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): December 29, 2015

 

InterCloud Systems, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   000-32037   0963722
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

1030 Broad Street

Suite 102

Shrewsbury, NJ 07702

07702
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (732) 898-6308

 

 
(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 240.13a-4(c))

 

 

 

   

 

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Securities Purchase Agreement

 

InterCloud Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”, “we,” “us,” or “our”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), effective as of December 29, 2015, with the investor party thereto (the “Investor”), whereby we issued to the Investor, for gross proceeds of $7,500,000, a 10% original issue discount senior secured convertible debenture (the “Debenture”), dated December 29, 2015, in the original aggregate principal amount of $7,500,000.

 

The Debenture has a maturity date of June 30, 2017 (the “Maturity Date”), bears interest at 10% per annum, and is convertible into the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), at a conversion price equal to $1.33 per share, subject to adjustment as set forth in the Debenture. The Company shall pay interest to the Investor on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of the Debenture in arrears each calendar month and on the Maturity Date in cash or, at the Company’s option and subject to the Company satisfying certain equity conditions, in duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof. In addition, December 29, 2016, shall be an interest payment date and a fixed amount, which shall be additional interest under the Debenture, equal to $350,000, shall be due and payable to the Investor on such date in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof as provided in the Debenture with respect to regular interest payments. Commencing on February 29, 2016, the Holder shall have the right, at its option, to require the Company to redeem up to $350,000 of the outstanding principal amount of the Debenture per calendar month, which redemption may be made in cash or, at the Company’s option and subject to the Company satisfying certain equity conditions, in duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof. The Debenture is guaranteed by the Company and certain of its subsidiaries (T N S, Inc., Integration Partners – NY Corporation, ADEX Corporation, AW Solutions, Inc., RentVM Inc., ADEX Puerto Rico LLC, ADEXCOMM Corporation, Tropical Communications, Inc., AW Solutions Puerto Rico, LLC, Rives Monteiro Leasing, LLC, Rives Monteiro Engineering, LLC and Nottingham Enterprises, LLC (each a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”)) and is secured by all assets of the Company (other than Vaultlogix, LLC, U.S. Data Security Acquisition, LLC, Data Protection Services, LLC and U.S. Data Security Corporation) and the Guarantors. The Debenture contains standard events of default. A portion of the proceeds from this financing were used to pay off all amounts owed to the Company's previous secured lender. 

 

Conversion Agreement

 

On December 29, 2015, the Company entered into a Conversion Agreement (the “Conversion Agreement”) with the party thereto (the “Holder”), pursuant to which, among other things, (i) the Holder and the Company will use the cash proceeds from the transaction contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement to reduce the total aggregate amount owed by the Company to the Holder under those certain promissory notes originally issued by the Company to the Holder on May 15, 2015, to $1,500,000, (ii) if the closing price per share of the Common Stock ninety (90) days after December 29, 2015, is less than the Remaining Balance Conversion Price (as defined in the Conversion Agreement), as adjusted, then the Company shall issue to the Holder additional shares of unregistered Common Stock in an aggregate amount equal to the amount set forth in the Conversion Agreement, (iii) the Holder and the Company will convert the Remaining Balance (as defined in the Conversion Agreement) into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price per share equal to seventy-five percent (75%), multiplied by the lower of (x) the average volume weighted average price of a share of Common Stock for the five prior trading days, and (y) the one (1) day volume weighted average price for a share of Common Stock on December 29, 2015, (iv) the Holder and the Company will reduce the exercise price of those certain outstanding warrants originally issued by the Company to the Holder on May 14, 2015, to $1.75, and (v) the Holder will release all of its remaining security interest in the Company. The Conversion Agreement contains standard events of default.

 

The foregoing description of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Debenture and the Conversion Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Debenture and the Conversion Agreement, copies of which are filed herewith as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3, respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein. The provisions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Debenture and the Conversion Agreement, including the representations and warranties contained therein, are not for the benefit of any party other than the parties to such agreements and are not intended as documents for investors and the public to obtain factual information about our current state of affairs. Rather, investors and the public should look to other disclosures contained in our filings with the SEC.

 

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

 

The information provided under Item 1.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference. The shares of common stock issued to the Assignees pursuant to the Exchange Agreement were issued without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), based on the exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
10.1   Securities Purchase Agreement, effective as of December 29, 2015, between InterCloud Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and the Investor party thereto.
     
10.2   10% Original Issue Discount Senior Convertible Debenture, dated December 29, 2015, issued by InterCloud Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, to the Holder party thereto.
     
10.3   Conversion Agreement, dated December 29, 2015, between InterCloud Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and the Holder party thereto.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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

 

  INTERCLOUD SYSTEMS, INC.
     
Date: December 30, 2015 By: /s/ Mark E. Munro
   

Mark E. Munro

Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
10.1   Securities Purchase Agreement, effective as of December 29, 2015, between InterCloud Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and the Investor party thereto.
     
10.2   10% Original Issue Discount Senior Convertible Debenture, dated December 29, 2015, issued by InterCloud Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, to the Holder party thereto.
     
10.3   Conversion Agreement, dated December 29, 2015, between InterCloud Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and the Holder party thereto.

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

Execution Version

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of December 29, 2015, between InterCloud Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “ Purchaser ” and collectively, the “ Purchasers ”).

 

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.

 

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

 

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

 

1.1           Definitions . In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement: (a) capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Debentures (as defined herein), and (b) the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:

 

Action ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).

 

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

 

Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

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

 

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

 

Closing Date ” means the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities, in each case, have been satisfied or waived.

 

 

 

 

Commission ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

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

 

Company Counsel ” means Pryor Cashman LLP, with offices located at 7 Times Square, New York, New York 10036.

 

Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Debentures.

 

Conversion Shares ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Debentures.

 

DACAs ” means the Deposit Account Control Agreements, dated the date hereof, among the Company and each Guarantor, the Purchasers and PNC Bank, National Association.

 

Debentures ” means the 10% Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Convertible Debentures due, subject to the terms therein, three years from their date of issuance, issued by the Company to the Purchasers hereunder, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

Disclosure Schedules ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1.

 

Evaluation Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(r).

 

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

 

FCPA ” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

GAAP ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

 

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Governmental Authority ” means any national, supranational, federal, state, county, provincial, local, municipal or other government or political subdivision thereof (including any Regulatory Authority), whether domestic or foreign, and any agency, authority, commission, ministry, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, tribunal, arbitrator, central bank or other Person exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to any such government.

 

Guarantors ” means each of the Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) and each other Person after the date hereof executing the Subsidiary Guaranty and Security Agreement or, in each case, a joinder thereto.

 

Haynes and Boone ” means Haynes and Boone, LLP, with offices located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10112.

 

Indebtedness ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(aa).

 

Intellectual Property Rights ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o).

 

Legend Removal Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).

 

Liens ” means a lien, charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).

 

Maximum Rate ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.16.

 

Permits ” means all permits, licenses, registrations, certificates, orders, approvals, authorizations, consents, waivers, franchises, variances and similar rights issued by or obtained from any Governmental Authority or any other Person.

 

Person ” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

Payoff Letter ” means a pay off letter from GPB Life Science Holdings, LLC acceptable to the Purchasers in form and substance.

 

Principal Amount ” means, as to each Purchaser, the amounts set forth below such Purchaser’s signature block on the signature pages hereto next to the heading “Principal Amount,” in United States Dollars, which shall equal such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount multiplied by 1.07.

 

Proceeding ” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.

 

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Public Information Failure ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.3(b).

 

Public Information Failure Payments ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.3(b).

 

Purchaser Party ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.10.

 

Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company and the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit F attached hereto.

 

Registration Statement ” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale of the Conversion Shares by each Purchaser as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Required Approvals ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).

 

Required Minimum ” means, as of any date, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issued or potentially issuable in the future pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including any Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion in full of all Debentures (including Conversion Shares issuable as payment of interest on the Debentures), ignoring any conversion or exercise limits set forth therein, and assuming that the Conversion Price is at all times on and after the date of determination 75% of the then Conversion Price on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of determination.

 

Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.

 

SEC Reports ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

 

Securities ” means the Debentures and the Conversion Shares.

 

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

 

Security Agreement ” means the Security Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company, each of the Guarantors and the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.

 

Security Documents ” shall mean the Security Agreement, the DACAs, and any other documents and filing required thereunder in order to grant the Purchasers a first priority security interest in the assets of the Company as provided in the Security Agreement, including all UCC-1 filing receipts.

 

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Subscription Amount ” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for Debentures purchased hereunder as specified below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately available funds. The aggregate “Subscription Amount” shall be $7,000,000.

 

Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of the Company existing on the date hereof and any subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

 

Subordination Agreement(s) ” means each Subordination Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, of even date herewith by and between the Purchasers, the Company, the Guarantors and each creditor of the Company set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) hereto.

 

Subsidiary Guaranty ” means the Subsidiary Guaranty of even date herewith substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D .

 

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

 

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

 

Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the Debentures, the Security Agreement, the DACAs, the Subsidiary Guaranty, the Subordination Agreement, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

 

Transfer Agent ” means Corporate Stock Transfer, Inc., the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 3200 Cherry Creek South Drive, Suite 430, Denver, Colorado 80209 and a facsimile number of (303) 282-5800, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

Vaultlogix ” means Vaultlogix, LLC, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company.

 

VWAP ” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on a Trading Market and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink OTC Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (c) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

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White Oak Lien Release ” means a letter from White Oak Global Advisors, LLC acknowledging the termination of it security interest in the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than Vaultlogix, LLC, Data Protection Services, LLC, U.S. Data Security Acquisition, LLC and U.S. Data Security Corporation) acceptable to the Purchasers in form and substance.

 

ARTICLE II.

PURCHASE AND SALE

 

2.1           Closing . On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, $7,500,000 in principal amount of the Debentures. Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company, via wire transfer or a certified check, immediately available funds equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as set forth on the signature page hereto executed by such Purchaser, and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective Debenture, as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of Haynes and Boone or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree.

 

2.2           Deliveries .

 

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

 

(i)          this Agreement duly executed by the Company;

 

(ii)         a legal opinion of Company Counsel, substantially in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto;

 

(iii)        a Debenture with a Principal Amount equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount multiplied by 1.07, registered in the name of such Purchaser;

 

(iv)        the Subsidiary Guaranty duly executed by each Subsidiary (other than Vaultlogix);

 

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(v)         the Security Agreement duly executed by the Company and each Subsidiary (other than Vaultlogix), along with all of the Security Documents duly executed by the parties thereto;

 

(vi)        DACAs duly executed by the Company, each applicable Guarantor and PNC Bank, National Association with respect to the deposit accounts maintained at PNC Bank, National Association set forth on Schedule 2.2(vi) ;

 

(vii)       Subordination Agreements duly executed by the Company, each Guarantor, each creditor of the Company listed on Schedule 1.1(b) hereto;

 

(viii)      the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company;

 

(ix)         the Payoff Letter duly executed by GPB Life Science Holdings LLC; and

 

(x)          the White Oak Lien Release duly executed by White Oak Global Advisors, LLC.

 

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

 

(i)          this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;

 

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

 

(iii)        the Security Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;

 

(iv)        each DACA duly executed by such Purchaser;

 

(v)         each Subordination Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser; and

 

(vi)        the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser.

 

2.3           Closing Conditions .

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(viii)      The Company shall have delivered a certificate, executed on behalf of the Company by its Secretary, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company approving the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the issuance of the Securities, certifying the current versions of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company and certifying as to the signatures and authority of persons signing the Transaction Documents and related documents on behalf of the Company;

 

(ix)         The Company shall have delivered a certificate, executed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying to the fulfillment of the conditions specified in this Section 2.3(b); and

 

(x)          from the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of such Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the Closing.

 

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ARTICLE III.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

3.1           Representations and Warranties of the Company . Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation or otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each Purchaser:

 

(a)           Subsidiaries . The Company’s Subsidiaries are as set forth in the SEC Reports.

 

(b)           Organization and Qualification . The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “ Material Adverse Effect ”) and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.

 

(c)           Authorization; Enforcement . The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s stockholders in connection herewith or therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

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(d)           No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or Governmental Authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e)           Filings, Consents and Approvals . The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other Governmental Authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings required pursuant to Section 4.6 of this Agreement, (ii) the notice and/or application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the Securities and the listing of the Conversion Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, (iii) the Stockholder Approval, and (iv) the filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “ Required Approvals ”).

 

(f)           Issuance of the Securities . The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Conversion Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock a number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of the Conversion Shares at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date hereof.

 

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(g)           Capitalization . The capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the SEC Reports. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, (i) no Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, (ii) except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents and (iii) the issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.

 

(h)           SEC Reports; Financial Statements . The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “ SEC Reports ”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has not been, since January 1, 2015, an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“ GAAP ”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.

 

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(i)           Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments . Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the date hereof: (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i) , no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, properties, operations, assets or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.

 

(j)           Litigation . Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, (A) there is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “ Action ”) which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (B) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty and (C) there has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.

 

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(k)           Labor Relations . No labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees are good. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or any Subsidiary, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(l)           Compliance . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator or other Governmental Authority or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any Governmental Authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(m)           Regulatory Permits . The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all Permits necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such Permits could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Permit.

 

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(n)           Title to Assets . The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for (i) Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries and (ii) Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves have been made therefor in accordance with GAAP and, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary hold any material assets outside the United States.

 

(o)           Intellectual Property . The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights as described in the SEC Reports as necessary or required for use in connection with their respective businesses and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “ Intellectual Property Rights ”). None of, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as could not have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(p)           Insurance . The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in cost.

 

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(q)           Transactions With Affiliates and Employees . Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for: (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.

 

(r)           Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls . The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “ Evaluation Date ”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

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(s)           Certain Fees . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(s) , no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiaries to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

(t)           Private Placement . Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.

 

(u)           Investment Company . The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become an “investment company” subject to registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(v)           Registration Rights . Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiaries.

 

(w)           Listing and Maintenance Requirements . The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements. The Common Stock is currently eligible for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation and the Company is current in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company (or such other established clearing corporation) in connection with such electronic transfer.

 

(x)           Application of Takeover Protections . The Company and the Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s certificate of incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership of the Securities.

 

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(y)           Disclosure . Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The press releases disseminated by the Company during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made and when made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.

 

(z)           No Integrated Offering . Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of (i) the Securities Act which would require the registration of any such securities under the Securities Act, or (ii) except as contemplated by Section 4(e) of the Debentures, any applicable stockholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.

