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): July 19, 2017 (July 19, 2017)

 

Nxt-ID, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   000-54960   46-0678374
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

Nxt-ID, Inc.

285 North Drive

Suite D

Melbourne, FL 32934

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

  

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (203) 266-2103

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company

 

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

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

As previously disclosed on Current Report to Form 8-K filed by Nxt-ID, Inc. (the “Company”) on July 27, 2016, on July 25, 2016, the Company, in connection with its acquisition of LogicMark, LLC (the “Seller”), issued to LogicMark Investment Partners, LLC, as the Seller’s representative (“LogicMark Partners”) a secured subordinated promissory note in the amount of $2,500,000 (the “Original Note”), and the Seller and the Company entered into a security agreement to secure the Original Note (the “Seller Security Agreement”). Subsequent to certain payments made to LogicMark Partners under the Original Note, the Company issued to LogicMark Partners on November 29, 2016, an Amended and Rested Secured Promissory Note, with a principal amount of $1,000,000 (the “Amended and Restated Note”).

 

On July 19, 2017, certain investors (the “Holders”) purchased from LogicMark Partners the $594,403 outstanding balance on Amended and Restated Note, inclusive of accrued and unpaid interest. In connection therewith, the Company, LogicMark Partners, and the Holders entered into an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated July 19, 2017 (the “Assignment Agreement”), whereby LogicMark Partners assigned the Amended and Restated Note to the Holders.

 

Additionally, on July 19, 2017, the Company and the Holders entered into a Securities Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company exchanged with the Holders the Amended and Restated Note held by them in exchange for: (i) an aggregate principal amount of $594,403 of new secured subordinated promissory notes (the “Exchange Notes”); and (ii) warrants (the “Warrants”, and together with the Exchange Notes, the “Exchange Securities”) convertible into 297,202 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”).

 

Exchange Notes

 

The Exchange Notes will mature on July 19, 2018, and accrue interest at a rate of 15.0% per annum. The Exchange Notes are convertible at any time, in whole or in part, at the option of the Holders into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $2.00 per share (the “Conversion Price”). The Conversion Price is subject to adjustment for stock dividends, stock splits, combinations or similar events.

 

The Company may prepay, in whole but not in part, without premium or penalty, the outstanding principal, together with accrued but unpaid interest on the outstanding principal, if any.

 

Warrants

 

The Warrants will be exercisable beginning on July 19, 2017, and will be exercisable for a period of five (5) years. The exercise price with respect to the Warrants is $2.00 per share (the “Exercise Price”). The Exercise Price and the amount of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are subject to adjustment upon certain events, such as stock splits, combinations, dividends, distributions, reclassifications, mergers or other corporate change and dilutive issuances.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the terms of the Exchange Agreement, the Assignment Agreement, the Exchange Notes and the Warrants are qualified in their entirety by reference to the provisions of the agreements filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Report”), which are incorporated by reference herein.

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 hereof is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 hereof is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The issuance of the Exchange Securities was made in reliance upon exemptions from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

   

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
4.1   Form of Exchange Note
4.2   Form of Warrants
10.1   Form of Exchange Agreement
10.2   Form of Assignment Agreement

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

  

Date: July 19, 2017 NXT-ID, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Gino M. Pereira
   

Name: Gino M. Pereira

Title: Chief Executive Office

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.1

 

THIS INSTRUMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE SUBORDINATE IN THE MANNER AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THAT CERTAIN LETTER AGREEMENT RE SUBORDINATION OF SELLER PAYMENTS DATED AS OF JULY 25, 2016 (THE “SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT”), BY AND AMONG LOGICMARK INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, ET. AL, LOGICMARK, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, NXT-ID, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, AND EXWORKS CAPITAL FUND I, L.P., IN ITS CAPACITY AS AGENT FOR THE LENDERS (IN SUCH CAPACITY, “SENIOR LENDER”), TO THE INDEBTEDNESS (INCLUDING INTEREST) OWED BY BORROWER (AS DEFINED BELOW) AND CERTAIN OF ITS AFFILIATES PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JULY 25, 2016 BETWEEN BORROWER THE OTHER “LOAN PARTY OBLIGORS” FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, AGENT AND THE “LENDERS” FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, AS SUCH LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT HAS BEEN AND HEREAFTER MAY BE AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME; SUBORDINATED LENDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, SHALL BE BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT.

 

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 SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

SECURED SUBORDINATED PROMISSORY NOTE

 

$______ Original Issue Date: November 29, 2016
  Amended: July 19, 2017

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, NXT-ID, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to the order of ___________ , in its capacity as a Holder (“Holder,” which is sometimes referred to as the Subordinated Lender, per the definition in Section 12(l)), pursuant to that certain Exchange Agreement dated July 19, 2017 (the “Exchange Agreement”), the principal sum of ________ Dollars ($______) together with interest thereon as hereinafter described, in immediately available funds, at such times as set forth below and in accordance with the terms set forth herein.

 

  1  

 

1.        Reference to Purchase Agreement. This Secured Subordinated Promissory Note (this “Note”) is executed and delivered pursuant to Exchange Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Exchange Agreement. As used herein all references to the Purchase Agreement shall include the Exchange Agreement.

2.        Payment of Principal. Subject to the restrictions and limitations provided herein and in the Intercreditor Agreement, all outstanding principal and accrued interest shall be due and payable in full on July 19, 2018, unless due sooner pursuant to the terms hereof (the “Maturity Date”).

3.       Payment of Interest.

(a)                 Except as otherwise provided herein, interest shall accrue from the original date of issuance of this Note on the unpaid principal amount of this Note (the “Principal Balance”) at the rate of fifteen percent (15.0%) per annum (the “Interest Rate”) , which interest shall accrue on the original principal amount of the Note, even if the outstanding principal has been reduced by conversion or otherwise . The accrued interest will be paid quarterly in Common Stock at the then in effect Conversion Price. On the Maturity Date any accrued but unpaid interest is payable in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds or at Holder’s option, in shares of Common Stock at the then in effect Conversion Price. Interest due under this Note shall be calculated on the basis of a 365-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in any portion of a month for which interest may be due .

(b)                From and after an Event of Default (as defined herein), interest shall accrue on the amount of the Principal Balance hereunder at a rate equal to the Interest Rate plus five percent (5.0%) per annum.

 

4. Conversion.

 

(a)                 Conversion Generally . At any time after the Original Issue Date until all amounts due under this have been paid in full, this Note 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 Note and/or any other amounts due under this Note 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 Note to the Company unless the entire principal amount of this Note, all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all other amounts due under this Note have been so converted. Conversions hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount of this Note in an amount equal to the applicable conversion amount. The Holder and the Company shall maintain a Conversion Schedule showing the principal amount(s) and/or any other amounts due under this Note converted and the date of such conversion(s). The Company may deliver an objection to any Notice of Conversion within one (1) Business Day of delivery of such Notice of Conversion. 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 Note, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of a portion of this Note, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this Note may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

  2  

 

 

(b)        Conversion Price . The conversion price in effect on any Conversion Date shall be equal $2.00 (“ Conversion Price ”). All such foregoing determinations will be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction that proportionately decreases or increases the Common Stock. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages or declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8 hereof 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.

 

(c)        Mechanics of Conversion .

 

i.               Conversion Shares Issuable Upon a Conversion . The number of Conversion Shares issuable upon a conversion hereunder shall be determined by the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the sum of all outstanding (i) principal, (ii) interest, and (iii) any other amount due under this Note to be converted as provided in the applicable Notice of Conversion by (y) the Conversion Price.

 

ii.              Delivery of Certificate Upon Conversion . Not later than two (2) 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 date on which if the resale of such Conversion Shares are covered by and are being sold pursuant to an effective Registration Statement or such Conversion Shares are eligible to be sold under Rule 144 without the need for current public information and the Company has received an opinion of counsel to such effect reasonably acceptable to the Company (which opinion the Company will be responsible for obtaining at its own cost) 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 or being sold, as the case may be, upon the conversion of this Note, and (B) a bank check in the amount of accrued and unpaid interest (if the Company has elected to pay accrued interest in cash). All certificate or certificates required to be delivered by the Company under this Section 4(d) shall be delivered electronically through DTC or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions, unless the Company or its Transfer Agent does not have an account with DTC and/or is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program; then, the Company shall issue and deliver to the address as specified in such Notice of Conversion, a certificate (or certificates), registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Conversion Shares to which the Holder shall be entitled. If the Conversion Shares are not being sold pursuant to an effective Registration Statement or if the Conversion Date is prior to the date on which such Conversion Shares are eligible to be sold under Rule 144 without the need for current public information, the Conversion Shares shall bear a restrictive legend in the following form, as appropriate:

 

“NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.  THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL (WHICH COUNSEL SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE HOLDER), IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.”

 

  3  

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, commencing on such date that the Conversion Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144 subject to current public information requirements, the Company, upon request and at the Company’s expense, shall obtain a legal opinion to allow for such sales under Rule 144.

 

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 Note 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 Notice of Conversion.

 

iv.                         Obligation Absolute; Partial Liquidated Damages . The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Note 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 that 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 Note shall elect to convert any or all of the outstanding principal or interest 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 Note shall have been sought. If the injunction is not granted, the Company shall promptly comply with all conversion obligations herein. If the injunction is obtained, the Company must post a surety bond for the benefit of the Holder in the amount of 150% of the outstanding principal amount of this Note, 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 seeking such injunction, the Company shall issue Conversion Shares or, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion.

 

  4  

 

v.                         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 a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal 100% of the Required Minimum for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of this Note and payment of interest on this Note, 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 Notes), 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, but ignoring any Beneficial Ownership Limitations or other restrictions and/or limitations on conversions set forth herein or elsewhere) upon the conversion of the then-outstanding principal amount of this Note 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, and, at such times as a Registration Statement covering such shares is then effective under the Securities Act, will be registered for public resale in accordance with such Registration Statement. For purposes of this Note, the “Required Minimum” shall be defined as all outstanding debt plus interest and any fees divided by the Conversion Price or the Alternate Conversion Price then in effect, as applicable. The Company shall be required to calculate the Required Minimum on the first trading day of each month that the Note is outstanding and provide such calculation to the Holder and the transfer agent promptly. For purposes of calculating the Required Minimum, Company shall assume that all then-outstanding principal will remain outstanding until the Maturity Date and that all accrued but unpaid interest hereon accrues at the rate of 12% per annum is paid on the Maturity Date and all amounts convert into shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Price or Alternate Conversion Price then in effect.

