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

December 30, 2020

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

Generation Hemp, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Colorado 000-55019 26-3119496
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

5128 Horseshoe Trail

Dallas, Texas

75209
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (469) 209-6154

(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)

 

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

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. ¨

 

 

 

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K and other reports filed by us from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively the “Filings”) contain or may contain forward-looking statements and information that are based upon beliefs of, and information currently available to, our management as well as estimates and assumptions made by our management. When used in the filings the words “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “future”, “intend”, “plan” or the negative of these terms and similar expressions as they relate to us or our management identify forward looking statements. Such statements reflect the current view of our management with respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors (including the risks contained in the section of this report entitled “Risk Factors”) as they relate to our industry, our operations and results of operations, and any businesses that we may acquire. Should one or more of the events described in these risk factors materialize, or should our underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended or planned.

 

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Except as required by applicable law, including the U.S. federal securities laws, we do not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform them to actual results. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our pro forma financial statements and the related notes that will be filed herein. 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On December 30, 2020, Generation Hemp, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into Subscription Agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain accredited investors, including Gary C. Evans, Chief Executive Officer of the Company (collectively, the “Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to offer, issue and sell to the Purchasers, an aggregate of 135 units (the “Units”). Each Unit is comprise of (i) one share of Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, no par value (the “Series B Preferred Stock” or the “Shares”) the Company, and (ii) one warrant (the “Warrant(s)”) exercisable for 50,000 shares of common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”), in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Subscription Agreement, at a purchase price (the “Offering Price”) of $10,000 per Unit.

 

The sale of the Units under the Subscription Agreements entered into on December 30, 2020 resulted in aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $1.35 million, before deducting estimated offering expenses payable by the Company. Substantially all of the proceeds raised in the offering shall be used in connection with executing the acquisition strategy of the Company and for general corporate purposes.

 

On December 30, 2020, the Company filed a Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of the Series B Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of the State of Colorado (the “Certificate of Designation”) creating a new series of authorized preferred stock of the Company designated as the “Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.” The Certificate of Designation became effective with the Secretary of State of the State of Colorado upon filing.

 

Each share of Series B Preferred Stock shall initially be convertible into twenty-five thousand (25,000) shares of Common Stock (the “Conversion Shares”), subject to adjustment in accordance with the Certificate of Designation.

 

Holders of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to receive dividends of 6.00% per annum based on the stated value equal to $10,000 per Share (the “Stated Value”). Except as otherwise required by law, the Series B Preferred Stock does not have voting rights. However, as long as any shares of Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Company will not, without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock, (a) alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the Series B Preferred Stock, (b) alter or amend the Certificate of Designation, (c) amend its certificate of incorporation or other charter documents in any manner that adversely affects any rights of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock, (d) repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire more than a de minimis number of shares of its Common Stock, (e) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing, or (f) pay cash dividends or distributions on any equity securities of the Corporation other than pursuant to the terms of the Corporation’s outstanding Series B Preferred Stock. The Series B Preferred Stock does not have a preference upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company.

 

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Beginning the later of June 30, 2021 or the effectiveness of any registration statement registering the underlying common shares, all or any portion of the Series B Preferred Stock held by such Purchaser may be converted, at their option, into 25,000 shares of Common Stock, as adjusted for any stock dividends, splits, combinations or similar events.

 

At any time after the occurrence of a “Qualifying Event,” the Company, upon 5-day written notice to the Purchaser, shall have the right to cause each share of Series B Preferred Stock (and all accrued in-kind dividends with respect thereto) to be converted into the Conversion Shares. For purposes this automatic conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, a "Qualifying Event" shall have occurred if (A) (1) the rolling five (5)-trading day volume-weighted average trading price of shares of the Common Stock exceeds $1.00, and (2) there shall be an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") covering all of the shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon conversion of all of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock or (B) the Corporation closes a firm commitment underwriting of the Common Stock on a Form S-1 Registration Statement with aggregate gross proceeds of at least $5,000,000 at a price per share equal to or greater than $1.00.

 

The share of Series B Preferred Stock may be redeemed by the Company for the Stated Value, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, at any time. On March 31, 2021, and June 30, 2021, September 30, 2021, December 31, 2021, a payment of 12.5% of the total amount of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding plus accrued dividends will be due from the Company to each Holder of Series B Preferred Stock as a partial redemption by the Company of such Holder.

 

Each Warrant shall be exercisable immediately upon issuance and shall be exercisable until the 24-month anniversary of the date of issuance, at an exercise price of $0.352 per Warrant Share. The exercise price of the Warrants will be subject to adjustment in the event of any stock dividends and splits, reverse stock split, recapitalization, reorganization or similar transaction, as described in the Warrants. The Warrants may only be exercised for cash.

 

The Preferred Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act, and are instead being offered pursuant to the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act and Rule 506(b) promulgated thereunder.

 

The foregoing summaries of the offerings, the securities to be issued in connection therewith, the Subscription Agreements, the Preferred Stock and the Warrants do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the definitive transaction documents. Copies of the Certificate of Designation, as well as the form of Subscription Agreement and Warrant, are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1, 3.1 and 4.1, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

On December 30, 2020, the Company issued a Subordinated Promissory Note in principal amount of $500,000.00 to an accredited investor (the “Subordinated Note”). The unpaid balance of the Subordinated Note shall bear interest at a rate of 10.00% per annum. The Subordinated Note and accrued and unpaid interest are due September 30, 2021. The Company will make payments of principal of $250,000 on March 30 and September 30, 2021.

 

If at any time prior to September 30, 2021, the Company raises new equity capital in the amount of $5,000,000.00 or more, then within five (5) business days of closing, repayment of all outstanding principal and interest on the Subordinated Note will be due.

 

In addition, the holder of the Subordinated Note shall receive a warrant to purchase 500,000 shares of Common Stock on terms and conditions substantially similar to those provided in the above described Warrant.

 

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

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 above regarding the Subordinated Note and the full text of the Subordinated Note, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.2, is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

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Item 3.02 Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities.

 

References to the Series B Preferred Stock, Warrants, and Conversion Shares set forth under Item 1.01, are incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

Reference to the filing of the Certificate of Designation made in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 5.03 by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.  

(d)       Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit
     
3.1   Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.
     
4.1   Form of Warrant.
     
4.2   10.00% Subordinated Promissory Note due September 30, 2021
     
10.1   Form of Subscription Agreement

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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

  

  GENERATION HEMP, INC.
   
Date: January 6, 2021 By:  /s/Gary C. Evans
    Gary C. Evans
Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION
OF RIGHTS, PREFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS OF THE
SERIES B REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
OF
GENERATION HEMP, INC

 

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Generation Hemp, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the Business Corporation Act of the State of Colorado, in accordance with Section 7-106-102 of the Colorado Business Corporation Act, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

 

FIRST: The name of the corporation is Generation Hemp, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

 

SECOND: The original Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Colorado on July 28, 2008 and amended on September 11, 2019 (the “Articles of Incorporation”).

 

THIRD: This Certificate of Designation for the Corporation’s Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”) was duly adopted by the affirmative vote of the Corporation’s Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”) on December 23, 2020, and filed with the Secretary of State on December 30, 2020, and is as follows:

 

1. Designation, Amount and Par Value. The series of Preferred Stock shall be designated as the Corporation’s Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, and the number of shares so designated shall be 300. Each share of Series B Preferred Stock shall have no par value and a stated value equal to $10,000.00 (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination or other similar transactions with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock, the “Stated Value”).

 

2. Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Certificate of Designation, the following terms have the meanings indicated:

 

Bankruptcy Event” means any of the following events: (a) the Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1.02(w) of Regulation S-X) thereof commences a case or other proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction relating to the Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary thereof; (b) there is commenced against the Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement; (c) the Corporation 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 Corporation 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 days; (e) the Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (f) the Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary thereof calls a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts; or (g) the Corporation 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.

 

 

 

 

Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banks are required or authorized by law to be closed in the State of Texas.

 

Change of Control Event” means the occurrence after the Original Issue Date (as defined below), excluding a Liquidation Event, of any of (i) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Corporation, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of 35% of the voting securities of the Corporation, or (ii) the Corporation merges into or consolidates with any other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Corporation and, after giving effect to such transaction, the stockholders of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction own less than 65% of the aggregate voting power of the Corporation or the successor entity of such transaction, or (iii) the Corporation sells or transfers its assets, as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to another Person and the stockholders of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction own less than 65% of the aggregate voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction, or (iv) a replacement at one time or within a one-year period of more than one-half of the members of the Corporation’s board of directors which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the board of directors on the date hereof (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 (v) the execution by the Corporation of an agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth above in (i) through (iv).

 

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Stock” means the common stock of the Corporation, no par value per share.

 

Dividend Rate” means 6.00% per annum of the sum of (i) the Stated Value per share of Series B Preferred Stock plus (ii) all accrued but unpaid dividends on such share of Series B Preferred Stock that remain unpaid following the Dividend Payment Date when due.

 

Eligible Market” means any of (i) the New York Stock Exchange, (ii) the NYSE American, (iii) The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Capital Market or The NASDAQ Global Select Market (each in clause (iii), a “NASDAQ Stock Market) or (iv) OTC Markets Pink or OTCQB.

 

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

 

Holder” means any holder of Series B Preferred Stock.

 

Junior Securities” means (i) the Common Stock and all other outstanding equity or equity equivalent securities of the Corporation, and (ii) all equity or equity equivalent securities issued by the Corporation after the Original Issue Date that do not rank senior to or pari passu with the Series B Preferred Stock.

 

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Original Issue Date” means the date of the first issuance of any shares of the Series B Preferred Stock, regardless of the number of transfers of any particular shares of Series B Preferred Stock and regardless of the number of certificates that may be issued to evidence such Series B Preferred Stock.

 

Person” means any individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture or other non-corporate business enterprise, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, organization, business, labor union or government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other entity of any kind.

 

Series B Preferred Stock” means the Corporation’s Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock authorized pursuant to the Series B Preferred Stock Designation.

 

Series B Preferred Stock Designation” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation for the Corporation’s Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, as adopted by the by the affirmative vote of the Board of Directors on December 23, 2020.

 

Trading Day” shall mean, if a security is listed or admitted to trading, or quoted, on an Eligible Market, their successors or another national securities exchange or national securities market, a full day on which the NASDAQ Stock Market or such other national securities exchange or national securities market on which the security is traded is open for business and on which trades may be made thereon.

 

Triggering Event” means any one or more of the following events (whatever the reason, and whether it 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) a Change of Control Event; (ii) the Corporation shall fail to deliver certificates representing Conversion Shares issuable upon a conversion hereunder that comply with the provisions hereof prior to the 5th Trading Day after such shares are required to be delivered hereunder, or the Corporation shall provide written notice to any Holder, including by way of public announcement, at any time, of its intention not to comply with requests for conversion of any shares of Series B Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof; (iii) the Corporation shall fail to have available a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to issue to such Holder upon a conversion hereunder; (iv) the Corporation shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant, agreement contained in, or otherwise commit any breach of this Certificate of Designation, and such failure or breach shall not, if subject to the possibility of a cure by the Corporation, have been remedied within 30 calendar days after the date on which written notice of such failure or breach shall have been given; or (v) there shall have occurred a Bankruptcy Event.

 

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3. Voting Rights. Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall no voting rights; provided, however, that so long as shares of Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the prior approval of the Holders of at least a majority of the then issued and outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, voting as a separate class: (a) authorize or increase the authorized number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or any shares of capital stock of the Corporation having any right, preference or priority ranking senior to or pari passu with Series B Preferred Stock, (b) authorize, adopt or approve any amendment to the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Corporation or this Certificate of Designation that would increase or decrease the par value or the Stated Value of the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock, alter or change the powers, preferences or rights of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock or alter or change the powers, preferences or rights of any other capital stock of the Corporation if after such alteration or change such capital stock would be senior to or pari passu with Series B Preferred Stock, (c) amend, alter or repeal the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Corporation or this Certificate of Designation so as to affect adversely the shares of Series B Preferred Stock, or (d) authorize or issue any security convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to purchase or otherwise receive any shares of any class or classes of capital stock of the Corporation having any right, preference or priority ranking senior to or pari passu with Series B Preferred Stock.