 

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(aa)           Solvency . Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder: (i) the fair saleable value of the Company’s assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, consolidated and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date. Schedule 3.1(aa) sets forth as of the date hereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “ Indebtedness ” means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $250,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (z) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $250,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.

 

(bb)           Tax Status . Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries each (i) has made or filed all United States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company or of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.

 

(cc)           No General Solicitation . Neither the Company nor any person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising. The Company has offered the Securities for sale only to the Purchasers and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.

 

(dd)           Foreign Corrupt Practices . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has: (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of FCPA.

 

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(ee)           Accountants . The Company’s accounting firm is Grant Thornton LLP. To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such accounting firm: (i) is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and (ii) shall express its opinion with respect to the financial statements to be included in the Company’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.

 

(ff)           Seniority . As of the Closing Date, no Indebtedness or other claim against the Company is senior to the Debentures in right of payment, whether with respect to interest or upon liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise, other than indebtedness secured by purchase money security interests (which is senior only as to underlying assets covered thereby) and capital lease obligations (which is senior only as to the property covered thereby).

 

(gg)           No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers . There are no disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company to arise, between the Company and the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the Company and the Company is current with respect to any fees owed to its accountants and lawyers which could affect the Company’s ability to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents.

 

(hh)           Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities . The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.

 

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(ii)           Acknowledgment Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity . Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding, it is understood and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none of the Purchasers has been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term, (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, specifically including, without limitation, short sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities, (iii) any Purchaser, and counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, may presently have a “short” position in the Common Stock and (iv) each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more Purchasers may engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value of the Conversion Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined, and (z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders' equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities are being conducted.  The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.

 

(jj)           Regulation M Compliance .  The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company.

 

(kk)           Stock Option Plans . Each stock option granted by the Company under the Company’s stock option plan was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the Company’s stock option plan and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock option granted under the Company’s stock option plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.

 

(ll)           Office of Foreign Assets Control . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company's knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“ OFAC ”).

 

(mm)           U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation . The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Purchaser’s request.

 

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(nn)           Bank Holding Company Act . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “ BHCA ”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “ Federal Reserve ”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.

 

(oo)           Money Laundering . The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened.

 

(rr)           No Disqualification Events . With respect to the Securities to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506 under the Securities Act, none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering hereunder, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an "Issuer Covered Person" and, together, "Issuer Covered Persons") is subject to any of the "Bad Actor" disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a "Disqualification Event"), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Purchasers a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.

 

(ss)           Other Covered Persons . The Company is not aware of any person (other than any Issuer Covered Person) that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the sale of any Regulation D Securities.

 

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

 

(a)           Organization; Authority . Such Purchaser is either an individual or an entity duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right, corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

(b)           Own Account . Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has no present intention of distributing any of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law (this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.

 

(c)           Purchaser Status . At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it converts any Debentures it will be, an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act.

 

(d)           Experience of Such Purchaser . Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

 

(e)           General Solicitation . Such Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general advertisement.

 

The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby.

 

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ARTICLE IV.

OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

4.1           Transfer Restrictions .

 

(a)          The Debentures may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Debentures other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require, at the Company’s expense, the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights and obligations of a Purchaser under this Agreement.

 

(b)          The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.1, of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form:

 

[NEITHER] THIS SECURITY [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS [CONVERTIBLE]] HAS [NOT] BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THIS SECURITY [AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON [CONVERSION] OF THIS SECURITY] MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

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The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities.

 

(c)          Certificates evidencing the Conversion Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof): (i) following any sale of such Conversion Shares pursuant to Rule 144, (ii) if such Conversion Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144 without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement required under Rule 144 as to such Conversion Shares and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or (ii) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission). After the Closing Date, the Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent in a form acceptable to each of the Purchasers (the “ Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions ”) to issue certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at the Depository Trust Company, registered in the name of each Purchaser or its respective nominee(s), for the Conversion Shares in such amounts as specified from time to time by each Purchaser to the Company upon conversion or redemption of the Debentures. The Company represents, warrants and covenants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 4.1(c), and stop transfer instructions to give effect to Section 4.1 hereof, will be given by the Company to the Transfer Agent with respect to the Conversion Shares, and that the Conversion Shares shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company, as applicable, to the extent provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. If a Purchaser effects a sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities, the Company shall permit the transfer and shall promptly instruct the Transfer Agent to issue one or more certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at the Depository Trust Company in such name and in such denominations as specified by such Purchaser to effect such sale, transfer or assignment. In the event that such sale, assignment or transfer (i) involves the Conversion Shares, the Transfer Agent shall issue such shares to such Purchaser, assignee or transferee (as the case may be) without any restrictive legend in accordance with this Section 4.1(c) and/or the terms of the Debentures. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to a Purchaser. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 4.1 will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section 4.1, that a Purchaser shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an order and/or injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. The Company shall cause its counsel to issue the legal opinion referred to in the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions to the Transfer Agent following any sale of Conversion Shares pursuant to Rule 144. Any fees (with respect to the Transfer Agent, counsel to the Company or otherwise) associated with the issuance of such opinion or the removal of any legends on any of the Securities shall be borne by the Company. The Company agrees that following such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 4.1(c) or pursuant to any applicable term of the Debentures, it will, no later than three Trading Days (such third Trading Day, the “ Legend Removal Date ”) following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Transfer Agent of, as applicable, (i) a certificate representing Conversion Shares issued with a restrictive legend or (ii) a Conversion Notice or Holder Redemption Notice together with a representation letter of the Purchaser or its broker that the Conversion Shares to be issued pursuant to such Conversion Notice or Holder Redemption Notice have been sold under Rule 144, deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 4. Certificates for Conversion Shares subject to legend removal or issuance without a legend hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Purchaser by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such Purchaser.

 

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(d)          In addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, the greater of (i) as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Conversion Shares (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date such Securities are submitted to the Transfer Agent) delivered for removal of or issuance without the restrictive legend and subject to Section 4.1(c), $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 second Trading Day (provided that if the Company fails to issue shares without legends or remove legends as required by Section 4.1(c) more than twice in any twelve (12) month period, then such two day grace period shall no longer apply) following the Legend Removal Date until such certificate is delivered without a legend, or (ii) if after the Required Delivery Date such Purchaser purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Purchaser 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 Purchaser anticipated receiving from the Company without any restrictive legend, then, an amount equal to the excess of such Purchaser’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 Conversion Shares that the Company was required to deliver to such Purchaser 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 Purchaser to the Company of the applicable Conversion Shares (as the case may be) and ending on the date of such delivery and payment under this clause (ii).

 

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(e)          Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees with the Company that such Purchaser will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance upon this understanding.

 

4.2           Acknowledgment of Dilution . The Company acknowledges that the issuance of the Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, which dilution may be substantial under certain market conditions. The Company further acknowledges that its obligations under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, its obligation to issue the Conversion Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents, are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any right of set off, counterclaim, delay or reduction, regardless of the effect of any such dilution or any claim the Company may have against any Purchaser and regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership of the other stockholders of the Company.

 

4.3           Furnishing of Information; Public Information .

 

(a)          If the Common Stock is not registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act on the date hereof, the Company agrees to cause the Common Stock to be registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act on or before the 60 th calendar day following the date hereof. Until such time that no Purchaser owns Securities, the Company covenants to maintain the registration of the Common Stock under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act even if the Company is not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.

 

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(b)          At any time during the period commencing from the six (6) month anniversary of the date hereof and ending at such time that all of the Securities may be sold without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144, if the Company shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c) (a “ Public Information Failure ”) then, in addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the Securities, an amount in cash equal to 0.075% of the aggregate Subscription Amount of such Purchaser’s Securities on the day of a Public Information Failure and such amount on each day thereafter until the earlier of (a) the date such Public Information Failure is cured and (b) such time that such public information is no longer required  for the Purchasers to transfer the Conversion Shares pursuant to Rule 144.  The payments to which a Purchaser shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 4.3(b) are referred to herein as “ Public Information Failure Payments .”  For purposes hereof, a “Public Information Failure” shall be deemed to have occurred and be continuing during any Rule 12b-25 extension period for any annual, quarterly or other report required to be filed by the Company with the Commission. Public Information Failure Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month during which such Public Information Failure Payments are incurred and (ii) the third (3 rd ) Business Day after 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 1.5% per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Public Information Failure, and such Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief.

 

4.4           Integration; Rules of the Trading Market .

 

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

 

(b)          The Company shall provide each stockholder entitled to vote at either (x) the next annual meeting of stockholders of the Company or (y) a special meeting of stockholders of the Company (the “ Stockholder Meeting ”), which shall be promptly called and held not later than March 31, 2016 (the “ Stockholder Meeting Deadline ”), a proxy statement, substantially in a form which shall have been previously reviewed by the Purchasers’ counsel, at the expense of the Company, soliciting each such stockholder's affirmative vote at the Stockholder Meeting for approval of resolutions (“ Stockholder Resolutions ”) providing for the Company's issuance of Conversion Shares as described in the Transaction Documents in accordance with applicable law and the rules and regulations of the Principal Market and without any limitation on the number of Conversion Shares that may be issued (such affirmative approval being referred to herein as the “ Stockholder Approval ”, and the date such Stockholder Approval is obtained, the “ Stockholder Approval Date ”), and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit its stockholders' approval of such resolutions and to cause the Board of Directors of the Company to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such resolutions. The Company shall be obligated to seek to obtain the Stockholder Approval by the Stockholder Meeting Deadline. If, despite the Company's reasonable best efforts the Stockholder Approval is not obtained on or prior to the Stockholder Meeting Deadline, the Company shall cause an additional Stockholder Meeting to be held once in each of the four subsequent calendar quarters thereafter until such Stockholder Approval is obtained.

 

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4.5           Conversion Procedures . The form of Notice of Conversion included in the Debentures set forth the totality of the procedures required of the Purchasers in order to convert the Debentures. Without limiting the preceding sentences, no ink-original Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Conversion form be required in order to convert the Debenture. No additional legal opinion, other information or instructions shall be required of the Purchasers to convert their Debentures. The Company shall honor conversions of the Debentures and shall deliver Conversion Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction Documents.

 

4.6           Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity . The Company shall (a) by 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, issue a press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the Commission within the time required by the Exchange Act. From and after the issuance of such press release, the Company represents to the Purchasers that it shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to any of the Purchasers by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except: (a) as required by federal securities law in connection with the filing of final Transaction Documents with the Commission and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (b).

 

4.7           Stockholder Rights Plan . No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers.

 

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4.8           Disclosure of Material Information; No Obligation of Confidentiality .

 

(a)          Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf, has provided prior to the date hereof or will in the future provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have entered into a written agreement with the Company regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. In the event of a breach of the foregoing covenant by the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, in addition to any other remedy provided herein or in the Transaction Documents, the Company shall publicly disclose any material, non-public information in a Current Report on Form 8-K within one business day following the date that it discloses such information to any Purchaser or such earlier time as may be required by Regulation FD or other applicable law.

 

(b)          No Purchaser shall be deemed to have any obligation of confidentiality with respect to (i) any non-public information of the Company disclosed to such Purchaser in breach of Section 4.8(a) (whether or not the Company files a Current Report on Form 8-K as provided above), (ii) the fact that any Purchaser has exercised any of its rights and/or remedies under the Transaction Documents or (iii) any information obtained by any Purchaser as a result of exercising any of its rights and/or remedies under the Transaction Documents. In addition, no Purchaser shall be deemed to be in breach of any duty to the Company and/or to have misappropriated any non-public information of the Company, if such Purchaser engages in transactions of securities of the Company, including, without limitation, any hedging transactions, short sales or any “derivative” transactions while in possession of such non-public information.

 

(c)          Any Form 8-K, including all exhibits thereto, filed by the Company pursuant to Section 4.8(a) shall be subject to prior review and comment by the applicable Purchasers. 

 

(d)          From and after the filing of any such Form 8-K pursuant to Section 4.8(a) with the Commission, no Purchaser shall be deemed to be in possession of any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company.

 

4.9           Use of Proceeds . The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder for the satisfaction of the Company’s debt in accordance with the Payoff Letter and for general corporate purposes and shall not use such proceeds : (a) for the redemption of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, (b) for the settlement of any outstanding litigation or (c) in violation of FCPA or OFAC regulations.

 

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4.10         Indemnification of Purchasers . Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.10, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors, officers, stockholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, stockholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a “ Purchaser Party ”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against the Purchaser Parties in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser Party, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon a breach of such Purchaser Party’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser Party may have with any such stockholder or any violations by such Purchaser Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser Party which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (z) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents. The indemnification required by this Section 4.10 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 are incurred. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Purchaser Party against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company may be subject to pursuant to law.

 

4.11         Reservation and Listing of Securities .

 

(a)          The Company shall maintain a reserve from its duly authorized shares of Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents in such amount as may then be required to fulfill its obligations in full under the Transaction Documents.

 

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(b)          If, on any date, the number of authorized but unissued (and otherwise unreserved) shares of Common Stock is less than the Required Minimum on such date, then the Board of Directors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Company’s certificate or articles of incorporation to increase the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to at least the Required Minimum at such time, as soon as possible and in any event not later than the 75th day after such date.

 

(c)          The Company shall, if applicable: (i) in the time and manner required by the principal Trading Market, prepare and file with such Trading Market an additional shares listing application covering a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date of such application, (ii) take all steps necessary to cause such shares of Common Stock to be approved for listing or quotation on such Trading Market as soon as possible thereafter, (iii) provide to the Purchasers evidence of such listing or quotation and (iv) maintain the listing or quotation of such Common Stock on any date at least equal to the Required Minimum on such date on such Trading Market or another Trading Market. The Company agrees to maintain the eligibility of the Common Stock for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation, including, without limitation, by timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such other established clearing corporation in connection with such electronic transfer.

 

4.12         Form D; Blue Sky Filings . The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof, promptly upon request of any Purchaser. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the Securities for, sale to the Purchasers at the Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of any Purchaser.

