UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

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

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 6, 2015 (July 31, 2015)

 

Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   333-201424   47-2599251
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

133 Waller Mill Road
Williamsburg, Virginia
 
23185
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (757) 875-7779

 

Chart Acquisition Corp.

c/o The Chart Group, L.P.

555 Fifth Avenue, 19th Floor

New York, New York, 10017

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
     
¨   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
     
¨   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
     
¨   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
     

 

  

 
 

 

Introductory Note

 

On July 31, 2015, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 5, 2015, as amended (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. (the “Company” or “Tempus Holdings”), Chart Acquisition Corp. (“Chart”), Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC (“Tempus”), the holders of Tempus’ membership interests named in the Merger Agreement (the “Members”), Benjamin Scott Terry and John G. Gulbin III, together, in their capacity under the Merger Agreement as the representative of the Members for the purposes set forth therein (the “Members’ Representative”), Chart Merger Sub Inc., (“Chart Merger Sub”), Chart Financing Sub Inc. (“Chart Financing Sub”), TAS Merger Sub LLC (“Tempus Merger Sub”), TAS Financing Sub Inc. (“Tempus Financing Sub”), Chart Acquisition Group LLC, in its capacity under the Merger Agreement as the representative of the equity holders of Chart and Tempus Holdings (other than the Members and their successors and assigns) in accordance with the terms thereof (the “Chart Representative”), and, for the limited purposes set forth therein, Chart Acquisition Group LLC (the “Sponsor”), Joseph Wright and Cowen Investments LLC (“Cowen”) (together, the “Warrant Offerors”), (i) Chart Financing Sub and Chart Merger Sub merged with and into Chart, with Chart continuing as the surviving entity, (ii) Tempus Financing Sub and Tempus Merger Sub merged with and into Tempus, with Tempus continuing as the surviving entity, and (iii) each of Chart and Tempus became wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company. We refer to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement as the “Business Combination.”

 

Item 1.01.      Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

  

New Investors Registration Rights Agreement

 

As required by the terms of the Purchase and Exchange Agreements, dated as of June 10, 2015 (as amended, the “New Investor Purchase Agreements”), by and among the Company, Chart, Tempus, Chart Financing Sub and Tempus Financing Sub, on the one hand, and each of the New Investors (as defined in Item 2.01 below), on the other hand, on July 31, 2015, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the New Investors (the “New Investor Registration Rights Agreement”). Under the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement, the Company granted certain registration rights to the New Investors with respect to their Company securities received in the Business Combination (including Company common stock, preferred stock, Series A-1 Warrants and Series B-1 Warrants, and any successor securities) (the “New Investor Securities”), including, in each case subject to certain underwriter cutbacks and issuer blackout periods, (i) a requirement that the Company file a resale registration statement for such New Investor Securities within 15 business days after the closing of the Business Combination, (ii) the right of the New Investors to demand up to an additional 3 registrations by the Company of the New Investor Securities (where no other Company securities can be included in such registration statement unless consented to by the New Investors, except in certain limited circumstances where piggy-back registration rights of certain other Company security holders are exercised and the New Investors can include all of their New Investor Securities requested to be included in such registration statement), (iii) unlimited piggy-back registration rights for the New Investors (which, in the event of any cutbacks, will be ahead of all other piggy-back registration rights in respect of issuances by the Company and pro rata with all other demand registration rights exercised by other Company security holders) and (iv) the right of the New Investors to require an unlimited number of resale registrations on Form S-3 (if available). Under the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will generally pay for the registration expenses (excluding underwriting discounts and commissions), and each of the Company and the New Investors severally will bear customary indemnification obligations. Under the terms of the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement, the Company may be subject to substantial penalties if it (a) fails to timely file and cause the registration statements to be effective within the time periods required by the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement or fails to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statements, (b) fails to timely file all public filings required under Rule 144(c)(1) promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or (c) fails to timely remove legends on New Investor Securities after such legends are no longer applicable and the New Investors request such removal. The New Investor Registration Rights Agreement also places substantial restrictions on the exercise of registration rights by other Company security holders, requiring until July 31, 2017 the consent of the New Investors before the Company is permitted to file a registration statement (other than for primary offerings of securities by the Company), sales of Company securities by certain of the Affiliate Investors (as defined in Item 2.01 below) and the exercise of piggy-back registration rights by other Company security holders after certain registration statements for the New Investors Securities have been become effective.

 

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A copy of the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

 

Tempus Registration Rights Agreement

 

On July 31, 2015, as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Company, the Members and the Tempus Affiliate Investor (as defined in Item 2.01 below) entered into a Registration Rights Agreement in substantially the form that was provided by the Merger Agreement (the “Tempus Registration Rights Agreement”). The terms and provisions of the Tempus Registration Rights Agreement are described in more detail in the Form S-4 (as defined in Item 2.01 below) in the section titled “Proposal No. 1 – The Business Combination Proposal - The Merger Agreement, Related Agreements and the Financing - Related Agreements - Registration Rights Agreements”, which description is hereby incorporated by reference, except that the final Tempus Registration Rights Agreement included the following changes from the form that was provided by the Merger Agreement: (i) the carve-out to the one year lock-up of the Company’s common stock held by the Members was expanded to permit the Members to pledge their pro rata portion of up to an aggregate of 750,000 shares (in lieu of, and not in addition to, the 250,000 shares that are permitted to be transferred during the lock-up period); and (ii) the Members and the Tempus Affiliate Investor acknowledged and agreed to the restrictions placed on their registration rights under the Tempus Registration Rights Agreement as a result of the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement.

 

A copy of the Tempus Registration Rights Agreement is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Tempus Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

 

Second Amendment to Founders Registration Rights Agreement

 

On July 31, 2015, the parties to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2012 (as amended, including on June 10, 2015, the “Founders Registration Rights Agreement”), by and among the Company, Chart, Sponsor, Cowen, Mr. Wright and the other holders party thereto, entered into a Second Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement, whereby the parties consented to the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement and the holders acknowledged and agreed to the restrictions placed on their registration rights under the Founders Registration Rights Agreement as a result of the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement.

 

A copy of the Second Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.14 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Second Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

 

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Employment Agreements

 

Benjamin Scott Terry

 

On July 31, 2015, as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, Benjamin Scott Terry (“Terry”) entered into an Employment Agreement with the Company (the “Terry Employment Agreement”). Under the Terry Employment Agreement, Terry is to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company for a term of three years, with automatic one year renewals unless either party provides notice of non-renewal at least 6 months prior to the expiration of the then current term. Terry is to receive a base salary of $350,000 per year, be entitled to receive an annual bonus (as determined by the Company’s board of directors or its compensation committee) and equity awards under the Company’s 2015 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”), be provided with four weeks paid vacation, and be entitled to receive certain perquisites made available to other senior executives of the Company in addition to the right to up to $50,000 per year in personal usage of Company aircraft. In the event that Terry’s employment is terminated by the Company without “cause” or by non-renewal or by Terry for “good reason” (as each term is defined in the Terry Employment Agreement), Terry will, subject to providing the Company, a customary release, (i) receive severance equal to base salary plus the prior year’s bonus for twelve months, plus any earned but unpaid bonus awards, payable over twelve months in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices (except that in the case of termination by the Company by non-renewal, such severance will only be for six months), (ii) have any unvested equity awards accelerate and be exercisable for a period of twelve months (or such shorter period as required by the Incentive Plan) (except that in the case of termination by the Company by non-renewal, such period will be the period provided by the Incentive Plan) and (iii) receive payment or reimbursement for health insurance costs for up to eighteen months. In the event of Terry’s termination upon his death or “disability” (as defined in the Terry Employment Agreement), any of Terry’s unvested equity awards will accelerate and be exercisable for a period of twelve months (or such shorter period as required by the Incentive Plan). The Terry Employment Agreement also subjects Terry to certain provisions relating to non-competition and non-solicitation of Company customers and employees for a period lasting until the later of July 31, 2018 or twelve months after termination of employment for any reason, as well as certain confidentiality and assignment of inventions provisions. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, the Terry Employment Agreement is subject to review and ratification by the Company’s compensation committee, and Terry and the Company agreed to negotiate in good faith amendments to the Terry Employment Agreement in response to any compensation committee recommendations.

 

A copy of the Terry Employment Agreement is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.10 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Terry Employment Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

 

R. Lee Priest, Jr.

 

On July 31, 2015, as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, R. Lee Priest, Jr. (“Priest”) entered into an Employment Agreement with the Company (the “Priest Employment Agreement”). The Priest Employment Agreement is in substantially the same form as the Terry Employment Agreement, and the description of the Terry Employment Agreement is hereby incorporated herein, except that: (i) Priest shall serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company; (ii) Priest’s base salary is $200,000 per year; and (iii) Priest’s personal usage of Company aircraft is limited to $17,500 per year. A copy of the Priest Employment Agreement is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.11 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Priest Employment Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

 

Non-Competition Agreement

 

On July 31, 2015, as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, John G. Gulbin III and Tempus Intermediate Holdings, LLC entered into a Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement in favor of the Company and Tempus in substantially the form that was provided by the Merger Agreement (the “Non-Competition Agreement”). The terms and provisions of the Non-Competition Agreement are described in more detail in the Form S-4 (as defined below) in the section titled “Proposal No. 1 – The Business Combination Proposal – The Merger Agreement, Related Agreements and the Financing - Related Agreements – Non-Competition Agreement”, which description is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Non-Competition Agreement is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.3 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Non-Competition Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

 

Waiver Letter

 

On July 31, 2015, the Warrant Offerors entered into a Waiver Letter with Chart, pursuant to which they waived Chart’s obligation, pursuant to Section 4.4 of the Third Amended and Restated Warrant Agreement between Chart and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Warrant Agreement”), to purchase their existing warrants for cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value (as defined in the Warrant Agreement) of the remaining unexercised portion of such warrants, upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Warrant Agreement). The Warrant Offerors further agreed not to transfer such warrants unless the transferee agrees to be bound by the terms of the Waiver Letter.

 

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A copy of the Waiver Letter is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.15 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Waiver Letter is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

 

Item 2.01.    Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

The disclosure set forth under “Introductory Note” above is incorporated in this Item 2.01 by reference.

 

The Business Combination was approved by Chart’s stockholders at a special meeting of stockholders held on July 31, 2015 (the “Special Meeting”). At the Special Meeting, 4,985,780 shares of Chart common stock were voted in favor of the proposal to approve the Business Combination and no shares of Chart common stock were voted against that proposal. In connection with the stockholders’ approval of the Business Combination, Chart redeemed a total of 2,808,329 shares of its common stock pursuant to the terms of Chart’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation.

 

The consummation of the Business Combination was preceded by a series of privately negotiated transactions, referred to collectively herein as the “Financing”, involving aggregate cash investments of $10.5 million by three outside investor entities (or affiliates thereof) that had not previously invested in Chart or Tempus (the “New Investors”), aggregate cash investments of $5.0 million by the Sponsor, Mr. Joseph Wright and Cowen (collectively, the “Chart Affiliate Investors”) and a cash investment of $500,000 by the Chief Financial Officer of Tempus (through his individual retirement account) (the “Tempus Affiliate Investor”, and together with the Chart Affiliate Investors, the “Affiliate Investors”, and together with the New Investors, the “Investors”).

 

In the Business Combination, the Members received 3,642,084 shares of Tempus Holdings’ common stock (the “Merger Shares”) in exchange for all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Tempus. The number of Merger Shares received reflected a downward merger consideration adjustment (in accordance with the Merger Agreement) of 57,916 shares of Tempus Holdings common stock, based on Tempus’ estimated working capital and debt as of the closing of the Business Combination. Such merger consideration adjustment is subject to a post-closing true-up based on Tempus’ actual working capital and debt as of the closing of the Business Combination. In addition, pursuant to the earn-out provisions of the Merger Agreement, the Members have the right to receive up to an additional 6,300,000 shares of Tempus Holdings’ common stock upon the achievement of certain financial milestones.

 

In connection with the Business Combination, Chart stockholders and warrant holders received shares of Tempus Holdings common stock and warrants to purchase shares of Tempus Holdings common stock in exchange for their existing shares of Chart common stock and existing Chart warrants. In connection with the Business Combination, (i) the Affiliate Investors received an aggregate of 1,375,000 shares of Tempus Holdings common stock, 1,031,250 Series A-2 Warrants and 343,750 Series B-2 Warrants (collectively, the “Affiliate Investor Securities”) and (ii) the New Investors received an aggregate of 1,255,265 shares of Tempus Holdings common stock, 1,369,735 shares of Tempus Holdings Preferred Stock, 1,968,750 Series A-1 Warrants and 656,250 Series B-1 Warrants (collectively, the “New Investor Securities,” and collectively with the Affiliate Investor Securities, the “Financing Securities”). The terms and provisions of the Financing Securities are described in more detail in the Form S-4 (as defined below), in the section therein entitled “Description of Tempus Holdings’ Securities,” which section is incorporated herein by reference.

 

In connection with the closing of the Business Combination, the parties to the Merger Agreement waived certain conditions to closing, which waivers were consented to by the New Investors pursuant to their rights under the New Investor Purchase Agreements. The waivers made (and consented to by the New Investors) included, in substantial part: (i) the waiver of the condition that a final warrant tender offer for outstanding public warrants of Chart be concluded prior to the closing of the Business Combination; and (ii) the waiver of the condition that, immediately prior to the closing of the Business Combination, but after giving effect to the Business Combination, there be sufficient capital in Tempus and Chart, including to cover certain post-closing commitments.

 

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The issuance of the Company’s common stock and warrants to former holders of Chart common stock and warrants in connection with the Business Combination was registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-201424), filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and declared effective on July 17, 2015 (the “Form S-4”). The Form S-4 contains additional information about the Merger Agreement, the Business Combination, the Financing and the related transactions. The Merger Shares and the Financing Securities were issued pursuant to exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

 

Prior to the closing of the Business Combination, Chart was a shell company with no operations, formed as a special purpose acquisition company to effect a business combination with one or more operating businesses. After the closing of the Business Combination, Chart is now a subsidiary of Tempus Holdings.

 

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

The Company makes forward looking statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K. These forward-looking statements relate to expectations for future financial performance, business strategies and expectations for our business. Specifically, forward-looking statements may include statements relating to: 

 

  the benefits of the Business Combination and the Financing;
     
  the future financial performance of the Company and its subsidiaries, including Tempus
     
  changes in the market for Tempus products and services;
     
  expansion and other plans and opportunities; and
     
  other statements preceded by, followed by or that include the words “estimate”, “plan”, “project”, “forecast”, “intend”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “seek” or “target”, or similar expressions.

 

These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, and expectations, forecasts and assumptions as of that date, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date, and we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

 

As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, our actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include, among others:

     
  the risk that the Business Combination disrupts Tempus’ current plans and operations;
     
  the reaction of Tempus’ customers to the Business Combination;
     
  the inability to realize anticipated benefits of the Business Combination, which could result from, among other things, competition or the inability of the combined business to grow and manage growth profitably;
     
  the outcome of any legal proceedings that might be instituted against the Company or its subsidiaries, including any legal proceedings relating to the proposed Business Combination;
     
  changes in applicable laws or regulations;
     
  the possibility that the Company or its subsidiaries might be adversely affected by other economic, business or competitive factors; and
     
  other risks and uncertainties indicated in the Form S-4, including those indicated under the section entitled “Risk Factors.”

 

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Business

 

The Company has not been engaged in any business prior to the transactions described in Items 1.01 and 2.01 above. Following the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company’s business will consist of being a holding company for the businesses of Tempus and Chart. The businesses of Tempus and Chart (collectively, the “Businesses”) are described in the Form S-4 in the sections titled “Information about Tempus” and “Information about Chart,” which sections are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Risk Factors

 

The risks associated with the Businesses are described in the Form S-4 in the section titled “Risk Factors”, which section is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Selected Financial Information

 

Selected Historical Financial Information

 

The sections titled “Selected Historical Financial Information of Chart” and “Selected Historical Financial Information of Tempus” in the Form S-4 are incorporated herein by reference.

 

U NAUDITED P RO F ORMA C ONDENSED C OMBINED F INANCIAL I NFORMATION

 

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of March 31, 2015 and the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 are based on the historical financial statements of Tempus and Chart after giving effect to the Business Combination. The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2014 is based on the historical financial statements of Tempus and Chart after giving effect to the Business Combination. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was derived from Tempus’s unaudited statement of operations and Chart’s unaudited statement of operations, in each case, for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and gives pro forma effect to the Business Combination as if it has been completed on January 1, 2015. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2014 was derived from Tempus’s audited consolidated statement of operations and Chart’s audited consolidated statement of operations, in each case, for the year ended December 31, 2014 and gives pro forma effect to the Business Combination as if it has been completed on January 1, 2014. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of March 31, 2015 is derived from Tempus’s unaudited balance sheet and Chart’s unaudited balance sheet as of March 31, 2015 and gives pro forma effect to the Business Combination as if it had been completed on March 31, 2015.

 

The pro forma adjustments are based on information currently available. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations does not purport to represent, and is not necessarily indicative of, what the actual results of operations of the combined company would have been had the Business Combination taken place on the date indicated, nor is it indicative of the consolidated results of operations of the combined company for any future period. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet does not purport to represent, and is not necessarily indicative of, what the actual financial condition of the combined company would have been had the Business Combination taken place on the date indicated, nor is it indicative of the consolidated financial condition of the combined company as of any future date. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information should be read in conjunction with the sections entitled “Chart’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ” and “ Tempus’ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Tempus” and the historical financial statements and notes thereto of Chart and Tempus in the form S-4 and herein.

 

Tempus is considered to be the acquirer for accounting purposes because Chart is a non-operating public shell company: The Business Combination is a capital transaction in substance and does not constitute the acquisition of a business for purposes of Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standard Codification 805, “Business Combinations,” or ASC 805. As a result, the assets and liabilities of Tempus and Chart will be carried at historical cost and there will be no step-up in basis or goodwill or other intangible assets recorded as a result of the Business Combination. All direct costs of the Business Combination are accounted for as a charge to additional paid-in capital.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared to illustrate the effect of the Business Combination. It has been prepared for informational purposes only and is subject to a number of uncertainties and assumptions. The historical financial statements have been adjusted in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information to give effect to pro forma events that are (1) directly attributable to the Business Combination, (2) factually supportable and (3) with respect to the statement of operations, expected to have a continuing impact on the results of the combined company.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared reflecting Chart stockholders exercising their redemption rights with respect to 2,808,329 public shares. As a result of the redemptions, 19,200 public shares remained outstanding following the consummation of the Business Combination

 

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Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015

  

    Tempus
Applied
Solutions,
LLC
Historical
    Chart Acquisition Corp. Historical     Pro Forma Adjustments         Combined
Pro Forma
 
                                     
Revenue   $ 1,822,056     $ -     $ -         $ 1,822,056  
Cost of Revenue     1,508,140       -       -           1,508,140  
Gross Profit     313,916                           313,916  
Formation and Operating Costs     -       -       -           -  
Professional Fees             638,674       (486,194 )   N     152,480  
Insurance             42,577       -           42,577  
Filing Fees             19,600       -           19,600  
Overhead Costs             30,000       (30,000 )   N     -  
Other Expenses             153,289       -           153,289  
General and Administrative Expenses     613,392       -       -           613,392  
Loss from Operations     (299,476 )     (884,140 )     516,194           (667,422 )
                                     
Other Income:                                    
Interest Income     -       1,456       -           1,456  
Other Expense:                                    
Interest Expense     9,654                           9,654  
Change in Fair Value of Warrant Liability     -       2,126,250       -           2,126,250  
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Stockholders/Unit Holders   $ (309,130 )   $ 1,243,566     $ 516,194         $ 1,450,630  
                                     
Weighted Average Number of Common Shares/Units Outstanding, basic and diluted     10,000       3,703,210       6,198,074     K, O     9,911,284  
Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders/Unit Holders     (30.91 )     0.34                   0.15  

 

See accompanying notes to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

 

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Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2014

 

    Tempus
Applied
Solutions,
LLC
Historical
    Chart Acquisition Corp. Historical     Pro Forma Adjustments         Combined Pro Forma (assuming no redemption)  
                             
Revenue   $ -     $ -     $ -         $ -  
Formation and Operating Costs     -       -       -           -  
Professional Fees             2,617,280       (2,304,387 )   A     312,893  
Insurance             177,900       -           177,900  
Filing Fees             78,499       -           78,499  
Overhead Costs             120,000       (120,000 )   A     -  
Other Expenses             226,784       -           226,784  
General and Administrative Expenses     111,990       -       -           111,990  
Loss from Operations     (111,990 )     (3,220,463 )     2,424,387           (908,066 )
                                     
Other Income:                                    
Interest Income     -       13,670       -           13,670  
Change in Fair Value of Warrant Liability     -       1,575,000       -           1,575,000  
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Stockholders/Unit Holders   $ (111,990 )   $ (1,631,793 )   $ 2,424,387         $ 680,604  
                                     
Weighted Average Number of Common Shares/Units Outstanding, basic and diluted     10,000       3,541,784       6,359,500     B     9,911,284  
Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders/Unit Holders     (11.20 )     (0.46 )                 0.07  

   

See accompanying notes to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

 

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Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet

As of March 31, 2015

 

    Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC Historical     Chart Acquisition Corp. Historical     Pro Forma Adjustments         Combined Pro Forma  
                             
ASSETS                            
Current assets:                            
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 502,963     $ 66,907     $ 192,399     B   $ 4,615,656  
                      (2,343,750 )   D        
                      (8,202,863 )   F        
                      690,000     G        
                      (2,290,000 )   H        
                      16,000,000     J        
Property & equipment, net     144,203                           144,203  
Due from Sponsor     -       660                   660  
Accounts receivable                                    
Trade     1,167,092                           1,167,092  
Other     239,751                           239,751  
Other Assets     4,833                           4,833  
Related party receivables     475,767                           475,767  
Prepaid Expenses     -       5,000                   5,000  
Total Current Assets     2,534,609       72,567       4,045,786           6,652,962  
                                     
Non-current Assets:                                    
Cash and Investments Held in Trust Account     -       29,769,639       (29,577,240 )   A     -  
                      (192,399 )   B     -  
Total Assets   $ 2,534,609     $ 29,842,206     $ (25,723,853 )       $ 6,652,962  
                                     
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY                                    
Current Liabilities:                                    
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses   $ 1,585,359     $ 2,496,298     $ 5,918,299     E   $ 1,797,093  
                      (8,202,863 )   F        
Accounts Payable - Related Party     120,370                           120,370  
Due to Affiliate     -       6,614       -           6,614  
Notes Payable, Sponsor     -       986,668       498,333     G     -  
                      (1,485,001 )   H        
Notes Payable, Affiliate of Sponsor     -       613,332       191,667     G     -  
                      (804,999 )   H        
Total Current Liabilities     1,705,729       4,102,912       (3,884,564 )         1,924,077  
                                     
Deferred Underwriting Fee     -       2,343,750       (2,343,750 )   D     -  
Warrant Liability     -       2,205,000       (872,659 )    L     1,332,341  
Loan from Officer     489,899       -       -           489,899  
Total Liabilities     2,195,628       8,651,662       (7,100,973 )         3,746,317  
                                     
Common stock subject to possible redemption; 1,619,054 shares at $10.00 per share at March 31, 2015     -       16,190,543       (16,190,543 )   A     -  
Stockholders’ Equity                                    
Preferred Stock, $.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized,  no shares issued and outstanding     -       -       137     K     137  
Common Stock, $.0001 par Common Stock, $.0001 par value; 29,000,000 shares authorized;  3,607,870 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2015 (excluding 1,619,054 shares subject to possible redemption, respectively)     -       361       364     C     854  
                      (134 )   A        
                      263     K        
Additional Paid-in Capital     -       6,473,285       (364 )   C     10,297,598  
                      (13,386,563 )   A        
                      872,659     L        
                      338,981     I        
                      16,000,000     J        
                      (400 )   K        
Members’ equity     338,981               (338,981 )   I     -  
Accumulated Deficit     -       (1,473,645 )     (5,918,299 )   E     (7,391,944 )
Total Stockholders’ Equity:     338,981       5,000,001       (2,432,337 )         2,906,645  
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity:   $ 2,534,609     $ 29,842,206     $ (25,723,853 )       $ 6,652,962  

 

See accompanying notes to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined information.

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

AS OF AND FOR THE PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2015

 

(A) To record the redemption of 149,395 and 2,808,329 public shares of Chart common stock, respectively in June 2015 and July 2015, resulting in a reduction in the trust account balance of $1,493,950 and $28,083,290, respectively ($29,577,240 in total). The $1,493,950 and the $28,083,290 were calculated by multiplying the 149,395 and the 2,808,329 redeemed public common shares respectively, by $10.00 per share.
   
(B) To record the reclassification of $192,399 of cash and investments held in Chart’s trust account that became available for transaction consideration, transaction expenses, redemption of public shares and the operating activities of Tempus following the Business Combination. The $192,399 is calculated by multiplying 19,200  public common shares outstanding as of March 31, 2015 (adjusted for 149,395 and 2,808,329 public shares redeemed in June 2015 and July 2015, respectively) by $10.00 per share and adding a dividend of $399 earned by the trust account in March 2015. The $192,399 represents the balance in the trust account as of March 31, 2015 (adjusted for decreases of $1,493,950 and $28,083,290 in the trust account balance reflecting the public shares redeemed in June 2015 and July 2015, respectively) converted to permanent equity.
   
(C) To reflect the payment of the merger consideration, consisting of 3,642,084 shares of common stock at $10.00 per share, or a total of $36,420,840. The original merger consideration of $37,000,000 was reduced by $579,160 of purchase price adjustments resulting in 57,916 fewer shares being issued. This does not take into account the potential issuance of up to an additional 6,300,000 Earn-out Shares to the Sellers upon the achievement of certain financial milestones, or other price adjustments under the Merger Agreement. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not reflect issuance of any Earn-out Shares.
   
(D) To reflect the payment of deferred underwriting fees relating to the Chart IPO.

 

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(E) To reflect additional transaction costs not previously recorded of $5,918,299 related to the Business Combination. Of this amount, $516,616 represented Business Combination-related expenses, including professional fees and travel related costs incurred subsequent to March 31, 2015 and recorded on the respective financial statements of the combining entities, $1,650,000 represents investment banking and legal fees that were paid as part of closing the Business Combination. The remaining balance of $3,751,683 represents Business Combination-related expenses, including professional fees and travel related costs, which were obligations of the individual members of Tempus. The individual Tempus members were reimbursed for these expenses upon the closing of the Business Combination. The classification and amounts of the relevant expenses are as set forth below: 

 

Transaction Costs Not Previously Recorded

and Related to the Business Combination

 

  Legal   $ 1,700,000  
  Accounting     1,202,807  
  Consulting     724,492  
  Investment Banking     14,490  
  Travel/Other     109,894  
      $ 3,751,683  

  

(F) To reflect payment of transactions costs of $8,202,863 related to the Business Combination.
   
(G) To record issuance of additional notes payable to the Sponsor of $140,000, $308,333 and $50,000, respectively in April 2015, June 2015 and July 2015. In addition, to record issuance of additional notes payable to an affiliate of the Sponsor of $191,667 in May 2015.
   
(H) To reflect payment on the notes payable to the Sponsor and the affiliate of the Sponsor at closing. While $750,000 of the $2,290,000 notes were convertible, they were paid in cash.
   
(I) To reclassify members’ equity to additional paid in capital.
   
(J) To reflect the receipt of $16,000,000 by Chart Financing Sub Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Chart, as part of the Financing.
   
(K) To reflect the issuance of Convertible Preferred Stock and Common Stock by Tempus Holdings as a result of the Financing.
   
(L) To reflect a decrease in the warrant liability of $872,659 which resulted from the Warrant Offerors’ decision to waive their redemption rights on their existing warrants.
   
(M) Chart currently has a provision in its warrant agreement that causes the warrants to be treated as a derivative liability. The approximately $2,205,000 income statement impact resulting from the change in fair value of the warrant liability has not been removed in the pro forma income statement.
   
(N) To remove $30,000 of expenses pursuant to Chart’s administrative service agreement that terminated upon the closing of the Business Combination. In addition, to remove $486,194 of transaction costs previously included in professional fees as part of the Business Combination.

  

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(O) Pro forma earnings per share (EPS), basic and diluted, are computed by dividing income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock/units outstanding during the period. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined basic and diluted earnings per share calculations are based on the historic Chart weighted average number of shares outstanding of 3,703,210 and the historic Tempus weighted average number of units outstanding of 10,000 both as of March 31, 2015, adjusted by: (a) (1,444,010), to decrease the weighted average share amount to 2,269,200 as of March 31, 2015 (adjusted for 149,395 and 2,808,329 public shares redeemed in June 2015 and July 2015, respectively), representing the total number of shares outstanding as of March 31, 2015 (adjusted for 149,395 and 2,808,329 public shares redeemed in June 2015 and July 2015, respectively), including the shares no longer subject to redemption subsequent to the consummation of the Business Combination, (b) 3,642,084 shares issued to the Tempus Members in the Business Combination and (c) 2,630,265 and 1,369,735, respectively in common and preferred stock as part of the Financing. The effect of Chart’s 7,875,000 outstanding warrants has not been included in the diluted earnings per share amount since the exercise price of the dilutive securities are in excess of the average Company’s stock price for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and are deemed out of the money. The warrants being issued as part of the Financing have not been included in the diluted earnings per share amount since the exercise price of the dilutive securities are in excess of the stock price as of the date of the Business Combination and are deemed out of the money. The calculation of the pro-forma weighted average number of shares, basic and diluted, is as follows:

 

  Weighted average number of shares/units reported     3,713,210  
  Less: Redeemable public shares     (1,444,010 )
  Equity consideration to Tempus Members     3,642,084  
  Shares of Common Stock issued to New Investors (through Financing)     1,255,265  
  Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock issued to New Investors (through Financing)     1,369,735  
  Chart Affiliate Investors (through Financing)     1,250,000  
  Lee Priest, Tempus CFO (through Financing)     125,000  
  Subtotal     6,198,074  
  Number of shares pro forma, basic and diluted     9,911,284  

 

  Pro Forma Shares:      
  Shares issued to Tempus Members and Lee Priest, Tempus CFO     3,767,084  
  Shares of Common Stock issued to New Investors (through Financing)     1,255,265  
  Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock issued to New Investors (through Financing)     1,369,735  
  Shares issued to Chart initial stockholders, including Chart Affiliate Investors     3,500,000  
  Shares issued to other Chart stockholders     19,200  
  Number of shares outstanding - basic and diluted     9,911,284  

 

(P) The result of the evaluation of the tax impact of the Business Combination was deemed to be immaterial.

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014

   
(A) To remove $120,000 of expenses pursuant to Chart’s administrative service agreement that terminated upon the closing of the Business Combination. In addition, to remove $2,304,387 of transaction costs previously included in professional fees as part of the Business Combination.
   
(B) Pro forma earnings per share (EPS), basic and diluted, are computed by dividing income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock/units outstanding during the period. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined basic and diluted earnings per share calculations are based on the historic Chart weighted average number of shares outstanding of 3,541,784 and the historic Tempus weighted average number of units outstanding of 10,000 both as of December 31, 2014, adjusted by: (a) (1,282,584), to decrease the weighted average share amount to 2,269,200 as of December 31, 2014 (adjusted for 3,558,385, 149,395 and 2,808,329 shares redeemed in March 2015, June 2015 and July 2015, respectively), representing the total number of shares outstanding as of December 31, 2014 (adjusted for 3,558,385, 149,395 and 2,808,329 shares redeemed in March 2015, June 2015 and July 2015, respectively), including the shares no longer subject to redemption subsequent to the consummation of the Business Combination, (b) 3,642,084 shares issued to the Tempus Members in the Business Combination and (c) 2,630,265 and 1,369,735, respectively in common and preferred stock as part of the Financing. The effect of Chart’s 7,875,000 outstanding warrants has not been included in the diluted earnings per share amount because such effect has been determined to be anti-dilutive for the period ended December 31, 2014. The calculation of the pro-forma weighted average number of shares, basic and diluted, is as follows:

 

  Weighted average number of shares/units reported     3,551,784  
  Add: Redeemable public shares     (1,282,584 )
  Equity consideration to the Sellers     3,642,084  
  Shares of Common Stock issued to New Investors (through Financing)     1,255,265  
  Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock issued to New Investors (through Financing)     1,369,735  
  Shares of Common Stock issued to Chart Affiliate Investors (through Financing)     1,250,000  
  Shares of Common Stock issued to Lee Priest, Tempus CFO (through Financing)     125,000  
  Subtotal     6,359,500  
  Number of shares pro forma, basic and diluted     9,911,284  

 

  Pro Forma Shares:      
  Shares issued to the Sellers and Lee Priest, Tempus CFO     3,767,084  
  Shares of Common Stock issued to New Investors (through Financing)     1,255,265  
  Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock issued to New Investors (through Financing)     1,369,735  
  Shares issued to Chart initial stockholders, including Chart Affiliate Investors     3,500,000  
  Shares issued to Chart public stockholders     19,200  
  Number of shares outstanding - basic and diluted     9,911,284  

    

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

 

The sections titled “Chart’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, and “Tempus Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Form S-4 are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

 

The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of the Company’s common stock as of July 31, 2015, by:

 

· each person known by the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of its outstanding shares of common stock;
     
· each of the Company’s officers and directors; and
     
· all of the Company’s officers and directors as a group.

  

As used in the table below, the term beneficial ownership with respect to the Company’s common stock consists of sole or shared voting power (which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of shares of the Company’s common stock) or sole or shared investment power (which includes the power to dispose, or direct the disposition of, shares of the Company’s common stock). Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if he, she or it possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security, including options and warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days. Unless otherwise indicated, the Company believes that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock beneficially owned by them.

 

The Company has based its calculation of the percentage of beneficial ownership on 8,541,549 shares of its common stock outstanding on July 31, 2015 after giving effect to the Business Combination.

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)   Number of shares     Percentage of Outstanding Common Stock (2)    
Chart Acquisition Group LLC (3)     4,444,863       39.6  %  
The Chart Group L.P. (3)     4,752,363       42.3  %  
Christopher D. Brady (3)     4,861,113       43.3  %  
Joseph Wright (4)     424,704       4.9  %  
Peter A. Cohen (5)     2,097,074       20.8  %  
Kenneth J. Krieg     -       -    
Cowen Investments LLC (5)     2,097,074       20.8  %  
Benjamin Scott Terry     1,790,813        21.0  %  
R. Lee Priest, Jr. (6)     286,421       3.3 %  
John G. Gulbin III     1,790,813       21.0  %  
Niall Olver     -       -    
All directors and officers as a group                                11,250,938       86.3      %  

 

Notes:

 

1. Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the persons and entities listed above is 133 Waller Mill Road, Williamsburg, Virginia, 23815.

 

  

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2. Includes 234,375 shares which will be subject to forfeiture on a pro-rata basis by the initial stockholders in the event the last sales price of the common stock does not equal or exceed $11.50 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period within 60 months following the closing of the Business Combination. An additional 234,375 shares will be subject to forfeiture on a pro-rata basis by the initial stockholders in the event the last sales price of the common stock does not equal or exceed $13.50 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for at least one period of 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period within 60 months following the closing of the Business Combination.

 

3. Chart Acquisition Group LLC is the holder of 1,752,090 shares, comprised of 750,000 founder shares, 231,250 placement shares and 770,840 shares issued as Financing Securities. Chart Acquisition Group LLC also is the holder of 2,692,773 warrants that are exercisable within 60 days, including 578,130 Series A-2 Warrants and 192,710 Series B-2 Warrants. The Chart Group L.P. is the direct holder of 307,500 shares and, through its membership interest in Chart Acquisition Group LLC, is the indirect holder of 1,752,090 shares and 2,692,773 warrants that are exercisable within 60 days. The Chart Group L.P., the sole managing member of Chart Acquisition Group LLC, is a limited partnership that is managed and controlled by its general partner, Antwerp L.L.C., a New York limited liability company. Mr. Brady owns a majority of the membership interests in Antwerp L.L.C., and is its Chief Executive Officer and a member of its Management Committee. As such, Mr. Brady may be deemed to have effective control of Antwerp L.L.C. and thereby effective control over The Chart Group L.P. and Chart Acquisition Group LLC and may exercise voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares held by Chart Acquisition Group LLC and The Chart Group L.P. Consequently, Mr. Brady may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 2,059,590 shares and 2,692,773 warrants that are exercisable within 60 days that are held by The Chart Group L.P. or Chart Acquisition Group LLC. Mr. Brady directly holds 108,750 founder shares. Mr. Brady disclaims beneficial ownership over any shares owned by The Chart Group L.P. or Chart Acquisition Group LLC over which he does not have any pecuniary interest.

 

4. Mr. Wright holds 279,160 shares, comprised of 225,000 founder shares, 12,500 placement shares and 41,660 shares issued as Financing Securities. Mr. Wright also is the holder of 424,704 warrants that are exercisable within 60 days, including 31,245 Series A-2 Warrants and 10,415 Series B-2 Warrants.

 

5. RCG LV Pearl, LLC is the sole member of Cowen Investments LLC. RCG LV Pearl, LLC disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by Cowen Investments LLC. Cowen Group, Inc. is the sole member of RCG LV Pearl, LLC. Cowen Group, Inc. disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by Cowen Investments LLC. Peter A. Cohen, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cowen Group, Inc., has voting and investment control over the shares held by Cowen Investments LLC. Mr. Cohen disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares. The address for Cowen Investments LLC is 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022. Cowen Investments LLC is the holder of 568,750 shares, comprised of 131,250 placement shares and 437,500 shares issued as Financing Securities. Cowen Investments LLC also is the holder of 1,528,324 warrants that are exercisable within 60 days, including 328,125 Series A-2 Warrants and 109,375 Series B-2 Warrants.

 

6. Mr. Priest holds 36,421 Merger Shares directly. Mr. Priest holds through his individual retirement account, MSSB C/F Robert Lee Priest, Jr., of which he is the beneficial owner, an additional 125,000 shares issued as Financing Securities and a total of 125,000 warrants that are exercisable within 60 days, comprised of 93,750 Series A-2 Warrants and 31,250 Series B-2 Warrants. 

  

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Directors and Executive Officers

 

The Company’s directors and executive officers are as follows:

  

Name                       Term   Age   Position
         
Joseph R. Wright (c)   76   Chairman
Benjamin Scott Terry (c)   51   Chief Executive Officer and Director
R. Lee Priest, Jr.   48   Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Christopher D. Brady (b)   60   Director
Peter A. Cohen (a)   68   Director
John G. Gulbin, III (c)   52   Director
Kenneth J. Krieg (a)   54   Director
Niall Olver (b)   51   Director

  

(a) Class I director (to serve until the first annual meeting of stockholders following the Business Combination)

 

(b) Class II director nominee (to serve until the second annual meeting of stockholders following the Business Combination)

 

(c) Class III director (to serve until the third annual meeting of stockholders following the Business Combination)

 

The biographical information of each of the directors and executive officers in the section of the Form S-4 titled “Management of Tempus Holdings after the Business Combination – Directors and Executive Officers” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Executive Compensation

 

The information in the section of the Form S-4 titled “Executive Compensation After the Business Combination” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 above relating to the employment agreements for the Company’s executive officers is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

 

The information in the sections of the Form S-4 titled “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions Concerning Chart” and “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions Concerning Tempus” is incorporated herein by reference. The information set forth in Items 1.01 and 2.01 above is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

There is no material litigation, arbitration or governmental proceeding currently pending against the Company or any members of its management team in their capacities as such.

 

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Market Price of and Dividends on the Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

 

Market Information

 

As of August 4, 2015, the Company’s common stock and warrants are quoted on the OTCQB Marketplace under the symbols “TMPS” and “TMPSW”, respectively.

 

Prior to the closing of the Business Combination, Chart’s units, common stock and warrants traded on the OTCQB Marketplace and the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbols “CACGU”, “CACG” and “CACGW”. The information in the sections of the Form S-4 titled “Description of Chart Securities” and “Description of Tempus Holdings’ Securities” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Holders of Record

 

As of August 5, 2015, there were approximately 39 holders of record of the Company’s common stock, 5 holders of record of the Company’s preferred stock, 4 holders of record of the Company’s public warrants, 5 holders of record of the Company’s Series A-1 Warrants, 4 holders of record of the Company’s Series A-2 Warrants, 5 holders of record of the Company’s Series B-1 Warrants and 4 holders of record of the Company’s Series B-2 Warrants.

 

Dividends

 

The Company has not paid any cash dividends on its common stock to date. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon the Company’s revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition. The payment of any dividends will be within the discretion of the Company’s board of directors at such time. It is the present intention of the Company’s board of directors to retain all earnings, if any, for use in its business operations and, accordingly, the Company’s board of directors does not anticipate declaring any dividends in the foreseeable future. In addition, the Company’s board of directors is not currently contemplating and does not anticipate declaring any stock dividends in the foreseeable future.

 

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

 

The information set forth in Items 1.01 and 2.01 above relating to the issuance of the Merger Shares and the Financing Securities is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered

 

The information in the section of the Form S-4 titled “Description of Tempus Holdings’ Securities” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

The information in Item 20 of the Form S-4 is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

 

The information on pages F-1 through F-59 of the Form S-4 is incorporated herein by reference. The information set forth in Item 9.01 hereof is incorporated herein by reference.

  

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

The information in Item 21 of the Form S-4 is incorporated herein by reference. The information set forth in Item 9.01 hereof is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The information in the section of the Form S-4 titled “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions Concerning Tempus – R. Lee Priest, Jr. Promissory Note” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The information set forth in Items 1.01 and 2.01 above relating to the issuance of the Merger Shares and the Financing Securities is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant

 

As a result of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Company is now the holding company for Tempus and Chart. The securities of the Company are now owned by, among others, the former holders of Chart common stock and warrants, the former holders of Tempus membership interests and the New Investors. The former stockholders of Chart hold approximately 41.2% of the outstanding common stock of the Company (including the Financing Securities that are common stock, but excluding ownership of warrants and other convertible securities), with approximately 41.0% of the outstanding common stock of the Company (including the Financing Securities that are common stock, but excluding ownership of warrants and other convertible securities) being held by the initial stockholders of Chart. The former members of Tempus and their affiliates own approximately 44.1% of the outstanding common stock of the Company (including the Financing Securities that are common stock, but excluding ownership of warrants and other convertible securities). The New Investors own approximately 14.7% of the outstanding common stock of the Company (including the Financing Securities that are common stock, but excluding ownership of warrants and other convertible securities).

 

The information regarding the Employment Agreements, set forth in Item 1.01 above, is incorporated herein by reference. The information regarding the directors and officers of the Company, set forth in Item 2.01 above, is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The information in the sections of the Form S-4 titled “Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus”, “Proposal No. 1 – The Business Combination Proposal - The Merger Agreement, Related Agreements and the Financing”, and “Description of Tempus Holdings’ Securities” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

On July 31, 2015, in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, Christopher D. Brady (President and Secretary) and Michael LaBarbera (Vice President and Treasurer) resigned from their respective positions with the Company.

 

Immediately prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, on July 31, 2015, the Company’s board of directors (i) appointed the following individuals as officers of the Company: Benjamin Scott Terry (Chief Executive Officer) and R. Lee Priest, Jr. (Chief Financial Officer and Secretary), (ii) increased the size of the board of directors to seven persons and (iii) appointed Peter A. Cohen and Kenneth J. Krieg as Class I directors, Niall Olver as a Class II director and Joseph Wright, Benjamin Scott Terry and John G. Gulbin III as Class III directors, to serve as additional directors of the Company, along with Christopher D. Brady (a Class II director).

 

The information regarding the directors and officers of the Company, set forth in Item 2.01 above, is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) was approved by (i) the shareholders of Chart at the Special Meeting and (ii) by the Company’s board of directors on July 31, 2015 by written consent after the closing of the Business Combination. At the Special Meeting, 4,785,780 shares of Chart common stock were voted in favor of the proposal to adopt the Incentive Plan and 200,000 shares of Chart common stock were voted against that proposal.

 

The Incentive Plan, which will be administered by the compensation committee of the Company’s board of directors, allows for awards up to a maximum of 640,616 shares of common stock (7.5% of the outstanding Company common stock at the time of adoption). Under the Incentive Plan, the compensation committee may award Non-Qualified Stock Options, Incentive (qualified) Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Bonus Awards, Performance Compensation Awards (including cash bonus awards) or any combination of the foregoing; provided, that the compensation committee may not grant to any one person in any one calendar year awards (i) for more than 150,000 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate or (ii) payable in cash in an amount to exceed $600,000 in the aggregate.

 

The foregoing discussion of the Incentive Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Incentive Plan, attached as Exhibit 10.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 5.06. Change in Shell Company Status.

 

As a result of the Business Combination, which fulfilled the definition of an initial business combination as required by Chart’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Company ceased to be a shell company as of the closing of the Business Combination. The material terms of the Business Combination are described in the Form S-4 in the section entitled “Proposal No. 1—The Business Combination Proposal”, which section is incorporated herein by reference.

  

Item 8.01. Other Events

   

On August 3, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing the consummation of the Business Combination. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(a) Financial statements of businesses acquired

 

The information in the F-pages of the Form S-4 is incorporated herein by reference.

  

(c) Pro forma financial information

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 is set forth in Item 2.01 above, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

(d)   Exhibits. 

 

Exhibit    
Number    Description
2.1   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated January 5, 2015, by and among Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, the Members of Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, the Members’ Representative, Chart Acquisition Corp., Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., Chart Merger Sub Inc., TAS Merger Sub LLC, the Chart Representative and the Warrant Offerors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-201424))
     
2.2   First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated March 20, 2015, by and among Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, the Members of Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, the Members’ Representative, Chart Acquisition Corp., Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., Chart Merger Sub Inc., TAS Merger Sub LLC, the Chart Representative and the Warrant Offerors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-201424))
     
2.3   Second Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 10, 2015, by and among Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, the Members of Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, the Members’ Representative, Chart Acquisition Corp., Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., Chart Merger Sub Inc., TAS Merger Sub LLC, Chart Financing Sub Inc., TAS Financing Sub Inc., the Chart Representative and the Warrant Offerors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-201424))
     
2.4   Third Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 15, 2015, by and among Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, the Members of Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, the Members’ Representative, Chart Acquisition Corp., Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., Chart Merger Sub Inc., TAS Merger Sub LLC, Chart Financing Sub Inc., TAS Financing Sub Inc., the Chart Representative and the Warrant Offerors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.4 to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-201424))

 

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Exhibit    
Number    Description
3.1*   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.
     
3.2*   Amended and Restated Bylaws of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.
     

3.3*

 

Certificate of Designations for Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.

     
4.1   Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-201424))
     
4.2   Specimen Public Warrant Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-201424))
     
4.3*   Specimen Series A-1 Warrant Certificate
     
4.4*   Specimen Series A-2 Warrant Certificate
     
4.5*   Specimen Series B-1 Warrant Certificate
     
4.6*   Specimen Series B-2 Warrant Certificate
     
4.7  

Third Amended and Restated Warrant Agreement, dated June 11, 2015, by and between Chart Acquisition Corp. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Form 8-K filed by Chart Acquisition Corp. on June 12, 2015)

     
10.1*+   Form of Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July 31, 2015 by and among Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. and the New Investors
     
10.2*+   Form of Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July 31, 2015 by and among Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. and the stockholders of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. named therein
     
10.3*   Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement dated as of July 31, 2015 by John G. Gulbin III and Tempus Intermediate Holdings, LLC in favor of and for the benefit of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, and each of their respective present and future successors and direct and indirect subsidiaries
     
10.4*   Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan
     
10.5   Promissory Note, issued to R. Lee Priest, Jr. dated as of December 15, 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-201424))
     
10.6   Form of Purchase and Exchange Agreement, dated as of June 10, 2015, by and among Chart Acquisition Corp., Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., Chart Financing Sub Inc., TAS Financing Sub Inc. and each New Investor (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-201424))
     

10.7

 

Form of First Amendment to the Purchase and Exchange Agreement effective as of July 15, 2015 by and among Chart Acquisition Corp., Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., Chart Financing Sub Inc., TAS Financing Sub Inc. and each New Investor (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-201424))

     
10.8   Form of Purchase and Exchange Agreement dated as of June 10, 2015 by and among Chart Acquisition Corp., Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., Chart Financing Sub Inc. and TAS Financing Sub Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-201424))

 

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Exhibit    
Number    Description
10.9   Form of Purchase and Exchange Agreement dated as of June 10, 2015 by and among Chart Acquisition Corp., Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., Chart Financing Sub Inc. and each Affiliate Investor (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-201424))
     
10.10*  

Employment Agreement dated as of July 31, 2015 between Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. and Benjamin Scott Terry

     
10.11*  

Employment Agreement dated as of July 31, 2015 between Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. and R. Lee Priest, Jr. 

     
10.12   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2012, by and among Chart Acquisition Corp. and certain security holders (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Form 8-K filed by Chart Acquisition Corp. on December 19, 2012)
     
10.13   Form of First Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 10, 2015, by and among Chart Acquisition Corp. and certain initial investors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Form 8-K filed by Chart Acquisition Corp. on June 11, 2015)
     
10.14*   Form of Second Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July 31, 2015 by and among Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., Chart Acquisition Corp., Chart Acquisition Group LLC, Cowen Investments LLC, Joseph Wright and the other holder parties thereto
     
10.15*   Waiver letter dated July 30, 2015 by and among Chart Acquisition Corp., Chart Acquisition Group LLC, Cowen Investments LLC and Joseph Wright
     
10.16  

Letter Agreement, dated December 13, 2012,  by and between Chart Acquisition Corp., certain of its security holders and officers and directors, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and Cowen and Company, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Form 8-K filed by Chart Acquisition Corp. on December 19, 2012)

     
21.1*   Subsidiaries of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.
     
99.1*  

Press Release, dated August 3, 2015

 

 

* Filed herewith.

+ The exhibits and schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The registrant hereby agrees to furnish a copy of any omitted schedules to the Commission upon request.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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

 

  TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
 
 
Date: August 6, 2015  By:   /s/ R. Lee Priest, Jr.  
    Name:   R. Lee Priest, Jr.  
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer  

 

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.

 

Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Corporation ”), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY AS FOLLOWS:

 

1.           The name of the Corporation is “Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.” The Corporation was originally incorporated under the name “Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.” and the original certificate of incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 19, 2014 (the “ Original Certificate ”).

 

2.           This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (this “ Amended Certificate ”) was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “ Board ”) and the stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with Sections 228, 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

3.           This Amended Certificate restates, integrates and further amends the provisions of the Original Certificate.

 

4.           Certain capitalized terms used in this Amended Certificate are defined where appropriate herein.

 

5.           The text of the Original Certificate is hereby restated and amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

NAME

 

The name of the corporation is Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.

 

ARTICLE II

PURPOSE

 

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”). In addition to the powers and privileges conferred upon the Corporation by law and those incidental thereto, the Corporation shall possess and may exercise all the powers and privileges that are necessary or convenient to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the business or purposes of the Corporation.

 

 
 

 

ARTICLE III

REGISTERED AGENT

 

The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is National Corporate Research, Ltd., 615 South DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901, Kent County, and the name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is National Corporate Research, Ltd.

 

ARTICLE IV

CAPITALIZATION

 

Section 4.1            Authorized Capital Stock . The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation is authorized to issue is 140,000,000 shares, consisting of (a) 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), and (b) 40,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”). Subject to the rights of the holders of any one or more series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, the number of authorized shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased, in each case by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL, and no vote of the holders of any of the Common Stock or Preferred Stock voting separately as a class will be required therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the number of authorized shares of any particular class may not be decreased below the number of shares of such class then outstanding plus the number of shares of capital stock of such class issuable in connection with the exercise of outstanding options, warrants, exchange rights, conversion rights or similar rights for such class.

 

Section 4.2            Preferred Stock . The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Board is hereby expressly authorized to provide for the issuance of shares of the Preferred Stock in one or more series and to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series and to fix the voting rights, if any, designations, powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, if any, of each such series and any qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, as shall be stated in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board providing for the issuance of such series and included in a certificate of designations (a “ Preferred Stock Designation ”) filed pursuant to the DGCL, and the Board is hereby expressly vested with the authority to the full extent provided by law, now or hereafter, to adopt any such resolution or resolutions.

 

Section 4.3            Common Stock .

 

(a)            Voting Rights . Except as otherwise required by law or this Amended Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation), at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, the holders of the Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and on all other matters properly submitted to a vote of the stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise required by law or this Amended Certificate (including a Preferred Stock Designation), the holders of the Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Amended Certificate (including any amendment to any Preferred Stock Designation) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of the Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Amended Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation).

 

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(b)            Dividends and Distributions . Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive dividends and other distributions (payable in cash, property or capital stock of the Corporation) when, as and if declared thereon by the Board from time to time out of any assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor, and shall share equally on a per share basis in such dividends and distributions.

 

(c)            Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up . Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of the Preferred Stock, in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive all the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, ratably in proportion to the number of shares of the Common Stock held by them.

 

Section 4.4            Rights and Options . The Corporation has the authority to create and issue rights, warrants and options entitling the holders thereof to purchase shares of any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock or other securities of the Corporation, and such rights, warrants and options shall be evidenced by instrument(s) approved by the Board. The Board is empowered to set the exercise price, duration, times for exercise and other terms and conditions of such rights, warrants or options; provided , however, that the consideration to be received for any shares of capital stock subject thereto may not be less than the par value thereof.

 

ARTICLE V

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 5.1            Board Powers . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of, the Board. In addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred upon the Board by statute, this Amended Certificate or the Bylaws (“ Bylaws ”) of the Corporation, the Board is hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the DGCL, this Amended Certificate and any Bylaws adopted by the stockholders; provided, however, that no Bylaws hereafter adopted by the stockholders shall invalidate any prior act of the Board that would have been valid if such Bylaws had not been adopted.

 

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Section 5.2            Number, Election and Term .

 

(a)           The number of directors of the Corporation, other than those who may be elected by the holders of one or more series of the Preferred Stock voting separately by class or series, shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board; provided , that, for so long as the Members (as such term is defined in that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 5, 2015, as amended, by and among Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the Members (as defined therein), the Members’ Representative (as defined therein), Chart Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, the Corporation, Chart Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation, TAS Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Chart Financing Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation, TAS Financing Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation, the Chart Representative (as defined therein) and, for the limited purposes specified therein, the Warrant Offerors (as defined therein), the “ Members ”) hold at least forty-five percent (45%) of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, the number of directors of the Corporation shall be seven (7) unless otherwise consented to by the holders of a majority of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation held by all Members. For purposes of this Amended Certificate, “ Whole Board ” shall mean the total number of directors the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

 

(b)           Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, the Board shall be divided into three (3) classes, as nearly equal in number as possible and designated Class I, Class II and Class III. The Board is authorized to assign members of the Board already in office to Class I, Class II and Class III. The term of the initial Class I Directors shall expire at the first annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation following the effectiveness of this Amended Certificate; the term of the initial Class II Directors shall expire at the second annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation following the effectiveness of this Amended Certificate; and the term of the initial Class III Directors shall expire at the third annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation following the effectiveness of this Amended Certificate. At each succeeding annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, beginning with the first annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation following the effectiveness of this Amended Certificate, successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that annual meeting shall be elected for a three (3) year term. Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, if the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned by the Board among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, but in no case shall a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

(c)           Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, a director shall hold office until the annual meeting for the year in which his or her term expires and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified, subject, however, to such director’s earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.

 

(d)           Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws shall so require, the election of directors need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 5.3            Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies . Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors and any vacancies on the Board resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or other cause may be filled solely by a majority vote of the remaining directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director (and not by stockholders), and any director so chosen shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors to which the new directorship was added or in which the vacancy occurred and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified, subject, however, to such director’s earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal; provided, that, any vacancy created by the removal of a director pursuant to Section 5.4 may be filled by the stockholders of the Corporation holding a majority of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

 

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Section 5.4            Removal . Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, any or all of the directors may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.

 

Section 5.5            Preferred Stock — Directors . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article V , and except as otherwise required by law, whenever the holders of one or more series of the Preferred Stock shall have the right, voting separately by class or series, to elect one or more directors, the term of office, the filling of vacancies, the removal from office and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of such series of the Preferred Stock as set forth in this Amended Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation) and such directors shall not be included in any of the classes created pursuant to this Article V unless expressly provided by such terms.

 

ARTICLE VI

BYLAWS

 

In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon it by law, the Board shall have the power to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws. The affirmative vote of a majority of the Whole Board shall be required to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws pursuant to the preceding sentence. The Bylaws also may be adopted, amended, altered or repealed by the stockholders; provided, however, that in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required by law or by this Amended Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws.

 

ARTICLE VII

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS; ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT

 

Section 7.1            Meetings . Subject to the rights of the holders of any outstanding series of the Preferred Stock, and to the requirements of applicable law, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, or the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board, and the ability of the stockholders to call a special meeting is hereby specifically denied.

 

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Section 7.2            Advance Notice . Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of directors and of business to be brought by stockholders before any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be given in the manner provided in the Bylaws.

 

Section 7.3            Action by Written Consent . Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected by a duly called annual or special meeting of such holders and may not be effected by written consent of the stockholders; provided , that the actions contemplated by the proviso to Section 5.3 and by Section 5.4 may be effected by written consent of the stockholders of the Corporation (holding a majority of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors) in lieu of a meeting.

 

ARTICLE VIII

LIMITED LIABILITY; INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 8.1            Limitation of Director Liability . A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. Any amendment, modification or repeal of the foregoing sentence shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the corporation hereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment, modification or repeal.

 

Section 8.2            Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses .

 

(a)           To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, the Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless each person who is or was made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “ proceeding ”) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (an “ indemnitee ”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee in connection with such proceeding. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending or otherwise participating in any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, to the extent required by applicable law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking, by or on behalf of the indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section 8.2 or otherwise. The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred by this Section 8.2 shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.2(a), except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses, the Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to an indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board.

 

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(b)           The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred on any indemnitee by this Section 8.2 shall not be exclusive of any other rights that any indemnitee may have or hereafter acquire under law, this Amended Certificate, the Bylaws, an agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.

 

(c)           Any repeal or amendment of this Section 8.2 by the stockholders of the Corporation or the Board or by changes in law, or the adoption of any other provision of this Amended Certificate inconsistent with this Section 8.2, shall, unless otherwise required by law, be prospective only (except to the extent such amendment or change in law permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights on a retroactive basis than permitted prior thereto), and shall not in any way diminish or adversely affect any right or protection existing at the time of such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision in respect of any proceeding (regardless of when such proceeding is first threatened, commenced or completed) arising out of, or related to, any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision.

 

(d)           This Section 8.2 shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner authorized or permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than indemnitees.

 

ARTICLE IX

CORPORATE OPPORTUNITY

 

The doctrine of corporate opportunity, or any other analogous doctrine, shall not apply with respect to the Corporation or any of its officers or directors or in circumstances where the application of any such doctrine would conflict with any fiduciary duties or contractual obligations they may have currently or in the future.

 

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENT OF AMENDED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Amended Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation), in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by this Amended Certificate and the DGCL; and, except as set forth in Article VIII , all rights, preferences and privileges herein conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons by and pursuant to this Amended Certificate in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the right reserved in this Article X .

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. has caused this Amended Certificate to be duly executed in its name and on its behalf as of this 30 th day of July, 2015.

 

  TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Christopher D. Brady
  Name:

Christopher D. Brady

  Title: President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.]

 

 

Exhibit 3.2

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation

 

Adopted as of July 31, 2015

 

ARTICLE I
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

1.1           Annual Meetings of Stockholders . The annual meeting of the stockholders of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”), shall be held on such day as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “ Board ”) and stated in the notice of the meeting, and on any subsequent day or days to which such meeting may be adjourned, for the purposes of electing directors and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting. The Board shall designate the place, which may be any place within or without the State of Delaware as the Board may designate, and time for the holding of such meeting, and not less than ten (10) days’ nor more than sixty (60) days’ notice shall be given to the stockholders of record as of the record date for the meeting of the time and place so fixed.

 

1.2           Special Meetings of Stockholders . Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the entire Board. The Board shall designate the place, which may be any place within or without the State of Delaware as the Board may designate, and time for the holding of such meeting, and not less than ten (10) days’ nor more than sixty (60) days’ notice shall be given to the stockholders of record as of the record date for the meeting of the time and place so fixed.

 

1.3           Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations .

 

(a)             Annual Meetings of Stockholders .

 

  (i)            Nominations of persons for election to the Board and the proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (A) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (B) by or at the direction of the Board, or (C) by any stockholder of the Corporation who (I) was a stockholder of record of the Corporation at the time the notice provided for in this Section 1.3 is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation and at the time of the annual meeting, (II) has been a stockholder for the six (6) month period prior to the delivery of the notice provided for in this Section 1.3 to the Secretary of the Corporation (or if such period is less, since the consummation of the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 5, 2015, as amended (the “ Merger Agreement ”), by and among Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the Members (as defined therein), the Members’ Representative (as defined therein), Chart Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, the Corporation, Chart Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation, TAS Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Chart Financing Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation, TAS Financing Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation, the Chart Representative (as defined therein) and, for the limited purposes specified therein, the Warrant Offerors (as defined therein)), (III) shall be entitled to vote at such meeting, and (IV) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.3 as to such nomination or business. Clause (C) of this Section 1.3(a)(i) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit business (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 (or any successor thereto) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time (the “ Exchange Act ”), and indicated in the Corporation’s notice of meeting before an annual meeting of stockholders.

 

 
 

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As adopted July 31, 2015

 

  (ii)           Without qualification, for nominations or any other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to Section 1.3(a)(i)(C) , the stockholder, in addition to any other applicable requirements, must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and any such proposed business must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended (the “ DGCL ”). To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90 th ) day nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120 th ) day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting (provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120 th ) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90 th ) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10 th ) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining whether a stockholder’s notice shall have been received in a timely manner for the first annual meeting of stockholders to be held after the adoption of these Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation (as amended, these “ Bylaws ”), to be timely, a stockholder’s notice must have been received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10 th ) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of the annual meeting of stockholders commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. To be in proper form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary (whether pursuant to this Section 1.3(a) or Section 1.3(b) ) shall set forth:

 

  (A)             as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (I) all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (II) such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected, (III) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three (3) years, and any other material relationships, between or among such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and their respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the stockholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made, if any, or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant; and (IV) with respect to each nominee for election or reelection to the Board, include a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 1.4 ;

 

  (B)             if the notice relates to any business (other than the nomination of persons for election as directors) that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, (I) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, (II) the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (III) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), (IV) any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, and (V) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder;

 

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  (C)             as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (I) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, if any, (II) (a) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and by such beneficial owner, (b) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of capital stock of the Corporation or otherwise (a “ Derivative Instrument ”) directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such stockholder and by such beneficial owner, if any, and any other direct or indirect opportunity held or owned beneficially by such stockholder and by such beneficial owner, if any, to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation, (c) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship pursuant to which such stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, has a right to vote any shares of any security of the Corporation, (d) any short interest in any security of the Corporation (for purposes of this Section 1.3 , a person shall be deemed to have a short interest in a security if such person directly or indirectly, through a contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject security), (e) any right to dividends on the shares of capital stock of the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder or such beneficial owner, if any, which right is separated or separable from the underlying shares, (f) any proportionate interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation or Derivative Instrument held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder or such beneficial owner, if any, is a general partner or with respect to which such stockholder or such beneficial owner, if any, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner, and (g) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) to which such stockholder or such beneficial owner, if any, is entitled based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, in each case with respect to the information required to be included in the notice pursuant to clauses (a) through (g) of this Section 1.3(a)(ii)(C) , as of the date of such notice and including any such interests held by members of such stockholder’s or such beneficial owner’s immediate family sharing the same household (which information shall be supplemented by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, if any, (x) not later than ten (10) days after the record date for the annual meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date, (y) ten (10) days before the annual meeting date, and (z) immediately prior to the commencement of the annual meeting, by delivery to the Secretary of the Corporation of such supplemented information), (III) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitation of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (IV) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination, and (V) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group that intends (a) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee or (b) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination; and

 

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 (D)             such other information as the Corporation may reasonably require or that is otherwise reasonably necessary (I) to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation, (II) to determine whether such nominee qualifies as an “independent director” or “audit committee financial expert” under applicable law, securities exchange rule or regulation, or any publicly-disclosed corporate governance guideline or committee charter of the Corporation; and (III) that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence and qualifications, or lack thereof, of such nominee.

 

(iii)            Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of Section 1.3(a)(ii) to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of the Corporation at an annual meeting is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 1.3 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10 th ) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

 

(b)            Special Meetings of Stockholders . Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board or (ii) provided that the Board has determined that the directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 1.3 is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation and at the time of the special meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and upon such election, and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.3 . In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice in the same form as required by Section 1.3(a)(ii) with respect to any nomination (including the completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 1.4 ) shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120 th ) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90 th ) day prior to such special meeting or the tenth (10 th ) day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. 

 

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(c)            General .

 

(i)            Subject to Section 2.4 , only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.3 shall be eligible to be elected at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.3 . Except as otherwise provided by law, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (as amended, including by any Certificate of Designations of Preferred Stock, the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”) or these Bylaws, the Chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty (A) to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.3 and (B) if any proposed nomination or business was not made or proposed in compliance with this Section 1.3 , to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.3 , unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 1.3 , to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of the stockholders.

 

(ii)            For purpose of this Section 1.3 , “ public announcement ” shall include disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(iii)           Nothing in this Section 1.3 , shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals or nominations in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (or any successor thereto) promulgated under the Exchange Act.

 

1.4           Submission of Questionnaire, Representation and Agreement . To be eligible to be a nominee for election or reelection as a director of the Corporation, a person must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under Section 1.3 of these Bylaws) to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request) and a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person (a) is not and will not become a party to (i) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “ Voting Commitment ”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (ii) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (b) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed therein, and (c) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation.

 

1.5           Record Date . The Board may fix a date, not less than ten (10) or more than sixty (60) days preceding the date of any meeting of stockholders, as a record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, any such meeting. The Board shall not close the books of the Corporation against transfers of shares during the whole or any part of such period.

 

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1.6           Proxies . The notice of every meeting of the stockholders may be accompanied by a form of proxy approved by the Board in favor of such person or persons as the Board may select.

 

1.7           Quorum and Voting . A majority of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, present in person, by means of remote communication or represented by proxy, regardless of whether the proxy has authority to vote on all matters, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the stockholders, and the stockholders present at any duly convened meeting may continue to do business until adjournment notwithstanding any withdrawal from the meeting of holders of shares counted in determining the existence of a quorum. If a separate vote by one or more classes or series is required, the holders of shares entitled to cast a majority of the total votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the shares of the class or classes or series, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter. If a quorum shall fail to attend any meeting, the chairman of the meeting may adjourn the meeting to another place, date and time pursuant to Section 1.8 . Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast in the election. For all matters as to which no other voting requirement is specified by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, the affirmative vote required for stockholder action shall be that of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting (as counted for purposes of determining the existence of a quorum at the meeting). In the case of a matter submitted for a vote of the stockholders as to which a stockholder approval requirement is applicable under the stockholder approval policy of any exchange or quotation system on which the capital stock of the Corporation is quoted or traded, the requirements of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act or any provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), in each case for which no higher voting requirement is specified by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the vote required for approval shall be the requisite vote specified in such stockholder approval policy, Rule 16b-3 or Code provision, as the case may be (or the highest such requirement if more than one is applicable). For the approval of the appointment of independent public accountants (if submitted for a vote of the stockholders), the vote required for approval shall be a majority of the votes cast on the matter.

 

1.8           Adjournment . Any meeting of the stockholders may be adjourned from time to time, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken, and at any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present any action may be taken that could have been taken at the meeting originally called; provided , that if the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting.

 

1.9           Conduct of Business . Meetings of the stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or in his or her absence by the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, or in the absence of the foregoing persons by a chairman designated by the Board, or in the absence of such designation by a chairman chosen at the meeting. The chairman of the meeting shall appoint a person to act as secretary of each meeting. The chairman of any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall determine the order of business and the rules of procedure for the conduct of such meeting, including the manner of voting and the conduct of discussion as he or she determines to be in order.  The chairman shall have the power to adjourn the meeting to another place, if any, date and time.  The date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting shall be announced at the meeting. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. The chairman of the meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination or matter of business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such chairman should so determine, such chairman shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered.

 

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ARTICLE II
DIRECTORS

 

2.1           Powers . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board, except as may be otherwise provided in the DGCL or the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

2.2           Number, Classes, Election and Term of Office .

 

(a)            Number . The Board shall initially consist of seven (7) members, each of whom shall be a natural person. Subject to the rights of holders of any outstanding series of preferred stock of the Corporation (“ Preferred Stock ”) or certain holders of outstanding common stock of the Corporation, in each case, pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, the number of directors shall be fixed, and may be increased or decreased from time to time, exclusively by a resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director’s term of office expires. The Board in its discretion may elect from among its members a Chairman who shall preside at board meetings and generally manage the affairs of the Board.

