UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 19, 2019
 
VerifyMe, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Nevada 000-31927 23-3023677
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
75 S. Clinton Ave., Suite 510, Rochester, New York 14604
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
   
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (585) 736-9400
   
 
(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:

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.

 

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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 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company  ¨

 

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

 

 

     
   

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Bridge Financing

 

On September 19, 2019, VerifyMe, Inc. (the “Company”) completed the closing of $600,000 of secured convertible debentures (the “Debentures”) for gross proceeds of $540,000 after original issue discount. Effective as of September 18, 2019 (the “Effective Date”), the Company entered into two substantially identical securities purchase agreements (the “Securities Purchase Agreements”) with two institutional investors (the “Purchasers”), which provided for the issuance of up to $1.2 million in principal amount of Debentures (the “Bridge Financing”). The Securities Purchase Agreements each provided for the issuance of the Debentures due one year from the dates of issuance in two $600,000 tranches: the first tranche as described above, and the second tranche, at the discretion of the Purchasers and the Company, to occur any time after November 17, 2019. If, at any time after November 17, 2019, the Purchasers elect not to consummate the closing of the second tranche, then the Company may raise up to $600,000 from additional investors (including affiliates of the Company) who will have a security interest on a pari passu basis with the Purchasers in the first tranche, so long as such investors agree not to dispose of the Common Stock received in connection with the investment until the Purchasers no longer own any of the Securities, as defined below.

 

In connection with the Bridge Financing, each of the Purchasers received a commitment fee of $5,000 and 500,000 restricted shares (the “Commitment Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”). The Company engaged a placement agent (the “Placement Agent”) for the Bridge Financing who received a cash fee of 8% of the gross proceeds received at each closing and are entitled to receive warrants for 5% of the total number of securities issued in connection with the Bridge Financing. These warrants will be exercisable at a price per share equal to 110% of the price of the securities paid by the Purchasers and will expire in five years.

 

The first tranche of the Debentures will mature on September 18, 2020, and may be redeemed by the Company prior to the maturity date as described below. All unpaid principal due and payable on the maturity date shall be paid in the form of Common Stock. Any principal or interest that is due under each of the Debentures, which is not paid by the respective maturity date, will bear interest at the rate of 18% per annum until it is satisfied in full.

 

The Debentures are senior secured obligations of the Company secured pursuant to the terms of security agreements dated as of September 18, 2019 (the “Security Agreements”) by all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries.

 

Each Purchaser is entitled, at any time, to convert all or any portion of the outstanding principal amount of its Debenture(s) plus any accrued interest into restricted shares of Common Stock. Prior to conversion, the Debentures will not be dilutive to our stockholders. If the Company consummates a public offering within 180 calendar days of the Effective Date, then the conversion price will be the lesser of (a) $0.15 or (b) 70% multiplied of the price per share of the Common Stock issued by the Company in the public offering (the “QPI Discounted Price”), subject to further adjustment as provided in the Debenture as well as subject in each case to equitable adjustments resulting from any stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or similar events. Further, if the Company consummates a public offering of Common Stock which results in gross proceeds of at least $5 million to the Company within 180 calendar days of the Effective Date then the Company will repay the outstanding amounts owed under the Debentures (including the applicable redemption premium then in effect) within three days of consummation of such an offering.

 

     
   

 

If any portion of the Debentures are outstanding on the 181st calendar day after the Effective Date, then the conversion price shall equal the lesser of (a) $0.15, (b) the QPI Discounted Price, or (c) 70% of the lowest volume-weighted average price (as reported by Bloomberg LP) of the Common Stock on any trading day during the 20 trading days immediately preceding the date of conversion of the Debenture (provided, further, that if either the Company is not DWAC operational at the time of conversion, the Common Stock is traded on the OTC Pink at the time of conversion, or the Conversion Price is less than $0.01 per share, then 70% will automatically adjust to 60%).

 

The Debentures are subject to a “conversion blocker” such that the each of the Purchasers cannot convert the Debentures to the extent that the conversion would result in the Purchaser and its affiliates holding more than 4.99% of the outstanding Common Stock (which the Purchaser can increase to 9.99% upon at least 61 days prior written notice to the Company).

 

So long as no event of default has occurred and is continuing under the Debentures, the Company may at its option call for redemption all or part of the Debentures prior to the maturity date, upon not more than two calendar days written notice, for an amount equal to: (i) if the redemption date is 90 calendar days or less from the date of issuance of the Debentures, 110% of the sum of the principal amount; (ii) if the redemption date is greater than or equal to 91 calendar days from the date of issuance of the Debentures and less than or equal to 150 calendar days from the date of issuance of the Debentures, 120% of the sum of the principal amount; (iii) if the redemption date is greater than or equal to 151 calendar days from the date of issuance of the Debentures and less than or equal to 180 calendar days from the date of issuance of the Debentures, 125% of the sum of the principal amount; and (iv) if either (1) the Debentures are in default but the holder consents to the redemption notwithstanding such default or (2) the redemption date is greater than or equal to 181 calendar days from the date of issuance of the Debentures, 130% of the sum of the principal amount.

 

The Debentures include an adjustment provision that, subject to certain exceptions, reduces, at the Purchaser’s option, the conversion price if the Company issues common stock or common stock equivalents (including in variable rate transactions) at a price lower than the then-current conversion price of the Debentures.

 

The Securities Purchase Agreements contain customary representations, warranties and covenants. In addition, pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreements, the Purchasers were granted piggy-back registration rights such that, from September 18, 2019 until the earlier of March 18, 2021 or the date the Debentures have been converted and/or repaid in the entirety, if the Company contemplates making an offering of Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock registered for sale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or proposes to file a registration statement covering any of its securities (other than a registration statement filed by the Company within 45 days of the signing closing date with the Placement Agent acting as the underwriter), then each of the Purchasers will have the right to include all or a pro rata share of its Commitment Shares, the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Debentures (the “Conversion Shares”), and, to the extent applicable, any other shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company that are issued upon exchange of Conversion Shares and/or restricted stock held by the Purchaser (collectively, the “Securities”).

 

     
   

 

The foregoing summaries of the Securities Purchase Agreements, the Debentures, and the Security Agreements, do not purport to be complete, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Securities Purchase Agreements, the Debentures, and the Security Agreements, copies of which are being filed as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

On September 19, 2019, in connection with the Bridge Financing and under the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreements, the Company issued a $300,000 principal amount Debenture to each of the Purchasers, at a 10% original issue discount for aggregate gross proceeds of $540,000.

 

The disclosure regarding the terms of the Bridge Financing, to the extent required by Item 2.03 of Form 8-K, is incorporated by reference from Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

On September 19, 2019, in connection with the initial tranche of the Bridge Financing, the Company issued the Debentures in an aggregate principal amount of $600,000 to the Purchasers. The securities issued in the initial tranche of the Bridge Financing were issued in reliance upon exemptions from registration requirements pursuant to Rule 506 under Regulation D as promulgated under the Securities Act, and/or Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, and the rules promulgated thereunder, and pursuant to applicable state securities laws and regulations, relative to transactions by an issuer not involving a public offering.

 

To the extent required by Item 3.02 of Form 8-K, the disclosure in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)       Exhibits.

     
Exhibit No.   Description
4.1   Debenture dated September 18, 2019 with Peak One Opportunity Fund, L.P.
     
4.2   Debenture dated September 18, 2019 with TFK Investments, LLC
     
10.1  

Securities Purchase Agreement dated September 18, 2019 with Peak One Opportunity Fund, L.P. 

     
10.2  

Securities Purchase Agreement dated September 18, 2019 with TFK Investments, LLC 

     
10.3  

Security Agreement dated September 18, 2019 with Peak One Opportunity Fund, L.P. 

     
10.4   Security Agreement dated September 18, 2019 with TFK Investments, LLC

 

     
   

 

SIGNATURES

 

 

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

 

 

  VerifyMe, Inc.
       
       
Date:  September 20, 2019 By:   /s/ Patrick White  
    Patrick White  
    President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.1

 

SIGNING DEBENTURE

 

NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE OR UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THE SECURITIES ARE RESTRICTED AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREOF OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM.

 

 

VERIFYME, INC.

 

SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE DUE SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

 

Issuance Date:  September 18, 2019 Principal Amount:  $300,000.00

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, VERIFYME, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada (the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to PEAK ONE OPPORTUNITY FUND, L.P., having its address at 333 South Hibiscus Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139, or its assigns (the “Holder”), the initial principal sum of Three Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($300,000.00) (subject to adjustment as provided herein, the “Principal Amount”) on September 18, 2020 (the “Maturity Date”). The Company has the option to redeem this Debenture prior to the Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2(b). All unpaid principal due and payable on the Maturity Date shall be paid in the form of Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) pursuant to the terms of this Debenture. The Holder has the option to cause any outstanding principal and accrued interest, if any, on this Debenture to be converted into Common Stock at any time.

 

This Debenture is one of the Debentures referred to in the securities purchase agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) dated as of September 18, 2019, between the Company and the Holder. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

This Debenture shall be a senior secured obligation of the Company, with priority over all existing and future Indebtedness (as defined below) of the Company as provided for herein. The obligations of the Company under this Debenture are secured pursuant to the terms of the security agreement of even date (the “Security Agreement) by and among the Company and the Holder, and such security interest includes but is not limited to all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries. So long as the Company shall have any obligation under this Debenture, and in addition to the rights in the Security Agreement, the Company shall not (directly or indirectly through any Subsidiary or affiliate) incur or suffer to exist or guarantee any Indebtedness that is senior to or pari passu with (in priority of payment and performance) the Company’s obligations hereunder, except as permitted in the Security Agreement. As used herein, the term “Indebtedness” means (a) all indebtedness of the Company for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services, including any type of letters of credit, but not including deferred purchase price obligations in place as of the Issuance Date and as disclosed in the SEC Documents or obligations to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business, (b) all obligations of the Company evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (c) purchase money indebtedness hereafter incurred by the Company to finance the purchase of fixed or capital assets, including all capital lease obligations of the Company which do not exceed the purchase price of the assets funded, (d) all guarantee obligations of the Company in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (c) above that the Company would not be permitted to incur or enter into, and (e) all obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (d) above that the Company is not permitted to incur or enter into that are secured and/or unsecured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured and/or unsecured by) any lien or encumbrance on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by the Company, whether or not the Company has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation.

 

     
   

 

This Debenture is also subject to the provisions of the Securities Purchase Agreement and further is subject to the following additional provisions:

 

1.       This Debenture has been issued subject to investment representations of the original purchaser hereof and may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with the Securities Act and other applicable state and foreign securities laws. The Holder may transfer or assign this Debenture (or any part thereof) without the prior consent of the Company, and the Company shall cooperate with any such transfer as permitted by the Securities Act and other applicable state laws. In the event of any proposed transfer of this Debenture, the Company may require, prior to issuance of a new Debenture in the name of such other Person, that it receive reasonable transfer documentation including legal opinions that the issuance of the Debenture in such other name does not and will not cause a violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state or foreign securities laws or is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Prior to due presentment for transfer of this Debenture to which the Company has consented, the Company and any agent of the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Debenture is duly registered on the Company's books and records of outstanding debt securities and obligations (“Debenture Register”) as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Debenture be overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

2.       Conversion at Holder’s Option; Redemption at Company’s Option.

 

a.       The Holder is entitled to, at any time or from time to time, convert the Conversion Amount (as defined below) into Conversion Shares, at a conversion price for each share of Common Stock (the “Conversion Price”) equal to $0.15 (the “Fixed Conversion Price”), provided, however, that if the Company consummates a QPI (as defined in this Debenture) within 180 calendar days of the Issuance Date, then the Conversion Price shall be equal to the lesser of (a) the Fixed Conversion Price or (b) 70% multiplied of the price per share of the Common Stock issued by the Company in the QPI (the “QPI Discounted Price”), subject to further adjustment as further provided in this Debenture as well as subject in each case to equitable adjustments resulting from any stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or similar events. The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its Transfer Agent regarding conversions such that the transfer agent shall be authorized and instructed to issue Conversion Shares upon its receipt of a Notice of Conversion without further approval or authorization from the Company. For purposes of this Debenture, the “Conversion Amount” shall mean the sum of (A) all or any portion of the outstanding Principal Amount of this Debenture, as designated by the Holder upon exercise of its right of conversion plus (B) any interest, pursuant to Section 10 or otherwise, that has accrued on the portion of the Principal Amount that has been designated for payment pursuant to (A).

 

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Conversion shall be effectuated by delivering by facsimile, email or other delivery method to the Transfer Agent of the completed form of conversion notice attached hereto as Annex A (the “Notice of Conversion”), executed by the Holder of the Debenture evidencing such Holder's intention to convert this Debenture or a specified portion hereof. No fractional shares of Common Stock or scrip representing fractions of shares will be issued on conversion, but the number of shares issuable shall be rounded to the nearest whole share. The Holder may, at its election, deliver a Notice of Conversion to either the Company or the Transfer Agent. The date on which notice of conversion is given (the “Conversion Date”) shall be deemed to be the date on which the Company or the Transfer Agent, as the case may be, receives by fax, email or other means of delivery used by the Holder the Notice of Conversion (such receipt being evidenced by electronic confirmation of delivery by facsimile or email or confirmation of delivery by such other delivery method used by the Holder). Delivery of a Notice of Conversion to the Transfer Agent may be given by the Holder by facsimile, or by delivery to the Transfer Agent at the address set forth in the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter (or such other contact facsimile number, email or street address as may be designated by the Transfer Agent to the Holder). Delivery of a Notice of Conversion to the Company shall be given by the Holder pursuant to the notice provisions set forth in Section 10 of the Agreement. The Conversion Shares must be delivered to the Holder within two (2) business days from the date of delivery of the Notice of Conversion to the Transfer Agent or Company, as the case may be. Conversion shares shall be delivered by DWAC so long as the Company is then DWAC Operational, unless the Holder expressly requests delivery in certificated form or the Conversion Shares are in the form of Restricted Stock and are required to bear a restrictive legended. Conversion Shares shall be deemed delivered (i) if delivered by DWAC, upon deposit into the Holder’s brokerage account, or (ii) if delivered in certificated form, upon the Holder’s actual receipt of the Conversion Shares in certificated form at the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Conversion, as confirmed by written receipt.

 

If at any time the Conversion Price as determined hereunder for any conversion would be less than the par value of the Common Stock, then at the sole discretion of the Holder, the Conversion Price hereunder may equal such par value for such conversion and the Conversion Amount for such conversion may be increased to include Additional Principal, where “Additional Principal” means such additional amount to be added to the Conversion Amount to the extent necessary to cause the number of conversion shares issuable upon such conversion to equal the same number of conversion shares as would have been issued had the Conversion Price not been adjusted by the Holder to the par value price.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Holder delivers to the Company written notice at least sixty-one (61) days prior to the effective date of such notice that the provisions of this paragraph (the “Limitation on Ownership”) shall be adjusted to 9.99% with respect to the Holder, in no event shall a holder of this Debenture have the right to convert this Debenture into, nor shall the Company issue to such Holder, shares of Common Stock to the extent that such conversion would result in the Holder and its affiliates together beneficially owning more than 4.99% of the then issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock. For purposes hereof, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Regulation 13D-G under the Exchange Act.