 

vi.                         Fractional Shares . No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of this Note. As to any fraction of a share that 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.

 

vii.                         Transfer Taxes and Expenses . The issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of this Note 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 Note 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 same-day processing of any Notice of Conversion.

 

  5  

 

(d)        Holder’s Conversion Limitations . The Company shall not effect any conversion of principal and/or interest of this Note, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any principal and/or interest of this Note, 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 the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock that are issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted principal amount of this Note beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including, without limitation, any other Notes) beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates.  Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 4(e), 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(e) applies, the determination of whether this Note is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which principal amount of this Note 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 Note may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and which principal amount of this Note 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 (2) 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 Note, 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 Note held by the Holder. The Holder, upon not less than 61 days’ prior written 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 Note 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 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(e) 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 Note. In connection with the conversion of this Note and any other notes that are issued in connection with the Exchange Agreement, until and unless the Company has received the necessary shareholder approval in accordance with the Nasdaq’s corporate governance listing rules, the Company shall not be required to issue in the aggregate more than 19.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company issued and outstanding immediately prior to the date hereof, and in no event shall the Company be required to pay any penalties or fees of any kind due to the operation of the provisions contained in this Section 4(d).

 

  6  

 

Section 5 .    Certain Adjustments .

 

(a)              Stock Dividends and Stock Splits . If the Company, at any time while this Note 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 Notes), (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 reclassification.

 

(b)             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 that the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Note (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).

 

(c)               Pro Rata Distributions . During such time as this Note 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 Note, 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 Note (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.

 

  7  

 

(d)             Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall not, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, effect any merger or consolidation of the Company and/or or any of its Subsidiaries with and/or into another Person, without the express written consent of 90% of the then-issued and outstanding principal amount of Notes (the “ 90% Amount ”). If, subject to the Company obtaining written consent of the 90% Amount, at any time while this Note is outstanding (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person, whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each, a “ Fundamental Transaction ”), then, upon any subsequent conversion of this Note, 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(e) on the conversion of this Note), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “ Alternate Consideration ”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Note is convertible immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 4(e) on the conversion of this Note). 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 Note 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 Note and the other 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 Note, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Note a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Note that 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 Note (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of this Note) 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 Note 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 Note and the other 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 Note and the other Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

 

  8  

 

(e)              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.

 

(f)              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 each 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 Note, and shall cause to be delivered to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Note 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 Note 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.

  9  

 

6.               Prepayment. Subject to the limitations contained herein, Borrower may, at its option at any time, prepay, in whole but not in part, without premium or penalty, the Principal Balance, together with accrued but unpaid interest on such Principal Balance to July 12, 2018.

7.               Mandatory Prepayment. Notwithstanding Section 2 above, and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the total unpaid Principal Balance due Subordinated Lender under this Note, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon to July 12, 2018, shall immediately be due and payable, upon the consummation of a Capital Event. As used herein, the term “Capital Event” shall mean (a) the consummation of a transaction, whether in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions that are consummated contemporaneously (or consummated pursuant to contemporaneous agreements), with any other Person or group of related Persons on an arm’s-length basis, pursuant to which such party or parties (i) acquire (whether by merger, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization, redemption, issuance of capital stock or otherwise) directly or indirectly substantially all of the outstanding capital stock of the Borrower or (ii) acquire assets constituting all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or (b) the consummation of a private or public offering of debt or equity of Borrower or any subsidiary following the date hereof.

8.                Defaults. The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute a default by Borrower under this Note and shall be referred to as an “Event of Default”:

(a)            If Borrower fails to pay any amount due and payable hereunder within five (5) business days of the date when due;

(b)               If Borrower otherwise fails to perform, keep or observe any term, provision, condition, covenant, warranty or representation contained in this Note or the Purchase Agreement which is required to be performed, kept or observed by Borrower;

(c)                If an Event of Default shall have occurred under the Security Agreement (as defined below);

  10  

 

(d)               If Borrower (i) becomes insolvent or generally fails to pay, or admits in writing its inability to pay debts as they become due; (ii) applies for, consents to, or acquiesces in, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, sequestrator or other custodian for it or any of its property, or make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; (iii) in the absence of such application, consents or acquiescences, permits or suffers to exist the appointment of a trustee, receiver, sequestrator or other custodian for it or for all of its property thereof, and such trustee, receiver, sequestrator or other custodian shall not be discharged within 90 days, provided that it hereby expressly authorizes the Subordinated Lender to appear in any court conducting any relevant proceeding during such 90-day period to preserve, protect and defend Subordinated Lender’s rights under this Note; or (iv) files for or permits or suffers to exist the commencement of any bankruptcy, reorganization, debt arrangement or other case or proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law (including, without limitation, Title 11, United States Code, as amended from time to time), or any dissolution, winding up or liquidation proceeding, in respect of it, and, if any such case or proceeding is not commenced by it, such case or proceeding shall be consented to or acquiesced in by it or shall result in the entry of an order for relief or shall remain for 90 days undismissed;

(e)            If a default shall have occurred under any agreement between Borrower and any other third party lender to the Borrower, in each case if such default results in the acceleration of the maturity of the underlying indebtedness.

9.        Consequences of Default. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default then, at Subordinated Lender’s option, and without notice by Subordinated Lender to Borrower except as otherwise expressly required herein:

(a)               The total unpaid principal balance due Subordinated Lender under this Note, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall immediately be due and payable;

(b)               Subordinated Lender may exercise any one or more of the rights and remedies arising under the Security Agreement; and

(c)                 Subordinated Lender shall have the right to exercise any and all other remedies available to it at law or in equity.

10.        Security Agreement. The payment of this Note is secured by a subordinated security agreement by and between Subordinated Lender and Borrower (the “Security Agreement”), the form of which is attached to this Note as Exhibit A, of even date herewith.

11.        Subordination. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, as of the date hereof, the indebtedness evidenced by this Note is expressly subordinated pursuant to that certain letter agreement dated as of even date herewith by and between Senior Lender and the Subordinated Lender on behalf of the Sellers (the “Intercreditor Agreement”). Nothing herein shall be construed or interpreted to conflict with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement. To the extent of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall control.

 

  11  

 

 

12.        Miscellaneous.

 

(a)               Subordinated Lender’s remedies under this Note and the Security Agreement shall be cumulative and concurrent and may be pursued against Borrower, the collateral described in the Security Agreement or any portion or combination of such collateral and other security, and Subordinated Lender may resort to every other right or remedy available at law or in equity without first exhausting the rights and remedies contained herein, all in Subordinated Lender’s sole discretion.

 

(b)               Failure of Subordinated Lender, for a period of time or on more than one occasion, to exercise its option to accelerate the Maturity Date shall not constitute a waiver of the right to exercise the same at any time during the continued existence of the Event of Default or in the event of any subsequent Event of Default. Subordinated Lender shall not by any other omission or act be deemed to waive any of its rights or remedies hereunder unless such waiver be in writing and signed by Subordinated Lender, and then only to the extent specifically set forth therein. A waiver in connection with one event shall not be construed as continuing or as a bar to or waiver of any right or remedy in connection with a subsequent event.

 

(c)               Borrower hereby: (i) waives and renounces any and all exemption rights and the benefit of all valuation and appraisement privileges against the indebtedness evidenced by this Note or by any extension or renewal hereof; (ii) waives presentment and demand for payment, notices of nonpayment and of dishonor, protest of dishonor, and notice of protest; (iii) consents to any and all extensions of time, renewals, waivers, or modifications that may be granted by Subordinated Lender with respect to the payment or other provisions hereof, and to the release of any security at any time given for the payment hereof, or any part thereof, with or without substitution, and to the release of any person or entity liable for the payment hereof; and (iv) consents to the addition of any and all other makers, endorsers, guarantors, and other obligors for the payment hereof, and to the acceptance of any and all other security for the payment hereof, and agrees that the addition of any such obligors or security shall not affect the liability of Borrower, any guarantor and all others now liable for all or any part of the obligations evidenced hereby.

 

(d)              All payments made on account of the indebtedness evidenced by this Note shall be made in currency and coin of the United States of America which shall be legal tender for public and private debts at the time of payment. Said payments and prepayments are to be made via wire transfer pursuant to Subordinated Lender’s instructions, or at such place as Subordinated Lender may, from time to time, in writing appoint.

 

(e)               Reserved.

 

(f)        Time is of the essence hereof.

 

(g)              Following an Event of Default, Borrower shall permit Subordinated Lender, its representatives and agents, upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours, to (i) visit and inspect any of the properties of Borrower, (ii) examine the corporate and financial records of Borrower and make copies thereof or extracts therefrom and (iii) discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of any such corporations with the directors, officers, managers, key employees, consultants and independent accountants of Borrower.

 

  12  

 

 

(h)              This Note and the rights and obligations of all parties hereunder shall be governed, construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, excluding any choice of law rules which may direct the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

 

(i)                The parties hereto intend and believe that each provision in this Note comports with all applicable law. However, if any provision of this Note is found by a court of law to be in violation of any applicable law, and if such court should declare such provision of this Note to be unlawful, void or unenforceable as written, then it is the intent of all parties hereto that such provisions shall be given full force and effect to the fullest possible extent that it is legal, valid and enforceable, then the remainder of this Note shall be construed as if such unlawful, void or unenforceable provision were not contained therein, and that the rights, obligations and interests of Borrower and Subordinated Lender under the remainder of this Note shall continue in full force and effect.

 

(j)               To induce Subordinated Lender to accept this Note, Borrower irrevocably agrees that, subject to Subordinated Lender’s sole and absolute discretion, all actions or proceedings in any way, manner or respect, arising out of, from or related to this Note or the Security Agreement shall be litigated in courts having situs within Cook County, Illinois. Borrower hereby consents and submits to the jurisdiction of any local, state or federal court located within said county. Borrower hereby waives any right it may have to transfer or change the venue of any litigation brought against Borrower by Subordinated Lender in accordance with this paragraph.