 

4.13         Additional Investment Right . While this Debenture is outstanding, Purchasers may, in their sole discretion, but are under no obligation to, purchase from the Company, and the Company shall be obligated to sell to the Purchasers, additional Debentures in an aggregate principal amount of up to $2,150,000 (including original issue discount) (the “ AIR Debentures ”). Any additional investment pursuant to this Section 4.13 (the “ AIR ”) will be on terms and prices identical to those set forth in this Agreement, the Debentures and the other Transaction Documents, in each case, as amended, supplemented or modified after the date hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the aggregate purchase price for the entire amount of AIR Debentures shall be equal to $2,000,000. In addition to the foregoing, the parties agree as follow with respect to the AIR Debentures (x) for purposes of the anti-dilution provisions of the AIR Debentures, the Original Issue Date of the AIR Debentures shall be deemed to be the date of this Agreement and (y) the Monthly Allowance (as defined in the Debentures) for any AIR Debentures shall be $100,000 per month. The Purchasers may exercise the AIR in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, while the Debentures are outstanding. In order to effectuate a purchase and sale of the AIR Debentures, the Company and the Guarantors shall enter into such agreements and instruments as the Purchasers deem appropriate and which shall include updated disclosure schedules and representations, warranties, covenants and agreements substantially identical to those set forth in the Transaction Documents. For the avoidance of doubt, the obligations of the Company under the AIR Debentures and related agreements and instruments are in addition to all of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement, the Debentures and the other Transaction Documents.

 

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ARTICLE V.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1           Fees and Expenses . At the Closing, the Company has agreed to reimburse the Purchasers for their legal fees and expenses, $25,000 of which has been paid prior to the Closing. Accordingly, in lieu of the foregoing payments, the aggregate amount that the Purchasers are to pay for the Securities at the Closing shall be reduced by $40,000 in lieu thereof. Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company and any conversion notice delivered by a Purchaser), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Purchasers.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

5.7           No Third Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.10 and this Section 5.7.

 

5.8           Governing Law . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, stockholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence an action, suit or proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then, in addition to the obligations of the Company under Section 4.10, the prevailing party in such action, suit or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

 

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5.9           Survival . The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.

 

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

 

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

 

5.12         Rescission and Withdrawal Right . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights; provided , however , that in the case of a rescission of a conversion of a Debenture, the applicable Purchaser shall be required to return any shares of Common Stock subject to any such rescinded conversion notice.

 

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

 

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

 

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5.15         Payment Set Aside . To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

 

5.16         Usury . To the extent it may lawfully do so, the Company hereby agrees not to insist upon or plead or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will resist any and all efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, usury laws wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, in connection with any claim, action or proceeding that may be brought by any Purchaser in order to enforce any right or remedy under any Transaction Document. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in any Transaction Document, it is expressly agreed and provided that the total liability of the Company under the Transaction Documents for payments in the nature of interest shall not exceed the maximum lawful rate authorized under applicable law (the “ Maximum Rate ”), and, without limiting the foregoing, in no event shall any rate of interest or default interest, or both of them, when aggregated with any other sums in the nature of interest that the Company may be obligated to pay under the Transaction Documents exceed such Maximum Rate. It is agreed that if the maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law and applicable to the Transaction Documents is increased or decreased by statute or any official governmental action subsequent to the date hereof, the new maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law will be the Maximum Rate applicable to the Transaction Documents from the effective date thereof forward, unless such application is precluded by applicable law. If under any circumstances whatsoever, interest in excess of the Maximum Rate is paid by the Company to any Purchaser with respect to indebtedness evidenced by the Transaction Documents, such excess shall be applied by such Purchaser to the unpaid principal balance of any such indebtedness or be refunded to the Company, the manner of handling such excess to be at such Purchaser’s election.

 

5.17         Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights . The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any of the Purchasers.

 

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5.18         Liquidated Damages . The Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due and payable shall have been canceled.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

5.22         Termination .  This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before January 1, 2016; provided , however , that such termination will not affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by any other party (or parties).

 

(Signature Pages Follow)

 

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

 

INTERCLOUD SYSTEMS, INC.   Address for Notice :
       
By: /s/ Daniel Sullivan   Fax :
  Name: Daniel Sullivan   E-mail :
  Title:    Chief Accounting Officer    

 

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

 

[REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

SIGNATURE PAGE FOR PURCHASER FOLLOWS]

 

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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO INTERCLOUD SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

 

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

 

Name of Purchaser: ________________________________________________________

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser : __________________________________

 

Name of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________

 

Title of Authorized Signatory: _____________________________________________________

 

Email Address of Authorized Signatory: _____________________________________________

 

Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________

 

Address for Notice to Purchaser:

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Subscription Amount: _____________

 

Principal Amount (1.07 x Subscription Amoun t): _____________

 

EIN Number: _______________________

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE]

 

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

EXHIBIT A

 

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

Original Issue Date: December 29, 2015

Original Conversion Price (subject to adjustment herein): $1.33

 

$7,500,000

 

10% ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE

DUE June 30, 2017

 

THIS 10% ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE is one of a series of duly authorized and validly issued 10% Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Convertible Debentures of InterCloud Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the “ Company ”), having its principal place of business at 1030 Broad Street, Suite 102, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702, designated as its 10% Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Convertible Debenture due June 30, 2017 (this debenture, the “ Debenture ” and, collectively with the other debentures of such series, the “ Debentures ”).

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to JGB (Cayman) Waltham Ltd. or its registered assigns (the “ Holder ”), or shall have paid pursuant to the terms hereunder, the principal sum of $7,500,000 on June 30, 2017 (the “ Maturity Date ”) or such earlier date as this Debenture is required or permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder, and to pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture in accordance with the provisions hereof. This Debenture is subject to the following additional provisions:

 

Section 1 .          Definitions . For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Debenture, (a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement and (b) the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Alternate Consideration ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).

 

 

 

 

Applicable Interest Rate ” means an annual rate equal to ten percent (10%), provided, if the Stockholder Approval has not been obtained by the Stockholder Meeting Deadline, an annual rate equal to thirteen percent (13%), provided, further, in any event, following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, an annual rate equal to fifteen percent (15%).

 

Bankruptcy Event ” means any of the following events: (a) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) thereof commences a case or other proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction relating to the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, (b) there is commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed within sixty (60) days after commencement, (c) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered, (d) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof suffers any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any substantial part of its property that is not discharged or stayed within sixty (60) calendar days after such appointment, (e) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof calls a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts or (g) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, by any act or failure to act, expressly indicates its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing or takes any corporate or other action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.

 

Base Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b)(i).

 

Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d).

 

Bloomberg ” means Bloomberg, L.P.

 

Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Company.

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

 

Buy-In ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c)(v).

 

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Change of Control Transaction ” means the occurrence after the date hereof of any of (a) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the voting securities of the Company (other than by means of conversion or exercise of the Debentures and the Securities issued together with the Debentures), (b) the Company merges into or consolidates with any other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Company and, after giving effect to such transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate voting power of the Company or the successor entity of such transaction, (c) the Company sells or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another Person and the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction, (d) a replacement at one time or within a three year period of more than one-half of the members of the Board of Directors which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board of Directors on the Original Issue Date (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the Board of Directors on any date whose nomination to the Board of Directors was approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are members on the date hereof), or (e) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth in clauses (a) through (d) above.

 

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

 

Consolidated EBITDA ” means, for any period, for the Company and Guarantors (as defined in Purchase Agreement) on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to the net income (on a consolidated basis) of the Company and the Guarantors for such period plus (a) the following to the extent deducted in calculating such net income: (i) all interest and premium payments of the Company and Guarantors in connection with borrowed money actually paid by the Company and Guarantors in such period, (ii) the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable by the Company and Guarantors for such period, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense and (iv) other non-recurring expenses of the Company and Guarantors reducing net income which do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period and minus (b) the following to the extent included in calculating such net income: (i) Federal, state, local and foreign income tax credits of the Company and Guarantors for such period and (ii) all non-cash items increasing net income for such period. For the avoidance of doubt, the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA shall exclude, for all purposes, Vaultlogix, Data Protection Services, LLC, U.S. Data Security Acquisition, LLC and U.S. Data Security Corporation.

 

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Conversion ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.

 

Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

 

Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).

 

Conversion Schedule ” means the Conversion Schedule in the form of Schedule 1 attached hereto.

 

Conversion Shares ” means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable (i) upon conversion of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof or (ii) pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof.

 

DACA ” means each Deposit Account Control Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company or a Subsidiary, as applicable, PNC Bank, National Association and the Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

Debenture Register ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).

 

Dilutive Issuance ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b)(i).

 

Dilutive Issuance Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b)(i).

 

Dispose ” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction or by way of a merger) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith, in each case, whether or not the consideration therefor consists of cash, securities or other assets owned by the acquiring Person, excluding any sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business on ordinary business terms.

 

Dollar Volume Limitation ” means fifteen percent (15%) of the aggregate dollar trading volume of the Common Stock on the Principal Market (or other applicable Trading Market) over the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of any Holder Redemption Notice or the commencement of any Interest Notice Period, as applicable. For the purposes of this definition the term “dollar trading volume” for any Trading Day shall be determined by multiplying the VWAP by the volume as reported on Bloomberg for such Trading Day.

 

DTC ” means the Depository Trust Company.

 

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Equity Conditions ” means, during the period in question, (a) the Company shall have duly honored all conversions and redemptions scheduled to occur or occurring by virtue of one or more Notices of Conversions or Holder Redemption Notices of the Holder, if any, (b) the Company shall have paid all liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the Holder in respect of this Debenture, (c)(i) there is an effective Registration Statement pursuant to which the Holder is permitted to utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and the Company believes, in good faith, that such effectiveness will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future) or (ii) all of the Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and shares issuable in lieu of cash payments of interest) may be resold pursuant to Rule 144 without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions as determined by the counsel to the Company as set forth in a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the Holder, provided, however, this condition shall not be deemed satisfied (1) during any Rule 12b-25 extension period with respect to any quarterly or annual report of the Company that is not filed by the prescribed due date for such quarterly or annual report (without giving effect to any extension period) or (2) during any period that the Company is not in compliance with the current public information requirements under Rule 144, (d) the Common Stock is trading on a Trading Market and all of the Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents are listed or quoted for trading on such Trading Market (and the Company believes, in good faith, that trading of the Common Stock on a Trading Market will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future), (e) there is a sufficient number of authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved shares of Common Stock for the issuance of all of the Conversion Shares then issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (f) there is no existing Event of Default and no existing event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, would constitute an Event of Default, (g) the issuance of the Conversion Shares in question to the Holder would not violate the limitations set forth in Section 4(d) herein or the Exchange Cap, (h) there has been no public announcement of a pending or proposed Fundamental Transaction or Change of Control Transaction that has not been consummated, (i) the applicable Holder is not in possession of any information provided by the Company that constitutes, or may constitute, material non-public information, (j) on each of the ten (10) Trading Days prior to the applicable date, unless waived by the Holder, the Closing Price of the Common Stock is at least $1.00 per share (appropriately adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination, stock buy-back or other similar transaction), (k) the Common Stock is DTC eligible and the Company’s transfer agent is participating in DTC’s Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, and (l) the Stockholder Approval has been obtained.

 

Equity Conditions Failure ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(iii).

 

Equity Interests ” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.

 

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Event of Default ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).

 

Exchange Cap ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(e).

 

Excess Shares ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(v)(B).

 

Exempt Issuance ” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, consultants, officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose, or approved by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose and (b) securities upon the exchange of or conversion of this Debenture and/or other Common Stock Equivalents issued and outstanding on the Original Issue Date, including any amendment or modification to such securities subsequent to the Original Issue Date to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities.

 

FGI Litigation ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(i).

 

Fundamental Transaction ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).

 

Holder Redemption Amount ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(i).

 

Holder Redemption Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(i).

 

Holder Redemption Payment Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(i).

 

Holder Redemption Right ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(i).

 

Indebtedness ” shall include (a) all obligations for borrowed money, (b) all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments and all reimbursement or other obligations in respect of letters of credit, bankers acceptances, current swap agreements, interest rate hedging agreements, interest rate swaps or other financial products, (c) all capital or equipment lease obligation or purchase money security interests, (d) all obligations or liability secured by a Lien (except for Liens described in clauses (a) and (b) of the definition of Permitted Liens) on any asset of the Company, irrespective of whether such obligation or liability is assumed), and (e) any obligation guaranteeing or intended to guarantee (whether directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made, discounted or sold with recourse) any of the foregoing obligations of any other person or entity.

 

Interest Advance Shares ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

 

Interest Notice Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

 

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Interest Payment Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

 

Interest Share Amount ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

 

Investments ” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition (including by merger) of Equity Interests of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or interest in, another Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit or all or a substantial part of the business of, such Person.

 

Late Fees ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(e).

 

Make-Whole Amount ” means, with respect to the applicable date of determination, an amount in cash equal to all of the interest that, but for the applicable conversion or redemption payment (including, for the avoidance of doubt any redemption in connection with the Holder Redemption Right) or acceleration, would have accrued pursuant to Section 2 with respect to the applicable principal amount being so converted or redeemed or accelerated for the period commencing on the applicable redemption date or Conversion Date or default payment date and ending on the Make-Whole End Date.

 

Make-Whole End Date ” means the Maturity Date, provided that (a) if the Make-Whole Conditions are satisfied prior to the first anniversary of the Original Issue, the “ Make-Whole End Date ” shall be the first anniversary of the Original Issue Date and (b) if the Make-Whole Termination Conditions are satisfied subsequent to the first anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the “ Make-Whole End Date ” shall be the date that the Make-Whole Termination Conditions are so satisfied.

 

Make-Whole Period ” means the period commencing on the Original Issue Date and ending on the Make-Whole End Date.

 

Make Whole Termination Conditions ” means (a) the VWAP for the Common Stock on the Principal Market for each of any twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days, which period shall have commenced only if all of the Equity Conditions are satisfied, equals or exceeds 120% of the then-effective Conversion Price, (b) the average dollar trading volume of the Common Stock on the Principal Market during such twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period exceeds $225,000 per Trading Day, and (c) the Equity Conditions are satisfied on each and every Trading Day of such twenty (20) Trading Day period.

 

Mandatory Default Amount ” means the sum of (a) 105% of the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture plus 100% of accrued and unpaid interest thereon, plus the Make-Whole Amount, if applicable, and (b) all other amounts, costs, expenses and liquidated damages due in respect of this Debenture.

 

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Monthly Allowance ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(i).

 

New York Courts ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(d).

 

Notice of Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

 

Optional Redemption ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a)(i).

 

Optional Redemption Advance Shares ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a)(iii).