 

(b)            Classes, Election and Term of Office . The directors shall be divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-third (1/3 rd ) of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board. The Class I Directors shall serve from the date of adoption of these Bylaws until the first annual meeting of stockholders held after the adoption of these Bylaws (and until their successors are duly elected and qualified). At such annual meeting of stockholders, Class I Directors shall be elected to serve until the annual meeting of stockholders held in the third year following such election. The Class II Directors shall serve from the date of adoption of these Bylaws until the second annual meeting of stockholders held after the adoption of these Bylaws (and until their successors are duly elected and qualified). At such annual meeting of stockholders, Class II Directors shall be elected to serve until the annual meeting of stockholders held in the third year following such election. The Class III Directors shall serve from the date of adoption of these Bylaws until the third annual meeting of stockholders held after the adoption of these Bylaws (and until their successors are duly elected and qualified). At such annual meeting of stockholders, Class III Directors shall be elected to serve until the annual meeting of stockholders held in the third year following such election. At each succeeding annual meeting of stockholders beginning with the fourth annual meeting of stockholders after the adopted of these Bylaws, successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that annual meeting shall be elected to serve until the annual meeting of stockholders held in the third year following such election. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the Class I Directors, Class II Directors and Class III Directors so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any additional director of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class. In no case will a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

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2.3           Qualification of Directors . Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. The Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws may prescribe other qualifications for directors. Each director shall hold office until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death or resignation or, subject to Section 2.12 , removal.

 

2.4           Resignation and Vacancies . Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation. A resignation is effective when the resignation is delivered unless the resignation specifies a later effective date or an effective date determined upon the happening of an event or events. A resignation which is conditioned upon the director failing to receive a specified vote for reelection as a director shall be irrevocable. Newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies in the Board resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause shall be filled solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board, or by the sole remaining director. Any director so chosen shall hold office until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified. If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the Corporation should have no directors in office, then any officer may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, or may apply to the Court of Chancery for a decree summarily ordering an election as provided in Section 211 of the DGCL. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office and until such director’s successor is elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

2.5           Place of Meetings; Meetings by Telephone . The Board may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or outside the State of Delaware. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

 

2.6           Conduct of Business . Meetings of the Board shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or in his or her absence by the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, or in the absence of the foregoing persons by a chairman designated by the Board, or in the absence of such designation by a chairman chosen at the meeting. The chairman of the meeting shall appoint a person to act as secretary of each meeting.

 

2.7           Regular Meetings; Notice . Regular meetings of the Board may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board.

 

2.8           Special Meetings; Notice . Special meetings of the Board for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or a majority of the directors. Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be: (a) delivered personally by hand, by courier, by telephone or orally; (b) sent by United States first-class registered or certified mail, postage prepaid; (c) sent by nationally recognized overnight delivery service for next day delivery; (d) sent by facsimile (effective upon receipt of good transmission); or (e) sent by electronic mail (effective upon response confirming receipt or upon effective notice through one of the preceding means), directed to each director at that director’s address, telephone number, facsimile number or electronic mail address, as the case may be, as shown on the Corporation’s records. If the notice is (i) delivered personally by hand, by courier, by telephone or orally, (ii) sent by facsimile or (iii) sent by electronic mail, it shall be delivered or sent at least three (3) business days before the time of the holding of the meeting; provided , that if the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or a majority of the directors reasonably deems it be necessary for the Board to hold a special meeting in order to address exigent circumstances, notice of the time and place of such special meeting may be delivered or sent at least 24 hours before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is sent by overnight delivery service, it shall be deposited for next day delivery at least four (4) business days before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is sent by United States mail, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least seven (7) business days before the time of the holding of the meeting. The notice need not specify the purpose of the meeting.

 

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2.9           Quorum; Voting . At all meetings of the Board, a majority of the total authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board, then the directors present at the meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present. A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting. The vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. If the Certificate of Incorporation provides that one or more directors shall have more or less than one vote per director on any matter, every reference in these Bylaws to a majority or other proportion of the directors shall refer to a majority or other proportion of the votes of the directors.

 

2.10         Board Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting . Unless otherwise expressly restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

 

2.11         Fees and Compensation of Directors . Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors.

 

2.12         Removal of Directors . Subject to the rights of holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, any director may be removed from the Board by the stockholders of the Corporation only for cause, and in such case only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the total voting power of all classes of the then outstanding capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

 

2.13         Rights of Holders of Preferred Stock . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article II , and except as otherwise required by law, whenever the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock shall have the right, voting separately by class or series, to elect one or more directors, the term of office, the filling of vacancies, the removal from office and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of such series of Preferred Stock as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and such directors shall not be included in any of the classes created pursuant to this Article II unless expressly provided by such terms.

 

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ARTICLE III
COMMITTEES

 

3.1           Committees of Directors . The Board may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members of the committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member; provided , that any replacement may not be disqualified at the time of appointment. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the unanimous resolution of the Board or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority to (i) approve or adopt, or recommend to the stockholders, any action or matter (other than the election or removal of directors) expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval, or (ii) adopt, amend or repeal any bylaw of the Corporation.

 

3.2           Committee Minutes . Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board when required.

 

3.3           Meetings and Actions of Committees . Meetings and actions of committees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of: (a) Section 2.5 (Place of Meetings; Meetings by Telephone); (b) Section 2.7 (Regular Meetings; Notice); (c) Section 2.8 (Special Meetings; Notice); (d) Section 2.9 (Quorum; Voting); (e) Section 2.10 (Board Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting); and (f) Section 7.5 (Waiver of Notice), with such changes in the context of those Bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the Board and its members. However : (i) the time of regular meetings of committees may be determined either by resolution of the Board or by resolution of the committee; (ii) special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the Board; and (iii) notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate members, who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee. The Board may adopt rules for the government of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these Bylaws.

 

3.4           Subcommittees . Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or the resolutions of the Board designating the committee, a committee may, by unanimous resolution, create one or more subcommittees, each subcommittee to consist of one or more members of the committee, and delegate to a subcommittee any or all of the powers and authority of the committee.

 

ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS

 

4.1           Officers . The officers of the Corporation shall be a President (also referred to as the Chief Executive Officer), Treasurer (also referred to as the Chief Financial Officer) and a Secretary. The Corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board, a Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries, and any such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. The salaries of officers appointed by the Board shall be fixed from time to time by the Board or a committee thereof or by the officers as may be designated by resolution of the Board.

 

4.2           Appointment of Officers . The Board shall appoint the officers of the Corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.3 .

 

4.3           Subordinate Officers . The Board or the Chief Executive Officer may appoint, such other officers and agents as the business of the Corporation may require. Each of such officers and agents shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these Bylaws or as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time determine.

 

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4.4           Removal and Resignation of Officers . Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by an affirmative vote of the majority of the Board at any regular or special meeting of the Board or, except in the case of an officer chosen by the Board, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Corporation. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice. Unless otherwise specified in the notice of resignation, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party.

 

4.5           Vacancies in Offices . Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board or as provided in Section 4.3 .

 

4.6           Representation of Shares of Other Corporations . Unless otherwise directed by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or any other person authorized by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer is authorized to vote, represent and exercise on behalf of the Corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of the Corporation. The authority granted herein may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by such person having the authority.

 

4.7           Authority and Duties of Officers . Except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, the officers of the Corporation shall have such powers and duties in the management of the Corporation as may be designated from time to time by the Board and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the Board.

 

ARTICLE V
INDEMNIFICATION

 

5.1           Indemnification of Directors and Officers in Third Party Proceedings . Subject to the other provisions of this ARTICLE V , the Corporation shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as now or hereinafter in effect, any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “ Proceeding ”) (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such Proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such person’s conduct was unlawful.

 

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5.2           Indemnification of Directors and Officers in Actions by or in the Right of the Corporation . Subject to the other provisions of this ARTICLE V , the Corporation shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as now or hereinafter in effect, any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

 

5.3           Successful Defense . To the extent that a present or former director or officer of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding described in Section 5.1 or Section 5.2 , or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.

 

5.4           Indemnification of Others . Subject to the other provisions of this ARTICLE V , the Corporation shall have power to indemnify its employees and agents to the extent not prohibited by the DGCL or other applicable law. The Board shall have the power to delegate to a specified person or persons the determination of whether employees or agents shall be indemnified.

 

5.5           Advanced Payment of Expenses . Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director of the Corporation in defending any Proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the person to repay such amounts if it shall ultimately be determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified under this ARTICLE V or the DGCL. Such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Corporation reasonably deems appropriate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined pursuant to Section 5.8 , no advance shall be made by the Corporation to an officer of the Corporation (except by reason of the fact that such officer is or was a director of the Corporation, in which event this paragraph shall not apply) in any Proceeding if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such Proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that facts known to the decision-making party at the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

5.6           Limitation on Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses . Subject to the requirements in Section 5.3 and the DGCL, the Corporation shall not be required to provide indemnification or, with respect to clauses (a), (c) and (d) of this Section 5.6 , advance expenses to any person pursuant to this ARTICLE V :

 

(a)            in connection with any Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person except (i) as otherwise required by law, (ii) in specific cases if the Proceeding was authorized by the Board, or (iii) as is required to be made under Section 5.7 ;

 

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(b)           in connection with any Proceeding (or part thereof) against such person providing for an accounting or disgorgement of profits pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, or similar provisions of any federal, state or local statutory law or common law;

 

(c)           for amounts for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of such person under any statute, insurance policy or indemnity provision, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid; or

 

(d)           if prohibited by applicable law.

 

5.7           Determination; Claim . If a claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses under this ARTICLE V is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such suit, the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.

 

5.8           Non-Exclusivity of Rights . The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this ARTICLE V shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the Certificate of Incorporation or any statute, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. The Corporation is specifically authorized to enter into individual contracts with any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents respecting indemnification and advancement of expenses, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL or other applicable law.

 

5.9           Insurance . The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of the DGCL.

 

5.10         Contract Rights . The rights provided to directors and officers pursuant to this ARTICLE V (a) shall be contract rights based upon good and valuable consideration, pursuant to which a director or officer may bring suit as if the provisions of this ARTICLE V were set forth in a separate written contract between such director or officer and the Corporation, (b) shall fully vest at the time such director or officer first assumes his or her position as a director or officer of the Corporation, (c) are intended to be retroactive and shall be available with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to the adoption of this ARTICLE V , (d) shall continue as to a director or officer who has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation, and (e) shall inure to the benefit of the director’s or officer’s heirs, executors and administrators.

 

5.11         Survival . The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred by this ARTICLE V shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

 

5.12         Effect of Repeal or Modification . Any repeal or modification of this ARTICLE V shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

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5.13         Certain Definitions . For purposes of this ARTICLE V , references to the “Corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this ARTICLE V with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. For purposes of this ARTICLE V , references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this ARTICLE V .

 

ARTICLE VI
STOCK

 

6.1           Stock Certificates; Partly Paid Shares . Except as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, the shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board or Vice-Chairman of the Board, or the President or a Vice-President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The Corporation may issue the whole or any part of its shares as partly paid and subject to call for the remainder of the consideration to be paid therefor. Upon the face or back of each stock certificate issued to represent any such partly paid shares, or upon the books and records of the Corporation in the case of uncertificated partly paid shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be stated. Upon the declaration of any dividend on fully paid shares, the Corporation shall declare a dividend upon partly paid shares of the same class, but only upon the basis of the percentage of the consideration actually paid thereon.

 

6.2           Special Designation on Certificates . If the Corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate that the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the DGCL, in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate that the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

 

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6.3           Lost Certificates . Except as provided in this Section 6.3 , no new certificates for shares shall be issued to replace a previously issued certificate unless the latter is surrendered to the Corporation and cancelled at the same time. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.

 

6.4           Dividends . The Board, subject to any restrictions contained in the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law, may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of the Corporation’s capital stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporation’s capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation. The Board may set apart out of any of the funds of the Corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve.

 

6.5           Stock Transfer Agreements . The Corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of the Corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the Corporation of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the DGCL.

 

6.6           Registered Stockholders . The Corporation: (a) shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends and to vote as such owner; (b) shall be entitled to hold liable for calls and assessments the person registered on its books as the owner of shares; and (c) shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of another person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.

 

6.7           Transfers . Transfers of record of shares of stock of the Corporation shall be made only upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by an attorney duly authorized, and upon the surrender of a certificate or certificates for a like number of shares, properly endorsed.

 

ARTICLE VII
MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE AND WAIVER

 

7.1           Notice of Stockholder Meetings . Notice of any meeting of stockholders, if mailed, is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the Corporation’s records. An affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or of the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

 

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7.2           Notice by Electronic Transmission . Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders pursuant to the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed revoked if: (a) the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the Corporation in accordance with such consent; and (b) such inability becomes known to the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or to the transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice. However, the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action. Any notice given pursuant to this Section 7.2 shall be deemed given: (i) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (ii) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (iii) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and (iv) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. An affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. An “ electronic transmission ” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process. Notice by a form of electronic transmission shall not apply to Sections 164, 296, 311, 312 or 324 of the DGCL.

 

7.3           Notice to Stockholders Sharing an Address . Except as otherwise prohibited under the DGCL, without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under the provisions of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws shall be effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at that address to whom such notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Corporation. Any stockholder who fails to object in writing to the Corporation, within sixty (60) days of having been given written notice by the Corporation of its intention to send the single notice, shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single written notice.

 

7.4           Notice to Person with Whom Communication is Unlawful . Whenever notice is required to be given, under the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. In the event that the action taken by the Corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under the DGCL, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is unlawful.

 

7.5           Waiver of Notice . Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by electronic transmission unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

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ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL MATTERS

 

8.1           Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board and may be changed by the Board.

 

8.2           Seal . The Corporation may adopt a corporate seal, which shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Board. The Corporation may use the corporate seal by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

8.3           Annual Report . The Corporation shall cause an annual report to be sent to the stockholders of the Corporation to the extent required by applicable law. If and so long as there are fewer than one hundred (100) holders of record of the Corporation’s shares, the requirement of sending an annual report to the stockholders of the Corporation is expressly waived (to the extent permitted under applicable law, including securities laws).

 

8.4           Reliance upon Books, Reports and Records . Each director and each member of any committee designated by the Board of the Corporation shall, in the performance of his or her duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books and records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of its officers, agents or employees, or committees of the Board so designated, or by any other person or entity as to matters which such director or committee member reasonably believes are within such other person’s or entity’s professional or expert competence and that has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.

 

8.5           Construction; Definitions . Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the DGCL shall govern the construction of these Bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this provision: (a) the singular number includes the plural and the plural number includes the singular; (b) any pronoun includes the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms; (c) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be modified by the words “without limitation”, unless specified otherwise or the context requires otherwise; (d) reference to any statute includes any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (e) the term “ person ” includes a natural person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust or other entity or association, including a governmental body; and (f) the term “ business day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks located in New York, New York are required or authorized by law to close.

 

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ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS

 

9.1           Amendments . In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board is expressly authorized to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation. The affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Board then in office shall be required in order for the Board to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Corporation’s bylaws. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Bylaws or any provision of law that might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the total voting power of the Voting Stock, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders of the Corporation to alter, amend or repeal any provision of the bylaws, or to adopt any new bylaw; provided, however, that the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66⅔% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders of the Corporation to alter, amend or repeal, or adopt any bylaw inconsistent with, the following provisions of the Bylaws: ARTICLE I ; Sections 2.1 , 2.2 , 2.3 , 2.4 and 2.12 ; ARTICLE V ; and ARTICLE IX , or in each case, any successor provision (including any such article or section as renumbered as a result of any amendment, alteration, change, repeal or adoption of any other bylaw). No bylaw hereafter legally altered, amended or repealed shall invalidate any prior act of the directors or officers of the Corporation that would have been valid if such bylaw had not been altered, amended or repealed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 9.1 is subject to the rights of any holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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Exhibit 3.3

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS OF THE
SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK OF
TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.

 

I, Christopher D. Brady, hereby certify that I am the President of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. (the “ Company ”), a corporation organized and existing under the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “ DGCL ”), and further do hereby certify:

 

That pursuant to the authority expressly conferred upon the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”), the Board on June 10, 2015 adopted the following resolutions creating a series of shares of preferred stock designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, none of which shares have been issued:

 

RESOLVED, that the Board designates the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and the number of shares constituting such series, and fixes the rights, powers, preferences, privileges and restrictions relating to such series in addition to any set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation as follows:

 

TERMS OF SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

 

1.              Designation and Number of Shares . There shall hereby be created and established a series of preferred stock of the Company designated as “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock” (the “ Preferred Shares ”). The authorized number of Preferred Shares shall be 14,000,000 shares. Each Preferred Share shall have a par value of $0.0001. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning as set forth in Section 28 below.

 

2.              Ranking . Subject to the operation of Section 11 hereof, the Preferred Shares shall rank pari passu to the Company’s shares of Common Stock in respect of preferences as to dividends, distributions and payments upon the liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Company. No consent of any Holder shall be required to create or issue stock necessary to satisfy any obligation of the Company to issue and deliver Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms of the Warrants as in effect as of the Closing Date. In the event of the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation, the Preferred Shares shall maintain their relative rights, powers, designations, privileges and preferences provided for herein and no such merger or consolidation shall result inconsistent therewith.

 

3.              Dividends . In addition to Section 6 or Section 12 below, from and after the first date of issuance of any Preferred Shares (the “ Initial Issuance Date ”), each holder of a Preferred Share (each, a “ Holder ” and collectively, the “ Holders ”) shall be entitled to receive dividends (“ Dividends ”) when and as declared by the Board, from time to time, in its sole discretion, which Dividends shall be paid by the Company out of funds legally available therefor, payable, subject to the conditions and other terms hereof, in cash on the Stated Value of such Preferred Share.

 

4.              Conversion . At any time after the Initial Issuance Date, each Preferred Share shall be convertible into validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below), on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 4.

 

 

 

(a)              Holder’s Conversion Right . Subject to the provisions of Section 4(d), at any time or times on or after the Initial Issuance Date, each Holder shall be entitled to convert any portion of the outstanding Preferred Shares held by such Holder into validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 4(c) at the Conversion Rate (as defined below). The Company shall not issue any fraction of a share of Common Stock upon any conversion. If the issuance would result in the issuance of a fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company shall round such fraction of a share of Common Stock up to the nearest whole share. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp, issuance and similar taxes, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent (as defined below)) that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Common Stock upon conversion of any Conversion Amount.

 

(b)              Conversion Rate . The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any Preferred Share pursuant to Section 4(a) shall be determined by dividing (x) the Conversion Amount of such Preferred Share by (y) the Conversion Price (the “ Conversion Rate ”):

 

(i)           “ Conversion Amount ” means, with respect to each Preferred Share, as of the applicable date of determination, the sum of (1) the Stated Value thereof plus (2) the Additional Amount thereon and any accrued and unpaid Late Charges with respect to such Stated Value and Additional Amount as of such date of determination.

 

(ii)          “ Conversion Price ” means, with respect to each Preferred Share, as of any Conversion Date or other date of determination, $4.00, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

 

(c)              Mechanics of Conversion . The conversion of each Preferred Share shall be conducted in the following manner:

 

(i)            Optional Conversion . To convert a Preferred Share into shares of Common Stock on any date (a “ Conversion Date ”), a Holder shall deliver (whether via facsimile, electronic mail or otherwise), for receipt on or prior to 11:59 p.m., New York time, on such date, a copy of an executed notice of conversion of the share(s) of Preferred Shares subject to such conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (the “ Conversion Notice ”) to the Company. If required by Section 4(c)(iii), within three (3) Trading Days following a conversion of any such Preferred Shares as aforesaid, such Holder shall surrender to a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for delivery to the Company the original certificates representing the Preferred Shares (the “ Preferred Share Certificates ”) so converted as aforesaid (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to the Preferred Shares in the case of its loss, theft or destruction as contemplated by Section 14). On or before the first (1 st ) Trading Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile or electronic mail an acknowledgment of confirmation, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit II , of receipt of such Conversion Notice to such Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”), which confirmation shall constitute an instruction to the Transfer Agent to process such Conversion Notice in accordance with the terms herein. On or before the third (3rd) Trading Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade initiated on the applicable Conversion Date of such shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such Conversion Notice) (the “ Share Delivery Deadline ”), the Company shall (1) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company’s (“ DTC ”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder shall be entitled to such Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system, or (2) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to the address as specified in such Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of such Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder shall be entitled. If the number of Preferred Shares represented by the Preferred Share Certificate(s) submitted for conversion pursuant to Section 4(c)(iii) is greater than the number of Preferred Shares being converted, then the Company shall, as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Trading Days after receipt of the Preferred Share Certificate(s) and at its own expense, issue and deliver to such Holder (or its designee) a new Preferred Share Certificate (in accordance with Section 15(d)) representing the number of Preferred Shares not converted. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of Preferred Shares shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on the Conversion Date.

 

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(ii)           Company’s Failure to Timely Convert . If the Company shall fail, for any reason or for no reason, on or prior to the applicable Share Delivery Deadline, to issue to such Holder a certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder is entitled and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or to credit such Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC for such number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder is entitled upon such Holder’s conversion of any Conversion Amount (as the case may be) (a “ Conversion Failure ”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to such Holder, (X) the Company shall pay in cash to such Holder on each day after the Share Delivery Date and during such Delivery Failure an amount equal to 1% of the product of (A) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock not issued to such Holder on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline and to which such Holder is entitled, multiplied by (B) any trading price of the Common Stock selected by such Holder in writing as in effect at any time during the period beginning on the applicable Conversion Date and ending on the applicable Share Delivery Date, and (Y) such Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Conversion Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned, as the case may be, all, or any portion, of such Preferred Shares that has not been converted pursuant to such Conversion Notice; provided that the voiding of an Conversion Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 4(c)(ii) or otherwise. In addition to the foregoing, if on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Company shall fail to issue and deliver to such Holder (or its designee) a certificate and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Transfer Agent shall fail to credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder is entitled upon such Holder’s exercise hereunder or pursuant to the Company’s obligation pursuant to clause (ii) below and if on or after such Share Delivery Deadline such Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Holder of all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, or a sale of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, issuable upon such conversion that such Holder so anticipated receiving from the Company, then, in addition to all other remedies available to such Holder, the Company shall, within three (3) Business Days after receipt of such Holder’s request and in such Holder’s discretion, either: (I) pay cash to such Holder in an amount equal to such Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (including, without limitation, by any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of such Holder) (the “ Buy-In Price ”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so issue and deliver such certificate or credit such Holder’s balance account with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder is entitled upon such Holder’s conversion hereunder (as the case may be) (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) shall terminate, or (II) promptly honor its obligation to so issue and deliver to such Holder a certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock or credit such Holder’s balance account with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder is entitled upon such Holder’s conversion hereunder (as the case may be) and pay cash to such Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (x) such number of shares of Common Stock multiplied by (y) the lowest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the applicable Conversion Notice and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this clause (II) (the “ Buy-In Payment Amount ”).

 

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(iii)           Registration; Book-Entry . The Company shall maintain a register (the “ Register ”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Holders of each Preferred Share and the Stated Value of the Preferred Shares (the “ Registered Preferred Shares ”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The Company and each Holder of the Preferred Shares shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of a Preferred Share for all purposes (including, without limitation, the right to receive payments and Dividends hereunder) notwithstanding notice to the contrary. A Registered Preferred Share may be assigned, transferred or sold only by registration of such assignment or sale on the Register. Upon its receipt of a written request to assign, transfer or sell one or more Registered Preferred Shares by such Holder thereof, the Company shall record the information contained therein in the Register and issue one or more new Registered Preferred Shares in the same aggregate Stated Value as the Stated Value of the surrendered Registered Preferred Shares to the designated assignee or transferee pursuant to Section 15, provided that if the Company does not so record an assignment, transfer or sale (as the case may be) of such Registered Preferred Shares within two (2) Business Days of such a request, then the Register shall be automatically deemed updated to reflect such assignment, transfer or sale (as the case may be). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 4, following conversion of any Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms hereof, the applicable Holder shall not be required to physically surrender such Preferred Shares to the Company unless (A) the full or remaining number of Preferred Shares represented by the applicable Preferred Share Certificate are being converted (in which event such certificate(s) shall be delivered to the Company as contemplated by this Section 4(c)(iii)) or (B) such Holder has provided the Company with prior written notice (which notice may be included in a Conversion Notice) requesting reissuance of Preferred Shares upon physical surrender of the applicable Preferred Share Certificate. Each Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the Stated Value, Dividends and Late Charges converted and/or paid (as the case may be) and the dates of such conversions and/or payments (as the case may be) or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to such Holder and the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of a Preferred Share Certificate upon conversion. If the Company does not update the Register to record such Stated Value, Dividends and Late Charges converted and/or paid (as the case may be and the dates of such conversions and/or payments (as the case may be) within two (2) Business Days of such occurrence, then the Register shall be automatically deemed updated to reflect such occurrence. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, such records of such Holder establishing the number of Preferred Shares to which the record holder is entitled shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. A Holder and any transferee or assignee, by acceptance of a certificate, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of any Preferred Shares, the number of Preferred Shares represented by such certificate may be less than the number of Preferred Shares stated on the face thereof. Each Preferred Share Certificate shall bear the following legend:

 

ANY TRANSFEREE OR ASSIGNEE OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE TERMS OF THE CORPORATION’S CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS RELATING TO THE SHARES OF SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE, INCLUDING SECTION 4(c)(iii) THEREOF. THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK STATED ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION 4(c)(iii) OF THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS RELATING TO THE SHARES OF SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE.

 

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(iv)          Pro Rata Conversion; Disputes . In the event that the Company receives a Conversion Notice from more than one Holder for the same Conversion Date and the Company can convert some, but not all, of such Preferred Shares submitted for conversion, the Company shall convert from each Holder electing to have Preferred Shares converted on such date a pro rata amount of such Holder’s Preferred Shares submitted for conversion on such date based on the number of Preferred Shares submitted for conversion on such date by such Holder relative to the aggregate number of Preferred Shares submitted for conversion on such date. In the event of a dispute as to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to a Holder in connection with a conversion of Preferred Shares, the Company shall issue to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock not in dispute and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 20.

 

(d)             Limitation on Beneficial Ownership . The Company shall not effect the conversion of any of the Preferred Shares held by a Holder, and such Holder shall not have the right to convert any of the Preferred Shares held by such Holder pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Certificate of Designations and any such conversion shall be null and void and treated as if never made, to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion, such Holder together with the other Attribution Parties collectively would beneficially own in excess of either 4.99% or 9.99% (as elected in writing by the Holder on or prior to the Initial Issuance Date)(the “ Maximum Percentage ”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and the other Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock held by such Holder and all other Attribution Parties plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, nonconverted Preferred Shares beneficially owned by such Holder or any of the other Attribution Parties and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any convertible notes, convertible preferred stock or warrants, including the Warrants) beneficially owned by such Holder or any other Attribution Party subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this Section 4(d). For purposes of this Section 4(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act. For purposes of determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock a Holder may acquire upon the conversion of such Preferred Shares without exceeding the Maximum Percentage, such Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the SEC, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any other written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent, if any, setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (the “ Reported Outstanding Share Number ”). If the Company receives a Conversion Notice from a Holder at a time when the actual number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is less than the Reported Outstanding Share Number, the Company shall notify such Holder in writing of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding and, to the extent that such Conversion Notice would otherwise cause such Holder’s beneficial ownership, as determined pursuant to this Section 4(d), to exceed the Maximum Percentage, such Holder must notify the Company of a reduced number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to such Conversion Notice. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of any Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing or by electronic mail to such 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 such Preferred Shares, by such Holder and any other Attribution Party since the date as of which the Reported Outstanding Share Number was reported. In the event that the issuance of shares of Common Stock to a Holder upon conversion of such Preferred Shares results in such Holder and the other Attribution Parties being deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than the Maximum Percentage of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (as determined under Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act), the number of shares so issued by which such Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties’ aggregate beneficial ownership exceeds the Maximum Percentage (the “ Excess Shares ”) shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and such Holder shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Excess Shares. Upon delivery of a written notice to the Company, any Holder may from time to time increase (with such increase not effective until the sixty-first (61 st ) day after delivery of such notice) or decrease the Maximum Percentage of such Holder to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% as specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61 st ) day after such notice is delivered to the Company and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to such Holder and the other Attribution Parties and not to any other Holder. For purposes of clarity, the shares of Common Stock issuable to a Holder pursuant to the terms of this Certificate of Designations in excess of the Maximum Percentage shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by such Holder for any purpose including for purposes of Section 13(d) or Rule 16a-1(a)(1) of the 1934 Act. No prior inability to convert such Preferred Shares pursuant to this paragraph shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent determination of convertibility. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 4(d) to the extent necessary to correct this paragraph (or any portion of this paragraph) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation contained in this Section 4(d) or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitation contained in this paragraph may not be waived and shall apply to a successor holder of such Preferred Shares.

 

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5.              Rights upon Fundamental Transactions . The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Certificate of Designations and the other Exchange Documents (as defined in the Exchange Agreements) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5 pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each holder of Preferred Shares in exchange for such Preferred Shares a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Certificate of Designations, including, without limitation, having a stated value equal to the Stated Value of the Preferred Shares held by the Holders, and reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders. Upon the occurrence of any 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 Certificate of Designations and the other Exchange 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 Certificate of Designations and the other Exchange Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein and therein. In addition to the foregoing, upon consummation of a Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to each Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon conversion of the Preferred Shares at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Sections 6 and 12, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the conversion of the Preferred Shares prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of the publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) which each Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had all the Preferred Shares held by each Holder been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Preferred Shares contained in this Certificate of Designations), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Certificate of Designations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such Holder may elect, at its sole option, by delivery of written notice to the Company, to waive this Section 5 to permit the Fundamental Transaction without the assumption of the Preferred Shares. The provisions of this Section 5 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Preferred Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 5 will not apply to a Fundamental Transaction where the purchaser or other Successor Entity provides cash consideration and such Fundamental Transaction does not involve the issuance of any securities to the holders of any securities of the Company or its Affiliates in consideration therefor.

 

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6.              Rights upon Issuance of Purchase Rights and Other Corporate Events .

 

(a)              Purchase Rights . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 7 below, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to all or substantially all of the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “ Purchase Rights ”), then each Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which such Holder could have acquired if such Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of all the Preferred Shares (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of the Preferred Shares) held by such Holder immediately prior to the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, to the extent that such Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in such Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then such Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and the Holder’s right to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for such Holder until such time or times, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in such Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage), at which time or times such Holder shall be granted such right (and any Purchase Right granted, issued or sold on such initial Purchase Right or on any subsequent Purchase Right to be held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

 

(b)              Other Corporate Events . In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “ Corporate Event ”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that each Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon a conversion of all the Preferred Shares held by such Holder (i), in the event that securities or other assets are issued in respect of shares of Common Stock, but the Common Stock remains outstanding, in addition to the shares of Common Stock receivable upon such conversion, such securities or other assets to which such Holder would have been entitled with respect to such shares of Common Stock had such shares of Common Stock been held by such Holder upon the consummation of such Corporate Event (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of the Preferred Shares contained in this Certificate of Designations) or, (ii) in the event that the Common Stock does not remain outstanding, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock otherwise receivable upon such conversion, such securities or other assets received by the holders of shares of Common Stock in connection with the consummation of such Corporate Event in such amounts as such Holder would have been entitled to receive had the Preferred Shares held by such Holder initially been issued with conversion rights for the form of such consideration (as opposed to shares of Common Stock) at a conversion rate for such consideration commensurate with the Conversion Rate. Provision made pursuant the proceeding sentence shall be in a form and substance satisfactory to the Holder. The provisions of this Section 6 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Corporate Events and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Preferred Shares contained in this Certificate of Designations.

 

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7.              Rights Upon Stock Split, Stock Dividend, Stock Combination, Recapitalization or Other Similar Transaction . Without limiting any provision of Section 6 or Section 12, if the Company at any time on or after the Closing Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced. Without limiting any provision of Section 6 or Section 12, if the Company at any time on or after the Closing Date combines (by any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased. Any adjustment pursuant to this Section 7 shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination. If any event requiring an adjustment under this Section 7 occurs during the period that a Conversion Price is calculated hereunder, then the calculation of such Conversion Price shall be adjusted appropriately to reflect such event.

 

8.              Noncircumvention . The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Certificate of Designations, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Certificate of Designations and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other provision of this Certificate of Designations or the other Exchange Documents, the Company (a) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the conversion of any Preferred Shares above the Conversion Price then in effect, (b) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of Preferred Shares and (c) shall, so long as any Preferred Shares are outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Preferred Shares, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of the Preferred Shares then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on conversion contained herein). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if after the seventy-five (75) calendar day anniversary of the Initial Issuance Date, each Holder is not permitted to convert such Holder’s Preferred Shares in full for any reason (other than pursuant to restrictions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof), the Company shall use its best efforts to promptly remedy such failure, including, without limitation, obtaining such consents or approvals as necessary to effect such conversion into shares of Common Stock.

 

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9.              Authorized Shares .

 

(a)              Reservation . So long as any Preferred Shares remain outstanding, the Company shall at all times reserve at least 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of all of the Preferred Shares then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on conversions) (the “ Required Reserve Amount ”). The Required Reserve Amount (including, without limitation, each increase in the number of shares so reserved) shall be allocated pro rata among the Holders based on the number of the Preferred Shares held by each Holder on the Initial Issuance Date or increase in the number of reserved shares, as the case may be (the “ Authorized Share Allocation ”). In the event that a Holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such Holder’s Preferred Shares, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such Holder’s Authorized Share Allocation. Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Preferred Shares shall be allocated to the remaining Holders of Preferred Shares, pro rata based on the number of the Preferred Shares then held by the Holders.

 

(b)              Insufficient Authorized Shares . If, notwithstanding Section 9(a) and not in limitation thereof, while any of the Preferred Shares remain outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon conversion of the Preferred Shares at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required Reserve Amount (an “ Authorized Share Failure ”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for the Preferred Shares then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its best efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its Board to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal. In the event that the Company is prohibited from issuing shares of Common Stock to a Holder upon any conversion due to the failure by the Company to have sufficient shares of Common Stock available out of the authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock (such unavailable number of shares of Common Stock, the “ Authorized Failure Shares ”), in lieu of delivering such Authorized Failure Shares to such Holder, the Company shall pay cash in exchange for the redemption of such portion of the Conversion Amount convertible into such Authorized Failure Shares at a price equal to the sum of (i) the product of (x) such number of Authorized Failure Shares and (y) the greatest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date such Holder delivers the applicable Conversion Notice with respect to such Authorized Failure Shares to the Company and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this Section 9(b); and (ii) to the extent such Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Holder of Authorized Failure Shares and any brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any, (to the extent not included in the Buy-In Payment Amount paid to such Holder), of such Holder incurred in connection therewith. Nothing contained in Section 9(a) or this Section 9(b) shall limit any obligations of the Company under any provision of the Merger Agreement or any Exchange Agreement.

 

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10.            Voting Rights . Holders of Preferred Shares shall have no voting rights, except as required by law (including without limitation, the DGCL) and as expressly provided in this Certificate of Designations. To the extent that under the DGCL the vote of the holders of the Preferred Shares, voting separately as a class or series as applicable, is required to authorize a given action of the Company, the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of all of the shares of the Preferred Shares, voting together in the aggregate and not in separate series unless required under the DGCL, represented at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is presented or by written consent of the Required Holders (except as otherwise may be required under the DGCL), voting together in the aggregate and not in separate series unless required under the DGCL, shall constitute the approval of such action by both the class or the series, as applicable. Subject to Section 4(d), to the extent that under the DGCL holders of the Preferred Shares are entitled to vote on a matter with holders of shares of Common Stock, voting together as one class, each Preferred Share shall entitle the holder thereof to cast that number of votes per share as is equal to the number of shares of Common Stock into which it is then convertible (subject to the ownership limitations specified in Section 4(d) hereof) using the record date for determining the stockholders of the Company eligible to vote on such matters as the date as of which the Conversion Price is calculated. Holders of the Preferred Shares shall be entitled to written notice of all stockholder meetings or written consents (and copies of proxy materials and other information sent to stockholders) with respect to which they would be entitled by vote, which notice would be provided pursuant to the Company’s bylaws and the DGCL).

 

11.            Liquidation, Dissolution, Winding-Up . In the event of a Liquidation Event, the Holders shall be entitled to receive in cash out of the assets of the Company, whether from capital or from earnings available for distribution to its stockholders (the “ Liquidation Funds ”), an amount per Preferred Share equal to the greater of (A) the Conversion Amount thereof on the date of such payment and (B) the amount per share such Holder would receive if such Holder converted such Preferred Shares into Common Stock immediately prior to the date of such payment (without regard to any limitations on conversion set forth herein), provided that if the Liquidation Funds are insufficient to pay the full amount due to the Holders, then each Holder shall receive a percentage of the Liquidation Funds equal to the full amount of Liquidation Funds payable to such Holder, as a percentage of the full amount of Liquidation Funds payable to all Holders (on an as-converted basis, without regard to any limitations on conversion set forth herein) and all holders of Common Stock, solely with respect to such calculations, as a single class. To the extent necessary, the Company shall cause such actions to be taken by each of its Subsidiaries so as to enable, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the proceeds of a Liquidation Event to be distributed to the Holders in accordance with this Section 11.

 

12.            Distribution of Assets . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 7, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distributions of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to any or all holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (the “ Distributions ”), then each Holder, as holders of Preferred Shares, will be entitled to such Distributions as if such Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of the Preferred Shares (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of the Preferred Shares) immediately prior to the date on which a record is taken for such Distribution or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for such Distributions (provided, however, that to the extent that such Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in such Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then such Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution to the Holder shall be held in abeyance for such Holder until such time or times as its right thereto would not result in such Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times, if any, such Holder shall be granted such rights (and any rights under this Section 12 on such initial rights or on any subsequent such rights to be held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

 

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13.            Vote to Change the Terms of or Issue Preferred Shares . In addition to any other rights provided by law, except where the vote or written consent of the holders of a greater number of shares is required by law or by another provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, without first obtaining the affirmative vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose or the written consent without a meeting of the Required Holders, voting together as a single class, the Company shall not: (a) amend or repeal any provision of this Certificate of Designations or amend or repeal any provision of or add any provision to its Certificate of Incorporation in a manner inconsistent with this Certificate of Designations or that would adversely alter or change in any respect the preferences, rights, privileges or powers, or restrictions provided for the benefit, of the Preferred Shares, regardless of whether any such action shall be by merger, consolidation or otherwise; (b) increase or decrease (other than by conversion) the authorized number of Preferred Shares; (c) issue any Preferred Shares other than pursuant to the Merger Agreement or the Warrants; or (d) without limiting any provision of Section 8, whether or not prohibited by the terms of the Preferred Shares, circumvent a right of the Preferred Shares.

 

14.            Transfer of Preferred Shares . A Holder may transfer some or all of its Preferred Shares without the consent of the Company.

 

15.            Reissuance of Preferred Certificates .

 

(a)              Transfer . If any Preferred Shares are to be transferred, the applicable Holder shall surrender the applicable Preferred Share Certificate to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of such Holder a new Preferred Share Certificate (in accordance with Section 15(d)), registered as such Holder may request, representing the outstanding number of Preferred Shares being transferred by such Holder and, if less than the entire outstanding number of Preferred Shares is being transferred, a new Preferred Share Certificate (in accordance with Section 15(d)) to such Holder representing the outstanding number of Preferred Shares not being transferred. Such Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of the Preferred Share Certificate, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of Section 4(c)(i) following conversion of any of the Preferred Shares, the outstanding number of Preferred Shares represented by the Preferred Share Certificate may be less than the number of Preferred Shares stated on the face of the Preferred Share Certificate .

 

(b)             Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Preferred Share Certificate . Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of a Preferred Share Certificate (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the applicable Holder to the Company in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of such Preferred Share Certificate, the Company shall execute and deliver to such Holder a new Preferred Share Certificate (in accordance with Section 15(d)) representing the applicable outstanding number of Preferred Shares.

 

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(c)             Preferred Share Certificate Exchangeable for Different Denominations . Each Preferred Share Certificate is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the applicable Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Preferred Share Certificate or Preferred Share Certificate(s) (in accordance with Section 15(d)) representing in the aggregate the outstanding number of the Preferred Shares in the original Preferred Share Certificate, and each such new 15(d) will represent such portion of such outstanding number of Preferred Shares from the original Preferred Share Certificate as is designated by such Holder at the time of such surrender.

 

(d)             Issuance of New Preferred Share Certificate . Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Preferred Share Certificate pursuant to the terms of this Certificate of Designations, such new Preferred Share Certificate (i) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such Preferred Share Certificate, the number of Preferred Shares remaining outstanding (or in the case of a new Preferred Share Certificate being issued pursuant to Section 15(a) or Section 15(c), the number of Preferred Shares designated by such Holder which, when added to the number of Preferred Shares represented by the other new Preferred Share Certificates issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Preferred Shares remaining outstanding under the original Preferred Share Certificate immediately prior to such issuance of new Preferred Share Certificate), and (ii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Preferred Share Certificate, which is the same as the issuance date of the original Preferred Share Certificate.

 

16.            Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Certificate of Designations shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Certificate of Designations and any of the other Exchange Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit any Holder’s right to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Certificate of Designations. The Company covenants to each Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by a Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holders and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, each Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any such breach or any such threatened breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to a Holder that is requested by such Holder to enable such Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Certificate of Designations.

 

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17.            Payment of Collection, Enforcement and Other Costs . If (a) any Preferred Shares are placed in the hands of an attorney to bring a legal proceeding for collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any legal proceeding or a Holder otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under this Certificate of Designations with respect to the Preferred Shares or to enforce the provisions of this Certificate of Designations or (b) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of the Company or other proceedings affecting Company creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Certificate of Designations, then the Company shall pay the costs incurred by such Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements.

 

18.            Construction; Headings . This Certificate of Designations shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and the Holders and shall not be construed against any such Person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Certificate of Designations are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Certificate of Designations. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, each pronoun herein shall be deemed to include the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular and plural forms thereof. The terms “including,” “includes,” “include” and words of like import shall be construed broadly as if followed by the words “without limitation.” The terms “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereof” and words of like import refer to this entire Certificate of Designations instead of just the provision in which they are found. Unless expressly indicated otherwise, all section references are to sections of this Certificate of Designations. Terms used in this Certificate of Designations and not otherwise defined herein, but defined in the other Exchange Documents, shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms on the Closing Date in such other Exchange Documents (in the event of any inconsistency, first in the Exchange Agreements, then in the Merger Agreement and then in the other Exchange Documents) unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Required Holders.

 

19.            Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver . No failure or delay on the part of a Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party. This Certificate of Designations shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and all Holders and shall not be construed against any Person as the drafter hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 19 shall permit any waiver of any provision of Section 4(d).

 

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20.            Dispute Resolution .

 

(a)              Submission to Dispute Resolution.

 

(i)           In the case of a dispute relating to a Closing Bid Price, a Closing Sale Price, a Conversion Price, a VWAP or a fair market value or the arithmetic calculation of a Conversion Rate (as the case may be) (including, without limitation, a dispute relating to the determination of any of the foregoing), the Company or the applicable Holder (as the case may be) shall submit the dispute to the other party via facsimile or electronic mail (A) if by the Company, within two (2) Business Days after the occurrence of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute or (B) if by such Holder at any time after such Holder learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute. If such Holder and the Company are unable to promptly resolve such dispute relating to such Closing Bid Price, such Closing Sale Price, such Conversion Price, such VWAP or such fair market value, or the arithmetic calculation of such Conversion Rate (as the case may be), at any time after the second (2 nd ) Business Day following such initial notice by the Company or such Holder (as the case may be) of such dispute to the Company or such Holder (as the case may be), then such Holder may, at its sole option, select an independent, reputable investment bank to resolve such dispute.

 

(ii)          Such Holder and the Company shall each deliver to such investment bank (A) a copy of the initial dispute submission so delivered in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 20 and (B) written documentation supporting its position with respect to such dispute, in each case, no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) by the fifth (5 th ) Business Day immediately following the date on which such Holder selected such investment bank (the “ Dispute Submission Deadline ”) (the documents referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (A) and (B) are collectively referred to herein as the “ Required Dispute Documentation ”) (it being understood and agreed that if either such Holder or the Company fails to so deliver all of the Required Dispute Documentation by the Dispute Submission Deadline, then the party who fails to so submit all of the Required Dispute Documentation shall no longer be entitled to (and hereby waives its right to) deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank with respect to such dispute and such investment bank shall resolve such dispute based solely on the Required Dispute Documentation that was delivered to such investment bank prior to the Dispute Submission Deadline). Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by both the Company and such Holder or otherwise requested by such investment bank, neither the Company nor such Holder shall be entitled to deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank in connection with such dispute (other than the Required Dispute Documentation).

 

(iii)         The Company and such Holder shall cause such investment bank to determine the resolution of such dispute and notify the Company and such Holder of such resolution no later than ten (10) Business Days immediately following the Dispute Submission Deadline. The fees and expenses of such investment bank shall be borne solely by the Company, and such investment bank’s resolution of such dispute shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error.

 

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(b)             Miscellaneous . The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) this Section 20 constitutes an agreement to arbitrate between the Company and each Holder (and constitutes an arbitration agreement) under § 7501, et seq. of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules (“ CPLR ”) and that any Holder is authorized to apply for an order to compel arbitration pursuant to CPLR § 7503(a) in order to compel compliance with this Section 20, (ii) a dispute relating to a Conversion Price, (iii) the terms of this Certificate of Designations and each other applicable Exchange Document shall serve as the basis for the selected investment bank’s resolution of the applicable dispute, such investment bank shall be entitled (and is hereby expressly authorized) to make all findings, determinations and the like that such investment bank determines are required to be made by such investment bank in connection with its resolution of such dispute and in resolving such dispute such investment bank shall apply such findings, determinations and the like to the terms of this Certificate of Designations and any other applicable Exchange Documents, (iv) the applicable Holder (and only such Holder with respect to disputes solely relating to such Holder), in its sole discretion, shall have the right to submit any dispute described in this Section 20 to any state or federal court sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan in lieu of utilizing the procedures set forth in this Section 20 and (v) nothing in this Section 20 shall limit such Holder from obtaining any injunctive relief or other equitable remedies (including, without limitation, with respect to any matters described in this Section 20).

 

21.            Notices; Currency; Payments .

 

(a)             Notices . The Company shall provide each Holder of Preferred Shares with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to the terms of this Certificate of Designations, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Whenever notice is required to be given under this Certificate of Designations, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice must be in writing and shall be given in accordance with Section 16(e) of the Exchange Agreement of such Holder. The Company shall provide each Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Certificate of Designations, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefore. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall give written notice to each Holder (i) immediately upon any adjustment of the Conversion Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grant, issuances, or sales of any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property to holders of shares of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to such Holder.

 

(b)             Currency . All dollar amounts referred to in this Certificate of Designations are in United States Dollars (“ U.S. Dollars ”), and all amounts owing under this Certificate of Designations shall be paid in U.S. Dollars. All amounts denominated in other currencies (if any) shall be converted into the U.S. Dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the Exchange Rate on the date of calculation. “ Exchange Rate means, in relation to any amount of currency to be converted into U.S. Dollars pursuant to this Certificate of Designations, the U.S. Dollar exchange rate as published in the Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of calculation (it being understood and agreed that where an amount is calculated with reference to, or over, a period of time, the date of calculation shall be the final date of such period of time).

 

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(c)             Payments . Whenever any payment of cash is to be made by the Company to any Person pursuant to this Certificate of Designations, unless otherwise expressly set forth herein, such payment shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America by a certified check drawn on the account of the Company and sent via overnight courier service to such Person at such address as previously provided to the Company in writing (which address, in the case of each of the initial Holders of Preferred Shares or Warrants (each, a “ Buyer ”), shall initially be as set forth in the Exchange Agreement of such Buyer), provided that such Holder may elect to receive a payment of cash via wire transfer of immediately available funds by providing the Company with prior written notice setting out such request and such Holder’s wire transfer instructions. Whenever any amount expressed to be due by the terms of this Certificate of Designations is due on any day which is not a Business Day, the same shall instead be due on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day. Any amount due under the Exchange Documents which is not paid when due shall result in a late charge being incurred and payable by the Company in an amount equal to interest on such amount at the rate of fifteen percent (15%) per annum from the date such amount was due until the same is paid in full (“ Late Charge ”).

 

22.            Waiver of Notice . To the extent permitted by law, the Company hereby irrevocably waives demand, notice, presentment, protest and all other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Certificate of Designations, the Merger Agreement or any Exchange Agreement.

 

23.            Governing Law . This Certificate of Designations shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Certificate of Designations shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware. Except as otherwise required by Section 20 above, the Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any 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 to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein (i) shall be deemed or operate to preclude any Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to such 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 such Holder or (ii) shall limit, or shall be deemed or construed to limit, any provision of Section 20. 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 CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

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24.            Judgment Currency .

 

(a)             If for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against the Company in any court in any jurisdiction it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this Section 24 referred to as the “ Judgment Currency ”) an amount due in U.S. dollars under this Certificate of Designations, the conversion shall be made at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Trading Day immediately preceding:

 

(i)           the date actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of New York or in the courts of any other jurisdiction that will give effect to such conversion being made on such date: or

 

(ii)          the date on which the foreign court determines, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any other jurisdiction (the date as of which such conversion is made pursuant to this Section 24(a)(ii) being hereinafter referred to as the “ Judgment Conversion Date ”).

 

(b)            If in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in Section 24(a)(ii) above, there is a change in the Exchange Rate prevailing between the Judgment Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due, the applicable party shall pay such adjusted amount as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of US dollars which could have been purchased with the amount of Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Judgment Conversion Date.

 

(c)            Any amount due from the Company under this provision shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts due under or in respect of this Certificate of Designations.

 

25.            Severability . If any provision of this Certificate of Designations 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 Certificate of Designations so long as this Certificate of Designations 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).

 

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26.            Maximum Payments . Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to establish or require the payment of a rate of interest or other charges in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law. In the event that the rate of interest required to be paid or other charges hereunder exceed the maximum permitted by such law, any payments in excess of such maximum shall be credited against amounts owed by the Company to the applicable Holder and thus refunded to the Company.

 

27.            Stockholder Matters; Amendment .

 

(a)              Stockholder Matters . Any stockholder action, approval or consent required, desired or otherwise sought by the Company pursuant to the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation, this Certificate of Designations or otherwise with respect to the issuance of Preferred Shares may be effected by written consent of the Company’s stockholders or at a duly called meeting of the Company’s stockholders, all in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the DGCL. This provision is intended to comply with the applicable sections of the DGCL permitting stockholder action, approval and consent affected by written consent in lieu of a meeting.

 

(b)             Amendment . This Certificate of Designations or any provision hereof may be amended by obtaining the affirmative vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose, or written consent without a meeting in accordance with the DGCL, of the Required Holders, voting separate as a single class, and with such other stockholder approval, if any, as may then be required pursuant to the DGCL and the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

28.            Certain Defined Terms . For purposes of this Certificate of Designations, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a)            “ 1934 Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

(b)            “ Additional Amount ” means, as of the applicable date of determination, with respect to each Preferred Share, all declared and unpaid Dividends on such Preferred Share.

 

(c)             “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, it being understood for purposes of this definition that “control” of a Person means the power directly or indirectly either to vote 10% or more of the stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

 

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(d)            “ Attribution Parties ” means, collectively, the following Persons and entities: (i) any investment vehicle, including, any funds, feeder funds or managed accounts, currently, or from time to time after the Initial Issuance Date, directly or indirectly managed or advised by a Holder’s investment manager or any of its Affiliates or principals, (ii) any direct or indirect Affiliates of such Holder or any of the foregoing, (iii) any Person acting or who could be deemed to be acting as a Group together with such Holder or any of the foregoing and (iv) any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of the Company’s Common Stock would or could be aggregated with such Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties for purposes of Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act. For clarity, the purpose of the foregoing is to subject collectively such Holder and all other Attribution Parties to the Maximum Percentage.

 

(e)             “ Bloomberg ” means Bloomberg, L.P.

 

(f)             “ Business Day ” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

(g)            “ Closing Bid Price ” and “ Closing Sale Price ” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price (as the case may be) then the last bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC). If the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price (as the case may be) of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Required Holder. If the Company and the Required Holders 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 20. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations or other similar transactions during such period.

 

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(h)            “ Closing Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement, which date is the date the Company initially issued the Preferred Shares and the Warrants pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement.

 

(i)              “ Common Stock ” means (i) the Company’s shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.

 

(j)              “ 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.

 

(k)             “ Eligible Market ” means The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Principal Market.

 

(l)              “ Exchange Agreements ” means those certain (i) Purchase and Exchange Agreements, dated as of June 10, 2015, each by and among the Company, Chart Acquisition Corp., Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, TAS Financing Sub Inc. and Chart Financing Sub Inc., on the one hand, and a Buyer, on the other hand and (ii) Purchase and Exchange Agreements, dated as of June 10, 2015, each by and among the Company, Chart Acquisition Corp. and Chart Financing Sub Inc., on the one hand, and a Buyer, on the other hand.

 

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(m)            “ Fundamental Transaction ” means (A) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Subject Entity, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its “significant subsidiaries” (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) to one or more Subject Entities, or (iii) make, or allow one or more Subject Entities to make, or allow the Company to be subject to or have its Common Stock be subject to or party to one or more Subject Entities making, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of at least either (x) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entities making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer, become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iv) consummate a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with one or more Subject Entities whereby all such Subject Entities, individually or in the aggregate, acquire, either (x) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all the Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that the Subject Entities become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock, (B) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, allow any Subject Entity individually or the Subject Entities in the aggregate to be or become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, whether through acquisition, purchase, assignment, conveyance, tender, tender offer, exchange, reduction in outstanding shares of Common Stock, merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, scheme of arrangement, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, of either (x) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock not held by all such Subject Entities as of the date of this Certificate of Designations calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all such Subject Entities were not outstanding, or (z) a percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company sufficient to allow such Subject Entities to effect a statutory short form merger or other transaction requiring other shareholders of the Company to surrender their shares of Common Stock without approval of the shareholders of the Company or (C) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, issue or enter into any other instrument or transaction structured in a manner to circumvent, or that circumvents, the intent of this definition, in which case this definition shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this definition to the extent necessary to correct this definition or any portion of this definition which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended treatment of such instrument or transaction.

 

(n)            “ Group ” means a “group” as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and as defined in Rule 13d-5 thereunder.

 

(o)            “ Liquidation Event ” means, whether in a single transaction or series of transactions, the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or such Subsidiaries the assets of which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(p)            “ Merger Agreement ” shall have the meaning as set forth in the Registration Statement.

 

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

 

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(r)             “ Parent Entity ” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

 

(s)             “ Person ” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity or a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

(t)             “ Principal Market ” means the OTCQB.

 

(u)            “ Registration Statement ” means the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File number 333-201424), pursuant to, among other things, the Company shall issue certain Preferred Shares and certain of the Warrants.

 

(v)            “ Required Holders ” means Holders owning in the aggregate a majority of the issued and outstanding Preferred Shares.

 

(w)            “ SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or the successor thereto.

 

(x)             “ Stated Value ” shall mean $4.00 per share, subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations, reorganizations, reclassifications, combinations, subdivisions or other similar events occurring after the Initial Issuance Date with respect to the Preferred Shares.

 

(y)            “ Subsidiaries ” shall have the meaning as set forth in the Merger Agreement.

 

(z)            “ Subject Entity ” means any Person, Persons or Group or any Affiliate or associate of any such Person, Persons or Group.

 

(aa)          “ Successor Entity ” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

 

(bb)          “ Trading Day ” means, as applicable, (x) with respect to all price or trading volume determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time) unless such day is otherwise designated as a Trading Day in writing by the Holder or (y) with respect to all determinations other than price determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which The New York Stock Exchange (or any successor thereto) is open for trading of securities.

 

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(cc)          “ VWAP ” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market (or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for such security, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded) during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” function or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC). If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Required Holders. If the Company and the Required Holders 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 20 All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

 

(dd)          “ Warrants ” means the Investor Warrants as such term is defined in the Exchange Agreements, and shall include all warrants issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

29.           Disclosure . Upon receipt or delivery by the Company of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Certificate of Designations, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day after any such receipt or delivery publicly disclose such material, non-public information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise. In the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company so shall indicate to such Holder contemporaneously with delivery of such notice, and in the absence of any such indication, such Holder shall be allowed to presume that all matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Nothing contained in this Section 29 shall limit any obligations of the Company, or any rights of any Holder, under Section 10 of the Exchange Agreement of such Holder.

 

[ Signature page follows ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of Designations of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. to be signed by its President on this 30 th day of July, 2015.

 

  TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Christopher D. Brady
   

Name: Christopher D. Brady
Title: President

   

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Certificate of Designations]  

 
 

  

EXHIBIT I

 

TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.

 

CONVERSION NOTICE

 

Reference is made to the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. (the “ Certificate of Designations ”). In accordance with and pursuant to the Certificate of Designations, the undersigned hereby elects to convert the number of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “ Preferred Shares ”), of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), indicated below into shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “ Common Stock ”), of the Company, as of the date specified below.

 

Date of Conversion:  
   
Aggregate number of Preferred Shares to be converted  
   
Aggregate Stated Value of such Preferred Shares to be converted:  
   
Aggregate accrued and unpaid Dividends and accrued and unpaid Late Charges with respect to such Preferred Shares and such Aggregate Dividends to be converted:  
   
AGGREGATE CONVERSION AMOUNT  TO BE CONVERTED:  
   
Please confirm the following information:
 
Conversion Price:  
   
Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:  
         

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Please issue the Common Stock into which the applicable Preferred Shares are being converted 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 No.:_____________________

 

Telephone No.:_____________________

 

E-mail Address:_____________________

 

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EXHIBIT II

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The Company hereby acknowledges this Conversion Notice and hereby directs _________________ to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated _____________, 20__ from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by ________________________.

 

  TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
     
  By:
   

Name:
Title:

   

 

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Exhibit 4.3

 

FINAL FORM

 

FORM OF SERIES A-1 WARRANT

 

THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION 1(a) OF THIS WARRANT.

 

Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.

 

Series A-1 Warrant To Purchase Common Stock

 

Warrant No.: A-1-[__]

 

Date of Issuance: July 31, 2015 (“ Issuance Date ”)

 

Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, [INVESTOR] , the registered holder hereof, or its permitted assigns (the “ Holder ”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon exercise of this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “ Warrant ”), at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date, but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below), _________________ 1 (subject to adjustment as provided herein) fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below) (the “ Warrant Shares ”, and such number of Warrant Shares, the “ Warrant Number ”). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section  18. This Warrant is one of the Warrants to Purchase Common Stock (including, without limitation, all Series A-1 Warrants and Series B-1 Warrants (together, the “ New Investor Warrants ”) and the Series A-2 Warrants and Series B-2 Warrants (together the “ Affiliate Investor Warrants ” and collectively, with the New Investor Warrants, the “ Investor Warrants ”)) issued pursuant to, with respect to the New Investor Warrants, (i) the Merger Agreement in exchange for certain shares of non-voting preferred stock of TAS Financing Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ TAS Financing Sub ”) (each holder of TAS Financing Sub preferred stock immediately prior to the time of consummation of the Business Combination, a “ Buyer ”), which were originally issued by TAS Financing Sub on July 31, 2015 (the “ Subscription Date ”) and (ii) the Exchange Agreements.

 

 

1 1.875 Warrant Shares for each share of TAS Financing Sub Preferred Stock exchanged in the Business Combination.

 

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1.             EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

 

(a)                Mechanics of Exercise . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in Section 1(f)), this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any day on or after the Issuance Date (an “ Exercise Date ”), in whole or in part, by delivery (whether via facsimile or otherwise) of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Exercise Notice ”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant. Within one (1) Trading Day following an exercise of this Warrant as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver payment to the Company of an amount equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant was so exercised (the “ Aggregate Exercise Price ”) in cash or via wire transfer of immediately available funds if the Holder did not notify the Company in such Exercise Notice that such exercise was made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 1(d)). The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original of this Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice for all of the then-remaining Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant after delivery of the Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms hereof. On or before the first (1 st ) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received an Exercise Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile or electronic mail an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of such Exercise Notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B , to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”), which confirmation shall constitute an instruction to the Transfer Agent to process such Exercise Notice in accordance with the terms herein. On or before the third (3 rd ) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received such Exercise Notice (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade of such Warrant Shares initiated on the applicable Exercise Date), the Company shall (X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to such exercise. Upon delivery of an Exercise Notice, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder’s DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares (as the case may be). If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise and upon surrender of this Warrant to the Company by the Holder, then, at the request of the Holder, the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Business Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised. No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp, issuance and similar taxes, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent) that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except in the case where an exercise of this Warrant is validly made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise, the Company’s failure to deliver Warrant Shares to the Holder on or prior to the later of ( (i) three (3) Trading Days after receipt of the applicable Exercise Notice (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade of such Warrant Shares initiated on the applicable Exercise Date) and (ii) one (1) Trading Day after the Company’s receipt of the Aggregate Exercise Price (or valid notice of a Cashless Exercise) (such later date, the “ Share Delivery Deadline ”) shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Warrant.

 

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(b)               Exercise Price . For purposes of this Warrant, “ Exercise Price ” means $4.80, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

 

(c)                Company’s Failure to Timely Deliver Securities . If the Company shall fail, for any reason or for no reason, on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline, either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled and register such Warrant Shares on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for such number of undelivered Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of this Warrant (as the case may be) or (II) if a registration statement (or prospectus contained therein) covering the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares that are the subject of the Exercise Notice (the “ Unavailable Warrant Shares ”) is not available for the issuance of such Unavailable Warrant Shares and the Company fails to promptly (x) so notify the Holder and (y) deliver the Warrant Shares electronically (including, if at any time after the three calendar month anniversary of the Issuance Date, without any restrictive legend) by crediting such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian system (the event described in the immediately foregoing clause (II) is hereinafter referred as a “ Notice Failure ” and together with the event described in clause (I) above, a “ Delivery Failure ”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, (X) the Company shall pay in cash to the Holder on each day after the Share Delivery Date and during such Delivery Failure an amount equal to 1% of the product of (A) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock not issued to the Holder on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline and to which the Holder is entitled, multiplied by (B) any trading price of the Common Stock selected by the Holder in writing as in effect at any time during the period beginning on the applicable Exercise Date and ending on the applicable Share Delivery Date, and (Y) the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Exercise Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the voiding of an Exercise Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise. In addition to the foregoing, if on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Company shall fail to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Transfer Agent shall fail to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder or pursuant to the Company’s obligation pursuant to clause (ii) below or (II) a Notice Failure occurs, and if on or after such Share Delivery Deadline the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a “ Buy-In ”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, the Company shall, within three (3) Business Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (including, without limitation, by any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of the Holder) (the “ Buy-In Price ”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so issue and deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) (and to issue such Warrant Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to so issue and deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant Shares or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of Warrant Shares multiplied by (B) the lowest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this clause (ii) (the “ Buy-In Payment Amount ”). Nothing shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock (or to electronically deliver such shares of Common Stock) upon the exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof. If the Holder elects to effect a cash exercise of this Warrant at a time a registration statement is not available for the issuance or resale of such applicable Warrant Shares, the Company shall, within one (1) Trading Day of receipt of such applicable Exercise Notice, notify the Holder that unless the Holder withdraws such Exercise Notice and submits an Exercise Notice electing a cashless exercise, if available, such Warrant Shares shall be issued on the Share Delivery Date in certificate form bearing a restrictive securities legend. The parties agree that any such issuance and delivery with a restrictive securities legend on or prior to the applicable Share Delivery Deadline shall not be a Delivery Failure.

 

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(d)               Cashless Exercise . If at any time after the three calendar month anniversary of the Issuance Date, there is no effective registration statement registering, or no current prospectus available for, the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, then, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (other than Section 1(f) below), the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of Warrant Shares determined according to the following formula (a “ Cashless Exercise ”):

 

Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)

D

 

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

A= the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.

 

B = the greater of: (i) the quotient of (x) the sum of the VWAP of the Common Stock for each of the twenty (20) Trading Days ending at the close of business on the Principal Market immediately prior to the time of exercise as set forth in the applicable Exercise Notice , divided by (y) twenty (20); and (ii) the last Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock immediately preceding the delivery of the applicable Exercise Notice

 

C = the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.

 

D = as applicable: (i) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) the Bid Price of the Common Stock as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof, or (iii) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if the date of such Exercise Notice is a Trading Day and such Exercise Notice is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day.

 

For purposes of Rule 144(d) promulgated under the 1933 Act, as in effect on the Subscription Date, it is intended that the Warrant Shares issued in a Cashless Exercise shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was originally issued pursuant to the Merger Agreement

 

(e)                Disputes . In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 13.

 

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(f)                Limitations on Exercises . The Company shall not effect the exercise of any portion of this Warrant, and the Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Warrant and any such exercise shall be null and void and treated as if never made, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, the Holder together with the other Attribution Parties collectively would beneficially own in excess of [4.99][9.99] 2 % (the “ Maximum Percentage ”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and the other Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock held by the Holder and all other Attribution Parties plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of the other Attribution Parties and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock or warrants, including other Investor Warrants) beneficially owned by the Holder or any other Attribution Party subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this Section 1(f)(i). For purposes of this Section 1(f)(i), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act. For purposes of determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock the Holder may acquire upon the exercise of this Warrant without exceeding the Maximum Percentage, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the SEC, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any other written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent, if any, setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (the “ Reported Outstanding Share Number ”). If the Company receives an Exercise Notice from the Holder at a time when the actual number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is less than the Reported Outstanding Share Number, the Company shall (i) notify the Holder in writing of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding and, to the extent that such Exercise Notice would otherwise cause the Holder’s beneficial ownership, as determined pursuant to this Section 1(f)(i), to exceed the Maximum Percentage, the Holder must notify the Company of a reduced number of Warrant Shares to be acquired pursuant to such Exercise Notice (the number of shares by which such purchase is reduced, the “ Reduction Shares ”) and (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable, the Company shall return to the Holder any exercise price paid by the Holder for the Reduction Shares. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing or by electronic mail 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 and any other Attribution Party since the date as of which the Reported Outstanding Share Number was reported. In the event that the issuance of shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon exercise of this Warrant results in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties being deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than the Maximum Percentage of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (as determined under Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act), the number of shares so issued by which the Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties’ aggregate beneficial ownership exceeds the Maximum Percentage (the “ Excess Shares ”) shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and the Holder shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Excess Shares. As soon as reasonably practicable after the issuance of the Excess Shares has been deemed null and void, the Company shall return to the Holder the exercise price paid by the Holder for the Excess Shares. Upon delivery of a written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase (with such increase not effective until the sixty-first (61 st ) day after delivery of such notice) or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% as specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61 st ) day after such notice is delivered to the Company and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and the other Attribution Parties and not to any other holder of Investor Warrants that is not an Attribution Party of the Holder. For purposes of clarity, the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of this Warrant in excess of the Maximum Percentage shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Holder for any purpose including for purposes of Section 13(d) or Rule 16a-1(a)(1) of the 1934 Act. No prior inability to exercise this Warrant pursuant to this paragraph shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent determination of exercisability. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 1(f)(i) to the extent necessary to correct this paragraph or any portion of this paragraph which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation contained in this Section 1(f)(i) or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitation contained in this paragraph may not be waived and shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 

 

2 As elected by the Holder to the Company in writing on or prior to the Subscription Date.

 

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(g)               Reservation of Shares .

 

(i)                 Required Reserve Amount . So long as this Warrant remains outstanding, the Company shall at all times keep reserved for issuance under this Warrant a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to 150% of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall be necessary to satisfy the Company’s obligation to issue shares of Common Stock under the Investor Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on exercise) (the “ Required Reserve Amount ”); provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock reserved pursuant to this Section 1(g)(i) be reduced other than proportionally in connection with any exercise or redemption of Investor Warrants or such other event covered by Section 2(a) below. The Required Reserve Amount (including, without limitation, each increase in the number of shares so reserved) shall be allocated pro rata among the holders of the Investor Warrants based on number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Investor Warrants held by each holder on the Issuance Date (without regard to any limitations on exercise) or increase in the number of reserved shares, as the case may be (the “ Authorized Share Allocation ”). In the event that a holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such holder’s Investor Warrants, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such holder’s Authorized Share Allocation. Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Investor Warrants shall be allocated to the remaining holders of Investor Warrants, pro rata based on the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Investor Warrants then held by such holders (without regard to any limitations on exercise).

 

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(ii)               Insufficient Authorized Shares . If, notwithstanding Section 1(g)(i) above, and not in limitation thereof, at any time while any of the Investor Warrants remain outstanding, the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve the Required Reserve Amount (an “ Authorized Share Failure ”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for all the Investor Warrants then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty ( 60) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its best efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal. In the event that the Company is prohibited from issuing shares of Common Stock upon an exercise of this Warrant due to the failure by the Company to have sufficient shares of Common Stock available out of the authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock (such unavailable number of shares of Common Stock, the “ Authorization Failure Shares ”), in lieu of delivering such Authorization Failure Shares to the Holder, the Company shall pay cash in exchange for the cancellation of such portion of this Warrant exercisable into such Authorized Failure Shares at a price equal to the sum of (i) the product of (x) such number of Authorization Failure Shares and (y) the greatest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date the Holder delivers the applicable Exercise Notice with respect to such Authorization Failure Shares to the Company and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this Section 1(g); and (ii) to the extent the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of Authorization Failure Shares, any Buy-In Payment Amount and any brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any, (to the extent not included in any Buy-In Payment Amount paid to the Holder), of the Holder incurred in connection therewith . Nothing contained in this Section 1(g)(ii) shall limit any obligations of the Company under any provision of the Merger Agreement or any Exchange Agreement.

 

(h)               Alternate Delivery of Preferred Shares . At the option of the Holder, in lieu of the issuance and delivery to the Holder (or its designee) of all, or any part, of any aggregate number of Warrant Shares then deliverable to the Holder upon any exercise of this Warrant or otherwise hereunder (such number of Warrant Shares, the “ Alternate Delivery Share Amount ”), the Holder may elect in the applicable Exercise Notice or otherwise in writing to the Company to cause the Company to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) such aggregate number of Preferred Shares then convertible into the Alternate Delivery Share Amount of shares of Common Stock.