 

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Notwithstanding anything in the Debenture to the contrary, if any portion of this Debenture is outstanding on the 181st calendar day after the Issuance Date, then the Conversion Price shall be equal to the lesser of (i) the Fixed Conversion Price, (ii) the QPI Discounted Price, or (iii) Seventy percent (70%) of the lowest volume-weighted average price (as reported by Bloomberg LP) of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the twenty (20) Trading Days immediately preceding the date of the date of conversion of the Debenture (provided, further, that if either the Company is not DWAC Operational at the time of conversion, the Common Stock is traded on the OTC Pink at the time of conversion, or the Conversion Price is less than $0.01 per share, then Seventy percent (70%) shall automatically adjust to Sixty percent (60%) of the lowest volume-weighted average price (as reported by Bloomberg LP) of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the twenty (20) Trading Days immediately preceding the date of conversion of the Debenture,

 

b.       So long as no Event of Default (as defined in Section 10) shall have occurred and be continuing (whether such Event of Default has been declared by the Holder) (unless the Holder consents to such redemption notwithstanding such Event of Default, as described in clause (v), below), the Company may at its option call for redemption all or part of the Debenture, with the exception of any portion thereof which is the subject of a previously-delivered Notice of Conversion, prior to the Maturity Date, as follows:

 

(i)       The Debenture called for redemption shall be redeemable by the Company, upon not more than two (2) calendar days written notice, for an amount (the “Redemption Price”) equal to: (i) if the Redemption Date (as defined below) is ninety (90) calendar days or less from the date of issuance of this Debenture, One Hundred Ten percent (110%) of the sum of the Principal Amount; (ii) if the Redemption Date is greater than or equal to ninety-one (91) calendar days from the date of issuance of this Debenture and less than or equal to one hundred fifty (150) calendar days from the date of issuance of this Debenture, One Hundred Twenty percent (120%) of the sum of the Principal Amount; (iii) if the Redemption Date is greater than or equal to one hundred fifty one (151) calendar days from the date of issuance of this Debenture and less than or equal to one hundred eighty (180) calendar days from the date of issuance of this Debenture, One Hundred Twenty Five percent (125%) of the sum of the Principal Amount; and (iv) if either (1) the Debenture is in default but the Holder consents to the redemption notwithstanding such default or (2) the Redemption Date is greater than or equal to one hundred eighty one (181) calendar days from the date of issuance of this Debenture, One Hundred Thirty percent (130%) of the sum of the Principal Amount. The date upon which the Debenture is redeemed and paid shall be referred to as the “Redemption Date” (and, in the case of multiple redemptions of less than the entire outstanding Principal Amount, each such date shall be a Redemption Date with respect to the corresponding redemption).

 

(ii)       [Reserved]

 

(iii)      [Reserved]

 

(iv)      On the Redemption Date, the Company shall cause the Holder whose Debenture have been presented for redemption to be issued payment of the Redemption Price. In the case of a partial redemption, the Company shall also issue new Debenture to the Holder for the Principal Amount remaining outstanding after the Redemption Date promptly after the Holder’s presentation of the Debenture called for redemption.

 

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(v)       To effect a redemption the Company shall provide a written notice to the Holder(s) not more than two (2) days prior to the Redemption Date (the “Redemption Notice”), setting forth the following:

 

1. the Redemption Date;

 

2. the Redemption Price;

 

3. the aggregate Principal Amount of the Debenture being called for redemption;

 

4. a statement advising the Holder that the Debenture (or, in the case of a partial redemption, that portion of the Principal Amount being called for redemption) as of the Redemption Date will cease to be convertible into Common Stock as of the Redemption Date; and

 

5. in the case of a partial redemption, a statement advising the Holder that after the Redemption Date a substitute Debenture will be issued by the Company after deduction the portion thereof called for redemption, at no cost to the Holder, if the Holder so requests.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Company issues a Redemption Notice but fails to fund the redemption on the Redemption Date, then such Redemption Notice shall be null and void, and (i) the Holder(s) shall be entitled to convert the Debenture previously the subject of the Redemption Notice, and (ii) the Company may not redeem such Debenture for at least thirty (30) days following the intended Redemption Date that was voided, and the Company shall be required to pay to the Holder(s) the Redemption Price simultaneously with the issuance of a Redemption Notice in connection with any subsequent redemption pursued by the Company.

 

c.       A “QPI” shall mean any consummated public offering of the Company’s Common Stock after the Issuance Date which results in gross proceeds of at least $5,000,000 to the Company. If the Company consummates a QPI within 180 calendar days of the Issuance Date, then the Company shall repay the outstanding amounts owed under this Debenture (including the applicable redemption premium in effect at such time as provided in this Debenture) within three (3) business days of the consummation of the QPI.

 

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3.       If the Company, at any time while this Debenture or any amounts due hereunder are outstanding, issues, sells or grants any option to purchase, or sells or grants any right to reprice, or otherwise disposes of, or issues (or announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock or other securities convertible into, exercisable for, or otherwise entitle any person or entity the right to acquire, shares of Common Stock (including, without limitation, upon conversion of any convertible securities outstanding following the Issuance Date) (excluding Exempt Issuances (as defined below), this Debenture, and any securities issuable pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement), in each or any case at an effective price per share that is lower than the then Conversion Price (such lower price, the “Base Conversion Price” and such issuances, collectively, a “Dilutive Issuance”) (it being agreed that if the holder of the Common Stock or other securities so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the Conversion Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then the Conversion Price shall be reduced, at the option of the Holder, to a price equal the Base Conversion Price. If the Company enters into a Variable Rate Transaction (as defined in this Debenture), despite the prohibition set forth in this Debenture, the Company shall be deemed to have issued Common Stock at the lowest possible price per share at which such securities could be issued in connection with such Variable Rate Transaction. Such adjustment shall be made at the option of the Holder whenever such Common Stock or other securities are issued. For purposes of this Section 3, “Exempt Issuance” means the issuance of (i) shares of Common Stock, options or other equity awards to officers, consultant or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors of the Company or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose, (ii) securities issuable upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the Issuance Date; provided that such securities have not been amended since the Issuance Date to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with stock splits or combinations) or to extend the term of such securities, (iii) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, and (iv) shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to any real property leasing arrangement or financing from a national bank approved by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

4.       No provision of this Debenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional to convert this Debenture into Common Stock, at the time, place, and rate herein prescribed. This Debenture is a direct obligation of the Company.

 

5.       If, at any time after the Issuance Date, there shall be any merger, consolidation, exchange of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, or other similar event, as a result of which shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be changed into the same or a different number of shares of another class or classes of stock or securities of the Company or another entity, or in case of any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, then the Holder of this Debenture shall thereafter have the right to receive upon conversion of this Debenture, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified herein and in lieu of the shares of Common Stock immediately theretofore issuable upon conversion, such stock, securities or assets which the Holder would have been entitled to receive in such transaction had this Debenture been converted in full immediately prior to such transaction (without regard to any limitations on conversion set forth herein), and in any such case appropriate provisions shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Debenture to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustment of the Conversion Price and of the number of shares issuable upon conversion of the Debenture) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be practicable in relation to any securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the conversion hereof. The Company shall not effectuate any transaction described in this Section 5 unless (a) it first gives, to the extent practicable, at least thirty (30) days prior written notice (but in any event at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice) of the record date of the special meeting of shareholders to approve, or if there is no such record date, the consummation of, such merger, consolidation, exchange of shares, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar event or sale of assets (during which time the Holder shall be entitled to convert this Debenture) and (b) the resulting successor or acquiring entity (if not the Company) assumes by written instrument all of the obligations of this Debenture. The above provisions shall similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers, sales, transfers or share exchanges.

 

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6.       If, at any time while any portion of this Debenture remains outstanding, the Company effectuates a forward stock split or reverse stock split of its Common Stock or issues a dividend on its Common Stock consisting of shares of Common Stock or otherwise recapitalizes its Common Stock, the Conversion Price shall be equitably adjusted to reflect such action.

 

7.       All payments contemplated hereby to be made “in cash” shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments of cash and each delivery of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder as contemplated hereby shall be made to the Holder to an account designated by the Holder to the Company and if the Holder has not designated any such accounts at the address last appearing on the Debenture Register of the Company as designated in writing by the Holder from time to time; except that the Holder may designate, by notice to the Company, a different delivery address for any one or more specific payments or deliveries.

 

8.       The Holder of the Debenture, by acceptance hereof, agrees that this Debenture is being acquired for investment and that such Holder will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this Debenture or the Shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof except in compliance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement and under circumstances which will not result in a violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state Blue Sky or foreign laws or similar laws relating to the sale of securities.

 

9.       This Debenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada. Each of the parties consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state located in Miami-Dade County, Florida and/or federal courts located in Miami-Dade County, Florida in connection with any dispute arising under this Agreement, and each waives any objection based on forum non conveniens. This provision is intended to be a “mandatory” forum selection clause and governed by and interpreted consistent with Florida law (Nevada law governing all other, substantive matters). Each of the parties hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any state or federal court having its situs in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and each waives any objection based on forum non conveniens. To the extent determined by such court, the Company shall reimburse the Holder for any reasonable legal fees and disbursements incurred by the Holder in enforcement of or protection of any of its rights under this Debenture or the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

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10.       The following shall constitute an “Event of Default”:

 

a.       The Company fails in the payment of principal or interest (to the extent that interest is imposed under this Section 10) on this Debenture as required to be paid in cash hereunder, and payment shall not have been made for a period of five (5) business days following the payment due date (as to which no further cure period shall apply); or

 

b.       Any of the representations or warranties made by the Company herein, in the Securities Purchase Agreement or in any certificate or financial or other written statements heretofore or hereafter furnished by the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of this Debenture, shall be false or misleading (including without limitation by way of the misstatement of a material fact or the omission of a material fact) in any material respect at the time made (as to which no cure period shall apply); or

 

c.       The Company fails to remain listed on the OTC Pink, OTCQB, OTCQX, Nasdaq Capital Markets, NYSE, or other applicable principal trading market for the Common Stock (the “Principal Market”) any time from the date hereof to the Maturity Date for a period in excess of five (5) Trading Days (as to which no further cure period shall apply); or

 

d.       The Company (i) fails to timely file required SEC reports when due (including extensions), becomes, is deemed to be or asserts that it is a “shell company” at any time for purposes of the 1933 Act, and Rule 144 promulgated thereunder or otherwise takes any action, or refrains from taking any action, the result of which makes Rule 144 under the 1933 unavailable to the Holder for the sale of their Securities, (ii) fails to issue shares of Common Stock to the Holder or to cause its Transfer Agent to issue shares of Common Stock upon exercise by the Holder of the conversion rights of the Holder in accordance with the terms of this Debenture, (iii) fails to transfer or to cause its Transfer Agent to transfer any certificate for shares of Common Stock issued to the Holder upon conversion of this Debenture as and when required by this Debenture and such transfer is otherwise lawful, (iv) fails to remove any restrictive legend or to cause its Transfer Agent to transfer any certificate or any shares of Common Stock issued to the Holder upon conversion of this Debenture as and when required by the relevant Transaction Document(s) and such legend removal is otherwise lawful, or (v) the Company fails to perform or observe any of its obligations under the Section 5 of the Agreement or under the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter (no cure period shall apply in the case of clauses (i) through (v) above, inclusive); or

 

e.       The Company fails to perform or observe, in any material respect (i) any other covenant, term, provision, condition, agreement or obligation set forth in the Debenture, (subject to a cure period of three (3) business days other than in the case of a failure under Section 5 hereof, as to which no cure period shall apply), or (ii) any other covenant, term, provision, condition, agreement or obligation of the Company set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and such failure shall continue uncured for a period of either (1) three (3) days after the occurrence of the Company’s failure under Section 4(d), (e) (except as described in Section 10(c) hereof, as to which Section 10(c) hereof shall control), (f), (g) or (h) of the Securities Purchase Agreement, or (2) ten (10) days after the occurrence of the Company’s failure under any other provision of the Securities Purchase Agreement not otherwise specifically addressed in the Events of Default set forth in this Section 10; or

 

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f.       The Company shall (1) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they mature; (2) make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or commence proceedings for its dissolution; or (3) apply for or consent to the appointment of a trustee, liquidator or receiver for its or for a substantial part of its property or business (as to which no cure period shall apply); or

 

g.       A trustee, liquidator or receiver shall be appointed for the Company or for a substantial part of its property or business without its consent and shall not be discharged within sixty (60) days after such appointment (as to which no cure period shall apply); or

 

h.       Any governmental agency or any court of competent jurisdiction at the instance of any governmental agency shall assume custody or control of the whole or any substantial portion of the properties or assets of the Company and shall not be dismissed within sixty (60) days thereafter (as to which no cure period shall apply); or

 

i.       Any money judgment, writ or warrant of attachment, or similar process (including an arbitral determination), in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in the aggregate shall be entered or filed against the Company or any of its properties or other assets (as to which no cure period shall apply), and such judgment, attachment or process is not satisfied, set aside, discharged, bonded against, or stayed within 30 days after the same is levied; or

 

j.       The occurrence of a breach or an event of default under the terms of any indebtedness or financial instrument of the Company or any subsidiary (including but not limited to any Subsidiary) of the Company in an aggregate amount in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more which is not waived by the creditors under such indebtedness (as to which no cure period shall apply); or

 

k.       Bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings for relief under any bankruptcy law or any law for the relief of debtors shall be instituted by or against the Company and, if instituted against the Company, shall not be dismissed within sixty (60) days after such institution or the Company shall by any action or answer approve of, consent to, or acquiesce in any such proceedings or admit the material allegations of, or default in answering a petition filed in any such proceeding (as to which no further cure period shall apply); or

 

l.       The issuance of an order, ruling, finding or similar adverse determination the SEC, the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada or other applicable state of incorporation of the Company, FINRA or any other securities regulatory body (whether in the United States, Canada or elsewhere) having proper jurisdiction that the Company and/or any of its past or present directors or officers have committed a material violation of applicable securities laws or regulations (as to which no cure period shall apply); or

 

m.       The Company shall have its Common Stock halted, suspended, or delisted from the Principal Market for a period in excess of five (5) Trading Days (as to which no further cure period shall apply); or

 

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n.       Any of the following shall occur and be continuing: a breach or default by any party under any agreement identified by the Company in its SEC filings as a material agreement; or

 

o.       Notice of a Material Adverse Effect is provided by the Company or the determination in good faith by the Holder that a Material Adverse Effect has occurred (as to which no cure period shall apply); or

 

p.       The Company attempts to modify, amend, withdraw, rescind, disavow or repudiate any part of the Irrevocable Instructions (as to which no cure period shall apply).

 

q.       Any attempt by the Company or its officers, directors, and/or affiliates to transmit, convey, disclose, or any actual transmittal, conveyance, or disclosure by the Company or its officers, directors, and/or affiliates of, material non-public information concerning the Company, to the Holder or its successors and assigns, which is not immediately cured by Company’s filing of a Form 8-K pursuant to Regulation FD on that same date.

 

r.       At any time while this Debenture is outstanding, the lowest traded price on the Principal Market is equal to or less than $0.0001.

 

s.       The failure by Company to maintain any material intellectual property rights, personal, real property or other assets which are necessary to conduct its business (whether now or in the future).

 

t.       If, at any time on or after the date which is six (6) months after the Issuance Date, assuming the Holder is not deemed to be an “affiliate” of the Company for purposes of Rule 144, the Holder is unable to obtain a standard “144 legal opinion letter” from an attorney reasonably acceptable to the Holder, the Holder’s brokerage firm (and respective clearing firm), and the Company’s transfer agent in order to facilitate the Holder’s conversion of any portion of the Debenture into free trading shares of the Company’s Common Stock pursuant to Rule 144.