 

(k)         BORROWER IRREVOCABLY, UNCONDITIONALLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING (I) TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS NOTE OR ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH OR HEREWITH OR (II) ARISING FROM ANY DISPUTE OR CONTROVERSY IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATED TO THIS NOTE OR THE SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY SUCH AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY.

 

(1)            The term “Subordinated Lender” as used herein, shall mean such endorsee, assignee, or other transferee or successor to Subordinated Lender then becoming the holder of this Note. This Note shall inure to the benefit of Subordinated Lender and its successors and assigns and shall be binding upon the undersigned and its successors and assigns. The term “Borrower” as used herein, shall include Borrower’s successors, assigns, legal and personal representatives, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees and heirs.

 

  13  

 

 

(m)             All notices, requests, demands and other communications between the parties required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be given in the manner set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

 

(n)               The non-prevailing party shall pay to the prevailing party the reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the prevailing party in any litigation, contest, dispute, suit, proceeding or action in any way relating to this Note or any attempt by Subordinated Lender to enforce its rights against Borrower by virtue of this Note.

 

(o)                It is the intention of the Borrower and the Subordinated Lender to conform strictly to all applicable usury laws now or hereafter in force, and any interest payable under this Note shall be subject to reduction to the amount not in excess of the maximum legal amount allowed under the applicable usury laws as now or hereafter construed by the courts having jurisdiction over such matters. If the maturity of this Note is accelerated by reason of an election by the Subordinated Lender hereof resulting from an Event of Default, voluntary prepayment by the Borrower or otherwise, then earned interest may never include more than the maximum amount permitted by law, computed from the date hereof until payment, and any interest in excess of the maximum amount permitted by law shall be canceled automatically and, if theretofore paid, shall at the option of the Subordinated Lender hereof either be rebated to the Borrower or credited on the outstanding principal amount of this Note, or if this Note has been paid, then the excess shall be rebated to the Borrower. The aggregate of all interest (whether designated as interest, service charges, points or otherwise) contracted for, chargeable, or receivable under this Note shall under no circumstances exceed the maximum legal rate upon the unpaid principal balance of this Note remaining unpaid from time to time. If such interest does exceed the maximum legal rate, it shall be deemed a mistake and such excess shall be canceled automatically and, if theretofore paid, rebated to the Borrower or credited on the outstanding principal amount of this Note, or if this Note has been repaid, then such excess shall be rebated to the Borrower.

 

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 

  14  

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Secured Subordinated Promissory Note to be signed and executed as of the date first written above.

 

NXT-ID, INC.

 

By:_________________________________

Name:

Title:

 

 

  15  

 

 

 

Exhibit A
Security Agreement

 

(see attached)

 

 

 

 

 

THIS INSTRUMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE SUBORDINATE IN THE MANNER AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THAT CERTAIN LETTER AGREEMENT RE SUBORDINATION OF SELLER PAYMENTS DATED AS OF JULY 25, 2016 (THE “SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT”), BY AND AMONG LOGICMARK INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, ET. Al, LOGICMARK, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, NXT-ID, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, AND EXWORKS CAPITAL FUND I, L.P., IN ITS CAPACITY AS AGENT FOR THE LENDERS (IN SUCH CAPACITY, “SENIOR LENDER”), TO THE INDEBTEDNESS (INCLUDING INTEREST) OWED BY BORROWER (AS DEFINED BELOW) AND CERTAIN OF ITS AFFILIATES PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JULY 25, 2016 BETWEEN BORROWER THE OTHER “LOAN PARTY OBLIGORS” FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, AGENT AND THE “LENDERS” FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, AS SUCH LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT HAS BEEN AND HEREAFTER MAY BE AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME; SUBORDINATED LENDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, SHALL BE BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT.

SUBORDINATED SECURITY AGREEMENT

THIS SUBORDINATED SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is dated as of July 25, 2016 by NXT-ID, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Nxt-ID”), and LOGICMARK, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with Nxt-ID, “Borrower”), to ______________, in its capacity as Seller Representative on behalf of the Sellers (as defined below) (collectively, “Subordinated Lender ”).

WHEREAS, this Agreement is executed and delivered pursuant to that certain Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2016, by and among (a) Borrower, (b) Seller Representative, and (c) LOGICMARK INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Original Holder”), GOTTLIEB FAMILY, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company, BEN CORNETT, KEVIN O’CONNOR and GENERATION3 PARTNERS I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “Sellers”), as amended by that certain First Amendment to Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2016, by and between Borrower and Seller Representative (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Purchase Agreement ”);

WHEREAS, in accordance with the Purchase Agreement, Borrower has issued to the Original Holder (on behalf of the Sellers) that certain Secured Promissory Note dated as of the date hereof in the original principal amount of $2,500,000 (the “Subordinated Note”); and

 

A- 1    

 

 

WHEREAS , on or about November [RC], 2016, the Original Holder assigned a portion the Note to various parties and the Company reissued the Note to the various parties (the reissued Note are collectively referred to herein as the “ Notes ”) pursuant to that certain Exchange Agreement dated November [__], 2016.

 

WHEREAS, as security for the discharge of the Borrower’s obligations to the Subordinated Lender under the Subordinated Note together with the other notes issued pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, the Borrower is hereby granting the Subordinated Lender a subordinated security interest in all of the assets of the Borrower as more fully set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

1.                   Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Subordinated Note, Exchange Agreement or the Purchase Agreement, as the case may be. As used herein, “Senior Loan Agreement” shall mean that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof), by and among Borrower, the other parties thereto as “Loan Party Obligors”, each of the “Lenders” party thereto from time to time and Senior Lender in its capacity as agent for such Lenders.

2.                   Grant. Subject to Section 4 hereof, Borrower hereby grants to Subordinated Lender a security interest in and to any and all property of Borrower, of any kind or description. tangible or intangible, whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired, it being acknowledged by Subordinated Lender that the security interest being granted hereunder is subordinate to a certain first lien and security interest in Borrower’s assets held by Senior Lender, including, but not limited to, the following (collectively, the “Collateral”): 

 

(a)                All Accounts; Chattel Paper; Electronic Chattel Paper; Commercial Tort Claims; Deposit Accounts; Documents; Equipment; Farm Products; Fixtures; General Intangibles, including Payment Intangibles; Goods; Instruments; Inventory; Software; Financial Assets; Securities; Investment Property; Letter of Credit Rights and Supporting Obligations; Security Entitlements, as each of these terms are defined by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and construed in the State of Delaware (the “UCC”), and all substitutions, additions, accessories, replacements, parts, exchanges, increases, tools, manuals, warranties, warranty claims, insurance policies and proceeds related to any of the foregoing, it being the intent of Borrower to grant to Subordinated Lender a security interest in all of Borrower’s present and future personal property wheresoever located;

 

(b)            All products, replacements, additions, substitutions and renewals of and to the Collateral

 

(c)               Any and all after-acquired right, title and interest in and to any of the Collateral;

(d)             All cash and non-cash proceeds from the sale, transfer or pledge of any or all of the Collateral; and

(e)             All insurance policies and proceeds insuring the foregoing Collateral or any part thereof, including unearned premiums.

A-2  

 

3.                   Security for Liabilities. This Agreement secures, and the Collateral is security for, the prompt payment in full when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, and performance of all obligations of Borrower now or hereafter existing under the Subordinated Note (collectively, the “Secured Liabilities”).

4.                   Subordination. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, as of the date hereof, the indebtedness evidenced by the Subordinated Note and the security interest granted by this Agreement are expressly subordinated pursuant to that certain letter agreement dated as of even date herewith by and between Senior Lender and the Subordinated Lender on behalf of the Sellers (the “Intercreditor Agreement”). Nothing herein shall be construed or interpreted to conflict with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement. To the extent of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall control.

5.                   Representations, Warranties and Covenants. Borrower represents, warrants and covenants that:

(a)                 This Agreement creates a valid security interest in the Collateral.

(b)                Borrower has full title to the Collateral, free of all security interests, liens and encumbrances other than the security interests granted herein and pursuant to the Senior Loan Agreement and the Permitted Liens (as defined in the Senior Loan Agreement).

(c)                 Borrower will defend the Collateral against the claims and demands of all persons other than Senior Lender and/or Subordinated Lender and will not do or permit anything to be done that may impair the security interest of Senior Lender, Subordinated Lender or the value of the Collateral as collateral hereunder without the prior written consent of Subordinated Lender.

(d)                Unless and until a Default (as defined herein) shall have occurred, Borrower may have possession of the Collateral and use the same in any lawful manner consistent with the provisions of this Agreement, the Senior Loan Agreement, and all policies of insurance thereon.

(e)                 Except for the Permitted Liens and the Senior Loan Agreement, Borrower will not permit the Collateral to be encumbered, provided that Borrower shall have the right in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business and subject to the terms and conditions of the Senior Loan Agreement to replace any items of personal property included in the Collateral with similar items if (i) such replacements have value and utility equivalent or superior to that existing when the security interest created hereby first attached hereto and (ii) Subordinated Lender obtains a lien on or security interest in such replacements.

A-3  

 

Borrower will from time to time execute or cause to be executed such additional security agreements, financing statements, renewals thereof and other documents (and pay the cost of filing and recording the same in all public offices reasonably deemed necessary by Subordinated Lender) and do such other acts (including the deposit with Subordinated Lender of any certificate of title issuable with respect to the Collateral, with an official notation thereon of the security interest hereunder) to establish, maintain and evidence Subordinated Lender’s subordinated security interest in the Collateral, free of all other liens and claims other than the Subordinated Note, the Senior Loan Agreement and the Permitted Liens. Borrower agrees that a carbon, photographic or photostatic copy, or other reproduction, of this Agreement or of any financing statement, shall be sufficient to evidence Subordinated Lender’s security interest. Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes Subordinated Lender at any time, and from time to time, to file in any jurisdiction any initial financing statements and amendments thereto without the signature or consent of Borrower that (i) indicate the Collateral (A) is comprised of all assets of Borrower or words of similar effect, regardless of whether any particular asset comprising a part of the Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the jurisdiction wherein such financing statement or amendment is filed, or (B) as being of an equal or lesser scope or within greater detail as the grant of the security interest set forth herein, and (ii) contain any other information required by Section 5 of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the jurisdiction wherein such financing statement or amendment is filed regarding the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement or amendment. Borrower further ratifies and affirms its authorization for any financing statements and/or amendments thereto, executed and filed by Subordinated Lender in any jurisdiction prior to the date of this Agreement. In addition, Borrower shall make appropriate entries on its books and records disclosing Subordinated Lender’s security interests in the Collateral.

(g)                Borrower will cause all taxes and assessments upon the Collateral or upon its use or operation to be paid in full when due.

(h)                Borrower will at all times until satisfaction in full of the Secured Liabilities, cause the Collateral to be insured against risks of fire, vandalism, theft, and other such risks as Lender may reasonably require in the amount of its full insurable value with an insurer or insurers reasonably acceptable to Subordinated Lender, subject to the rights of Senior Lender. Subject to the rights of Senior Lender under the Senior Loan Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement, Borrower will forthwith remit to Subordinated Lender, in the form received, with any endorsements necessary to effect payment thereof to Subordinated Lender, any proceeds of insurance required or maintained pursuant to this Agreement which Borrower, or any affiliate of Borrower may receive or which Borrower and any other party or parties may receive. All policies of insurance shall contain a standard lender loss payable clause in favor of Subordinated Lender, shall provide that Subordinated Lender’s interest therein shall not be invalidated by the act, omission or neglect of anyone other than Subordinated Lender and for at least ten (10) days’ prior written notice of cancellation to Subordinated Lender. Borrower shall furnish Subordinated Lender with evidence of such insurance or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to Subordinated Lender as to compliance with the provisions of this paragraph prior to the expiration or cancellation of any such insurance. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement and the rights of Senior Lender, Subordinated Lender may act as attorney in fact for Borrower in making, adjusting and settling claims under and canceling such insurance and endorsing Borrower’s name on any drafts drawn by insurers of the Collateral. If Borrower shall fail to provide such insurance or fail to renew the same upon expiration thereof, Borrower agrees that Subordinated Lender, at the sole cost of Borrower, may obtain such insurance as Subordinated Lender shall deem reasonably appropriate, and the entire cost thereof shall be added to the Secured Liabilities.

A-4  

 

(i)                  As used herein, “full insurable value” means the actual replacement cost of the Collateral (without taking into account any depreciation), determined annually by an insurer or by Borrower or, at the request of Subordinated Lender, by an independent insurance broker (subject to Subordinated Lender’s reasonable approval) including an endorsement covering acts of municipal authorities including increased cost of construction and demolition.

(j)                  Following the occurrence of a Default and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement and the rights of the Senior Lender set forth in the Senior Loan Agreement, Subordinated Lender from time to time may (but shall not be obligated to), pay any amount or perform any act which Borrower has agreed to do hereunder and which Borrower shall have failed to do. All moneys so advanced and expenses so incurred by Subordinated Lender shall be immediately due and payable and shall be added to the Secured Liabilities if not paid within five (5) days following Subordinated Lender’s demand therefor.

6.        Defaults and Remedies. (a) Borrower, without notice or demand of any kind, shall be in default under this Agreement upon the occurrence of any of the following events (each a Default”):

(i)                  Nonpayment of Secured Liabilities. Any amount due and owing on any of the Secured Liabilities, whether by its terms or as otherwise provided herein, is not paid when due.

(ii)                Misrepresentation. Any oral or written warranty, representation, certificate or statement of Borrower in this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, any of the Subordinated Note or any other agreement with Subordinated Lender shall be false when made or at any time thereafter, or if any financial data or any other information now or hereafter furnished to Subordinated Lender by or on behalf of Borrower shall prove to be false, inaccurate or misleading in any material respect.

(iii)        Nonperformance. Any failure to perform or default in the performance of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement, or in any of the Subordinated Note any other agreement with Subordinated Lender.

(iv)         Bankruptcy, Insolvency, Etc. Borrower becomes insolvent or generally fails to pay, or admits in writing its inability or refusal to pay, debts as they become due, or Borrower applies for, consents to, or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or other custodian for itself or any property thereof, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or, in the absence of such application, consent or acquiescence, a trustee, receiver or other custodian is appointed for Borrower or for a substantial part of the property of any thereof and is not discharged within thirty (30) days, or any bankruptcy, reorganization, debt arrangement, or other case or proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law, or any dissolution or liquidation proceeding, is commenced in respect of Borrower, and if such case or proceeding is not commenced by Borrower, it is consented to or acquiesced in by Borrower, or remains undismissed for thirty (30) days; or Borrower takes any action to authorize, or in furtherance of, any of the foregoing.

A-5  

 

(v)                Judgments. The entry of any final judgment, decree, levy, attachment, garnishment or other process, or the filing of any lien against Borrower which is not fully covered by insurance.

(vi)              Collateral Impairment. The entry of any judgment, decree, levy, attachment, garnishment or other process, or the filing of any lien against, any of the Collateral or any collateral under a separate security agreement securing any of the Secured Liabilities and such judgment or other process shall not have been, within thirty (30) days from the entry thereof, (A) bonded over to the satisfaction of Subordinated Lender and appealed, (B) vacated, or (C) discharged, or the loss, theft, destruction, seizure or forfeiture, or the occurrence of any deterioration or impairment of any of the Collateral or any of the collateral under any security agreement securing any of the Secured Liabilities, or any decline or depreciation in the value or market price thereof (whether actual or reasonably anticipated), which causes the Collateral in the sole opinion of Subordinated Lender acting in good faith, to become unsatisfactory as to value or character, or which causes Subordinated Lender to reasonably believe that it is insecure and that the likelihood for repayment of the Secured Liabilities is or will soon be impaired, time being of the essence. The cause of such deterioration, impairment, decline or depreciation shall include, but is not limited to, the failure by Borrower to do any act deemed necessary by Subordinated Lender to preserve and maintain the value and collectability of the Collateral.

(b)       If a Default exists Subordinated Lender shall immediately notify Senior Lender in writing, then at the election of Subordinated Lender, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement and the rights of the Senior Lender, and without further demand or notice of any kind, Subordinated Lender may declare all of the Secured Liabilities to be immediately due and payable and exercise from time to time any rights and remedies available to Subordinated Lender under the laws of the State of Illinois in order to collect the Secured Liabilities. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, Borrower shall, in such event, and if Subordinated Lender so requests, assemble the Collateral, at the expense of Borrower, at a convenient place designated by Subordinated Lender. At any sale held pursuant hereto, Subordinated Lender shall be authorized to bid in the amount of the Secured Liabilities, or so much thereof as Subordinated Lender, in its reasonable discretion, shall deem appropriate, at such sale. Subordinated Lender shall not be liable nor accountable to Borrower if less than the entire amount of the Secured Liabilities shall be so bid. Borrower shall pay all expenses incurred by Subordinated Lender in the collection of such indebtedness, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses, and in the repair of any real estate or other property to which any of the Collateral may be affixed. If any notification of intended disposition of any of the Collateral is required by law, such notification shall be deemed commercially reasonable and proper if given at least ten (10) days before such disposition. Any proceeds of the disposition of any of the Collateral may be applied by Subordinated Lender to the payment of the reasonable expenses of retaking, holding, preparing for sale and selling the Collateral, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses, and any balance of such proceeds may be applied by Subordinated Lender toward the payment of such of the indebtedness, and in such order of application, as Subordinated Lender may from time to time elect.

A-6  

 

(c)                 No delay or omission on the part of Subordinated Lender in the exercise of any right or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof. The remedies available to Subordinated Lender under this Agreement shall be exercisable in any combination whatsoever and shall be in addition to, and exercisable in any combination, any and all remedies available by operation of law and under the Subordinated Note.

7.                   Waiver. No delay on Subordinated Lender’s part in exercising any power of sale, lien, option or other right hereunder, and no notice or demand which may be given to or made upon Borrower by Subordinated Lender with respect to any power of sale, lien, option or other right hereunder, shall constitute a waiver thereof, or limit or impair Subordinated Lender’s right to take any action or to exercise any power of sale, lien, option, or any other right hereunder, without notice or demand, or prejudice Subordinated Lender’s rights as against Borrower in any respect.

8.                   Assignment. Borrower shall not assign or transfer this Agreement, either voluntarily, by operation of law, by merger or stock sale or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Subordinated Lender.

9.                   Termination. Upon the indefeasible payment in full of all Secured Liabilities Subordinated Lender shall release the security interest granted to Subordinated Lender pursuant to this Agreement and, except as otherwise provided herein, all of Borrower’s obligations hereunder shall at such time terminate.

10.          Lien Absolute. All rights of Subordinated Lender hereunder, and all obligations of Borrower hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of:

(a)                 any lack of validity or enforceability of any of the Subordinated Note or any other agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any Secured Liabilities;

(b)                any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any part of the Secured Liabilities, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from any of the Subordinated Note or any other agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any Secured Liabilities;

(c)                 any exchange, release or non-perfection of any other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any guaranty, for all or any of the Secured Liabilities; or

(d)                any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, Borrower.

11.               Release. Borrower consents and agrees that Subordinated Lender may at any time, or from time to time, in its discretion (a) renew, extend or change the time of payment, and/or the manner, place or terms of payment of all or any part of the Secured Liabilities and (b) exchange, release and/or surrender all or any of the Collateral, or any part thereof, by whomsoever deposited, which is now or may hereafter be held by Subordinated Lender in connection with all or any of the Secured Liabilities, all in such manner and upon such terms as Subordinated Lender may deem proper, and without notice to or further assent from Borrower, it being hereby agreed that Borrower shall be and remains bound under this Agreement, irrespective of the value or condition of any of the Collateral, and notwithstanding any such change, exchange, settlement, compromise, surrender, release, renewal or extension, and notwithstanding also that the Secured Liabilities may, at any time, exceed the aggregate principal amount thereof set forth in the Subordinated Note, or any other agreement governing any Secured Liabilities. Borrower hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Agreement, and also presentment, demand, protest and notice of dishonor of any and all of the Secured Liabilities, and promptness in commencing suit against any party hereto or liable hereon, and, except as otherwise provided herein, in giving any notice to or of making any claim or demand hereunder upon Borrower. No act or omission of any kind on Subordinated Lender’s part shall in any event affect or impair this Agreement unless such act or omission constitutes the willful misconduct of Subordinated Lender or any of its agents.

A-7  

 

12.               Reinstatement. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against Borrower for liquidation or reorganization, should Borrower become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of Borrower’s assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Secured Liabilities, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Secured Liabilities, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent conveyance” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Secured Liabilities shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

13.               Supplemental Reports. Borrower shall immediately upon receipt thereof, provide to Subordinated Lender copies of any reports submitted by Borrower to the Senior Lender pursuant to the Senior Loan Agreement or related agreements.

14.               Waiver of Claims. Borrower acknowledges, agrees and affirms that Borrower possesses no claims, defenses, offsets, recoupment or counterclaims of any kind or nature against Subordinated Lender or with respect to the enforcement of any of the Subordinated Note, as amended or modified hereby (collectively, the “Claims”). Borrower further acknowledges and agrees that it has no knowledge of any facts that would or might give rise to any Claims. If facts now exist which would or could give rise to any Claim against Subordinated Lender or with respect to the enforcement of any of the Subordinated Note, as amended or modified hereby, Borrower hereby unconditionally, irrevocably and unequivocally waives and fully releases any and all such Claims as if such Claims were the subject of a lawsuit, adjudicated to final judgment from which no appeal could be taken and therein dismissed with prejudice.

15.                 Miscellaneous.

(a)                 Subordinated Lender may execute any of its duties hereunder by or through agents or employees and shall be entitled to the advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to its duties hereunder.

A-8  

 

(b)                Borrower agrees to promptly reimburse Subordinated Lender for actual out-of-pocket expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees, incurred by Subordinated Lender or the Sellers in connection with the enforcement of Subordinated Lender’s rights under this Agreement.

(c)                 Neither Subordinated Lender nor any of its managers, members, officers, directors, employees, agents or counsel shall be liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder or in connection herewith, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

(d)                   THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE BINDING UPON BORROWER AND ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, AND SHALL INURE TO THE BENEFIT OF, AND BE ENFORCEABLE BY, SUBORDINATED LENDER, AND ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, AND SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS IN EFFECT IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS, AND NONE OF THE TERMS OR PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE WAIVED, ALTERED, MODIFIED OR AMENDED EXCEPT IN WRITING DULY SIGNED FOR AND ON BEHALF OF SUBORDINATED LENDER AND BORROWER.

16.                Severability. If for any reason any provision or provisions hereof are determined to be invalid and contrary to any existing or future law, such invalidity shall not impair or affect the operation of those portions of this Agreement which are valid.

17.                Notice. All notices, requests, demands and other communications between the parties required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be given in the manner set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

 

18.               Section Titles. The Section titles contained in this Agreement are and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of the agreement between the parties hereto.

19.               WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. SUBORDINATED LENDER AND BORROWER, AFTER CONSULTING OR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL, EACH KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE IRREVOCABLY, ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, THE SUBORDINATED NOTE, ANY OF THE OTHER OBLIGATIONS, THE COLLATERAL, OR ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH OR ARISING FROM ANY LENDING RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE FOREGOING, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT OR COURSE OF DEALING IN WHICH SUBORDINATED LENDER AND BORROWER ARE ADVERSE PARTIES, AND EACH AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY. Except as prohibited by law, Borrower waives any right which it may have to claim or recover in any litigation referred to in the preceding sentence any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages or any damages other than, or in addition to, actual damages. Borrower (i) certifies that neither Subordinated Lender nor any representative, agent or attorney of Subordinated Lender has represented, expressly or otherwise, that Subordinated Lender would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce the foregoing waivers, and (ii) acknowledges that, in entering into this Agreement and the Subordinated Note, Subordinated Lender is relying upon, among other things, the waivers and certifications contained in this Section.

20.               Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and electronically, which shall, collectively and separately, constitute one agreement.

[Signature Page Follows]

A-9  

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

BORROWER:

NXT-ID. INC.

 

By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

LOGICMARK, LLC

 

By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

SUBORDINATED LENDER:

 

_______Holder

 

By:    
Name:    
Title:    

[Signature Page to Subordinated Security Agreement]

 A-10 

 

 

Exhibit 4.2

 

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

 

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

Nxt-ID, Inc.

Warrant Shares: _________ Initial Exercise Date: July 19, 2017

THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “ Warrant ”) certifies that, for value received, ___________, or its assigns (the “ Holder ”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after July 19, 2017 (the “ Initial Exercise Date ”) and on or prior to the close of business on the fifth-year anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date (the “ Termination Date ”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Nxt-ID, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), up to ________ shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “ Warrant Shares ”) of Common Stock. The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).

Section 1 . Definitions . Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Exchange Agreement (the “ Exchange Agreement ”), dated July 19, 2017, among the Company and the purchasers signatory thereto.

Section 2 . Exercise .

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

  1  
 

 

b)                   Exercise Price . The exercise price per share of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $2.00 subject to adjustment hereunder (the “ Exercise Price ”).

c)                   Cashless Exercise . If 180 days after the issuance of this Warrant, there is no effective registration statement registering, or no current prospectus available for, the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

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

 

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

 

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

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, on the Termination Date, this Warrant shall be automatically exercised via cashless exercise pursuant to this Section 2(c).

 

  2  
 

 

 

d) Mechanics of Exercise .

i.             Delivery of Certificates Upon Exercise . Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s prime broker with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“ DWAC ”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144, and otherwise by physical delivery to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is two (2) Trading Days after the latest of (A) the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, and (B) payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above (including by cashless exercise, if permitted) (such date, the “ Warrant Share Delivery Date ”). The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been exercised, with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price (or by cashless exercise, if permitted) and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(d)(vi) prior to the issuance of such shares, having been paid. The Company understands that a delay in the delivery of the Warrant Shares after the Warrant Share Delivery Date could result in economic loss to the Holder. As compensation to the Holder for such loss, the Company agrees to pay (as liquidated damages and not as a penalty) to the Holder for late issuance of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant the proportionate amount of $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day after the fifth (5 th ) Trading Day) after the Warrant Share Delivery Date for each $1,000 of Exercise Price of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercised which are not timely delivered. The Company shall pay any payments incurred under this Section in immediately available funds upon demand. Furthermore, in addition to any other remedies which may be available to the Holder, in the event that the Company fails for any reason to effect delivery of the Warrant Shares by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Holder may revoke all or part of the relevant Warrant exercise by delivery of a notice to such effect to the Company, whereupon the Company and the Holder shall each be restored to their respective positions immediately prior to the exercise of the relevant portion of this Warrant, except that the liquidated damages described above shall be payable through the date notice of revocation or rescission is given to the Company.

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

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

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

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

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

  3  
 

 

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

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

  4  
 

 

Section 3 . Certain Adjustments .

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

b)                   Pro Rata Distributions . If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to the Holder) evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including cash and cash dividends) or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security other than the Common Stock, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the VWAP determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator shall be such VWAP on such record date less the then per share fair market value at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one outstanding share of the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith. In either case the adjustments shall be described in a statement provided to the Holder of the portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights applicable to one share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after the record date mentioned above.

  5  
 

 

c)                   Fundamental Transaction . If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share Exchange Agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share Exchange Agreement or other business combination) (each a “ Fundamental Transaction ”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant) the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “ Alternate Consideration ”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction that is (1) an all cash transaction, (2) a “Rule 13e-3 transaction” as defined in Rule 13e-3 under the Exchange Act, or (3) a Fundamental Transaction involving a person or entity not traded on a national securities exchange or trading market (with such exchange or market including, without limitation, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, or the Nasdaq Capital Market, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the NYSE or Amex), the Company or any Successor Entity (as defined below) shall, at the Holder’s option, exercisable concurrently with the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder the higher of (i) an amount of cash equal to the Black Scholes Value of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, or (ii) the positive difference between the cash per share paid in such Fundamental Transaction minus the then in effect Exercise Price. “ Black Scholes Value ” means the value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant based on the Black and Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg, L.P. (“ Bloomberg ”) determined as of the day of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction for pricing purposes and reflecting (A) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date, (B) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg as of the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (C) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of any non-cash consideration, if any, being offered in such Fundamental Transaction and (D) a remaining option time equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “ Successor Entity ”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(c) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

  6  
 

 

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

e)                   Notice to Holder .

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

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

Section 4 . Transfer of Warrant .

a)                   Transferability . Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof and to the provisions of Section 4.1 of the Exchange Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within ten (10) Trading Days of the date the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

  7  
 

 

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

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

d)                  Transfer Restrictions. If , at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be either (i) registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, comply with the provisions of Section 7.3 of the Exchange Agreement.

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

Section 5 . Miscellaneous .

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

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

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

  8  
 

 

d)                  Authorized Shares .

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

Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  9  
 

 

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

l)                     Amendment . This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

m)                 Severability . Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

n)                   Headings . The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

********************

 

(Signature Page Follows)

 

  10  
 

 

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

  NXT-ID, INC.
   
  By: 
    Name:
Title:

  

 

  11  
 

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

To: Nxt-ID, Inc.

 

(1)    The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

(2)    Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):

[ ] in lawful money of the United States; or

[ ] [if permitted the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).

(3)    Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

_______________________________

 

 

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:

 

_______________________________

 

_______________________________

 

_______________________________

 

(4) Accredited Investor . The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

Name of Investing Entity: _______________________________________________________________________

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity : _________________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory: ___________________________________________________________________

Title of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________________________

Date: ________________________________________________________________________________________

 

  12  
 

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

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

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

Name: _______________________
  (Please Print)
Address: _____________________
  (Please Print)
Dated: _______________ __, ______  
Holder’s Signature: __________________________  
Holder’s Address: __________________________  

 

 

  13  

 

Exhibit 10.1

 EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

 

THIS EXCHANGE AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is dated this 19 th day of July, 2017, by and among NXT-ID, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), all of the subsidiaries of the Company that are party to the Agreement (collectively, “ Subsidiaries ”), and the parties identified on Schedule A hereto (each a “ Holder ” collectively the “Holders”).

WHEREAS, the Holders beneficially own and hold certain Amended and Restated Secured Subordinated Promissory Notes, as set forth on Exhibit A hereto (the “ Original Securities ”);

WHEREAS, the Original Securities were originally issued on November 29, 2016, (“ Original Issue Date ”) to LogicMark Investment Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Original Holder ”) and were assigned to the Holders by the Original Holder simultaneously with the entry of the parties into this Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Holders desire to exchange (the “ Exchange ”) the Original Securities for new Secured Subordinated Promissory Notes (“ Exchange Notes ”) and warrants convertible into common stock of the Company ( the “ Warrants ”) (in the aggregate, the Exchange Notes and Warrants shall be referred to as the “ Exchange Securities ”) of the Company as set forth and memorialized on Exhibit B hereto, and the Company desires to issue the Exchange Securities in exchange for the Original Securities and, all on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”); and

WHEREAS, the Original Securities are, and the Exchange Notes will be, subordinated to the Loan and Security Agreement entered into by and between the Company and the parties signatory thereto (the “ Senior Lenders ”), dated July 25, 2016.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and conditions contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Holders hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Exchange . Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Holders agree to surrender to the Company the Original Securities and, in exchange therefore, the Company shall issue to the Holders the Exchange Securities.

1.1 Closing . On the Closing Date (as defined below), the Company will issue and deliver (or cause to be issued and delivered) the Exchange Securities to the Holders, or in the name of a custodian or nominee of the Holders, or as otherwise requested by the Holders in writing, and the Holders will surrender to the Company the Original Securities. The closing of the Exchange shall occur as on the date hereof, or as soon thereafter as the parties may mutually agree in writing (the “ Closing Dates ”), subject to the provisions of Section 4 and Section 5 herein.

  1  
 

 

1.2 Section 4(a)(2) . Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of each of the Company and the Holders set forth in Sections 2 and 3 of this Agreement, the parties acknowledge and agree that the purpose of such representations and warranties is, among other things, to ensure that the Exchange qualifies as an exchange of securities under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

1.3 Legal Opinion . At the Closing the Company shall have a legal opinion of Company Counsel, substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto. Such opinion shall opine on the availability of an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act as it relates to the Exchange, the tacking of the holding period of the Exchange Securities to the Original Issue Date under Rule 144 and other matters reasonably requested by the Holders;

Section 2. Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company represents and warrants to the Holders that:

2.1 Organization and Qualification . The Company and each of the subsidiaries of the Company (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 or default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or certificates 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 this Agreement or any documents executed in connection herewith (the “ Transaction Documents ”), (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.

2.2 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 (as defined below). 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.

  2  
 

 

2.3 Issuance of Exchange Securities . The issuance of the Exchange Securities is duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms hereof, the Exchange Securities shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion or exercise of the Exchange Securities (the “ Underlying Shares ”), when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Securities, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all Liens (as defined below) imposed by the Company, other than restrictions on transfer under applicable state and federal securities laws. The shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Exchange Securities, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Securities for the consideration expressed therein, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company, other than restrictions on transfer under applicable state and federal securities laws. Upon issuance in accordance herewith, the issuance by the Company of the Exchange Securities is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and all of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Exchange Securities and upon exercise of the Exchange Securities will be freely transferable and freely tradable by each Holder without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act, assuming the Holder is not an Affiliate and the holding period requirements of Rule 144 have been met. The shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exercise, as applicable, of the Exchange Securities shall not bear any restrictive or other legends or notations. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock a number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of the shares underlying the Exchange Securities at least equal to 100% of the Required Minimum on the date hereof. “ 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 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise in full of all Exchange Securities or conversion in full of all Exchange Securities (including shares of Common Stock issuable as payment of interest on the Exchange Securities), ignoring any conversion or exercise limits set forth therein, and assuming that the Conversion Price or Exercise Price, as applicable, is at all times on and after the date of determination 75% of the then Conversion Price or Exercise Price, as applicable, on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of determination.

2.4 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 of the Exchange 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 certificates 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 options, contracts, agreements, liens, security interests, or other encumbrances (“ Liens ”) 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.

  3  
 

 

2.5 Acknowledgment Regarding the Exchange . The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Holder is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length third party with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company further acknowledges the Holders are not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and any advice given by the Holders or any of their representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement is merely incidental to the Exchange.

2.6 No Commission; No Other Consideration . The Company has not paid or given, and has not agreed to pay or give, directly or indirectly, any commission or other remuneration for soliciting the Exchange. The Exchange Securities are being issued exclusively for the exchange of the Original Securities and no other consideration has or will be paid for the Exchange Securities.

2.7 4(a)(2) Representation . The Company has not, nor has any person acting on its behalf, directly or indirectly made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that would cause the Exchange and the issuance of the Exchange Securities pursuant to this Agreement to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act which would prevent the Company from delivering the Exchange Securities to the Holders pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, nor will the Company take any action or steps that would cause the Exchange, issuance and delivery of the Exchange Securities to be integrated with other offerings to the effect that the delivery of the Exchange Securities to the Holders would be seen not to be exempt pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

2.8 No Third-party Advisors . Other than legal counsel, the Company has not engaged any third parties to assist in the solicitation with respect to the Exchange.

2.9 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 of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, 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 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 SEC 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.

2.10 Subsidiaries .  All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth in the SEC Reports.  Other than Liens on the equity interests of the Subsidiaries held by the Senior Lender and the Holders, the Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.  If the Company has no subsidiaries, all other references to the Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction Documents shall be disregarded.

  4  
 

 

2.11 Filings, Consents and Approvals .  Other than as set forth on Schedule 2.11 , 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 any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, trust, business trust or other entity (each, a “ Person ”) in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the notice and/or application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the issuance and the listing of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Exchange Securities and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Exchange Securities for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, and (ii) the filing of Form D with the SEC and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “ Required Approvals ”).

2.12 Capitalization .   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.  Other than as set forth in the SEC Reports, 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 any securities of the Company 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. 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 of the Exchange Securities.  There are no stockholder 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.

2.13 DTC Eligibility . The Company, through the Transfer Agent, currently participates in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer (FAST) Program and the Common Stock can be transferred electronically to third parties via the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer (FAST) Program.

2.14 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 SEC, (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 stockholder 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 (as defined below), except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans. The Company does not have pending before the SEC any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Exchange Securities contemplated by this Agreement, 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.

  5  
 

 

2.15 Litigation .  Other than as set forth in the SEC Reports, 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 Exchange Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  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. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the SEC involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company.  The SEC 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.

2.16 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.

2.17 Compliance . Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, 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.

2.18 Regulatory Permits . The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities 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 (“ Material Permits ”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.

  6  
 

 

2.19 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, (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, (iii) Liens held by the Senior Lender and (iv) Liens held by the Holders.  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.

2.20 Intellectual Property .  Other than as set forth in the SEC Reports, 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 not 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.

2.21 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 at least equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Exchange Securities.  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.

2.22 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.

2.23 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 SEC thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Dates.  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 SEC’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.

  7  
 

 

2.24 Certain Fees . 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.

2.25 Investment Company . The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Exchange 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.

2.26 Registration Rights . Other than as disclosed in the SEC Reports and the Transaction Documents, 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.

2.27 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 SEC is contemplating terminating such registration.  Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from the OTCBB or any other exchange or quotation service on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted (the “ Trading Market ”) to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, 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.

2.28 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 Holders as a result of the Holders 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 Exchange Securities pursuant to the Exchange.

2.29 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 the Holders 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 Holders 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 Holders 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 the Holders make no nor have made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3 hereof.

2.30 No Integrated Offering . Assuming the accuracy of the Holders’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on 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 the Exchange 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) any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.

  8  
 

 

2.31 Solvency . 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 SEC Reports set 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 $50,000 (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 $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.

2.32 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.

2.33 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.

2.34 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.

2.35 Acknowledgment Regarding Holders’ Exchange of the Original Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Holders are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length party with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby.

2.36 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 issuance or resale of any of the Exchange Securities or the shares of Common Stock into which the Exchange Securities are convertible or exercisable, as applicable, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Exchange Securities or the shares of Common Stock into which the Exchange Securities are convertible or exercisable, as applicable, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company.

  9  
 

 

2.37 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 ”).

2.38 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.

2.39 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.

Section 3. Representations and Warranties of the Holders . Each Holder, for itself only represents and warrants, severally and not jointly, to the Company that:

3.1 Ownership of the Original Securities. The Holder is the legal and beneficial owner of its pro rata portion the Original Securities. The Holder paid for the Original Securities, and has continuously held the Securities since its purchase. The Holder, individually or through an affiliate, owns its pro rata portion of the Original Securities outright and free and clear of any options, contracts, agreements, liens, security interests, or other encumbrances.

3.2 No Public Sale or Distribution . The Holder is acquiring the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of business for its own account and not with a view toward, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, the Holder does not agree to hold any of the Exchange Securities or the shares of Common Stock into which such securities are convertible or exercisable, as applicable, for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Exchange Securities and the Underlying Shares at any time in accordance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. Except as contemplated herein, the Holder does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute, or transfer any interest or grant participation rights in, the Original Securities or the Exchange Securities.

3.3 Accredited Investor and Affiliate Status . The Holder is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act. The Holder is not, and has not been, for a period of at least three months prior to the date of this Agreement (a) an officer or director of the Company, (b) an “affiliate” of the Company (as defined in Rule 144) (an “ Affiliate ”) or (c) a “beneficial owner” of more than 10% of the common stock (as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act).

3.4 Reliance on Exemptions . The Holder understands that the Exchange is being made in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Holder’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Holder set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Holder to complete the Exchange and to acquire the Exchange Securities.

  10  
 

 

3.5 Information . The Holder has been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the Exchange which have been requested by the Holder. The Holder has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by the Holder or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect the Holder’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained herein. The Holder acknowledges that all of the documents filed by the Company with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 14(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that have been posted on the SEC’s EDGAR site are available to the Holder, and the Holder has not relied on any statement of the Company not contained in such documents in connection with the Holder’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the Exchange.

3.6 Risk . The Holder understands that its investment in the Exchange Securities involves a high degree of risk. The Holder is able to bear the risk of an investment in the Exchange Securities including, without limitation, the risk of total loss of its investment. The Holder has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the Exchange. There is no assurance that the Exchange Securities or any securities into which the Exchange Securities may convert will continue to be quoted, traded or listed for trading or quotation on the OTCBB or on any other organized market or quotation system.

3.7 No Governmental Review . The Holder understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement in connection with the Exchange or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Exchange Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the Exchange Securities.

3.8 Organization; Authorization . The Holder is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of formation and has the requisite organizational power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

3.9 Validity; Enforcement . This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Holder and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Holder enforceable against the Holder in accordance with its terms. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Holder and the consummation by the Holder of the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the irrevocable surrender of the Original Securities) will not result in a violation of the organizational documents of the Holder.

3.10 Prior Investment Experience . The Holder acknowledges that it has prior investment experience, including investment in securities of the type being exchanged, including the Original Securities and the Exchange Securities, and has read all of the documents furnished or made available by the Company to it and is able to evaluate the merits and risks of such an investment on its behalf, and that it recognizes the highly speculative nature of this investment.

3.11 Tax Consequences . The Holder acknowledges that the Company has made no representation regarding the potential or actual tax consequences for the Holder which will result from entering into the Agreement and from consummation of the Exchange. The Holder acknowledges that it bears complete responsibility for obtaining adequate tax advice regarding the Agreement and the Exchange.

3.12 No Registration, Review or Approval . The Holder acknowledges, understands and agrees that the Exchange Securities are being exchanged hereunder pursuant to an exchange offer exemption under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

Section 4. Conditions Precedent to Obligations of the Company . The obligation of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Holders with prior written notice thereof:

  11  
 

 

4.1 Delivery . The Holders shall have delivered to the Company the Original Securities.

4.2 No Prohibition . No order of any court, arbitrator, or governmental or regulatory authority shall be in effect which purports to enjoin or restrain any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and

4.3 Representations . The accuracy in all material respects when made and on the applicable Closing Dates of the representations and warranties of the Holders contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein);

Section 5. Conditions Precedent to Obligations of the Holders . The obligation of the Holders to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Holders’ sole benefit and may be waived by the Holders at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof:

5.1 No order of any court, arbitrator, or governmental or regulatory authority shall be in effect which purports to enjoin or restrain any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

5.2 the representations and warranties of the Company (i) shall be true and correct in all material respects when made and on the applicable Closing Dates (unless as of a specific date therein) for such representations and warranties contained herein that are not qualified by “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” and (ii) shall be true and correct when made and on the applicable Closing Dates (unless as of specific date therein) for such representations and warranties contained herein that are qualified by “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect”;

5.3 all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the applicable Closing Dates shall have been performed; and

5.4 from the date hereof to the relevant Closing Dates, trading in the Company’s common stock shall not have been suspended by the SEC or any Trading Market and, at any time prior to the Closing Dates, 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 the Holders makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Exchange Securities at the closing.

Section 6. Holding Period . For the purposes of Rule 144 of the Securities Act, the Company acknowledges that the holding period of the Exchange Securities may be tacked on the holding period of the Original Securities, and the Company agrees not to a position contrary to this Section 6.

Section 7. Other Agreements between the Parties.

7.1       At any time during the period commencing from the date hereof and ending at such time that all of the Exchange Securities and Underlying Shares 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 Holder’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Holder, 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 two percent (2.0%) of the aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes of such Holder’s Exchange Securities on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth (30 th ) day (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) 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 Holders to transfer the Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144.  The payments to which a Holder shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 4.3(b) are referred to herein as “ Public Information Failure Payments .”  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 Holder’s right to pursue actual damages for the Public Information Failure, and such Holder 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.

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

  12  
 

 

7.3       The Company shall (a) by 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, issue a press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and (b) file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the Commission on or prior to the second (2nd) Trading Day immediately following the date hereof. From and after the issuance of such press release the Company represents to the Holders that it shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to any of the Holders 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 Holder shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Holder 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 Holder, or without the prior consent of each Holder, 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 Holder, or include the name of any Holder in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Holder, 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 Holders with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (b).

7.4        Indemnification of Holders . Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.10, the Company will indemnify and hold each Holder and its directors, officers, shareholders, 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 Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders, 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 “ Holder 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 Holder 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 Holder 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 Holder Party, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon understandings such Holder Party may have with any such stockholder outside of the Transaction Documents) . If any action shall be brought against any Holder Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Holder 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 Holder Party. Any Holder 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 Holder 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 Holder 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 Holder Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by an Holder 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 Holder Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants, securities law violations, fraud, or agreements made by such Holder 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 Holder Party against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company may be subject to pursuant to law.

7.5       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.

  13  
 

 

7.6        Replacement of Securities . If any certificate or instrument evidencing any of the Exchange 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.

7.7        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 Holder 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 Holder with respect to indebtedness evidenced by the Transaction Documents, such excess shall be applied by such Holder 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 Holder’s election.

7.8        Independent Nature of Holders’ Obligations and Rights . The obligations of each Holder under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder, and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Holder under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Holders 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 Holder 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 Holder to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. Each Holder has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. For reasons of administrative convenience only, each Holder and its respective counsel have chosen to communicate with the Company through Grushko & Mittman, P.C. (“ G&M ”). G&M does not represent any of the Holders and only represents              . The Company has elected to provide all Holders 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 Holders.

7.9        Issuances of Common Stock . At any time during the period commencing from the date hereof and ending at such time that all of the Exchange Securities and Underlying Shares are no longer held by the Holders, the Company shall not issue any shares of its common stock at a price below $2.00 without the consent of the Holders of a majority of then outstanding Exchange Notes.

7.10       The Company shall at all times reserve not less than 150% of the shares necessary to convert the Exchange Notes.

7.11       The Company shall at all times maintain a listing for its common stock on a trading market and ensure not regulatory or judicial stop orders are entered against trading its common stock.

  14  
 

 

7.12       The Company shall ensure that no 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 $150,000, and such judgment, writ or similar final process shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of 45 calendar days.

7.13        In connection with the conversion of the Exchange Notes, until and unless the Company has received the necessary shareholder approval in accordance with the Nasdaq’s corporate governance listing rules, the Company shall not be required to issue in the aggregate more than 19.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company issued and outstanding immediately prior to the date hereof, and in no event shall the Company be required to pay any penalties or fees of any kind due to the operation of the provisions contained in this Section 7.13 prior to obtaining such shareholder consent for its shareholders. The Company will use reasonable best efforts to obtain shareholder approval at the Company’s next annual meeting of its shareholders, to issue more than 19.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company issued and outstanding immediately prior to the date hereof in connection with the conversion of the Exchange Notes.

Section 8. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . This Agreement shall be construed under the laws of the state of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of law or choice of law that would permit or require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction. The Company and the Holders each hereby agrees that all actions or proceedings arising directly or indirectly from or in connection with this Agreement shall be litigated only in the Supreme Court of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York located in New York County, New York. The Company and the Holders each consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the foregoing courts and consents that any process or notice of motion or other application to either of said courts or a judge thereof may be served inside or outside the State of New York or the Southern District of New York by generally recognized overnight courier or certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, directed to such party at its or his address set forth below (and service so made shall be deemed “personal service”) or by personal service or in such other manner as may be permissible under the rules of said courts. THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDERS EACH HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL IN CONNECTION WITH ANY LITIGATION PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 9. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party; provided that a facsimile signature shall be considered due execution and shall be binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if the signature were an original, not a facsimile signature.

Section 10. Headings . The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.

Section 11. Severability . If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.

Section 12. No Strict Construction . The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

Section 13. Entire Agreement; Amendments . This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or written agreements between the Holders, the Company, their affiliates and persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement and the instruments referenced herein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein. No provision of this Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the Holders. No provision hereof may be waived other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought.

  15  
 

 

Section 14. Notices . Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (a) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (b) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (c) one calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and national banking holidays) after deposit with an overnight courier service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same.

The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:

If to the Company:

Nxt-ID, Inc.

285 North Drive, Suite D

Melbourne, FL 32934

Attn: Gino M. Pereira, Chief Executive Officer

 

If to the Holders:

 

to the addresses set forth on Schedule A .

 

or to such other address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change.

Section 15. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the Exchange Securities. The Holders may assign some or all of its rights hereunder without the consent of the Company, in which event such assignee shall be deemed to be the Holder hereunder with respect to such assigned rights.

Section 16. No Third Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person.

Section 17. Survival of Representations . The representations and warranties of the Company and the Holders contained in Sections 2 and 3, respectively, will survive the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 18. Further Assurances . Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

[ Signature Page Follows ]

 

  16  
 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Exchange Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  NXT-ID, INC.
   
  By: 
    Name: Gino M. Pereira
Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

D

 

 

 

 

[Company signature page to the Exchange Agreement]

 

 

  17  
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Exchange Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

___________________________

 

By: __________________________________

Name:

Title:

        Fax:

        Email:

 

___________________________

 

By: __________________________________

Name:

Title:

        Fax:

        Email:

 

___________________________

 

By: __________________________________

Name:

Title:

        Fax:

        Email:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Holder signature page to the Exchange Agreement]

 

 

  18  
 

 

SCHEDULE A

 

Holders

 

Holder   Principal Amount of Notes Held     Address
           
  $    
  $    
             
  $    

Toronto ON Canada M5H3B7

 

  19  
 

 

Exhibit A

 

Original Securities

 

Notes   Face Value     Interest     Date  
                   
  $     $       11/29/16  
                       
                         
  $     $       11/29/16  
                       
                         
  $     $       11/29/16  
                       

 

  20  
 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

Form of and Schedule of Exchanged Securities

 

Notes   Face Value     Interest     Date  
                   
  $       0       7/19/17  
                       
                         
  $       0       7/19/17  
                       
                         
  $       0       7/19/17  
                       
                         

 

 

See attached for form of Note.

 

  21  

Exhibit 10.2

 

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

 

 

THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), effective as of July 19, 2017 (the “ Effective Date ”), is entered into by and between LogicMark Investment Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Assignor ”), and the parties identified on Schedule A hereto (each an “ Assignee ” and collectively the “ Assignees ”).

 

WHEREAS, Assignor and Assignees desire to enter into this Agreement to provide for the (a) assignment to Assignees of all of Assignor’s rights (together, the “ Assigned Assets ”) (i) with respect to $594,403 of the principal and accrued and unpaid interest thereon under that certain Amended and Restated Secured Subordinated Promissory Note issued by Nxt-ID, Inc. (“ Borrower ”) to the order of Assignor on November 29, 2016 in the principal amount of $1,000,000 (the “ Note ”), (ii) under that certain Subordinated Security Agreement dated July 25, 2016 (the “ Security Agreement ”), and, (iii) under that certain letter agreement dated July 25, 2016 by and among ExWorks Capital Fund I, L.P., as agent for Lenders (“ Agent ”), Borrower, Assignor and the other parties thereto (the “ ExWorks Intercreditor Agreement ”), each of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A-1 A-2, and A-3, (b) assumption by Assignees of all of Assignor’s obligations arising under the Assigned Assets (together, the “ Assumed Obligations ”), and (c) Assignees’ payment to Assignor of an aggregate purchase price of $594,403 for the Assigned Assets (the “ Purchase Price ”);

 

WHEREAS, Assignor and Assignees previously entered into that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated November 29, 2016 (the “ Assignor Intercreditor Agreement ”) and Collateral Agent Agreement, dated November 29, 2016 (the “ CAA ”);

 

WHEREAS, upon full payment of the amounts set forth on Schedule A hereto Assignor shall have no further right or interest in the Note and represents that the Note shall have been satisfied in full;

 

WHEREAS, contemporaneously herewith the Assignees and Borrower shall enter into an exchange agreement (the “ Exchange Agreement ”).

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals, the covenants and promises contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Borrower, Assignor and Assignees agree as follows:

 

1.                   Assignment and Assumption . Subject to and conditioned upon Assignees’ payment of certain amounts to Assignor as provided in Section 2 hereof on the Effective Date, the Borrower and Assignees entering into the Exchange Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, (a) Assignor hereby assigns, transfers, and conveys to Assignees all of Assignor’s right, title and interest in, to and arising under the Assigned Assets and Assignees hereby accepts the same in the amounts set forth on Schedule A , and (b) Assignees hereby assume and agree, jointly and severally, to be bound by all of Assignor’s obligations arising under the Assumed Obligations.

  1  
 

 

 

2.                   Payments . On the Effective Date, each Assignee shall pay to Assignor its pro rata portion of the Purchase Price as set forth on Schedule A .

 

3.                   Representations and Warranties of the Assignor . The Assignor hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Assignees as of the Effective Date:

 

a.                    The Assignor has full limited liability company power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Assignor and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Assignor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or similar laws from time to time in effect that affect creditors’ rights generally, and by legal and equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies.

 

b.                   With respect to the transaction contemplated hereby, the Assignor is the sole record and a beneficial owner of the Assigned Assets with requisite authority on behalf of the other beneficial owners to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby.

 

4.                   Non-Contravention . Borrower represents, warrants and covenants to Assignor and Assignees that, other than agreements with Agent (including the ExWorks Intercreditor Agreement) for which Borrower has obtained all requisite consents and approvals, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, by any of Borrower, Assignor or Assignees, (a) will violate any constitution, statute, regulation, rule, injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, charge, or other restriction of any government, governmental agency, or court to which Borrower is subject or any provision of its charter, bylaws, or other governing document, or (b) will conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify, or cancel, or require any notice under any agreement to which Borrower is a party. Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Assignor and Assignees from and against the entirety of any Adverse Consequences (as defined in the Note) suffered by Assignor or Assignees as a result of Borrower’s breach of any of its representations, warranty or covenant in this Agreement. Borrower further agrees to reissue the Assigned Assets to the Assignors in the amounts set forth on Schedule A .

 

5.                   Representations and Warranties of the Assignees . Each Assignee hereby makes represents and warrants to the Assignor that (a) such Assignee has full limited liability company power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby, and (b) this Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by such Assignee and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Assignee, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or similar laws from time to time in effect that affect creditors’ rights generally, and by legal and equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies.

 

  2  
 

 

 

6.                   Indemnification . The Assignees will, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold the Assignor and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (each, a “ Indemnified 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 Indemnified Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to any action instituted against the Indemnified Party(ies) in any capacity, or any of them or their respective affiliates, by any Assignee or any stockholder of the Company who is not an affiliate of such Indemnified Party, with respect to this Agreement, the Assigned Assets or the Assumed Obligations (unless such action is based upon a breach of such Indemnified Party’s representations, warranties or covenants under this Agreement, including actions constituting fraud). If any action shall be brought against any Indemnified Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Assignees in writing, and the Assignees shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party. Any Indemnified 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 Indemnified Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Assignees in writing, (ii) the Assignees have 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 Assignees and the position of such Indemnified Party, in which case the Assignees shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The Assignees will not be liable to any Indemnified Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by an Indemnified Party effected without the Assignees’ 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 Indemnified Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Indemnified Party in this Agreement. The indemnification required by this Section 6 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are incurred. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Indemnified Party against the Assignees.

 

7.                   Waiver . In consideration of Assignor’s assignment of the Assigned Assets hereunder, Assignor’s other agreements herein and other good and valuable consideration, each Assignee acknowledges, agrees and affirms that such Assignee does not possess, and hereby waives, any and all liability, claims, demands, damages, costs, expenses, actions and causes of action, in law or in equity (collectively, “ Claims ”), against Assignor or any of its affiliates, heirs, successors or assigns with respect to the Assigned Assets, including any Claim for repayment, restoration, or return, in whole or in part, of any payment previously paid or transferred to Assignor in full or partial satisfaction of the Note, as a result of such payment or transfer, or the incurrence of the obligation so satisfied, being void, voidable, or otherwise recoverable under any state or federal law.

 

8.                   Bifurcation of Note . Borrower shall bifurcate and further agrees to reissue the Assigned Assets to the Assignees in the amounts set forth on Schedule A .

 

9.                  Collateral . The Assignor hereby resigns as Collateral Agent pursuant to Assignor Intercreditor Agreement and CAA. The Assignees hereby appoint _______ as the new Collateral Agent (the “ NCA ”) pursuant to Assignor Intercreditor Agreement and CAA. Effective upon the appointment of the NCA the Assignor shall no longer be a party to the Assignor Intercreditor Agreement and CAA.

 

10.               Rights of Parties . Nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, is intended to confer any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement on any persons other than the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns.

 

11.               Benefits . This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

 

  3  
 

 

 

12.               Multiple Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, by original or facsimile signature, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute a single instrument.

 

13.               Governing Law . The parties agree that this Agreement shall be construed solely in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, notwithstanding its choice or conflict of law principles, and any proceedings arising among the parties in any matter pertaining or related to this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by law, be heard solely in the State and/or Federal courts located in Delaware.

 

14.               Further Actions . The parties covenant and agree to execute such other instruments or documents and to take such further action as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of this Agreement.

 

15.               Headings . The paragraph headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and do not form a part of the terms and conditions of this Agreement or give full notice thereof.

 

16.               Severability . Any provision hereof that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability, without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

17.               Notices . All notices, demands and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing and shall be by registered or certified first-class mail, return receipt requested, telecopier, courier service or personal delivery:

 

  if to Assignor:  
       
    Logicmark Investment Partners, LLC  
    1359 Barclay Boulevard  
   

Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089

 
   

Email: swuellner@promusequity.com

 
       bnagler@gen3cap.com  
    Attn:   Sarah Wuellner  
                 Brandon Nagle  
       
  With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:  
       
    Patzik, Frank & Samotny Ltd.  
    150 South Wacker Drive, Suite 1500  
    Chicago, Illinois 60606  
    Email: apatzik@pfs-law.com  
    Attn: Alan B. Patzik, Esq.  
       
  if to Assignees:  
       
   

To the addresses set forth on Schedule A .

 
       
  with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:  
       
    Grushko & Mittman, P.C.  
    515 Rockaway Avenue  
    Valley Stream, NY 11581  
    Email: eli@grushkomittman.com  
    Attn:        Eliezer Drew, Esq.  
       
  if to Borrower:  
       
    Nxt-ID, Inc.  
    285 North Drive  
    Suite D  
   

Melbourne FL 32934

 
    Email: gino@nxt-id.com  
       
  with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:  
       
    Robinson Brog Leinwand Greene Genovese & Gluck P.C.
    Attn: David E. Danovitch  
    875 Third Avenue, 9 th Floor  
    New York, NY 10022  
    Email: ded@robinsonbrog.com  

 

 

  4  
 

 

All such notices, demands and other communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; when delivered by courier, if delivered by commercial courier service; five (5) business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; and when receipt is mechanically acknowledged, if telecopied.

 

18.               Entire Agreement . This Agreement contains the entire understanding between the parties, no other representations, warranties or covenants having induced either party to execute this Agreement, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may not be amended or modified in any manner except by a written agreement duly executed by the party to be charged, and any attempted amendment or modification to the contrary shall be null and void and of no force or effect.

 

19.               Modification. This Agreement may only be modified in a writing signed by all parties hereto.

 

[Remainder of page intentionally left blank; signature page to follow]

 

  5  
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Assignor and Assignees have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

 

  ASSIGNOR:
   
  LOGICMARK INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC
   
  By: 
    Its Manager

 

 

Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees to this Agreement and agrees that Borrower shall recognize the Assignee as the true and lawful owner of the assigned Note.

 

  BORROWER:
   
  NXT-ID, INC.
   
  By: 
    Name:
Title:

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Assignor and Borrower Signature Page to Assignment and Assumption Agreement]

 

 

  6  
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Assignor and Assignees have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

 

  ASSIGNEE:
   
   
   
  By: 
    Name:
Title:

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Assignor and Assignees have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

  ASSIGNEE:
   
   
   
  By: 
    Name:
Title:

 

  7  
 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Assignor and Assignees have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

 

  ASSIGNEE:
   
   
   
  By: 
    Name:
Title:

 

 

 

 

 

[Assignee Signature Page to Assignment and Assumption Agreement]

 

 

  8  
 

 

SCHEDULE A

 

Assignee
Name and Notice Address
  Purchase Price     Total Note Portion Assigned to Assignee  
    $       $    
    $       $    
    $       $    
Total   $                      $               

 

 

 

  9