other than this Agreement) are entitled to include their securities in any registration of the offer or sale of securities pursuant to the Securities Act;

 

Participating Holders” shall mean any Holders participating in a Registration relating to the Registrable Securities;

 

Permitted Assignees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5 hereof;

 

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Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, joint-stock company, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, and a government or agency or political subdivision thereof;

 

Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a) hereof;

 

Piggyback Registration Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a)(i) hereof;

 

Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus (including any preliminary, final or summary prospectus) included in any Registration Statement, all amendments and supplements to such prospectus and all other material incorporated by reference in such prospectus;

 

Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof;

 

Purchase Options” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof;

 

Qualifying Employee Stock” shall mean (a) rights and options issued under employee benefits plans of the Company or any predecessor or otherwise to employees in compensation arrangements approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or any predecessor and any securities issued after the date hereof upon exercise of such rights and options and options issued to employees of the Company or any predecessor as a result of adjustments to options in connection with the reorganization of the Company or any predecessor, and (b) restricted stock, restricted stock units and other such equity-linked securities and awards issued after the date hereof under employee benefit plans and securities issued after the date hereof in settlement thereof, if any;

 

Register”, “Registered” and “Registration” shall mean a registration effected by preparing and (a) filing a Registration Statement in compliance with the Securities Act (and any post-effective amendments filed or required to be filed) and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement, or (b) filing a Prospectus and/or prospectus supplement in respect of an appropriate effective Registration Statement;

 

Registrable Securities” shall mean (a) the Securities acquired by any Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement or (b) any securities of the Company or its Affiliates issued as a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in conversion, exercise or replacement of or offered wholly or partly in any tender or exchange offer in consideration of any Registrable Securities described in (a); provided that as to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to qualify as Registrable Securities for purposes of this Agreement upon the earliest to occur of: (i) the date on which such securities are disposed of pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Act; (ii) the date on which such securities are sold pursuant to Rule 144; (iii) with respect to the Registrable Securities held by any Holder, 90 days after the date in which such Holder or its Affiliates or Associates is an Affiliate of the Company, assuming at such time the Holder has held the Registrable Securities it intends to sell for at least six months and the Holder is permitted to sell such Registrable Securities under Rule 144 (b)(1); and (iv) the date on which such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding;

 

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Registration Expenses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 hereof;

 

Registration Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof;

 

Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Company on Form S-3 that covers Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement filed with, or to be filed with, the Commission under the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act, including the related Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including pre- and post-effective amendments, and all exhibits, financial information and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement;

 

Rule 144”; “Rule 144A” shall mean Rule 144 and Rule 144A, respectively, under the Securities Act (or any successor provisions then in force);

 

security”, “securities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(1) of the Securities Act;

 

Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof;

 

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (or any successor statute thereto), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

 

Underwriter” shall mean a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an underwritten offering and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities;

 

Underwriters’ Maximum Number” shall mean, for any Piggyback Registration, that number of securities to which such registration should, in the opinion of the managing Underwriter(s) of such registration, in the light of marketing factors (including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), be limited;

 

Underwritten Offering Piggyback Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b) hereof;

 

Units” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof;

 

Warrant Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof; and

 

Warrants” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof.

 

ARTICLE 2
REGISTRATION RIGHTS

 

Section 2.1.     Registration Statements. Promptly following the closing of the purchase and sale of the securities contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (the “Closing Date”) but no later than thirty (30) days after the Closing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-1, covering the resale of the Registrable Securities. Such Registration Statement also shall cover, to the extent allowable under the

 

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Securities Act and the rules promulgated thereunder (including Rule 416), such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions with respect to the Registrable Securities.

 

Section 2.2.     Piggyback Registration.