 

Optional Redemption Amount ” means the sum of (a) 100% of the then outstanding principal amount of the Debenture, (b) accrued but unpaid interest and, if the Optional Redemption Notice is delivered during the Make-Whole Period, the Make-Whole Amount and (c) all liquidated damages and other amounts due in respect of the Debenture.

 

Optional Redemption Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a)(i).

 

Optional Redemption Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a)(i).

 

Optional Redemption Notice Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a)(i).

 

Optional Redemption Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a)(i).

 

Optional Redemption Premium ” means an amount equal to $350,000.

 

Original Issue Date ” means the date of the first issuance of the Debentures, regardless of any transfers of any Debenture and regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued to evidence such Debentures.

 

Permitted Indebtedness ” means (a) the indebtedness evidenced by the Debentures, (b) lease obligations and purchase money indebtedness of up to $250,000, in the aggregate, incurred in connection with the acquisition of capital assets and lease obligations with respect to newly acquired or leased assets, (c) Subordinated Indebtedness and (d) Indebtedness outstanding on the Original Issue Date and identified on Schedule A hereto.

 

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Permitted Lien ” means the individual and collective reference to the following: (a) Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet due or Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Company) have been established in accordance with GAAP, (b) Liens imposed by law which were incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, statutory landlords’ Liens, and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, and which (x) do not individually or in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries or (y) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing for the foreseeable future the forfeiture or sale of the property or asset subject to such Lien, (c) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted Indebtedness under clause (a) thereunder, (d) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted Indebtedness under clause (b) thereunder, provided that such Liens are not secured by assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries other than the assets so acquired or leased, (e) Liens existing on the Original Issue Date and identified on Schedule B hereto; and (f) the purported Lien against the assets of the Company in favor Faunus Group International, Inc., provided that the purported Indebtedness, claims and/or other liabilities secured thereby do not exceed $750,000 in the aggregate and, provided, further that such Lien is terminated by not later than June __, 2016 and the FGI Litigation shall be dismissed, settled or finally adjudicated by such date.

 

Principal Market ” means the Nasdaq Capital Market or such other Trading Market where the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.

 

Purchase Agreement ” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2015 among the Company and the original Holders, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

Registration Statement ” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale of the Conversion Shares by each Holder of the Debentures as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Secured Debt Obligation ” means, on any date of determination, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Debentures plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon plus all other amounts, costs, expenses and liquidated damages due in respect of the Debentures as of such date.

 

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

 

Share Delivery Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c)(ii).

 

Special Interest Payment ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

 

Stock On Effective Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(ii).

 

Stock Off Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(iv).

 

Stock On Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(ii).

 

Stock Payment Amount ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(v).

 

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Stock Payment Rate ” means the lowest of (a) the Conversion Price, (b) 80% of the average of the VWAPs for each of the five (5) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to, as the case may be, the applicable Interest Payment Date, the Optional Redemption Date, or, with respect to any redemption pursuant to Section 6(b), the date of the applicable Holder Redemption Notice and (c) 90% of the average of the five (5) lowest VWAPs during the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to, as the case may be, the applicable Interest Payment Date, the Optional Redemption Date, or, with respect to any redemption pursuant to Section 6(b), the date of the applicable Holder Redemption Notice.

 

Stock Replacement Payment ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(v)(A).

 

Subordination Agreement(s) ” shall have the meaning given in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

Subordinated Indebtedness ” means unsecured Indebtedness of the Company (i) with a maturity at least 90 days after the Maturity Date, (ii) where the Company is not obligated to make any payments in cash thereunder until a date that is at least 90 days after the Maturity Date, and (iii) that is subject to a subordination agreement with terms and conditions satisfactory to the Holder in its sole discretion.

 

Successor Entity ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).

 

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

 

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

 

Vaultlogix ” means Vaultlogix, LLC, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company.

 

Vaultlogix Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness or other liabilities of Vaultlogix or any subsidiary of Vaultlogix.

 

Voluntary Stock Off Effective Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(iv).

 

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VWAP ” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on a Trading Market and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink OTC Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (c) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holders of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

Working Capital ” means, as of any date of determination, (i) the Company’s and each Guarantor’s cash on deposit in a bank account subject to a DACA and (ii) the amount of the Company’s and each Guarantor’s accounts receivables which are not more than ninety (90) days past due and the proceeds thereof, upon collection, would be deposited into a bank account subject to a DACA, provided, for purposes hereof, the following shall be excluded from the calculation of Working Capital: (i) any accounts receivable of Vaultlogix, Data Protection Services, LLC, U.S. Data Security Acquisition, LLC, and U.S. Data Security Corporation (ii) any accounts receivable for which an invoice has not been presented to the account debtor, (iii) any accounts receivable where the account debtor is an Affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary, and (iv) any accounts receivable payable by an account debtor that is owed any monetary obligation by the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

Section 2 .          Interest .

 

a)          Payment of Interest in Cash or Shares . The Company shall pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture at the Applicable Interest Rate, payable monthly in arrears as of the last Trading Day of each calendar month and on the Maturity Date (each such date, an “ Interest Payment Date ”) (if any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the applicable payment shall be due on the next succeeding Business Day), in cash or, at the Company’s option, in duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at the Stock Payment Rate (the dollar amount to be paid in shares, the “ Interest Share Amount ”) or a combination thereof. In addition, the one-year anniversary of the Original Issue Date shall be an Interest Payment Date and a fixed amount, which shall be additional interest hereunder, equal to $350,000 (the “ Special Interest Payment ”) shall be due and payable to the Holder on such date in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof as provided in this Section 2 with respect regular interest payments. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, any payment of interest in shares of Common Stock may only occur if (i) all of the Equity Conditions have been met (unless waived by the Holder in writing) during the five (5) Trading Days immediately prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date (the “ Interest Notice Period ”) and through and including the date such shares of Common Stock are actually issued to the Holder; (ii) the Company shall have given the Holder notice in accordance with the notice requirements set forth below and (iii) as to such Interest Payment Date, prior to such Interest Notice Period (but not more than two (2) Trading Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Notice Period), the Company shall have delivered to the Holder’s account with DTC a number of shares of Common Stock to be applied against such Interest Share Amount equal to the quotient of (x) the applicable Interest Share Amount divided by (y) the Stock Payment Rate assuming for such purposes that the Interest Payment Date is the Trading Day immediately prior to the commencement of the Interest Notice Period (the “ Interest Advance Shares ”). In the event that the Interest Advance Shares in respect of any Interest Share Amount would exceed the Dollar Volume Limitation, then the Company shall pay the portion of the Interest Advance Shares that would be in excess of the Dollar Volume Limitation in cash.

 

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b)          Company’s Election to Pay Interest in Cash or Shares . Subject to the terms and conditions herein, the decision whether to pay interest hereunder in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof shall be at the sole discretion of the Company. At two (2) Trading Days prior to the commencement of any Interest Notice Period, the Company shall deliver to the Holder a written notice of its election to pay interest hereunder on the applicable Interest Payment Date either in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof and the Interest Share Amount as to the applicable Interest Payment Date, provided that the Company may indicate in such notice that the election contained in such notice shall apply to future Interest Payment Dates until revised by a subsequent notice. During any Interest Notice Period, the Company’s election (whether specific to an Interest Payment Date or continuous) shall be irrevocable as to such Interest Payment Date. Subject to the aforementioned conditions, failure to timely deliver such written notice to the Holder shall be deemed an election by the Company to pay the interest on such Interest Payment Date in cash. The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to the Holder on an Interest Payment Date shall be reduced by the number of Interest Advance Shares previously issued to the Holder in connection with such Interest Payment Date. In addition, if the number of Interest Advance Share exceeds the aggregate number of share of Common Stock otherwise issuable to the Holder on the Interest Payment Date, then the Holders shall promptly return such excess number of shares to the Company.

 

c)          Interest Calculations . Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 365-day year and the actual number of days elapsed, and shall accrue daily commencing on the Original Issue Date until payment in full of the outstanding principal, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts which may become due hereunder, has been made. Payment of interest in shares of Common Stock (other than the Interest Advance Shares issued prior to an Interest Notice Period) shall otherwise occur pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii) herein and, solely for purposes of the payment of interest in shares, the Interest Payment Date shall be deemed the Conversion Date. Interest shall cease to accrue with respect to any principal amount converted, provided that, the Company actually delivers the Conversion Shares within the time period required by Section 4(c)(ii) herein. Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person in whose name this Debenture is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and transfers of this Debenture (the “ Debenture Register ”).

 

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d)          Late Fee . All overdue accrued and unpaid interest to be paid hereunder shall entail a late fee at an interest rate equal to the lesser of fifteen percent (15%) per annum or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law (the “ Late Fees ”) which shall accrue daily from the date such interest is due hereunder through and including the date of actual payment in full. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if, on any Interest Payment Date the Company has elected to pay accrued interest in the form of Common Stock but the Company is not permitted to pay accrued interest in Common Stock because it fails to satisfy the conditions for payment in Common Stock set forth in Section 2(a) herein, then, at the option of the Holder, the Company, in lieu of delivering either shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Section 2 or paying the regularly scheduled interest payment in cash, shall deliver, within three (3) Trading Days of each applicable Interest Payment Date, an amount in cash equal to the product of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable to the Holder in connection with the payment of interest due on such Interest Payment Date multiplied by (y) the highest VWAP during the period commencing on the Interest Payment Date and ending on the Trading Day prior to the date such payment is actually made.

 

e)          Prepayment . Except as otherwise set forth in this Debenture, the Company may not prepay any portion of the principal amount of this Debenture without the prior written consent of the Holder.

 

Section 3.           Registration of Transfers and Exchanges .

 

a)          Different Denominations . This Debenture is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Debentures of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be payable for such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

b)          Investment Representations . This Debenture has been issued subject to certain investment representations of the original Holder set forth in the Purchase Agreement and may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with the Purchase Agreement and applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations.

 

c)          Reliance on Debenture Register . Prior to due presentment for transfer to the Company of this Debenture, the Company and any agent of the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Debenture is duly registered on the Debenture Register as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Debenture is overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

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Section 4.           Conversion .

 

a)          Voluntary Conversion . At any time after the Original Issue Date until this Debenture is no longer outstanding, this Debenture shall be convertible, in whole or in part, into shares of Common Stock at the option of the Holder, at any time and from time to time (subject to the conversion limitations set forth in Section 4(d) hereof). The Holder shall effect conversions by delivering to the Company a Notice of Conversion, the form of which is attached hereto as Annex A (each, a “ Notice of Conversion ”), specifying therein the principal amount of this Debenture to be converted and the date on which such conversion shall be effected (such date, the “ Conversion Date ”). If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion is deemed delivered hereunder. No ink-original Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Conversion form be required. To effect conversions hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Debenture to the Company unless the entire principal amount of this Debenture, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, has been so converted. Conversions hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture in an amount equal to the applicable conversion. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the principal amount(s) converted and the date of such conversion(s). In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. The Holder, and any assignee by acceptance of this Debenture, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of a portion of this Debenture, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this Debenture may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

b)          Conversion Price . The conversion price in effect on any Conversion Date shall be equal to $ 1.33 , subject to adjustment herein (the “ Conversion Price ”).

 

c)          Mechanics of Conversion .

 

i.          Conversion Shares Issuable Upon Conversion of Principal Amount . The number of Conversion Shares issuable upon a conversion hereunder shall be determined by the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture to be converted by (y) the Conversion Price.

 

ii.          Delivery of Certificate Upon Conversion . Not later than three (3) Trading Days after each Conversion Date (the “ Share Delivery Date ”), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Holder (A) a certificate or certificates representing the Conversion Shares which, on or after the six month anniversary of the Original Issue Date, shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions (other than those which may then be required by the Purchase Agreement) representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of this Debenture (including, if the Company has given continuous notice pursuant to Section 2(b) for payment of interest in shares of Common Stock at least seven (7) Trading Days prior to the date on which the Notice of Conversion is delivered to the Company, shares of Common Stock equal to (x) accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being converted plus, if the applicable conversion is during the Make-Whole Period, the Make-Whole Amount divided by (y) the Stock Payment Rate assuming that the Conversion Date is an Interest Payment Date) and (B) a bank check in the amount of accrued and unpaid interest and, if the applicable conversion is during the Make-Whole Period, the Make-Whole Amount in cash (if the Company has elected or is required to pay accrued interest in cash). On or after the six month anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the Company shall deliver any certificate or certificates required to be delivered by the Company under this Section 4(c) electronically through DTC provided that (i) the Company is in compliance with the current public information requirements of Rule 144 and (ii) the Holder has delivered to the Company a broker representation letter that the shares of Common Stock represented by such certificates have been sold pursuant to Rule 144.

 

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iii.          Failure to Deliver Certificates . If, in the case of any Notice of Conversion, such certificate or certificates are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the Share Delivery Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Company at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates, to rescind such Conversion, in which event the Company shall promptly return to the Holder any original Debenture delivered to the Company and the Holder shall promptly return to the Company the Common Stock certificates issued to such Holder pursuant to the rescinded Conversion Notice.

 

iv.          Obligation Absolute; Partial Liquidated Damages . The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided , however , that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any such action the Company may have against the Holder. In the event the Holder of this Debenture shall elect to convert any or all of the outstanding principal amount hereof, the Company may not refuse conversion based on any claim that the Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with the Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all or part of this Debenture shall have been sought and obtained, and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of the Holder in the amount of 150% of the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to the Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Company shall issue Conversion Shares or, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii) by the second Trading Day following the Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of principal amount being converted, $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth (5 th ) Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after the second Trading Day following such Share Delivery Date until such certificates are delivered or Holder rescinds such conversion; provided, however, if the Company has failed to deliver a certificate or certificates pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii) by the Share Delivery Date more than twice in any twelve (12) month period, then such partial liquidated damages shall begin to accrue on the Share Delivery Date. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages or declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8 hereof for the Company’s failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period specified herein and the Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit the Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law.

 

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v.          Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Conversion . In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii), and if after such Share Delivery Date the Holder is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise), or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Conversion Shares which the Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a “ Buy-In ”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by the Holder) the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) this Debenture in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the attempted conversion (in which case such conversion shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Company had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 4(c)(ii). For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of this Debenture with respect to which the actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of $10,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Debenture as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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vi.          Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion . The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of this Debenture and payment of interest on this Debenture, each as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the other holders of the Debentures), not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall (subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement) be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 5) upon the conversion of the then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture and payment of interest hereunder. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

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

 

viii.          Transfer Taxes and Expenses . The issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of this Debenture shall be made without charge to the Holder hereof for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such certificates, provided that, the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificate upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holder of this Debenture so converted and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for processing of any Notice of Conversion and all fees to DTC (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares.