 

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2.             ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 2.

 

(a)                Stock Dividends and Splits . Without limiting any provision of Section 2(b) or Section 4, if the Company, at any time on or after the Issuance Date, (i) pays a stock dividend on one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares or (iii) combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination. If any event requiring an adjustment under this paragraph occurs during the period that an Exercise Price is calculated hereunder, then the calculation of such Exercise Price shall be adjusted appropriately to reflect such event.

 

(b)               Adjustment upon Issuance of Shares of Common Stock . If and whenever on or after the Issuance Date, the Company issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section 2 is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (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 (and this Section 2(b) shall be inapplicable with respect to any such Excluded Securities for a consideration per share (the “ New Issuance 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 ”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the New Issuance Price. For all purposes of the foregoing (including, without limitation, determining the adjusted Exercise Price and the New Issuance Price under this Section 2(b)), the following shall be applicable:

 

(i)                 Issuance of Options . If the Company in any manner grants or sells any Options and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 2(b)(i), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof” shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof and (y) the lowest exercise price set forth in such Option for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Option (or any other Person) upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Option (or any other Person). Except as contemplated in (iii) below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or otherwise pursuant to the terms of or upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

 

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(ii)               Issuance of Convertible Securities . If the Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 2(b)(ii), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof” shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof and (y) the lowest conversion price set forth in such Convertible Security for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person) upon the issuance or sale of such Convertible Security plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person). Except as contemplated in (iii) below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof, and if any such issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of this Warrant has been or is to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 2(b), except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made by reason of such issuance or sale.

 

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(iii)              Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion . If the purchase or exercise price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock increases or decreases at any time (other than proportional changes in conversion or exercise prices, as applicable, in connection with an event referred to in Section 2(a) ), the Exercise Price in effect at the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the Exercise Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. For purposes of this Section 2(b)(iii), if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the Subscription Date are increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the shares of Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(b) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Exercise Price then in effect.

 

(iv)             Calculation of Consideration Received . If any Option and/or Convertible Security and/or Adjustment Right is issued in connection with the issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of any other securities of the Company (as determined by the Holder, the “ Primary Security ”, and such Option and/or Convertible Security and/or Adjustment Right, the “ Secondary Securities ”), together comprising one integrated transaction, (or one or more transactions if such issuances or sales or deemed issuances or sales of securities of the Company either (A) have at least one investor or purchaser in common, (B) are consummated in reasonable proximity to each other and/or (C) are consummated under the same plan of financing) the aggregate consideration per share of Common Stock with respect to such Primary Security shall be deemed to be equal to the difference of (x) the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock was issued (or was deemed to be issued pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) or 2(b)(ii) above, as applicable) in such integrated transaction solely with respect to such Primary Security, minus (y) with respect to such Secondary Securities, the sum of (I) the Black Scholes Consideration Value of each such Option, if any, (II) the fair market value (as determined by the Holder in good faith) or the Black Scholes Consideration Value, as applicable, of such Adjustment Right, if any, and (III) the fair market value (as determined by the Holder) of such Convertible Security, if any, in each case, as determined on a per share basis in accordance with this Section 2(b)(iv). If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be deemed to be the net amount of consideration received by the Company therefor. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Company (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of publicly traded securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company for such securities will be the arithmetic average of the VWAPs of such security for each of the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the date of receipt. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities (as the case may be). The fair value of any consideration other than cash or publicly traded securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the Holder. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “ Valuation Event ”), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Trading Days after the tenth (10 th ) day following such Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the Holder. The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company.

 

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(v)               Record Date . If the Company takes a record of the holders of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issuance or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase (as the case may be).

 

(c)                Number of Warrant Shares . Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 2(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 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)               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 2, if 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 ”) after the Subscription Date 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.

 

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(e)                Stock Combination Event Adjustment . If at any time and from time to time on or after the Issuance Date there occurs any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination recapitalization or other similar transaction involving the Common Stock (each, a “ Stock Combination Event ”, and such date thereof, the “ Stock Combination Event Date ”) and the Event Market Price is less than the Exercise Price then in effect (after giving effect to the adjustment in clause (b) above), then on the sixteenth ( 16th) Trading Day immediately following such Stock Combination Event, the Exercise Price then in effect on such sixteenth ( 16th) Trading Day (after giving effect to the adjustment in clause (b) above) shall be reduced (but in no event increased) to the Event Market Price. For the avoidance of doubt, if the adjustment in the immediately preceding sentence would otherwise result in an increase in the Exercise Price hereunder, no adjustment shall be made.

 

(f)                Other Events . In the event that the Company (or any Subsidiary (as defined in the Merger Agreement)) shall take any action to which the provisions hereof are not strictly applicable, or, if applicable, would not operate to protect the Holder from dilution or if any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 2 but not expressly provided for by such provisions ( including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features, but excluding the issuance of any Excluded Securities), then the Company’s board of directors shall in good faith determine and implement an appropriate adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares (if applicable) so as to protect the rights of the Holder, provided that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(e) will increase the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 2, provided further that if the Holder does not accept such adjustments as appropriately protecting its interests hereunder against such dilution, then the Company’s board of directors and the Holder shall agree, in good faith, upon an independent investment bank of nationally recognized standing to make such appropriate adjustments, whose determination shall be final and binding absent manifest error and whose fees and expenses shall be borne by the Company.

 

(g)               Calculations . All calculations under this Section 2 shall be made by rounding to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100 th of a share, as applicable. The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issuance or sale of Common Stock.

 

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(h)               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.

 

3.             RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to section 2 above, if the company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of common stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property, options, evidence of indebtedness or any other assets by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “ distribution ”), at any time after the issuance of this warrant, then, in each such case, the holder shall be entitled to participate in such distribution to the same extent that the holder would have participated therein if the holder had held the number of shares of common stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this warrant, including without limitation, the maximum percentage) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for such distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of common stock are to be determined for the participation in such distribution ( provided , however , that to the extent that the holder’s right to participate in any such distribution would result in the holder and the other attribution parties exceeding the maximum percentage, then the holder shall not be entitled to participate in such distribution to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of common stock as a result of such distribution (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and the portion of such distribution to the holder shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the holder until such time or times, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the holder and the other attribution parties exceeding the maximum percentage, at which time or times the holder shall be granted such distribution (and any distributions declared or made on such initial distribution or on any subsequent distribution held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

 

4.             PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.

 

(a)                Purchase Rights . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “ Purchase Rights ”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights ( provided , however , that to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and the Holder’s right to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such right (and any Purchase Right granted, issued or sold on such initial Purchase Right or on any subsequent Purchase Right held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

 

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(b)               Fundamental Transactions . The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Exchange Documents (as defined in the applicable Exchange Agreement) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to 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, including, without limitation, which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock 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 adjustments to the 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). Upon the consummation of each Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant and the other Exchange 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 Exchange Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of each Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Sections 3 and 4(a) above, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction, such shares of publicly traded common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of the applicable Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and without limiting Section 1(f) hereof, the Holder may elect, at its sole option, by delivery of written notice to the Company to waive this Section 4(b) to permit the Fundamental Transaction without the assumption of this Warrant. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of each Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “ Corporate Event ”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction but prior to the Expiration Date , in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Sections 3 and 4(a) above, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction , such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of the applicable Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant). Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 4(b) will not apply to a Fundamental Transaction where the purchaser or other Successor Entity, after giving effect to such Fundamental Transaction, does not have any equity securities that are then listed or designated for quotation on an Eligible Market or other national securities exchange or automated quotation system.

 

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(c)                Black Scholes Value . Notwithstanding the foregoing and the provisions of Section 4(b) above, at the request of the Holder delivered at any time commencing on the earliest to occur of (x) the public disclosure of any Fundamental Transaction, (y) the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction and (z) the Holder first becoming aware of any Fundamental Transaction through the date that is ninety (90) days after the public disclosure of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction by the Company pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC, the Company or the Successor Entity (as the case may be) shall purchase this Warrant from the Holder on the date of such request by paying to the Holder cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value.

 

(d)               Application . The provisions of this Section 4 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be applied as if this Warrant (and any such subsequent warrants) were fully exercisable and without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant (provided that the Holder shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of the Maximum Percentage, applied however with respect to shares of capital stock registered under the 1934 Act and thereafter receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (or any such other warrant)).

 

5.             NONCIRCUMVENTION . The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issuance or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (a) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, and (b) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if after the three calendar month anniversary of the Issuance Date, the Holder is not permitted to exercise this Warrant in full for any reason (other than pursuant to restrictions set forth in Section 1(f) hereof), the Company shall use its best efforts to promptly remedy such failure, including, without limitation, obtaining such consents or approvals as necessary to permit such exercise into shares of Common Stock.

 

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6.             WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER . Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in its capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in its capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which it is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company. Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the stockholders.

 

7.             REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.

 

(a)                Transfer of Warrant . If this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.

 

(b)               Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant . Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.

 

(c)                Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants . This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender; provided, however, no warrants for fractional shares of Common Stock shall be given.

 

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(d)               Issuance of New Warrants . Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.

 

8.             NOTICES . Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 16(e) of the applicable Exchange Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Warrant (other than the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise in accordance with the terms hereof), including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment(s), (ii) at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property to holders of shares of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder, (iii) at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction and (iv) within one (1) Business Day of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure or Conversion Failure (as each term is defined in the Preferred Shares), setting forth in reasonable detail any material events with respect to such Authorized Share Failure or Conversion Failure and any efforts by the Company to cure such Authorized Share Failure or Conversion Failure. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the SEC pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. It is expressly understood and agreed that the time of execution specified by the Holder in each Exercise Notice shall be definitive and may not be disputed or challenged by the Company.

 

9.             AMENDMENT AND WAIVER . Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant (other than Section 1(f)) may be amended and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Holder. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.

 

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10.           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 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).

 

11.           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 New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. 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 in Section 16(e) of the applicable Exchange 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 The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any 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.

 

12.           CONSTRUCTION; 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 Exchange Documents shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms on the Issuance Date in such other Exchange Documents unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Holder.

 

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13.           DISPUTE RESOLUTION .

 

(a)                Submission to Dispute Resolution .

 

(i)                 In the case of a dispute relating to the Exercise Price, the Closing Sale Price, the Bid Price, Black Scholes Consideration Value, Black Scholes Value or fair market value or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares (as the case may be) (including, without limitation, a dispute relating to the determination of any of the foregoing), the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) shall submit the dispute to the other party via facsimile or personal delivery (A) if by the Company, within two (2) Business Days after the occurrence of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute or (B) if by the Holder, at any time after the Holder learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute. If the Holder and the Company are unable to promptly resolve such dispute relating to such Exercise Price, such Closing Sale Price, such Bid Price, such Black Scholes Consideration Value, Black Scholes Value or such fair market value or such arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares (as the case may be), at any time after the second (2 nd ) Business Day following such initial notice by the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) of such dispute to the Company or the Holder (as the case may be), then the Holder may, at its sole option, select an independent, reputable investment bank to resolve such dispute.

 

(ii)               The Holder and the Company shall each deliver to such investment bank (A) a copy of the initial dispute submission so delivered in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 13 and (B) written documentation supporting its position with respect to such dispute, in each case, no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) by the fifth (5 th ) Business Day immediately following the date on which the Holder selected such investment bank (the “ Dispute Submission Deadline ”) (the documents referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (A) and (B) are collectively referred to herein as the “ Required Dispute Documentation ”) (it being understood and agreed that if either the Holder or the Company fails to so deliver all of the Required Dispute Documentation by the Dispute Submission Deadline, then the party who fails to so submit all of the Required Dispute Documentation shall no longer be entitled to (and hereby waives its right to) deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank with respect to such dispute and such investment bank shall resolve such dispute based solely on the Required Dispute Documentation that was delivered to such investment bank prior to the Dispute Submission Deadline). Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by both the Company and the Holder or otherwise requested by such investment bank, neither the Company nor the Holder shall be entitled to deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank in connection with such dispute (other than the Required Dispute Documentation).

 

(iii)             The Company and the Holder shall cause such investment bank to determine the resolution of such dispute and notify the Company and the Holder of such resolution no later than ten (10) Business Days immediately following the Dispute Submission Deadline. The fees and expenses of such investment bank shall be borne solely by the Company, and such investment bank’s resolution of such dispute shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error.

 

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(b)               Miscellaneous . The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) this Section 13 constitutes an agreement to arbitrate between the Company and the Holder (and constitutes an arbitration agreement) under the rules then in effect under § 7501, et seq. of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules (“ CPLR ”) and that the Holder is authorized to apply for an order to compel arbitration pursuant to CPLR § 7503(a) in order to compel compliance with this Section 13, (ii) a dispute relating to the Exercise Price includes, without limitation, disputes as to (A) whether an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock occurred under Section 2(b), (B) the consideration per share at which an issuance or deemed issuance of Common Stock occurred, (C) whether any issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock was an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Excluded Securities, (D) whether an agreement, instrument, security or the like constitutes and Option or Convertible Security and (E) whether a Dilutive Issuance occurred, (iii) the terms of this Warrant and each other applicable Exchange Document shall serve as the basis for the selected investment bank’s resolution of the applicable dispute, such investment bank shall be entitled (and is hereby expressly authorized) to make all findings, determinations and the like that such investment bank determines are required to be made by such investment bank in connection with its resolution of such dispute (including, without limitation, determining (A) whether an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock occurred under Section 2(b), (B) the consideration per share at which an issuance or deemed issuance of Common Stock occurred, (C) whether any issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock was an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Excluded Securities, (D) whether an agreement, instrument, security or the like constitutes and Option or Convertible Security and (E) whether a Dilutive Issuance occurred) and in resolving such dispute such investment bank shall apply such findings, determinations and the like to the terms of this Warrant and any other applicable Exchange Documents, (iv) the Holder (and only the Holder), in its sole discretion, shall have the right to submit any dispute described in this Section 13 to any state or federal court sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan in lieu of utilizing the procedures set forth in this Section 13 and (v) nothing in this Section 13 shall limit the Holder from obtaining any injunctive relief or other equitable remedies (including, without limitation, with respect to any matters described in this Section 13).

 

14.           REMEDIES, CHARACTERIZATION, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF . The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Exchange Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant. The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, exercises and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant (including, without limitation, compliance with Section 2 hereof). The issuance of shares and certificates for shares as contemplated hereby upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder or such shares for any issuance tax or other costs in respect thereof, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any certificate in a name other than the Holder or its agent on its behalf.

 

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15.           PAYMENT OF COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER COSTS . If (a) this Warrant is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any legal proceeding or the holder otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under this Warrant or to enforce the provisions of this Warrant or (b) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of the company or other proceedings affecting company creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Warrant, then the Company shall pay the costs incurred by the Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements.

 

16.           TRANSFER . This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company.

 

17.           PARTICIPATION RIGHTS . From the date of this Agreement until the first anniversary of the Issuance Date, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, effect any Subsequent Placement (as defined below) unless the Company shall have first complied with this Section 17.

 

(a)                At least five (5) Business Days prior to any proposed or intended Subsequent Placement, the Company or its agent shall orally contact the Holder and ask whether such Holder is willing to agree to receive material, non-public information (each such notice, a “ Pre-Notice ”), provided that neither the Company nor its agents shall provide any material, non-public information with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the Holder without the express written consent of the Holder to receive such material, non-public information. Upon the written request of the Holder delivered to the Company no later than one (1) Business Day after the Holder’s receipt of such Pre-Notice, and only upon a written request by the Holder, the Company shall promptly, but no later than one (1) Business Day after such request, deliver to the Holder an irrevocable written notice (the “ Offer Notice ”) of any proposed or intended issuance or sale or exchange (the “ Offer ”) of the securities being offered (the “ Offered Securities ”) in a Subsequent Placement within one (1) Business Day of the determination of the terms of such Subsequent Placement, which Offer Notice shall (w) identify and describe the Offered Securities, (x) describe the price and other final terms upon which they are to be issued, sold or exchanged, and the number or amount of the Offered Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged, (y) identify the persons or entities (if known) to which or with which the Offered Securities are to be offered, issued, sold or exchanged and (z) offer to issue and sell to or exchange with the Holder (which offer being non-transferable to any successor to or assignee of the Holder) and the other initial holders of Series A-1 Warrants (or their assigns, in proportion to the portion of such Series A-1 Warrants assigned, as applicable) (the “ Other Holders ”, and together with the Holder, the “ Holders ”) in the aggregate at least 35% of the Offered Securities, with such Offered Securities allocated among the Holders (a) based on the number of shares of Common Stock initially issuable upon exercise of the Series A-1 Warrants issued to the Holder (or deemed issued in connection with any assignment of this Warrant) in proportion to all of the Holders (without regard to any limitations on exercise set forth herein or therein and assuming a cash exercise thereof) (the “ Basic Amount ”), and (b) if the Holder elects to purchase its Basic Amount, but other Holders do not, any additional portion of the Offered Securities attributable to the Basic Amounts of the other Holders as the Holder shall indicate it will purchase or acquire should the other Holders subscribe for less than their Basic Amounts (the “ Undersubscription Amount ”). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company’s obligations under this Section 17 shall survive any exercise of this Warrant.

 

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(b)               To accept an Offer, in whole or in part, the Holder must deliver a written notice to the Company prior to the end of the third (3rd) full Business Day after the Holder’s receipt of the Offer Notice (for purposes of this Section 17(b), receipt of the Offer Notice shall not be deemed to have occurred until the Holder shall have actually received such Offer Notice) (the “ Offer Period ”), setting forth the portion of the Holder’s Basic Amount that the Holder elects to purchase and, if the Holder shall elect to purchase all of its Basic Amount, the Undersubscription Amount, if any, that the Holder elects to purchase (in either case, the “ Notice of Acceptance ”). If the Basic Amounts subscribed for by the Holder and all Other Holders are less than the total of all of the Basic Amounts, then, if the Holder has set forth an Undersubscription Amount in its Notice of Acceptance, the Holder shall be entitled to purchase, in addition to the Basic Amounts subscribed for, the Undersubscription Amount it has subscribed for; provided, however, that if the Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for exceed the difference between the total of all the Basic Amounts and the Basic Amounts subscribed for (the “ Available Undersubscription Amount ”), if the Holder has subscribed for any Undersubscription Amount, then the Holder shall be entitled to purchase only that portion of the Available Undersubscription Amount as the Basic Amount of the Holder bears to the total Basic Amounts of all Holders that have subscribed for Undersubscription Amounts, subject to rounding by the Company to the extent it deems reasonably necessary.

 

(c)                The Company shall have ten (10) Business Days from the expiration of the Offer Period above to offer, issue, sell or exchange all or any part of such Offered Securities as to which Pubco was not required to offer to the Holders or as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by the Holder (such Offered Securities, the “ Refused Securities ”), but only to the offerees described in the Offer Notice (if so described therein) and only upon terms and conditions (including, without limitation, unit prices and interest rates) that are not more favorable to the acquiring Person or Persons or less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Offer Notice.

 

(d)               In the event the Company shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities (any such sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified in Section 17(c) above), then the Holder may, at its sole option and in its sole discretion, either (x) withdraw its Notice of Acceptance or (y) reduce the number or amount of the Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance to an amount that shall be not less than the number or amount of the Offered Securities that the Holder elected to purchase pursuant to Section 17(b) above multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the number or amount of Offered Securities the Company actually proposes to issue, sell or exchange (including Offered Securities to be issued or sold to the Holder pursuant to Section 17(c) above prior to such reduction) and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the original amount of the Offered Securities. In the event that the Holder so elects to withdraw its Notice of Acceptance or reduce the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, the Company may not issue, sell or exchange more than the reduced number or amount of the Offered Securities to be sold in such Subsequent Placement after giving effect thereto unless and until such securities have again been offered to the Holder in accordance with Section 17(a) above.

 

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(e)                Upon the closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused Securities, the Holder shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall issue to the Holder, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in the Holder’s Notice of Acceptance, as reduced pursuant to Section 17(d) above if the Holder has so elected, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer. The purchase by the Holder of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases to (i) the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company and the Holder of a purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder, the Company and their respective counsels (the “ Subsequent Placement Agreemen t”), (ii) the Holder’s satisfaction, in its sole discretion, with the final terms and/or conditions that differ from those contained in the Offer Notice, and (iii) the Holder’s reasonable satisfaction with the identity of the other Persons to which the Offered Securities will be sold.

 

(f)                Any Offered Securities not acquired by the Holder or other Persons in accordance with this Section 17 may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they are again offered to the Holder under the procedures specified in this Agreement.

 

(g)               The Company and the Holder agree that if the Holder elects to participate in the Offer, without the written consent of the Holder, neither the Subsequent Placement Agreement with respect to such Offer nor any other transaction documents related thereto shall include any term or provision whereby the Holder shall be required to agree to any restrictions on trading as to any securities of the Company with respect to any period after the public announcement of such Subsequent Placement beyond those restrictions on the transfer or sale of the securities purchased in such Subsequent Placement agreed to by other purchasers in such Subsequent Placement or be required to consent to any amendment to or termination of, or grant any waiver or release under or in connection with, any agreement previously entered into with the Company or any instrument received from the Company.

 

(h)               The restrictions contained in this Section 17 shall not apply in respect of the issuance of Excluded Securities.

 

(i)                 For the purpose of this Section 17, the following definitions shall apply:

 

(i)                 “ Participation Securities ” means any capital stock or other security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries 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 capital stock or other equity security of the Company (including, without limitation, Common Stock) or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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(ii)               “ Subsequent Placement ” means any issuance, offer, sale, grant of any option or right to purchase, or other disposal by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, of any equity security or any equity-linked or related security (including, without limitation, any “equity security” (as that term is defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the 1933 Act), any Participation Securities, any preferred stock or any purchase rights), but for the avoidance of doubt excluding any secondary offerings contemplated by the Founders Registration Rights Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement (each as defined in the Merger Agreement).

 

18.           CERTAIN DEFINITIONS . For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a)                “ 1933 Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

(b)                “ 1934 Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

(c)                “ Adjustment Right ” means any right granted with respect to any securities issued in connection with, or with respect to, any issuance or sale (or deemed issuance or sale in accordance with Section 2) of shares of Common Stock (other than rights of the type described in Section 3 and 4 hereof) that could result in a decrease in the net consideration received by the Company in connection with, or with respect to, such securities (including, without limitation, any cash settlement rights, cash adjustment or other similar rights).

 

(d)                “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, it being understood for purposes of this definition that “control” of a Person means the power directly or indirectly either to vote 10% or more of the stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

 

(e)                [Reserved]

 

(f)                 “ 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, non-qualified and qualified options to purchase Common Stock, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, stock bonus awards, performance compensation awards (including cash bonus awards) or any combination of the foregoing may be issued to any employee, officer or director for services provided to the Company in their respective capacities as such. For the avoidance of doubt, an Approved Stock Plan may permit issuances of awards to other Persons than those specified in this definition, but such awards issued to Persons other than those specified in this definition shall not be Excluded Securities issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan for purposes of this Warrant.

 

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(g)                “ Attribution Parties ” means, collectively, the following Persons and entities: (i) any investment vehicle, including, any funds, feeder funds or managed accounts, currently, or from time to time after the Issuance Date, directly or indirectly managed or advised by the Holder’s investment manager or any of its Affiliates or principals, (ii) any direct or indirect Affiliates of the Holder or any of the foregoing, (iii) any Person acting or who could be deemed to be acting as a Group together with the Holder or any of the foregoing and (iv) any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of the Company’s Common Stock would or could be aggregated with the Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties for purposes of Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act. For clarity, the purpose of the foregoing is to subject collectively the Holder and all other Attribution Parties to the Maximum Percentage.

 

(h)                “ Bid Price ” means, for any security as of the particular time of determination, the bid price for such security on the Principal Market as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the bid price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or if the foregoing does not apply, the bid price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if no bid price is reported for such security by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, the average of the bid prices of any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC) as of such time of determination. If the Bid Price cannot be calculated for a security as of the particular time of determination on any of the foregoing bases, the Bid Price of such security as of such time of determination shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. 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 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

 

(i)                 “ Black Scholes Consideration Value ” means the value of the applicable Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be) as of the date of issuance thereof calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the public announcement of the execution of definitive documents with respect to the issuance of such Option or Convertible Security (as the case may be), (ii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be) as of the date of issuance of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be), (iii) a zero cost of borrow and (iv) an expected volatility equal to 80% .

 

(j)                 “ Black Scholes Value ” means the value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant remaining on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c), which value is calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the greater of (1) the highest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the Trading Day immediately preceding the announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction (or the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, if earlier) and ending on the Trading Day of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c) and (2) the sum of the price per share being offered in cash in the applicable Fundamental Transaction (if any) plus the value of the non-cash consideration being offered in the applicable Fundamental Transaction (if any), (ii) a strike price equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c), (iii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the greater of (1) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c) and (2) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction or as of the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c) if such request is prior to the date of the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (iv) a zero cost of borrow and (v) an expected volatility equal to 80%.

 

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(k)                “ Bloomberg ” means Bloomberg, L.P.

 

(l)                 “ Business Combination ” shall have the meaning as set forth in the Registration Statement.

 

(m)               “ Business Day ” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

(n)                “ Closing Sale Price ” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing trade price for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing trade price, then the last trade price of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last trade price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing does not apply, the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the ask prices of any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC). If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. 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 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

 

(o)                “ Common Stock ” means (i) the Company’s shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.

 

(p)                “ 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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(q)                “ Eligible Market ” means The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market , the OTCQB or the Principal Market.

 

(r)                 “ Exchange Agreement ” means any of those certain Purchase and Exchange Agreements, dated as of June 10, 2015, each by and among the Company, Chart Acquisition Corp., Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, TAS Financing Sub and Chart Financing Sub Inc., on the one hand, and a Buyer, on the other hand.

 

(s)                “ Event Market Price ” means, with respect to any Stock Combination Event Date, the quotient determined by dividing (x) the sum of the VWAP of the Common Stock for each of the five (5) lowest Trading Days during the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period ending and including the Trading Day immediately preceding the sixteenth (16th) Trading Day after such Stock Combination Event Date, divided by (y) five (5).

 

(t)                 “ Excluded Securities ” means (i) shares of Common Stock, non-qualified and qualified options to purchase Common Stock, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, stock bonus awards, performance compensation awards (including cash bonus awards) or any combination of the foregoing issued to directors, officers or employees of the Company for services provided to the Company in their respective capacities 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 Issuance Date pursuant to this clause (i) do not, in the aggregate, exceed more than 10% of the Common Stock issued and outst anding at the time of the issuance of the Warrants, after giving effect to the consummation of the Business Combination and to shares issuable thereafter pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement 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 any of the Buyers; (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 Issuance 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 any of the Buyers; (iii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares or otherwise pursuant to the terms of the Preferred Shares; provided, that the terms of the Preferred Shares are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Issuance Date (other than antidilution adjustments pursuant to the terms thereof in effect as of the Issuance Date); (iv) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Investor Warrants or the Pubco Warrants (as defined in the Merger Agreement) issued in the Business Combination pursuant to the Merger Agreement and the Registration Agreement; provided, that the terms of the Investor Warrant or Pubco Warrant are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Issuance Date (other than antidilution adjustments pursuant to the terms thereof in effect as of the Issuance Date); (v) shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company issued pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, including without limitation Earn-Out Shares and Purchase Price Adjustment Shares (each as defined in the Merger Agreement); and (vi) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equity holders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities.

 

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(u)                “ Expiration Date ” means the date that is the fifth (5 th ) anniversary of the Issuance Date or, if such date falls on a day other than a Business Day or on which trading does not take place on the Principal Market (a “ Holiday ”), the next date that is not a Holiday.

 

(v)                “ Fundamental Transaction ” means (A) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Subject Entity, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its “significant subsidiaries” (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) to one or more Subject Entities, or (iii) make, or allow one or more Subject Entities to make, or allow the Company to be subject to or have its Common Stock be subject to or party to one or more Subject Entities making, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of at least either (x) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entities making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer, become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iv) consummate a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with one or more Subject Entities whereby all such Subject Entities, individually or in the aggregate, acquire, either (x) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all the Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that the Subject Entities become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock, (B) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, allow any Subject Entity individually or the Subject Entities in the aggregate to be or become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, whether through acquisition, purchase, assignment, conveyance, tender, tender offer, exchange, reduction in outstanding shares of Common Stock, merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, scheme of arrangement, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, of either (x) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock not held by all such Subject Entities as of the date of this Warrant calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all such Subject Entities were not outstanding, or (z) a percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company sufficient to allow such Subject Entities to effect a statutory short form merger or other transaction requiring other shareholders of the Company to surrender their shares of Common Stock without approval of the shareholders of the Company or (C) directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, the issuance of or the entering into any other instrument or transaction structured in a manner to circumvent, or that circumvents, the intent of this definition in which case this definition shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this definition to the extent necessary to correct this definition or any portion of this definition which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended treatment of such instrument or transaction.

 

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(w)               “ Group ” means a “group” as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and as defined in Rule 13d-5 thereunder.

 

(x)                “ Merger Agreement ” shall have the meaning as set forth in the Registration Statement.

 

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

 

(z)                 “ Parent Entity ” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

 

(aa)              “ Person ” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity or a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

(bb)              “ Preferred Shares ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Exchange Agreements, and shall include all shares of preferred stock of the Company issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

(cc)              “ Principal Market ” means the OTCQB.

 

(dd)              “ Registration Statement ” means the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File number 333-201424).

 

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(ee)              “ SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or the successor thereto.

 

(ff)                “ Series A-1 Warrants ” means the Pubco Series A-1 Warrants as defined in the Merger Agreement, and shall include all warrants to purchase Common Stock or Preferred Shares issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

(gg)              “ Series A-2 Warrants ” means the Pubco Series A-2 Warrants as defined in the Merger Agreement, and shall include all warrants to purchase Common Stock or Preferred Shares issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

(hh)              “ Series B-1 Warrants ” means the Pubco Series B-1 Warrants as defined in the Merger Agreement, and shall include all warrants to purchase Common Stock or Preferred Shares issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

(ii)                “ Series B-2 Warrants ” means the Pubco Series B-2 Warrants as defined in the Merger Agreement, and shall include all warrants to purchase Common Stock or Preferred Shares issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

(jj)                 “Subject Entity ” means any Person, Persons or Group or any Affiliate or associate of any such Person, Persons or Group.

 

(kk)              “ Successor Entity ” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

 

(ll)                “ Trading Day ” means, as applicable, (x) with respect to all price or trading volume determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time) unless such day is otherwise designated as a Trading Day in writing by the Holder or (y) with respect to all determinations other than price determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which The New York Stock Exchange (or any successor thereto) is open for trading of securities.

 

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(mm)            “ VWAP ” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market (or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for such security, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded) during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “ HP” function (set to weighted average) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC). If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. 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 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

 

[ Signature page follows ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Series A-1 Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

 

  Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.
     
  By:  
   

Name:

Title:

 

 

[Signature Page to Series A-1 Warrant]

 
 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

EXERCISE NOTICE

 

TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS
Series A-1 WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.

 

The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase _________________ of the shares of Common Stock (“ Warrant Shares ”) of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), evidenced by Warrant to Purchase Common Stock No. A-1-[__] (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.

 

In the event that the Holder has elected a Cashless Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the Holder hereby represents and warrants that (i) this Exercise Notice was executed by the Holder at __________ [a.m.][p.m.] on the date set forth below and (ii) if applicable, the Bid Price as of such time of execution of this Exercise Notice was $________.

 

☐       Check here if requesting that _________ of the Warrant Shares deliverable hereunder should be issued as Preferred 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:  
     
     
     
     

 

A- 1
 

 

☐        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:_____________________

 

A- 2
 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs ______________ to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated ______________, from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by _______________.

 

  Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.
     
  By:  
   

Name:

Title:

 

 

B-1

 

 

Exhibit 4.4

 

FINAL FORM

 

FORM OF SERIES A-2 WARRANT

 

THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION 1(a) OF THIS WARRANT.

 

Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.

 

Series A-2 Warrant To Purchase Common Stock

 

Warrant No.: A-2-[__]

 

Date of Issuance: July 31, 2015 (“ Issuance Date ”)

 

Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, [INVESTOR] , the registered holder hereof, or its permitted assigns (the “ Holder ”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon exercise of this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “ Warrant ”), at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date, but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below), _________________ 1 (subject to adjustment as provided herein) fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below) (the “ Warrant Shares ”, and such number of Warrant Shares, the “ Warrant Number ”). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section  18. This Warrant is one of the Warrants to Purchase Common Stock (including, without limitation, all Series A-1 Warrants and Series B-1 Warrants (together, the “ New Investor Warrants ”) and the Series A-2 Warrants and Series B-2 Warrants (together the “ Affiliate Investor Warrants ” and collectively, with the New Investor Warrants, the “ Investor Warrants ”)) issued pursuant to, with respect to the Affiliate Investor Warrants, (i) the Merger Agreement in exchange for certain shares of non-voting preferred stock of Chart Financing Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Chart Financing Sub ”) (each holder of Chart Financing Sub preferred stock immediately prior to the time of consummation of the Business Combination, a “ Buyer ”), which were originally issued by Chart Financing Sub on July 31, 2015 (the “ Subscription Date ”) and (ii) the Exchange Agreements.

 

 

1 1.875 Warrant Shares for each share of Chart Financing Sub Preferred Stock exchanged in the Business Combination.

 

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1.             EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

 

(a)                Mechanics of Exercise . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in Section 1(f)), this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any day on or after the Issuance Date (an “ Exercise Date ”), in whole or in part, by delivery (whether via facsimile or otherwise) of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Exercise Notice ”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant. Within one (1) Trading Day following an exercise of this Warrant as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver payment to the Company of an amount equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant was so exercised (the “ Aggregate Exercise Price ”) in cash or via wire transfer of immediately available funds if the Holder did not notify the Company in such Exercise Notice that such exercise was made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 1(d)). The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original of this Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice for all of the then-remaining Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant after delivery of the Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms hereof. On or before the first (1 st ) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received an Exercise Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile or electronic mail an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of such Exercise Notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B , to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”), which confirmation shall constitute an instruction to the Transfer Agent to process such Exercise Notice in accordance with the terms herein. On or before the third (3 rd ) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received such Exercise Notice (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade of such Warrant Shares initiated on the applicable Exercise Date), the Company shall (X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to such exercise. Upon delivery of an Exercise Notice, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder’s DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares (as the case may be). If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise and upon surrender of this Warrant to the Company by the Holder, then, at the request of the Holder, the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Business Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised. No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp, issuance and similar taxes, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent) that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except in the case where an exercise of this Warrant is validly made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise, the Company’s failure to deliver Warrant Shares to the Holder on or prior to the later of ( (i) three (3) Trading Days after receipt of the applicable Exercise Notice (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade of such Warrant Shares initiated on the applicable Exercise Date) and (ii) one (1) Trading Day after the Company’s receipt of the Aggregate Exercise Price (or valid notice of a Cashless Exercise) (such later date, the “ Share Delivery Deadline ”) shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Warrant.

 

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(b)               Exercise Price . For purposes of this Warrant, “ Exercise Price ” means $4.80, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

 

(c)                Company’s Failure to Timely Deliver Securities . If the Company shall fail, for any reason or for no reason, on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline, either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled and register such Warrant Shares on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for such number of undelivered Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of this Warrant (as the case may be) or (II) if a registration statement (or prospectus contained therein) covering the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares that are the subject of the Exercise Notice (the “ Unavailable Warrant Shares ”) is not available for the issuance of such Unavailable Warrant Shares and the Company fails to promptly (x) so notify the Holder and (y) deliver the Warrant Shares electronically (including, if at any time after the three calendar month anniversary of the Issuance Date, without any restrictive legend) by crediting such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian system (the event described in the immediately foregoing clause (II) is hereinafter referred as a “ Notice Failure ” and together with the event described in clause (I) above, a “ Delivery Failure ”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, (X) the Company shall pay in cash to the Holder on each day after the Share Delivery Date and during such Delivery Failure an amount equal to 1% of the product of (A) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock not issued to the Holder on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline and to which the Holder is entitled, multiplied by (B) any trading price of the Common Stock selected by the Holder in writing as in effect at any time during the period beginning on the applicable Exercise Date and ending on the applicable Share Delivery Date, and (Y) the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Exercise Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the voiding of an Exercise Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise. In addition to the foregoing, if on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Company shall fail to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Transfer Agent shall fail to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder or pursuant to the Company’s obligation pursuant to clause (ii) below or (II) a Notice Failure occurs, and if on or after such Share Delivery Deadline the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a “ Buy-In ”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, the Company shall, within three (3) Business Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (including, without limitation, by any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of the Holder) (the “ Buy-In Price ”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so issue and deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) (and to issue such Warrant Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to so issue and deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant Shares or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of Warrant Shares multiplied by (B) the lowest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this clause (ii) (the “ Buy-In Payment Amount ”). Nothing shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock (or to electronically deliver such shares of Common Stock) upon the exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof. If the Holder elects to effect a cash exercise of this Warrant at a time a registration statement is not available for the issuance or resale of such applicable Warrant Shares, the Company shall, within one (1) Trading Day of receipt of such applicable Exercise Notice, notify the Holder that unless the Holder withdraws such Exercise Notice and submits an Exercise Notice electing a cashless exercise, if available, such Warrant Shares shall be issued on the Share Delivery Date in certificate form bearing a restrictive securities legend. The parties agree that any such issuance and delivery with a restrictive securities legend on or prior to the applicable Share Delivery Deadline shall not be a Delivery Failure.

 

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(d)               Cashless Exercise . If at any time after the three calendar month anniversary of the Issuance Date, there is no effective registration statement registering, or no current prospectus available for, the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, then, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (other than Section 1(f) below), the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of Warrant Shares determined according to the following formula (a “ Cashless Exercise ”):

 

Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)

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For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

A= the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.

 

B = the greater of: (i) the quotient of (x) the sum of the VWAP of the Common Stock for each of the twenty (20) Trading Days ending at the close of business on the Principal Market immediately prior to the time of exercise as set forth in the applicable Exercise Notice , divided by (y) twenty (20); and (ii) the last Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock immediately preceding the delivery of the applicable Exercise Notice

 

C = the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.

 

D = as applicable: (i) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) the Bid Price of the Common Stock as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof, or (iii) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if the date of such Exercise Notice is a Trading Day and such Exercise Notice is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day.

 

For purposes of Rule 144(d) promulgated under the 1933 Act, as in effect on the Subscription Date, it is intended that the Warrant Shares issued in a Cashless Exercise shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was originally issued pursuant to the Merger Agreement

 

(e)                Disputes . In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 13.

 

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(f)                [Reserved]

 

(g)               Reservation of Shares .

 

(i)                 Required Reserve Amount . So long as this Warrant remains outstanding, the Company shall at all times keep reserved for issuance under this Warrant a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to 150% of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall be necessary to satisfy the Company’s obligation to issue shares of Common Stock under the Investor Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on exercise) (the “ Required Reserve Amount ”); provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock reserved pursuant to this Section 1(g)(i) be reduced other than proportionally in connection with any exercise or redemption of Investor Warrants or such other event covered by Section 2(a) below. The Required Reserve Amount (including, without limitation, each increase in the number of shares so reserved) shall be allocated pro rata among the holders of the Investor Warrants based on number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Investor Warrants held by each holder on the Issuance Date (without regard to any limitations on exercise) or increase in the number of reserved shares, as the case may be (the “ Authorized Share Allocation ”). In the event that a holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such holder’s Investor Warrants, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such holder’s Authorized Share Allocation. Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Investor Warrants shall be allocated to the remaining holders of Investor Warrants, pro rata based on the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Investor Warrants then held by such holders (without regard to any limitations on exercise).

  

(ii)               Insufficient Authorized Shares . If, notwithstanding Section 1(g)(i) above, and not in limitation thereof, at any time while any of the Investor Warrants remain outstanding, the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve the Required Reserve Amount (an “ Authorized Share Failure ”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for all the Investor Warrants then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty ( 60) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its best efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal. In the event that the Company is prohibited from issuing shares of Common Stock upon an exercise of this Warrant due to the failure by the Company to have sufficient shares of Common Stock available out of the authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock (such unavailable number of shares of Common Stock, the “ Authorization Failure Shares ”), in lieu of delivering such Authorization Failure Shares to the Holder, the Company shall pay cash in exchange for the cancellation of such portion of this Warrant exercisable into such Authorized Failure Shares at a price equal to the sum of (i) the product of (x) such number of Authorization Failure Shares and (y) the greatest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date the Holder delivers the applicable Exercise Notice with respect to such Authorization Failure Shares to the Company and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this Section 1(g); and (ii) to the extent the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of Authorization Failure Shares, any Buy-In Payment Amount and any brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any, (to the extent not included in any Buy-In Payment Amount paid to the Holder), of the Holder incurred in connection therewith . Nothing contained in this Section 1(g)(ii) shall limit any obligations of the Company under any provision of the Merger Agreement or any Exchange Agreement.

 

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(h)               Alternate Delivery of Preferred Shares . At the option of the Holder, in lieu of the issuance and delivery to the Holder (or its designee) of all, or any part, of any aggregate number of Warrant Shares then deliverable to the Holder upon any exercise of this Warrant or otherwise hereunder (such number of Warrant Shares, the “ Alternate Delivery Share Amount ”), the Holder may elect in the applicable Exercise Notice or otherwise in writing to the Company to cause the Company to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) such aggregate number of Preferred Shares then convertible into the Alternate Delivery Share Amount of shares of Common Stock.

  

2.           ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 2.

 

(a)                Stock Dividends and Splits . Without limiting any provision of Section 2(b) or Section 4, if the Company, at any time on or after the Issuance Date, (i) pays a stock dividend on one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares or (iii) combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination. If any event requiring an adjustment under this paragraph occurs during the period that an Exercise Price is calculated hereunder, then the calculation of such Exercise Price shall be adjusted appropriately to reflect such event.

 

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(b)               Adjustment upon Issuance of Shares of Common Stock . If and whenever on or after the Issuance Date, the Company issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section 2 is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (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 (and this Section 2(b) shall be inapplicable with respect to any such Excluded Securities for a consideration per share (the “ New Issuance 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 ”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the New Issuance Price. For all purposes of the foregoing (including, without limitation, determining the adjusted Exercise Price and the New Issuance Price under this Section 2(b)), the following shall be applicable:

 

(i)                 Issuance of Options . If the Company in any manner grants or sells any Options and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 2(b)(i), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof” shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof and (y) the lowest exercise price set forth in such Option for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Option (or any other Person) upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Option (or any other Person). Except as contemplated in (iii) below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or otherwise pursuant to the terms of or upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

 

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(ii)               Issuance of Convertible Securities . If the Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 2(b)(ii), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof” shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof and (y) the lowest conversion price set forth in such Convertible Security for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person) upon the issuance or sale of such Convertible Security plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person). Except as contemplated in (iii) below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof, and if any such issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of this Warrant has been or is to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 2(b), except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made by reason of such issuance or sale.

 

(iii)              Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion . If the purchase or exercise price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock increases or decreases at any time (other than proportional changes in conversion or exercise prices, as applicable, in connection with an event referred to in Section 2(a) ), the Exercise Price in effect at the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the Exercise Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. For purposes of this Section 2(b)(iii), if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the Subscription Date are increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the shares of Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(b) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Exercise Price then in effect.

 

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(iv)             Calculation of Consideration Received . If any Option and/or Convertible Security and/or Adjustment Right is issued in connection with the issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of any other securities of the Company (as determined by the Holder, the “ Primary Security ”, and such Option and/or Convertible Security and/or Adjustment Right, the “ Secondary Securities ”), together comprising one integrated transaction, (or one or more transactions if such issuances or sales or deemed issuances or sales of securities of the Company either (A) have at least one investor or purchaser in common, (B) are consummated in reasonable proximity to each other and/or (C) are consummated under the same plan of financing) the aggregate consideration per share of Common Stock with respect to such Primary Security shall be deemed to be equal to the difference of (x) the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock was issued (or was deemed to be issued pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) or 2(b)(ii) above, as applicable) in such integrated transaction solely with respect to such Primary Security, minus (y) with respect to such Secondary Securities, the sum of (I) the Black Scholes Consideration Value of each such Option, if any, (II) the fair market value (as determined by the Holder in good faith) or the Black Scholes Consideration Value, as applicable, of such Adjustment Right, if any, and (III) the fair market value (as determined by the Holder) of such Convertible Security, if any, in each case, as determined on a per share basis in accordance with this Section 2(b)(iv). If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be deemed to be the net amount of consideration received by the Company therefor. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Company (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of publicly traded securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company for such securities will be the arithmetic average of the VWAPs of such security for each of the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the date of receipt. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities (as the case may be). The fair value of any consideration other than cash or publicly traded securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the Holder. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “ Valuation Event ”), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Trading Days after the tenth (10 th ) day following such Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the Holder. The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company.

 

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(v)               Record Date . If the Company takes a record of the holders of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issuance or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase (as the case may be).

 

(c)                Number of Warrant Shares . Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 2(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 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)               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 2, if 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 ”) after the Subscription Date 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.

  

(e)                Stock Combination Event Adjustment . If at any time and from time to time on or after the Issuance Date there occurs any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination recapitalization or other similar transaction involving the Common Stock (each, a “ Stock Combination Event ”, and such date thereof, the “ Stock Combination Event Date ”) and the Event Market Price is less than the Exercise Price then in effect (after giving effect to the adjustment in clause (b) above), then on the sixteenth ( 16th) Trading Day immediately following such Stock Combination Event, the Exercise Price then in effect on such sixteenth ( 16th) Trading Day (after giving effect to the adjustment in clause (b) above) shall be reduced (but in no event increased) to the Event Market Price. For the avoidance of doubt, if the adjustment in the immediately preceding sentence would otherwise result in an increase in the Exercise Price hereunder, no adjustment shall be made.

 

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(f)                Other Events . In the event that the Company (or any Subsidiary (as defined in the Merger Agreement)) shall take any action to which the provisions hereof are not strictly applicable, or, if applicable, would not operate to protect the Holder from dilution or if any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 2 but not expressly provided for by such provisions ( including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features, but excluding the issuance of any Excluded Securities), then the Company’s board of directors shall in good faith determine and implement an appropriate adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares (if applicable) so as to protect the rights of the Holder, provided that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(e) will increase the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 2, provided further that if the Holder does not accept such adjustments as appropriately protecting its interests hereunder against such dilution, then the Company’s board of directors and the Holder shall agree, in good faith, upon an independent investment bank of nationally recognized standing to make such appropriate adjustments, whose determination shall be final and binding absent manifest error and whose fees and expenses shall be borne by the Company.

 

(g)               Calculations . All calculations under this Section 2 shall be made by rounding to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100 th of a share, as applicable. The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issuance or sale of Common Stock.

  

(h)               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.

 

3.            RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS . I n addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property, options, evidence of indebtedness or any other assets by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “ Distribution ”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution.

 

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4.           PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.

 

(a)                Purchase Rights . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “ Purchase Rights ”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights.

  

(b)               Fundamental Transactions . The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Exchange Documents (as defined in the applicable Exchange Agreement) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to 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, including, without limitation, which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock 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 adjustments to the 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). Upon the consummation of each Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant and the other Exchange 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 Exchange Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of each Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Sections 3 and 4(a) above, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction, such shares of publicly traded common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of the applicable Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and without limiting Section 1(f) hereof, the Holder may elect, at its sole option, by delivery of written notice to the Company to waive this Section 4(b) to permit the Fundamental Transaction without the assumption of this Warrant. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of each Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “ Corporate Event ”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction but prior to the Expiration Date , in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Sections 3 and 4(a) above, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction , such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of the applicable Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant). Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 4(b) will not apply to a Fundamental Transaction where the purchaser or other Successor Entity, after giving effect to such Fundamental Transaction, does not have any equity securities that are then listed or designated for quotation on an Eligible Market or other national securities exchange or automated quotation system.

 

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(c)                Black Scholes Value . Notwithstanding the foregoing and the provisions of Section 4(b) above, at the request of the Holder delivered at any time commencing on the earliest to occur of (x) the public disclosure of any Fundamental Transaction, (y) the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction and (z) the Holder first becoming aware of any Fundamental Transaction through the date that is ninety (90) days after the public disclosure of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction by the Company pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC, the Company or the Successor Entity (as the case may be) shall purchase this Warrant from the Holder on the date of such request by paying to the Holder cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value.

 

(d)               Application . The provisions of this Section 4 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be applied as if this Warrant (and any such subsequent warrants) were fully exercisable and without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant.

 

5.           NONCIRCUMVENTION . The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issuance or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (a) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, and (b) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if after the three calendar month anniversary of the Issuance Date, the Holder is not permitted to exercise this Warrant in full for any reason (other than pursuant to restrictions set forth in Section 1(f) hereof), the Company shall use its best efforts to promptly remedy such failure, including, without limitation, obtaining such consents or approvals as necessary to permit such exercise into shares of Common Stock.

 

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6.          WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER . Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in its capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in its capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which it is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company. Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the stockholders.

 

7.           REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.

 

(a)                Transfer of Warrant . If this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.

 

(b)               Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant . Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.

 

(c)                Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants . This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender; provided, however, no warrants for fractional shares of Common Stock shall be given.

 

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(d)               Issuance of New Warrants . Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.

 

8.           NOTICES . Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 16(e) of the applicable Exchange Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Warrant (other than the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise in accordance with the terms hereof), including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment(s), (ii) at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property to holders of shares of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder, (iii) at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction and (iv) within one (1) Business Day of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure or Conversion Failure (as each term is defined in the Preferred Shares), setting forth in reasonable detail any material events with respect to such Authorized Share Failure or Conversion Failure and any efforts by the Company to cure such Authorized Share Failure or Conversion Failure. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, unless otherwise requested by the Holder, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the SEC pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. It is expressly understood and agreed that the time of execution specified by the Holder in each Exercise Notice shall be definitive and may not be disputed or challenged by the Company.

 

9.           AMENDMENT AND WAIVER . Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant (other than Section 1(f)) may be amended and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Holder. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.

 

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10          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 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).

 

11.         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 New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. 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 in Section 16(e) of the applicable Exchange 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 The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any 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.

 

12.         CONSTRUCTION; 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 Exchange Documents shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms on the Issuance Date in such other Exchange Documents unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Holder.

 

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13.          DISPUTE RESOLUTION .

 

(a)                Submission to Dispute Resolution .

 

(i)                 In the case of a dispute relating to the Exercise Price, the Closing Sale Price, the Bid Price, Black Scholes Consideration Value, Black Scholes Value or fair market value or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares (as the case may be) (including, without limitation, a dispute relating to the determination of any of the foregoing), the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) shall submit the dispute to the other party via facsimile or personal delivery (A) if by the Company, within two (2) Business Days after the occurrence of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute or (B) if by the Holder, at any time after the Holder learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute. If the Holder and the Company are unable to promptly resolve such dispute relating to such Exercise Price, such Closing Sale Price, such Bid Price, such Black Scholes Consideration Value, Black Scholes Value or such fair market value or such arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares (as the case may be), at any time after the second (2 nd ) Business Day following such initial notice by the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) of such dispute to the Company or the Holder (as the case may be), then the Holder may, at its sole option, select an independent, reputable investment bank to resolve such dispute.

 

(ii)               The Holder and the Company shall each deliver to such investment bank (A) a copy of the initial dispute submission so delivered in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 13 and (B) written documentation supporting its position with respect to such dispute, in each case, no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) by the fifth (5 th ) Business Day immediately following the date on which the Holder selected such investment bank (the “ Dispute Submission Deadline ”) (the documents referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (A) and (B) are collectively referred to herein as the “ Required Dispute Documentation ”) (it being understood and agreed that if either the Holder or the Company fails to so deliver all of the Required Dispute Documentation by the Dispute Submission Deadline, then the party who fails to so submit all of the Required Dispute Documentation shall no longer be entitled to (and hereby waives its right to) deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank with respect to such dispute and such investment bank shall resolve such dispute based solely on the Required Dispute Documentation that was delivered to such investment bank prior to the Dispute Submission Deadline). Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by both the Company and the Holder or otherwise requested by such investment bank, neither the Company nor the Holder shall be entitled to deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank in connection with such dispute (other than the Required Dispute Documentation).

 

(iii)             The Company and the Holder shall cause such investment bank to determine the resolution of such dispute and notify the Company and the Holder of such resolution no later than ten (10) Business Days immediately following the Dispute Submission Deadline. The fees and expenses of such investment bank shall be borne solely by the Company, and such investment bank’s resolution of such dispute shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error.

 

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(b)               Miscellaneous . The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) this Section 13 constitutes an agreement to arbitrate between the Company and the Holder (and constitutes an arbitration agreement) under the rules then in effect under § 7501, et seq. of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules (“ CPLR ”) and that the Holder is authorized to apply for an order to compel arbitration pursuant to CPLR § 7503(a) in order to compel compliance with this Section 13, (ii) a dispute relating to the Exercise Price includes, without limitation, disputes as to (A) whether an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock occurred under Section 2(b), (B) the consideration per share at which an issuance or deemed issuance of Common Stock occurred, (C) whether any issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock was an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Excluded Securities, (D) whether an agreement, instrument, security or the like constitutes and Option or Convertible Security and (E) whether a Dilutive Issuance occurred, (iii) the terms of this Warrant and each other applicable Exchange Document shall serve as the basis for the selected investment bank’s resolution of the applicable dispute, such investment bank shall be entitled (and is hereby expressly authorized) to make all findings, determinations and the like that such investment bank determines are required to be made by such investment bank in connection with its resolution of such dispute (including, without limitation, determining (A) whether an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock occurred under Section 2(b), (B) the consideration per share at which an issuance or deemed issuance of Common Stock occurred, (C) whether any issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock was an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Excluded Securities, (D) whether an agreement, instrument, security or the like constitutes and Option or Convertible Security and (E) whether a Dilutive Issuance occurred) and in resolving such dispute such investment bank shall apply such findings, determinations and the like to the terms of this Warrant and any other applicable Exchange Documents, (iv) the Holder (and only the Holder), in its sole discretion, shall have the right to submit any dispute described in this Section 13 to any state or federal court sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan in lieu of utilizing the procedures set forth in this Section 13 and (v) nothing in this Section 13 shall limit the Holder from obtaining any injunctive relief or other equitable remedies (including, without limitation, with respect to any matters described in this Section 13).

 

14.          REMEDIES, CHARACTERIZATION, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF . The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Exchange Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant. The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, exercises and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant (including, without limitation, compliance with Section 2 hereof). The issuance of shares and certificates for shares as contemplated hereby upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder or such shares for any issuance tax or other costs in respect thereof, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any certificate in a name other than the Holder or its agent on its behalf.

 

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15.          PAYMENT OF COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER COSTS . If (a) this Warrant is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any legal proceeding or the holder otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under this Warrant or to enforce the provisions of this Warrant or (b) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of the company or other proceedings affecting company creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Warrant, then the Company shall pay the costs incurred by the Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements.

 

16.          TRANSFER . This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company.

 

17.          PARTICIPATION RIGHTS . From the date of this Agreement until the first anniversary of the Issuance Date, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, effect any Subsequent Placement (as defined below) unless the Company shall have first complied with this Section 17.

 

(a)                 At least five (5) Business Days prior to any proposed or intended Subsequent Placement, the Company or its agent shall orally contact the Holder and ask whether such Holder is willing to agree to receive material, non-public information (each such notice, a “ Pre-Notice ”). Upon the written request of the Holder delivered to the Company no later than one (1) Business Day after the Holder’s receipt of such Pre-Notice, and only upon a written request by the Holder, the Company shall promptly, but no later than one (1) Business Day after such request, deliver to the Holder an irrevocable written notice (the “ Offer Notice ”) of any proposed or intended issuance or sale or exchange (the “ Offer ”) of the securities being offered (the “ Offered Securities ”) in a Subsequent Placement within one (1) Business Day of the determination of the terms of such Subsequent Placement, which Offer Notice shall (w) identify and describe the Offered Securities, (x) describe the price and other final terms upon which they are to be issued, sold or exchanged, and the number or amount of the Offered Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged, (y) identify the persons or entities (if known) to which or with which the Offered Securities are to be offered, issued, sold or exchanged and (z) offer to issue and sell to or exchange with the Holder (which offer being non-transferable to any successor to or assignee of the Holder) and the other initial holders of Series A-2 Warrants (or their assigns, in proportion to the portion of such Series A-2 Warrants assigned, as applicable) (the “ Other Holders ”, and together with the Holder, the “ Holders ”) in the aggregate at least 18% of the Offered Securities, with such Offered Securities allocated among the Holders (a) based on the number of shares of Common Stock initially issuable upon exercise of the Series A-2 Warrants issued to the Holder (or deemed issued in connection with any assignment of this Warrant) in proportion to all of the Holders (without regard to any limitations on exercise set forth herein or therein and assuming a cash exercise thereof) (the “ Basic Amount ”), and (b) if the Holder elects to purchase its Basic Amount, but other Holders do not, any additional portion of the Offered Securities attributable to the Basic Amounts of the other Holders as the Holder shall indicate it will purchase or acquire should the other Holders subscribe for less than their Basic Amounts (the “ Undersubscription Amount ”). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company’s obligations under this Section 17 shall survive any exercise of this Warrant.

 

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(b)               To accept an Offer, in whole or in part, the Holder must deliver a written notice to the Company prior to the end of the third (3rd) full Business Day after the Holder’s receipt of the Offer Notice (for purposes of this Section 17(b), receipt of the Offer Notice shall not be deemed to have occurred until the Holder shall have actually received such Offer Notice) (the “ Offer Period ”), setting forth the portion of the Holder’s Basic Amount that the Holder elects to purchase and, if the Holder shall elect to purchase all of its Basic Amount, the Undersubscription Amount, if any, that the Holder elects to purchase (in either case, the “ Notice of Acceptance ”). If the Basic Amounts subscribed for by the Holder and all Other Holders are less than the total of all of the Basic Amounts, then, if the Holder has set forth an Undersubscription Amount in its Notice of Acceptance, the Holder shall be entitled to purchase, in addition to the Basic Amounts subscribed for, the Undersubscription Amount it has subscribed for; provided, however, that if the Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for exceed the difference between the total of all the Basic Amounts and the Basic Amounts subscribed for (the “ Available Undersubscription Amount ”), if the Holder has subscribed for any Undersubscription Amount, then the Holder shall be entitled to purchase only that portion of the Available Undersubscription Amount as the Basic Amount of the Holder bears to the total Basic Amounts of all Holders that have subscribed for Undersubscription Amounts, subject to rounding by the Company to the extent it deems reasonably necessary.

 

(c)                The Company shall have ten (10) Business Days from the expiration of the Offer Period above to offer, issue, sell or exchange all or any part of such Offered Securities as to which Pubco was not required to offer to the Holders or as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by the Holder (such Offered Securities, the “ Refused Securities ”), but only to the offerees described in the Offer Notice (if so described therein) and only upon terms and conditions (including, without limitation, unit prices and interest rates) that are not more favorable to the acquiring Person or Persons or less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Offer Notice.

 

(d)               In the event the Company shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities (any such sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified in Section 17(c) above), then the Holder may, at its sole option and in its sole discretion, either (x) withdraw its Notice of Acceptance or (y) reduce the number or amount of the Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance to an amount that shall be not less than the number or amount of the Offered Securities that the Holder elected to purchase pursuant to Section 17(b) above multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the number or amount of Offered Securities the Company actually proposes to issue, sell or exchange (including Offered Securities to be issued or sold to the Holder pursuant to Section 17(c) above prior to such reduction) and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the original amount of the Offered Securities. In the event that the Holder so elects to withdraw its Notice of Acceptance or reduce the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, the Company may not issue, sell or exchange more than the reduced number or amount of the Offered Securities to be sold in such Subsequent Placement after giving effect thereto unless and until such securities have again been offered to the Holder in accordance with Section 17(a) above.

 

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(e)                Upon the closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused Securities, the Holder shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall issue to the Holder, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in the Holder’s Notice of Acceptance, as reduced pursuant to Section 17(d) above if the Holder has so elected, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer. The purchase by the Holder of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases to (i) the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company and the Holder of a purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder, the Company and their respective counsels (the “ Subsequent Placement Agreemen t”), (ii) the Holder’s satisfaction, in its sole discretion, with the final terms and/or conditions that differ from those contained in the Offer Notice, and (iii) the Holder’s reasonable satisfaction with the identity of the other Persons to which the Offered Securities will be sold.

 

(f)                Any Offered Securities not acquired by the Holder or other Persons in accordance with this Section 17 may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they are again offered to the Holder under the procedures specified in this Agreement.

 

(g)               The Company and the Holder agree that if the Holder elects to participate in the Offer, without the written consent of the Holder, neither the Subsequent Placement Agreement with respect to such Offer nor any other transaction documents related thereto shall include any term or provision whereby the Holder shall be required to agree to any restrictions on trading as to any securities of the Company with respect to any period after the public announcement of such Subsequent Placement beyond those restrictions on the transfer or sale of the securities purchased in such Subsequent Placement agreed to by other purchasers in such Subsequent Placement or be required to consent to any amendment to or termination of, or grant any waiver or release under or in connection with, any agreement previously entered into with the Company or any instrument received from the Company.

 

(h)               The restrictions contained in this Section 17 shall not apply in respect of the issuance of Excluded Securities.

 

(i)                 For the purpose of this Section 17, the following definitions shall apply:

 

(i)                 “ Participation Securities ” means any capital stock or other security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries 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 capital stock or other equity security of the Company (including, without limitation, Common Stock) or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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(ii)               “ Subsequent Placement ” means any issuance, offer, sale, grant of any option or right to purchase, or other disposal by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, of any equity security or any equity-linked or related security (including, without limitation, any “equity security” (as that term is defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the 1933 Act), any Participation Securities, any preferred stock or any purchase rights), but for the avoidance of doubt excluding any secondary offerings contemplated by the Founders Registration Rights Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement (each as defined in the Merger Agreement).

 

18.         CERTAIN DEFINITIONS . For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a)                “ 1933 Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

(b)               “ 1934 Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

(c)                “ Adjustment Right ” means any right granted with respect to any securities issued in connection with, or with respect to, any issuance or sale (or deemed issuance or sale in accordance with Section 2) of shares of Common Stock (other than rights of the type described in Section 3 and 4 hereof) that could result in a decrease in the net consideration received by the Company in connection with, or with respect to, such securities (including, without limitation, any cash settlement rights, cash adjustment or other similar rights).

 

(d)               “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, it being understood for purposes of this definition that “control” of a Person means the power directly or indirectly either to vote 10% or more of the stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

 

(e)                [Reserved]

 

(f)                “ 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, non-qualified and qualified options to purchase Common Stock, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, stock bonus awards, performance compensation awards (including cash bonus awards) or any combination of the foregoing may be issued to any employee, officer or director for services provided to the Company in their respective capacities as such. For the avoidance of doubt, an Approved Stock Plan may permit issuances of awards to other Persons than those specified in this definition, but such awards issued to Persons other than those specified in this definition shall not be Excluded Securities issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan for purposes of this Warrant.

  

(g)              [Reserved]

 

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(h)                “ Bid Price ” means, for any security as of the particular time of determination, the bid price for such security on the Principal Market as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the bid price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or if the foregoing does not apply, the bid price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if no bid price is reported for such security by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, the average of the bid prices of any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC) as of such time of determination. If the Bid Price cannot be calculated for a security as of the particular time of determination on any of the foregoing bases, the Bid Price of such security as of such time of determination shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. 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 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

 

(i)                 “ Black Scholes Consideration Value ” means the value of the applicable Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be) as of the date of issuance thereof calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the public announcement of the execution of definitive documents with respect to the issuance of such Option or Convertible Security (as the case may be), (ii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be) as of the date of issuance of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be), (iii) a zero cost of borrow and (iv) an expected volatility equal to 80% .

 

(j)                 “ Black Scholes Value ” means the value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant remaining on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c), which value is calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the greater of (1) the highest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the Trading Day immediately preceding the announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction (or the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, if earlier) and ending on the Trading Day of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c) and (2) the sum of the price per share being offered in cash in the applicable Fundamental Transaction (if any) plus the value of the non-cash consideration being offered in the applicable Fundamental Transaction (if any), (ii) a strike price equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c), (iii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the greater of (1) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c) and (2) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction or as of the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c) if such request is prior to the date of the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (iv) a zero cost of borrow and (v) an expected volatility equal to 80%.

 

(k)                “ Bloomberg ” means Bloomberg, L.P.

 

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(l)                 “ Business Combination ” shall have the meaning as set forth in the Registration Statement.

 

(m)               “ Business Day ” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

(n)                “ Closing Sale Price ” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing trade price for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing trade price, then the last trade price of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last trade price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing does not apply, the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the ask prices of any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC). If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. 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 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

 

(o)                “ Common Stock ” means (i) the Company’s shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.

 

(p)                “ 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.

 

(q)                “ Eligible Market ” means The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market , the OTCQB or the Principal Market.

 

(r)                 “ Exchange Agreement ” means any of those certain Purchase and Exchange Agreements, dated as of June 10, 2015, each by and among the Company, Chart Acquisition Corp. and Chart Financing Sub, on the one hand, and a Buyer, on the other hand.

 

(s)                 “ Event Market Price ” means, with respect to any Stock Combination Event Date, the quotient determined by dividing (x) the sum of the VWAP of the Common Stock for each of the five (5) lowest Trading Days during the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period ending and including the Trading Day immediately preceding the sixteenth (16th) Trading Day after such Stock Combination Event Date, divided by (y) five (5).

 

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(t)                 “ Excluded Securities ” means (i) shares of Common Stock, non-qualified and qualified options to purchase Common Stock, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, stock bonus awards, performance compensation awards (including cash bonus awards) or any combination of the foregoing issued to directors, officers or employees of the Company for services provided to the Company in their respective capacities 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 Issuance Date pursuant to this clause (i) do not, in the aggregate, exceed more than 10% of the Common Stock issued and outst anding at the time of the issuance of the Warrants, after giving effect to the consummation of the Business Combination and to shares issuable thereafter pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement 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 any of the Buyers; (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 Issuance 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 any of the Buyers; (iii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares or otherwise pursuant to the terms of the Preferred Shares; provided, that the terms of the Preferred Shares are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Issuance Date (other than antidilution adjustments pursuant to the terms thereof in effect as of the Issuance Date); (iv) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Investor Warrants or the Pubco Warrants (as defined in the Merger Agreement) issued in the Business Combination pursuant to the Merger Agreement and the Registration Agreement; provided, that the terms of the Investor Warrant or Pubco Warrant are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Issuance Date (other than antidilution adjustments pursuant to the terms thereof in effect as of the Issuance Date); (v) shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company issued pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, including without limitation Earn-Out Shares and Purchase Price Adjustment Shares (each as defined in the Merger Agreement); and (vi) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equity holders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities.

 

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(u)                “ Expiration Date ” means the date that is the fifth (5 th ) anniversary of the Issuance Date or, if such date falls on a day other than a Business Day or on which trading does not take place on the Principal Market (a “ Holiday ”), the next date that is not a Holiday.

 

(v)                “ Fundamental Transaction ” means (A) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Subject Entity, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its “significant subsidiaries” (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) to one or more Subject Entities, or (iii) make, or allow one or more Subject Entities to make, or allow the Company to be subject to or have its Common Stock be subject to or party to one or more Subject Entities making, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of at least either (x) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entities making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer, become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iv) consummate a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with one or more Subject Entities whereby all such Subject Entities, individually or in the aggregate, acquire, either (x) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all the Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that the Subject Entities become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock, (B) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, allow any Subject Entity individually or the Subject Entities in the aggregate to be or become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, whether through acquisition, purchase, assignment, conveyance, tender, tender offer, exchange, reduction in outstanding shares of Common Stock, merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, scheme of arrangement, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, of either (x) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock not held by all such Subject Entities as of the date of this Warrant calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all such Subject Entities were not outstanding, or (z) a percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company sufficient to allow such Subject Entities to effect a statutory short form merger or other transaction requiring other shareholders of the Company to surrender their shares of Common Stock without approval of the shareholders of the Company or (C) directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, the issuance of or the entering into any other instrument or transaction structured in a manner to circumvent, or that circumvents, the intent of this definition in which case this definition shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this definition to the extent necessary to correct this definition or any portion of this definition which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended treatment of such instrument or transaction.

 

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(w)               “ Group ” means a “group” as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and as defined in Rule 13d-5 thereunder.

 

(x)                “ Merger Agreement ” shall have the meaning as set forth in the Registration Statement.

 

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

 

(z)                “ Parent Entity ” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

 

(aa)              “ Person ” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity or a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

(bb)             “ Preferred Shares ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Exchange Agreements, and shall include all shares of preferred stock of the Company issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

(cc)              “ Principal Market ” means the OTCQB.

 

(dd)             “ Registration Statement ” means the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File number 333-201424).

  

(ee)              “ SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or the successor thereto.