 

4. Dividends.

 

(a) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8(d), Holders shall be entitled to receive, out of funds legally available therefor, and the Corporation shall pay, cumulative dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock at the Dividend Rate per share. Dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock shall accrue daily commencing as of the Original Issue Date at the Dividend Rate then in effect, and shall be deemed to accrue from the Original Issue Date whether or not earned or declared and whether or not there are profits, surplus or other funds of the Corporation legally available for the payment of dividends. Dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock shall (i) be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, and (ii) commencing on the Original Issue Date, be payable quarterly in arrears on each March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31, except if such date is not a Business Day, such dividend shall be payable on the next succeeding Business Day (each, a “Dividend Payment Date”).

 

(b) The Corporation may pay required dividends (i) in shares of Series B Preferred Stock or (ii) subject to the receipt of any consent required under the Corporation’s senior secured credit facility as from time to time in effect, in cash; provided, however, the Corporation shall not pay any cash dividends on its Common Stock, or any other Junior Securities, within a 180-day period before or after a Dividend Payment Date upon which the Corporation has paid in kind, rather than cash, dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock. In the event that the Corporation elects to pay dividends in shares of Series B Preferred Stock, the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be issued to each Holder in respect of such dividend shall be determined by dividing the total dividend then payable to such Holder by the Stated Value, and rounding up to the nearest whole share, and the Corporation shall, on or before the fifth Business Day following the applicable Dividend Payment Date, issue and deliver to such Holder a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Certificate of Designation, the Corporation shall not be entitled to pay dividends by issuing Series B Preferred Stock unless the Corporation has obtained stockholder approval, if required, for the issuance in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the Eligible Market on which the Common Stock is listed, if applicable.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Certificate of Designation, the Corporation shall not pay any dividends on, or make any distributions with respect to, in cash or in kind or otherwise, its Common Stock or any other Junior Securities when accrued and unpaid dividends are owed to the Holders.

 

5. Registration of Series B Preferred Stock. The Corporation shall register shares of the Series B Preferred Stock, upon records to be maintained by the Corporation for that purpose (the “Series B Preferred Stock Register”), in the name of the record Holders thereof from time to time. The Corporation may deem and treat the registered Holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of any conversion or redemption thereof or any distribution to such Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual written notice to the contrary from the registered Holder.

 

6. Registration of Transfers. The Corporation shall register the transfer of any shares of Series B Preferred Stock in the Series B Preferred Stock Register, upon surrender of certificates evidencing such shares to the Corporation at its address specified herein. Upon any such registration or transfer, a new certificate evidencing the shares of Series B Preferred Stock so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a new certificate evidencing the remaining portion of the shares not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder.

 

7. Liquidation.

 

(a) In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, either voluntary or involuntary (a “Liquidation Event”), which shall be deemed to include (i) the acquisition of the Corporation by another Person or affiliated group of Persons by means of any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, any reorganization, merger, consolidation, issuance of new securities or transfer of issued and outstanding securities) where less than a majority of the voting power of the acquiring or surviving Person or group immediately following such acquisition is held by Persons who were stockholders of the Corporation immediately prior to such acquisition, (ii) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation and (iii) a sale or other disposition of assets that results in funds being available for distribution to stockholders that are in excess of those necessary or appropriate for the Corporation to conduct its business operations (including repayment of its outstanding liabilities) and execute its business plan and that are sufficient to pay the Series B Stock Liquidation Preference in full (as defined below), as determined by the Board of Directors, the Holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, prior and in preference to any distribution of any of the assets or surplus funds of the Corporation to the holders of Junior Securities by reason of their ownership thereof, an amount per share in cash equal to the greater of (x) the Stated Value for each share of Series B Preferred Stock then held by them, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends on such Series B Preferred Stock as of the date of such event, or (y) the amount payable per share of Common Stock which such Holder of Series B Preferred Stock would have received if such Holder had converted to Common Stock immediately prior to the Liquidation Event all of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock then held by such Holder together with all accrued but unpaid dividends on such Series B Preferred Stock as of the date of such event (the “Series B Stock Liquidation Preference”). If, upon the occurrence of a Liquidation Event, the funds thus distributed among the Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to permit the payment to such Holders of the full Series B Stock Liquidation Preference, then the entire assets and funds of the Corporation legally available for distribution (including after giving effect to the terms of Section 20(c)(iii)) shall be distributed ratably among the Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock in proportion to the aggregate Series B Stock Liquidation Preference that would otherwise be payable to each of such Holders.

 

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(b) In the event of a Liquidation Event, following completion of the distributions required by the first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 7, if assets or surplus funds remain in the Corporation, the holders of the Junior Securities shall share in all remaining assets of the Corporation, in accordance with the General Corporation Law of Colorado and the Articles of Incorporation.

 

(c) The Corporation shall give each Holder written notice of any Liquidation Event no less than 30 days prior to the occurrence thereof.

 

(d) For the avoidance of doubt, in no circumstances shall (i) any event occurring on, or in connection with, the Original Issue Date or (ii) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Energy Hunter Resources, Inc. be construed as a Liquidation Event for purposes of the Series B Preferred Stock and this Certificate of Designations.

 

8. Conversion.

 

(a) Optional Conversion. Any Holder at any time and from time to time beginning the later of June 30, 2021 or the effectiveness of any registration statement registering the underlying common shares (the “Conversion Period”), all or any portion of the Series B Preferred Stock held by such Holder may be converted into 25,000 shares of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock (each an “Underlying Share”) per share of Series B Preferred Stock to be converted by such Holder, as adjusted for any stock dividends, splits, combinations or similar events. The number of Underlying Shares into which each share of Series B Preferred Stock is convertible, as adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Section 8, is referred to herein as the “Conversion Number.” A Holder may convert Series B Preferred Stock into Common Stock pursuant to this paragraph at any time, and from time to time by delivering to the Corporation during the Conversion Period (i) a written notice of the election to convert executed by the Holder (the “Notice of Conversion”), specifying the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be converted, the name in which the shares of the Common Stock deliverable upon conversion shall be registered, and the address of the named person, and (ii) the original certificate(s), if any, evidencing the Series B Preferred Stock being converted. The “Conversion Date,” or the date on which an optional conversion shall be deemed effective, shall be defined as the first Trading Day on which the Corporation has received each of (i) if applicable, the original certificates representing the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock being converted, duly endorsed, and (ii) the accompanying Conversion Notice.

 

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(b) Automatic Conversion.

 

(i) At any time after the occurrence of a Qualifying Event, the Corporation shall have the right to cause each share of Series B Preferred Stock (and all accrued in-kind dividends with respect thereto) to be converted into shares of Common Stock as provided in Section 8(a). In order to effectuate such conversion, the Corporation shall be required to provide written notice to each Holder of Series A Preferred Stock being converted at least five (5) business days prior to such conversion. For purposes of this Certificate of Designations, a "Qualifying Event" shall have occurred if (A) (1) the rolling five (5)-trading day volume-weighted average trading price of shares of the Corporation's Common Stock exceeds $1.00, and (2) there shall be an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act") covering all of the shares of the Corporation's Common Stock which would be issuable upon conversion of all of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock (including shares of Series A Preferred Stock deemed issued as payment-in-kind of accrued dividends) or (B) the Corporation closes a firm commitment underwriting of the Common Stock on a Form S-1 Registration Statement with aggregate gross proceeds of at least $5,000,000 at a price per share equal to or greater than $1.00.

 

(ii) The Corporation agrees that it shall in good faith, promptly, take any and all such corporate action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to effect the filing of a registration statement registering the resale of such shares (to the extent necessary) and to expeditiously effect the conversion of all outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock to shares of Common Stock, including, without limitation, use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the requisite stockholder approval of any necessary amendment to the Articles of Incorporation to achieve the foregoing.

 

(iii) The Corporation shall use commercially reasonable efforts to issue or cause its transfer agent to issue the Common Stock issuable upon the Automatic Conversion as soon as practicable after the Automatic Conversion. The Corporation shall bear the cost associated with the issuance of the Common Stock issuable upon the Automatic Conversion. The Common Stock issuable upon the Automatic Conversion shall be issued with a restrictive legend indicating that it was issued in a transaction which is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), and that it cannot be transferred unless it is so registered, or an exemption from registration is available, in the opinion of counsel to the Corporation. The Common Stock issuable upon the Automatic Conversion shall be issued in the same name as the person who is the holder of the Series B Preferred Stock unless, in the opinion of counsel to the Corporation, a change of name and such transfer can be made in compliance with applicable securities laws. The person in whose name the certificates of Common Stock are so recorded and other securities issuable upon the Automatic Conversion shall be treated as a common stockholder of the Corporation at the close of business on the date of the Automatic Conversion. The certificates, if any, representing the Series B Preferred Stock shall be cancelled, on the date of the Automatic Conversion.

 

(c) Adjustments to Conversion Number.

 

(i) Stock Splits and Combinations. If the outstanding shares of Common Stock are split into a greater number of shares, the Conversion Number will be proportionately increased. If the outstanding shares of Common Stock are combined into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Number then in effect immediately before such combination will be proportionately decreased. These adjustments will be effective at the close of business on the date the split or combination becomes effective.

 

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(ii) Dividends and Other Distributions in Shares of Common Stock. If the Corporation declares or makes a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock to holders of Common Stock, then the Conversion Number will be increased, effective at the close of business on the date of issuance of the shares of Common Stock paid as a dividend or distribution (the “Measurement Date”), to a number determined by multiplying such Conversion Number by a fraction:

 

(A) the numerator of which will be sum of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Measurement Date plus (y) the number of shares of Common Stock issued in payment of such dividend or distribution, and

 

(B) the denominator of which will be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding, on a fully diluted basis, immediately prior to the Measurement Date.

 

(iii) Rules of Calculation; Treasury Stock. The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding will be calculated on the basis of the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock on the applicable date, not including shares held in the treasury of the Corporation. The Corporation shall not pay any dividend on or make any distribution to shares of Common Stock held in treasury.

 

(iv) Waiver. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Conversion Number will not be increased if the Corporation receives, prior to the Measurement Date, written notice from the Holders representing at least a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, voting together as a separate class, that no adjustment is to be made as the result of a dividend or other distribution on shares of Common Stock. This waiver will be limited in scope and will not be valid for any dividend or other distribution on shares of Common Stock not specifically provided for in such notice.

 

9. Mechanics of Conversion.

 

(a) Delivery of Certificate(s) Upon Conversion. Upon conversion of any share of Series B Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall promptly (but in no event later than three Trading Days after the Conversion Date or Automatic Conversion Date, as applicable (the “Share Delivery Date”) issue or cause to be issued and cause to be delivered to or upon the written order of the Holder and in such name or names as the Holder may designate a certificate or certificates for the Underlying Shares issuable upon such conversion. The Corporation shall, upon request of the Holder, deliver any certificate or certificates required to be delivered by the Corporation under this Section electronically through the Depositary Trust Company or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions. The Holder, or any Person so designated by the Holder to receive Underlying Shares, shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of such Underlying Shares as of the Conversion Date. Upon surrender of a certificate representing the shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be converted following one or more partial conversions, the Corporation shall promptly deliver to the Holder a new certificate representing the remaining shares of Series B Preferred Stock. If the shares of Series B Preferred Stock are not certificated, the holder must deliver evidence of ownership satisfactory to us and the transfer agent. If in the case of any Notice of Conversion such certificate or certificates are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the third Trading Day after the Conversion Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Corporation at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates thereafter, to rescind such conversion, in which event the Corporation shall immediately return the certificates representing the shares of Series B Preferred Stock tendered for conversion.

 

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(b) Transfer Tax Matters. Unless the shares of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion are to be issued in the same name as the name in which the shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be converted are registered, the Holder must also deliver to the transfer agent an instrument of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Corporation, duly executed by the Holder or the Holder’s duly authorized attorney, together with, subject to Section 12, an amount sufficient to pay any transfer or similar tax in connection with the issuance and delivery of such shares of Common Stock in such name (or evidence reasonably satisfactory to us demonstrating that such taxes have been paid).