 

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Then, or at any time thereafter, the Company shall immediately give written notice of the occurrence of such Event of Default to the Holder, and in each and every such case, unless such Event of Default shall have been waived in writing by the Holder of the Debenture (which waiver shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent default), then at the option of the Holder and in the discretion of the Holder, take any or all of the following actions: (i) pursue remedies against the Company in accordance with any of the Holder’s rights, (ii) increase the interest rate applicable to the Debenture to the lesser of eighteen percent (18%) per annum and the maximum interest rate allowable under applicable law, (iii) in the case of an Event of Default under Section 10(e)(ii)(1) based on the Company’s failure to be DWAC Operational, increase the Principal Amount to an amount equal to one hundred ten percent (110%) of the then-outstanding Principal Amount, (iv) in the case of an Event of Default under Section 10(d)(i), increase the Principal Amount to an amount equal to one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the then-outstanding Principal Amount and an additional ten percent (10%) discount shall be factored into the Conversion Price until this Debenture is no longer outstanding, (v) in the case of an Event of Default under Section 10(d)(i) through (v), increase the Principal Amount of the Holder’s Debenture by Five Hundred Dollars and 00/100 ($500.00) for each day the related failure continues, (vi) in the case of an Event of Default under Section 10(d)(ii) through (v) arising from an untimely delivery to the Holder of Conversion Shares or shares of Common Stock in de-legended form, if the closing bid price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately prior to the actual date of delivery of Conversion Shares or de-legended shares, as the case may be, is less than the closing bid price on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date when Conversion Shares or de-legended shares were required to be delivered, increase the Principal Amount of the relevant Holder’s Debenture by an amount per share equal to such difference, and (vii) following the expiration of the applicable grace period (if any), at the option and discretion of the Holder, accelerate the full indebtedness under this Debenture, in an amount equal to one hundred twenty five percent (125%) of the outstanding Principal Amount and accrued and unpaid interest (the “Acceleration Amount”), whereupon the Acceleration Amount shall be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kinds, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein, in the Securities Purchase Agreement or in any other note or instruments to the contrary notwithstanding. In the case of an Event of Default under Section 10(d)(ii), the Holder may either (i) declare the Acceleration Amount to exclude the Conversion Amount that is the subject of the Event of Default, in which case the Acceleration Amount shall be based on the remaining Principal Amount and accrued interest (if any), in which case the Company shall continue to be obligated to issue the Conversion Shares, or (ii) declare the Acceleration Amount to include the Conversion Amount that is the subject of the Event of Default, in which case the Acceleration Amount shall be based on the full Principal Amount, including the Conversion Amount, and accrued interest (if any), whereupon the Notice of Conversion shall be deemed withdrawn. At its option, the Holder may elect to convert the Debenture pursuant to Section 2 notwithstanding the prior declaration of a default and acceleration, in the sole discretion of such Holder. The Holder may immediately enforce any and all of the Holder's rights and remedies provided herein or any other rights or remedies afforded by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a default under Section 10(d)(ii) through (iv), the Holder of the Debenture sought to be converted, transferred or de-legended, as the case may be, acting singly, shall have the sole and absolute discretion to increase the applicable interest rate on the Debenture held by such Holder and/or to accelerate the Debenture(s) held by such Holder. The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that the Holder’s exercise of any or all of the remedies provided herein or under applicable law, including without limitation the increase(s) in the Principal Amount and the Acceleration Amount as may be declared in the case of a default, is reasonable and appropriate due to the inability to define the financial hardship that the Company’s default would impose on the Holder. To the extent that the Holder’s exercise of any of its remedies in the case of an Event of Default shall be construed to exceed the maximum interest rate allowable under applicable law, then such remedies shall be reduced to equal the maximum interest rate allowable under applicable law

 

11.       Nothing contained in this Debenture shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder the right to vote or to receive dividends or to consent or receive notice as a shareholder in respect of any meeting of shareholders or any rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company, unless and to the extent converted in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

12.       So long as this Debenture is outstanding, upon any issuance by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any security with any term more favorable to the holder of such security or with a term in favor of the holder of such security that was not similarly provided to the Holder in this Debenture, then the Company shall notify the Holder of such additional or more favorable term and such term, at Holder’s option, shall become a part of the transaction documents with the Holder. The types of terms contained in another security that may be more favorable to the holder of such security include, but are not limited to, terms addressing conversion discounts, prepayment rate, conversion lookback periods, interest rates, original issue discounts, stock sale price, private placement price per share, and warrant coverage.

 

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13.       This Debenture may be amended only by the written consent of the parties hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Principal Amount of this Debenture shall automatically be reduced by any and all Conversion Amounts (to the extent that the same relate to principal hereof). In the absence of manifest error, the outstanding Principal Amount of the Debenture on the Holder’s book and records shall be the correct amount.

 

14.       In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Debenture and the provisions of any other Transaction Document, the provisions of this Debenture shall prevail. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event the Transfer Agent is not required to transfer any Common Stock, issue Conversion Shares or de-legended shares of Restricted Stock pursuant to the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter, this shall not operate as an excuse, extension or waiver of the Company’s obligation to issue and deliver Conversion Shares or de-legended Restricted Stock.

 

15.       The Company specifically acknowledges and agrees that in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of any provision hereof or of any other Transaction Document, the Holder will be irreparably damaged, and that damages at law would be an inadequate remedy if this Debenture or such other Transaction Document were not specifically enforced. Therefore, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company, the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other rights and remedies, to an injunction restraining such breach, without being required to show any actual damage or to post any bond or other security, and/or to a decree for a specific performance of the provisions of this Debenture and the other Transaction Documents.

 

16.       No waivers or consents in regard to any provision of this Debenture may be given other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Holder.

 

17.       Each time, while this Debenture is outstanding, the Company enters into a Section 3(a)(9) transaction (including but not limited to the issuance of new promissory notes or debentures, or of a replacement promissory note or debenture), or Section 3(a)(10) transaction, in which any 3rd party has the right to convert monies owed to that 3rd party (or receive shares pursuant to a settlement or otherwise) at a discount to market greater than the Conversion Price in effect at that time (prior to all other applicable adjustments in this Debenture), then the Conversion Price shall be automatically adjusted to such greater discount percentage (prior to all applicable adjustments in this Debenture) until this Debenture is no longer outstanding. Each time, while this Debenture is outstanding, the Company enters into a Section 3(a)(9) transaction (including but not limited to the issuance of new promissory notes or debentures, or of a replacement promissory note or debenture), or Section 3(a)(10) transaction, in which any 3rd party has a look back period greater than the look back period in effect under this Debenture at that time, then the Holder’s look back period shall automatically be adjusted to such greater number of days until this Debenture is no longer outstanding. The Company shall give written notice to the Holder, with the adjusted Conversion Price and/or adjusted look back period (each adjustment that is applicable due to the triggering event), within one (1) business day of an event that requires any adjustment described in this section. So long as this Debenture is outstanding, the Company shall not enter into any transaction or arrangement structured in accordance with, based upon, or related or pursuant to, in whole or in part, Section 3(a)(l0) of the Securities Act (a “3(a)(l0) Transaction”). In the event that the Company does enter into, or makes any issuance of Common Stock related to a 3(a)(l0) Transaction while this Debenture is outstanding, a liquidated damages charge of 20% of the outstanding principal balance of this Debenture, but not less than Fifteen Thousand Dollars, will be assessed and will become immediately due and payable to the Holder at its election in the form of cash payment or addition to the balance of this Debenture.

 

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18.       So long as this Debenture is outstanding, upon any issuance by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any security with any term more favorable to the holder of such security or with a term in favor of the holder of such security that was not similarly provided to the Holder in this Debenture, then the Company shall notify the Holder of such additional or more favorable term and such term within one (1) business day of an event that requires any adjustment described in this section, and such term shall, at Holder’s option, become a part of the transaction documents with the Holder (regardless of whether the Company notifies the Holder or not).  The types of terms contained in another security that may be more favorable to the holder of such security include, but are not limited to, terms addressing conversion discounts, prepayment rate, conversion lookback periods, interest rates, original issue discounts, stock sale price, private placement price per share, and warrant coverage.

 

19.        From the Issuance Date until the Debenture is extinguished in its entirety, the Company shall be prohibited from entering into an agreement involving a Variable Rate Transaction (as defined herein), except for the issuance of the Second Debenture to the Holder and the issuance of a Signing Debenture and Second Debenture to TFK Investments, LLC. “Variable Rate Transaction” means a transaction in which the Company (i) issues or sells any debt or equity securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or include the right to receive, shares of Common Stock either (A) at a conversion price, exercise price or exchange rate or other price that is based upon, and/or varies with, the trading prices of or quotations for the shares of Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity securities or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the Common Stock or (ii) enters into any agreement, including, but not limited to, an equity line of credit, whereby the Company may issue securities at a future determined price. The Holder shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company to preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect damages.

 

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20.       Notwithstanding any provision in this Debenture or the related transaction documents to the contrary, the total liability for payments of interest and payments in the nature of interest, including, without limitation, all charges, fees, exactions, or other sums which may at any time be deemed to be interest, shall not exceed the limit imposed by the usury laws of the jurisdiction governing this Debenture or any other applicable law. In the event the total liability of payments of interest and payments in the nature of interest, including, without limitation, all charges, fees, exactions or other sums which may at any time be deemed to be interest, shall, for any reason whatsoever, result in an effective rate of interest, which for any month or other interest payment period exceeds the limit imposed by the usury laws of the jurisdiction governing this Debenture, all sums in excess of those lawfully collectible as interest for the period in question shall, without further agreement or notice by, between, or to any party hereto, be applied to the reduction of the outstanding principal balance due hereunder immediately upon receipt of such sums by the Holder hereof, with the same force and effect as though the Company had specifically designated such excess sums to be so applied to the reduction of the principal balance then outstanding, and the Holder hereof had agreed to accept such sums as a penalty-free payment of principal; provided, however, that the Holder may, at any time and from time to time, elect, by notice in writing to the Company, to waive, reduce, or limit the collection of any sums in excess of those lawfully collectible as interest, rather than accept such sums as a prepayment of the principal balance then outstanding. It is the intention of the parties that the Company does not intend or expect to pay, nor does the Holder intend or expect to charge or collect any interest under this Debenture greater than the highest non-usurious rate of interest which may be charged under applicable law.

 

21.       Other than a QPI, any portion of this Debenture is outstanding, if the Company receives cash proceeds of more than $2,500,000.00 (the “Minimum Threshold”) in the aggregate from any source or series of related or unrelated sources, relating to the issuance of equity or debt, the conversion of outstanding warrants of the Company, the issuance of securities pursuant to an equity line of credit of the Company or the sale of assets (for the avoidance of doubt, each time that the Company receives cash proceeds from any of the aforementioned sources, then such amount shall be aggregated together), the Company shall, within two (2) business days of Company’s receipt of such proceeds, inform the Holder of such receipt, following which the Holder shall have the right in its sole discretion to require the Company to immediately apply up to 50% of all proceeds received by the Company (from any source) to repay the outstanding amounts owed under this Debenture (including the applicable redemption premium in effect at such time as provided in this Debenture).

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Debenture to be duly executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date of issuance set forth above.

 

 

VerifyMe, Inc.

 

 

 

  By:   /s/ Patrick White
 

Name:   Patrick White

Title:     Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Senior Secured Convertible Debenture]

 

   
   

 

ANNEX A

 

VERIFYME, INC.

 

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

(To Be Executed by the Registered Holder in Order to Convert the Debenture)

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert $ ________________ of the Principal Amount of the above Debenture into Shares of Common Stock of VerifyMe, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. After giving effect to the conversion requested hereby, the outstanding Principal Amount of such debenture is $____________________, absent manifest error.

 

Pursuant to the Debenture, certificates representing Common Stock upon conversion must be delivered (including delivery by DWAC or DRS) to the undersigned within two (2) business days from the date of delivery of the Notice of Conversion to the Transfer Agent.

 

 
Conversion Date
 
 
Applicable Conversion Price
 
 
Signature
 
 
Print Name
 
 
Address
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.2

 

SIGNING DEBENTURE

 

NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE OR UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THE SECURITIES ARE RESTRICTED AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREOF OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM.

 

 

VERIFYME, INC.

 

SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE DUE SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

 

Issuance Date:  September 18, 2019 Principal Amount:  $300,000.00

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, VERIFYME, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada (the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to TFK INVESTMENTS, LLC, having its address at 1500 NW 10th Ave., Suite 101, Boca Raton, FL 33486, or its assigns (the “Holder”), the initial principal sum of Three Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($300,000.00) (subject to adjustment as provided herein, the “Principal Amount”) on September 18, 2020 (the “Maturity Date”). The Company has the option to redeem this Debenture prior to the Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2(b). All unpaid principal due and payable on the Maturity Date shall be paid in the form of Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) pursuant to the terms of this Debenture. The Holder has the option to cause any outstanding principal and accrued interest, if any, on this Debenture to be converted into Common Stock at any time.

 

This Debenture is one of the Debentures referred to in the securities purchase agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) dated as of September 18, 2019, between the Company and the Holder. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

This Debenture shall be a senior secured obligation of the Company, with priority over all existing and future Indebtedness (as defined below) of the Company as provided for herein. The obligations of the Company under this Debenture are secured pursuant to the terms of the security agreement of even date (the “Security Agreement) by and among the Company and the Holder, and such security interest includes but is not limited to all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries. So long as the Company shall have any obligation under this Debenture, and in addition to the rights in the Security Agreement, the Company shall not (directly or indirectly through any Subsidiary or affiliate) incur or suffer to exist or guarantee any Indebtedness that is senior to or pari passu with (in priority of payment and performance) the Company’s obligations hereunder, except as permitted in the Security Agreement. As used herein, the term “Indebtedness” means (a) all indebtedness of the Company for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services, including any type of letters of credit, but not including deferred purchase price obligations in place as of the Issuance Date and as disclosed in the SEC Documents or obligations to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business, (b) all obligations of the Company evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (c) purchase money indebtedness hereafter incurred by the Company to finance the purchase of fixed or capital assets, including all capital lease obligations of the Company which do not exceed the purchase price of the assets funded, (d) all guarantee obligations of the Company in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (c) above that the Company would not be permitted to incur or enter into, and (e) all obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (d) above that the Company is not permitted to incur or enter into that are secured and/or unsecured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured and/or unsecured by) any lien or encumbrance on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by the Company, whether or not the Company has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation.

 

   
 

 

This Debenture is also subject to the provisions of the Securities Purchase Agreement and further is subject to the following additional provisions:

 

1.            This Debenture has been issued subject to investment representations of the original purchaser hereof and may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with the Securities Act and other applicable state and foreign securities laws. The Holder may transfer or assign this Debenture (or any part thereof) without the prior consent of the Company, and the Company shall cooperate with any such transfer as permitted by the Securities Act and other applicable state laws. In the event of any proposed transfer of this Debenture, the Company may require, prior to issuance of a new Debenture in the name of such other Person, that it receive reasonable transfer documentation including legal opinions that the issuance of the Debenture in such other name does not and will not cause a violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state or foreign securities laws or is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Prior to due presentment for transfer of this Debenture to which the Company has consented, the Company and any agent of the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Debenture is duly registered on the Company's books and records of outstanding debt securities and obligations (“Debenture Register”) as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Debenture be overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

2.            Conversion at Holder’s Option; Redemption at Company’s Option.

 

a.       The Holder is entitled to, at any time or from time to time, convert the Conversion Amount (as defined below) into Conversion Shares, at a conversion price for each share of Common Stock (the “Conversion Price”) equal to $0.15 (the “Fixed Conversion Price”), provided, however, that if the Company consummates a QPI (as defined in this Debenture) within 180 calendar days of the Issuance Date, then the Conversion Price shall be equal to the lesser of (a) the Fixed Conversion Price or (b) 70% multiplied of the price per share of the Common Stock issued by the Company in the QPI (the “QPI Discounted Price”), subject to further adjustment as further provided in this Debenture as well as subject in each case to equitable adjustments resulting from any stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or similar events. The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its Transfer Agent regarding conversions such that the transfer agent shall be authorized and instructed to issue Conversion Shares upon its receipt of a Notice of Conversion without further approval or authorization from the Company. For purposes of this Debenture, the “Conversion Amount” shall mean the sum of (A) all or any portion of the outstanding Principal Amount of this Debenture, as designated by the Holder upon exercise of its right of conversion plus (B) any interest, pursuant to Section 10 or otherwise, that has accrued on the portion of the Principal Amount that has been designated for payment pursuant to (A).