 

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d)          Holder’s Conversion Limitations . The Company shall not effect any conversion of this Debenture, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Debenture, to the extent that after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below).  For purposes of this Section 4(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 4(d) applies, the determination of whether this Debenture is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which principal amount of this Debenture is convertible shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Debenture may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and which principal amount of this Debenture is convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. To ensure compliance with this restriction, the Holder will be deemed to represent to the Company each time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has not violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 4(d), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (i) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Company, or (iii) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Company’s transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.  Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.  In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Debenture, by the Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “ Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture held by the Holder. The Holder, upon not less than sixty one (61) days’ prior notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 4(d), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Debenture held by the Holder and the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 4(d) shall continue to apply. Any such increase or decrease will not be effective until the sixty first (61 st ) day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation 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 correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Debenture.

 

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e)          Principal Market Regulation . The Company shall not issue any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the terms of this Debenture if the issuance of such shares of Common Stock would exceed the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which the Company may issue pursuant to the terms of (x) this Debenture, (y) the Senior Convertible Note, dated November 12, 2015 (the “ Dominion Note ”), issued by the Company to Dominion Capital LLC (“ Dominion ”) in connection with that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 12, 2015, by and between the Company and Dominion, and (z) the three Senior Convertible Notes (together, the “ Exchange Notes ”) issued by the Company to Dominion in connection with that certain Exchange Agreement, dated November 12, 2015, by and among the Company, all of the Company’s subsidiaries party thereto and Dominion without breaching the Company’s obligations under the rules or regulations of the Principal Market, which number of shares of Common Stock is 5,245,755 (the number of shares which may be issued without violating such rules and regulations, the “ Exchange Cap ”), except that such limitation shall not apply in the event that the Company (A) obtains the approval of its stockholders as required by the applicable rules of the principal market for issuances of shares of Common Stock in excess of such amount or (B) obtains a written opinion from outside counsel to the Company that such approval is not required, which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holder.

 

Section 5 .          Certain Adjustments .

 

a)          Stock Dividends and Stock Splits . If the Company, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Common Stock on shares of Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalents (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon conversion of, or payment of interest on, the Debentures), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of the Common Stock, any shares of capital stock of the Company, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) 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 this Section shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

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b)          Subsequent Equity Sales .

 

(i)         If, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding the Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable, sells or grants any option to purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the then Conversion Price (such issuances, collectively, a “ Dilutive Issuance ”) (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the Conversion Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then the Conversion Price shall be reduced, and only reduced, to an amount equal to 120% of such lower price (such lower price, the “ Base Conversion Price ”). Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment will be made under this Section 5(b)(i) in respect of an Exempt Issuance. The Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than the Trading Day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to this Section 5(b)(i), indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the “ Dilutive Issuance Notice ”).

 

(ii)          Intentionally Omitted .

 

(iii)         For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 5(b), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Conversion Shares based upon the Base Conversion Price on or after the date of such Dilutive Issuance regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Conversion Price in the Notice of Conversion.

 

c)          Subsequent Rights Offerings . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 5(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares 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 conversion of this Debenture (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) 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, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

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d)          Pro Rata Distributions . During such time as this Debenture is outstanding, 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 or options 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 Debenture, 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 Debenture (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of 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 , to the extent that the Holder's right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

e)          Fundamental Transaction . If, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “ Fundamental Transaction ”), then, upon any subsequent conversion of this Debenture, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 4(d) on the conversion of this Debenture), the number of shares of capital stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “ Alternate Consideration ”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Debenture is convertible immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 4(d) on the conversion of this Debenture). For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one (1) share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Conversion Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any conversion of this Debenture following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “ Successor Entity ”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Debenture and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the holder of this Debenture, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Debenture a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Debenture which is convertible for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon conversion of this Debenture (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of this Debenture) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with a conversion price which applies the conversion price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such conversion price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Debenture immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Debenture and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Debenture and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

 

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f)          Calculations . All calculations under this Section 5 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 5, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) issued and outstanding.

 

g)          Notice to the Holder .

 

i.          Adjustment to Conversion Price . Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 5, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

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

 

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Section 6 .          Optional Redemption .

 

a)          Optional Redemption at Election of Company .

 

i.         Subject to the provisions of this Section 6(a), at any time after the Original Issue Date and provided that the Equity Conditions are satisfied during the Optional Redemption Period, the Company may deliver a notice to the Holder (an “ Optional Redemption Notice ” and the date such notice is deemed delivered hereunder, the “ Optional Redemption Notice Date ”) of its irrevocable election to redeem all, but not less than all, of the then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture for cash in an amount equal to the Optional Redemption Amount plus, if the Company has not already made the Special Interest Payment, the Optional Redemption Premium, on the twentieth (20 th ) Trading Day following the Optional Redemption Notice Date (such date, the “ Optional Redemption Date ”, such 20 Trading Day period, the “ Optional Redemption Period ” and such redemption, the “ Optional Redemption ”). The Optional Redemption Amount and the Optional Redemption Premium, if applicable, is payable in full on the Optional Redemption Date. The Optional Redemption Premium, if applicable, shall be payable in cash or, at the Company’s option, in fully paid, duly authorized and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at the Stock Payment Rate; provided, the Company complies with the requirements set forth below in Section 6(a)(iii). The Company covenants and agrees that it will honor all Notices of Conversion tendered from the time of delivery of the Optional Redemption Notice through the date all amounts owing thereon are due and paid in full. The Company’s determination to pay an Optional Redemption in cash shall be applied ratably to all of the holders of the then outstanding Debentures based on their (or their predecessor’s) initial purchases of Debentures pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. The Company will, concurrently with the delivery of the Optional Redemption Notice to the Holder, publicly announce its intention to redeem the Debenture by means of a press release and Current Report on Form 8-K. For the avoidance of doubt, the Optional Redemption Amount is payable only in cash; only the Optional Redemption Premium, if applicable, may be paid in shares of Common Stock.

 

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ii.         The payment of cash and, if applicable, Common Stock, pursuant to an Optional Redemption shall be payable on the Optional Redemption Date. If any portion of the payment pursuant to an Optional Redemption shall not be paid by the Company by the applicable due date, interest shall accrue thereon at an interest rate equal to the lesser of fifteen percent (15%) per annum or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law until such amount is paid in full. Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if any portion of the Optional Redemption Amount and, if applicable, Optional Redemption Premium, remains unpaid after such applicable date, or if the Equity Conditions are not satisfied during the Optional Redemption Period, the Holder may elect, by written notice to the Company given at any time thereafter, to invalidate such Optional Redemption, ab initio , and the Company shall have no further right to exercise such Optional Redemption. The Holder may elect to convert the outstanding principal amount of the Debenture pursuant to Section 4 prior to actual payment in cash for any redemption under this Section 6(a) by the delivery of a Notice of Conversion to the Company.

 

iii.         To the extent that the Company desires to pay the Optional Redemption Premium in shares of Common Stock, then (i) the Company shall give the Holder notice in accordance with the notice requirements set forth below and (ii) on the Optional Redemption Notice Date, the Company shall have delivered to the Holder’s account with DTC a number of shares of Common Stock to be applied against such Optional Redemption Premium equal to the quotient of (x) the Optional Redemption Premium divided by (y) the Stock Payment Rate assuming for such purposes that the Optional Redemption Date is the Trading Day immediately prior to Optional Redemption Notice Date (the “ Optional Redemption Advance Shares ”). Subject to the terms and conditions herein, the decision whether to pay the Optional Redemption Premium hereunder in cash or shares of Common Stock shall be at the sole discretion of the Company. On the Optional Redemption Notice Date, the Company shall deliver to the Holder a written notice of its election to pay the Optional Redemption Premium hereunder on the Optional Redemption Date either in cash or shares of Common Stock. The Company’s election shall be irrevocable. Subject to the aforementioned conditions, failure to deliver such written notice on the Optional Redemption Notice Date to the Holder shall be deemed an election by the Company to pay the Optional Redemption Premium in cash. The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to the Holder on the Optional Redemption Date shall be reduced by the number of Optional Redemption Advance Shares previously issued to the Holder. In the event that the Optional Redemption Advance Shares in respect of any Optional Redemption Notice would exceed the Dollar Volume Limitation, then the Company shall pay the portion of the Optional Redemption Advance Shares that would be in excess of the Dollar Volume Limitation in cash.

 

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b)          Optional Redemption at Election of Holder .

 

i.         Commencing on February 29, 2016, the Holder shall have the right, at its option, to require the Company to redeem up to $350,000 of the outstanding principal amount (plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon) plus, during the Make-Whole Period, the Make-Whole Amount (the “ Monthly Allowance ”) per calendar month (the “ Holder Redemption Right ”). The Holder may exercise its Holder Redemption Right for a calendar month, at any time and from time to time, during such calendar month, by sending one or more written notices, the form of which is attached hereto as Annex B (each a “ Holder Redemption Notice ”), to the Company by not later than 11:59:59 P.M. (local time in New York City, New York) on the last Trading Day of such calendar month, which Holder Redemption Notices shall specify the principal amount to be redeemed and the amount of accrued and unpaid interest thereon and, if applicable, the Make-Whole Amount (together, the “ Holder Redemption Amount ”). The Company shall promptly, but in any event no more than three (3) Trading Days after the date that the Holder delivers a Holder Redemption Notice to the Company (the “ Holder Redemption Payment Date ”), pay the applicable Holder Redemption Amount (1) in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the extent that this Debenture is Stock Off (as defined below) on the date that the Holder delivers the Holder Redemption Notice to the Company or (2) shares of Common Stock to the extent that this Debenture is Stock On (as defined below) on the date that the Company delivers the Holder Redemption Notice. For the avoidance of doubt, payment in cash or Common Stock shall be determined according to the status of the Debenture as Stock On or Stock Off on the date that the Holder delivers the Holder Redemption Notice to the Company and not the Holder Redemption Payment Date. For the further avoidance of doubt, the Holder and the Company agree that the Holder may deliver more than one Holder Redemption Notice during a calendar month provided that the sum of the Holder Redemption Amounts set forth in all of the Holder Redemption Notices delivered during such calendar month does not exceed the Monthly Allowance. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, in the event that the Company settles or compromises the FGI Litigation or a judgment is entered against the Company in in the FGI Litigation, in any case, for an amount in excess of $150,000 (such amount in excess of $150,000, the “ FGI Resolution Amount ”), the Holder shall have the right, at the Holder’s option, to require the Company to redeem pursuant to this Section 6(b) an additional amount equal to the FGI Resolution Amount, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time (which time may be prior to February 29, 2016), and the Company acknowledges that in such event, that the aggregate Holder Redemption Amount set forth in all of the Holder Redemption Notices delivered during a calendar month may exceed the Monthly Allowance until the FGI Resolution Amount is reduced to zero. The “ FGI Litigation ” means InterCloud Systems, Inc., TNS Inc, Integration Partners – NY Corporation, ADEX Corporation, AW Solutions, Inc., as plaintiffs, against Faunus Group, Inc., Index No. 652720/2015, Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, and any other litigation, proceeding or action arising out of the same facts and circumstances in dispute in the foregoing.

 

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ii.         At any time, and from time to time, subject to the provisions of this Section 6(b), the Company may deliver a written notice to the Holder that it will pay any Holder Redemption Amounts under Section 6(b)(i) in shares of Common Stock (a “ Stock On Notice ”) and any such notice shall become effective on the second (2 nd ) Trading Day after the Holder’s receipt thereof (the “ Stock On Effective Date ”). Such Stock On Notice shall certify that the Equity Conditions are satisfied and at any time that this Debenture is Stock On, the Company shall, upon the Holder’s request, certify in writing to the Holder that the Equity Conditions are satisfied. From the time that a Stock On Notice takes effect until such time that such Stock On Notice is withdrawn pursuant to Section 6(b)(iv) or deemed withdrawn pursuant to Section 6(b)(iii), this Debenture shall be deemed to be “ Stock On .” At any time that this Debenture is not Stock On, then this Debenture shall be deemed to be “ Stock Off .” For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder may deliver a Holder Redemption Notice during the period after receipt of the Stock On Notice but prior to the Stock On Effective Date; the Debenture shall be Stock Off during such period and, accordingly, the applicable Holder Redemption Amount would be payable in cash.

 

iii.         The Company may not deliver a Stock On Notice unless the Equity Conditions are then satisfied. If the Equity Conditions cease, for any reason, to be satisfied while this Debenture is Stock On, then the applicable Stock On Notice shall, automatically without any further action of the Company or the Holder, immediately be deemed to be withdrawn and this Debenture shall immediately be deemed to be Stock Off (an “ Equity Conditions Failure ”). The Company shall immediately notify the Holder of any Equity Conditions Failure.

 

iv.         The Company may voluntarily withdraw a Stock On Notice by delivering a written notice (a “ Stock Off Notice ”) to the Holder and such Stock On Notice shall be deemed withdrawn and this Debenture shall be Stock Off two (2) Trading Days after receipt thereof by the Holder (the “ Voluntary Stock Off Effective Date ”). For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder may deliver a Holder Redemption Notice during the period after receipt of the Stock Off Notice but prior to the Voluntary Stock Off Effective Date; the Debenture shall be Stock On during such period and, accordingly, the applicable Holder Redemption Amount would be payable in shares of Common Stock on the applicable Holder Redemption Payment Date as provided herein.