 

(c) Obligation Absolute. The Corporation’s obligations to issue and deliver the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof (the “Conversion Shares”) 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 Corporation 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 Corporation to the Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares. In the event a Holder shall elect to convert any or all of the Holder’s shares of Series B Preferred Stock, the Corporation may not refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with the Holder of has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless, an injunction from a court, on notice, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all or part of this Series B Preferred Stock shall have been sought and obtained and the Corporation posts a surety bond for the benefit of the Holder in the amount of 150% of the value of the Holder’s shares of Series B Preferred Stock, which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of an injunction precluding the same, the Corporation shall issue Conversion Shares or, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion. If the Corporation fails to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates pursuant to Section 9(a) within two Trading Days of the Share Delivery Date applicable to such conversion, the Corporation shall pay to such Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $5,000 of Stated Value of Preferred Stock being converted, $50 per Trading Day (increasing to $100 per Trading Day after three Trading Days and increasing to $200 per Trading Day six Trading Days after such damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date until such certificates are delivered. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages for the Corporation’s failure to deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion within the period specified herein and such 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.

 

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10. Redemption Rights.

 

(a) Optional Redemption. The Series B Preferred Stock may be redeemed by the Corporation for the Stated Value, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, at any time. The date on which the Series B Preferred Stock is redeemed pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph shall be referred to as the “Redemption Date.”

 

(b) Mandatory Redemption. On March 31, 2021, and June 30, 2021, September 30, 2021, December 31, 2021, a payment of 12.5% of the total amount of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding plus accrued dividends will be due from the Company to each Holder of Series B Preferred Stock as a partial redemption by the Company of such Holder. Each of the dates on which the Series B Preferred Stock is redeemed pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph shall be referred to as a “Partial Redemption Date.”

 

11. Reservation of Common Stock. The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available for issuance upon the conversion of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, such number of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock as will from time to time be sufficient to permit the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock (including any shares of Series B Preferred Stock paid by the Corporation as in kind dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock), and shall take all action to increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock if at any time there shall be insufficient authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to permit such reservation or to permit the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock; provided, that the Holders approve any such action that requires a vote of the Holders in accordance with Section 3. The Corporation covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid, nonassessable.

 

13. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. The issuance of certificates for shares of Series B Preferred Stock and for Underlying Shares issued upon conversion of (or otherwise in respect of) the Series B Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to the Holders for any issue or transfer tax, withholding tax, transfer agent fee or other incidental tax or expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Corporation; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration of any certificates for Common Stock or Series B Preferred Stock in a name other than that of the Holder. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding or transferring the Series B Preferred Stock or receiving Underlying Shares in respect of the Series B Preferred Stock.

 

14. Replacement Certificates. If any certificate evidencing Series B Preferred Stock or Underlying Shares is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and substitution for such certificate, a new certificate, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity, if requested. Applicants for a new certificate under such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Corporation may prescribe.

 

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15. Fundamental Transactions. If, at any time while any shares of Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, (i) the Corporation effects any merger of the Corporation into or consolidation of the Corporation with another Person, (ii) the Corporation effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, or (iii) the Corporation effects any reclassification 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 (other than as a result of a subdivision or combination of shares of Common Stock covered by Section 14(a)) (in any such case, a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, to the extent such Fundamental Transaction does not constitute a Liquidation Event, upon any subsequent conversion of Series B Preferred Stock, each Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Underlying Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion absent such Fundamental Transaction, the same kind and amount of securities, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, the record holder of such Underlying Shares immediately prior to such record date (the “Alternate Consideration”). The foregoing provisions shall be in addition to any other rights that Holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall have hereunder in the event of a Change of Control Event, and shall apply regardless of whether or not there would have been a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock authorized and available for issuance upon conversion of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock outstanding as of the date of such transaction, and shall similarly apply to successive mergers, consolidations, sales, reclassifications or share exchanges.

 

16. No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, whether voluntary or mandatory. Instead, the Corporation shall pay the cash value to each Holder that would otherwise be entitled to a fractional share.

 

17. Notice of Corporate Events. If the Corporation (i) declares a dividend or any other distribution of cash, securities or other property in respect of its Common Stock, including, without limitation, any granting of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any capital stock of the Corporation or any subsidiary, or (ii) authorizes or approves, enters into any agreement contemplating or solicits stockholder approval for any Liquidation Event, Fundamental Transaction, Change of Control or other Triggering Event, then the Corporation shall deliver to each Holder a notice which shall specify (1) the record date for the purpose of such dividend or distribution and a description of such dividend or distribution, (2) the date on which any such Liquidation Event, Fundamental Transaction, Change of Control or other Triggering Event is expected to become effective, and (3) the date, if any, that is to be fixed as to when the holders of record of Common Stock (or other securities) shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock (or other securities) for securities or other property deliverable upon any such Liquidation Event or Fundamental Transaction.

 

18. Negative Covenants. So long as any shares of Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Holders of a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding: (i) amend its Articles of Incorporation, bylaws or other charter documents so as to materially and adversely affect any rights of any Holder; (ii) repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire more than a de minimis number of shares of its Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents; (iii) enter into any agreement with respect to the foregoing; or (iv) pay cash dividends or distributions on any equity securities of the Corporation other than pursuant to the terms of the Corporation’s outstanding Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock. For purposes of this Section 17, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

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

 

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19. Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries hereunder (including without limitation any Conversion Notice) shall be in writing and 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 specified in this Section prior to 5:00 p.m. (Houston time) on a Business Day, (ii) the next Business Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section on a day that is not a Business Day or later than 5:00 p.m. (Denver time) on any Business Day, (iii) the Business Day following the date of transmittal, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Corporation, to Duane Morris LLP, One Riverfront Plaza, 1037 Raymond Blvd., Suite 1800, Newark, NJ 07102 Attn: Dean M. Colucci, or (ii) if to a Holder, to the address or facsimile number appearing on the Corporation’s Preferred Stock Register or such other address or facsimile number as such Holder may provide to the Corporation in accordance with this Section.

 

20. Miscellaneous.

 

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

 

(b) No provision of this Certificate of Designation may be amended, except in a written instrument signed by the Corporation and Holders of at least a majority of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding.

 

(c) The Series B Preferred Stock (i) is senior to all other equity interests in the Corporation outstanding as of the Original Issue Date in right of payment, whether with respect to dividends or upon liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise, other than the outstanding Series B Preferred Stock, and (ii) unless otherwise approved in accordance with this Certificate of Designation, will be senior to all other equity or equity equivalent securities issued by the Corporation after the Original Issue Date, other than Series B Preferred Stock issued after the Original Issue Date in accordance with this Series B Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation.

 

(d) Any of the rights of the Holders of Series B Preferred Stock set forth herein may be waived by the affirmative vote of Holders of a majority of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Certificate of Designation 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 either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

 

[Signature Page Follows.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Designation for the Series B Preferred Stock to be executed by its duly authorized officer on December 30, 2020.

 

  GENERATION HEMP, INC
   
  By: /s/ Gary C. Evans
    Name: Gary C. Evans
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE PURCHASER TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.

 

GENERATION HEMP, INC.

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

(Cash Exercise)

 

Warrant No.: ___

Number of Shares of Common Stock: 50,000

Date of Issuance: _______

 

Generation Hemp, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, , the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon surrender of this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “Warrant”), at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date, but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below), 50,000 (fifty thousand) fully paid non-assessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below) (the “Warrant Shares”). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section 16. This Warrant is the Warrant to purchase Common Stock (this “Warrant”) issued pursuant to Section 1(a) of that certain Preferred Stock and Warrant Subscription Agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”), dated as of this date (the “Closing Date”), by and between the Company and the Purchasers (as defined therein).

 

 

 

 

1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

 

(a) Mechanics of Exercise. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any day on or after the thirtieth (30th) day after the Issuance Date, in whole or in part, by (i) delivery of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Notice”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant and (ii) (A) payment to the Company of an amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in cash or by wire transfer of immediately available funds or (B) provided the conditions for cashless exercise set forth in Section 1(d) are satisfied, by notifying the Company that this Warrant is being exercised pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 1(d)). The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. On or before the first (1st ) Business Day following the date on which the Company has received each of the Exercise Notice and the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of a Cashless Exercise) (collectively, the “Exercise Delivery Documents”), the Company shall transmit by facsimile or electronic mail an acknowledgment of receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents to the Holder and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the Company’s “Transfer Agent”). On or before the third (3rd) Business Day following the date on which the Company has received all of the Exercise Delivery Documents (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Company shall cause the Shares to be issued in the name of and delivered to the Holder (i) written confirmation that the Shares have been issued in the name of the Holder, and (ii) a new warrant of like tenor to purchase all of the Shares that may be purchased pursuant to the portion, if any, of this Warrant not exercised by the Holder. No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number.

 

(b) Exercise Price. For purposes of this Warrant, “Exercise Price” means $0.352 per share of Common Stock subject to adjustment as provided herein.

 

(c) Legend. The Holder acknowledges that each certificate evidencing the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws. Each such certificate shall be stamped or imprinted with a legend substantially in the following form:

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE PURCHASER TO SUCH EFFECT, WHICH OPINION SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.

 

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(d) Beneficial Ownership. The Company shall not effect the exercise of this Warrant, and the Holder shall not have the right to exercise this Warrant, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, such Person (together with such Person’s affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise (including in connection with any Fundamental Transaction (as defined below)). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock or warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. For purposes of this Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 1(f) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder) and of which a portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of a Holder, and the submission of an Exercise Notice shall be deemed to be each Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to such aggregate percentage limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within two (2) Business Days confirm to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder and its affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. By written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 1(g) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation.

 

2. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. The Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:

 

(a) Adjustment upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. If the Company at any time on or after the Closing Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, scheme, arrangement or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately increased. If the Company at any time on or after the Closing Date combines (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, scheme, arrangement or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment under this Section 2(a) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.

 

(b) Other Events. If any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 2 but not expressly provided for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features), then the Company’s Board of Directors will make an appropriate adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares so as to protect the rights of the Holder; provided that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(b) will increase the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 2 .

 

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3. RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS. If the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to all holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case:

 

(a) any Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of holders of shares of Common Stock entitled to receive the Distribution shall be reduced, effective as of the close of business on such record date, to a price determined by multiplying such Exercise Price by a fraction of which (i) the numerator shall be the Closing Bid Price of the shares of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding such record date minus the value of the Distribution (as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors) applicable to one share of Common Stock, and (ii) the denominator shall be the Closing Bid Price of the shares of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding such record date; and

 

(b) the number of Warrant Shares shall be increased to a number of shares equal to the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of holders of shares of Common Stock entitled to receive the Distribution multiplied by the reciprocal of the fraction set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph (a); provided that in the event that the Distribution is of shares of Common Stock (or common stock) (“Other Shares of Common Stock”) of a company whose shares of common stock are traded on a national securities exchange or a national automated quotation system, then the Holder may elect to receive a warrant to purchase Other Shares of Common Stock in lieu of an increase in the number of Warrant Shares, the terms of which shall be identical to those of this Warrant, except that such warrant shall be exercisable into the number of shares of Other Shares of Common Stock that would have been payable to the Holder pursuant to the Distribution had the Holder exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such record date and with an aggregate exercise price equal to the product of the amount by which the exercise price of this Warrant was decreased with respect to the Distribution pursuant to the terms of the immediately preceding paragraph (a) and the number of Warrant Shares calculated in accordance with the first part of this paragraph (b).

 

4. PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.

 

(a) Purchase Rights. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of 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 exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.

 

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(b) Fundamental Transactions. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless the Successor Entity assumes this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section (4)(b), including agreements to deliver to each holder of Warrants in exchange for such Warrants a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant, including, without limitation, an adjusted exercise price equal to the value for the shares of Common Stock reflected by the terms of such Fundamental Transaction, and exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and satisfactory to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “Corporate Event”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction but prior to the Expiration Date, in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had the Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction. 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 consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The provisions of this Section 4 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant.

 

5. NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, (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 nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (iii) shall, so long as this Warrant 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 exercise of this Warrant, 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on exercise).

 

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

 

7. REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.

 

(a) Transfer of Warrant. If this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company together with a written assignment of this Warrant in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney, whereupon the Company will forthwith, subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws, issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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8. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION. Beginning on February 1, 2021, at any time within 10 days following the occurrence of a Trading Threshold (as defined in Section 16(q)), the Company shall be entitled to redeem the Warrants, or any of them, at a per Warrant Share redemption price of $0.0001 (the “Redemption Price”), upon 30 days’ written notice to the Holder. Hereinafter such 30-day period, as it may be extended pursuant to this Section 8, is referred to as the “Redemption Period.” Upon the expiration of the Redemption Period (the “Redemption Date”), all Warrants noticed for redemption that have not theretofore been exercised by the Holder shall, upon payment of the aggregate Redemption Price therefor, cease to represent the right to purchase any shares of Common Stock and shall be deemed cancelled and void and of no further force or effect without any further act or deed on the part of the Company. The Holder undertakes to return the certificate representing any redeemed Warrants to the Company upon their redemption and to indemnify the Company with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities arising from the Holder’s failure to return such certificate. In the event the certificate so returned represents a number of Warrants in excess of the number being redeemed, the Company shall as promptly as practicable issue to the Holder a new certificate for the number of unredeemed Warrants.