 

(ff)               “ Series A-1 Warrants ” means the Pubco Series A-1 Warrants as defined in the Merger Agreement, and shall include all warrants to purchase Common Stock or Preferred Shares issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

(gg)             “ Series A-2 Warrants ” means the Pubco Series A-2 Warrants as defined in the Merger Agreement, and shall include all warrants to purchase Common Stock or Preferred Shares issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

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(hh)             “ Series B-1 Warrants ” means the Pubco Series B-1 Warrants as defined in the Merger Agreement, and shall include all warrants to purchase Common Stock or Preferred Shares issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

(ii)                “ Series B-2 Warrants ” means the Pubco Series B-2 Warrants as defined in the Merger Agreement, and shall include all warrants to purchase Common Stock or Preferred Shares issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

(jj)                “ Subject Entity ” means any Person, Persons or Group or any Affiliate or associate of any such Person, Persons or Group.

 

(kk)              “ Successor Entity ” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

 

(ll)                “ Trading Day ” means, as applicable, (x) with respect to all price or trading volume determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time) unless such day is otherwise designated as a Trading Day in writing by the Holder or (y) with respect to all determinations other than price determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which The New York Stock Exchange (or any successor thereto) is open for trading of securities.

 

(mm)            “ VWAP ” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market (or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for such security, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded) during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “ HP” function (set to weighted average) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC). If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. 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 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

 

[ Signature page follows ]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Series A-2 Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

 

  Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.
     
  By:  
   

Name:

Title:

 

 

[Signature Page to Series A-2 Warrant]

 
 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

EXERCISE NOTICE

 

TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS
Series A-2 WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.

 

The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase _________________ of the shares of Common Stock (“ Warrant Shares ”) of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), evidenced by Warrant to Purchase Common Stock No. A-2-[__] (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.

 

In the event that the Holder has elected a Cashless Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the Holder hereby represents and warrants that (i) this Exercise Notice was executed by the Holder at __________ [a.m.][p.m.] on the date set forth below and (ii) if applicable, the Bid Price as of such time of execution of this Exercise Notice was $________.

 

☐       Check here if requesting that _________ of the Warrant Shares deliverable hereunder should be issued as Preferred 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:  
     
     
     
     

 

A- 1
 

 

☐        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:_____________________

 

A- 2
 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs ______________ to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated ______________, from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by _______________.

 

  Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.
     
  By:  
   

Name:

Title:

 

 

B-1

 

 

Exhibit 4.5

 

FINAL FORM

 

FORM OF SERIES B-1 WARRANT

 

THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION 1(a) OF THIS WARRANT.

 

Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.

 

Series B-1 Warrant To Purchase Common Stock

 

Warrant No.: B-1-[__]

 

Date of Issuance: July 31, 2015 (“ Issuance Date ”)

 

Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, [INVESTOR], the registered holder hereof, or its permitted assigns (the “ Holder ”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon exercise of this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “ Warrant ”), at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date, but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below), _________________ 1 (subject to adjustment as provided herein) fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below) (the “ Warrant Shares ”, and such number of Warrant Shares, the “ Warrant Number ”). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section 18. This Warrant is one of the Warrants to Purchase Common Stock (including, without limitation, all Series A-1 Warrants and Series B-1 Warrants (together, the “ New Investor Warrants ”) and the Series A-2 Warrants and Series B-2 Warrants (together the “ Affiliate Investor Warrants ” and collectively, with the New Investor Warrants, the “ Investor Warrants ”)) issued pursuant to, with respect to the New Investor Warrants, (i) the Merger Agreement in exchange for certain shares of non-voting preferred stock of TAS Financing Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ TAS Financing Sub ”) (each holder of TAS Financing Sub preferred stock immediately prior to the time of consummation of the Business Combination, a “ Buyer ”), which were originally issued by TAS Financing Sub on July 31, 2015 (the “ Subscription Date ”) and (ii) the Exchange Agreements.

 

 

1 0.625 Warrant Shares for each share of TAS Financing Sub Preferred Stock exchanged in the Business Combination.

 

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1.             EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

 

(a)             Mechanics of Exercise . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in Section 1(f)), this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any day on or after the Issuance Date (an “ Exercise Date ”), in whole or in part, by delivery (whether via facsimile or otherwise) of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Exercise Notice ”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant. Within one (1) Trading Day following an exercise of this Warrant as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver payment to the Company of an amount equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant was so exercised (the “ Aggregate Exercise Price ”) in cash or via wire transfer of immediately available funds if the Holder did not notify the Company in such Exercise Notice that such exercise was made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise or Alternate Cashless Exercise (each as defined in Section 1(d)). The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original of this Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice for all of the then-remaining Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant after delivery of the Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms hereof. On or before the first (1 st ) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received an Exercise Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile or electronic mail an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of such Exercise Notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B , to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”), which confirmation shall constitute an instruction to the Transfer Agent to process such Exercise Notice in accordance with the terms herein. On or before the third (3 rd ) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received such Exercise Notice (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade of such Warrant Shares initiated on the applicable Exercise Date), the Company shall (X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to such exercise. Upon delivery of an Exercise Notice, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder’s DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares (as the case may be). If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise and upon surrender of this Warrant to the Company by the Holder, then, at the request of the Holder, the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Business Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised. No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp, issuance and similar taxes, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent) that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except in the case where an exercise of this Warrant is validly made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise or Alternate Cashless Exercise, the Company’s failure to deliver Warrant Shares to the Holder on or prior to the later of ((i) three (3) Trading Days after receipt of the applicable Exercise Notice (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade of such Warrant Shares initiated on the applicable Exercise Date) and (ii) one (1) Trading Day after the Company’s receipt of the Aggregate Exercise Price (or valid notice of a Cashless Exercise or Alternate Cashless Exercise) (such later date, the “ Share Delivery Deadline ”) shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Warrant.

 

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(b)             Exercise Price . For purposes of this Warrant, “ Exercise Price ” means $5.00, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

 

(c)             Company’s Failure to Timely Deliver Securities . If the Company shall fail, for any reason or for no reason, on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline, either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled and register such Warrant Shares on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for such number of undelivered Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of this Warrant (as the case may be) or (II) if a registration statement (or prospectus contained therein) covering the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares that are the subject of the Exercise Notice (the “ Unavailable Warrant Shares ”) is not available for the issuance of such Unavailable Warrant Shares and the Company fails to promptly (x) so notify the Holder and (y) deliver the Warrant Shares electronically (including, if at any time after the three calendar month anniversary of the Issuance Date, without any restrictive legend) by crediting such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian system (the event described in the immediately foregoing clause (II) is hereinafter referred as a “ Notice Failure ” and together with the event described in clause (I) above, a “ Delivery Failure ”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, (X) the Company shall pay in cash to the Holder on each day after the Share Delivery Date and during such Delivery Failure an amount equal to 1% of the product of (A) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock not issued to the Holder on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline and to which the Holder is entitled, multiplied by (B) any trading price of the Common Stock selected by the Holder in writing as in effect at any time during the period beginning on the applicable Exercise Date and ending on the applicable Share Delivery Date, and (Y) the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Exercise Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the voiding of an Exercise Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise. In addition to the foregoing, if on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Company shall fail to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Transfer Agent shall fail to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder or pursuant to the Company’s obligation pursuant to clause (ii) below or (II) a Notice Failure occurs, and if on or after such Share Delivery Deadline the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a “ Buy-In ”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, the Company shall, within three (3) Business Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (including, without limitation, by any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of the Holder) (the “ Buy-In Price ”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so issue and deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) (and to issue such Warrant Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to so issue and deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant Shares or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of Warrant Shares multiplied by (B) the lowest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this clause (ii) (the “ Buy-In Payment Amount ”). Nothing shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock (or to electronically deliver such shares of Common Stock) upon the exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof. If the Holder elects to effect a cash exercise of this Warrant at a time a registration statement is not available for the issuance or resale of such applicable Warrant Shares, the Company shall, within one (1) Trading Day of receipt of such applicable Exercise Notice, notify the Holder that unless the Holder withdraws such Exercise Notice and submits an Exercise Notice electing a cashless exercise, if available, such Warrant Shares shall be issued on the Share Delivery Date in certificate form bearing a restrictive securities legend. The parties agree that any such issuance and delivery with a restrictive securities legend on or prior to the applicable Share Delivery Deadline shall not be a Delivery Failure.

 

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(d)            Cashless Exercise .

 

(i)       General . If at any time after the three calendar month anniversary of the Issuance Date, there is no effective registration statement registering, or no current prospectus available for, the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, then, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (other than Section 1(f) below), the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of Warrant Shares determined according to the following formula (a “ Cashless Exercise ”):

 

Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)
                                                                    D

 

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

A = the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.

 

B = the greater of: (i) the quotient of (x) the sum of the VWAP of the Common Stock for each of the twenty (20) Trading Days ending at the close of business on the Principal Market immediately prior to the time of exercise as set forth in the applicable Exercise Notice, divided by (y) twenty (20); and (ii) the last Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock immediately preceding the delivery of the applicable Exercise Notice

 

C = the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.

 

D = as applicable: (i) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) the Bid Price of the Common Stock as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof, or (iii) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if the date of such Exercise Notice is a Trading Day and such Exercise Notice is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day.

 

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(ii)      Alternate Cashless Exercise of B Warrants . In addition to the rights set forth in Section 1(c)(i) above, on any Alternate Cashless Eligible Day the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment thereof and in lieu of making a Cashless Exercise, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the "net number" of shares of Common Stock (the " Alternate Net Number ") determined according to the following formula (the " Alternate Cashless Exercise "):

 

    [     (A x B)          ]  
  Alternate Net Number = 400% of  [                      - A]  
    [      C                  ]  

 

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

A = the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.

 

B = $4.00 (as adjusted for stock splits, stock distributions, recapitalizations or similar events)

 

C = 90% of the greater of (x) $2.00 (as adjusted for stock splits, stock distributions, recapitalizations or similar events) and (y) the quotient of (A) the sum of the VWAP of the Common Stock for each of the four (4) lowest Trading Days during the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period ending and including the Trading Day immediately prior to the applicable Exercise Date, divided by (B) four (4).

 

For purposes of Rule 144(d) promulgated under the 1933 Act, as in effect on the Subscription Date, it is intended that the Warrant Shares issued in a Cashless Exercise or Alternate Cashless Exercise shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was originally issued pursuant to the Merger Agreement

 

(e)             Disputes . In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 13.

 

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(f)              Limitations on Exercises . The Company shall not effect the exercise of any portion of this Warrant, and the Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Warrant and any such exercise shall be null and void and treated as if never made, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, the Holder together with the other Attribution Parties collectively would beneficially own in excess of [4.99][9.99] 2 % (the “ Maximum Percentage ”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and the other Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock held by the Holder and all other Attribution Parties plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of the other Attribution Parties and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock or warrants, including other Investor Warrants) beneficially owned by the Holder or any other Attribution Party subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this Section 1(f)(i). For purposes of this Section 1(f)(i), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act. For purposes of determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock the Holder may acquire upon the exercise of this Warrant without exceeding the Maximum Percentage, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the SEC, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any other written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent, if any, setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (the “ Reported Outstanding Share Number ”). If the Company receives an Exercise Notice from the Holder at a time when the actual number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is less than the Reported Outstanding Share Number, the Company shall (i) notify the Holder in writing of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding and, to the extent that such Exercise Notice would otherwise cause the Holder’s beneficial ownership, as determined pursuant to this Section 1(f)(i), to exceed the Maximum Percentage, the Holder must notify the Company of a reduced number of Warrant Shares to be acquired pursuant to such Exercise Notice (the number of shares by which such purchase is reduced, the “ Reduction Shares ”) and (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable, the Company shall return to the Holder any exercise price paid by the Holder for the Reduction Shares. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing or by electronic mail 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 and any other Attribution Party since the date as of which the Reported Outstanding Share Number was reported. In the event that the issuance of shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon exercise of this Warrant results in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties being deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than the Maximum Percentage of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (as determined under Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act), the number of shares so issued by which the Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties’ aggregate beneficial ownership exceeds the Maximum Percentage (the “ Excess Shares ”) shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and the Holder shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Excess Shares. As soon as reasonably practicable after the issuance of the Excess Shares has been deemed null and void, the Company shall return to the Holder the exercise price paid by the Holder for the Excess Shares. Upon delivery of a written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase (with such increase not effective until the sixty-first (61 st ) day after delivery of such notice) or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% as specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61 st ) day after such notice is delivered to the Company and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and the other Attribution Parties and not to any other holder of Investor Warrants that is not an Attribution Party of the Holder. For purposes of clarity, the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of this Warrant in excess of the Maximum Percentage shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Holder for any purpose including for purposes of Section 13(d) or Rule 16a-1(a)(1) of the 1934 Act. No prior inability to exercise this Warrant pursuant to this paragraph shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent determination of exercisability. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 1(f)(i) to the extent necessary to correct this paragraph or any portion of this paragraph which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation contained in this Section 1(f)(i) or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitation contained in this paragraph may not be waived and shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 

 

2 As elected by the Holder to the Company in writing on or prior to the Subscription Date.

 

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(g)            Reservation of Shares .

 

(i)        Required Reserve Amount . So long as this Warrant remains outstanding, the Company shall at all times keep reserved for issuance under this Warrant a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to 150% of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall be necessary to satisfy the Company’s obligation to issue shares of Common Stock under the Investor Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on exercise) (the “ Required Reserve Amount ”); provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock reserved pursuant to this Section 1(g)(i) be reduced other than proportionally in connection with any exercise or redemption of Investor Warrants or such other event covered by Section 2(a) below. The Required Reserve Amount (including, without limitation, each increase in the number of shares so reserved) shall be allocated pro rata among the holders of the Investor Warrants based on number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Investor Warrants held by each holder on the Issuance Date (without regard to any limitations on exercise) or increase in the number of reserved shares, as the case may be (the “ Authorized Share Allocation ”). In the event that a holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such holder’s Investor Warrants, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such holder’s Authorized Share Allocation. Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Investor Warrants shall be allocated to the remaining holders of Investor Warrants, pro rata based on the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Investor Warrants then held by such holders (without regard to any limitations on exercise).

 

(ii)       Insufficient Authorized Shares . If, notwithstanding Section 1(g)(i) above, and not in limitation thereof, at any time while any of the Investor Warrants remain outstanding, the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve the Required Reserve Amount (an “ Authorized Share Failure ”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for all the Investor Warrants then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its best efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal. In the event that the Company is prohibited from issuing shares of Common Stock upon an exercise of this Warrant due to the failure by the Company to have sufficient shares of Common Stock available out of the authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock (such unavailable number of shares of Common Stock, the “ Authorization Failure Shares ”), in lieu of delivering such Authorization Failure Shares to the Holder, the Company shall pay cash in exchange for the cancellation of such portion of this Warrant exercisable into such Authorized Failure Shares at a price equal to the sum of (i) the product of (x) such number of Authorization Failure Shares and (y) the greatest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date the Holder delivers the applicable Exercise Notice with respect to such Authorization Failure Shares to the Company and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this Section 1(g); and (ii) to the extent the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of Authorization Failure Shares, any Buy-In Payment Amount and any brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any, (to the extent not included in any Buy-In Payment Amount paid to the Holder), of the Holder incurred in connection therewith. Nothing contained in this Section 1(g)(ii) shall limit any obligations of the Company under any provision of the Merger Agreement or any Exchange Agreement.

 

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(h)            Alternate Delivery of Preferred Shares . At the option of the Holder, in lieu of the issuance and delivery to the Holder (or its designee) of all, or any part, of any aggregate number of Warrant Shares then deliverable to the Holder upon any exercise of this Warrant or otherwise hereunder (such number of Warrant Shares, the “ Alternate Delivery Share Amount ”), the Holder may elect in the applicable Exercise Notice or otherwise in writing to the Company to cause the Company to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) such aggregate number of Preferred Shares then convertible into the Alternate Delivery Share Amount of shares of Common Stock.

 

2.             ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 2.            

 

(a)            Stock Dividends and Splits . Without limiting any provision of Section 2(b) or Section 4, if the Company, at any time on or after the Issuance Date, (i) pays a stock dividend on one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares or (iii) combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination. If any event requiring an adjustment under this paragraph occurs during the period that an Exercise Price is calculated hereunder, then the calculation of such Exercise Price shall be adjusted appropriately to reflect such event.

 

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(b)            Adjustment upon Issuance of Shares of Common Stock . If and whenever on or after the Issuance Date, the Company issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section 2 is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (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 (and this Section 2(b) shall be inapplicable with respect to any such Excluded Securities for a consideration per share (the “ New Issuance 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 ”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the New Issuance Price. For all purposes of the foregoing (including, without limitation, determining the adjusted Exercise Price and the New Issuance Price under this Section 2(b)), the following shall be applicable:

 

(i)       Issuance of Options . If the Company in any manner grants or sells any Options and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 2(b)(i), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof” shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof and (y) the lowest exercise price set forth in such Option for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Option (or any other Person) upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Option (or any other Person). Except as contemplated in (iii) below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or otherwise pursuant to the terms of or upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

 

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(ii)       Issuance of Convertible Securities . If the Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 2(b)(ii), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof” shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof and (y) the lowest conversion price set forth in such Convertible Security for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person) upon the issuance or sale of such Convertible Security plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person). Except as contemplated in (iii) below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof, and if any such issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of this Warrant has been or is to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 2(b), except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made by reason of such issuance or sale.

 

(iii)     Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion . If the purchase or exercise price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock increases or decreases at any time (other than proportional changes in conversion or exercise prices, as applicable, in connection with an event referred to in Section 2(a)), the Exercise Price in effect at the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the Exercise Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. For purposes of this Section 2(b)(iii), if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the Subscription Date are increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the shares of Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(b) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Exercise Price then in effect.

 

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(iv)     Calculation of Consideration Received . If any Option and/or Convertible Security and/or Adjustment Right is issued in connection with the issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of any other securities of the Company (as determined by the Holder, the “ Primary Security ”, and such Option and/or Convertible Security and/or Adjustment Right, the “ Secondary Securities ”), together comprising one integrated transaction, (or one or more transactions if such issuances or sales or deemed issuances or sales of securities of the Company either (A) have at least one investor or purchaser in common, (B) are consummated in reasonable proximity to each other and/or (C) are consummated under the same plan of financing) the aggregate consideration per share of Common Stock with respect to such Primary Security shall be deemed to be equal to the difference of (x) the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock was issued (or was deemed to be issued pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) or 2(b)(ii) above, as applicable) in such integrated transaction solely with respect to such Primary Security, minus (y) with respect to such Secondary Securities, the sum of (I) the Black Scholes Consideration Value of each such Option, if any, (II) the fair market value (as determined by the Holder in good faith) or the Black Scholes Consideration Value, as applicable, of such Adjustment Right, if any, and (III) the fair market value (as determined by the Holder) of such Convertible Security, if any, in each case, as determined on a per share basis in accordance with this Section 2(b)(iv). If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be deemed to be the net amount of consideration received by the Company therefor. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Company (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of publicly traded securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company for such securities will be the arithmetic average of the VWAPs of such security for each of the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the date of receipt. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities (as the case may be). The fair value of any consideration other than cash or publicly traded securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the Holder. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “ Valuation Event ”), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Trading Days after the tenth (10 th ) day following such Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the Holder. The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company.

 

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(v)      Record Date . If the Company takes a record of the holders of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issuance or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase (as the case may be).

 

(c)            Number of Warrant Shares . Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 2(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 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)            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 2, if 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 ”) after the Subscription Date 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.

 

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(e)             Stock Combination Event Adjustment . If at any time and from time to time on or after the Issuance Date there occurs any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination recapitalization or other similar transaction involving the Common Stock (each, a “ Stock Combination Event ”, and such date thereof, the “ Stock Combination Event Date ”) and the Event Market Price is less than the Exercise Price then in effect (after giving effect to the adjustment in clause (b) above), then on the sixteenth (16th) Trading Day immediately following such Stock Combination Event, the Exercise Price then in effect on such sixteenth (16th) Trading Day (after giving effect to the adjustment in clause (b) above) shall be reduced (but in no event increased) to the Event Market Price. For the avoidance of doubt, if the adjustment in the immediately preceding sentence would otherwise result in an increase in the Exercise Price hereunder, no adjustment shall be made.

 

(f)             Other Events . In the event that the Company (or any Subsidiary (as defined in the Merger Agreement)) shall take any action to which the provisions hereof are not strictly applicable, or, if applicable, would not operate to protect the Holder from dilution or if any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 2 but not expressly provided for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features, but excluding the issuance of any Excluded Securities), then the Company’s board of directors shall in good faith determine and implement an appropriate adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares (if applicable) so as to protect the rights of the Holder, provided that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(e) will increase the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 2, provided further that if the Holder does not accept such adjustments as appropriately protecting its interests hereunder against such dilution, then the Company’s board of directors and the Holder shall agree, in good faith, upon an independent investment bank of nationally recognized standing to make such appropriate adjustments, whose determination shall be final and binding absent manifest error and whose fees and expenses shall be borne by the Company.

 

(g)            Calculations . All calculations under this Section 2 shall be made by rounding to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100 th of a share, as applicable. The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issuance or sale of Common Stock.

 

(h)            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.

 

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3.              RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property, options, evidence of indebtedness or any other assets by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “ Distribution ”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution ( provided , however , that to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution to the Holder shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such Distribution (and any Distributions declared or made on such initial Distribution or on any subsequent Distribution held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

 

4.             PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.

 

(a)            Purchase Rights . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “ Purchase Rights ”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights ( provided , however , that to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and the Holder’s right to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such right (and any Purchase Right granted, issued or sold on such initial Purchase Right or on any subsequent Purchase Right held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

 

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(b)            Fundamental Transactions . The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Exchange Documents (as defined in the applicable Exchange Agreement) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to 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, including, without limitation, which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock 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 adjustments to the 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). Upon the consummation of each Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant and the other Exchange 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 Exchange Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of each Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Sections 3 and 4(a) above, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction, such shares of publicly traded common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of the applicable Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and without limiting Section 1(f) hereof, the Holder may elect, at its sole option, by delivery of written notice to the Company to waive this Section 4(b) to permit the Fundamental Transaction without the assumption of this Warrant. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of each Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “ Corporate Event ”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction but prior to the Expiration Date, in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Sections 3 and 4(a) above, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of the applicable Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant). Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 4(b) will not apply to a Fundamental Transaction where the purchaser or other Successor Entity, after giving effect to such Fundamental Transaction, does not have any equity securities that are then listed or designated for quotation on an Eligible Market or other national securities exchange or automated quotation system.

 

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(c)            Black Scholes Value . Notwithstanding the foregoing and the provisions of Section 4(b) above, at the request of the Holder delivered at any time commencing on the earliest to occur of (x) the public disclosure of any Fundamental Transaction, (y) the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction and (z) the Holder first becoming aware of any Fundamental Transaction through the date that is ninety (90) days after the public disclosure of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction by the Company pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC, the Company or the Successor Entity (as the case may be) shall purchase this Warrant from the Holder on the date of such request by paying to the Holder cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value.

 

(d)            Application . The provisions of this Section 4 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be applied as if this Warrant (and any such subsequent warrants) were fully exercisable and without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant (provided that the Holder shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of the Maximum Percentage, applied however with respect to shares of capital stock registered under the 1934 Act and thereafter receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (or any such other warrant)).

 

5.             NONCIRCUMVENTION . The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issuance or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (a) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, and (b) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if after the three calendar month anniversary of the Issuance Date, the Holder is not permitted to exercise this Warrant in full for any reason (other than pursuant to restrictions set forth in Section 1(f) hereof), the Company shall use its best efforts to promptly remedy such failure, including, without limitation, obtaining such consents or approvals as necessary to permit such exercise into shares of Common Stock.

 

6.             WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER . Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in its capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in its capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which it is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company. Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the stockholders.

 

 

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7.             REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.

 

(a)            Transfer of Warrant . If this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.

 

(b)            Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant . Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.

 

(c)            Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants . This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender; provided, however, no warrants for fractional shares of Common Stock shall be given.

 

(d)            Issuance of New Warrants . Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.

 

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8.             NOTICES . Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 16(e) of the applicable Exchange Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Warrant (other than the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise in accordance with the terms hereof), including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment(s), (ii) at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property to holders of shares of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder, (iii) at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction and (iv) within one (1) Business Day of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure or Conversion Failure (as each term is defined in the Preferred Shares), setting forth in reasonable detail any material events with respect to such Authorized Share Failure or Conversion Failure and any efforts by the Company to cure such Authorized Share Failure or Conversion Failure. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the SEC pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. It is expressly understood and agreed that the time of execution specified by the Holder in each Exercise Notice shall be definitive and may not be disputed or challenged by the Company.

 

9.             AMENDMENT AND WAIVER . Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant (other than Section 1(f)) may be amended and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Holder. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.

 

10.           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 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).

 

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11.           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 New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. 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 in Section 16(e) of the applicable Exchange 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 The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any 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.

 

12.           CONSTRUCTION; 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 Exchange Documents shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms on the Issuance Date in such other Exchange Documents unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Holder.

 

13.           DISPUTE RESOLUTION .

 

(a)            Submission to Dispute Resolution .

 

(i)      In the case of a dispute relating to the Exercise Price, the Closing Sale Price, the Bid Price, Black Scholes Consideration Value, Black Scholes Value or fair market value or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares (as the case may be) (including, without limitation, a dispute relating to the determination of any of the foregoing), the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) shall submit the dispute to the other party via facsimile or personal delivery (A) if by the Company, within two (2) Business Days after the occurrence of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute or (B) if by the Holder, at any time after the Holder learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute. If the Holder and the Company are unable to promptly resolve such dispute relating to such Exercise Price, such Closing Sale Price, such Bid Price, such Black Scholes Consideration Value, Black Scholes Value or such fair market value or such arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares (as the case may be), at any time after the second (2 nd ) Business Day following such initial notice by the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) of such dispute to the Company or the Holder (as the case may be), then the Holder may, at its sole option, select an independent, reputable investment bank to resolve such dispute.

 

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(ii)     The Holder and the Company shall each deliver to such investment bank (A) a copy of the initial dispute submission so delivered in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 13 and (B) written documentation supporting its position with respect to such dispute, in each case, no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) by the fifth (5 th ) Business Day immediately following the date on which the Holder selected such investment bank (the “ Dispute Submission Deadline ”) (the documents referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (A) and (B) are collectively referred to herein as the “ Required Dispute Documentation ”) (it being understood and agreed that if either the Holder or the Company fails to so deliver all of the Required Dispute Documentation by the Dispute Submission Deadline, then the party who fails to so submit all of the Required Dispute Documentation shall no longer be entitled to (and hereby waives its right to) deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank with respect to such dispute and such investment bank shall resolve such dispute based solely on the Required Dispute Documentation that was delivered to such investment bank prior to the Dispute Submission Deadline). Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by both the Company and the Holder or otherwise requested by such investment bank, neither the Company nor the Holder shall be entitled to deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank in connection with such dispute (other than the Required Dispute Documentation).

 

(iii)    The Company and the Holder shall cause such investment bank to determine the resolution of such dispute and notify the Company and the Holder of such resolution no later than ten (10) Business Days immediately following the Dispute Submission Deadline. The fees and expenses of such investment bank shall be borne solely by the Company, and such investment bank’s resolution of such dispute shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error.

 

(b)            Miscellaneous . The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) this Section 13 constitutes an agreement to arbitrate between the Company and the Holder (and constitutes an arbitration agreement) under the rules then in effect under § 7501, et seq. of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules (“ CPLR ”) and that the Holder is authorized to apply for an order to compel arbitration pursuant to CPLR § 7503(a) in order to compel compliance with this Section 13, (ii) a dispute relating to the Exercise Price includes, without limitation, disputes as to (A) whether an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock occurred under Section 2(b), (B) the consideration per share at which an issuance or deemed issuance of Common Stock occurred, (C) whether any issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock was an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Excluded Securities, (D) whether an agreement, instrument, security or the like constitutes and Option or Convertible Security and (E) whether a Dilutive Issuance occurred, (iii) the terms of this Warrant and each other applicable Exchange Document shall serve as the basis for the selected investment bank’s resolution of the applicable dispute, such investment bank shall be entitled (and is hereby expressly authorized) to make all findings, determinations and the like that such investment bank determines are required to be made by such investment bank in connection with its resolution of such dispute (including, without limitation, determining (A) whether an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock occurred under Section 2(b), (B) the consideration per share at which an issuance or deemed issuance of Common Stock occurred, (C) whether any issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock was an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Excluded Securities, (D) whether an agreement, instrument, security or the like constitutes and Option or Convertible Security and (E) whether a Dilutive Issuance occurred) and in resolving such dispute such investment bank shall apply such findings, determinations and the like to the terms of this Warrant and any other applicable Exchange Documents, (iv) the Holder (and only the Holder), in its sole discretion, shall have the right to submit any dispute described in this Section 13 to any state or federal court sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan in lieu of utilizing the procedures set forth in this Section 13 and (v) nothing in this Section 13 shall limit the Holder from obtaining any injunctive relief or other equitable remedies (including, without limitation, with respect to any matters described in this Section 13).

 

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14.           REMEDIES, CHARACTERIZATION, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF . The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Exchange Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant. The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, exercises and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant (including, without limitation, compliance with Section 2 hereof). The issuance of shares and certificates for shares as contemplated hereby upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder or such shares for any issuance tax or other costs in respect thereof, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any certificate in a name other than the Holder or its agent on its behalf.

 

15.           PAYMENT OF COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER COSTS . If (a) this Warrant is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any legal proceeding or the holder otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under this Warrant or to enforce the provisions of this Warrant or (b) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of the company or other proceedings affecting company creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Warrant, then the Company shall pay the costs incurred by the Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements.

 

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16.           TRANSFER . This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company.

 

17.          [RESERVED]

 

18.           CERTAIN DEFINITIONS . For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a)           “ 1933 Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

(b)           “ 1934 Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

(c)           “ Adjustment Right ” means any right granted with respect to any securities issued in connection with, or with respect to, any issuance or sale (or deemed issuance or sale in accordance with Section 2) of shares of Common Stock (other than rights of the type described in Section 3 and 4 hereof) that could result in a decrease in the net consideration received by the Company in connection with, or with respect to, such securities (including, without limitation, any cash settlement rights, cash adjustment or other similar rights).

 

(d)           “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, it being understood for purposes of this definition that “control” of a Person means the power directly or indirectly either to vote 10% or more of the stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

 

(e)           “ Alternate Cashless Eligible Day ” means such Trading Day occurring on or after December 31, 2015 in which the VWAP of the Common Stock on the immediately preceding Trading Day fails to be greater than $4.00 (as adjusted for stock splits, stock distributions, recapitalizations or similar events).

 

(f)            “ 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, non-qualified and qualified options to purchase Common Stock, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, stock bonus awards, performance compensation awards (including cash bonus awards) or any combination of the foregoing may be issued to any employee, officer or director for services provided to the Company in their respective capacities as such. For the avoidance of doubt, an Approved Stock Plan may permit issuances of awards to other Persons than those specified in this definition, but such awards issued to Persons other than those specified in this definition shall not be Excluded Securities issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan for purposes of this Warrant.

 

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(g)           “ Attribution Parties ” means, collectively, the following Persons and entities: (i) any investment vehicle, including, any funds, feeder funds or managed accounts, currently, or from time to time after the Issuance Date, directly or indirectly managed or advised by the Holder’s investment manager or any of its Affiliates or principals, (ii) any direct or indirect Affiliates of the Holder or any of the foregoing, (iii) any Person acting or who could be deemed to be acting as a Group together with the Holder or any of the foregoing and (iv) any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of the Company’s Common Stock would or could be aggregated with the Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties for purposes of Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act. For clarity, the purpose of the foregoing is to subject collectively the Holder and all other Attribution Parties to the Maximum Percentage.

 

(h)           “ Bid Price ” means, for any security as of the particular time of determination, the bid price for such security on the Principal Market as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the bid price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or if the foregoing does not apply, the bid price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if no bid price is reported for such security by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, the average of the bid prices of any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC) as of such time of determination. If the Bid Price cannot be calculated for a security as of the particular time of determination on any of the foregoing bases, the Bid Price of such security as of such time of determination shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. 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 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

 

(i)            “ Black Scholes Consideration Value ” means the value of the applicable Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be) as of the date of issuance thereof calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the public announcement of the execution of definitive documents with respect to the issuance of such Option or Convertible Security (as the case may be), (ii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be) as of the date of issuance of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be), (iii) a zero cost of borrow and (iv) an expected volatility equal to 80%.

 

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(j)            “ Black Scholes Value ” means the value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant remaining on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c), which value is calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the greater of (1) the highest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the Trading Day immediately preceding the announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction (or the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, if earlier) and ending on the Trading Day of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c) and (2) the sum of the price per share being offered in cash in the applicable Fundamental Transaction (if any) plus the value of the non-cash consideration being offered in the applicable Fundamental Transaction (if any), (ii) a strike price equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c), (iii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the greater of (1) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c) and (2) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction or as of the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c) if such request is prior to the date of the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (iv) a zero cost of borrow and (v) an expected volatility equal to 80%.

 

(k)           “ Bloomberg ” means Bloomberg, L.P.

 

(l)            “ Business Combination ” shall have the meaning as set forth in the Registration Statement.

 

(m)          “ Business Day ” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

(n)           “ Closing Sale Price ” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing trade price for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing trade price, then the last trade price of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last trade price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing does not apply, the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the ask prices of any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC). If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. 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 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

 

(o)           “ Common Stock ” means (i) the Company’s shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.

 

(p)           “ 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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(q)           “ Eligible Market ” means The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the OTCQB or the Principal Market.

 

(r)            “ Exchange Agreement ” means any of those certain Purchase and Exchange Agreements, dated as of June 10, 2015, each by and among the Company, Chart Acquisition Corp., Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, TAS Financing Sub and Chart Financing Sub Inc., on the one hand, and a Buyer, on the other hand.

 

(s)           “ Event Market Price ” means, with respect to any Stock Combination Event Date, the quotient determined by dividing (x) the sum of the VWAP of the Common Stock for each of the five (5) lowest Trading Days during the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period ending and including the Trading Day immediately preceding the sixteenth (16th) Trading Day after such Stock Combination Event Date, divided by (y) five (5).

 

(t)            “ Excluded Securities ” means (i) shares of Common Stock, non-qualified and qualified options to purchase Common Stock, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, stock bonus awards, performance compensation awards (including cash bonus awards) or any combination of the foregoing issued to directors, officers or employees of the Company for services provided to the Company in their respective capacities 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 Issuance Date pursuant to this clause (i) do not, in the aggregate, exceed more than 10% of the Common Stock issued and outstanding at the time of the issuance of the Warrants, after giving effect to the consummation of the Business Combination and to shares issuable thereafter pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement 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 any of the Buyers; (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 Issuance 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 any of the Buyers; (iii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares or otherwise pursuant to the terms of the Preferred Shares; provided, that the terms of the Preferred Shares are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Issuance Date (other than antidilution adjustments pursuant to the terms thereof in effect as of the Issuance Date); (iv) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Investor Warrants or the Pubco Warrants (as defined in the Merger Agreement) issued in the Business Combination pursuant to the Merger Agreement and the Registration Agreement; provided, that the terms of the Investor Warrant or Pubco Warrant are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Issuance Date (other than antidilution adjustments pursuant to the terms thereof in effect as of the Issuance Date); (v) shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company issued pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, including without limitation Earn-Out Shares and Purchase Price Adjustment Shares (each as defined in the Merger Agreement); and (vi) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equity holders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities.

 

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(u)           “ Expiration Date ” means the date that is the twenty-first (21 st ) calendar month anniversary of the Issuance Date or, if such date falls on a day other than a Business Day or on which trading does not take place on the Principal Market (a “ Holiday ”), the next date that is not a Holiday.

 

(v)           “ Fundamental Transaction ” means (A) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Subject Entity, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its “significant subsidiaries” (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) to one or more Subject Entities, or (iii) make, or allow one or more Subject Entities to make, or allow the Company to be subject to or have its Common Stock be subject to or party to one or more Subject Entities making, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of at least either (x) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entities making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer, become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iv) consummate a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with one or more Subject Entities whereby all such Subject Entities, individually or in the aggregate, acquire, either (x) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all the Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that the Subject Entities become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock, (B) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, allow any Subject Entity individually or the Subject Entities in the aggregate to be or become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, whether through acquisition, purchase, assignment, conveyance, tender, tender offer, exchange, reduction in outstanding shares of Common Stock, merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, scheme of arrangement, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, of either (x) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock not held by all such Subject Entities as of the date of this Warrant calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all such Subject Entities were not outstanding, or (z) a percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company sufficient to allow such Subject Entities to effect a statutory short form merger or other transaction requiring other shareholders of the Company to surrender their shares of Common Stock without approval of the shareholders of the Company or (C) directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, the issuance of or the entering into any other instrument or transaction structured in a manner to circumvent, or that circumvents, the intent of this definition in which case this definition shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this definition to the extent necessary to correct this definition or any portion of this definition which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended treatment of such instrument or transaction.

 

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(w)          “ Group ” means a “group” as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and as defined in Rule 13d-5 thereunder.

 

(x)           “ Merger Agreement ” shall have the meaning as set forth in the Registration Statement.

 

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

 

(z)           “ Parent Entity ” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

 

(aa)         “ Person ” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity or a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

(bb)        “ Preferred Shares ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Exchange Agreements, and shall include all shares of preferred stock of the Company issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

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(cc)         “ Principal Market ” means the OTCQB.

 

(dd)        “ Registration Statement ” means the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File number 333-201424).

 

(ee)         “ SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or the successor thereto.

 

(ff)           “ Series A-1 Warrants ” means the Pubco Series A-1 Warrants as defined in the Merger Agreement, and shall include all warrants to purchase Common Stock or Preferred Shares issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

(gg)         “ Series A-2 Warrants ” means the Pubco Series A-2 Warrants as defined in the Merger Agreement, and shall include all warrants to purchase Common Stock or Preferred shares issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

(hh)         “ Series B-1 Warrants ” means the Pubco Series B-1 Warrants as defined in the Merger Agreement, and shall include all warrants to purchase Common Stock or Preferred Shares issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

(ii)            “ Series B-2 Warrants ” means the Pubco Series B-2 Warrants as defined in the Merger Agreement, and shall include all warrants to purchase Common Stock or Preferred Shares issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

(jj)            “ Subject Entity ” means any Person, Persons or Group or any Affiliate or associate of any such Person, Persons or Group.

 

(kk)         “ Successor Entity ” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

 

(ll)           “ Trading Day ” means, as applicable, (x) with respect to all price or trading volume determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time) unless such day is otherwise designated as a Trading Day in writing by the Holder or (y) with respect to all determinations other than price determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which The New York Stock Exchange (or any successor thereto) is open for trading of securities.

 

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(mm)       “ VWAP ” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market (or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for such security, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded) during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “HP” function (set to weighted average) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC). If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. 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 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

 

[ Signature page follows ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Series B-1 Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

 

  TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

[Signature Page to Series B-1 Warrant]

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

EXERCISE NOTICE

 

TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS
Series B-1 WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.

 

The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase _________________ of the shares of Common Stock (“ Warrant Shares ”) of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), evidenced by Warrant to Purchase Common Stock No. B-1-[__] (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;

 

and/or

 

____________ an “ Alternate Cashless Exercise ” with respect to _______________ Warrant Shares.

 

In the event that the Holder has elected a Cashless Exercise or Alternate Cashless Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the Holder hereby represents and warrants that (i) this Exercise Notice was executed by the Holder at __________ [a.m.][p.m.] on the date set forth below and (ii) if applicable, the Bid Price as of such time of execution of this Exercise Notice was $________.

 

☐        Check here if requesting that _________ of the Warrant Shares deliverable hereunder should be issued as Preferred Shares.

 

2.         Payment of Exercise Price . In the event that the Holder has elected a Cash Exercise or Alternate Cashless 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.

 

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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:_____________________

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs ______________ to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated ______________, from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by _______________.

 

  TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

   

 

B-1

 

Exhibit 4.6

 

FINAL FORM

 

FORM OF SERIES B-2 WARRANT

 

THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION 1(a) OF THIS WARRANT.

 

Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.

 

Series B-2 Warrant To Purchase Common Stock

 

Warrant No.: B-2-[__]

 

Date of Issuance: July 31, 2015 (“ Issuance Date ”)

 

Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, [INVESTOR] , the registered holder hereof, or its permitted assigns (the “ Holder ”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon exercise of this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “ Warrant ”), at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date, but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below), _________________ 1 (subject to adjustment as provided herein) fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below) (the “ Warrant Shares ”, and such number of Warrant Shares, the “ Warrant Number ”). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section 18. This Warrant is one of the Warrants to Purchase Common Stock (including, without limitation, all Series A-1 Warrants and Series B-1 Warrants (together, the “ New Investor Warrants ”) and the Series A-2 Warrants and Series B-2 Warrants (together the “ Affiliate Investor Warrants ” and collectively, with the New Investor Warrants, the “ Investor Warrants ”)) issued pursuant to, with respect to the Affiliate Investor Warrants, (i) the Merger Agreement in exchange for certain shares of non-voting preferred stock of Chart Financing Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Chart Financing Sub ”) (each holder of Chart Financing Sub preferred stock immediately prior to the time of consummation of the Business Combination, a “ Buyer ”), which were originally issued by Chart Financing Sub on July 31, 2015 (the “ Subscription Date ”) and (ii) the Exchange Agreements.

 

 

1 0.625 Warrant Shares for each share of Chart Financing Sub Preferred Stock exchanged in the Business Combination

 

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1.              EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

 

(a)             Mechanics of Exercise . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in Section 1(f)), this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any day on or after the Issuance Date (an “ Exercise Date ”), in whole or in part, by delivery (whether via facsimile or otherwise) of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Exercise Notice ”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant. Within one (1) Trading Day following an exercise of this Warrant as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver payment to the Company of an amount equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant was so exercised (the “ Aggregate Exercise Price ”) in cash or via wire transfer of immediately available funds if the Holder did not notify the Company in such Exercise Notice that such exercise was made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise or Alternate Cashless Exercise (each as defined in Section 1(d)). The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original of this Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice for all of the then-remaining Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant after delivery of the Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms hereof. On or before the first (1 st ) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received an Exercise Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile or electronic mail an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of such Exercise Notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B , to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”), which confirmation shall constitute an instruction to the Transfer Agent to process such Exercise Notice in accordance with the terms herein. On or before the third (3 rd ) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received such Exercise Notice (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade of such Warrant Shares initiated on the applicable Exercise Date), the Company shall (X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to such exercise. Upon delivery of an Exercise Notice, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder’s DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares (as the case may be). If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise and upon surrender of this Warrant to the Company by the Holder, then, at the request of the Holder, the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Business Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised. No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp, issuance and similar taxes, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent) that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except in the case where an exercise of this Warrant is validly made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise or Alternate Cashless Exercise, the Company’s failure to deliver Warrant Shares to the Holder on or prior to the later of ((i) three (3) Trading Days after receipt of the applicable Exercise Notice (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade of such Warrant Shares initiated on the applicable Exercise Date) and (ii) one (1) Trading Day after the Company’s receipt of the Aggregate Exercise Price (or valid notice of a Cashless Exercise or Alternate Cashless Exercise) (such later date, the “ Share Delivery Deadline ”) shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Warrant.

 

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(b)            Exercise Price . For purposes of this Warrant, “ Exercise Price ” means $5.00, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

 

(c)            Company’s Failure to Timely Deliver Securities . If the Company shall fail, for any reason or for no reason, on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline, either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled and register such Warrant Shares on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for such number of undelivered Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of this Warrant (as the case may be) or (II) if a registration statement (or prospectus contained therein) covering the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares that are the subject of the Exercise Notice (the “ Unavailable Warrant Shares ”) is not available for the issuance of such Unavailable Warrant Shares and the Company fails to promptly (x) so notify the Holder and (y) deliver the Warrant Shares electronically (including, if at any time after the three calendar month anniversary of the Issuance Date, without any restrictive legend) by crediting such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian system (the event described in the immediately foregoing clause (II) is hereinafter referred as a “ Notice Failure ” and together with the event described in clause (I) above, a “ Delivery Failure ”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, (X) the Company shall pay in cash to the Holder on each day after the Share Delivery Date and during such Delivery Failure an amount equal to 1% of the product of (A) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock not issued to the Holder on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline and to which the Holder is entitled, multiplied by (B) any trading price of the Common Stock selected by the Holder in writing as in effect at any time during the period beginning on the applicable Exercise Date and ending on the applicable Share Delivery Date, and (Y) the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Exercise Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the voiding of an Exercise Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise. In addition to the foregoing, if on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Company shall fail to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Transfer Agent shall fail to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder or pursuant to the Company’s obligation pursuant to clause (ii) below or (II) a Notice Failure occurs, and if on or after such Share Delivery Deadline the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a “ Buy-In ”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, the Company shall, within three (3) Business Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (including, without limitation, by any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of the Holder) (the “ Buy-In Price ”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so issue and deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) (and to issue such Warrant Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to so issue and deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant Shares or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of Warrant Shares multiplied by (B) the lowest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this clause (ii) (the “ Buy-In Payment Amount ”). Nothing shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock (or to electronically deliver such shares of Common Stock) upon the exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof. If the Holder elects to effect a cash exercise of this Warrant at a time a registration statement is not available for the issuance or resale of such applicable Warrant Shares, the Company shall, within one (1) Trading Day of receipt of such applicable Exercise Notice, notify the Holder that unless the Holder withdraws such Exercise Notice and submits an Exercise Notice electing a cashless exercise, if available, such Warrant Shares shall be issued on the Share Delivery Date in certificate form bearing a restrictive securities legend. The parties agree that any such issuance and delivery with a restrictive securities legend on or prior to the applicable Share Delivery Deadline shall not be a Delivery Failure.

 

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(d)             Cashless Exercise .

 

(i)          General . If at any time after the three calendar month anniversary of the Issuance Date, there is no effective registration statement registering, or no current prospectus available for, the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, then, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (other than Section 1(f) below), the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of Warrant Shares determined according to the following formula (a “ Cashless Exercise ”):

 

Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)
                                                                    D

 

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

A = the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.

 

B = the greater of: (i) the quotient of (x) the sum of the VWAP of the Common Stock for each of the twenty (20) Trading Days ending at the close of business on the Principal Market immediately prior to the time of exercise as set forth in the applicable Exercise Notice, divided by (y) twenty (20); and (ii) the last Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock immediately preceding the delivery of the applicable Exercise Notice

 

C = the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.

 

D = as applicable: (i) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) the Bid Price of the Common Stock as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof, or (iii) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if the date of such Exercise Notice is a Trading Day and such Exercise Notice is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day.

 

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(ii)        Alternate Cashless Exercise of B Warrants . In addition to the rights set forth in Section 1(c)(i) above, on any Alternate Cashless Eligible Day the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment thereof and in lieu of making a Cashless Exercise, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the "net number" of shares of Common Stock (the " Alternate Net Number ") determined according to the following formula (the " Alternate Cashless Exercise "):

 

    [     (A x B)          ]  
  Alternate Net Number = 400% of  [ --------------  - A]  
    [      C                  ]  

 

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

A = the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.

 

B = $4.00 (as adjusted for stock splits, stock distributions, recapitalizations or similar events)

 

C = 90% of the greater of (x) $2.00 (as adjusted for stock splits, stock distributions, recapitalizations or similar events) and (y) the quotient of (A) the sum of the VWAP of the Common Stock for each of the four (4) lowest Trading Days during the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period ending and including the Trading Day immediately prior to the applicable Exercise Date, divided by (B) four (4).

 

For purposes of Rule 144(d) promulgated under the 1933 Act, as in effect on the Subscription Date, it is intended that the Warrant Shares issued in a Cashless Exercise or Alternate Cashless Exercise shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was originally issued pursuant to the Merger Agreement

 

(e)            Disputes . In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 13.

 

(f)            [Reserved]

 

(g)            Reservation of Shares .

 

(i)          Required Reserve Amount . So long as this Warrant remains outstanding, the Company shall at all times keep reserved for issuance under this Warrant a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to 150% of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall be necessary to satisfy the Company’s obligation to issue shares of Common Stock under the Investor Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on exercise) (the “ Required Reserve Amount ”); provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock reserved pursuant to this Section 1(g)(i) be reduced other than proportionally in connection with any exercise or redemption of Investor Warrants or such other event covered by Section 2(a) below. The Required Reserve Amount (including, without limitation, each increase in the number of shares so reserved) shall be allocated pro rata among the holders of the Investor Warrants based on number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Investor Warrants held by each holder on the Issuance Date (without regard to any limitations on exercise) or increase in the number of reserved shares, as the case may be (the “ Authorized Share Allocation ”). In the event that a holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such holder’s Investor Warrants, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such holder’s Authorized Share Allocation. Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Investor Warrants shall be allocated to the remaining holders of Investor Warrants, pro rata based on the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Investor Warrants then held by such holders (without regard to any limitations on exercise).

 

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(ii)         Insufficient Authorized Shares . If, notwithstanding Section 1(g)(i) above, and not in limitation thereof, at any time while any of the Investor Warrants remain outstanding, the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve the Required Reserve Amount (an “ Authorized Share Failure ”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for all the Investor Warrants then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its best efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal. In the event that the Company is prohibited from issuing shares of Common Stock upon an exercise of this Warrant due to the failure by the Company to have sufficient shares of Common Stock available out of the authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock (such unavailable number of shares of Common Stock, the “ Authorization Failure Shares ”), in lieu of delivering such Authorization Failure Shares to the Holder, the Company shall pay cash in exchange for the cancellation of such portion of this Warrant exercisable into such Authorized Failure Shares at a price equal to the sum of (i) the product of (x) such number of Authorization Failure Shares and (y) the greatest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date the Holder delivers the applicable Exercise Notice with respect to such Authorization Failure Shares to the Company and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this Section 1(g); and (ii) to the extent the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of Authorization Failure Shares, any Buy-In Payment Amount and any brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any, (to the extent not included in any Buy-In Payment Amount paid to the Holder), of the Holder incurred in connection therewith. Nothing contained in this Section 1(g)(ii) shall limit any obligations of the Company under any provision of the Merger Agreement or any Exchange Agreement.

 

(h)            Alternate Delivery of Preferred Shares . At the option of the Holder, in lieu of the issuance and delivery to the Holder (or its designee) of all, or any part, of any aggregate number of Warrant Shares then deliverable to the Holder upon any exercise of this Warrant or otherwise hereunder (such number of Warrant Shares, the “ Alternate Delivery Share Amount ”), the Holder may elect in the applicable Exercise Notice or otherwise in writing to the Company to cause the Company to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) such aggregate number of Preferred Shares then convertible into the Alternate Delivery Share Amount of shares of Common Stock.

 

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2.              ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 2.                 

 

(a)             Stock Dividends and Splits . Without limiting any provision of Section 2(b) or Section 4, if the Company, at any time on or after the Issuance Date, (i) pays a stock dividend on one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares or (iii) combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination. If any event requiring an adjustment under this paragraph occurs during the period that an Exercise Price is calculated hereunder, then the calculation of such Exercise Price shall be adjusted appropriately to reflect such event.

 

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(b)            Adjustment upon Issuance of Shares of Common Stock . If and whenever on or after the Issuance Date, the Company issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section 2 is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (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 (and this Section 2(b) shall be inapplicable with respect to any such Excluded Securities for a consideration per share (the “ New Issuance 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 ”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the New Issuance Price. For all purposes of the foregoing (including, without limitation, determining the adjusted Exercise Price and the New Issuance Price under this Section 2(b)), the following shall be applicable:

 

(i)          Issuance of Options . If the Company in any manner grants or sells any Options and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 2(b)(i), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof” shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof and (y) the lowest exercise price set forth in such Option for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Option (or any other Person) upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Option (or any other Person). Except as contemplated in (iii) below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or otherwise pursuant to the terms of or upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

 

(ii)         Issuance of Convertible Securities . If the Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 2(b)(ii), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof” shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof and (y) the lowest conversion price set forth in such Convertible Security for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person) upon the issuance or sale of such Convertible Security plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person). Except as contemplated in (iii) below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof, and if any such issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of this Warrant has been or is to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 2(b), except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made by reason of such issuance or sale.

 

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(iii)        Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion . If the purchase or exercise price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock increases or decreases at any time (other than proportional changes in conversion or exercise prices, as applicable, in connection with an event referred to in Section 2(a)), the Exercise Price in effect at the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the Exercise Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. For purposes of this Section 2(b)(iii), if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the Subscription Date are increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the shares of Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(b) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Exercise Price then in effect.

 

(iv)        Calculation of Consideration Received . If any Option and/or Convertible Security and/or Adjustment Right is issued in connection with the issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of any other securities of the Company (as determined by the Holder, the “ Primary Security ”, and such Option and/or Convertible Security and/or Adjustment Right, the “ Secondary Securities ”), together comprising one integrated transaction, (or one or more transactions if such issuances or sales or deemed issuances or sales of securities of the Company either (A) have at least one investor or purchaser in common, (B) are consummated in reasonable proximity to each other and/or (C) are consummated under the same plan of financing) the aggregate consideration per share of Common Stock with respect to such Primary Security shall be deemed to be equal to the difference of (x) the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock was issued (or was deemed to be issued pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) or 2(b)(ii) above, as applicable) in such integrated transaction solely with respect to such Primary Security, minus (y) with respect to such Secondary Securities, the sum of (I) the Black Scholes Consideration Value of each such Option, if any, (II) the fair market value (as determined by the Holder in good faith) or the Black Scholes Consideration Value, as applicable, of such Adjustment Right, if any, and (III) the fair market value (as determined by the Holder) of such Convertible Security, if any, in each case, as determined on a per share basis in accordance with this Section 2(b)(iv). If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be deemed to be the net amount of consideration received by the Company therefor. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Company (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of publicly traded securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company for such securities will be the arithmetic average of the VWAPs of such security for each of the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the date of receipt. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities (as the case may be). The fair value of any consideration other than cash or publicly traded securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the Holder. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “ Valuation Event ”), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Trading Days after the tenth (10 th ) day following such Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the Holder. The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company.

 

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(v)         Record Date . If the Company takes a record of the holders of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issuance or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase (as the case may be).

 

(c)            Number of Warrant Shares . Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 2(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 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)            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 2, if 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 ”) after the Subscription Date 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.

 

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(e)            Stock Combination Event Adjustment . If at any time and from time to time on or after the Issuance Date there occurs any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination recapitalization or other similar transaction involving the Common Stock (each, a “ Stock Combination Event ”, and such date thereof, the “ Stock Combination Event Date ”) and the Event Market Price is less than the Exercise Price then in effect (after giving effect to the adjustment in clause (b) above), then on the sixteenth (16th) Trading Day immediately following such Stock Combination Event, the Exercise Price then in effect on such sixteenth (16th) Trading Day (after giving effect to the adjustment in clause (b) above) shall be reduced (but in no event increased) to the Event Market Price. For the avoidance of doubt, if the adjustment in the immediately preceding sentence would otherwise result in an increase in the Exercise Price hereunder, no adjustment shall be made.

 

(f)             Other Events . In the event that the Company (or any Subsidiary (as defined in the Merger Agreement)) shall take any action to which the provisions hereof are not strictly applicable, or, if applicable, would not operate to protect the Holder from dilution or if any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 2 but not expressly provided for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features, but excluding the issuance of any Excluded Securities), then the Company’s board of directors shall in good faith determine and implement an appropriate adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares (if applicable) so as to protect the rights of the Holder, provided that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(e) will increase the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 2, provided further that if the Holder does not accept such adjustments as appropriately protecting its interests hereunder against such dilution, then the Company’s board of directors and the Holder shall agree, in good faith, upon an independent investment bank of nationally recognized standing to make such appropriate adjustments, whose determination shall be final and binding absent manifest error and whose fees and expenses shall be borne by the Company.

 

(g)            Calculations . All calculations under this Section 2 shall be made by rounding to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100 th of a share, as applicable. The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issuance or sale of Common Stock.

 

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(h)            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. 

 

3.             Rights Upon Distribution Of Assets . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property, options, evidence of indebtedness or any other assets by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “ Distribution ”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution.

 

4.             PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.

 

(a)            Purchase Rights . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “ Purchase Rights ”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights.

 

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(b)            Fundamental Transactions . The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Exchange Documents (as defined in the applicable Exchange Agreement) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to 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, including, without limitation, which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock 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 adjustments to the 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). Upon the consummation of each Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant and the other Exchange 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 Exchange Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of each Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Sections 3 and 4(a) above, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction, such shares of publicly traded common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of the applicable Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and without limiting Section 1(f) hereof, the Holder may elect, at its sole option, by delivery of written notice to the Company to waive this Section 4(b) to permit the Fundamental Transaction without the assumption of this Warrant. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of each Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “ Corporate Event ”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction but prior to the Expiration Date, in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Sections 3 and 4(a) above, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of the applicable Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant). Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 4(b) will not apply to a Fundamental Transaction where the purchaser or other Successor Entity, after giving effect to such Fundamental Transaction, does not have any equity securities that are then listed or designated for quotation on an Eligible Market or other national securities exchange or automated quotation system.

 

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(c)            Black Scholes Value . Notwithstanding the foregoing and the provisions of Section 4(b) above, at the request of the Holder delivered at any time commencing on the earliest to occur of (x) the public disclosure of any Fundamental Transaction, (y) the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction and (z) the Holder first becoming aware of any Fundamental Transaction through the date that is ninety (90) days after the public disclosure of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction by the Company pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC, the Company or the Successor Entity (as the case may be) shall purchase this Warrant from the Holder on the date of such request by paying to the Holder cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value.

 

(d)            Application . The provisions of this Section 4 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be applied as if this Warrant (and any such subsequent warrants) were fully exercisable and without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant.

 

5.             NONCIRCUMVENTION . The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issuance or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (a) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, and (b) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if after the three calendar month anniversary of the Issuance Date, the Holder is not permitted to exercise this Warrant in full for any reason (other than pursuant to restrictions set forth in Section 1(f) hereof), the Company shall use its best efforts to promptly remedy such failure, including, without limitation, obtaining such consents or approvals as necessary to permit such exercise into shares of Common Stock.

 

6.             WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER . Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in its capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in its capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which it is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company. Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the stockholders.

 

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7.             REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.

 

(a)            Transfer of Warrant . If this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.

 

(b)            Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant . Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.

 

(c)            Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants . This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender; provided, however, no warrants for fractional shares of Common Stock shall be given.

 

(d)            Issuance of New Warrants . Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.

 

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8.             NOTICES . Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 16(e) of the applicable Exchange Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Warrant (other than the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise in accordance with the terms hereof), including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment(s), (ii) at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property to holders of shares of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder, (iii) at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction and (iv) within one (1) Business Day of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure or Conversion Failure (as each term is defined in the Preferred Shares), setting forth in reasonable detail any material events with respect to such Authorized Share Failure or Conversion Failure and any efforts by the Company to cure such Authorized Share Failure or Conversion Failure. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, unless otherwise requested by the Holder, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the SEC pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. It is expressly understood and agreed that the time of execution specified by the Holder in each Exercise Notice shall be definitive and may not be disputed or challenged by the Company.

 

9.             AMENDMENT AND WAIVER . Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant (other than Section 1(f)) may be amended and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Holder. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.

 

10.           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 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).

 

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11.           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 New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. 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 in Section 16(e) of the applicable Exchange 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 The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any 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.  

 

12.           CONSTRUCTION; 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 Exchange Documents shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms on the Issuance Date in such other Exchange Documents unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Holder. 

 

13.           DISPUTE RESOLUTION .

 

(a)            Submission to Dispute Resolution .

 

(i)         In the case of a dispute relating to the Exercise Price, the Closing Sale Price, the Bid Price, Black Scholes Consideration Value, Black Scholes Value or fair market value or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares (as the case may be) (including, without limitation, a dispute relating to the determination of any of the foregoing), the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) shall submit the dispute to the other party via facsimile or personal delivery (A) if by the Company, within two (2) Business Days after the occurrence of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute or (B) if by the Holder, at any time after the Holder learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute. If the Holder and the Company are unable to promptly resolve such dispute relating to such Exercise Price, such Closing Sale Price, such Bid Price, such Black Scholes Consideration Value, Black Scholes Value or such fair market value or such arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares (as the case may be), at any time after the second (2 nd ) Business Day following such initial notice by the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) of such dispute to the Company or the Holder (as the case may be), then the Holder may, at its sole option, select an independent, reputable investment bank to resolve such dispute.

 

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(ii)        The Holder and the Company shall each deliver to such investment bank (A) a copy of the initial dispute submission so delivered in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 13 and (B) written documentation supporting its position with respect to such dispute, in each case, no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) by the fifth (5 th ) Business Day immediately following the date on which the Holder selected such investment bank (the “ Dispute Submission Deadline ”) (the documents referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (A) and (B) are collectively referred to herein as the “ Required Dispute Documentation ”) (it being understood and agreed that if either the Holder or the Company fails to so deliver all of the Required Dispute Documentation by the Dispute Submission Deadline, then the party who fails to so submit all of the Required Dispute Documentation shall no longer be entitled to (and hereby waives its right to) deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank with respect to such dispute and such investment bank shall resolve such dispute based solely on the Required Dispute Documentation that was delivered to such investment bank prior to the Dispute Submission Deadline). Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by both the Company and the Holder or otherwise requested by such investment bank, neither the Company nor the Holder shall be entitled to deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank in connection with such dispute (other than the Required Dispute Documentation).

 

(iii)       The Company and the Holder shall cause such investment bank to determine the resolution of such dispute and notify the Company and the Holder of such resolution no later than ten (10) Business Days immediately following the Dispute Submission Deadline. The fees and expenses of such investment bank shall be borne solely by the Company, and such investment bank’s resolution of such dispute shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error.

 

(b)            Miscellaneous . The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) this Section 13 constitutes an agreement to arbitrate between the Company and the Holder (and constitutes an arbitration agreement) under the rules then in effect under § 7501, et seq. of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules (“ CPLR ”) and that the Holder is authorized to apply for an order to compel arbitration pursuant to CPLR § 7503(a) in order to compel compliance with this Section 13, (ii) a dispute relating to the Exercise Price includes, without limitation, disputes as to (A) whether an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock occurred under Section 2(b), (B) the consideration per share at which an issuance or deemed issuance of Common Stock occurred, (C) whether any issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock was an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Excluded Securities, (D) whether an agreement, instrument, security or the like constitutes and Option or Convertible Security and (E) whether a Dilutive Issuance occurred, (iii) the terms of this Warrant and each other applicable Exchange Document shall serve as the basis for the selected investment bank’s resolution of the applicable dispute, such investment bank shall be entitled (and is hereby expressly authorized) to make all findings, determinations and the like that such investment bank determines are required to be made by such investment bank in connection with its resolution of such dispute (including, without limitation, determining (A) whether an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock occurred under Section 2(b), (B) the consideration per share at which an issuance or deemed issuance of Common Stock occurred, (C) whether any issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock was an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Excluded Securities, (D) whether an agreement, instrument, security or the like constitutes and Option or Convertible Security and (E) whether a Dilutive Issuance occurred) and in resolving such dispute such investment bank shall apply such findings, determinations and the like to the terms of this Warrant and any other applicable Exchange Documents, (iv) the Holder (and only the Holder), in its sole discretion, shall have the right to submit any dispute described in this Section 13 to any state or federal court sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan in lieu of utilizing the procedures set forth in this Section 13 and (v) nothing in this Section 13 shall limit the Holder from obtaining any injunctive relief or other equitable remedies (including, without limitation, with respect to any matters described in this Section 13).

 

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14.           REMEDIES, CHARACTERIZATION, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF . The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Exchange Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant. The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, exercises and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant (including, without limitation, compliance with Section 2 hereof). The issuance of shares and certificates for shares as contemplated hereby upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder or such shares for any issuance tax or other costs in respect thereof, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any certificate in a name other than the Holder or its agent on its behalf. 

 

15.           PAYMENT OF COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER COSTS . If (a) this Warrant is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any legal proceeding or the holder otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under this Warrant or to enforce the provisions of this Warrant or (b) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of the company or other proceedings affecting company creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Warrant, then the Company shall pay the costs incurred by the Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements.

 

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16.           TRANSFER . This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company.

 

17.          [RESERVED]

 

18.           CERTAIN DEFINITIONS . For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a)           “ 1933 Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

(b)           “ 1934 Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

(c)           “ Adjustment Right ” means any right granted with respect to any securities issued in connection with, or with respect to, any issuance or sale (or deemed issuance or sale in accordance with Section 2) of shares of Common Stock (other than rights of the type described in Section 3 and 4 hereof) that could result in a decrease in the net consideration received by the Company in connection with, or with respect to, such securities (including, without limitation, any cash settlement rights, cash adjustment or other similar rights).

 

(d)           “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, it being understood for purposes of this definition that “control” of a Person means the power directly or indirectly either to vote 10% or more of the stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

 

(e)           “ Alternate Cashless Eligible Day ” means such Trading Day occurring on or after December 31, 2015 in which the VWAP of the Common Stock on the immediately preceding Trading Day fails to be greater than $4.00 (as adjusted for stock splits, stock distributions, recapitalizations or similar events).

 

(f)            “ 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, non-qualified and qualified options to purchase Common Stock, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, stock bonus awards, performance compensation awards (including cash bonus awards) or any combination of the foregoing may be issued to any employee, officer or director for services provided to the Company in their respective capacities as such. For the avoidance of doubt, an Approved Stock Plan may permit issuances of awards to other Persons than those specified in this definition, but such awards issued to Persons other than those specified in this definition shall not be Excluded Securities issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan for purposes of this Warrant.

 

(g)           [Reserved]

 

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(h)           “ Bid Price ” means, for any security as of the particular time of determination, the bid price for such security on the Principal Market as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the bid price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or if the foregoing does not apply, the bid price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if no bid price is reported for such security by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, the average of the bid prices of any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC) as of such time of determination. If the Bid Price cannot be calculated for a security as of the particular time of determination on any of the foregoing bases, the Bid Price of such security as of such time of determination shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. 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 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

 

(i)             “ Black Scholes Consideration Value ” means the value of the applicable Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be) as of the date of issuance thereof calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the public announcement of the execution of definitive documents with respect to the issuance of such Option or Convertible Security (as the case may be), (ii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be) as of the date of issuance of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be), (iii) a zero cost of borrow and (iv) an expected volatility equal to 80%.

 

(j)            “ Black Scholes Value ” means the value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant remaining on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c), which value is calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the greater of (1) the highest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the Trading Day immediately preceding the announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction (or the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, if earlier) and ending on the Trading Day of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c) and (2) the sum of the price per share being offered in cash in the applicable Fundamental Transaction (if any) plus the value of the non-cash consideration being offered in the applicable Fundamental Transaction (if any), (ii) a strike price equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c), (iii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the greater of (1) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c) and (2) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction or as of the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c) if such request is prior to the date of the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (iv) a zero cost of borrow and (v) an expected volatility equal to 80%.

 

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(k)           “ Bloomberg ” means Bloomberg, L.P.

 

(l)            “ Business Combination ” shall have the meaning as set forth in the Registration Statement.

 

(m)          “ Business Day ” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

(n)           “ Closing Sale Price ” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing trade price for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing trade price, then the last trade price of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last trade price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing does not apply, the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the ask prices of any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC). If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. 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 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

 

(o)           “ Common Stock ” means (i) the Company’s shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.

 

(p)           “ 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.

 

(q)           “ Eligible Market ” means The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the OTCQB or the Principal Market.

 

(r)            “ Exchange Agreement ” means any of those certain Purchase and Exchange Agreements, dated as of June 10, 2015, each by and among the Company, Chart Acquisition Corp. and Chart Financing Sub, on the one hand, and a Buyer, on the other hand.

 

(s)           “ Event Market Price ” means, with respect to any Stock Combination Event Date, the quotient determined by dividing (x) the sum of the VWAP of the Common Stock for each of the five (5) lowest Trading Days during the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period ending and including the Trading Day immediately preceding the sixteenth (16th) Trading Day after such Stock Combination Event Date, divided by (y) five (5).

 

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(t)            “ Excluded Securities ” means (i) shares of Common Stock, non-qualified and qualified options to purchase Common Stock, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, stock bonus awards, performance compensation awards (including cash bonus awards) or any combination of the foregoing issued to directors, officers or employees of the Company for services provided to the Company in their respective capacities 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 Issuance Date pursuant to this clause (i) do not, in the aggregate, exceed more than 10% of the Common Stock issued and outstanding at the time of the issuance of the Warrants, after giving effect to the consummation of the Business Combination and to shares issuable thereafter pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement 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 any of the Buyers; (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 Issuance 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 any of the Buyers; (iii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares or otherwise pursuant to the terms of the Preferred Shares; provided, that the terms of the Preferred Shares are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Issuance Date (other than antidilution adjustments pursuant to the terms thereof in effect as of the Issuance Date); (iv) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Investor Warrants or the Pubco Warrants (as defined in the Merger Agreement) issued in the Business Combination pursuant to the Merger Agreement and the Registration Agreement; provided, that the terms of the Investor Warrant or Pubco Warrant are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Issuance Date (other than antidilution adjustments pursuant to the terms thereof in effect as of the Issuance Date); (v) shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company issued pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, including without limitation Earn-Out Shares and Purchase Price Adjustment Shares (each as defined in the Merger Agreement); and (vi) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equity holders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities.

 

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(u)           “ Expiration Date ” means the date that is the fifteenth (15 th ) calendar month anniversary of the Issuance Date or, if such date falls on a day other than a Business Day or on which trading does not take place on the Principal Market (a “ Holiday ”), the next date that is not a Holiday.