 

v.         With respect to each Holder Redemption Notice delivered to the Company pursuant to Section 6(b)(i) at a time when this Debenture was Stock On, subject to the provisions of this Section 6(b)(v), the Company shall, in payment of the Holder Redemption Amount deliver to the Holder a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (such quotient of (x) and (y), the “ Stock Payment Amount ”) (x) the applicable Holder Redemption Amount and (y) the Stock Payment Rate by not later than the applicable Holder Redemption Payment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision herein to the contrary:

 

(A)         in the event any Equity Conditions Failure occurs after the delivery of the applicable Holder Redemption Notice at a time when this Debenture is Stock On but prior to the applicable Holder Redemption Payment Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the applicable Holder Redemption Amount divided by Stock Payment Amount and (ii) the highest VWAP for the Common Stock during the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the date of the applicable Holder Redemption Notice (such product of (i) and (ii), the “ Stock Replacement Payment ”);

 

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(B)         in the event that the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered to the Holder pursuant to this Section 6(b)(v) in respect of any individual Holder Redemption Notice would cause such Holder to exceed the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then, (I) the Holder shall provide written notice to the Company that such delivery of all or a portion of such shares of Common Stock would cause Holder to exceed the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and (II) in addition to delivery of the number of shares of Common Stock that would not cause such Holder to exceed the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, the Company shall pay to the Holder in lieu of such number of shares of Common Stock that would cause the Holder to exceed the Maximum Percentage (such excess number of shares, the “ Excess Shares ”), not more than the later of (x) the Holder Redemption Payment Date and (y) one (1) Trading Day after the date of the Holder’s written notice, an amount in cash equal to the portion of the Holder Redemption Amount that would otherwise be payable in respect of the Excess Shares;

 

(C)         in the event that the Holder Redemption Amount in respect of any Holder Redemption Notice would exceed the Dollar Volume Limitation, then the Company shall pay the portion of the Holder Redemption Amount that would be in excess of the Dollar Volume Limitation in cash.

 

Any shares of Common Stock required to be delivered by the Company to the Holder under this Section 6(b)(v) shall be credited to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system on the Holder Redemption Payment Date. In addition, the provisions of Section 4(c)(iv), Section 4(c)(v) and Section 8(a)(viii) shall apply to the delivery of shares of Common Stock under this Section 6(b)(v) mutatis mutandis as if each date when shares of Common Stock are required to be delivered under this Section 6(b) was a Share Delivery Date.

 

Section 7 .          Covenants .

 

a)         As long as any portion of this Debenture remains outstanding, unless the Holders shall have otherwise given prior written consent, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

 

i.         other than Permitted Indebtedness, enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist any Indebtedness of any kind, including, but not limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom;

 

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ii.         other than Permitted Liens, enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Liens of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom;

 

iii.         make or hold any Investments, including making any Investment in a Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor;

 

iv.         Dispose of any of its assets other than the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Company nor any Guarantor will not Dispose of or otherwise transfer any assets or property to any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor. Nothing herein shall prohibit the Company from Disposing of Vaultlogix, or assets of Vaultlogix, provided, that (i) the Company and each Subsidiary is unconditionally released from any guarantees or other contingent liabilities related to Vaultlogix Indebtedness, (ii) any liens on the assets or property of the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with any Vaultlogix Indebtedness or any guaranty thereof is irrevocably released, and (iii) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary assumes or retains any Vaultlogix Indebtedness;

 

v.         amend its charter documents, including, without limitation, its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, in any manner that materially and adversely affects any rights of the Holder;

 

vi.         merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person or otherwise suffer or permit a Change of Control Transaction;

 

vii.         repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire more than a de minimis number of shares of its Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents other than as to (i) the Conversion Shares as permitted or required under the Transaction Documents and (ii) repurchases of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents of departing officers and directors of the Company, provided that such repurchases shall not exceed an aggregate of $100,000 for all officers and directors during the term of this Debenture;

 

viii.         repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any guaranty or surety of Vaultlogix Indebtedness) other than (i) the Debentures and (ii) payments by the Company in the form of any equity security of the Company permitted by the Subordination Agreements;

 

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ix.         pay cash dividends or distributions on any equity securities of the Company;

 

x.         create any new Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary is promptly added as a Guarantor and promptly executes a joinder to the Subsidiary Guaranty and Security Agreement;

 

xi.         enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Company which would be required to be disclosed in any public filing with the Commission, unless such transaction is made on an arm’s-length basis and expressly approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company (even if less than a quorum otherwise required for board approval);

 

xii.         make any payments under the Conversion Agreement, dated December __, 2013, by and between the Company and GPB Life Science Holding, LLC other than in shares of Common Stock;

 

xiii.         enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

b)          Consolidated EBITDA Covenant . The Company shall maintain as of the last day of each fiscal quarter (commencing with the quarter ended March 31, 2016), Consolidated EBITDA for the trailing three (3) month period then ended on such day in an amount equal to or greater than $0.01.

 

c)          Working Capital Covenant . The Company shall maintain at all times (tested as of the end of each calendar week upon delivery of a compliance certificate for each such calendar week as provided in Section 7(e)), a ratio of Working Capital to Secured Debt Obligation of not less than 1.50:1.00, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 7(g).

 

d)          EBITDA Compliance Certificate . Immediately following the filing of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for any fiscal quarter and, with respect to any fourth fiscal quarter, its Annual Report on Form 10-K, and commencing with the fiscal quarter ending on March 31, 2016, the Company shall deliver to the Holder a compliance certificate containing a calculation of its Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal quarter. If any Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K required to be filed by the Company is not filed by the expiration of any Rule 12b-25 extension period, the Company shall be deemed to have breached the covenants contained in Section 7(b).

 

e)          Working Capital Compliance Certificate . On the last Business Day of each calendar week, the Company shall deliver to the Holder a compliance certificate setting forth all of the components of Working Capital for each day during such calendar week. If the compliance certificate required to be delivered by the Company under this Section 7(e) is not delivered to the Holder by 5:00PM (local time in New York City, New York) on the last Business Day of any calendar week, the Company shall be deemed to have breached the covenants contained in Section 7(c).

 

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f)          Delivery of Compliance Certificates . The Company shall deliver any compliance certificates required under this Debenture solely to those representatives of the Holder identified to the Company in writing by the Holder and to no other representatives of the Holder.

 

g)          Forward . Not later than the date that is ninety (90) days after the Original Issuance Date, the Company shall (1) cause Forward Investments, LLC (including its successors and assigns, “ Forward ”) and Richard Smithline to enter into a subordination agreement with the Holder (substantially similar to the Subordination Agreements in form and substance) with respect to all Indebtedness of the Company to Forward or (2) cause to be deposited into an account at PNC Bank, National Association that is subject to a DACA, and maintain on deposit in such account at all times while this Debenture is outstanding, an amount in cash equal to the sum of (x) $7,200,000 and (y) 150% of the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture. If the Company is unable to comply with the requirements of the preceding sentence, then on the 91 st first day after the Original Issuance Date the ratio set forth in Section 7(c) shall automatically be adjusted to 2.00:1.00 from 1.50:1.00.

 

h)          DACAs . Not later than the date that is sixty (60) days after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall cause Bank HaPoalim, Iberia Bank and Regions Bank to enter into deposit account control agreements with the Holder for all accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries maintained at such banks. In addition, the Company shall keep all DACAs with PNC Bank, National Association executed and delivered on the Original Issuance Date in continuous effect until the Debentures have been indefeasibly repaid in full. The Company shall cause the Holder to have online view access to all bank accounts with PNC Bank, National Association, Bank HaPoalim, Iberia Bank and Regions Bank.

 

i)          White Oak Letter Agreement . By not later than February 1, 2016, the Company shall notify the representative of the Holder identified pursuant to Section 7(f), if (1) the Specified Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Loan and Security Agreement, dated October 1, 2014, by and among Vaultlogix, White Oak Global Advisors, LLC and the other parties signatory thereto) as at the end of the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2015, is greater than 2.50 to 1.00 and (2) the amount that Vaultlogix would be required to prepay (the “ Required Vaultlogix Prepayment ”) to White Oak Global Advisors, LLC under that certain letter agreement dated December __, 2015, between White Oak Global Advisors, LLC and Vaultlogix (the “ White Oak Letter Agreement ”). The Company shall cause Vaultlogix to make the Required Vaultlogix Prepayment by not later than the close of business on the date that is two (2) Business Day prior to the due date therefor set forth in the White Oak Letter Agreement. Without limiting any of the Holder’s rights and remedies hereunder, if such Required Vaultlogix Prepayment is not made such date, the Holder shall have the option to required the Company to redeem a portion of the principal amount of this Note in cash equal to the Required Vaultlogix Prepayment, which shall be due and payable within three (3) Business Days of Holder’s written request.

 

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Section 8 .          Events of Default .

 

a)         “ Event of Default ” means, wherever used herein, any of the following events (whatever the reason for such event and whether such event shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

 

i.         any default in the payment of (A) the principal amount of any Debenture or (B) interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing to a Holder on any Debenture, as and when the same shall become due and payable (whether on a Conversion Date or the Maturity Date or by acceleration or otherwise) which default, solely in the case of an interest payment or other default under clause (B) above, is not cured within three (3) Trading Days;

 

ii.         the Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement contained in the Debentures (other than a breach by the Company of its obligations to deliver shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon conversion, which breach is addressed in clause (viii) below) which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within the earlier to occur of (A) five (5) Trading Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder or by any other Holder to the Company and (B) ten (10) Trading Days after the Company has become or should have become aware of such failure; provided, that any failure to observe or perform Sections 7(a)(viii), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) or (i) shall be an immediate Event of Default without any grace period;

 

iii.         a default or event of default (subject to any grace or cure period provided in the applicable agreement, document or instrument) shall occur under (A) any of the Transaction Documents or (B) any other material agreement, lease, document or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is obligated (and not covered by clause (vi) below);

 

iv.         any representation or warranty made in this Debenture, any other Transaction Documents, any written statement pursuant hereto or thereto or any other report, financial statement or certificate made or delivered to the Holder or any other Holder shall be untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed made;

 

v.         the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) shall be subject to a Bankruptcy Event;

 

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vi.         the Company or any Subsidiary (including Vaultlogix, Data Protection Services, LLC, U.S. and Data Security Acquisition, LLC) shall default on any of its obligations under any mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, indenture agreement, factoring agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any Indebtedness for borrowed money or money due under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement that (a) involves an obligation greater than $250,000, whether such Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, and (b) results in such Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable;

 

vii.         the Common Stock shall not be eligible for listing or quotation for trading on a Trading Market and shall not be eligible to resume listing or quotation for trading thereon within five Trading Days;

 

viii.         the Company shall fail for any reason to deliver certificates to a Holder prior to the second Trading Day after a Share Delivery Date or the Company shall provide at any time notice to the Holder, including by way of public announcement, of the Company’s intention to not honor requests for conversions of any Debentures in accordance with the terms hereof;

 

ix.         the Company or any Guarantor shall breach any agreement delivered to the initial Holders pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Purchase Agreement;

 

x.         a material false or inaccurate certification (including a false or inaccurate deemed certification) by the Company that the Equity Conditions are satisfied, the Dollar Volume Limitation has not been exceeded or as to whether any Event of Default has occurred;

 

xi.         the electronic transfer by the Company of shares of Common Stock through DTC or another established clearing corporation is no longer available or is subject to a “chill”; or

 

xii.         any monetary judgment, writ or similar final process shall be entered or filed against the Company, any subsidiary or any of their respective property or other assets for more than $500,000, and such judgment, writ or similar final process shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of forty five (45) calendar days.

 

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b)          Remedies Upon Event of Default . If any Event of Default occurs, the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, plus accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing in respect thereof through the date of acceleration, shall become, at the Holder’s election, immediately due and payable in cash at the Mandatory Default Amount; provided, that such acceleration shall be automatic, without any notice or other action of the Holder required, in respect of an Event of Default occurring pursuant to clause (v) of Section  8(a). Upon the payment in full of the Mandatory Default Amount, the Holder shall promptly surrender this Debenture to or as directed by the Company. In connection with such acceleration described herein, the Holder need not provide, and the Company hereby waives, any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, and the Holder may immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it under applicable law. Such acceleration may be rescinded and annulled by Holder at any time prior to payment hereunder and the Holder shall have all rights as a holder of the Debenture until such time, if any, as the Holder receives full payment pursuant to this Section 8(b). No such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 9 .          Miscellaneous .

 

a)          Notices . Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder hereunder, including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, by email attachment, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at the address set forth above, or such other facsimile number, email address, or address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holder delivered in accordance with this Section 9(a).  Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, by email attachment, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to the Holder at the facsimile number or email address or address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such facsimile number or email attachment or address appears on the books of the Company, at the principal place of business of such Holder, as set forth in the Purchase Agreement.  Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment to the email address set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment to the email address set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.

 

b)          Absolute Obligation . Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Debenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, liquidated damages and accrued interest, as applicable, on this Debenture at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. This Debenture is a direct debt obligation of the Company. This Debenture ranks pari passu with all other Debentures now or hereafter issued under the terms set forth herein.         

 

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c)          Lost or Mutilated Debenture . If this Debenture shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated Debenture, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed Debenture, a new Debenture for the principal amount of this Debenture so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Debenture, and of the ownership hereof, reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

 

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

 

e)          Amendments; Waivers . No provision herein may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the holders of the Debentures then outstanding or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Debenture shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

 

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f)          Severability . If any provision of this Debenture is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Debenture shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on this Debenture as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Debenture, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Holder, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such as though no such law has been enacted.

 

g)          Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief .  The remedies provided in this Debenture shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Debenture and any of the other Transaction Documents at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Debenture.  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, conversion 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 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 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 Debenture.

 

h)          Next Business Day . Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

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

 

j)          Secured Obligation . The obligations of the Company under this Debenture are secured by all assets of the Company pursuant to the Security Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2015 between the Grantors (as defined therein) and the Secured Parties (as defined therein).

 

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(Signature Pages Follow)

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties below have caused this Debenture to be duly executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date first above indicated.

 

  InterCloud Systems, inc.
   
  By: /s/ Daniel Sullivan
  Name: Daniel Sullivan
  Title: Chief Accounting Officer
  Facsimile No.  for delivery of Notices: _______________
  E-mail Address for delivery of Notices: ______________
     
  JGB (CAYMAN) WALTHAM LTD.  
     
  By: /s/ Brett Cohen
  Name: Brett Cohen
  Title: President
  Facsimile No.  for delivery of Notices: (212) 253-4093
  E-mail Address(es) for delivery of Notices:
sehrenberg@jgbcap.com, bcohen@jgbcap.com,
dshmookler@jgbcap.com, jwhite@jgbcap.com

 

 

 

 

ANNEX A

 

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

The undersigned hereby elects to convert principal under the 10% Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Convertible Debenture due June __, 2017 of InterCloud Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), into shares of common stock (the “ Common Stock ”), of the Company according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. If shares of Common Stock are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is delivering herewith such certificates and opinions as reasonably requested by the Company in accordance therewith. No fee will be charged to the holder for any conversion, except for such transfer taxes, if any.

 

By the delivery of this Notice of Conversion the undersigned represents and warrants to the Company that its ownership of the Common Stock does not exceed the amounts specified under Section 4 of this Debenture, as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

The undersigned agrees to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements under the applicable securities laws in connection with any transfer of the aforesaid shares of Common Stock.