 

(a)     If the Company shall determine to register the offer or sale of any of its capital stock either (x) for its own account, (y) for the account of any Holder or (z) for the account of Other Stockholders (other than (i) a registration relating solely to Qualifying Employee Stock, (ii) a registration relating solely to a Rule 145 transaction under the Securities Act or otherwise made in connection with mergers, acquisitions, exchange offers, subscription offers or dividend reinvestment plans or (iii) a registration on any registration form which does not permit secondary sales or does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement) (each such registration not withdrawn or abandoned prior to the effective date thereof being herein called a “Piggyback Registration”), the Company will, subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 2.2:

 

(i)     promptly, but in any event not less than 10 days (2 business days in the event of an “overnight” offering or “bought” deal) prior to filing the applicable Registration Statements, give to each of the Holders a written notice thereof (the “Piggyback Registration Notice”); and

 

(ii)     subject to Section 2.2(b) below and any transfer restrictions any Holder may be a party to, include in such Piggyback Registration (and any related qualification under blue sky laws or other compliance), and in any underwriting involved therein, all the Registrable Securities specified in a written request or requests, made by the Holders. Such written request must specify the specific amount of the Holders’ Registrable Securities for which inclusion is requested and the intended method of disposition thereof and shall be received by the Company within 10 days (two business days in the case of an “overnight” offering or “bought” deal) after written notice from the Company is given under Section 2.2(a)(i) above. In the event that any Holder makes such written request, the Holder may withdraw its Registrable Securities from such Piggyback Registration by giving written notice to the Company and the managing underwriter, if any, at any time at least two (2) business days prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement relating to such Piggyback Registration. In the event any Holder requests inclusion in a Piggyback Registration pursuant to this Section 2.2 in connection with a distribution of Registrable Securities to its partners or members, the Piggyback Registration shall provide for the resale by such partners or members, if requested by such Holder.

 

(b)     Underwriting. If the Piggyback Registration of which the Company gives notice is for a registered public offering involving an underwriting, the Company shall so advise each of the Holders as a part of the written notice given pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(i) above (the “Underwritten Offering Piggyback Notice”). In such event, the right of each of the Holders to a Piggyback Registration pursuant to this Section 2.2 shall be conditioned upon such Holders’ participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holders’ Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. The Holders whose Registrable Securities are to

 

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be included in such Piggyback Registration shall (together with the Company and any Other Stockholders distributing their securities through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form for secondary public offerings with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for underwriting by the Company; provided, however, that such underwriting agreement shall not provide for indemnification or contribution obligations on the part of any Holder or Other Stockholder greater than the obligations of the Holders under Section 2.3(b) or Section 2.3(e) except as may be customary and reasonable.

 

(c)     Priority on Piggyback Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration is an underwritten registration, and the managing Underwriter(s) shall give written advice to the Company of an Underwriters’ Maximum Number, then securities will be included in the following order of priority: (i) equity securities proposed to be included in such Piggyback Registration by the Company for its own account, and (ii) if the Underwriters’ Maximum Number exceeds the number of securities proposed to be included pursuant to clause (i), then such excess, up to the Underwriters’ Maximum Number shall first be deducted from any shares to be included by Other Stockholders and to the extent such amount is insufficient, then shares shall be deducted from the amount sold by Participating Holders.

 

Section 2.3.     Expenses of Registration. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all expenses incurred by the Company incidental to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement (the “Registration Expenses”), including (a) all Registration and filing fees (including (i) with respect to Company filings required to be made with the Commission, all applicable securities exchanges and/or FINRA and (ii) compliance with securities or blue sky laws including any fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriter(s) in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities); (b) word processing, duplicating and printing expenses; (c) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses; (d) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; (e) fees and disbursements of the Company’s independent certified public accountants (including, without limitation, the fees and disbursements in connection with any “comfort” letters pursuant to Section 2.4(j) of this Agreement), other special experts, retained by the Company, shall be borne by the Company. The Company shall, in any event, pay the expenses of any annual audit or quarterly review, the expenses of any liability insurance, the expenses and fees for listing the Registrable Securities to be registered on the applicable securities exchange. All fees and disbursements of counsel to any Holder(s), the expenses of any liability insurance obtained by any Holder(s) and transfer taxes incurred in connection with the offering of any Registrable Securities shall be borne by the Participating Holder(s). Any other provisions of this Agreement notwithstanding, if a registration request is withdrawn at the request of the Holder(s), then the Holder(s) responsible for such request shall pay all Registration Expenses incurred in connection with such registration unless the withdrawal of such request is the result of any act or omission by the Company that occurs after the date on which such request was made, and which, based on the reasonable determination of the managing underwriter(s), would have a material adverse effect on the offering of the Registrable Securities.