 

(v)           “ Fundamental Transaction ” means (A) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Subject Entity, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its “significant subsidiaries” (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) to one or more Subject Entities, or (iii) make, or allow one or more Subject Entities to make, or allow the Company to be subject to or have its Common Stock be subject to or party to one or more Subject Entities making, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of at least either (x) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entities making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer, become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iv) consummate a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with one or more Subject Entities whereby all such Subject Entities, individually or in the aggregate, acquire, either (x) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all the Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that the Subject Entities become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock, (B) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, allow any Subject Entity individually or the Subject Entities in the aggregate to be or become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, whether through acquisition, purchase, assignment, conveyance, tender, tender offer, exchange, reduction in outstanding shares of Common Stock, merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, scheme of arrangement, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, of either (x) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock not held by all such Subject Entities as of the date of this Warrant calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all such Subject Entities were not outstanding, or (z) a percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company sufficient to allow such Subject Entities to effect a statutory short form merger or other transaction requiring other shareholders of the Company to surrender their shares of Common Stock without approval of the shareholders of the Company or (C) directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, the issuance of or the entering into any other instrument or transaction structured in a manner to circumvent, or that circumvents, the intent of this definition in which case this definition shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this definition to the extent necessary to correct this definition or any portion of this definition which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended treatment of such instrument or transaction.

 

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(w)          “ Group ” means a “group” as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and as defined in Rule 13d-5 thereunder.

 

(x)           “ Merger Agreement ” shall have the meaning as set forth in the Registration Statement.

 

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

 

(z)           “ Parent Entity ” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

 

(aa)         “ Person ” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity or a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

(bb)        “ Preferred Shares ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Exchange Agreements, and shall include all shares of preferred stock of the Company issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

(cc)          “ Principal Market ” means the OTCQB.

 

(dd)         “ Registration Statement ” means the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File number 333-201424).

 

(ee)          “ SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or the successor thereto.

 

(ff)           “ Series A-1 Warrants ” means the Pubco Series A-1 Warrants as defined in the Merger Agreement, and shall include all warrants to purchase Common Stock or Preferred Shares issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

(gg)         “ Series A-2 Warrants ” means the Pubco Series A-2 Warrants as defined in the Merger Agreement, and shall include all warrants to purchase Common Stock or Preferred Shares issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

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(hh)         “ Series B-1 Warrants ” means the Pubco Series B-1 Warrants as defined in the Merger Agreement, and shall include all warrants to purchase Common Stock or Preferred Shares issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

(ii)            “ Series B-2 Warrants ” means the Pubco Series B-2 Warrants as defined in the Merger Agreement, and shall include all warrants to purchase Common Stock or Preferred Shares issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

(jj)            “ Subject Entity ” means any Person, Persons or Group or any Affiliate or associate of any such Person, Persons or Group.

 

(kk)         “ Successor Entity ” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

 

(ll)           “ Trading Day ” means, as applicable, (x) with respect to all price or trading volume determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time) unless such day is otherwise designated as a Trading Day in writing by the Holder or (y) with respect to all determinations other than price determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which The New York Stock Exchange (or any successor thereto) is open for trading of securities.

 

(mm)       “ VWAP ” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market (or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for such security, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded) during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “HP” function (set to weighted average) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC). If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. 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 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

 

[ Signature page follows ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Series B-2 Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

 

  TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

[Signature Page to Series B-2 Warrant]

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

EXERCISE NOTICE

 

TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS
Series B-2 WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.

 

The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase _________________ of the shares of Common Stock (“ Warrant Shares ”) of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), evidenced by Warrant to Purchase Common Stock No. B-2-[__] (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;

 

and/or

 

____________ an “ Alternate Cashless Exercise ” with respect to _______________ Warrant Shares.

 

In the event that the Holder has elected a Cashless Exercise or Alternate Cashless Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the Holder hereby represents and warrants that (i) this Exercise Notice was executed by the Holder at __________ [a.m.][p.m.] on the date set forth below and (ii) if applicable, the Bid Price as of such time of execution of this Exercise Notice was $________.

 

☐        Check here if requesting that _________ of the Warrant Shares deliverable hereunder should be issued as Preferred Shares.

 

2.         Payment of Exercise Price . In the event that the Holder has elected a Cash Exercise or Alternate Cashless 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.

 

A- 1
 

 

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:_____________________

 

A- 2
 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs ______________ to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated ______________, from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by _______________.

 

  TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

   

 

B-1

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of July 31, 2015, by and among Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. , a company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Company ”), and the undersigned buyers (each, a “ Buyer ” and collectively, the “ Buyers ”).

 

WHEREAS :

 

A.            The Company, together with Chart Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ Chart ”), Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Tempus ”), TAS Financing Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ TAS Financing Sub ”) and Chart Financing Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Chart Financing Sub ”), are parties to those certain Purchase and Exchange Agreements, each dated as of June 10, 2015, with each Buyer (as amended, including by each First Amendment to Purchase and Exchange Agreement, dated effective as of July 15, 2015, the “ Exchange Agreements ”), pursuant to which TAS Financing Sub is issuing shares of its Series A Non-Voting Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ TAS Preferred Stock ”), to each Buyer immediately prior to the consummation of the Business Combination (as defined below).

 

B.            Tempus, each of the members of Tempus (the “ Members ”), Benjamin Scott Terry and John G. Gulbin III, together in their capacity as Members’ Representative thereunder, Chart, the Company, Chart Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Chart Merger Sub ”), TAS Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ TAS Merger Sub ”), TAS Financing Sub, Chart Financing Sub, Chart Acquisition Group LLC, in its capacity as the Chart Representative thereunder, and Chart Acquisition Group LLC, Mr. Joseph Wright and Cowen Investments LLC, for limited purposes in their capacity as the Warrant Offerors thereunder, are parties to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 5, 2015 (as amended, including by the First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 20, 2015, the Second Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 10, 2015 and the Third Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated effective as of July 15, 2015, the “ Merger Agreement ”), pursuant to which (i) both TAS Merger Sub and TAS Financing Sub will merge with and into Tempus, with Tempus continuing as the surviving entity (the “ Tempus Merger ”), and with (A) the Members receiving newly issued shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 par value per share, of the Company (“ Common Stock ”) and (B) the Buyers, as the holders of TAS Preferred Stock, receiving newly issued shares of Common Stock (the “ Common Shares ”), shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (“ Preferred Stock ”, such shares of Preferred Stock issued to the Buyers, the “ Preferred Shares ” and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares, the “ Conversion Shares ”), Series A-1 Warrants to Purchase Common Stock or Preferred Stock (“ Series A-1 Warrants ”) and Series B-1 Warrants to Purchase Common Stock or Preferred Stock (“ Series B-1 Warrants ” and, together with the Series A-1 Warrants, the “ Warrants ”, and the Common Stock or Preferred Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants, the “ Warrant Shares ”), (ii) both Chart Merger Sub and Chart Financing sub will merge with and into Chart, with Chart continuing as the surviving entity (the “ Chart Merger ”), and with (A) the former Chart stockholders and warrant holders receiving newly issued shares of Common Stock and newly issued warrants of Chart and (B) the holders of Series B Non-Voting Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Chart Financing Sub receiving newly issued shares of Common Stock, Series A-2 Warrants to Purchase Common Stock or Preferred Stock and Series B-2 Warrants to Purchase Common Stock or Preferred Stock, and (iii) the Company will become a publicly traded company (such transactions collectively, the “ Business Combination ”).

 

 
 

 

C.            In accordance with the terms of the Exchange Agreements, the Company has agreed to provide to the Buyers, among other rights, certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the “ 1933 Act ”), and applicable state securities laws, with respect to the Company securities issued to the Buyers in the Business Combination.

 

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

 

1.             Definitions .

 

1.1          Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Exchange Agreements. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a)         “ 1934 Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute.

 

(b)         “ Affiliate ” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.

 

(c)          “ Business Day ” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

(d)         “ Buyer Securities ” means, collectively, the Exchange Securities and the Underlying Securities.

 

(e)         “ Closing Date ” means the date on which the Closing Time occurs.

 

(f)          “ Demand Registration ” means a registration required to be effected by the Company pursuant to Section 2.1, which may, at the option of the Initiating Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities for which registration was requested in the Request, be an Underwritten Offering.

 

(g)         “ Demand Registration Statement ” means a registration statement of the Company which covers the Registrable Securities requested to be included therein pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.1 and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference (or deemed to be incorporated by reference) therein.

 

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(h)         “ Effective Date ” means the date the applicable Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC.

 

(i)          “ Eligible Market ” means the Principal Market, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the NYSE MKT LLC, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Global Market or The Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

(j)          “ Exchange Securities ” means the Common Shares, Preferred Shares and Warrants to be issued by the Company to the Buyers pursuant to the Business Combination.

 

(k)         “ Filing Date ” means the date on which the applicable Registration Statement is filed with the SEC.

 

(l)          “ FINRA ” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

 

(m)        “ Holder ” means any holder of Registrable Securities.

 

(n)         “ Initiating Holders ” means, with respect to a particular registration, the Holders who initiated the Request for such registration.

 

(o)         “ Investor ” means a Buyer or any transferee or assignee of Registrable Securities, to whom a Buyer assigns its rights under this Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9 and any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a transferee or assignee of the Registrable Securities assigns its rights under this Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.

 

(p)         “ Person ” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and/or a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

(q)         “ Principal Market ” means the OTCQB (which is the primary securities exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Common Stock will be listed or quoted immediately following the Closing Date).

 

(r)          “ Prospectus ” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, any preliminary prospectus and any prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the 1933 Act), and any such Prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, and all other amendments and supplements to such Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and in each case including all material incorporated by reference (or deemed to be incorporated by reference) therein.

 

(s)         “ register ,” “ registered ,” and “ registration ” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing one or more Registration Statements in compliance with the 1933 Act and the declaration of effectiveness of such Registration Statement(s) by the SEC.

 

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(t)          “ Registrable Securities ” means (i) the Buyer Securities and (ii) any securities issued or issuable with respect to, or in exchange for, the Buyer Securities, including, without limitation, as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants or conversion of the Preferred Shares.

 

(u)         “ Registration Expenses ” means any and all expenses incident to performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Company and its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, (i) all SEC, stock exchange, FINRA and other registration, listing and filing fees, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or blue sky laws and compliance with the rules of any stock exchange (including fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with such compliance and the preparation of a blue sky memorandum and legal investment survey), (iii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing, distributing, mailing and delivering any Registration Statement, any prospectus, any underwriting agreements, transmittal letters, securities sales agreements, securities certificates and other documents relating to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement, (iv) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) the fees and disbursements of Legal Counsel, (vi) the fees and disbursements of all independent public accountants (including the expenses of any audit and/or “cold comfort” letters) and the fees and expenses of other Persons, including experts, retained by the Company, (vii) the expenses incurred in connection with making road show presentations and holding meetings with potential investors to facilitate the distribution and sale of Registrable Securities which are customarily borne by the issuer, (viii) any fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by issuers or sellers of securities, and (ix) premiums and other costs of policies of insurance against liabilities arising out of the public offering of the Registrable Securities being registered; provided, however, Registration Expenses shall not include discounts and commissions payable to underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers or other similar Persons engaged in the distribution of any of the Registrable Securities; and provided further, that in any case where Registration Expenses are not to be borne by the Company, such expenses shall not include salaries of Company personnel or general overhead expenses of the Company, auditing fees, premiums or other expenses relating to liability insurance required by underwriters of the Company or other expenses for the preparation of financial statements or other data normally prepared by the Company in the ordinary course of its business or which the Company would have incurred in any event; and provided, further, that in the event the Company shall, in accordance with Section 2.2 or Section 2.9 hereof, not register any securities with respect to which it had given written notice of its intention to register to Holders, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, all of the costs incurred by such Holders in connection with such registration shall be deemed to be Registration Expenses.

 

(v)         “ Registration Period ” means the period beginning as of the Effective Date and ending at the earlier of (i) the date as of which the Investors may sell all of the Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) (or any successor thereto) promulgated under the 1933 Act or (ii) the date on which the Investors shall have sold all of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement.

 

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(w)        “ Registration Statement ” means a registration statement or registration statements of the Company filed under the 1933 Act covering the Registrable Securities.

 

(x)         “ Required Holders ” means Investors holding at least a majority of the Exchange Securities (determined on an as converted, fully-diluted basis and without giving effect to any exercise or conversion limitations contained in any such convertible or exercisable securities) as of the Closing Date, giving effect to any assignments hereunder, but not any sales under Registration Statements or pursuant to Rule 144. In the event that this Agreement is terminated with respect to an Investor in accordance with Section 11(a), such Investor and the Exchange Securities of such Investor as of the Closing Date shall be excluded for purposes of such calculation.

 

(y)        “ Required Holders of the Registration ” means, with respect to a particular registration, one or more Holders of Registrable Securities who would hold a majority of the Registrable Securities (determined on an as converted, fully-diluted basis and without giving effect to any exercise or conversion limitations contained in any such convertible or exercisable securities) to be included in the applicable registration.

 

(z)         “ Rule 415 ” means Rule 415 under the 1933 Act or any successor rule providing for offering securities on a continuous or delayed basis.

 

(aa)       “ SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

(bb)      “ Shelf Registration ” means a registration pursuant to Rule 415 under the 1933 Act or any successor rule providing for offering securities on a continuous or delayed basis, including pursuant to the Mandatory Registration Statement or S-3 Registration.

 

(cc)       “ Trading Day ” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded; provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock are suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time).

 

(dd)      “ Underlying Securities ” means the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares.

 

(ee)       “ Underwriters ” means the underwriters, if any, of the offering being registered under the 1933 Act.

 

(ff)        “ Underwritten Offering ” means a sale of securities of the Company to an Underwriter or Underwriters for reoffering to the public.

 

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(gg)      “ Unrestricted Date ” means, with respect to any Registrable Securities, the earliest of the date that (a) a Registration Statement registering the sale of such Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the SEC, (b) all of the Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 or may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or (c) following the one (1) year anniversary of the Closing Date, provided that (i) the Investor holding such Registrable Securities is not an Affiliate of the Company (provided, that the Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion with respect to each Buyer’s non-affiliate status assuming that the facts and circumstances relevant to such determination do not adversely change from the Closing Date, except that increases and decreases in the market price of the Company’s Common Stock will not be deemed to be an adverse change), (ii) all of the Registrable Securities may be sold pursuant to an exemption from registration under Section 4(1) of the 1933 Act without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and (iii) the Company’s legal counsel has delivered to such Investor a standing written unqualified opinion that resales of such Registrable Securities may then be made by such Investor pursuant to such exemption, which opinion shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to such Investor.

 

2.             Registration .

 

2.1           Demand Registration .

 

(a)            Right to Demand Registration .

 

(i)           Subject to Section 2.1(c), at any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, the Required Holders shall have the right to request in writing that the Company register all or part of such Required Holders’ Registrable Securities (a “ Request ”) by filing with the SEC a Demand Registration Statement.

 

(A)        Each Request shall specify the amount of Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by such Holders and the intended method of disposition thereof.

 

(B)         As promptly as practicable, but no later than five (5) Business Days after receipt of a Request, the Company shall give written notice of such requested registration to all other Investors.

 

(C)         Subject to Section 2.1(b), the Company shall include in a Demand Registration (i) the Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by the Initiating Holders and (ii) the Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by any other Investor which shall have made a written request (which request shall specify the amount of Registrable Securities to be registered and the intended method of disposition thereof) to the Company for inclusion thereof in such registration within ten (10) days after the receipt of such written notice from the Company.

 

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(D)         Subject to Section 2.9, the Company, as expeditiously as possible, but in any event within forty-five (45) days following a Request (the “ Demand Filing Deadline ”), shall cause to be filed with the SEC a Demand Registration Statement providing for the registration under the 1933 Act of the Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register by all such Investors, to the extent necessary to permit the disposition of such Registrable Securities so to be registered in accordance with the intended methods of disposition thereof specified in such Request or further requests (including, without limitation, by means of a Shelf Registration if so requested and if the Company is then eligible to use such a registration).

 

(E)          The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have such Demand Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable thereafter and to keep such Demand Registration Statement continuously effective until such time as all of such Registrable Securities have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller(s) thereof set forth in such Demand Registration Statement; provided, that with respect to any Demand Registration Statement, such period need not extend beyond the Registration Period (the “ Demand Registration Period ”).

 

(ii)           A Request may be withdrawn prior to the filing of the Demand Registration Statement by the Required Holders of the Registration (a “ Withdrawn Request ”) and a Demand Registration Statement may be withdrawn prior to the effectiveness thereof by the Required Holders of the Registration (a “ Withdrawn Demand Registratio n”) and such withdrawals shall be treated as a Demand Registration which shall have been effected pursuant to this Section 2.1, unless the Required Holders of Registrable Securities to be included in such Registration Statement reimburse the Company for its reasonable out-of-pocket Registration Expenses relating to the preparation and filing of such Demand Registration Statement (to the extent actually incurred); provided, however, that if a Withdrawn Request or Withdrawn Demand Registration is made (A) because of a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Merger Agreement) on the Company that occurs or is publicly disclosed by the Company after the Required Holders deliver the Request Notice to the Company, or (B) because the sole or lead managing Underwriter advises that the amount of Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering be reduced pursuant to Section 2.1(b) by more than ten percent (10%) of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Registration Statement (including pursuant to properly requested piggyback registration rights by other Investors), (C) because the SEC advises or requires the Company to reduce the number of Registrable Securities to be included in such offering by more than ten percent (10%) of the number requested (a SEC requirement will be deemed to have occurred if the SEC would treat an Investor as an underwriter absent such reduction) or (D) because of a postponement of such registration pursuant to Section 2.9, then such withdrawal shall not be treated as a Demand Registration effected pursuant to this Section 2.1 (and shall not be counted toward the number of Demand Registrations to which such Holders are entitled), and the Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection therewith. Any Holder requesting inclusion in a Demand Registration may, at any time prior to the Effective Date of the Demand Registration Statement (and for any reason), revoke such request by delivering written notice to the Company revoking such requested inclusion.

 

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(iii)          The registration rights granted pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.1 shall be in addition to the registration rights granted pursuant to the other provisions of Section 2 hereof.

 

(b)           Priority in Demand Registrations . If a Demand Registration involves an Underwritten Offering, and the sole or lead managing Underwriter, as the case may be, of such Underwritten Offering shall advise the Company in writing (with a copy to each Investor requesting registration) on or before the date five (5) days prior to the date then scheduled for such offering that, in its opinion, the amount of Registrable Securities, if any, requested to be included in such Demand Registration exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering within a price range acceptable to the Required Holders of the Registration (such writing to state the basis of such opinion and the approximate number of Registrable Securities which may be included in such offering) or the SEC requires or is deemed to have required (pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(ii)(C) above) the Company to reduce the number of Registrable Securities in such offering, the Company shall include in such Demand Registration, to the extent of the number which the Company is so advised may be included in such offering without such effect, the Registrable Securities requested to be included in the Demand Registration by the participating Investors allocated pro rata among the Investors based on the number of Registrable Securities held by each Investor (on an as converted, fully-diluted basis and without giving effect to any exercise or conversion limitations contained in any such convertible or exercisable securities). In the event the Company shall not, by virtue of this Section 2.1(b), include in any Demand Registration all of the Registrable Securities of any Investor requesting to be included in such Demand Registration, such Investor may, upon written notice to the Company given within five (5) days of the time such Investor first is notified of such matter, reduce the amount of Registrable Securities it desires to have included in such Demand Registration, whereupon only the Registrable Securities, if any, it desires to have included will be so included and the Investors not so reducing shall be entitled to a corresponding increase in the amount of Registrable Securities to be included in such Demand Registration.

 

(c)           Limitations on Registrations . The rights of Holders of Registrable Securities to request Demand Registrations pursuant to Section 2.1(a) are subject to the following limitations:

 

(i)            in no event shall the Company be required to effect a Demand Registration unless the reasonably anticipated aggregate offering price to the public of all Registrable Securities for which registration has been requested by Holders, together with any shares sold by the Company for its own account, will be at least $1,000,000 or, if the foregoing is not satisfied, all of the Registrable Securities held by the Holders requiring registration are included in the Demand Registration; and

 

(ii)           in no event shall the Company be required to effect, in the aggregate, more than three (3) Demand Registrations that are Underwritten Offerings; provided, however, that such number shall be increased to the extent the Company does not include in what would otherwise be the final registration the number of Registrable Securities requested to be registered by the Holders by reason of Section 2.1(b).

 

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(d)          Underwriting . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2.1(a), if the Initiating Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities for which registration was requested in the Request so elect, the offering of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration shall be in the form of a firm commitment or best efforts Underwritten Offering; and such Initiating Holders may require that all Persons (including other Investors) participating in such registration sell their Registrable Securities to the Underwriters at the same price and on the same terms of underwriting applicable to the Initiating Holders. If any Demand Registration involves an Underwritten Offering, the sole or managing Underwriters and any additional investment bankers and managers to be used in connection with such registration shall be selected by the Initiating Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities for which registration was requested in the Request, subject to the approval of the Company (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

(e)          Effective Registration Statement; Suspension . A Demand Registration Statement shall not be deemed to have become effective (and the related registration will not be deemed to have been effected) (i) unless it has been declared effective by the SEC and remains effective in compliance with the provisions of the 1933 Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such Demand Registration Statement for the Demand Registration Period, (ii) if the offering of any Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration Statement is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or any other governmental agency or court, or (iii) if, in the case of an Underwritten Offering, the conditions to closing specified in an underwriting agreement to which the Company is a party are not satisfied other than by the sole reason of any breach or failure by the Holders of Registrable Securities or are not otherwise waived. The Demand Registration Statement shall contain (except if otherwise directed by the Required Holders) the “ Selling Security Holder ” and “ Plan of Distribution ” sections in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B . By 9:30 a.m. New York time on the date following any Effective Date, the Company shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act the final prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to such Registration Statement.

 

(f)           Other Registrations . Until the two (2) year anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company shall not, without the consent of the Required Holders, file a registration statement pertaining to the sale or resale of any other securities of the Company other than: (i) a primary offering of securities by the Company; (ii) sales of Company securities by Cowen Investment LLC or MSSB C/F Robert Lee Priest, Jr.; or (iii) sales of Company securities by any other Company security holder exercising piggy-back or incidental registration rights, provided that either (A) the Mandatory Registration Statement has become effective with respect to the resale of all Registrable Securities without any limitations or cutbacks and is still in effect and can be used for the resale of all Registrable Securities by the Investors at such time or (B) the Mandatory Registration Statement has become effective (regardless of whether there are any cutbacks) and thereafter a Demand Registration Statement has become effective registering all requested securities without any limitations or cutbacks.

 

(g)          Registration Statement Form . Registrations under this Section 2.1 shall be on such appropriate registration form of the SEC (i) as shall be selected by the Initiating Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities for which registration was requested in the Request, and (ii) which shall be available for the sale of Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition specified in the requests for registration. The Company agrees to include in any such Registration Statement all information which any selling Investor, upon advice of counsel, shall reasonably request.

 

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2.2           Incidental Registration .

 

(a)            Right to Include Registrable Securities .

 

(i)            If the Company at any time or from time to time proposes to register any of its securities under the 1933 Act (other than in a registration on Form S-4 (solely as to the issuance of the shares in the applicable business combination) or S-8 or any successor form to such forms) whether or not pursuant to registration rights granted to other holders of its securities and whether or not for sale for its own account, the Company shall deliver prompt written notice (which notice shall be given at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the filing of such proposed registration) to all Investors of its intention to undertake such registration, describing in reasonable detail the proposed registration and distribution (including the anticipated range of the proposed offering price, the class and number of securities proposed to be registered and the distribution arrangements) and of such Holders’ right to participate in such registration under this Section 2.2 as hereinafter provided. Subject to the other provisions of this paragraph (a) and Section 2.2(b), upon the written request of any Investor made within ten (10) calendar days after the receipt of such written notice (which request shall specify the amount of Registrable Securities to be registered and the intended method of disposition thereof), the Company shall effect the registration under the 1933 Act of all Registrable Securities requested by Investors to be so registered (an “ Incidental Registration ”), to the extent requisite to permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended methods thereof as aforesaid) of the Registrable Securities so to be registered, by inclusion of such Registrable Securities in the Registration Statement which covers the securities which the Company proposes to register and shall cause such Registration Statement to become and remain effective with respect to such Registrable Securities in accordance with the registration procedures set forth in Section 3. If an Incidental Registration involves an Underwritten Offering, immediately upon notification to the Company from the Underwriter of the price at which such securities are to be sold, the Company shall so advise each participating Investor. The Holders requesting inclusion in an Incidental Registration may, at any time prior to the Effective Date of the applicable Registration Statement (and for any reason), revoke such request by delivering written notice to the Company revoking such requested inclusion.

 

(ii)           If at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register any securities and prior to the Effective Date of the Registration Statement filed in connection with such registration, the Company shall determine for any reason not to register or to delay registration of such securities, the Company may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to each Investor and, thereupon, (A) in the case of a determination not to register, the Company shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such registration (but not from its obligation to pay the Registration Expenses incurred in connection therewith), without prejudice, however, to the rights of the Holders to cause such registration to be effected as a registration under Section 2.1, and (B) in the case of a determination to delay such registration, the Company shall be permitted to delay the registration of such Registrable Securities for the same period as the delay in registering such other securities; provided, however, that if such delay shall extend beyond ninety (90) days from the date the Company received a request to include Registrable Securities in such Incidental Registration, then the Company shall again give the Investors the opportunity to participate therein and shall follow the notification procedures set forth in the preceding paragraph. There is no limitation on the number of such Incidental Registrations pursuant to this Section 2.2 which the Company is obligated to effect.

 

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(iii)          The registration rights granted pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.2 shall be in addition to the registration rights granted pursuant to the other provisions of Section 2 hereof.

 

(b)           Priority in Incidental Registration . If an Incidental Registration involves an Underwritten Offering (on a firm commitment basis), and the sole or the lead managing Underwriter, as the case may be, of such Underwritten Offering shall advise the Company in writing (with a copy to each Investor requesting registration) on or before the date five (5) days prior to the date then scheduled for such offering that, in its opinion, the amount of securities (including Registrable Securities) requested to be included in such registration exceeds the amount which can be sold in such offering without materially interfering with the successful marketing of the securities being offered (such writing to state the basis of such opinion and the approximate number of such securities which may be included in such offering without such effect), the Company shall include in such registration, to the extent of the number which the Company is so advised may be included in such offering without such effect, (i) in the case of a registration initiated by the Company, (A) first, the securities that the Company proposes to register for its own account, (B) second, the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by the Holders allocated pro rata in proportion to the number of Registrable Securities (on an as converted, fully-diluted basis and without giving effect to any exercise or conversion limitations contained in any such convertible or exercisable securities) requested to be included in such registration by each of them, and (C) third, other securities of the Company to be registered on behalf of any other Person and (ii) in the case of a registration initiated by a Person other than the Company, the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by the Holders and the securities proposed to be registered by the Persons initiating such registration, allocated pro rata in proportion to the number of Company securities (on an as converted, fully-diluted basis and without giving effect to any exercise or conversion limitations contained in any such convertible or exercisable securities) requested to be included in such registration by each of them; provided , however , that in the event the Company will not, by virtue of this Section 2.2(b), include in any such registration all of the Registrable Securities of any Investor requested to be included in such registration, such Investor may, upon written notice to the Company given within three (3) days of the time such Investor first is notified of such matter, reduce the amount of Registrable Securities it desires to have included in such registration, whereupon only the Registrable Securities, if any, it desires to have included will be so included, and the Investors not so reducing (and, with respect to any registration initiated by a Person other than the Company, the other Persons initiating such registration) shall be entitled to a corresponding increase in the amount of Registrable Securities (and with respect to other Persons initiating such registration, other Company securities) to be included in such registration.

 

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(c)          Selection of Underwriters . If any Incidental Registration involves an Underwritten Offering and the Incidental Registration includes Registrable Securities of the Investors with an aggregate offering price to the public with respect to such Registrable Securities that is reasonably expected to be at least $1,000,000, the sole or managing Underwriter(s) and any additional investment bankers and managers to be used in connection with such registration shall be subject to the approval of the Required Holders of the Registration (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned).

 

2.3           Initial Mandatory Resale Registration . Without limiting the rights of the Investors to the Demand Registrations set forth in Section 2.1, the Company shall prepare, and, as soon as practicable but in no event later than fifteen (15) Business Days after the Closing Date (the “ Mandatory Filing Deadline ”, and any of the Mandatory Filing Deadline or a Demand Filing Deadline, a “ Filing Deadline ”), file with the SEC a registration statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities by the Investors in accordance with the 1933 Act (the “ Mandatory Registration Statement ”). The Mandatory Registration Statement shall contain (except if otherwise directed by the Required Holders) the “ Selling Security Holder ” and “ Plan of Distribution ” sections in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B . The Company shall use its best efforts to have the Initial Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable, but in any event on or prior to the Mandatory Effectiveness Deadline. For purposes, hereof, the “ Mandatory Effectiveness Deadline ” means the date which is (i) in the event that the Mandatory Registration Statement is not subject to a full review by the SEC, fifty (50) calendar days after the Closing Date or (ii) in the event that the Mandatory Registration Statement is subject to a full review by the SEC, eighty (80) calendar days after the Closing Date. By 9:30 a.m. New York time on the Business Day following the Effective Date of the Mandatory Registration Statement, the Company shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act the final prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to the Mandatory Registration Statement. The registration rights granted pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.3 shall be in addition to the registration rights granted pursuant to the other provisions of this Section 2.

 

2.4           S-3 Registration .

 

(a)         Subject to Section 2.4(b), if at any time (i) one or more Holders of Registrable Securities request (the “ S-3 Request ”) that the Company file a registration statement on Form S-3 or any successor form thereto for a public offering of all or any portion of the shares of Registrable Securities held by it and (ii) the Company is a registrant entitled to use Form S-3 or any successor form thereto to register such securities, then the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible following such S-3 Request, use its reasonable best efforts to register under the 1933 Act on Form S-3 or any successor form thereto, for public sale in accordance with the intended methods of disposition specified in such Request or any subsequent requests (including, without limitation, by means of a Shelf Registration) the Registrable Securities specified in such Request and any subsequent requests (an “ S-3 Registration ”); provided, that if such registration is for an Underwritten Offering, the terms of Section 2.1(b) shall apply (and any reference to “Demand Registration” therein shall, for purposes of this Section 2.4, instead be deemed a reference to “S-3 Registration”). Whenever the Company is required by this Section 2.4 to use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration of Registrable Securities, each of the procedures and requirements of Section 2.1(a) and 2.1(d) (including but not limited to the requirements that the Company (A) notify all Holders of Registrable Securities from whom such Request for registration has not been received and provide them with the opportunity to participate in the offering and (B) use its reasonable best efforts to have such S-3 Registration Statement declared and remain effective for the time period specified herein) shall apply to such registration (and any reference in such Sections 2.1(a) and 2.1(d) to “Demand Registration” shall, for purposes of this Section 2.4, instead be deemed a reference to “S-3 Registration”). If the sole or lead managing Underwriter (if any) or the Required Holders of the Registration shall advise the Company in writing that in its opinion additional disclosure not required by Form S-3 is of material importance to the success of the offering, then such Registration Statement shall include such additional disclosure.

 

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(b)          The rights of Holders of Registrable Securities to request S-3 Registrations pursuant to Section 2.4(a) are subject to the following limitations:

 

(i)            in no event shall the Company be required to effect an S-3 Registration unless the reasonably anticipated aggregate offering price to the public of all Registrable Securities for which registration has been requested by Holders, together with any shares sold by the Company for its own account, will be at least $500,000 or, if the foregoing is not satisfied, all of the Registrable Securities held by the Holders requiring registration are included in the Demand Registration; and

 

(ii)           in no event shall the Company be required to effect more than two (2) S-3 Registrations in any six (6) month period, provided, however, that such number shall be increased to the extent the Company does not include in what would otherwise be the final registration the number of Registrable Securities requested to be registered by the Holders by reason of Section 2.1(b).

 

(c)          The registration rights granted pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.4 shall be in addition to the registration rights granted pursuant to the other provisions of this Section 2.

 

2.5           Registration of Other Securities . Whenever the Company shall effect a Demand Registration, no securities other than the Registrable Securities shall be covered by such registration except (a) if the Required Holders shall have consented in writing to the inclusion of such other securities or (b) that the registration statement may include Company securities requested by Company security holders for inclusion through piggy-back or incidental registration rights that are permitted to be included pursuant to clauses (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.1(f) if no Holder is limited in any manner the number of Registrable Securities requested for inclusion in such registration by reason of Section 2.1(b) or otherwise.

 

2.6           Underwritten Offerings .

 

(a)           Demand Underwritten Offerings . If requested by the sole or lead managing Underwriter for any Underwritten Offering effected pursuant to a Demand Registration, the Company shall enter into a customary underwriting agreement with the Underwriters for such offering, such agreement to be reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to the Required Holders of the Registration and to contain such representations and warranties by the Company and such other terms as are generally prevailing in agreements of that type, including, without limitation, indemnification and contribution to the effect and to the extent provided in Sections 6 and 7, respectively.

 

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(b)           Investors to be Parties to Underwriting Agreement . The Investors whose Registrable Securities are to be distributed by Underwriters in an Underwritten Offering contemplated by Section 2 shall be parties to the underwriting agreement between the Company and such Underwriters and may, at such Investors’ option, require that any or all of the representations and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, the Company to and for the benefit of such Underwriters shall also be made to and for the benefit of such Investors of Registrable Securities and that any or all of the conditions precedent to the obligations of such Underwriters under such underwriting agreement be conditions precedent to the obligations of such Investors; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to make any representations or warranties with respect to written information specifically provided by a selling Investor for inclusion in the Registration Statement. No Investor shall be required to make any representations or warranties to, or agreements with, the Company or the Underwriters other than representations, warranties or agreements regarding such Investor, such Investor’s Registrable Securities and such Investor’s intended method of disposition.

 

(c)           Participation in Underwritten Registration . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Person may participate in any Underwritten Offering hereunder unless such Person (i) agrees to sell its securities on the same terms and conditions provided in any underwritten arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangement and (ii) accurately completes and executes in a timely manner all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, custody agreements, underwriting agreements and other documents customary for such an offering and reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 

2.7           Other Provisions Concerning Registration .

 

(a)           Allocation of Registrable Securities . In no event shall the Company include any securities other than Registrable Securities on any Registration Statement (other than, subject to the two year prohibition contemplated in Section 2.1(f), on an Incidental Registration or an S-3 Registration) without the prior written consent of the Required Holders. The initial number of Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement and any increase in the number of Registrable Securities included therein shall first be allocated pro rata among the Investors based on the number of Registrable Securities (on an as converted, fully-diluted basis and without giving effect to any exercise or conversion limitations contained in any such convertible or exercisable securities) held by each Investor at the time such Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC. In the event that an Investor sells or otherwise transfers any of such Investor’s Registrable Securities, each transferee that becomes an Investor shall be allocated a pro rata portion of the then remaining number of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement for such transferor. Any Registrable Securities included in a Registration Statement and which remain allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement shall be allocated to the remaining Investors, pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities (on an as converted, fully-diluted basis and without giving effect to any exercise or conversion limitations contained in any such convertible or exercisable securities) then held by such Investors which are covered by such Registration Statement. For any Demand Registration, if the SEC requires that the Company register less than the amount of securities originally included on any Registration Statement at the time it was filed (or is deemed to have required such reduction in accordance with Section 2.1(a)(ii)(C)), the Registrable Securities on such registration statement and any other securities allowed to be registered on such Registration Statement (in accordance with this paragraph) shall be decreased on a pro rata basis; provided, that following any such decrease, at the request of the Required Holders, such Required Holders may elect to withdraw such Registration Statement and thereafter the Request for such Registration Statement shall not be deemed to constitute a Request for purposes of Section 2.1 hereof.

 

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(b)          Legal Counsel . The Required Holders shall have the right to select one legal counsel to review and participate in any registration pursuant to this Section 2 (“ Legal Counsel ”), which shall be such counsel as designated by the Required Holders. The Company and Legal Counsel shall reasonably cooperate with each other in regards to the performance of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement.

 

(c)          Effect of Failure to File and Obtain and Maintain Effectiveness of Registration Statement . If (i) a Registration Statement when declared effective fails to register all of the Registrable Securities required or requested to be included therein (other than (x) by reason of Section 2.1(b) or (y) because the SEC advises or requires the Company to reduce the number of Registrable Securities to be included in such offering (a SEC requirement will be deemed to have occurred if the SEC would treat an Investor as an underwriter absent such reduction)) (a “ Registration Failure ”), (ii) a Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities required to be covered thereby and required to be filed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement is (A) not filed with the SEC on or before the applicable Filing Deadline (a “ Filing Failure ”) or, (B) filed with the SEC but not declared effective by the SEC on or before the applicable Effectiveness Deadline (as defined below) (an “ Effectiveness Failure ”) or (iii) on any day after the applicable Effective Date, sales of all of the Registrable Securities included on such Registration Statement (as in effect on the Effective Date) cannot be made (other than during a Blackout Period (as defined in Section 2.9)) pursuant to such Registration Statement (including, without limitation, because of a failure to keep such Registration Statement effective, a failure to disclose such information as is necessary for sales to be made pursuant to such Registration Statement or a failure due to a suspension or delisting of the applicable Registered Securities that are Common Stock, Preferred Stock or Warrants on its principal trading market or exchange) (a “ Maintenance Failure ” and any of a Registration Failure, Filing Failure, Effectiveness Failure or Maintenance Failure, a “ Registration Statement Failure ”) then, as partial relief for the damages to any Investor by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the Registrable Securities (which remedy shall not be exclusive of any other remedies available at law or in equity), the Company shall pay to each Investor which holds Registrable Securities relating to such Registration Statement an amount in cash equal to two percent (2.0%) of the purchase price paid by such Investor (or with respect to any assignee of an original Buyer, the original Buyer) under such Investor’s (or with respect to any assignee of an original Buyer, such original Buyer’s) Exchange Agreement for the portion of the Registrable Securities subject to and limited by such Registration Statement Failure on each of the following dates: (I) the day of a Registration Failure; (II) the day of a Filing Failure; (III) the day of an Effectiveness Failure; (IV) the initial day of a Maintenance Failure; (V) on the thirtieth (30 th ) day after the date of a Registration Failure and every thirtieth (30 th ) day thereafter (pro-rated for periods totaling less than thirty (30) days) until such Registration Failure is cured; (VI) on the thirtieth (30 th ) day after the date of a Filing Failure and every thirtieth (30 th ) day thereafter (pro-rated for periods totaling less than thirty (30) days) until such Filing Failure is cured; (VII) on the thirtieth (30 th ) day after the date of an Effectiveness Failure and every thirtieth (30 th ) day thereafter (pro-rated for periods totaling less than thirty (30) days) until such Effectiveness Failure is cured; and (VIII) on the thirtieth (30 th ) day after the date of a Maintenance Failure and every thirtieth (30 th ) day thereafter (pro-rated for periods totaling less than thirty (30) days) until such Maintenance Failure is cured. The Company shall also pay the reasonable fees of Legal Counsel to enforce the provisions hereof. The payments to which an Investor shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 2.7(c) are referred to herein as “ Registration Delay Payments .” Notwithstanding the foregoing, Registration Delay Payments will not be payable to an Investor to the extent that incomplete or incorrect information submitted to the Company by or on behalf of such Investor (or, with respect to any Investor that is not an original Buyer, the original Buyer that assigned the Registrable Securities to the Investor) is the proximate cause of the Registration Statement Failure giving rise to the Company’s requirement to make a Registration Delay Payment. In the event the Company fails to make Registration Delay Payments in a timely manner, such Registration Delay Payments shall bear interest at the rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. Registration Delay Payments shall be paid within three (3) Business Days after the day of the Registration Failure, Filing Failure, Effectiveness Failure and the initial day of a Maintenance Failure, as applicable, and thereafter on the earlier of (I) the thirtieth (30th) day after the event or failure giving rise to the Registration Delay Payments has occurred and (II) the third (3rd) Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Registration Delay Payments is cured. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if there is more than one type of Registration Statement Failure occurring concurrently with respect to the same Registrable Securities, any Registration Delay Payments under this Section 2.7(c) shall not be cumulative or aggregated for each type of Registration Statement Failure occurring concurrently with respect to the same Registrable Securities.

 

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(d)          Public Information . At any time during the period commencing from the six (6) month anniversary of the Closing Date and ending at such time that all of the Registrable Securities, if a registration statement is not available for the resale of all of the Registrable Securities, may be sold without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1), (i) if the Company shall fail for any reason to satisfy the requirements of Rule 144(c)(1) or (ii) if (A) the Company has ever been an issuer described in Rule 144(i)(1)(i), or becomes such an issuer in the future, and (B) the Company shall fail to satisfy any condition set forth in Rule 144(i)(2) (each, a “ Public Information Failure ”) then, as partial relief for the damages to any holder of Registrable Securities by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the Registrable Securities (which remedy shall not be exclusive of any other remedies available at law or in equity), the Company shall pay to each such holder an amount in cash equal to two percent (2.0%) of the purchase price paid by such Investor (or with respect to any assignee of an original Buyer, the original Buyer) under such Investor’s (or with respect to any assignee of an original Buyer, such original Buyer’s) Exchange Agreement for the portion of the Registrable Securities subject to such Public Information Failure on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth (30th) day (pro-rated for periods totaling less than thirty (30) days) thereafter until the earlier of (i) the date such Public Information Failure is cured and (ii) such time that such Public Information Failure no longer prevents a holder of Registrable Securities from selling such Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144 without any restrictions or limitations. The payments to which a holder shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 2(d) are referred to herein as “Public Information Failure Payments.” Public Information Failure Payments shall be paid on the earlier of the third (3 rd ) Business Day after (I) the last day of the calendar month during which such Public Information Failure Payments are incurred and (II) the event or failure giving rise to the Public Information Failure Payments is cured. In the event the Company fails to make Public Information Failure Payments in a timely manner, such Public Information Failure Payments shall bear interest at the rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if there is a Public Information Failure and Registration Statement Failure occurring concurrently with respect to the same Registrable Securities, the penalties under this Section 2.7(d) and any Registration Delay Payments under Section 2.7(c) shall not be cumulative or aggregated for each Public Information Failure and each type of Registration Statement Failure occurring concurrently with respect to the same Registrable Securities.

 

2.8           Legend Removal .

 

(a)         Certificates evidencing Registrable Securities shall not contain any legend, (i) while a Registration Statement covering the resale of such Registrable Securities is effective under the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) if such Registrable Securities are eligible for sale under Rule 144, and the Investor intends an imminent expected sale (and represents such to the Company and its counsel in writing), or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the 1933 Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the SEC). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Company’s transfer agent promptly after the occurrence of any of the foregoing events if required by the transfer agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder. No Investor shall be required to pay for or deliver any such legal opinion, and shall only be required to deliver a standard representation letter in connection with a sale or proposed sale under Rule 144. The Company agrees that following the Unrestricted Date at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 2.8(a), it will, no later than three (3) Trading Days following the delivery by an Investor to the Company or the transfer agent (with a copy to the Company) of a written request for the removal of such legend and a certificate representing Registrable Securities issued with a restrictive legend (such third Trading Day, the “ Legend Removal Date ”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Investor one or more certificates representing such Registrable Securities that are free from all restrictive and other legends. Certificates for Registrable Securities subject to legend removal hereunder shall, at the written request of the Investor, be transmitted by the transfer agent to the Investor by crediting the account of the Investor’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such Investor.

 

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(b)        In addition to such Investor’s other available remedies, if the Company fails to comply with its obligations under Section 2.8(a), the Company shall pay to an Investor, in cash, an amount equal to the greater of (i) as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Registrable Securities (based on the VWAP (as defined in the applicable Exchange Agreement) of the Common Stock (treating any Registrable Securities other than Common Stock on an as converted, fully-diluted basis, net of any exercise price or conversion price for which the Investor is responsible to pay, and without giving effect to any exercise or conversion limitations contained in any such convertible or exercisable securities) on the date such Registrable Securities are submitted to the Company or its transfer agent in accordance with Section 2.8(a)) delivered for removal of the restrictive legend and for which removal is required pursuant to Section 2.8(a), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day five (5) Trading Days after such damages have begun to accrue) for each Trading Day after the Legend Removal Date until such certificate or certificates are delivered without a legend and (ii) if the Company fails to (A) issue and deliver or cause to be delivered to an Investor by the Legend Removal Date a certificate or certificates representing the Registrable Securities so delivered to the Company by such Investor that is free from all restrictive and other legends or (B) if after the Legend Removal Date such Investor purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Investor of all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, or a sale of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock that such Investor anticipated receiving from the Company without any restrictive legend, then, an amount equal to the excess of such Investor’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) (the “ Buy-In Price ”) over the product of (A) such number of Registrable Securities (treating any Registrable Securities other than Common Stock on an as converted, fully-diluted basis, net of any exercise price or conversion price for which the Investor is responsible to pay, and without giving effect to any exercise or conversion limitations contained in any such convertible or exercisable securities) that the Company was required to deliver to such Investor by the Legend Removal Date multiplied by (B) the lowest closing sale price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the delivery by such Investor to the Company of the applicable Registrable Shares (as the case may be) and ending on the date of such delivery.

 

2.9           Postponements . The Company shall be entitled to postpone a Demand Registration or other Registration Statement and to require the Investors to discontinue the disposition of their securities covered by a Shelf Registration during any Blackout Period (as defined below) (i) if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that effecting such a registration or continuing such disposition at such time would be detrimental to the Company (such as having a material adverse effect upon a proposed sale of all (or substantially all) of the assets of the Company or a merger, reorganization, recapitalization or similar current transaction materially affecting the capital structure or equity ownership of the Company), or (ii) if the Company is in possession of material, non-public information which the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith it is not in the best interests of the Company to disclose in a registration statement at such time; provided, however, that the Company may only delay a Demand Registration pursuant to this Section 2.9 by delivery of a Blackout Notice (as defined below) within thirty (30) days of delivery of the request for such Demand Registration under Section 2.1 and may delay a Demand Registration and require the Holders of Registrable Securities to discontinue the disposition of their securities covered by a Shelf Registration only for a reasonable period of time not to exceed ten (10) consecutive Trading Days; provided that during any three hundred sixty five (365) day period such period shall not exceed an aggregate of ninety (90) Trading Days; provided, further, that the first day of such period must be at least five (5) Trading Days after the last day of any such prior period (or such earlier time as such transaction is consummated or no longer proposed or the material information has been made public) (the “ Blackout Period ”). There shall not be more than two (2) Blackout Periods in any twelve (12)-month period. The Company shall promptly notify the Holders in writing (a “ Blackout Notice ”) of any decision to postpone a Demand Registration or to discontinue sales of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration pursuant to this Section 2.9 and shall include a general statement (which statement shall not include any material, non-public information) of the reason for such postponement, an approximation of the anticipated delay and an undertaking by the Company promptly to notify the Holders as soon as a Demand Registration may be effected or sales of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration may resume. If the Company shall postpone the filing of a Demand Registration Statement, the Required Holders who were to participate therein shall have the right to withdraw the request for registration. Any such withdrawal shall be made by giving written notice to the Company within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Blackout Notice. Such withdrawn registration request shall not be treated as a Demand Registration effected pursuant to Section 2.1 (and shall not be counted towards the number of Demand Registrations effected), and the Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection therewith. For the avoidance of doubt, any Blackout Period enacted in accordance with this Section 2.9 shall not result in any breach or violation under this Agreement, including any obligation of the Company to pay Registration Delay Payments under Section 2.7(c) or any liquidated damages under Section 2.8.

 

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3.              Related Obligations . Whenever the Company is required to effect the registration of Registrable Securities under the 1933 Act pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement, the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible:

 

(a)         Prepare and file with the SEC (promptly, and in any event within the specified time frames) the requisite Registration Statement to effect such registration, which Registration Statement shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith, and the Company shall use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable, but in any event within the time frames specified herein; provided, however, that before filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, or comparable statements under securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction, the Company shall (i) provide Legal Counsel and any other Inspector with an adequate and appropriate opportunity to participate in the preparation of such Registration Statement and each Prospectus included therein (and each amendment or supplement thereto or comparable statement) to be filed with the SEC, which documents shall be subject to the review and comment of Legal Counsel, and (ii) not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (or amendment or supplement thereto or comparable statement) with the SEC to Legal Counsel, any selling Investor or any other Inspector shall have reasonably objected on the grounds that such filing does not comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act or of the rules or regulations thereunder. The Company shall ensure that each Registration Statement (including any amendments or supplements thereto and prospectuses contained therein) shall 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 (in the case of prospectuses, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made) not misleading. The term “reasonable best efforts” shall mean, among other things, that the Company shall submit to the SEC, within two (2) Business Days after the later of the date that (i) the Company learns that no review of a particular Registration Statement will be made by the staff of the SEC or that the staff has no further comments on a particular Registration Statement, as the case may be, and (ii) the approval of Legal Counsel pursuant to Section 2.7(b) (which approval is promptly sought), a request for acceleration of effectiveness of such Registration Statement to a time and date, subject to acceptance by the SEC, not later than two (2) Business Days after the submission of such request (such second (2 nd ) Business Day with respect to Demand Registration Statements, the “ Demand Effectiveness Deadline ” and, either the Mandatory Effectiveness Deadline or the Demand Effectiveness Deadline, an “ Effectiveness Deadline ”). The Company shall respond in writing to comments made by the SEC in respect of a Registration Statement as soon as practicable, but in no event later than fifteen (15) days after the receipt of comments by or notice from the SEC that an amendment is required in order for a Registration Statement to be declared effective. The Company shall keep each Registration Statement effective pursuant to Rule 415 at all times during the Registration Period.

 

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(b)         Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary (i) to keep such Registration Statement effective, and (ii) to comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, in each case until such time as all of such Registrable Securities have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller(s) thereof set forth in such Registration Statement; provided, such period need not extend beyond the time periods provided herein, and which periods, in any event, shall terminate when all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold (but not before the expiration of the 90 day period referred to in Section 4(3) of the 1933 Act and Rule 174 thereunder, if applicable). In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 3(b)) by reason of the Company filing a report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K or any analogous report under the 1934 Act, the Company shall promptly incorporate each such report by reference into such Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the SEC no later than three (3) Trading Days after the date on which the 1934 Act report is filed which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement such Registration Statement.

 

(c)         Furnish, without charge, to each selling Investor and each Underwriter, if any, of the securities covered by such Registration Statement, such number of copies of such Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits), and the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus) in conformity with the requirements of the 1933 Act, and other documents, as such selling Investor and Underwriter may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such selling Investor (the Company hereby consenting to the use in accordance with applicable law of each such Registration Statement (or amendment or post-effective amendment thereto) and each such Prospectus (or preliminary prospectus or supplement thereto) by each such selling Investor and the Underwriters, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or Prospectus).

 

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(d)        Prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its best efforts to register or qualify all Registrable Securities and other securities covered by such Registration Statement under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any selling Investor covered by such Registration Statement or the sole or lead managing Underwriter, if any, may reasonably request to enable such selling Investor to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such selling Investor and to continue such registration or qualification in effect in each such jurisdiction for as long as such Registration Statement remains in effect (including through new filings or amendments or renewals), and do any and all other acts and things which may be necessary or advisable to enable any such selling Investor to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such selling Investor; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(d), (ii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (iii) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction.

 

(e)         Use its best efforts to obtain all other approvals, consents, exemptions or authorizations from such governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the selling Investors of such Registrable Securities to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.

 

(f)          Promptly notify Legal Counsel, each Investor covered by such Registration Statement and the sole or lead managing Underwriter, if any: (i) when the Registration Statement, any pre-effective amendment, the Prospectus or any prospectus supplement related thereto or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed and, with respect to the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any state securities or blue sky authority for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus related thereto or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation or threat of any proceedings for that purpose, (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the existence of any fact of which the Company becomes aware or the happening of any event which results in (A) the Registration Statement containing an untrue statement of a material fact or omitting to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make any statements therein not misleading, or (B) the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement containing an untrue statement of a material fact or omitting to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make any statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (vi) of the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate or that there exists circumstances not yet disclosed to the public which make further sales under such Registration Statement inadvisable pending such disclosure and post-effective amendment; and, if the notification relates to an event described in any of the clauses (ii) through (vi) of this Section 3(f), the Company shall promptly prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that (I) such Registration Statement shall 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, and (II) as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities being sold thereunder, such Prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (and shall furnish to each such Investor and each Underwriter, if any, a reasonable number of copies of such Prospectus so supplemented or amended); and if the notification relates to an event described in clause (iii) of this Section 3(f), the Company shall take all reasonable action required to prevent the entry of such stop order or to remove it if entered.

 

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(g)         Make available for inspection by any selling Investor, any sole or lead managing Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement, Legal Counsel and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such selling Investor or any Underwriter (each, an “ Inspector ” and, collectively, the “ Inspectors ”), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and any subsidiaries thereof as may be in existence at such time (collectively, the “ Records ”) as shall be necessary, in the opinion of such Legal Counsel and such Underwriters’ counsel, to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility and to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the 1933 Act, and cause the Company’s and any subsidiaries’ officers, directors and employees, and the independent public accountants of the Company, to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Inspectors in connection with such Registration Statement.

 

(h)         Obtain an opinion from the Company’s counsel and a “cold comfort” letter from the Company’s independent public accountants who have certified the Company’s financial statements included or incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement, in each case dated the effective date of such Registration Statement (and if such registration involves an Underwritten Offering, dated the date of the closing under the related underwriting agreement), in customary form and covering such matters as are customarily covered by such opinions and “cold comfort” letters delivered to underwriters in underwritten public offerings, which opinion and letter shall be reasonably satisfactory to the sole or lead managing Underwriter, if any, and to the Required Holders of the Registration, and furnish to each Investor participating in the offering and to each Underwriter, if any, a copy of such opinion and letter addressed to such Investor (in the case of the opinion) and Underwriter (in the case of the opinion and the “cold comfort” letter).

 

(i)          Cause senior representatives of the Company to participate in any “road show” or “road shows” reasonably requested by any underwriter of an underwritten or “best efforts” offering of any Registrable Securities.

 

(j)          Provide a CUSIP number for all Registrable Securities and provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all such Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement not later than the effectiveness of such Registration Statement.

 

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(k)         Otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and any other governmental agency or authority having jurisdiction over the offering, and, to the extent required by the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and Rule 158 thereunder, make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable but no later than ninety (90) days after the end of any twelve (12)-month period, an earnings statement (i) commencing at the end of any month in which Registrable Securities are sold to Underwriters in an Underwritten Offering and (ii) commencing with the first day of the Company’s calendar month next succeeding each sale of Registrable Securities after the effective date of a Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month periods, in a manner which satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and Rule 158 thereunder.

 

(l)          Use its best efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed (i) on each national securities exchange on which the Company’s securities are then listed or (ii) if securities of the Company are not at the time listed on any national securities exchange (or if the listing of Registrable Securities is not permitted under the rules of each national securities exchange on which the Company’s securities are then listed), on a national securities exchange designated by the Required Holders of the Registration.

 

(m)        Keep each selling Investor of Registrable Securities advised in writing as to the initiation and progress of any registration under Section 2 hereunder.

 

(n)         Enter into and perform customary agreements (including, if applicable, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and provide officers’ certificates and other customary closing documents.

 

(o)         Cooperate with each selling Investor and each Underwriter participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with the FINRA and make reasonably available its employees and personnel and otherwise provide reasonable assistance to the Underwriters (taking into account the needs of the Company’s businesses and the requirements of the marketing process) in the marketing of Registrable Securities in any Underwritten Offering.

 

(p)         Furnish to each Investor participating in the offering and the sole or lead managing Underwriter, if any, without charge, (i) at least one manually-signed copy of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits (including those deemed to be incorporated by reference), (ii) upon the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, ten (10) copies of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto (or such other number of copies as such Investor may reasonably request) and (iii) such other documents, including copies of any preliminary or final prospectus, as such Investor may reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor.

 

(q)         Cooperate with the selling Investors of Registrable Securities and the sole or lead managing Underwriter, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates not bearing any restrictive legends representing the Registrable Securities to be sold, and cause such Registrable Securities to be issued in such denominations and registered in such names in accordance with the underwriting agreement prior to any sale of Registrable Securities to the Underwriters or, if not an Underwritten Offering, in accordance with the instructions of the selling Investor of Registrable Securities at least three (3) Business Days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities.

 

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(r)          If requested by the sole or lead managing Underwriter or any selling Investor of Registrable Securities, immediately incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information concerning such Investor, the Underwriters or the intended method of distribution as the sole or lead managing Underwriter or the selling Investor reasonably requests to be included therein and as is appropriate in the reasonable judgment of the Company, including, without limitation, information with respect to the number of shares of the Registrable Securities being sold to the Underwriters, the purchase price being paid therefor by such Underwriters and with respect to any other terms of the Underwritten Offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering; make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; and supplement or make amendments to any Registration Statement if requested by the sole or lead managing Underwriter of such Registrable Securities.

 

(s)         Submit to the SEC, within two (2) Business Days after the Company learns that no review of a particular Registration Statement will be made by the staff of the SEC or that the staff has no further comments on a particular Registration Statement, as the case may be, a request for acceleration of effectiveness of such Registration Statement to a time and date not later than 48 hours after the submission of such request.

 

(t)          Use its best efforts to take all other steps necessary to expedite or facilitate the registration and disposition of the Registrable Securities contemplated hereby.

 

(u)         Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof shall identify any Investor as an underwriter in any public disclosure or filing with the SEC or any Principal Market or Eligible Market; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit the Company from including the disclosure found in the “Plan of Distribution” section attached hereto as Exhibit B in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the SEC notifies the Company that it deems an Investor to be an underwriter in connection with any Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly (but in any event within two (2) Business Days) notify such Investor of such determination and reasonably cooperate with such Investor’s efforts to change such SEC determination. If such Investor cannot change such SEC determination within five (5) Business Days after receipt of such notice from the Company with the prompt assistance of the Company and the Company’s counsel, the Investor shall have the right, by providing written notice of such election to the Company (an “ Underwriter Status Determination Notice ”), to either (i) withdraw all of its Registrable Securities from the applicable Registration Statement or such lesser amount as the SEC advises is necessary to avoid such underwriter status (and if such removal in any Demand Registration Statement exceeds the amounts required by Section 2.1(a)(ii)(C), such Registration Statement shall not be deemed to be a Demand Registration under this Agreement) or (ii) permit the Company to name such Investor as an underwriter in the applicable Registration Statement (which shall be deemed not to be a violation of this Section 3(u)). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any failure to timely register the full number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in a Registration Statement because of a SEC determination that such Investor is an underwriter shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement or subject the Company to any Registration Delay Payments so long as the Company has complied with its obligations under this Section 3(u) and, if the Investor does not elect to withdraw all of its Registrable Securities from the applicable Registration Statement or make a Withdrawn Request with respect to a Demand Registration Statement, otherwise uses its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be amended and made effective as promptly as practicable after the Company’s receipt of the Underwriter Status Determination Notice.

 

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

 

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

 

(x)        Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Buyers in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof; provided, that in the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and any other agreement relating to registration rights for the Company’s securities to which the Company is bound, the terms of this Agreement will prevail.

 

(y)       While any Preferred Shares or Warrants are issued and outstanding, the Company shall maintain a transfer agent that participates in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program.

 

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4.             Obligations of the Investors .

 

(a)         At least five (5) Business Days prior to the first anticipated Filing Date of a Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Investor in writing of the information the Company requires from each such Investor if such Investor elects to have any of such Investor’s Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to complete any registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Registrable Securities of a particular Investor that such Investor shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it as shall be reasonably required to effect and maintain the effectiveness of the registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request.

 

(b)        Each Investor, by such Investor’s acceptance of the Registrable Securities, agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of any Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Investor has notified the Company in writing of such Investor’s election to exclude all of such Investor’s Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.

 

(c)         Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(f)¸ a Blackout Notice under Section 2.9 or if the Company otherwise notifies an Investor that a Registration Statement is suspended or no longer effective or cannot be used for sales of Registrable Securities at such time, such Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement(s) covering such Registrable Securities until such Investor’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(f) or receipt of notice that (x) no supplement or amendment is required, (y) the event contemplated by Section 3(f) or the Blackout Period is no longer applicable or (z) that the applicable Registration Statement is fully effective and can be used for the sales of Registrable Securities at such time. Similarly, each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of notice from the Company that sales of Registrable Securities under Rule 144 are not permitted at such time, such Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144 until such Investor’s receipt of notice from the Company that sales of Registrable Securities under Rule 144 are permitted at such time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, to the extent permitted by applicable securities laws, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended Company securities to a transferee of an Investor in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which an Investor has entered into a contract for sale prior to the Investor’s receipt of a notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(f) and for which the Investor has not yet settled.

 

(d)        Each Investor covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the 1933 Act as applicable to it or an exemption therefrom in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

5.             Expenses of Registration . The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any Registration Statement hereunder, whether or not such registration shall become effective or is withdrawn and whether or not any or all Registrable Securities originally requested to be included in such registration are withdrawn or otherwise ultimately not included in such registration, except as otherwise provided with respect to Withdrawn Request and a Withdrawn Demand Registration in Section 2.1(a). In addition to the foregoing, in connection with any Demand Registration or the Mandatory Registration Statement, the Company shall also reimburse the Investors for the reasonable fees and disbursements of Legal Counsel not to exceed (i) $30,000 in connection with each Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement and (ii) $7,500 in the aggregate in connection with the Mandatory Registration Statement.

 

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6.             Indemnification . In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a Registration Statement under this Agreement:

 

(a)         To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company will, and hereby does, indemnify, hold harmless and defend each Investor, the directors, officers, members, partners, employees, agents, representatives of, and each Person, if any, who controls any Investor within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each, an “ Investor Indemnified Person ”), against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees, amounts paid in settlement or expenses, joint or several (collectively, “ Claims ”), incurred in investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim, suit, inquiry, proceeding, investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by or before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or the SEC, whether pending or threatened, whether or not an Investor Indemnified Person is or may be a party thereto (“ Indemnified Damages ”), to which any of them may become subject insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or in any filing made in connection with the qualification of the offering under the securities or other “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in which Registrable Securities are offered, or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus if used prior to the Effective Date of such Registration Statement, or contained in the final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which the statements therein were made, not misleading, (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any other law, including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement or (iv) any violation of this Agreement (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) being, collectively, “ Violations ”). Subject to Section 6(c), the Company shall reimburse the Investor Indemnified Persons, promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any legal fees or other reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(a): (i) shall not apply to a Claim by an Investor Indemnified Person arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such Investor Indemnified Person (or, with respect to an Investor Indemnified Person that is not an Investor, the Investor giving such Investor Indemnified Person status as an Investor Indemnified Person hereunder or any other Investor Indemnified Person of such Investor (together, the “ Related Investor Indemnified Persons ”) or for such Investor Indemnified Person (or Related Investor Indemnified Persons), in each case, expressly for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto; and (ii) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Investor Indemnified Person and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9 or otherwise pursuant to a Registration Statement or under Rule 144.

 

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(b)         In connection with any Registration Statement in which an Investor is participating, each such Investor agrees to severally and not jointly indemnify, hold harmless and defend, to the same extent and in the same manner as is set forth in Section 6(a), the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each, a “ Company Indemnified Party ”), against any Claim or Indemnified Damages to which any of them may become subject, under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claim or Indemnified Damages arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent, that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Investor (or a Related Investor Indemnified Person) expressly for use in connection with such Registration Statement; and, subject to Section 6(c), such Investor will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by a Company Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) and the agreement with respect to contribution contained in Section 7 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of such Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned; provided, further, however, that the Investor shall be liable under this Section 6(b) for only that amount of a Claim or Indemnified Damages as does not exceed the net proceeds to such Investor as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Company Indemnified Party and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9 or otherwise pursuant to a Registration Statement or under Rule 144.

 

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

 

(d)        The indemnification required by this Section 6 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or Indemnified Damages are incurred (subject to reimbursement for any indemnification payments for Indemnified Damages that are later determined to not be subject to indemnification under this Section 6).

 

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

 

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7.             Contribution . To the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is prohibited or limited by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum contribution with respect to any amounts for which it would otherwise be liable under Section 6 to the fullest extent permitted by law; provided, however, that: (i) no Person involved in the sale of Registrable Securities which Person is guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) in connection with such sale shall be entitled to contribution from any Person involved in such sale of Registrable Securities who was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and (ii) contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount to the amount of net proceeds received by such seller from the sale of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.

 

8.             Reports Under the 1934 Act . With a view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act or any other similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Investors to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration (“ Rule 144 ”), the Company agrees to:

 

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

 

(b)        file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements and the filing of such reports and other documents is required for the applicable provisions of Rule 144; and

 

(c)        furnish to each Investor so long as such Investor owns Registrable Securities, promptly upon request, (i) a written statement by the Company, if true, that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company if such reports are not publicly available via EDGAR, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested to permit the Investors to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without registration.

 

9.             Assignment of Registration Rights . The rights under this Agreement shall be assignable by the Investors to any transferee of all or any portion of such Investor’s Registrable Securities if: (i) the Investor agrees in writing with the transferee or assignee to assign such rights, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within a reasonable time (but in any event within five (5) Business Days) after such assignment; (ii) the Company is, within a reasonable time (but in any event within five (5) Business Days) after such transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice of (a) the name and address of such transferee or assignee, and (b) the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned; (iii) immediately following such transfer or assignment the further disposition of such securities by the transferee or assignee is restricted under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws; (iv) at or before the time the Company receives the written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of this sentence the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein; (v) such transfer shall have been made in accordance with the applicable requirements of the applicable Exchange Agreement; and (vi) such transfer shall have been conducted in accordance with all applicable federal and state securities laws.

 

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10.           Amendment . Provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Required Holders. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 10 shall be binding upon each Investor and the Company. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the Holders of Registrable Securities. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Investor to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered on a pro rata basis to all of the Investors.

 

11.           Miscellaneous .

 

(a)         This Agreement, including all registration rights and consent rights (including under Section 2.1(f)) under this Agreement, will terminate with respect to an Investor if such Investor has sold all of its Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement or under Rule 144. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the termination of this Agreement shall not affect any Investor’s (or Related Investor Indemnified Person’s) rights to indemnification or contribution from the Company or rights to receive amounts owed to such Investor by the Company prior to such termination.

 

(b)         The Company agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Required Holders, it shall not effect or permit to occur any stock split, stock dividend or reverse stock split with respect to its Common Stock which would adversely affect the ability of the Investor to include such Registrable Securities in any registration contemplated by this Agreement or the marketability of such Registrable Securities in any such registration.

 

(c)         In the event that any Registrable Securities are held by a nominee for the beneficial owner thereof, the beneficial owner thereof may, at its election in writing delivered to the Company, be treated as the Investor for purposes of any request or other action by any Investor or Investors pursuant to this Agreement or any determination of any number or percentage of shares of Registrable Securities held by any Investor or Investors contemplated by this Agreement. If the beneficial owner of any Registrable Securities so elects, the Company may require assurances reasonably satisfactory to it of such owner’s beneficial ownership of such Registrable Securities.

 

(d)         Without the prior written consent of the Required Holders, the Company will not hereafter enter into any agreement which is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Investors in this Agreement.

 

(e)         If the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two or more Persons with respect to the same Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions, notice or election received from such record owner of such Registrable Securities.

 

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(f)          Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile or by electronic mail (provided that, in each case, receipt is affirmatively confirmed promptly after delivery); or (iii) one (1) Business Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses, facsimile numbers and email addresses for such communications shall be:

 

If to the Company:

 

Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.
555 5th Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Attn: Joseph Wright
Facsimile No.: (212) 350-8299
Telephone:     (212) 350-8205
E-mail:     jwright@chartgroup.com

 

With a copy (for information purposes only) to:

 

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10105
Attn: Douglas S. Ellenoff, Esq. and Richard Baumann, Esq.
Facsimile No.: (212) 370-7889
Telephone:     (212) 370-1300
E-mail:    ellenoff@egsllp.com
                rbaumann@egsllp.com

 

If to a Buyer, to its address, facsimile number or e-mail address set forth on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto, with copies to such Buyer’s representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (in addition to, if applicable, the Legal Counsel, whose address shall be provided in writing by the Buyers in accordance with this Section 11(b) promptly after the engagement of the Legal Counsel), or to such other address, facsimile number and/or e-mail address to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) Business Days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication or (B) provided by a courier or overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i) or (iii) above, respectively.

 

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

 

(h)        All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (and any courts in which appeals from such courts may be brought), 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. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

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(i)          If any provision of this Agreement 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 Agreement so long as this Agreement 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).

 

(j)          This Agreement, the Exchange Documents (as defined in the Exchange Agreements) and the instruments referenced herein and therein constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein and therein. This Agreement, the Exchange Documents and the instruments referenced herein and therein supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

 

(k)         Subject to the requirements of Section 9, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the permitted successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto.

 

(l)         The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, each pronoun herein shall be deemed to include the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular and plural forms thereof. The terms “including,” “includes,” “include” and words of like import shall be construed broadly as if followed by the words “without limitation.” The terms “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereof” and words of like import refer to this entire Agreement instead of just the provision in which they are found.

 

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

 

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

 

(o)        All consents and other determinations required to be made by the Investors pursuant to this Agreement shall be made, unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, by the Required Holders.