 

9. NOTICES. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Warrant, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in writing, will be mailed (a) if within the domestic United States by first-class registered or certified mail, or nationally recognized overnight express courier, postage prepaid, or by facsimile or (b) if delivered from outside the United States, by International Federal Express or facsimile, and (c) will be deemed given (i) if delivered by first-class registered or certified mail domestic, three business days after so mailed, (ii) if delivered by nationally recognized overnight carrier, one business day after so mailed, (iii) if delivered by International Federal Express, two business days after so mailed and (iv) if delivered by facsimile, upon electronic confirmation of receipt, and will be delivered and addressed as follows:

 

  (a) if to the Company, to:

 

Generation Hemp, Inc.

P.O. Box 540308

Dallas, Texas 75354

Attention: Gary C. Evans

Email: gevans@genhempinc.com

 

with copies to:

 

Duane Morris LLP

1540 Broadway

New York, NY 10036-4086

Attention: Dean M. Colucci

Email: dmcolucci@duanemorris.com

 

  (b) if to the Holder, to:

 

or to Holder’s address on any Exercise Notice delivered to the Company in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto, or at such other address or addresses as may have been furnished to the Company in writing.

 

10. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant may be amended only with the written consent of the Company and the Holder, and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only with the written consent of the Holder.

 

11. GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of Colorado, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Colorado or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Colorado.

 

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12. CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and the Holder and shall not be construed against any person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Warrant.

 

13. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile or electronic mail within two (2) Business Days of receipt of the Exercise Notice giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation of the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days submit via facsimile or electronic mail (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the Company’s independent, outside accountant. The Company shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than ten Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.

 

14. REMEDIES, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant.

 

15. TRANSFER. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws, this Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company.

 

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

 

(a) “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg Financial Markets.

 

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

 

(c) “Change of Control” means any Fundamental Transaction other than (A) any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of the Common Stock, in which holders of the Company’s voting power immediately prior to such reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification continue after such reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification to hold publicly traded securities and, directly or indirectly, the voting power of the surviving entity or entities necessary to elect a majority of the members of the board of directors (or their equivalent if other than a corporation) of such entity or entities, or (B) pursuant to a migratory merger effected solely for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company.

 

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

 

(e) “Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and (ii) any share capital into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such Common Stock.

 

(f) “Eligible Market” means the Principal Market, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., The American Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Global Market or OTC Bulletin Board.

 

(g) “Expiration Date” means the date two (2) years following the Issuance Date or, if such date falls on a day other than a Business Day or on which trading does not take place on the Principal Market (a “Holiday”), the next date that is not a Holiday.

 

(h) “Fundamental Transaction” means that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Person, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company to another Person, or (iii) allow another Person to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than the 67% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (iv) consummate a stock 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 the 67% 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 purchase agreement or other business combination), (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock, or (vi) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 67% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock.

 

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

 

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

 

(k) “Principal Market” means OTC Markets.

 

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

 

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

 

(n) A “Trading Threshold” shall be deemed to occur on any date that the reported Weighted Average Price for any five (5) out of seven (7) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date, exceeds $1.00 with a minimum average daily trading volume for such seven (7) day period of at least 25,000 shares of Common Stock as reported by the Principal Market for such period (with such price and volume criteria being appropriately adjusted for any share dividend, share split or other similar transaction that may occur on or after the Issuance Date).

 

(o) “Weighted Average Price” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market (or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market or electronic quotations system on which the shares of Common Stock are then traded) during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York City time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” function or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York City time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets LLC (or any successor thereto). If the Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted Average Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 13 with the term “Weighted Average Price” being substituted for the term “Exercise Price.” All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any share dividend, share split or other similar transaction during such period.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed and delivered as of the Issuance Date set out above.

 

  GENERATION HEMP, INC.
   
  By:                 
  Name:  Gary C. Evans
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

  PURCHASER
   
  By:                 
  Name:   
  Title:  

  

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EXHIBIT A

 

EXERCISE NOTICE

 

TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

GENERATION HEMP, INC.

 

The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase _________________ of the shares of Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) of Generation Hemp, Inc, a Colorado corporation (the “Company”), evidenced by the attached Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (the “Warrant”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.

 

1. Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the holder has elected a Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $___________________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

 

2. Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver __________ Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned holder or in the name of ______________________ in accordance with the terms of the Warrant or by physical delivery of a certificate to:

 

_______________________________

 

_______________________________

 

_______________________________

 

Date: _______________ __, ______

 

   
Name of Registered Holder

 

By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

 

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated [ ], 2020 from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to .

 

  GENERATION HEMP, INC
   
  By:  
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

(To assign the foregoing warrant, execute

this form and supply required information.

Do not use this form to exercise the warrant.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, all of or [_______] shares of the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

_______________________________________________ whose address is

 

_______________________________________________________________.

 

_______________________________________________________________

 

Dated: ______________, _______

 

  Holder’s Signature:    
       
  Holder’s Address:    
       

 

Signature Guaranteed:    

 

 

NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.2

 

SUBORDINATED PROMISSORY NOTE

 

$500,000.00   December 30, 2020

 

For value received, GENERATION HEMP, INC., a Colorado corporation (the “Borrower”), promises to pay to PATRICE MCNICOLL, an individual, or his assigns (the “Holder”), the principal sum of $500,000.00 (U.S. Dollars), together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon as set forth below. All payments of principal and interest hereunder shall be made by wire transfer pursuant to wire transfer instructions that may be provided by the Holder to the Borrower from time to time.

 

1.                  Payments. The Borrower shall make principal payments of $250,000.00 to the Holder, together with accrued and unpaid interest hereunder, on each of March 30, 2021, and $250,000.00 on September 30, 2021. Notwithstanding to the contrary, all outstanding principal and all accrued and unpaid interest hereunder shall be due and payable in full on September 30, 2021.

2.                  Alternative Payment. Any time prior to September 30, 2021, if Borrower raises new equity capital in the amount of five million dollars ($5,000,000.00) or greater, then within five (5) business days of closing, repayment of all outstanding principal and interest on this Subordinated Promissory Note will be due.

 

3.                  Interest Rate. Simple interest on the unpaid principal balance of this Note shall accrue at the lesser of ten percent (10%) per annum and the highest rate permitted by law. If an Event of Default (as defined below) shall occur under this Note, interest shall immediately commence accruing at a default rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum.

 

4.                  Default. The occurrence of any of the following events of default (each, an “Event of Default”) shall, at the option of the Holder hereof, make all principal and interest (to the extent accrued) then remaining unpaid hereon and all other amounts payable hereunder immediately due and payable, upon written demand, without presentment, or grace period, all of which hereby are expressly waived, except as set forth below:

 

(a)               Failure to Pay Principal or Interest. The Borrower fails to pay any installment of principal or interest due under this Note when due and such failure continues for a period of five (5) days after written notice.

 

(b)               Receiver or Trustee. The Borrower shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or applies for or consents to the appointment of a receiver or trustee for it or for a substantial part of its property or business; or such a receiver or trustee shall otherwise be appointed without the consent of the Borrower, which shall constitute an automatic Event of Default and shall result in all remaining unpaid principal and interest due hereon immediately due and payable without the written demand from the Holder.

 

 

 

 

(c)               Bankruptcy. Bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings or relief under any bankruptcy law or any law, or the issuance of any notice in relation to such event, for the relief of debtors shall be instituted by or against the Borrower, which shall constitute an automatic Event of Default and shall result in all remaining unpaid principal and interest due hereon immediately due and payable without the written demand from the Holder.

 

5.                  Termination. Upon payment of all cash amounts due to the Holder as provided in this Note, the Borrower will forever be released from all of its payment obligations and liabilities under this Note and the Holder agrees to promptly return to the Borrower the Note marked “paid in full.” This Note may be prepaid, in whole or in part, without the prior consent of the Holder.

 

6.                  Miscellaneous.

 

(a)               Successors and Assigns. This Note shall be binding upon successors and assigns of the Borrower, and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and permitted assigns of the Holder.

 

(b)               Severability. The unenforceability or invalidity of any provision or provisions of this Note shall not render any other provision or provisions herein contained unenforceable or invalid.

 

(c)               Notice. Any notice or communication required to be given hereunder may be delivered by hand or deposited with an overnight courier (with overnight delivery instructions), if to the Borrower, to the address of the Borrower’s corporate headquarters, and if to the Holder, to the last address of the Holder set forth in the Borrower’s books and records. Notice shall be deemed given and received on the date sent if sent by personal delivery; and one (1) day after the date sent if sent by overnight courier.

 

(d)               Entire Agreement. This Note contains the entire and complete understanding between the parties concerning its subject matter and all representations, agreements, arrangements and understandings between or among the parties, whether oral or written, have been fully merged herein and are superseded thereby, except for representations, agreements, arrangements and understandings between or among the parties made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and any other agreements entered into in connection therewith and herewith. This Note may be modified only by a writing signed by both parties.

 

(e)               Governing Law; Attorneys’ Fees. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to its principles regarding conflicts of law. Upon default, the breaching party agrees to pay to the non-breaching party reasonable attorneys’ fees, plus all other reasonable expenses, incurred by the non-breaching party in exercising any of the non-breaching party’s rights and remedies.

 

(f)                Jurisdiction. The parties (a) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of the state courts of the State of Texas, Dallas County, and to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the State of Texas , for the purpose of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Note; (b) agree not to commence any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Note except in the state courts of the State of Texas, Dallas County, or the United States District Court for the State of Texas; and (c) hereby waive, and agree not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, or otherwise, in any such suit, action or proceeding, 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 suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or that this Note or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by such court.

 

 

 

(g)       Offset. The Holder agrees that the Borrower will have the right to offset any losses provided for in the Purchase Agreement against any sums payable hereunder to the Holder.

 

(h)       FINAL AGREEMENT. THIS NOTE AND ALL OTHER INSTRUMENTS, DOCUMENTS AND AGREEMENTS EXECUTED AND DELIVERED BY THE BORROWER IN CONNECTION WITH THE INDEBTEDNESS EVIDENCED BY THIS NOTE EMBODY THE FINAL, ENTIRE AGREEMENT OF THE BORROWER AND THE HOLDER WITH RESPECT TO THE INDEBTEDNESS EVIDENCED BY THIS NOTE AND SUPERSEDE ANY AND ALL PRIOR COMMITMENTS, AGREEMENTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND UNDERSTANDINGS, WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, RELATING TO THE INDEBTEDNESS EVIDENCED BY THIS NOTE AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED OR VARIED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OR DISCUSSIONS OF THE BORROWER AND THE HOLDER. THERE ARE NO ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE BORROWER AND THE HOLDER.

 

(i)        Subordination. By its acceptance hereof, the Holder agrees that the indebtedness evidenced by this Note, including the principal of and interest thereon, shall be subordinate to and subject in right of payment, to the extent hereinafter set forth, to the prior payment in full of all principal, interest and any other sums then due on all existing or future Senior Indebtedness of the Borrower. The term “Senior Indebtedness” shall mean secured and unsecured indebtedness of the Borrower, or with respect to which the Borrower is a guarantor, for money borrowed by the Borrower from any financial institution.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has executed this Note as of the date set forth above.

 

  GENERATION HEMP, INC.,
  a Colorado corporation
     
  By: /s/ Gary C. Evans
        Gary C. Evans, Chairman and CEO

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

GENERATION HEMP, INC.