 

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Conversion shall be effectuated by delivering by facsimile, email or other delivery method to the Transfer Agent of the completed form of conversion notice attached hereto as Annex A (the “Notice of Conversion”), executed by the Holder of the Debenture evidencing such Holder's intention to convert this Debenture or a specified portion hereof. No fractional shares of Common Stock or scrip representing fractions of shares will be issued on conversion, but the number of shares issuable shall be rounded to the nearest whole share. The Holder may, at its election, deliver a Notice of Conversion to either the Company or the Transfer Agent. The date on which notice of conversion is given (the “Conversion Date”) shall be deemed to be the date on which the Company or the Transfer Agent, as the case may be, receives by fax, email or other means of delivery used by the Holder the Notice of Conversion (such receipt being evidenced by electronic confirmation of delivery by facsimile or email or confirmation of delivery by such other delivery method used by the Holder). Delivery of a Notice of Conversion to the Transfer Agent may be given by the Holder by facsimile, or by delivery to the Transfer Agent at the address set forth in the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter (or such other contact facsimile number, email or street address as may be designated by the Transfer Agent to the Holder). Delivery of a Notice of Conversion to the Company shall be given by the Holder pursuant to the notice provisions set forth in Section 10 of the Agreement. The Conversion Shares must be delivered to the Holder within two (2) business days from the date of delivery of the Notice of Conversion to the Transfer Agent or Company, as the case may be. Conversion shares shall be delivered by DWAC so long as the Company is then DWAC Operational, unless the Holder expressly requests delivery in certificated form or the Conversion Shares are in the form of Restricted Stock and are required to bear a restrictive legended. Conversion Shares shall be deemed delivered (i) if delivered by DWAC, upon deposit into the Holder’s brokerage account, or (ii) if delivered in certificated form, upon the Holder’s actual receipt of the Conversion Shares in certificated form at the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Conversion, as confirmed by written receipt.

 

If at any time the Conversion Price as determined hereunder for any conversion would be less than the par value of the Common Stock, then at the sole discretion of the Holder, the Conversion Price hereunder may equal such par value for such conversion and the Conversion Amount for such conversion may be increased to include Additional Principal, where “Additional Principal” means such additional amount to be added to the Conversion Amount to the extent necessary to cause the number of conversion shares issuable upon such conversion to equal the same number of conversion shares as would have been issued had the Conversion Price not been adjusted by the Holder to the par value price.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Holder delivers to the Company written notice at least sixty-one (61) days prior to the effective date of such notice that the provisions of this paragraph (the “Limitation on Ownership”) shall be adjusted to 9.99% with respect to the Holder, in no event shall a holder of this Debenture have the right to convert this Debenture into, nor shall the Company issue to such Holder, shares of Common Stock to the extent that such conversion would result in the Holder and its affiliates together beneficially owning more than 4.99% of the then issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock. For purposes hereof, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Regulation 13D-G under the Exchange Act.

 

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Notwithstanding anything in the Debenture to the contrary, if any portion of this Debenture is outstanding on the 181st calendar day after the Issuance Date, then the Conversion Price shall be equal to the lesser of (i) the Fixed Conversion Price, (ii) the QPI Discounted Price, or (iii) Seventy percent (70%) of the lowest volume-weighted average price (as reported by Bloomberg LP) of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the twenty (20) Trading Days immediately preceding the date of the date of conversion of the Debenture (provided, further, that if either the Company is not DWAC Operational at the time of conversion, the Common Stock is traded on the OTC Pink at the time of conversion, or the Conversion Price is less than $0.01 per share, then Seventy percent (70%) shall automatically adjust to Sixty percent (60%) of the lowest volume-weighted average price (as reported by Bloomberg LP) of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the twenty (20) Trading Days immediately preceding the date of conversion of the Debenture,

 

b.       So long as no Event of Default (as defined in Section 10) shall have occurred and be continuing (whether such Event of Default has been declared by the Holder) (unless the Holder consents to such redemption notwithstanding such Event of Default, as described in clause (v), below), the Company may at its option call for redemption all or part of the Debenture, with the exception of any portion thereof which is the subject of a previously-delivered Notice of Conversion, prior to the Maturity Date, as follows:

 

(i)       The Debenture called for redemption shall be redeemable by the Company, upon not more than two (2) calendar days written notice, for an amount (the “Redemption Price”) equal to: (i) if the Redemption Date (as defined below) is ninety (90) calendar days or less from the date of issuance of this Debenture, One Hundred Ten percent (110%) of the sum of the Principal Amount; (ii) if the Redemption Date is greater than or equal to ninety-one (91) calendar days from the date of issuance of this Debenture and less than or equal to one hundred fifty (150) calendar days from the date of issuance of this Debenture, One Hundred Twenty percent (120%) of the sum of the Principal Amount; (iii) if the Redemption Date is greater than or equal to one hundred fifty one (151) calendar days from the date of issuance of this Debenture and less than or equal to one hundred eighty (180) calendar days from the date of issuance of this Debenture, One Hundred Twenty Five percent (125%) of the sum of the Principal Amount; and (iv) if either (1) the Debenture is in default but the Holder consents to the redemption notwithstanding such default or (2) the Redemption Date is greater than or equal to one hundred eighty one (181) calendar days from the date of issuance of this Debenture, One Hundred Thirty percent (130%) of the sum of the Principal Amount. The date upon which the Debenture is redeemed and paid shall be referred to as the “Redemption Date” (and, in the case of multiple redemptions of less than the entire outstanding Principal Amount, each such date shall be a Redemption Date with respect to the corresponding redemption).

 

(ii)       [Reserved]

 

(iii)       [Reserved]

 

(iv)       On the Redemption Date, the Company shall cause the Holder whose Debenture have been presented for redemption to be issued payment of the Redemption Price. In the case of a partial redemption, the Company shall also issue new Debenture to the Holder for the Principal Amount remaining outstanding after the Redemption Date promptly after the Holder’s presentation of the Debenture called for redemption.

 

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(v)       To effect a redemption the Company shall provide a written notice to the Holder(s) not more than two (2) days prior to the Redemption Date (the “Redemption Notice”), setting forth the following:

 

1. the Redemption Date;

 

2. the Redemption Price;

 

3. the aggregate Principal Amount of the Debenture being called for redemption;

 

4. a statement advising the Holder that the Debenture (or, in the case of a partial redemption, that portion of the Principal Amount being called for redemption) as of the Redemption Date will cease to be convertible into Common Stock as of the Redemption Date; and

 

5. in the case of a partial redemption, a statement advising the Holder that after the Redemption Date a substitute Debenture will be issued by the Company after deduction the portion thereof called for redemption, at no cost to the Holder, if the Holder so requests.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Company issues a Redemption Notice but fails to fund the redemption on the Redemption Date, then such Redemption Notice shall be null and void, and (i) the Holder(s) shall be entitled to convert the Debenture previously the subject of the Redemption Notice, and (ii) the Company may not redeem such Debenture for at least thirty (30) days following the intended Redemption Date that was voided, and the Company shall be required to pay to the Holder(s) the Redemption Price simultaneously with the issuance of a Redemption Notice in connection with any subsequent redemption pursued by the Company.

 

c.       A “QPI” shall mean any consummated public offering of the Company’s Common Stock after the Issuance Date which results in gross proceeds of at least $5,000,000 to the Company. If the Company consummates a QPI within 180 calendar days of the Issuance Date, then the Company shall repay the outstanding amounts owed under this Debenture (including the applicable redemption premium in effect at such time as provided in this Debenture) within three (3) business days of the consummation of the QPI.

 

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3.            If the Company, at any time while this Debenture or any amounts due hereunder are outstanding, issues, sells or grants any option to purchase, or sells or grants any right to reprice, or otherwise disposes of, or issues (or announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock or other securities convertible into, exercisable for, or otherwise entitle any person or entity the right to acquire, shares of Common Stock (including, without limitation, upon conversion of any convertible securities outstanding following the Issuance Date) (excluding Exempt Issuances (as defined below), this Debenture, and any securities issuable pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement), in each or any case at an effective price per share that is lower than the then Conversion Price (such lower price, the “Base Conversion Price” and such issuances, collectively, a “Dilutive Issuance”) (it being agreed that if the holder of the Common Stock or other securities so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the Conversion Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then the Conversion Price shall be reduced, at the option of the Holder, to a price equal the Base Conversion Price. If the Company enters into a Variable Rate Transaction (as defined in this Debenture), despite the prohibition set forth in this Debenture, the Company shall be deemed to have issued Common Stock at the lowest possible price per share at which such securities could be issued in connection with such Variable Rate Transaction. Such adjustment shall be made at the option of the Holder whenever such Common Stock or other securities are issued. For purposes of this Section 3, “Exempt Issuance” means the issuance of (i) shares of Common Stock, options or other equity awards to officers, consultant or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors of the Company or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose, (ii) securities issuable upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the Issuance Date; provided that such securities have not been amended since the Issuance Date to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with stock splits or combinations) or to extend the term of such securities, (iii) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, and (iv) shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to any real property leasing arrangement or financing from a national bank approved by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

4.            No provision of this Debenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional to convert this Debenture into Common Stock, at the time, place, and rate herein prescribed. This Debenture is a direct obligation of the Company.

 

5.            If, at any time after the Issuance Date, there shall be any merger, consolidation, exchange of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, or other similar event, as a result of which shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be changed into the same or a different number of shares of another class or classes of stock or securities of the Company or another entity, or in case of any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, then the Holder of this Debenture shall thereafter have the right to receive upon conversion of this Debenture, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified herein and in lieu of the shares of Common Stock immediately theretofore issuable upon conversion, such stock, securities or assets which the Holder would have been entitled to receive in such transaction had this Debenture been converted in full immediately prior to such transaction (without regard to any limitations on conversion set forth herein), and in any such case appropriate provisions shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Debenture to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustment of the Conversion Price and of the number of shares issuable upon conversion of the Debenture) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be practicable in relation to any securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the conversion hereof. The Company shall not effectuate any transaction described in this Section 5 unless (a) it first gives, to the extent practicable, at least thirty (30) days prior written notice (but in any event at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice) of the record date of the special meeting of shareholders to approve, or if there is no such record date, the consummation of, such merger, consolidation, exchange of shares, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar event or sale of assets (during which time the Holder shall be entitled to convert this Debenture) and (b) the resulting successor or acquiring entity (if not the Company) assumes by written instrument all of the obligations of this Debenture. The above provisions shall similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers, sales, transfers or share exchanges.

 

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6.            If, at any time while any portion of this Debenture remains outstanding, the Company effectuates a forward stock split or reverse stock split of its Common Stock or issues a dividend on its Common Stock consisting of shares of Common Stock or otherwise recapitalizes its Common Stock, the Conversion Price shall be equitably adjusted to reflect such action.

 

7.            All payments contemplated hereby to be made “in cash” shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments of cash and each delivery of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder as contemplated hereby shall be made to the Holder to an account designated by the Holder to the Company and if the Holder has not designated any such accounts at the address last appearing on the Debenture Register of the Company as designated in writing by the Holder from time to time; except that the Holder may designate, by notice to the Company, a different delivery address for any one or more specific payments or deliveries.

 

8.            The Holder of the Debenture, by acceptance hereof, agrees that this Debenture is being acquired for investment and that such Holder will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this Debenture or the Shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof except in compliance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement and under circumstances which will not result in a violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state Blue Sky or foreign laws or similar laws relating to the sale of securities.

 

9.            This Debenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada. Each of the parties consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state located in Palm Beach County, Florida and/or federal courts located in Palm Beach County, Florida in connection with any dispute arising under this Agreement, and each waives any objection based on forum non conveniens. This provision is intended to be a “mandatory” forum selection clause and governed by and interpreted consistent with Florida law (Nevada law governing all other, substantive matters). Each of the parties hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any state or federal court having its situs in Palm Beach County, Florida, and each waives any objection based on forum non conveniens. To the extent determined by such court, the Company shall reimburse the Holder for any reasonable legal fees and disbursements incurred by the Holder in enforcement of or protection of any of its rights under this Debenture or the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

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10.          The following shall constitute an “Event of Default”:

 

a.       The Company fails in the payment of principal or interest (to the extent that interest is imposed under this Section 10) on this Debenture as required to be paid in cash hereunder, and payment shall not have been made for a period of five (5) business days following the payment due date (as to which no further cure period shall apply); or

 

b.       Any of the representations or warranties made by the Company herein, in the Securities Purchase Agreement or in any certificate or financial or other written statements heretofore or hereafter furnished by the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of this Debenture, shall be false or misleading (including without limitation by way of the misstatement of a material fact or the omission of a material fact) in any material respect at the time made (as to which no cure period shall apply); or

 

c.       The Company fails to remain listed on the OTC Pink, OTCQB, OTCQX, Nasdaq Capital Markets, NYSE, or other applicable principal trading market for the Common Stock (the “Principal Market”) any time from the date hereof to the Maturity Date for a period in excess of five (5) Trading Days (as to which no further cure period shall apply); or

 

d.       The Company (i) fails to timely file required SEC reports when due (including extensions), becomes, is deemed to be or asserts that it is a “shell company” at any time for purposes of the 1933 Act, and Rule 144 promulgated thereunder or otherwise takes any action, or refrains from taking any action, the result of which makes Rule 144 under the 1933 unavailable to the Holder for the sale of their Securities, (ii) fails to issue shares of Common Stock to the Holder or to cause its Transfer Agent to issue shares of Common Stock upon exercise by the Holder of the conversion rights of the Holder in accordance with the terms of this Debenture, (iii) fails to transfer or to cause its Transfer Agent to transfer any certificate for shares of Common Stock issued to the Holder upon conversion of this Debenture as and when required by this Debenture and such transfer is otherwise lawful, (iv) fails to remove any restrictive legend or to cause its Transfer Agent to transfer any certificate or any shares of Common Stock issued to the Holder upon conversion of this Debenture as and when required by the relevant Transaction Document(s) and such legend removal is otherwise lawful, or (v) the Company fails to perform or observe any of its obligations under the Section 5 of the Agreement or under the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter (no cure period shall apply in the case of clauses (i) through (v) above, inclusive); or

 

e.       The Company fails to perform or observe, in any material respect (i) any other covenant, term, provision, condition, agreement or obligation set forth in the Debenture, (subject to a cure period of three (3) business days other than in the case of a failure under Section 5 hereof, as to which no cure period shall apply), or (ii) any other covenant, term, provision, condition, agreement or obligation of the Company set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and such failure shall continue uncured for a period of either (1) three (3) days after the occurrence of the Company’s failure under Section 4(d), (e) (except as described in Section 10(c) hereof, as to which Section 10(c) hereof shall control), (f), (g) or (h) of the Securities Purchase Agreement, or (2) ten (10) days after the occurrence of the Company’s failure under any other provision of the Securities Purchase Agreement not otherwise specifically addressed in the Events of Default set forth in this Section 10; or

 

f.       The Company shall (1) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they mature; (2) make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or commence proceedings for its dissolution; or (3) apply for or consent to the appointment of a trustee, liquidator or receiver for its or for a substantial part of its property or business (as to which no cure period shall apply); or

 

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g.       A trustee, liquidator or receiver shall be appointed for the Company or for a substantial part of its property or business without its consent and shall not be discharged within sixty (60) days after such appointment (as to which no cure period shall apply); or

 

h.       Any governmental agency or any court of competent jurisdiction at the instance of any governmental agency shall assume custody or control of the whole or any substantial portion of the properties or assets of the Company and shall not be dismissed within sixty (60) days thereafter (as to which no cure period shall apply); or

 

i.       Any money judgment, writ or warrant of attachment, or similar process (including an arbitral determination), in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in the aggregate shall be entered or filed against the Company or any of its properties or other assets (as to which no cure period shall apply), and such judgment, attachment or process is not satisfied, set aside, discharged, bonded against, or stayed within 30 days after the same is levied; or

 

j.       The occurrence of a breach or an event of default under the terms of any indebtedness or financial instrument of the Company or any subsidiary (including but not limited to any Subsidiary) of the Company in an aggregate amount in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more which is not waived by the creditors under such indebtedness (as to which no cure period shall apply); or

 

k.       Bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings for relief under any bankruptcy law or any law for the relief of debtors shall be instituted by or against the Company and, if instituted against the Company, shall not be dismissed within sixty (60) days after such institution or the Company shall by any action or answer approve of, consent to, or acquiesce in any such proceedings or admit the material allegations of, or default in answering a petition filed in any such proceeding (as to which no further cure period shall apply); or

 

l.       The issuance of an order, ruling, finding or similar adverse determination the SEC, the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada or other applicable state of incorporation of the Company, FINRA or any other securities regulatory body (whether in the United States, Canada or elsewhere) having proper jurisdiction that the Company and/or any of its past or present directors or officers have committed a material violation of applicable securities laws or regulations (as to which no cure period shall apply); or

 

m.       The Company shall have its Common Stock halted, suspended, or delisted from the Principal Market for a period in excess of five (5) Trading Days (as to which no further cure period shall apply); or

 

n.       Any of the following shall occur and be continuing: a breach or default by any party under any agreement identified by the Company in its SEC filings as a material agreement; or

 

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o.       Notice of a Material Adverse Effect is provided by the Company or the determination in good faith by the Holder that a Material Adverse Effect has occurred (as to which no cure period shall apply); or

 

p.       The Company attempts to modify, amend, withdraw, rescind, disavow or repudiate any part of the Irrevocable Instructions (as to which no cure period shall apply).