 

Conversion calculations:         

  Date to Effect Conversion:
   
  Principal Amount of Debenture to be Converted:
   
  Accrued and unpaid interest thereon:
   
  Make-Whole Amount, if applicable:
   
  Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:
   
   
  Signature:
   
  Name:
   
  Address for Delivery of Common Stock Certificates:
   
  Or
   
  DWAC Instructions:
   
  Broker No: ____________
   
  Account No: _____________________

 

 

 

 

ANNEX B

 

HOLDER REDEMPTION NOTICE

 

The undersigned hereby exercises its right to require the Company to redeem the 10% Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Convertible Debenture due June __, 2017 (the “ Debenture ”) of InterCloud Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), in accordance with Section 6(b) of the Debenture.

 

The undersigned agrees to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements under the applicable securities laws in connection with any transfer of the aforesaid shares of Common Stock.

 

Conversion calculations:

 

  Principal Amount of Debenture to be Redeemed:
   
  Accrued and unpaid interest thereon:
   
  Make-Whole Amount, if applicable:
   
  Stock Payment Rate:
   
  Stock Payment Amount, if applicable:
   
  Dollar Volume Limitation:
   
  If applicable, cash due in respect of Excess Shares or pursuant to Section  6(b)(v)(C):
   
   
  Signature:
   
  Name:
   
  Wire Instructions:
   
  Or, if applicable
   
  Address for Delivery of Common Stock Certificates:
   
  Or
   
  DWAC Instructions:
   
  Broker No:______________
   
  Account No:______________

 

 

 

 

Schedule 1

 

CONVERSION SCHEDULE

 

The 10% Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Convertible Debentures due on June__, 2017 in the aggregate principal amount of $____________ are issued by InterCloud Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation. This Conversion Schedule reflects conversions made under Section 4 of the above referenced Debenture.

 

Dated:

 

Date of Conversion
(or for first entry, Original Issue Date)

 

Amount of
Conversion

Aggregate Principal Amount Remaining Subsequent to Conversion
(or original Principal Amount)
Company Attest
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

CONVERSION AGREEMENT

  

THIS CONVERSION AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), is made as of December 29, 2015 (“ Effective Date ”), by and among GPB Life Science Holdings LLC (the “ Lender ”), and InterCloud Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with all of its successors and current and future direct and/or indirect Subsidiaries, collectively, the “ Borrower ,” and, collectively with the Lender, the “ Parties ”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

WHEREAS , pursuant to the Bridge Financing Agreement, made effective as of December 3, 2014 by and between the Borrower and the Lender (the “ BFA ”), the Borrower sold to the Lender a (i) 12% Senior Secured Note of the Borrower in the aggregate principal amount of $2,500,000 (Note No.:GPB-1), Issue Date: December 3, 2014 (“ Note 1 ”), and (ii) four (4) year common stock purchase warrant of the Borrower (Warrant No.:GPB-1), Original Issue Date: December 3, 2014, to purchase 250,000 Warrant Shares (“ Warrant No. 1 ”);

 

WHEREAS , pursuant to the Agreement to Purchase the $1,500,000 Additional Note, dated December 24, 2014, by and between the Borrower and the Lender (the “ 12/24/2014 Agreement ”), the Borrower sold to the Lender pursuant to Section 2.13 of the BFA a (i) 12% Senior Secured Note of the Borrower in the aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000 (Note No.:GPB-2), Issue Date: December 24, 2014 (“ Note 2 ,” and together with Note 1, collectively, the “ 2 Original Notes ”), and (ii) four (4) year common stock purchase warrant (Warrant No.:GPB-2), Original Issue Date December 24, 2014, to purchase 150,000 Warrant Shares (“ Warrant No. 2 ,” and, collectively with Warrant No. 1, the “ 2 Original Warrants ”);

 

WHEREAS , pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2015 between the Parties (the “ SPA ”) and Amendment No. 1 to the Bridge Financing Agreement, made as of May 14, 2015, by and among the Parties (“ Amendment No. 1 ”), the Borrower, among other items (i) sold to the Lender a 12% senior secured convertible note of the Borrower (Note No.: GPB-3), Issue Date: May 14, 2015, in the aggregate principal amount of $2,000,000 (the “ $2,000,000 Note ”), and (ii)  amended and restated the 2 Original Notes by issuing to the Lender (a) Amended and Restated 12% Senior Secured Convertible Note No. 1 in the aggregated principal amount of $2,500,000 (which continued to be identified as Note No.: GPB-1), Original Issue Date: December 3, 2015 (“ A/R Note 1 ”), in exchange for and to amend and restate Note 1; and (b) Amended and Restated 12% Senior Secured Convertible Note No. 2 in the aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000 (which continued to be identified as Note No.: GPB-2, Original Issue Date: December 24, 2015 (“ A/R Note 2 ”), and together with A/R Note 1, collectively, the “ 2 A/R Notes ”), in exchange for and to amend and restate Note 2, which 2 Amended and Restated Notes together with the $2,000,000 Note shall collectively be referred to as the “ 3 Notes ”);

 

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WHEREAS , pursuant to the SPA and Amendment No. 1, the Borrower (i) amended and restated the 2 Original Warrants by issuing to the Lender a (a) four (4) year Amended and Restated Warrant No. 1 of the Borrower (which continued to be identified as Warrant No. GPB-1); Original Issue Date: December 3, 2015, to purchase 250,000 Warrant Shares (“ A/R Warrant 1 ”); and (b) four (4) year Amended and Restated Warrant No. 2 of the Borrower (which continued to be identified as Warrant No. GPB-2); Original Issue Date: December 24, 2014, to purchase 150,000 Warrant Shares (“ A/R Warrant 2 ”, and together with A/R Warrant 1, collectively, the “ 2 A/R Warrants ”); (ii) issued to the Lender a (a) four (4) year Additional Warrant of the Borrower (Warrant No. GPB-3); Original Issue Date: May 14, 2015, to purchase 200,000 Warrant Shares of the Borrower (the “ Additional Warrant ”), and (b) four (4) year Restructuring Warrant of the Borrower (Warrant No.: GPB-4); Original Issue Date: May 14, 2015; to purchase 50,000 Warrant Shares (the “ Restructuring Warrant ,” and together with the 2 A/R Warrants and the Additional Warrant, collectively, the “ 4 Warrants ”);

  

WHEREAS , pursuant to Amendment No. 2 to the Bridge Financing Agreement and Agreement to Reduce Conversion Price of Certain Secured Convertible Promissory Notes and Cancellation of Certain Warrants, made as of August 12, 2015 by and among the Lender and the Borrower (“ Amendment No. 2 ”), pursuant to which, among other items (i) the 2 A/R Notes were further amended and restated and the $2,000,000 Note was amended and restated to, among other items, reduce the Conversion Price of the 3 Notes from $3.75 per share to $2.00 per share, by the Borrower issuing to the Lender a (x) 12% New 2 nd Amended and Restated Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note No. 1 in the aggregate principal amount of $2,500,000 (“ New A/R Note 1 ”), which New A/R Note 1 was issued by the Borrower to the Lender in exchange for and to amend and restate A/R Note 1; (y) 12% New 2 nd Amended and Restated Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note No. 2 in the aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000 (“ New A/R Note 2 ”, and collectively with New A/R Note 1, the “ 2 New Amended and Restated Notes ”), which New A/R Note 2 was issued by the Borrower to the Lender in exchange for and to amend and restate A/R Note 2, and (z) 12% Amended and Restated Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note No. 3 in the aggregate principal amount of $2,000,000 (“ A/R $2,000,000 Note ” and together with the 2 New Amended and Restated Notes, collectively, the “ 3 Notes ”), which A/R $2,000,000 Note was issued by the Borrower to the Lender in exchange for and to amend and restate the $2,000,000 Note; (ii) the Restructuring Warrant was cancelled (which as a result the only warrants issued to the Lender by the Borrower under the Loan Agreement and currently issued and outstanding as of the date hereof are the 2 A/R Warrants and the Additional Warrant, which 3 such outstanding warrants shall collectively be referred to as the “ 3 Current Warrants ”) and (iii) the Loan Agreement was amended by amending Section 9 of Amendment No. 1 to change certain provisions of the Amortization Payments;

 

WHEREAS , the BFA, the 12/24/2014 Agreement, the SPA, Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, this Agreement and together with all amendments, supplements, exhibits, schedules and annexes to each of such agreements, shall collectively be referred to as the “ Loan Agreement .”

 

WHEREAS , Borrower is entering into a new financing as of the date hereof, the cash proceeds of which will be used, among other things, to reduce (the “ Repayment ”) the total aggregate principal amount owed to Lender to $1,500,000 under the 3 Existing Notes (the “ Remaining Principal Balance ”);

 

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WHEREAS , pursuant to this Agreement, the Parties have agreed to, among the other items set forth in this Agreement (i) effectuate the Repayment, (ii) convert (x) the Remaining Principal Balance, and (y) All Other Amounts Due (as defined below) due from the Borrower to the Lender under the Loan Agreement and other Documents, including, but not limited to all accrued but unpaid Cash Interest and Additional Interest and $25,000 representing 2% of the $1,500,000 aggregate principal amount payable as a result of conversion of Note 2, all as provided in the Documents (but excluding, all of Lenders Legal Fees (as defined below), collectively, the “ Other Amounts Due ”, and together with the Remaining Principal Amount, collectively, the “ Remaining Balance ”), into shares of Common Stock and (iii) reduce the exercise price of the 3 Current Warrants to $1.75 (the “ New Exercise Price ”), on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

 

WHEREAS , capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings in the Loan Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing premises and for valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally bound hereby agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

 

1) The Transactions. Upon the execution of this Agreement (the “ Closing Date ”) by the Parties hereto, the following transactions shall be deemed to occur simultaneously and shall be referred to as the “ Closing ”:
(a) Conversion of Remaining Balance . The Parties hereby agree that the Remaining Balance will be converted as of the date hereof into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price per share equal to seventy-five (75%) percent, multiplied by the lower of (x) the average VWAP of a share of Common Stock on the principal Trading Market for the five consecutive Trading Day period ending with the Trading Day immediately prior to the Closing Date and (y) the one (1) day VWAP for a share of Common Stock on the principal Trading Market on the Closing Date.
(b) Weekly Sales . Lender hereby covenants and agrees that for the ninety (90) day period following the date hereof (the “ 90 Day Period ”), Lender will sell no more than $200,000 worth (the “ Weekly Maximum ”) of Common Stock during any calendar week, which Weekly Maximum will be increased, from time to time, upon a substantive change in the trading volume and/or price of a share of Common Stock.; provided , however , notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided herein or elsewhere, in the event the Lender does not for any reason sell any Conversion Shares during the 90 Day Period, following such 90 Day Period there shall be no limitations on weekly sales of Conversion Shares.

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(c) True-Up . If upon the earliest to occur of (i) the last Trading Day following the 90 Day Period, and (ii) the Trading Day that all Remaining Conversion Shares are sold, the gross proceeds received by the Borrower therefrom are less than in the aggregate $1,875,000 (the dollar amount of $1,875,000 less the gross proceeds received by the Lender from the sale of the Remaining Shares shall be referred to as the “ Shortfall Amount ”), then the Lender shall send to the Borrower in writing its calculation of the Shortfall and proof of the gross proceeds received by it from the sale of the Remaining Conversion Shares (brokerage, statements and/or similar evidence shall be sufficient proof thereof, such Shortfall Calculations plus the proof of the gross proceeds received from the sale of the Remaining Conversion Shares shall hereinafter be referred to as the “ Shortfall Package ”), and absent manifest error by the Lender, provided in detail in writing from the Borrower to the Lender no later than the 2nd Trading Day following the 3 rd Business Day after the Borrower receives or is deemed to receive the Shortfall Package shall be binding on the Parties. Thereafter, on the 2 nd Trading Day following the date the Borrower receives or is deemed to receive the Shortfall Package (the “ True-Up Date ”); the Borrower shall at its option either (i) pay in cash to the Lender the Shortfall Amount by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to wiring instructions provided to the Lender, or (ii) deliver to the Lender such number of additional shares of Common Stock (the “ True-Up Shares ”), without restrictive legend, or if because the Borrower was ever a “Shell Company” (as defined under Rule 144), True-Up Shares with a standard Securities Act legend and its counsel issues to the Borrowers transfer agent a legal opinion (or opinions when requested at any time and from time to time by the Lender to remove the restrictive legends upon a sale of any True-Up Shares) in an amount equal to the Shortfall Amount divided by the closing sales price of a share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately following the True-Up Date; and the Borrower shall have the right to sell the True-Up Shares without limitation provided , however , if the Borrower elects to provide to the Lender True-Up Shares on the True-Up Date, and following the sale of all True-Up Shares by the Lender, the aggregate amount of gross proceeds received by the Lender from the sale of the Remaining Conversion Shares and the True-Up Shares is less than $1,875,000 (the “ 2 nd Shortfall Amount ”), as evidenced by proof in form so provided elsewhere in this Section 1(c) , then the Borrower shall no later than the third (3 rd ) Trading Day following the date the Borrower receives such calculation and proof of the 2 nd Shortfall Amount (the “ 2 nd True-Up Date ”) at the Borrower’s option either (i) pay in cash to the Lender the 2 nd Shortfall Amount by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to wiring instructions provided to the Lender, or (ii) deliver to the Lender such number True-Up Shares, without restrictive legend, or if because the Borrower was ever a “Shell Company” (as defined under Rule 144), True-Up Shares with a standard Securities Act legend and its counsel issues to the Borrower’s transfer agent a legal opinion (or opinions when requested at any time and from time to time by the Lender to remove the restrictive legends upon a sale of any True-Up Shares) in an amount equal to the 2 nd Shortfall Amount divided by the closing sales price of a share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately following the 2 nd True-Up Date; and the Borrower shall have the right to sell the True-Up Shares without limitation. Absent manifest error by the Lender, the Lenders calculation of the 2 nd Shortfall Amount shall be binding on the Parties. The Borrower agrees to take any and all action reasonably requested by the Borrower, in the time frame reasonably requested by the Lender (if no time frame is provided herein and/or in the other Documents), to facilitate the provisions of this Section 1(c) .
(d) New Amended and Restated Warrants. Issue to the Lender (i) further amended and restated warrants having the same terms and conditions of the A/R Warrants; and (ii) an amended and restated warrant having the same terms as the Additional Warrant, except that the exercise price of such warrants shall be reduced to the New Exercise Price (collectively, the “ New 3 A/R Warrants ”).