COMMON STOCK AND WARRANT

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

Unit at $10,000 for One Share of Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrant

 

Date: Full Subscription Commitment: $

 

1. Subscription:

 

(a) The undersigned (individually and/or collectively, the “Purchaser”) hereby applies to purchase Units composed of (i) one share of Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock” or the “Shares”) of Generation Hemp, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the “Company”), and (ii) one warrant (the “Warrant(s)”) exercisable for shares of common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”), in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Subscription Agreement (this “Subscription”) and form of Warrant which is attached as Exhibit B hereto, at a purchase price (the “Offering Price”) of $10,000 per Unit (collectively the “Units”). This Subscription is one of several Subscriptions to be entered into by and between the Company and Purchasers, pursuant to which the Company will raise up to $3,000,000 or such greater amount as the Company’s Board of Directors may so determine without notice or consent by any prior or future Purchasers (the “Offering”). The Purchaser acknowledges and understands that the Offering of the Units is being made without registration of the Units, the Series B Preferred stock, the Warrant or the Common Stock for which the Warrant is exercisable, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any securities “blue sky” or other similar laws of any state.

 

(b) Before this Subscription is considered, the Purchaser must complete, execute and deliver to the Company the following:

 

(i) This Subscription;

 

(ii) Certificate of Designation for the Corporation’s Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock attached hereto as Exhibit A;

 

(iii) The Form of Warrant attached hereto as Exhibit B;

 

(iv) The Certificate of Accredited Investor Status, attached hereto as Exhibit C; and

 

(v) The Purchaser’s aggregate payment in the amount of $ in exchange for Units purchased, or wire transfer sent to the Company in accordance with wire transfer instructions which the Company will provide at the request of the Purchaser.

 

(c) This Subscription is irrevocable by the Purchaser.

 

(d) This Subscription is not transferable or assignable by the Purchaser.

 

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(e) This Subscription may be rejected in whole or in part by the Company in its sole discretion prior to the applicable Closing (as defined in Section 1(g) hereof), regardless of whether Purchaser’s funds have theretofore been deposited by the Company. Purchaser’s execution and delivery of this Subscription will not constitute an agreement between the undersigned and the Company until this Agreement has been accepted and executed by the Company. In the event this Subscription is rejected by the Company, all funds and documents tendered by the Purchaser shall be returned and the parties' obligations hereunder, shall terminate.

 

(f) Each Purchaser shall be issued at Closing two-year Warrants in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A to acquire up to that number of additional shares of Common Stock equal to two hundred percent (200%) of the number of shares of common stock that each share of Series B Preferred is convertible and exercisable only for a cash Purchase Price of $0.352 per share (the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant to the Warrant collectively are referred to herein as the “Warrant Shares”). The Shares, the Warrant and the Warrant Shares collectively are referred to herein as the “Securities”.

 

(g) The sale of Units will take place in one or more closings (the “Closing” or “Closing Date”), the first of which is scheduled to close on or about December 30, 2020, subject to the satisfaction of all parties hereto of their obligations herein. The minimum investment amount shall be $50,000 by each Purchaser in the Offering, although the Company may waive this minimum in its sole discretion and accept lesser investment amounts from Purchasers. The maximum Offering size shall be 300 Units. There shall be no minimum Offering size. Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that their subscription is irrevocable and binding on the part of the Purchaser and that once the funds have been tendered, the Company may conduct a Closing without any consent or notice to the Purchaser. Once a Closing has occurred, the subscribed funds will become assets of the Company and will be available for use by the Company as described herein.

 

(h) The Company plans to use the proceeds from the Offering for acquisitions, capital expenditures, and general working capital purposes.

 

(i) Purchaser hereby agrees not to, and will cause its affiliates not to, enter into any “put equivalent position” as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or Short Sale (as defined below) position (a) with respect to the Securities; or (b) with respect to the Company’s Common Stock, prior to the exercise in full of the Warrants by the Purchaser, or expiration of the Warrants held by the Purchaser.

 

(j) Registration Procedures and Expenses.

 

(i) The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC, as promptly as reasonably practicable following Closing, but in no event later than 180 days following Closing (the “Filing Date”), a registration statement on Form S-1, covering the resale of theWarrant Shares (the “Registrable Securities” and the “Registration Statement”) and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective within 270 days after the Closing.

 

(ii) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to:

 

(a) prepare and file with SEC such amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement and the prospectus forming part thereof (the “Prospectus”) used in connection therewith as may be necessary or advisable to keep the Registration Statement current and effective for the Registrable Securities held by a Purchaser for a period ending on the earliest of (i) the second anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii) the date on which all Registrable Securities may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any successor rule (“Rule 144”) during any three-month period without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144(c)(1) or (iii) such time as all Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to a registration statement or Rule 144. The Company shall notify each Purchaser promptly upon the Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto, being declared effective by the SEC and advise each Purchaser that the form of Prospectus contained in the Registration Statement or post-effective amendment thereto, as the case may be, at the time of effectiveness meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act or that it intends to file a Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act;

 

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(b) furnish to the Purchaser with respect to the Registrable Securities registered under the Registration Statement such number of copies of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (including supplemental prospectuses) filed with the SEC in conformance with the requirements of the Securities Act and other such documents as the Purchaser may reasonably request, in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of all or any of the Registrable Securities by the Purchaser;

 

(c) pay the expenses incurred by the Company in complying with this Section, including, all registration and filing fees, FINRA fees, exchange listing fees, printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, blue sky fees and expenses and the expense of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration (but excluding attorneys’ fees of any Purchaser and any and all underwriting discounts and selling commissions applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities by the Purchasers);

 

(d) advise the Purchasers, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge of the issuance of any stop order by the SEC delaying or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the initiation of any proceeding for that purpose; and it will promptly use its commercially reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal at the earliest possible moment if such stop order should be issued; and

 

(e) with a view to making available to the Purchaser the benefits of Rule 144 and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Purchaser to sell Registrable Securities to the public without registration, the Company covenants and agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to: (i) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144, until the earlier of (A) such date as all of the Registrable Securities qualify to be resold immediately pursuant to Rule 144 or any other rule of similar effect during any three-month period without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144(c)(1) or (B) such date as all of the Registrable Securities shall have been resold pursuant to Rule 144 (and may be further resold without restriction); (ii) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and under the Exchange Act; and (iii) furnish to the Purchaser upon request, as long as the Purchaser owns any Registrable Securities, (A) a written statement by the Company as to whether it has complied with the reporting requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, (B) a copy of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and (C) such other information as may be reasonably requested in order to avail the Purchaser of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such Registrable Securities without registration.

 

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(iii) The Purchaser agrees and confirms that a requirement to the Company including such Purchaser’s Registrable Securities in the Registration Statement is that the Purchaser will work in good faith with the Company to supply the Company with any and all information the Company may reasonably request from the Purchaser from time to time in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement, including, customary and reasonable representations and confirmations regarding the Warrant Shares held by the Purchasers, information relating to the beneficial ownership of other securities of the Company held by such Purchaser and its affiliates, information regarding the persons with voting and dispositive control over the Purchaser and such other information as the Company or its legal counsel may reasonably request (which requirement may be waived by the Company).

 

(iv) The Purchasers acknowledge and understand that the Filing Date shall be extended in the event the Company is currently in the process of undertaking and/or is currently contemplating an offering by the Company of securities for its own account if the managing underwriter or placement agent shall have advised the Company in writing that such Registration Statement or the inclusion of such Registrable Securities in such registration statement will have a material adverse effect upon the ability of the Company to sell securities for its own account, and provided further that the Purchasers are not treated less favorably than others seeking to have their securities included in such registration statement. Notwithstanding the obligations set forth above, if any SEC guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of securities permitted to be registered on the Registration Statement (including any other securities included by the Company in such Registration Statement; provided further that the Company shall not be prohibited from including other securities on such Registration Statement), the number of Registrable Securities to be included on such Registration Statement for the benefit of the Purchasers will be reduced pro rata between the Purchasers (or other parties) whose securities are included in such Registration Statement and the Company; provided further that the Company shall take action to file additional registration statements at the written request of the holders of a majority in interest of the Shares sold in the Offering after the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, subject to SEC rules and guidance and the requirements set forth above, provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to file more than one additional Registration Statement in any rolling six (6) month period. Notwithstanding the above, the Purchasers agree that the Company shall not be required to register securities totaling more than 1/3rd of its then public float on the Registration Statement. Further notwithstanding the above, the Company may at any time take action to register the Warrant Shares under the Securities Act and the Purchasers agree to take reasonable actions and provide the Company reasonable information to facilitate any such registration.

 

(k) Expenses. The Company will be responsible for all of its own expenses (e.g., legal, accounting, printing) in connection with the Offering as well as, whether the Offering is consummated or not.

 

2. Representations by Purchaser. In consideration of the Company’s potential acceptance of the Subscription, Purchaser makes the following representations and warranties to the Company and to its principals, jointly and severally, which warranties and representations shall survive any acceptance of the Subscription by the Company:

 

(a) Prior to the time of purchase of any Securities, Purchaser has had an opportunity to review the Company’s reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents filed by it with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC Reports”) (which filings can be accessed by going to http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html, typing “Generation Hemp” in the “Company name” field, and clicking the “Search” button), including (A) the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019; (B) the Forms 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2019, June 30, 2019, and September 30, 2019; and (C) the Forms 8-K filed with the SEC on August 19, 2019, October 3, 2019, December 4, 2019, December 26, 2019, Janaury 13, 2020, March 25, 2020, December 15, 2020 and any other Form 8-K filed after December 20, 2020 and prior to the date of this Subscription.

 

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(b) Purchaser 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 Units and the merits and risks of investing in the Units; (ii) access to information about the Company and its respective 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 the investment. Purchaser acknowledges that no officer, director, broker-dealer, placement agent, finder or other person affiliated with the Company has given Purchaser any information or made any representations, oral or written, other than as provided in the SEC Reports and herein, on which Purchaser has relied upon in deciding to invest in the Securities, including without limitation, any information with respect to future acquisitions, mergers or operations of the Company or the economic returns which may accrue as a result of the purchase of the Securities.

 

(c) Purchaser recognizes that the total amount of funds tendered to purchase the Units is placed at the risk of the business and may be completely lost. The Purchaser confirms and represents that it is able (i) to bear the economic risk of its investment, (ii) to hold the securities for an indefinite period of time, and (iii) to afford a complete loss of its investment.

 

(d) Purchaser acknowledges that Purchaser has not seen, received, been presented with, or been solicited by any leaflet, public promotional meeting, newspaper or magazine article or advertisement, radio or television advertisement, or any other form of advertising or general solicitation with respect to the Securities.

 

(e) The Securities are being purchased for Purchaser’s own account for long-term investment and not with a view to immediately resale the Securities. No other person or entity will have any direct or indirect beneficial interest in, or right to, the Securities. No person has made to the Purchaser any written or oral representations: (x) that any person will resell or repurchase any of the Securities; (y) that any person will refund the purchase price of any of the Securities, or (z) as to the future price or value of any of the Securities. The Purchaser does not presently have any contract, agreement, undertaking, arrangement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to sell, transfer, pledge, assign or otherwise effect any distribution of any of the Securities, and Purchaser is not a registered broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act or an entity engaged in a business that would require it to be so registered as a broker-dealer.

 

(f) Purchaser acknowledges that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act, or qualified under any state securities laws, or any other applicable blue sky laws, in reliance, in part, on Purchaser’s representations, warranties and agreements made herein.

 

(g) Other than the rights specifically set forth in this Subscription and disclosed in the SEC Reports, Purchaser represents, warrants and agrees that the Company and the officers of the Company (the “Company’s Officers”) are under no obligation to register or qualify the Securities under the Securities Act or under any state securities law, or to assist the undersigned in complying with any exemption from registration and qualification.

 

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(h) Purchaser represents that Purchaser meets the criteria for participation because: (i) Purchaser has a pre-existing personal or business relationship with the Company or one or more of its partners, officers, directors or controlling persons; or (ii) by reason of Purchaser’s business or financial experience, or by reason of the business or financial experience of its financial advisors who are unaffiliated with, and are not compensated, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any affiliate or selling agent of the Company, Purchaser is capable of evaluating the risk and merits of an investment in the Securities and of protecting its own interests.

 

(i) Purchaser represents that Purchaser is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act and Purchaser has executed the Certificate of Accredited Investor Status, attached hereto as Exhibit C.

 

(j) Purchaser understands that the Units are illiquid and must be held indefinitely unless such Units are registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from registration is available. Purchaser acknowledges that Purchaser is familiar with Rule 144 of the rules and regulations of the SEC, as amended, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act (“Rule 144”), and that such Purchaser has been advised that Rule 144 permits resales only under certain circumstances. Such Purchaser understands that to the extent that Rule 144 is not available, such Purchaser will be unable to sell any Securities without either registration under the Securities Act or the existence of another exemption from such registration requirement. Purchaser may not sell or dispose of the Units or utilize the Securities as collateral for a loan. Purchaser must not purchase the Securities unless Purchaser has liquid assets sufficient to assure Purchaser that such purchase will cause it no undue financial difficulties, and that Purchaser can still provide for current and possible personal contingencies, and that the commitment herein for the Units, combined with other investments of Purchaser, is reasonable in relation to its net worth.