 

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

 

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

 

(r)         The parties hereto acknowledge that money damages would not be an adequate remedy at law if any party fails to perform in any material respect any of its obligations hereunder, and accordingly agree that each party, in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled at law or in equity, shall be entitled to seek to compel specific performance of the obligations of any other party under this Agreement, without the posting of any bond, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement in any court of the United States or any State thereof having jurisdiction (subject to Section 11(h)), 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. Except as otherwise provided by law, a delay or omission by a party hereto in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon any such breach shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in any such breach. No remedy shall be exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies shall be cumulative.

 

(s)        The obligations of each Investor hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Investor, and no provision of this Agreement is intended to confer any obligations on any Investor vis-à-vis any other Investor. Nothing contained herein, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated herein.

 

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[Signature Pages Follow]  

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

  COMPANY:
   
  TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
     
  By:  
   

Name: Christopher D. Brady

Title:   President

 

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

  BUYERS:
     
  BUYER
       
 
       
    By:  
      Name:
Title:   
       
       
 
       
       
 
       

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

17 Battery Place, 8 th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Telephone:     [          ]

Facsimile:       [          ]

Attention:       [          ]

 

Re:          Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

[We are][I am] counsel to Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., a company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Company ”), and are representing the Company in connection with those certain Purchase and Exchange Agreements, each dated as of June 10, 2015 (as amended, including without limitation by each First Amendment to Purchase and Exchange Agreement, dated effective as of July 15, 2015, the “ Exchange Agreements ”), entered into by and among the Company, Chart Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ Chart ”), Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Tempus ”), TAS Financing Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ TAS Financing Sub ”), and Chart Financing Sub Inc., on the one hand, and the applicable buyer named therein (such buyers collectively, the “ Holders ”), on the other hand, pursuant to which the TAS Financing Sub issued to the Holders shares of its Series A Non-Voting Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, which shares were subsequently exchanged pursuant to the Business Combination (as defined in the Exchange Agreements) for shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“ Common Stock ”), shares of the Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, (“ Preferred Stock ”, and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, the “ Conversion Shares ”), Series A-1 Warrants to Purchase Common Stock or Preferred Stock (“ Series A-1 Warrants ”) and Series B-1 Warrants to Purchase Common Stock or Preferred Stock (“ Series B-1 Warrants ” and, together with the Series A-1 Warrants, the “ Warrants ”, and the Common Stock or Preferred Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants, the “ Warrant Shares ”). Pursuant to the Exchange Agreements, the Company also has entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Holders (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”) pursuant to which the Company agreed, among other things, to register the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), including the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ 1933 Act ”), pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof. In connection with the Company’s obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, on [___________], 20__, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-[1][3] (File No. 333-_____________) (the “ Registration Statement ”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) relating to the Registrable Securities which names each of the Holders as a selling holder thereunder.

 

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In connection with the foregoing, [we][I] advise you that a member of the SEC’s staff has advised [us][me] by telephone that the SEC has entered an order declaring the Registration Statement effective under the 1933 Act at [ ENTER TIME OF EFFECTIVENESS ] on [ ENTER DATE OF EFFECTIVENESS ] and [we][I] have no knowledge, after telephonic inquiry of a member of the SEC’s staff, that any stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued or that any proceedings for that purpose are pending before, or threatened by, the SEC and the Registrable Securities are currently available for resale under the 1933 Act pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

Unless we inform you otherwise (including, without limitation, in the event we cease to serve as counsel to the Company), this letter shall serve through June 30, 2016 as our standing opinion to you that the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement are freely transferable by the Holders pursuant to the Registration Statement. At any time that this letter is serving as such opinion, you need not require further letters from us to effect any legend-free issuance or reissuance of Registrable Securities to the Holders pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  [ ISSUER’S COUNSEL ]
     
  By:  

 

CC:          [ LIST NAMES OF HOLDERS ]

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

SELLING SECURITY HOLDERS

 

The Company securities being offered by the selling holders are those previously issued to the selling holders, and those issuable to the selling holders, upon exercise of the warrants or conversion of the convertible preferred shares which are issued prior to such sale. For additional information regarding the issuances of those securities, see “Private Placement of Company Securities” above. We are registering the Company securities in order to permit the selling holders to offer the Company securities for resale from time to time. Except for the ownership of the Company securities, the selling holders have not had any material relationship with us within the past three years.

 

The table below lists the selling holders and other information regarding the beneficial ownership of the Company securities by each of the selling holders. The second column lists the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by each selling holder, based on its ownership of the Company securities, as of [________], assuming exercise of the warrants and conversion of the shares of convertible preferred stock held by the selling holders on that date, without regard to any limitations on exercises or conversions.

 

The third column lists the Company securities being offered by this prospectus by the selling holders.

 

The fourth column assumes the sale of all of the Company securities offered by the selling holders pursuant to this prospectus.

 

Under the terms of the convertible preferred stock and the warrants, a selling holder may not convert outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock or exercise the warrants to the extent such conversion or exercise, as the case may be, would cause such selling holder, together with its affiliates, to beneficially own a number of shares of Common Stock which would exceed [4.99][9.99]% of our then outstanding shares of Common Stock following such conversion or exercise, excluding for purposes of such determination shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exercise of the convertible preferred stock or warrants, as applicable, which have not been converted or exercised. The number of shares in the second column does not reflect this limitation. The selling holders may sell all, some or none of their Company securities in this offering. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

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Name of Selling Holder
  Number of Shares of
Common Stock
Owned Prior to Offering
  Maximum Number of
Shares of Common Stock
to be Sold Pursuant to this
Prospectus
  Number of Shares of
Common Stock
Owned After
Offering
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             

 

Annex I- 2
 

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

We are registering the Company securities previously issued and upon exercise of the warrants or conversion of outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock to permit the resale of these Company securities by the selling holders from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling holders of the Company securities. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the Company securities.

 

The selling holders may sell all or a portion of the Company securities beneficially owned by them and offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If the Company securities are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the selling holders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions. The Company securities may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in transactions, which may involve crosses or block transactions,

 

  on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale;
     
  in the over-the-counter market;
     
  in transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the-counter market;
     
  through the writing of options, whether such options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise;
     
  ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
     
  block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;
     
  purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;
     
  an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;
     
  privately negotiated transactions;
     
  short sales;
     
  sales pursuant to Rule 144;

 

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  broker-dealers may agree with the selling holders to sell a specified number of such securities at a stipulated price per share;
     
  a combination of any such methods of sale; and
     
  any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

 

If the selling holders effect such transactions by selling Company securities to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling holders or commissions from purchasers of the Company securities for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal (which discounts, concessions or commissions as to particular underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may be in excess of those customary in the types of transactions involved). In connection with sales of the Company securities or otherwise, the selling holders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Company securities in the course of hedging in positions they assume. The selling holders may also sell Company securities short and deliver Company securities covered by this prospectus to close out short positions and to return borrowed securities in connection with such short sales. The selling holders may also loan or pledge Company securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such Company securities.

 

The selling holders may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the Company securities owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the Company securities from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, amending, if necessary, the list of selling holders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling holders under this prospectus. The selling holders also may transfer and donate the Company securities in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.

 

The selling holders and any broker-dealer participating in the distribution of the Company securities may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any commission paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed to, any such broker-dealer may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. At the time a particular offering of Company securities is made, a prospectus supplement, if required, will be distributed which will set forth the aggregate amount of Company securities being offered and the terms of the offering, including the name or names of any broker-dealers or agents, any discounts, commissions and other terms constituting compensation from the selling holders and any discounts, commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to broker-dealers.

 

Under the securities laws of some states, the Company securities may be sold in such states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the Company securities may not be sold unless such securities have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with.

 

Annex I- 4
 

 

There can be no assurance that any selling holder will sell any or all of the Company securities registered pursuant to the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part.

 

The selling holders and any other person participating in such distribution will be subject to applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulation M of the Exchange Act, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the Company securities by the selling holders and any other participating person. Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the Company securities to engage in market-making activities with respect to the Company securities. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the Company securities and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the Company securities.

 

We will pay all expenses of the registration of the Company securities pursuant to the registration rights agreement, estimated to be approximately $[     ] in total, including, without limitation, Securities and Exchange Commission filing fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or “blue sky” laws; provided, however, that a selling holder will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any. We will indemnify the selling holders against liabilities, including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance with the registration rights agreements, or the selling holders will be entitled to contribution. We may be indemnified by the selling holders against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the selling holder specifically for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the related registration rights agreement, or we may be entitled to contribution.

 

Once sold under the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, the Company securities will be freely tradable in the hands of persons other than our affiliates.

 

 

Annex I-5

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made as of July 31, 2015, by and among Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), each Person listed on Schedule I attached hereto (the “ Initial Investors ” and, together with any Additional Investors, the “ Investors ”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company is a party to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 5, 2015 (as the same may be amended from time to time, including by the First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 20, 2015, the Second Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 10, 2015, and the Third Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 15, 2015, the “ Merger Agreement ”), by and among Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ TAS ”), the members of TAS identified therein (the “ Members ”), the Members’ Representative named therein, Chart Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”), the Company, Chart Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent Merger Sub ”), TAS Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ TAS Merger Sub ”), Chart Financing Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent Financing Sub ”), TAS Financing Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ TAS Financing Sub ”), the Chart Representative named therein (the “ Chart Representative ”) and the Warrant Offerors named therein, pursuant to which, (i) each of Parent Merger Sub and Parent Financing Sub will merge with and into Parent, with Parent being the surviving entity and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and with (A) former Parent shareholders and warrant holders receiving newly issued shares of common stock and warrants, respectively, of the Company and (B) former holders of Parent Financing Sub preferred stock receiving newly issued shares of common stock and warrants of the Company, (ii) each of TAS Merger Sub and TAS Financing Sub will merge with and into TAS, with TAS being the surviving entity and a wholly owned-subsidiary of the Company, and with (A) the Members receiving newly issued shares of common stock of the Company and (B) former holders of TAS Financing Sub preferred stock receiving newly issued shares of common stock, preferred stock and warrants of the Company, and (iii) the Company will become a publicly traded company; and

 

WHEREAS, it is a condition to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement that the parties hereto enter into this Agreement.

 

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

 

Section 1.                Definitions . Any capitalized term used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the meanings set forth below.

 

Additional Investor ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9 .

 

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

 
 

 

Common Stock ” means the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

 

Company ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Demand Registrations ” means a registration requested pursuant to Section 2 .

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor federal law then in force, together with all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Financing Securities ” means (i) the shares of Common Stock and Pubco Investor Warrants issued in the Parent Merger to the holders of Parent Financing Sub Series B Non-Voting Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, (ii) the shares of Common Stock or Pubco Series A Preferred Stock issuable upon the exercise and/or redemption of such Pubco Investor Warrants, (iii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of such Pubco Series A Preferred Stock and (iv) any other securities of the Company or any successor entity issued in consideration of (including as a dividend or distribution) or in exchange for any of the securities described in clauses (i) through (iii) above.

 

FINRA ” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

Founders Registration Rights Agreement ” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2012, as amended, including by the First Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement on June 20, 2015 and the Second Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement on July 31, 2015, by and among Parent, the Company, Chart Acquisition Group LLC, Cowen Investments LLC (as assignee of Cowen Overseas Investment LP) and certain other security holders.

 

Free Writing Prospectus ” means a free-writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.

 

Holdback Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a)(i).

 

Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a) .

 

Initial Investors ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Investors ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Joinder ” means a joinder to this Agreement in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

Lock-Up Liquidity Amount ” means 250,000 shares of Common Stock (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like occurring after the consummation of transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement); provided , that with respect to any hypothecation, pledge or encumbrance of Registrable Securities, “Lock-Up Liquidity Amount” means 750,000 shares of Common Stock (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like occurring after the consummation of transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement).

 

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Lock-Up Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) .

 

Long-Form Registration ” means a registration on Form S-1 or any similar long-form registration statement; provided, however, that a registration on Form S-1 or any similar long-form registration statement filed during the Lock-Up Period in order to effect the rights of holders to transfer Registrable Securities up to the Lock-Up Liquidity Amount, shall not be deemed a Long-Form Registration for purposes of the limitations thereon in Section 2(a) hereof.

 

Members ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Merger Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

New Investor Registration Rights Agreement ” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2015, by and among the Company and the New Investors (as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement).

 

Parent ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Parent Financing Sub ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Parent Merger Sub ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Permitted Transferee ” means, with respect to an Investor, such Investor’s spouse, any lineal ascendants or descendants or trusts or other entities in which such Investor or such Investor’s spouse, lineal ascendants or descendants hold (and continue to hold while such trusts or other entities hold Common Stock) 75% or more of such entity’s beneficial interests.

 

Piggyback Registrations ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) .

 

Public Offering ” means any sale or distribution by the Company and/or holders of Registrable Securities to the public of Common Stock pursuant to an offering registered under the Securities Act.

 

Registrable Securities ” means (i) any Common Stock issued to the Initial Investors (or their Permitted Transferees) pursuant to the Merger Agreement, including the for avoidance of doubt, any Earnout Shares, (ii) any Financing Securities issued to the Initial Investors (or their Permitted Transferees) pursuant to the Merger Agreement and (iii) any Specified Common. As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when they have been (a) sold or distributed pursuant to a Public Offering, (b) sold in compliance with Rule 144, or (c) repurchased by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities, and the Registrable Securities shall be deemed to be in existence, whenever such Person has the right to acquire, directly or indirectly, such Registrable Securities (upon conversion, exercise or exchange in connection with a transfer of securities or otherwise, but disregarding any restrictions or limitations upon the exercise of such right), whether or not such acquisition has actually been effected, and such Person shall be entitled to exercise the rights of a holder of Registrable Securities hereunder; provided , that a holder of Registrable Securities may only request that Registrable Securities in the form of Common Stock be registered pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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Registration Expenses ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(a) .

 

Rule 144 ,” “ Rule 158, ” “ Rule 405 ” and “ Rule 415 ” mean, in each case, such rule promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor provision) by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the same shall be amended from time to time, or any successor rule then in force.

 

Sale Transaction ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(b)(i)(A) .

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, or any successor federal law then in force, together with all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Shelf Registration ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) .

 

Short-Form Registration ” means a registration on Form S-3 (including pursuant to Rule 415) or any similar short-form registration statement.

 

Specified Common ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9 .

 

Suspension Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a)(vi) .

 

TAS ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

TAS Financing Sub ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

TAS Merger Sub ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Violation ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a) .

 

Section 2.                Demand Registrations .

 

(a)              Requests for Registration. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the holders of Registrable Securities shall be entitled to direct that the Company register the sale of all or any portion of their Registrable Securities under the Securities Act. Short-Form Registrations shall be unlimited in number, but the Company shall not be obligated to effect more than two (2) Long-Form Registrations in any eighteen (18) month period.

 

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(b)              Short-Form Registrations. Demand Registrations shall be Short-Form Registrations whenever the Company is permitted to use any applicable short form and if the managing underwriters (if any) agree to the use of a Short-Form Registration. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to make Short-Form Registrations available for the sale of Registrable Securities. If the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities request that a Short-Form Registration be filed pursuant to Rule 415 (a “ Shelf Registration ”) and the Company is qualified to do so, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Shelf Registration to be declared effective under the Securities Act as soon as practicable after filing, and once effective, the Company shall cause the Shelf Registration to remain effective for a period ending on the earlier of (i) the date on which all Registrable Securities included in such registration have been sold or distributed pursuant to the Shelf Registration or (ii) the date as of which all of the Registrable Securities included in such registration are able to be sold without limitation or restriction within a three (3) month period in compliance with Rule 144. If thereafter for any reason the Company becomes ineligible to utilize Form S-3, the Company shall prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement or registration statements on such form that is available for the sale of Registrable Securities.

 

(c)              Long-Form Registrations. A registration shall not count as a Long-Form Registration for purposes of the last sentence of Section 2(a) unless (i) at least 75% of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by the requesting holders have been registered and (ii) such registration has become effective in accordance with the Securities Act; provided , that if a Long-Form Registration is withdrawn by the holders of Registrable Securities who requested such registration prior to the time it has become effective for reasons other than the disclosure of information concerning the Company that is materially adverse to the Company or the trading price of the Common Stock (which disclosure is made by the Company after the date that such registration is requested pursuant to Section 2(a)), such Long-Form Registration shall count as a Long-Form Registration for purposes of the last sentence of Section 2(a) unless the holders of Registrable Securities who requested such registration reimburse the Company for all of the Registration Expenses incurred by the Company prior to such withdrawal.

 

(d)              Priority on Demand Registrations. If a Demand Registration is an underwritten offering and the managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of Registrable Securities and other securities requested to be included in such offering exceeds the number of Registrable Securities and other securities, if any, which can be sold therein without adversely affecting the marketability, proposed offering price, timing or method of distribution of the offering, the Company shall include in such registration prior to the inclusion of any securities which are not Registrable Securities the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included which, in the opinion of such underwriters, can be sold, without any such adverse effect, pro rata among the respective holders thereof on the basis of the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each such holder.

 

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(e)              Procedures and Restrictions on Demand Registrations. Each request for a Demand Registration shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Securities requested to be registered and the intended method of distribution. Within ten (10) days after receipt of any such request, the Company shall give written notice of the Demand Registration to all other holders of Registrable Securities and, subject to the terms of Section 2(d), shall include in such Demand Registration (and in all related registrations and qualifications under state blue sky laws and in any related underwriting) all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within fifteen (15) days after the receipt of the Company’s notice. The Company shall not be obligated to effect any Demand Registration, including any Shelf Registration, if (i) the holders of Registrable Securities, together with the holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at an aggregate price to the public (net of any underwriters’ discounts or commissions) of less than $5,000,000; provided, that the foregoing limitation shall not be applicable to a Demand Registration during the Lock-Up Period to effect the rights of holders to register the sale of Registrable Securities up to the Lock-Up Liquidity Amount, or (ii) within one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of a previous Demand Registration or a previous registration in which Registrable Securities were included pursuant to Section 3 in which, in either case, there was no reduction in the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included. The Company may postpone, for up to ninety (90) days from the date of the request, the filing or the effectiveness of a registration statement for a Demand Registration, if the Company’s board of directors determines in its reasonable good faith judgment that not postponing such Demand Registration (i) would interfere with a material corporate transaction or (ii) would require the disclosure of material non-public information concerning the Company that at the time is not, in the reasonable good faith judgment of the Company’s board of directors, in the best interest of the Company to disclose and is not, in the opinion of the Company’s legal counsel, otherwise required to be disclosed.

 

(f)              Other Registration Rights. The Company represents and warrants that, other than the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement and the Founders Registration Rights Agreement, it is not a party to, or otherwise subject to, any other agreement granting registration rights to any other Person with respect to any Common Stock. Except as provided in this Agreement and subject to the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement and the Founders Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall not grant to any Persons the right to request the Company to register any Common Stock, or any securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for Common Stock, without the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities; provided , that the Company may grant rights to other Persons to participate in Piggyback Registrations so long as such rights are subordinate in all respects to the rights of the holders of Registrable Securities with respect to such Piggyback Registrations as set forth in Section 3(c) and Section 3(d).

 

Section 3.                Piggyback Registrations.

 

(a)              Right to Piggyback. Whenever the Company proposes to register any of its securities under the Securities Act (other than (i) pursuant to a Demand Registration, or (ii) in connection with registrations on Form S-4 or S-8 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor or similar forms) and the registration form to be used may be used for the registration of Registrable Securities (a “ Piggyback Registration ”), the Company shall give prompt written notice to all holders of Registrable Securities of its intention to effect such Piggyback Registration and, subject to the terms of Section 3(c) and Section 3(d) , shall include in such Piggyback Registration (and in all related registrations or qualifications under blue sky laws and in any related underwriting) all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within fifteen (15) days after delivery of the Company’s notice.

 

(b)             Piggyback Expenses. The Registration Expenses of the holders of Registrable Securities shall be paid by the Company in all Piggyback Registrations, whether or not any such registration became effective.

 

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(c)              Priority on Primary Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration is an underwritten primary registration on behalf of the Company, and the managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the marketability, proposed offering price, timing or method of distribution of the offering, the Company shall include in such registration (i) first, the securities the Company proposes to sell, (ii) second, the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration which, in the opinion of the underwriters, can be sold without any such adverse effect, pro rata among the holders of such Registrable Securities on the basis of the number of shares owned by each such holder, and (iii) third, other securities requested to be included in such registration which, in the opinion of the underwriters, can be sold without any such adverse effect.

 

(d)             Priority on Secondary Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration is an underwritten secondary registration on behalf of holders of the Company’s Securities (who have registration rights with respect thereto permitted under the terms of this Agreement), and the managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the marketability, proposed offering price, timing or method of distribution of the offering, the Company shall include in such registration (i) first, the securities requested to be included therein by the holders requesting such registration which, in the opinion of the underwriters, can be sold without any such adverse effect, (ii) second, the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration, pro rata among the holders of such Registrable Securities on the basis of the number of shares owned by each such holder which, in the opinion of the underwriters, can be sold without any such adverse effect and (iii) third, other securities requested to be included in such registration which, in the opinion of the underwriters, can be sold without any such adverse effect.

 

Section 4.               Lock-Up and Holdback Agreements.

 

(a)              Lock-Up . Each of the Investors and their Permitted Transferees agrees to comply with the following provisions with respect to their Common Stock; provided, that the provisions of this Section 4(a) will not apply to any Financing Securities:

 

(i)                Until the earlier of (1) one year after the date hereof or earlier if, subsequent to the date hereof, the last sales price of Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the date hereof, or (2) the date on which the Company consummates a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Common Stock for cash, securities or other property (such applicable period being the “ Lock-Up Period ”), the holders of Registrable Securities shall not (x) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, encumber, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, with respect to Registrable Securities, (y) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any Registrable Securities, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, or (z) agree or publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction specified in the foregoing (x) or (y).

 

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(ii)              Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph (a), each holder may prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period (A) transfer shares of Registrable Securities to a Permitted Transferee thereof if such Permitted Transferee agrees in writing for the benefit of the Company to be bound by the transfer restrictions set forth in this Section 4(a), (B) to the extent permitted by applicable law, hypothecate, pledge or encumber Registrable Securities on or after the 6-month anniversary hereof to secure borrowings used to pay taxes payable by such holder by reason of the receipt of the Per Company Unit Consideration in connection with the consummation of the Transactions, (C) to the extent permitted by applicable law, hypothecate, pledge or encumber Registrable Securities, to secure borrowings used to make cash indemnification payments pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (D) transfer Registrable Securities to the Company in accordance with Sections 1.15(e) and 9.2(e) of the Merger Agreement or (E) transfer up to a number of Registrable Securities (in the form of Common Stock), in aggregate, as is equal to such holder’s pro rata portion of the Lock-Up Liquidity Amount on the basis of the amount of Registrable Securities (other than Financing Securities) owned by each such holder on the date hereof.

 

(b)             Holdback Agreements.

 

(i)                Holders of Registrable Securities . If requested by the Company, each holder of Registrable Securities participating in an underwritten Public Offering shall enter into lock-up agreements or arrangements with the managing underwriter(s) of such Public Offering (in addition to the arrangement set forth in Section 4(a) hereof, in such form as is reasonably requested by such managing underwriter(s). In addition to any such lock-up agreement or arrangement with the managing underwriter(s), each holder of Registrable Securities agrees as follows:

 

(A)               In connection with any underwritten Public Offering and without the prior written consent of the underwriters managing such Public Offering, such holder shall not, for a period ending one hundred eighty (180) days following the date of the final prospectus (the “ Holdback Period ”) relating to such Public Offering, (x) offer, hypothecate, pledge, encumber sell, contract, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company or (y) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of owning Common Stock or other securities of the Company, whether any such transaction described in clause (x) or (y) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise (each such transaction, a “ Sale Transaction ”).

 

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(B)               The foregoing clause (i)(A) shall not apply to (w) transactions relating to shares of Common Stock or other securities acquired in open market transactions, provided , that no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with transfers or dispositions of such shares of Common Stock or other securities acquired in such open market transactions (other than a filing on Form 5 made after the expiration of the Holdback Period), or (x) transfers to a Permitted Transferee of such holder, or (y) transfers that are bona fide gifts, or (z) distributions by a trust to its beneficiaries, provided , that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (x), (y), or (z), (1) each transferee, donee or distributee shall agree in writing to be bound by lock-up provisions substantially the same as the lock-up provisions agreed to by such holder and (2) no such transfer or distribution in (x), (y), or (z) shall be permitted if it shall require a filing under Section 16(a) or Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, and no such filing under Section 16(a) or Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act shall be voluntarily made during the Holdback Period.

 

The Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the shares of Common Stock (or other securities) subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 4(a) until the end of the Holdback Period.

 

(ii)                 The Company . In the event of any Holdback Period occurring in connection with the exercise by a party to this Agreement of its registration rights with respect to Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2, the Company (A) shall not file any registration statement for a Public Offering or cause any such registration statement to become effective during any Holdback Period, and (B) shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause (x) each holder of at least 5% of its Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for at least 5% of its Common Stock (on a fully-diluted basis), purchased from the Company at any time after the date of this Agreement (other than in a Public Offering) and (y) each of its directors and executive officers, to agree not to effect any Sale Transaction during any Holdback Period, except as part of such underwritten registration, if otherwise permitted, unless the underwriters managing the Public Offering otherwise agree in writing.

 

(iii)             The foregoing limitations of this Section 4 shall not apply to a registration in connection with an employee benefit plan or in connection with any type of acquisition transaction of or exchange offer by the Company.

 

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Section 5.               Registration Procedures.

 

(a)            Whenever the holders of Registrable Securities have requested that any Registrable Securities be registered pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration and the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall as expeditiously as possible:

 

(i)                in accordance with the Securities Act and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement, and all amendments and supplements thereto and related prospectuses, with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective ( provided , that before filing a registration statement or prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company shall furnish to the counsel selected by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents shall be subject to the review and comment of such counsel);

 

(ii)              notify each holder of Registrable Securities of (A) the issuance by the Securities and Exchange Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (B) the receipt by the Company or its counsel of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and (C) the effectiveness of each registration statement filed hereunder;

 

(iii)             prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration statement effective for a period ending when all of the securities covered by such registration statement have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such registration statement (but in any event not before the expiration of any longer period required under the Securities Act or, if such registration statement relates to an underwritten Public Offering, such longer period as in the opinion of counsel for the underwriters a prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sale of Registrable Securities by an underwriter or dealer) and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement during such period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the sellers thereof set forth in such registration statement;

 

(iv)             furnish to each seller of Registrable Securities thereunder such number of copies of such registration statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, the prospectus included in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus), each Free Writing Prospectus and such other documents as such seller may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller;

 

(v)              use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify such Registrable Securities under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any seller reasonably requests and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such seller to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller; provided , that the Company shall not be required to (A) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this subparagraph or (B) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction;

 

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(vi)             notify each seller of such Registrable Securities (A) promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the date and time when such registration statement and each post-effective amendment thereto has become effective or a prospectus or supplement to any prospectus relating to a registration statement has been filed and when any registration or qualification has become effective under a state securities or blue sky law or any exemption thereunder has been obtained; (B) promptly after receipt thereof, of any request by the Securities and Exchange Commission for the amendment or supplementing of such registration statement or prospectus or for additional information and (C) at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and, at the request of any such seller, the Company shall prepare a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided , that at any time, upon written notice to the participating holders of Registrable Securities, the Company may delay the filing or effectiveness of any registration statement or suspend the use or effectiveness of any registration statement (the “ Suspension Period ”) (and the holders of Registrable Securities hereby agree not to offer or sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration statement during the Suspension Period) if the Company determines in its reasonable good faith judgment that postponement of such registration would be in the best interest of the Company including where the registration might require disclosure of any matter such as a potential business transaction or other matter; provided , that the Company may only exercise its right to institute a Suspension Period twice in any calendar year and for no more than one hundred twenty (120) days in the aggregate in any calendar year;

 

(vii)             use reasonable best efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on any securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

 

(viii)           use reasonable best efforts to provide a transfer agent and registrar for all such Registrable Securities not later than the effective date of such registration statement;

 

(ix)              enter into and perform a customary underwriting agreement, if applicable;

 

(x)               make available for inspection by any seller of Registrable Securities, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such seller or underwriter, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate and business documents and properties of the Company as shall be necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives and independent accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such registration statement;

 

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(xi)             take all reasonable actions to ensure that any Free-Writing Prospectus utilized in connection with any registration hereunder complies in all material respects with the Securities Act, is filed in accordance with the Securities Act to the extent required thereby, is retained in accordance with the Securities Act to the extent required thereby and, when taken together with the related prospectus, shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

(xii)            otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the registration statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158;

 

(xiii)            permit any holder of Registrable Securities to participate in the preparation of such registration or comparable statement and to allow such holder to propose language for insertion therein, in form and substance satisfactory to the Company, which in the reasonable judgment of such holder and its counsel should be included;

 

(xiv)           in the event of the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a registration statement, or the issuance of any order suspending or preventing the use of any related prospectus or suspending the qualification of any Registrable Securities included in such registration statement for sale in any jurisdiction, use reasonable best efforts promptly to obtain the withdrawal of such order;

 

(xv)             use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;

 

(xvi)           cooperate with the holders of Registrable Securities covered by the registration statement and the managing underwriter or agent, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legends) representing securities to be sold under the registration statement and enable such securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriter, or agent, if any, or such holders may request;

 

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(xvii)         cooperate with each holder of Registrable Securities covered by the registration statement and each underwriter or agent, if any, participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA;

 

(xviii)          use its reasonable best efforts to make available the executive officers of the Company to participate with the holders of Registrable Securities and any underwriters in any “road shows” or other selling efforts that may be reasonably requested by the holders in connection with the methods of distribution for the Registrable Securities;

 

(xix)            use its reasonable best efforts to obtain one or more cold comfort letters from the Company’s independent public accountants in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by cold comfort letters; and

 

(xx)             use its reasonable best efforts to provide a legal opinion of the Company’s outside counsel in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by such legal opinion, dated the effective date of such registration statement.

 

(b)            The Company shall not undertake any voluntary act that could be reasonably expected to cause a Violation or result in delay or suspension under Section 5(a)(vi) . During any Suspension Period, and as may be extended hereunder, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to correct or update any disclosure causing the Company to provide notice of the Suspension Period and to file and cause to become effective or terminate the suspension of use or effectiveness, as the case may be, the subject registration statement. In the event that the Company shall exercise its right to delay or suspend the filing or effectiveness of a registration hereunder, the applicable time period during which the registration statement is to remain effective shall be extended by a period of time equal to the duration of the Suspension Period. The Company may extend the Suspension Period for an additional consecutive sixty (60) days with the consent of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities registered under the applicable registration statement, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. If so directed by the Company, all holders of Registrable Securities registering shares under such registration statement shall (i) not offer to sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement during the period in which the delay or suspension is in effect after receiving notice of such delay or suspension and (ii) use their reasonable best efforts to deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such holders’ possession, of the prospectus relating to such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.

 

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Section 6.               Registration Expenses.

 

(a)             The Company’s Obligation. All expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement (including, without limitation, all registration, qualification and filing fees, fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws, printing expenses, messenger and delivery expenses, fees and disbursements of custodians, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and all independent certified public accountants, underwriters (excluding underwriting discounts and commissions) and other Persons retained by the Company) (all such expenses being herein called “ Registration Expenses ”), shall be borne by the Company except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing the Company shall, in any event, pay its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit or quarterly review and the expenses and fees for listing the securities to be registered on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed. Each Person that sells securities pursuant to a Demand Registration or Piggyback Registration hereunder shall bear and pay all underwriting discounts and commissions, if any, applicable to the securities sold for such Person’s account.

 

(b)             Counsel Fees and Disbursements. In connection with each Demand Registration and each Piggyback Registration, the Company shall reimburse the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel chosen by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in such registration.

 

(c)              Security Holders. To the extent any Registration Expenses are to be borne by the holders of Registrable Securities and not the Company under the terms of this Agreement, each holder of securities included in any registration hereunder shall pay those Registration Expenses allocable to the registration of such holder’s securities so included, and any Registration Expenses not so allocable shall be borne by all sellers of securities included in such registration (including the Company, as applicable) in proportion to the aggregate selling price of the securities to be so registered.

 

Section 7.               Indemnification and Contribution .

 

(a)              By the Company. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the extent permitted by law, each holder of Registrable Securities, such holder’s officers, directors employees, agents and representatives, and each Person who controls such holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) (the “ Indemnified Parties ”) against all losses, claims, actions, damages, liabilities and expenses (including with respect to actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, and including reasonable attorney fees and expenses) caused by, resulting from, arising out of, based upon or related to any of the following statements, omissions or violations (each a “ Violation ”) by the Company: (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in (a) any registration statement, prospectus, preliminary prospectus or Free-Writing Prospectus, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or (b) any application or other document or communication (in this Section 7 , collectively called an “ application ”) executed by or on behalf of the Company or based upon written information furnished by or on behalf of the Company filed in any jurisdiction in order to qualify any securities covered by such registration under the securities laws thereof; (ii) any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any other similar federal or state securities laws or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such registration, qualification or compliance. In addition, the Company will reimburse such Indemnified Party for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such losses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such losses result from, arise out of, are based upon, or relate to an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or omission or alleged omission, made in such registration statement, any such prospectus, preliminary prospectus or Free-Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any application, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information prepared and furnished in writing to the Company by an Indemnified Party expressly for use therein or by an Indemnified Party’s failure to deliver a copy of the registration statement or prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto after the Company has furnished such Indemnified Party with a sufficient number of copies of the same.

 

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(b)             By Each Security Holder. In connection with any registration statement in which a holder of Registrable Securities is participating, each such holder shall furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such registration statement or prospectus and, to the extent permitted by law, shall indemnify the Company, its officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives, and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses resulting from any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in the registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by or on behalf of such holder; provided , that the obligation to indemnify shall be individual, not joint and several, for each holder and shall be limited to the net amount of proceeds (before taxes) received by such holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration statement.

 

(c)              Claim Procedure. Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification ( provided , that the failure to give prompt notice shall impair any Person’s right to indemnification hereunder only to the extent such failure has prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. In such instance, the conflicted indemnified parties shall collectively have a right to retain one separate counsel, chosen by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities of the conflicted indemnified parties, at the expense of the indemnifying party.

 

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(d)             Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to, or is insufficient to hold harmless, an indemnified party or is otherwise unenforceable with respect to any loss, claim, damage, liability or action referred to herein, then the indemnifying party in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party hereunder shall contribute to the amounts paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage, liability or action 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 hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided , that the maximum amount of liability in respect of such contribution shall be limited, in the case of each seller of Registrable Securities, to an amount equal to the net proceeds actually received by such seller from the sale of Registrable Securities effected pursuant to such registration. 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 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. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just or equitable if the contribution pursuant to this Section 7(d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account such equitable considerations. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to herein shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending against any action or claim which is the subject hereof. 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 is not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

(e)             Release. No indemnifying party shall, except with the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional term thereof giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7 , an indemnifying party shall not be liable for any amounts paid in settlement of any loss, claim, damage, liability, or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the indemnifying party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

(f)              Non-exclusive Remedy; Survival. The indemnification and contribution provided for under this Agreement shall be in addition to any other rights to indemnification or contribution that any indemnified party may have pursuant to law or contract and shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling Person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of Registrable Securities and the termination or expiration of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with an underwritten public offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control.

 

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Section 8.               Underwritten Registrations.

 

(a)             Selection of Underwriters. The Company shall determine whether the offering pursuant to any registration under this Agreement is underwritten. In any Piggyback Registration, the Company shall have the right to select the investment banker(s) and manager(s) of the offering in its sole discretion and, in any Demand Registration, the Company shall have the right to select the investment banker(s) and manager(s) of the offering subject to the consent of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be included in such offering, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

(b)             Participation. No Person may participate in any registration hereunder which is underwritten unless such Person (i) agrees to sell such Person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Person or Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements (including, without limitation, pursuant to any over-allotment or “green shoe” option requested by the underwriters; provided , that no holder of Registrable Securities shall be required to sell more than the number of Registrable Securities such holder has requested to include) and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 

(c)              Suspended Distributions. Each Person that is participating in any registration under this Agreement, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 5(a)(vi)(C) , shall immediately discontinue the disposition of its Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement until such Person’s receipt of the copies of a supplemented or amended prospectus as contemplated by Section 5(a)(vi)(C) . In the event the Company has given any such notice, the time period during which a Registration Statement is to remain effective shall be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to this Section 8(c) to and including the date when each seller of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement shall have received the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus.

 

Section 9.               Additional Investors. The Company may, with the prior written consent of the Chart Representative and subject to the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement and the Founders Registration Rights Agreement, require or permit any Person who acquires Common Stock or rights to acquire Common Stock from the Company after the date hereof to become a party to this Agreement by obtaining an executed Joinder from such Person (each, an “ Additional Investor ”). Upon the execution and delivery of a Joinder by an Additional Investor, the Common Stock so acquired by or issuable to such Person (the “ Specified Common ”) shall be Registrable Securities.

 

Section 10.            Current Public Information. At all times after the Company has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the requirements of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company shall file all reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and shall take such further action as any holder or holders of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required to enable such holders to sell Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144. Upon request, the Company shall deliver to any holder of Restricted Securities a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

 

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Section 11.            Transfer of Registrable Securities.

 

(a)              Restrictions on Transfers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except in the case of (i) a transfer to the Company, (ii) a transfer by an Investor to one of its Permitted Transferees, (iii) a Public Offering, or (iv) a sale pursuant to Rule 144, prior to transferring any Registrable Securities to any Person (including, without limitation, by operation of law), the transferring Investor shall cause the prospective transferee to execute and deliver to the Company a Joinder agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. Any transfer or attempted transfer of any Registrable Securities in violation of any provision of this Agreement shall be void, and the Company shall not record such transfer on its books or treat any purported transferee of such Registrable Securities as the owner thereof for any purpose.

 

(b)             Legend. Each certificate evidencing any Registrable Securities and each certificate issued in exchange for or upon the transfer of any Registrable Securities (unless such Registrable Securities would no longer be Registrable Securities after such transfer) shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND OTHER PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN A REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JULY 31, 2015 BY AND AMONG THE ISSUER OF SUCH SECURITIES (THE “ COMPANY ”) AND CERTAIN OF THE COMPANY’S STOCKHOLDERS, AS AMENDED. A COPY OF SUCH REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE BY THE COMPANY TO THE HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.”

 

The Company shall imprint such legend on certificates evidencing Registrable Securities outstanding prior to the date hereof. The legend set forth above shall be removed from the certificates evidencing any securities that have ceased to be Registrable Securities.

 

Section 12.            General Provisions .

 

(a)             Termination. Except with respect to the indemnification and contribution provisions contained in Section 7 , the rights granted to an Investor (or a Permitted Transferee) pursuant to this Agreement shall terminate and forthwith become null and void in full on the earliest to occur of (i) the date on which such Investor (or Permitted Transferee) ceases to beneficially own any Registrable Securities and (ii) the later of (x) the seventh (7 th ) anniversary of the date of this Agreement, and (y) the date Rule 144 or another similar exemption under the Securities Act is available for the sale of all of the shares beneficially owned by such Investor (or Permitted Transferee) without limitation and restriction during a three (3) month period without registration.

 

(b)             Amendments and Waivers. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Agreement may be amended, modified or waived only with the prior written consent of the Company and holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities. The failure or delay of any Person to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall in no way be construed as a waiver of such provisions and shall not affect the right of such Person thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance with its terms. A waiver or consent to or of any breach or default by any Person in the performance by that Person of his, her or its obligations under this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a consent or waiver to or of any other breach or default in the performance by that Person of the same or any other obligations of that Person under this Agreement.

 

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(c)            Remedies. The parties to this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce their rights under this Agreement specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages caused by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights existing in their favor. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that a breach of this Agreement would cause irreparable harm and money damages would not be an adequate remedy for any such breach and that, in addition to any other rights and remedies existing hereunder, any party shall be entitled to specific performance and/or other injunctive relief from any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction (without posting any bond or other security) in order to enforce or prevent violation of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

(d)             Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be prohibited, invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or regulation in any jurisdiction, such prohibition, invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement in such jurisdiction or in any other jurisdiction, but this Agreement shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such prohibited, invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

 

(e)             Entire Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement contains the complete agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and preempts any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.

 

(f)              Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit and be enforceable by the Company and its successors and assigns and the holders of Registrable Securities and their respective successors and permitted assigns (whether so expressed or not). In addition, whether or not any express assignment has been made, the provisions of this Agreement which are for the benefit of purchasers or holders of Registrable Securities are also for the benefit of, and enforceable by, any subsequent holder of Registrable Securities.

 

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(g)             Notices. All notices, demands or other communications to be given under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given (i) when delivered personally to the recipient; (ii) when sent by confirmed electronic mail or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient but, if not, then on the next business day; (iii) one (1) business day after it is sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid) or (iv) three (3) days after it is mailed to the recipient by first class mail, return receipt requested. Such notices, demands and other communications shall be sent to the Company at the address specified below and to any holder of Registrable Securities or to any other party subject to this Agreement at such address as indicated beneath such party’s signature hereto, or at such address or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Any party may change its address for receipt of notice by providing prior written notice of the change to the sending party. The Company’s address is:

  

  Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.
  c/o The Chart Group, L.P.
  555 5th Avenue, 19th Floor
  New York, New York 10017
  Attention: Joseph Wright
  Telephone: (212) 350-8205
  Facsimile: (212) 350-8299
  E-mail: jwright@chartgroup.com
     
  with a copy to:
   
  Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
  1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor
  New York, NY 10105
  Attention: Douglas S. Ellenoff, Esq.
    Richard Baumann, Esq.
  Telephone: (212) 370-1300
  Facsimile: (212) 370-7889
  E-mail: ellenoff@egsllp.com
    rbaumann@egsllp.com

 

or to such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party.

 

(h)             Business Days. If any time period for giving notice or taking action hereunder expires on a day which is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday in the state in which the Company’s chief executive office is located, the time period shall automatically be extended to the business day immediately following such Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

 

(i)              Governing Law. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforcement of this Agreement and the exhibits and schedules hereto shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

 

(j)              MUTUAL WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. AS A SPECIFICALLY BARGAINED FOR INDUCEMENT FOR EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT (AFTER HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL), EACH PARTY HERETO EXPRESSLY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LAWSUIT OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO OR ARISING IN ANY WAY FROM THIS AGREEMENT OR THE MATTERS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

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(k)           CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH OF THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE, FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY RELATED AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO FURTHER AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ANY PROCESS, SUMMONS, NOTICE OR DOCUMENT BY U.S. REGISTERED MAIL TO SUCH PARTY’S RESPECTIVE ADDRESS SET FORTH ABOVE SHALL BE EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS FOR ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTERS TO WHICH IT HAS SUBMITTED TO JURISDICTION IN THIS PARAGRAPH. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY RELATED DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE, AND HEREBY AND THEREBY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY SUCH COURT THAT ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.

 

(l)              Descriptive Headings; Interpretation. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement. The use of the word “including” in this Agreement shall be by way of example rather than by limitation.

 

(m)            No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party.

 

(n)             Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, any one of which need not contain the signature of more than one party, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

(o)             Electronic Delivery. This Agreement, the agreements referred to herein, and each other agreement or instrument entered into in connection herewith or therewith or contemplated hereby or thereby, and any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent executed and delivered by means of a photographic, photostatic, facsimile or similar reproduction of such signed writing using a facsimile machine or electronic mail shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request of any party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument, each other party hereto or thereto shall re-execute original forms thereof and deliver them to all other parties. No party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile machine or electronic mail to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of a facsimile machine or electronic mail as a defense to the formation or enforceability of a contract and each such party forever waives any such defense.

 

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(p)             Further Assurances. In connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, each holder of Registrable Securities shall execute and deliver any additional documents and instruments and perform any additional acts that may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate and perform the provisions of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(q)             No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company shall not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to its securities which is inconsistent with or violates the rights granted to the holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby acknowledge that certain terms of the New Investors Registration Rights Agreement may conflict with the terms of this Agreement, and may restrict the rights of the Investors or other holders of Registrable Securities under this Agreement, including their rights to exercise Demand Registrations or Piggyback Registrations. The parties hereby waive any such conflicts and any breach of this Agreement that may result from the Company’s compliance with the terms of the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement. The parties agree that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement, including any provisions of this Agreement that are prohibited by the terms of the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement, the terms of the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement will prevail.

 

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

 

  TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
     
  By:
    Name:
    Title:

 

 

[Signature Page to Tempus Registration Rights Agreement]  

 

 
 

 

SCHEDULE I

 

SCHEDULE OF INITIAL INVESTORS

 

  Benjamin Scott Terry

 

  John G. Gulbin, III

 

  Early Ventures, LLC

 

  Joshua Paul Allen

 

  Robert Lee Priest, Jr.

 

  MSSB C/F Robert Lee Priest, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Exhibit 10.3

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

NON-COMPETITION AND NON-SOLICITATION AGREEMENT

 

THIS NON-COMPETITION AND NON-SOLICITATION AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is being executed and delivered as of July 31, 2015 by each of John G. Gulbin, III , an individual residing in the State of Colorado (“ Gulbin ”), and Tempus Intermediate Holdings, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“ Tempus Jets ”, and together with Gulbin, the “ Subject Parties ”), in favor of and for the benefit of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. , a Delaware corporation (“ Pubco ”), Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Company ”), and each of their respective present and future successors and direct and indirect Subsidiaries (collectively, the “ Covered Parties ”). Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Section 7(l) below.

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 5, 2015 (as amended, including by the First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 20, 2015, the Second Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 10, 2015, and the Third Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated effective as of July 15, 2015, the “ Merger Agreement ”), by and among the Company, the members of the Company identified therein prior to giving effect to the Transactions (as defined below), including Gulbin (the “ Members ”), the Members’ Representative named therein, Chart Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ Chart ”), Pubco, Chart Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Chart Merger Sub ”), TAS Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Company Merger Sub ”), Chart Financing Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Chart Financing Sub ”), TAS Financing Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Company Merger Sub ”), Chart Acquisition Group, LLC in its capacity thereunder as the representative for the equityholders of Chart and Pubco (other than the Members and their successors and assigns) (the “ Chart Representative ”), and the Warrant Offerors named therein, (i) both Chart Merger Sub and Chart Financing Sub will merge with and into Chart, with Chart being the surviving entity and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco, and with (A) former Chart shareholders and warrantholders receiving newly issued shares of common stock of Pubco and warrants to acquire common stock of Pubco, respectively, and (B) former Chart Financing Sub shareholders receiving newly issued shares of common stock of Pubco and warrants to acquire either common stock or preferred stock of Pubco, (ii) both Company Merger Sub and Company Financing Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company being the surviving entity and a wholly owned-subsidiary of Pubco, and with (A) the Members receiving newly issued shares of common stock of Pubco and (B) former Company Financing Sub shareholders receiving newly issued shares of common stock of Pubco, shares of preferred stock of Pubco and warrants to acquire either common stock or preferred stock of Pubco, and (iii) Pubco will become a publicly traded company;

 

WHEREAS, the Company is engaged in the business of providing, directly or indirectly, to or through the United States government and its instrumentalities, foreign governments and their instrumentalities, heads of state, private businesses and others, turnkey and customized aircraft design, engineering, modification and integration services and operations solutions that support aircraft mission requirements, including without limitation any charter brokerage, crew, flight planning, fueling, regulatory, customs, maintenance and insurance services provided in connection therewith (the “ Business ”);

 

WHEREAS, Gulbin, along with the other Members, are also members of Tempus Jets, and the Company was formed by Gulbin and the other Members in December 2014 as a new start-up sister company to Tempus Jets to focus on the Business, for which Tempus Jets was previously prevented from competing, with Gulbin focusing on Tempus Jets’ business and other Members being actively involved in the Business through the Company;

 

 
 

 

WHEREAS, the Merger Agreement requires as a condition to Chart’s and Pubco’s obligations to consummate the mergers and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the “ Transactions ”) that the Subject Parties execute and deliver this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, Pubco, as a material inducement to consummate the Transactions, and to enable Pubco to secure more fully for itself, its Subsidiaries and its shareholders the benefits of the Transactions, requires that the Subject Parties enter into this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, Gulbin, as a Member, and the members of Tempus Jets will receive a material benefit from the Transactions.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in order to induce Pubco to consummate the Transactions, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subject Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

  1. Restriction on Competition.

 

(a)             Restriction . Each Subject Party agrees that from the date of the consummation of the Transactions (the “ Closing Date ”) until the four (4) year anniversary of the Closing Date (such period, the “ Restricted Period ”), such Subject Party will not, without the prior written consent of Pubco (which may be withheld in its sole discretion), anywhere in the United States or elsewhere in the world, directly or indirectly, engage in the Business (other than, with respect to Gulbin, through the Covered Parties) or own, manage, finance or control, or become engaged or serve as an officer, director, employee, member, partner, agent, consultant, advisor or representative of, an entity (other than a Covered Party) that engages in the Business (a “ Competitor ”); provided , however , that such Subject Party may own, as a passive investment, equity interests of any Competitor if (A) such equity interests are listed on a national securities exchange in the United States; and (B) such Subject Party, together with any of such Subject Party’s Affiliates, owns beneficially (directly or indirectly) less than three percent (3%) of the total issued and outstanding equity interests of such entity.

 

(b)             Acknowledgment . Each Subject Party acknowledges and agrees, based upon the advice of legal counsel and/or such Subject Party’s own education, experience and training, that (i) such Subject Party possesses knowledge of confidential information of the Company and the Business, (ii) such Subject Party’s execution of this Agreement is a material inducement to Pubco to consummate the Transactions and to realize the Company’s goodwill, for which such Subject Party (or the members thereof) will receive a substantial direct or indirect financial benefit, and that Pubco would not have entered into the Merger Agreement or consummated the Transactions but for such Subject Party’s agreements set forth in this Agreement; (iii) it would impair the goodwill of the Company and reduce the value of the assets of the Company and cause serious and irreparable injury if any Subject Party were to use such Subject Party’s ability and knowledge by engaging in the Business in competition with a Covered Party, and/or to otherwise breach the obligations contained herein and that the Covered Parties would not have an adequate remedy at law because of the unique nature of the Business, (iv) such Subject Party has no intention of engaging in the Business during the Restricted Period, (v) the relevant public policy aspects of restrictive covenants, covenants not to compete and non-solicitation provisions have been discussed, and every effort has been made to limit the restrictions placed upon such Subject Party to those that are reasonable and necessary to protect the Covered Parties’ legitimate interests, (vi) the Covered Parties conduct and intend to conduct the Business everywhere in the world and compete with other businesses that are or could be located in any part of the world, (vii) the foregoing restrictions on competition are fair and reasonable in type of prohibited activity, geographic area covered, scope and duration, (viii) the consideration provided to the Subject Parties under this Agreement and the Merger Agreement is not illusory, and (ix) such provisions do not impose a greater restraint than is necessary to protect the goodwill or other business interests of the Covered Parties.

 

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  2. No Solicitation; No Disparagement.

 

(a)             No Solicitation of Employees and Consultants . Each Subject Party agrees that, during the Restricted Period, such Subject Party will not, without the prior written consent of Pubco (which may be withheld in its sole discretion), either on its own behalf or on behalf of any other Person, directly or indirectly: (i) hire or engage as an employee, independent contractor, consultant or otherwise any Person who was an employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Covered Parties as of the Closing Date or within the one (1) year period preceding the Closing Date (any such Persons, “ Covered Party Personnel ”); (ii) solicit, induce, encourage or otherwise cause (or attempt to do any of the foregoing) any Covered Party Personnel to leave the service (whether as an employee, consultant or independent contractor) of any Covered Party; or (iii) in any way interfere with or attempt to interfere with the relationship between any Covered Party Personnel and any Covered Party; provided , however , (i) no Subject Party will be deemed to have violated this Section 2(a) if any Covered Party Personnel voluntarily and independently solicits an offer of employment from such Subject Party (or other Person whom such Subject Party is acting on behalf of) by responding to a general advertisement or solicitation program conducted by or on behalf of such Subject Party (or such other Person whom such Subject Party is acting on behalf of) that is not targeted at such Covered Party Personnel or Covered Party Personnel generally, so long as such Covered Party Personnel is not hired; and (ii) the foregoing will not prohibit a Subject Party from using the same professional advisors as the Covered Parties (unless such use would prevent a Covered Party from using such professional advisor as a result of any ethical conflicts in accordance with such advisor’s professional standards).

 

(b)             Non-Solicitation of Customers and Suppliers . Each Subject Party agrees that, during the Restricted Period, such Subject Party will not, without the prior written consent of Pubco (which may be withheld in its sole discretion), individually or on behalf of any other Person, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, induce, encourage or otherwise cause (or attempt to do any of the foregoing) any Person who was an actual customer or client (or prospective customer or client with whom a Covered Party actively marketed or made or taken specific action to make a proposal) of a Covered Party as of or within the one (1) year period preceding the Closing Date (a “ Covered Customer ”) to (A) cease being, or not become, a client or customer of any Covered Party with respect to or relating to the Business or (B) reduce the amount of business of such Covered Customer with any Covered Party, or otherwise alter such business relationship in a manner adverse to any Covered Party, in either case, with respect to or relating to the Business; (ii) interfere with or disrupt (or attempt to interfere with or disrupt) the contractual relationship between any Covered Party and any Covered Customer; (iii) divert any business with any Covered Customer relating to the Business from a Covered Party; (iv) solicit for business, provide services to, engage in or do business with, any Covered Customer for products or services that are part of the Business; or (v) interfere with or disrupt (or attempt to interfere with or disrupt), any Person that was a vendor, supplier, distributor, agent or other service provider of a Covered Party at the time of such interference or disruption, for a purpose competitive with a Covered Party as it relates to the Business.

 

(c)             Non-Disparagement . Each Subject Party agrees that from and after the Closing Date such Subject Party will not directly or indirectly engage in any conduct that involves the making or publishing (including through electronic mail distribution or online social media) of any written or oral statements or remarks (including the repetition or distribution of derogatory rumors, allegations, negative reports or comments) that are disparaging, deleterious or damaging to the integrity, reputation or good will of one or more Covered Parties or their respective management, officers, employees, independent contractors or consultants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Section 3 below, the provisions of this Section 2(c) shall not restrict any Subject Party from providing truthful testimony or information in response to a subpoena or investigation by a governmental authority or in connection with any legal action by such Subject Party against any Covered Party that is asserted by such Subject Party in good faith.

 

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3.            Confidentiality. From and after the Closing Date, each Subject Party will, and will cause each of its Representatives to, keep confidential and not directly or indirectly use, disclose, reveal, publish, transfer or provide access to, any and all Covered Party Information without the prior written consent of Pubco (which may be withheld in its sole discretion). As used in this Agreement, “ Covered Party Information ” means all material and information relating to the business, affairs and assets of any Covered Party, including material and information that concerns or relates to such Covered Party’s bidding and proposal, technical, computer hardware or software, administrative, management, operational, data processing, financial, marketing, sales, human resources, business development, planning and/or other business activities, regardless of whether such material and information is maintained in physical, electronic, or other form, that is: (A) gathered, compiled, generated, produced or maintained by such Covered Party through its Representatives, or provided to such Covered Party by its suppliers, service providers or customers; and (B) intended and maintained by such Covered Party or its Representatives, suppliers, service providers or customers to be kept in confidence. The obligations set forth in this Section 3 will not apply to any Covered Party Information where any Subject Party can prove that such material or information: (i) is known or available through other lawful sources not bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or other confidentiality obligation to, any Covered Party; (ii) is or becomes publicly known through no fault of, or other wrongdoing by, such Subject Party or any of its Representatives; (iii) is already in the possession of such Subject Party at the time of disclosure through lawful sources not bound by a confidentiality agreement or other confidentiality obligation, and through no fault of such Subject Party or any of its Representatives; or (iv) is required to be disclosed pursuant to an order of any administrative body or court of competent jurisdiction (provided that (A) the applicable Covered Party is given reasonable prior written notice, (B) such Subject Party cooperates (and causes its Representatives to cooperate) with any reasonable request of any Covered Party to seek to prevent or narrow such disclosure and (C) if after compliance with clauses (A) and (B) such disclosure is still required, such Subject Party and its Representatives only disclose such portion of the Covered Party Information that is expressly required by such order, as it may be subsequently narrowed).

 

4.            Representations and Warranties. Each Subject Party hereby represents and warrants, to and for the benefit of the Covered Parties as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, that: (a) such Subject Party has full power and capacity to execute and deliver, and to perform all of such Subject Party’s obligations under, this Agreement; and (b) neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the performance of such Subject Party’s obligations hereunder will result directly or indirectly in a violation or breach of any agreement or obligation by which such Subject Party is a party or otherwise bound. By entering into this Agreement, each Subject Party certifies and acknowledges that such Subject Party has carefully read all of the provisions of this Agreement, and that such Subject Party voluntarily and knowingly enters into this Agreement.

 

5.            Remedies. The covenants and undertakings of the Subject Parties contained in this Agreement relate to matters which are of a special, unique and extraordinary character and a violation of any of the terms of this Agreement may cause irreparable injury to the Covered Parties, the amount of which may be impossible to estimate or determine and which cannot be adequately compensated. Each Subject Party agrees that, in the event of any breach or threatened breach by such Subject Party of any covenant or obligation contained in this Agreement, each applicable Covered Party will be entitled to seek and, if awarded by a court of competent jurisdiction or as provided in Section 7(e) below, obtain the following remedies (in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other remedy at law or in equity that may be available to the Covered Parties, including monetary damages), and a court of competent jurisdiction may award: (i) an injunction, restraining order or other equitable relief restraining or preventing such breach or threatened breach, without the necessity of proving actual damages or posting bond or security, which each Subject Party expressly waives; and (ii) recovery of the Covered Party’s attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in enforcing the Covered Party’s rights under this Agreement. Each Subject Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that in the event of any breach of this Agreement, any value attributed or allocated to this Agreement under the Merger Agreement shall not be considered a measure of, or a limit on, the damages of the Covered Parties.

 

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6.            Survival of Obligations. The expiration of the Restricted Period will not relieve any Subject Party of any obligation or liability arising from any breach by such Subject Party of this Agreement during the Restricted Period. Each Subject Party further agrees that the time period during which the covenants contained in Section 1 and Section 2 of this Agreement will be effective will be computed by excluding from such computation any time during which such Subject Party is in violation of any provision of such Sections.

 

7.            Miscellaneous.

 

(a)             Notices . Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by a party hereto shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given, (i) when received if given in person or by courier or a courier service, (ii) on the date of transmission if sent by facsimile or email (with affirmative confirmation of receipt, and provided, that the party providing notice shall within two (2) Business Days provide notice by another method under this Section 7(a) ) or (iii) three (3) Business Days after being deposited in the U.S. mail, certified or registered mail, postage prepaid:

 

 

   
If to Pubco (or any other Covered Party), to: with a copy (that will not constitute notice) to:
   
Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
555 5 th Avenue, 19 th Floor 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10017 New York, NY 10105
Attention: Joseph Wright Attention: Douglas S. Ellenoff, Esq.
Telephone: (212) 350-8205   Richard Baumann, Esq.
Facsimile: (212) 350-8299 Telephone: (212) 370-1300
E-mail: jwright@chartgroup.com Facsimile: (212) 370-7889
    E-mail: ellenoff@egsllp.com
      rbaumann@egsllp.com
       
       
If to Gublin, to: with a copy (that will not constitute notice) to:
   
John G. Gulbin, III Alston & Bird LLP
12260 E. Control Tower Road 101 S. Tryon St., Suite 4000
Englewood, CO 80112 Charlotte, NC 28280-4000
Telephone: (303) 784-7509 Attention: Gary C. Ivey, Esq.
Email: jgulbin@tempusjets.com   T. Scott Kummer, Esq.
    Telephone: 704-444-1090
    Facsimile: 704-444-1690
    E-mail: gary.ivey@alston.com
      scott.kummer@alston.com
       

 

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If to Tempus Jets, to: with a copy (that will not constitute notice) to:
   
Tempus Intermediate Holdings, LLC Alston & Bird LLP
12260 E. Control Tower Road 101 S. Tryon St., Suite 4000
Englewood, CO 80112 Charlotte, NC 28280-4000
Attention: President Attention: Gary C. Ivey, Esq.
Telephone: (303) 799-9999   T. Scott Kummer, Esq.
    Telephone: 704-444-1090
    Facsimile: 704-444-1690
    E-mail: gary.ivey@alston.com
      scott.kummer@alston.com
       

 

or to such other individual or address as a party hereto may designate for itself by notice given as herein provided.

 

(b)             Integration and Non-Exclusivity . This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the Subject Parties and the Covered Parties concerning the subject matter hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the rights and remedies of the Covered Parties under this Agreement are not exclusive of or limited by any other rights or remedies which they may have, whether at law, in equity, by contract or otherwise, all of which will be cumulative (and not alternative). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the rights and remedies of the Covered Parties, and the obligations and liabilities of each Subject Party, under this Agreement, are in addition to their respective rights, remedies, obligations and liabilities (i) under the laws of unfair competition, misappropriation of trade secrets, or other requirements of statutory or common law, or any applicable rules and regulations and (ii) otherwise conferred by contract, including written agreement between the Subject Parties and any of the Covered Parties. Nothing in the Merger Agreement will limit any of the obligations, liabilities, rights or remedies of the Subject Parties or the Covered Parties under this Agreement, nor will any breach of the Merger Agreement or any agreement between any Subject Party and any of the Covered Parties limit or otherwise affect any right or remedy of the Covered Parties under this Agreement. If any term or condition of any other agreement between any Subject Party and any of the Covered Parties conflicts or is inconsistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the more restrictive terms will control as to such Subject Party.

 

(c)             Severability; Reformation . Each provision of this Agreement is separable from every other provision of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is found or held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in whole or in part, by a court of competent jurisdiction, then (i) such provision will be deemed amended to conform to applicable laws so as to be valid, legal and enforceable to the fullest possible extent, (ii) the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of such provision will not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision under any other circumstances or in any other jurisdiction, and (iii) the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of such provision will not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the remainder of such provision or the validity, legality or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement. The Subject Parties and the Covered Parties will substitute for any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision a suitable and equitable provision that carries out, so far as may be valid, legal and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision. Without limiting the foregoing, if any court of competent jurisdiction determines that any part hereof is unenforceable because of the duration, geographic area covered, scope of such provision, or otherwise, such court will have the power to reduce the duration, geographic area covered or scope of such provision, as the case may be, and, in its reduced form, such provision will then be enforceable. Each Subject Party will, at a Covered Party’s request, join the Covered Party in requesting that such court take such action.

 

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(d)             Amendment; Waiver . This Agreement may not be amended or modified in any respect, except by a written agreement executed by the Subject Parties and Pubco and the Company (or their respective permitted successors or assigns). No waiver will be effective unless it is expressly set forth in a written instrument executed by the waiving party and any such waiver will have no effect except in the specific instance in which it is given. Any delay or omission by a party in exercising its rights under this Agreement, or failure to insist upon strict compliance with any term, covenant, or condition of this Agreement will not be deemed a waiver of such term, covenant, condition or right, nor will any waiver or relinquishment of any right or power under this Agreement at any time or times be deemed a waiver or relinquishment of such right or power at any other time or times.

 

(e)             Dispute Resolution . Any dispute, difference, controversy or claim arising in connection with or related or incidental to, or question occurring under, this Agreement or the subject matter hereof (other than applications for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, permanent injunction or other equitable relief or application for enforcement of a resolution under this Section 7(e) ) (a “ Dispute ”) shall be finally settled under the Commercial Arbitration Rules (the “ Rules ”) of the American Arbitration Association (“ AAA ”), unless otherwise agreed, by an arbitral tribunal composed of three (3) arbitrators, at least one (1) of whom shall be an attorney experienced in corporate transactions, appointed by agreement of the parties to such Dispute in accordance with said Rules. In the event such parties fail to agree upon a panel of arbitrators from the first list of potential arbitrators proposed by the AAA, the AAA will submit a second list in accordance with such Rules. In the event such parties shall have failed to agree upon a full panel of arbitrators from such second list, any remaining arbitrators to be selected shall be appointed by the AAA in accordance with such Rules. If at the time of the arbitration the parties to such Dispute agree in writing to submit the dispute to a single arbitrator, such single arbitrator shall be appointed by agreement of such parties in connection with the foregoing procedure or failing such agreement by the AAA in accordance with such Rules. All arbitrators shall be neutral arbitrators and subject to Rule 19 of the Rules. The arbitrators shall apply the laws of the State of Delaware, shall not have the authority to add to, detract from, or modify any provision hereof. To the extent that the Rules and this Agreement are in conflict, the terms of this Agreement shall control. A decision by a majority of the arbitrators shall be final, conclusive and binding. The arbitrators shall deliver a written and reasoned award with respect to the dispute to each of the parties to the dispute, difference, controversy or claim, who shall promptly act in accordance therewith. Any arbitration proceeding shall be held in the State of Delaware. Time is of the essence and the proceedings shall be streamlined and efficient. The arbitration proceedings conducted pursuant hereto shall be confidential. No party shall disclose any information about the arbitration proceedings or the evidence adduced by the other parties in any arbitration proceeding or about documents provided by the other parties in connection with the arbitration proceeding except in the course of a judicial, regulatory or arbitration proceeding or as may be requested by a governmental authority or as required or advisable under law or exchange rules. Before making any disclosure permitted by the preceding sentence, the party intending to make such disclosure shall give the other parties reasonable written notice of the intended disclosure. The parties shall sign, and the arbitrator, expert witnesses and stenographic reporters shall be asked to sign, appropriate non-disclosure agreements or orders in order to effectuate this Agreement of the parties as to confidentiality. The parties hereby exclude any right of appeal to any court on the merits of the dispute. The provisions of this Section 7(e) may be enforced in any court having jurisdiction over the award or any of the parties or any of their respective assets, and judgment on the award (including equitable remedies) granted in any arbitration hereunder may be entered in any such court. Nothing contained in this Section 7(e) shall prevent any Party from seeking injunctive or other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction, without the need to resort to arbitration.

 

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(f)             Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without giving effect to its choice of law principles). Subject to Section 7(e) , for purposes of any legal action, suit or proceeding (an “ Proceeding ”) arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby, each of the parties hereto (a) irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (provided, that if, and only after, such courts determine that they lack subject matter jurisdiction over any Proceeding, such Proceeding shall be brought in the federal courts of the United States located in the State of Delaware (and in any court in which appeal from such courts may be taken), (b) agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to such party’s respective address set forth in Section 7(a) shall be effective service of process for any Proceeding with respect to any matters to which it has submitted to jurisdiction in this Section 7(f) , (c) waives and covenants not to assert or plead, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, in any such Proceeding, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of such court, that the Proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the Proceeding is improper or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by such court, and hereby agrees not to challenge such jurisdiction or venue by reason of any offsets or counterclaims in any such Proceeding, and (d) waives any bond, surety or other security that might be required of any other party with respect thereto. Each party hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such Proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law or in equity. The parties hereto hereby knowingly, voluntarily and intentionally waive the right any may have to a trial by jury in respect to any litigation based hereon, or arising out of, under, or in connection with this Agreement and any agreement contemplated to be executed in connection herewith, or any course of conduct, course of dealing, statements (whether verbal or written) or actions of any party in connection with such agreements, in each case whether now existing or hereafter arising and whether sounding in tort or contract or otherwise. Each party hereto acknowledges that it has been informed by the other parties hereto that this Section 7(f) constitutes a material inducement upon which they are relying and will rely in entering into this Agreement. Any party hereto may file an original counterpart or a copy of this Section 7(f) with any court as written evidence of the consent of each such party to the waiver of its right to trial by jury.

 

(g)             Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement will be binding upon each Subject Party and each Subject Party’s estate, successors and assigns, and will inure to the benefit of the Covered Parties, and their respective successors and assigns. Each Covered Party may freely assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement, at any time, in whole or in part, to any Person which purchases, in one or more transactions, at least a majority of the equity securities (whether by equity sale, merger or otherwise) of such Covered Party or all or substantially all of the assets of such Covered Party and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, without obtaining the consent or approval of the Subject Parties. Each Subject Party agrees that the obligations of such Subject Party under this Agreement are personal and will not be assigned by such Subject Party. Each of the Covered Parties are express third party beneficiaries of this Agreement and will be considered parties under and for purposes of this Agreement.

 

(h)             Subject Parties Not Authorized to Act on Behalf of Covered Parties . In the event that a Subject Party serves as a director, officer, employee or other authorized agent of a Covered Party, such Subject Party shall have no authority, express or implied, to act or make any determination on behalf of a Covered Party in connection with this Agreement or any dispute or Proceeding with respect hereto.

 

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(i)             Construction . Each Subject Party acknowledges that such Subject Party has been represented by counsel, or had the opportunity to be represented by counsel of such Subject Party’s choice. Any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party will not be applied in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. Neither the drafting history nor the negotiating history of this Agreement will be used or referred to in connection with the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. The headings and subheadings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. In this Agreement: (i) the words “include,” “includes” and “including” when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (ii) the definitions contained herein are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms; (iii) whenever required by the context, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa; (iv) the words “herein,” “hereto,” and “hereby” and other words of similar import shall be deemed in each case to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision of this Agreement; (v) the word “if” and other words of similar import when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the phrase “and only if”; (vi) the term “or” means “and/or”; and (vii) any agreement or instrument defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement or instrument as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including by waiver or consent and references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein. Any reference herein to an entity’s board of directors or any director shall include any governing body or governing Person equivalent to a board of directors or director under the Delaware General Corporation Law, and any reference herein to an entity’s officers shall include any Persons serving in a function equivalent to such function under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

(j)             Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. A photocopy, faxed, scanned and/or emailed copy of this Agreement or any signature page to this Agreement, shall have the same validity and enforceability as an originally signed copy.