 

Section 2.4.     Registration Procedures. In the case of each Registration effected by the Company subject to this Article 2, the Company will keep the Holders advised in writing as to the initiation of each Registration and, to the best of knowledge thereof, as to the completion thereof. At its expense, the Company will:

 

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(a)     as promptly as practicable, prepare and file with the Commission such pre- and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement, supplements to the Prospectus and such amendments or supplements to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as may be (i) reasonably requested by the Participating Holder(s) (if any), (ii) reasonably requested by any other Participating Holder (to the extent such request relates to information relating to such Participating Holder), or (iii) necessary to keep such Registration effective for the period of time required by this Agreement, and comply with provisions of the applicable securities laws with respect to the sale or other disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during such period in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement;

 

(b)     notify the Participating Holders and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, and (if requested) confirm such advice in writing and provide copies of the relevant documents, as promptly as practicable after notice thereof is received by the Company (i) when the applicable Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed or becomes effective, and when the applicable Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto has been filed, (ii) to the extent any of the following relates to the Participating Holders or information supplied by the Participating Holders, of any written comments by the Commission or any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or any order by the Commission or any other regulatory authority preventing or suspending the use of any Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for such purposes and (iv) of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose;

 

(c)     promptly notify the Participating Holders and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, when the Company becomes aware of the happening of any event as a result of which the applicable Registration Statement, the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (as then in effect) or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (in the case of such Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and when any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus includes information that may conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, or, if for any other reason the Company shall have determined in good faith it necessary during such time period to amend or supplement such Registration Statement, Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act and, in either case as promptly as reasonably practicable thereafter, prepare and file with the Commission, and furnish without charge to the Participating Holders and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, an amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus which shall correct such misstatement or omission or effect such compliance;

 

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(d)     use its reasonable best efforts to prevent, or obtain the withdrawal of, any stop order or other order suspending the use of any Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus;

 

(e)     deliver to each Participating Holder and each underwriter, if any, without charge, as many copies of the applicable Prospectus (including each preliminary Prospectus), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Participating Holder or underwriter may reasonably request (it being understood that the Company consents to the use of such Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by such Holder and the underwriters, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities thereby) and such other documents as such Participating Holder or underwriter may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities by such Participating Holder or underwriter;

 

(f)     on or prior to the date on which the applicable Registration Statement is declared effective, use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as any Participating Holder reasonably (in light of such Participating Holder’s intended plan of distribution) requests and do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such Participating Holder to consummate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Participating Holder pursuant to such Registration Statement;

 

(g)     make such representations and warranties to the Participating Holders and the underwriters or agents, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers in underwritten public offerings;

 

(h)     in connection with an underwritten offering, enter into such customary agreements (including underwriting and indemnification agreements) and take such other customary and appropriate actions as the Participating Holder(s) or the managing underwriter, if any, reasonably requests in order to expedite or facilitate the Registration and disposition of such Registrable Securities;

 

(i)     use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain for delivery to the managing underwriter, if any, an opinion or opinions from counsel for the Company dated the effective date of the Registration Statement or, in the event of an underwritten offering, the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten secondary public offering;

 

(j)     in the case of an underwritten offering, use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain for delivery to the Company and the managing underwriter, if any, a “comfort” letter from the Company’s independent certified public accountants in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants in an underwritten secondary public offering as may be reasonably requested;

 

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(k)     cooperate with each Participating Holder and the underwriters, if any, of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA;

 

(l)     use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement to be listed or quoted on a national securities exchange or trading system and each securities exchange and trading system (if any) on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed if the listing of such securities is then permitted under the rules of such exchange and trading system;

 

(m)     cooperate with the Participating Holders and the underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (or non-physical certificates, such as through the use of The Depositary Trust Company’s Direct Registration System), with requisite CUSIP numbers, representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends;