 

(k) Other than with respect to the transactions contemplated herein, since the time that such Purchaser was first contacted by the Company or any other person regarding the transactions contemplated hereby, neither the Purchaser nor, to the knowledge of such Purchaser, any affiliate of such Purchaser which (i) had knowledge of the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) has or shares discretion relating to such Purchaser’s investments or trading or information concerning such Purchaser’s investments, including in respect of the Units and (iii) is subject to such Purchaser’s review or input concerning such affiliate’s investments or trading (collectively, “Trading Affiliates”) has directly or indirectly, nor has any person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser or Trading Affiliate, effected or agreed to effect any transactions in the securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any short sales involving the Company’s securities). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser and/or Trading Affiliate that is, individually or collectively, a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s or Trading Affiliate’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 or Trading Affiliate’s assets, the representation set forth above shall apply only with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager(s) that have knowledge about the financing transaction contemplated by this Subscription. Other than to other persons party to this Subscription, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (including the existence and terms of such transactions).

 

(l) No person will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Subscription, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company or any Purchaser for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of such Purchaser.

 

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(m) Purchaser has independently evaluated the merits of its decision to purchase Units, and hereby confirms that it has not relied on the advice of any other Purchaser’s business and/or legal counsel in making such decision. Purchaser understands that nothing in this Subscription or any other materials presented by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchaser in connection with the purchase of the Units constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. Such Purchaser has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors as it, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with its purchase of the Units.

 

(n) Purchaser understands that the right to transfer the Securities will be restricted unless the transfer is not in violation of the Securities Act or any other applicable state or foreign securities laws (including investment suitability standards), that the Company will not consent to a transfer of the Securities unless the transferee represents that such transferee meets the financial suitability standards required of an initial Purchaser, and that the Company has the right, in its absolute discretion, to refuse to consent to such transfer.

 

(o) Purchaser has been advised to consult with its own attorney or attorneys regarding all legal matters concerning an investment in the Company and the tax consequences of purchasing the Securities, and have done so, to the extent Purchaser considers necessary.

 

(p) Purchaser acknowledges that the tax consequences of investing in the Company will depend on particular circumstances, and neither the Company, the Company’s officers, any other investors, nor the partners, shareholders, members, directors, agents, officers, directors, employees, affiliates or consultants of any of them, will be responsible or liable for the tax consequences to Purchaser of an investment in the Company. Purchaser will look solely to and rely upon its own advisers with respect to the tax consequences of this investment.

 

(q) The Purchaser: (i) if a natural person, represents that the Purchaser has reached the age of 21 and has full authority, legal capacity and competence to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and all other related agreements or certificates and to take all actions required pursuant hereto and thereto and to carry out the provisions hereof and thereof, or (ii) if a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company or partnership, or association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity, represents that such entity was not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities and such entity is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its organization. Purchaser is a bona fide resident and domiciliary of the state set forth on the signature page of this Subscription and has no present intention to become a resident of any other state or jurisdiction.

 

(r) The Purchaser agrees to sell all Registrable Securities registered under the Registration Statement and sold in connection therewith, in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement and any and all applicable prospectus delivery requirements.

 

(s) All information which Purchaser has provided to the Company concerning Purchaser, its financial position and its knowledge of financial and business matters, and any information found in the Certificate of Accredited Investor Status, is truthful, accurate, correct, and complete as of the date set forth herein.

 

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(t) Each Purchaser shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, to the extent arising out of or based solely upon: (x) such Purchaser’s failure to comply with any applicable prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act through no fault of the Company or (y) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement, any prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by such Purchaser to the Company expressly for inclusion in such registration statement or such prospectus or (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such information relates to such Purchaser’s proposed method of distribution of registrable securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Purchaser expressly for use in a registration statement, such prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (iii) in the case such Purchaser uses an outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable prospectus after the Company has notified such Purchaser in writing that the prospectus is outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable for use by such Purchaser. In no event shall the liability of any selling Purchaser under this Section be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Purchaser upon the sale of the registrable securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 

(u) Each certificate or instrument representing securities issuable pursuant to this Agreement will be endorsed with the following legend (or a substantially similar legend):

 

THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED OR HYPOTHECATED UNLESS THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT COVERING SUCH SECURITIES, THE TRANSFER IS MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144 PROMULGATED UNDER SUCH ACT OR THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE HOLDER OF THESE SECURITIES WHICH IS REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, STATING THAT SUCH SALE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT OR HYPOTHECATION IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT.

 

(v) Purchaser understands that the Units are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgements and understandings of such Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Purchaser to acquire the Units.

 

(w) Purchaser understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Units or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Units nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Units.

 

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(x) Purchaser is aware that the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act may apply to sales of Common Stock and other activities with respect to the Common Stock by the Purchaser.

 

(y) Purchaser confirms and acknowledges that this is a “best efforts” offering, and that the initial Closing will not occur until the Minimum Offering Amount has been raised.

 

3. Representations and Warranties by the Company. The Company represents and warrants that:

 

(a) Due Formation. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation and has the requisite corporate power to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. The Company is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, other than those jurisdictions in which the failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect on the business, operations or financial condition of the Company.

 

(b) Authority; Enforceability. This Subscription and the Warrants delivered together with this Subscription or in connection herewith have been duly authorized, executed, and delivered by the Company and are valid and binding agreements, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium, and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity; and the Company has full corporate power and authority necessary to enter into this Subscription and the Warrants, and to perform its obligations hereunder and under all other agreements entered into by the Company relating hereto.

 

(c) No General Solicitation. Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor to its knowledge, any person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.

 

(d) Governmental Consents. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, qualification, designation, declaration or filing with, any federal, state or local governmental authority on the part of the Company is required in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Subscription, except for filings pursuant to applicable state securities laws, and Regulation D of the Securities Act.

 

(e) Litigation. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, currently threatened against the Company or any of its majority-owned or any controlled subsidiaries that questions the validity of this Subscription or the right of the Company to enter into it, or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. Neither the Company nor any of its majority-owned or any controlled subsidiaries is a party or subject to the provisions of any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency or instrumentality. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation by the Company or any of its majority-owned or any controlled subsidiaries currently pending or which the Company or any of its majority-owned or any controlled subsidiaries intends to initiate. The foregoing includes, without limitation, actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending or threatened in writing (or any basis therefor known to the Company) involving the prior employment of any of the Company’s employees, their use in connection with the Company’s business, or any information or techniques allegedly proprietary to any of their former employers, or their obligations under any agreements with prior employers.

 

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(f) Permits. The Company and each of its majority-owned or any controlled subsidiaries has all franchises, permits, licenses and any similar authority necessary for the conduct of its business, the lack of which could materially and adversely affect the business, properties, prospects, or financial condition of the Company. The Company is not in default in any material respect under any of such franchises, permits, licenses or other similar authority.

 

(g) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Subscription and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Securities) do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provisions of the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws or otherwise result in a violation of the organizational documents of the Company, (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 give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any contract or (iii) 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 is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations, assuming the correctness of the representations and warranties made by the Purchasers herein, of any self-regulatory organization to which the Company or its securities are subject, including OTC Markets LLC, or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected).

 

(h) Issuance of the Securities. The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Subscription, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free and clear of all liens suffered or permitted by the Company, other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Subscription or imposed by applicable securities laws, and shall not be subject to preemptive or similar rights. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers in this Subscription, the Securities will be issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws.

 

(i) Capitalization. The number of shares and type of all authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock, options and other securities of the Company (whether or not presently convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company) has been set forth in the SEC Reports and may change thereafter to reflect stock issuances, convertible debt conversions, stock option exercises and grants and warrant exercises which will not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material effect on the issued and outstanding capital stock, options and other securities of the Company. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, have been issued in compliance in all material respects with all applicable 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 any capital stock of the Company. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports: (i) no shares of the Company’s capital stock are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any liens suffered or permitted by the Company; (ii) except for the Subscription or as a result of the performance by the Company of the Subscription, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock of the Company, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock of the Company; (iii) there are no outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments evidencing indebtedness of the Company or by which the Company is or may become bound in any material amounts; (iv) there are no financing statements securing obligations in any material amounts, either singly or in the aggregate, filed in connection with the Company; (v) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the Securities Act; (vi) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company; (vii) there are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities; (viii) the Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement; and (ix) the Company has no liabilities or obligations required to be disclosed in the SEC Reports (including, for purposes hereof, any liabilities that are required to be disclosed in a Form 10) but not so disclosed in the SEC Reports.

 

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(j) SEC Reports. Other than the filing of Form 10-Qs for the first three fiscal quarters of 2020, the Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for twelve (12) months preceding and including the date hereof. As of the date hereof, other than as stated in the preceding sentence, the Company has no knowledge of any event occurring on or prior to the Closing Date (other than the transactions contemplated by the Subscription) that requires the filing of a Current Report on Form 8-K after the Closing.

 

(k) Financial Statements. Other than the filing of Form 10-Qs for the first three fiscal quarters of 2020, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved, 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 taken as a whole 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, year-end audit adjustments.

 

(l) Tax Matters. The Company (i) has prepared and filed all foreign, federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith, with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside on the books of the Company and (iii) has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply.

 

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(m) Material Changes. Since the date of the latest financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports, (i) there have been no events, occurrences or developments that have had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company, (ii) the Company has not incurred any material liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables, accrued expenses and other liabilities 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 to be disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not materially altered its method of accounting or the manner in which it keeps its accounting books and records, (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 (other than in connection with repurchases of unvested stock issued to employees of the Company), (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or affiliate, except stock options and restricted stock issued to newly hired and promoted officers in the ordinary course pursuant to Company stock option or stock purchase plans or executive and director corporate arrangements disclosed in the SEC Reports and (vi) there has not been any material change or amendment to, or any waiver of any material right under, any contract under which the Company or any of its assets is bound or subject. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement, no event, liability or development has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its business, properties, operations or financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made that has not been publicly disclosed in the SEC Reports.

 

(n) Environmental Matters. The Company (i) is not in violation of any statute, rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “Environmental Laws”) which would have a material adverse effect on the business, operations or financial condition of the Company, (ii) does not own or operate any real property contaminated with any substance that is in violation of any Environmental Laws, (iii) is not liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws, and (iv) is not subject to any claim relating to any Environmental Laws; and there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened investigation that might lead to such a claim.

 

(o) Litigation. There is no action which adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Subscription or the Securities. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company or any of its properties; and to the Company’s knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated against the Company.

 

(p) Employment Matters. No material labor dispute exists or, to the Company’s knowledge, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company. None of the Company’s employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company, and the Company is not a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company believes that its relationship with its employees is good.

 

(q) Compliance. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company (i) is not 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), nor has the Company received written notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other significant contract (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is not in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company or its properties or assets.

 

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(r) Title to Assets. The Company has good and marketable title to all tangible personal property owned by it which is material to the business of the Company. The Company does not own any real property in fee simple, except for interests in oil or gas properties that may be deemed real property under state law. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company holds defensible title to the leasehold and other real property interests held by it (the “Real Property”), in each case, free and clear of all liens other than the Encumbrances. “Encumbrances” means: (a) statutory liens of landlords, banks (and rights of set off), carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, repairmen, workmen, materialmen, vendors and other similar liens arising in the ordinary course of business for amounts not yet overdue or for amounts that are overdue and that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; (b) liens for taxes, assessments, or other governmental charges or levies and other liens imposed by law, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice for amounts not yet overdue or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; (c) the terms and conditions of all liens created by oil and gas leases, easements, rights of way, restrictions, encroachments, and all other burdens recorded in the real property records of the county in which the real property is located; (d) liens to operators and non-operators under model form operating agreements arising in the ordinary course of the business; (e) liens arising from precautionary UCC filings; (f) lease burdens existing as of the date of this agreement constituting monetary obligations payable to third parties, including, without limitation, any royalty, overriding royalty, net profits interest, production payment, carried interest or reversionary working interest; (g) liens arising under unitization and pooling agreements and orders, farmout agreements, gas balancing agreements and other customary agreements in the energy industry; and (h) the lien under Deed of Trust filed in Texas in connection with the SOHL Note, as defined below. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company are held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made of such property and buildings by the Company.