 

(k)             Effectiveness . This Agreement shall be binding upon each Subject Party upon such Subject Party’s execution and delivery of this Agreement, but this Agreement shall only become effective upon the consummation of the Transactions. In the event that the Merger Agreement is validly terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the consummation of the Transactions, this Agreement shall automatically terminate and become null and void, and the parties shall have no obligations hereunder.

 

(l)             Definitions . As used in the Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Affiliate ” means as to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first Person, including any Person who would be treated as a member of a controlled group under Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any officer or director of such Person. For purposes of this definition, an entity shall be deemed to be “controlled by” a Person if the Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power either to (a) vote ten percent (10%) or more of the securities (including convertible securities) of such entity having ordinary voting power or (b) direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such entity whether by contract or otherwise; and, as to a Person who is a natural person, such person’s Family members.

 

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in the Commonwealth of Virginia are closed.

 

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Family ” means, with respect to any Person, such Person, such Person’s spouse and each of their parents, children and siblings, including adoptive relationships and relationships through marriage, or any other relative of such Person that resides with such Person.

 

Person ” means any natural person, limited liability company, partnership, trust, unincorporated organization, corporation, association, joint stock company, business, group, governmental authority or other entity.

 

Representatives ” means, with respect to any Person, its Affiliates and its and its Affiliates’ respective managers, directors, officers, employees, consultants, agents or other representatives (including legal counsel, accountants, financial advisors, investment bankers and brokers).

 

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person of which such specified Person, directly or indirectly through one or more Subsidiaries, (a) owns at least fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding equity interests entitled to vote generally in the election of the directors or similar governing body of such other Person, or (b) has the power to generally direct the business and policies of such other Person, whether by Contract or as a general partner, managing member, manager, joint venturer, agent or otherwise.

 

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank; Signature Page Follows ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each undersigned Subject Party has duly executed and delivered this Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  Subject Parties:
     
     
  /s/ John G. Gulbin, III
  John G. Gulbin, III
     
  TEMPUS INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, LLC
     
  By: /s/ John G. Gulbin, III
  Name: John G. Gulbin, III
  Title: Manager

 

Acknowledged and accepted as of the date first written above:

 

TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.  
     
By: /s/ Christopher D. Brady    
Name: Christopher D. Brady  
Title: President  
     
TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS, LLC  
     
By: /s/ Benjamin Scott Terry    
Name:

Benjamin Scott Terry

 
Title: Manager  

 

[Signature Page to Non-Competition Agreement]

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.4

 

TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.

2015 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

 

1.             Purpose . The purpose of the Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan is to provide a means through which the Company and its Affiliates may attract and retain key personnel and to provide a means whereby directors, officers, managers, employees, consultants and advisors of the Company and its Affiliates can acquire and maintain an equity interest in the Company, or be paid incentive compensation, which may (but need not) be measured by reference to the value of Common Shares, thereby strengthening their commitment to the welfare of the Company and its Affiliates and aligning their interests with those of the Company’s stockholders.

 

2.             Definitions . The following definitions shall be applicable throughout this Plan:

 

(a)            “ Affiliate ” means (i) any person or entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Company and/or (ii) to the extent provided by the Committee, any person or entity in which the Company has a significant interest as determined by the Committee in its discretion. The term “control” (including, with correlative meaning, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any person or entity, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person or entity, whether through the ownership of voting or other securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

(b)           “ Award ” means, individually or collectively, any Incentive Stock Option, Nonqualified Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Stock Bonus Award and Performance Compensation Award granted under this Plan.

 

(c)            “ Award Agreement ” means an agreement made and delivered in accordance with Section 15(a) of this Agreement evidencing the grant of an Award hereunder.

 

(d)           “ Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(e)            “ Business Combination ” has the meaning given such term in the definition of “Change in Control.”

 

(f)             Business Day  means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized or obligated by federal law or executive order to be closed.

 

(g)           “ Cause   means, in the case of a particular Award, unless the applicable Award Agreement states otherwise, (i) the Company or an Affiliate having “cause” to terminate a Participant’s employment or service, as defined in any employment or consulting agreement or similar document or policy between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate in effect at the time of such termination or (ii) in the absence of any such employment or consulting agreement, document or policy (or the absence of any definition of “Cause” contained therein), (A) a continuing material breach or material default (including, without limitation, any material dereliction of duty) by Participant of any agreement between the Participant and the Company, except for any such breach or default which is caused by the physical disability of the Participant (as determined by a neutral physician), or a continuing failure by the Participant to follow the direction of a duly authorized representative of the Company; (B) gross negligence, willful misfeasance or breach of fiduciary duty by the Participant; (C) the commission by the Participant of an act of fraud, embezzlement or any felony or other crime of dishonesty in connection with the Participant’s duties; or (D) conviction of the Participant of a felony or any other crime that would materially and adversely affect: (i) the business reputation of the Company or (ii) the   performance of the Participant’s duties to the Company. Any determination of whether Cause exists shall be made by the Committee in its sole discretion.

 

 
 

 

(h)           “ Change in Control ” shall, in the case of a particular Award, unless the applicable Award Agreement states otherwise or contains a different definition of “Change in Control,” be deemed to occur upon:

 

(i)      An acquisition (whether directly from the Company or otherwise) of any voting securities of the Company (the “ Voting Securities ”) by any “Person” (as the term person is used for purposes of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”)), immediately after which such Person has “Beneficial Ownership” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities.

 

(ii)    The individuals who constitute the members of the Board cease, by reason of a financing, merger, combination, acquisition, takeover or other non-ordinary course transaction affecting the Company, to constitute at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the members of the Board; or

 

(iii)   Approval by the Board and, if required, stockholders of the Company of, or execution by the Company of any definitive agreement with respect to, or the consummation of (it being understood that the mere execution of a term sheet, memorandum of understanding or other non-binding document shall not constitute a Change of Control):

 

(A)     A merger, consolidation or reorganization involving the Company, where either or both of the events described in clauses (i) or (ii) above would be the result;

 

(B)     A liquidation or dissolution of or appointment of a receiver, rehabilitator, conservator or similar person for, or the filing by a third party of an involuntary bankruptcy against, the Company; provided, however, that to the extent necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code, the occurrence of an event described in this subsection (B) shall not trigger the settlement or payment of any Award granted under this Plan that constitutes non-exempt “deferred compensation” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code; or

 

(C)     An agreement for the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person (other than a transfer to a subsidiary of the Company). 

 

(i)             “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto. References in this Plan to any section of the Code shall be deemed to include any regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, regulations or guidance.

 

(j)             “ Committee ” means a committee of at least two people as the Board may appoint to administer this Plan or, if no such committee has been appointed by the Board, the Board. Unless altered by an action of the Board, the Committee shall be the Compensation Committee of the Board.

 

(k)            “ Common Shares ” means the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (and any stock or other securities into which such common shares may be converted or into which they may be exchanged).

 

(l)             “ Company ” means Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with its successors and assigns.

 

(m)           “ Date of Grant ” means the date on which the granting of an Award is authorized, or such other date as may be specified in such authorization.

 

(n)           “ Disability ” means a “permanent and total” disability incurred by a Participant while in the employ of the Company or an Affiliate. For this purpose, a permanent and total disability shall mean that the Participant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months.

 

(o)           “ Effective Date ” means the date as of which this Plan is adopted by the Board, subject to Section 3 of this Plan.

 

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(p)           “ Eligible Director ” means a person who is (i) a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, and (ii) an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

(q)           “ Eligible Person ” means any (i) individual employed by the Company or an Affiliate;  provided, however , that no such employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall be an Eligible Person unless and to the extent that such eligibility is set forth in such collective bargaining agreement or in an agreement or instrument relating thereto; (ii) director of the Company or an Affiliate; or (iii) consultant or advisor to the Company or an Affiliate, provided that if the Securities Act applies such persons must be eligible to be offered securities registrable on Form S-8 under the Securities Act.

 

(r)             “ Exchange Act ” has the meaning given such term in the definition of “Change in Control,” and any reference in this Plan to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.

 

(s)            “ Exercise Price ” has the meaning given such term in Section 7(b) of this Plan.

 

(t)             “ Fair Market Value ”, unless otherwise provided by the Committee in accordance with all applicable laws, rules regulations and standards, means, on a given date, (i) if the Stock is listed on a securities exchange, the closing sales price on the principal such exchange on such date or, in the absence of reported sales on such date, the closing sales price on the immediately preceding date on which sales were reported, or (ii) if the Stock is not listed on a securities exchange, the mean between the bid and offered prices as quoted by the applicable interdealer quotation system for such date, provided that if the Stock is not quoted on an interdealer quotation system or it is determined that the fair market value is not properly reflected by such quotations, Fair Market Value will be determined by such other method as the Committee determines in good faith to be reasonable and in compliance with Code Section 409A.

 

(u)           “ Immediate Family Members ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15(b) of this Plan.

 

(v)           “ Incentive Stock Option ” means an Option that is designated by the Committee as an incentive stock option as described in Section 422 of the Code and otherwise meets the requirements set forth in this Plan.

 

(w)           “ Indemnifiable Person ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(e) of this Plan.

 

(x)            “ Negative Discretion ” shall mean the discretion authorized by this Plan to be applied by the Committee to eliminate or reduce the size of a Performance Compensation Award consistent with Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

(y)           “ Nonqualified Stock Option ” means an Option that is not designated by the Committee as an Incentive Stock Option.

 

(z)            “ Option ” means an Award granted under Section 7 of this Plan.

 

(aa)          “ Option Period ” has the meaning given such term in Section 7(c) of this Plan.

 

(bb)         “ Outstanding Company Common Shares ” has the meaning given such term in the definition of “Change in Control.”

 

(cc)          “ Outstanding Company Voting Securities ” has the meaning given such term in the definition of “Change in Control.”

 

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(dd)         “ Participant ” means an Eligible Person who has been selected by the Committee to participate in this Plan and to receive an Award pursuant to Section 6 of this Plan.

 

(ee)          “ Performance Compensation Award ” shall mean any Award designated by the Committee as a Performance Compensation Award pursuant to Section 11 of this Plan.

 

(ff)           “ Performance Criteria ” shall mean the criterion or criteria that the Committee shall select for purposes of establishing the Performance Goal(s) for a Performance Period with respect to any Performance Compensation Award under this Plan.

 

(gg)         “ Performance Formula ” shall mean, for a Performance Period, the one or more objective formulae applied against the relevant Performance Goal to determine, with regard to the Performance Compensation Award of a particular Participant, whether all, some portion but less than all, or none of the Performance Compensation Award has been earned for the Performance Period.

 

(hh)         “ Performance Goals ” shall mean, for a Performance Period, the one or more goals established by the Committee for the Performance Period based upon the Performance Criteria.

 

(ii)            “ Performance Period ” shall mean the one or more periods of time, as the Committee may select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be measured for the purpose of determining a Participant’s right to, and the payment of, a Performance Compensation Award.

 

(jj)            “ Permitted Transferee ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15(b) of this Plan.

 

(kk)          “ Person ” has the meaning given such term in the definition of “Change in Control.”

 

(ll)            “ Plan ” means this Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

(mm)       “ Retirement ” means the fulfillment of each of the following conditions: (i) the Participant is good standing with the Company as determined by the Committee; (ii) the voluntary termination by a Participant of such Participant’s employment or service to the Company and (B) that at the time of such voluntary termination, the sum of: (1) the Participant’s age (calculated to the nearest month, with any resulting fraction of a year being calculated as the number of months in the year divided by 12) and (2) the Participant’s years of employment or service with the Company (calculated to the nearest month, with any resulting fraction of a year being calculated as the number of months in the year divided by 12) equals at least 62 (provided that, in any case, the foregoing shall only be applicable if, at the time of Retirement, the Participant shall be at least 55 years of age and shall have been employed by or served with the Company for no less than 5 years).

 

(nn)         “ Restricted Period ” means the period of time determined by the Committee during which an Award is subject to restrictions or, as applicable, the period of time within which performance is measured for purposes of determining whether an Award has been earned.

 

(oo)         “ Restricted Stock Unit ” means an unfunded and unsecured promise to deliver Common Shares, cash, other securities or other property, subject to certain restrictions (including, without limitation, a requirement that the Participant remain continuously employed or provide continuous services for a specified period of time), granted under Section 9 of this Plan.

 

(pp)         “ Restricted Stock ” means Common Shares, subject to certain specified restrictions (including, without limitation, a requirement that the Participant remain continuously employed or provide continuous services for a specified period of time), granted under Section 9 of this Plan.

 

(qq)         “ SAR Period ” has the meaning given such term in Section 8(c) of this Plan.

 

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(rr)           “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in this Plan to any section of the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other official interpretative guidance under such section, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.

 

(ss)          “ Stock Appreciation Right ” or  SAR  means an Award granted under Section 8 of this Plan which meets all of the requirements of Section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(i)(B) of the Treasury Regulations.

 

(tt)           “ Stock Bonus Award ” means an Award granted under Section 10 of this Plan.

 

(uu)         “ Strike Price ” means, except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the case of Substitute Awards, (i) in the case of a SAR granted in tandem with an Option, the Exercise Price of the related Option, or (ii) in the case of a SAR granted independent of an Option, the Fair Market Value on the Date of Grant.

 

(vv)         “ Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any specified Person:

 

(i)             any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Outstanding Company Voting Securities (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and

 

(ii)                 any partnership or limited liability company (or any comparable foreign entity) (a) the sole general partner or managing member (or functional equivalent thereof) or the managing general partner of which is such Person or Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners or managing members (or functional equivalents thereof) of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).

 

(ww)       “ Substitute Award ” has the meaning given such term in Section 5(e).

 

(xx)          “ Treasury Regulations ” means any regulations, whether proposed, temporary or final, promulgated by the U.S. Department of Treasury under the Code, and any successor provisions.

 

3.              Effective Date; Duration . The Plan shall be effective as of the Effective Date, subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company (or by the stockholders of Chart Acquisition Corp, as predecessor to the Company), which approval shall be within twelve (12) months before or after the date this Plan is adopted by the Board. The expiration date of this Plan, on and after which date no Awards may be granted hereunder, shall be the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date; provided, however , that such expiration shall not affect Awards then outstanding, and the terms and conditions of this Plan shall continue to apply to such Awards.

 

4.             Administration .

 

(a)            The Committee shall administer this Plan. To the extent required to comply with the provisions of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act (if the Board is not acting as the Committee under this Plan) or necessary to obtain the exception for performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, as applicable, it is intended that each member of the Committee shall, at the time he takes any action with respect to an Award under this Plan, be an Eligible Director. However, the fact that a Committee member shall fail to qualify as an Eligible Director shall not invalidate any Award granted by the Committee that is otherwise validly granted under this Plan. The acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present or acts approved in writing by a majority of the Committee shall be deemed the acts of the Committee. Whether a quorum is present shall be determined based on the Committee’s charter as approved by the Board.

 

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(b)           Subject to the provisions of this Plan and applicable law, the Committee shall have the sole and plenary authority, in addition to other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee by this Plan and its charter, to: (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to a Participant; (iii) determine the number of Common Shares to be covered by, or with respect to which payments, rights, or other matters are to be calculated in connection with, Awards; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award; (v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled or exercised in cash, Common Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property, or canceled, forfeited, or suspended and the method or methods by which Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited, or suspended; (vi) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances the delivery of cash, Common Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award; (vii) interpret, administer, reconcile any inconsistency in, settle any controversy regarding, correct any defect in and/or complete any omission in this Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award granted under, this Plan; (viii) establish, amend, suspend, or waive any rules and regulations and appoint such agents as the Committee shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of this Plan; (ix) accelerate the vesting or exercisability of, payment for or lapse of restrictions on, Awards; and (x) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of this Plan.

 

(c)            The Committee may, by resolution, expressly delegate to a special committee, consisting of one or more directors who may but need not be officers of the Company, the authority, within specified parameters as to the number and types of Awards, to (i) designate officers and/or employees of the Company or any of its Affiliates to be recipients of Awards under the Plan, and (ii) to determine the number of such Awards to be received by any such Participants; provided, however, that such delegation of duties and responsibilities may not be made with respect to grants of Awards to persons (i) subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (ii) who are, or who are reasonably expected to be, “covered employees” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code. The acts of such delegates shall be treated as acts of the Board, and such delegates shall report regularly to the Board and the Committee regarding the delegated duties and responsibilities and any Awards granted.

 

(d)           Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to this Plan or any Award or any documents evidencing Awards granted pursuant to this Plan shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all persons or entities, including, without limitation, the Company, any Affiliate, any Participant, any holder or beneficiary of any Award, and any stockholder of the Company.

 

(e)            No member of the Board, the Committee, delegate of the Committee or any employee, advisor or agent of the Company or the Board or the Committee (each such person, an “ Indemnifiable Person ”) shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken or any determination made in good faith with respect to this Plan or any Award hereunder. Each Indemnifiable Person shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from (and the Company shall pay or reimburse on demand for) any loss, cost, liability, or expense (including attorneys’ fees) that may be imposed upon or incurred by such Indemnifiable Person in connection with or resulting from any action, suit or proceeding to which such Indemnifiable Person may be a party or in which such Indemnifiable Person may be involved by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken under this Plan or any Award Agreement and against and from any and all amounts paid by such Indemnifiable Person with the Company’s approval, in settlement thereof, or paid by such Indemnifiable Person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding against such Indemnifiable Person,  provided , that the Company shall have the right, at its own expense, to assume and defend any such action, suit or proceeding and once the Company gives notice of its intent to assume the defense, the Company shall have sole control over such defense with counsel of the Company’s choice. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be available to an Indemnifiable Person to the extent that a final judgment or other final adjudication (in either case not subject to further appeal) binding upon such Indemnifiable Person determines that the acts or omissions of such Indemnifiable Person giving rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such Indemnifiable Person’s bad faith, fraud or willful criminal act or omission or that such right of indemnification is otherwise prohibited by law or by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such Indemnifiable Persons may be entitled under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any other power that the Company may have to indemnify such Indemnifiable Persons or hold them harmless.

 

(f)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Plan, the Board may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, grant Awards and administer this Plan with respect to such Awards. In any such case, the Board shall have all the authority granted to the Committee under this Plan. 

 

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5.             Grant of Awards; Shares Subject to this Plan; Limitations .

 

(a)            The Committee may, from time to time, grant Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Bonus Awards and/or Performance Compensation Awards to one or more Eligible Persons.

 

(b)            Subject to Section 12 of this Plan, the Committee is authorized to deliver under this Plan an aggregate number of Common Shares equal to 7.5% of the outstanding Common Shares on the Effective Date.

 

(c)            Common Shares underlying Awards under this Plan that are forfeited, cancelled, expire unexercised, or are settled in cash shall be available again for Awards under this Plan at the same ratio at which they were previously granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following Common Shares shall not be available again for Awards under the Plan: (i) shares tendered or held back upon the exercise of an Option or settlement of an Award to cover the Exercise Price of an Award; (ii) shares that are used or withheld to satisfy tax obligations of the Participant; and (iii) shares subject to a Stock Appreciation Right that are not issued in connection with the stock settlement of the SAR upon exercise thereof.

 

(d)            Common Shares delivered by the Company in settlement of Awards may be authorized and unissued shares, shares held in the treasury of the Company, shares purchased on the open market or by private purchase, or a combination of the foregoing.

 

(e)            Subject to compliance with Section 1.409A-3(f) of the Treasury Regulations, Awards may, in the sole discretion of the Committee, be granted under this Plan in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by an entity acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines (“ Substitute Awards ”). The number of Common Shares underlying any Substitute Awards shall be counted against the aggregate number of Common Shares available for Awards under this Plan.

 

(f)            Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary (but subject to adjustment as provided in Section 12), the Committee shall not grant to any one Eligible Person in any one calendar year Awards (i) for more than 150,000 Common Shares in the aggregate or (ii) payable in cash in an amount exceeding $600,000 in the aggregate. 

 

6.             Eligibility . Participation shall be limited to Eligible Persons who have entered into an Award Agreement or who have received written notification from the Committee, or from a person designated by the Committee, that they have been selected to participate in this Plan.

 

7.             Options .

 

(a)             Generally . Each Option granted under this Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)). Each Option so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 7, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with this Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement. All Options granted under this Plan shall be Nonqualified Stock Options unless the applicable Award Agreement expressly states that the Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option. Notwithstanding any designation of an Option, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of Common Shares with respect to which Options designated as Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any Participant during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company or any Subsidiary) exceeds $100,000, such excess Options shall be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options. Incentive Stock Options shall be granted only to Eligible Persons who are employees of the Company and its Affiliates, and no Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to any Eligible Person who is ineligible to receive an Incentive Stock Option under the Code. No Option shall be treated as an Incentive Stock Option unless this Plan has been approved by the stockholders of the Company in a manner intended to comply with the stockholder approval requirements of Section 422(b)(1) of the Code, provided that any Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall not fail to be effective solely on account of a failure to obtain such approval, but rather such Option shall be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option unless and until such approval is obtained. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the terms and conditions of such grant shall be subject to and comply with such rules as may be prescribed by Section 422 of the Code. If for any reason an Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option (or any portion thereof) shall not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, then, to the extent of such nonqualification, such Option or portion thereof shall be regarded as a Nonqualified Stock Option appropriately granted under this Plan.

 

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(b)            Exercise Price . The exercise price (“ Exercise Price ”) per Common Share for each Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such share determined as of the Date of Grant;  provided, however , that in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an employee who, at the time of the grant of such Option, owns shares representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of shares of the Company or any Affiliate, the Exercise Price per share shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per share on the Date of Grant;  and, provided further,  that notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Exercise Price shall not be less than the par value per Common Share.

 

(c)             Vesting and Expiration . Options shall vest and become exercisable in such manner and on such date or dates determined by the Committee and as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, and shall expire after such period, not to exceed ten (10) years from the Date of Grant, as may be determined by the Committee (the “ Option Period ”);  provided, however , that the Option Period shall not exceed five (5) years from the Date of Grant in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Participant who on the Date of Grant owns shares representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of shares of the Company or any Affiliate;  and, provided, further , that notwithstanding any vesting dates set   by the Committee, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the exercisability of any Option, which acceleration shall not affect the terms and conditions of such Option other than with respect to exercisability. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement:

 

(i)             an Option shall vest and become exercisable with respect to 100% of the Common Shares subject to such Option on the third (3 rd ) anniversary of the Date of Grant;

 

(ii)            the unvested portion of an Option shall expire upon termination of employment or service of the Participant granted the Option, and the vested portion of such Option shall remain exercisable for:

 

(A)               one year following termination of employment or service by reason of such Participant’s death or Disability (with the determination of Disability to be made by the Committee on a case by case basis), but not later than the expiration of the Option Period;

 

(B)                for directors, officers and employees of the Company only, for the remainder of the Option Period following termination of employment or service by reason of such Participant’s Retirement (it being understood that any Incentive Stock Option held by the Participant shall be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option if exercise is not undertaken within 90 days of the date of Retirement);

 

(C)                90 calendar days following termination of employment or service for any reason other than such Participant’s death, Disability or Retirement, and other than such Participant’s termination of employment or service for Cause, but not later than the expiration of the Option Period; and

 

(iii)          both the unvested and the vested portion of an Option shall immediately expire upon the termination of the Participant’s employment or service by the Company for Cause.

 

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(d)            Method of Exercise and Form of Payment . No Common Shares shall be delivered pursuant to any exercise of an Option until payment in full of the Exercise Price therefor is received by the Company and the Participant has paid to the Company an amount equal to any federal, state, local and non-U.S. income and employment taxes required to be withheld. Options that have become exercisable may be exercised by delivery of written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Award Agreement accompanied by payment of the Exercise Price. The Exercise Price shall be payable (i) in cash, check (subject to collection), cash equivalent and/or vested Common Shares valued at the Fair Market Value at the time the Option is exercised (including, pursuant to procedures approved by the Committee, by means of attestation of ownership of a sufficient number of Common Shares in lieu of actual delivery of such shares to the Company);  provided, however,  that such Common Shares are not subject to any pledge or other security interest and; (ii) by such other method as the Committee may permit in accordance with applicable law, in its sole discretion, including without limitation: (A) in other property having a fair market value (as determined by the Committee in its discretion) on the date of exercise equal to the Exercise Price or (B) if there is a public market for the Common Shares at such time, by means of a broker-assisted “cashless exercise” pursuant to which the Company is delivered a copy of irrevocable instructions to a stockbroker to sell the Common Shares otherwise deliverable upon the exercise of the Option and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the Exercise Price or (C) by a “net exercise” method whereby the Company withholds from the delivery of the Common Shares for which the Option was exercised that number of Common Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate Exercise Price for the Common Shares for which the Option was exercised. Any fractional Common Shares shall be settled in cash.

 

(e)             Notification upon Disqualifying Disposition of an Incentive Stock Option . Each Participant awarded an Incentive Stock Option under this Plan shall notify the Company in writing immediately after the date he makes a disqualifying disposition of any Common Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Incentive Stock Option. A disqualifying disposition is any disposition (including, without limitation, any sale) of such Common Shares before the later of (A) two years after the Date of Grant of the Incentive Stock Option or (B) one year after the date of exercise of the Incentive Stock Option. The Company may, if determined by the Committee and in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, retain possession of any Common Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option as agent for the applicable Participant until the end of the period described in the preceding sentence.

 

(f)             Compliance with Laws, etc . Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a Participant be permitted to exercise an Option in a manner that the Committee determines would violate the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, if applicable, or any other applicable law or the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or the applicable rules and regulations of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company are listed or traded.

 

8.             Stock Appreciation Rights .

 

(a)             Generally . Each SAR granted under this Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)). Each SAR so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 8, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with this Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement. Any Option granted under this Plan may include tandem SARs. The Committee also may award SARs to Eligible Persons independent of any Option.

 

(b)            Exercise Price.  The Exercise Price per Common Share for each Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such share determined as of the Date of Grant.

 

(c)             Vesting and Expiration . A SAR granted in connection with an Option shall become exercisable and shall expire according to the same vesting schedule and expiration provisions as the corresponding Option. A SAR granted independent of an Option shall vest and become exercisable and shall expire in such manner and on such date or dates determined by the Committee and shall expire after such period, not to exceed ten years, as may be determined by the Committee (the “ SAR Period ”);  provided, however , that notwithstanding any vesting dates set by the Committee, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the exercisability of any SAR, which acceleration shall not affect the terms and conditions of such SAR other than with respect to exercisability. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement:

 

(i)            a SAR shall vest and become exercisable with respect to 100% of the Common Shares subject to such SAR on the third anniversary of the Date of Grant;

 

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(ii)           the unvested portion of a SAR shall expire upon termination of employment or service of the Participant granted the SAR, and the vested portion of such SAR shall remain exercisable for:

 

(A)               one year following termination of employment or service by reason of such Participant’s death or Disability (with the determination of Disability to be made by the Committee on a case by case basis), but not later than the expiration of the SAR Period;

 

(B)                for directors, officers and employees of the Company only, for the remainder of the SAR Period following termination of employment or service by reason of such Participant’s Retirement;

 

(C)                90 calendar days following termination of employment or service for any reason other than such Participant’s death, Disability or Retirement, and other than such Participant’s termination of employment or service for Cause, but not later than the expiration of the SAR Period; and

 

(iii)          both the unvested and the vested portion of a SAR shall expire immediately upon the termination of the Participant’s employment or service by the Company for Cause.

 

(d)            Method of Exercise . SARs that have become exercisable may be exercised by delivery of written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Award, specifying the number of SARs to be exercised and the date on which such SARs were awarded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on the last day of the Option Period (or in the case of a SAR independent of an option, the SAR Period), the Fair Market Value exceeds the Strike Price, the Participant has not exercised the SAR or the corresponding Option (if applicable), and neither the SAR nor the corresponding Option (if applicable) has expired, such SAR shall be deemed to have been exercised by the Participant on such last day and the Company shall make the appropriate payment therefor.

 

(e)             Payment . Upon the exercise of a SAR, the Company shall pay to the Participant an amount equal to the number of shares subject to the SAR that are being exercised multiplied by the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of one Common Share on the exercise date over the Strike Price, less an amount equal to any federal, state, local and non-U.S. income and employment taxes required to be withheld. The Company shall pay such amount in cash, in Common Shares valued at fair market value, or any combination thereof, as determined by the Committee. Any fractional Common Share shall be settled in cash.

 

9.             Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units .

 

(a)             Generally . Each grant of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)). Each such grant shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 9, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with this Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to such restrictions on transferability and other restrictions as the Committee may impose (including, for example, limitations on the right to vote Restricted Stock or the right to receive dividends on the Restricted Stock). These restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such times, under such circumstances, in such installments, upon the satisfaction of Performance Goals or otherwise, as the Committee determines at the time of the grant of an Award or thereafter. Except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, a Participant shall have none of the rights of a stockholder with respect to Restricted Stock Units until such time as Common Shares are paid in settlement of such Awards.

 

(b)            Restricted Accounts; Escrow or Similar Arrangement . Upon the grant of Restricted Stock, a book entry in a restricted account shall be established in the Participant’s name at the Company’s transfer agent and, if the Committee determines that the Restricted Stock shall be held by the Company or in escrow rather than held in such restricted account pending the release of the applicable restrictions, the Committee may require the Participant to additionally execute and deliver to the Company (i) an escrow agreement satisfactory to the Committee, if applicable, and (ii) the appropriate share power (endorsed in blank) with respect to the Restricted Stock covered by such agreement. If a Participant shall fail to execute an agreement evidencing an Award of Restricted Stock and, if applicable, an escrow agreement and blank share power within the amount of time specified by the Committee, the Award shall be null and void  ab initio . Subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 9 and the applicable Award Agreement, the Participant generally shall have the rights and privileges of a stockholder as to such Restricted Stock, including without limitation the right to vote such Restricted Stock and the right to receive dividends, if applicable. To the extent shares of Restricted Stock are forfeited, any share certificates issued to the Participant evidencing such shares shall be returned to the Company, and all rights of the Participant to such shares and as a stockholder with respect thereto shall terminate without further obligation on the part of the Company.

 

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(c)             Vesting; Acceleration of Lapse of Restrictions . Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement: (i) the Restricted Period shall lapse with respect to 100% of the Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units on the third (3 rd ) anniversary of the Date of Grant; and (ii) the unvested portion of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall terminate and be forfeited upon termination of employment or service of the Participant granted the applicable Award.

 

(d)             Delivery of Restricted Stock and Settlement of Restricted Stock Units . (i) Upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any shares of Restricted Stock, the restrictions set forth in the applicable shall be of no further force or effect with respect to such shares, except as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. If an escrow arrangement is used, upon such expiration, the Company shall deliver to the Participant, or his beneficiary, without charge, the share certificate evidencing the shares of Restricted Stock that have not then been forfeited and with respect to which the Restricted Period has expired (rounded down to the nearest full share).   Dividends, if any, that may have been withheld by the Committee and attributable to any particular share of Restricted Stock shall be distributed to the Participant in cash or, at the sole discretion of the Committee, in shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such dividends, upon the release of restrictions on such share and, if such share is forfeited, the Participant shall have no right to such dividends (except as otherwise set forth by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement).

 

(ii)           Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement, upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any outstanding Restricted Stock Units, the Company shall deliver to the Participant, or his beneficiary, without charge, one Common Share for each such outstanding Restricted Stock Unit;  provided, however , that the Committee may, in its sole discretion and subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, elect to (i) pay cash or part cash and part Common Share in lieu of delivering only Common Shares in respect of such Restricted Stock Units or (ii) defer the delivery of Common Shares (or cash or part Common Shares and part cash, as the case may be) beyond the expiration of the Restricted Period if such delivery would result in a violation of applicable law until such time as is no longer the case. If a cash payment is made in lieu of delivering Common Shares, the amount of such payment shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of the Common Shares as of the date on which the Restricted Period lapsed with respect to such Restricted Stock Units, less an amount equal to any federal, state, local and non-U.S. income and employment taxes required to be withheld.

 

10.            Stock Bonus Awards . The Committee may issue unrestricted Common Shares, or other Awards denominated in Common Shares, under this Plan to Eligible Persons, either alone or in tandem with other awards, in such amounts as the Committee shall from time to time in its sole discretion determine. Each Stock Bonus Award granted under this Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)). Each Stock Bonus Award so granted shall be subject to such conditions not inconsistent with this Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement.

 

11.            Performance Compensation Awards .

 

(a)             Generally . The provisions of the Plan are intended to enable Options and Stock Appreciation Rights granted hereunder to certain Eligible Persons to qualify for an exemption under Section 162(m) of the Code. The Committee shall have the authority, at the time of grant of any Award described in Sections 7 through 10 of this Plan, to designate any other Award as a Performance Compensation Award intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. The Committee shall have the authority to make an award of a cash bonus to any Participant and designate such Award as a Performance Compensation Award intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

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(b)             Discretion of Committee with Respect to Performance Compensation Awards . With regard to a particular Performance Period, the Committee shall have sole discretion to select the length of such Performance Period, the type(s) of Performance Compensation Awards to be issued, the Performance Criteria that will be used to establish the Performance Goal(s), the kind(s) and/or level(s) of the Performance Goals(s) that is (are) to apply and the Performance Formula. Within the first 90 calendar days of a Performance Period (or, if longer or shorter, within the maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code, if applicable), the Committee shall, with regard to the Performance Compensation Awards to be issued for such Performance Period, exercise its discretion with respect to each of the matters enumerated in the immediately preceding sentence and record the same in writing.

 

(c)             Performance Criteria . The Performance Criteria that will be used to establish the Performance Goal(s) shall be based on the attainment of specific levels of performance of the Company and/or one or more Affiliates, divisions or operational units, or any combination of the foregoing, as determined by the Committee, which criteria will be based on one or more of the following business criteria: (i) revenue; (ii) sales; (iii) profit (net profit, gross profit, operating profit, economic profit, profit margins or other corporate profit measures); (iv) earnings (EBIT, EBITDA, earnings per share, or other corporate earnings measures); (v) net income (before or after taxes, operating income or other income measures); (vi) cash (cash flow, cash generation or other cash measures); (vii) stock price or performance; (viii) total stockholder return (stock price appreciation plus reinvested dividends divided by beginning share price); (ix) economic value added; (x) return measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, equity, investments or sales, and cash flow return on assets, capital, equity, or sales); (xi) market share; (xii) improvements in capital structure; (xiii) expenses (expense management, expense ratio, expense efficiency ratios or other expense measures); (xiv) business expansion or consolidation (acquisitions and divestitures); (xv) internal rate of return or increase in net present value; (xvi) working capital targets relating to inventory and/or accounts receivable; (xvii) inventory management; (xviii) service or product delivery or quality; (xix) customer satisfaction; (xx) employee retention; (xxi) safety standards; (xxii) productivity measures; (xxiii) cost reduction measures; and/or (xxiv) strategic plan development and implementation. Any one or more of the Performance Criteria adopted by the Committee may be used on an absolute or relative basis to measure the performance of the Company and/or one or more Affiliates as a whole or any business unit(s) of the Company and/or one or more Affiliates or any combination thereof, as the Committee may deem appropriate, or any of the above Performance Criteria may be compared to the performance of a selected group of comparison companies, or a published or special index that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate, or as compared to various stock market indices. The Committee also has the authority to provide for accelerated vesting of any Award based on the achievement of Performance Goals pursuant to the Performance Criteria specified in this paragraph. To the extent required under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee shall, within the first 90 calendar days of a Performance Period (or, if longer or shorter, within the maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code), define in an objective fashion the manner of calculating the Performance Criteria it selects to use for such Performance Period and thereafter promptly communicate such Performance Criteria to the Participant.

 

(d)             Modification of Performance Goal(s) . In the event that applicable tax and/or securities laws change to permit Committee discretion to alter the governing Performance Criteria without obtaining stockholder approval of such alterations, the Committee shall have sole discretion to make such alterations without obtaining stockholder approval. The Committee is authorized at any time during the first 90 calendar days of a Performance Period (or, if longer or shorter, within the maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code, if applicable), or at any time thereafter to the extent the exercise of such authority at such time would not cause the Performance Compensation Awards granted to any Participant for such Performance Period to fail to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, in its sole discretion, to adjust or modify the calculation of a Performance Goal for such Performance Period, based on and in order to appropriately reflect the following events: (i) asset write-downs; (ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements; (iii) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or regulatory rules affecting reported results; (iv) any reorganization and restructuring programs; (v) extraordinary nonrecurring items as described in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 (or any successor pronouncement thereto) and/or in management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company’s annual report to stockholders for the applicable year; (vi) acquisitions or divestitures; (vii) any other specific unusual or nonrecurring events, or objectively determinable category thereof; (viii) foreign exchange gains and losses; and (ix) a change in the Company’s fiscal year.

 

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(e)             Payment of Performance Compensation Awards .

 

(i)              Condition to Receipt of Payment . Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, a Participant must be employed by the Company on the last day of a Performance Period to be eligible for payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award for such Performance Period.

 

(ii)            Limitation . A Participant shall be eligible to receive payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award only to the extent that: (A) the Performance Goals for such period are achieved; and (B) all or some of the portion of such Participant’s Performance Compensation Award has been earned for the Performance Period based on the application of the Performance Formula to such achieved Performance Goals.

 

(iii)           Certification . Following the completion of a Performance Period, the Committee shall review and certify in writing whether, and to what extent, the Performance Goals for the Performance Period have been achieved and, if so, calculate and certify in writing that amount of the Performance Compensation Awards earned for the period based upon the Performance Formula. The Committee shall then determine the amount of each Participant’s Performance Compensation Award actually payable for the Performance Period and, in so doing, may apply Negative Discretion.

 

(iv)           Use of Negative Discretion . In determining the actual amount of an individual Participant’s Performance Compensation Award for a Performance Period, the Committee may reduce or eliminate the amount of the Performance Compensation Award earned under the Performance Formula in the Performance Period through the use of Negative Discretion if, in its sole judgment, such reduction or elimination is appropriate. The Committee shall not have the discretion, except as is otherwise provided in this Plan, to (A) grant or provide payment in respect of Performance Compensation Awards for a Performance Period if the Performance Goals for such Performance Period have not been attained; or (B) increase a Performance Compensation Award above the applicable limitations set forth in Section 5 of this Plan.

 

(f)             Timing of Award Payments . Performance Compensation Awards granted for a Performance Period shall be paid to Participants as soon as administratively practicable following completion of the certifications required by this Section 11, but in no event later than two-and-one-half months following the end of the fiscal year during which the Performance Period is completed in order to comply with the short-term deferral rules under Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) of the Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, payment of a Performance Compensation Award may be delayed, as permitted by Section 1.409A-2(b)(7)(i) of the Treasury Regulations, to the extent that the Company reasonably anticipates that if such payment were made as scheduled, the Company’s tax deduction with respect to such payment would not be permitted due to the application of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

12.            Changes in Capital Structure and Similar Events . In the event of (a) any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Common Shares, other securities or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, split-up, split-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of Common Shares or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to acquire Common Shares or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event (including, without limitation, a Change in Control) that affects the Common Shares, or (b) unusual or nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, a Change in Control) affecting the Company, any Affiliate, or the financial statements of the Company or any Affiliate, or changes in applicable rules, rulings, regulations or other requirements of any governmental body or securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system, accounting principles or law, such that in either case an adjustment is determined by the Committee in its sole discretion to be necessary or appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of rights, then the Committee shall make any such adjustments that are equitable, including without limitation any or all of the following:

 

(i)             adjusting any or all of (A) the number of Common Shares or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other property) that may be delivered in respect of Awards or with respect to which Awards may be granted under this Plan (including, without limitation, adjusting any or all of the limitations under Section 5 of this Plan) and (B) the terms of any outstanding Award, including, without limitation, (1) the number of Common Shares or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other property) subject to outstanding Awards or to which outstanding Awards relate, (2) the Exercise Price or Strike Price with respect to any Award or (3) any applicable performance measures (including, without limitation, Performance Criteria and Performance Goals);

 

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(ii)            providing for a substitution or assumption of Awards, accelerating the exercisability of, lapse of restrictions on, or termination of, Awards or providing for a period of time for exercise prior to the occurrence of such event; and

 

(iii)           subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, canceling any one or more outstanding Awards and causing to be paid to the holders thereof, in cash, Common Shares, other securities or other property, or any combination thereof, the value of such Awards, if any, as determined by the Committee (which if applicable may be based upon the price per Common Share received or to be received by other stockholders of the Company in such event), including without limitation, in the case of an outstanding Option or SAR, a cash payment in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value (as of a date specified by the Committee) of the Common Shares subject to such Option or SAR over the aggregate Exercise Price or Strike Price of such Option or SAR, respectively (it being understood that, in such event, any Option or SAR having a per share Exercise Price or Strike Price equal to, or in excess of, the fair market value of a Common Share subject thereto may be canceled and terminated without any payment or consideration therefor);  provided, however , that in the case of any “equity restructuring” (within the meaning of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004) or ASC Topic 718, or any successor thereto), the Committee shall make an equitable or proportionate adjustment to outstanding Awards to reflect such equity restructuring. Any adjustment in Incentive Stock Options under this Section 12 (other than any cancellation of Incentive Stock Options) shall be made only to the extent not constituting a “modification” within the meaning of Section 424(h)(3) of the Code, and any adjustments under this Section 12 shall be made in a manner that does not adversely affect the exemption provided pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. The Company shall give each Participant notice of an adjustment hereunder and, upon notice, such adjustment shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes.

 

13.             Effect of Change in Control.  Except to the extent otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, in the event of a Change in Control, notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, with respect to all or any portion of a particular outstanding Award or Awards:

 

(a)            all of the then outstanding Options and SARs shall immediately vest and become immediately exercisable as of a time prior to the Change in Control;

 

(b)           the Restricted Period shall expire as of a time prior to the Change in Control (including without limitation a waiver of any applicable Performance Goals);

 

(c)            Performance Periods in effect on the date the Change in Control occurs shall end on such date, and the Committee shall (i) determine the extent to which Performance Goals with respect to each such Performance Period have been met based upon such audited or unaudited financial information or other information then available as it deems relevant and (ii) cause the Participant to receive partial or full payment of Awards for each such Performance Period based upon the Committee’s determination of the degree of attainment of the Performance Goals, or assuming that the applicable “target” levels of performance have been attained or on such other basis determined by the Committee.

 

To the extent practicable, any actions taken by the Committee under the immediately preceding clauses (a) through (c) shall occur in a manner and at a time which allows affected Participants the ability to participate in the Change in Control transactions with respect to the Common Shares subject to their Awards.

 

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14.           Amendments and Termination.

 

(a)             Amendment and Termination of this Plan . The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate this Plan or any portion thereof at any time;  provided , that (i) no amendment to the definition of Eligible Person in Section 2(q), Section 5(b), Section 11(c) or Section 14(b) (to the extent required by the proviso in such Section 14(b)) shall be made without stockholder approval and (ii) no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination shall be made without stockholder approval if such approval is necessary to comply with any tax or regulatory requirement applicable to this Plan (including, without limitation, as necessary to comply with any rules or requirements of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Common Shares may be listed or quoted or to prevent the Company from being denied a tax deduction under Section 162(m) of the Code);  and,   provided, further , that any such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant or any holder or beneficiary of any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the prior written consent of the affected Participant, holder or beneficiary.

 

(c)             Amendment of Award Agreements . The Committee may, to the extent consistent with the terms of any applicable Award Agreement, waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate, any Award theretofore granted or the associated Award Agreement, prospectively or retroactively;  provided, however  that any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant with respect to any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant;  and, provided, further , that without stockholder approval, except as otherwise permitted under Section 12 of this Plan, (i) no amendment or modification may reduce the Exercise Price of any Option or the Strike Price of any SAR, (ii) the Committee may not cancel any outstanding Option or SAR and replace it with a new Option or SAR, another Award or cash or take any action that would have the effect of treating such Award as a new Award for tax or accounting purposes and (iii) the Committee may not take any other action that is considered a “repricing” for purposes of the stockholder approval rules of the applicable securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Common Shares are listed or quoted.

 

15.            General .

 

(a)             Award Agreements . Each Award under this Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which shall be delivered to the Participant (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)) and shall specify the terms and conditions of the Award and any rules applicable thereto, including without limitation, the effect on such Award of the death, Disability or termination of employment or service of a Participant, or of such other events as may be determined by the Committee. The Company’s failure to specify any term of any Award in any particular Award Agreement shall not invalidate such term, provided such terms was duly adopted by the Board or the Committee.

 

(b)             Nontransferability; Trading Restrictions .

 

(i)             Each Award shall be exercisable only by a Participant during the Participant’s lifetime, or, if permissible under applicable law, by the Participant’s legal guardian or representative. No Award may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or an Affiliate; provided that the designation of a beneficiary shall not constitute an assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance.

 

(ii)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit Awards (other than Incentive Stock Options) to be transferred by a Participant, with or without consideration, subject to such rules as the Committee may adopt consistent with any applicable Award Agreement to preserve the purposes of this Plan, to: (A) any person who is a “family member” of the Participant, as such term is used in the instructions to Form S-8 under the Securities Act (collectively, the “ Immediate Family Members ”); (B) a trust solely for the benefit of the Participant and his or her Immediate Family Members; or (C) a partnership or limited liability company whose only partners or stockholders are the Participant and his or her Immediate Family Members; or (D) any other transferee as may be approved either (I) by the Board or the Committee in its sole discretion, or (II) as provided in the applicable Award Agreement (each transferee described in clauses (A), (B) (C) and (D) above is hereinafter referred to as a “ Permitted Transferee ”);  provided,  that the Participant gives the Committee advance written notice describing the terms and conditions of the proposed transfer and the Committee notifies the Participant in writing that such a transfer would comply with the requirements of this Plan.

 

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(iii)          The terms of any Award transferred in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence shall apply to the Permitted Transferee and any reference in this Plan, or in any applicable Award Agreement, to a Participant shall be deemed to refer to the Permitted Transferee, except that (A) Permitted Transferees shall not be entitled to transfer any Award, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution; (B) Permitted Transferees shall not be entitled to exercise any transferred Option unless there shall be in effect a registration statement on an appropriate form covering the Common Shares to be acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Option if the Committee determines, consistent with any applicable Award Agreement, that such a registration statement is necessary or appropriate; (C) the Committee or the Company shall not be required to provide any notice to a Permitted Transferee, whether or not such notice is or would otherwise have been required to be given to the Participant under this Plan or otherwise; and (D) the consequences of the termination of the Participant’s employment by, or services to, the Company or an Affiliate under the terms of this Plan and the applicable Award Agreement shall continue to be applied with respect to the Participant, including, without limitation, that an Option shall be exercisable by the Permitted Transferee only to the extent, and for the periods, specified in this Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

 

(iv)          The Committee shall have the right, either on an Award-by-Award basis or as a matter of policy for all Awards or one or more classes of Awards, to condition the delivery of vested Common Shares received in connection with such Award on the Participant’s agreement to such restrictions as the Committee may determine.

 

(c)             Tax Withholding .

 

(i)             A Participant shall be required to pay to the Company or any Affiliate, or the Company or any Affiliate shall have the right and is hereby authorized to withhold, from any cash, Common Shares, other securities or other property deliverable under any Award or from any compensation or other amounts owing to a Participant, the amount (in cash, Common Shares, other securities or other property) of any required withholding taxes in respect of an Award, its exercise, or any payment or transfer under an Award or under this Plan and to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Committee or the Company to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such withholding and taxes.

 

(ii)           Without limiting the generality of clause (i) above, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit a Participant to satisfy, in whole or in part, the foregoing withholding liability by (A) the delivery of Common Shares (which are not subject to any pledge or other security interest) owned by the Participant having a fair market value equal to such withholding liability or (B) having the Company withhold from the number of Common Shares otherwise issuable or deliverable pursuant to the exercise or settlement of the Award a number of shares with a fair market value equal to such withholding liability (but no more than the minimum required statutory withholding liability).

 

(d)             No Claim to Awards; No Rights to Continued Employment; Waiver . No employee of the Company or an Affiliate, or other person, shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award under this Plan or, having been selected for the grant of an Award, to be selected for a grant of any other Award. There is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants or holders or beneficiaries of Awards. The terms and conditions of Awards and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto need not be the same with respect to each Participant and may be made selectively among Participants, whether or not such Participants are similarly situated. Neither this Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any Participant any right to be retained in the employ or service of the Company or an Affiliate, nor shall it be construed as giving any Participant any rights to continued service on the Board. The Company or any of its Affiliates may at any time dismiss a Participant from employment or discontinue any consulting relationship, free from any liability or any claim under this Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in this Plan or any Award Agreement. By accepting an Award under this Plan, a Participant shall thereby be deemed to have waived any claim to continued exercise or vesting of an Award or to damages or severance entitlement related to non-continuation of the Award beyond the period provided under this Plan or any Award Agreement, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any written employment contract or other agreement between the Company and its Affiliates and the Participant, whether any such agreement is executed before, on or after the Date of Grant.

 

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(e)             International Participants . With respect to Participants who reside or work outside of the United States of America and who are not (and who are not expected to be) “covered employees” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee may in its sole discretion amend the terms of this Plan or outstanding Awards (or establish a sub-plan) with respect to such Participants in order to conform such terms with the requirements of local law or to obtain more favorable tax or other treatment for a Participant, the Company or its Affiliates.

 

(f)             Designation and Change of Beneficiary . Each Participant may file with the Committee a written designation of one or more persons as the beneficiary(ies) who shall be entitled to receive the amounts payable with respect to an Award, if any, due under this Plan upon his or her death. A Participant may, from time to time, revoke or change his or her beneficiary designation without the consent of any prior beneficiary by filing a new designation with the Committee. The last such designation filed with the Committee shall be controlling;  provided, however , that no designation, or change or revocation thereof, shall be effective unless received by the Committee prior to the Participant’s death, and in no event shall it be effective as of a date prior to such receipt. If no beneficiary designation is filed by a Participant, the beneficiary shall be deemed to be his or her spouse or, if the Participant is unmarried at the time of death, his or her estate. Upon the occurrence of a Participant’s divorce (as evidenced by a final order or decree of divorce), any spousal designation previously given by such Participant shall automatically terminate.

 

(g)             Termination of Employment/Service . Unless determined otherwise by the Committee at any point following such event: (i) neither a temporary absence from employment or service due to illness, vacation or leave of absence nor a transfer from employment or service with the Company to employment or service with an Affiliate (or vice-versa) shall be considered a termination of employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate; and (ii) if a Participant’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates terminates, but such Participant continues to provide services to the Company and its Affiliates in a non-employee capacity (or vice-versa), such change in status shall not be considered a termination of employment with the Company or an Affiliate.

 

(h)             No Rights as a Stockholder . Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Plan or any Award Agreement, no person shall be entitled to the privileges of ownership in respect of Common Shares that are subject to Awards hereunder until such shares have been issued or delivered to that person.

 

(i)              Government and Other Regulations .

 

(i)             The obligation of the Company to settle Awards in Common Shares or other consideration shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by governmental agencies as may be required. Notwithstanding any terms or conditions of any Award to the contrary, the Company shall be under no obligation to offer to sell or to sell, and shall be prohibited from offering to sell or selling, any Common Shares pursuant to an Award unless such shares have been properly registered for sale pursuant to the Securities Act with the Securities and Exchange Commission or unless the Company has received an opinion of counsel, satisfactory to the Company, that such shares may be offered or sold without such registration pursuant to an available exemption therefrom and the terms and conditions of such exemption have been fully complied with. The Company shall be under no obligation to register for sale under the Securities Act any of the Common Shares to be offered or sold under this Plan. The Committee shall have the authority to provide that all certificates for Common Shares or other securities of the Company or any Affiliate delivered under this Plan shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under this Plan, the applicable Award Agreement, the federal securities laws, or the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system upon which such shares or other securities are then listed or quoted and any other applicable federal, state, local or non-U.S. laws, and, without limiting the generality of Section 9 of this Plan, the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions. Notwithstanding any provision in this Plan to the contrary, the Committee reserves the right to add any additional terms or provisions to any Award granted under this Plan that it in its sole discretion deems necessary or advisable in order that such Award complies with the legal requirements of any governmental entity to whose jurisdiction the Award is subject.

 

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(ii)           The Committee may cancel an Award or any portion thereof if it determines, in its sole discretion, that legal or contractual restrictions and/or blockage and/or other market considerations would make the Company’s acquisition of Common Shares from the public markets, the Company’s issuance of Common Shares to the Participant, the Participant’s acquisition of Common Shares from the Company and/or the Participant’s sale of Common Shares to the public markets, illegal, impracticable or inadvisable. If the Committee determines to cancel all or any portion of an Award in accordance with the foregoing, unless doing so would violate Section 409A of the Code, the Company shall pay to the Participant an amount equal to the excess of (A) the aggregate fair market value of the Common Shares subject to such Award or portion thereof canceled (determined as of the applicable exercise date, or the date that the shares would have been vested or delivered, as applicable), over (B) the aggregate Exercise Price or Strike Price (in the case of an Option or SAR, respectively) or any amount payable as a condition of delivery of Common Shares (in the case of any other Award). Such amount shall be delivered to the Participant as soon as practicable following the cancellation of such Award or portion thereof. The Committee shall have the discretion to consider and take action to mitigate the tax consequence to the Participant in cancelling an Award in accordance with this clause.

 

(j)              Payments to Persons Other Than Participants . If the Committee shall find that any person to whom any amount is payable under this Plan is unable to care for his affairs because of illness or accident, or is a minor, or has died, then any payment due to such person or his estate (unless a prior claim therefor has been made by a duly appointed legal representative) may, if the Committee so directs the Company, be paid to his spouse, child, relative, an institution maintaining or having custody of such person, or any other person deemed by the Committee to be a proper recipient on behalf of such person otherwise entitled to payment. Any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Committee and the Company therefor.

 

(k)             Nonexclusivity of this Plan . Neither the adoption of this Plan by the Board nor the submission of this Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options or other equity-based awards otherwise than under this Plan, and such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.

 

(l)              No Trust or Fund Created . Neither this Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company or any Affiliate, on the one hand, and a Participant or other person or entity, on the other hand. No provision of this Plan or any Award shall require the Company, for the purpose of satisfying any obligations under this Plan, to purchase assets or place any assets in a trust or other entity to which contributions are made or otherwise to segregate any assets, nor shall the Company maintain separate bank accounts, books, records or other evidence of the existence of a segregated or separately maintained or administered fund for such purposes. Participants shall have no rights under this Plan other than as general unsecured creditors of the Company, except that insofar as they may have become entitled to payment of additional compensation by performance of services, they shall have the same rights as other employees under general law.

 

(m)            Reliance on Reports . Each member of the Committee and each member of the Board shall be fully justified in acting or failing to act, as the case may be, and shall not be liable for having so acted or failed to act in good faith, in reliance upon any report made by the independent public accountant of the Company and its Affiliates and/or any other information furnished in connection with this Plan by any agent of the Company or the Committee or the Board, other than himself.

 

(n)            Relationship to Other Benefits . No payment under this Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, profit sharing, group insurance or other benefit plan of the Company except as otherwise specifically provided in such other plan.

 

(o)            Governing Law . The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions.

 

(p)            Severability . If any provision of this Plan or any Award or Award Agreement is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any person or entity or Award, or would disqualify this Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable laws in the manner that most closely reflects the original intent of the Award or the Plan, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of this Plan or the Award, such provision shall be construed or deemed stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or entity or Award and the remainder of this Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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(q)            Obligations Binding on Successors . The obligations of the Company under this Plan shall be binding upon any successor corporation or organization resulting from the merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other reorganization of the Company, or upon any successor corporation or organization succeeding to substantially all of the assets and business of the Company.

 

(r)             Code Section 162(m) Approval . If so determined by the Committee, the provisions of this Plan regarding Performance Compensation Awards shall be disclosed and reapproved by stockholders no later than the first stockholder meeting that occurs in the fifth year following the year in which stockholders previously approved such provisions, in each case in order for certain Awards granted after such time to be exempt from the deduction limitations of Section 162(m) of the Code. Nothing in this clause, however, shall affect the validity of Awards granted after such time if such stockholder approval has not been obtained.

 

(s)             Expenses; Gender; Titles and Headings . The expenses of administering this Plan shall be borne by the Company and its Affiliates. Masculine pronouns and other words of masculine gender shall refer to both men and women. The titles and headings of the sections in this Plan are for convenience of reference only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of this Plan, rather than such titles or headings shall control.

 

(t)             Other Agreements . Notwithstanding the above, the Committee may require, as a condition to the grant of and/or the receipt of Common Shares under an Award, that the Participant execute lock-up, stockholder or other agreements, as it may determine in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

(u)            Section 409A The Plan and all Awards granted hereunder are intended to comply with, or otherwise be exempt from, the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. The Plan and all Awards granted under this Plan shall be administered, interpreted, and construed in a manner consistent with Section 409A of the Code to the extent necessary to avoid the imposition of additional taxes under Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, in no event shall the Committee exercise its discretion to accelerate the payment or settlement of an Award where such payment or settlement constitutes deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code unless, and solely to the extent that, such accelerated payment or settlement is permissible under Section 1.409A-3(j)(4) of the Treasury Regulations. If a Participant is a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 1.409A-1(i) of the Treasury Regulations) at any time during the twelve (12)-month period ending on the date of his termination of employment, and any Award hereunder subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code is to be satisfied on account of the Participant’s termination of employment, satisfaction of such Award shall be suspended until the date that is six (6) months after the date of such termination of employment.

 

(v)            Payments Participants shall be required to pay, to the extent required by applicable law, any amounts required to receive Common Shares under any Award made under this Plan. 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.10

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is dated and entered into as of July 31, 2015 (the “ Effective Date ”), by and between Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (collectively with its subsidiaries and affiliates to the extent reasonably applicable in the discretion of the Board (as defined below), the “ Company ”), and Benjamin Scott Terry (the “ Executive ”). The Company agrees to employ Executive and Executive hereby accepts employment with the Company as of the date hereof upon the terms and conditions set forth below.

 

1.            Term of Employment . Subject to the provisions of Section 5 of this Agreement, the Executive shall be employed by the Company for a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the three (3) year anniversary of the Effective Date (the “ Initial Term ”). The Agreement shall be renewed automatically for additional one (1) year period(s) (each a “ Renewal Term ”). The Initial Term and each Renewal Term herein are collective referred to as the “ Term ”. This Agreement may be terminated by the Company in writing by notice to Executive delivered no less than six (6) months prior to expiration of the then-applicable Term that this Agreement will not be renewed (a “ Non-Renewal ”).

 

2.            Position .

 

(a)           Duties . The principal duties of the Executive shall be to serve in the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Company. As Chief Executive Officer the Executive shall render full time services to the Company as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and shall have such duties as is customary for such position, all subject to the oversight of the Board of Directors of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc. (the “ Board ”). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Executive will be responsible for all aspects of the Company’s performance, including strategy, research and development, business development, sales and marketing, operations, corporate development, information management, finance, public reporting and corporate communications. Further responsibilities may include such other duties as would be consistent with those duties and responsibilities normally associated with such position in corporations of similar size and nature to the Company, and to render such other services as are reasonably necessary or desirable to protect and advance the best interests of the Company. Executive also shall serve as a member of the Board (subject to Executive’s nomination and election as a member of the Board for subsequent terms), without additional compensation.

 

(b)           Devotion of Time to Company’s Business . The Executive shall use his best efforts, skills and abilities to promote and protect the interests of the Company and devote substantially all of his working time and energies to the business and affairs of the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Executive (i) may serve on the board(s) of additional companies or organizations and receive compensation for such services rendered and (ii) may engage in charitable, civic, fraternal, professional and trade association activities, provided that in each such case the activities engaged in by the Executive do not materially interfere with his primary obligations to the Company and do not materially reduce the amount of his working time devoted to the business and affairs of the Company.

 

 
 

 

(c)           Best Efforts . The Executive shall use his best efforts to carry out and successfully complete the assignments, tasks and job activities required, from time to time, to be performed to carry out Executive’s duties and responsibilities during the Term. The Executive’s duties and assignments shall be undertaken at such location(s) as may be determined from time to time by the Company.

 

(d)           Company Rules, Policies and Regulations .  The Executive shall, at all times, conduct himself in a professional manner and adhere to the standards, ethical obligations, rules, policies, regulations and procedures of the Company which are presently in force or which may be established from time to time by the Company.  Executive shall take no intentional action that violates any law, rule or regulation whatsoever while acting as an employee of the Company.

 

3.           Compensation and Benefits .

 

(a)           Base Salary . As of the Effective Date, the Executive shall be paid a base salary in consideration for his services provided to the Company at the rate of $350,000 per annum (the “ Base Salary ”), payable in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices. Increases in Base Salary during the Term shall be determined from time to time in the sole discretion of the Board or any committee of the Board based upon such criteria as they deem relevant.

 

(b)           Additional Compensation . The Executive shall have an annual bonus to be determined by consideration of the Board or Compensation Committee, as applicable, in their sole discretion, based upon criteria to be established in their sole discretion (the “ Annual Bonus ” and, together with the Base Salary, the “ Annual Compensation ”). The Annual Bonus shall be paid to the Executive on or prior to the March 15 following the end of the year for which such Annual Bonus was earned; provided, that if the criteria for determining the Annual Bonus requires a review of the Company’s audited financial statements, the Annual Bonus (if payable) shall be paid on the 20 th day after receipt by the Company of the audited financial statements. The Executive also shall be entitled to receive additional cash, equity or other compensation or benefits in consideration for his services provided to the Company, at such times and in such amounts as shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Board or Compensation Committee, as applicable, which determines such compensation. The Board and/or the Compensation Committee, as applicable, shall conduct a review not less than once each year, and such additional compensation, if any, shall be based on, among other things, the Executive’s and the Company’s performance; provided, that any such additional compensation shall be structured and/or paid in a manner that avoids or complies with the requirements of Section 409A (“ Section 409A ”) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“ Code ”).

 

(c)           Equity Awards, etc. In addition to the other compensation payable to the Executive hereunder, the Executive shall be entitled to receive grants of stock options, restricted stock and/or any other equity incentive awards available to senior executives of the Company, under the 2015 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) or any other equity incentive plans adopted by the Company, at such times and in such amounts as shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board, as applicable, which determines such equity grants.

 

(d)           Withholding . All salaries, bonuses and other benefits payable to the Executive shall be subject to payroll and withholding taxes as may be required by law.

 

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4.           Employee Benefits; Business Expenses .

 

(a)           Employee Benefits . During the Term, the Executive and his dependents shall be entitled to participate in the Company’s healthcare plans, welfare benefit plans, fringe benefit plans and any qualified or non-qualified retirement plans as in effect from time to time (collectively, the “ Employee Benefits ”), on the same basis as those benefits are made available to the other senior executives of the Company, in accordance with the Company policy as in effect from time to time and in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan documents (if any).

 

(b)           Perquisites . During the Term, the Executive shall be entitled to receive such perquisites as are made available to other senior executives of the Company in accordance with Company policies as in effect from time to time. During the Term, the Executive shall also be entitled to the personal use of Company aircraft, when reasonably available and upon reasonable request provided by the Executive, subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 4(b). This value of this use will be calculated at either fair market charter rates or the Standard Industry Fare Level and to the extent not reimbursed by the Executive, will be included as imputed income to the Executive. This net amount shall not exceed $50,000 in any calendar year period.

 

(c)           Expenses . The Executive shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable and necessary business expenses incurred by him in the performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder, in accordance with the Company’s reimbursement and expenses policies, as in effect from time to time.

 

(d)           Vacation . The Executive shall be entitled to four (4) weeks paid vacation per annum; provided , that the Executive shall be paid annually in cash for vacation days not taken by him cash at his then current rate of Base Salary; provided, that any such payment shall be paid to the Executive not later than March 15 of the year following the calendar year in which the unused vacation days accrued.

 

5.           Termination .

 

(a)           Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement:

 

Cause ” shall mean (i) Executive being convicted of, indicted for, or entering a guilty plea or plea of no contest with respect to, any felony or any other crime involving fraud or dishonesty, (ii) any act of moral turpitude by Executive, (iii) the refusal by Executive, after explicit written or verbal notice, to perform any reasonable instruction of the Company, (iv) the commission by Executive of any fraud, embezzlement or misappropriation of any funds or property, (v) Executive’s material breach of Executive’s obligations under this Agreement or (vi) Executive’s failure to adhere to any lawful written policy of the Company applicable to Executive or the Company in any material respect; provided, that with respect to clauses (iii), (v) and (vi) above, such failure to perform, material beach or failure to adhere, if capable of cure, shall not have been cured by Executive within twenty (20) days after Executive’s receipt of notice of such failure to perform, material beach or failure to adhere.

 

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Date of Termination ” shall mean the date the Notice of Termination is given to the respective party; provided, however, that with respect to a termination for Cause by the Company, the Date of Termination shall not occur prior to the expiration of any applicable cure period.

 

Disability ” shall mean the Executive has become physically or mentally incapacitated and is therefore unable for a period of four (4) consecutive months or more to perform any of the material elements of his duties hereunder. Any question as to whether the Executive has a Disability as to which he (or his legal representative) and the Company cannot agree shall be determined in writing by a qualified independent physician mutually acceptable to the Executive (or his legal representative) and the Company. If the Executive (or his legal representative) and the Company cannot agree as to a qualified independent physician, each shall appoint such a physician and those two physicians shall select a third who shall make such determination in writing. The determination of whether the Executive has a Disability, as made in writing to the Company and the Executive by such physician(s), shall be final and conclusive for all purposes of this Agreement.

 

Good Reason ” shall mean one of the following circumstances or conditions, in each case without the consent of the Executive, after which the Executive resigns within six months following the initial existence of the circumstance or condition: (i) any action or inaction that constitutes a material breach by the Company of this Agreement; (ii) a material reduction of the duties, responsibilities or authority of the Executive; (iii) a material diminution in the budget over which the Executive retains authority; or (iv) a material change in the geographic location at which the Executive must perform his services; provided, that the Company shall have a thirty (30) day cure period following notice thereof from Executive to the Company provided within ninety (90) days of the initial existence of the circumstance or condition.

 

Notice of Termination ” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of employment under the provision so indicated, and shall be communicated, in writing, to the other party hereto in accordance with the provisions of Section 10(g) hereof.

 

(b)           Termination by the Company for Cause or by the Executive without Good Reason .

 

(i)           The Term and the Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by the Company for Cause, immediately upon the delivery of a Notice of Termination by the Company to the Executive (except where the Executive is entitled to a cure period, in which case such Date of Termination shall be upon the expiration of such cure period if such matter constituting Cause is not cured) and shall terminate automatically upon the Executive’s resignation for a reason other than for Good Reason.

 

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(ii)           If the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause or if the Executive resigns other than for Good Reason, then on the next regularly scheduled payday after the Termination Date, Executive shall be paid:

 

(A)         any earned but unpaid Base Salary and/or accrued but unused vacation, all vested equity, and any earned but unpaid bonus awards through the Date of Termination,

 

(B)         reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses incurred by the Executive in accordance with the Company’s policy prior to the Date of Termination (with such reimbursements to be paid promptly after the Executive provides the Company with the necessary documentation of such expenses to the extent required by such policy but in no event later than the end of the second calendar month following the year in which the Date of Termination occurred), and

 

(C)         such Employee Benefits, if any, as to which he may be entitled upon termination of employment under the terms of the plan documents and applicable law (including under the applicable provisions of Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended).

 

Following the Executive’s termination of employment by the Company for Cause or if he resigns other than for Good Reason, except as set forth above or as required by applicable law, the Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits or perquisites under this Agreement and all unvested option or restricted stock grant awards shall immediately be cancelled without the need for any action by the Company.

 

(c)           Termination by the Company Other Than for Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason .

 

(i)           The Term and the Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by the Company other than for Cause, immediately upon the delivery of a Notice of Termination by the Company to the Executive and shall terminate automatically and immediately upon the Executive’s resignation for Good Reason at the end of any applicable cure period if the circumstances giving rise to Good Reason are not cured.

 

(ii)          If the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause, or if the Executive resigns for Good Reason, then Executive shall be paid:

 

(A)         any earned but unpaid Base Salary and/or accrued but unused vacation, and all vested equity through the Date of Termination;

 

(B)         an additional twelve (12) months of Annual Compensation, and any earned but unpaid bonus awards, to be paid out over twelve (12) months in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices;

 

(C)         acceleration of any then unvested stock options, restricted stock grants or other equity awards, with a right for the Executive (or his estate) to exercise any such stock options for a period equal to the shorter of (i) twelve (12) months thereafter or (ii) the maximum period provided for in the Plan or any amended or successor plan;

 

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(D)         payment or reimbursement, as applicable, of the Company portion of the health insurance costs for the Executive and his family under the Company-provided group health plan for eighteen (18) months following the termination of the Executive’s regular employee coverage, provided that any such payment or reimbursement which constitutes deferred compensation under Section 409A shall be made annually within thirty (30) days after the end of the calendar year in which the health insurance costs were incurred; and

 

(E)         reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses incurred by the Executive in accordance with the Company’s policy prior to the Date of Termination (with such reimbursements to be paid promptly after the Executive provides the Company with the necessary documentation of such expenses to the extent required by such policy but in no event later than the end of the second calendar month following the year in which the Date of Termination occurred); and

 

(F)         such Employee Benefits, if any, as to which he may be entitled upon termination of employment under the terms of the plan documents and applicable law (including under the applicable provisions of Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended).