 

(n)     in the case of an underwritten offering, make reasonably available the appropriate officers of the Company to participate in the customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the managing underwriter in any such underwritten offering and otherwise to facilitate, cooperate with, and participate in each proposed offering contemplated herein and customary selling efforts related thereto;

 

(o)     use its commercially reasonable efforts to procure the cooperation of the Company’s transfer agent in settling any offering or sale of Registrable Securities, including with respect to the transfer of physical security instruments into book-entry form in accordance with any procedures reasonably requested by the Holders or any managing underwriter(s);

 

(p)     use its commercially reasonable efforts to take such actions as are under its control to become or remain a well-known seasoned issuer (as such term in defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) and not become an ineligible issuer (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) during the period when such Registration Statement remains in effect; and

 

(q)     make available for inspection by a representative of Participating Holders that are selling at least twenty percent (20%) of the Registrable Securities included in such Registration (and who is named in the applicable prospectus supplement as a Person who may be deemed to be an underwriter with respect to an offering and sale of Registrable Securities), the managing underwriter(s), if any, and any attorneys or accountants retained by such Holders or the managing underwriters(s), at the offices where normally kept, during reasonable business hours, financial and other records and pertinent corporate documents of the Company, and cause the officers, directors and employees of the Company to supply all information in each case reasonably requested by any such representative, managing underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement, in each case as shall be advisable to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act; provided, that if any such information is identified by the Company as being confidential or proprietary, each Person receiving such information shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary to protect the

 

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confidentiality of such information and shall sign customary confidentiality agreements reasonably requested by the Company prior to the receipt of such information.

 

Section 2.5.     Indemnification.

 

(a)     Indemnification by the Company. With respect to each Registration which has been effected pursuant to this Article 2, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, (i) each of the Participating Holders and each of its officers, directors, limited or general partners and members thereof, (ii) each member, limited or general partner of each such member, limited or general partner, (iii) each of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, employees, advisors, and agents and each Person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) such Persons and each underwriter, if any, and each person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) any underwriter, against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, judgments, suits, costs, liabilities, reasonable attorney’s fees and reasonable documented out of pocket expenses of investigating and defending a claim (or actions in respect thereof) (collectively, the “Losses”) arising out of or based on (A) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement (including any Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) or any other document incident to any such Registration, qualification or compliance, (B) any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of any Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading), or (C) any violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or blue sky laws applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such Registration, qualification or compliance, and will reimburse each of the Persons listed above, for any reasonable and documented legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating and defending any such Losses, provided, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such Losses arise out of or are based on any untrue statement or omission of material fact based upon written information furnished to the Company by the Participating Holders or underwriter and stated to be specifically for use therein. The liability imposed by this Section 2.5(a) will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.

 

(b)     Indemnification by the Participating Holders. Each of the Participating Holders agrees (severally and not jointly) to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, each of its directors and officers and each underwriter, if any, of the Company’s securities covered by such a Registration Statement, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) or such underwriter, each other Participating Holder and each of their respective officers, directors, partners and members, and each Person controlling such Participating Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) against any and all Losses arising out of or based on (i) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement (including any Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) or any other document incident to any such Registration, qualification or compliance (including any notification or the like) made by such Participating Holder in writing or (ii) any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements by such Participating Holder therein not misleading (in the case of any

 

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Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading) and will reimburse the Persons listed above for any reasonable and documented legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such Losses, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Participating Holder and stated to be specifically for use therein; provided, however, that the obligations of each of the Participating Holders hereunder shall be limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds (after giving effect to any underwriters discounts and commissions) such Participating Holder receives in such Registration. The liability imposed by this Section 2.5(b) will be in addition to any liability which the Participating Holders may otherwise have.