 

q.       Any attempt by the Company or its officers, directors, and/or affiliates to transmit, convey, disclose, or any actual transmittal, conveyance, or disclosure by the Company or its officers, directors, and/or affiliates of, material non-public information concerning the Company, to the Holder or its successors and assigns, which is not immediately cured by Company’s filing of a Form 8-K pursuant to Regulation FD on that same date.

 

r.       At any time while this Debenture is outstanding, the lowest traded price on the Principal Market is equal to or less than $0.0001.

 

s.       The failure by Company to maintain any material intellectual property rights, personal, real property or other assets which are necessary to conduct its business (whether now or in the future).

 

t.       If, at any time on or after the date which is six (6) months after the Issuance Date, assuming the Holder is not deemed to be an “affiliate” of the Company for purposes of Rule 144, the Holder is unable to obtain a standard “144 legal opinion letter” from an attorney reasonably acceptable to the Holder, the Holder’s brokerage firm (and respective clearing firm), and the Company’s transfer agent in order to facilitate the Holder’s conversion of any portion of the Debenture into free trading shares of the Company’s Common Stock pursuant to Rule 144.

 

Then, or at any time thereafter, the Company shall immediately give written notice of the occurrence of such Event of Default to the Holder, and in each and every such case, unless such Event of Default shall have been waived in writing by the Holder of the Debenture (which waiver shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent default), then at the option of the Holder and in the discretion of the Holder, take any or all of the following actions: (i) pursue remedies against the Company in accordance with any of the Holder’s rights, (ii) increase the interest rate applicable to the Debenture to the lesser of eighteen percent (18%) per annum and the maximum interest rate allowable under applicable law, (iii) in the case of an Event of Default under Section 10(e)(ii)(1) based on the Company’s failure to be DWAC Operational, increase the Principal Amount to an amount equal to one hundred ten percent (110%) of the then-outstanding Principal Amount, (iv) in the case of an Event of Default under Section 10(d)(i), increase the Principal Amount to an amount equal to one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the then-outstanding Principal Amount and an additional ten percent (10%) discount shall be factored into the Conversion Price until this Debenture is no longer outstanding, (v) in the case of an Event of Default under Section 10(d)(i) through (v), increase the Principal Amount of the Holder’s Debenture by Five Hundred Dollars and 00/100 ($500.00) for each day the related failure continues, (vi) in the case of an Event of Default under Section 10(d)(ii) through (v) arising from an untimely delivery to the Holder of Conversion Shares or shares of Common Stock in de-legended form, if the closing bid price of the Common Stock on

 

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the Trading Day immediately prior to the actual date of delivery of Conversion Shares or de-legended shares, as the case may be, is less than the closing bid price on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date when Conversion Shares or de-legended shares were required to be delivered, increase the Principal Amount of the relevant Holder’s Debenture by an amount per share equal to such difference, and (vii) following the expiration of the applicable grace period (if any), at the option and discretion of the Holder, accelerate the full indebtedness under this Debenture, in an amount equal to one hundred twenty five percent (125%) of the outstanding Principal Amount and accrued and unpaid interest (the “Acceleration Amount”), whereupon the Acceleration Amount shall be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kinds, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein, in the Securities Purchase Agreement or in any other note or instruments to the contrary notwithstanding. In the case of an Event of Default under Section 10(d)(ii), the Holder may either (i) declare the Acceleration Amount to exclude the Conversion Amount that is the subject of the Event of Default, in which case the Acceleration Amount shall be based on the remaining Principal Amount and accrued interest (if any), in which case the Company shall continue to be obligated to issue the Conversion Shares, or (ii) declare the Acceleration Amount to include the Conversion Amount that is the subject of the Event of Default, in which case the Acceleration Amount shall be based on the full Principal Amount, including the Conversion Amount, and accrued interest (if any), whereupon the Notice of Conversion shall be deemed withdrawn. At its option, the Holder may elect to convert the Debenture pursuant to Section 2 notwithstanding the prior declaration of a default and acceleration, in the sole discretion of such Holder. The Holder may immediately enforce any and all of the Holder's rights and remedies provided herein or any other rights or remedies afforded by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a default under Section 10(d)(ii) through (iv), the Holder of the Debenture sought to be converted, transferred or de-legended, as the case may be, acting singly, shall have the sole and absolute discretion to increase the applicable interest rate on the Debenture held by such Holder and/or to accelerate the Debenture(s) held by such Holder. The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that the Holder’s exercise of any or all of the remedies provided herein or under applicable law, including without limitation the increase(s) in the Principal Amount and the Acceleration Amount as may be declared in the case of a default, is reasonable and appropriate due to the inability to define the financial hardship that the Company’s default would impose on the Holder. To the extent that the Holder’s exercise of any of its remedies in the case of an Event of Default shall be construed to exceed the maximum interest rate allowable under applicable law, then such remedies shall be reduced to equal the maximum interest rate allowable under applicable law

 

11.            Nothing contained in this Debenture shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder the right to vote or to receive dividends or to consent or receive notice as a shareholder in respect of any meeting of shareholders or any rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company, unless and to the extent converted in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

12.            So long as this Debenture is outstanding, upon any issuance by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any security with any term more favorable to the holder of such security or with a term in favor of the holder of such security that was not similarly provided to the Holder in this Debenture, then the Company shall notify the Holder of such additional or more favorable term and such term, at Holder’s option, shall become a part of the transaction documents with the Holder. The types of terms contained in another security that may be more favorable to the holder of such security include, but are not limited to, terms addressing conversion discounts, prepayment rate, conversion lookback periods, interest rates, original issue discounts, stock sale price, private placement price per share, and warrant coverage.

 

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13.            This Debenture may be amended only by the written consent of the parties hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Principal Amount of this Debenture shall automatically be reduced by any and all Conversion Amounts (to the extent that the same relate to principal hereof). In the absence of manifest error, the outstanding Principal Amount of the Debenture on the Holder’s book and records shall be the correct amount.

 

14.            In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Debenture and the provisions of any other Transaction Document, the provisions of this Debenture shall prevail. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event the Transfer Agent is not required to transfer any Common Stock, issue Conversion Shares or de-legended shares of Restricted Stock pursuant to the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter, this shall not operate as an excuse, extension or waiver of the Company’s obligation to issue and deliver Conversion Shares or de-legended Restricted Stock.

 

15.            The Company specifically acknowledges and agrees that in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of any provision hereof or of any other Transaction Document, the Holder will be irreparably damaged, and that damages at law would be an inadequate remedy if this Debenture or such other Transaction Document were not specifically enforced. Therefore, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company, the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other rights and remedies, to an injunction restraining such breach, without being required to show any actual damage or to post any bond or other security, and/or to a decree for a specific performance of the provisions of this Debenture and the other Transaction Documents.

 

16.            No waivers or consents in regard to any provision of this Debenture may be given other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Holder.

 

17.            Each time, while this Debenture is outstanding, the Company enters into a Section 3(a)(9) transaction (including but not limited to the issuance of new promissory notes or debentures, or of a replacement promissory note or debenture), or Section 3(a)(10) transaction, in which any 3rd party has the right to convert monies owed to that 3rd party (or receive shares pursuant to a settlement or otherwise) at a discount to market greater than the Conversion Price in effect at that time (prior to all other applicable adjustments in this Debenture), then the Conversion Price shall be automatically adjusted to such greater discount percentage (prior to all applicable adjustments in this Debenture) until this Debenture is no longer outstanding. Each time, while this Debenture is outstanding, the Company enters into a Section 3(a)(9) transaction (including but not limited to the issuance of new promissory notes or debentures, or of a replacement promissory note or debenture), or Section 3(a)(10) transaction, in which any 3rd party has a look back period greater than the look back period in effect under this Debenture at that time, then the Holder’s look back period shall automatically be adjusted to such greater number of days until this Debenture is no longer outstanding. The Company shall give written notice to the Holder, with the adjusted Conversion Price and/or adjusted look back period (each adjustment that is applicable due to the triggering event), within one (1) business day of an event that requires any adjustment described in this section. So long as this Debenture is outstanding, the Company shall not enter into any transaction or arrangement structured in accordance with, based upon, or related or pursuant to, in whole or in part, Section 3(a)(l0) of the Securities Act (a “3(a)(l0) Transaction”). In the event that the Company does enter into, or makes any issuance of Common Stock related to a 3(a)(l0) Transaction while this Debenture is outstanding, a liquidated damages charge of 20% of the outstanding principal balance of this Debenture, but not less than Fifteen Thousand Dollars, will be assessed and will become immediately due and payable to the Holder at its election in the form of cash payment or addition to the balance of this Debenture.

 

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18.            So long as this Debenture is outstanding, upon any issuance by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any security with any term more favorable to the holder of such security or with a term in favor of the holder of such security that was not similarly provided to the Holder in this Debenture, then the Company shall notify the Holder of such additional or more favorable term and such term within one (1) business day of an event that requires any adjustment described in this section, and such term shall, at Holder’s option, become a part of the transaction documents with the Holder (regardless of whether the Company notifies the Holder or not).  The types of terms contained in another security that may be more favorable to the holder of such security include, but are not limited to, terms addressing conversion discounts, prepayment rate, conversion lookback periods, interest rates, original issue discounts, stock sale price, private placement price per share, and warrant coverage.

 

19.            From the Issuance Date until the Debenture is extinguished in its entirety, the Company shall be prohibited from entering into an agreement involving a Variable Rate Transaction (as defined herein), except for the issuance of the Second Debenture to the Holder and the issuance of a Signing Debenture and Second Debenture to Peak One Opportunity Fund, L.P. “Variable Rate Transaction” means a transaction in which the Company (i) issues or sells any debt or equity securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or include the right to receive, shares of Common Stock either (A) at a conversion price, exercise price or exchange rate or other price that is based upon, and/or varies with, the trading prices of or quotations for the shares of Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity securities or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the Common Stock or (ii) enters into any agreement, including, but not limited to, an equity line of credit, whereby the Company may issue securities at a future determined price. The Holder shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company to preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect damages.

 

20.            Notwithstanding any provision in this Debenture or the related transaction documents to the contrary, the total liability for payments of interest and payments in the nature of interest, including, without limitation, all charges, fees, exactions, or other sums which may at any time be deemed to be interest, shall not exceed the limit imposed by the usury laws of the jurisdiction governing this Debenture or any other applicable law. In the event the total liability of payments of interest and payments in the nature of interest, including, without limitation, all charges, fees, exactions or other sums which may at any time be deemed to be interest, shall, for any reason whatsoever, result in an effective rate of interest, which for any month or other interest payment period exceeds the limit imposed by the usury laws of the jurisdiction governing this Debenture, all sums in excess of those lawfully collectible as interest for the period in question shall, without further agreement or notice by, between, or to any party hereto, be applied to the reduction of the outstanding principal balance due hereunder immediately upon receipt of such sums by the Holder hereof, with the same force and effect as though the Company had specifically designated such excess sums to be so applied to the reduction of the principal balance then outstanding, and the Holder hereof had agreed to accept such sums as a penalty-free payment of principal; provided, however, that the Holder may, at any time and from time to time, elect, by notice in writing to the Company, to waive, reduce, or limit the collection of any sums in excess of those lawfully collectible as interest, rather than accept such sums as a prepayment of the principal balance then outstanding. It is the intention of the parties that the Company does not intend or expect to pay, nor does the Holder intend or expect to charge or collect any interest under this Debenture greater than the highest non-usurious rate of interest which may be charged under applicable law.

 

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21.            Other than a QPI, any portion of this Debenture is outstanding, if the Company receives cash proceeds of more than $2,500,000.00 (the “Minimum Threshold”) in the aggregate from any source or series of related or unrelated sources, relating to the issuance of equity or debt, the conversion of outstanding warrants of the Company, the issuance of securities pursuant to an equity line of credit of the Company or the sale of assets (for the avoidance of doubt, each time that the Company receives cash proceeds from any of the aforementioned sources, then such amount shall be aggregated together), the Company shall, within two (2) business days of Company’s receipt of such proceeds, inform the Holder of such receipt, following which the Holder shall have the right in its sole discretion to require the Company to immediately apply up to 50% of all proceeds received by the Company (from any source) to repay the outstanding amounts owed under this Debenture (including the applicable redemption premium in effect at such time as provided in this Debenture).

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Debenture to be duly executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date of issuance set forth above.

 

  VerifyMe, Inc.
   
   
   
  By:   /s/ Patrick White
 

Name: Patrick White

Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Senior Secured Convertible Debenture]

 

   
 

 

ANNEX A

 

VERIFYME, INC.

 

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

(To Be Executed by the Registered Holder in Order to Convert the Debenture)

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert $ ________________ of the Principal Amount of the above Debenture into Shares of Common Stock of VerifyMe, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. After giving effect to the conversion requested hereby, the outstanding Principal Amount of such debenture is $____________________, absent manifest error.

 

Pursuant to the Debenture, certificates representing Common Stock upon conversion must be delivered (including delivery by DWAC or DRS) to the undersigned within two (2) business days from the date of delivery of the Notice of Conversion to the Transfer Agent.

 

 

 

Conversion Date
 
 
Applicable Conversion Price
 
 
Signature
 
 
Print Name
 
 
Address
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of September 18, 2019, is entered into by and between VERIFYME, INC., a Nevada corporation, (the “Company”) and Peak One Opportunity Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Buyer”).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Buyer are executing and delivering this Agreement in accordance with and in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded, inter alia, by Rule 506 under Regulation D (“Regulation D”) as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and/or Section 4(a)(2) of the 1933 Act; and

 

WHEREAS, the Buyer wishes to purchase from the Company, and the Company wishes to sell the Buyer, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, securities consisting of the Company’s senior secured convertible debentures (the “Debentures”), each of which are in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which will be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), in the aggregate principal amount of up to Six Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($600,000.00), for an aggregate Purchase Price of up to Five Hundred Forty Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($540,000.00), all upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the Debentures, and other related documents;

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.            DEFINITIONS; AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE.