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(e) Lender’s Legal Fees. As a condition to the Closing, the Borrower shall pay to Gusrae Kaplan Nusbaum PLLC, GPB’s legal counsel: $25,000, representing full of all fees and expenses incurred by the Lender for legal services performed by such legal counsel for GPB relating to ICLD following September 8, 2015, which legal fees and expenses are required to be paid by ICLD pursuant to Section 9.4 of the Bridge Financing Agreement dated as of December 3, 2014, as amended by and between GPB and ICLD (“ Lender’s Legal Fees ”).
2) Representations and Warranties of the Borrower .
(a) This Agreement and all transactions contemplated herein and therein have been duly and validly executed by the Borrower; the Borrower is authorized and has the power to enter into this Agreement and perform all of the transactions set forth herein and therein, and this Agreement shall constitute a valid binding obligation and agreement of the Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with its terms.
(b) All necessary action has been taken by the Borrower including, but not limited to, by its Board of Directors and stockholders, if necessary, to authorize and effectuate all transactions set forth in this Agreement.
(c) No consents, approvals, permits and/or authorizations is required by any governmental and/or regulatory body including, but not limited to, FINRA, the SEC and/or Nasdaq not already obtained by the Borrower to effectuate the transactions set forth in this Agreement and neither the execution, delivery of and the performance of the Borrower of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor the effectuation of the transactions disclosed herein or therein will result in (or with the passage of time and/or the giving of notice could result in), an Event of Default, a default, breach, violation and/or an event of default of (i) any loan, instrument and/or other agreement that the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries are a party to and/or any of their respective assets and/or properties are bound by or subject to, (ii) the bylaws or other charter documents of the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries and/or (iii) result in the violation of any law; rule and/or regulation of any federal, state and/or regulatory body including, but not limited to, the SEC, FINRA and/or Nasdaq.
(d) The issuance of the Conversion Shares (and the True-Up Shares, if any), issuable upon conversion of the Remaining Balance are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”) pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D and/or Section 4(2) thereof; and the issuance of the Conversion Shares (and the True-Up Shares, if any), when issued upon conversion of the Remaining Balance will vest in the Lender sole and exclusive title to such securities free from all Liens, encumbrances and/or other clouds on title and such securities will be fully paid, validly issued and non-assessable and not subject to any pre-emptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other similar rights; and such Conversion Shares (and the True-Up Shares, if any), so issued shall all be immediately eligible for sale pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act (“ Rule 144 ”) as the date of issuance such Conversion Shares (and the True-Up Shares, if any), tack back to the date the 3 Notes were purchased by the Lender from the Borrower Remaining Principal Amount of the 3 Notes was used to purchase one or more of the 3 Current Notes, each of which 3 Current Notes were purchased by the Lender from the Borrower more than 6 months prior to the date hereof.

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(e)  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby by the Borrower, (i) are within Borrower’s corporate powers, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary action by or on behalf of Borrower (and/or its shareholders to the extent required by law), (iii) have received all necessary and/or required governmental, regulatory and other approvals and consents (if any shall be required) on behalf of Borrower, (iv) do not and shall not contravene or conflict with any provision of, or require any consents under (a) any law, rule, regulation or ordinance, (b) Borrower’s organizational documents; and/or (c) any agreement binding upon Borrower or any of Borrower’s properties except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (v) do not and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien and/or encumbrance on any of Borrower’s properties or assets pursuant to any law, rule, regulation or ordinance or otherwise.

 

(f)    As of the date hereof, no Event of Default, event of default and/or default has occurred (and/or with the passage of time could occur) under any of the Documents, including, but not limited to, the Loan Agreement, the 3 Current Notes, the 3 Current Warrants, the Security Agreement and/or any other agreement, instrument and/or documents to which the Borrower is a party to or pursuant to which any of its properties and/or assets are subject to; and taking into account, and assuming the occurrence of all of the transactions contemplated by and related to this Agreement, no Event of Default, event of default and/or default has or shall occur (or with the passage of time could occur) under any of the Documents including, but not limited to, the Loan Agreement, the 3 Existing Notes, the 3 Existing Warrants, the Security Document and/or any other agreement, instrument and/or documents to which the Borrower is a party to or pursuant to which any of its properties and/or assets are subject to.

 

(g) As of the date hereof, the dollar amount (i) being paid by the Borrower to the Lender to reduce the aggregate principal amount of the 3 Notes to $1,500,000 is as set forth in or attached to the Pay-Off Letter dated the date hereof and annexed hereto as Exhibit 1, and (ii) the Remaining Balance being converted into Common Stock pursuant hereto is $1,500,000.

 

(h)  The entry into this Agreement by the Borrower and the performance of its obligations hereunder, including, but not limited to, the payment in cash of all funds required to pay all amounts due to the Lender pursuant to (i) the Pay-Off Letter, and (ii) Section 16 of this Agreement shall not directly and/or indirectly be prohibited and/or cause any breach, default, event of default, or with the passage of time and/or giving notice by the Borrower result in an event of default under and/or pursuant to any agreement, document and/or understanding (whether in writing or orally) with the entities who are providing and/or making available loans and/or other funds to the Borrower.

 

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3) Representations and Warranties of Lender .
(a) The Lender has all limited liability company power to enter into this Agreement and effectuate all of the transactions set forth herein, and when entered into by the Lender this Agreement will constitute a binding and enforceable agreement in accordance with its terms against the Lender.
(b) All action has been taken by the Lender including, but not limited to, its Board of Directors and stockholders to effectuate and authorize all transactions set forth in this Agreement.
(c) Lender is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined under the Securities Act.
4) Cost and Expenses . Other than as provided in Section 1(e) hereof, the Parties hereto shall be responsible for their own fees and expenses in connection with the preparation, negotiation and entering into of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
5) Conditions to Closing .
a. Delivery of Documents to Lender . Notwithstanding anything provided in this Agreement, the Lender’s obligation to effectuate its obligations hereunder including, but not limited to, the Closing shall be subject to Lender receiving from the Borrower at or before the Closing, each of the following original properly executed and dated documents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender and its counsel, and where applicable, duly executed and recorded:
i. The Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Remaining Balance;
     
ii. This Agreement;
     
iii. The 3 New A/R Warrants (with New Exercise Price); and
     
iv. The executed Pay-Off Letter.
     

b. Delivery of Documents to the Borrower . Notwithstanding anything provided in this Agreement, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder including, but not limited to, to effectuate the Closing shall be subject to the Borrower receiving from the Lender on or before the Closing, this Agreement.

6) Severability . Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, in any jurisdiction, shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

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7) Authority . Each of the undersigned expressly represents and warrants that (i) he, she or it has the authority to execute this Agreement on behalf of the party or parties to be bound by his, her or its signature, (ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action and (iii) this Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with its terms.
     
8) Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the whole and entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter expressly contemplated hereby and all prior or contemporaneous agreements, understandings, representations and statements, oral or written, related to the subject matter expressly contemplated in such documents and instruments are merged herein.
     
9) Construction . The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions hereof.
     
10) Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile or electronic mail shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement.
     
11) Headings . Section headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose.
     
12) Governing Law . This Agreement and the terms and conditions set forth herein, shall be governed by and construed solely and exclusively in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof. The parties hereto hereby expressly and irrevocably agree that any suit or proceeding arising directly and/or indirectly pursuant to or under this Agreement shall be brought solely in a federal or state court located in the City, County and State of New York. By its execution hereof, the parties hereto covenant and irrevocably submit to the in personam jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in the City, County and State of New York and agree that any process in any such action may be served upon any of them personally, or by certified mail or registered mail upon them or their agent, return receipt requested, with the same full force and effect as if personally served upon them in New York, New York. The parties hereto expressly and irrevocably waive any claim that any such jurisdiction is not a convenient forum for any such suit or proceeding and any defense or lack of in personam jurisdiction with respect thereto. In the event of any such action or proceeding, the party prevailing therein shall be entitled to payment from the other parties hereto of all of its reasonable counsel fees and disbursements.
     
13) Survival of Documents . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided herein or elsewhere, all Obligations except as expressly provided herein to the contrary, of the Borrower to the Lender under the Documents including, but not limited to, the Loan Agreement, shall survive the execution and performance of this Agreement and the transaction contemplated herein including, but not limited to, all indemnification and contribution obligations provisions.

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14) Interest in Certain Circumstances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided herein or elsewhere, in the event of any failure of the Borrower to make any payment in the time and in the form so provided in this Agreement (each a “ Late Payment ”), all amounts due but not paid when and in the form so required in this Agreement shall bear interest at the rate of sixteen (16%) percent per annum based on a year having 12 months with each month having 30 days (or each year having 360 days). Such interest shall commence to accrue on the date when any such payment is due and not received by the Lender in the amount and in the form so required by this Agreement and shall continue accruing through and including the date such Late Payment is received in full by the Lender including, but not limited to, all accrued but unpaid interest thereon as provided in this Section 14 . The Lender shall not be required to provide any notice of any Default to the Borrower or otherwise; and all interest payments due hereunder shall be payable in immediately available funds by wire transfer to the Lender pursuant to wiring instructions provided to the Borrower and shall be payable no later than 2 Business Days from a written demand by the Lender.
15) Definitions. Defined terms not otherwise defined herein and/or in the Documents shall have the meaning set forth in this Section 15 .
(i) Bloomberg ” means Bloomberg, L.P.
     
(ii) Trading Day ” means a day on which the principal Trading Market for the Common Stock is open for trading.
     
(iii) Trading Market ” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock (or any other common stock of any other Person that references the Trading Market for its common stock) is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the OTC Bulletin Board, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Capital Market, the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Arca, the NYSE MKT, or the OTCQX Marketplace, the OTCQB Marketplace, the OTCPink Marketplace or any other tier operated by OTC Markets Group Inc. (or any successor to any of the foregoing).
     
(iv) VWAP ” means, for or as of any Trading Day, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Trading Market (or, if the Trading 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 FactSet (or similar) 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 FactSet (or similar) or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg (or FactSet) 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 Lender. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

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16) Buy-In Payments and Actions. If the Borrower shall fail on or prior to the Share Delivery Date (as defined below) to issue and deliver a certificate (without any restrictive legend if no such legend is required by law), to the Borrower, its brokerage firm, if requested, or credit to the Borrower’s balance account with DTC, the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Lender is entitled pursuant to a written request by the Lender to the Borrower (the “ Notice ”), and if after the Share Delivery Date the Lender purchases or has purchased for it by its brokerage firm or otherwise (in an open market transaction or otherwise) Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Lender of Conversion Shares (a “ Buy-In ”), then the Borrower shall, in the Lender’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Lender in an amount equal to the Lender’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “ Buy-In Price ”), at which point the Borrower’s obligation to issue and deliver such certificate, without legend or credit the Lender’s balance account with DTC, for the shares of Common Stock to which the Lender requests to be delivered in the Notice shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Lender a certificate or certificates (without restrictive legend, if no such legend is required by law), representing such number of shares of Common Stock, or credit the Lender’s balance account with DTC, for such number of shares of Common Stock to which the Lender is entitled upon and pay cash to the Lender in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (i) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (ii) the closing sale price (or equivalent) on the principal Trading Market of the Common Stock on the Share Delivery Date.  All payments for a Buy-In shall be payable upon demand by the Lender which shall be made at any time and from time to time, and shall be paid in immediately available cash funds by wire transfer to the Lender by the Borrower pursuant to wiring instructions provided to the Lender by the Buyer. For purposes hereof “ Share Delivery Date ” means the 3 rd Business Day following the date the Lender submits a request to sell Conversion Shares pursuant to Rule 144 to the Borrower.
17) Release of Lender . For due and adequate consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, members, managers, attorneys, agents and any of their present or former directors, officers, employees or shareholders and employees, and their respective successors, heirs, and assigns (each a “ Releasor ,” and collectively the “ Releasors ”) pursuant and as a condition to entering into this Agreement each for themselves and for each of their respective present and/or previous affiliates, heirs, executors, administrators, successors, predecessors, members, advisors, equity and/or debtholders, directors, officers, employees, affiliates and/or related parties expressly and irrevocably, jointly and severally release and discharge (to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law) the Lender and all of Lender’s Subsidiaries, affiliates, members, managers, partners, attorneys, agents, insurers, employees, representatives, transferees, assigns, heirs, executors, and administrators (each a “ Released Party ,” and collectively, the “ Released Parties ”) from any and all liability, claims, demands, liens, actions or causes of action of every kind and nature, suits, debts, dues, attorneys’ fees and expenses, sums of money, damages, or judgments whatsoever, in law or equity, whether direct or indirect, derivative, by way of subrogation or otherwise, which Releasor, Releasors’ heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns may now have, hereafter have or claim to have, known or unknown, for, upon, or by reason of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever, from the beginning of time to the day and the date of this Agreement. Releasors each hereby expressly and irrevocably, jointly and severally waives any and all provisions and any other similar applicable statute or rule of law that restricts whatsoever the release of claims that may arise or first become known in the future, even if such claims if known would materially affect either of the Releasors decision to execute this release, and regardless of whether each Releasor lack of knowledge arises from ignorance, oversight, error, negligence or otherwise. Releasors each jointly and severally hereby agree, represent and warrant to each Released Party that each Releasor realizes and acknowledges that factual matters now unknown to Releasors may have given or may hereafter give rise to causes of action, claims, suits, demands, debts, controversies, damages, costs, losses and expenses which are presently unknown, unanticipated and unsuspected, and each Releasor further agrees, represents and warrants that the release provided hereunder has been negotiated and agreed upon in light of such realization and that Releasors nevertheless intends to release, discharge and acquit the Released Parties from any such unknown claims. Each Releasor represents, warrants and agrees that in executing and entering into this release each Releasor is not relying and has not relied upon any representations, promises or statements made by anyone that are not recited, contained or embodied herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the Effective Date.

 

BORROWER: INTERCLOUD SYSTEMS, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Daniel Sullivan
  Name: Daniel Sullivan
  Title: Chief Accounting Officer
     
LENDER: GPB LIFE SCIENCE HOLDINGS LLC
     
  By: /s/ Tim Creutz
  Name: Tim Creutz
  Title: Vice President

  

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Exhibit 1

 

Pay-Off Letter

 

 

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