 

(c)     Conduct of the Indemnification Proceedings. Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 2.5 (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give notice to the party required to provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom; provided, that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not unreasonably be withheld) and the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such party’s expense (unless the Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party in such action, in which case the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party), and provided, further, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Section 2.5 unless the Indemnifying Party is prejudiced thereby. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate legal counsel for all Indemnified Parties; provided, however, that where the failure to be provided separate legal counsel could potentially result in a conflict of interest on the part of such legal counsel for all Indemnified Parties, separate counsel shall be appointed for Indemnified Parties to the extent needed to alleviate such potential conflict of interest. No Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation shall, except with the prior written consent of each Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Each Indemnified Party shall furnish such information regarding itself or the claim in question as an Indemnifying Party may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection with the defense of such claim and litigation resulting therefrom.

 

(d)     If the indemnification provided for in this Section 2.5 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified Party with respect to any Losses, then the Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and of the Indemnified Party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions (or alleged statements or omissions) which resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant

 

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equitable considerations, including any relative benefits obtained. The relative benefit received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total value received or proposed to be received (after deducting expenses) by the Company pursuant to the sale of securities in any offering, if any. The relative benefit received by the Holders shall be deemed to be equal to the total value received or proposed to be received (after deducting expenses) by the Holders of securities in an offering, if any. The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and of the Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue (or alleged untrue) statement of a material fact or the omission (or alleged omission) to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Indemnifying Party or by the Indemnified Party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission; provided, however, that the obligations of each of the Participating Holders hereunder shall be several and not joint and shall be limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds (after giving effect to any underwriters discounts and commissions) such Participating Holder receives in such Registration and, provided, further, that no Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 2.5(d), each Person, if any, who controls an underwriter or agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such underwriter or agent and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed a Registration Statement, and each Person, if any, who controls the Company or a selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company or such selling Holder, as the case may be.

 

(e)     Subject to the limitations on the Holders’ liability set forth in Section 2.5(b) and Section 2.5(d), the remedies provided for in this Section 2.5 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Party at law or equity. The remedies shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Holder or any Indemnified Party and survive the transfer of such securities by such Holder.

 

(f)     The obligations of the Company and of the Participating Holders hereunder to indemnify any underwriter or agent who participates in an offering (or any Person, if any, controlling such underwriter or agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act) shall be conditioned upon the underwriting or agency agreement with such underwriter or agent containing an agreement by such underwriter or agent to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and officers, each other Participating Holder, and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) or such Participating Holder against all Losses, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such underwriter or agent expressly for use in such filings described in this sentence.

 

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Section 2.6.     Participating Holders.

 

(a)     Each of the Participating Holders shall furnish to the Company such information regarding such Participating Holder and its partners and members, and the distribution proposed by such Participating Holder as the Company may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably requested in connection with any Registration, qualification or compliance referred to in this Article 2.

 

(b)     In the event that, either immediately prior to or subsequent to the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, any Participating Holder shall distribute Registrable Securities to its partners or members, such Participating Holder shall so advise the Company promptly and provide such information as shall be necessary to permit an amendment to such Registration Statement to provide information with respect to such partners or members, as selling security holders. As soon as is reasonably practicable following receipt of such information, the Company shall file an appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement reflecting the information so provided. Any incremental expense to the Company resulting from such amendment shall be borne by such Participating Holder.

 

(c)     Each Holder agrees that at the time that such Holder is a Participating Holder, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 2.4(c), such Holder shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or until such Holder is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, may be resumed, and, if so directed by the Company, such Holder shall deliver to the Company all copies, other than any permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the most recent Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice. If the Company shall give notice, the Company shall extend the period during which such Registration Statement shall be maintained effective by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of notice pursuant to Section 2.4(c) to the date when the Company shall make available to such Holder a copy of the supplement or amended Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or is advised in writing that the use of the Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus may be required.

 

Section 2.7.     Rule 144. With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the Commission which may permit the sale of restricted securities to the public without registration, the Company agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act at any time during which it is subject to such reporting requirements (or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the reasonable request of the Holders holding a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities, make publicly available such necessary information for so long as necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rules 144 under the Securities Act).

 

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Section 2.8.     Termination. The Registration Rights set forth in this Article 2 shall terminate and cease to be available as to any securities held by a Holder at such time as such Holder (after owning) first ceases to own any Registrable Securities.