 

(s) Intellectual Property. To the Company’s knowledge, the Company owns, possesses, licenses or has other rights to use all foreign and domestic patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology and other proprietary rights and processes (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of its businesses as now conducted. To the Company’s knowledge (i) the Company’s use of any such Intellectual Property in the conduct of its business as presently conducted does not infringe upon the rights of any third parties; (ii) there is no infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property; (iii) there is no pending or threatened action challenging the Company’s rights in or to any such Intellectual Property; (iv) there is no pending or threatened action challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property; and (v) there is no pending or threatened action that the Company infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others.

 

(t) Insurance. The Company is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as the Company believes to be prudent in the businesses and locations in which the Company is engaged. The Company has not received any notice of cancellation of any such insurance, nor does the Company have any knowledge that it will be unable to renew its existing insurance coverage for the Company 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.

 

(u) Transactions With Officers, Directors and Employees. Other than as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, none of the employees of the Company, is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or to a presently contemplated transaction (other than for services as employees, officers and directors) that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act, except as contemplated by the Subscription or set forth in the SEC Reports.

 

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(v) Certain Fees. No person or entity will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company or a Purchaser for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of the Company. The Company shall indemnify, pay, and hold each Purchaser harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such right, interest or claim.

 

(w) Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth this Subscription (without giving effect to any materiality qualifiers therein) and the accuracy of the information disclosed by each Purchaser’s Certificate of Accredited Investor Status, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers under the Subscription.

 

(x) Registration Rights. Other than each of the Purchasers, no person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company.

 

(y) No Directed Selling Efforts or General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor, to its knowledge, any person acting on its behalf has conducted any “general solicitation” or “general advertising” (as those terms are used in Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of any of the Securities.

 

(z) No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in the Subscription (without giving effect to any materiality qualifiers therein), except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, neither the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf has, directly or indirectly, at any time within the past six (6) months, made any offers or sales of any Company security or solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that would (i) eliminate the availability of the exemption from registration under Regulation D under the Securities Act in connection with the offer and sale by the Company of the Securities as contemplated hereby or (ii) cause the offering of the Securities pursuant to the Subscription to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of any applicable law, regulation or shareholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of the NYSE MKT.

 

(aa) Investment Company. The Company is not required to be registered as, and is not an affiliate of, and immediately following the Closing will not be required to register as, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(bb) Off Balance Sheet Arrangements. There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in its SEC Reports and is not so disclosed.

 

(cc) Acknowledgment Regarding the 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 Subscription 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 Subscription and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Subscription and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities.

 

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(dd) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company, nor to the Company’s knowledge, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company, 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 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 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

(ee) No Additional Agreements. The Company does not have any agreement or understanding with any Purchaser with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Subscription other than as specified in the Subscription.

 

4. Other Agreements.

 

(a) Transfer Restrictions.

 

(i) Compliance with Laws. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Subscription, each Purchaser acknowledges and covenants that the Securities may be disposed of only pursuant to an effective registration statement under, and in compliance with the requirements of, 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 compliance with any applicable state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of the Securities other than (i) pursuant to an effective registration statement, (ii) to the Company, (iii) to an affiliate of a Purchaser, (iv) pursuant to Rule 144 (provided that the Purchaser provides the Company with reasonable assurances (in the form of seller and broker representation letters if required) that the securities may be sold pursuant to such rule) or Rule 144A, (v) pursuant to Rule 144 without the requirement that the Company be in compliance with the current public information requirements of Rule 144 and without other restriction following the applicable holding period or (vi) in connection with a bona fide pledge, 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. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Subscription and shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this Subscription.

 

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(ii) Removal of Legends. Subject to the Company’s right to request an opinion of counsel as set forth in Section 4(a)(i), the legend set forth in Section 2(u) above shall be removable and the Company shall issue or cause to be issued a certificate without such legend or any other legend to the holder of the applicable Shares upon which it is stamped or issue or cause to be issued to such holder by electronic delivery at the applicable balance account at The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) as provided in this Section 4(a)(ii), if (i) such Securities are registered for resale under the Securities Act (provided that, if the Purchaser is selling pursuant to the effective registration statement registering the Securities for resale, the Purchaser agrees to only sell such Securities during such time that such registration statement is effective and not withdrawn or suspended, and only as permitted by such registration statement), (ii) such Securities are sold or transferred in compliance with Rule 144, including without limitation in compliance with the current public information requirements of Rule 144 if applicable to the Company at the time of such sale or transfer, and the holder and its broker have delivered customary documents reasonably requested by the Company Counsel in connection with such sale or transfer, or (iii) such Securities are eligible for sale under Rule 144 without the requirement that the Company be in compliance with the current public information requirements of Rule 144 and without other restriction and Company Counsel has provided written confirmation of such eligibility to the Company’s transfer agent, (the “Transfer Agent”). Any fees (with respect to the Transfer Agent, Company Counsel or otherwise) associated with the removal of such legend shall be borne by the Company. Following the effective date of the applicable registration statement, or at such other time as a legend is no longer required for certain Securities, the Company will no later than three (3) Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Transfer Agent (with concurrent notice and delivery of copies to the Company) of a legended certificate representing such Shares (endorsed or with stock powers attached, signatures guaranteed, and otherwise in form necessary to affect the reissuance and/or transfer, and together with such other customary documents as the Transfer Agent and/or Company Counsel shall reasonably request), deliver or cause to be delivered to the transferee of such Purchaser or such Purchaser, as applicable, a certificate representing such Securities 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(a). Certificates for Shares subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Purchasers, as applicable, by crediting the account of the transferee’s Purchaser’s prime broker with DTC.

 

(iii) Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions. The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its Transfer Agent, and any subsequent Transfer Agent, in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto (the “Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions”). The Company represents and warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions or instructions consistent therewith or otherwise contemplated hereby or thereby or by the Subscription or such other documents as the Transfer Agent may request in connection with any such instructions will be given by the Company to its Transfer Agent in connection with this Subscription, and that the Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and to the extent provided in and subject to the terms of this Subscription and applicable law.

 

(iv) Acknowledgement. Each Purchaser hereunder acknowledges its primary responsibilities under the Securities Act and accordingly will not sell or otherwise transfer the Shares or any interest therein without complying with the requirements of the Securities Act. While the applicable Registration Statement remains effective, each Purchaser hereunder may sell the Shares in accordance with the plan of distribution contained in the applicable Registration Statement and, if it does so, it will comply therewith and with the related prospectus delivery requirements unless an exemption therefrom is available. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees that if it is notified by the Company in writing at any time that the Registration Statement registering the resale of the Shares is not effective or that the prospectus included in such Registration Statement no longer complies with the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act, the Purchaser will refrain from selling such Shares until such time as the Purchaser is notified by the Company that such Registration Statement is effective or such prospectus is compliant with Section 10 of the Securities Act, unless such Purchaser is able to, and does, sell such Shares pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act. Each Purchaser acknowledges that the delivery of the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions and any removal of any legends from certificates representing the Shares as set forth in this Section 4(a) is predicated on the Company’s reliance upon the Purchaser’s acknowledgement in this Section 4(a).

 

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(b) Acknowledgment of Dilution. The Company acknowledges that the issuance of the Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. The Company specifically acknowledges that its obligation to issue the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants, in accordance with its terms, is binding upon the Company and enforceable regardless of the dilution such issuance may have on the ownership interest of other stockholders of the Company or parties entitled to receive equity of the Company.

 

(c) Furnishing of Information. In order to enable the Purchasers to sell the Securities under Rule 144 of the Securities Act, for a period of one year from the Closing Date, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts 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. During such one year period, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to such laws, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the Purchasers to sell the Shares under Rule 144.

 

(d) Form D and Blue Sky. 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 to each Purchaser who requests a copy in writing promptly after such filing. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to qualify the Securities for sale to the Purchasers at the Closing pursuant to this Subscription under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification), which, subject to the accuracy of the Company’s and the Purchaser’s representations and warranties set forth herein, shall consist of the submission of all filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Securities pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D required under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States following the Closing Date, and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Purchasers who request in writing such evidence.

 

(e) Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. Within the time required by the Exchange Act, the Company will file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC describing the terms of the Subscription (and including as exhibits to such Current Report on Form 8-K the Subscription). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any press release or filing with the SEC (other than the Registration Statement) or any regulatory agency or OTC Markets, LLC, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except (i) as required by federal securities law in connection with (A) any registration statement contemplated by the Subscription and (B) the filing of final Subscription (including signature pages thereto) with the SEC or (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required by law, request of the Staff of the SEC or OTC Markets, LLC regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior written notice of such disclosure permitted under this subclause (ii). From and after the issuance of the Form 8-K, no Purchaser shall be in possession of any material, non-public information received from the Company or any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents, that is not disclosed in the Form 8-K unless a Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. 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 as described in this Section 4(f) such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with such transactions (including the existence and terms of such transactions).

 

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(f) Non-Public Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Subscription, the Company shall not and shall cause each of its officers, directors, employees and agents, not to, provide any Purchaser with any information the Company believes is material, non-public information regarding the Company without the express written consent of such Purchaser, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information.

 

(g) Indemnification.

 

(i) Indemnification of the Purchasers. Subject to this Section 4(h), the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other persons with a functionally equivalent role of a person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each person who controls such 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 Person (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 third party claims against such Purchaser relating to any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Subscription, provided that such a claim for indemnification relating to any breach of any of the representations or warranties made by the Company in this Agreement is made within one (1) year from the Closing. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement 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 Subscription or such Purchaser Party’s bad faith, fraud or willful misconduct.

 

(ii) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Promptly after receipt by any Person (the “Indemnified Person”) of notice of any demand, claim or circumstances which would or might give rise to a claim or the commencement of any action, proceeding or investigation in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 4(h)(i), such Indemnified Person shall promptly notify the Company in writing and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person and the assumption of the payment of all fees and expenses; provided, however, that the failure of any Indemnified Person so to notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder except to the extent that the Company is actually and materially prejudiced by such failure to notify. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless: (i) the Company and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel; (ii) the Company shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person in such proceeding; or (iii) in the reasonable judgment of counsel to such Indemnified Person and counsel to the Company, representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. Without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, the Company shall not effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability arising out of such Proceeding.

 

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(h) Dispositions and Confidentiality After The Date Hereof. Each Purchaser shall not, and shall cause its Trading Affiliates not to, prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement: (a) sell, offer to sell, solicit offers to buy, dispose of, loan, pledge or grant any right with respect to (collectively, a “Disposition”) the Securities; or (b) engage in any hedging or other transaction which is designed or could reasonably be expected to lead to or result in a Disposition of the Securities by such Purchaser or an affiliate of the Purchaser, except, in each case, for Dispositions pursuant to an available exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable state and federal securities laws. In addition, the Purchaser agrees that for so long as it owns any Common Stock, it will not enter into any Short Sale (as such term is defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO) of Shares executed at a time when the Purchaser has no equivalent offsetting long position in the Common Stock. For purposes of determining whether the Purchaser has an equivalent offsetting long position in the Common Stock, shares that the Purchaser is entitled to receive within sixty (60) days (whether pursuant to contract or upon conversion or exercise of convertible securities) will be included as if held long by the Purchaser. 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 apply only with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that have knowledge about the financing transaction contemplated by this Agreement. Each Purchaser understands and acknowledges, severally and not jointly with any other Purchaser, that the SEC currently takes the position that covering a short position established prior to effectiveness of a resale registration statement with shares included in such registration statement would be a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act, as set forth in Division of Corporation Financing Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 239.10 regarding short selling.

 

5. Adjustment in Share Numbers and Prices. In the event of any stock split, subdivision, dividend or distribution payable in shares of Common Stock (or other securities or rights convertible into, or entitling the holder thereof to receive directly or indirectly shares of Common Stock), combination or other similar recapitalization or event occurring after the date hereof and prior to the Closing Date, each reference in the Subscription to a number of shares or price per share shall be deemed to be amended to appropriately account for such event.

 

6. Subscription Binding on Heirs, etc. This Subscription, upon acceptance by the Company, shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the Purchaser. If the undersigned is more than one person, the obligations of the undersigned shall be joint and several and the representations and warranties shall be deemed to be made by and be binding on each such person and his or her heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns.