 

Following the Executive’s termination of employment by the Company other than for Cause or if Executive resigns for Good Reason, except as set forth above or as required by applicable law, the Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order to be eligible for any of the severance payments and benefits under Sections 5(c)(ii)(B), 5(c)(ii)(C) or 5(c)(ii)(D) above, the Executive must execute and deliver to the Company a general release in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Board. If the payments to be made under this Section 5(c) are otherwise subject to Section 409A, they shall be made, or commence to be made, on the first pay period following the date that is thirty (30) days after the Executive’s employment terminates. If the payments are not otherwise subject to Section 409A, they shall be made, or commence to be made, on the first business day after the release becomes effective. The initial payment shall include any unpaid amounts from the date the Executive’s employment terminated, subject to the Executive’s executing and delivering the release on the terms as set forth above.

 

(d)         Termination by the Company For Non-Renewal .

 

(i)           The Term and the Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by the Company by Non-Renewal, by delivery of Notice of Non-Renewal at least six months prior to the end of the Term.

 

(ii)           If the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company by Non-Renewal, then Executive shall be paid:

 

(A)        any earned but unpaid Base Salary and/or accrued but unused vacation, and all vested equity through the Date of Termination;

 

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(B)         an additional six (6) months of Annual Compensation, and any earned but unpaid bonus awards, to be paid out over six (6) months in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices;

 

(C)         acceleration of any then unvested stock options, restricted stock grants or other equity awards, with a right for the Executive (or his estate) to exercise any such stock options for the period provided for in the Plan or any amended or successor plan;

 

(D)         payment or reimbursement, as applicable, of the Company portion of the health insurance costs for the Executive and his family under the Company-provided group health plan for eighteen (18) months following the termination of the Executive’s regular employee coverage, provided that any such payment or reimbursement which constitutes deferred compensation under Section 409A shall be made annually within thirty (30) days after the end of the calendar year in which the health insurance costs were incurred; and

 

(E)          reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses incurred by the Executive in accordance with the Company’s policy prior to the Date of Termination (with such reimbursements to be paid promptly after the Executive provides the Company with the necessary documentation of such expenses to the extent required by such policy but in no event later than the end of the second calendar month following the year in which the Date of Termination occurred); and

 

(F)          such Employee Benefits, if any, as to which he may be entitled upon termination of employment under the terms of the plan documents and applicable law (including under the applicable provisions of Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended).

 

Following the Executive’s termination of employment by the Company by Non-Renewal, except as set forth above or as required by applicable law, the Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order to be eligible for any of the severance payments and benefits under Sections 5(d)(ii)(B), 5(d)(ii)(C) or 5(d)(ii)(D) above, the Executive must execute and deliver to the Company a general release in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Board. If the payments to be made under this Section 5(d) are otherwise subject to Section 409A, they shall be made, or commence to be made, on the first pay period following the date that is thirty (30) days after the Executive’s employment terminates. If the payments are not otherwise subject to Section 409A, they shall be made, or commence to be made, on the first business day after the release becomes effective. The initial payment shall include any unpaid amounts from the date the Executive’s employment terminated, subject to the Executive’s executing and delivering the release on the terms as set forth above.

 

(e)         Death or Disability . The Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate upon the Executive’s death and may be terminated by the Company, within ten (10) days after the delivery of a Notice of Termination by the Company to the Executive (or his legal representative) in the event of the Executive’s Disability. Upon termination of the Executive’s employment hereunder for either Disability or death, the Executive (or his estate) shall be entitled to receive the same payments and other items as set forth in clause (ii) of Section 5(b) hereof (except that with respect to any outstanding equity awards, Executive shall have the rights under Section 5(c)(ii)(C)). Following the Executive’s termination of employment due to death or Disability, except as set forth herein or as required by applicable law, the Executive (and his estate) shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.

 

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(f)          Payment of Amounts Owed upon Termination of Employment . Unless otherwise provided herein, any amounts payable to the Executive for earned but unpaid Base Salary and cash, equity or other bonus awards through the Date of Termination shall be paid within ten (10) business days after the Date of Termination.

 

6.          Restrictive Covenants.

 

(a)          Definitions .

  

(i)           “ Competitive Activity ” shall mean any business activity which competes, directly or indirectly, with the Company Business, or any business activity which carries on, other than for the benefit of the Company, the Company Business, or any business activity substantially similar to the Company Business, in each case as the Company Business is constituted from time to time.

 

(ii)          “ Confidential Information ” shall mean all confidential and proprietary information of, about, or relating to the Company and the Company Business, including, without limitation including, but not limited to, any and all documents received or generated by Executive, existing and potential customer lists, trade secrets (as defined under applicable state law), pricing, financial, corporate, and personnel information, customer data, methods of operation, business plans, techniques, prototypes, sketches, drawings, models, inventions, know-how, processes, apparatus, software programs, computer codes, source codes, equipment, algorithms, source documents, formulae, methods, data, descriptions relating to current, future, and proposed products and services, information concerning research, experimental work, development, specifications, engineering, procurement requirements, purchasing, agents and suppliers, business forecasts, marketing plans and information received from third parties (including customers) that is subject to a duty on Executive’s part to maintain its confidentiality. Confidential Information does not include information that is generally known to the public, provided it is generally known to the public other than as a result of disclosure of such information by Executive in violation of this Agreement.

 

(iii)         “ Commercial Partner ” shall mean each third party person or entity with whom Executive interacts on behalf of the Company during the term of his employment with the Company, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, including, without limitation, licensors, licensees, contract research organizations, contract sales organizations and joint venture partners; provided that, on the date of the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company, Commercial Partner shall mean those third party persons and entities with whom Executive interacted on behalf of the Company during the Lookback Period.

 

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(iv)         “ Company Business ” shall mean the businesses engaged in by the Company, from time to time during the term of Executive’s employment with the Company, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise; provided that, on the date of the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company, the Company Business shall be the business(es) engaged in by the Company during the Lookback Period. 

  

(v)           “ Former Commercial Partner ” shall mean each third party person or entity who is not currently a Commercial Partner but was a Commercial Partner during the Look Back Period.

 

(vi)          “ Look Back Period ” shall mean the two (2) year period immediately preceding the earlier of: (1) the date on which the definition in question is being determined; or (2) the date when Executive is no longer employed by the Company, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise.

 

(vii)         “ Prospect ” shall mean each person or entity who is not a Commercial Partner, and for whom, at any time during the Look Back Period, the Company, whether through its employees, contractors or vendors, expended directed marketing efforts or undertook other business development efforts which resulted in at least an indication of interest from such person or entity of becoming a Commercial Partner.

 

(viii)        “ Territory ” shall mean the United States.

 

(b)           Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation and Non-Piracy .  As consideration for the substantial consideration he is receiving in the form of ownership interests in the Company as a result of the consummation of the business combination under the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 5, 2015, as amended (the “ Merger Agreement ”), by and among, the Company, Chart Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Executive and certain other parties named therein, for a period (the “ Restriction Period ”) of the longer of (i) three (3) years from the effective date of this Agreement or (ii) twelve (12) months after the termination, for whatever reason, of Executive’s employment with the Company by whatever means and for whatever reason, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, individually, or jointly with others, for the benefit of Executive or any third party, without the consent of the Board of Directors of the Company:

 

(i)            engage in any Competitive Activity as defined in this Agreement;

 

(ii)           have any equity or other ownership interest in, or become a director or manager of, or be otherwise associated with, or engaged or employed by, any Commercial Partner, Prospect or Former Commercial Partner or their subsidiary or parent entities or affiliates engaged in a Competitive Activity, provided, however, that Executive may purchase or otherwise acquire up to, but not more than, three percent (3%) of any class of securities of any enterprise (but without participating in the business activities of such enterprise) if such securities are listed on a national or regional securities exchange.

 

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(iii)         solicit, render services to, or accept business from any Commercial Partner, Former Commercial Partner or Prospect or any of their subsidiary or parent entities or affiliates that constitutes Competitive Activity; and

 

(iv)         solicit, hire, compensate or engage as an employee, agent, contractor, shareholder, member, joint venturer, or consultant, any of the Company’s employees or otherwise induce any of the Company’s employees, subcontractors or vendors to change their relationship with the Company; provided, however, that any Company employees who are currently performing work for both the Company and any Tempus Jets Entities (as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement), may continue to do so as long as such work for such Tempus Jets Entities does not present a conflict of interest and does not, in the reasonable discretion of the Company, materially impair such employees’ ability to fulfill their work responsibilities to the Company.

 

(c)          Confidentiality .  Executive shall never: (i) disclose any Confidential Information; or (ii) directly or indirectly give or permit any person or entity to have access to any Confidential Information; or (iii) make any use, commercial or otherwise, of any Confidential Information, except, solely as reasonably required to perform Executive’s employment duties with the Company and solely for the benefit of the Company.  Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Executive shall not be restricted from: (i) disclosing information that is required to be disclosed by law, court order or other valid and appropriate legal process; provided, however, that in the event such disclosure is required by law, Executive shall provide the Company with prompt notice of such requirement so that the Company may seek an appropriate protective order prior to any such required disclosure by Executive; and (ii) reporting possible violations of federal, state, or local law or regulation to any governmental agency or entity, or from making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal, state, or local law or regulation, and Executive shall not need the prior authorization of the Company to make any such reports or disclosures and shall not be required to notify the Company that Executive has made such reports or disclosures.

 

(d)          Restrictive Covenants Scope . The parties acknowledge that the provisions of this section are necessary and reasonable to protect the legitimate business interest of the Company and any violation of the provisions of this section will result in irreparable injury to the Company, the exact amount of which will be difficult to ascertain, and that the remedies at law for any such violation would not be reasonable or adequate compensation to the Company for such violation.  Accordingly, Executive agrees that if the provisions of this section are violated, in addition to any other remedy which may be available in equity or at law, the Company shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive relief, without the necessity of proving actual damages, and without being required to post a bond.

 

(e)          Tolling of Restriction Period . In the event of Executive’s breach of one or more of the provisions of this section, the running of the Restriction Period shall be tolled during the continuation of such breach(es) and recommence only upon Executive’s full and complete compliance with the provisions of this Section 6.

 

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7.          Works for Hire and Intellectual Property . Executive acknowledges and agrees that: (a) all Work Product (as defined below) shall be deemed a work for hire; and (b) he hereby assigns all of his intellectual property and other rights in all Work Product to the Company.  All right, title and interest in and to, and the right to pursue protection for, Work Product shall vest solely with the Company.  Upon request by the Company, Executive shall use reasonable efforts, at no additional expense, to assist the Company in securing any intellectual property protection for Work Product and shall execute all documents reasonably necessary to effect an assignment as contemplated herein.  No license is granted to Executive in, to or under any Work Product or other intellectual property (including, but not limited to, patents, trade secrets, copyrighted materials and trademarks) owned, licensed or otherwise assertable by Executive by express or implied grant, estoppel or otherwise, except for a limited right to use any such intellectual property solely in the performance of Executive’s employment duties and solely for the benefit of the Company.  All benefits from the use of any such intellectual property, including Work Product, shall inure solely to the Company.  “ Work Product ” means all tangible or intangible works: (X) (1) created, produced or modified during or in connection with Executive’s employment by the Company; or (2) which are related to, or that can be utilized in, the Company Business; and (Y) that could qualify as the subject matter of a copyright, patent, trade secret or any other form of intellectual property; and shall include, without limitation, all work produced by or for the benefit of the Company, any Company Affiliate, Commercial Partners, Former Commercial Partners and Prospects.

 

8.          Company Property .  Executive agrees that all Company Property (as defined below) is the property solely of the Company and Executive waives and relinquishes any and all interests or property rights he or she may have therein in favor of the Company.  Executive shall immediately return all of the Company Property to the Company at the Company’s address for notices or such other location as may be directed by the Company upon: (A) the Company’s request at any time; and (B) upon the termination of Executive’s employment.  “ Company Property ” includes, but is not limited to: (X) records relating to Commercial Partners, Former Commercial Partners, Prospects and Confidential Information in whatever form they exist, and by whomever prepared, including, but not limited to, notes of Executive; (Y) tangible embodiments of or containing Work Product or Confidential Information; and (Z) tangible and intangible property pertaining to the Company Business or arising out of or used by Executive in the performance of his duties for the Company.

 

9.          Independent Covenant .  Executive acknowledges and agrees that the provisions of sections 6, 7 and 8 hereof are independent covenants and no actual or alleged breach by the Company of any provision of this Agreement or the employment relationship shall be grounds for relieving Executive from Executive’s obligations thereunder.

 

10.        Miscellaneous .

 

(a)           Governing Law . All matters pertaining to Executive’s employment with Employer, the hiring of Executive to work for Employer, Executive’s termination from employment from Employer or the interpretation or application of this Agreement shall be construed and governed under and by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof.

 

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(b)           Arbitration of Claims . Executive understands and agrees that any dispute involving Executive’s employment with Employer, the hiring of Executive to work for Employer, Executive’s termination from employment from Employer or the interpretation or application of this Agreement shall be resolved by final and binding arbitration before one arbitrator under the auspices of JAMS, pursuant to the then prevailing rules of JAMS for the resolution of employment disputes, in New York County, New York, whose decision shall be final and binding and subject to confirmation in a court of competent jurisdiction. This shall include, but not be limited to disputes concerning workplace discrimination, wage and/or overtime claims and/or all other statutory claims. Executive further understands and agrees that pursuant to this Arbitration Agreement, Executive cannot participate in a representative capacity or as a member of any class of claims pertaining to any claim subject to Dispute Resolution provision in this Agreement. There is no right or authority for any claims subject to this Agreement to be arbitrated on a class or collective action basis or on any basis involving claims brought in a purported representative capacity on behalf of any other person or group of people similarly situated. Such claims are prohibited. Furthermore, claims brought by or against either Executive or Employer may not be joined or consolidated in the arbitration with claims brought by or against any other person or entity unless otherwise agreed to in writing by all parties involved. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit Executive from filing an Unfair Labor Practice Charge with the National Labor Relations Board in any manner permitted by that body.

 

(c)           Entire Agreement; Amendments . This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties concerning the subject matter of this Agreement and incorporates all prior negotiations and understandings.  There are no covenants, promises, agreements, conditions or understandings, either oral or written, between them relating to the subject matter of this Agreement other than those set forth herein.  No alteration, amendment, change or addition to this Agreement shall be binding upon any party unless in writing and signed by the party to be charged. 

 

(d)           No Waiver . No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed or be construed as a further, continuing or subsequent waiver of any such provision or as a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising any right, remedy or power hereunder will preclude any other or further exercise of any other right, remedy or power provided herein or by law or in equity.

 

(e)           Severability . In the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement are determined by an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction to be in violation of applicable law for any reason whatsoever, then any provision deemed in violation of applicable law shall not be deemed to be void, but will be deemed to be amended so as to comply with applicable law and replaced by a valid and enforceable provision which insofar as possible achieves the parties intent in agreeing to the original provision.  The Parties further agree that any such arbitrator or court is expressly authorized to modify any such unenforceable provision of Section 6 of this Agreement in lieu of severing such unenforceable provision from this Agreement in its entirety, whether by rewriting the offending provision, deleting any or all of the offending provision, adding additional language to this Agreement or making such other modifications as it deems warranted to carry out the intent and agreement of the Parties as embodied herein to the maximum extent permitted by law. Such authorization to modify an unenforceable provision of Section 6 includes, but is not limited to, the power to reduce the Restrictive Covenant’s duration, geographic scope, and the scope of activities prohibited by the Restrictive Covenant, to the extent necessary to comply with applicable law. In any event, if the provisions of this Agreement are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid in whole or in part, such determination shall not change the binding effect of the other provisions of this Agreement.

 

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(f)           Assignment . This Agreement, and all of the Executive’s rights and duties hereunder, shall not be assignable or delegable by the Executive; provided , however , that if the Executive shall die, all amounts then payable to the Executive hereunder shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to the Executive’s devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there be no such devisee, legatee or designee, to his estate. The Company and its successors and assigns may, at any time and from time to time, assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the rights arising pursuant to sections 6, 7 and 8, without Executive’s consent to a buyer of all or substantially all of the assets, or a majority of the voting stock, of the Company. Upon such assignment, the rights and obligations of the Company hereunder shall become the rights and obligations of such affiliate or successor person or entity.

 

(g)           Notices . For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand or recognized courier service addressed to the respective addresses set forth below in this Agreement, or via email to the address set forth below, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

 

If to the Company:

 

Joseph R. Wright

Chairman, Board of Directors

c/o Chart Acquisition Group, LLC
555 5th Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Email: jwright@chartgroup.com

 

If to the Executive:

  

To the most recent address of the Executive set forth in the personnel records of the Company.

  

(h)           Cooperation . After Executive’s termination, for whatever reason, the Executive shall provide his reasonable cooperation in connection with any action or proceeding (or any appeal from any action or proceeding) which relates to events occurring during the Executive’s employment hereunder, but only to the extent the Company requests such cooperation with reasonable advance notice to the Executive and in respect of such periods of time as shall not unreasonably interfere with the Executive’s ability to perform his duties with any subsequent employer; provided, however, the Company shall pay any reasonable travel, lodging and related expenses that the Executive may incur in connection with providing all such cooperation, to the extent approved by the Company prior to incurring such expenses.

 

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

 

(j)           Survival . Provisions of this Agreement which by their nature are intended to survive after the termination of Executive’s employment under this Agreement will survive the termination of Executive’s employment.

 

(k)           Joint Negotiation . The parties hereto agree that each party has participated in the drafting and preparation of this Agreement, and, accordingly, in any construction or interpretation of this Agreement, the same shall not be construed against any party by reason of the source of drafting.

  

(l)           Section 409A .

 

(i)          The parties intend that the payments and benefits provided for in this Agreement either be exempt from Section 409A, or be provided in a manner that complies with Section 409A and any ambiguity herein shall be interpreted so as to be consistent with the intent of this paragraph. In no event whatsoever shall the Company be liable for any additional tax, interest or penalty that may be imposed on the Executive by Section 409A or damages for failing to comply with Section 409A. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, all payments and benefits which are payable upon a termination of employment hereunder shall be paid or provided only upon those terminations of employment that constitute a “separation from service” from the Company within the meaning of Section 409A (determined after applying the presumptions set forth in Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(h)(1)). Further, if the Executive is a “specified employee” as such term is defined under Section 409A at the time of a termination of employment and the deferral of the commencement of any payments or benefits otherwise payable hereunder as a result of such termination of employment is necessary in order to prevent any accelerated recognition of income or additional tax under Section 409A, then the Company will defer the commencement of the payment of any such payments or benefits hereunder (without any reduction in payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to the Executive) until the date that is at least six (6) months following the Executive’s termination of employment with the Company (or the earliest date permitted under Section 409A, e.g., immediately upon the Executive’s death), whereupon the Company will promptly pay the Executive a lump-sum amount equal to the cumulative amounts that would have otherwise been previously paid to the Executive under this Agreement during the period in which such payments or benefits were deferred. Thereafter, payments will resume in accordance with this Agreement.

 

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(ii)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in-kind benefits and reimbursements provided hereunder during any calendar year shall not affect in-kind benefits or reimbursements to be provided in any other calendar year, other than an arrangement providing for the reimbursement of medical expenses referred to in Section 105(b) of the Code, and are not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, reimbursement requests must be timely submitted by the Executive and, if timely submitted, reimbursement payments shall be promptly made to the Executive following such submission, but in no event later than December 31 st of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred. In no event shall the Executive be entitled to any reimbursement payments after December 31 st of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred. This paragraph shall only apply to in-kind benefits and reimbursements that would result in taxable compensation income to the Executive.

 

(iii)          Additionally, in the event that following the date hereof the Company or the Executive reasonably determines that any compensation or benefits payable under this Agreement may be subject to Section 409A, the Company and the Executive shall work together to adopt such amendments to this Agreement or adopt other policies or procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other commercially reasonable actions necessary or appropriate to (x) exempt the compensation and benefits payable under this Agreement from Section 409A and/or preserve the intended tax treatment of the compensation and benefits provided with respect to this Agreement or (y) comply with the requirements of Section 409A.

 

(m)          Mandatory Reduction of Payments in Certain Events .

 

(i)           Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event it shall be determined that any payment or distribution by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise) (such benefits, payments or distributions are hereinafter referred to as “ Payments ”) would, if paid, be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the “ Excise Tax ”), then, prior to the making of any Payments to the Executive, a calculation shall be made comparing (1) the net after-tax benefit to the Executive of the Payments after payment by the Executive of the Excise Tax, to (2) the net after-tax benefit to the Executive if the Payments had been limited to the extent necessary to avoid being subject to the Excise Tax.  If the amount calculated under (1) above is less than the amount calculated under (2) above, then the Payments shall be limited to the extent necessary to avoid being subject to the Excise Tax (the “ Reduced Amount ”).  For purposes of this Section 10(m), present value shall be determined in accordance with Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code.  For purposes of this Section 10(m), the “ Parachute Value ” of a Payment means the present value as of the date of the change of control of the portion of such Payment that constitutes a “parachute payment” under Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code, as determined by the Determination Firm (as defined below) for purposes of determining whether and to what extent the Excise Tax will apply to such Payment.

 

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(ii)           All determinations required to be made under this Section 10(m), including whether an Excise Tax would otherwise be imposed, whether the Payments shall be reduced, the amount of the Reduced Amount, and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determinations, shall be made by an independent, nationally recognized accounting firm or compensation consulting firm mutually acceptable to the Company and the Executive (the “ Determination Firm ”) which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive within 15 business days after the receipt of notice from the Executive that a Payment is due to be made, or such earlier time as is requested by the Company.  All fees and expenses of the Determination Firm shall be borne solely by the Company.  Any determination by the Determination Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive.  As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the Determination Firm hereunder, it is possible that Payments which the Executive was entitled to, but did not receive pursuant to Section 10(m)(i), could have been made without the imposition of the Excise Tax (“ Underpayment ”), consistent with the calculations required to be made hereunder.  In such event, the Determination Firm shall determine the amount of the Underpayment that has occurred and any such Underpayment shall be promptly paid by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive but no later than March 15 of the year after the year in which the Underpayment is determined to exist, which is when the legally binding right to such Underpayment arises.

 

(iii)          In the event that the provisions of Code Section 280G and 4999 or any successor provisions are repealed without succession, this Section 10(m) shall be of no further force or effect.

 

(n)           Company Action . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, all actions, determinations and authorizations on the part of the Company under this Agreement shall be taken and authorized by the Board (excluding, to the extent applicable, Executive), and the Company shall not be deemed to have taken any action, made any determination or provided any authorization under this Agreement that has not been authorized by the Board (excluding, to the extent applicable, Executive).

 

(o)           Compensation Committee Ratification . The parties acknowledge that this Agreement is subject to the review and ratification by the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “ Comp Committee ”) once such committee is formed after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. In the event that the Comp Committee, in its review of this Agreement, has reasonable recommendations with respect to this Agreement, each of Executive and the Company agrees to negotiate in good faith amendments to this Agreement in response to such Comp Committee recommendations.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

  TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Christopher D. Brady
    Name:  Christopher D. Brady
  Title:  President
     
  EXECUTIVE
     
  /s/ Benjamin Scott Terry
  Benjamin Scott Terry

 

 

[Signature Page to Employment Agreement]

 

 

Exhibit 10.11

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is dated and entered into as of July 31, 2015 (the “ Effective Date ”), by and between Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (collectively with its subsidiaries and affiliates to the extent reasonably applicable in the discretion of the Board (as defined below), the “ Company ”), and R. Lee Priest, Jr. (the “ Executive ”). The Company agrees to employ Executive and Executive hereby accepts employment with the Company as of the date hereof upon the terms and conditions set forth below.

 

1.            Term of Employment . Subject to the provisions of Section 5 of this Agreement, the Executive shall be employed by the Company for a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the three (3) year anniversary of the Effective Date (the “ Initial Term ”). The Agreement shall be renewed automatically for additional one (1) year period(s) (each a “ Renewal Term ”). The Initial Term and each Renewal Term herein are collective referred to as the “ Term ”. This Agreement may be terminated by the Company in writing by notice to Executive delivered no less than six (6) months prior to expiration of the then-applicable Term that this Agreement will not be renewed (a “ Non-Renewal ”).

 

2.            Position .

 

(a)           Duties . The principal duties of the Executive shall be to serve in the position of Chief Financial Officer of the Company. As Chief Financial Officer the Executive shall render full time services to the Company as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company and shall have such duties as is customary for such position, all subject to the oversight of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors (the “ Board ”). Further responsibilities may include such other duties as would be consistent with those duties and responsibilities normally associated with such position in corporations of similar size and nature to the Company, and to render such other services as are reasonably necessary or desirable to protect and advance the best interests of the Company.

 

(b)           Devotion of Time to Company’s Business . The Executive shall use his best efforts, skills and abilities to promote and protect the interests of the Company and devote substantially all of his working time and energies to the business and affairs of the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Executive (i) may serve on the board(s) of additional companies or organizations and receive compensation for such services rendered and (ii) may engage in charitable, civic, fraternal, professional and trade association activities, provided that in each such case the activities engaged in by the Executive do not materially interfere with his primary obligations to the Company and do not materially reduce the amount of his working time devoted to the business and affairs of the Company.

 

 
 

 

(c)           Best Efforts . The Executive shall use his best efforts to carry out and successfully complete the assignments, tasks and job activities required, from time to time, to be performed to carry out Executive’s duties and responsibilities during the Term. The Executive’s duties and assignments shall be undertaken at such location(s) as may be determined from time to time by the Company.

 

(d)           Company Rules, Policies and Regulations .  The Executive shall, at all times, conduct himself in a professional manner and adhere to the standards, ethical obligations, rules, policies, regulations and procedures of the Company which are presently in force or which may be established from time to time by the Company.  Executive shall take no intentional action that violates any law, rule or regulation whatsoever while acting as an employee of the Company.

 

3.           Compensation and Benefits .

 

(a)           Base Salary . As of the Effective Date, the Executive shall be paid a base salary in consideration for his services provided to the Company at the rate of $200,000 per annum (the “ Base Salary ”), payable in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices. Increases in Base Salary during the Term shall be determined from time to time in the sole discretion of the Board or any committee of the Board based upon such criteria as they deem relevant.

 

(b)           Additional Compensation . The Executive shall have an annual bonus to be determined by consideration of the Board or Compensation Committee, as applicable, in their sole discretion, based upon criteria to be established in their sole discretion (the “ Annual Bonus ” and, together with the Base Salary, the “ Annual Compensation ”). The Annual Bonus shall be paid to the Executive on or prior to the March 15 following the end of the year for which such Annual Bonus was earned; provided, that if the criteria for determining the Annual Bonus requires a review of the Company’s audited financial statements, the Annual Bonus (if payable) shall be paid on the 20 th day after receipt by the Company of the audited financial statements. The Executive also shall be entitled to receive additional cash, equity or other compensation or benefits in consideration for his services provided to the Company, at such times and in such amounts as shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Board or Compensation Committee, as applicable, which determines such compensation. The Board and/or the Compensation Committee, as applicable, shall conduct a review not less than once each year, and such additional compensation, if any, shall be based on, among other things, the Executive’s and the Company’s performance; provided, that any such additional compensation shall be structured and/or paid in a manner that avoids or complies with the requirements of Section 409A (“ Section 409A ”) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“ Code ”).

 

(c)           Equity Awards, etc. In addition to the other compensation payable to the Executive hereunder, the Executive shall be entitled to receive grants of stock options, restricted stock and/or any other equity incentive awards available to senior executives of the Company, under the 2015 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) or any other equity incentive plans adopted by the Company, at such times and in such amounts as shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board, as applicable, which determines such equity grants.

 

(d)           Withholding . All salaries, bonuses and other benefits payable to the Executive shall be subject to payroll and withholding taxes as may be required by law.

 

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4.           Employee Benefits; Business Expenses .

 

(a)           Employee Benefits . During the Term, the Executive and his dependents shall be entitled to participate in the Company’s healthcare plans, welfare benefit plans, fringe benefit plans and any qualified or non-qualified retirement plans as in effect from time to time (collectively, the “ Employee Benefits ”), on the same basis as those benefits are made available to the other senior executives of the Company, in accordance with the Company policy as in effect from time to time and in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan documents (if any).

 

(b)           Perquisites . During the Term, the Executive shall be entitled to receive such perquisites as are made available to other senior executives of the Company in accordance with Company policies as in effect from time to time. During the Term, the Executive shall also be entitled to the personal use of Company aircraft, when reasonably available and upon reasonable request provided by the Executive, subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 4(b). This value of this use will be calculated at either fair market charter rates or the Standard Industry Fare Level and to the extent not reimbursed by the Executive, will be included as imputed income to the Executive. This net amount shall not exceed $17,500 in any calendar year period.

 

(c)           Expenses . The Executive shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable and necessary business expenses incurred by him in the performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder, in accordance with the Company’s reimbursement and expenses policies, as in effect from time to time.

 

(d)           Vacation . The Executive shall be entitled to four (4) weeks paid vacation per annum; provided , that the Executive shall be paid annually in cash for vacation days not taken by him cash at his then current rate of Base Salary; provided, that any such payment shall be paid to the Executive not later than March 15 of the year following the calendar year in which the unused vacation days accrued.

 

5.           Termination .

 

(a)           Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement:

 

Cause ” shall mean (i) Executive being convicted of, indicted for, or entering a guilty plea or plea of no contest with respect to, any felony or any other crime involving fraud or dishonesty, (ii) any act of moral turpitude by Executive, (iii) the refusal by Executive, after explicit written or verbal notice, to perform any reasonable instruction of the Company, (iv) the commission by Executive of any fraud, embezzlement or misappropriation of any funds or property, (v) Executive’s material breach of Executive’s obligations under this Agreement or (vi) Executive’s failure to adhere to any lawful written policy of the Company applicable to Executive or the Company in any material respect; provided, that with respect to clauses (iii), (v) and (vi) above, such failure to perform, material beach or failure to adhere, if capable of cure, shall not have been cured by Executive within twenty (20) days after Executive’s receipt of notice of such failure to perform, material beach or failure to adhere.

 

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Date of Termination ” shall mean the date the Notice of Termination is given to the respective party; provided, however, that with respect to a termination for Cause by the Company, the Date of Termination shall not occur prior to the expiration of any applicable cure period.

 

Disability ” shall mean the Executive has become physically or mentally incapacitated and is therefore unable for a period of four (4) consecutive months or more to perform any of the material elements of his duties hereunder. Any question as to whether the Executive has a Disability as to which he (or his legal representative) and the Company cannot agree shall be determined in writing by a qualified independent physician mutually acceptable to the Executive (or his legal representative) and the Company. If the Executive (or his legal representative) and the Company cannot agree as to a qualified independent physician, each shall appoint such a physician and those two physicians shall select a third who shall make such determination in writing. The determination of whether the Executive has a Disability, as made in writing to the Company and the Executive by such physician(s), shall be final and conclusive for all purposes of this Agreement.

 

Good Reason ” shall mean one of the following circumstances or conditions, in each case without the consent of the Executive, after which the Executive resigns within six months following the initial existence of the circumstance or condition: (i) any action or inaction that constitutes a material breach by the Company of this Agreement; (ii) a material reduction of the duties, responsibilities or authority of the Executive; (iii) a material diminution in the budget over which the Executive retains authority; or (iv) a material change in the geographic location at which the Executive must perform his services; provided, that the Company shall have a thirty (30) day cure period following notice thereof from Executive to the Company provided within ninety (90) days of the initial existence of the circumstance or condition.

 

Notice of Termination ” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of employment under the provision so indicated, and shall be communicated, in writing, to the other party hereto in accordance with the provisions of Section 10(g) hereof.

 

(b)           Termination by the Company for Cause or by the Executive without Good Reason .

 

(i)           The Term and the Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by the Company for Cause, immediately upon the delivery of a Notice of Termination by the Company to the Executive (except where the Executive is entitled to a cure period, in which case such Date of Termination shall be upon the expiration of such cure period if such matter constituting Cause is not cured) and shall terminate automatically upon the Executive’s resignation for a reason other than for Good Reason.

 

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(ii)           If the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause or if the Executive resigns other than for Good Reason, then on the next regularly scheduled payday after the Termination Date, Executive shall be paid:

 

(A)         any earned but unpaid Base Salary and/or accrued but unused vacation, all vested equity, and any earned but unpaid bonus awards through the Date of Termination,

 

(B)         reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses incurred by the Executive in accordance with the Company’s policy prior to the Date of Termination (with such reimbursements to be paid promptly after the Executive provides the Company with the necessary documentation of such expenses to the extent required by such policy but in no event later than the end of the second calendar month following the year in which the Date of Termination occurred), and

 

(C)         such Employee Benefits, if any, as to which he may be entitled upon termination of employment under the terms of the plan documents and applicable law (including under the applicable provisions of Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended).

 

Following the Executive’s termination of employment by the Company for Cause or if he resigns other than for Good Reason, except as set forth above or as required by applicable law, the Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits or perquisites under this Agreement and all unvested option or restricted stock grant awards shall immediately be cancelled without the need for any action by the Company.

 

(c)           Termination by the Company Other Than for Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason .

 

(i)           The Term and the Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by the Company other than for Cause, immediately upon the delivery of a Notice of Termination by the Company to the Executive and shall terminate automatically and immediately upon the Executive’s resignation for Good Reason at the end of any applicable cure period if the circumstances giving rise to Good Reason are not cured.

 

(ii)          If the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause, or if the Executive resigns for Good Reason, then Executive shall be paid:

 

(A)         any earned but unpaid Base Salary and/or accrued but unused vacation, and all vested equity through the Date of Termination;

 

(B)         an additional twelve (12) months of Annual Compensation, and any earned but unpaid bonus awards, to be paid out over twelve (12) months in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices;

 

(C)         acceleration of any then unvested stock options, restricted stock grants or other equity awards, with a right for the Executive (or his estate) to exercise any such stock options for a period equal to the shorter of (i) twelve (12) months thereafter or (ii) the maximum period provided for in the Plan or any amended or successor plan;

 

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(D)         payment or reimbursement, as applicable, of the Company portion of the health insurance costs for the Executive and his family under the Company-provided group health plan for eighteen (18) months following the termination of the Executive’s regular employee coverage, provided that any such payment or reimbursement which constitutes deferred compensation under Section 409A shall be made annually within thirty (30) days after the end of the calendar year in which the health insurance costs were incurred; and

 

(E)         reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses incurred by the Executive in accordance with the Company’s policy prior to the Date of Termination (with such reimbursements to be paid promptly after the Executive provides the Company with the necessary documentation of such expenses to the extent required by such policy but in no event later than the end of the second calendar month following the year in which the Date of Termination occurred); and

 

(F)         such Employee Benefits, if any, as to which he may be entitled upon termination of employment under the terms of the plan documents and applicable law (including under the applicable provisions of Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended).

 

Following the Executive’s termination of employment by the Company other than for Cause or if Executive resigns for Good Reason, except as set forth above or as required by applicable law, the Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order to be eligible for any of the severance payments and benefits under Sections 5(c)(ii)(B), 5(c)(ii)(C) or 5(c)(ii)(D) above, the Executive must execute and deliver to the Company a general release in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Board. If the payments to be made under this Section 5(c) are otherwise subject to Section 409A, they shall be made, or commence to be made, on the first pay period following the date that is thirty (30) days after the Executive’s employment terminates. If the payments are not otherwise subject to Section 409A, they shall be made, or commence to be made, on the first business day after the release becomes effective. The initial payment shall include any unpaid amounts from the date the Executive’s employment terminated, subject to the Executive’s executing and delivering the release on the terms as set forth above.

 

(d)         Termination by the Company For Non-Renewal .

 

(i)           The Term and the Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by the Company by Non-Renewal, by delivery of Notice of Non-Renewal at least six months prior to the end of the Term.

 

(ii)           If the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company by Non-Renewal, then Executive shall be paid:

 

(A)        any earned but unpaid Base Salary and/or accrued but unused vacation, and all vested equity through the Date of Termination;

 

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(B)         an additional six (6) months of Annual Compensation, and any earned but unpaid bonus awards, to be paid out over six (6) months in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices;

 

(C)         acceleration of any then unvested stock options, restricted stock grants or other equity awards, with a right for the Executive (or his estate) to exercise any such stock options for the period provided for in the Plan or any amended or successor plan;

 

(D)         payment or reimbursement, as applicable, of the Company portion of the health insurance costs for the Executive and his family under the Company-provided group health plan for eighteen (18) months following the termination of the Executive’s regular employee coverage, provided that any such payment or reimbursement which constitutes deferred compensation under Section 409A shall be made annually within thirty (30) days after the end of the calendar year in which the health insurance costs were incurred; and

 

(E)          reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses incurred by the Executive in accordance with the Company’s policy prior to the Date of Termination (with such reimbursements to be paid promptly after the Executive provides the Company with the necessary documentation of such expenses to the extent required by such policy but in no event later than the end of the second calendar month following the year in which the Date of Termination occurred); and

 

(F)          such Employee Benefits, if any, as to which he may be entitled upon termination of employment under the terms of the plan documents and applicable law (including under the applicable provisions of Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended).

 

Following the Executive’s termination of employment by the Company by Non-Renewal, except as set forth above or as required by applicable law, the Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order to be eligible for any of the severance payments and benefits under Sections 5(d)(ii)(B), 5(d)(ii)(C) or 5(d)(ii)(D) above, the Executive must execute and deliver to the Company a general release in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Board. If the payments to be made under this Section 5(d) are otherwise subject to Section 409A, they shall be made, or commence to be made, on the first pay period following the date that is thirty (30) days after the Executive’s employment terminates. If the payments are not otherwise subject to Section 409A, they shall be made, or commence to be made, on the first business day after the release becomes effective. The initial payment shall include any unpaid amounts from the date the Executive’s employment terminated, subject to the Executive’s executing and delivering the release on the terms as set forth above.

 

(e)         Death or Disability . The Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate upon the Executive’s death and may be terminated by the Company, within ten (10) days after the delivery of a Notice of Termination by the Company to the Executive (or his legal representative) in the event of the Executive’s Disability. Upon termination of the Executive’s employment hereunder for either Disability or death, the Executive (or his estate) shall be entitled to receive the same payments and other items as set forth in clause (ii) of Section 5(b) hereof (except that with respect to any outstanding equity awards, Executive shall have the rights under Section 5(c)(ii)(C)). Following the Executive’s termination of employment due to death or Disability, except as set forth herein or as required by applicable law, the Executive (and his estate) shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.

 

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(f)          Payment of Amounts Owed upon Termination of Employment . Unless otherwise provided herein, any amounts payable to the Executive for earned but unpaid Base Salary and cash, equity or other bonus awards through the Date of Termination shall be paid within ten (10) business days after the Date of Termination.

 

6.          Restrictive Covenants.

 

(a)          Definitions .

  

(i)           “ Competitive Activity ” shall mean any business activity which competes, directly or indirectly, with the Company Business, or any business activity which carries on, other than for the benefit of the Company, the Company Business, or any business activity substantially similar to the Company Business, in each case as the Company Business is constituted from time to time.

 

(ii)          “ Confidential Information ” shall mean all confidential and proprietary information of, about, or relating to the Company and the Company Business, including, without limitation including, but not limited to, any and all documents received or generated by Executive, existing and potential customer lists, trade secrets (as defined under applicable state law), pricing, financial, corporate, and personnel information, customer data, methods of operation, business plans, techniques, prototypes, sketches, drawings, models, inventions, know-how, processes, apparatus, software programs, computer codes, source codes, equipment, algorithms, source documents, formulae, methods, data, descriptions relating to current, future, and proposed products and services, information concerning research, experimental work, development, specifications, engineering, procurement requirements, purchasing, agents and suppliers, business forecasts, marketing plans and information received from third parties (including customers) that is subject to a duty on Executive’s part to maintain its confidentiality. Confidential Information does not include information that is generally known to the public, provided it is generally known to the public other than as a result of disclosure of such information by Executive in violation of this Agreement.

 

(iii)         “ Commercial Partner ” shall mean each third party person or entity with whom Executive interacts on behalf of the Company during the term of his employment with the Company, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, including, without limitation, licensors, licensees, contract research organizations, contract sales organizations and joint venture partners; provided that, on the date of the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company, Commercial Partner shall mean those third party persons and entities with whom Executive interacted on behalf of the Company during the Lookback Period.

 

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(iv)         “ Company Business ” shall mean the businesses engaged in by the Company, from time to time during the term of Executive’s employment with the Company, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise; provided that, on the date of the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company, the Company Business shall be the business(es) engaged in by the Company during the Lookback Period. 

  

(v)           “ Former Commercial Partner ” shall mean each third party person or entity who is not currently a Commercial Partner but was a Commercial Partner during the Look Back Period.

 

(vi)          “ Look Back Period ” shall mean the two (2) year period immediately preceding the earlier of: (1) the date on which the definition in question is being determined; or (2) the date when Executive is no longer employed by the Company, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise.

 

(vii)         “ Prospect ” shall mean each person or entity who is not a Commercial Partner, and for whom, at any time during the Look Back Period, the Company, whether through its employees, contractors or vendors, expended directed marketing efforts or undertook other business development efforts which resulted in at least an indication of interest from such person or entity of becoming a Commercial Partner.

 

(viii)        “ Territory ” shall mean the United States.

 

(b)           Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation and Non-Piracy .  As consideration for the substantial consideration he is receiving in the form of ownership interests in the Company as a result of the consummation of the business combination under the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 5, 2015, as amended (the “ Merger Agreement ”), by and among, the Company, Chart Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Executive and certain other parties named therein, for a period (the “ Restriction Period ”) of the longer of (i) three (3) years from the effective date of this Agreement or (ii) twelve (12) months after the termination, for whatever reason, of Executive’s employment with the Company by whatever means and for whatever reason, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, individually, or jointly with others, for the benefit of Executive or any third party, without the consent of the Board of Directors of the Company:

 

(i)            engage in any Competitive Activity as defined in this Agreement;

 

(ii)           have any equity or other ownership interest in, or become a director or manager of, or be otherwise associated with, or engaged or employed by, any Commercial Partner, Prospect or Former Commercial Partner or their subsidiary or parent entities or affiliates engaged in a Competitive Activity, provided, however, that Executive may purchase or otherwise acquire up to, but not more than, three percent (3%) of any class of securities of any enterprise (but without participating in the business activities of such enterprise) if such securities are listed on a national or regional securities exchange.

 

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(iii)         solicit, render services to, or accept business from any Commercial Partner, Former Commercial Partner or Prospect or any of their subsidiary or parent entities or affiliates that constitutes Competitive Activity; and

 

(iv)         solicit, hire, compensate or engage as an employee, agent, contractor, shareholder, member, joint venturer, or consultant, any of the Company’s employees or otherwise induce any of the Company’s employees, subcontractors or vendors to change their relationship with the Company; provided, however, that any Company employees who are currently performing work for both the Company and any Tempus Jets Entities (as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement), may continue to do so as long as such work for such Tempus Jets Entities does not present a conflict of interest and does not, in the reasonable discretion of the Company, materially impair such employees’ ability to fulfill their work responsibilities to the Company.

 

(c)          Confidentiality .  Executive shall never: (i) disclose any Confidential Information; or (ii) directly or indirectly give or permit any person or entity to have access to any Confidential Information; or (iii) make any use, commercial or otherwise, of any Confidential Information, except, solely as reasonably required to perform Executive’s employment duties with the Company and solely for the benefit of the Company.  Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Executive shall not be restricted from: (i) disclosing information that is required to be disclosed by law, court order or other valid and appropriate legal process; provided, however, that in the event such disclosure is required by law, Executive shall provide the Company with prompt notice of such requirement so that the Company may seek an appropriate protective order prior to any such required disclosure by Executive; and (ii) reporting possible violations of federal, state, or local law or regulation to any governmental agency or entity, or from making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal, state, or local law or regulation, and Executive shall not need the prior authorization of the Company to make any such reports or disclosures and shall not be required to notify the Company that Executive has made such reports or disclosures.

 

(d)          Restrictive Covenants Scope . The parties acknowledge that the provisions of this section are necessary and reasonable to protect the legitimate business interest of the Company and any violation of the provisions of this section will result in irreparable injury to the Company, the exact amount of which will be difficult to ascertain, and that the remedies at law for any such violation would not be reasonable or adequate compensation to the Company for such violation.  Accordingly, Executive agrees that if the provisions of this section are violated, in addition to any other remedy which may be available in equity or at law, the Company shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive relief, without the necessity of proving actual damages, and without being required to post a bond.

 

(e)          Tolling of Restriction Period . In the event of Executive’s breach of one or more of the provisions of this section, the running of the Restriction Period shall be tolled during the continuation of such breach(es) and recommence only upon Executive’s full and complete compliance with the provisions of this Section 6.

 

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7.          Works for Hire and Intellectual Property . Executive acknowledges and agrees that: (a) all Work Product (as defined below) shall be deemed a work for hire; and (b) he hereby assigns all of his intellectual property and other rights in all Work Product to the Company.  All right, title and interest in and to, and the right to pursue protection for, Work Product shall vest solely with the Company.  Upon request by the Company, Executive shall use reasonable efforts, at no additional expense, to assist the Company in securing any intellectual property protection for Work Product and shall execute all documents reasonably necessary to effect an assignment as contemplated herein.  No license is granted to Executive in, to or under any Work Product or other intellectual property (including, but not limited to, patents, trade secrets, copyrighted materials and trademarks) owned, licensed or otherwise assertable by Executive by express or implied grant, estoppel or otherwise, except for a limited right to use any such intellectual property solely in the performance of Executive’s employment duties and solely for the benefit of the Company.  All benefits from the use of any such intellectual property, including Work Product, shall inure solely to the Company.  “ Work Product ” means all tangible or intangible works: (X) (1) created, produced or modified during or in connection with Executive’s employment by the Company; or (2) which are related to, or that can be utilized in, the Company Business; and (Y) that could qualify as the subject matter of a copyright, patent, trade secret or any other form of intellectual property; and shall include, without limitation, all work produced by or for the benefit of the Company, any Company Affiliate, Commercial Partners, Former Commercial Partners and Prospects.

 

8.          Company Property .  Executive agrees that all Company Property (as defined below) is the property solely of the Company and Executive waives and relinquishes any and all interests or property rights he or she may have therein in favor of the Company.  Executive shall immediately return all of the Company Property to the Company at the Company’s address for notices or such other location as may be directed by the Company upon: (A) the Company’s request at any time; and (B) upon the termination of Executive’s employment.  “ Company Property ” includes, but is not limited to: (X) records relating to Commercial Partners, Former Commercial Partners, Prospects and Confidential Information in whatever form they exist, and by whomever prepared, including, but not limited to, notes of Executive; (Y) tangible embodiments of or containing Work Product or Confidential Information; and (Z) tangible and intangible property pertaining to the Company Business or arising out of or used by Executive in the performance of his duties for the Company.

 

9.          Independent Covenant .  Executive acknowledges and agrees that the provisions of sections 6, 7 and 8 hereof are independent covenants and no actual or alleged breach by the Company of any provision of this Agreement or the employment relationship shall be grounds for relieving Executive from Executive’s obligations thereunder.

 

10.        Miscellaneous .

 

(a)           Governing Law . All matters pertaining to Executive’s employment with Employer, the hiring of Executive to work for Employer, Executive’s termination from employment from Employer or the interpretation or application of this Agreement shall be construed and governed under and by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof.

 

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(b)           Arbitration of Claims . Executive understands and agrees that any dispute involving Executive’s employment with Employer, the hiring of Executive to work for Employer, Executive’s termination from employment from Employer or the interpretation or application of this Agreement shall be resolved by final and binding arbitration before one arbitrator under the auspices of JAMS, pursuant to the then prevailing rules of JAMS for the resolution of employment disputes, in New York County, New York, whose decision shall be final and binding and subject to confirmation in a court of competent jurisdiction. This shall include, but not be limited to disputes concerning workplace discrimination, wage and/or overtime claims and/or all other statutory claims. Executive further understands and agrees that pursuant to this Arbitration Agreement, Executive cannot participate in a representative capacity or as a member of any class of claims pertaining to any claim subject to Dispute Resolution provision in this Agreement. There is no right or authority for any claims subject to this Agreement to be arbitrated on a class or collective action basis or on any basis involving claims brought in a purported representative capacity on behalf of any other person or group of people similarly situated. Such claims are prohibited. Furthermore, claims brought by or against either Executive or Employer may not be joined or consolidated in the arbitration with claims brought by or against any other person or entity unless otherwise agreed to in writing by all parties involved. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit Executive from filing an Unfair Labor Practice Charge with the National Labor Relations Board in any manner permitted by that body.

 

(c)           Entire Agreement; Amendments . This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties concerning the subject matter of this Agreement and incorporates all prior negotiations and understandings.  There are no covenants, promises, agreements, conditions or understandings, either oral or written, between them relating to the subject matter of this Agreement other than those set forth herein.  No alteration, amendment, change or addition to this Agreement shall be binding upon any party unless in writing and signed by the party to be charged. 

 

(d)           No Waiver . No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed or be construed as a further, continuing or subsequent waiver of any such provision or as a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising any right, remedy or power hereunder will preclude any other or further exercise of any other right, remedy or power provided herein or by law or in equity.

 

(e)           Severability . In the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement are determined by an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction to be in violation of applicable law for any reason whatsoever, then any provision deemed in violation of applicable law shall not be deemed to be void, but will be deemed to be amended so as to comply with applicable law and replaced by a valid and enforceable provision which insofar as possible achieves the parties intent in agreeing to the original provision.  The Parties further agree that any such arbitrator or court is expressly authorized to modify any such unenforceable provision of Section 6 of this Agreement in lieu of severing such unenforceable provision from this Agreement in its entirety, whether by rewriting the offending provision, deleting any or all of the offending provision, adding additional language to this Agreement or making such other modifications as it deems warranted to carry out the intent and agreement of the Parties as embodied herein to the maximum extent permitted by law. Such authorization to modify an unenforceable provision of Section 6 includes, but is not limited to, the power to reduce the Restrictive Covenant’s duration, geographic scope, and the scope of activities prohibited by the Restrictive Covenant, to the extent necessary to comply with applicable law. In any event, if the provisions of this Agreement are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid in whole or in part, such determination shall not change the binding effect of the other provisions of this Agreement.

 

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(f)           Assignment . This Agreement, and all of the Executive’s rights and duties hereunder, shall not be assignable or delegable by the Executive; provided , however , that if the Executive shall die, all amounts then payable to the Executive hereunder shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to the Executive’s devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there be no such devisee, legatee or designee, to his estate. The Company and its successors and assigns may, at any time and from time to time, assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the rights arising pursuant to sections 6, 7 and 8, without Executive’s consent to a buyer of all or substantially all of the assets, or a majority of the voting stock, of the Company. Upon such assignment, the rights and obligations of the Company hereunder shall become the rights and obligations of such affiliate or successor person or entity.

 

(g)           Notices . For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand or recognized courier service addressed to the respective addresses set forth below in this Agreement, or via email to the address set forth below, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

 

If to the Company:

 

Joseph R. Wright

Chairman, Board of Directors

c/o Chart Acquisition Group, LLC
555 5th Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Email: jwright@chartgroup.com

 

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Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.
133 Waller Mill Road, 4 th Floor
Williamsburg, VA 23188
Attention: Chief Executive Officer 

If to the Executive:

  

To the most recent address of the Executive set forth in the personnel records of the Company.

  

(h)           Cooperation . After Executive’s termination, for whatever reason, the Executive shall provide his reasonable cooperation in connection with any action or proceeding (or any appeal from any action or proceeding) which relates to events occurring during the Executive’s employment hereunder, but only to the extent the Company requests such cooperation with reasonable advance notice to the Executive and in respect of such periods of time as shall not unreasonably interfere with the Executive’s ability to perform his duties with any subsequent employer; provided, however, the Company shall pay any reasonable travel, lodging and related expenses that the Executive may incur in connection with providing all such cooperation, to the extent approved by the Company prior to incurring such expenses.

 

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

 

(j)           Survival . Provisions of this Agreement which by their nature are intended to survive after the termination of Executive’s employment under this Agreement will survive the termination of Executive’s employment.

 

(k)           Joint Negotiation . The parties hereto agree that each party has participated in the drafting and preparation of this Agreement, and, accordingly, in any construction or interpretation of this Agreement, the same shall not be construed against any party by reason of the source of drafting.

  

(l)           Section 409A .

 

(i)          The parties intend that the payments and benefits provided for in this Agreement either be exempt from Section 409A, or be provided in a manner that complies with Section 409A and any ambiguity herein shall be interpreted so as to be consistent with the intent of this paragraph. In no event whatsoever shall the Company be liable for any additional tax, interest or penalty that may be imposed on the Executive by Section 409A or damages for failing to comply with Section 409A. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, all payments and benefits which are payable upon a termination of employment hereunder shall be paid or provided only upon those terminations of employment that constitute a “separation from service” from the Company within the meaning of Section 409A (determined after applying the presumptions set forth in Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(h)(1)). Further, if the Executive is a “specified employee” as such term is defined under Section 409A at the time of a termination of employment and the deferral of the commencement of any payments or benefits otherwise payable hereunder as a result of such termination of employment is necessary in order to prevent any accelerated recognition of income or additional tax under Section 409A, then the Company will defer the commencement of the payment of any such payments or benefits hereunder (without any reduction in payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to the Executive) until the date that is at least six (6) months following the Executive’s termination of employment with the Company (or the earliest date permitted under Section 409A, e.g., immediately upon the Executive’s death), whereupon the Company will promptly pay the Executive a lump-sum amount equal to the cumulative amounts that would have otherwise been previously paid to the Executive under this Agreement during the period in which such payments or benefits were deferred. Thereafter, payments will resume in accordance with this Agreement.

 

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(ii)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in-kind benefits and reimbursements provided hereunder during any calendar year shall not affect in-kind benefits or reimbursements to be provided in any other calendar year, other than an arrangement providing for the reimbursement of medical expenses referred to in Section 105(b) of the Code, and are not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, reimbursement requests must be timely submitted by the Executive and, if timely submitted, reimbursement payments shall be promptly made to the Executive following such submission, but in no event later than December 31 st of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred. In no event shall the Executive be entitled to any reimbursement payments after December 31 st of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred. This paragraph shall only apply to in-kind benefits and reimbursements that would result in taxable compensation income to the Executive.

 

(iii)          Additionally, in the event that following the date hereof the Company or the Executive reasonably determines that any compensation or benefits payable under this Agreement may be subject to Section 409A, the Company and the Executive shall work together to adopt such amendments to this Agreement or adopt other policies or procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other commercially reasonable actions necessary or appropriate to (x) exempt the compensation and benefits payable under this Agreement from Section 409A and/or preserve the intended tax treatment of the compensation and benefits provided with respect to this Agreement or (y) comply with the requirements of Section 409A.

 

(m)          Mandatory Reduction of Payments in Certain Events .

 

(i)           Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event it shall be determined that any payment or distribution by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise) (such benefits, payments or distributions are hereinafter referred to as “ Payments ”) would, if paid, be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the “ Excise Tax ”), then, prior to the making of any Payments to the Executive, a calculation shall be made comparing (1) the net after-tax benefit to the Executive of the Payments after payment by the Executive of the Excise Tax, to (2) the net after-tax benefit to the Executive if the Payments had been limited to the extent necessary to avoid being subject to the Excise Tax.  If the amount calculated under (1) above is less than the amount calculated under (2) above, then the Payments shall be limited to the extent necessary to avoid being subject to the Excise Tax (the “ Reduced Amount ”).  For purposes of this Section 10(m), present value shall be determined in accordance with Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code.  For purposes of this Section 10(m), the “ Parachute Value ” of a Payment means the present value as of the date of the change of control of the portion of such Payment that constitutes a “parachute payment” under Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code, as determined by the Determination Firm (as defined below) for purposes of determining whether and to what extent the Excise Tax will apply to such Payment.

 

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(ii)           All determinations required to be made under this Section 10(m), including whether an Excise Tax would otherwise be imposed, whether the Payments shall be reduced, the amount of the Reduced Amount, and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determinations, shall be made by an independent, nationally recognized accounting firm or compensation consulting firm mutually acceptable to the Company and the Executive (the “ Determination Firm ”) which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive within 15 business days after the receipt of notice from the Executive that a Payment is due to be made, or such earlier time as is requested by the Company.  All fees and expenses of the Determination Firm shall be borne solely by the Company.  Any determination by the Determination Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive.  As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the Determination Firm hereunder, it is possible that Payments which the Executive was entitled to, but did not receive pursuant to Section 10(m)(i), could have been made without the imposition of the Excise Tax (“ Underpayment ”), consistent with the calculations required to be made hereunder.  In such event, the Determination Firm shall determine the amount of the Underpayment that has occurred and any such Underpayment shall be promptly paid by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive but no later than March 15 of the year after the year in which the Underpayment is determined to exist, which is when the legally binding right to such Underpayment arises.

 

(iii)          In the event that the provisions of Code Section 280G and 4999 or any successor provisions are repealed without succession, this Section 10(m) shall be of no further force or effect.

 

(n)           Compensation Committee Ratification . The parties acknowledge that this Agreement is subject to the review and ratification by the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “ Comp Committee ”) once such committee is formed after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. In the event that the Comp Committee, in its review of this Agreement, has reasonable recommendations with respect to this Agreement, each of Executive and the Company agrees to negotiate in good faith amendments to this Agreement in response to suck Comp Committee recommendations.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

  TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Christopher D. Brady
    Name:  Christopher D. Brady
  Title:  President
     
  EXECUTIVE
     
  /s/ R. Lee Priest, Jr.
  R. Lee Priest, Jr.

 

 

[Signature Page to Employment Agreement]

 

 

Exhibit 10.14

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “ Second Amendment ”) is made and entered into as of July 31, 2015 by and among: (i) Chart Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), (ii) Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Pubco ”); (iii) Chart Acquisition Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Sponsor ”), (iv) Cowen Investments LLC (as assignee of the Common Stock of Cowen Overseas Investment LP) (“ Cowen ”) and (v) certain of the other persons or entities described as Holders in the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below) and named on the signature pages hereto who have executed this Second Amendment. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Registration Rights Agreement (and if such term is not defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, then the Merger Agreement (as defined below)).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS , the Company, Sponsor, Cowen and the other Holders named therein are parties to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2012 (as amended, including as amended by the First Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 20, 2015 and as amended by this Second Amendment, the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Company granted certain registration rights to the Holders with respect to the Company’s securities; and

 

WHEREAS , on January 5, 2015, the Company entered into a Plan and Agreement of Merger (as amended, including without limitation by the First Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 20, 2015, the Second Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 10, 2015, and the Third Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 15, 2015, the “ Merger Agreement ”), with Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Tempus ”), each of the persons or entities set forth on Annex A to the Merger Agreement (the “ Members ”), Benjamin Scott Terry and John G. Gulbin III, together in their capacity as Members’ Representative solely for purposes specified in the Merger Agreement (the “ Members’ Representative ”), Pubco, Chart Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent Merger Sub ”), TAS Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Tempus Merger Sub ”), Chart Financing Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent Financing Sub ”), TAS Financing Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Tempus Financing Sub ”), Chart Acquisition Group LLC, in its capacity as the representative for the equity holders of the Company and Pubco (other than the Members and their successors and assigns) in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, Sponsor, Mr. Joseph Wright and Cowen, solely for the purposes specified in the Merger Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS , Pubco and the other parties to the New Investor Purchase Agreements have agreed to amend the New Investor Purchase Agreements, effective as of July 15, 2015, to among other matters, provide the New Investors with registration rights with respect to the Pubco securities that they receive in the Mergers pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement by and among Pubco and the New Investors, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ New Investor Registration Rights Agreement ”); and

 

WHEREAS , the parties hereto desire to amend the Registration Rights Agreement to acknowledge the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement and to agree to certain limitations on their rights under the Registration Rights Agreement in connection with the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement; and

 

 
 

 

WHEREAS , pursuant to Section 5.5 of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement can be amended with the written consent of the Company and the Holders of at least 66-2/3% of the Registrable Securities at the time in question (provided, that any amendment that adversely affects one Holder, solely in its capacity as a holder of the shares of capital stock of the Company, in a manner that is materially different from the other Holders (in such capacity) shall require the consent of the Holder so affected).

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises herein made, and in consideration of the representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.            Acknowledgement of New Investor Registration Rights Agreement . The parties hereby acknowledge that, notwithstanding Section 5.6 of the Registration Rights Agreement, in connection with the New Investor Purchase Agreements, Pubco will enter into the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto with respect to the Pubco securities to be issued in the New Investors in the Mergers, and consent to the foregoing. The parties further acknowledge that certain terms of the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement may conflict with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement and may restrict the rights of the Holders under the Registration Rights Agreement, including the rights of the Holders to exercise Demand Registrations or Piggy-back Registrations. The parties hereby waive any such conflicts and any breach of the Registration Rights Agreement that may result from Pubco’s compliance with the terms of the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement.

 

2.            Amendments to Registration Rights Agreement . The Parties hereby agree to the following amendments to the Registration Rights Agreement:

 

(a)            Section 1.1 of the Registration Rights Agreement is hereby amended to add the following definition:

 

New Investor Registration Rights Agreement ” shall mean that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2015, by and among Pubco and the New Investors (as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement).

 

Tempus Registration Rights Agreement ” shall mean that certain Registration Rights Agreement, by and among Pubco and the Members to be entered into by Pubco in connection with the Mergers.

 

(b)            Section 5.6 of the Registration Rights Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following:

 

“5.6           Other Registration Rights . The Company and Pubco represent and warrant that, other than the parties to the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement and the Tempus Registration Rights Agreement, no person, other than a Holder of Registrable Securities, has any right to require the Company or Pubco to register any securities of the Company or Pubco for sale or to include such securities of the Company or Pubco in any Registration filed by the Company or Pubco for the sale of securities for its own account or for the account of any other person. Further, the Company and Pubco represent and warrant that, other than with respect to the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement, this Agreement supersedes any other registration rights agreement or agreement with similar terms and conditions and in the event of a conflict between any such agreement or agreements and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail; provided , that in the event of any conflict between the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement and this Agreement, including any provisions of this Agreement that are prohibited by the terms of the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement, the terms of the New Investor Registration Rights Agreement will prevail.”

 

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3.            Miscellaneous . Except as expressly provided in this Second Amendment, all of the terms and provisions in the Registration Rights Agreement are and shall remain in full force and effect, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein. This Second Amendment does not constitute, directly or by implication, an amendment or waiver of any provision of the Registration Rights Agreement, or any other right, remedy, power or privilege of any party thereto, except as expressly set forth herein. Any reference to the Registration Rights Agreement in the Registration Rights Agreement or any other agreement, document, instrument or certificate entered into or issued in connection therewith shall hereinafter mean the Registration Rights Agreement, as amended by this Second Amendment (or as the Registration Rights Agreement may be further amended or modified after the date hereof in accordance with the terms thereof). The terms of this Second Amendment shall be governed by and construed in a manner consistent with the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, including Sections 5.4 thereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , each party hereto has signed or has caused to be signed by its officer thereunto duly authorized this Second Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

  Company:
   
  CHART ACQUISITION CORP.
   
  By:  
    Name:  Christopher D. Brady
    Title:  President
     
  Pubco:
   
  TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
   
  By:  
    Name:  Christopher D. Brady
    Title:  President
     
  Holders:
   
  CHART ACQUISITION GROUP LLC
   
  By: The Chart Group L.P.
     
  By:  
    Name:  Christopher D. Brady
    Title:  Manager
     
  COWEN INVESTMENTS LLC
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
   
  THE CHART GROUP L.P.
   
  By:  
    Name:  Christopher D. Brady
    Title:  Manager

  

[Signature Page to Second Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 
 

 

Holders (cont.):

 

     
Abdulwahab Al-Nakib   Geoffry Nattans
     
     
Joseph Boyle   Governor Thomas Ridge
     
     
Christopher Brady   Charlene Ryan
     
     
David Collier   Margaret Saracco
     
     
Senator Joseph Robert Kerrey   Timothy N. Teen
     
     
Deirdre Kilmartin   Cole Van Nice
     
     
Michael LaBarbera   H. Whitney Wagner
     
     
Khaled El-Marsafy (Fourth and Market)   Joseph R. Wright
     
     
Matthew McCooe   Young-Gak Yun
     
     
Manuel D. Medina    

 

[Signature Page to Second Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 
 

 

Exhibit A

Form of New Investor Registration Rights Agreement

 

See Attachment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.15

 

July 30, 2015

 

Christopher D. Brady

Chart Acquisition Corp.

c/o The Chart Group, L.P.

555 Fifth Avenue, 19th Floor

New York, New York 10017

 

  Re: Waiver

 

Dear Mr. Brady:

 

Reference is made to that certain Third Amended and Restated Warrant Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated June 11, 2015, by and between Chart Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company. Pursuant to Section 4.4 of the Agreement, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction, the Company is obligated to purchase the Warrants held by a Registered Holder (if so requested) for cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value of the remaining unexercised portion of such Warrant on the date of such Fundamental Transaction (the “Repurchase Right”). All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning specified to them in the Agreement.

 

Each of the undersigned, on its own behalf and on behalf of its successors, transferees and assigns, hereby agrees, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, (i) to waive the Repurchase Right as set forth in the Agreement for the number of Warrants set forth opposite its name on Exhibit A (the “Subject Warrants”) and (ii) not to sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of, any of the Subject Warrants unless the transferee enters into a written agreement with the parties hereto agreeing to be bound by the terms of this waiver.

 

Except as expressly set forth herein, this waiver shall not be deemed to be a waiver, amendment or modification of any provisions of the Agreement or of any right, power or remedy of the undersigned, nor shall it constitute a waiver of any provision of any other document, instrument and/or agreement executed or delivered in connection therewith, in each case whether arising before or after the date hereof or as a result of performance hereunder or thereunder.

 

Please confirm that the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement by signing and returning to us a copy of this letter. This letter may be executed in counterparts and by facsimile or other electronic transmission.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

 
 

   

  Very truly yours,
   
  CHART ACQUISITION GROUP LLC
     
  By: /s/ Christopher D. Brady
    Name: Christopher D. Brady
    Title:
     
    /s/ Joseph R. Wright
    JOSEPH R. WRIGHT
     
  COWEN INVESTMENTS LLC
     
  By: /s/ Owen Littman
    Name: Owen Littman
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED AS
OF THE 30 th DAY OF JULY, 2015:

 

CHART ACQUISITION CORP.

 

By: /s/ Christopher D. Brady  
Name: Christopher D. Brady  
Title: President  

 

Signature Page to Warrant Agreement Waiver

 

 
 

 

Exhibit A

 

Subject Warrants

 

Name   Number of Subject Warrants
Chart Acquisition Group LLC   1,921,933
Joseph R. Wright   103,884
Cowen Investments LLC   1,090,824

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 21.1

 

TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC. SUBSIDIARIES

 

The following are direct wholly-owned subsidiaries of Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.

  

Subsidiary

 

Jurisdiction of Incorporation/Formation

     
Chart Acquisition Corp.   Delaware
     
Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC   Delaware

Exhibit 99.1

 

CHART ACQUISITION

COMPLETES BUSINESS COMBINATION WITH

TEMPUS APPLIED SOLUTIONS

 

New York, NY/Williamsburg, VA , August 3, 2015 — Chart Acquisition Corp. (OTCQB: CACG; CACGW; CACGU) announced the closing of its business combination with Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC, an aviation solutions company, creating a new holding company called Tempus Applied Solutions Holdings, Inc.

 

Tempus Holdings’ common stock and warrants will commence trading on the OTCQB Marketplace under the ticker symbols “TMPS” and “TMPSW,” respectively, on Tuesday, August 4, 2015.

 

“Our team at Tempus has spent years building the expertise and credibility to meet the requirements of governments, heads of state, and large commercial operators as they must upgrade their aircraft to meet modern electronics, communications, and other system requirements,” said B. Scott Terry, founder and CEO of Tempus, who will serve as CEO of Tempus Holdings. We believe that we will be a significant player in this growing and demanding market and, as a public company, we will now have access to financial resources to meet near-term customer requirements and future expansion.”

 

“Tempus is one of the few companies in this rapidly expanding specialty market that provide complex communications, navigation, and electronics upgrades and solutions for special-mission aircraft, for both government and commercial use,” explained Joseph R. Wright, who will serve as chairman of the board of Tempus Holdings. Regulatory changes are occurring today around the world that require aircraft to be upgraded to meet new, more stringent, safety and other standards and performance requirements, which we believe will provide an opportunity for significant growth for Tempus Holdings. We look forward to working with Scott Terry, who has many years of proven results in this industry and is highly qualified to lead this company.”

 

Cowen and Company, LLC, acted as financial adviser to Chart, and Ellenoff Grossman & Schole, LLP, served as legal counsel to Chart. Alston & Bird, LLP, served as legal counsel to Tempus.

 

About Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC

Headquartered in Williamsburg, Virginia, Tempus provides turnkey and customized design, engineering, modification and integration services, and operations solutions that support aircraft critical mission requirements for various international customers including the United States Department of Defense, other U.S. government agencies, foreign governments, and heads of state. Tempus designs and implements special-mission aircraft modifications related to intelligence; surveillance and reconnaissance systems; new generation command, control and communications systems; and VIP interior components. Tempus also provides ongoing operational support, including flight crews, maintenance, and other services to its customers.

 

 
 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of judgments, risks, and uncertainties concerning the business combination and Tempus Holdings’ expected performance, as well as its strategic and operational plans. Accordingly, actual events or results may differ materially from those described in this press release. The factors described above, as well as risk factors described in reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Chart and Tempus Holdings, could cause our financial and operational results to differ materially from estimates or expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements set forth in this press release. We do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as may be required u nder applicable securities laws.

 

Contact Information - Tempus Media Relations

Jack Bacot, vice president of marketing & media

jack@tempus-magazine.com

+1 (864) 430-8785

 

Tempus Applied Solutions, LLC

133 Waller Mill Rd., Suite 100,

Williamsburg, VA 23185 USA

Telephone: +1 757-969-6188  

 

 

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