 

Section 2.9.     Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in order for a Registration to be included as a Registration for purposes of this Article 2, the Registration Statement in connection therewith shall have been continually effective in compliance with the Securities Act and usable for resale for the full period established with respect to such Registration (except in the case of any suspension of sales pursuant to Section 2.4(c) hereof, in which case such period shall be extended to the extent of such suspension).

 

Section 2.10.     Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Company is required to file a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement to incorporate the Company’s quarterly and annual reports and related financial statements on Form 10-Q and Form 10-K, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to promptly file such post-effective amendment and may postpone or suspend effectiveness of such Registration Statement to the extent the Company determines necessary to comply with applicable securities laws; provided, that the period by which the Company postpones or suspends the effectiveness of a shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 2.10 plus any suspension, deferral or delay pursuant to Section 2.4(c) shall not exceed 60 days in the aggregate in any twelve-month period.

 

Section 2.11.     Each Holder agrees that, following receipt of any Piggyback Registration Notice or Underwritten Offering Piggyback Notice, such Holder will keep confidential and will not disclose, divulge, or use for any purpose (other than to exercise its rights pursuant to this Agreement) the fact that such Piggyback Registration Notice or Underwritten Offering Piggyback Notice exists or was received by such Holder or the contents of any such Piggyback Registration Notice or Underwritten Offering Piggyback Notice, unless and until the earlier of (a) the date that is 30 days following receipt of such notice or (b) such time as the registration or underwritten offering that is the subject of such notice is known or becomes known to the public in general (other than as a result of a breach of this Section 2.11).

 

ARTICLE 3
MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 3.1.     Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under this Agreement and/or the interpretation and enforcement of the rights and duties of the parties shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada without reference to the conflict of laws principles thereof. Each of the Holders and the Company (a) irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the state or federal courts located in the State of Nevada for purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of this Agreement, (b) agrees that it shall not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction and venue by motion or other request for leave from any such court, (c) agrees that it shall not bring any action arising under this Agreement or otherwise in any court other than the state or federal courts located in the State of Nevada.

 

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Section 3.2.     Section Headings. The headings of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part thereof.

 

Section 3.3.     Notices. All notices, consents, requests, instructions, approvals and other communications provided for herein and all legal process in regard hereto shall be in writing and shall be deemed validly given, made or served, (a) if given by email, when sent to the email address set forth below, as applicable, and the appropriate confirmation is received or (b) if given by any other means, when actually received during normal business hours at the address specified in this section:

 

(i)     If to the Company:

 

INVO Bioscience, Inc.
5582 Broadcast Court

Sarasota, Florida 34240
Attention: Steve Shum
E-mail: steveshum@invobioscience.com

 

 

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

 

Dentons US LLP
601 S. Figueroa Street
Suite 2500
Los Angeles, California 90017
Attention: Greg Carney, Esq.

Email: greg.carney@dentons.com

 

 

(ii)     If to the Holders:

 

To the one or more addresses and e-mail addresses indicated on the signature pages hereto.

 

Section 3.4.     Reproduction of Documents. This Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including, without limitation, any consents, waivers and modifications which may hereafter be executed, may be reproduced by the Holders by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic or other similar process and the Holders may destroy any original document so reproduced. The parties hereto agree and stipulate that any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by the Holders in the regular course of business) and that any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence.

 

Section 3.5.     Successors and Assigns. Neither this Agreement nor any right or obligation hereunder may be assigned in whole or in part by any party without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto and any purported assignment in violation of this provision

 

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shall be void; provided, however, that the rights and obligations hereunder of any Holder may be assigned, in whole or in part, to any Person who acquires such Registrable Securities that is an Affiliate of any Holder (each such Affiliate a “Permitted Assignee”). Any assignment pursuant to this Section 3.5 shall be effective and any Person shall become a Permitted Assignee only upon receipt by the Company of (a) a written notice from the transferring Holder stating the name and address of the transferee and identifying the number of shares of Registrable Securities with respect to which the rights under this Agreement are being transferred and, if fewer than all of the rights attributable to a Holder hereunder are to be so transferred, the nature of the rights so transferred and (b) a written instrument by which the transferee agrees to be bound by all of the terms and conditions applicable to a Holder of such Registrable Securities. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties.

 

Section 3.6.     Several Nature of Commitments. The obligations of each Holder hereunder are several and not joint, and relate only to the Registrable Securities held by such Holder from time to time. No Holder shall bear responsibility to the Company for breach of this Agreement or any information provided by any other Holder.

 

Section 3.7.     Entire Agreement; Amendment and Waiver. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding of the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings among such parties; provided that nothing contained herein shall limit the rights and obligations of the Company and Iroquois pursuant to the Cooperation Agreement. This Agreement may be amended with (and only with) the written consent of the Company and the Holders holding a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities and any such amendment shall apply to all Holders and all of their Registrable Securities; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment to this Agreement may adversely affect the rights of a Holder hereunder without the prior written consent of such Holder; provided, further, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, additional Holders may become party hereto upon an assignment of rights and obligations hereunder pursuant to Section 3.5; provided further, however, that other than as set forth in Section 3.5, the Company may not add additional parties hereto without the consent of Holders holding a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. The observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived by the party or parties waiving any rights hereunder; provided, that any such waiver shall apply to all Holders and all of their Registrable Securities only if made by Holders holding a majority of then-outstanding Registrable Securities.

 

Section 3.8.     Injunctive Relief. It is hereby agreed and acknowledged that it will be impossible to measure in money the damage that would be suffered if the parties fail to comply with any of the obligations herein imposed on them and that in the event of any such failure, an aggrieved Person will be irreparably damaged and will not have an adequate remedy at law. Any such Person shall, therefore, be entitled (in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled in law or in equity) to injunctive relief, including specific performance, to enforce such obligations, and if any action should be brought in equity to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement, none of the parties hereto shall raise the defense that there is an adequate remedy at law.

 

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Section 3.9.     WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES AND, THEREFORE, EACH SUCH PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY ACTIONS, SUITS, DEMAND LETTERS, JUDICIAL, ADMINISTRATIVE OR REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS, OR HEARINGS, NOTICES OF VIOLATION OR INVESTIGATIONS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) SUCH PARTY HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER AND (B) SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY.

 

Section 3.10.     Other Registration Rights. The Company acknowledges that it currently does not have an existing registration rights agreement with any other party. After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not enter into any registration rights agreement that is inconsistent with or violates the rights granted to the Holders by this Agreement.

 

Section 3.11.     Severability. In the event that any part or parts of this Agreement shall be held illegal or unenforceable by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

Section 3.12.     Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts (including by email or facsimile signature), each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall be considered one and the same agreement.

 

Section 3.13.     Interpretation of this Agreement. Where any provision in this Agreement refers to action to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE INC.

   
 

By:

 
   

Name:

Steve Shum

   

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

[SUBSCRIBER]

   
 

By:

 
   

Name:

 
   

Title:

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

I, Steven Shum, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of INVO Bioscience Inc.;

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

  

INVO BIOSCIENCE

 

 

 

 

 

Date: May 15, 2020

By:

/s/ Steven Shum                                 

 

 

 

Steven Shum

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 31.2

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

I, Debra Hoopes, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of INVO Bioscience Inc.;

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE

 

 

 

 

 

Date: May 15, 2020

By:

/s/ Debra Hoopes                           

 

 

 

Debra Hoopes

 

 

 

Acting Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 32

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of INVO Bioscience, Inc. (the “Company”) for the period ended March 31, 2020 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned, Kathleen Karloff, Chief and Principal Executive Officer of the Company, and Debra Hoopes, Acting Chief Financial Officer of the Company, each hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:

 

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE

 

 

 

 

 

Date: May 15, 2020

By:

/s/ Steven Shum 

 

 

 

Steven Shum

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INVO BIOSCIENCE

 

 

 

 

 

Date: May 15, 2020

By:

/s/ Debra Hoopes

 

 

 

Debra Hoopes

 

 

 

Acting Chief Financial Officer