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): November 7, 2019

 

MICT, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

DELAWARE   001-35850   27-0016420
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.)

 

28 West Grand Avenue, Suite 3, Montvale, New Jersey   07645
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(201) 225-0190

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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

 

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

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on
which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share   MICT   The Nasdaq Capital Market

 

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

 

Emerging growth company ☐

 

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

  

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Merger Agreement

 

On November 7, 2019, MICT, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“MICT” or the “Company”), GFH Intermediate Holdings Ltd., a British Virgin Islands company (“Intermediate”) that is wholly owned by Global Fintech Holding Ltd., a British Virgin Islands company (“GFH”) entered into, and MICT Merger Subsidiary Inc., a to-be-formed British Virgin Islands company and a wholly owned subsidiary of MICT (“Merger Sub”), shall upon execution of a joinder enter into, an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into Intermediate, with Intermediate continuing as the surviving entity, and each outstanding share of Intermediate’s common stock shall be cancelled in exchange for the right of the holders thereof to receive a substantially equivalent security of MICT (collectively, the “Acquisition”). GFH will receive an aggregate of 109,946,914 shares of MICT common stock as merger consideration in the Acquisition.

 

Concurrent with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Intermediate entered into (i) a share exchange agreement with Beijing Brookfield Interactive Science & Technology Co. Ltd., an enterprise formed under the laws of the Peoples Republic of China (“Beijing Brookfield”), pursuant to which Intermediate will acquire all of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares and other equity interest of Beijing Brookfield from the shareholders of Beijing Brookfield in exchange for 16,310,759 newly issued shares of GFH and (ii) a share exchange agreement with ParagonEx Ltd., a British Virgin Islands business company (“ParagonEx”), shareholders of ParagoneEx specified therein (the “ParagonEx Sellers”) and Mark Gershinson, pursuant to which, the ParagonEx Sellers will transfer to Intermediate all of the issued and outstanding securities of ParagonEx in exchange for Intermediate’s payment and delivery of $10.0 million in cash, which is to be paid upon the closing of the Acquisition, and 75,132,504 newly issued shares of GFH deliverable at the closing of the share exchange.

 

After giving effect to the Acquisition, the conversion of the Convertible Debentures (as discussed below) and the conversion or exercise of the securities issued by MICT pursuant to the Offering of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrants and the Offering of Convertible Note and Warrants, each as previously described in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 10, 2019, it is expected that MICT will have approximately $15.0 million of cash as well as ownership of ParagonEx and Beijing Brookfield and that MICT’s current stockholders will own approximately 11,089,532 shares, or 7.64%, of the 145,130,577 shares of MICT common stock outstanding.

 

Consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement is subject to certain closing conditions, including, among other things, approval by the stockholders of MICT and receipt of a fairness opinion indicating that the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement are fair to the stockholders of MICT. The Merger Agreement contains certain termination rights for the Company and Intermediate. The Merger Agreement also contains customary representations, warranties and covenants made by, among others, MICT, Intermediate and Merger Sub, including as to the conduct of their respective businesses (as applicable) between the date of signing the Merger Agreement and the closing of the transactions contemplated thereby.

The Merger Agreement provides that all options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock that are outstanding and unexercised shall be accelerated in full effective as of immediately prior to the effective time of the Acquisition. The options shall survive the closing of the Acquisition for a period of 15 months from the date of the closing of the Acquisition and all equity incentive plans of the Company shall remain in effect.

 

The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 2.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Voting Agreement

 

In connection with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement, David Lucatz, on behalf of his affiliates that are stockholders of the Company (the “Stockholder”), entered into a voting agreement (the “Voting Agreement”) pursuant to which, during the term of such agreement, the Stockholder has agreed to certain actions in support of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and will, at every meeting of the stockholders of the Company called for such purpose, and at every adjournment or postponement thereof (or in any other circumstances upon which a vote, consent or approval is sought, including by written consent), not vote any of his shares of the Company’s common stock at such meeting in favor of, or consent to, and will vote against and not consent to, the approval of any alternative proposal that is intended, or would reasonably be expected, to prevent, impede, interfere with, delay or adversely affect in any material respect the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

 

The foregoing description of the Voting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Voting Agreement, a form of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Offering of Secured Convertible Debentures

 

On November 7, 2019, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Primary Purchase Agreement”) with certain investors identified therein (the “Primary Purchasers”) pursuant to which, among other things, the Primary Purchasers agreed, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in the Primary Purchase Agreement, to purchase from the Company 5% senior secured convertible debentures due 2020 (the “Primary Convertible Debentures”) with an aggregate principal amount of approximately $15.9 million (the “Primary Convertible Debenture Offering”). Concurrently with entry into the Primary Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a separate Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Non-Primary Purchase Agreement” and, together with the Primary Purchase Agreement, the “Purchase Agreements”) with certain investors identified therein (the “Non-Primary Purchasers” and, together with the Primary Purchasers, the “Purchasers”) pursuant to which, among other things, the Non-Primary Purchasers agreed, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in the Non-Primary Purchase Agreement, to purchase from the Company 5% senior secured convertible debentures due 2020 (the “Non-Primary Convertible Debentures” and, together with the Primary Convertible Debentures, the “Convertible Debentures”) with an aggregate principal amount of $9.0 million (together with the Primary Convertible Debenture Offering, collectively, the “Convertible Debenture Offering”). The Convertible Debentures shall be convertible into shares of Common Stock of the Company at a conversion price of $1.41 per share. The Convertible Debentures will be due upon the earlier of (i) six months from the date of issuance and (ii) the termination of the Merger Agreement. The Company is obligated to pay interest to the Purchasers on the outstanding principal amount at the rate of 5% per annum, payable quarterly, in cash or, at the Company’s option in certain instances, in shares of Common Stock. The Company may not voluntarily prepay any portion of the principal amount of the Convertible Debentures without the prior written consent of the Purchasers.

 

Subject to stockholder approval of an increase in the shares of Common Stock to allow for the full conversion of the Convertible Debentures into Common Stock, the Convertible Debentures shall be convertible into Common Stock at the option of the Purchasers at any time and from time to time. Upon the closing of the Acquisition and written notice of the Company to the Purchasers, the Purchasers shall be forced to convert the Convertible Debentures into shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “Forced Conversion”). Upon the occurrence of certain events, including, among others, if the Company fails to file a preliminary proxy statement with respect to the Acquisition on or prior to November 18, 2019, if the Forced Conversion does not occur on or before January 24, 2020, or certain breaches of the Primary Purchasers’ Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below), the Primary Purchasers are permitted to require the Company to redeem the Primary Convertible Debentures, including any interest that has accrued thereunder, for cash.

 

The proceeds of each Convertible Debenture Offering shall be placed in separate blocked bank accounts, each of which shall be subject to a blocked deposit account control agreement to be entered into. The Company shall not have access to such proceeds until the closing of the Acquisition and only upon the satisfaction of certain other requirements, including, among other things, effectiveness of the Resale Registration Statement (as defined below).

 

The Purchase Agreements provide for customary registration rights, pursuant to their respective registration rights agreement to be entered into at the time of the closing of the Convertible Debenture Offering (each, a “Registration Rights Agreement”). Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreements, the Company will be obligated to, among other things, (i) file a registration statement (the “Resale Registration Statement”) with the SEC within seven business days following the filing of an initial proxy statement with respect to the Acquisition, but no later than November 27, 2019, for purposes of registering the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Convertible Debentures and (ii) use its best efforts to cause the Resale Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable after filing, and in any event no later than the effectiveness of the Acquisition. The Registration Rights Agreements will contain customary terms and conditions for a transaction of this type, including certain customary cash penalties on the Company for its failure to satisfy the specified filing and effectiveness time periods.

 

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The securities sold in the Convertible Debenture Offering shall be issued in reliance on an exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(2) the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

 

The foregoing description of the Convertible Debenture Offering is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Purchase Agreements, the form of Primary Debentures and the form of Non-Primary Debentures (the “Convertible Debenture Transaction Documents”), copies of which are filed as exhibit 10.2, 10.3, 4.1 and 4.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, respectively. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Convertible Debenture Transaction Documents were made only for purposes of such agreements and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Convertible Debenture Transaction Documents, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties. Accordingly, the Convertible Debenture Transaction Documents are incorporated herein by reference only to provide information regarding the terms of the Convertible Debenture Transaction Documents, and not to provide any other factual information regarding the Company or its business, and should be read in conjunction with the disclosures in the Company’s periodic reports and other filings with the SEC.

 

Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

As previously disclosed, on December 18, 2018, the Company, GFH, GFH Merger Subsidiary, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of GFH, BNN Technology PLC, a United Kingdom private limited company (“BNN”), Brookfield Interactive (Hong Kong) Limited, a Hong Kong company and a subsidiary of BNN (“BI China”), ParagonEx, certain holders of ParagonEx’s outstanding ordinary shares and a trustee thereof, and Mark Gershinson, in the capacity as the representative of the ParagonEx sellers, entered into an acquisition agreement (the “2018 Acquisition Agreement”).

 

Effective as of November 7, 2019, the Company, BNN, BI China and ParagonEx (the “Parties”) entered into a mutual Termination Agreement (the "Termination Agreement"), pursuant to which the Parties agreed to terminate the 2018 Acquisition Agreement, effective immediately.

 

The foregoing description of the 2018 Acquisition Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2018 Acquisition Agreement, which was filed as an exhibit to MICT’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 21, 2018.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The information called for by this Item 3.02 is contained in Item 1.01 – Convertible Debenture Offering, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On November 8, 2019, the Company issued a press release to announce the Merger Agreement and the Convertible Debenture Offering. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

 

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

 

2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 7, 2019, by and among the parties named therein.*
4.1 Form of Primary Convertible Debentures
4.2 Form of Non-Primary Convertible Debentures
10.1 Form of Voting Agreement.
10.2 Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2019, by and between the Company and the Primary Purchasers listed therein
10.3 Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2019, by and between the Company and the Non- Primary Purchasers listed therein
99.1 Press Release Issued November 8, 2019.

 

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Certain schedules and exhibits to this agreement have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-k. MICT, Inc. agrees to furnish a supplemental copy of any omitted schedule to the SEC (as defined below) upon request

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

  MICT, INC.
   
Dated: November 13, 2019 By: /s/ David Lucatz
    Name:  David Lucatz
    Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 2.1

 

Execution Version

 

CONFIDENTIAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

  

by and among

  

MICT, INC.
as MICT,

  

MICT MERGER SUBSIDIARY INC.,
as Merger Sub,

 

and

 

GFH INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LTD.,
as Intermediate

 

Dated as of November 7, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
I. MERGER 2
1.1. Merger 2
1.2. Effective Time 2
1.3. Effect of the Merger 3
1.4. Merger Consideration 3
1.5. Organizational Documents of Surviving Company 3
1.6. Reserved 3
1.7. Effect of Merger on Issued Securities of Intermediate 3
1.8. Effect of Merger on Merger Sub Shares 4
1.9. Surrender of Intermediate Certificates 4
1.10. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed MICT Certificates 4
1.11. Section 368 Reorganization 4
1.12. Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action 5
1.13. Sunrise Agreement 5
1.14. Stadium Note 5
1.15. Minimum Net Cash 5
   
II. CLOSING 6
2.1. Closing 6
   
III. representations and warranties of MICT AND MERGER SUB 6
3.1. Organization and Standing 6
3.2. Authorization; Binding Agreement 7
3.3. Governmental Approvals 7
3.4. Non-Contravention 7
3.5. Capitalization 8
3.6. SEC Filings and MICT Financials 9
3.7. Absence of Certain Changes 10
3.8. Compliance with Laws 10
3.9. Actions; Orders; Permits 11
3.10. Taxes and Returns 11
3.11. Employees and Employee Benefit Plans 12
3.12. Real Property 12
3.13. Personal Property 12
3.14. Title to and Sufficiency of Assets 13
3.15. Material Contracts 13
3.16. Transactions with Affiliates 13
3.17. Investment Company Act 13
3.18. Finders and Brokers 13
3.19. Certain Business Practices 14
3.20. Insurance 14
3.21. Reserved 14
3.22. Subsidiaries 15
3.23. Information Supplied 15
3.24. Merger Sub Activities 15
3.25. Disclosure 16

 

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Article IV. representations and warranties of Intermediate 16
4.1 Organization and Standing 16
4.2. Authorization; Binding Agreement 16
4.3. Governmental Approvals 17
4.4. Non-Contravention 17
4.5. Capitalization 17
4.6. Finders and Brokers 18
4.7. Intermediate Activities 18
4.8. Absence of Certain Changes 18
4.9. Rule 506(d) Representation 18
4.10. Regulation S 18
   
V. COVENANTS 18
5.1. Access and Information 18
5.2. Conduct of Business of MICT 19
5.3. Audited Financial Statements 21
5.4. MICT Public Filings 22
5.5. No Solicitation 22
5.6. No Trading 24
5.7. Notification of Certain Matters 24
5.8. Efforts 25
5.9. Further Assurances 26
5.10. Proxy Statement 27
5.11. Public Announcements 28
5.12. Confidential Information 29
5.13. Documents and Information 30
5.14. Post-Closing Board of Directors and Executive Officers 30
5.15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers; Tail Insurance 31
5.16 Section 16 Matters 32
5.17. Legends 32
5.18 LTIP Grant to ParagonEx Founders 32
   
VI. Closing conditions 33
6.1. Conditions of Each Party’s Obligations 33
6.2. Conditions to Obligations of Intermediate 34
6.3. Conditions to Obligations of MICT and Merger Sub 36
6.4. Frustration of Conditions 37
   
VII. TERMINATION AND EXPENSES 37
7.1. Termination 37
7.2 Reserved 39
7.3 Effect of Termination 39
7.4 Reserved 39
7.5. Reserved 39
7.6. Fees and Expenses 40

 

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VIII. MISCELLANEOUS 40
8.1. Notices 40
8.2. Binding Effect; Assignment 41
8.3. Third Parties 41
8.4. Reserved 41
8.5. Governing Law; Jurisdiction 41
8.6. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL 42
8.7. Specific Performance 42
8.8. Severability 42
8.9. Amendment 42
8.10. Waiver 42
8.11. Entire Agreement 43
8.12. Interpretation 43
8.13. Counterparts 44
8.14. Counterparts 44
   
IX. DEFINITIONS 44
9.1. Certain Definitions 44
9.2. Section References 53

 

INDEX OF EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit   Description

 

Exhibit A   Form of Voting Agreement

 

Exhibit B   Form of Joinder Agreement

 

Exhibit C   MICT Operating Budget

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of November 7, 2019, by and among (i) MICT, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors, “MICT”), (ii) MICT Merger Subsidiary Inc., upon execution of a joinder hereto, a to-be-formed British Virgin Islands company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of MICT (“Merger Sub”) and (iii) GFH Intermediate Holdings Ltd., a British Virgin Islands company (“Intermediate”). MICT, Merger Sub (upon execution of a joinder hereto), and Intermediate are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party” and, collectively, as the “Parties”.

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS, MICT, indirectly through its subsidiaries, is a developer, manufacturer and provider of mobile computing platforms for the mobile logistics management market in the United States, Europe and Israel;

 

WHEREAS, Intermediate is a recently incorporated British Virgin Islands business company with limited operations, which is owned entirely by Global Fintech Holding Ltd. (“GFH” or the “Intermediate Shareholder”), also a British Virgin Islands business company, which in turn is owned by certain individuals who are not U.S. citizens or residents;

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, (i) Intermediate, shall be entering into a share exchange agreement (the “Beijing Brookfield Share Exchange Agreement”) with Beijing Brookfield Interactive Science & Technology Co. Ltd., a wholly foreign-owned enterprise, formed under the laws of the Peoples Republic of China (“Beijing Brookfield”), pursuant to which Intermediate will acquire all of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares and other equity interest of Beijing Brookfield from the shareholders of Beijing Brookfield in exchange for newly issued shares of GFH, and (ii) Intermediate shall enter into a share exchange agreement with ParagonEx Ltd., a British Virgin Islands business company (“ParagonEx”), shareholders of ParagonEx specified therein (the “ParagonEx Sellers”) and Mark Gershinson (the “Seller Representative”), whereby, subject to and upon the fulfillment of the conditions set forth in such agreement, the ParagonEx Sellers shall transfer to Intermediate all of the issued and outstanding securities of ParagonEx held by them, comprising all of ParagonEx’s issued shares on a fully diluted basis, in exchange for Intermediate’s payment and delivery of the ParagonEx Cash Consideration and the Exchange Shares, as such terms are defined therein (the “ParagonEx Share Exchange Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, the Parties desire and intend to effect a business combination transaction whereby Merger Sub will merge with and into Intermediate, with Intermediate continuing as the surviving entity, as a result of which each share of Intermediate that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (as defined below) shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled, in exchange for the right of the holder thereof to receive a substantially equivalent security of MICT (the “Merger”, and together with the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the “Transactions”), all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Delaware Act (as defined herein) and the BVI Act, as applicable;

 

WHEREAS, MICT has entered into subscription agreements with certain investors (the “PIPE Investors”) pursuant to which such PIPE Investors will make investments in MICT in a private placement transaction in the aggregate amount of at least Twenty Five Million U.S. Dollars ($25,000,000), in consideration for the issuance of senior secured convertible notes of MICT, such purchases to be consummated and the proceeds thereof released to MICT immediately prior to the Closing, conditioned upon receipt of approval of the stockholders of MICT to the Transactions and satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to Closing set forth in Article VI (such transactions, the “PIPE Investment”);

 

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WHEREAS, on July 29, 2019, MICT closed a private placement with BNN Technology PLC, a United Kingdom private limited company (“BNN”), whereby MICT issued to BNN convertible notes of MICT and warrants to purchase shares of common stock of MICT (such notes being automatically convertible into shares of common stock of MICT upon Closing);

 

WHEREAS, the boards of directors of MICT and Intermediate have each, and the board of Merger Sub will have following its formation and prior to execution of a joinder to this Agreement (i) determined that the Transactions are fair, advisable and in the best interests of their respective companies and security holders, and (ii) approved this Agreement and the Transactions, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

 

WHEREAS, MICT has received voting and support agreements in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (collectively, the “Voting Agreements”) signed by MICT and the holders of voting stock of MICT set forth on Schedule 1; and

 

WHEREAS, certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Article IX hereof.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, which are incorporated in this Agreement as if fully set forth below, and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Article I
MERGER

 

1.1 Merger. At the Effective Time, and subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the plan of merger and the articles of merger to be prepared by the Parties (the “Plan of Merger” and the “Articles of Merger” respectively), and in accordance with the applicable provisions the BVI Act, Intermediate, as a constituent party for the purpose of the BVI Act, and Merger Sub, as a constituent party for the purpose of the BVI Act, shall consummate the Merger, pursuant to which Merger Sub shall be merged with and into Intermediate as the surviving entity for the purpose of the BVI Act, following which the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and Intermediate shall continue as the surviving company. Intermediate, as the surviving company after the Merger, is hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Surviving Company” (provided, that references to Intermediate for periods after the Effective Time shall include the Surviving Company).

 

1.2 Effective Time. Intermediate and Merger Sub shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing the Articles of Merger and any other documents required to be filed pursuant to the BVI Act with the British Virgin Islands Registrar of Corporate Affairs, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the BVI Act (the time of such filing, or such later time as may be specified in the Articles of Merger, being the “Effective Time”).

 

1.3 Effect of the Merger. At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement, the Articles of Merger and the applicable provisions of the BVI Act. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time:

 

(a) assets of every description, including choses in action and the business of each of Intermediate and Merger Sub, immediately vests in Intermediate; and

 

(b) Intermediate is liable for all claims, debts, liabilities and obligations of each of Intermediate and Merger Sub.

 

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1.4 Merger Consideration. As consideration for the Merger, MICT shall deliver to the Intermediate Shareholder, an aggregate of 109,946,914 shares of MICT Common Stock (the “Shareholder Merger Consideration”), with each share of MICT Common Stock valued at the MICT Common Stock Price. A capitalization table showing the breakdown of the shareholdings of MICT on a fully diluted basis immediately before and after the issuance of the Shareholder Merger Consideration, including all surviving options, warrants, convertible notes and other convertible instruments that may remain or become outstanding obligations of MICT at the Closing, including those issuable upon conversion or exercise of any of the securities specified in Section ‎5.2(b)(ii) below, is attached as Schedule ‎1.4 (the “Cap Table”). Any equity financing that MICT may undertake prior to the completion of the Merger in order to meet its obligation under Section ‎1.14 below, to have net unrestricted cash equal to at least the Minimum Net Cash, shall not dilute or otherwise adversely affect the GFH Shareholders (including the ParagonEx Sellers) in any manner.

 

1.5 Organizational Documents of Surviving Company. At the Effective Time, the Memorandum and Articles of Association of Intermediate, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall become the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Surviving Company.

 

1.6 Reserved.

 

1.7 Effect of Merger on Issued Securities of Intermediate. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or the holders of securities of MICT, Intermediate or Merger Sub:

 

(a) Intermediate Shares. Subject to Section 1.7(b) below, all Intermediate Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will automatically be cancelled and cease to exist in exchange for the right to receive the Shareholder Merger Consideration, with the Intermediate Shareholder being entitled to receive the Shareholder Merger Consideration, without interest, upon delivery of the Transmittal Documents in accordance with Section 1.9. As of the Effective Time, the holders of certificates previously evidencing Intermediate Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect to such shares except as provided herein or by Law.

 

(b) Reserved.

 

(c) Transfers of Ownership. If any certificate for securities of the Surviving Company is to be issued in a name other than that in which the certificate surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it will be a condition of the issuance thereof that the certificate so surrendered will be properly endorsed (or accompanied by an appropriate instrument of transfer) and otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the person requesting such exchange will have paid to the Surviving Company or any agent designated by it any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of the issuance of a certificate for securities of Surviving Company in any name other than that of the registered holder of the certificate surrendered, or established to the satisfaction of Surviving Company or any agent designated by it that such tax has been paid or is not payable.

 

(d) No Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1.7, none of the Surviving Company, MICT or any other Party hereto shall be liable to any Person for any amount properly paid to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.

 

(e) Dissenter Rights. In accordance with Section 179 of the BVI Act, no dissenter rights would be available to holders of shares of Intermediate Shares who are dissenting from the Merger.

 

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1.8 Effect of Merger on Merger Sub Shares. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger all of the shares of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into an equal number of shares of the Surviving Company, with the same rights, powers and privileges as the shares so converted and shall constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving Company.

 

1.9 Surrender of Intermediate Securities.

 

(a) All securities issued as Shareholder Merger Consideration upon the surrender of Intermediate Securities in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such securities.

 

(b) The Intermediate Shareholder shall be entitled to receive the Shareholder Merger Consideration as consideration for the cancellation of the Intermediate Shares represented by the Intermediate Certificate(s), as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, but subject to the delivery to MICT of the following items (collectively, the “Transmittal Documents”): (i) the Intermediate Certificate(s) for its Intermediate Shares, and such other documents as may be reasonably requested by MICT in respect of the Intermediate Shares it shall hold at the Effective Time; and (ii) a counterpart to a customary Lock-Up Agreement with respect to the MICT Common Stock in a form to be mutually agreed to among the Parties prior to the Closing (“Lock-Up Agreement”), and (iii) a duly executed counterpart to the Registration Rights Agreement. Until so surrendered, each Intermediate Certificate shall represent after the Effective Time for all purposes only the right to receive such portion of the Shareholder Merger Consideration attributable to such Intermediate Certificate.

 

1.10 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed MICT Certificates. In the event any certificates shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, MICT shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificates or securities, as the case may be, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof (“Lost Certificate Affidavit”), such securities, as may be required by MICT; provided, however, that MICT may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificates to deliver a bond in such sum as it may reasonably direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Surviving Company with respect to the certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

 

1.11 Section 368 Reorganization. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Merger is intended to constitute a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. The Parties hereby (a) adopt this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Section 1.368-2(g) of the United States Treasury Regulations, (b) agree to file and retain such information as shall be required under Section 1.368-3 of the United States Treasury Regulations, and (c) agree to file all Tax and other informational returns on a basis consistent with such characterization. Each of the Parties acknowledge and agree that each (i) has had the opportunity to obtain independent legal and tax advice with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (ii) is responsible for paying its own Taxes, including any adverse Tax consequences that may result if the Merger is determined not to qualify as a reorganization under Section 368 of the Code.

 

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1.12 Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action. If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Company with full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of Merger Sub as required by the BVI Act, the officers and directors of MICT and Merger Sub are fully authorized in the name of their respective entities to take, and will take, all such lawful and necessary action, so long as such action is not inconsistent with this Agreement.

 

1.13 Sunrise Agreement. The Parties acknowledge that after the Closing, the board of MICT shall take all necessary action to increase the number of shares of MICT Common Stock to such number of shares as the board reasonably determines will be sufficient for it to, if necessary, issue a number of shares equivalent in value to any potential claim for compensation under the letter agreement between MICT, Sunrise Securities LLC (“Sunrise Securities”) and Trump Securities (“Trump Securities”), dated March 13, 2017 (the “Sunrise Agreement”) that is brought by Sunrise Securities, Trump Securities or their respective Affiliates against any of MICT, GFH or their respective Subsidiaries. In the event any such claim is finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction in favor of Trump Securities, Sunrise Securities or any of their Affiliates, MICT shall issue such shares of MICT Common Stock to GFH. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the number of shares of MICT Common Stock issued to GFH exceed seven percent (7%) of the issued and outstanding shares of MICT Common Stock immediately following the issuance of (i) any compensation shares adjudicated in favor of Sunrise Securities, Trump Securities or their Affiliates, and (ii) the compensation shares to GFH as contemplated herein above.

 

1.14 Stadium Note. If, at any time following the Closing, the principal amount of the Stadium Note, any interest thereon and any other payments due in connection therewith (collectively, the “Total Stadium Note Amount”), or any part thereof, is either (a) converted into shares of MICT stock of any class (or into securities exchangeable for such shares) or (b) paid or repaid by MICT or by any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (or otherwise at MICT’s direct or indirect expense), then MICT shall issue to the ParagonEx Sellers, at no cost, such number of additional shares of MICT Common Stock as necessary to bring (a) the total value of the stake beneficially owned by the ParagonEx Sellers in MICT immediately following the issuance of such additional shares (taking into account all conversion shares underlying the Stadium Note, if converted, or a diminishment in MICT’s equity value in an amount equal to the Total Stadium Note Amount dollar-for-dollar, if repaid) to equal (b) the total value of the shares beneficially owned by the ParagonEx Sellers in MICT had the Stadium Note been forfeited and cancelled without any impact on MICT immediately prior to their conversion or repayment – in each case based on the MICT Common Stock Price and on a fully diluted basis. Such anti-dilution shares shall be allocated among the ParagonEx Sellers pro-rata in accordance with their respective holdings of Purchased Securities, as defined in the ParagonEx Share Exchange Agreement.

 

1.15 Minimum Net Cash. At Closing, following the closing of the PIPE Investment and any other financing transactions, the completion of the Related Acquisitions and after giving effect to the payment of the consideration therefor and after payment or deduction of (i) all costs and expenses of the Transactions (other than the ParagonEx Cash Consideration, as described in this Section 1.14), (ii) all brokerage and placement agent fees that may be (or have been) incurred in raising capital by or on behalf of MICT, any of its Subsidiaries or Intermediate through the Closing Date, and (iii) any MICT Indebtedness, MICT shall have net unrestricted cash from all sources of at least Twenty Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars ($27,500,000) (the “Minimum Net Cash”).

 

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1.16 Effect of Merger on MICT Options. In connection with the Merger, the MICT board of directors shall have adopted appropriate resolutions and taken all other actions necessary and appropriate to provide that the vesting of each unexpired and unexercised MICT option (the “MICT Options”) shall be accelerated in full effective as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, consistent with the provisions of this Section 1.15. At the Effective Time, all MICT Options that are outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time shall survive the Closing, and for a period of at least fifteen months from the Closing Date (as defined below), any and all equity incentive plans of MICT, including but not limited to the 2012 Stock Incentive Plan and the 2014 Stock Incentive Plan, as in effect on the date of this Agreement, and any registration statement(s) on Form S-8 or otherwise relating to the shares underlying the MICT Options issuable thereunder, shall remain in effect. At the Effective time, any restriction on the exercise of any MICT Option shall continue in full force and effect and the term, exercisability and other provisions of such MICT Options shall otherwise remain unchanged; provided, however, that the vesting of all such options shall be fully accelerated, and they will become fully exercisable as of the Effective Time; and provided further that notwithstanding the termination of the employment or directorship of any optionholder, each MICT Option shall expire on the 15-month anniversary from the Closing Date, and to the extent provided under the terms of any MICT Option, such MICT Option shall, in accordance with its terms, be subject to further adjustment as appropriate to reflect any stock split, dividend or subdivision of shares, stock dividend, reverse stock split, consolidation of shares, reclassification, recapitalization or other similar transaction.

 

Article II
CLOSING

 

2.1 Closing. Unless this Agreement is earlier terminated pursuant to the provisions of Article VII and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VI, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole, LLP (“EGS”), located at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, 11th Floor, on the second (2nd) Business Day after all the Closing conditions to this Agreement have been satisfied or waived at 10:00 a.m. local time, or at such other date, time or place as MICT, Intermediate may agree (the date and time at which the Closing is actually held being the “Closing Date”).

 

Article III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF MICT AND MERGER SUB

 

Except as set forth in (i) the disclosure schedules delivered by MICT and Merger Sub to Intermediate on the date hereof (the “MICT Disclosure Schedules”), the Section numbers of which are numbered to correspond to the Section numbers of this Agreement to which they refer, or (ii) the SEC Reports that are available on the SEC’s website through EDGAR, MICT represents and warrants to Intermediate as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date and Merger Sub represents to Intermediate as of the date Merger Sub executes a joinder to this Agreement in the form of Exhibit B hereto and as of the Closing Date, as follows:

 

3.1 Organization and Standing. MICT and Merger Sub are each corporations duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and the British Virgin Islands, respectively. MICT and Merger Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted and as proposed to be conducted. Each of MICT and Merger Sub is duly qualified or licensed and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of the property owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification or licensing necessary except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, individually or in the aggregate with any such other failures, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to MICT and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. MICT and Merger Sub have heretofore made available to Intermediate accurate and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of MICT and Merger Sub as currently in effect. As of the date hereof and as of the Effective Time neither MICT nor Merger Sub is in violation of any provision of its Organizational Documents or any agreements with its shareholders, except where any such violations, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to MICT and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Merger Sub was formed for the sole purpose of effecting the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any Ancillary Document. Accordingly, prior to the Effective Time, Merger Sub had no material business, operations, property, assets or Liabilities.

 

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3.2 Authorization; Binding Agreement. Each of MICT and Merger Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, subject in the case of MICT to obtaining the Required Stockholder Approval. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (a) have been duly and validly authorized by the board of directors of MICT and Merger Sub and (b) other than the Required Stockholder Approval, no other corporate proceedings, other than as set forth elsewhere in this Agreement, on the part of MICT or Merger Sub are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which such Party is a party or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement has been, and each Ancillary Document to which each of MICT and Merger Sub is a party has been or shall be when delivered, duly and validly executed and delivered by MICT and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and such Ancillary Documents by the other parties hereto and thereto, constitutes, or when delivered shall constitute, the valid and binding obligation of MICT and Merger Sub, enforceable against such Party in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and moratorium laws and other laws of general application affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by any applicable statute of limitation or by any valid defense of set-off or counterclaim, and the fact that equitable remedies or relief (including the remedy of specific performance) are subject to the discretion of the court from which such relief may be sought (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”).

 

3.3 Governmental Approvals. No Consent of or with any Governmental Authority, on the part of MICT or Merger Sub is required to be obtained or made in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by MICT or Merger Sub of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party or the consummation by MICT and Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, other than (a) pursuant to Antitrust Laws, (b) such filings as contemplated by this Agreement, (c) any filings required with Nasdaq or the SEC with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (d) applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and/ or any other U.S. federal securities laws and rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder or otherwise (the “Federal Securities Laws”), and (e) where the failure to obtain or make such Consents or to make such filings or notifications, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MICT.

 

3.4 Non-Contravention. Except as otherwise described in Schedule 3.4, the execution and delivery by MICT and Merger Sub of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party, the consummation by MICT and Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and compliance by such Party with any of the provisions hereof and thereof, will not (a) conflict with or violate any provision of such Party’s Organizational Documents, (b) subject to obtaining the Consents from Governmental Authorities referred to in Section 3.3 hereof, and the waiting periods referred to therein having expired, and any condition precedent to such Consent or waiver having been satisfied, conflict with or violate any Law, Order or Consent applicable to such Party or any of its properties or assets, or (c) (i) violate, conflict with or result in a breach of, (ii) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, (iii) result in the termination, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of, (iv) accelerate the performance required by such Party under, (v) result in a right of termination or acceleration under, (vi) give rise to any obligation to make payments or provide compensation under, (vii) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of such Party under, (viii) give rise to any obligation to obtain any third party Consent or provide any notice to any Person or (ix) give any Person the right to declare a default, exercise any remedy, claim a rebate, chargeback, penalty or change in delivery schedule, accelerate the maturity or performance, cancel, terminate or modify any right, benefit, obligation or other term under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any MICT Material Contract except for any deviations from any of the foregoing clauses (a), (b) or (c) that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MICT or materially impair the ability of MICT on a timely basis to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents to which it is a party or bound or to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.

 

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3.5 Capitalization.

 

(a) MICT is authorized to issue 25,000,000 shares of MICT Common Stock, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share. The issued and outstanding MICT Securities on a fully diluted basis as of the date of this Agreement (including all MICT Warrants, whether or not ‘in the money’) are set forth in the Cap Table attached as Schedule 1.4 (specifically in the lines titled “MICT Shareholders”, “MICT July 2019 Preferred Placing (as converted to ordinary shares on closing)” and “Shares issued as a result of conversion of the MICT Debentures”) and the notes thereto, which Cap Table and notes supersede any discrepant information in that regard that may appear in the MICT Disclosure Schedules. All outstanding MICT Securities are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to or issued in violation of any purchase option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under any provision of the Delaware Act, MICT’s Charter or any Contract to which MICT is a party. None of the outstanding MICT Securities has been issued in violation of any applicable securities Laws. Except for Merger Sub and as otherwise as set forth on EDGAR, MICT does not have any Subsidiaries or own any equity interests in any other Person.

 

(b) Except as set forth in the Cap Table and the notes thereto, there are no options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any shares or other equity interests of MICT or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or that otherwise confer on the holder any right to acquire any shares or other equity interests in or of MICT, or the right to share in the equity, profits, earnings, losses or gains of MICT, or preemptive rights or rights of first refusal or first offer, nor are there any Contracts, commitments, arrangements or restrictions to which MICT or, to the Knowledge of MICT, any of its stockholders are a party or bound relating to any equity securities of MICT, whether or not outstanding. There are no outstanding or authorized equity appreciation, phantom equity or similar rights with respect to MICT. Other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement, there are no outstanding obligations of MICT to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of MICT or to provide funds to make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in any Person. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.5(b), there are no shareholders agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which MICT is a party with respect to the voting of any shares of MICT.

 

(c) other than Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 3.5(c), MICT has no Indebtedness as of the date of this Agreement and shall not have any Indebtedness at the Closing.

 

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(d) Since January 1, 2019 and except as contemplated by this Agreement, MICT has not declared or paid any distribution or dividend in respect of its shares and neither has repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired any of its shares, and MICT’s board of directors has not authorized any of the foregoing. Any distributions or dividend declared or paid prior to January 1, 2019 by MICT or any of its Subsidiaries were lawfully distributed. There is no Liability for dividends accrued and unpaid by the MICT or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

3.6 SEC Filings and MICT Financials.

 

(a) Since the date of its formation, MICT, has filed all forms, pro formas, reports, schedules, statements, registration statements, prospectuses, proxies and other documents required to be filed or furnished by MICT with the SEC under the Securities Act and/or the Exchange Act, together with any amendments, restatements or supplements thereto, and will file all such forms, pro formas, reports, schedules, statements and other documents required to be filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement, except where any such failures, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to MICT and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Except to the extent available on the SEC’s web site through EDGAR, MICT has delivered to Intermediate copies in the form filed with the SEC of all of the following: (i) MICT’s annual reports on Form 10-K for each fiscal year of MICT beginning with the first year MICT was required to file such a form, (ii) MICT’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for each fiscal quarter that MICT filed such reports to disclose its quarterly financial results in each of the fiscal years of MICT referred to in clause (i) above, (iii) all other forms, pro formas, reports, registration statements, prospectuses, proxies and other documents (other than preliminary materials) filed by MICT with the SEC since the beginning of the first fiscal year referred to in clause (i) above (the forms, reports, registration statements, prospectuses and other documents referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, whether or not available through EDGAR, are, collectively, the “SEC Reports”) and (iv) all certifications and statements required by (A) Rules 13a-14 or 15d-14 under the Exchange Act, and (B) 18 U.S.C. §1350 (Section 906 of SOX) with respect to any report referred to in clause (i) above (collectively, the “Public Certifications”). The SEC Reports (x) were prepared in all material respects in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations thereunder and (y) did not, as of their respective effective dates (in the case of SEC Reports that are registration statements filed pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act) and at the time they were filed with the SEC (in the case of all other SEC Reports) and, if amended prior to the date hereof, as of the date of such amendment, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Public Certifications are each true as of their respective dates of filing. As used in this Section 3.6, the term “file” shall be broadly construed to include any manner permitted by SEC rules and regulations in which a document or information is furnished, supplied or otherwise made available to the SEC. As of the date of this Agreement, (A) MICT’s Common Stock is listed on Nasdaq, (B) other than as set forth in Schedule 3.6, MICT has not received any written deficiency notice from Nasdaq relating to the continued listing requirements of such MICT Securities, (C) there are no Actions pending or, to the Knowledge of MICT, threatened against MICT by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority with respect to any intention by such entity to suspend, prohibit or terminate the quoting of such MICT Securities on Nasdaq and (D) such MICT Securities are in material compliance with all of the applicable listing and corporate governance rules of Nasdaq.

 

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(b) The financial statements and notes of MICT contained or incorporated by reference in the SEC Reports (the “MICT Financials”), were complete and correct in all material respects as of their respective dates and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position and the results of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows of MICT at the respective dates of and for the periods referred to in such financial statements, to the extent as may be permitted by the rules of the SEC and subject to normal year-end audit adjustments that will not be material in amount or effect, all in accordance with (i) GAAP methodologies applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved and (ii) Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K, as applicable (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto and for the omission of notes and audit adjustments in the case of unaudited quarterly financial statements to the extent permitted by Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K, as applicable).

 

(c) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.6 and except as and to the extent reflected or reserved against in MICT Financials, MICT has not incurred any Liabilities or obligations of the type required to be reflected on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP that is not adequately reflected or reserved on or provided for in MICT Financials, other than (i) Liabilities of the type required to be reflected on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP that have been incurred since the date of the last audited balance sheet in the MICT Financials in the ordinary course of business and which are not material in amount, (ii) normal and recurring current Liabilities that have been incurred by MICT since the date of MICT’s audited consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2018 in the ordinary course of business and that are not material in amount, (iii) Liabilities for performance of obligations of MICT under Contracts (other than for breach thereof), (iv) Liabilities described in Schedule 3.6, and (v) Liabilities incurred in connection with the Transactions.

 

(d) The accounts receivable of MICT (collectively, the “MICT Accounts Receivable”) as reflected on the MICT Financials and as will be reflected in the MICT Pre-Closing Statement arose in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and represent bona fide claims against debtors for sales and other charges, and none of the Accounts Receivable is subject to any claim of offset, recoupment, set-off or counter-claim and, to the Knowledge of MICT, there are no facts or circumstances (whether asserted or unasserted) that could give rise to any such claim.

 

3.7 Absence of Certain Changes. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.7 or as disclosed on EDGAR, or for actions expressly contemplated by this Agreement, since December 31, 2018, MICT has (a) conducted its business only in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (b) not been, subject to a Material Adverse Effect and (c) has not taken any action or committed or agreed to take any action that would be prohibited by Section 5.2(b) (without giving effect to Schedule 5.2) if such action were taken on or after the date hereof without the consent of Intermediate.

 

3.8 Compliance with Laws. MICT has since January 1, 2016, been, in compliance with all Laws applicable to it and the conduct of its business except for such noncompliance which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MICT, and MICT has not received written notice alleging any violation of applicable Law in any material respect by which MICT or any of its properties, assets, employees, business or operation are or were bound or affected. Without limiting the foregoing, MICT’s business does not involve the use or development of, or engagement in, encryption technology, or, to MICT’s Knowledge, other technology whose development, commercialization or export is restricted under applicable Law, and to MICT’s Knowledge their respective business does not require MICT or any of its Subsidiaries to obtain a license from any Governmental Authority in the United States or elsewhere.

 

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3.9 Actions; Orders; Permits. In the past five (5) years, there is no pending or, to the Knowledge of MICT, threatened Action to which MICT is subject which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MICT, nor, to the Knowledge of MICT, is there any reasonable basis for any such Action to be made. There is no Action that MICT has pending against any other Person. Neither MICT, nor, to the Knowledge of MICT, any of its directors or officers, are subject to any Orders of any Governmental Authority, nor are any such Orders pending. As of the date of this Agreement, none of the directors or officers of MICT have in the past five (5) years been charged with, indicted for, arrested for, or convicted of any felony or any crime involving fraud. MICT holds and has at all times held in all material respects all Permits necessary to lawfully conduct its business as presently conducted, and to own, lease and operate its assets and properties, all of which are in full force and effect, except where the failure to hold such Permit or for such Permit to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MICT.

 

3.10 Taxes and Returns.

 

(a) MICT has or will have timely filed, or caused to be timely filed, all Tax Returns required to be filed by it (taking into account all available extensions), which Tax Returns are true, accurate, correct and complete in all material respects, and has timely paid, collected or withheld, or caused to be timely paid, collected or withheld (whether or not shown on any Tax Return), all Taxes required to be paid, collected or withheld, other than such Taxes for which adequate reserves in MICT Financials have been established in accordance with GAAP and has no Liability for Taxes in excess of the amounts so paid. The MICT Financials reflect all material Liabilities for unpaid Taxes of MICT for the periods (or portions of periods) covered by the MICT Financials. MICT has no material Liability for unpaid Taxes accruing after the MICT Financials date, except for Taxes arising in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. There are no audits, examinations, investigations or other proceedings pending against MICT in respect of any Tax, and MICT has not been notified in writing of any proposed Tax claims or assessments against MICT (other than, in each case, claims or assessments for which adequate reserves in MICT Financials have been established in accordance with GAAP or are immaterial in amount). There are no Liens with respect to any Taxes upon any of MICT’s assets, other than Permitted Liens. MICT has no outstanding waivers or extensions of any applicable statute of limitations to assess any material amount of Taxes. There are no outstanding requests by MICT for any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return or within which to pay any Taxes shown to be due on any Tax Return.

 

(b) Since January 1, 2019, MICT has not (i) changed any Tax accounting methods, policies or procedures except as required by a change in Law, (ii) made, revoked, or amended any material Tax election, (iii) filed any amended Tax Returns or claim for refund or (iv) entered into any closing agreement affecting or otherwise settled or compromised any material Tax Liability or refund.

 

(c) To the Knowledge of MICT, and based on advice of counsel: (a) there are no jurisdictions in which MICT is legally required to file a Tax Return other than the jurisdictions in which MICT has filed Tax Returns; (b) MICT is not subject to Tax in any jurisdiction other than its country of incorporation, organization or formation by virtue of having employees, a permanent establishment or any other place of business in such jurisdiction; and (c) MICT is and has always been a tax resident solely in the U.S.

 

(d) MICT does not participate nor has it ever participated in or engaged in any transaction involving Tax planning that requires reporting under applicable Tax Law, including with respect to U.S. federal, state or local value added Taxes or similar services or sales Taxes (“VAT”), if any.

 

(e) There are no applicable Tax holidays or incentives. MICT is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements for any applicable Tax holidays or incentives and none of the Tax holidays or incentives will be jeopardized in any material respect by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any Ancillary Document.

 

(f) MICT is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable transfer pricing laws and regulations, including, if applicable, the execution and maintenance of contemporaneous documentation substantiating the transfer pricing practices and methodology of MICT. The prices for any property or services (or for the use of any property) provided by or to MICT or any of its Subsidiaries are arm’s length prices for purposes of all applicable transfer pricing laws.

 

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(g) Each of the MICT Subsidiaries is duly registered for the purposes of VAT and has complied in all material respects with all requirements concerning VAT.

 

3.11 Employees and Employee Benefit Plans. Other than as set forth in Schedule 3.11 MICT does not (a) have any paid employees or (b) maintain, sponsor, contribute to or otherwise have any Liability under, any Benefit Plans.

 

3.12 Real Property. Schedule 3.12 contains a complete and accurate list of all premises currently leased or subleased or otherwise used or occupied by MICT and its Subsidiaries for the operation of the business of MICT and its Subsidiaries, and of all current leases, lease guarantees, agreements and documents related thereto, including all amendments, terminations and modifications thereof or waivers thereto (collectively, the “MICT Real Property Leases”), as well as the current annual rent and term under each MICT Real Property Lease. MICT has provided to Intermediate a true and complete copy of each MICT Real Property Lease. The MICT Real Property Leases are valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms and are in full force and effect. To the Knowledge of MICT, no event has occurred which (whether with or without notice, lapse of time or both or the happening or occurrence of any other event) would constitute a default on the part of MICT or any of its Subsidiaries or any other party under any of MICT Real Property Leases, and neither MICT nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice of any such condition or any intention of lessor to change any terms of the MICT Real Property Leases. With respect to each of the MICT Real Property Leases, MICT’s possession and quiet enjoyment of the MICT Real Property Leases has not been disturbed, and to the Knowledge of MICT, there are no disputes with respect to such MICT Real Property Leases.

 

3.13 Personal Property. Each item of Personal Property which is currently owned, used or leased by MICT with a book value or fair market value of greater than Seventy-Five Thousand U.S. Dollars ($75,000) is set forth on Schedule 3.13, along with, to the extent applicable, a list of lease agreements, lease guarantees, security agreements and other agreements related thereto, including all amendments, terminations and modifications thereof or waivers thereto (“MICT Personal Property Leases”). Except as set forth in Schedule 3.13, all such items of MICT Personal Property are in good operating condition and repair (reasonable wear and tear excepted consistent with the age of such items), and are suitable for their intended use in the business of MICT. The operation of MICT’s business as it is now conducted or presently proposed to be conducted is not dependent upon the right to use the Personal Property of Persons other than a MICT Subsidiary, except for such Personal Property that is owned, leased or licensed by, or otherwise contracted to, a MICT Subsidiary, MICT has provided to Intermediate a true and complete copy of each of MICT Personal Property Leases, and in the case of any oral MICT Personal Property Lease, a written summary of the material terms of such MICT Personal Property Lease. MICT Personal Property Leases are valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms and are in full force and effect. To the Knowledge of MICT, no event has occurred which (whether with or without notice, lapse of time or both or the happening or occurrence of any other event) would constitute a default on the part of a MICT or any other party under any of MICT Personal Property Leases, and MICT has not received notice of any such condition.

 

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3.14 Title to and Sufficiency of Assets. MICT has good and marketable title to, or a valid leasehold interest in or right to use, all of its assets (real and personal) that are used in or necessary for the conduct of MICT’s business as it is now conducted or presently proposed to be conducted, free and clear of all Liens other than (a) Permitted Liens, (b) the rights of lessors under leasehold interests and (iii) Liens specifically identified on the MICT Financials. The assets and properties (including Intellectual Property rights and contractual rights) currently owned, leased or licensed by MICT and its Subsidiaries constitute all of the assets, rights and properties that are necessary for the operation of the businesses of MICT as it is now conducted or that are used or held by MICT and its Subsidiaries for use in the operation of the businesses of MICT and its Subsidiaries, and taken together, are adequate and sufficient for the operation of the businesses of MICT and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted. MICT does not own, license or otherwise have any right, title or interest in any material Intellectual Property.

 

3.15 Material Contracts.

 

(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.15(a), other than this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents, there are no Contracts to which MICT is a party or by which any of its properties or assets may be bound, subject or affected, which (i) creates or imposes a Liability greater than One Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars ($100,000), (ii) may not be cancelled by MICT on less than ninety (90) days’ prior notice without payment of a material penalty or termination fee or (iii) prohibits, prevents, restricts or impairs in any material respect any business practice of MICT as its business is currently conducted, any acquisition of material property by MICT, or restricts in any material respect the ability of MICT from engaging in business as currently conducted by it or from competing with any other Person (each, a “MICT Material Contract”). All MICT Material Contracts have been made available to Intermediate other than those that are exhibits to the SEC Reports.

 

(b) With respect to each MICT Material Contract: (i) the MICT Material Contract is legal, valid, binding and enforceable in all material respects against MICT and, to the Knowledge of MICT, the other parties thereto, and is in full force and effect (except, in each case, as such enforcement may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions); (ii) MICT is not in breach or default in any material respect, and no event has occurred that with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute such a breach or default in any material respect by MICT, or permit termination or acceleration by the other party, under such MICT Material Contract; and (iii) to the Knowledge of MICT, no other party to any MICT Material Contract is in breach or default in any material respect, and no event has occurred that with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute such a breach or default by such other party, or permit termination or acceleration by MICT under any MICT Material Contract.

 

3.16 Transactions with Affiliates. Schedule 3.16 sets forth a true, correct and complete list of the Contracts and arrangements that are in existence as of the date of this Agreement under which there are any existing or future Liabilities or obligations between MICT and any (a) present or former director, officer or employee or Affiliate of MICT, or any immediate family member of any of the foregoing, or (b) record or beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of MICT’s outstanding capital stock as of the date hereof.

 

3.17 Investment Company Act. MICT is not an “investment company” or a Person directly or indirectly “controlled” by or acting on behalf of an “investment company”, in each case within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

3.18 Finders and Brokers. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.18, no broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission from MICT, Intermediate or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of MICT.

 

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3.19 Certain Business Practices.

 

(a) Neither MICT, its Subsidiaries nor any of their Representatives acting on their behalf, has since the inception of MICT or the applicable Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, (i) used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity, (ii) unlawfully offered, made, promised or authorized the giving of any payment or anything of value to foreign or domestic government officials or employees, to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns or violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or the U.K. Bribery Act of 2010, (iii) made any other unlawful payment or (iv) in the past five (5) years, directly or indirectly, given or agreed to give any unlawful gift or similar benefit in any material amount to any customer, supplier, governmental employee or other Person who is or may be in a position to help or hinder MICT or assist it in connection with any actual or proposed transaction.

 

(b) The operations of MICT are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with money laundering statutes in all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Authority, and no Action involving MICT with respect to the any of the foregoing is pending or, to the Knowledge of MICT, threatened.

 

(c) None of MICT or any of their respective directors or officers, or, to the Knowledge of MICT, any other Representative acting on behalf of MICT is currently identified on the specially designated nationals or other blocked person list or otherwise currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”), and MICT has not, directly or indirectly, used any funds, or loaned, contributed or otherwise made available such funds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, in connection with any sales or operations in any other country sanctioned by OFAC or for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently subject to, or otherwise in violation of, any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC in the last five (5) fiscal years.

  

(d) MICT (i) has maintained in all material respects complete and accurate books and records, including records of payments to any agents, consultants, representatives, third parties and government officials, (ii) has not knowingly made any false or fictitious entries in its books and records relating to any unlawful offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or unlawful offer, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value, including any bribe, kickback or other illegal or improper payment and (iii) has not established or maintained a secret or unrecorded fund or account.

 

3.20 Insurance. Schedule 3.20 lists all insurance policies (by policy number, insurer, coverage period, coverage amount, annual premium and type of policy) held by MICT relating to MICT or its business, properties, assets, directors, officers and employees, copies of which have been provided to Intermediate. All premiums due and payable under all such insurance policies have been timely paid and MICT is otherwise in material compliance with the terms of such insurance policies. All such insurance policies are in full force and effect, and to the Knowledge of MICT, since January 1, 2016, there is no threatened termination of, or material premium increase with respect to, any such insurance policies. Since January 1, 2016, there have been no insurance claims made by MICT. MICT has reported to its insurers all claims and pending circumstances that would reasonably be expected to result in a claim, except where such failure to report such a claim would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on MICT.

 

3.21 Reserved.

 

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3.22 Subsidiaries. The name of each Subsidiary of MICT is set forth in MICT’s most recent Form 10-K filed with the SEC. All of the outstanding equity securities of each Subsidiary of MICT are duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable (if applicable), and were offered, sold and delivered in compliance with all applicable Laws, and the Organizational Documents of the issuing Subsidiary and are owned by MICT free and clear of all Liens (other than those, if any, imposed by such Subsidiary’s Organizational Documents). There are no Contracts to which MICT or any of its Affiliates is a party or bound with respect to the voting (including voting trusts or proxies) of the equity interests of any Subsidiary of MICT other than the Organizational Documents of any such Subsidiary. There are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, rights, agreements, subscriptions, convertible securities or commitments to which any Subsidiary of MICT is a party or which are binding upon any Subsidiary of MICT providing for the issuance or redemption of any shares or other equity interests of any Subsidiary of MICT. There are no outstanding equity appreciation, phantom equity, profit participation or similar rights granted by any Subsidiary of MICT. No Subsidiary of MICT has any limitation on its ability to make any distributions or dividends to its equity holders, whether by Contract, Order or applicable Law. None of MICT or any of its Subsidiaries is a participant in any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement. MICT has no outstanding or anticipated obligations, guarantees or Liabilities with respect to any current or former direct or indirect Subsidiary, including Micronet, other than with respect to the obligations set forth in (i) that certain Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2017 ,by and among MICT, Enertec Management Ltd., Enertec Systems 2001 Ltd. and Coolisys Technologies Inc. (the “Enertec Share Purchase Agreement”) including certain indemnification obligations related thereto, and (ii) that certain Escrow Agreement with I.B.I Trust Management (the “Enertec Escrow Agreement”) entered into in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Enertec Share Purchase Agreement. In addition, all such indemnification obligations are limited to the amount set aside to satisfy indemnification claims pursuant to the Enertec Escrow Agreement.

 

3.23 Information Supplied. The representations or warranties of MICT in this ‎Article III are true, complete and correct as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by MICT, including without limitation the MICT Financials, expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference: (a) in any Current Report on Form 8-K, and any exhibits thereto or any other report, form, registration or other filing made with any Governmental Authority (including the SEC) with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents; (b) in the Proxy Statement; or (c) in the mailings or other distributions to Intermediate and/or prospective investors with respect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or in any amendment to any of documents identified in (a) through (c), will, when filed, made available, mailed or distributed, as the case may be, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by MICT expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference in any of the Signing Press Release, the Signing Filing, the Closing Press Release and the Closing Filing will, when filed or distributed, as applicable, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, MICT makes no representation, warranty or covenant with respect to any information supplied by or on behalf of Intermediate, Beijing Brookfield, ParagonEx or their Affiliates.

 

3.24 Merger Sub Activities. Since its formation, Merger Sub has not engaged in any business activities other than as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, and it does not own directly or indirectly any ownership, equity, profits or voting interest in any Person and it has no assets or Liabilities except those incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which it is a party and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and, other than this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which it is a party, Merger Sub is not a party to or bound by any Contract.

 

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3.25 Disclosure. No representations or warranties by MICT in this Agreement (as modified by the MICT Disclosure Schedules) or the Ancillary Documents, (a) contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or (b) omits or will omit to state, when read in conjunction with all of the information contained in this Agreement, the MICT Disclosure Schedules and the Ancillary Documents, any fact necessary to make the statements or facts contained therein not materially misleading. There is no fact that MICT has not disclosed to Intermediate in writing and of which MICT or any of its Subsidiaries is aware that is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. No due diligence, investigation or analysis made or carried out by or on behalf of Intermediate shall in any manner affect, restrict the benefit of Intermediate or limit any of MICT’s warranties and representations or any other obligations of MICT.

  

Article IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF Intermediate

 

Intermediate hereby represents and warrants to MICT and Merger Sub, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, as follows:

 

4.1 Organization and Standing. Intermediate is a British Virgin Islands business company duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the British Virgin Islands. Intermediate has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Intermediate is duly qualified or licensed and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of the property owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification or licensing necessary. Intermediate has heretofore made available to MICT, accurate and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of Intermediate as currently in effect. As of the date hereof and as of the Effective Time Intermediate is not in violation of any provision of its Organizational Documents.

 

4.2 Authorization; Binding Agreement. Intermediate has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (a) have been duly and validly authorized by the board of directors of Intermediate and (b) no other corporate proceedings, other than as set forth elsewhere in the Agreement, on the part of Intermediate is necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement has been, and each Ancillary Document to which Intermediate is a party has been or shall be when delivered, duly and validly executed and delivered by Intermediate and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and such Ancillary Documents by the other parties hereto and thereto, constitutes, or when delivered by such Party shall constitute, the valid and binding obligation of such Party , enforceable against such Party in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforceability thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.

 

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4.3 Governmental Approvals. No Consent of or with any Governmental Authority, on the part of Intermediate is required to be obtained or made in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by Intermediate of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party or the consummation by such Party of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, other than (a) pursuant to Antitrust Laws, (b) such filings as contemplated by this Agreement, (c) any filings required with Nasdaq or the SEC with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (d) applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and/ or any state “blue sky” securities Laws, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and (e) where the failure to obtain or make such Consents or to make such filings or notifications, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Intermediate.

 

4.4 Non-Contravention. The execution and delivery by Intermediate of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party, the consummation by Intermediate of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and compliance by Intermediate with any of the provisions hereof and thereof, will not (a) conflict with or violate any provision of Intermediate’s Organizational Documents, (b) subject to obtaining the Consents from Governmental Authorities referred to in Section 4.3 hereof, and the waiting periods referred to therein having expired, and any condition precedent to such Consent or waiver having been satisfied, conflict with or violate any Law, Order or Consent applicable to Intermediate or any of its properties or assets, or (c) (i) violate, conflict with or result in a breach of, (ii) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, (iii) result in the termination, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of, (iv) accelerate the performance required by Intermediate under, (v) result in a right of termination or acceleration under, (vi) give rise to any obligation to make payments or provide compensation under, (vii) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of such Intermediate under, (viii) give rise to any obligation to obtain any third party Consent or provide any notice to any Person or (ix) give any Person the right to declare a default, exercise any remedy, claim a rebate, chargeback, penalty or change in delivery schedule, accelerate the maturity or performance, cancel, terminate or modify any right, benefit, obligation or other term under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, any Material Contract of Intermediate, except for any deviations from any of the foregoing clauses (a), (b) or (c) that would materially impair the ability of Intermediate on a timely basis to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents to which it is a party or bound or to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.

 

4.5 Capitalization.

 

(a) Intermediate is authorized to issue 50,000 shares ofUS$0.001 par value per share. As of the date of this Agreement, there is one (1) share of Intermediate issued and outstanding, which is owned by Intermediate Shareholder. All outstanding shares of Intermediate are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to or issued in violation of any purchase option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under any provision of the BVI Act, the Intermediate Charter or any Contract to which Intermediate is a party. None of the outstanding Intermediate shares have been issued in violation of any applicable securities Laws. Prior to giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Intermediate does not have any Subsidiaries or own any equity interests in any other Person.

 

(b) There are no options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any shares or other equity interests of Intermediate or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or that otherwise confer on the holder any right to acquire any shares or other equity interests in or of Intermediate, or preemptive rights or rights of first refusal or first offer, nor are there any Contracts, commitments, arrangements or restrictions to which Intermediate or, to the Knowledge of Intermediate, any of its shareholders are a party or bound relating to any equity securities of Intermediate, whether or not outstanding. There are no outstanding or authorized equity appreciation, phantom equity or similar rights with respect to Intermediate. Other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement, there are no outstanding obligations of Intermediate to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of Intermediate or to provide funds to make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in any Person. There are no shareholders agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which Intermediate is a party with respect to the voting of any shares of Intermediate.

 

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(c) Since its formation and except as contemplated by this Agreement, Intermediate has not declared or paid any distribution or dividend in respect of its shares and has not repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired any of its shares, and Intermediate’s board of directors has not authorized any of the foregoing.

 

4.6 Finders and Brokers. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.6, no broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission from MICT, Intermediate or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Intermediate.

 

4.7 Intermediate Activities. Since its formation, Intermediate has not engaged in any business activities, or as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, and it does not own directly or indirectly any ownership, equity, profits or voting interest in any Person and have no assets or Liabilities except those incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which it is a party and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and, other than this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which it is a party, Intermediate is not a party to or bound by any Contract.

 

4.8 Absence of Certain Changes. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.8, since December 31, 2018, each of Beijing Brookfield and ParagonEx have (a) conducted their business only in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (b) not been, subject to a Material Adverse Effect and (c) has not taken any action or committed or agreed to take any action that would be prohibited by Section 3.8 of the ParagonEx Share Exchange Agreement or the Beijing Brookfield Share Exchange Agreement, as the case may be, if such action were taken on or after the date hereof without the consent of Intermediate.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement assumes, and Intermediate hereby confirms to MICT, that each of the Beijing Brookfield Share Exchange Agreement and the ParagonEx Share Exchange Agreement are currently in effect. In addition to the representations and warranties made by Intermediate in this Agreement (including but not limited to those described in this Article IV), Intermediate represents and warrants to MICT, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, that the representations and warranties made by each of Beijing Brookfield and ParagonEx in the Beijing Brookfield Share Exchange Agreement and the ParagonEx Share Exchange Agreement, respectively (collectively, the “BII/ParagonEx Reps”), are true and correct in all respects, and MICT shall be permitted to rely on such BII/ParagonEx Reps as if they were included herein.

 

4.9 Rule 506(d) Representation. Intermediate represents that it is not a person of the type described in Section 506(d) of Regulation D under the Securities Act that would disqualify the Company from engaging in a transaction pursuant to Section 506 of Regulation D under the Securities Act.

 

4.10 Regulation S. Intermediate and each of its shareholders certifies that he, she or it is not a “U.S. Person” as defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S of the Securities Act (“Regulation S”) (each a “Non-U.S. Shareholder”) and is not acquiring the Shareholder Merger Consideration for the account or benefit of any U.S. person, and understands that the Shareholder Merger Consideration are not registered under the Securities Act. Each Non-U.S. Shareholder has no intention of becoming a U.S. Person and certifies that such shareholder will only transfer the Shareholder Merger Consideration in accordance with Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the Securities Act, or pursuant to an available exemption from registration.

 

Article V
COVENANTS

 

5.1 Access and Information.

 

(a) Subject to Section5.12(a), during the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 7.1 or the Closing (the “Interim Period”), MICT shall give, and shall cause its Representatives to give, Intermediate and their respective Representatives, at reasonable times during normal business hours and upon reasonable intervals and notice, reasonable access to all offices and other facilities and to all employees, properties, Contracts, agreements, commitments, books and records, financial and operating data and other information (including Tax Returns, internal working papers, client files, client Contracts and director service agreements), of or pertaining to MICT or its Subsidiaries, as Intermediate or its Representatives may reasonably request regarding MICT, its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses, assets, Liabilities, financial condition, prospects, operations, management, employees and other aspects (including unaudited quarterly financial statements, including a consolidated quarterly balance sheet and income statement, a copy of each material report, schedule and other document filed with or received by a Governmental Authority pursuant to the requirements of applicable securities Laws, and independent public accountants’ work papers (subject to the consent or any other conditions required by such accountants, if any) and cause each of its Representatives to reasonably cooperate with Intermediate and its Representatives in their investigation; provided, however, that Intermediate and its Representatives shall conduct any such activities in such a manner as not to unreasonably interfere with the business or operations of MICT, any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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(b) Subject to Section 5.12(b), during the Interim Period, Intermediate shall give, and shall cause its Representatives to give, MICT and its respective Representatives, at reasonable times during normal business hours and upon reasonable intervals and notice, reasonable access to all offices and other facilities and to all employees, properties, Contracts, agreements, commitments, books and records, financial and operating data and other information (including Tax Returns, internal working papers, client files, client Contracts and director service agreements), of or pertaining to Intermediate, Beijing Brookfield or ParagonEx or their Subsidiaries, as MICT or its Representatives may reasonably request regarding Intermediate, Beijing Brookfield or ParagonEx, their Subsidiaries and their respective businesses, assets, Liabilities, financial condition, prospects, operations, management, employees and other aspects (including unaudited quarterly financial statements, including a consolidated quarterly balance sheet and income statement, a copy of each material report, schedule and other document filed with or received by a Governmental Authority pursuant to the requirements of applicable securities Laws, and independent public accountants’ work papers (subject to the consent or any other conditions required by such accountants, if any) and cause each of their Representatives to reasonably cooperate with MICT and its Representatives in their investigation; provided, however, that MICT shall conduct any such activities in such a manner as not to unreasonably interfere with the business or operations of Intermediate, Beijing Brookfield or ParagonEx or any of their Subsidiaries.

 

5.2 Conduct of Business of MICT.

 

(a) Unless Intermediate shall otherwise consent in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), during the Interim Period, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth on Schedule 5.2, MICT shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, (i) conduct their respective businesses, in all material respects, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) comply with all Laws applicable to such Party and its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses, assets and employees, and (iii) take all commercially reasonable measures necessary or appropriate to preserve intact, in all material respects, their respective business organizations, to keep available the services of their respective managers, directors, officers, employees and consultants, and to preserve the possession, control and condition of their respective material assets, all as consistent with past practice.

 

(b) Without limiting the generality of Section 5.2(a) and except as contemplated by (i) the terms of this Agreement (including as contemplated by any PIPE Investment), (ii) the terms of those certain securities purchase agreements for the sale of preferred stock, convertible notes and warrants entered into by and among MICT and the counterparties thereto on June 4, 2019, (iii) as explicitly provided for in the agreed upon operating budget of MICT attached hereto as Exhibit C, or (iv) as set forth on Schedule 5.2, during the Interim Period, without the prior written consent of Intermediate, MICT shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to not:

 

(i) amend, waive or otherwise change, in any respect, its Organizational Documents, except as required by applicable law;

 

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(ii) authorize for issuance, issue, grant, sell, pledge, dispose of or propose to issue, grant, sell, pledge or dispose of any of its equity securities or any options, warrants, commitments, subscriptions or rights of any kind to acquire or sell any of its equity securities, or other securities, including any securities convertible into or exchangeable for any of its equity securities or other security interests of any class and any other equity-based awards, or engage in any hedging transaction with a third Person with respect to such securities, except for the issuance of options to purchase 1,200,000 shares of MICT Common Stock;

 

(iii) split, combine, recapitalize or reclassify any of its shares or other equity interests or issue any other securities in respect thereof (other than a reverse stock split in connection with satisfying Nasdaq’s listing standards, if applicable) or pay or set aside any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, equity or property or any combination thereof) in respect of its shares or other equity interests, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire or offer to acquire any of its securities;

 

(iv) incur, create, assume, or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness (directly, contingently or otherwise) such that its total Indebtedness would exceed Three Million Three Hundred Fifty Thousand U.S. Dollars ($3,350,000) (individually or in the aggregate), make a loan or advance to or investment in any third party, (other than advancement of expenses to employees in the ordinary course of business) or guarantee or endorse any Indebtedness, Liability or obligation of any Person in excess of Fifty Thousand U.S. Dollars ($50,000) individually or One Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars ($100,000) in the aggregate;

 

(v) increase the wages, salaries or compensation of its employees other than in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, and in any event not in the aggregate by more than five percent (5%), or make or commit to make any bonus payment (whether in cash, property or securities) to any employee, or materially increase other benefits of employees generally;

 

(vi) make or rescind any material election relating to Taxes, settle any claim, action, suit, litigation, proceeding, arbitration, investigation, audit or controversy relating to Taxes, file any amended Tax Return or claim for refund, or make any material change in its accounting or Tax policies or procedures, in each case except as required by applicable Law or in compliance with GAAP;

 

(vii) terminate, waive or assign any material right under any material agreement to which it is a party;

 

(viii) fail to maintain its books, accounts and records in all material respects in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(ix) establish any Subsidiary or enter into any new line of business;

 

(x) fail to use commercially reasonable efforts to keep in force insurance policies or replacement or revised policies providing insurance coverage with respect to its assets, operations and activities in such amount and scope of coverage as are currently in effect;

 

(xi) revalue any of its material assets or make any change in accounting methods, principles or practices, except to the extent required to comply with GAAP and after consulting MICT’s outside auditors;

 

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(xii) waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any claim, action or proceeding (including any suit, action, claim, proceeding or investigation relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby), other than waivers, releases, assignments, settlements or compromises that involve only the payment of monetary damages (and not the imposition of equitable relief on, or the admission of wrongdoing by, such Party or its Subsidiary) not in excess of One Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars ($100,000) (individually or in the aggregate), or otherwise pay, discharge or satisfy any Actions, Liabilities or obligations, unless such amount has been reserved in MICT Financials;

 

(xiii) acquire, including by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets, or any other form of business combination, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, other business organization or any division thereof, or any material amount of assets outside the ordinary course of business;

 

(xiv) make capital expenditures in excess of One Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars ($100,000) individually for any project (or set of related projects) or Two Hundred Fifty Thousand U.S. Dollars ($250,000) in the aggregate (excluding for the avoidance of doubt, incurring any Expenses);

 

(xv) voluntarily incur any Liability or obligation (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) in excess of One Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars ($100,000) individually or Two Hundred Fifty Thousand U.S. Dollars ($250,000) in the aggregate (excluding the incurrence of any Expenses) other than pursuant to the terms of a Contract in existence as of the date of this Agreement or entered into in the ordinary course of business or in accordance with the terms of this Section 5.2 during the Interim Period;

 

(xvi) adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization (other than with respect to the Merger);

 

(xvii) sell, lease, license, transfer, exchange or swap, mortgage or otherwise pledge or encumber (including securitizations), or otherwise dispose of any material portion of its properties, assets or rights;

 

(xviii) enter into any agreement, understanding or arrangement with respect to the voting of its equity securities;

 

(xix) take any action that would reasonably be expected to significantly delay or impair the obtaining of any Consents of any Governmental Authority to be obtained in connection with this Agreement; or

 

(xx) authorize or agree to do any of the foregoing actions.

 

5.3 Audited Financial Statements. On or prior to November 15, 2019, MICT shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to complete, and both MICT and Intermediate shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause their Subsidiaries to complete (if applicable), their respective (i) audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 and (ii) unaudited consolidated interim financial statements for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019, for their respective Subsidiaries for inclusion in the Proxy Statement and/any Current Report on Form 8-K. Such audited and unaudited financial statements shall be accompanied by a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the applicable entity to the effect that all such financial statements fairly present the consolidated financial position and results of operations of the applicable entity and its Subsidiaries as of the date or for the periods indicated, in accordance with IFRS or GAAP, as applicable, subject to year-end audit adjustments and excluding footnotes. For the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Beijing Brookfield Share Exchange Agreement and the ParagonEx Share Exchange Agreement, the financial statements to be provided by Intermediate pursuant to this Section 5.3 shall include the requisite information from each of Beijing Brookfield and ParagonEx.

 

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5.4 MICT Public Filings. During the Interim Period, MICT will use reasonable best efforts to keep current and timely file all of its public filings with the SEC and otherwise comply in all material respects with applicable securities Laws and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the listing of the MICT Common Stock on Nasdaq.

 

5.5 No Solicitation.

 

(a) For purposes of this Agreement, (i) an “Acquisition Proposal” means any inquiry, proposal or offer, or any indication of interest in making an offer or proposal, from any Person or group at any time relating to an Alternative Transaction, and (ii) an “Alternative Transaction” means (A) with respect to Intermediate and its Affiliates (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Beijing Brookfield and ParagonEx), a transaction (other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) concerning the sale of (x) all or 15% or more of the business or assets of Intermediate, Beijing Brookfield or ParagonEx (other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) or (y) 15% or more of the shares or other equity interests or profits of Intermediate, Beijing Brookfield or ParagonEx, in any case, whether such transaction takes the form of a sale of shares or other equity interests, assets, merger, consolidation, issuance of debt securities, management Contract, joint venture or partnership, or otherwise and (B) with respect to MICT and its Affiliates, a transaction for the acquisition of 15% or more of any business, company, assets or 15% or more of the equity interests of the direct or indirect owners of such business, company or assets (other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement).

 

(b) During the Interim Period, in order to induce the other Parties to continue to commit to expend management time and financial resources in furtherance of the transactions contemplated hereby, each Party shall not, and shall cause its Representatives not to, without the prior written consent of Intermediate, on the one hand and MICT on the other hand, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, assist, initiate or facilitate the making, submission or announcement of, or intentionally encourage, any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) furnish any non-public information regarding such Party or its Affiliates or their respective businesses, operations, assets, Liabilities, financial condition, prospects or employees to any Person or group (other than a Party to this Agreement or their respective Representatives) in connection with or in response to an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) engage or participate in discussions or negotiations with any Person or group with respect to, or that could be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, (iv) approve, endorse or recommend, or publicly propose to approve, endorse or recommend, any Acquisition Proposal, (v) negotiate or enter into any letter of intent, agreement in principle, acquisition agreement or other similar agreement related to any Acquisition Proposal, or (vi) release any third Person from, or waive any provision of, any confidentiality agreement to which such Party is a party.

 

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Section 5.5(b), prior to obtaining the Required Stockholder Approval, MICT’s board of directors may, directly or indirectly, with respect to any third party (and its Representatives) that has made an Acquisition Proposal after the date of this Agreement that was not solicited in violation of Section 5.5(b) and that MICT’s board of directors determines in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and its outside legal counsel) either constitutes or is reasonably expected to lead to a Superior Proposal, (x) engage or participate in discussions or negotiations with such third party (and its Representatives), and/or (y) furnish any non-public information relating to MICT or any of its Subsidiaries to such third party (and its Representatives and actual and potential debt financing sources), provided that, in the case of any action taken pursuant to the foregoing (x) or (y): (i) MICT’s board of directors has determined in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and its outside legal counsel) that the failure to take such action would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties; (ii) either MICT is already a party to a confidentiality agreement with such third party or MICT enters into a confidentiality agreement with such third party; (iii) MICT notifies Intermediate of the identity of such Person and provides Intermediate with the material terms of such Acquisition Proposal; and (iv) contemporaneously with furnishing any non-public information to such third party (and/or its Representatives), MICT furnishes such non-public information to Intermediate (and/or its Representatives) (to the extent such information has not been previously furnished to Intermediate).

 

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(d) Each Party shall notify the others as promptly as practicable (and in any event within 48 hours) orally and in writing of the receipt by such Party or any of its Representatives of (i) any bona fide inquiries, proposals or offers, requests for information or requests for discussions or negotiations regarding or constituting any Acquisition Proposal or any bona fide inquiries, proposals or offers, requests for information or requests for discussions or negotiations that could be expected to result in an Acquisition Proposal, and (ii) any request for non-public information relating to such Party or its Affiliates, specifying in each case, the material terms and conditions thereof (including a copy thereof if in writing or a written summary thereof if oral) and the identity of the party making such inquiry, proposal, offer or request for information. Each Party shall keep the others promptly informed of the status of any such inquiries, proposals, offers or requests for information. During the Interim Period, each Party shall, and shall cause its Representatives to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any solicitations, discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect to any Acquisition Proposal and shall, and shall direct its Representatives to, cease and terminate any such solicitations, discussions or negotiations.

 

(e) Subject to the provisions of this Section 5.5, (A) MICT’s board of directors shall (x) recommend that MICT’s stockholders adopt this Agreement and approve the Merger and the other Transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Delaware Act (the “MICT Board Recommendation”) and (y) include MICT Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement, and (B) neither MICT’s board of directors nor any committee thereof shall (i) fail to make, withdraw, amend, modify or qualify MICT Board Recommendation, or publicly propose to withhold, withdraw, amend, modify or qualify MICT Board Recommendation, (ii) approve, endorse, adopt or recommend, or publicly propose to approve, endorse, adopt or recommend, an Acquisition Proposal, or (iii) fail to include MICT Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement (the actions or inactions referred to in the preceding clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) being referred to herein as a “MICT Board Recommendation Change”).

 

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, MICT’s board of directors may effect a MICT Board Recommendation Change at any time prior to obtaining the Required Stockholder Approval in the event that:

 

(i) MICT’s board of directors has received a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal after the date of this Agreement that was not solicited in violation of Section 5.5 and determines in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and its outside legal counsel) that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Proposal (which determination and any notice to Intermediate thereof shall not constitute a MICT Board Recommendation Change) or an Intervening Event has occurred;

 

(ii) prior to effecting such MICT Board Recommendation Change, MICT’s board of directors shall have given Intermediate at least five (5) Business Days’ notice of its intention to effect a MICT Board Recommendation Change pursuant to Section 5.5(f) (the “Change of Recommendation Notice Period”);

 

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(iii) if requested by Intermediate, during the Change of Recommendation Notice Period, MICT shall have met and negotiated in good faith with Intermediate, regarding modifications to the terms and conditions of this Agreement to obviate the need for a MICT Board Recommendation Change;

 

(iv) prior to the end of the Change of Recommendation Notice Period, including any extensions thereto, Intermediate shall not have made a counter-offer or proposal in writing and in a manner that, if accepted by MICT, would form a binding contract, that MICT’s board of directors determines (after consultation with its financial advisor and its outside legal counsel) obviates the need for a MICT Board Recommendation Change; and

 

(v) MICT’s board of directors determines (after consultation with its outside legal counsel and after considering any counter-offer or proposal made by Intermediate pursuant to this Section 5.5(f) that, in light of such Superior Proposal or Intervening Event, the failure to effect a MICT Board Recommendation Change would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties.

 

5.6 No Trading. Intermediate acknowledges and agrees that it is aware, and that its Affiliates are aware (and each of its Representatives is aware or, upon receipt of any material nonpublic information of MICT, will be advised) of the restrictions imposed by U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC and Nasdaq promulgated thereunder or otherwise (the “Federal Securities Laws”) and other applicable foreign and domestic Laws on a Person possessing material nonpublic information about a publicly traded company. Intermediate hereby agrees that, while it is in possession of such material nonpublic information, it shall not purchase or sell any securities of MICT, communicate such information to any third party, take any other action with respect to MICT in violation of such Laws, or cause or encourage any third party to do any of the foregoing, including, without limitation , Regulation M of such Federal Securities Laws.

 

5.7 Notification of Certain Matters. During the Interim Period, each of the Parties shall give prompt notice to the other Parties if such Party or its Affiliates (including, with respect to Intermediate, each of Beijing Brookfield and ParagonEx): (a) fails to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it or its Affiliates hereunder in any material respect; (b) receives any notice or other communication in writing from any third party (including any Governmental Authority) alleging (i) that the Consent of such third party is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) any non-compliance with any Law by such Party or its Affiliates; (c) receives any notice or other communication from any Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (d) discovers any fact or circumstance that, or becomes aware of the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any of the conditions to set forth in Article VI not being satisfied or the satisfaction of those conditions being materially delayed; (e) becomes aware of any inaccuracy in any representation or warranty made by such Party in this Agreement; or (f) becomes aware of the commencement or threat, in writing, of any Action against such Party or any of its Affiliates, or any of their respective properties or assets, or, to the Knowledge of such Party, any officer, director, partner, member or manager, in his, her or its capacity as such, of such Party or of its Affiliates with respect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No such notice shall constitute an acknowledgement or admission by the Party providing the notice regarding whether or not any of the conditions to the Closing have been satisfied or in determining whether or not any of the representations, warranties or covenants contained in this Agreement have been breached. No notification given to a Party pursuant to this Section 5.7 shall change, limit or otherwise affect any of the representations, warranties, covenants or obligations of such Party (including, with respect to Intermediate, each of Beijing Brookfield and ParagonEx) providing such notification or any of such Party’s Subsidiaries contained in this Agreement, any accompanying schedules or exhibits, or any certificates contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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5.8 Efforts.

 

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts, and shall cooperate fully with the other Parties, to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws and regulations to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the receipt of all applicable Consents of Governmental Authorities) and to comply as promptly as practicable with all requirements of Governmental Authorities applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(b) In furtherance and not in limitation of Section 5.8(a), to the extent required under any Laws that are designed to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade (“Antitrust Laws”), each Party hereto agrees to make any required filing or application under Antitrust Laws, as applicable, at such Party’s sole cost and expense, with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby as promptly as practicable, to supply as promptly as reasonably practicable any additional information and documentary material that may be requested pursuant to Antitrust Laws and to take all other actions necessary, proper or advisable to cause the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under Antitrust Laws as soon as practicable, including by requesting early termination of the waiting period provided for under the Antitrust Laws. Each Party shall, in connection with its efforts to obtain all requisite approvals and authorizations for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under any Antitrust Law, use its commercially reasonable efforts to: (i) cooperate in all respects with each other Party or its Affiliates in connection with any filing or submission and in connection with any investigation or other inquiry, including any proceeding initiated by a private Person; (ii) keep the other Parties reasonably informed of any communication received by such Party or its Representatives from, or given by such Party or its Representatives to, any Governmental Authority and of any communication received or given in connection with any proceeding by a private Person, in each case regarding any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (iii) permit a Representative of the other Parties and their respective outside counsel to review any communication given by it to, and consult with each other in advance of any meeting or conference with, any Governmental Authority or, in connection with any proceeding by a private Person, with any other Person, and to the extent permitted by such Governmental Authority or other Person, give a Representative or Representatives of the other Parties the opportunity to attend and participate in such meetings and conferences; (iv) in the event a Party’s Representative is prohibited from participating in or attending any meetings or conferences, the other Parties shall keep such Party promptly and reasonably apprised with respect thereto; and (v) use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate in the filing of any memoranda, white papers, filings, correspondence or other written communications explaining or defending the transactions contemplated hereby, articulating any regulatory or competitive argument, and/or responding to requests or objections made by any Governmental Authority. Intermediate shall request early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976, as amended, with respect to the transactions contemplated in this Agreement.

 

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(c) As soon as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, the Parties shall cooperate in all respects with each other and use (and shall cause their respective Affiliates to use) their respective commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with Governmental Authorities requests for approval of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to have such Governmental Authorities approve the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Party shall give prompt written notice to the other Parties if such Party or its Representatives receives any notice from such Governmental Authorities in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and shall promptly furnish the other Parties with a copy of such Governmental Authority notice. If any Governmental Authority requires that a hearing or meeting be held in connection with its approval of the transactions contemplated hereby, whether prior to the Closing or after the Closing, each Party shall arrange for Representatives of such Party to be present for such hearing or meeting. If any objections are asserted with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under any applicable Law or if any Action is instituted (or threatened to be instituted) by any applicable Governmental Authority or any private Person challenging any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document as violative of any applicable Law or which would otherwise prevent, materially impede or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to resolve any such objections or Actions so as to timely permit consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents, including in order to resolve such objections or Actions which, in any case if not resolved, could reasonably be expected to prevent, materially impede or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. In the event any Action is instituted (or threatened to be instituted) by a Governmental Authority or private Person challenging the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or any Ancillary Document, the Parties shall, and shall cause their respective Representatives to, cooperate in all respects with each other and use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to contest and resist any such Action and to have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned any Order, whether temporary, preliminary or permanent, that is in effect and that prohibits, prevents or restricts consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents.

 

(d) Prior to the Closing, each Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any Consents of Governmental Authorities or other third Persons as may be necessary for the consummation by such Party or its Affiliates of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or required as a result of the execution or performance of, or consummation of the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement by such Party or its Affiliates, and the other Parties shall provide reasonable cooperation in connection with such efforts.

 

5.9 Further Assurances. The Parties hereto shall further cooperate with each other and use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, necessary, proper or advisable on their part under this Agreement and applicable Laws to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon as reasonably practicable, including (a) preparing and filing as soon as practicable all documentation to effect all necessary notices, reports and other filings, (b) obtaining each Consent (if any) reasonably required to be obtained (pursuant to any applicable Law or any Contract, or otherwise) by such Party in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or for such Contract to remain in full force and effect; (c) lifting any injunction prohibiting, or any other legal bar to, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (d) satisfying the conditions precedent to the consummation of this Agreement.

 

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5.10 Proxy Statement.

 

(a) As promptly as practicable after the date hereof, MICT shall prepare with the reasonable assistance of Intermediate, and file with the SEC a proxy statement of MICT (as amended, the “Proxy Statement”) for the purpose of soliciting proxies from MICT stockholders for the matters to be acted upon at a special meeting of MICT stockholders ( the “Special Meeting”) to be called and held for the purpose of soliciting proxies from MICT stockholders to vote, in favor of resolutions approving (i) the issuance of the shares constituting the Shareholder Merger Consideration and the other Transactions requiring approval by the holders of MICT Common Stock in accordance with MICT’s Organizational Documents, the Delaware Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC and Nasdaq, (ii) the issuance of shares of MICT Common Stock (or securities convertible or exercisable for MICT Common Stock) representing greater than twenty percent (20%) of MICT’s Common Stock or voting power, at a price less than the greater of book or market value, as required by Nasdaq’s rules and regulations (the “20% Rule Proposal”), (iii) the amendment of the MICT Charter to (A) increase the authorized shares of MICT in an amount sufficient to provide for the full conversion of the shares underlying the MICT Debentures and (B) if necessary, to effect a reverse stock split of the MICT Common Stock, solely in order to comply with Nasdaq continued listing requirements (the “Amendment Proposal”), (iv) such other matters as Intermediate and MICT shall hereafter mutually determine to be necessary or appropriate in order to effect the Transactions (the approvals described in foregoing clauses (i)-(iv), collectively, the “MICT Stockholder Approval Matters”), and (v) the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or desirable in the reasonable determination of MICT. MICT agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to include the following items in the Proxy Statement to be filed promptly after the execution of this Agreement: (x) the adoption and approval of a new Equity Incentive Plan for MICT, in the form to be mutually agreed by the Parties (collectively, the “MICT Equity Plan”), including an Israeli sub-plan, which plan will provide that the aggregate awards under such plan shall be for a number of shares of MICT Common Stock equal to ten percent (10%) of the aggregate number of shares of MICT Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately after the Closing, and (y) the election of the members of the Post-Closing MICT Board. For the avoidance of doubt, the proposals set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the preceding sentence shall not be deemed to be MICT Stockholder Approval Matters and such proposals shall not constitute conditions to the Closing. If as of the close of business on the date for which the Special Meeting is scheduled, MICT has not received proxies representing a sufficient number of shares to obtain the Required Stockholder Approval, whether or not a quorum is present, MICT may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Special Meeting. In connection with the Proxy Statement, MICT will file with the SEC all financial and other information about the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with applicable Law and applicable proxy solicitation rules set forth in MICT’s Organizational Documents, the Delaware Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC and Nasdaq. MICT shall cooperate and provide Intermediate (and its respective counsel) with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Proxy Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto prior to filing the same with the SEC. Intermediate shall provide MICT with such information concerning Intermediate (which information, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include Beijing Brookfield and ParagonEx) and Intermediate’s shareholders, officers, directors, employees, assets, Liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), business and operations that may be required or appropriate for inclusion in the Proxy Statement, or in any amendments or supplements thereto, which information provided by Intermediate, as applicable, shall be true and correct and not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, MICT makes no covenant, representation or warranty with respect to statements made in the Proxy Statement (and the letter to stockholders, notice of meeting included therewith), if any, based on information provided by Intermediate or any of its Representatives for inclusion therein.

 

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(b) MICT, with the assistance of Intermediate as described in Section 5.10(a), shall use commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and other applicable Laws in connection with the Proxy Statement and the Special Meeting. Intermediate shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make its directors, officers and employees, upon reasonable advance notice, available to MICT and its Representatives in connection with the drafting of the public filings with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Proxy Statement, and responding in a timely manner to comments from the SEC. Each Party shall promptly correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement (and other related materials) if and to the extent that such information is determined to have become false or misleading in any material respect or as otherwise required by applicable Laws. MICT shall amend or supplement the Proxy Statement and cause the Proxy Statement, as so amended or supplemented, to be filed with the SEC and to be disseminated to MICT’s stockholders, in each case as and to the extent required by applicable Laws and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and MICT’s Organizational Documents.

 

(c) MICT, with the assistance of the other Parties, shall promptly respond to any SEC comments on the Proxy Statement and shall otherwise use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to “clear” comments from the SEC and thereafter file the definitive Proxy Statement. MICT shall provide Intermediate with copies of any written comments, and shall inform Intermediate of any material oral comments, that MICT, or its respective Representatives receive from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement and the Special Meeting promptly after the receipt of such comments and shall give Intermediate a reasonable opportunity under the circumstances to review and comment on any proposed written or material oral responses to such comments.

 

(d) As soon as practicable following the Proxy Statement “clearing” comments from the SEC, MICT shall distribute the Proxy Statement to MICT’s stockholders and, pursuant thereto, shall call the Special Meeting in accordance with the Delaware Act for a date no later than sixty (60) days following the filing of the definitive Proxy Statement.

 

(e) MICT shall comply with all applicable Laws, any applicable rules and regulations of Nasdaq, MICT’s Organizational Documents and this Agreement in the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement, any solicitation of proxies thereunder and the calling and holding of the Special Meeting.

 

5.11 Public Announcements.

 

(a) The Parties agree that no public release, filing or announcement concerning this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be issued by any Party or any of their Affiliates without the prior written consent (not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) of MICT and Intermediate, except as such release or announcement may be required by applicable Law or the rules or regulations of any securities exchange, in which case the applicable Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to allow the other Parties reasonable time to comment on, and arrange for any required filing with respect to, such release or announcement in advance of such issuance.

 

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(b) The Parties shall mutually agree upon and, as promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement (but in any event within four (4) Business Days thereafter), issue a press release announcing the execution of this Agreement (the “Signing Press Release”). Promptly after the issuance of the Signing Press Release, MICT shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Signing Filing”) with the Signing Press Release and a description of this Agreement as required by Federal Securities Laws, which Intermediate shall review, comment upon and approve (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) prior to filing (with Intermediate reviewing, commenting upon and approving such Signing Filing in any event no later than the third (3rd) Business Day after the execution of this Agreement). The Parties shall mutually agree upon and, as promptly as practicable after the Closing (but in any event within four (4) Business Days thereafter), issue a press release announcing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing Press Release”). Promptly after the issuance of the Closing Press Release, MICT shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Closing Filing”) with the Closing Press Release and a description of the Closing as required by Federal Securities Laws which Intermediate and MICT shall review, comment upon and approve (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) prior to filing (with the Seller Representative and MICT each reviewing, commenting upon and approving such Closing Filing in any event no later than the third (3rd) Business Day after the Closing). In connection with the preparation of the Signing Press Release, the Signing Filing, the Closing Filing, the Closing Press Release, or any other report, statement, filing notice or application made by or on behalf of a Party to any Governmental Authority or other third party in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, each Party shall, upon request by any other Party, furnish the Parties with all information concerning themselves, their respective directors, officers and equity holders, and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, or any other report, statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of a Party to any third party and/ or any Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

5.12 Confidential Information.

 

(a) Intermediate (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include Beijing Brookfield and ParagonEx) hereby agrees that during the Interim Period and, in the event that this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Article VII, for a period of two (2) years after such termination, it shall, and shall cause its Representatives to: (i) treat and hold in strict confidence any MICT Confidential Information, and will not use for any purpose (except in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents, performing their obligations hereunder or thereunder or enforcing their rights hereunder or thereunder), nor directly or indirectly disclose, distribute, publish, disseminate or otherwise make available to any third party any of MICT Confidential Information without MICT’s prior written consent; and (ii) in the event that Intermediate or any of its Representatives, during the Interim Period or, in the event that this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Article VII, for a period of two (2) years after such termination, becomes legally compelled to disclose any MICT Confidential Information, (A) provide MICT to the extent legally permitted with prompt written notice of such requirement so that MICT or an Affiliate thereof may seek, at MICT’s cost, a protective Order or other remedy or waive compliance with this Section 5.12(a), and (B) in the event that such protective Order or other remedy is not obtained, or MICT waives compliance with this Section 5.12(a),, furnish only that portion of such MICT Confidential Information which is legally required to be provided as advised by outside counsel and to exercise its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded such MICT Confidential Information. In the event that this Agreement is terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby are not consummated, Intermediate shall, and shall cause its Representatives to, promptly deliver to MICT or destroy (at Intermediate’s election) any and all copies (in whatever form or medium) of MICT Confidential Information and destroy all notes, memoranda, summaries, analyses, compilations and other writings related thereto or based thereon.

 

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(b) MICT hereby agrees that during the Interim Period and, in the event that this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Article VII, for a period of two (2) years after such termination, it shall, and shall cause its Representatives to: (i) treat and hold in strict confidence any Intermediate Confidential Information, and will not use for any purpose (except in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents, performing its obligations hereunder or thereunder or enforcing its rights hereunder or thereunder), nor directly or indirectly disclose, distribute, publish, disseminate or otherwise make available to any third party any of Intermediate Confidential Information without Intermediate’s prior written consent; and (ii) in the event that MICT or any of its Representatives, during the Interim Period or, in the event that this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Article VII, for a period of two (2) years after such termination, becomes legally compelled to disclose any Intermediate Confidential Information, (A) provide Intermediate, to the extent legally permitted with prompt written notice of such requirement so that Intermediate may seek, at such its sole expense, a protective Order or other remedy or waive compliance with this Section 5.12(b) and (B) in the event that such protective Order or other remedy is not obtained, Intermediate waives compliance with this Section 5.12(b), furnish only that portion of such Intermediate Confidential Information which is legally required to be provided as advised by outside counsel and to exercise its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded such Intermediate Confidential Information. In the event that this Agreement is terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby are not consummated, MICT shall, and shall cause its Representatives to, promptly deliver to Intermediate or destroy (at MICT’s election) any and all copies (in whatever form or medium) of Intermediate Confidential Information and destroy all notes, memoranda, summaries, analyses, compilations and other writings related thereto or based thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, MICT and its Representatives shall be permitted to disclose any and all Intermediate Confidential Information to the extent required by the Federal Securities Laws.

 

5.13 Documents and Information. After the Closing Date, MICT and Intermediate (which information, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include Beijing Brookfield and ParagonEx) shall, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to, until the seventh (7th) anniversary of the Closing Date, retain all books, records and other documents pertaining to the business of MICT and Intermediate and their respective Subsidiaries and Affiliaites in existence on the Closing Date.

 

5.14 Post-Closing Board of Directors and Executive Officers. Pursuant to the Proxy Statement, it is contemplated that effective as of the Closing, MICT’s board of directors (the “Post-Closing MICT Board”) will consist of up to seven (7) individuals. Immediately after the Closing, pursuant to a vote of MICT’s stockholders contemplated to occur in connection with the Proxy Statement, three (3) directors shall be designated by Beijing Brookfield and four (4) directors shall be designated by holders of a majority of the Exchange Shares issued to the ParagonEx Sellers, as defined in the ParagonEx Share Exchange Agreement, provided, however, that if it becomes necessary for compliance with Nasdaq rules or other applicable regulatory requirements, Beijing Brookfield shall designate, on account of its three directors, two (2) individuals who are currently serving as directors of MICT as of the date of this Agreement (the “Continuing Directors”), provided that at least a majority of the Post-Closing MICT Board shall qualify as independent directors and shall comply with all applicable Nasdaq rules. In accordance with the MICT Charter as in effect at the Closing, no director on the Post-Closing MICT Board may be removed without cause, other than by the party or parties that appointed him or her, as aforesaid. At or prior to the Closing, MICT will provide each director designated by Intermediate with a customary director indemnification agreement, in form and substance reasonable acceptable to such director. Each post-Closing director or officer of MICT who was a director or officer of MICT as of the Closing (including the Continuing Directors) shall enter into an indemnification agreement that is not less favorable than the most favorable indemnification agreement entered into by any director designated by Intermediate.1

 

 

 

 

1. Note to Draft: Composition and number of Board Members to be discussed amongst principals.

 

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5.15 Indemnification of Directors and Officers; Tail Insurance.

 

(a)        From the Closing Date through the sixth anniversary of the Closing Date, MICT shall indemnify and hold harmless each person who is now, or has been at any time prior to the date hereof, or who becomes prior to the Closing Date, a director or officer of MICT (the “D&O Indemnified Parties”), against all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, fines and reasonable fees, costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees and disbursements (collectively, “Costs”), incurred in connection with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or pertaining to the fact that the D&O Indemnified Party is or was a director or officer of MICT, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, in each case, to the fullest extent permitted under the Delaware Act for directors or officers of Delaware corporations. Each D&O Indemnified Party will be entitled to advancement of expenses incurred in the defense of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation from the Surviving Company upon receipt from the D&O Indemnified Party of a request therefor; provided that any such person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to MICT to the extent then required by the Delaware Act, to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification.

 

(b) Subject to applicable Laws of the State of Delaware, the Organizational Documents of MICT after the Closing shall contain provisions no less favorable with respect to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation of present and former directors and officers as those presently set forth in the Organizational Documents of MICT.

 

(c) From and after the Effective Time, MICT shall fulfill and honor in all respects the obligations of MICT to each D&O Indemnified Parties as of immediately prior to the Closing pursuant to any indemnification provisions under MICT’s Organizational Documents and pursuant to any indemnification agreements between MICT and such D&O Indemnified Parties, with respect to claims arising out of matters occurring at or prior to the Effective Time.

 

(d) For the benefit of MICT’s and the Surviving Company’s directors and officers, MICT shall prior to the Effective Time obtain and fully pay the premium for a “tail” insurance policy that provides coverage for up to a six-year period from and after the Effective Time for events occurring prior to the Effective Time (the “D&O Tail Insurance”) that is substantially equivalent to and in any event not less favorable in the aggregate than MICT’s existing policy or, if substantially equivalent insurance coverage is unavailable, the best available coverage. If obtained, MICT shall maintain the D&O Tail Insurance in full force and effect, and continue to honor the obligations thereunder, and MICT shall timely pay all premiums with respect to the D&O Tail Insurance.

 

(e) From and after the Effective Time, MICT shall pay and be responsible for, all expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, that are incurred by the persons referred to in this Section 5.15 in connection with their enforcement of the rights provided to such persons in this Section 5.15.

 

(f) The provisions of this Section 5.15 are intended to be in addition to the rights otherwise available to the current and former officers and directors of MICT by law, charter, statute, bylaw or agreement, and shall operate for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Indemnified Parties, their heirs and their representatives.

 

(g) In the event MICT or any of its respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving company or entity of such consolidation or merger, or (ii) transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of MICT, shall succeed to the obligations set forth in this Section 5.15.

 

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5.16 Section 16 Matters. Prior to the Closing, MICT shall take all such steps as may be required to cause any acquisitions of MICT Common Stock and any options to purchase MICT Common Stock in connection with the Transactions, by each individual who is reasonably expected to become subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to MICT, to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

 

5.17 Legends. MICT shall be entitled to place the following legend on the book entries and/or certificates evidencing any MICT Common Stock to be received in the Merger:

 

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

 

For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement assumes, and Intermediate hereby confirms to MICT, that each of the Beijing Brookfield Share Exchange Agreement and the ParagonEx Share Exchange Agreement are currently in effect. In addition to the covenants made by Intermediate in this Agreement (including but not limited to those described in this Article V), Intermediate represents and warrants to MICT, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, that the covenants and obligations made and agreed to by each of Beijing Brookfield and ParagonEx in the Beijing Brookfield Share Exchange Agreement and the ParagonEx Share Exchange Agreement, respectively (collectively, the “BII/ParagonEx Covenants”), are binding upon each of Beijing Brookfield and ParagonEx and shall be binding upon Intermediate as if made or agreed to by Intermediate in this Agreement, and MICT shall be permitted to rely on such BII/ParagonEx Covenants as if they were included herein.

 

5.18 LTIP Grant to ParagonEx Founders. Promptly after the Closing, MICT shall take all necessary action to establish a Long Term Equity Incentive Plan (“LTIP”), and grant and issue to each of Saar Pilosof and Haim Toledano an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of MICT Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the LTIP, subject to the vesting and other material provisions set forth in the applicable grant agreement.

 

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Article VI

CLOSING CONDITIONS

 

6.1 Conditions to Each Party’s Obligations. The obligations of each Party to consummate the Transactions shall be subject to the satisfaction or written waiver (where permissible) by Intermediate, MICT and Merger Sub of the following conditions. For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to this Article VI, all conditions to the obligations of MICT on account of actions to be taken by Intermediate shall include, where applicable, actions to be taken by Beijing Brookfield or ParagonEx.

 

(a) Required Stockholder Approval. The MICT Stockholder Approval Matters, including the 20% Rule Proposal and the Amendment Proposal, that are submitted to the vote of the stockholders of MICT at the Special Meeting in accordance with the Proxy Statement shall have been approved by the requisite vote of the stockholders of MICT at the Special Meeting in accordance with MICT’s Organizational Documents, applicable Law and the Proxy Statement (the “Required Stockholder Approval”).

 

(b) Antitrust Laws. Any waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the consummation of this Agreement under any Antitrust Laws shall have expired or been terminated.

 

(c) Requisite Regulatory Approvals. All Consents required to be obtained from or made with any Governmental Authority in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been obtained or made.

 

(d) Requisite Consents. The Consents or notices required to be obtained from or provided to any third Person (other than a Governmental Authority) by any Party to this Agreement in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement that are set forth in Schedule 6.1(d) shall have each been obtained or made.

 

(e) No Law or Order. No Governmental Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) or Order that is then in effect and which has the effect of making the transactions or agreements contemplated by this Agreement illegal or which otherwise prevents or prohibits consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(f) No Litigation. No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other Order preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority and remain in effect, and there shall not be any Law which has the effect of making the consummation of the Merger or any of the other Transactions illegal.

 

(g) Appointment to the Board. The members of the Post-Closing MICT Board shall have been elected or appointed as of the Closing consistent with the requirements of Section 5.14.

 

(h) Proxy Statement. The definitive Proxy Statement shall have been filed with the SEC.

 

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6.2 Conditions to Obligations of Intermediate. In addition to the conditions specified in Section 6.1, the obligations of Intermediate to consummate the Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or written waiver (by Intermediate) of the following conditions:

 

(i) Representations and Warranties. All of the representations and warranties of MICT and Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement and in any certificate delivered by MICT and Merger Sub pursuant hereto shall be true and correct on and as of the date of this Agreement (or with respect to Merger Sub, as of the date of its joinder to this Agreement) and on and as of the Closing Date as if made on the Closing Date, except for (i) those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date (which representations and warranties shall have been accurate as of such date), and (ii) any failures to be true and correct that (without giving effect to any qualifications or limitations as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect), individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on, or with respect to, MICT and Merger Sub.

 

(j) Agreements and Covenants. MICT shall have performed in all material respects all of its obligations and complied in all material respects with all of its agreements and covenants under this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(k) No Material Adverse Effect. No Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred with respect to MICT and Merger Sub since the date of this Agreement which is continuing and uncured.

 

(l) Effectiveness of ParagonEx Shares Exchange Agreement. The ParagonEx Share Exchange Agreement shall not have been terminated by either of the parties thereto for any reason in accordance with its terms, and there had been no restitution or unwinding of the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

(m) Effectiveness of Beijing Brookfield Share Exchange Agreement. The Beijing Brookfield Share Exchange Agreement shall not have been terminated by either of the parties thereto for any reason in accordance with their terms, and there had been no restitution or unwinding of the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

(n) Registration Statement. The Debenture Registration Statement shall have been declared effective by the SEC and shall remain effective as of the Closing.

 

(o) Closing Deliveries.

 

(i) Officer Certificates. Intermediate shall have received a certificate from MICT dated the Closing Date, signed by an executive officer of MICT in such capacity, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Sections 6.2(a), 6.2(b) and 6.2(c).

 

(ii) Secretary Certificates. MICT shall have delivered to Intermediate a certificate from its secretary or other executive officer certifying as to, and attaching, (A) copies of MICT’s Organizational Documents as in effect as of the Closing Date (immediately prior to the Effective Time), (B) the resolutions of MICT’s board of directors authorizing and approving the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Documents to which it is a party or by which it is bound, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (C) evidence that the Required Stockholder Approval has been obtained and (D) the incumbency of officers authorized to execute this Agreement or any Ancillary Document to which MICT or Merger Sub is or is required to be a party or otherwise bound. Merger Sub shall have delivered to Intermediate a certificate from its secretary or other executive officer certifying as to, and attaching, (A) copies of Merger Sub’s Organizational Documents as in effect as of the Closing Date (immediately prior to the Effective Time), (B) the resolutions of Merger Sub’s board of directors and shareholders authorizing and approving the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger, the Articles of Merger and each of the Ancillary Documents to which it is a party or by which it is bound, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and (C) the incumbency of officers authorized to execute this Agreement or any Ancillary Document to which Merger Sub is or is required to be a party or otherwise bound.

 

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(iii) Good Standing. MICT shall have delivered to Intermediate a good standing certificate (or similar documents applicable for such jurisdictions) for each of MICT and Merger Sub certified as of a date no later than sixty (60) days prior to the Closing Date from the proper Governmental Authority of MICT’s and Merger Sub’s jurisdiction of organization and from each other jurisdiction in which MICT or Merger Sub is qualified to do business as a foreign entity as of the Closing, in each case to the extent that good standing certificates or similar documents are generally available in such jurisdictions.

 

(iv) Effectiveness of Certain Ancillary Documents. The Lock-Up Agreement shall have been entered into and both the Lock-Up Agreement and the Voting Agreements shall be in full force and effect in accordance with the terms thereof as of the Closing.

 

(v) No indebtedness. MICT shall have no Indebtedness as reflected on MICT’s balance sheet and the SEC Filings (other than Indebtedness of up to an aggregate of Three Million Three Hundred Fifty Thousand U.S. Dollars ($3,350,000) assuming the Closing occurs on or prior to the Outside Date.

 

(vi) Termination of Certain Contracts. Intermediate shall have received evidence reasonably acceptable to Intermediate that the Contracts set forth on Schedule 6.2(f)(vi) involving any of the MICT and/or other Related Persons shall have been terminated with no further obligation or Liability of MICT or its Subsidiaries thereunder.

 

(vii) Reserved.

 

(viii) MICT Equity Plan & Israeli Sub Plan. MICT shall have filed for approval by the Israeli Tax Authority (“ITA”) the MICT Equity Plan in substantially the form attached as Schedule 6.2(f)(viii)), including an Israeli sub-plan intended to qualify as a capital gains route plan under Section 102 of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance (the “MICT Israeli Sub-Plan”), and shall have taken all actions necessary for all 102 Securities which had been (A) granted under the Parent Equity Plan and Parent Israeli Sub-Plan, as defined in the ParagonEx Share Exchange Agreement, and (B) duly surrendered and delivered to MICT through a completed and validly executed instrument of transmittal, to have been rolled over to the MICT Equity Plan and MICT Israeli Sub-Plan and exchanged for Merger Shares (or options exercisable into Merger Shares, as the case may be), to be held by the 102 Trustee, as further defined in such plans. For avoidance of doubt, the ITA’s approval of the MICT Equity Plan and the MICT Israeli Sub-Plan or their qualification as capital gains route plans shall not be a condition to Closing, and such plans are only required to be filed with the ITA by the Closing Date.

 

(ix) Registration Rights Agreement. Intermediate shall have received a copy of the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by MICT.

 

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6.3 Conditions to Obligations of MICT and Merger Sub. In addition to the conditions specified in Section 6.1, the obligations of MICT to consummate the Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or written waiver (by MICT) of the following conditions:

 

(p) Representations and Warranties. All of the representations and warranties of Intermediate set forth in this Agreement (including those incorporated by reference herein pursuant to the last paragraph in ARTICLE IV) and in any certificate delivered by Intermediate pursuant hereto shall be true and correct on and as of the date of this Agreement and on and as of the Closing Date as if made on the Closing Date, except for (i) those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date (which representations and warranties shall have been accurate as of such date), and (ii) any failures to be true and correct that (without giving effect to any qualifications or limitations as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect), individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on, or with respect to, Intermediate.

 

(q) Agreements and Covenants. Intermediate shall have performed in all material respects all of its obligations and complied in all material respects with all of its respective agreements and covenants under this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the obligations of Intermediate described in this Section 6.3(b) include all such obligations incorporated by reference herein pursuant to the last paragraph in ARTICLE V.

 

(r) No Material Adverse Effect. No Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred with respect to Intermediate since the date of this Agreement which is continuing and uncured.

 

(s) Related Acquisitions. Intermediate shall provide MICT with evidence, reasonably acceptable to MICT, that the Related Acquisitions have been completed prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement.

 

(t) Effectiveness of ParagonEx Shares Exchange Agreement. The ParagonEx Share Exchange Agreement shall not have been terminated by either of the parties thereto for any reason in accordance with its terms, and there had been no restitution or unwinding of the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

(u) Effectiveness of Beijing Brookfield Share Exchange Agreement. The Beijing Brookfield Share Exchange Agreement shall not have been terminated by either of the parties thereto for any reason in accordance with their terms, and there had been no restitution or unwinding of the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

(v) Closing Deliveries.

 

(i) Officer Certificate. MICT shall have received a certificate from Intermediate, dated as the Closing Date, signed by an executive officer of Intermediate in such capacity, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Sections 6.3(a), 6.3(b) and 6.3(c).

 

(ii) Secretary Certificate. Intermediate shall have delivered to MICT a certificate from its secretary certifying as to the validity and effectiveness of, and attaching, (A) copies of its Organizational Documents as in effect as of the Closing Date, (B) the resolutions of its board of directors and shareholders authorizing and approving the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party or bound, and the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and (C) the incumbency of its officers authorized to execute this Agreement or any Ancillary Document to which it is or is required to be a party or otherwise bound.

 

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(iii) Good Standing. Intermediate shall have delivered to MICT a good standing certificate (or similar documents applicable for such jurisdiction) certified as of a date no later than five (5) days prior to the Closing Date from the proper Governmental Authority of Intermediate’s and its Subsidiaries’ (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Beijing Brookfield and ParagonEx) jurisdiction of organization and from each other jurisdiction in which Intermediate and its Subsidiaries are qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or other entity as of the Closing, in each case to the extent that good standing certificates or similar documents are generally available in such jurisdictions.

 

(iv) Certified Charters. Intermediate shall have delivered to MICT a copy of the Intermediate Charter, as in effect as of the Closing, certified by the appropriate Governmental Authority of British Virgin Islands as of a date no more than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.

 

(v) Share Certificates and Transaction Instruments. MICT shall have received from Intermediate, the Intermediate Certificates and other instruments or documents representing the Intermediate Securities (or Lost Certificate Affidavits), if applicable, together with executed instruments of transfer in respect of the Intermediate Securities in favor of MICT (or its nominee) and in form reasonably acceptable for transfer on the books of Intermediate.

 

(vi) Registration Rights Agreement. MICT shall have received a copy of the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by Intermediate Shareholder.

 

(w) PIPE. As of the Closing Date, the PIPE shall have been completed, and the aggregate amount of at least Twenty Five Million U.S. Dollars ($25,000,000) shall have been released to MICT.

 

(x) Fairness Opinion. As of the Closing Date, MICT shall have received a fairness opinion indicating that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are fair to the stockholders of MICT. Pursuant to this Section 6.3(l), Intermediate agrees to promptly provide to the provider of such fairness opinion, which is currently contemplated to be CoView Capital, all information and assistance as is reasonably requested in connection therewith.

 

6.4 Frustration of Conditions. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Party may rely on the failure of any condition set forth in this Article VI to be satisfied if such failure was caused by the failure of such Party or it’s Affiliates to comply with or perform any of its covenants or obligations set forth in this Agreement.

 

Article VII
TERMINATION AND EXPENSES

 

7.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned at any time prior to the Closing as follows:

 

(a) by mutual written consent of MICT and Intermediate;

 

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(b) by written notice by either MICT or Intermediate if any of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Article VI have not been satisfied or waived by January 24, 2020 (the “Outside Date”); provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 7.1(b) shall not be available to a Party if the breach or violation by such Party or its Affiliates of any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation under this Agreement was the cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Closing to occur on or before the Outside Date; provided, further, that in the event that the Proxy Statement is still being reviewed or commented on by the SEC, any Party shall be entitled to extend the date for termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(b) for an additional sixty (60) days.

 

(c) by written notice by any of MICT or Intermediate if a Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have issued an Order or taken any other action permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and such Order or other action has become final and non-appealable; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(c) shall not be available to a Party if the failure by such Party or its Affiliates to comply with any provision of this Agreement has been a substantial cause of, or substantially resulted in, such action by such Governmental Authority;

 

(d) by written notice by Intermediate, if (i) there has been a material breach by MICT or its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of MICT shall have become materially untrue or materially inaccurate, in any case, which would result in a failure of a condition set forth in Section 6.2(a) or Section 6.2(b) to be satisfied (treating the Closing Date for such purposes as the date of this Agreement or, if later, the date of such breach), and (ii) the breach or inaccuracy is incapable of being cured or is not cured within the earlier of (A) twenty (20) days after written notice of such breach or inaccuracy is provided by Intermediate or (B) the Outside Date; provided that Intermediate shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(d) if at such time Intermediate is in material uncured breach of this Agreement;

 

(e) by written notice by MICT, if (i) there has been a breach by Intermediate (including those incorporated by reference herein pursuant to the last paragraph in ARTICLE IV) of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of such Parties shall have become untrue or inaccurate, in any case, which would result in a failure of a condition set forth in Section 6.3(a) or Section 6.3(b) to be satisfied (treating the Closing Date for such purposes as the date of this Agreement or, if later, the date of such breach), and (ii) the breach or inaccuracy is incapable of being cured or is not cured within the earlier of (A) twenty (20) days after written notice of such breach or inaccuracy is provided by MICT or (B) the Outside Date; provided that MICT shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(e) if at such time MICT is in material uncured breach of this Agreement;

 

(f) by written notice by Intermediate, at any time in the event that (A) MICT’s board of directors (or any committee thereof) shall have effected a MICT Board Recommendation Change or (B) MICT has entered into binding agreement concerning a transaction that constitutes a Superior Proposal;

 

(g) by written notice by MICT, at any time in the event that Intermediate has entered into binding agreement concerning a transaction that constitutes a Superior Proposal (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such agreement involving Beijing Brookfield or ParagonEx);

 

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(h) by written notice by MICT, if there shall have been a Material Adverse Effect with respect to Intermediate (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Material Adverse Effect with respect to Beijing Brookfield or ParagonEx), following the date of this Agreement which is uncured and continuing;

 

(i) by written notice by Intermediate if there shall have been a Material Adverse Effect with respect to MICT following the date of this Agreement which is uncured and continuing;

 

(j) by written notice by either MICT or Intermediate if the Special Meeting is held (including any adjournment or postponement thereof) and has concluded, MICT’s stockholders have duly voted, and the Required Stockholder Approval was not obtained;

 

(k) by written notice by MICT in connection with MICT entering into a definitive agreement to effect a Superior Proposal;

  

(l) by written notice by Intermediate, in the event that Sunrise Securities LLC or any affiliate thereof seeks and obtains from a court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority a permanent injunction or other Order that has become final and non-appealable preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; or

 

(m) by written notice by MICT in the event that one or both of the conditions described in Section 6.3(k) or Section 6.3(l) are not satisfied.

 

7.2 Reserved.

 

7.3 Effect of Termination. This Agreement may only be terminated in the circumstances described in Section 7.1 and pursuant to a written notice delivered by the applicable Party to the other applicable Parties, which sets forth the basis for such termination, including the provision of Section 7.1 under which such termination is made. In the event of the valid termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1, this Agreement shall forthwith become void, and there shall be no Liability on the part of any Party or any of their respective Representatives, and all rights and obligations of each Party shall cease, except: (i) Sections 5.11, 5.12, 7.6, Article VIII and this Section 7.2 shall survive the termination of this Agreement, and (ii) nothing herein shall relieve any Party from Liability for any willful breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation under this Agreement or any Fraud Claim against such Party, in either case, prior to termination of this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, and except as provided in Sections 7.6 and this Section 7.3 (but subject to the right to seek injunctions, specific performance or other equitable relief in accordance with Section 8.7), the Parties’ sole right prior to the Closing with respect to any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement contained in this Agreement by another Party or with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be the right, if applicable, to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1.

 

7.4 Reserved.

 

7.5 Reserved.

 

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7.6 Fees and Expenses. All Expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the Party incurring such expenses. As used in this Agreement, “Expenses” shall include all out-of-pocket expenses (including all fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, investment bankers, financial advisors, financing sources, experts and consultants to a Party hereto or any of its Affiliates) incurred by a Party or on its behalf in connection with or related to the authorization, preparation, negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document related hereto and all other matters related to the consummation of this Agreement.

 

Article VIII
MISCELLANEOUS

 

8.1 Notices. All notices, consents, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered (i) in person, (ii) by facsimile or other electronic means, with affirmative confirmation of receipt, (iii) one Business Day after being sent, if sent by reputable, nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) three (3) Business Days after being mailed, if sent by registered or certified mail, pre-paid and return receipt requested, in each case to the applicable Party at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified by like notice):

 

 

If to MICT at or prior to the Closing, to:

 

MICT, Inc.

28 West Grand Avenue, Suite 3

Montvale, New Jersey 07645

Attn: David Lucatz, Chief Executive Officer

Telephone No.: (201) 225-0190

Email: david@micronet-enertec.com

 

with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:

 

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

666 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Attn: Kenneth Koch, Esq.

Facsimile No.: (212)-983-3115

Telephone No.: (212)-692-6768

E-mail: KRKoch@mintz.com

 

 

If to Merger Sub at or prior to the Closing, to:

 

The address set forth in Merger Sub’s joinder to this Agreement.

 

 

 

If to Intermediate at or prior to the Closing, to:

 

Global Fintech Holdings Ltd.

c/o Gateley PLC

98 King Street

Manchester, M2 4WU

United Kingdom

Attn: Darren C. Mercer, Executive Director

Telephone No.: 44 (0) 161 836 7816

Facsimile No.: +44 (0) 161 836 7701

Email: Darren.Mercer@bnntechnology.com

 

 

with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:

 

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor
New York, New York 10105, USA
Attn:    Richard I. Anslow, Esq.
            Jonathan H. Deblinger, Esq.
Facsimile No.: (212) 370-7889
Telephone No.: (212) 370-1300
Email:  ranslow@egsllp.com
             jdeblinger@egsllp.com

 

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If to Intermediate and MICT after the Closing, to:

 

Global Fintech Holdings Ltd.
c/o Gateley PLC

 

98 King Street

Manchester, M2 4WU

United Kingdom

Attn: Darren C. Mercer, Executive Director

Telephone No.: 44 (0) 161 836 7816

Facsimile No.: +44 (0) 161 836 7701

Email: Darren.Mercer@bnntechnology.com

 

 

with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:

 

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor
New York, New York 10105, USA
Attn:    Richard I. Anslow, Esq.
            Jonathan H. Deblinger, Esq.
Facsimile No.: (212) 370-7889
Telephone No.: (212) 370-1300
Email:  ranslow@egsllp.com
             jdeblinger@egsllp.com

  

8.2 Binding Effect; Assignment. This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement shall not be assigned by operation of Law or otherwise without the prior written consent of MICT and Intermediate and any assignment without such consent shall be null and void; provided that no such assignment shall relieve the assigning Party of its obligations hereunder.

 

8.3 Third Parties. Nothing contained in this Agreement or in any instrument or document executed by any party in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall create any rights in, or be deemed to have been executed for the benefit of, any Person that is not a Party hereto or thereto or a successor or permitted assign of such a Party.

 

8.4 Reserved.

 

8.5 Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof. All Actions arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined exclusively in any state or federal court located in New York, New York (or in any appellate court thereof) (the “Specified Courts”). Each Party hereto hereby (a) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any Specified Court for the purpose of any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought by any Party hereto and (b) irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert by way of motion, defense or otherwise, in any such Action, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the Action is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the Action is improper, or that this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may not be enforced in or by any Specified Court. Each Party agrees that a final judgment in any Action shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law. Each Party irrevocably consents to the service of the summons and complaint and any other process in any other Action relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, on behalf of itself, or its property, by personal delivery of copies of such process to such Party at the applicable address set forth in Section 8.1. Nothing in this Section 8.5 shall affect the right of any Party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by Law.

 

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8.6 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THAT FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 8.6.

 

8.7 Specific Performance. Each Party acknowledges that the rights of each Party to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby are unique, recognizes and affirms that in the event of a breach of this Agreement by any Party, money damages may be inadequate and the non-breaching Parties may have not adequate remedy at law, and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed by an applicable Party in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. Accordingly, each Party shall be entitled to seek an injunction or restraining order to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to seek to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, without the requirement to post any bond or other security or to prove that money damages would be inadequate, this being in addition to any other right or remedy to which such Party may be entitled under this Agreement, at law or in equity.

 

8.8 Severability. In case any provision in this Agreement shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in a jurisdiction, such provision shall be modified or deleted, as to the jurisdiction involved, only to the extent necessary to render the same valid, legal and enforceable, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby nor shall the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision be affected thereby in any other jurisdiction. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties will substitute for any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision a suitable and equitable provision that carries out, so far as may be valid, legal and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision.

 

8.9 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended, supplemented or modified only by execution of a written instrument signed by MICT and Intermediate.

 

8.10 Waiver. Each of MICT, Merger Sub, and Intermediate, may in its sole discretion (i) extend the time for the performance of any obligation or other act of any other non-Affiliated Party hereto, (ii) waive any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties by such other non-Affiliated Party contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (iii) waive compliance by such other non-Affiliated Party with any covenant or condition contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the Party or Parties to be bound thereby (including by MICT or Intermediate in lieu of such Party to the extent provided in this Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure or delay by a Party in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any other right hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any waiver of any provision of this Agreement after the Closing shall also require the prior written consent of MICT.

 

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8.11 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the documents or instruments referred to herein, including any exhibits, annexes and schedules attached hereto, which exhibits, annexes and schedules are incorporated herein by reference, together with the Ancillary Documents, embody the entire agreement and understanding of the Parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, representations, warranties, covenants or undertakings, other than those expressly set forth or referred to herein or the documents or instruments referred to herein, which collectively supersede all prior agreements and the understandings among the Parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein.

 

8.12 Interpretation. The table of contents and the Article and Section headings contained in this Agreement are solely for the purpose of reference, are not part of the agreement of the Parties and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and words in the singular, including any defined terms, include the plural and vice versa; (b) reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a Person in a particular capacity excludes such Person in any other capacity; (c) any accounting term used and not otherwise defined in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document has the meaning assigned to such term in accordance the Applicable Accounting Principles or with respect to MICT, GAAP; (d) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding or succeeding such term and shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (e) the words “herein,” “hereto,” and “hereby” and other words of similar import in this Agreement shall be deemed in each case to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision of this Agreement; (f) the word “if” and other words of similar import when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the phrase “and only if”; (g) the term “or” means “and/or”; (h) any reference to the term “ordinary course” or “ordinary course of business” shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “consistent with past practice”; (i) any agreement, instrument, insurance policy, Law or Order defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement, instrument, insurance policy, Law or Order as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes, regulations, rules or orders) by succession of comparable successor statutes, regulations, rules or orders and references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; (j) except as otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to the words “Section,” “Article”, “Schedule”, “Annex” and “Exhibit” are intended to refer to Sections, Articles, Schedules, Annexes and Exhibits to this Agreement; and (k) the term “Dollars” or “$” means United States dollars. Any reference in this Agreement to a Person’s directors shall including any member of such Person’s governing body and any reference in this Agreement to a Person’s officers shall including any Person filling a substantially similar position for such Person. Any reference in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document to a Person’s shareholders or stockholders shall include any applicable owners of the equity interests of such Person, in whatever form. The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. Consequently, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.

 

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8.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission) in one or more counterparts, and by the different Parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

8.14 Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements. Except as provided in this Section 8.14, none of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in this Agreement shall survive the Effective Time, except for (a) those covenants and agreements contained herein that by their terms apply or are to be performed in whole or in part after the Effective Time and (b) those covenants and agreements set forth in this Article VIII, and provided that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Parties acknowledge and agree that after the Closing a Party shall not be prevented from bringing a valid Fraud Claim against the other Parties hereto with respect to the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents

 

Article IX
DEFINITIONS

 

9.1 Certain Definitions. For purpose of this Agreement, the following capitalized terms have the following meanings:

 

Accounting Principles” means in accordance with IFRS as in effect at the date of the financial statement to which it refers or if there is no such financial statement, then as of the Closing Date, using and applying the same accounting principles, practices, procedures, policies and methods (with consistent classifications, judgments, elections, inclusions, exclusions and valuation and estimation methodologies) used and applied by Intermediate, in the preparation of the latest audited Financial Statements. In any event, the Accounting Principles (i) shall not include any purchase accounting or other adjustment arising out of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) shall be based on facts and circumstances as they exist at or prior to the Closing and shall exclude the effect of any act, decision or event occurring after the Closing and (iii) shall follow the defined terms contained in this Agreement.

 

Action” means any notice of noncompliance or violation, or any claim, demand, charge, action, suit, litigation, audit, settlement, complaint, stipulation, assessment or arbitration, or any request (including any request for information), inquiry, hearing, proceeding or investigation, by or before any Governmental Authority.

 

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with such Person.

 

Ancillary Documents” means each agreement, instrument or document attached hereto as an Exhibit, including the Voting Agreement, Lock-Up Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the other agreements, certificates and instruments to be executed or delivered by any of the Parties hereto in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Benefit Plans” of any Person means any and all deferred compensation, executive compensation, incentive compensation, equity purchase or other equity-based compensation plan, employment or consulting, severance or termination pay, holiday, vacation or other bonus plan or practice, hospitalization or other medical, life or other insurance, supplemental unemployment benefits, profit sharing, pension, or retirement plan, program, agreement, commitment or arrangement, and each other employee benefit plan, program, agreement or arrangement, including each “employee benefit plan” as such term is defined under Section 3(3) of ERISA or its equivalent in any foreign jurisdictions, maintained or contributed to or required to be contributed to by a Person for the benefit of any employee or terminated employee of such Person, or with respect to which such Person has any Liability, whether direct or indirect, actual or contingent, whether formal or informal, and whether legally binding or not.

 

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Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized to close for business.

 

BVI Act” means the British Virgin Islands Business Companies Act (No 16 of 2004), as amended.

 

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor statute thereto, as amended. Reference to a specific section of the Code shall include such section and any valid treasury regulation promulgated thereunder.

 

Consent” means any consent, approval, waiver, authorization or Permit of, or notice to or registration, declaration or filing with any Governmental Authority or any other Person.

 

Contracts” means all contracts, agreements, binding arrangements, bonds, notes, indentures, mortgages, debt instruments, purchase order, licenses (and all other contracts, agreements or binding arrangements concerning Intellectual Property), franchises, leases and other instruments or obligations of any kind, written or oral (including any amendments and other modifications thereto).

 

Control” of a Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise. “Controlled”, “Controlling” and “under common Control with” have correlative meanings. Without limiting the foregoing a Person (the “Controlled Person”) shall be deemed Controlled by (a) any other Person (i) owning beneficially, as meant in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, securities entitling such Person to cast ten percent (10%) or more of the votes for election of directors or equivalent governing authority of the Controlled Person or (ii) entitled to be allocated or receive ten percent (10%) or more of the profits, losses, or distributions of the Controlled Person; (b) an officer, director, general partner, partner (other than a limited partner), manager, or member (other than a member having no management authority that is not a Person described in clause (a) above) of the Controlled Person; or (c) a spouse, parent, lineal descendant, sibling, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, or brother-in-law of an Affiliate of the Controlled Person or a trust for the benefit of an Affiliate of the Controlled Person or of which an Affiliate of the Controlled Person is a trustee.

 

Copyrights” means any works of authorship, mask works and all copyrights therein, including all renewals and extensions, copyright registrations and applications for registration and renewal, and non-registered copyrights.

 

Debenture Registration Statement” means a resale registration statement on Form S-3 (or if such form is not available, any other appropriate available form) to be filed by MICT with the SEC in connection with the registration for resale under the Securities Act of the shares of MICT Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the MICT Debentures and any other securities underlying the MICT Debentures.

 

Delaware Act” means the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended.

 

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Environmental Law” means any Law in any way relating to (a) the protection of human health and safety, (b) the protection, preservation or restoration of the environment and natural resources (including air, water vapor, surface water, groundwater, drinking water supply, surface land, subsurface land, plant and animal life or any other natural resource), or (c) the exposure to, or the use, storage, recycling, treatment, generation, transportation, processing, handling, labeling, production, release or disposal of Hazardous Materials.

 

Environmental Liabilities” means, in respect of any Person, all Liabilities, obligations, responsibilities, Remedial Actions, Losses, damages, costs, and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements, and expenses of counsel, experts, and consultants and costs of investigation and feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions, and interest incurred as a result of any claim or demand by any other Person or in response to any violation of Environmental Law, whether known or unknown, accrued or contingent, whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute, to the extent based upon, related to, or arising under or pursuant to any Environmental Law, environmental permit, Order, or Contract with any Governmental Authority or other Person, that relates to any environmental, health or safety condition, violation of Environmental Law, or a Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials.

 

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

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

 

Foreign Plan” means any plan, fund (including any superannuation fund) or other similar program or arrangement established or maintained outside the United States by Intermediate or any one or more of their respective Subsidiaries primarily for the benefit of employees of Intermediate or such respective Subsidiaries residing outside the United States, which plan, fund or other similar program or arrangement provides, or results in, retirement income, a deferral of income in contemplation of retirement or payments to be made upon termination of employment, and which plan is not subject to ERISA or the Code.

 

Fraud Claim” means any claim based in whole or in part upon fraud, willful misconduct or intentional misrepresentation.

 

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in the United States of America.

 

Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, local, foreign or other governmental, quasi-governmental or administrative body, instrumentality, department or agency or any court, tribunal, administrative hearing body, arbitration panel, commission, or other similar dispute-resolving panel or body.

 

Hazardous Material” means any waste, gas, liquid or other substance or material that is defined, listed or designated as a “hazardous substance”, “pollutant”, “contaminant”, “hazardous waste”, “regulated substance”, “hazardous chemical”, or “toxic chemical” (or by any similar term) under any Environmental Law, or any other material regulated, or that could result in the imposition of Liability or responsibility, under any Environmental Law, including petroleum and its by-products, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon, mold, and urea formaldehyde insulation.

 

IFRS” means international financial reporting standards, as adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board.

 

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Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money (including the outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest), (b) all obligations for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business), (c) any other indebtedness of such Person that is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture, credit agreement or similar instrument, (d) all obligations of such Person under leases that should be classified as capital leases in accordance with GAAP or IFRS, as applicable, (e) all obligations of such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any line or letter of credit, banker’s acceptance, guarantee or similar credit transaction, in each case, that has been drawn or claimed against, (f) all obligations of such Person in respect of acceptances issued or created, (g) all interest rate and currency swaps, caps, collars and similar agreements or hedging devices under which payments are obligated to be made by such Person, whether periodically or upon the happening of a contingency, (h) all obligations secured by an Lien on any property of such Person, (i) any premiums, prepayment fees or other penalties, fees, costs or expenses associated with payment of any Indebtedness of such Person and (j) all obligation described in clauses (a) through (i) above of any other Person which is directly or indirectly guaranteed by such Person or which such Person has agreed (contingently or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire or in respect of which it has otherwise assured a creditor against loss.

 

Intellectual Property” means all of the following as they exist in any jurisdiction throughout the world: Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, Internet Assets, Software, design rights (whether registered or unregistered and other intellectual property, and all licenses, sublicenses and other agreements or permissions related to the preceding property.

 

Intermediate Charter” means the certificate of incorporation of Intermediate, as amended and in effect under the BVI Act.

 

Intermediate Confidential Information” means all confidential or proprietary documents and information concerning Intermediate or any of its Representatives, furnished in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that Intermediate Confidential Information shall not include any information which, (i) at the time of disclosure by MICT or its Representatives, is generally available publicly and was not disclosed in breach of this Agreement or (ii) at the time of the disclosure by Intermediate to MICT or its Representatives was previously known by such receiving party without violation of Law or any confidentiality obligation by the Person receiving such Intermediate Confidential Information.

 

Intermediate Securities” means, collectively, the Intermediate Shares, and any other securities of Intermediate.

 

Intermediate Shares” means shares of stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Intermediate.

 

Internet Assets” means any all domain name registrations, web sites and web addresses and related rights, items and documentation related thereto.

 

Intervening Event” shall mean any material event, circumstance, change, effect, development or condition occurring or arising after the date hereof with respect to a Party that was not reasonably foreseeable or known by the such Party or its board directors as of or prior to the date hereof and does not relate, directly or indirectly, to any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Transaction or any of the events or occurrences of the nature described in clauses (i) through (iv) of the definition of Material Adverse Effect (solely as applied to the Company and its Subsidiaries).

 

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Knowledge” means, with respect to (i) Intermediate, the actual knowledge of the executive officers or directors of Intermediate, after reasonable inquiry, or (ii) any other Party, the actual knowledge of its directors and executive officers, after reasonable inquiry.

 

Law” means any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other law, statute, legislation, principle of common law, ordinance, code, edict, decree, proclamation, treaty, convention, rule, regulation, directive, requirement, writ, injunction, settlement, Order or Consent that is or has been issued, enacted, adopted, passed, approved, promulgated, made, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Authority.

 

Liabilities” means any and all liabilities, Indebtedness, Actions or obligations of any nature (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise, whether known or unknown, whether direct or indirect, whether matured or unmatured, whether due or to become due and whether or not required to be recorded or reflected on a balance sheet under GAAP, IFRS or other applicable accounting standards), including Tax liabilities due or to become due.

 

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, attachment, right of first refusal, option, proxy, voting trust, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof), restriction (whether on voting, sale, transfer, disposition or otherwise), any subordination arrangement in favor of another Person, or any filing or agreement to file a financing statement as debtor under the Uniform Commercial Code or any similar Law.

 

Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to any specified Person, any fact, event, occurrence, change or effect that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect upon (a) the business, assets, Liabilities, results of operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of such Person and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries on a timely basis to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents to which it is a party or bound or to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder; provided, however, that for purposes of clause (a) above, any changes or effects directly or indirectly attributable to, resulting from, relating to or arising out of the following (by themselves or when aggregated with any other, changes or effects) shall not be deemed to be, constitute, or be taken into account when determining whether there has or may, would or could have occurred a Material Adverse Effect: (i) general changes in the financial or securities markets or general economic or political conditions in the country or region in which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries do business; (ii) changes, conditions or effects that generally affect the industries in which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries principally operate; (iii) changes in IFRS, GAAP or other applicable accounting principles or mandatory changes in the regulatory accounting requirements applicable to any industry in which such Person and its Subsidiaries principally operate; (iv) conditions caused by acts of God, terrorism, war (whether or not declared) or natural disaster; and (v) any failure in and of itself by such Person and its Subsidiaries to meet any internal or published budgets, projections, forecasts or predictions of financial performance for any period (provided that the underlying cause of any such failure may be considered in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur to the extent not excluded by another exception herein); provided further, however, that any event, occurrence, fact, condition, or change referred to in clauses (i) - (iv) immediately above shall be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or could reasonably be expected to occur to the extent that such event, occurrence, fact, condition, or change has a disproportionate effect on such Person or any of its Subsidiaries compared to other participants in the industries in which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries primarily conducts its businesses.

 

MICT Charter” means the certificate of incorporation of MICT, as amended and in effect under the Delaware Act.

 

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MICT Common Stock” means shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of MICT.

 

MICT Common Stock Price” means One U.S Dollar and Forty One Cents ($1.41 per share of MICT Common Stock.

 

MICT Confidential Information” means all confidential or proprietary documents and information concerning MICT, or any of its respective Representatives; provided, however, that MICT Confidential Information shall not include any information which, (i) at the time of disclosure by Intermediate or its Representatives, is generally available publicly and was not disclosed in breach of this Agreement or (ii) at the time of the disclosure by MICT or its Representatives to Intermediate was previously known by such receiving party without violation of Law or any confidentiality obligation by the Person receiving such MICT Confidential Information. For the avoidance of doubt, from and after the Closing, MICT Confidential Information will include the confidential or proprietary information of the Intermediate.

 

MICT Convertible Note” means a convertible promissory notes, issued June 29, 2019, in the original principal amount of $2,000,000, which is convertible into shares of MICT Common Stock at a conversion price of $1.10 per share.

 

MICT Debentures” means 5% senior secured convertible debentures of MICT, due six months from their date of issuance, and issued by MICT to Stadium Parkgate (Holdings) Limited and certain individuals.

 

MICT Preferred Stock” means shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of MICT.

 

MICT Warrant” or “MICT Warrants” means warrants entitling the holders thereof to purchase an aggregate of 8,687,499 shares of MICT’s Common Stock, consisting of (i) 158,000 shares at a purchase price of $1.50 per share, (ii) 717,000 shares at a purchase price of $2.00 per share, (iii) 200,000 shares a purchase price of $3.00 per share, (iv) 112,500 shares at a purchase price of $4.00 per share, (v) 4,772,727 shares at a purchase price of $1.01 per share and (vi) 2,727,272 shares at a purchase price of $1.01 per share.

 

MICT Securities” means the MICT Common Stock, MICT Debentures, MICT Preferred Stock, MICT Warrants and MICT Convertible Note, collectively.

 

Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

Net Working Capital” means, as of the time of determination, (i) all current assets of Intermediate, including cash and cash equivalents, on a consolidated basis, minus (ii) all current liabilities (excluding, without duplication, Indebtedness outstanding at Closing), on a consolidated basis and as determined in accordance with the Accounting Principles; provided that, for purposes of this definition, whether or not the following is consistent with the Accounting Principles, “current assets” will exclude any receivable from any shareholder of Intermediate.

 

Order” means any order, decree, ruling, judgment, injunction, writ, determination, binding decision, verdict, judicial award or other action that is or has been made, entered, rendered, or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Authority.

 

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Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person, its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, memorandum and articles of association or similar organizational documents, in each case, as amended.

 

Patents” means any patents, patent applications and the inventions, designs and improvements described and claimed therein, patentable inventions, and other patent rights (including any divisionals, provisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, substitutions, or reissues thereof, whether or not patents are issued on any such applications and whether or not any such applications are amended, modified, withdrawn, or refiled).

 

PCAOB” means the U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (or any successor thereto).

 

Personal Information” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person including a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person or any other piece of information that allows the identification of a natural person or is otherwise considered personally identifiable information or personal information under applicable Law.

 

Permits” means all federal, state, local or foreign or other third-party permits, grants, easements, consents, approvals, authorizations, exemptions, licenses, franchises, concessions, ratifications, permissions, clearances, confirmations, endorsements, waivers, certifications, designations, ratings, registrations, qualifications or orders of any Governmental Authority or any other Person.

 

Permitted Liens” means (a) Liens for Taxes or assessments and similar governmental charges or levies, which either are (i) not delinquent or (ii) being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, and adequate reserves have been established with respect thereto, (b) other Liens imposed by operation of Law arising in the ordinary course of business for amounts which are not due and payable and as would not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of, or materially adversely interfere with the use of, the property subject thereto, (c) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with social security, (d) Liens on goods in transit incurred pursuant to documentary letters of credit, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business, or (v) Liens arising under this Agreement or any Ancillary Document.

 

Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership (including a general partnership, limited partnership or limited liability partnership), limited liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization, including a government, domestic or foreign, or political subdivision thereof, or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

 

Personal Property” means any machinery, equipment, tools, vehicles, furniture, leasehold improvements, office equipment, plant, parts and other tangible personal property.

 

Registration Rights Agreement” means a registration rights agreement for the registration with the SEC of the Shareholder Merger Consideration, in a form to be mutually agreed by MICT and Intermediate Shareholder.

 

Related Acquisitions” means the purchases by Intermediate of (i) all of the capital stock and other equity interests of ParagonEx LTD, and (ii) all of the equity interests of ParagonEx LTD, of Beijing Brookfield), for a combination of shares of GFH stock and cash, which are to be consummated immediately prior to the Closing.

 

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Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, or leaching into the indoor or outdoor environment, or into or out of any property.

 

Remedial Action” means all actions to (i) clean up, remove, treat, or in any other way address any Hazardous Material, (ii) prevent the Release of any Hazardous Material so it does not endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment, (iii) perform pre-remedial studies and investigations or post-remedial monitoring and care, or (iv) correct a condition of noncompliance with Environmental Laws.

 

Representatives” means, as to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective managers, directors, officers, employees, independent contractors, consultants, advisors (including financial advisors, counsel and accountants), agents and other legal representatives of such Person or its Affiliates.

 

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (or any successor Governmental Authority).

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Software” means any computer software programs, including all source code, object code, software implementations of algorithms, models and methodologies and documentation related thereto and all software modules, tools and databases.

 

SOX” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended.

 

Stadium Note” means an unsecured convertible loan note with a currently outstanding principal balance of Six Million pounds (£6,000,000) originally issued by BNN in favor of SPH 2011 Limited and later assigned to Stadium Parkgate (Holdings) Limited; which shall be amended such that (i) shares of MICT Common Stock shall be substituted for any capital shares of GFH that otherwise would have been issuable pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Stadium Note (at any time) and (ii) the conversion price of the Stadium Note shall be changed to the MICT Common Stock Price per share.

 

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity of which (i) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (ii) if a partnership, association or other business entity, a majority of the partnership or other similar ownership interests thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons will be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a partnership, association or other business entity if such Person or Persons will be allocated a majority of partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or will be or control the managing director, managing member, general partner or other managing Person of such partnership, association or other business entity. A Subsidiary of a Person will also include any variable interest entity which is consolidated with such Person under applicable accounting rules. For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties acknowledge and agree that Micronet Ltd. (“Micronet”) is not a Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement.

 

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Superior Proposal” means any Acquisition Proposal made by a third party after the date of this Agreement that (i) was not solicited in violation of Section 5.5 and (ii) the applicable party’s board of directors in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and its outside legal counsel, and after taking into account the terms and conditions of such Acquisition Proposal, including the financial, legal, regulatory and other aspects of such Acquisition Proposal and is more favorable to MICT’s stockholders than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and is reasonably expected to be consummated in accordance with its terms. For purposes of the reference to an “Acquisition Proposal” in this definition, all references to “fifteen percent (15%)” in the definition of “Acquisition Transaction” will be deemed to be references to “50%.

 

Tax Return” means any return, declaration, report, claim for refund, information return or other documents (including any related or supporting schedules, statements or information) filed or required to be filed in connection with the determination, assessment or collection of any Taxes or the administration of any Laws or administrative requirements relating to any Taxes.

 

Taxes” means (a) all direct or indirect federal, state, local, foreign and other net income, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, value-added, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profits, license, lease, service, service use, withholding, payroll, employment, social security and related contributions due in relation to the payment of compensation to employees, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, windfall profits, alternative minimum, estimated, customs, duties or other taxes, fees, assessments or charges of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts with respect thereto, (b) any Liability for payment of amounts described in clause (a) whether as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group for any period or otherwise through operation of law and (c) any Liability for the payment of amounts described in clauses (a) or (b) as a result of any tax sharing, tax group, tax indemnity or tax allocation agreement with, or any other express or implied agreement to indemnify, any other Person.

 

Trade Secrets” means any trade secrets, confidential business information, concepts, ideas, designs, research or development information, processes, procedures, techniques, technical information, specifications, operating and maintenance manuals, engineering drawings, methods, know-how, data, mask works, discoveries, inventions, modifications, extensions, improvements, and other proprietary rights (whether or not patentable or subject to copyright, trademark, or trade secret protection).

 

Trademarks” means any trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, brand names, internet domain names, designs, logos, or corporate names (including, in each case, the goodwill associated therewith), whether registered or unregistered, and all registrations and applications for registration and renewal thereof.

 

Trading Day” means any day on which shares of MICT Common Stock are actually traded on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the shares of MICT Common Stock are then traded.

 

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9.2 Section References. The following capitalized terms, as used in this Agreement, have the respective meanings given to them in the Section as set forth below adjacent to such terms:

  

Term   Section
20% Rule Proposal   5.10(a)
Acquisition Proposal   5.5(a)
Agreement   Preamble
Alternative Transaction   5.5(a)
Amendment Proposal   5.10(a)
Antitrust Laws   5.8(b)
Articles and Plan of Merger   1.1
Beijing Brookfield   Recitals
Beijing Brookfield Share Exchange Agreement   Recitals
BII/ParagonEx Covenants   5.17
BII/ParagonEx Reps   4.8
BNN   Recitals
Cap Table   1.4
Change of Recommendation Notice Period   5.5(f)(ii)
Term   Section
Closing   2.1
Closing Date   2.1
Closing Filing   5.11(b)
Closing Press Release   5.11(b)
Continuing Directors   5.14
Costs   5.15(a)
D&O Indemnified Parties   5.15(a)
D&O Tail Insurance   5.15(d)
Effective Time   1.2
EGS   2.1
Enertec Escrow Agreement   3.22
Enertec Share Purchase Agreement 3.22   3.22
Enforceability Exceptions   3.2
Expenses   7.6
Federal Securities Laws   3.3

 

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Term   Section
File   3.6(a)
GFH   Recitals
Interim Period   5.1(a)
Intermediate   Preamble
Intermediate Sub   Recitals
ITA   6.2(o)(viii)
Lock-Up Agreement   1.9(b)
Lost Certificate Affidavit   1.10
LTIP   5.18
Merger   Recitals
Merger Sub   Preamble
MICT   Preamble
MICT Accounts Receivable   3.6(d)
MICT Board Recommendation   5.5(e)
MICT Board Recommendation Change   5.5(e)
MICT Disclosure Schedules   Article III
MICT Equity Plan   5.10(a)
MICT Financials   3.6(b)
MICT Israeli Sub-Equity Plan   6.2(o)(viii)
MICT Material Contract   3.15(a)
MICT Options   1.16
MICT Personal Property Leases   3.13
MICT Real Property Leases   3.12
Term   Section
MICT Stockholder Approval Matters   5.10(a)
Minimum Net Cash   1.15
OFAC   3.19(c)
Outside Date   7.1(b)
ParagonEx   Recitals
ParagonEx Sellers   Recitals
ParagonEx Share Exchange Agreement   Recitals
Party(ies)   Preamble
PIPE Investment   Recitals
PIPE Investors   Recitals
Post-Closing MICT Board   5.14
Proxy Statement   5.10(a)
Public Certifications   3.6(a)
Required Stockholder Approval   6.1(a)
SEC Reports   3.6(a)
Seller Representative   Recitals
Shareholder Merger Consideration   1.4
Signing Filing   5.11(b)
Signing Press Release   5.11(b)
Special Meeting   5.10(a)
Specified Courts   8.5
Sunrise Agreement   1.13
Sunrise Securities   1.13
Surviving Company   1.1
Total Stadium Note Amount   1.14
Transactions   Recitals
Transmittal Documents   1.9(b)
Trump Securities   1.13
VAT   3.10(d)
Voting Agreement   Recitals

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Party hereto has caused this Agreement to be signed and delivered by its respective duly authorized officer as of the date first written above.

  

  MICT:
   
  MICT, INC.
     
  By: /s/ David Lucatz
    Name: David Lucatz
    Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  Merger Sub:
   
  MICT MERGER SUBSIDIARY INC.,
     
  By:
    Name:
    Title:
     
  Intermediate:
   
  GFH INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LTD.,
     
  By:       
    Name:
Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.1

 

EXHIBIT A

 

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

 

Original Issue Date: [●], 2019

Original Conversion Price (subject to adjustment herein): $1.41

 

$[●]

 

 

5% SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE

DUE 2020

 

THIS 5% SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE is one of a series of duly authorized and validly issued 5% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures of MICT, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), having its principal place of business at 28 West Grand Avenue, Suite 3, Montvale, NJ 07645, designated as its 5% Senior Secured Convertible Debenture due 2020 (this debenture, this “Debenture” and, collectively with the other debentures of such series issued to [Stadium Parkgate (Holdings) Limited, Christopher James Dean, Simon John Foy, Mark Edwin Healey, Scott Jonathan Fletcher and Michael Burgess], the “Debentures”).

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to [●]or [its] [his] registered assigns (the “Holder”), or shall have paid pursuant to the terms hereunder, the principal sum of $[●] on the earlier of (a) [●], 20201 and (b) the termination of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 7, 2019 (as in effect on the date hereof and as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified to the extent permitted by Section 7, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among, the Company, MICT Merger Subsidiary Inc., upon execution of a joinder thereto, a to-be-formed British Virgin Islands company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger Sub”), and GFH Intermediate Holdings Ltd., a British Virgin Islands company (“Intermediate”) (the earlier to occur of (a) or (b), “Maturity Date”), or such earlier date as this Debenture is required or permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder, and to pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture in accordance with the provisions hereof. This Debenture is subject to the following additional provisions:

 

 

 

 

1 6 months from the date of issuance

 

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Change of Control Transaction” means the occurrence after the date hereof of any of the following transactions: (a) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of this Debenture) that shall have become the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d3 and 13d5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of this Debenture) or have effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of the voting securities of the Company representing 33% or more of on a fully diluted basis of the voting securities of the Company (other than by means of conversion of the Debentures and the Securities issued together with the Debentures); (b) the Company merges into or consolidates with any other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Company and, after giving effect to such transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the Company or the successor entity of such transaction; (c) the Company sells or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another Person and the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction; (d) a replacement at one time or within a three year period of more than one-half of the members of the Board of Directors which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board of Directors on the Original Issue Date (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the Board of Directors on any date whose nomination to the Board of Directors was approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are members on the date hereof); or (e) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth in clauses (a) through (d) above. The consummation of the Merger shall not constitute a Change of Control Transaction.

 

Controlled Account” means a deposit account of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which is subject to a deposit account control agreement in accordance with the terms of the Security Agreement.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Conversion Shares” means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Effective Time” means Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement).

 

Equity Conditions” means, during the period in question, (a) the Company shall have duly honored all conversions and redemptions scheduled to occur or occurring by virtue of one or more Notices of Conversion of the Holder, if any, (b) the Company shall have paid all amounts owing to the Holder in respect of this Debenture and the other Transaction Documents, (c)(i) there is an effective Registration Statement pursuant to which the Holder is permitted to utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and the Company believes, in good faith, that such effectiveness will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future) or (ii) all of the Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and shares issuable in lieu of cash payments of interest) may be resold pursuant to Rule 144 without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements as determined by counsel to the Company as set forth in a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the Holder, (d) the Common Stock is trading on a Trading Market and all of the shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents are listed or quoted for trading on such Trading Market (and the Company believes, in good faith, that trading of the Common Stock on a Trading Market will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future), (e) there is a sufficient number of authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved shares of Common Stock for the issuance of all of the shares then issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (f) there is no existing Event of Default and no existing event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, would constitute an Event of Default, and (g) the issuance of the shares in question to the Holder would not violate the limitations set forth in Section 4(d).

 

Exempt Issuance” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose by a majority of the Board of Directors and either (i) as in effect on the date hereof and pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions thereof in existence as of the date hereof or (ii) solely to the extent contemplated by the capitalization table of the Company set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) of the Purchase Agreement, (b) securities upon the conversion of this Debenture and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with stock splits or combinations) or to extend the term of such securities, and (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions or to third-party vendors as payments for goods and services approved by a majority of the directors of the Company, provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and carry no registration rights that require or permit the filing of any registration statement in connection therewith during any applicable prohibition period and provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equityholders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities; provided, that such securities issued pursuant to this clause (c) are (i) issued solely to the extent contemplated by the capitalization table of the Company set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) of the Purchase Agreement or (ii) if not issued as contemplated by such capitalization table, not issued to any employees, officers, directors or other insiders of the Company and a general fair value analysis with respect to such transaction has been undertaken.

 

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Forced Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Intermediate” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Issuable Maximum” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(e).

 

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

 

Merger” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

 

Merger Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Merger Sub” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Permitted Indebtedness” means (a) the indebtedness evidenced by the Debentures, (b) the Indebtedness existing on the Original Issue Date and set forth on Schedule 3.1(bb) attached to the Purchase Agreement, (c) capitalized lease obligations and purchase money indebtedness of up to $100,000 in the aggregate incurred in connection with the acquisition of capital assets and lease obligations with respect to newly acquired or leased assets, (d) indebtedness that (i) is expressly subordinate to the Debentures pursuant to a written subordination agreement with the Agent (as defined in the Security Agreement) that is acceptable to the Agent (as defined in the Security Agreement) in its sole and absolute discretion and (ii) matures at a date later than the 91st day following the Maturity Date, (e) the indebtedness evidenced by the Non-Stadium PIPE Documents, provided that such indebtedness is subject to the Intercreditor Agreement and (f) other unsecured indebtedness which is not otherwise permitted by another subsection of this definition in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed at any time $750,000, provided that such unsecured indebtedness does not require amortization or similar payment of principal prior to the 91st day following the Maturity Date.

 

Permitted Lien” means the individual and collective reference to the following: (a) Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet due or Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Company) have been established in accordance with GAAP, (b) Liens imposed by law which were incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, statutory landlords’ Liens, and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, and which (x) do not individually or in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries or (y) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing for the foreseeable future the forfeiture or sale of the property or asset subject to such Lien, (c) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted Indebtedness under clauses (a) and (b) thereunder, (d) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted Indebtedness under clause (c) thereunder, provided that such Liens are not secured by assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries other than the assets so acquired or leased and (e) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted Indebtedness under clause (e) thereunder, provided that such Liens do not encumber the Blocked Account.

 

Purchase Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2019 among the Company, the Holder and the other original holders of the Debentures, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

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SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor thereto.

 

Secured Parties” means Secured Parties (as defined in the Security Agreement).

 

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

 

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

 

Significant Subsidiary” shall have the meaning given to such term in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X, as amended.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Triggering Event” means any of the following: (a) if the principal Trading Market on which the Company’s shares of Common Stock trade suspends the trading of shares of the Company’s Common Stock, (b) if the SEC or any state securities regulators initiate a formal investigation into the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (other than investigations that could only result in the Company being required to make (i) monetary payments no greater than $100,000 in the aggregate or (ii) securities laws filings as a remedy therefor), (c) if the preliminary proxy statement with respect to the Merger is not submitted to the SEC on or prior to November 18, 2019, (d) if the mailing to the Company’s shareholders of the definitive proxy related to the Merger and the Shareholder Approval with respect to the Charter Amendment and the Nasdaq Requirement is not initiated within five (5) Business Days following the Company being advised by the SEC that it has no further comments on the Company’s preliminary proxy related to the Merger, (e) if the Company does not respond to the SEC within ten (10) Business Days of the Company’s receipt of SEC comments with respect to its preliminary proxy related to the Merger, (f) if the Forced Conversion Date does not occur on or prior to January 24, 2020, (g) failure to comply with any deadlines set forth in Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement or any other provision of the Registration Rights Agreement, (h) any breach of Section 4.17 of the Purchase Agreement or (i) any Event of Default.

 

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Triggering Event Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).

 

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

 

Section 2. Interest.

 

a) Payment of Interest in Cash. The Company shall pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture at the rate of 5% per annum, payable quarterly on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, beginning on April 1, 2019 (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date”) (if any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the applicable payment shall be due on the next succeeding Business Day), in cash or, at the Company’s option, in duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Price (the dollar amount to be paid in shares, the “Interest Share Amount”) or a combination thereof; provided, however, that payment in shares of Common Stock may only occur if (i) all of the Equity Conditions have been met (unless waived by the Holder in writing) during the 20 Trading Days immediately prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date (the “Interest Notice Period”) and through and including the date such shares of Common Stock are actually issued to the Holder, (ii) the Company shall have given the Holder notice in accordance with the notice requirements set forth below and (iii) as to such Interest Payment Date, prior to such Interest Notice Period (but not more than five (5) Trading Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Notice Period), the Company shall have delivered to the Holder’s account with The Depository Trust Company a number of shares of Common Stock to be applied against such Interest Share Amount equal to the quotient of (x) the applicable Interest Share Amount divided by (y) the Conversion Price, subject to adjustment herein and assuming for such purposes that the Interest Payment Date is the Trading Day immediately prior to the commencement of the Interest Notice Period (the “Interest Conversion Shares”); provided, further, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Transaction Document, accrued but unpaid interest under this Debenture shall (A) be paid in cash (I) upon the acceleration of the obligations under the Debentures in accordance with Section 8(b) following the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, (II) upon an Optional Redemption following the occurrence of a Triggering Event pursuant to clause (i) of the definition thereof and (III) on the Maturity Date, (B) be paid in Interest Conversion Shares upon a forced conversion of this Debenture pursuant to Section 6(a) and (C) not be required to be paid upon the acceleration of the obligations under the Debentures in accordance with Section 8(b) for any reason other than the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default so long as Stadium Parkgate (Holdings) Limited, as collateral agent, has been able to withdraw all of the funds in the Blocked Account pursuant to Section 4.17(c) of the Purchase Agreement.

 

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

 

c) Interest Calculations. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, consisting of twelve 30 calendar day periods, and shall accrue daily commencing on the Original Issue Date until payment in full of the outstanding principal, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, and all other amounts which may become due hereunder, has been made. Payment of interest in shares of Common Stock (other than the Interest Conversion Shares issued prior to an Interest Notice Period) shall otherwise occur pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii) herein and, solely for purposes of the payment of interest in shares, the Interest Payment Date shall be deemed the Conversion Date. Interest shall cease to accrue with respect to any principal amount converted, provided that, the Company actually delivers the Conversion Shares within the time period required by Section 4(c)(ii) herein. Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person in whose name this Debenture is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and transfers of this Debenture (the “Debenture Register”). Except as otherwise provided herein, if at any time the Company pays interest partially in cash and partially in shares of Common Stock to the holders of the Debentures, then such payment of cash shall be distributed ratably among the holders of the then-outstanding Debentures based on their (or their predecessor’s) initial purchases of Debentures pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

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d) Late Fee. All overdue accrued and unpaid interest to be paid hereunder shall entail a late fee at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 18% per annum or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law (the “Late Fees”) which shall accrue daily from the date such interest is due hereunder through and including the date of actual payment in full. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if, on any Interest Payment Date the Company has elected to pay accrued interest in the form of Common Stock but the Company is not permitted to pay accrued interest in Common Stock because it fails to satisfy the conditions for payment in Common Stock set forth in Section 2(a) herein, then, at the option of the Holder, the Company, in lieu of delivering either shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 2(a) or paying the regularly scheduled interest payment in cash, shall deliver, within three (3) Trading Days of each applicable Interest Payment Date, an amount in cash equal to the product of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable to the Holder in connection with the payment of interest due on such Interest Payment Date multiplied by (y) the highest VWAP during the period commencing on the Interest Payment Date and ending on the Trading Day prior to the date such payment is actually made. If any Interest Conversion Shares are issued to the Holder in connection with an Interest Payment Date and are not applied against an Interest Share Amount, then the Holder shall promptly return such excess shares to the Company.

 

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

 

Section 3. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Section 4. Conversion.

 

a) Voluntary Conversion. At any time after Shareholder Approval until this Debenture is no longer outstanding, this Debenture shall be convertible, in whole or in part, into shares of Common Stock at the option of the Holder, at any time and from time to time (subject to the conversion limitations set forth in Section 4(d)). The Holder shall effect conversions by delivering to the Company a Notice of Conversion, the form of which is attached hereto as Annex A (each, a “Notice of Conversion”), specifying therein the principal amount of this Debenture to be converted and the date on which such conversion shall be effected (such date, the “Conversion Date”). If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion is deemed delivered hereunder. No ink-original Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Conversion form be required. To effect conversions hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Debenture to the Company unless the entire principal amount of this Debenture, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, has been so converted, in which case the Holder shall surrender this Debenture as promptly as is reasonably practicable after such conversion without delaying or otherwise affecting the Company’s obligation to deliver the shares on the Share Delivery Date. Conversions hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture in an amount equal to the applicable conversion. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the principal amount(s) converted and the date of such conversion(s). The Company may deliver an objection to any Notice of Conversion within one (1) Business Day of delivery of such Notice of Conversion. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. The Holder, and any assignee by acceptance of this Debenture, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of a portion of this Debenture, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this Debenture may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

b) Conversion Price. The conversion price in effect on any Conversion Date shall be equal to $1.41, subject to adjustment herein (the “Conversion Price”).

 

  c) Mechanics of Conversion.

 

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

 

ii. Delivery of Conversion Shares Upon Conversion. Not later than two (2) Trading Days after each Conversion Date (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Holder (A) the Conversion Shares, which no later than the Effective Time shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of this Debenture (including, if the Company has given continuous notice pursuant to Section 2(b) for payment of interest in shares of Common Stock at least 20 Trading Days prior to the date on which the Notice of Conversion is delivered to the Company, shares of Common Stock representing the payment of accrued interest otherwise determined pursuant to Section 2(a) but assuming that the Interest Notice Period is the 20 Trading Day period immediately prior to the date on which the Notice of Conversion is delivered to the Company and excluding for such issuance the condition that the Company deliver Interest Conversion Shares as to such interest payment prior to the commencement of the Interest Notice Period) and (B) a bank check in the amount of accrued and unpaid interest and all other amounts due to the Holder under this Debenture and the other Transaction Documents (if the Company has elected or is required to pay accrued interest in cash). No later than the Effective Time, the Company shall deliver any Conversion Shares required to be delivered by the Company under this Section 4(c) electronically through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions.

 

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iii. Failure to Deliver Conversion Shares. If the Company shall fail for any reason or for no reason to issue to the Holder on or prior to the Share Delivery Date (a “Delivery Failure”) either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, a certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, to credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC, for such number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s conversion of this Debenture or (II) if the registration rights contained in the Registration Rights Agreement covering the resale of the Conversion Shares that are the subject of the Notice of Conversion (the “Unavailable Conversion Shares”) is not available for the resale of such Unavailable Conversion Shares and the Company fails to promptly, but in no event later than as required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (x) so notify the Holder and (y) deliver the Conversion Shares electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of Conversion Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such conversion to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian system (the event described in the immediately foregoing clause (II) is hereinafter referred as a “Notice Failure” and together with the event described in clause (I) above, a “Conversion Failure”), and if on or after such Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall, within three Trading Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) or credit such Holder’s balance account with DTC for such shares of Common Stock shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock or credit such Holder’s balance account with DTC, as applicable, and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the lowest VWAP of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the applicable Notice of Conversion and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this clause (ii). Nothing shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock (or to electronically deliver such shares of Common Stock) upon the Conversion of this Debenture as required pursuant to the terms hereof. The Company shall immediately notify the Holder if the Registration Statement is not effective two (2) Business Days prior to the anticipated Effective Time.

 

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iv. Obligation Absolute; Damages. The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided, however, that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any such action the Company may have against the Holder. In the event the Holder of this Debenture shall elect to convert any or all of the outstanding principal amount hereof, the Company may not refuse conversion based on any claim that the Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with the Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all or part of this Debenture shall have been sought and obtained, and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of the Holder in the amount of 150% of the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to the Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Company shall issue Conversion Shares or, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages or declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8 hereof for the Company’s failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period specified herein and the Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit the Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law.

 

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

 

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vi. Shareholder Approval; Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Debenture shall not be convertible until such time as (i) Shareholder Approval has been received with respect to the issuance by the Company of the Conversion Shares as set forth in clause (b) of the definition of “Shareholder Approval” in the Purchase Agreement, (ii) the Company shall have amended its certificate of incorporation so as to authorize and reserve for issuance a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock such that all of the Conversion Shares that are issuable pursuant to the conversion of this Debenture may be issued (the “Charter Amendment”), (iii) Shareholder Approval has been received with respect to the issuance by the Company of the Conversion Shares in excess of 19.99% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock on the Closing Date as described in clause (a) of the definition of “Shareholder Approval” in the Purchase Agreement and (iv) the Conversion Shares shall have otherwise been approved for listing on Nasdaq (the “Nasdaq Requirement”). The board of directors of the Company shall (A) use its best efforts to complete the Charter Amendment and have the Charter Amendment in full force and effect as soon as possible, and to obtain such Shareholder Approval in connection therewith, and in any event shall do so no later than the Effective Time and (B) satisfy the Nasdaq Requirement and obtain any Shareholder Approval in connection therewith no later than the Effective Time. The Company shall mail to the Company’s shareholders a request and proxy proposal for Shareholder Approval with respect to both the Charter Amendment and the Nasdaq Requirement simultaneously with the mailing of the definitive proxy related to the Merger, in each case, within five (5) Business Days following the Company being advised by the SEC that it has no further comments on the Company’s preliminary proxy related to the Merger. Following receipt of the Shareholder Approval described in clause (i) above and the effectiveness of the Charter Amendment, the Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of this Debenture and payment of interest on this Debenture, each as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent Purchase Rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the other holders of the Debentures), not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall (subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement) be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 5) upon the conversion of the then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture and payment of interest hereunder. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

vii. Insufficient Authorized Shares. If at any time following the Effective Time while this Debenture remains outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon conversion of this Debenture at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of all of this Debenture then outstanding (the “Required Reserve Amount” and the failure to have such sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock, an “Authorized Share Failure”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for this Debenture then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than the Effective Time, the Company shall hold a meeting of its shareholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each shareholder with a proxy statement and shall use its best efforts to solicit its shareholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the shareholders that they approve such proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such time of an Authorized Share Failure, the Company is legally able to obtain the written consent of a majority of the shares of its issued and outstanding Common Stock to approve the increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, the Company may satisfy this obligation by obtaining such consent and submitting for filing with the SEC an Information Statement on Schedule 14C. In the event that upon any conversion of this Debenture, the Company does not have sufficient authorized shares to deliver in satisfaction of such conversion (such unavailable number of shares of Common Stock, the “Authorization Failure Shares”), then unless the Holder elects to void such attempted conversion, the Holder may require, within three Trading Days of the applicable conversion, in lieu of delivering such Authorization Failure Shares to the Holder, the Company to pay cash in exchange for the cancellation of such portion of this Debenture convertible into such Authorized Failure Shares at a price equal to the sum of (i) the product of (x) such number of Authorization Failure Shares and (y) the Conversion Price, subject to adjustment herein, (ii) any accrued and unpaid interest with respect to such Authorization Failure Shares and (iii) to the extent the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of Authorization Failure Shares, any brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any, of the Holder incurred in connection therewith.

 

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

 

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

 

d) Holder’s Conversion Limitations. The Company shall not effect any conversion of this Debenture, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Debenture, to the extent that after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted principal amount of this Debenture beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including, without limitation, any other Debentures) beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 4(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 4(d) applies, the determination of whether this Debenture is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which principal amount of this Debenture is convertible shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Debenture may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates or Attribution Parties) and which principal amount of this Debenture is convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. To ensure compliance with this restriction, the Holder will be deemed to represent to the Company each time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has not violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 4(d), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (i) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Company, or (iii) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Company’s transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Debenture, by the Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture held by the Holder. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 4(d) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Debenture.

 

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e) Non-Circumvention. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its articles of incorporation or bylaws, or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, division, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Debenture, and will at all times in good faith carry out all of the provisions of this Debenture and take any and all commercially reasonable actions as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder under the Transaction Documents and defend all material Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) against all Persons at any time claiming any interest therein (other than the holders of Permitted Liens). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the conversion of this Debenture above the Conversion Price then in effect, (ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of this Debenture, and (iii) shall, so long as any of this Debenture or any like debenture of similar tenor originally issued herewith is outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of this Debenture and such other debentures, 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of this Debenture then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on conversion).

 

Section 5. Certain Adjustments.

 

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

 

b) Subsequent Equity Sales. If, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, the Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable, sells or grants any option to purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the then Conversion Price (such lower price, the “Base Conversion Price” and such issuances, collectively, a “Dilutive Issuance”) (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the Conversion Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then simultaneously with the consummation (or, if earlier, the announcement) of each Dilutive Issuance the Conversion Price shall be reduced to equal the Base Conversion Price (subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, recapitalizations and similar transactions following the date of the Purchase Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment will be made under this Section 5(b) in respect of an Exempt Issuance. The Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than the Trading Day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to this Section 5(b), indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 5(b), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Conversion Shares based upon the Base Conversion Price on the date of such Dilutive Issuance, regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Conversion Price in the Notice of Conversion.

 

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c) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 5(a) or Section 5(b) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Debenture (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

d) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Debenture is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Debenture, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Debenture (without regard to any limitations on conversion, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, that to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

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

 

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

 

g) Notice to the Holder.

 

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

 

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

 

Section 6. Forced Conversion; Optional Redemption.

 

  a) Forced Conversion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Transaction Document, no later than one Business Day prior to the anticipated Effective Time, which is the closing date of the merger of Merger Sub with and into Intermediate as contemplated by, and in accordance with, the Merger Agreement (the “Merger”), the Company shall deliver a written notice thereof to the Holder to force the Holder to convert all of the then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, all accrued but unpaid interest thereon and all other amounts owing to the Holder under this Debenture and the other Transaction Documents (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, legal fees and expenses of the Holder, which shall be paid in cash in accordance with Section 5.2 of the Purchase Agreement and Section 4 of the Registration Rights Agreement), it being agreed that the “Conversion Date” for purposes of Section 4 shall be deemed to occur on the date of the Effective Time (the “Forced Conversion Date”). For purposes of clarification, a forced conversion pursuant to this paragraph (a) shall be subject to all of the provisions of Section 4, including, without limitation, the provision requiring payment of damages and limitations on conversions.

 

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  b) Optional Redemption at Election by Holder. Subject to the provisions of this Section 6, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, in the event of a Triggering Event, the Holder shall have the right to require the Company to repay, in cash, the then outstanding principal amount, plus all accrued and unpaid interest to the extent required by Section 2 and all other amounts owing to the Holder under this Debenture (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, legal fees and expenses of the Holder, which shall be paid in cash in accordance with Section 5.2 of the Purchase Agreement and Section 4 of the Registration Rights Agreement) (the “Holder Optional Redemption Proceeds” and any such redemption, an “Optional Redemption”). Not less than two (2) Business Days following a Triggering Event, the Company shall deliver to each Holder of the Debentures a written notice of such Triggering Event (“Triggering Event Notice”). Within three (3) Business Days following the Triggering Event Notice, each Holder shall notify the Company in writing whether it wishes to immediately exercise its right to require an Optional Redemption (“Optional Redemption Exercise Notice”). If no Optional Redemption Exercise Notice is delivered to the Company within such three (3) Business Day period, the Holder shall be deemed to not have elected to receive the Optional Redemption and shall no longer be permitted to effect an Optional Redemption pursuant to the specific facts and circumstances giving rise to that specific Triggering Event (but, for the avoidance of doubt, without prejudice to the Holder’s rights to effect an Optional Redemption with respect to the same Triggering Event but arising out of a different set of facts and circumstances or with respect to any other Triggering Event). In the event of a valid Optional Redemption Notice, the Company shall effect the Optional Redemption and shall pay the Holder the Holder Optional Redemption Proceeds within three (3) Business Days following delivery to the Company of the Optional Redemption Exercise Notice (the “Optional Redemption Date”). The Company’s payment of the Holder Optional Redemption Proceeds shall be paid to each Holder participating pursuant to this Section 6 in accordance with the Holder’s Optional Redemption Exercise Notice. The Company’s payment of the Holder Optional Redemption Proceeds shall be applied ratably to all of the Secured Parties holding then outstanding Debentures which exercise the right to require an Optional Redemption on the basis of their (or their predecessor’s) initial purchases of Debentures pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

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Section 7. Negative Covenants. As long as any portion of this Debenture remains outstanding, unless Stadium Parkgate (Holdings) Limited shall have otherwise given its prior written consent, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

 

a) other than Permitted Indebtedness, enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness of any kind, including, but not limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom;

 

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

 

c) other than as contemplated by the Merger or the proxy statement contemplated to filed in connection therewith (including, without limitation, the Charter Amendment), amend its charter documents, including, without limitation, its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, in any manner that adversely affects any interests of the Holder;

 

  d) repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire any shares of its Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents other than (i) as to the Conversion Shares as permitted in connection with the Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby and (ii) repurchases of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents of departing officers and directors of the Company, provided that such repurchases shall not exceed an aggregate of $100,000 for all officers and directors during the term of this Debenture;

 

e) pay dividends or Distributions in cash or otherwise on any equity securities of the Company;

 

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

 

  g) (i) amend, restate, supplement or otherwise modify, (ii) waive any of its rights under or (iii) consent to the departure from the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Non-Stadium SPA or any other Non-Stadium PIPE Document, in each case, in any matter that adversely affects the Holder (as determined in good faith by the Holder) without obtaining the prior written consent of Stadium Parkgate (Holdings) Limited;

 

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  h) liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution);

 

  i) consummate any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or other similar transaction that may dilute the value of the Conversion Shares (other than a reverse stock split designed to comply with Nasdaq’s listing requirements but solely to the extent, and no greater than the amount, required for such compliance);

 

j) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

Section 8. Events of Default.

 

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

 

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

 

ii. the Company shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement contained in the Debentures or in any other Transaction Document (other than those specified in Section 8(a)(i), (ix) or (x)), which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within the earlier to occur of (A) 5 Trading Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder or by any other holder of the Debentures to the Company and (B) 10 Trading Days after the Company has become or should have become aware of such failure;

 

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

 

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

 

v. the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof shall be subject to a Bankruptcy Event;

 

vi. the Company or any Subsidiary shall default on any of its obligations under any mortgage, deed of trust, credit agreement or other facility, indenture agreement, factoring agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for borrowed money or money due under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement that (a) involves an obligation greater than $150,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, or (b) results in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable;

 

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

 

viii. other than the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the Merger Agreement, the Company shall be a party to or otherwise subject to any Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental Transaction or shall agree to sell or dispose of all or in excess of 33% of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions (whether or not such sale would constitute a Change of Control Transaction);

 

ix. the Company shall fail for any reason to deliver Conversion Shares to a Holder on or prior to the second Trading Day after a Conversion Date pursuant to Section 4(c) or the Company shall provide at any time notice to the Holder, including by way of public announcement, of the Company’s intention to not honor requests for conversions of any Debentures in accordance with the terms hereof;

 

x. the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement contained in Section 7 of this Debenture, Sections 4.9, 4.17 or 4.20 of the Purchase Agreement or Section 4(l), (u), (w) or (x) of the Security Agreement;

 

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

 

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xii. any monetary judgment, writ or similar final process shall be entered or filed against the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective property or other assets for more than $100,000, and such judgment, writ or similar final process shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of 45 calendar days;

 

xiii. a false or inaccurate certification (including a false or inaccurate deemed certification) by the Company as to whether any Event of Default has occurred;

 

xiv. a registration statement to cover the resale of the Conversion Shares (the “Registration Statement”) shall not have been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the Effective Time or the Company does not meet the current public information requirements under Rule 144 in respect of the Conversion Shares; or

 

xv. if the Forced Conversion Date does not occur on or prior to January 24, 2019.

 

b) Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs, the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the extent required by Section 2 and all other amounts owing in respect thereof through the date of acceleration, shall become, at the Holder’s election, immediately due and payable in cash. Commencing three (3) days after the occurrence of any Event of Default that results in the eventual acceleration of this Debenture, the interest rate on this Debenture shall accrue at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 18% per annum or the maximum rate permitted under applicable law. Upon the payment in full of all amounts referred to in the two preceding sentences and all other amounts due to the Holder under this Debenture and the other Transaction Documents, the Holder shall promptly surrender this Debenture to or as directed by the Company. In connection with such acceleration described herein, the Holder need not provide, and the Company hereby waives, any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, and the Holder may immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it under applicable law. Such acceleration may be rescinded and annulled by Holder at any time prior to payment hereunder and the Holder shall have all rights as a holder of the Debenture until such time, if any, as the Holder receives full payment pursuant to this Section 8(b). No such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

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Section 9. Miscellaneous.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

e) Waiver. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this Debenture shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Debenture. The failure of the Company or the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Debenture on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Debenture on any other occasion. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder must be in writing.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

j) Secured Obligation. The obligations of the Company under this Debenture are secured by substantially all assets of the Company and each Subsidiary pursuant to the Security Agreement, dated as of date hereof (the “Security Agreement”), between the Company, certain Subsidiaries of the Company from time to time party thereto, the Secured Parties and the Agent (as defined therein).

 

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Section 10. Disclosure. Upon receipt or delivery by the Company of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Debenture, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company shall within two (2) Business Days after such receipt or delivery publicly disclose such material, nonpublic information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise; provided, that the Company shall deliver a copy of such report to the Holder for its review and comment and the Company shall reasonably consider such comments, at least 24 hours prior to the filing of such Form 8-K. In the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, non-public information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company so shall indicate to the Holder contemporaneously with delivery of such notice, and in the absence of any such indication, the Holder shall be allowed to presume that all matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

Section 11. Subject to Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Liens granted to the Holder pursuant to the Transaction Documents are expressly subject to the Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the Holder under the Transaction Documents or under the Intercreditor Agreement is subject to the limitations and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Debenture, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.

 

Section 12. Subject to Registration Rights Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement and the terms of this Debenture, the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement shall govern.

 

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(Signature Page Follows)

 

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

  

  mict, inc.
     
  By:         
  Name:
  Title:
     
 

Facsimile No. for delivery of Notices: ____________

 

 

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ANNEX A

 

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

The undersigned hereby elects to convert principal under the 5% Senior Secured Convertible Debenture due 2020 (the “Debenture”) issued to the undersigned by MICT, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), into shares of common stock (the “Common Stock”), of the Company according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. If shares of Common Stock are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is delivering herewith such certificates and opinions as reasonably requested by the Company in accordance therewith. No fee will be charged to the holder for any conversion, except for such transfer taxes, if any.

 

By the delivery of this Notice of Conversion the undersigned represents and warrants to the Company that its ownership of the Common Stock does not exceed the amounts specified under Section 4 of the Debenture, as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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

 

Conversion calculations:  
  Date to Effect Conversion:
   
  Principal Amount of Debenture to be Converted:
   
  Payment of Interest in Common Stock ____ yes ____ no
  If yes, $_____ of Interest Accrued on Account of Conversion at Issue.
   
  Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:
   
  Signature:
   
  Name:
   
  Address for Delivery of Common Stock Certificates:
   
  Or
   
  DWAC Instructions:
   
  Broker No:__________________________
  Account No:________________________

 

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Schedule 1

 

CONVERSION SCHEDULE

 

The 5% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures due 2020 in the aggregate principal amount of $____________ are issued by MICT, Inc., a Delaware corporation. This Conversion Schedule reflects conversions made under Section 4 of the above referenced Debenture.

 

Dated:

 

 

Date of Conversion

(or for first entry, Original Issue Date)

 

 

Amount of Conversion

 

Aggregate Principal Amount Remaining Subsequent to Conversion

(or original Principal Amount)

 

 

Company Attest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

EXHIBIT A

 

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

 

Original Issue Date: [●], 2019

Original Conversion Price (subject to adjustment herein): $1.41

 

$[●]

 

 

5% SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE

DUE 2020

 

THIS 5% SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE is one of a series of duly authorized and validly issued 5% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures of MICT, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), having its principal place of business at 28 West Grand Avenue, Suite 3, Montvale, NJ 07645, designated as its 5% Senior Secured Convertible Debenture due 2020 (this debenture, this “Debenture” and, collectively with the other debentures of such series issued to [ ], the “Debentures”).

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to [●]1 or [its] [his] registered assigns (the “Holder”), or shall have paid pursuant to the terms hereunder, the principal sum of $[●]2 on the earlier of (a) [●], 20203 and (b) the termination of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 5, 2019 (as in effect on the date hereof and as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified to the extent permitted by Section 7, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among, the Company, MICT Merger Subsidiary Inc., upon execution of a joinder thereto, a to-be-formed British Virgin Islands company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger Sub”), and GFH Intermediate Holdings Ltd., a British Virgin Islands company (“Intermediate”) (the earlier to occur of (a) or (b), “Maturity Date”), or such earlier date as this Debenture is required or permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder, and to pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture in accordance with the provisions hereof. This Debenture is subject to the following additional provisions:

 

 

 

 

1 Insert: [     ]
2 Insert, respectively: [      ].
3 6 months from the date of issuance

 

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Change of Control Transaction” means the occurrence after the date hereof of any of the following transactions: (a) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of this Debenture) that shall have become the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d3 and 13d5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of this Debenture) or have effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of the voting securities of the Company representing 33% or more of on a fully diluted basis of the voting securities of the Company (other than by means of conversion of the Debentures and the Securities issued together with the Debentures); (b) the Company merges into or consolidates with any other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Company and, after giving effect to such transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the Company or the successor entity of such transaction; (c) the Company sells or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another Person and the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction; (d) a replacement at one time or within a three year period of more than one-half of the members of the Board of Directors which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board of Directors on the Original Issue Date (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the Board of Directors on any date whose nomination to the Board of Directors was approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are members on the date hereof); or (e) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth in clauses (a) through (d) above. The consummation of the Merger shall not constitute a Change of Control Transaction.

 

Controlled Account” means a deposit account of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which is subject to a deposit account control agreement in accordance with the terms of the Security Agreement.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Conversion Shares” means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Effective Time” means Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement).

 

Equity Conditions” means, during the period in question, (a) the Company shall have duly honored all conversions and redemptions scheduled to occur or occurring by virtue of one or more Notices of Conversion of the Holder, if any, (b) the Company shall have paid all amounts owing to the Holder in respect of this Debenture and the other Transaction Documents, (c)(i) there is an effective Registration Statement pursuant to which the Holder is permitted to utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and the Company believes, in good faith, that such effectiveness will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future) or (ii) all of the Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and shares issuable in lieu of cash payments of interest) may be resold pursuant to Rule 144 without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements as determined by counsel to the Company as set forth in a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the Holder, (d) the Common Stock is trading on a Trading Market and all of the shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents are listed or quoted for trading on such Trading Market (and the Company believes, in good faith, that trading of the Common Stock on a Trading Market will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future), (e) there is a sufficient number of authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved shares of Common Stock for the issuance of all of the shares then issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (f) there is no existing Event of Default and no existing event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, would constitute an Event of Default, and (g) the issuance of the shares in question to the Holder would not violate the limitations set forth in Section 4(d).

 

Exempt Issuance” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose by a majority of the Board of Directors and either (i) as in effect on the date hereof and pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions thereof in existence as of the date hereof or (ii) solely to the extent contemplated by the capitalization table of the Company set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) of the Purchase Agreement, (b) securities upon the conversion of this Debenture and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with stock splits or combinations) or to extend the term of such securities, and (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions or to third-party vendors as payments for goods and services approved by a majority of the directors of the Company, provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and carry no registration rights that require or permit the filing of any registration statement in connection therewith during any applicable prohibition period and provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equityholders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities; provided, that such securities issued pursuant to this clause (c) are (i) issued solely to the extent contemplated by the capitalization table of the Company set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) of the Purchase Agreement or (ii) if not issued as contemplated by such capitalization table, not issued to any employees, officers, directors or other insiders of the Company and a general fair value analysis with respect to such transaction has been undertaken.

 

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Forced Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Intermediate” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Issuable Maximum” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(e).

 

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

 

Merger” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

 

Merger Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Merger Sub” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Permitted Indebtedness” means (a) the indebtedness evidenced by the Debentures, (b) the Indebtedness existing on the Original Issue Date and set forth on Schedule 3.1(bb) attached to the Purchase Agreement, (c) capitalized lease obligations and purchase money indebtedness of up to $100,000 in the aggregate incurred in connection with the acquisition of capital assets and lease obligations with respect to newly acquired or leased assets, (d) indebtedness that (i) is expressly subordinate to the Debentures pursuant to a written subordination agreement with the Agent (as defined in the Security Agreement) that is acceptable to the Agent (as defined in the Security Agreement) in its sole and absolute discretion and (ii) matures at a date later than the 91st day following the Maturity Date, (e) the indebtedness evidenced by the Stadium PIPE Documents, provided that such indebtedness is subject to the Intercreditor Agreement and (f) other unsecured indebtedness which is not otherwise permitted by another subsection of this definition in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed at any time $750,000, provided that such unsecured indebtedness does not require amortization or similar payment of principal prior to the 91st day following the Maturity Date.

 

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Permitted Lien” means the individual and collective reference to the following: (a) Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet due or Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Company) have been established in accordance with GAAP, (b) Liens imposed by law which were incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, statutory landlords’ Liens, and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, and which (x) do not individually or in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries or (y) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing for the foreseeable future the forfeiture or sale of the property or asset subject to such Lien, (c) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted Indebtedness under clauses (a) and (b) thereunder, (d) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted Indebtedness under clause (c) thereunder, provided that such Liens are not secured by assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries other than the assets so acquired or leased and (e) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted Indebtedness under clause (e) thereunder, provided that such Liens do not encumber the Blocked Account.

 

Purchase Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2019 among the Company, the Holder and the other original holders of the Debentures, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor thereto.

 

Secured Parties” means Secured Parties (as defined in the Security Agreement).

 

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

 

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

 

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Significant Subsidiary” shall have the meaning given to such term in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X, as amended.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Section 2. Interest.

 

a) Payment of Interest in Cash. The Company shall pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture at the rate of 5% per annum, payable quarterly on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, beginning on April 1, 2019 (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date”) (if any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the applicable payment shall be due on the next succeeding Business Day), in cash or, at the Company’s option, in duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Price (the dollar amount to be paid in shares, the “Interest Share Amount”) or a combination thereof; provided, however, that payment in shares of Common Stock may only occur if (i) all of the Equity Conditions have been met (unless waived by the Holder in writing) during the 20 Trading Days immediately prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date (the “Interest Notice Period”) and through and including the date such shares of Common Stock are actually issued to the Holder, (ii) the Company shall have given the Holder notice in accordance with the notice requirements set forth below and (iii) as to such Interest Payment Date, prior to such Interest Notice Period (but not more than five (5) Trading Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Notice Period), the Company shall have delivered to the Holder’s account with The Depository Trust Company a number of shares of Common Stock to be applied against such Interest Share Amount equal to the quotient of (x) the applicable Interest Share Amount divided by (y) the Conversion Price, subject to adjustment herein and assuming for such purposes that the Interest Payment Date is the Trading Day immediately prior to the commencement of the Interest Notice Period (the “Interest Conversion Shares”); provided, further, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Transaction Document, accrued but unpaid interest under this Debenture shall (A) be paid in cash (I) upon the acceleration of the obligations under the Debentures in accordance with Section 8(b) following the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, and (II) on the Maturity Date, (B) be paid in Interest Conversion Shares upon a forced conversion of this Debenture pursuant to Section 6(a) and (C) not be required to be paid upon the acceleration of the obligations under the Debentures in accordance with Section 8(b) for any reason other than the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default so long as China Strategic Investments Limited, as collateral agent, has been able to withdraw all of the funds in the Blocked Account pursuant to Section 4.17(c) of the Purchase Agreement.

 

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

 

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c) Interest Calculations. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, consisting of twelve 30 calendar day periods, and shall accrue daily commencing on the Original Issue Date until payment in full of the outstanding principal, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, and all other amounts which may become due hereunder, has been made. Payment of interest in shares of Common Stock (other than the Interest Conversion Shares issued prior to an Interest Notice Period) shall otherwise occur pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii) herein and, solely for purposes of the payment of interest in shares, the Interest Payment Date shall be deemed the Conversion Date. Interest shall cease to accrue with respect to any principal amount converted, provided that, the Company actually delivers the Conversion Shares within the time period required by Section 4(c)(ii) herein. Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person in whose name this Debenture is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and transfers of this Debenture (the “Debenture Register”). Except as otherwise provided herein, if at any time the Company pays interest partially in cash and partially in shares of Common Stock to the holders of the Debentures, then such payment of cash shall be distributed ratably among the holders of the then-outstanding Debentures based on their (or their predecessor’s) initial purchases of Debentures pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

d) Late Fee. All overdue accrued and unpaid interest to be paid hereunder shall entail a late fee at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 18% per annum or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law (the “Late Fees”) which shall accrue daily from the date such interest is due hereunder through and including the date of actual payment in full. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if, on any Interest Payment Date the Company has elected to pay accrued interest in the form of Common Stock but the Company is not permitted to pay accrued interest in Common Stock because it fails to satisfy the conditions for payment in Common Stock set forth in Section 2(a) herein, then, at the option of the Holder, the Company, in lieu of delivering either shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 2(a) or paying the regularly scheduled interest payment in cash, shall deliver, within three (3) Trading Days of each applicable Interest Payment Date, an amount in cash equal to the product of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable to the Holder in connection with the payment of interest due on such Interest Payment Date multiplied by (y) the highest VWAP during the period commencing on the Interest Payment Date and ending on the Trading Day prior to the date such payment is actually made. If any Interest Conversion Shares are issued to the Holder in connection with an Interest Payment Date and are not applied against an Interest Share Amount, then the Holder shall promptly return such excess shares to the Company.

 

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

 

Section 3. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Section 4. Conversion.

 

a) Voluntary Conversion. At any time after Shareholder Approval until this Debenture is no longer outstanding, this Debenture shall be convertible, in whole or in part, into shares of Common Stock at the option of the Holder, at any time and from time to time (subject to the conversion limitations set forth in Section 4(d)). The Holder shall effect conversions by delivering to the Company a Notice of Conversion, the form of which is attached hereto as Annex A (each, a “Notice of Conversion”), specifying therein the principal amount of this Debenture to be converted and the date on which such conversion shall be effected (such date, the “Conversion Date”). If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion is deemed delivered hereunder. No ink-original Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Conversion form be required. To effect conversions hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Debenture to the Company unless the entire principal amount of this Debenture, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, has been so converted, in which case the Holder shall surrender this Debenture as promptly as is reasonably practicable after such conversion without delaying or otherwise affecting the Company’s obligation to deliver the shares on the Share Delivery Date. Conversions hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture in an amount equal to the applicable conversion. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the principal amount(s) converted and the date of such conversion(s). The Company may deliver an objection to any Notice of Conversion within one (1) Business Day of delivery of such Notice of Conversion. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. The Holder, and any assignee by acceptance of this Debenture, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of a portion of this Debenture, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this Debenture may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

b) Conversion Price. The conversion price in effect on any Conversion Date shall be equal to $1.41, subject to adjustment herein (the “Conversion Price”).

 

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c) Mechanics of Conversion.

 

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

 

ii. Delivery of Conversion Shares Upon Conversion. Not later than two (2) Trading Days after each Conversion Date (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Holder (A) the Conversion Shares, which no later than the Effective Time shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of this Debenture (including, if the Company has given continuous notice pursuant to Section 2(b) for payment of interest in shares of Common Stock at least 20 Trading Days prior to the date on which the Notice of Conversion is delivered to the Company, shares of Common Stock representing the payment of accrued interest otherwise determined pursuant to Section 2(a) but assuming that the Interest Notice Period is the 20 Trading Day period immediately prior to the date on which the Notice of Conversion is delivered to the Company and excluding for such issuance the condition that the Company deliver Interest Conversion Shares as to such interest payment prior to the commencement of the Interest Notice Period) and (B) a bank check in the amount of accrued and unpaid interest and all other amounts due to the Holder under this Debenture and the other Transaction Documents (if the Company has elected or is required to pay accrued interest in cash). No later than the Effective Time, the Company shall deliver any Conversion Shares required to be delivered by the Company under this Section 4(c) electronically through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions.

 

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iii. Failure to Deliver Conversion Shares. If the Company shall fail for any reason or for no reason to issue to the Holder on or prior to the Share Delivery Date (a “Delivery Failure”) either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, a certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, to credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC, for such number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s conversion of this Debenture or (II) if the registration rights contained in the Registration Rights Agreement covering the resale of the Conversion Shares that are the subject of the Notice of Conversion (the “Unavailable Conversion Shares”) is not available for the resale of such Unavailable Conversion Shares and the Company fails to promptly, but in no event later than as required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (x) so notify the Holder and (y) deliver the Conversion Shares electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of Conversion Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such conversion to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian system (the event described in the immediately foregoing clause (II) is hereinafter referred as a “Notice Failure” and together with the event described in clause (I) above, a “Conversion Failure”), and if on or after such Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall, within three Trading Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) or credit such Holder’s balance account with DTC for such shares of Common Stock shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock or credit such Holder’s balance account with DTC, as applicable, and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the lowest VWAP of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the applicable Notice of Conversion and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this clause (ii). Nothing shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock (or to electronically deliver such shares of Common Stock) upon the Conversion of this Debenture as required pursuant to the terms hereof. The Company shall immediately notify the Holder if the Registration Statement is not effective two (2) Business Days prior to the anticipated Effective Time.

 

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iv. Obligation Absolute; Damages. The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided, however, that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any such action the Company may have against the Holder. In the event the Holder of this Debenture shall elect to convert any or all of the outstanding principal amount hereof, the Company may not refuse conversion based on any claim that the Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with the Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all or part of this Debenture shall have been sought and obtained, and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of the Holder in the amount of 150% of the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to the Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Company shall issue Conversion Shares or, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages or declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8 hereof for the Company’s failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period specified herein and the Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit the Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law.

 

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

 

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vi. Shareholder Approval; Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Debenture shall not be convertible until such time as (i) Shareholder Approval has been received with respect to the issuance by the Company of the Conversion Shares as set forth in clause (b) of the definition of “Shareholder Approval” in the Purchase Agreement, (ii) the Company shall have amended its certificate of incorporation so as to authorize and reserve for issuance a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock such that all of the Conversion Shares that are issuable pursuant to the conversion of this Debenture may be issued (the “Charter Amendment”), (iii) Shareholder Approval has been received with respect to the issuance by the Company of the Conversion Shares in excess of 19.99% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock on the Closing Date as described in clause (a) of the definition of “Shareholder Approval” in the Purchase Agreement and (iv) the Conversion Shares shall have otherwise been approved for listing on Nasdaq (the “Nasdaq Requirement”). The board of directors of the Company shall (A) use its best efforts to complete the Charter Amendment and have the Charter Amendment in full force and effect as soon as possible, and to obtain such Shareholder Approval in connection therewith, and in any event shall do so no later than the Effective Time and (B) satisfy the Nasdaq Requirement and obtain any Shareholder Approval in connection therewith no later than the Effective Time. The Company shall mail to the Company’s shareholders a request and proxy proposal for Shareholder Approval with respect to both the Charter Amendment and the Nasdaq Requirement simultaneously with the mailing of the definitive proxy related to the Merger, in each case, within five (5) Business Days following the Company being advised by the SEC that it has no further comments on the Company’s preliminary proxy related to the Merger. Following receipt of the Shareholder Approval described in clause (i) above and the effectiveness of the Charter Amendment, the Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of this Debenture and payment of interest on this Debenture, each as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent Purchase Rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the other holders of the Debentures), not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall (subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement) be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 5) upon the conversion of the then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture and payment of interest hereunder. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

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vii. Insufficient Authorized Shares. If at any time following the Effective Time while this Debenture remains outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon conversion of this Debenture at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of all of this Debenture then outstanding (the “Required Reserve Amount” and the failure to have such sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock, an “Authorized Share Failure”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for this Debenture then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than the Effective Time, the Company shall hold a meeting of its shareholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each shareholder with a proxy statement and shall use its best efforts to solicit its shareholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the shareholders that they approve such proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such time of an Authorized Share Failure, the Company is legally able to obtain the written consent of a majority of the shares of its issued and outstanding Common Stock to approve the increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, the Company may satisfy this obligation by obtaining such consent and submitting for filing with the SEC an Information Statement on Schedule 14C. In the event that upon any conversion of this Debenture, the Company does not have sufficient authorized shares to deliver in satisfaction of such conversion (such unavailable number of shares of Common Stock, the “Authorization Failure Shares”), then unless the Holder elects to void such attempted conversion, the Holder may require, within three Trading Days of the applicable conversion, in lieu of delivering such Authorization Failure Shares to the Holder, the Company to pay cash in exchange for the cancellation of such portion of this Debenture convertible into such Authorized Failure Shares at a price equal to the sum of (i) the product of (x) such number of Authorization Failure Shares and (y) the Conversion Price, subject to adjustment herein, (ii) any accrued and unpaid interest with respect to such Authorization Failure Shares and (iii) to the extent the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of Authorization Failure Shares, any brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any, of the Holder incurred in connection therewith.

 

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

 

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

 

d) Holder’s Conversion Limitations. The Company shall not effect any conversion of this Debenture, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Debenture, to the extent that after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted principal amount of this Debenture beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including, without limitation, any other Debentures) beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 4(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 4(d) applies, the determination of whether this Debenture is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which principal amount of this Debenture is convertible shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Debenture may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates or Attribution Parties) and which principal amount of this Debenture is convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. To ensure compliance with this restriction, the Holder will be deemed to represent to the Company each time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has not violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 4(d), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (i) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Company, or (iii) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Company’s transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Debenture, by the Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture held by the Holder. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 4(d) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Debenture.

 

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e) Non-Circumvention. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its articles of incorporation or bylaws, or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, division, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Debenture, and will at all times in good faith carry out all of the provisions of this Debenture and take any and all commercially reasonable actions as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder under the Transaction Documents and defend all material Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) against all Persons at any time claiming any interest therein (other than the holders of Permitted Liens). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the conversion of this Debenture above the Conversion Price then in effect, (ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of this Debenture, and (iii) shall, so long as any of this Debenture or any like debenture of similar tenor originally issued herewith is outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of this Debenture and such other debentures, 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of this Debenture then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on conversion).

 

Section 5. Certain Adjustments.

 

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

 

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b) Subsequent Equity Sales. If, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, the Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable, sells or grants any option to purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the then Conversion Price (such lower price, the “Base Conversion Price” and such issuances, collectively, a “Dilutive Issuance”) (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the Conversion Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then simultaneously with the consummation (or, if earlier, the announcement) of each Dilutive Issuance the Conversion Price shall be reduced to equal the Base Conversion Price (subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, recapitalizations and similar transactions following the date of the Purchase Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment will be made under this Section 5(b) in respect of an Exempt Issuance. The Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than the Trading Day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to this Section 5(b), indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 5(b), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Conversion Shares based upon the Base Conversion Price on the date of such Dilutive Issuance, regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Conversion Price in the Notice of Conversion.

 

c) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 5(a) or Section 5(b) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Debenture (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

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d) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Debenture is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Debenture, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Debenture (without regard to any limitations on conversion, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, that to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

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

 

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

 

g) Notice to the Holder.

 

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

 

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

 

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Section 6. Forced Conversion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Transaction Document, no later than one Business Day prior to the anticipated Effective Time, which is the closing date of the merger of Merger Sub with and into Intermediate as contemplated by, and in accordance with, the Merger Agreement (the “Merger”), the Company shall deliver a written notice thereof to the Holder to force the Holder to convert all of the then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, all accrued but unpaid interest thereon and all other amounts owing to the Holder under this Debenture and the other Transaction Documents (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, legal fees and expenses of the Holder, which shall be paid in cash in accordance with Section 5.2 of the Purchase Agreement and Section 4 of the Registration Rights Agreement), it being agreed that the “Conversion Date” for purposes of Section 4 shall be deemed to occur on the date of the Effective Time (the “Forced Conversion Date”). For purposes of clarification, a forced conversion pursuant to this paragraph (a) shall be subject to all of the provisions of Section 4, including, without limitation, the provision requiring payment of damages and limitations on conversions.

 

Section 7. Negative Covenants. As long as any portion of this Debenture remains outstanding, unless China Strategic Investments Limited shall have otherwise given its prior written consent, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

 

a) other than Permitted Indebtedness, enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness of any kind, including, but not limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom;

 

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

 

c) other than as contemplated by the Merger or the proxy statement contemplated to filed in connection therewith (including, without limitation, the Charter Amendment), amend its charter documents, including, without limitation, its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, in any manner that adversely affects any interests of the Holder;

 

d) repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire any shares of its Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents other than (i) as to the Conversion Shares as permitted in connection with the Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby and (ii) repurchases of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents of departing officers and directors of the Company, provided that such repurchases shall not exceed an aggregate of $100,000 for all officers and directors during the term of this Debenture;

 

e) pay dividends or Distributions in cash or otherwise on any equity securities of the Company;

 

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

 

g) (i) amend, restate, supplement or otherwise modify, (ii) waive any of its rights under or (iii) consent to the departure from the terms of the Merger Agreement in any matter that adversely affects the Holder (as determined in good faith by the Holder) without obtaining the prior written consent of China Strategic Investments Limited;

 

h) liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution);

 

i) consummate any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or other similar transaction that may dilute the value of the Conversion Shares (other than a reverse stock split designed to comply with Nasdaq’s listing requirements but solely to the extent, and no greater than the amount, required for such compliance);

 

j) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

Section 8. Events of Default.

 

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

 

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

 

ii. the Company shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement contained in the Debentures or in any other Transaction Document (other than those specified in Section 8(a)(i), (ix) or (x)), which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within the earlier to occur of (A) 5 Trading Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder or by any other holder of the Debentures to the Company and (B) 10 Trading Days after the Company has become or should have become aware of such failure;

 

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

 

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

 

v. the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof shall be subject to a Bankruptcy Event;

 

vi. the Company or any Subsidiary shall default on any of its obligations under any mortgage, deed of trust, credit agreement or other facility, indenture agreement, factoring agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for borrowed money or money due under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement that (a) involves an obligation greater than $150,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, or (b) results in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable;

 

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

 

viii. other than the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the Merger Agreement, the Company shall be a party to or otherwise subject to any Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental Transaction or shall agree to sell or dispose of all or in excess of 33% of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions (whether or not such sale would constitute a Change of Control Transaction);

 

ix. the Company shall fail for any reason to deliver Conversion Shares to a Holder on or prior to the second Trading Day after a Conversion Date pursuant to Section 4(c) or the Company shall provide at any time notice to the Holder, including by way of public announcement, of the Company’s intention to not honor requests for conversions of any Debentures in accordance with the terms hereof;

 

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x. the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement contained in Section 7 of this Debenture, Sections 4.9, 4.17 or 4.20 of the Purchase Agreement or Section 4(l), (u), (w) or (x) of the Security Agreement;

 

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

 

xii. any monetary judgment, writ or similar final process shall be entered or filed against the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective property or other assets for more than $100,000, and such judgment, writ or similar final process shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of 45 calendar days;

 

xiii. a false or inaccurate certification (including a false or inaccurate deemed certification) by the Company as to whether any Event of Default has occurred; or

 

xiv. a registration statement to cover the resale of the Conversion Shares (the “Registration Statement”) shall not have been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the Effective Time or the Company does not meet the current public information requirements under Rule 144 in respect of the Conversion Shares.

 

b) Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs, the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the extent required by Section 2 and all other amounts owing in respect thereof through the date of acceleration, shall become, at the Holder’s election, immediately due and payable in cash. Commencing three (3) days after the occurrence of any Event of Default that results in the eventual acceleration of this Debenture, the interest rate on this Debenture shall accrue at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 18% per annum or the maximum rate permitted under applicable law. Upon the payment in full of all amounts referred to in the two preceding sentences and all other amounts due to the Holder under this Debenture and the other Transaction Documents, the Holder shall promptly surrender this Debenture to or as directed by the Company. In connection with such acceleration described herein, the Holder need not provide, and the Company hereby waives, any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, and the Holder may immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it under applicable law. Such acceleration may be rescinded and annulled by Holder at any time prior to payment hereunder and the Holder shall have all rights as a holder of the Debenture until such time, if any, as the Holder receives full payment pursuant to this Section 8(b). No such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

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Section 9. Miscellaneous.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

e) Waiver. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this Debenture shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Debenture. The failure of the Company or the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Debenture on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Debenture on any other occasion. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder must be in writing.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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j) Secured Obligation. The obligations of the Company under this Debenture are secured by substantially all assets of the Company and each Subsidiary pursuant to the Security Agreement, dated as of date hereof (the “Security Agreement”), between the Company, certain Subsidiaries of the Company from time to time party thereto, the Secured Parties and the Agent (as defined therein).

 

Section 10. Disclosure. Upon receipt or delivery by the Company of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Debenture, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company shall within two (2) Business Days after such receipt or delivery publicly disclose such material, nonpublic information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise; provided, that the Company shall deliver a copy of such report to the Holder for its review and comment and the Company shall reasonably consider such comments, at least 24 hours prior to the filing of such Form 8-K. In the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, non-public information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company so shall indicate to the Holder contemporaneously with delivery of such notice, and in the absence of any such indication, the Holder shall be allowed to presume that all matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

Section 11. Subject to Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Liens granted to the Holder pursuant to the Transaction Documents are expressly subject to the Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the Holder under the Transaction Documents or under the Intercreditor Agreement is subject to the limitations and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Debenture, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.

 

Section 12. Subject to Registration Rights Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement and the terms of this Debenture, the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement shall govern.

 

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(Signature Page Follows)

 

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

 

  mict, inc.  
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  Facsimile No. for delivery of Notices: ______________

 

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ANNEX A

 

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

The undersigned hereby elects to convert principal under the 5% Senior Secured Convertible Debenture due 2020 (the “Debenture”) issued to the undersigned by MICT, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), into shares of common stock (the “Common Stock”), of the Company according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. If shares of Common Stock are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is delivering herewith such certificates and opinions as reasonably requested by the Company in accordance therewith. No fee will be charged to the holder for any conversion, except for such transfer taxes, if any.

 

By the delivery of this Notice of Conversion the undersigned represents and warrants to the Company that its ownership of the Common Stock does not exceed the amounts specified under Section 4 of the Debenture, as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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

 

Conversion calculations:

 

  Date to Effect Conversion:
   
  Principal Amount of Debenture to be Converted:
   
  Payment of Interest in Common Stock ____ yes ____ no
  If yes, $_____ of Interest Accrued on Account of Conversion at Issue.
   
  Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:
   
  Signature:
   
  Name:
   
  Address for Delivery of Common Stock Certificates:
   
  Or
   
  DWAC Instructions:
   
  Broker No:                       
  Account No:                    

 

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Schedule 1

 

CONVERSION SCHEDULE

 

The 5% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures due 2020 in the aggregate principal amount of $____________ are issued by MICT, Inc., a Delaware corporation. This Conversion Schedule reflects conversions made under Section 4 of the above referenced Debenture.

 

Dated:

 

Date of Conversion

(or for first entry, Original Issue Date)

 

Amount of Conversion

 

 

Aggregate Principal Amount Remaining Subsequent to Conversion

(or original Principal Amount)

 

Company Attest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

             

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

FORM OF VOTING AGREEMENT

 

This Voting Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made as of November 7, 2019 by and among (i) MICT, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors, “MICT”), (ii) GFH Intermediate Holdings Ltd., a British Virgin Islands company (“Intermediate”), and (iii) the undersigned stockholder (“Holder”) of MICT. Any capitalized term used but not defined in this Agreement will have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement (defined below).

 

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, (i) MICT, ((ii) MICT Merger Subsidiary Inc., a British Virgin Islands company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of MICT (“Merger Sub”) and (iii) Intermediate entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which subject to the terms and conditions thereof, among other matters, Merger Sub will merge with and into Intermediate, with Intermediate continuing as the surviving entity, as a result of which each share of Intermediate that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled, in exchange for the right of the holder thereof to receive a substantially equivalent security of MICT (the “Merger”, and together with the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the “Transactions”);

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of MICT has (a) approved and declared advisable the Merger Agreement, the Ancillary Documents, the Merger and the other Transactions, (b) determined that the Transactions are fair to and in the best interests of MICT and its stockholders (the “MICT Stockholders”) and (c) except as set forth in the Merger Agreement, shall make the MICT Board Recommendation; and

 

WHEREAS, as a condition to the willingness of Intermediate to enter into the Merger Agreement, and as an inducement and in consideration therefor, and in view of the valuable consideration to be received by Holder thereunder, and the expenses and efforts to be undertaken by Intermediate and MICT to consummate the Transactions, Intermediate, MICT and Holder desire to enter into this Agreement in order for Holder , pursuant to the terms and conditions herein, to provide certain assurances to Intermediate regarding the manner in which Holder is bound hereunder to vote such number of shares of capital stock of MICT which Holder beneficially owns, holds or otherwise has voting power over (the “Shares”) during the period from and including the date hereof through and including the date on which this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms (the “Voting Period”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, which are incorporated in this Agreement as if fully set forth below, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.  Covenant to Vote in Favor of Transactions. Holder agrees, with respect to all of the Shares:

 

(a)  during the Voting Period, at each meeting of MICT Stockholders or any class or series thereof, and in each written consent or resolutions of any of MICT Stockholders in which Holder is entitled to vote or consent, Holder hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to be present for such meeting and vote (in person or by proxy), or consent to any action by written consent or resolution with respect to, as applicable, the Shares (i) in favor of, and adopt, the Merger, the Merger Agreement, the Ancillary Documents, any amendments to MICT’s Organizational Documents, all of the other Transactions and any actions required in furtherance thereof, (ii) in favor of the other matters set forth in the Merger Agreement, and (iii) to vote the Shares in opposition to: (A) any Acquisition Proposal and any and all other proposals for the acquisition of MICT; or (B) any other action or proposal involving any Intermediate and its Subsidiaries that is intended, or would reasonably be expected, to prevent, impede, interfere with, delay or adversely affect in any material respect the Transactions or would reasonably be expected to result in any of the conditions to the Closing under the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled;

 

 

 

 

(b)  to execute and deliver all related documentation and take such other action in support of the Merger, the Merger Agreement, any Ancillary Documents and any of the Transactions as shall reasonably be requested by MICT or Intermediate in order to carry out the terms and provision of this Section 1, including, without limitation, (i) any actions by written consent of MICT Stockholders presented to Holder with respect to the matters in Section 1(a) and (ii) any applicable Ancillary Documents, customary instruments of conveyance and transfer, and any consent, waiver, governmental filing, and any similar or related documents;

 

(c)  not to deposit, and to cause their Affiliates not to deposit, except as provided in this Agreement, any Shares in a voting trust or subject any Shares to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting of such Shares, unless specifically requested to do so by Intermediate and MICT in connection with the Merger Agreement, the Ancillary Documents and any of the Transactions; and

 

(d)  except as contemplated by the Merger Agreement or the Ancillary Documents make, or in any manner participate in, directly or indirectly, a “solicitation” of “proxies” or consents (as such terms are used in the rules of the SEC) or powers of attorney or similar rights to vote, or seek to advise or influence any Person with respect to the voting of, any shares of MICT Common Stock in connection with any vote or other action with respect to the Transactions, other than to recommend that MICT Stockholders vote in favor of adoption of the Merger Agreement and the Transactions and any other proposal the approval of which is a condition to the obligations of the parties under the Merger Agreement (and any actions required in furtherance thereof and otherwise as expressly provided by Section 1 of this Agreement).

 

2.  Grant of Proxy. Holder, with respect to all of the Shares, hereby grants to, and appoints Intermediate and any designee of Intermediate (determined in Intermediate’s sole discretion) as Holder’s attorney-in-fact and proxy, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in Holder’s name, to vote, or cause to be voted (including by proxy or written consent, if applicable) any Shares owned (whether beneficially or of record) by Holder. The proxy granted by Holder pursuant to this Section 2 is irrevocable and is granted in consideration of Intermediate entering into this Agreement and the Merger Agreement and incurring certain related fees and expenses. Holder hereby affirms that such irrevocable proxy is coupled with an interest by reason of the Merger Agreement and, except upon the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 7(a) (at which time this proxy shall automatically be revoked without any further action required by the Holder), is intended to be irrevocable. Holder agrees, until this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 7(a), to vote its Shares in accordance with Section 1 above. Intermediate agrees not to exercise the proxy granted in this Section 2 for any purpose other than the purposes expressly described in Section 1 of this Agreement.

 

3.  Other Covenants.

 

(a)  No Transfers. Holder agrees that during the Voting Period, except as expressly provided or required hereunder or under the Merger Agreement (including in connection with the Offer), it shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates not to, without Intermediate’s prior written consent, (A) offer for sale, sell (including short sales), transfer, tender, pledge, encumber, assign or otherwise dispose of (including by gift) (collectively, a “Transfer”), or enter into any contract, option, derivative, hedging or other agreement or arrangement or understanding (including any profit-sharing arrangement) with respect to, or consent to, a Transfer of, any or all of the Shares; (B) grant any proxies or powers of attorney with respect to any or all of the Shares; (C) permit to exist any lien of any nature whatsoever (other than those imposed by this Agreement, applicable securities Laws or MICT’s Organizational Documents, as in effect on the date hereof) with respect to any or all of the Shares; or (D) take any action that would have the effect of preventing, impeding, interfering with or adversely affecting Holder’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement. Holder agrees with, and covenants to, Intermediate that Holder shall not request that MICT register the Transfer (book-entry or otherwise) of any certificate or uncertificated interest representing any Shares during the term of this Agreement without the prior written consent of Intermediate, and MICT hereby agrees that it shall not register any such Transfer. For the avoidance of doubt, Holder shall be expressly permitted to tender, and nothing in this Agreement shall prevent Holder from tendering, any shares in connection with the Offer.

 

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(b)  Permitted Transfers. Section 3(a) shall not prohibit a Transfer of Shares by Holder (i) to any family member or trust for the benefit of any family member, (ii) to any stockholder, member or partner of Holder, if an entity, (iii) to any Affiliate of Holder, or iv) to any person or entity if and to the extent required by any non-consensual Order, by divorce decree or by will, intestacy or other similar Applicable Law, so long as, in the case of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the assignee or transferee agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and executes and delivers to the parties hereto a written consent and joinder memorializing such agreement. During the term of this Agreement, MICT will not register or otherwise recognize the transfer (book-entry or otherwise) of any Shares or any certificate or uncertificated interest representing any of Holder’s Shares, except as permitted by, and in accordance with, this Section 3(b).

 

(c)  Changes to Shares. In the event of a stock dividend or distribution, or any change in the shares of capital stock of MICT by reason of any stock dividend or distribution, stock split, recapitalization, combination, conversion, exchange of shares or the like, the term “Shares” shall be deemed to refer to and include the Shares as well as all such stock dividends and distributions and any securities into which or for which any or all of the Shares may be changed or exchanged or which are received in such transaction.

 

(d)  Proxy Statement. During the Voting Period, Holder agrees to provide to MICT, Intermediate and their respective Representatives any information regarding Holder or the Shares that is reasonably requested by MICT, Intermediate or their respective Representatives for inclusion in the Proxy Statement.

 

(e)  Publicity. Holder shall not issue any press release or otherwise make any public statements with respect to the Transactions or the transactions contemplated herein without the prior written approval of Intermediate and MICT. Holder hereby authorizes Intermediate and MICT to publish and disclose in any announcement or disclosure required by the SEC, Nasdaq or in the Proxy Statement (including all documents and schedules filed with the SEC in connection with the foregoing), Holder’s identity and ownership of the Shares and the nature of Holder’s commitments and agreements under this Agreement, the Merger Agreement and any other Ancillary Documents.

 

4.  Representations and Warranties of Holder. Holder hereby represents and warrants to MICT and Intermediate as follows:

 

(a) Binding Agreement. Holder (i) if a natural person, is of legal age to execute this Agreement and is legally competent to do so and (ii) if not a natural person, is (A) a corporation, limited liability company, company or partnership duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and (B) has all necessary power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. If Holder is not a natural person, the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of its obligations hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by Holder has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability or partnership action on the part of Holder, as applicable. This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Holder, enforceable against Holder in accordance with its terms (except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditor’s rights, and to general equitable principles). Holder understands and acknowledges that Intermediate is entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Holder.

 

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(b) Ownership of Shares. As of the date hereof, Holder is the record or beneficial owner over the type and number of the Shares set forth under Holder’s name on the signature page hereto, has the full voting power or corporate power, as applicable, over such Shares, and has good and valid title to such Shares, free and clear of any and all pledges, mortgages, encumbrances, charges, proxies, voting agreements, liens, adverse claims, options, security interests and demands of any nature or kind whatsoever, other than those imposed by this Agreement, applicable securities Laws or MICT’s Organizational Documents, as in effect on the date hereof. There are no claims for finder’s fees or brokerage commission or other like payments in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby payable by Holder pursuant to arrangements made by Holder. Except for the Shares set forth under Holder’s name on the signature page hereto, as of the date of this Agreement, Holder is not a beneficial owner or record holder of any: (i) equity securities of MICT, (ii) securities of MICT having the right to vote on any matters on which the holders of equity securities of MICT may vote or which are convertible into or exchangeable for, at any time, equity securities of MICT or (iii) options, warrants or other rights to acquire from MICT any equity securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for equity securities of MICT.

 

(c) No Conflicts. No filing with, or notification to, any Governmental Authority, and no consent, approval, authorization or permit of any other person is necessary for the execution of this Agreement by Holder, the performance of its obligations hereunder or the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby. None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Holder, the performance of its obligations hereunder or the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby shall (i) conflict with or result in any breach of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other comparable organizational documents of Holder, if applicable, (ii) result in, or give rise to, a violation or breach of or a default under any of the terms of any Contract or obligation to which Holder is a party or by which Holder or any of the Shares or its other assets may be bound, or (iii) violate any applicable Law or Order, except for any of the foregoing in clauses (i) through (iii) as would not reasonably be expected to impair Holder’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.

 

(d) No Inconsistent Agreements. Holder hereby covenants and agrees that, except for this Agreement, Holder (i) has not entered into, nor will enter into at any time while this Agreement remains in effect, any voting agreement or voting trust with respect to the Shares inconsistent with Holder’s obligations pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) has not granted, nor will grant at any time while this Agreement remains in effect, a proxy, a consent or power of attorney with respect to the Shares and (iii) has not entered into any agreement or knowingly taken any action (nor will enter into any agreement or knowingly take any action) that would make any representation or warranty of Holder contained herein untrue or incorrect in any material respect or have the effect of preventing Holder from performing any of its material obligations under this Agreement.

 

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5. Representations and Warranties of Intermediate.

 

(a) Binding Agreement. A business company duly organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby are within the Intermediate’s powers and Intermediate has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate actions on the part of the Intermediate. Intermediate has full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement. This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Intermediate, enforceable against Intermediate in accordance with its terms (except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditor’s rights, and to general equitable principles).

 

6.  Representations and Warranties of MICT.

 

(a)  Binding Agreement. MICT is a corporation duly incorporated under the Laws of the State of Delaware. The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby are within MICT’s powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate actions on the part of the MICT. MICT has full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement. This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of MICT, enforceable against MICT in accordance with its terms (except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditor’s rights, and to general equitable principles).

 

7.  Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Termination. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Agreement shall automatically terminate, and none of MICT, Intermediate or Holder shall have any rights or obligations hereunder, upon the earliest to occur of (i) the mutual written consent of MICT, Intermediate and Holder, (ii) the Effective Time (following the performance of the obligations of the parties hereunder required to be performed at or prior to the Effective Time), (iii) the date of termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms and (iv) February 8, 2020. The termination of this Agreement shall not prevent any party hereunder from seeking any remedies (at law or in equity) against another party hereto or relieve such party from liability for such party’s breach of any terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the provisions of this Section 7(a) shall survive the termination of this Agreement. 

 

(b) Binding Effect; Assignment. This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns. This Agreement and all obligations of Holder are personal to Holder and may not be assigned, transferred or delegated by Holder at any time without the prior written consent of MICT and Intermediate, and any purported assignment, transfer or delegation without such consent shall be null and void ab initio.

 

(c) Third Parties. Nothing contained in this Agreement or in any instrument or document executed by any party in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall create any rights in, or be deemed to have been executed for the benefit of, any person that is not a party hereto or thereto or a successor or permitted assign of such a party.

 

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(d)  Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement and any dispute or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of law principles thereof. All Actions arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined exclusively in any state or federal court located in New York, New York (or in any appellate courts thereof) (the “Specified Courts”). Each party hereto hereby (i) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any Specified Court for the purpose of any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought by any party hereto and (ii) irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert by way of motion, defense or otherwise, in any such Action, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the Action is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the Action is improper, or that this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may not be enforced in or by any Specified Court. Each party agrees that a final judgment in any Action shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law. Each party irrevocably consents to the service of the summons and complaint and any other process in any other action or proceeding relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, on behalf of itself, or its property, by personal delivery of copies of such process to such party at the applicable address set forth or referred to in Section 7(h). Nothing in this Section 7(d) shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by applicable law.

 

(e) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY HERETO (i) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THAT FOREGOING WAIVER AND (ii) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7(e).

 

(f)  Interpretation. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement. In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: (i) any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa; (ii) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding or succeeding such term and shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (iii) the words “herein,” “hereto,” and “hereby” and other words of similar import in this Agreement shall be deemed in each case to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or other subdivision of this Agreement; and (iv) the term “or” means “and/or”. The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. Consequently, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.

 

(g) Capacity as a MICT Stockholder. Holder signs this Agreement solely in Holder’s capacity as a stockholder of MICT, and not in Holder’s capacity as a director, officer or employee of MICT. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing herein shall in any way restrict a director or officer of MICT in the exercise of his or her fiduciary duties as a director or officer of MICT or prevent or be construed to create any obligation on the part of any director or officer of MICT from taking any action in his or her capacity as such director or officer.

 

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(h) Notices. All notices, consents, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered (i) in person, (ii) by facsimile or other electronic means, with affirmative confirmation of receipt, (iii) one Business Day after being sent, if sent by reputable, nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) three (3) Business Days after being mailed, if sent by registered or certified mail, pre-paid and return receipt requested, in each case to the applicable party at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice):

 

If to MICT, to:

 

MICT, Inc.
28 West Grand Avenue, Suite 3
Montvale, New Jersey 07645
Attn: David Lucatz, Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile No.: [  ]
Telephone No.: (201) 225-0190
Email: David @micronet-enertec.com

 

with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:

 

Mintz Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
666 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Attn: Kenneth Koch, Esq.
Facsimile No.: (212) 983-3115
Telephone No.: [  ]
Email: KRKoch@mintz.com

 

If to Intermediate, to:

 

Global Fintech Holdings Ltd.
c/o Gateley PLC

98 King Street

Manchester, M2 4WU

United Kingdom

Attn: Darren C. Mercer, Executive Director

Telephone No.: 44 (0) 161 836 7816

Facsimile No.: +44 (0) 161 836 7701

Email: Darren.Mercer@bnntechnology.com

with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:

 

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor
New York, New York 10105
Attn: Richard I. Anslow, Esq.

Jonathan H. Deblinger, Esq
Facsimile No.: (212) 370-7889
Telephone No.: (212) 370-1300
Email: ranslow@egsllp.com

  jdeblinger@egsllp.com

     

If to Holder, to: the address set forth under Holder’s name on the signature page hereto, with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to, if not the party sending the notice, each of Intermediate and MICT (and each of their copies for notices hereunder).

 

(i)  Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, and either retroactively or prospectively) only with the written consent of MICT, Intermediate and the Holder. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No waivers of or exceptions to any term, condition, or provision of this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a further or continuing waiver of any such term, condition, or provision.

 

(j)  Severability. In case any provision in this Agreement shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in a jurisdiction, such provision shall be modified or deleted, as to the jurisdiction involved, only to the extent necessary to render the same valid, legal and enforceable, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby nor shall the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision be affected thereby in any other jurisdiction. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties will substitute for any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision a suitable and equitable provision that carries out, so far as may be valid, legal and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision.

 

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(k)  Specific Performance. Holder acknowledges that its obligations under this Agreement are unique, recognizes and affirms that in the event of a breach of this Agreement by Holder, money damages will be inadequate and Intermediate and MICT will have not adequate remedy at law, and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed by Holder in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. Accordingly, Intermediate and MICT shall be entitled to seek an injunction or restraining order to prevent breaches of this Agreement by Holder and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, without the requirement to post any bond or other security or to prove that money damages would be inadequate, this being in addition to any other right or remedy to which such party may be entitled under this Agreement, at law or in equity.

 

(l)  Expenses. Each party shall be responsible for its own fees and expenses (including the fees and expenses of investment bankers, accountants and counsel) in connection with the entering into of this Agreement, the performance of its obligations hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, that in the event of any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the non-prevailing party in any such Action will pay its own expenses and the reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, reasonably incurred by the prevailing party.

 

(m)  No Partnership, Agency or Joint Venture. This Agreement is intended to create a contractual relationship among Holder, Intermediate and MICT, and is not intended to create, and does not create, any agency, partnership, joint venture or any like relationship among the parties hereto or among any other MICT Stockholders entering into voting agreements with Intermediate or MICT. Holder is not affiliated with any other holder of securities of MICT entering into a voting agreement with Intermediate or MICT in connection with the Merger Agreement and has acted independently regarding its decision to enter into this Agreement. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to vest in Intermediate or MICT any direct or indirect ownership or incidence of ownership of or with respect to any Shares.

 

(n)  Further Assurances. From time to time, at another party’s request and without further consideration, each party shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further action as may be reasonably necessary or desirable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(o)  Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with the Acquisition Agreement to the extent referred to herein) constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and any other written or oral agreement relating to the subject matter hereof existing between the parties is expressly canceled; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not affect the rights and obligations of the parties under the Merger Agreement or any Ancillary Document. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall limit any of the rights or remedies of MICT or Intermediate or any of the obligations of Holder under any other agreement between Holder and MICT or Intermediate or any certificate or instrument executed by Holder in favor of MICT or Intermediate, and nothing in any other agreement, certificate or instrument shall limit any of the rights or remedies of MICT or Intermediate or any of the obligations of Holder under this Agreement.

 

(p)  Counterparts; Facsimile. This Agreement may also be executed and delivered by facsimile or electronic signature or by email in portable document format in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank; Signature Page Follows]

 

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

 

  MICT :
   
  MICT, INC.
     
  By: /s/ David Lucatz
  Name: David Lucatz                         
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  Intermediate:
   
  GFH INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LTD.
     
  By:
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Voting Agreement] 

 

 

 

Title:  Director

 

Holder:
 

Name of Holder: D.L Capital Ltd

 

By: /s/ David Luctaz

 

Name: David Luctaz

Number and Type of Shares:

 

__________ shares of MICT Common Stock

 

Address for Notice:

 

Address: ______________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

Facsimile No.:___________________________________

Telephone No.:__________________________________

Email:__________________________________

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Voting Agreement]

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of November 7, 2019, is entered into between MICT, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).

 

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

 

WHEREAS, the Company has entered into a separate securities purchase agreement with certain other investors (the “Non-Stadium PIPE Investors”) pursuant to which the Non-Stadium PIPE Investors will make a substantially similar investment in the Company in a private placement transaction in the aggregate amount of at least $9,000,000.00 in consideration for the issuance of a separate series of senior secured convertible notes of the Company;

 

WHEREAS, the Purchasers and the Non-Stadium PIPE Investors will enter into the Intercreditor Agreement (as defined below) in respect of certain shared collateral granted as security by the Company to both the Purchasers and the Non-Stadium PIPE Investors; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company hereby acknowledges that the Purchasers are investing hereunder based on the completion of the Merger (as defined in the Debentures (as defined below)).

 

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

 

ARTICLE I. 

DEFINITIONS

 

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

 

Agent” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Security Agreement.

 

Acquiring Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.7.

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

Blocked Account” means the Company’s deposit account that solely holds the proceeds of the Debentures, together with any and all cash, funds or sums now or at any time hereafter on deposit therein or credited thereto, all books, records (including computer software and electronic records) and property of any kind constituting or relating to any of the foregoing and all proceeds and products of the foregoing.

 

Blocked DACA” means a deposit account control agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchasers, to be entered into by and among the applicable depository institution, Stadium Parkgate (Holdings) Limited, as collateral agent, and the Company, in respect of the Blocked Account pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Security Agreement.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Closing Statement” means the Closing Statement in the form on Annex A attached hereto.

 

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

 

Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share.

 

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

 

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Company Counsel” means (a) at any time prior to the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., with offices located at 666 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017 and (b) at any time on or after the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), EGS.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Debentures” means the 5% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures due, subject to the terms therein, 6 months from their date of issuance, issued by the Company to the Purchasers hereunder, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

Disclosure Schedules” shall mean the Schedules attached hereto.

 

Disclosure Time” means, (i) if this Agreement is signed on a day that is not a Trading Day or after 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) and before midnight (New York City time) on any Trading Day, 9:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof and (ii) if this Agreement is signed between midnight (New York City time) and 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, no later than 9:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the date hereof.

 

EGS” means Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, with offices located at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105-0302.

 

Effective Date” means the earliest of the date that (a) all of the Underlying Shares have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 or may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions, (b) following the one year anniversary of the Closing Date provided that a holder of the Underlying Shares is not an Affiliate of the Company or (c) all of the Underlying Shares may be sold pursuant to an exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(1) of the Securities Act without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and Company Counsel has delivered to such holders a standing written unqualified opinion that resales may then be made by such holders of the Underlying Shares pursuant to such exemption which opinion shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to such holders.

 

Environmental Laws” means all federal, foreign, state, provincial and local statutes, codes, regulations, rules, ordinances, orders or decisions, arising out of or relating to: (a) emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of any Hazardous Material into the environment (including ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata); (b) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, generation, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of any Hazardous Material; (c) liability for personal injury or property damage arising out of the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, generation, treatment, storage, disposal, transport, handling, emission, discharge, release, threatened release, or presence of Hazardous Materials at real property; and (d) remediation, reclamation or restoration of real property.

 

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

 

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

 

Excluded Subsidiary” means Micronet Ltd., an Israeli corporation.

 

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

 

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

 

Hazardous Materials” means any solid, liquid or gaseous material, alone or in combination, mixture or solution, which is now or hereafter defined, listed or identified as “hazardous” (including “hazardous substances” or “hazardous wastes”), “toxic”, a “pollutant” or a “contaminant” pursuant to any Environmental Law, including asbestos, urea formaldehyde, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), radon, petroleum (including its derivatives, by-products or other hydrocarbons); and any other substance which is subject in any respect to any Environmental Law.

 

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

 

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

 

Intercreditor Agreement” means the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement to be entered into among the Company and the Purchasers, substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Material Permits” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).

  

Maximum Rate” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.17.

 

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Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 7, 2019, by and among, the Company, MICT Merger Subsidiary Inc., upon execution of a joinder thereto, a to-be-formed British Virgin Islands company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and GFH Intermediate Holdings Ltd., a British Virgin Islands company, as in effect on the date hereof and as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified to the extent permitted by Section 7 of each Debenture.

 

Non-Stadium PIPE Documents” means, collectively, the Non-Stadium SPA and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Non-Stadium SPA), as any or all of the foregoing documents, instruments and agreements are now in effect or as they may be amended, restated, supplemented, refinanced, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Debentures.

 

Non-Stadium SPA” means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and each of the purchasers signatory thereto (other than the Purchasers) in respect of the 5% Senior Secured Convertible Debenture due 2020 issued by the Borrower in favor of such purchasers, as each of the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, refinanced, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Debentures.

 

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

 

Pledged Securities” means any and all certificates and other instruments representing or evidencing all of the capital stock and other equity interests of the Subsidiaries.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Required Minimum” means, as of any date, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issued or potentially issuable in the future pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including any Underlying Shares issuable upon conversion in full of all Debentures (including Underlying Shares issuable as payment of interest on the Debentures, if any), ignoring any conversion or exercise limits set forth therein.

 

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

 

Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

  

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

 

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

 

Securities” means the Debentures and the Underlying Shares.

 

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

 

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

 

Security Documents” shall mean the Security Agreement, the Blocked DACA, the original Pledged Securities, along with medallion guaranteed executed blank stock powers to the Pledged Securities, and any other documents and filing required thereunder in order to grant the Purchasers a first priority security interest in the assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries as provided in the Security Agreement, including all UCC-1 filing receipts.

 

Shareholder Approval” means (a) such approval as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of the NYSE American/the Nasdaq Stock Market/The New York Stock Exchange (or any successor entity) from the shareholders of the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including the issuance of all of the Underlying Shares in excess of 19.99% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock on the Closing Date and (b) such approval to amend the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance to at least the Required Minimum.

 

Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include locating and/or borrowing shares of Common Stock). 

 

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

 

Subsequent Financing” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(a).

 

Subsequent Financing Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(b).

 

Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company (including, without limitation, any Subsidiary of the Company set forth in the SEC Reports, but excluding the Excluded Subsidiary) and any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

 

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

 

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

 

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Debentures, the Security Agreement, the Blocked DACA, the other Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder, including, without limitation, any proxy statements required to consummate the Merger (as defined in the Debentures).

 

Transfer Agent” means Worldwide Stock Transfer, LLC, the transfer agent of the Company as of the date hereof, with a mailing address of One University Plaza, Suite 505, Hackensack, NJ 07601 and a facsimile number of (201) 820-2010, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and/or any other applicable law of any state or states which has jurisdiction with respect to all, or any portion of, the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement), from time to time. It is the intent of the parties that defined terms in the UCC should be construed in their broadest sense so that the term “Collateral” will be construed in its broadest sense. Accordingly if there are, from time to time, changes to defined terms in the UCC that broaden the definitions, they are incorporated herein and if existing definitions in the UCC are broader than the amended definitions, the existing ones shall be controlling.

 

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Underlying Shares” means the Conversion Shares and any other shares of Common Stock issued and issuable pursuant to the terms of the Debentures, including, without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock issued and issuable in lieu of the cash payment of interest on the Debentures in accordance with the terms of the Debentures (assuming all permissible interest payments are made in shares of Common Stock)), (ii) any additional shares of Common Stock issued and issuable in connection with any anti-dilution provisions in the Debentures, and (iii) any securities issued or then issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing, in each case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, without respect to any limitation or restriction on the conversion of the Debentures.

 

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

 

ARTICLE II. 

PURCHASE AND SALE

 

2.1 Closing. On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, up to an aggregate of $15,902,519.00 in principal amount of the Debentures. Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company, via wire transfer or a certified check, immediately available funds equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as set forth on the signature page hereto executed by such Purchaser, and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective Debenture, as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of EGS or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree.

 

2.2  Deliveries.

 

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

 

(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Company;

 

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(ii) a legal opinion of Company Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers;

 

(iii) a Debenture with a principal amount equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount, registered in the name of such Purchaser;

 

(iv) a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Company, (A) providing the Company’s wire instructions, (B) certifying that all conditions set forth in Section 2.3 have been fulfilled and (C) certifying that (I) the representations and warranties of the Company contained in any Transaction Document are true and correct in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date), (II) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date have been performed, (III) there have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date of this Agreement and (IV) no Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) and no event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) or that upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) exists as of the Closing Date or would occur as a result of the transactions to occur on the Closing Date;

 

(v)  the Security Agreement, duly executed by the Company and each Subsidiary, along with all of the Security Documents, duly executed by the parties thereto, the original Pledged Securities and corresponding blank stock powers in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchasers;

 

(vi)  the Intercreditor Agreement, duly executed by the parties thereto; and

 

(vii)  the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by the parties thereto.

 

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

 

(i) this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;

 

(ii)  such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer from its current escrow arrangement to the Blocked Account;

 

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

 

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

 

2.3 Closing Conditions.

 

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

 

(i)  the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(i)  the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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(vi) the delivery by the Company to each Purchaser of (A) the results of a recent search, by a Person satisfactory to such Purchaser, of all tax liens, judgment liens and effective UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings) made with respect to any personal or mixed property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the appropriate jurisdictions, together with copies of all such filings disclosed by such search, (B) UCC termination statements (or similar documents) for filing in all applicable jurisdictions as may be necessary to terminate any effective UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings) disclosed in such search (other than any such financing statements in respect of Permitted Liens (as defined in the Debentures)), (C) a certificate or certificates from Company’s insurance broker or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Security Agreement is in full force and effect, together with endorsements naming the Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties (or similar indication), as additional insured and lender loss payee thereunder to the extent required under the Security Agreement, (D) evidence reasonably satisfactory to Agent of the compliance by the Company and its Subsidiaries of their Closing Date obligations under the Security Agreement (including, without limitation their obligations to authorize or execute, as the case may be, and deliver UCC financing statements, originals of securities, instruments and chattel paper, intellectual property security agreements to be filed in the U.S., and any agreements governing deposit and/or securities accounts as provided therein) and (E) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Agent that all principal, interest and other amounts owing in respect of all indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the “Yorkville” indebtedness and the “BNN” indebtedness) will be repaid in full as of the Closing Date and any and all Liens securing such indebtedness will be terminated and released as of the Closing Date, in each case, pursuant to customary payoff letters;

 

(vii) the delivery by the Company to each Purchaser of a duly executed certificate from the secretary or assistant secretary of the Company, together with all applicable attachments, certifying as to the following: (A) attached thereto is a copy of each organizational document of the Company duly executed and delivered by the Company and, to the extent applicable, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate governmental official, each dated the Closing Date or a recent date prior thereto; (B) set forth therein are the signature and incumbency of the officers or other authorized representatives of the Company executing the Transaction Documents to which it is a party; (C) attached thereto are copies of resolutions of the board of directors of the Company approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party or by which it or its assets may be bound as of the Closing Date, certified as of the Closing Date as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment; and (D) attached thereto is a good standing certificate (or, if applicable, such other comparable certificate) from the applicable governmental authority of the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation and in each jurisdiction in which it is qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity to do business, each dated a recent date prior to the Closing Date;

 

(viii) each Purchaser shall have received final executed copies, certified by a financial officer of the Company as of the Closing Date, of (A) the Merger Agreement (as defined in the Debentures), any amendments thereto (if any) and all other documents executed in connection therewith, in each case, as in effect on the Closing Date and, with respect to any amendments or documents executed after the date hereof, in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser and (B) the Non-Stadium SPA, any amendments thereto (if any), any other Non-Stadium PIPE Documents and all other documents executed in connection therewith, in each case, as in effect on the Closing Date and, with respect to any amendments or documents executed after the date hereof, in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser;

 

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(ix) the Company shall have paid to the Agent the fees and expenses payable on the Closing Date to the Agent and the Purchasers to the extent invoiced at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, as legal counsel to the Agent, as required pursuant to, and subject to, Section 5.2); and

 

(x) either (A) the Conversion Shares shall have been approved for listing on Nasdaq, subject only to notice of issuance, or (B) the Company shall have filed an application for listing of the Conversion Shares on Nasdaq at, or prior to, the issuance of the Debentures.

 

ARTICLE III. 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports or the Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each Purchaser as of the date hereof, as of the Closing Date and at the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (unless as of a specific date therein, in which case they shall be accurate as of such date):

 

(a)  Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth in the SEC Reports. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(f) Issuance of the Securities. The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Underlying Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock a number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of the Underlying Shares at least equal to the Required Minimum by no later than the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement).

 

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(g) Capitalization. The capitalization of the Company as of the date hereof and as of the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) is as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g), which Schedule 3.1(g) shall also include the number of shares of Common Stock owned beneficially, and of record, by Affiliates of the Company as of the date hereof. The Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock or the capital stock of any Subsidiary, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or capital stock of any Subsidiary. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers). There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary with any provision that adjusts the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price of such security or instrument upon an issuance of securities by the Company or any Subsidiary. There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary that contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or such Subsidiary. The Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.

 

(h)  SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(m) Environmental Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) and their operations are in compliance with all Environmental Laws; (ii) have not caused, nor have their agents caused, Hazardous Materials to be discharged, released, stored, treated, used, generated, disposed of or allowed to escape on, in, under, or from any real property in violation of any Environmental Laws; (iii) have not received or made, and there has been no, written notice, order, directive, claim or demand from or with any governmental authority with respect to the generation, storage, use, handling, transportation, treatment, emission, spillage, disposal, release, discharge or removal of any Hazardous Materials in violation of any Environmental Law; (iv) have received all permits licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (v) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where in each clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(n) Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.

 

(o) Title to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is necessary for the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens (as defined in the Debentures). Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.

 

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

 

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

 

(r) Transactions with Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(r), none of the officers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 and not to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.

 

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

 

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(t) Certain Fees. No brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiaries to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

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

 

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

 

(w) Registration Rights. No Person has any right to cause the Company or any Subsidiary to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiaries.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(bb)  Solvency. Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder, (i) the fair saleable value of the Company’s assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including contingent liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, consolidated and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date. Schedule 3.1(bb) sets forth as of the date hereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” means (w) any liabilities for borrowed money, (x) any amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business and (z) the present value of any lease payments due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(ff) Accountants. The Company’s accounting firm is set forth on Schedule 3.1(ff) of the Disclosure Schedules. To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such accounting firm (i) is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and (ii) shall express its opinion with respect to the financial statements to be included in the Company’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(jj) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for Sections 3.2(g) and 4.15 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none of the Purchasers has been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term, (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities, (iii) any Purchaser, and counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, may presently have a “short” position in the Common Stock and (iv) each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more Purchasers may engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value of the Underlying Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined, and (z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders' equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities are being conducted.  The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(ss) Notice of Disqualification Events. The Company will notify the Purchasers in writing, prior to the Closing Date of (i) any Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person.

 

(tt) Nasdaq. The Company is subject to and in compliance in all material respects with the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The shares of Common Stock are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed on the Nasdaq, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or reasonably likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common Stock from Nasdaq, nor has the Company received any written notification that the Commission or Nasdaq is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.

 

(uu) Blocked Account. The Blocked Account is not subject to any Lien of any Person (other than a Lien in favor of the Purchasers and a Lien in favor of the applicable depositary institution arising in the ordinary course of business by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens (collectively, the “Permitted Account Liens”)).

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(f) Access to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules thereto) and the SEC Reports and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information about the Company and its financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its investment.  Such Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that neither the Company nor any of its representatives has provided such Purchaser with any information or advice with respect to the Securities nor is such information or advice necessary or desired.  Neither the Company nor any of its representatives has made or makes any representation as to the Company or the quality of the Securities.  In connection with the issuance of the Securities to such Purchaser, neither the Company nor any of its representatives has acted as a financial advisor or fiduciary to such Purchaser.

 

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(g) Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser, directly or indirectly executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time that such Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any other Person representing the Company setting forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement or to such Purchaser’s representatives, including, without limitation, its officers, directors, partners, legal and other advisors, employees, agents and Affiliates, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty against, or a prohibition of, any actions with respect to the borrowing of, arrangement to borrow, identification of the availability of, and/or securing of, securities of the Company in order for such Purchaser (or its broker or other financial representative) to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.

 

(h)  No Short Selling. Until such time that such Purchaser no longer holds any Debentures, such Purchaser, its agents, representatives or affiliates will not engage in or effect, in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, any (i) “Short Sale” (as such term is defined in Section 242.200 of Regulation SHO of the Exchange Act) of the Common Stock or (ii) hedging transaction, which establishes a net short position with respect to the Common Stock.

 

The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in this Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to locating or borrowing shares in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.

 

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ARTICLE IV. 

OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

4.1 Transfer Restrictions.

 

(a) The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company (provided that it is agreed that Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP is so acceptable), the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(c)  Certificates evidencing the Underlying Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof): (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) if such Underlying Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such Underlying Shares and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Transfer Agent or the Purchaser promptly after the Effective Date if required by the Transfer Agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder, or if requested by a Purchaser, respectively. If all or any portion of a Debenture is converted at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the Underlying Shares, or if such Underlying Shares may be sold under Rule 144 or if such legend is not otherwise required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission) then such Underlying Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that following the Effective Date or at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 4.1(c), it will, no later than the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined below) following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Transfer Agent of a certificate representing Underlying Shares, as applicable, issued with a restrictive legend (such date, the “Legend Removal Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 4. Certificates for Underlying Shares subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Purchaser by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such Purchaser. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of a certificate representing Underlying Shares, as applicable, issued with a restrictive legend.

 

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(d)  In addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, (i) as partial relief for the damages to any Purchaser by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the underlying shares of Common Stock (which remedy shall not be exclusive of any other remedies available at law or in equity, including, without limitation, specific performance) and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Underlying Shares (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date such Securities are submitted to the Transfer Agent) delivered for removal of the restrictive legend and subject to Section 4.1(c), $10 per Trading for each Trading Day after the Legend Removal Date until such certificate is delivered without a legend and (ii) if the Company fails to (a) issue and deliver (or cause to be delivered) to a Purchaser by the Legend Removal Date a certificate representing the Securities so delivered to the Company by such Purchaser that is free from all restrictive and other legends and (b) if after the Legend Removal Date such Purchaser purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Purchaser of all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, or a sale of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock that such Purchaser anticipated receiving from the Company without any restrictive legend, then, an amount equal to the excess of such Purchaser’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) (the “Buy-In Price”) over the product of (A) such number of Underlying Shares that the Company was required to deliver to such Purchaser by the Legend Removal Date multiplied by (B) the lowest closing sale price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the delivery by such Purchaser to the Company of the applicable Underlying Shares (as the case may be) and ending on the date of such delivery and payment under this clause (ii).

 

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

 

4.3  Furnishing of Information; Public Information.

 

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

 

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(b) At any time during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending at such time that all of the Securities may be sold without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144, if the Company (i) shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c) or (ii) has ever been an issuer described in Rule 144 (i)(1)(i) or becomes an issuer in the future, and the Company shall fail to satisfy any condition set forth in Rule 144(i)(2) (a “Public Information Failure”) then, in addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, as partial relief for the damages to any Purchaser by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the Securities (which remedy shall not be exclusive of any other remedies available at law or in equity, including, without limitation, specific performance) and not as a penalty, an amount in cash equal to three percent (3.0%) of the aggregate Subscription Amount of such Purchaser’s Securities on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth (30th) day (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter until the earlier of (a) the date such Public Information Failure is cured and (b) such time that such public information is no longer required  for the Purchasers to transfer the Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144.  The payments to which a Purchaser shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 4.3(b) are referred to herein as “Public Information Failure Payments.”  Public Information Failure Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month during which such Public Information Failure Payments are incurred and (ii) the third (3rd) Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Public Information Failure Payments is cured.  In the event the Company fails to make Public Information Failure Payments in a timely manner, such Public Information Failure Payments shall bear interest at the rate of two percent (2.0%) per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Public Information Failure, and such Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The obligations contained herein shall be separate and independent from those contained in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

4.4 Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

4.8 Non-Public Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, which shall be disclosed pursuant to Section 4.6, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes, or the Company reasonably believes constitutes, material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have consented to the receipt of such information and agreed with the Company to keep such information confidential. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. To the extent that the Company delivers any material, non-public information to a Purchaser without such Purchaser’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that such Purchaser shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates, or a duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public information, provided that the Purchaser shall remain subject to applicable law. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

 

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4.9 Use of Proceeds. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.9 hereto and subject to Section 4.17, the Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder solely following the Forced Conversion Date (as defined in the Debentures) for ordinary course working capital purposes and for purposes contemplated by the Merger Agreement and shall not use such proceeds: (a) for the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt, (b) for the redemption of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, (c) for the settlement of any outstanding litigation or (d) in violation of FCPA or OFAC regulations.

 

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

 

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4.11 Reservation and Listing of Securities.

 

(a)  Following effectiveness of the Charter Amendment (as defined below), the Company shall at all times thereafter maintain a reserve of the Required Minimum from its duly authorized shares of Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents in such amount as may then be required to fulfill its obligations in full under the Transaction Documents.

 

(b)  As of the date hereof, the Company does not have the requisite number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock under its certificate of incorporation to reserve the number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of the Underlying Shares at least equal to the Required Minimum. The Company shall use its best efforts to amend its certificate of incorporation so as to authorize and reserve for issuance a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock such that all of the Debentures that are issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents may be converted into Common Stock (the “Charter Amendment”). The Board of Directors shall use its best efforts to complete the Charter Amendment as soon as possible, and to obtain Shareholder Approval in connection therewith, and in any event shall do so no later than the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement). At no date after the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) shall the number of authorized but unissued (and otherwise unreserved) shares of Common Stock be less than the Required Minimum on such date.

 

(c)  The Company shall, if applicable: (i) in the time and manner required by the principal Trading Market, prepare and file with such Trading Market an additional shares listing application covering a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date of such application, (ii) take all steps necessary to cause such shares of Common Stock to be approved for listing or quotation on such Trading Market as soon as possible thereafter, (iii) provide to the Purchasers evidence of such listing or quotation and (iv) maintain the listing or quotation of such Common Stock on any date at least equal to the Required Minimum on such date on such Trading Market or another Trading Market. The Company agrees to maintain the eligibility of the Common Stock for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation, including, without limitation, by timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such other established clearing corporation in connection with such electronic transfer. In addition, the Company shall hold a special meeting of shareholders (which may also be at the annual meeting of shareholders) on or before the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) for the purpose of obtaining Shareholder Approval, with the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors that such proposal be approved, and the Company shall solicit proxies from its shareholders in connection therewith in the same manner as all other management proposals in such proxy statement and all management-appointed proxyholders shall vote their proxies in favor of such proposal. The Company shall use its best efforts to obtain such Shareholder Approval. If the Company does not obtain Shareholder Approval at the first meeting, the Company shall call a meeting every four months thereafter to seek Shareholder Approval until the earlier of the date Shareholder Approval is obtained or the Debentures are no longer outstanding.

 

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4.12 Tax Treatment. Each Purchaser (for itself and no other Purchaser) and the Company covenant and agree that they will treat the Debentures as indebtedness of the Company for all U.S. federal income tax purposes and will not take any position for U.S. federal income tax purposes contrary to such characterization, including, without limitation, filing any U.S. federal income tax returns inconsistent therewith.

 

4.13 Registration Statement. If the Company reasonably expects that the Registration Statement (as defined in the Debentures) is not expected to be effective by the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), the Company shall notify the Purchasers thereof promptly and in any event no less than three (3) Business Days prior to the anticipated Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement).

 

4.14 Equal Treatment of Purchasers. No consideration (including any modification of any Transaction Document) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to such Transaction Documents. Further, the Company shall not make any payment of principal or interest on the Debentures in amounts which are disproportionate to the respective principal amounts outstanding on the Debentures at any applicable time. For clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser by the Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for the Company to treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.

 

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4.15 Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that neither it, nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.6.  Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.6, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction and the information included in the Disclosure Schedules. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.6, (ii) no Purchaser shall be restricted or prohibited from effecting any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance with applicable securities laws from and after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.6 and (iii) no Purchaser shall have any duty of confidentiality or duty not to trade in the securities of the Company to the Company or its Subsidiaries after the issuance of the initial press release as described in Section 4.6.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement.

 

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

 

4.17 Blocked Account.

 

(a)  The Company shall, by no later than the Closing Date, (i) cause all the proceeds of the Debentures to be deposited directly into the Blocked Account (and for the avoidance of doubt, not deposited, directly or indirectly, into any other account), and (ii) cause the Blocked Account to be subject to the Blocked DACA.

 

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(b) The Company shall be permitted to withdraw funds from the Blocked Account solely to apply in accordance with Section 4.9 at the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement); provided, that (i) the Registration Statement (as defined in the Debentures) is effective, (ii) no Default or Event of Default exists or would arise as a result of such withdrawal and application, (iii) the Purchasers shall have received a certificate of an authorized officer of the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchasers, certifying as to the satisfaction of each of the conditions specified in this clause (b), and (iv) the Company shall deliver to the Purchasers written notice of such withdrawal at least three (3) Business Days in advance of the date of the proposed withdrawal, which notice shall include the amount of the requested withdrawal and a request for Stadium Parkgate (Holdings) Limited, as collateral agent, to issue instructions to the applicable depositary institution under the Blocked DACA in respect of such withdrawal. In the event that the conditions set forth in this clause (b) are satisfied as determined by the Purchasers in their sole discretion, Stadium Parkgate (Holdings) Limited, as collateral agent, shall issue instructions to the applicable depositary institution under the Blocked DACA in respect of the applicable withdrawal from the Blocked Account.

 

(c)  Upon (i) the occurrence of any Triggering Event (as defined in the Debentures) in which any Purchaser exercises its right to require an Optional Redemption (as defined in the Debentures) or (ii) the acceleration of the obligations under the Debentures in accordance with Section 8(b) of the Debentures, Stadium Parkgate (Holdings) Limited, as collateral agent, may withdraw all or any portion of the balance in the Blocked Account, or instruct the depositary institution at which the Blocked Account is maintained to pay any amount in the Blocked Account to or for the benefit of the Purchasers, in each case, to be applied pursuant to the Transaction Documents.

 

(d)  The Company covenants and agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Agent, the Company will not (i) create any Lien in or upon, or otherwise encumber, or assign the Blocked Account, other than Permitted Account Liens or (ii) request, make or allow to be made any withdrawals from the Blocked except as permitted pursuant to clause (b) or (c) above.

 

4.18 Nasdaq. During any period in which the Registration Statement (as defined in the Debentures) relating to the Conversion Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act with respect to a pending sale of the Conversion Shares (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act), the Company will use its best efforts to cause the Conversion Shares to be listed on Nasdaq and to qualify the Conversion Shares for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as reasonably required and to continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Conversion Shares; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or dealer in securities or file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction.

 

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4.19 Condition to the Merger. The Company shall not complete the Merger (as defined in the Debentures) unless the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

 

(a)  no later than the third Business Day prior to the anticipated Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (the “Pre-Merger Date”), the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser a certificate, dated as of the Pre-Merger Date and signed by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certifying that (i) the representations and warranties of the Company contained in any Transaction Document shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made, on the Pre-Merger Date and as of the date of the Effective Time (the “Merger Date”) (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date), (ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Pre-Merger Date have been performed, (iii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Merger Date are expected to have been performed, (iv) there have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date of this Agreement and (v) no Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) and no event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) or that upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) shall have occurred and be continuing as of the Pre-Merger Date and the Merger Date and would not occur as a result of the transactions to occur on the Merger Date;

 

(b)  on the Merger Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser a certificate, dated as of the Merger Date and signed by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certifying that (i) the representations and warranties of the Company contained in any Transaction Document shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Merger Date (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date), (ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Merger Date have been performed, (iii) there have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date of this Agreement and (iv) no Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) and no event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) or that upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) shall have occurred and be continuing as of the Merger Date and would not occur as a result of the transactions to occur on the Merger Date; and

 

(c)  the Registration Statement (as defined in the Debentures) shall be effective and shall not have lapsed for any reason.

 

4.20  Notice of Default. The Company shall promptly, and in any event within three (3) days of obtaining knowledge thereof, provide written notice to the Purchasers of the occurrence of any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default. Each such notice shall be accompanied by a statement of a financial officer or other executive officer of the Company setting forth sufficient details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

 

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ARTICLE V. 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1 Termination.  This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before the fifth (5th) Trading Day following the date hereof, provided, however, that no such termination will affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by any other party (or parties).

 

5.2 Fees and Expenses. The Company shall deliver to each Purchaser, prior to the Closing, a completed and executed copy of the Closing Statement, attached hereto as Annex A. The Company shall pay in cash the fees and expenses of the Company, each Purchaser and their respective advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; provided, that the Company’s obligations to reimburse the Purchasers in cash pursuant to this paragraph in respect of legal fees and expenses (a) shall not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate, up to $75,000 of which shall be paid in cash on or prior to the Closing Date in accordance with Section 2.3(b)(ix) and the remaining $25,000 of which shall be paid in cash on or prior to the Closing Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and (b) shall be separate and independent from the Company’s obligations to reimburse the Purchasers in cash pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 4 thereof). The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company and any conversion or exercise notice delivered by a Purchaser), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Purchasers.

 

5.3 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules; provided, that this provision shall not in any way affect any representation or warranty made herein.

 

5.4 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment at the email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto at or prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

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5.5 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and Purchasers which purchased at least 50.1% in interest of the Debentures based on the initial Subscription Amounts hereunder or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought, provided that if any amendment, modification or waiver disproportionately and adversely impacts a Purchaser (or group of Purchasers), the consent of such disproportionately impacted Purchaser (or group of Purchasers) shall also be required. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right. Any proposed amendment or waiver that disproportionately, materially and adversely affects the rights and obligations of any Purchaser relative to the comparable rights and obligations of the other Purchasers shall require the prior written consent of such adversely affected Purchaser. Any amendment effected in accordance with this Section 5.5 shall be binding upon each Purchaser and holder of Securities and the Company.

 

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

 

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

 

5.8 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.10 and this Section 5.8.

 

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

 

5.10 Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities for a period of the earlier of (a) the date no Purchaser holds any Debentures and (b) the second anniversary of the Closing Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement).

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

5.18 Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any Proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. For reasons of administrative convenience only, each Purchaser and its respective counsel have chosen to communicate with the Company through EGS. EGS does not represent any of the Purchasers or the Company and only represents Global Fintech Holdings Ltd., a British Virgin Islands company (“GFH”), in connection with the merger of a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company with and into a wholly-owned subsidiary of GFH. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any of the Purchasers. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between the Company and a Purchaser, solely, and not between the Company and the Purchasers collectively and not between and among the Purchasers.

 

5.19  [Reserved].

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

5.23  Specific Performance. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that the Company does not perform any provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document in accordance with its specified terms or otherwise breaches its terms and further agree that each Purchaser shall be entitled to an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and any other Transaction Document and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof and thereof, this being in addition to any other remedy to which it is entitled at law or in equity, and that no Purchaser shall be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such order or injunction.

 

5.24  Subject to Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Liens granted to the Purchasers pursuant to the Transaction Documents are expressly subject to the Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the Purchasers under the Transaction Documents or under the Intercreditor Agreement is subject to the limitations and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.

 

5.25  Subject to Registration Rights Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement shall govern.

  

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

 

mict, inc.

  Address for Notice:
       
By: /s/ David Lucatz   Email:
  Name: David Lucatz   Fax:
  Title: Chief Executive Officer    

 

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

 

 

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

 

Name of Purchaser: Stadium Parkgate (Holdings) Limited

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: /s/ Andrew Fish

Name of Authorized Signatory: Andrew Fish

Title of Authorized Signatory: Director

Email Address of Authorized Signatory: _____________________________________________

Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________

Address for Notice to Purchaser:

  

 

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

 

 

Subscription Amount: $_____________

 

Principal Amount $_____________

  

EIN Number: _______________________

 

 

 

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

 

Name of Purchaser: Christopher James Dean

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: /s/ Christopher James Dean

Name of Authorized Signatory: Christopher James Dean

Title of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________

Email Address of Authorized Signatory: _____________________________________________

Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________

Address for Notice to Purchaser:

  

 

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

 

 

Subscription Amount: $_____________

 

Principal Amount $_____________

  

EIN Number: _______________________

 

 

 

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

 

Name of Purchaser: Mark Edwin Healey

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: /s/ Mark Edwin Healey

Name of Authorized Signatory: Mark Edwin Healey

Title of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________

Email Address of Authorized Signatory: _____________________________________________

Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________

Address for Notice to Purchaser:

  

 

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

 

 

Subscription Amount: $_____________

 

Principal Amount $_____________

  

EIN Number: _______________________

 

 

 

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

 

Name of Purchaser: Simon John Foy

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: /s/ Simon John Foy

Name of Authorized Signatory: Simon John Foy

Title of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________

Email Address of Authorized Signatory: _____________________________________________

Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________

Address for Notice to Purchaser:

  

 

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

 

 

Subscription Amount: $_____________

 

Principal Amount $_____________

  

EIN Number: _______________________

 

 

 

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

 

Name of Purchaser: Scott Jonathan Fletcher

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: /s/Scott Jonathan Fletcher

Name of Authorized Signatory: Scott Jonathan Fletcher

Title of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________

Email Address of Authorized Signatory: _____________________________________________

Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________

Address for Notice to Purchaser:

  

 

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

 

 

Subscription Amount: $_____________

 

Principal Amount $_____________

  

EIN Number: _______________________

 

 

 

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

 

Name of Purchaser: Michael Burgess

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: /s/ Michael Burgess

Name of Authorized Signatory: Michael Burgess

Title of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________

Email Address of Authorized Signatory: _____________________________________________

Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________

Address for Notice to Purchaser:

  

 

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

 

 

Subscription Amount: $_____________

 

Principal Amount $_____________

  

EIN Number: _______________________

 

 

 

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Annex A

 

CLOSING STATEMENT

 

Pursuant to the attached Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereto, the purchasers shall purchase up to $_________ of Debentures from MICT, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). All funds will be wired into an account maintained by the Company. All funds will be disbursed in accordance with this Closing Statement.

 

Disbursement Date: ________ ___, 2019

 

 

I. PURCHASE PRICE

 

     
Gross Proceeds to be Received   $        
         

 

 

II. DISBURSEMENTS        
    $    
    $    
    $    
    $    
    $    
         
Total Amount Disbursed:   $    
         
         
         
WIRE INSTRUCTIONS:        

Please see attached.

 

 

 

DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES

 

(See attached.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF DEBENTURE

 

(See attached.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

(See attached.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

 

(See attached.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT D

 

FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

(See attached.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

EXECUTION DRAFT

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of November 7, 2019, is entered into between MICT, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).

 

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

 

WHEREAS, the Company has entered into a separate securities purchase agreement with certain other investors (the “Stadium PIPE Investors”) pursuant to which the Stadium PIPE Investors will make a substantially similar investment in the Company in a private placement transaction in the aggregate amount of at least $15,902,519.00 in consideration for the issuance of a separate series of senior secured convertible notes of the Company;

 

WHEREAS, the Purchasers and the Stadium PIPE Investors will enter into the Intercreditor Agreement (as defined below) in respect of certain shared collateral granted as security by the Company to both the Purchasers and the Stadium PIPE Investors; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company hereby acknowledges that the Purchasers are investing hereunder based on the completion of the Merger (as defined in the Debentures (as defined below)).

 

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

 

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

 

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

 

Agent” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Security Agreement.

 

Acquiring Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.7.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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

 

Blocked Account” means the Company’s deposit account that solely holds the proceeds of the Debentures, together with any and all cash, funds or sums now or at any time hereafter on deposit therein or credited thereto, all books, records (including computer software and electronic records) and property of any kind constituting or relating to any of the foregoing and all proceeds and products of the foregoing.

 

Blocked DACA” means a deposit account control agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchasers, to be entered into by and among the applicable depository institution, China Strategic Investments Limited, as collateral agent, and the Company, in respect of the Blocked Account pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Security Agreement.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Closing Statement” means the Closing Statement in the form on Annex A attached hereto.

 

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

 

Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share.

 

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

 

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Company Counsel” means (a) at any time prior to the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., with offices located at 666 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017 and (b) at any time on or after the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), EGS.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Debentures” means the 5% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures due, subject to the terms therein, 6 months from their date of issuance, issued by the Company to the Purchasers hereunder, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

Disclosure Schedules” shall mean the Schedules attached hereto.

 

Disclosure Time” means, (i) if this Agreement is signed on a day that is not a Trading Day or after 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) and before midnight (New York City time) on any Trading Day, 9:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof and (ii) if this Agreement is signed between midnight (New York City time) and 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, no later than 9:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the date hereof.

 

EGS” means Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, with offices located at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105-0302.

 

Effective Date” means the earliest of the date that (a) all of the Underlying Shares have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 or may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions, (b) following the one year anniversary of the Closing Date provided that a holder of the Underlying Shares is not an Affiliate of the Company or (c) all of the Underlying Shares may be sold pursuant to an exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(1) of the Securities Act without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and Company Counsel has delivered to such holders a standing written unqualified opinion that resales may then be made by such holders of the Underlying Shares pursuant to such exemption which opinion shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to such holders.

 

Environmental Laws” means all federal, foreign, state, provincial and local statutes, codes, regulations, rules, ordinances, orders or decisions, arising out of or relating to: (a) emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of any Hazardous Material into the environment (including ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata); (b) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, generation, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of any Hazardous Material; (c) liability for personal injury or property damage arising out of the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, generation, treatment, storage, disposal, transport, handling, emission, discharge, release, threatened release, or presence of Hazardous Materials at real property; and (d) remediation, reclamation or restoration of real property.

 

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

 

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

 

Excluded Subsidiary” means Micronet Ltd., an Israeli corporation.

 

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

 

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

 

Hazardous Materials” means any solid, liquid or gaseous material, alone or in combination, mixture or solution, which is now or hereafter defined, listed or identified as “hazardous” (including “hazardous substances” or “hazardous wastes”), “toxic”, a “pollutant” or a “contaminant” pursuant to any Environmental Law, including asbestos, urea formaldehyde, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), radon, petroleum (including its derivatives, by-products or other hydrocarbons); and any other substance which is subject in any respect to any Environmental Law.

 

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

 

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

 

Intercreditor Agreement” means the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement to be entered into among the Company and the Purchasers, substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Material Permits” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).

 

Maximum Rate” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.17.

 

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Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November [5], 2019, by and among, the Company, MICT Merger Subsidiary Inc., upon execution of a joinder thereto, a to-be-formed British Virgin Islands company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and GFH Intermediate Holdings Ltd., a British Virgin Islands company, as in effect on the date hereof and as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified to the extent permitted by Section 7 of each Debenture.

 

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

 

Pledged Securities” means any and all certificates and other instruments representing or evidencing all of the capital stock and other equity interests of the Subsidiaries.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Required Minimum” means, as of any date, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issued or potentially issuable in the future pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including any Underlying Shares issuable upon conversion in full of all Debentures (including Underlying Shares issuable as payment of interest on the Debentures, if any), ignoring any conversion or exercise limits set forth therein.

 

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

 

Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

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

 

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

 

Securities” means the Debentures and the Underlying Shares.

 

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

 

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

 

Security Documents” shall mean the Security Agreement, the Blocked DACA, the original Pledged Securities, along with medallion guaranteed executed blank stock powers to the Pledged Securities, and any other documents and filing required thereunder in order to grant the Purchasers a first priority security interest in the assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries as provided in the Security Agreement, including all UCC-1 filing receipts.

 

Shareholder Approval” means (a) such approval as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of the NYSE American/the Nasdaq Stock Market/The New York Stock Exchange (or any successor entity) from the shareholders of the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including the issuance of all of the Underlying Shares in excess of 19.99% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock on the Closing Date and (b) such approval to amend the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance to at least the Required Minimum.

 

Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include locating and/or borrowing shares of Common Stock). 

 

Stadium PIPE Documents” means, collectively, the Stadium SPA and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Stadium SPA), as any or all of the foregoing documents, instruments and agreements are now in effect or as they may be amended, restated, supplemented, refinanced, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Debentures.

 

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Stadium SPA” means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and each of the purchasers signatory thereto (other than the Purchasers) in respect of the 5% Senior Secured Convertible Debenture due 2020 issued by the Borrower in favor of such purchasers, as each of the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, refinanced, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Debentures.

 

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

 

Subsequent Financing” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(a).

 

Subsequent Financing Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.12(b).

 

Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company (including, without limitation, any Subsidiary of the Company set forth in the SEC Reports, but excluding the Excluded Subsidiary) and any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

 

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

 

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

 

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Debentures, the Security Agreement, the Blocked DACA, the other Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto.

 

Transfer Agent” means Worldwide Stock Transfer, LLC, the transfer agent of the Company as of the date hereof, with a mailing address of One University Plaza, Suite 505, Hackensack, NJ 07601 and a facsimile number of (201) 820-2010, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and/or any other applicable law of any state or states which has jurisdiction with respect to all, or any portion of, the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement), from time to time. It is the intent of the parties that defined terms in the UCC should be construed in their broadest sense so that the term “Collateral” will be construed in its broadest sense. Accordingly if there are, from time to time, changes to defined terms in the UCC that broaden the definitions, they are incorporated herein and if existing definitions in the UCC are broader than the amended definitions, the existing ones shall be controlling.

 

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Underlying Shares” means the Conversion Shares and any other shares of Common Stock issued and issuable pursuant to the terms of the Debentures, including, without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock issued and issuable in lieu of the cash payment of interest on the Debentures in accordance with the terms of the Debentures (assuming all permissible interest payments are made in shares of Common Stock)), (ii) any additional shares of Common Stock issued and issuable in connection with any anti-dilution provisions in the Debentures, and (iii) any securities issued or then issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing, in each case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, without respect to any limitation or restriction on the conversion of the Debentures.

 

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

 

ARTICLE II.

PURCHASE AND SALE

 

2.1 Closing. On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, up to an aggregate of $9,000,000.00 in principal amount of the Debentures. Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company, via wire transfer or a certified check, immediately available funds equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as set forth on the signature page hereto executed by such Purchaser, and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective Debenture, as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of EGS or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree.

 

2.2 Deliveries.

 

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

 

(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Company;

 

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

 

(iii) a Debenture with a principal amount equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount, registered in the name of such Purchaser;

 

(iv) a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Company, (A) providing the Company’s wire instructions, (B) certifying that all conditions set forth in Section 2.3 have been fulfilled and (C) certifying that (I) the representations and warranties of the Company contained in any Transaction Document are true and correct in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date), (II) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date have been performed, (III) there have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date of this Agreement and (IV) no Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) and no event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) or that upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) exists as of the Closing Date or would occur as a result of the transactions to occur on the Closing Date;

 

(v) the Security Agreement, duly executed by the Company and each Subsidiary, along with all of the Security Documents, duly executed by the parties thereto, the original Pledged Securities and corresponding blank stock powers in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchasers;

 

(vi) the Intercreditor Agreement, duly executed by the parties thereto; and

 

(vii) the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by the parties thereto.

 

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

 

(i) this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;

 

(ii) such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer from its current escrow arrangement to the Blocked Account;

 

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

 

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

 

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2.3 Closing Conditions.

 

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

 

(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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(vi) the delivery by the Company to each Purchaser of (A) the results of a recent search, by a Person satisfactory to such Purchaser, of all tax liens, judgment liens and effective UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings) made with respect to any personal or mixed property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the appropriate jurisdictions, together with copies of all such filings disclosed by such search, (B) UCC termination statements (or similar documents) for filing in all applicable jurisdictions as may be necessary to terminate any effective UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings) disclosed in such search (other than any such financing statements in respect of Permitted Liens (as defined in the Debentures)), (C) a certificate or certificates from Company’s insurance broker or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Security Agreement is in full force and effect, together with endorsements naming the Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties (or similar indication), as additional insured and lender loss payee thereunder to the extent required under the Security Agreement, (D) evidence reasonably satisfactory to Agent of the compliance by the Company and its Subsidiaries of their Closing Date obligations under the Security Agreement (including, without limitation their obligations to authorize or execute, as the case may be, and deliver UCC financing statements, originals of securities, instruments and chattel paper, intellectual property security agreements to be filed in the U.S., and any agreements governing deposit and/or securities accounts as provided therein) and (E) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Agent that all principal, interest and other amounts owing in respect of all indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the “Yorkville” indebtedness and the “BNN” indebtedness) will be repaid in full as of the Closing Date and any and all Liens securing such indebtedness will be terminated and released as of the Closing Date, in each case, pursuant to customary payoff letters;

 

(vii) the delivery by the Company to each Purchaser of a duly executed certificate from the secretary or assistant secretary of the Company, together with all applicable attachments, certifying as to the following: (A) attached thereto is a copy of each organizational document of the Company duly executed and delivered by the Company and, to the extent applicable, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate governmental official, each dated the Closing Date or a recent date prior thereto; (B) set forth therein are the signature and incumbency of the officers or other authorized representatives of the Company executing the Transaction Documents to which it is a party; (C) attached thereto are copies of resolutions of the board of directors of the Company approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party or by which it or its assets may be bound as of the Closing Date, certified as of the Closing Date as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment; and (D) attached thereto is a good standing certificate (or, if applicable, such other comparable certificate) from the applicable governmental authority of the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation and in each jurisdiction in which it is qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity to do business, each dated a recent date prior to the Closing Date;

 

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(viii) each Purchaser shall have received final executed copies, certified by a financial officer of the Company as of the Closing Date, of (A) the Merger Agreement (as defined in the Debentures), any amendments thereto (if any) and all other documents executed in connection therewith, in each case, as in effect on the Closing Date and, with respect to any amendments or documents executed after the date hereof, in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser and (B) the Stadium SPA, any amendments thereto (if any), any other Stadium PIPE Documents and all other documents executed in connection therewith, in each case, as in effect on the Closing Date and, with respect to any amendments or documents executed after the date hereof, in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser;

 

(ix) the Company shall have paid to the Agent the fees and expenses payable on the Closing Date to the Agent and the Purchasers to the extent invoiced at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date; and

 

(x) either (A) the Conversion Shares shall have been approved for listing on Nasdaq, subject only to notice of issuance, or (B) the Company shall have filed an application for listing of the Conversion Shares on Nasdaq at, or prior to, the issuance of the Debentures.

 

ARTICLE III.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports or the Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each Purchaser as of the date hereof, as of the Closing Date and at the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (unless as of a specific date therein, in which case they shall be accurate as of such date):

 

(a) Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth in the SEC Reports. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(f) Issuance of the Securities. The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Underlying Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock a number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of the Underlying Shares at least equal to the Required Minimum by no later than the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement).

 

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(g) Capitalization. The capitalization of the Company as of the date hereof and as of the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) is as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g), which Schedule 3.1(g) shall also include the number of shares of Common Stock owned beneficially, and of record, by Affiliates of the Company as of the date hereof. The Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock or the capital stock of any Subsidiary, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or capital stock of any Subsidiary. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers). There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary with any provision that adjusts the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price of such security or instrument upon an issuance of securities by the Company or any Subsidiary. There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary that contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or such Subsidiary. The Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.

 

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(h) SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(m) Environmental Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) and their operations are in compliance with all Environmental Laws; (ii) have not caused, nor have their agents caused, Hazardous Materials to be discharged, released, stored, treated, used, generated, disposed of or allowed to escape on, in, under, or from any real property in violation of any Environmental Laws; (iii) have not received or made, and there has been no, written notice, order, directive, claim or demand from or with any governmental authority with respect to the generation, storage, use, handling, transportation, treatment, emission, spillage, disposal, release, discharge or removal of any Hazardous Materials in violation of any Environmental Law; (iv) have received all permits licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (v) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where in each clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(n) Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.

 

(o) Title to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is necessary for the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens (as defined in the Debentures). Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.

 

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

 

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

 

(r) Transactions with Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(r), none of the officers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 and not to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.

 

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

 

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(t) Certain Fees. No brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiaries to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

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

 

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

 

(w) Registration Rights. No Person has any right to cause the Company or any Subsidiary to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiaries.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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(bb) Solvency. Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder, (i) the fair saleable value of the Company’s assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including contingent liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, consolidated and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date. Schedule 3.1(bb) sets forth as of the date hereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” means (w) any liabilities for borrowed money, (x) any amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business and (z) the present value of any lease payments due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(ff) Accountants. The Company’s accounting firm is set forth on Schedule 3.1(ff) of the Disclosure Schedules. To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such accounting firm (i) is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and (ii) shall express its opinion with respect to the financial statements to be included in the Company’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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(jj) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for Sections 3.2(g) and 4.15 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none of the Purchasers has been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term, (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities, (iii) any Purchaser, and counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, may presently have a “short” position in the Common Stock and (iv) each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more Purchasers may engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value of the Underlying Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined, and (z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders' equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities are being conducted.  The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(ss) Notice of Disqualification Events. The Company will notify the Purchasers in writing, prior to the Closing Date of (i) any Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person.

 

(tt) Nasdaq. The Company is subject to and in compliance in all material respects with the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The shares of Common Stock are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed on the Nasdaq, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or reasonably likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common Stock from Nasdaq, nor has the Company received any written notification that the Commission or Nasdaq is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.

 

(uu) Blocked Account. The Blocked Account is not subject to any Lien of any Person (other than a Lien in favor of the Purchasers and a Lien in favor of the applicable depositary institution arising in the ordinary course of business by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens (collectively, the “Permitted Account Liens”)).

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(f) Access to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules thereto) and the SEC Reports and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information about the Company and its financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its investment.  Such Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that neither the Company nor any of its representatives has provided such Purchaser with any information or advice with respect to the Securities nor is such information or advice necessary or desired.  Neither the Company nor any of its representatives has made or makes any representation as to the Company or the quality of the Securities.  In connection with the issuance of the Securities to such Purchaser, neither the Company nor any of its representatives has acted as a financial advisor or fiduciary to such Purchaser.

 

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(g) Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser, directly or indirectly executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time that such Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any other Person representing the Company setting forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement or to such Purchaser’s representatives, including, without limitation, its officers, directors, partners, legal and other advisors, employees, agents and Affiliates, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty against, or a prohibition of, any actions with respect to the borrowing of, arrangement to borrow, identification of the availability of, and/or securing of, securities of the Company in order for such Purchaser (or its broker or other financial representative) to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.

 

(h) No Short Selling. Until such time that such Purchaser no longer holds any Debentures, such Purchaser, its agents, representatives or affiliates will not engage in or effect, in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, any (i) “Short Sale” (as such term is defined in Section 242.200 of Regulation SHO of the Exchange Act) of the Common Stock or (ii) hedging transaction, which establishes a net short position with respect to the Common Stock.

 

The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in this Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to locating or borrowing shares in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.

 

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ARTICLE IV.

OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

4.1 Transfer Restrictions.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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(c) Certificates evidencing the Underlying Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof): (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) if such Underlying Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such Underlying Shares and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Transfer Agent or the Purchaser promptly after the Effective Date if required by the Transfer Agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder, or if requested by a Purchaser, respectively. If all or any portion of a Debenture is converted at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the Underlying Shares, or if such Underlying Shares may be sold under Rule 144 or if such legend is not otherwise required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission) then such Underlying Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that following the Effective Date or at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 4.1(c), it will, no later than the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined below) following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Transfer Agent of a certificate representing Underlying Shares, as applicable, issued with a restrictive legend (such date, the “Legend Removal Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 4. Certificates for Underlying Shares subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Purchaser by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such Purchaser. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of a certificate representing Underlying Shares, as applicable, issued with a restrictive legend.

 

(d) In addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, (i) as partial relief for the damages to any Purchaser by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the underlying shares of Common Stock (which remedy shall not be exclusive of any other remedies available at law or in equity, including, without limitation, specific performance) and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Underlying Shares (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date such Securities are submitted to the Transfer Agent) delivered for removal of the restrictive legend and subject to Section 4.1(c), $10 per Trading for each Trading Day after the Legend Removal Date until such certificate is delivered without a legend and (ii) if the Company fails to (a) issue and deliver (or cause to be delivered) to a Purchaser by the Legend Removal Date a certificate representing the Securities so delivered to the Company by such Purchaser that is free from all restrictive and other legends and (b) if after the Legend Removal Date such Purchaser purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Purchaser of all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, or a sale of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock that such Purchaser anticipated receiving from the Company without any restrictive legend, then, an amount equal to the excess of such Purchaser’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) (the “Buy-In Price”) over the product of (A) such number of Underlying Shares that the Company was required to deliver to such Purchaser by the Legend Removal Date multiplied by (B) the lowest closing sale price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the delivery by such Purchaser to the Company of the applicable Underlying Shares (as the case may be) and ending on the date of such delivery and payment under this clause (ii).

 

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

 

4.3 Furnishing of Information; Public Information.

 

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

 

(b) At any time during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending at such time that all of the Securities may be sold without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144, if the Company (i) shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c) or (ii) has ever been an issuer described in Rule 144 (i)(1)(i) or becomes an issuer in the future, and the Company shall fail to satisfy any condition set forth in Rule 144(i)(2) (a “Public Information Failure”) then, in addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, as partial relief for the damages to any Purchaser by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the Securities (which remedy shall not be exclusive of any other remedies available at law or in equity, including, without limitation, specific performance) and not as a penalty, an amount in cash equal to three percent (3.0%) of the aggregate Subscription Amount of such Purchaser’s Securities on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth (30th) day (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter until the earlier of (a) the date such Public Information Failure is cured and (b) such time that such public information is no longer required  for the Purchasers to transfer the Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144.  The payments to which a Purchaser shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 4.3(b) are referred to herein as “Public Information Failure Payments.”  Public Information Failure Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month during which such Public Information Failure Payments are incurred and (ii) the third (3rd) Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Public Information Failure Payments is cured.  In the event the Company fails to make Public Information Failure Payments in a timely manner, such Public Information Failure Payments shall bear interest at the rate of two percent (2.0%) per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Public Information Failure, and such Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The obligations contained herein shall be separate and independent from those contained in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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4.4 Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

4.8 Non-Public Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, which shall be disclosed pursuant to Section 4.6, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes, or the Company reasonably believes constitutes, material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have consented to the receipt of such information and agreed with the Company to keep such information confidential. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. To the extent that the Company delivers any material, non-public information to a Purchaser without such Purchaser’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that such Purchaser shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates, or a duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public information, provided that the Purchaser shall remain subject to applicable law. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

 

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4.9 Use of Proceeds. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.9 hereto and subject to Section 4.17, the Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder solely following the Forced Conversion Date (as defined in the Debentures) for ordinary course working capital purposes and for purposes contemplated by the Merger Agreement and shall not use such proceeds: (a) for the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt, (b) for the redemption of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, (c) for the settlement of any outstanding litigation or (d) in violation of FCPA or OFAC regulations.

 

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

 

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4.11 Reservation and Listing of Securities.

 

(a) Following effectiveness of the Charter Amendment (as defined below), the Company shall at all times thereafter maintain a reserve of the Required Minimum from its duly authorized shares of Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents in such amount as may then be required to fulfill its obligations in full under the Transaction Documents.

 

(b) As of the date hereof, the Company does not have the requisite number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock under its certificate of incorporation to reserve the number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of the Underlying Shares at least equal to the Required Minimum. The Company shall use its best efforts to amend its certificate of incorporation so as to authorize and reserve for issuance a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock such that all of the Debentures that are issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents may be converted into Common Stock (the “Charter Amendment”). The Board of Directors shall use its best efforts to complete the Charter Amendment as soon as possible, and to obtain Shareholder Approval in connection therewith, and in any event shall do so no later than the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement). At no date after the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) shall the number of authorized but unissued (and otherwise unreserved) shares of Common Stock be less than the Required Minimum on such date.

 

(c) The Company shall, if applicable: (i) in the time and manner required by the principal Trading Market, prepare and file with such Trading Market an additional shares listing application covering a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date of such application, (ii) take all steps necessary to cause such shares of Common Stock to be approved for listing or quotation on such Trading Market as soon as possible thereafter, (iii) provide to the Purchasers evidence of such listing or quotation and (iv) maintain the listing or quotation of such Common Stock on any date at least equal to the Required Minimum on such date on such Trading Market or another Trading Market. The Company agrees to maintain the eligibility of the Common Stock for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation, including, without limitation, by timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such other established clearing corporation in connection with such electronic transfer. In addition, the Company shall hold a special meeting of shareholders (which may also be at the annual meeting of shareholders) on or before the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) for the purpose of obtaining Shareholder Approval, with the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors that such proposal be approved, and the Company shall solicit proxies from its shareholders in connection therewith in the same manner as all other management proposals in such proxy statement and all management-appointed proxyholders shall vote their proxies in favor of such proposal. The Company shall use its best efforts to obtain such Shareholder Approval. If the Company does not obtain Shareholder Approval at the first meeting, the Company shall call a meeting every four months thereafter to seek Shareholder Approval until the earlier of the date Shareholder Approval is obtained or the Debentures are no longer outstanding.

 

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4.12 Tax Treatment. Each Purchaser (for itself and no other Purchaser) and the Company covenant and agree that they will treat the Debentures as indebtedness of the Company for all U.S. federal income tax purposes and will not take any position for U.S. federal income tax purposes contrary to such characterization, including, without limitation, filing any U.S. federal income tax returns inconsistent therewith.

 

4.13 Registration Statement. If the Company reasonably expects that the Registration Statement (as defined in the Debentures) is not expected to be effective by the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), the Company shall notify the Purchasers thereof promptly and in any event no less than three (3) Business Days prior to the anticipated Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement).

 

4.14 Equal Treatment of Purchasers. No consideration (including any modification of any Transaction Document) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to such Transaction Documents. Further, the Company shall not make any payment of principal or interest on the Debentures in amounts which are disproportionate to the respective principal amounts outstanding on the Debentures at any applicable time. For clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser by the Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for the Company to treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.

 

4.15 Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that neither it, nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.6.  Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.6, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction and the information included in the Disclosure Schedules. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.6, (ii) no Purchaser shall be restricted or prohibited from effecting any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance with applicable securities laws from and after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.6 and (iii) no Purchaser shall have any duty of confidentiality or duty not to trade in the securities of the Company to the Company or its Subsidiaries after the issuance of the initial press release as described in Section 4.6.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement.

 

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

 

4.17 Blocked Account.

 

(a) The Company shall, by no later than the Closing Date, (i) cause all the proceeds of the Debentures to be deposited directly into the Blocked Account (and for the avoidance of doubt, not deposited, directly or indirectly, into any other account), and (ii) cause the Blocked Account to be subject to the Blocked DACA.

 

(b) The Company shall be permitted to withdraw funds from the Blocked Account solely to apply in accordance with Section 4.9 at the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement); provided, that (i) the Registration Statement (as defined in the Debentures) is effective, (ii) no Default or Event of Default exists or would arise as a result of such withdrawal and application, (iii) the Purchasers shall have received a certificate of an authorized officer of the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchasers, certifying as to the satisfaction of each of the conditions specified in this clause (b), and (iv) the Company shall deliver to the Purchasers written notice of such withdrawal at least three (3) Business Days in advance of the date of the proposed withdrawal, which notice shall include the amount of the requested withdrawal and a request for China Strategic Investments Limited, as collateral agent, to issue instructions to the applicable depositary institution under the Blocked DACA in respect of such withdrawal. In the event that the conditions set forth in this clause (b) are satisfied as determined by the Purchasers in their sole discretion, China Strategic Investments Limited, as collateral agent, shall issue instructions to the applicable depositary institution under the Blocked DACA in respect of the applicable withdrawal from the Blocked Account.

 

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(c) Upon the acceleration of the obligations under the Debentures in accordance with Section 8(b) of the Debentures, China Strategic Investments Limited, as collateral agent, may withdraw all or any portion of the balance in the Blocked Account, or instruct the depositary institution at which the Blocked Account is maintained to pay any amount in the Blocked Account to or for the benefit of the Purchasers, in each case, to be applied pursuant to the Transaction Documents.

 

(d) The Company covenants and agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Agent, the Company will not (i) create any Lien in or upon, or otherwise encumber, or assign the Blocked Account, other than Permitted Account Liens or (ii) request, make or allow to be made any withdrawals from the Blocked except as permitted pursuant to clause (b) or (c) above.

 

4.18 Nasdaq. During any period in which the Registration Statement (as defined in the Debentures) relating to the Conversion Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act with respect to a pending sale of the Conversion Shares (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act), the Company will use its best efforts to cause the Conversion Shares to be listed on Nasdaq and to qualify the Conversion Shares for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as reasonably required and to continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Conversion Shares; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or dealer in securities or file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction.

 

4.19 Condition to the Merger. The Company shall not complete the Merger (as defined in the Debentures) unless the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

 

(a) [Reserved];

 

(b) on the date of the Effective Time (the “Merger Date”), the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser a certificate, dated as of the Merger Date and signed by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certifying that (i) the representations and warranties of the Company contained in any Transaction Document shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Merger Date (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date), (ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Merger Date have been performed, (iii) there have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date of this Agreement and (iv) no Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) and no event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) or that upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) shall have occurred and be continuing as of the Merger Date and would not occur as a result of the transactions to occur on the Merger Date; and

 

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(c) the Registration Statement (as defined in the Debentures) shall be effective and shall not have lapsed for any reason.

 

4.20 Notice of Default. The Company shall promptly, and in any event within three (3) days of obtaining knowledge thereof, provide written notice to the Purchasers of the occurrence of any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default. Each such notice shall be accompanied by a statement of a financial officer or other executive officer of the Company setting forth sufficient details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

 

ARTICLE V.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1 Termination.  This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before the fifth (5th) Trading Day following the date hereof, provided, however, that no such termination will affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by any other party (or parties).

 

5.2 Fees and Expenses. The Company shall deliver to each Purchaser, prior to the Closing, a completed and executed copy of the Closing Statement, attached hereto as Annex A. The Company shall pay in cash the fees and expenses of the Company. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company and any conversion or exercise notice delivered by a Purchaser), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Purchasers. Each Purchaser shall pay for their own fees and expenses, including with to their respective advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.

 

5.3 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules; provided, that this provision shall not in any way affect any representation or warranty made herein.

 

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5.4 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment at the email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto at or prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

5.5 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and Purchasers which purchased at least 50.1% in interest of the Debentures based on the initial Subscription Amounts hereunder or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought, provided that if any amendment, modification or waiver disproportionately and adversely impacts a Purchaser (or group of Purchasers), the consent of such disproportionately impacted Purchaser (or group of Purchasers) shall also be required. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right. Any proposed amendment or waiver that disproportionately, materially and adversely affects the rights and obligations of any Purchaser relative to the comparable rights and obligations of the other Purchasers shall require the prior written consent of such adversely affected Purchaser. Any amendment effected in accordance with this Section 5.5 shall be binding upon each Purchaser and holder of Securities and the Company.

 

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

 

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

 

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5.8 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.10 and this Section 5.8.

 

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

 

5.10 Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities for a period of the earlier of (a) the date no Purchaser holds any Debentures and (b) the second anniversary of the Closing Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement).

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

5.18 Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any Proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. For reasons of administrative convenience only, each Purchaser and its respective counsel have chosen to communicate with the Company through EGS. EGS does not represent any of the Purchasers or the Company and only represents Global Fintech Holdings Ltd., a British Virgin Islands company (“GFH”), in connection with the merger of a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company with and into a wholly-owned subsidiary of GFH. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any of the Purchasers. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between the Company and a Purchaser, solely, and not between the Company and the Purchasers collectively and not between and among the Purchasers.

 

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5.19 [Reserved].

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

5.23 Specific Performance. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that the Company does not perform any provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document in accordance with its specified terms or otherwise breaches its terms and further agree that each Purchaser shall be entitled to an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and any other Transaction Document and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof and thereof, this being in addition to any other remedy to which it is entitled at law or in equity, and that no Purchaser shall be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such order or injunction.

 

5.24 Subject to Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Liens granted to the Purchasers pursuant to the Transaction Documents are expressly subject to the Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the Purchasers under the Transaction Documents or under the Intercreditor Agreement is subject to the limitations and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.

 

5.25 Subject to Registration Rights Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement shall govern.

 

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

 

mict, inc.

  Address for Notice:
     
By:                  Email:
Name:     Fax:
Title:      
         
With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):    

 

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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO mict SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

 

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

 

Name of Purchaser: ________________________________________________________

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: __________________________________

 

Name of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________

 

Title of Authorized Signatory: _____________________________________________________

 

Email Address of Authorized Signatory: _____________________________________________

 

Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________

 

Address for Notice to Purchaser:

 

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

 

Subscription Amount: $_____________

 

Principal Amount $_____________

 

EIN Number: _______________________

 

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Annex A

 

CLOSING STATEMENT

 

Pursuant to the attached Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereto, the purchasers shall purchase up to $_________ of Debentures from MICT, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). All funds will be wired into an account maintained by the Company. All funds will be disbursed in accordance with this Closing Statement.

 

Disbursement Date: ________ ___, 2019

 

 

I. PURCHASE PRICE

 

     
Gross Proceeds to be Received   $        
         

 

II. DISBURSEMENTS        
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Total Amount Disbursed:   $    
         
         
         
WIRE INSTRUCTIONS:        

Please see attached.

 

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DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES

 

(See attached.)

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF DEBENTURE

 

(See attached.)

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

(See attached.)

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

 

(See attached.)

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT D

 

FORM OF LEGAL OPINION

 

(See attached.)

 

 

 

EXHIBIT E

 

FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

(See attached.)

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

  

MICT raises $25 million through a convertible note, with a conversion price at $1.41 per share and agrees to buy a multi-national financial technology group.

 

The simultaneous transactions mark a significant milestone in MICT’s growth strategy.

 

Montvale, NJ – November 8th, 2019 MICT, Inc. (Nasdaq: MICT), (the “Company”), announced today that it has agreed to close on a $25 million private placement of convertible notes, converting automatically at $1.41 per share at the closing of an acquisition by the company of Global Fintech Holdings Ltd (GFH), which acquired the ParagonEX Limited group of companies and the trading companies of BNN Technology PLC.

 

This $25 million funding, together with $7.25 million raised recently, substantially improves MICT’s balance sheet, permitting the Company to support its growth strategy of diversifying into the global fintech industry, with the aim of unlocking substantial shareholder value. The acquisition of GFH gives MICT ownership of world-class proprietary technology platforms in the fintech arena, as well as access to the rapidly expanding Chinese fintech marketplace. GFH is well positioned to become a major player in several verticals in China, as well as an acquirer in the consolidating online CFD (Contracts for Differences) trading industry. This dual faceted growth strategy offers MICT's shareholders an opportunity to benefit from accelerated growth of the group.

 

Through its newly acquired subsidiaries, GFH is already a successful and profitable business, providing its platforms within the financial trading and Contracts for Difference (CFD) sectors in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. GFH expects over the coming months to implement its program to acquire substantial revenues of significant players in the sector, resulting in rapid growth and the contribution of significant profitability to the MICT group.

 

Upon closing of the merger, the combined MICT group is expected to have a strong balance sheet with over $25 million of cash, enabling the Company to pursue a revenue acquisitions program and to materialize significant fintech opportunities in China.

 

David Lucatz, CEO of MICT, said, “We strongly believe that our strategic decision to diversify into the fintech space will contribute very positively to value for our present and future shareholders. The funding raised enables us to acquire GFH, a very exciting fintech company with world class technological assets, operational management and significant profitability. The combination of strong cash reserves and abundant opportunities will facilitate substantial earnings growth for the Company.”

 

 

 

Darren Mercer who recently joined the Board of MICT and is a director and officer of GFH, added, “The opportunity to be a part of the MICT group is a very exciting proposition for us. The GFH group of companies brings to MICT a suite of world-leading technology platforms that are product-agnostic and can support all our new ventures within the fintech space, be they through acquisition or through organic growth, including in the very significant Chinese marketplace. Supported by MICT’s strong balance sheet and our combined cash resources, we believe it is a very exciting time for all new and existing MICT shareholders.”

 

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THIS PRESS RELEASE CONTAINS ONLY A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. IT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR OR SOLICITATION OF A PROXY OR AN OFFER TO ACQUIRE ANY SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK OF MICT. IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION, MICT INTENDS TO FILE A PROXY STATEMENT ON SCHEDULE 14A AND OTHER RELEVANT MATERIALS WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, OR SEC. STOCKHOLDERS OF MICT ARE URGED TO READ MICT’S PROXY STATEMENT AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, AS THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. A DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT WILL BE SENT TO MICT’S STOCKHOLDERS SEEKING THEIR APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. MICT’S STOCKHOLDERS WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THESE DOCUMENTS (WHEN AVAILABLE) FREE OF CHARGE AT THE SEC’S WEB SITE, HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV. IN ADDITION, THEY MAY OBTAIN FREE COPIES OF THESE BY CONTACTING MICT’S SECRETARY, 28 WEST GRAND AVENUE, SUITE 3, MONTVALE, NJ 07645. MICT’S STOCKHOLDERS ALSO MAY READ AND COPY ANY REPORTS, STATEMENTS AND OTHER INFORMATION FILED WITH THE SEC AT THE SEC PUBLIC REFERENCE ROOM AT 100 F STREET, N.E. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549. PLEASE CALL THE SEC AT 1-800-SEC-0330 OR VISIT THE SEC’S WEBSITE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON ITS PUBLIC REFERENCE ROOM. 

MICT, ITS DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS MAY BE DEEMED TO BE PARTICIPANTS IN THE FORTHCOMING SOLICITATION OF PROXIES FROM THE HOLDERS OF MICT COMMON STOCK IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. A LIST OF THE NAMES AND OTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF MICT IS AVAILABLE IN MICT’S ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018, FILED WITH THE SEC ON APRIL 1, 2019. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE INTERESTS OF SUCH POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT AND THE OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.

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Forward Looking Statements

Note: This press release may contain forward-looking statements that are being made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which provides a “safe harbor” for forward-looking statements to encourage companies to provide prospective information so long as those statements are accompanied by meaningful cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the statement. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those described or implied in the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, general economic and business conditions; competition in the accessories markets, potential changes in customer spending; acceptance of product offerings and designs; the variability of consumer spending resulting from changes in domestic economic activity; any significant variations between actual amounts and the amounts estimated for those matters identified as critical accounting estimates, as well as other significant accounting estimates made in the preparation of financial statements; as well as geopolitical concerns. Accordingly, actual results may differ materially from such forward-looking statements. You are urged to consider all such factors. Any forward-looking statements relating to the transaction discussed above are based on our current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections and involve significant risks and uncertainties, including the many variables that may impact or are related to consummation of the transaction, SEC regulatory review of our filings related to the transaction and the continuing determination of MICT’s Board of Directors that the transaction is in the best interests of all stockholders. MICT and GFH assume no obligation for updating any such forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting such forward-looking statements.

About MICT, Inc.

 

MICT, Inc. (NasdaqCM: MICT) operates through Micronet Ltd. (“Micronet”), a former subsidiary, in which the Company previously held a majority ownership interest that has since been diluted to a minority ownership interest. Micronet operates in the growing commercial Mobile Resource Management (MRM) market, mainly in the United States. Micronet designs, develops, manufactures and sells rugged mobile computing devices that provide fleet operators and field workforces with computing solutions in challenging work environments.

 

 

For further information, please contact:

MICT, Inc. info@mict-inc.com +1 (201) 225-0190