 

7. Execution Authorized. If this Subscription is executed on behalf of a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity, the undersigned has been duly authorized and empowered to legally represent such entity and to execute this Subscription and all other instruments in connection with the Shares and the signature of the person is binding upon such entity.

 

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8. Adoption of Terms and Provisions. The Purchaser hereby adopts, accepts and agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions hereof.

 

9. Governing Law. This Subscription shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

10. Dispute Resolution. In the event of any dispute arising out of or relating to this Subscription, then such dispute shall be submitted to binding arbitration with the New York, New York branch of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) to be governed by AAA’s Commercial Rules of Arbitration (the “AAA Rules”) and heard before one arbitrator. The parties shall attempt to mutually select the arbitrator. In the event they are unable to mutually agree, the arbitrator shall be selected by the procedures prescribed by the AAA Rules. Notwithstanding anything in the AAA Rules to the contrary, discovery shall be limited exclusively to the mutual production of documents, and written submissions to the arbitrator shall be limited to one brief from each party and one responsive brief from each party.

 

11. Construction. When used in this Subscription and the Warrants, unless a contrary intention appears: (i) a term has the meaning assigned to it; (ii) “or” is not exclusive; (iii) “including” means including without limitation; (iv) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular, and words importing the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders; (v) any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented and includes (in the case of agreements or instruments) references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; (vi) the words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Subscription shall refer to this Subscription as a whole and not to any particular provision hereof; (vii) references contained herein to Article, Section, Schedule and Exhibit, as applicable, are references to Articles, Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in this Subscription unless otherwise specified; (viii) references to “writing” include printing, typing, lithography and other means of reproducing words in a visible form, including, but not limited to email; (ix) references to “dollars”, “Dollars” or “$” in this Subscription shall mean United States dollars; (x) reference to a particular statute, regulation or Law means such statute, regulation or Law as amended or otherwise modified from time to time; (xi) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein); (xii) unless otherwise stated in this Subscription, in the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; (xiii) references to “days” shall mean calendar days; and (xiv) the paragraph headings contained in this Subscription are for convenience only, and shall in no manner be construed as part of this Subscription.

 

12. Review of Document; Arm’s Length Transaction. Each party herein expressly represents and warrants to all other parties hereto that (a) before executing this Subscription, said party has fully informed itself of the terms, contents, conditions and effects of this Subscription; (b) said party has relied solely and completely upon its own judgment in executing this Subscription; (c) said party has had the opportunity to seek and has obtained the advice of its own legal, tax and business advisors before executing this Subscription; (d) said party has acted voluntarily and of its own free will in executing this Subscription; and (e) this Subscription is the result of arm’s length negotiations conducted by and among the parties and their respective counsel.

 

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13. Counterparts. This Subscription and any signed agreement or instrument entered into in connection with this Subscription, and any amendments hereto or thereto, may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. Any such counterpart, to the extent delivered by means of a facsimile machine or by .pdf, .tif, .gif, .peg or similar attachment to electronic mail (any such delivery, an “Electronic Delivery”) shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original executed counterpart and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request of any party, each other party shall re execute the original form of this Subscription and deliver such form to all other parties. No party shall raise the use of Electronic Delivery to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of Electronic Delivery as a defense to the formation of a contract, and each such party forever waives any such defense, except to the extent such defense relates to lack of authenticity.

 

14. Investor Information: (This must be consistent with the form of ownership selected below and the information provided in the Certificate of Accredited Investor Status (Exhibit B, included herewith.)

 

Name (please print):  

 

If entity named above,   By:    
  Its:  

 

Social Security or Taxpayer I.D. Number:  

 

Business Address (including zip code):  
 
 

 

Business Phone:  

 

Residence Address (including zip code):  
   
   

 

Email Address:  

 

Residence Phone:  

 

All communications to be sent to:

 

_________ Business or _________ Residence Address ________ Email

 

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Please indicate below the form in which you will hold title to your interest in the Units. PLEASE CONSIDER CAREFULLY. ONCE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION IS ACCEPTED, A CHANGE IN THE FORM OF TITLE CONSTITUTES A TRANSFER OF THE INTEREST IN THE SHARES AND/OR WARRANTS AND MAY THEREFORE BE RESTRICTED BY THE TERMS OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION OR APPLICABLE LAW, AND MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL COSTS TO YOU. Purchasers should seek the advice of their attorneys in deciding in which of the forms they should take ownership of the interest in the Units, because different forms of ownership can have varying gift tax, estate tax, income tax, and other consequences, depending on the state of the investor's domicile and his or her particular personal circumstances.

 

_________ INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP (one signature required)

 

_________ JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP AND NOT AS TENANTS IN COMMON (both or all parties must sign)

 

_________ COMMUNITY PROPERTY (one signature required if interest held in one name, i.e., managing spouse; two signatures required if interest held in both names)

 

_________ TENANTS IN COMMON (both or all parties must sign)

 

_________ GENERAL PARTNERSHIP (fill out all documents in the name of the PARTNERSHIP, by a PARTNER authorized to sign)

 

_________ LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (fill out all documents in the name of the LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, by a GENERAL PARTNER authorized to sign)

 

_________ LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (fill out all documents in the name of the LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, by a member authorized to sign)

 

_________ CORPORATION (fill out all documents in the name of the CORPORATION, by the President or other officer authorized to sign)

 

_________ TRUST (fill out all documents in the name of the TRUST, by the Trustee, and include a copy of the instrument creating the trust and any other documents necessary to show the investment by the Trustee is authorized. The date of the trust must appear on the Notarial where indicated.)

 

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Subject to acceptance by the Company, the undersigned has completed this Subscription Agreement to evidence his/her/its subscription for the purchase of Securities of the Company, this _______ day of _____, 2020.

 

  PURCHASER

 

   
  (Signature

 

  By:  

 

  If Entity, Entity Name:  

 

  Its:          

 

The Company has accepted this subscription this 30th day of December 2020

 

  “COMPANY”
   
  GENERATION HEMP, INC.,
  a Colorado corporation

 

  By:  
    Gary C. Evans
    Chairman and CEO

 

  Address for notice:
   
  Generation Hemp, Inc.
  P.O. Box 540308
  Dallas, Texas 75354
  Attn: gevans@genhempinc.com

 

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Exhibit A

 

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION

OF RIGHTS, PREFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS OF THE

SERIES B REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

OF

GENERATION HEMP, INC

 

 

[Filed as Exhbit 3.1 to Form 8-K]

 

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Subscription Agreement
Generation Hemp, Inc.

 

 

Exhibit B

 

Form of Warrant

 

 

 

 

[Filed as Exhbit 4.1 to Form 8-K]

 

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Purchaser’s Initials

Subscription Agreement
Generation Hemp, Inc.

 

 

Exhibit C

 

CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS

 

Except as may be indicated by the undersigned below, the undersigned is an “accredited investor,” as that term is defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The undersigned has initialed the box below indicating the basis on which he is representing his status as an “accredited investor”:

 

______ a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, or any savings and loan association or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity; a broker or dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Securities Exchange Act”); an insurance company as defined in Section 2(13) of the Securities Act; an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of that Act; a small business investment company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958; a plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, and such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000; an employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21) of such Act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000 or, if a self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons that are “accredited investors”;

 

____ a private business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940;

 

____ an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 

____ a natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with the undersigned’s spouse, at the time of this purchase exceeds $1,000,000. For purposes of this item, "net worth" means the excess of total assets at fair market value (including personal and real property, but excluding the estimated fair market value of a person's primary home) over total liabilities. Total liabilities excludes any mortgage on the primary home in an amount of up to the home's estimated fair market value as long as the mortgage was incurred more than 60 days before the Securities are purchased, but includes (i) any mortgage amount in excess of the home's fair market value and (ii) any mortgage amount that was borrowed during the 60-day period before the closing date for the sale of Securities for the purpose of investing in the Securities;

 

____ a natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with the undersigned’s spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year;

 

____ a trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that he is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment;

 

____ an entity in which all of the equity holders are “accredited investors” by virtue of their meeting one or more of the above standards; or

 

____ an individual who is a director or executive officer of Generation Hemp, Inc.

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Accredited Investor Status effective as of __________________, 2020.

 

  Name:  

 

  By:  
    Signature

 

  Printed Name of Signatory (if entity):                   

 

  Title:  
    (required for any stockholder that is a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity)

 

 

 

Exhibit D

 

FORM OF IRREVOCABLE TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS

 

As of _____________, 2020

 

__________________________

 

Attn: _____________

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to those certain Subscription Agreements, dated as of _____________, 2020 (collectively, the “Agreement”), by and among Generation Hemp, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the “Company”), and the purchasers named on the signature pages thereto (collectively, and including permitted transferees, the “Holders”), pursuant to which the Company is issuing to the Holders units (the “Units”) comprised of (i) one share of Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock” or the “Shares”) and (ii) a warrant (the “Warrant”) to purchase 50,000 shares of common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”) at an exercise price of $0.352 per share (the “Warrant Shares”).

 

This letter shall serve as our irrevocable authorization and direction to you (provided that you are the transfer agent of the Company at such time and the conditions set forth in this letter are satisfied), subject to any stop transfer instructions that we may issue to you from time to time, if any, to (i) issue, promptly following the date hereof, certificates representing the Shares (or the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants) bearing the legend set forth herein below, in the names of the Holders and the number of Shares (or Warrant Shares, if applicable) as set forth in the attachments delivered herewith, and to deliver such certificates within six (6) business days after the date hereof to the address for each such Holder as set forth on such attachments delivered herewith, and (ii) issue certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Shares (or Warrant Shares, if applicable), which certificates shall or shall not bear the legend set forth herein below as described below.

 

You acknowledge and agree that so long as you have received (a) written confirmation from the Company’s legal counsel that a registration statement covering resales of the Shares (or Warrant Shares, if applicable) has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), a copy of such registration statement and any other documents reasonably requested by you from the applicable Holder (and provided that you have not received written instruction from the Company or its legal counsel that such registration statement has been suspended or is no longer effective), (b) written confirmation from the Company’s legal counsel that the Shares (or Warrant Shares, if applicable) are eligible for sale in conformity with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”) and customary documentation from a Holder and its broker with respect to a sale pursuant to Rule 144, or (c) written confirmation from the Company’s legal counsel that the Shares (or Warrant Shares, if applicable) are eligible for sale without the requirement that the Company be in compliance with the current public information requirements of Rule 144 and without other restriction in conformity with Rule 144, then, unless otherwise required by law, within three (3) business days of your receipt of certificate of Common Stock and documentation required pursuant to clause (a) or (b) above, as applicable, or a request from a Holder for the issuance of an unlegended certificate in the event that you have received the written confirmation set forth in clause (c) above, you shall issue the certificates representing the Shares (or Warrant Shares, if applicable) registered in the names of the purchaser of such Shares or the Holder, as the case may be, and such certificates shall not bear any legend restricting transfer of the Shares (or Warrant Shares, if applicable) thereby and should not be subject to any stop-transfer restriction.

 

 

 

All certificates representing the Shares (or Warrant Shares, if applicable) issued pursuant to the instruction set forth in clause (i) of the second paragraph of this letter shall bear the following legend (and, solely to the extent instructed to you by the Company or its legal counsel, a customary “affiliates” legend), and, in the event that you have not received the documentation required pursuant to clause (a), (b) or (c) of the immediately preceding paragraph, then the certificates representing any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the instruction set forth in clause (ii) of the second paragraph of this letter shall bear the following legend:

 

THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED OR HYPOTHECATED UNLESS THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT COVERING SUCH SECURITIES, THE TRANSFER IS MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144 PROMULGATED UNDER SUCH ACT OR THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE HOLDER OF THESE SECURITIES WHICH IS REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, STATING THAT SUCH SALE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT OR HYPOTHECATION IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT.

 

Please be advised that the Holders are relying upon this letter as an inducement to enter into the Agreement and, accordingly, each Holder is a third party beneficiary to these instructions.

 

Please execute this letter in the space indicated to acknowledge your agreement to act in accordance with these instructions.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  GENERATION HEMP, INC.

 

  By:  
  Name: Gary C. Evans
  Title: Chairman and CEO

 

Acknowledged and Agreed:

 

By:    
Name:    
Title:    
Date: