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):  January 8, 2018

 

GROWGENERATION CORP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Colorado   333-207889   46-5008129
(State or other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

1000 West Mississippi Avenue

Denver, Colorado 80233

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   800-935-8420

 

N/A

(Former Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation 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. ☐

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 3 – Securities and Trading Markets

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

 

On January 12, 2018, GrowGeneration, Corp. (the “Company”) completed a private placement (the “Offering”) of a total of 36 units (the “Units”) of the Company’s securities at the price of $250,000 per Unit pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act. Each Unit consists of (i) a .1% unsecured convertible promissory note of the principal amount of $250,000 (each, a “Note”), and (ii) a 3-year warrant (each, a “Warrant”) entitling the holder to purchase 37,500 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), at a price of $.01 per share or through cashless exercise. The Offering was originally effected on a 10 Units Minimum ($2,500,000)/30 Units Maximum ($7,500,000) basis, with an oversubscription allowance for an additional 4 Units ($1,000,000). The Company subsequently increased the Offering Maximum to a total of 36 Units or $9,000,000 based upon demand, inclusive of the oversubscription allowance and 4 Unit increase.

 

The gross proceeds of $9,000,000 were raised from 23 accredited investors in the Offering. 

 

The foregoing descriptions of the terms of the Offering and the Units issued in connection therewith do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the forms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, Supplement to the Securities Purchase Agreement, Notes and Warrants filed herewith as Exhibits 99.1, 99.2, 99.3 and 99.4, respectively.

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K is not and shall not be deemed to be an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein.

  

Section 7 – Regulation FD

 

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On January 12, 2018, the Company published a press release regarding the offering of the Units. 

 

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.5. The information contained herein and the exhibit attached herewith shall be deemed furnished and not filed.

 

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
99.1   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement
99.2   Form of Supplement to Securities Purchase Agreement
99.3   Form of .1% Unsecured Convertible Promissory Note
99.4   Form of Warrant to Purchase Common Stock
99.5   Press Release, dated January 12, 2018

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

Date:  January 12, 2018  

GrowGeneration Corp.
   
  By: /s/ Darren Lampert
    Name: Darren Lampert
    Title: CEO

 

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

FORM OF SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of _________________ by and among GrowGeneration Corp, a Colorado corporation (the “Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Purchasers”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company is offering (the “Offering”), on a “best efforts” basis, pursuant to one or more similar agreements (the “Other Securities Purchase Agreements”), in a private placement to “accredited investors” (as such term in defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), up to an aggregate of thirty (30) units (the “Units”), each consisting of a .1% unsecured convertible promissory note (each, a “Note”, and collectively, “Notes”), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A , and 37,500 3-year warrants (the “Warrants”), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B , each entitling the Purchaser to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), at a price of $.01 per share or through cashless exercise, at a price of $250,000 per Unit.

 

WHEREAS, the maximum offering amount of the Offering is $7,500,000, which, at the discretion of the Company, may be increased by another $1,000,000 (the “Over-Subscription Amount”) to a total of $8,500,000.

 

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, such number of Notes as set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on the signature pages to this Agreement.

 

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

 

1.  Subscription. The Purchaser intending to be legally bound, hereby irrevocably agrees to purchase from the Company such number of Units as shall be set forth on the signature page hereof, at a price of $250,000 per Unit (the “Purchase Price”).

 

2.  The Notes and Warrants Comprising the Units .

 

(a) Each Unit will consist of a Note and 37,500 Warrants. Each Note will pay interest at the rate of .1% per annum in cash, payable upon maturity or conversion, will be unsecured in the principal amount of $250,000 and shall be convertible into shares of Common Stock (the “Conversion Shares”) as set forth in the Note and herein.

 

(b) The Notes are due and payable three (3) years from the date of issuance (the “Term”), unless earlier converted. Each Note may be converted at the option of the Purchaser into shares of Common Stock, at a price of $3.00 per share. In addition, after twelve (12) months from the date of issuance, each Note shall automatically convert into shares of Common Stock at a price of $3.00 per share in the event that the Common Stock trades a minimum of 50,000 shares each day, for twenty (20) consecutive days during the Term, at a volume weighted average price of at least $4.00.

 

 

 

 

(c) Each Warrant shall entitle the Purchaser to purchase from the Company one share of Common Stock, at a price of $.01 per share or through cashless exercised during the Term.

 

3.  Payment. The Purchaser encloses herewith a check payable to the Escrow Agent, or will immediately make a wire transfer payment in the full amount of the Purchase Price.

 

4.  Escrow of Funds. The Purchase Price will be placed in escrow pursuant to an escrow agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”) by and between the Company and [ ], as escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”), and such escrowed funds shall be transmitted and maintained in compliance with SEC Rule 15c2-4, as promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as applicable, and shall be released to the Company at one or more Closings. Such funds will be held for the Purchaser’s benefit, and will be returned promptly, without interest or offset if this Agreement is not accepted by the Company, or the Offering is terminated pursuant to its terms or by the Company prior to the any Closing.

 

5.  Acceptance of Subscription. The Purchaser understands and agrees that the Company, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to accept or reject this or any other subscription for Units, in whole or in part, notwithstanding prior receipt by the Purchaser of notice of acceptance of this subscription. The Company shall have no obligation hereunder until the Company executes and delivers to the Purchaser an executed copy of this Agreement. If this subscription is rejected in whole, all funds received from the Purchaser will be returned without interest or offset, and this Agreement shall thereafter be of no further force or effect. If this subscription is rejected in part, the funds for the rejected portion of this subscription will be returned without interest or offset, and this Agreement will continue in full force and effect to the extent this subscription was accepted.

 

6.  Use of Proceeds. The Purchaser understands and agrees that the proceeds of the Offering will be used by the Company for working capital purposes, to acquire inventory and/or to open or acquire additional stores and/or businesses.

 

7.  Registration Rights .

 

(a)  The Company agrees that, if, at any time within twelve (12) months of the date of issuance of the Units, the Company proposes to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering by the Company of its Common Stock (other than a registration (i) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other registration solely relating to an offering or sale to employees or directors of the Company pursuant to any employee stock plan or other employee benefit arrangement), (ii) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or similar form that relates to a transaction subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), or (iii) in connection with any dividend or distribution reinvestment or similar plan), then the Company shall give written notice (each, a “Company Piggy-Back Notice”) of such proposed filing to Purchaser at least fifteen (15) calendar days before the anticipated filing date of such registration statement, and such Company Piggy-Back Notice also shall be required to offer to such Purchasers the opportunity to register such aggregate number of Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares as the Purchaser may request. The Purchaser shall have the right, exercisable for the five days immediately following the giving of a Company Piggy-Back Notice, to request, by written notice (the “Holder Notice”) to the Company, the inclusion of all or any portion of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares of the Purchaser in such registration statement. The Company shall use reasonable efforts to cause the managing underwriter(s) of a proposed underwritten offering to permit the inclusion of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares which were the subject of the Holder Notice in such underwritten offering on the same terms and conditions as any Common Stock of the Company included therein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this paragraph, if the managing underwriter(s) of such underwritten offering or any proposed underwritten offering delivers a written opinion to the Purchaser that the total number of shares of Common Stock which they, the Company and any other person intend to include in such offering is such as to materially and adversely affect the success of such offering, then the amount of securities to be offered for the accounts of the Purchaser and persons other than the Company shall be eliminated or reduced pro rata (based on the amount of securities owned by the Purchaser and other persons which carry registration rights) to the extent necessary to reduce the total amount of securities to be included in such offering to the amount recommended by such managing underwriter(s) in the managing underwriter’s written opinion.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary in this Section , the Company shall have the absolute right, whether before or after the giving of a Company Piggy-Back Notice or Holder Notice, to determine not to file a registration statement to which the Purchaser shall have the right to include its Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares therein pursuant to this Section 7, to withdraw such registration statement or to delay or suspend pursuing the effectiveness of such registration statement. In the event of such a determination after the giving of a Company Piggy-Back Notice, the Company shall give notice of such determination to the Purchaser and other persons which carry registration rights and, thereupon, (A) in the case of a determination not to register or to withdraw such registration statement, the Company shall be relieved of its obligation under this Section 7 to register any of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares in connection with such registration and (B) in the case of a determination to delay the registration, the Company shall be permitted to delay or suspend the registration of Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares pursuant to this Section 7 for the same period as the delay in the registration of such other securities.

 

(c)  The Purchaser agrees to complete a Selling Stockholder Questionnaire, a form of which is attached as Exhibit C hereto for the purposes of this Section 7.

 

8.  Representations and Warranties .

 

The Purchaser hereby acknowledges, represents, warrants, and agrees as follows:

 

(a) None of the Units or Securities (as hereinafter defined) offered are registered under the Securities Act, or any state securities laws. The Purchaser understands that the offering and sale of the Units is intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act, by virtue of Section 4(a)(2) thereof and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D (“Regulation D”) promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) thereunder, based, in part, upon the representations, warranties and agreements of the Purchaser contained in this Agreement.

 

(b) Prior to the execution of this Agreement, the Purchaser and the Purchaser's attorney, accountant, purchaser representative and/or tax adviser, if any (collectively, the “Advisers”), have received the this Agreement, the Notes and the Warrants (collectively, the “Offering Documents”) and all other documents requested by the Purchaser, have carefully reviewed them and understand the information contained therein.

 

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(c) Neither the SEC nor any state securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved the Units or Securities or passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of Units or confirmed the accuracy or determined the adequacy of the Offering Documents. The Offering Documents has not been reviewed by any federal, state or other regulatory authority.

 

(d) All documents, records, and books pertaining to the investment in the Units (including, without limitation, the Offering Documents) have been made available for inspection by such Purchaser and its Advisers, if any.

 

(e) The Purchaser and its Advisers, if any, have had a reasonable opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from a person or persons acting on behalf of the Company concerning the offering of the Units and the business, financial condition and results of operations of the Company, and all such questions have been answered to the full satisfaction of the Purchaser and its Advisers, if any.

 

(f) The Purchaser is aware that the Company is a reporting company in the United States and files annual, quarterly and periodic reports with the SEC. These reports are available at: https://www.sec.gov . The Purchaser agrees that all of the filings made by the Company in the past 24 months are deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Agreement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Agreement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document or report that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Agreement.

 

(g) In evaluating the suitability of an investment in the Company, the Purchaser has not relied upon any representation or information (oral or written) other than as stated in the Offering Documents.

 

(h) The Purchaser is unaware of, is in no way relying on, and did not become aware of the Offering of the Units through or as a result of, any form of general solicitation or general advertising including, without limitation, any article, notice, advertisement or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television, radio or the Internet (including, without limitation, internet “blogs,” bulletin boards, discussion groups and social networking sites) in connection with the Offering and sale of the Units and is not subscribing for the Units and did not become aware of the Offering of the Units through or as a result of any seminar or meeting to which the Purchaser was invited by, or any solicitation of a subscription by, a person not previously known to the Purchaser in connection with investments in securities generally.

 

(i) The Purchaser has taken no action that would give rise to any claim by any person for brokerage commissions, finders' fees or the like relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby to be paid by the Company to any member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”).

 

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(j) The Purchaser, together with its Advisers, if any, has such knowledge and experience in financial, tax, and business matters, and, in particular, investments in securities, so as to enable it to utilize the information made available to it in connection with the Offering to evaluate the merits and risks of an investment in the Units and the Company and to make an informed investment decision with respect thereto.

 

(k) The Purchaser is not relying on the Company or any of its employees or agents with respect to the legal, tax, economic and related considerations of an investment in the Units, and the Purchaser has relied on the advice of, or has consulted with, only its own Advisers.

 

(l) The Purchaser is acquiring the Units solely for such Purchaser's own account for investment purposes only and not with a view to or intent of resale or distribution thereof, in whole or in part. The Purchaser has no agreement or arrangement, formal or informal, with any person to sell or transfer all or any of the Securities or any part of the Units, and the Purchaser has no plans to enter into any such agreement or arrangement.

 

(m) The Purchaser must bear the substantial economic risks of the investment in the Units indefinitely because none of the Notes, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants and the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”) (the Notes, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares may be collectively referred to herein as the “Securities”) may be sold, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available. Legends to the following effect shall be placed on the Securities to the effect that they have not been registered under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws:

 

THE NOTES [OR THE SECURITIES] REPRESENTED HEREBY AND THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “U.S. SECURITIES ACT”). THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING SUCH SECURITIES, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, OR UNDER AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, IN EACH CASE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. IN ADDITION, HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

Appropriate notations will be made in the Company's stock books to the effect that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws. There is only limited resale market for the Securities and any other securities of the Company.

 

(n) The Purchaser has adequate means of providing for such Purchaser's current financial needs and foreseeable contingencies and has no need for liquidity of its investment in the Securities for an indefinite period of time.

 

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(o) The Purchaser is aware that an investment in the Units is high risk, involving a number of very significant risks and has carefully read and considered the matters set forth under “Risk Factors” attached hereto as Appendix I .

 

(p) The Purchaser represents that it meets the requirements of at least one of the suitability standards for an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Regulation D and as set forth on the Accredited Investor Certification contained herein as Appendix II .

 

(q) The Purchaser (i) if a natural person, represents that the Purchaser has reached the age of 21 and has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other related agreements or certificates and to carry out the provisions hereof and thereof; (ii) if a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company or partnership, or association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity, represents that such entity was not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Units, such entity is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its organization, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby is authorized by, and will not result in a violation of state law or its charter or other organizational documents, such entity has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other related agreements or certificates and to carry out the provisions hereof and thereof and to purchase and hold the securities constituting the Units, the execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such entity and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such entity; or (iii) if executing this Agreement in a representative or fiduciary capacity, represents that it has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement in such capacity and on behalf of the subscribing individual, ward, partnership, trust, estate, corporation, or limited liability company or partnership, or other entity for whom the Purchaser is executing this Agreement, and such individual, partnership, ward, trust, estate, corporation, or limited liability company or partnership, or other entity has full right and power to perform pursuant to this Agreement and make an investment in the Company, and represents that this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such entity. The execution and delivery of this Agreement will not violate or be in conflict with any order, judgment, injunction, agreement or controlling document to which the Purchaser is a party or by which it is bound.

 

(r) The Purchaser and the Advisers, if any, have had the opportunity to obtain any additional information, to the extent the Company has such information in its possession or could acquire it without unreasonable effort or expense, necessary to verify the accuracy of the information contained in this Agreement and all documents received or reviewed in connection with the purchase of the Units and have had the opportunity to have representatives of the Company provide them with such additional information regarding the terms and conditions of this particular investment and the financial condition, results of operations, business of the Company and deemed relevant by the Purchaser or the Advisers, if any, and all such requested information, to the extent the Company had such information in its possession or could acquire it without unreasonable effort or expense, has been provided to the full satisfaction of the Purchaser and the Advisers, if any.

 

(s) Any information which the Purchaser has heretofore furnished or is furnishing herewith to the Company is complete and accurate and may be relied upon by the Company in determining the availability of an exemption from registration under federal and state securities laws in connection with the offering of securities as described in this Agreement. The Purchaser further represents and warrants that it will notify and supply corrective information to the Company immediately upon the occurrence of any change therein occurring prior to the Company’s issuance of the Units.

 

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(t) The Purchaser has significant prior investment experience. The Purchaser is knowledgeable about investment considerations in development-stage companies with limited operating histories. The Purchaser has a sufficient net worth to sustain a loss of its entire investment in the Company in the event such a loss should occur. The Purchaser's overall commitment to investments which are not readily marketable is not excessive in view of the Purchaser’s net worth and financial circumstances and the purchase of the Units will not cause such commitment to become excessive. The investment is a suitable one for the Purchaser.

 

(u) The Purchaser is satisfied that the Purchaser has received adequate information with respect to all matters which it or the Advisers, if any, consider material to its decision to make this investment.

 

(v) The Purchaser acknowledges that any estimates or forward-looking statements or projections included in the Offering Documents, if any, were prepared by the Company in good faith but that the attainment of any such projections, estimates or forward-looking statements cannot be guaranteed by the Company should not be relied upon.

 

(w) No oral or written representations have been made, or oral or written information furnished, to the Purchaser or the Advisers, if any, in connection with the Offering which are in any way inconsistent with the information contained in the Offering Documents.

 

(x) Within five (5) days after receipt of a request from the Company, the Purchaser will provide such information and deliver such documents as may reasonably be necessary to comply with any and all laws and ordinances to which the Company is subject.

 

(y) THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND ARE BEING OFFERED AND SOLD IN RELIANCE ON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SAID ACT AND SUCH LAWS. THE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER SAID ACT AND SUCH LAWS PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM. THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR ANY OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITY, NOR HAVE ANY OF THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES PASSED UPON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS OF THIS OFFERING OR THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THE OFFERING DOCUMENTS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL.

 

(z) The Purchaser acknowledges that none of the Securities have been recommended by any federal or state securities commission or regulatory authority. In making an investment decision the Purchaser must rely on its own examination of the Company and the terms of the Offering, including the merits and risks involved. Furthermore, the foregoing authorities have not confirmed the accuracy or determined the adequacy of this Agreement or the rest of the Offering Documents. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

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(aa) (For ERISA plans only) The fiduciary of the ERISA plan (the “Plan”) represents that such fiduciary has been informed of and understands the Company’s investment objectives, policies and strategies, and that the decision to invest “plan assets” (as such term is defined in ERISA) in the Company is consistent with the provisions of ERISA that require diversification of plan assets and impose other fiduciary responsibilities. The Purchaser fiduciary or Plan (a) is responsible for the decision to invest in the Company; (b) is independent of the Company or any of its affiliates; (c) is qualified to make such investment decision; and (d) in making such decision, the Purchaser fiduciary or Plan has not relied primarily on any advice or recommendation of the Company or any of its affiliates.

 

(bb) The Purchaser should check the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) website at http://www.treas.gov/ofac before making the following representations . The Purchaser represents that the amounts invested by it in the Company in the Offering were not and are not directly or indirectly derived from activities that contravene federal, state or international laws and regulations, including anti-money laundering laws and regulations. Federal regulations and Executive Orders administered by OFAC prohibit, among other things, the engagement in transactions with, and the provision of services to, certain foreign countries, territories, entities and individuals. The lists of OFAC prohibited countries, territories, persons and entities can be found on the OFAC website at http://www.treas.gov/ofac. In addition, the programs administered by OFAC (the “OFAC Programs”) prohibit dealing with individuals 1 or entities in certain countries regardless of whether such individuals or entities appear on the OFAC lists.

 

(cc) To the best of the Purchaser’s knowledge, none of: (1) the Purchaser; (2) any person controlling or controlled by the Purchaser; (3) if the Purchaser is a privately-held entity, any person having a beneficial interest in the Purchaser; or (4) any person for whom the Purchaser is acting as agent or nominee in connection with this investment is a country, territory, individual or entity named on an OFAC list, or a person or entity prohibited under the OFAC Programs. Please be advised that the Company may not accept any amounts from a prospective investor if such prospective investor cannot make the representation set forth in the preceding paragraph. The Purchaser agrees to promptly notify the Company should the Purchaser become aware of any change in the information set forth in these representations. The Purchaser understands and acknowledges that, by law, the Company may be obligated to “freeze the account” of the Purchaser, either by prohibiting additional subscriptions from the Purchaser, declining any redemption requests and/or segregating the assets in the account in compliance with governmental regulations, and may also be required to report such action and to disclose the Purchaser’s identity to OFAC. The Purchaser further acknowledges that the Company may, by written notice to the Purchaser, suspend the redemption rights, if any, of the Purchaser if the Company reasonably deems it necessary to do so to comply with anti-money laundering regulations applicable to the Company or any of the Company’s other service providers. These individuals include specially designated nationals, specially designated narcotics traffickers and other parties subject to OFAC sanctions and embargo programs.

 

(dd) To the best of the Purchaser’s knowledge, none of: (1) the Purchaser; (2) any person controlling or controlled by the Purchaser; (3) if the Purchaser is a privately-held entity, any person having a beneficial interest in the Purchaser; or (4) any person for whom the Purchaser is acting as agent or nominee in connection with this investment is a senior foreign political figure, 2 or any immediate family 3 member or close associate 4 of a senior foreign political figure, as such terms are defined in the footnotes below.

 

 

1 These individuals include specially designated nationals, specially designated narcotics traffickers and other parties subject to OFAC sanctions and embargo programs.

 

2 A “senior foreign political figure” is defined as a senior official in the executive, legislative, administrative, military or judicial branches of a foreign government (whether elected or not), a senior official of a major foreign political party, or a senior executive of a foreign government-owned corporation. In addition, a “senior foreign political figure” includes any corporation, business or other entity that has been formed by, or for the benefit of, a senior foreign political figure.

 

3 “Immediate family” of a senior foreign political figure typically includes the figure’s parents, siblings, spouse, children and in-laws.

 

4 A “close associate” of a senior foreign political figure is a person who is widely and publicly known to maintain an unusually close relationship with the senior foreign political figure, and includes a person who is in a position to conduct substantial domestic and international financial transactions on behalf of the senior foreign political figure.

 

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(ee) If the Purchaser is affiliated with a non-U.S. banking institution (a “Foreign Bank”), or if the Purchaser receives deposits from, makes payments on behalf of, or handles other financial transactions related to a Foreign Bank, the Purchaser represents and warrants to the Company that: (1) the Foreign Bank has a fixed address, other than solely an electronic address, in a country in which the Foreign Bank is authorized to conduct banking activities; (2) the Foreign Bank maintains operating records related to its banking activities; (3) the Foreign Bank is subject to inspection by the banking authority that licensed the Foreign Bank to conduct banking activities; and (4) the Foreign Bank does not provide banking services to any other Foreign Bank that does not have a physical presence in any country and that is not a regulated affiliate.

 

9.  Indemnification. The Purchaser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, control persons and affiliates from and against all losses, liabilities, claims, damages, costs, fees and expenses whatsoever (including, but not limited to, any and all expenses incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation commenced or threatened) based upon or arising out of any actual or alleged false acknowledgment, representation or warranty, or misrepresentation or omission to state a material fact, or breach by the Purchaser of any covenant or agreement made by the Purchaser herein or in any other document delivered in connection with this Agreement.

 

10.  Irrevocability; Binding Effect. The Purchaser hereby acknowledges and agrees that the subscription hereunder is irrevocable by the Purchaser, except as required by applicable law, and that this Agreement shall survive the death or disability of the Purchaser and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives, and permitted assigns. If the Purchaser is more than one person, the obligations of the Purchaser hereunder shall be joint and several and the agreements, representations, warranties, and acknowledgments herein shall be deemed to be made by and be binding upon each such person and such person's heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives, and permitted assigns.

 

11.  Modification. This Agreement shall not be modified or waived except by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom any such modification or waiver is sought.

 

12.  Notices. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, or delivered against receipt to the party to whom it is to be given (a) if to the Company at the address set forth above, or (b) if to the Purchaser, at the address set forth on the signature page hereof (or, in either case, to such other address as the party shall have furnished in writing in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10). Any notice or other communication given by certified mail shall be deemed given at the time of certification thereof, except for a notice changing a party's address which shall be deemed given at the time of receipt thereof.

 

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13.  Assignability. This Agreement and the rights, interests and obligations hereunder are not transferable or assignable by the Purchaser and the transfer or assignment of any of the Securities shall be made only in accordance with all applicable laws.

 

14.  Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado applicable to contracts to be wholly-performed within said State.

 

15.  Arbitration. The parties agree to submit all controversies to arbitration in accordance with the provisions set forth below and understand that:

 

(a) Arbitration is final and binding on the parties.

 

(b) The parties are waiving their right to seek remedies in court, including the right to a jury trial.

 

(c) Pre-arbitration discovery is generally more limited and different from court proceedings.

 

(d) The arbitrator's award is not required to include factual findings or legal reasoning and any party's right to appeal or to seek modification of rulings by arbitrators is strictly limited.

 

(e) The panel of arbitrators will typically include a minority of arbitrators who were or are affiliated with the securities industry.

 

(f) All controversies which may arise between the parties concerning this Agreement shall be determined by arbitration pursuant to the rules then pertaining to the FINRA in New York, New York. Judgment on any award of any such arbitration may be entered in the Supreme Court of the State of New York or in any other court having jurisdiction of the person or persons against whom such award is rendered . Any notice of such arbitration or for the confirmation of any award in any arbitration shall be sufficient if given in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The parties agree that the determination of the arbitrators shall be binding and conclusive upon them.

 

16.  Blue Sky Qualification. The purchase of Units under this Agreement is expressly conditioned upon the exemption from qualification of the offer and sale of the Units from applicable federal and state securities laws. The Company shall not be required to qualify this transaction under the securities laws of any jurisdiction and, should qualification be necessary, the Company shall be released from any and all obligations to maintain its offer, and may rescind any sale contracted, in the jurisdiction.

 

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17.  Use of Pronouns. All pronouns and any variations thereof used herein shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural as the identity of the person or persons referred to may require.

 

18.  Confidentiality. The Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that any information or data the Purchaser has acquired from or about the Company, not otherwise properly in the public domain, was received in confidence. The Purchaser agrees not to divulge, communicate or disclose, except as may be required by law or for the performance of this Agreement, or use to the detriment of the Company or for the benefit of any other person or persons, or misuse in any way, any confidential information of the Company, including any scientific, technical, trade or business secrets of the Company or any scientific, technical, trade or business materials that are treated by the Company as confidential or proprietary, including, but not limited to, ideas, discoveries, inventions, developments and improvements belonging to the Company or and confidential information obtained by or given to the Company or about or belonging to third parties.

 

19.  Miscellaneous .

 

(a) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Purchaser and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior oral or written agreements and understandings, if any, relating to the subject matter hereof. The terms and provisions of this Agreement may be waived, or consent for the departure therefrom granted, only by a written document executed by the party entitled to the benefits of such terms or provisions.

 

(b) The representations and warranties of the Company and the Purchaser made in this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and delivery of the Units, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.

 

(c) Each of the parties hereto shall pay its own fees and expenses (including the fees of any attorneys, accountants, appraisers or others engaged by such party) in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated.

 

(d) This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

(e) Each provision of this Agreement shall be considered separable and, if for any reason any provision or provisions hereof are determined to be invalid or contrary to applicable law, such invalidity or illegality shall not impair the operation of or affect the remaining portions of this Agreement.

 

(f) Paragraph titles are for descriptive purposes only and shall not control or alter the meaning of this Agreement as set forth in the text.

 

(g) The Purchaser understands and acknowledges that there may be multiple closings for this Offering.

 

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To subscribe for Units in the private offering of GrowGeneration Corp:

 

1. Date and Fill in the number of Units being purchased and Complete and Sign the Signature Page of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

2. Initial the Accredited Investor Certification page attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

3. Complete and return the Wire Transfer Authorization attached hereto, if applicable.

 

4. Email all forms to Darren Lampert at darren@growgeneration.com and then send all signed original documents with check to:

 

GrowGeneration, Corp. 

1000 West Mississippi Avenue 

Denver, Colorado 80233 

Attention: Darren Lampert, Chief Executive Officer

 

5. The Purchase Price for the Units purchased hereunder shall be paid to the Escrow Agent pursuant to the following instructions :

 

By wire transfer: 

[   ]

 

Thank you for your interest,

 

GrowGeneration Corp.

 

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ANTI MONEY LAUNDERING REQUIREMENTS

 

The USA PATRIOT Act

  What is money laundering?   How big is the problem and why is it important?
The USA PATRIOT Act is designed to detect, deter, and punish terrorists in United States and abroad. The Act imposes new anti-money laundering requirements on brokerage firms and financial institutions. Since April 24, 2002 all brokerage firms have been required to have new, comprehensive anti-money laundering programs.
 
To help you understand these efforts, we want to provide you with some information about money laundering and our steps to implement the USA PATRIOT Act.
  Money laundering is the process of disguising illegally obtained money so that the funds appear to come from legitimate sources or activities. Money laundering occurs in connection with a wide variety of crimes, including illegal arms sales, drug trafficking, robbery, fraud, racketeering, and terrorism.   The use of the U.S. financial system by criminals to facilitate terrorism or other crimes could well taint our financial markets. According to the U.S. State Department, one recent estimate puts the amount of worldwide money laundering activity at $1 trillion a year.

 

What are we required to do to eliminate money laundering?
Under rules required by the USA PATRIOT Act, our anti-money laundering program must designate a special compliance officer, set up employee training, conduct independent audits, and establish policies and procedures to detect and report suspicious transaction and ensure compliance with such laws.   As part of our required program, we may ask you to provide various identification documents or other information. Until you provide the information or documents we need, we may not be able to effect any transactions for you.

 

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GROWGENERATION CORP.

SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

The Purchaser hereby elects to subscribe under the Securities Purchase Agreement for an aggregate principal amount of $______________ Units at a price of $250,000 per Unit (NOTE: to be completed by the Purchaser) and executes the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

Date (To be completed by the Purchaser): __________________

 

 

 

If the Purchaser is an INDIVIDUAL, and if purchased as JOINT TENANTS, as TENANTS IN COMMON, or as COMMUNITY PROPERTY:

 

         
  Print Name(s)   Social Security Number(s)  
         
         
  Signature(s) of Subscriber(s)   Signature  
         
         
  Date   Address  

 

If the Purchaser is a PARTNERSHIP, CORPORATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY or TRUST:

 

         
  Name of Partnership,
Corporation, Limited
Liability Company or Trust
  Federal Taxpayer
Identification Number
 
           
  By:        
    Name:   State of Organization  
    Title:      
           
           
  Date   Address  

 

ACCEPTED BY:

 

  GROWGENERATION CORP.    
       
  By:      
    Authorized Officer  

  

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Appendix I

 

Risk Factors

 

An investment in GrowGeneration Corp.’s (the “Company,” “we” or “us”) securities is speculative and illiquid and involves a high degree of risk, including the risk of a loss of your entire investment. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below and the other information contained in the Company’s filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) before investing in our securities. If any of the following risks actually materialize, our business, financial condition, prospects and/or operations could suffer. In such event, you could lose all or a substantial portion of the money that you pay for our securities.

  

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This document contains “forward-looking statements,” which include information relating to future events, future financial performance, financial projections, strategies, expectations, competitive environment and regulation. Words such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” and similar expressions, as well as statements in future tense, identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results and may not be accurate indications of when such performance or results will be achieved. Forward-looking statements are based on information we have when those statements are made or management’s good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause such differences include, but are not limited to:

 

  our limited operating history;

  

  our current and future capital requirements to support our efforts to open or acquire new retail locations;

 

  our dependence on consumer interest in growing crops with the equipment, soil and nutrients that we offer;

 

  our dependence on third-parties to manufacture and sell us inventory;

 

  our ability to maintain or protect the validity of our intellectual property;

 

  our ability to retain key executive members;

 

  our ability to internally develop products and intellectual property;

 

  interpretations of current laws and the passages of future laws;

 

  acceptance of our business model by investors;

 

  the accuracy of our estimates regarding expenses and capital requirements; and

 

  our ability to adequately support growth.

 

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All forward-looking statements included in this document are based on information available to us on the date of this document. Except to the extent required by applicable laws or rules, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained above and throughout this document.

 

We have a limited operating history on which to evaluate our business or base an investment decision.

 

Our business prospects are difficult to predict because of our limited operating history and unproven business strategy. We acquired 4 stores called “Pueblo Organics and Hydroponics” in 2014 and opened our Conifer, Trinidad and Colorado Springs, and our Santa Rosa, California stores in 2015, opened our Denver, Fairplay, Castle Rock and Las Vegas stores in 2016 and opened our Denver South, San Bernardino, Seattle and North Las Vegas stores in 2017. Accordingly, our operation of these stores has been limited. If we are unable to manage these stores as well as others that we open or acquire, our business is unlikely to succeed. Our business should be viewed in light of these risks, challenges and uncertainties.

 

We face intense competition that could prohibit us from developing or increasing our customer base and generating revenue.

 

The industry within which we compete is highly competitive. We compete with companies that have greater capital resources, facilities and diversity of product lines. We compete in the specialty gardening industry, selling hydroponic and organic nutrients, soils and other gardening related products. Additionally, if demand for our hydroponic growing equipment and products continues to grow, we expect many new competitors to enter the market, as there are no significant barriers to retail sales of hydroponic growing equipment and related gardening products. More established gardening companies with much greater financial resources which do not currently compete with us may be able to easily adapt their existing operations to sales of hydroponic growing equipment. Due to this competition, there is no assurance that we will not encounter difficulties in generating or increasing revenues and capturing market share. In addition, increased competition may lead to reduced prices and/or margins for products we sell. Our competitors may also introduce new hydroponic growing equipment, manufacturers may sell equipment direct to consumers, and our distributers could cease sales of product to us.

 

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If we need additional capital to fund our operations, we may not be able to obtain sufficient capital and may be forced to limit the scope of our operations.

 

If adequate additional financing is not available on reasonable terms, we may not be able to expand our retail or online operations and we may be forced to modify our business plans accordingly. There is no assurance that additional financing will be available to us. In connection with our growth strategies, we may experience increased capital needs and accordingly, we may not have sufficient capital to fund our future operations without additional capital investments. Our capital needs will depend on numerous factors, including (i) our profitability; (ii) the release of competitive products by our competition; (iii) the level of our investment in sales and marketing; and (iv) new store openings and or acquisitions. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain capital in the future to meet our needs. If we cannot obtain additional funding, we may be required to: (i) limit our expansion; (ii) limit our marketing efforts; and (iii) decrease or eliminate capital expenditures. Such reductions could materially adversely affect our business and our ability to compete. Moreover, even if we do find a source of additional capital, we may not be able to negotiate terms and conditions for receiving the additional capital that are favorable to us. Any future capital investments could dilute or otherwise materially and adversely affect the holdings or rights of our existing shareholders. We cannot give you any assurance that any additional financing will be available to us, or if available, will be on terms favorable to us.

 

Our business depends substantially on the continuing efforts of our executive officers and our business may be severely disrupted if we lose their services.

 

Our future success depends substantially on the continued services of our executive officers, especially our Chief Executive Officer, Darren Lampert, our President, Michael Salaman, our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, Monty Lamirato, and our Chief Operating Officer, Joe Prinzivalli. We do not maintain key man life insurance on any of our executive officers and directors. If one or more of our executive officers are unable or unwilling to continue in their present positions, we may not be able to replace them readily, if at all. Therefore, our business may be severely disrupted, and we may incur additional expenses to recruit and retain new officers.

 

If we are not successful in attracting and retaining highly qualified personnel, we may not be able to successfully implement our business strategy.

  

Our ability to compete in the highly competitive hydroponics and gardening industry depends in large part upon our ability to attract highly qualified managerial and sales personnel. In order to induce valuable employees to come and work for us or to remain with us, we intend to provide employees with stock options that vest over time. The value to employees of stock options that vest over time will be significantly affected by movements in our stock price that we will not be able to control and may at any time be insufficient to counteract more lucrative offers from other companies. Our success also depends on our ability to continue to attract, retain and motivate highly skilled junior, mid-level, and senior personnel.

 

In order to increase our sales and marketing infrastructure, we will need to grow the size of our organization, and we may experience difficulties in managing this growth.

  

As we continue to work to open and/or acquire additional retail store locations, we will need to expand the size of our employee base for managerial, operational, sales, marketing, financial and other resources. Future growth would impose significant added responsibilities on members of management, including the need to identify, recruit, maintain, motivate and integrate additional employees. In addition, our management may have to divert a disproportionate amount of its attention away from our day-to-day activities and devote a substantial amount of time to managing these growth activities. Our future financial performance and our ability to continue to grow our operation and compete in the hydroponics industry effectively will depend, in part, on our ability to effectively manage any future growth.

 

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Litigation may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

From time to time in the normal course of our business operations, we may become subject to litigation that may result in liability material to our financial statements as a whole or may negatively affect our operating results if changes to our business operation are required. The cost to defend such litigation may be significant and may require a diversion of our resources. There also may be adverse publicity associated with litigation that could negatively affect customer perception of our business, regardless of whether the allegations are valid or whether we are ultimately found liable. As a result, litigation may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We may not obtain insurance coverage to adequately cover all significant risk exposures.

 

We will be exposed to liabilities that are unique to the products we provide. We currently maintain only premises insurance and there can be no assurance that we will acquire or maintain insurance for certain risks, that the amount of our insurance coverage will be adequate to cover all claims or liabilities, or that we will not be forced to bear substantial costs resulting from risks and uncertainties of business. It is also not possible to obtain insurance to protect against all operational risks and liabilities. The failure to obtain adequate insurance coverage on terms favorable to us, or at all, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Federal practices could change with respect to providers of equipment potentially usable by participants in the medical cannabis industry, which could adversely impact us.

 

Cannabis growers utilize various products that we offer for sale. While we are not aware of any threatened or current federal or state law enforcement actions against any retailer of hydroponic equipment that might be used for cannabis growing or use we have heard that a number of years ago, law enforcement authorities did initiate raids at some retail stores where operators evidently knew they were selling hydroponic equipment directly to customers who indicated they intended to use it for the cultivation of recreational cannabis. Those raids took place in a different legal landscape, well before the legalization of medical or recreational cannabis by any state. Notwithstanding potential changes in enforcement threatened or under discussion by the US Attorney General. we are unaware of any threatened or actual law enforcement activity against manufacturers or retailers of supplies marketed for usage by participants in the emerging cannabis industry.

 

A theoretical risk exists that our activities could be deemed to be facilitating the selling or distribution of cannabis in violation of the Federal Controlled Substances Act, or to constitute aiding or abetting, or being an accessory to, a violation of that Act. We believe, however, that such a risk is relatively low. Federal authorities have not focused their resources on such tangential or secondary violations of the Act, nor have they threatened to do so, with respect to the sale of equipment that might be used by cannabis gardeners, or with respect to any supplies marketed to participants in the emerging medical cannabis industry. We are unaware of such a broad application of the Controlled Substances Act by federal authorities, and we believe that such an attempted application would be unprecedented.

 

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If the federal government were to change its practices, or were to expend its resources attacking providers of equipment that could be usable by participants in the medical or recreational cannabis industry, such action could have a materially adverse effect on our operations, our customers, or the sales of our products.

 

Continued federal intervention in certain segments of the cannabis industry is disruptive to the industry, and may have a negative impact on us.

 

Our products are sold to growers of various crops, including cannabis, and we expect the number of gardeners or cannabis users buying our products to remain relatively unaffected despite federal interference in some segments of the cannabis industry. Although we expect minimal impact on the Company from any federal government crackdown on cannabis providers, the disruption to the cannabis industry could cause some potential customers to be more reluctant to invest in growing equipment, including equipment we sell. Moreover, the federal government’s tactics may change or have unforeseen effects, which could be detrimental to our business.

 

There can be no assurance that our intended operations will not violate state or federal law.

 

We have not requested or obtained any opinion of counsel or ruling from any authority to determine if our intended operations are in compliance with or violate any state or federal laws or whether we are assisting others to violate a state or federal law. In the event that our intended operations are deemed to violate any laws or if we are deemed to be others to violate a state or federal law, we could have liability that could cause us to modify or cease our operations.

 

Our 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 Private Placements were made pursuant to an exemption from registration.

 

Our private placements in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 were made in reliance upon the so-called "private placement" exemption from registration with the SEC provided by Sections 4(a)(2) of the 1933 Securities Act, by Regulation D, Rule 506 adopted there under, and the exemptions from registration provided by the Blue Sky laws of states in which our securities are offered. However, reliance upon these exemptions is highly technical and should not be viewed as a guarantee that such exemptions are indeed available. If for any reason the private placement exemption is not available for the private placements and no other exemption from registration is found to be available, the sale of the securities in such private placements would be deemed to have been made in violation of the applicable laws, thus requiring registration of those securities. As a remedy for such a violation, each investor would have the right to rescind its purchase and to have its full investment returned. If an investor requests return of its investment, it is possible that funds would not be available to us for that purpose, and that liquidation of us may be required. Any refunds made would reduce funds available to us for our operations. A significant number of requests for rescission would probably leave us without funds sufficient to respond to such requests or to proceed successfully with its activities.

 

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The registration for resale of a significant portion of our outstanding shares of common stock in our registration statement may have a depressive effect on our stock price.

 

The Company currently maintains an effective registration statement which covers the resale of 4,166,429 shares of our common stock available for sale in the public market. The availability of such a large number of shares of common stock for sale in the public market could harm the market price of the stock, even if there is no relationship between such sales and the performance of our business. Further, our shares may be offered from time to time in the open market pursuant to Rule 144, and these sales may have a depressive effect as well.

 

If product liability lawsuits are brought against us, we may incur substantial liabilities.

 

We face a potential risk of product liability as a result of any of the products that we offer for sale. For example, we may be sued if any product we sell allegedly causes injury or is found to be otherwise unsuitable during product testing, manufacturing, marketing or sale. Any such product liability claims may include allegations of defects in manufacturing, defects in design, a failure to warn of dangers inherent in the product, negligence, strict liability and a breach of warranties. Claims could also be asserted under state consumer protection acts. If we cannot successfully defend ourselves against product liability claims, we may incur substantial liabilities. Even successful defense would require significant financial and management resources. Regardless of the merits or eventual outcome, liability claims may result in:

 

  decreased demand for products that we may offer for sale;

 

  injury to our reputation;

 

  costs to defend the related litigation;

 

  a diversion of management's time and our resources;

 

  substantial monetary awards to trial participants or patients;

 

  product recalls, withdrawals or labeling, marketing or promotional restrictions;

  

  a decline in our stock price.

 

Our inability to obtain and retain sufficient product liability insurance at an acceptable cost to protect against potential product liability claims could prevent or inhibit the commercialization of products we develop. We do not maintain any product liability insurance. Even if we obtain product liability insurance in the future, we may have to pay amounts awarded by a court or negotiated in a settlement that exceed our coverage limitations or that are not covered by our insurance, and we may not have, or be able to obtain, sufficient capital to pay such amounts.

 

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We may acquire businesses or products, or form strategic alliances, in the future, and we may not realize the benefits of such acquisitions.

 

We may acquire additional businesses or products, form strategic alliances or create joint ventures with third parties that we believe will complement or augment our existing business. If we acquire businesses with promising markets or products, we may not be able to realize the benefit of acquiring such businesses if we are unable to successfully integrate them with our existing operations and company culture. We may encounter numerous difficulties in developing, manufacturing and/or marketing any new products resulting from a strategic alliance or acquisition that delay or prevent us from realizing their expected benefits or enhancing our business. We cannot assure you that, following any such acquisition, we will achieve the expected synergies to justify the transaction.

 

Risks Related to Our Common Stock

 

Our officers and directors will control our company for the foreseeable future, including the outcome of matters requiring stockholder approval.

 

Our founders, officers and directors collectively beneficially own approximately 30% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock on a primary basis. As a result, such individuals acting together will have the ability to exert significant influence on the election of our directors and the outcome of corporate actions requiring stockholder approval, such as: (i) a merger or a sale of our company, (ii) a sale of all or substantially all of our assets, and (iii) amendments to our articles of incorporation and bylaws. This concentration of voting power and control could have a significant effect in delaying, deferring or preventing an action that might otherwise be beneficial to our other stockholders and be disadvantageous to our stockholders with interests different from those entities and individuals. Certain of these individuals also have significant control over our business, policies and affairs as officers or directors of our company. Therefore, you should not invest in reliance on your ability to have any control over our company. See “Principal Stockholders.”

 

Limited public market for our common stock currently exists, and an active trading market may not develop or be sustained.

 

As we are in our early stages, an investment in our company will likely require a long-term commitment, with no certainty of return. The Company was approved to start trading its common stock on the OTCQB Marketplace as of October 19, 2016, and commenced trading on November 11, 2016.  On October 10, 2017, the Company’s Common Stock started trading on OTCQX Best Market. There is currently is a limited public market for our Common Stock and there is no guarantee that any sustained trading market will develop in the near future or at all. In the absence of an active trading market:

 

  investors may have difficulty buying and selling or obtaining market quotations;

 

  market visibility for shares of our common stock may be limited; and

 

  a lack of visibility for shares of our common stock may have a depressive effect on the market price for shares of our common stock.

 

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The OTCQX Best Market is a relatively unorganized, inter-dealer, over-the-counter market that provides significantly less liquidity than NASDAQ or the NYSE MKT (formerly known as the NYSE AMEX). The market for our common stock may be illiquid and you may be unable to dispose of your shares of Common Stock at desirable prices or at all. Moreover, there is a risk that our Common Stock could be delisted from the OTCQX Best Market, in which case it might be listed on the so called “Pink Sheets”, which is even more illiquid than the OTCQX Best Market.

 

The lack of an active market impairs your ability to sell your shares at the time you wish to sell them or at a price that you consider reasonable. The lack of an active market may also reduce the fair market value of your shares. An inactive market may also impair our ability to raise capital to continue to fund operations by selling shares and may impair our ability to acquire additional intellectual property assets by using our shares as consideration.

 

The market price of our common stock may be significantly volatile.

 

The market price for our common stock may be volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to factors including the following:

 

  actual or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly or annual operating results;

 

  changes in financial or operational estimates or projections;

 

  conditions in markets generally;

 

  changes in the economic performance or market valuations of companies similar to ours; and

 

  general economic or political conditions in the United States or elsewhere.

 

The securities market has from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that are not related to the operating performance of particular companies. These market fluctuations may also materially and adversely affect the market price of shares of our common stock.

 

Our common stock may be considered a “penny stock,” and thereby be subject to additional sale and trading regulations that may make it more difficult to sell.

 

The SEC has adopted rules that regulate broker-dealer practices in connection with transactions in penny stocks. Penny stocks are generally equity securities with a price of less than $5.00 (other than securities registered on certain national securities exchanges or authorized for quotation on certain automated quotation systems, provided that current price and volume information with respect to transactions in such securities is provided by the exchange or system). The OTCBB and OTCQX Best Market do not meet such requirements and if the price of our common stock is less than $5.00, our common stock will be deemed penny stocks. The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document containing specified information. In addition, the penny stock rules require that prior to effecting any transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those rules, a broker-dealer must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive (i) the purchaser’s written acknowledgment of the receipt of a risk disclosure statement; (ii) a written agreement to transactions involving penny stocks; and (iii) a signed and dated copy of a written suitability statement. These disclosure requirements may have the effect of reducing the trading activity in the secondary market for our common stock, and therefore stock holders may have difficulty selling their shares.

 

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FINRA sales practice requirements may also limit your ability to buy and sell our common stock, which could depress the price of our shares.

 

FINRA rules require broker-dealers to have reasonable grounds for believing that an investment is suitable for a customer before recommending that investment to the customer. Prior to recommending speculative low-priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status and investment objectives, among other things. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability such speculative low-priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. Thus, FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our common stock, which may limit your ability to buy and sell our shares, have an adverse effect on the market for our shares, and thereby depress our share price.

 

You may face significant restrictions on the resale of our shares of common stock due to state “blue sky” laws.

 

Each state has its own securities laws, often called “blue sky” laws, which (1) limit sales of securities to a state’s residents unless the securities are registered in that state or qualify for an exemption from registration, and (2) govern the reporting requirements for broker-dealers doing business directly or indirectly in the state. Before a security is sold in a state, there must be a registration in place to cover the transaction, or it must be exempt from registration. The applicable broker-dealer must also be registered in that state.

 

We do not know whether our securities will be registered or exempt from registration under the laws of any state. A determination regarding registration will be made by those broker-dealers, if any, who agree to serve as market makers for our common stock. We have not yet applied to have our securities registered in any state and will not do so until we receive expressions of interest from investors resident in specific states after they have viewed this document. There may be significant state blue sky law restrictions on the ability of investors to sell, and on purchasers to buy, our securities. You should therefore consider the resale market for our common stock to be limited, as you may be unable to resell your shares of common stock without the significant expense of state registration or qualification.

 

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The securities you purchase in this offering may experience substantial dilution by exercises of outstanding warrants and options.

 

As of the date hereof, we had outstanding warrants to purchase an aggregate of 3,640,014 shares of our common stock at various exercise prices at $0.70, $1.80, $2 and $2.75, and options to purchase an aggregate of 2,141,500 shares of our common stock (out of which 2,041,500 are vested as of this date). 1,845,000 vested options have an exercise price of $.60 per share (the first $100,000 of options granted to each of our officers and directors may be deemed to be incentive stock options and are exercisable at a price of $.66 per share; the balance of the options owned by such persons may be deemed to be non-qualified options and are exercisable at a price of $.60 per share) and 196,500 vested options have an exercise price of $1.80 per share. The exercise of such outstanding options and warrants will result in substantial dilution of your investment. In addition, you may experience additional dilution if we issue common stock in the future. Any of such dilution may have adverse effect on the price of our common stock.

 

We are an “emerging growth company,” and will be able take advantage of reduced disclosure requirements applicable to “emerging growth companies,” which could make our common stock less attractive to investors.

 

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or JOBS Act, and, for as long as we continue to be an “emerging growth company,” we intend to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies but not to “emerging growth companies,” including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We could be an “emerging growth company” for up to five years, or until the earliest of (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our annual gross revenues exceed $1 billion, (ii) the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, or (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three year period. We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive if we choose to rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result of any choices to reduce future disclosure, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.

 

We will incur significantly increased costs and devote substantial management time as a result of operating as a public company particularly after we are no longer an “emerging growth company.”

 

As a public company, we will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company. For example, we will be required to comply with certain of the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, as well as rules and regulations subsequently implemented by the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the establishment and maintenance of effective disclosure and financial controls and changes in corporate governance practices. We expect that compliance with these requirements will increase our legal and financial compliance costs and will make some activities more time consuming and costly. In addition, we expect that our management and other personnel will need to divert attention from operational and other business matters to devote substantial time to these public company requirements. In particular, we expect to incur significant expenses and devote substantial management effort toward ensuring compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We are just beginning the process of compiling the system and processing documentation needed to comply with such requirements.  We may not be able to complete our evaluation, testing and any required remediation in a timely fashion. In that regard, we currently do not have an internal audit function, and we will need to hire additional accounting and financial staff with appropriate public company experience and technical accounting knowledge.

 

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However, for as long as we remain an “emerging growth company” as defined in the JOBS Act, we intend to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We intend to take advantage of these reporting exemptions until we are no longer an “emerging growth company.”

 

Under the JOBS Act, “emerging growth companies” can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have irrevocably elected not to avail ourselves of this exemption from new or revised accounting standards and, therefore, we will be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies.”

 

After we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” we expect to incur additional management time and cost to comply with the more stringent reporting requirements applicable to companies that are deemed accelerated filers or large accelerated filers, including complying with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

We cannot predict or estimate the amount of additional costs we may incur as a result of becoming a public company or the timing of such costs.

 

There may be limitations on the effectiveness of our internal controls, and a failure of our control systems to prevent error or fraud may materially harm our company.

 

Proper systems of internal controls over financial accounting and disclosure are critical to the operation of a public company. As we are a start-up company, we are at the very early stages of establishing, and we may be unable to effectively establish such systems, especially in light of the fact that we expect to operate as a publicly reporting company. This would leave us without the ability to reliably assimilate and compile financial information about our company and significantly impair our ability to prevent error and detect fraud, all of which would have a negative impact on our company from many perspectives.

 

Moreover, we do not expect that disclosure controls or internal control over financial reporting, even if established, will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. Failure of our control systems to prevent error or fraud could materially adversely impact us.

 

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We may be unable to complete our analysis of our internal controls over financial reporting in a timely manner, or these internal controls may not be determined to be effective, which may adversely affect investor confidence in our company and, as a result, the value of our common stock.

 

We may be required, pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, to furnish a report by our management on, among other things, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting for the first fiscal year beginning after the effective date of the registration statement of which this document is a part. This assessment will need to include disclosure of any material weaknesses identified by our management in our internal control over financial reporting, as well as a statement that our independent registered public accounting firm has issued an opinion on our internal control over financial reporting.

 

If we are unable to assert that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, or, if applicable, our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to express an opinion on the effectiveness of our internal controls, we could lose investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, which would cause the price of our common stock to decline, and we may be subject to investigation or sanctions by the SEC. We will also be required to disclose changes made in our internal control and procedures on a quarterly basis.

 

However, our independent registered public accounting firm will not be required to formally attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 until the later of the year following our first annual report required to be filed with the SEC, or the date we are no longer an “emerging growth company” as defined in the recently enacted JOBS Act, if we take advantage (as we expect to do) of the exemptions contained in the JOBS Act. We will remain an “emerging growth company” for up to five years, although if the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of any June 30 before that time, we would cease to be an “emerging growth company” as of the following December 30.

 

At such time, our independent registered public accounting firm may issue a report that is adverse in the event it is not satisfied with the level at which our controls are documented, designed or operating. Our remediation efforts may not enable us to avoid a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting in the future. Any of the foregoing occurrences, should they come to pass, could negatively impact the public perception of our company, which could have a negative impact on our stock price.

 

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We do not currently intend to pay dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future, and consequently, your ability to achieve a return on your investment will depend on appreciation in the price of our common stock.

 

We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends to holders of our common stock in the foreseeable future. Consequently, investors must rely on sales of their common stock after price appreciation, which may never occur, as the only way to realize any future gains on their investments. There is no guarantee that shares of our common stock will appreciate in value or even maintain the price at which our stockholders have purchased their shares.

 

Upon dissolution of our company, you may not recoup all or any portion of your investment.

 

In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of our company, whether voluntary or involuntary, the proceeds and/or assets of our company remaining after giving effect to such transaction, and the payment of all of our debts and liabilities will be distributed to the stockholders of common stock on a pro rata basis. There can be no assurance that we will have available assets to pay to the holders of common stock, or any amounts, upon such a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of our Company. In this event, you could lose some or all of your investment.

 

Risk Related to This Offering

 

Purchasers of the Units offered hereby that convert the Notes and/or exercise the Warrants into shares of common stock will incur substantial dilution in the pro forma net tangible book value of the shares of common stock upon conversion and/or exercise.

 

Purchasers of the Units offered hereby that convert their Notes or exercise their Warrants will incur substantial dilution in the pro forma net tangible book value of the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes and/or exercise of the Warrants (the “Conversion Shares” and “Warrant Shares”, respectively). Moreover, further dilution in the pro forma net tangible book value of the shares of common stock could be incurred if the Company issues additional securities to meet its financing requirements or growth objectives at a price lower than the current conversion price of the Notes.

 

No tax advice or counsel is given within this document and the Company has not sought any tax advice with respect to the Offering.

 

There are material U.S. federal income tax considerations associated with the acquisition, ownership and disposition of the Units, Notes, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants, and the Warrant Shares.  This document does not discuss the U.S. federal income tax consequences, or provide any tax advice, to any prospective Purchaser, the Company or its affiliates, or its existing shareholders regarding the offering, acquisition, ownership and disposition of the Units, Notes, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants, and the Warrant Shares.  This document also does not address any state, local or non-U.S. tax considerations.

 

In evaluating the purchase of Units as an investment, as well as the acquisition, ownership and disposition of the Notes and conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants, a prospective purchaser should consider the tax risks thereof, if any, as well as possible adverse changes in the tax laws and their interpretation.  If you are considering the purchase of Units in this Offering, we urge you to consult your own tax advisors concerning the particular U.S. federal income tax consequences to you of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of the Units, Notes, the Warrants and the shares of common stock, as well as any consequences to you arising under the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction.

 

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In addition, the Company has not sought any tax advice regarding the U.S. federal income tax considerations to it, its affiliates, or its existing shareholders, associated with the acquisition, ownership and disposition of the Units, Notes, shares of common stock, Warrants and the Warrant Shares.

 

The Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company and will be effectively subordinated to any existing or future secured indebtedness.

 

The Notes will be our general, unsecured obligations and will rank equally in right of payment with any existing or future unsubordinated, unsecured indebtedness. As a result, the Notes will be effectively subordinated to any current and future secured indebtedness (including indebtedness that is initially unsecured to which we subsequently grant security) to the extent of the value of the intellectual property assets securing such indebtedness. Effective subordination means that in any liquidation, dissolution, bankruptcy or other similar proceeding, the holders of any of our existing or future secured indebtedness may assert rights against the assets pledged to secure that indebtedness in order to receive full payment of their indebtedness before the assets may be used to pay other creditors. These liabilities may include indebtedness, trade payables, guarantees, lease obligations and letter of credit obligations.

 

Management of the Company has broad discretion in the use of proceeds.

 

The executive officers of the Company will have broad discretion in allocating the net proceeds of the Offering, which creates uncertainty for shareholders. Neither the terms of the Offering nor any other agreement restricts the activities of the Company with respect to borrowing for any purpose, use of its assets, encumbrance of future income to secure Company obligations or debts, or the acquisition of assets of any kind and nature.

 

The offering price of our Units, the conversion price of the Notes and the exercise price of the Warrants in this Offering have been determined on an arbitrary basis.

   

The offering price of the Units, conversion price of the Notes and the exercise price of the Warrants that we are offering have been determined by us on an arbitrary basis and bear no relationship to earnings, asset values, book value or any other recognized criteria of value. Neither the conversion price of the Notes nor the exercise price of the Warrants should be viewed as an indication of the value of those securities.

 

No investor counsel has been retained to represent the investors.

 

Counsel has not been retained to represent the purchasers of the Units. Prospective purchasers are urged to consult with their own legal counsel, and retain their services as deemed necessary.

 

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Appendix II

 

Accredited Investor Certification

 

For Individual Investors Only

(All Individual Investors must INITIAL where appropriate):

 

Initial     I have a net worth (including homes, furnishings and automobiles, but excluding for these purposes the value of my primary residence ) in excess of $1 million either individually or through aggregating my individual holdings and those in which I have a joint, community property or other similar shared ownership interest with my spouse.
     
Initial     I have had an annual gross income for the past two years of at least $200,000 (or $300,000 jointly with my spouse) and expect my income (or joint income, as appropriate) to reach the same level in the current year.
     
Initial     I am a director or executive officer of GrowGeneration Corp.

 

For Non-Individual Investors

 

(All Non-Individual Investors must INITIAL where appropriate):

 

Initial     The investor certifies that it is a partnership, corporation, limited liability company or business trust that is 100% owned by persons who meet at least one of the criteria for Individual Investors set forth above.
     
Initial     The investor certifies that it is a partnership, corporation, limited liability company or business trust that has total assets of at least $5 million and was not formed for the purpose of investing in the Company.
     
Initial     The investor certifies that it is an employee benefit plan whose investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary (as defined in ERISA §3(21)) that is a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company or registered investment adviser.
     
Initial     The investor certifies that it is an employee benefit plan whose total assets exceed $5,000,000 as of the date of this Agreement.
     
Initial     The undersigned certifies that it is a self-directed employee benefit plan whose investment decisions are made solely by persons who meet either of the criteria for Individual Investors.
     
Initial     The investor certifies that it is a U.S. bank, U.S. savings and loan association or other similar U.S. institution acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity.
     
Initial     The undersigned certifies that it is a broker-dealer registered pursuant to §15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
     
Initial     The investor certifies that it is an organization described in §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code with total assets exceeding $5,000,000 and not formed for the specific purpose of investing in the Company.
     
Initial     The investor certifies that it is a trust with total assets of at least $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of investing in the Company, and whose purchase is directed by a person with such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that he is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment.
     
Initial     The investor certifies that it is a plan established and maintained by a state or its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, for the benefit of its employees, and which has total assets in excess of $5,000,000.
     
Initial     The investor certifies that it is an insurance company as defined in §2(13) of the Securities Act, or a registered investment company.
     

 

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Exhibit A

 

Form of .1% Unsecured Convertible Promissory Notes

 

(see attached)

 

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Exhibit B

 

Form of Warrant

 

(see attached)

 

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Exhibit C

 

Selling Stockholder Questionnaire

 

(see attached)

 

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Exhibit 99.2

 

Form of Supplement to

Securities Purchase Agreement of

GrowGeneration Corp.

 

January 11, 2018

 

The information set forth herein supplements, modifies and amends the Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”), as well as the related term sheet (together with the SPA and the exhibits included therein, the “Offering Materials”), relating to the Offering of Units of GrowGeneration Corp. (the “ Company ”) up to an aggregate principal amount of $7,500,000 at the price of $250,000 per Unit. The Company has the right to increase the Offering amount by an additional $1,000,000. Any statement contained in the Offering Materials shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for all purposes to the extent that a statement contained herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of the Offering Materials.

 

Except as modified or supplemented hereby, this Supplement should be read together with all of the information set forth in the Offering Materials. The information set forth herein is accurate as of the date hereof. We specifically disclaim any obligation to update the information contained in this Supplement or in the Offering Materials. Capitalized terms used in this Supplement and not defined herein are used as defined in the SPA.

 

I.  Increase of the Maximum Offering Amount of the Offering

 

As of January 8, 2018, the Company conducted a closing of the Offering and raised an aggregate of $5,650,000 in proceeds. As disclosed in the Offering Materials, the maximum offering amount of the Offering is $7,500,000, which, at the discretion of the Company, may be increased by another $1,000,000 to a total of $8,500,000. The Board of Directors of the Company has elected to increase the maximum offering amount of the Offering by another $500,000 up to an aggregate of $9,000,000, which includes the $1,000,000 over-subscription amount.

 

ATTACHED HEREWITH IS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE EXECUTED BY ANY SUBSCRIBER WHO WISHES TO SUBSCRIBE FOR THE UNITS OF THE COMPANY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPA AS AMENDED BY THIS SUPPLEMENT.

 

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT , dated as of the date indicated below (this “Acknowledgement”), is made by the undersigned (the “Subscriber”) in respect of and for the benefit of GrowGeneration Corp., a Colorado corporation (the “Company”).

 

WHEREAS , the Company provided the Subscriber with a Securities Purchase Agreement (collectively with exhibits, the “Offering Materials”), with respect to certain units (the “Units”) being offered for sale by the Company.

 

WHEREAS , the Company has provided the Subscriber with a Supplement to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2018 (the “Amended Offering Materials”).

 

NOW THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual promises and agreements by and between the parties, the Subscriber hereto acknowledges that it has received and reviewed the Amended Offering Materials and, in light of such review, consents to the terms and conditions of the Amended Offering Materials and wishes to subscribe for the Units of the Company in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Amended Offering Materials. The Subscriber hereby authorizes the Company to treat the information and executed documents heretofore provided (in respect of the Offering Materials) by the Subscriber as being furnished in response to the Amended Offering Materials.

 

  SUBSCRIBER: ______________________
   
  By: _________________________________
  Name: _______________________________
  Title: ________________________________
  Date Signed: __________________________

 

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Exhibit 99.3

 

FORM OF .1% UNSECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

 

Note No. [                   ]

 

THIS INSTRUMENT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”). THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR UPON RECEIPT BY THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE ACT.

 

THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT REPRESENTED BY THIS NOTE AND, ACCORDINGLY, THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF. THIS NOTE IS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1271 ET SEQ. OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.

 

.1% UNSECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

 

Principal Amount: US $[                      ] Date of Issuance: January [                     ], 2018

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED , GrowGeneration Corp., a Colorado corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby promises to pay to the order of [                      ] (the “ Holder ”), the principal sum of US $[                      ] (the “ Principal Amount ”) (this “ Note ”) together with interest thereon at the rate of .1% per annum, payable in cash, upon maturity or conversion. Unless earlier converted pursuant to the terms set forth herein, the principal and interest will be due and payable by the Company at any time on or after January [                      ], 2021 (the “ Maturity Date ”).

 

This Note is one of a series of unsecured convertible promissory notes (collectively, the “ Series Notes ”) issued by the Company to investors, in connection with that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of [                      ], with identical terms and on the same form as set forth herein (except that the holder, principal amount and date of issuance may differ in each Note). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Note will have the meanings set forth in Section 4.1.

 

Each of the Company and the Holder may be referred to as a party hereunder, and collectively the parties.

 

1.   Payment of Principal and Interest . Principal due and interest accrued under this Note will be paid by the Company in cash at maturity, unless earlier converted in accordance with the terms hereunder. Interest shall be computed at the rate of .1% per annum.

 

2.   Security . This Note is a general unsecured obligation of the Company.

 

 

 

 

3.   Priority . This Note is subordinated in right of payment to (i) all current and future indebtedness of the Company for borrowed money (whether or not such indebtedness is secured) to banks, commercial finance lenders or other institutions regularly engaged in the business of lending money (the “ Senior Debt ”) and (ii) any promissory notes issued in a stock or asset purchase transaction by the Company as a buyer to a seller as part of the purchase price (each a “ Payment Note ”). The Company hereby agrees, and by accepting this Note, the Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees, that so long as any Senior Debt or Payment Note is outstanding, upon notice from the holders of such Senior Debt or Payment Note (each a “ Senior Creditor ”) to the Company that an event of default, or any event which the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would constitute an event of default, has occurred under the terms of the Senior Debt or the Payment Note (a “ Default Notice ”), the Company will not make, and the Holder will not receive or retain, any payment under this Note. Nothing in this paragraph will preclude or prohibit the Holder from receiving and retaining any payment hereunder unless and until the Holder has received a Default Notice (which will be effective until waived in writing by the Senior Creditors) or from converting this Note or any amounts due hereunder into Equity Securities (as defined in Section 4.1(d)).

 

4.   Conversion . This Note may be convertible into shares of Common Stock pursuant to the following terms.

 

4.1   Definitions .

 

(a)   Common Stock ” means the Company’s common stock, par value US$0.001 per share.

 

(b)   Conversion Price ” means $3.00 per share.

 

(c)   Conversion Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a Note, including any outstanding principal and accrued interest.

 

(d)   Corporate Transaction ” means:

 

(i)   the closing of the sale, transfer or other disposition, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets;

 

(ii)   the consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity (except a merger or consolidation in which the holders of capital stock of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continue to hold a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the capital stock of the Company or the surviving or acquiring entity immediately following the consummation of such transaction); or

 

(iii)    the closing of the transfer (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise), in a single transaction or series of related transactions, to a “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) and Section 14(d) of the Exchange Act), of the Company’s capital stock if, after such closing, such person or group would become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Company (or the surviving or acquiring entity).

 

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For the avoidance of doubt , a transaction will not constitute a “Corporate Transaction” if its sole purpose is to change the state of the Company’s incorporation or to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the persons who held the Company’s securities immediately prior to such transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the sale of Equity Securities in a bona fide financing transaction will not be deemed a “Corporate Transaction.”

 

(e)   Equity Securities ” means (i) Common Stock; (ii) any securities conferring the right to purchase Common Stock; or (iii) any securities directly or indirectly convertible into, or exchangeable for (with or without additional consideration) Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following will not be considered “Equity Securities”: (A) any security granted, issued or sold by the Company to any director, officer, employee, consultant or adviser of the Company for the primary purpose of soliciting or retaining their services; (B) any convertible promissory notes (including this Note) issued by the Company; and (C) any SAFEs that have been issued by the Company.

 

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

 

(g)   Fully Diluted Capitalization ” means the number of issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock, assuming the conversion or exercise of all of the Company’s outstanding convertible or exercisable securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Fully Diluted Capitalization” excludes: (A) any convertible promissory notes (including this Note) issued by the Company; (B) any SAFEs issued by the Company; and (C) any Equity Securities that are issuable upon conversion of any outstanding convertible promissory notes or SAFEs.

 

(h)   SAFE ” means any simple agreement for future equity (or other similar agreement) which is issued by the Company for bona fide financing purposes and which may convert into the Company’s capital stock in accordance with its terms, including but not limited to options, warrants or any other rights issued by the Company to purchase Equity Securities.

 

(i)   Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

4.2   Voluntary Conversion . The outstanding principal balance and accrued interest on this Note is convertible at the option of the Holder into shares of the Company’s Common Stock at the Conversion Price prior to the Maturity Date.

 

4.3   Mandatary Conversion . Principal due and interested accrued on this Note will automatically convert into shares of Common Stock, at the Conversion Price, if at any time during the Term, commencing twelve (12) months from the Date of Issuance, the Common Stock trades minimum daily volume of at least 50,000 shares for twenty (20) consecutive days with a volume weighted average price of at least $4.00 per share.

 

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4.4   Corporate Transaction Conversion . In the event a Corporate Transaction occurs (i) prior to the conversion of this Note pursuant to Section 4.2 or Section 4.3 or (ii) the repayment of this Note, at the closing of such Corporate Transaction, principal due on this Note will automatically convert into that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient (rounded down to the nearest whole share) obtained by dividing (x) the outstanding principal balance of this Note by (y) the quotient resulting from dividing (a) the valuation value of the Company prior to the closing of the Corporate Transaction by (b) the Fully Diluted Capitalization immediately prior to the closing of the Corporate Transaction.

 

4.5   Certificates . As promptly as practicable after the conversion of this Note and the issuance of the shares of Common Stock, the Company (at its expense) will issue and deliver certificates evidencing the shares of Common Stock to the Holder. The Company will not be required to issue or deliver the shares of Common Stock until the Holder has surrendered this Note to the Company (or provided an instrument of cancellation or affidavit of loss).

 

5.   Anti-Dilution Protections . If at any time while this Note is outstanding the Company shall sell any shares of its Common Stock at a per share price less than the Conversion Price then in effect (such issuances collectively, a “ Dilutive Issuance ”), then, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted pursuant to the following formula:

 

NP = OP x  [OB + (AMT/OP)]

(OB+SI)

 

where

 

NP is the new Conversion Price;

 

OP is the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment;

 

OB is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding prior to the Dilutive Issuance;

 

AMT is the dollar amount of the Dilutive Issuance, and

 

SI is the number of shares of Common Stock issuable in the Dilutive Issuance.

 

The Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than the business day following the issuance of any Common Stock subject to this section, indicating therein the applicable information required by the formula above (such notice the “ Dilutive Issuance Notice ”).

 

6.   Representations and Warranties of the Company . In connection with the transactions contemplated by this Note, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Holder as follows:

 

6.1   Due Organization; Qualification and Good Standing . The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Colorado and has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted.

 

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6.2   Authorization and Enforceability . Except for the authorization and issuance of the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Note, all corporate action has been taken on the part of the Company and its officers, directors and stockholders necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of this Note. Except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights, the Company has taken all corporate action required to make all of the obligations of the Company reflected in the provisions of this Note valid and enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

7.   Restrictions .

 

7.1   Restricted Securities . None of this Note and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Note (collectively, the “Securities”) have been or will be registered under the Securities Act or state securities laws, by reason of specific exemptions from the registration provisions thereof. The Securities are “restricted securities” under U.S. federal and applicable state securities laws and that, pursuant to these laws, the Holder must hold the Securities indefinitely unless they are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“ SEC ”) and registered or qualified by state authorities, or an exemption from such registration and qualification requirements is available. The Company has no obligation to register or qualify the Securities for resale and, if an exemption from registration or qualification is available, it may be conditioned on various requirements including, but not limited to, the time and manner of sale, the holding period for the Securities, and on requirements relating to the Company which are outside of the Holder’s control, and which the Company is under no obligation, and may not be able, to satisfy.

 

7.2  Legends . The Securities may bear the following legend:

 

THIS INSTRUMENT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”). THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR UPON RECEIPT BY THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE ACT OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE ACT.

 

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8.   Piggy-back Registration Right .

 

8.1  If, at any time within twelve (12) months of the Date of Issuance, the Company proposes to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering by the Company of its Common Stock (other than a registration (i) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other registration solely relating to an offering or sale to employees or directors of the Company pursuant to any employee stock plan or other employee benefit arrangement), (ii) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or similar form that relates to a transaction subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), or (iii) in connection with any dividend or distribution reinvestment or similar plan), then the Company shall give written notice (each, a “Company Piggy-Back Notice”) of such proposed filing to Holder at least fifteen (15) calendar days before the anticipated filing date of such registration statement, and such Company Piggy-Back Notice also shall be required to offer to such Holders the opportunity to register such aggregate number of Conversion Shares as the Holder may request. The Holder shall have the right, exercisable for the five days immediately following the giving of a Company Piggy-Back Notice, to request, by written notice (the “Holder Notice”) to the Company, the inclusion of all or any portion of the Conversion Shares of the Holder in such registration statement. The Company shall use reasonable efforts to cause the managing underwriter(s) of a proposed underwritten offering to permit the inclusion of the Conversion Shares which were the subject of the Holder Notice in such underwritten offering on the same terms and conditions as any Common Stock of the Company included therein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this paragraph, if the managing underwriter(s) of such underwritten offering or any proposed underwritten offering delivers a written opinion to the Holder that the total number of shares of Common Stock which they, the Company and any other person intend to include in such offering is such as to materially and adversely affect the success of such offering, then the amount of securities to be offered for the accounts of the Holder and persons other than the Company shall be eliminated or reduced pro rata (based on the amount of securities owned by the Holder and other persons which carry registration rights) to the extent necessary to reduce the total amount of securities to be included in such offering to the amount recommended by such managing underwriter(s) in the managing underwriter’s written opinion.

 

8.2 Notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary in this Section 8, the Company shall have the absolute right, whether before or after the giving of a Company Piggy-Back Notice or Holder Notice, to determine not to file a registration statement to which the Holder shall have the right to include its Conversion Shares therein pursuant to this Section 8, to withdraw such registration statement or to delay or suspend pursuing the effectiveness of such registration statement. In the event of such a determination after the giving of a Company Piggy-Back Notice, the Company shall give notice of such determination to the Holder and other persons which carry registration rights and, thereupon, (A) in the case of a determination not to register or to withdraw such registration statement, the Company shall be relieved of its obligation under this Section 8 to register any of the Conversion Shares in connection with such registration and (B) in the case of a determination to delay the registration, the Company shall be permitted to delay or suspend the registration of Conversion Shares pursuant to this Section 8 for the same period as the delay in the registration of such other securities.

 

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9.   Miscellaneous .

 

9.1   Successors and Assigns . Except as otherwise provided herein, the terms and conditions of this Note will inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the respective successors and assigns of the parties; provided, however, that the Company may not assign its obligations under this Note without the written consent of the Holder. This Note is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or will confer upon any other person or entity any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Note.

 

9.2   Governing Law . This Note will be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Colorado without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Colorado or any other jurisdiction).

 

9.3   Titles and Subtitles . The titles and subtitles used in this Note are included for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Note.

 

9.4   Notices . All notices and other communications given or made pursuant hereto will be in writing and will be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified; (b) when sent by email or confirmed facsimile; (c) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; or (d) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt.

 

9.5   Expenses . Each party will pay all costs and expenses that it incurs with respect to the negotiation, execution, delivery and performance of this Note.

 

9.6   Entire Agreement; Amendments and Waivers . This Note constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subject hereof. Any term of this Note may be amended and the observance of any term may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) with the written consent of the Company and the holders of the majority of the Series Notes. Any waiver or amendment effected in accordance with this Section 8.6 will be binding upon each future holder of this Note and the Company.

 

9.7   Severability . If one or more provisions of this Note are held to be unenforceable under applicable law, such provisions will be excluded from this Note and the balance of the Note will be interpreted as if such provisions were so excluded and this Note will be enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

9.8   Acknowledgment . For the avoidance of doubt, it is acknowledged that the Holder will be entitled to the benefit of all adjustments in the number of shares of the Company’s capital stock as a result of any splits, recapitalizations, combinations or other similar transactions affecting the Company’s capital stock that occur prior to the conversion of this Note.

 

9.9   Limitation on Interest . In no event will any interest charged, collected or reserved under this Note exceed the maximum rate then permitted by applicable law, and if any payment made by the Company under this Note exceeds such maximum rate, then such excess sum will be credited by the Holder as a payment of principal.

 

9.10   Officers and Directors not Liable . In no event will any officer or director of the Company be liable for any amounts due and payable pursuant to this Note.

 

9.11   Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS NOTE, THE SECURITIES OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF OR THEREOF. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. THIS SECTION HAS BEEN FULLY DISCUSSED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THESE PROVISIONS WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY EXCEPTIONS. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY FURTHER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT SUCH PARTY HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT SUCH PARTY KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Company has caused Note to be signed in its name by an authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.

 

  GrowGeneration Corp.
     
  By:  
  Name: Darren Lampert
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 99.4

 

FORM OF WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

Warrant Certificate No. [     ]

 

NEITHER THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND NEITHER SUCH SECURITIES NOR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (1) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (2) AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION EXISTS AND THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE HOLDER OF SUCH SECURITIES, WHICH COUNSEL AND OPINION ARE SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED IN THE MANNER CONTEMPLATED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

Effective Date: January [    ], 2018 Void After: January [   ], 2021

 

GrowGeneration, Corp.

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

GrowGeneration, Corp., a Colorado corporation (the “ Company ”), for value received on January [  ], 2018 (the “ Effective Date ”), hereby issues to [    ] (the “ Holder ” or “ Warrant Holder ”) this Warrant (the “ Warrant ”) to purchase [     ] shares (each such share as from time to time adjusted as hereinafter provided being a “ Warrant Share ” and all such shares being the “ Warrant Shares ”) of the Company’s Common Stock (as defined below), at the Exercise Price (as defined below), as adjusted from time to time as provided herein, on or before January [     ], 2021 (the “ Expiration Date ”), all subject to the following terms and conditions. This Warrant has been issued to the Holder pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated [       ] by and between the Company and the Holder (the “ Subscription Agreement ”).

 

As used in this Warrant, (i) “ Business Day ” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in the City of New York, New York, are authorized or required by law or executive order to close; (ii) “ Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, including any securities issued or issuable with respect thereto or into which or for which such shares may be exchanged for, or converted into, pursuant to any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization, reclassification, reorganization or other similar event; (iii) “ Exercise Price ” means $0.01 per share of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as provided herein; (iv) “ Trading Day ” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded (or available for trading) on its principal trading market; and (v) “ Affiliate ” means any person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, a person, as such terms are used and construed in Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”).

 

 

 

 

1. DURATION AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS

 

(a) Exercise Period . The Holder may exercise this Warrant in whole or in part on any Business Day on or before 5:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date, at which time this Warrant shall become void and of no value.

 

(b) Exercise Procedures .

 

(i) While this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable in accordance with Section 1(a), the Holder may exercise this Warrant in whole or in part at any time and from time to time by:

 

(A) delivery to the Company of a duly executed copy of the Notice of Exercise attached as Exhibit A ;

 

(B) surrender of this Warrant to the Secretary of the Company at its principal offices or at such other office or agency as the Company may specify in writing to the Holder; and

 

(C) subject to the cashless excersice method provided under Section 1(b)(i)(D), payment of the then-applicable Exercise Price per share multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares being purchased upon exercise of the Warrant (such amount, the “ Aggregate Exercise Price ”) made in the form of cash, or by certified check, bank draft or money order payable in lawful money of the United States of America.

 

(D) the Holder may elect to exchange all or some of this Warrant for shares of Common Stock equal to the value of the amount of the Warrant being exchanged on the date of exchange. If Holder elects to exchange this Warrant as provided in this Section 1(b)(i)(D), Holder shall tender to the Company the Warrant for the amount being exchanged, along with written notice of Holder’s election to exchange some or all of the Warrant, and the Company shall issue to Holder the number of Warrant Shares computed using the following formula:

 

    X = Y (A-B)  
      A  
         
  Where: X = the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to Holder.
       
    Y = the number of Warrant Shares purchasable under the amount of the Warrant being exchanged (as adjusted to the date of such calculation).
       
    A = the closing sale price of one share of the Common Stock on the market where the Common Stock is being traded or quoted as of the Business Day prior to the date of the exercise.
       
    B = Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such calculation).

 

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(ii) Upon the exercise of this Warrant in compliance with the provisions of this Section 1(b), the Company shall promptly issue and cause to be delivered to the Holder a certificate for the Warrant Shares purchased by the Holder. Each exercise of this Warrant shall be effective immediately prior to the close of business on the date (the “ Date of Exercise ”) that the conditions set forth in Section 1(b) have been satisfied, as the case may be. On the first Business Day following the date on which the Company has received each of the Notice of Exercise and the Aggregate Exercise Price (the “ Exercise Delivery Documents ”), the Company shall transmit an acknowledgment of receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents to the Company’s transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”). On or before the third Business Day following the date on which the Company has received all of the Exercise Delivery Documents (the “ Share Delivery Date ”), the Company shall (X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and dispatch by overnight courier to the address as specified in the Notice of Exercise, a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise. Upon delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares.

 

(c) Partial Exercise . This Warrant shall be exercisable, either in its entirety or, from time to time, for part only of the number of Warrant Shares referenced by this Warrant. If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to Section 1 and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the actual number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon such an exercise, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than five (5) Business Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue a new Warrant of like tenor representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised.

 

(d) Disputes . In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 15.

 

2. ISSUANCE OF WARRANT SHARES

 

(a) The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares will, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, be (i) duly authorized, fully paid and non-assessable, and (ii) free from all liens, charges and security interests, with the exception of claims arising through the acts or omissions of any Holder and except as arising from applicable Federal and state securities laws.

 

(b) The Company shall register this Warrant upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose in the name of the record holder of such Warrant from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of any exercise thereof, any distribution to the Holder thereof and for all other purposes.

 

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(c) The Company will not, by amendment of its certificate of incorporation, by-laws 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 to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in the taking of all action necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder to exercise this Warrant, or against impairment of such rights.

 

3. ADJUSTMENTS OF EXERCISE PRICE, NUMBER AND TYPE OF WARRANT SHARES

 

(a) The Exercise Price and the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events described in this Section 3; provided , that notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 3, the Company shall not be required to make any adjustment if and to the extent that such adjustment would require the Company to issue a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, less all amounts of Common Stock that have been reserved for issue upon the conversion of all outstanding securities convertible into shares of Common Stock and the exercise of all outstanding options, warrants and other rights exercisable for shares of Common Stock. If the Company does not have the requisite number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to make any adjustment, the Company shall use its commercially best efforts to obtain the necessary stockholder consent to increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock to make such an adjustment pursuant to this Section 3.

 

(i) Subdivision or Combination of Stock . In case the Company shall at any time subdivide (whether by way of stock dividend, stock split or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Shares shall be proportionately increased, and conversely, in case the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be combined (whether by way of stock combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares shall be proportionately decreased. The Exercise Price and the Warrant Shares, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any successive event or events described in this Section 3(a)(i).

 

(ii) Dividends in Stock, Property, Reclassification . If at any time, or from time to time, all of the holders of Common Stock (or any shares of stock or other securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall have received or become entitled to receive, without payment therefore:

 

(A) any shares of stock or other securities that are at any time directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, or any rights or options to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any of the foregoing by way of dividend or other distribution, or

 

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(B) additional stock or other securities or property (including cash) by way of spin-off, split-up, reclassification, combination of shares or similar corporate rearrangement (other than shares of Common Stock issued as a stock split or adjustments in respect of which shall be covered by the terms of Section 3(a)(i) above),

 

then and in each such case, the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares to be obtained upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted proportionately, and the Holder hereof shall, upon the exercise of this Warrant, be entitled to receive, in addition to the number of shares of Common Stock receivable thereupon, and without payment of any additional consideration therefor, the amount of stock and other securities and property (including cash in the cases referred to above) that such Holder would hold on the date of such exercise had such Holder been the holder of record of such Common Stock as of the date on which holders of Common Stock received or became entitled to receive such shares or all other additional stock and other securities and property. The Exercise Price and the Warrant Shares, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any successive event or events described in this Section 3(a)(ii) .

 

(iii) Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale . If any recapitalization, reclassification or reorganization of the capital stock of the Company, or any consolidation or merger of the Company with another corporation, or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets or other transaction shall be effected in such a way that holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities, or other assets or property (an “ Organic Change ”), then, as a condition of such Organic Change, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made by the Company whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock of the Company immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant) such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Common Stock equal to the number of shares of such stock immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable assuming the full exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant. In the event of any Organic Change, appropriate provision shall be made by the Company with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof. The Company will not effect any such consolidation, merger or sale unless, prior to the consummation thereof, the successor corporation (if other than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the corporation purchasing such assets shall assume by written instrument reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder executed and mailed or delivered to the registered Holder hereof at the last address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company, the obligation to deliver to such Holder such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such Holder may be entitled to purchase. If there is an Organic Change, then the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear on the books and records of the Company, at least 10 calendar days before the effective date of the Organic Change, a notice stating the date on which such Organic Change 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 for securities, cash, or other property delivered upon such Organic Change; 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. The Holder is entitled to exercise this Warrant during the 10-day period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice. In any event, the successor corporation (if other than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the corporation purchasing such assets shall be deemed to assume such obligation to deliver to such Holder such shares of stock, securities or assets even in the absence of a written instrument assuming such obligation to the extent such assumption occurs by operation of law.

 

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(b) Certificate as to Adjustments . Upon the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment pursuant to this Section 3, the Company at its expense shall promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to each Holder of this Warrant a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Company shall promptly furnish or cause to be furnished to such Holder a like certificate setting forth: (i) such adjustments and readjustments; and (ii) the number of shares and the amount, if any, of other property which at the time would be received upon the exercise of the Warrant.

 

(c) Certain Events . If any event occurs as to which the other provisions of this Section 3 are not strictly applicable but the lack of any adjustment would not fairly protect the purchase rights of the Holder under this Warrant in accordance with the basic intent and principles of such provisions, or if strictly applicable would not fairly protect the purchase rights of the Holder under this Warrant in accordance with the basic intent and principles of such provisions, then the Company's Board of Directors will, in good faith, make an appropriate adjustment to protect the rights of the Holder; provided , that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 3(c) will increase the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 3.

 

4. TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF WARRANT AND WARRANT SHARES

 

(a) Registration of Transfers and Exchanges . Subject to Section 4(c), upon the Holder’s surrender of this Warrant, with a duly executed copy of the Form of Assignment attached as Exhibit B , to the Secretary of the Company at its principal offices or at such other office or agency as the Company may specify in writing to the Holder, the Company shall register the transfer of all or any portion of this Warrant. Upon such registration of transfer, the Company shall issue a new Warrant, in substantially the form of this Warrant, evidencing the acquisition rights transferred to the transferee and a new Warrant, in similar form, evidencing the remaining acquisition rights not transferred, to the Holder requesting the transfer.

 

(b) Warrant Exchangeable for Different Denominations . The Holder may exchange this Warrant for a new Warrant or Warrants, in substantially the form of this Warrant, evidencing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares which may then be purchased hereunder, each of such new Warrants to be dated the date of such exchange and to represent the right to purchase such number of Warrant Shares as shall be designated by the Holder. The Holder shall surrender this Warrant with duly executed instructions regarding such re-certification of this Warrant to the Secretary of the Company at its principal offices or at such other office or agency as the Company may specify in writing to the Holder.

 

(c) Restrictions on Transfers . This Warrant may not be transferred at any time without (i) registration under the Securities Act or (ii) an exemption from such registration and a written opinion of legal counsel addressed to the Company that the proposed transfer of the Warrant may be effected without registration under the Securities Act, which opinion will be in form and from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

 

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(d) Permitted Transfers and Assignments . Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Section 4, the Holder may transfer, with or without consideration, this Warrant or any of the Warrant Shares (or a portion thereof) to the Holder’s Affiliates (as such term is defined under Rule 144 of the Securities Act) without obtaining the opinion from counsel that may be required by Section 4(c)(ii), provided, that the Holder delivers to the Company and its counsel certification, documentation, and other assurances reasonably required by the Company’s counsel to enable the Company’s counsel to render an opinion to the Company’s Transfer Agent that such transfer does not violate applicable securities laws.

 

5. MUTILATED OR MISSING WARRANT CERTIFICATE

 

If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, upon request by the Holder, the Company will, at its expense, issue, in exchange for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Warrant, or in substitution for the lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant, a new Warrant, in substantially the form of this Warrant, representing the right to acquire the equivalent number of Warrant Shares; provided , that, as a prerequisite to the issuance of a substitute Warrant, the Company may require satisfactory evidence of loss, theft or destruction as well as an indemnity from the Holder of a lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant.

 

6. PAYMENT OF TAXES

 

The Company will pay all transfer and stock issuance taxes attributable to the preparation, issuance and delivery of this Warrant and the Warrant Shares (and replacement Warrants) including, without limitation, all documentary and stamp taxes; provided , however , that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax in respect of the transfer of this Warrant, or the issuance or delivery of certificates for Warrant Shares or other securities in respect of the Warrant Shares to any person or entity other than to the Holder.

 

7. FRACTIONAL WARRANT SHARES

 

No fractional Warrant Shares shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant. The Company, in lieu of issuing any fractional Warrant Share, shall round up the number of Warrant Shares issuable to nearest whole share.

 

8. NO STOCK RIGHTS AND LEGEND

 

No holder of this Warrant, as such, shall be entitled to vote or be deemed the holder of any other securities of the Company that may at any time be issuable on the exercise hereof, nor shall anything contained herein be construed to confer upon the holder of this Warrant, as such, the rights of a stockholder of the Company or the right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or give or withhold consent to any corporate action or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as provided herein), or to receive dividends or subscription rights or otherwise (except as provide herein).

 

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Each certificate for Warrant Shares initially issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, and each certificate for Warrant Shares issued to any subsequent transferee of any such certificate, shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND NEITHER SUCH SECURITIES NOR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (1) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (2) AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION EXISTS AND THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE HOLDER OF SUCH SECURITIES, WHICH COUNSEL AND OPINION ARE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED IN THE MANNER CONTEMPLATED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.”

 

9. PIGGYBACK REGISTRATION RIGHT

 

If, at any time within twelve (12) months of the Effective Date, the Company proposes to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering by the Company of its Common Stock (other than a registration (i) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other registration solely relating to an offering or sale to employees or directors of the Company pursuant to any employee stock plan or other employee benefit arrangement), (ii) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or similar form that relates to a transaction subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), or (iii) in connection with any dividend or distribution reinvestment or similar plan), then the Company shall give written notice (each, a “Company Piggy-Back Notice”) of such proposed filing to Holder at least fifteen days before the anticipated filing date of such registration statement, and such Company Piggy-Back Notice also shall be required to offer to such Rightsholders the opportunity to register such aggregate number of Warrant Shares as the Holder may request. The Holder shall have the right, exercisable for the five days immediately following the giving of a Company Piggy-Back Notice, to request, by written notice (the “Holder Notice”) to the Company, the inclusion of all or any portion of the Warrant Shares of the Holder in such registration statement. The Company shall use reasonable efforts to cause the managing underwriter(s) of a proposed underwritten offering to permit the inclusion of the Warrant Shares which were the subject of the Holder Notice in such underwritten offering on the same terms and conditions as any Common Stock of the Company included therein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this paragraph, if the managing underwriter(s) of such underwritten offering or any proposed underwritten offering delivers a written opinion to the Holder that the total number of shares of Common Stock which they, the Company and any other person intend to include in such offering is such as to materially and adversely affect the success of such offering, then the amount of securities to be offered for the accounts of the Holder and persons other than the Company shall be eliminated or reduced pro rata (based on the amount of securities owned by the Holder and other persons which carry registration rights) to the extent necessary to reduce the total amount of securities to be included in such offering to the amount recommended by such managing underwriter(s) in the managing underwriter’s written opinion.

 

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Notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary in this Section 9, the Company shall have the absolute right, whether before or after the giving of a Company Piggy-Back Notice or Holder Notice, to determine not to file a registration statement to which the Holder shall have the right to include its Warrant Shares therein pursuant to this Section 9, to withdraw such registration statement or to delay or suspend pursuing the effectiveness of such registration statement. In the event of such a determination after the giving of a Company Piggy-Back Notice, the Company shall give notice of such determination to the Holder and other persons which carry registration rights and, thereupon, (A) in the case of a determination not to register or to withdraw such registration statement, the Company shall be relieved of its obligation under this Section 9 to register any of the Warrant Shares in connection with such registration and (B) in the case of a determination to delay the registration, the Company shall be permitted to delay or suspend the registration of Warrant Shares pursuant to this Section 10 for the same period as the delay in the registration of such other securities.

 

10. NOTICES

 

All notices, consents, waivers, and other communications under this Warrant must be in writing and will be deemed given to a party when (a) delivered to the appropriate address by hand or by nationally recognized overnight courier service (costs prepaid); (b) sent by facsimile or e-mail with confirmation of transmission by the transmitting equipment; (c) received or rejected by the addressee, if sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, if to the registered Holder hereof; or (d) seven days after the placement of the notice into the mails (first class postage prepaid), to the Holder at the address, facsimile number, or e-mail address furnished by the registered Holder to the Company, or if to the Company, to it at:

 

GrowGeneration, Corp.

1000 West Mississippi Avenue

Denver, Colorado 80223

Attention: Darren Lampert, Chief Executive Officer

 

with copy to:

 

Robinson & Cole, LLP

1055 Washington Blvd.

Stamford, Connecticut 06901

Attention: Mitchell L. Lampert, Esq.

Facsimile: (203) 462-7599

 

11. SEVERABILITY

 

If a court of competent jurisdiction holds any provision of this Warrant invalid or unenforceable, the other provisions of this Warrant will remain in full force and effect. Any provision of this Warrant held invalid or unenforceable only in part or degree will remain in full force and effect to the extent not held invalid or unenforceable.

 

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12. BINDING EFFECT

 

This Warrant shall be binding upon and inure to the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, its successors and assigns, the registered Holder or Holders from time to time of this Warrant and the Warrant Shares.

 

13. SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS AND DUTIES

 

This Warrant shall terminate and be of no further force and effect on the earlier of 5:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date or the date on which this Warrant has been exercised in full.

 

14. GOVERNING LAW

 

This Warrant will be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Colorado without regard to conflicts of laws principles that would require the application of any other law.

 

15. DISPUTE RESOLUTION

 

In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile within two Business Days of receipt of the Notice of Exercise giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation of the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within two Business Days, submit via facsimile (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the Company’s independent, outside accountant. The Company shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than ten (10) Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.

 

16. NOTICES OF RECORD DATE

 

Upon (a) any establishment by the Company of a record date of the holders of any class of securities for the purpose of determining the holders thereof who are entitled to receive any dividend or other distribution, or right or option to acquire securities of the Company, or any other right, or (b) any capital reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any other corporation, any transfer of all or substantially all the assets of the Company, or any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, or the sale, in a single transaction, of a majority of the Company’s voting stock (whether newly issued, or from treasury, or previously issued and then outstanding, or any combination thereof), the Company shall mail to the Holder at least ten (10) Business Days, or such longer period as may be required by law, prior to the record date specified therein, a notice specifying (i) the date established as the record date for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, option or right and a description of such dividend, option or right, (ii) the date on which any such reorganization, reclassification, transfer, consolidation, merger, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, or sale is expected to become effective and (iii) the date, if any, fixed as to when the holders of record of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, transfer, consolation, merger, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.

 

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17. RESERVATION OF SHARES

 

The Company shall reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock for issuance upon the exercise of this Warrant, free from pre-emptive rights, such number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant shall from time to time be exercisable. 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. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company covenants that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to 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 use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents, including but not limited to consents from the Company’s stockholders or Board of Directors or any public regulatory body, as may be necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

18. NO THIRD PARTY RIGHTS

 

This Warrant is not intended, and will not be construed, to create any rights in any parties other than the Company and the Holder, and no person or entity may assert any rights as third-party beneficiary hereunder.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed as of the date first set forth above.

 

  GROWGENERATION, CORP.
     
  By:                              
  Name: Darren Lampert
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

(To be executed by the Holder of Warrant if such Holder desires to exercise Warrant)

 

To GrowGeneration, Corp.:

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise this Warrant and to purchase thereunder, ___________________ full shares of GrowGeneration, Corp.’s common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant, and (check the applicable box):

 

  tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full in the form of cash or a certified or official bank check in same-day funds in the amount of $____________ and any applicable taxes payable by the undersigned pursuant to such Warrant.
   
 ☐ elects the Cashless Exercise option pursuant to Section 1(b)(i)(D) of the Warrant.

 

The undersigned requests that certificates for such shares be issued in the name of:

 

 

 

(Please print name, address and social security or federal employer
identification number (if applicable))

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the shares issuable upon this exercise of the Warrant are not all of the Warrant Shares which the Holder is entitled to acquire upon the exercise of the Warrant, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant evidencing the rights not so exercised be issued in the name of and delivered to:

 

 

 

(Please print name, address and social security or federal employer

identification number (if applicable))

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Name of Holder (print):                                                 
  (Signature):                                                                      
  (By:)                                                                               
  (Title:)                                                                            
  Dated:                                                                            

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ___________________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers to each assignee set forth below all of the rights of the undersigned under the Warrant (as defined in and evidenced by the attached Warrant) to acquire the number of Warrant Shares set opposite the name of such assignee below and in and to the foregoing Warrant with respect to said acquisition rights and the shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant:

  

Name of Assignee Address Number of Shares

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

If the total of the Warrant Shares are not all of the Warrant Shares evidenced by the foregoing Warrant, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant evidencing the right to acquire the Warrant Shares not so assigned be issued in the name of and delivered to the undersigned.

 

  Name of Holder (print):                                                 
  (Signature):                                                                      
  (By:)                                                                               
  (Title:)                                                                            
  Dated:                                                                            

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.5

 

GrowGeneration Raises $9.0 Million in Growth Capital

 

Company Increases 2018 Revenue Guidance To Over $30 Million

 

Denver, Colo., January 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- GrowGeneration Corp. (OTCQB: GRWG ), (“GrowGen” or the “Company”) one of the largest specialty retail hydroponic and organic gardening stores, with currently 14 locations serving both commercial and home growers, announced today that it has completed an offering of $9.0 million in convertible notes led by Merida Capital Partners, which increased its investment by an additional $2,000,000 of new capital in the Company. Navy Capital also participated in this round of financing. The oversubscribed convertible notes had a $3.00 per share convertible price, with each $250,000 noteholder receiving 37,500 warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock.

 

Darren Lampert, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of GrowGeneration, said “With this additional capital, the Company is setting 2018 revenue guidance at over $30 million. Several acquisitions are planned to close in the 1 st and 2 nd quarters of 2018. The Company’s acquisition targets include hydroponic and cultivation supply operations in the New England and California markets and proprietary products for commercial growers. Merida Capital’s continued support, along with our additional institutional investors, validates the Company’s business model and its ability to attract high quality strategic capital.”

 

Merida Capital’s Managing Partner, Mitch Baruchowitz, added, “While Merida Capital is impressed with the acceleration of GrowGen’s organic growth and performance in 2017, we are even more excited at the sheer volume of high quality acquisition opportunities GrowGen has in the intermediate term. As one of the first investors in GrowGen, we remain confident in the incredible long-term prospects for this company.”

 

About GrowGeneration Corp.:

 

GrowGeneration Corp. (“GrowGen”) owns and operates specialty retail hydroponic and organic gardening stores. Currently, GrowGen has 14 stores, which includes 9 locations in Colorado, 2 locations in California, 2 locations in Nevada and 1 location in Washington. GrowGen carries and sells thousands of products, including organic nutrients and soils, advanced lighting technology and state of the art hydroponic equipment to be used indoors and outdoors by commercial and home growers. Our mission is to own and operate GrowGeneration branded stores in all the major legalized cannabis states. Management estimates that roughly 1,000 hydroponic stores are in operation in the U.S. According to New Frontier Data, by 2020, the market is estimated to reach over $23 billion with a compound annual growth rate of 32%.

 

Forward Looking Statements:

 

This press release may include predictions, estimates or other information that might be considered forward-looking within the meaning of applicable securities laws. While these forward-looking statements represent our current judgments, they are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect our opinions only as of the date of this release. Please keep in mind that we are not obligating ourselves to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements in light of new information or future events. When used herein, words such as “look forward,” “believe,” “continue,” “building,” or variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in any forward-looking statements made by us herein are often discussed in filings we make with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, available at: www.sec.gov, and on our website, at: www.growgeneration.com.

 

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