 

a.       Certain Definitions. As used herein, each of the following terms has the meaning set forth below, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(i)       “Affiliate” means, with respect to a specific Person referred to in the relevant provision, another Person who or which controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such specified Person.

 

(ii)       “Certificates” means certificates representing the Conversion Shares issuable hereunder, each duly executed on behalf of the Company and issued hereunder.

 

(iii)       “Closing Date” means the date on which one of the two (2) Closings are held, which are the Signing Closing Date and the Second Closing Date.

 

(iv)       “Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 12(a).

 

   
 

 

(v)       “Commitment Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 12(a).

 

(vi)       “Common Stock” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

 

(vii)       “Conversion Amount” shall mean the Conversion Amount as defined in the Debentures, provided, however that for purposes of the foregoing calculation, the full indebtedness under the Debentures shall be deemed immediately convertible, notwithstanding the 4.99% limitation on ownership set forth in the Debentures.

 

(viii)       “Conversion Price” means the Conversion Price as defined in the Debentures.

 

(ix)       “Conversion Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Debentures.

 

(x)       “DWAC Operational” means that the Common Stock is eligible for clearing through the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) via the DTC’s Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission or “DWAC” system and active and in good standing for DWAC issuance by the Transfer Agent (as defined herein).

 

(xi)       “Dollars” or “$” means United States Dollars.

 

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

 

(xiii)       “Investments” means Peak One Investments, LLC, the general partner of the Buyer.

 

(xiv)       “Irrevocable Resolutions” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(i).

 

(xv)       “Market Price of the Common Stock” means (x) the closing bid price of the Common Stock for the period indicated in the relevant provision hereof (unless a different relevant period is specified in the relevant provision), as reported by Bloomberg, LP or, if not so reported, as reported on the OTCQB, OTCQX or OTC Pink or (y) if the Common Stock is listed on a stock exchange, the closing price on such exchange, as reported by Bloomberg LP.

 

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(xvi)       “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on the (i) business, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operation of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents; or (iii) Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under the Transaction Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the occurrence of any of the following shall be considered a Material Adverse Effect: (i) any final money, judgment, writ or warrant of attachment, or similar process (including an arbitral determination) in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) shall be entered or filed against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including, in any event, products liability claims against the Company or its Subsidiaries), (ii) the suspension or withdrawal of any governmental authority or permit pertaining to a material amount of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s products or services, (iii) the loss of and inability to replace any material insurance coverage (including, in any case, comprehensive general liability coverage, products liability coverage or directors and officers coverage, in each case in effect at the time of execution and delivery of this Agreement), (iv) an action by a regulatory agency or governmental body affecting the Common Stock (including, without limitation, (1) the commencement of any regulatory investigation of which the Company is aware, the suspension of trading of the Common Stock by the Financial Industry Regulation Authority (“FINRA”), the SEC, the OTC Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”) or the OTC Markets Group, Inc., the failure of the Common Stock to be DTC eligible or the placing of the Common Stock on the DTC “chill list” or (2) the engaging in any market manipulation or other unlawful or improper trading or other activity by any Affiliate), (v) the Company’s independent registered accountants shall resign under circumstances where a disagreement exists between the Company and its independent registered accountants, or (vi) the Chief Executive Officer of the Company shall, for any reason (including, without limitation, termination, resignation, retirement, death or disability) cease to act on behalf of the Company in the same role and to the same extent as his or her involvement as of the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

(xvii)       “Person” means any living person or any entity, such as, but not necessarily limited to, a corporation, partnership or trust.

 

(xviii)       “Purchase Price” means the price that the Buyer pays for the Debentures at each respective Closing, which are the Signing Purchase Price and the Second Purchase Price, as the case may be.

 

(xix)       “Registrable Securities” shall mean the Commitment Shares, Conversion Shares, and, to the extent applicable, and any other shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company or any successor to the Company that are issued upon exchange of Conversion Shares and/or such Restricted Stock.

 

(xx)       “Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement filed or contemplated to be filed by the Company with the SEC under the Securities Act.

 

(xxi)       “Restricted Stock” shall mean shares of Common Stock which are not freely trading shares when issued.

 

(xxii)       “Securities” means the Debentures, the Shares, and Commitment Shares (as defined in this Agreement).

 

(xxiii)        “Shares” means the Conversion Shares.

 

(xxiv)        “Second Closing Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6(b).

 

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(xxv)       “Second Debenture” means the second of the two (2) Debentures, in the principal amount of Three Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($300,000.00), which is issued by the Company to the Buyer on the Second Closing Date.

 

(xxvi)       “Second Purchase Price” shall be Two Hundred Seventy Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($270,000.00)

 

(xxvii)       “Signing Closing Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6(a).

 

(xxviii)        “Signing Debenture” means the first of the two (2) Debentures, in the principal amount of Three Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($300,000.00), to be issued by the Company to the Buyer on the Signing Closing Date.

 

(xxix)       “Signing Purchase Price” shall be Two Hundred Seventy Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($270,000.00).

 

(xxx)       “Subsidiary” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(b).

 

(xxxi)        [Intentionally Omitted].

 

(xxxii)        [Intentionally Omitted].

 

(xxxiii)        [Intentionally Omitted].

 

(xxxiv)        “Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Debentures, the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter, the Irrevocable Resolutions and the other agreements, documents and instruments contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

(xxxv)       “Transfer Agent” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4(a).

 

(xxxvi)        “Transfer Agent Instruction Letter” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5(a).

 

b.       Purchase and Sale of Debentures.

 

(i)       The Buyer agrees to purchase from the Company, and the Company agrees to sell to the Buyer, the Debentures on the terms and conditions set forth below in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. The Commitment Shares shall be earned in full as an inducement fee as of the Signing Closing Date.

 

(ii)       Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the Buyer will purchase the Debentures at certain closings (each, a “Closing”) to be held on certain respective Closing Dates.

 

c.       [Reserved]

 

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(i)       [Reserved]

 

(ii)       [Reserved]

 

2.       BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, ETC.

 

The Buyer represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, the Company as follows:

 

a.       Investment Purpose. Without limiting the Buyer’s right to sell the Shares pursuant to a Registration Statement, Buyer is purchasing the Debentures, and will be acquiring the Conversion Shares, as principal for its own account for investment purposes only and not with a view towards the public sale or distribution thereof and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof. The Buyer is purchasing the Debentures in the ordinary course of its business.

 

b.       Accredited Investor Status. Buyer is (i) an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of the General Rules and Regulations under the 1933 Act by reason of Rule 501(a)(3), (ii) experienced in making investments of the kind described in this Agreement and the related documents, (iii) able, by reason of the business and financial experience of its officers (if an entity) and professional advisors (who are not affiliated with or compensated in any way by the Company or any of its affiliates or selling agents), to protect its own interests in connection with the transactions described in this Agreement, and the related documents, and (iv) able to afford the entire loss of its investment in the Securities.

 

c.       Subsequent Offers and Sales. Buyer understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state law. All subsequent offers and sales of the Securities by the Buyer shall be made pursuant to registration of the Shares under the 1933 Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration and compliance with applicable states’ securities laws.

 

d.       Reliance on Exemptions. Buyer understands that the Securities 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 upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Buyer to acquire the Securities.

 

e.       Information. Buyer and its advisors have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Securities which have been requested by the Buyer. Buyer and its advisors have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company and have received complete and satisfactory answers to any such inquiries. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Buyer has also had the opportunity to obtain and to review the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2019.

 

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f.       Investment Risk. Buyer understands that its investment in the securities constitutes high risk investment, its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk, including the risk of loss of the Buyer’s entire investment.

 

g.       Governmental Review. Buyer 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 Securities.

 

h.       Organization; Authorization. Buyer is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full right and power to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Buyer and create a valid and binding agreement of the Buyer enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject as to enforceability to general principles of equity and to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

 

i.       Residency. The state in which any offer to sell Securities hereunder was made to or accepted by the Buyer is the state shown as the Buyer’s address contained herein, and Buyer is a resident of such state only.

 

3.       COMPANY REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, ETC. 

 

The Company represents and warrants to the Buyer that:

 

a.       Concerning the Debentures and the Shares. There are no preemptive rights of any stockholder of the Company to acquire the Debentures or the Shares.

 

b.       Organization; Subsidiaries; Reporting Company Status. Attached hereto as Schedule 3(b) is an organizational chart describing all of the Company’s wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries (the “Subsidiaries”) and other Affiliates, including the relationships among the Company and such Subsidiaries, including as to each Subsidiary its jurisdiction of organization and the percentage of ownership held by the Company, and the parent company of the Subsidiary, including the percentage of ownership of the Company held by it. The Company and each Subsidiary is a corporation or other form of businesses entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws its respective jurisdiction of organization, and each of them has the requisite corporate or other power to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. The Company and each Subsidiary is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other 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. The Common Stock is listed and traded on the OTCQB (trading symbol: VRME). The Company has received no notice, either oral or written, from FINRA, the SEC, or any other organization, with respect to the continued eligibility of the Common Stock for such listing, and the Company has maintained all requirements for the continuation of such listing. The Company is an operating company in that, among other things (A) it primarily engages, wholly or substantially, directly or indirectly through a majority owned Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, in the production or sale, or the research or development, of a product or service other than the investment of capital, (B) it is not an individual or sole proprietorship, (C) it is not an entity with no specific business plan or purpose and its business plan is not to engage in a merger or acquisition with an unidentified company or companies or other entity or person, and (D) it intends to use the proceeds from the sale of the Debentures solely for the operation of the Company’s business and uses other than personal, family, or household purposes.

 

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c.       Authorized Shares. Schedule 3(c) sets forth all capital stock and derivative securities of the Company that are authorized for issuance and that are issued and outstanding. All issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. The Company has sufficient authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock as may be necessary to effect the issuance of the Shares, assuming the prior issuance and exercise, exchange or conversion, as the case may be, of all derivative securities authorized, as indicated in Schedule 3(c). The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued upon conversion of, or as interest on, the Debentures, the Shares will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not subject the holder thereof to personal liability by reason of being such holder. At all times, the Company shall keep available and reserved for issuance to the holders of the Debentures shares of Common Stock duly authorized for issuance against the Debentures. As of the effective date of this Agreement, other than as reflected in the SEC Documents (as defined in this Agreement) of the Company (i) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe for, puts, calls, rights of first refusal, agreements, understandings, claims or other commitments or rights of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of its or their securities under the 1933 Act and (iii) there are no anti-dilution or price adjustment provisions contained in any security issued by the Company (or in any agreement providing rights to security holders) that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities.

 

d.       Authorization. This Agreement, the issuance of the Debentures (including without limitation the incurrence of indebtedness thereunder), the issuance of the Conversion Shares under the Debentures, and the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, have been duly, validly and irrevocably authorized by the Company, and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company. The Company’s board of directors, in the exercise of its fiduciary duties, has irrevocably approved the entry into and performance of the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation the sale of the Debentures and the issuance of Conversion Shares, based upon a reasonable inquiry concerning the Company’s financing objectives and financial situation. Each of the Transaction Documents, when executed and delivered by the Company, are and will be, valid, legal and binding agreements of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject as to enforceability to general principles of equity and to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

 

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e.       Non-contravention. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, the issuance of the Securities and the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Debentures (including without limitation the incurrence of indebtedness thereunder) do not and will not conflict with or result in a breach by the Company of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under (i) the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company, each as currently in effect, (ii) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, or other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or any of its properties or assets are bound, including any listing agreement for the Common Stock, except as herein set forth or an event which results in the creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any assets of the Company or the triggering of any anti-dilution rights, rights of first refusal or first offer on the part of holders of the Company’s securities, (iii) to its knowledge, any existing applicable law, rule, or regulation or any applicable decree, judgment, or order of any court, United States federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency, or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties or assets, or (iv) the Company’s listing agreement for its Common Stock (if applicable), unless such conflict, breach or default would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

f.       Approvals. No authorization, approval or consent of any court, governmental body, regulatory agency, self-regulatory organization, or stock exchange or market or the stockholders of the Company is required to be obtained by the Company for the entering into and performing this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (including without limitation the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Buyer as contemplated by this Agreement) except such authorizations, approvals and consents that have been obtained, or such authorizations, approvals and consents, the failure of which to obtain would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

g.       SEC Documents; Rule 144 Status. None of the SEC Documents contained, at the time they were filed, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents (other than exhibits to such documents) incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to herein as the “SEC Documents”). Except as disclosed to the Buyer in writing, the Company is not aware of any event occurring on or prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement that would require the filing of, or with respect to which the Company intends to file, a Form 8-K after such time. The Company satisfies the requirements of Rule 144(i)(2), and the Company shall continue to satisfy all applicable requirements of Rule 144 (or any successor thereto) for so long as any Securities are outstanding and not registered pursuant to an effective Registration Statement filed with the SEC.

 

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h.       Absence of Certain Changes. Since June 30, 2019, when viewed from the perspective of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the business, properties, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, a change or development which constitutes, or with the passage of time is reasonably likely to become, a Material Adverse Effect), except as disclosed in the SEC Documents. Since June 30, 2019, except as provided in the SEC Documents, the Company has not (i) incurred or become subject to any material liabilities (absolute or contingent) except liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; (ii) discharged or satisfied any material lien or encumbrance or paid any material obligation or liability (absolute or contingent), other than current liabilities paid in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; (iii) declared or made any payment or distribution of cash or other property to stockholders with respect to its capital stock, or purchased or redeemed, or made any agreements to purchase or redeem, any shares of its capital stock; (iv) sold, assigned or transferred any other tangible assets, or canceled any debts or claims, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; (v) suffered any substantial losses or waived any rights of material value, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, or suffered the loss of any material amount of existing business; (vi) made any changes in employee compensation, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; or (vii) experienced any material problems with labor or management in connection with the terms and conditions of their employment.

 

i.       Full Disclosure. There is no fact known to the Company (other than general economic conditions known to the public generally or as disclosed in the SEC Documents) that has not been disclosed in writing to the Buyer that (i) would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations pursuant to the Transaction Documents, or (iii) would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the value of the rights granted to the Buyer in the Transaction Documents.

 

j.       Absence of Litigation. Except as described in the SEC Documents, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would have a Material Adverse Effect or which would adversely affect the validity or enforceability of, or the authority or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under, any of the Transaction Documents. The Company is not a party to or subject to the provisions of, any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency or instrumentality which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

k.       Absence of Liens. The Company’s assets are not encumbered by any liens or mortgages except as described in the SEC Documents.

 

l.       Absence of Events of Default. No event of default (or its equivalent term), as defined in the respective agreement, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument, to which the Company is a party, and no event which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would become an event of default (or its equivalent term) (as so defined in such document), has occurred and is continuing, which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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m.       No Undisclosed Liabilities or Events. The Company has no liabilities or obligations other than those disclosed in the SEC Documents or those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s business since June 30, 2019, and which individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not have a Material Adverse Effect. No event or circumstances has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its properties, business, condition (financial or otherwise), or results of operations, which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or announcement prior to the date hereof by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or disclosed. Except with respect to a proposal for an increase in the Company’s authorized Common Stock, there are no proposals currently under consideration or currently anticipated to be under consideration by the Board of Directors or the executive officers of the Company which proposal would (x) change the articles of incorporation, by-laws or any other charter document of the Company, each as currently in effect, with or without shareholder approval, which change would reduce or otherwise adversely affect the rights and powers of the shareholders of the Common Stock or (y) materially or substantially change the business, assets or capital of the Company.

 

n.       No Integrated Offering. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, at any time during the six month period immediately prior to the date of this Agreement made any offer or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that would eliminate the availability of the exemption from registration under Rule 506 of Regulation D in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities as contemplated hereby. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, has directly or indirectly made any offers or sales in any security or solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that would require registration under the Securities Act of the issuance of the Securities to the Buyer. The issuance of the Securities to the Buyer will not be integrated with any other issuance of the Company’s securities (past, current or future) for purposes of any shareholder approval provisions applicable to the Company or its securities.

 

o.       Dilution. The number of Shares issuable upon conversion of the Debentures may increase substantially in certain circumstances, including, but not necessarily limited to, the circumstance wherein the Market Price of the Common Stock declines prior to the conversion of the Debentures. The Company’s executive officers and directors have studied and fully understand the nature of the securities being sold hereby and recognize that they have a potential dilutive effect and further that the conversion of the Debentures and/or sale of the Conversion Shares may have an adverse effect on the Market Price of the Common Stock. The Board of Directors of the Company has concluded, in its good faith business judgment that such issuance is in the best interests of the Company. The Company specifically acknowledges that its obligation to issue the Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Debentures is binding upon the Company and enforceable regardless of the dilution such issuance may have on the ownership percentage of other shareholders of the Company.

 

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p.       Regulatory Permits. The Company has all such permits, easements, consents, licenses, franchises and other governmental and regulatory authorizations from all appropriate federal, state, local or other public authorities (“Permits”) as are necessary to own and lease its properties and conduct its businesses in all material respects in the manner described in the SEC Documents and as currently being conducted. All such Permits are in full force and effect and the Company has fulfilled and performed all of its material obligations with respect to such Permits, and no event has occurred that allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or will result in any other material impairment of the rights of the holder of any such Permit, subject in each case to such qualification as may be disclosed in the SEC Documents. Such Permits contain no restrictions that would materially impair the ability of the Company to conduct businesses in the manner consistent with its past practices. The Company has not received notice or otherwise has knowledge of any proceeding or action relating to the revocation or modification of any such Permit.

 

q.       Residency. The state in which any offer to sell Securities hereunder was made or accepted by the Seller is the state shown as the Seller’s address contained herein.

 

r.       Hazardous Materials. The Company is in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws in all respects except where the failure to comply does not have and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of the foregoing:

 

Environmental Laws” means, collectively, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, the Clean Air Act, as amended, the Clean Water Act, as amended, any other “Superfund” or “Superlien” law or any other applicable federal, state or local statute, law, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order or decree regulating, relating to, or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning, the environment or any Hazardous Material.

 

Hazardous Material” means and includes any hazardous, toxic or dangerous waste, substance or material, the generation, handling, storage, disposal, treatment or emission of which is subject to any Environmental Law.

 

s.       Independent Public Accountants. The Company’s auditor is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company, as required by the 1933 Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

t.       Internal Accounting Controls. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, the Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (1) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (2) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (3) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (4) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

 

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u.       Brokers. Except with respect to Maxim Group, LLC, a registered broker-dealer, no Person (other than the Buyer and its principals, employees and agents) is entitled to receive any consideration from the Company or the Buyer arising from any finder’s agreement, brokerage agreement or other agreement to which the Company is a party in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

v.        DWAC Operational; DRS. The Company is currently and shall remain DWAC Operational and eligible for DRS

 

4.       CERTAIN COVENANTS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

 

a.       Transfer Restrictions. The parties acknowledge and agree that (1) the Debentures have not been registered under the provisions of the 1933 Act and the Shares have not been registered under the 1933 Act, and may not be transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder or (B) the Securities to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration; (2) any sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act (“Rule 144”) may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of such Securities under circumstances in which the seller, or the Person through whom the sale is made, may be deemed to be an underwriter, as that term is used in the 1933 Act, may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, (3) at the request of the Buyer, the Company shall, from time to time, within two (2) business days of such request, at the sole cost and expense of the Company, either (i) deliver to its transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock (the “Transfer Agent”) a written letter instructing and authorizing the Transfer Agent to process transfers of the Shares at such time as the Buyer has held the Securities for the minimum holding period permitted under Rule 144, subject to the Buyer’s providing to the Transfer Agent certain customary representations contemporaneously with any requested transfer, or (ii) at the Buyer’s option or if the Transfer Agent requires further confirmation of the availability of an exemption from registration, furnish to the Buyer an opinion of the Company’s counsel in favor of the Buyer (and, at the request of the Buyer, any agent of the Buyer, including but not limited to the Buyer’s broker or clearing firm) and the Transfer Agent, reasonably satisfactory in form, scope and substance to the Buyer and the Transfer Agent, to the effect that a contemporaneously requested transfer of shares does not require registration under the 1933 Act, pursuant to the 1933 Act, Rule 144 or other regulations promulgated under the 1933 Act and (4) neither the Company nor any other Person is under any obligation to register the Securities (other than pursuant to this Agreement) under the 1933 Act or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder.

 

b.       Restrictive Legend. The Buyer acknowledges and agrees that the Debentures, and, until such time as the Shares have been registered under the 1933 Act as contemplated hereby and sold in accordance with an effective Registration Statement, certificates and other instruments representing any of the Securities shall bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of any such Securities):

 

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THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

c.        Piggy-Back Registration Rights. From and after the Signing Closing Date and until the earlier of (i) eighteen (18) months after the Signing Closing Date or (ii) the date that the Debentures have been converted in the entirety and/or repaid in the entirety, if the Company contemplates making an offering of Common Stock (or other equity securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock) registered for sale under the Securities Act or proposes to file a Registration Statement covering any of its securities (other than an offering solely to implement an employee benefit plan or a transaction to which Rule 145 of the Securities Act is applicable, or a Registration Statement on Form S-4, S-8 or any successor form thereto or another form not available for registering the Registrable Securities for sale to the public), the Company shall at each such time give prompt written notice to Investments and Buyer of its intention to do so and of the registration rights granted under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such registration rights shall apply to a Registration Statement filed by the Company within forty five (45) days of the Signing Closing Date with Maxim Group LLC acting as underwriter. Upon the written request of Investments and/or Buyer made within fifteen (15) days after the receipt of any such notice (which request shall specify the Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by Investments and/or Buyer and the intended method of disposition thereof), the Company shall, at its sole cost and expense, use its best efforts to effect the registration of all Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register Investments and/or Buyer, to the extent requisite to permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended methods of disposition) of the Registrable Securities by Investments and/or Buyer, by inclusion of such Registrable Securities in the Registration Statement which covers the securities which the Company proposes to register; provided, that if the Company is unable to register the full amount of Registrable Securities in an “at the market offering” under SEC rules and regulations due to the high percentage of the Company’s Common Stock the Registrable Securities represents (giving effect to all other securities being registered in the Registration Statement), then the Company may reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amount of Registrable Securities subject to the Registration Statement to a lesser amount which equals the maximum number of Registrable Securities that the Company is permitted to register in an “at the market offering”; and provided, further, that if, at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register any Registrable Securities and prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement filed in connection with such registration, the Company shall determine for any reason either not to register or to delay registration of such Registrable Securities, the Company may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to Investments and/or the Buyer and, thereupon, (i) in the case of a determination not to register, the Company shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such registration (but not from its obligation to pay the expenses of registration in connection therewith), and (ii) in the case of a determination to delay registering such Registrable Securities, shall be permitted to delay registering any Registrable Securities, for the same period as the delay in registering such other securities. If Buyer shall have transferred all or part of its Registrable Securities, then for purposes of this Section, the term “Buyer” shall reference Buyer and/or such transferee(s).

 

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d.       Securities Filings. The Company undertakes and agrees to make all necessary filings (including, without limitation, a Form D) in connection with the sale of the Securities to the Buyer required under any United States laws and regulations applicable to the Company (including without limitation state “blue sky” laws), or by any domestic securities exchange or trading market, and to provide a copy thereof to the Buyer promptly after such filing.

 

e.       Reporting Status; Public Trading Market; DTC Eligibility. So long as the Buyer and/or Investments beneficially own any Securities, (i) the Company shall timely file, prior to or on the date when due, all reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if the Company had securities registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act; (ii) the Company shall not be operated as, or report, to the SEC or any other Person, that the Company is a “shell company” or indicate to the contrary to the SEC or any other Person; (iii) the Company shall take all other action under its control necessary to ensure the availability of Rule 144 under the 1933 Act for the sale of Shares by the Buyer at the earliest possible date; and (iv) the Company shall at all times while any Securities are outstanding maintain its engagement of an independent registered public accounting firm. Except as otherwise set forth in Transaction Documents, the Company shall take all action under its control necessary to obtain and to continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock (including, without limitation, all Registrable Securities) on the OTC Markets, Inc., OTC Pink, OTCQB, OTCQX, Nasdaq Capital Markets, NYSE, or any other exchange (the “Principal Market”) and will comply in all material respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the by-laws or rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). If, so long as the Buyer and/or Investments beneficially own any of the Securities, the Company receives any written notice from the Principal Market, FINRA, or the SEC with respect to either any alleged deficiency in the Company’s compliance with applicable rules and regulations (including without limitation any comments from the SEC on any of the Company’s documents filed (or the failure to have made any such filing) under the 1933 Act or the Exchange Act) (each, a “Regulatory Notice”), then the Company shall promptly, and in any event within two (2) business days, provide copies of the Regulatory Notice to the Buyer, and shall promptly, and in any event within ten (10) business days of receipt of the Regulatory Notice (a “Regulatory Response”), respond in writing to the Principal Market, FIRNA and/or SEC (as the case may be), setting forth the Company’s explanation and/or response to the issues raised in the Regulatory Notice, with a view towards maintaining and/or regaining full compliance with the applicable rules and regulations of the Principal Market, FIRNA and/or SEC and maintaining or regaining good standing of the Company with the Principal Market, FINRA and/or SEC, as the case may be, the intent being to ensure that the Company maintain its reporting company status with the SEC and that its Common Stock be and remain available for trading on the Principal Market. Further, at all times while any Securities are outstanding, the Common Stock shall be DWAC Operational, and the Common Stock shall not be subject to any DTC “chill” designation or similar restriction on the clearing of the Common Stock through DTC.

 

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f.       Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the proceeds from the sale of the Debentures for working capital purposes only subject to customary restrictions. Absent the prior written approval of a majority of the principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding, the Company shall not use any portion of the proceeds of the sale of the Debentures to (i) repay any indebtedness or other obligation of the Company incurred prior to the date of this Agreement outside the normal course of business, (ii) pay any dividends or redemption amount on any of the Company’s equity or equity equivalents, (iii) pay any amounts, whether on account of debt obligations of the Company or otherwise, except for compensation, to any officer, director or other related party of the Company or (iv) pay deferred compensation or any compensation to any of the directors or officers of the Company in excess of the rate or amount paid or accrued during the fiscal year ended December, 2018 (as base compensation and excluding any discretionary amounts), other than modest increases consistent with prior practice that are approved by the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

g.       Available Shares. Commencing on the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall have and maintain authorized and reserved for issuance, free from preemptive rights, that number of shares equal to Five Hundred percent (500%) of the number of shares of Common Stock (1) issuable based upon the conversion of the then-outstanding Debentures (including accrued interest thereon) as may be required to satisfy the conversion rights of the Buyer pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Debenture (for the avoidance of doubt, this shall be calculated based on the applicable conversion price that would result after the date that is 180 calendar days after the issuance date of the respective Debenture(s) regardless of the date of calculation) (without giving effect to the 4.99% limitation on ownership as set forth in the Debentures), provided, however that for purposes of the foregoing calculation, the full indebtedness under the Debentures shall be deemed immediately convertible and (2) issuable to the Buyer on future Closing Dates, based upon the lowest closing bid price per share of the Common Stock on the date before the most recent Closing Date (as reported by Bloomberg LP) (collectively in the aggregate the “Required Reserve Amount”). The Company shall monitor its compliance with the foregoing requirements on an ongoing basis. If at any time the Company does not have available an amount of authorized and non-issued Shares required to be reserved pursuant to this Section, then the Company shall, without notice or demand by the Buyer, call within thirty (30) days of such occurrence and hold within sixty (60) days of such occurrence a special meeting of shareholders, for the sole purpose of increasing the number of shares authorized. The Board of the Company shall recommend to shareholders to vote in favor of increasing the number of Common Stock authorized at the meeting. The Company will use its best efforts to cause members of the Company’s management to vote all of their own shares in favor of increasing the number of Common Stock authorized at the meeting. If the increase in authorized shares is approved by the stockholders at the meeting, the Company shall implement the increase in authorized shares within one (1) business day following approval at such meeting. Alternatively, to the extent permitted by applicable law, in lieu of calling and holding a meeting as described above, the Company may, within thirty (30) days of the date when the Company does not have available an amount of authorized and non-issued Shares required to be reserved as described above, procure the written consent of stockholders to increase the number of shares authorized, and provide the stockholders with notice thereof as may be required under applicable law (including without limitation Section 14(c) of the Exchange Act and Regulation 14C thereunder). Upon obtaining stockholder approval as aforesaid, the Company shall cause the appropriate increase in its authorized shares of Common Stock within one (1) business day (or as soon thereafter as permitted by applicable law). Company’s failure to comply with these provisions will be an Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures).

 

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h.       Reimbursement. If (i) Buyer and/or Investments becomes a party defendant in any capacity in any action or proceeding brought by any stockholder of the Company, in connection with or as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, or if the Buyer and/or Investments is impleaded in any such action, proceeding or investigation by any Person, or (ii) the Buyer and/or Investments, other than by reason of its own gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of law (as adjudicated by a court of law having proper jurisdiction and such adjudication is not subject to appeal), becomes a party defendant in any capacity in any action or proceeding brought by the SEC against or involving the Company or in connection with or as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, or if the Buyer or Investments is impleaded in any such action, proceeding or investigation by any Person, then in any such case, the Company shall promptly reimburse the Buyer and/or Investments for its or their reasonable legal and other expenses (including the cost of any investigation and preparation) incurred in connection therewith. The reimbursement obligations of the Company under this paragraph shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have, shall extend upon the same terms and conditions to any affiliates of the Buyer and/or Investments who are actually named in such action, proceeding or investigation, and partners, directors, agents, employees and controlling Persons (if any), as the case may be, of the Buyer, Investments and any such Affiliate, and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives of the Company, the Buyer, Investments and any such Affiliate and any such Person. Except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents, the Company also agrees that neither any Buyer, Investments nor any such Affiliate, partners, directors, agents, employees or controlling Persons shall have any liability to the Company or any Person asserting claims on behalf of or in right of the Company in connection with or as a result of the consummation of the Transaction Documents.

 

i.       The Company will instruct its counsel to provide the Transfer Agent and/or the Buyer, Investments or their respective brokerage and/or clearing firm with all relevant legal opinions and other documentation requested by the Buyer or Investments in connection with the issuance of the Conversion Shares or the Restricted Stock, or the sale thereof, to confirm the share issuance(s) such that the Conversion Shares and/or Restricted Stock may be deposited with the applicable brokerage and/or clearing firm.

 

j.       No Payments to Affiliates or Related Parties.  So long as any of the Debentures remain outstanding, if the Debentures are in default, the Company shall not, absent the prior written consent of the holders of all Debentures then outstanding, make any payments to any of the Company’s or the Subsidiaries’ respective affiliates or related parties, including without limitation payments or prepayments of principal or interest accrued on any indebtedness or obligation in favor of affiliates or related parties.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the provisions of this Section 4(j) shall not apply to payments to the Subsidiaries, or other businesses in which affiliates have an interest, made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice as disclosed in the SEC Documents.

 

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k.       Notice of Material Adverse Effect. The Company shall notify the Buyer (and any subsequent holder of the Debentures), as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) business days of the Company’s knowledge of any Material Adverse Effect on the Company. For purposes of the foregoing, “knowledge” means the earlier of the Company’s actual knowledge or the Company’s constructive knowledge upon due inquiry.

 

l.       Public Disclosure. Except to the extent required by applicable law, absent the Buyer’s prior written consent, the Company shall not reference the name of the Buyer in any press release, securities disclosure, business plan, marketing or funding proposal.

 

m.       Nature of Transaction; Savings Clause. It is the parties’ express understanding and agreement that the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents constitute an investment and not a loan. If nonetheless such transactions are deemed to be a loan (as adjudicated by a court of law having proper jurisdiction and such adjudication is not subject to appeal), the Company shall not be obligated or required to pay interest at a rate that could subject Buyer to either civil or criminal liability as a result of such rate exceeding the maximum rate that the Buyer is permitted to charge under applicable law, and the Company’s obligations under the Transaction Documents shall not be void or voidable on the basis of the Buyer’s lack of any license or registration as a lender with any governmental authority. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties that neither the amounts payable pursuant to Section 12, any redemption premium, remedy upon an Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) or any Acceleration Amount (as defined in the Debentures), original issue discount nor any investment returns of the Buyer on the sale of the Debentures or the sale of any Conversion Shares (whether unrealized or realized) shall be construed as interest. If, by the terms of the Debentures, any other Transaction Document or any other instrument, Company is at any time required or obligated to pay interest at a rate exceeding such maximum rate, interest payable under the Debenture and/or such other Transaction Documents or other instrument shall be computed (or recomputed) at such maximum rate, and the portion of all prior interest payments (if any) exceeding such maximum shall be applied to payment of the outstanding principal of the Debentures.

 

n. No Integration. The Company shall not make any offers or sales of any security (other than the Securities) under circumstances that would require registration of the Securities being offered or sold hereunder under the Securities Act or cause the offering of the Securities to be integrated with any other offering of securities by the Company for the purpose of any stockholder approval provision applicable to the Company or its securities.

 

o.       Corporate Existence. The Company will, so long as the Buyer beneficially owns any of the Securities, maintain its corporate existence and shall not sell all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

 

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5.       TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS.

 

a.       Transfer Agent Instruction Letter. On or before the Signing Closing Date, the Company shall irrevocably instruct its Transfer Agent in writing using the letter substantially in the form of Exhibit B annexed hereto, with only such modifications as the Buyer agrees to, executed by the Company, the Buyer and the Transfer Agent (the “Transfer Agent Instruction Letter”), to (i) reserve that number of shares of Common Stock as is required under Section 4(g) hereof, and (ii) issue Common Stock from time to time upon conversion of the Debentures in such amounts as specified from time to time by the Buyer to the Transfer Agent in a Notice of Conversion, in such denominations to be specified by the Buyer in connection with each conversion of the Debentures. The Transfer Agent shall not be restricted from issuing shares from only the allotment reserved hereunder for the Conversion Amount (as defined in the Debentures), but instead may, to the extent necessary to satisfy the amount of shares issuable upon conversion, issue shares above and beyond the amount reserved on account of the Conversion Amount, without any additional instructions or authorization from the Company, and the Company shall not provide the Transfer Agent with any instructions or documentation contrary to the foregoing. As of the date of this Agreement, the Transfer Agent is West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc. The Company shall at all times while any Debentures are outstanding engage a Transfer Agent which is a party to the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter. If for any reason the Company’s Transfer Agent is not a signatory of the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter while any Debentures or Restricted Stock are outstanding and held by the Buyer, then such Transfer Agent shall nonetheless be deemed bound by the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter, and the Company shall use its best efforts to cause (i) the Transfer Agent to abide by the Transfer Agent’s obligations, terms and agreements set forth in the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter, and will not (ii) issue any instructions to the Transfer Agent contrary to the obligations, terms and agreements set forth in the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter. While the Debentures are outstanding, the Company shall not terminate the Transfer Agent or otherwise change Transfer Agents without at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice to the Buyer and with the Buyer’s prior written consent to such change, which the Buyer may grant or withhold in its sole discretion. The Company shall continuously monitor its compliance with the share reservation requirements and, if and to the extent necessary to increase the number of reserved shares to remain and be at least the Required Reserve Amount to account for any decrease in the Market Price of the Common Stock, the Company shall immediately (and in any event within one (1) business day) notify the Transfer Agent in writing of the reservation of such additional shares, provided that in the event that the number of shares reserved for conversion of the Debentures is less than the Required Reserve Amount, the Buyer may also directly instruct the Transfer Agent to increase the reserved shares as necessary to satisfy the minimum reserved share requirement, and the Transfer Agent shall act accordingly, provided, further, that the Company shall within one (1) business day provide any written confirmation, assent or documentation thereof as the Transfer Agent may request to act upon a share increase instruction delivered by the Buyer. The Company shall provide the Buyer with a copy of all written instructions to the Company’s Transfer Agent with respect to the reservation of shares simultaneously with the issuance of such instructions to the Transfer Agent. The Company covenants that no instruction other than such instructions referred to in this Section 5 and stop transfer instructions to give effect to Section 4(a) hereof prior to registration and sale of the Conversion Shares under the 1933 Act will be given by the Company to the Transfer Agent and that the Conversion Shares shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and to the extent provided in this Agreement and applicable law. If the Buyer provides the Company and/or the Transfer Agent with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company that registration of a resale by the Buyer of any of the Securities in accordance with clause (1)(B) of Section 4(a) of this Agreement is not required under the 1933 Act, the Company shall (except as provided in clause (2) of Section 4(a) of this Agreement) permit the de-legending or transfer of the Securities and, in the case of the Conversion Shares, instruct the Company’s Transfer Agent to issue one or more certificates for Common Stock without legend in such name and in such denominations as specified by the Buyer.

 

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b.       Conversion. (i) The Company shall permit the Buyer to exercise the right to convert the Debentures by faxing, emailing or delivering overnight an executed and completed Notice of Conversion to the Company or the Transfer Agent. If so requested by the Buyer or the Transfer Agent, the Company shall within one (1) business day respond with its endorsement so as to confirm the outstanding principal amount of any Debenture submitted for conversion or shall reconcile any difference with the Buyer promptly after receiving such Notice of Conversion.

 

(ii)       The term “Conversion Date” means, with respect to any conversion elected by the holder of the Debentures, the date specified in the Notice of Conversion, provided the copy of the Notice of Conversion is given either via mail or facsimile to or otherwise delivered to the Transfer Agent and/or the Company in accordance with the provisions hereof so that it is received by the Transfer Agent and/or the Company on or before such specified date.

 

(iii)       The Company shall deliver (or will cause the Transfer Agent to deliver) the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion as follows: (1) if the Company is then DWAC Operational, via DWAC, (2) if the Common Stock is then eligible for the Depository Trust Company’s Direct Registration System (“DRS”), if so requested by the Buyer, or (3) if the Company is not then DWAC Operational or the Common Stock is not then eligible for DRS, in certificated form, to the Buyer at the address specified in the Notice of Conversion (which may be the Buyer’s address for notices as contemplated by Section 10 hereof or a different address) via express courier, in each case within two (2) business days (the “Delivery Date”) after (A) the business day on which the Company or the Transfer Agent has received the Notice of Conversion (by facsimile, email or other delivery) or (B) the date on which payment of interest and principal on the Debentures, which the Company has elected to pay by the issuance of Common Stock, as contemplated by the Debentures, was due, as the case may be.

 

c.       Failure to Timely Issue Conversion Shares or De-Legended Shares. The Company’s failure to issue and deliver Conversion Shares to the Buyer (either by DWAC, DRS or in certificated form, as required by Section 5(b)) on or before the Delivery Date shall be considered an Event of Default, which shall entitle the Buyer to certain remedies set forth in the Debentures and provided by applicable law. Similarly, the Company’s failure to issue and deliver Common Stock in unrestricted form without a restrictive legend when permitted by applicable law and required under the Transaction Documents shall entitle the Buyer to damages for the diminution in value (if any) of the relevant shares between the date delivery was due versus the date ultimately delivered in unrestricted form. The Company acknowledges that its failure to timely honor a Notice of Conversion (or the occurrence of any other Event of Default) shall cause definable financial hardship on the Buyer(s) and that the remedies set forth herein and in the Debentures are reasonable and appropriate.

 

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d.       Duties of Company; Authorization. The Company shall inform the Transfer Agent of the reservation of shares contemplated by Section 4(g) and this Section 5, and shall keep current in its payment obligations to the Transfer Agent such that the Transfer Agent will continue to process share transfers and the initial issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of Debentures. The Company hereby authorizes and agrees to authorize the Transfer Agent to correspond and otherwise communicate with the Buyer or their representatives in connection with the foregoing and other matters related to the Common Stock. Further, the Company hereby authorizes the Buyer or its representative to provide instructions to the Transfer Agent that are consistent with the foregoing and instructs the Transfer Agent to honor any such instructions. Should the Company fail for any reason to keep current in its payment obligations to the Transfer Agent, the Buyer and/or Investments may pay such amounts as are necessary to compensate the Transfer Agent for performing its duties with respect to share reservation, issuance of Conversion Shares and/or de-legending certificates representing Restricted Stock, and all amounts so paid shall be promptly reimbursed by the Company. If not so reimbursed within thirty (30) days, such amounts shall, at the option of the Buyer and without prior notice to or consent of the Company, be added to the principal amount due under the Debenture(s) held by the Buyer, whereupon interest will begin to accrue on such amounts at the rate specified in the Debentures.

 

e.       Effect of Bankruptcy. The Buyer shall be entitled to exercise its conversion privilege with respect to the Debentures notwithstanding the commencement of any case under 11 U.S.C. §101 et seq. (the “Bankruptcy Code”). In the event the Company is a debtor under the Bankruptcy Code, the Company hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted, any rights to relief it may have under 11 U.S.C. §362 in respect of the Buyer’s conversion privilege. The Company hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted, any rights to relief it may have under 11 U.S.C. §362 in respect of the conversion of the Debentures. The Company agrees, without cost or expense to the Buyer, to take or to consent to any and all action necessary to effectuate relief under 11 U.S.C. §362.

 

6.       CLOSINGS.

 

a.       Signing Closing. Promptly upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Signing Debenture and all conditions in Sections 7 and 8 herein are met (the “Signing Closing Date”), (A) the Company shall deliver to the Buyer the following: (i) the Signing Debenture and Commitment Shares; (ii) the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter; (iii) duly executed counterparts of the Transaction Documents; and (iv) an officer’s certificate of the Company confirming the accuracy of the Company’s representations and warranties contained herein, and (B) the Buyer shall deliver to the Company the following: (i) the Signing Purchase Price and (ii) duly executed counterparts of the Transaction Documents (as applicable). The Company shall immediately pay the fees due under Section 12 of this Agreement upon receipt of the Signing Purchase Price if Buyer does not withhold such amounts from the Signing Purchase Price pursuant to Section 12.

 

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b.       Second Closing. At any time after sixty (60) days following the Signing Closing Date, subject to the mutual agreement of the Buyer and the Company, for the “Second Closing Date” and subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 7 and 8, (A) the Company shall deliver to the Buyer the following: (i) the Second Debenture; (ii) an amendment to the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter instructing the Transfer Agent to reserve that number of shares of Common Stock as is required under Section 4(g) hereof, if necessary; and (iii) an officer’s certificate of the Company confirming, as of the Second Closing Date, the accuracy of the Company’s representations and warranties contained herein and updating Schedules 3(b), 3(c) and 3(k) as of the Second Closing Date, and (B) the Buyer shall deliver to the Company the Second Purchase Price.

 

c.       Additional Investors. If, at any time after sixty (60) days following the Signing Closing Date, (i) the Company submits a request to the Buyer with respect to the consummation of the closing of the Second Debenture and (ii) the Buyer elects not to consummate the closing of the Second Debenture within three (3) business days of the Company’s request, then the Company may raise up to $300,000.00 from an Affiliate of the Company and/or other individual investors (but not from an entity similar to the Buyer) (the “Additional Investors”), so long as the Additional Investors are contractually prohibited from (i) assigning such investment to any other party as well as (ii) selling, transferring, or otherwise disposing of Common Stock issued in connection with or underlying such investment until the Buyer no longer owns any of the Securities.

 

d.       Location and Time of Closings. Each Closing shall be deemed to occur on the related Closing Date at the office of the Buyer’s counsel and shall take place no later than 5:00 P.M., east coast time, on such day or such other time as is mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Buyer.

 

7.       CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATION TO SELL.

 

The Company’s obligation to sell the Debentures to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement on each Closing Date is conditioned upon:

 

a.       Purchase Price. Delivery to the Company of good funds as payment in full of the respective Purchase Price for the Debentures at each Closing in accordance with this Agreement;

 

b.       Representations and Warranties; Covenants. The accuracy on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Buyer contained in this Agreement, each as if made on such date, and the performance by the Buyer on or before such date of all covenants and agreements of the Buyer required to be performed on or before such date; and

 

c.       Laws and Regulations; Consents and Approvals. There shall not be in effect any law, rule or regulation prohibiting or restricting the transactions contemplated hereby, or requiring any consent or approval which shall not have been obtained.

 

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8.       CONDITIONS TO THE BUYER’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.

 

The Buyer’s obligation to purchase the Debentures at each Closing is conditioned upon:

 

a.       Transaction Documents. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company;

 

b.       Debenture(s). Delivery by the Company to the Buyer of the Debentures to be purchased in accordance with this Agreement;

 

c.       Section 4(a)(2) Exemption. The Debentures and the Conversion Shares shall be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended), pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof;

 

d.        DWAC Status. The Common Stock shall be DWAC Operational;

 

e.       Representations and Warranties; Covenants. The accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement, each as if made on such date, and the performance by the Company on or before such date of all covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed on or before such date;

 

f.       Good-faith Opinion. It should be Buyer’s reasonable belief that (i) no Event of Default under the terms of any outstanding indebtedness of the Company shall have occurred or would likely occur with the passage of time and (ii) no material adverse change in the financial condition or business operations of the Company shall have occurred;

 

g.       Legal Proceedings. There shall be no litigation, criminal or civil, regulatory impairment or other legal and/or administrative proceedings challenging or seeking to limit the Company’s ability to issue the Securities or the Common Stock;

 

h.       [Reserved];

 

i.       Corporate Resolutions. Delivery by the Company to the Buyer a copy of resolutions of the Company’s board of directors, approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Irrevocable Resolutions”);

 

j.       Officer’s Certificate. Delivery by the Company to the Buyer of a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D;

 

k.       Search Results. Delivery by the Company to the Buyer of copies of UCC search reports, issued by the Secretary of State of the state of incorporation of the Company and each Subsidiary, dated such a date as is reasonably acceptable to Buyer, listing all effective financing statements which name the Company or Subsidiary (as applicable), under its present name and any previous names, as debtor, together with copies of such financing statements;

 

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l.       Certificate of Good Standing. Delivery by the Company to the Buyer of a copy of a certificate of good standing with respect to the Company, issued by the Secretary of State of the state of incorporation of the Company, dated such a date as is reasonably acceptable to Buyer, evidencing the good standing thereof;

 

m.       Laws and Regulations; Consents and Approvals. There shall not be in effect any law, rule or regulation prohibiting or restricting the transactions contemplated hereby, or requiring any consent or approval which shall not have been obtained; and

 

n.       Adverse Changes. From and after the date hereof to and including each Closing Date, (i) the trading of the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the SEC, FINRA, or any other governmental or self-regulatory organization, and trading in securities generally on the Principal Market shall not have been suspended or limited, nor shall minimum prices been established for securities traded on the Principal Market; (ii) there shall not have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or any material adverse change in any financial market that in either case in the reasonable judgment of the Buyer makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Debentures.

 

9.       GOVERNING LAW; MISCELLANEOUS.

 

a.       MANDATORY FORUM SELECTION. Any dispute arising under, relating to, or in connection with the Agreement or related to any matter which is the subject of or incidental to the Agreement (whether or not such claim is based upon breach of contract or tort) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state COURTS located in MIAMI-DADE County, FLORIDA and/or federal courts located in MIAMI-DADE County, FLORIDA.  This provision is intended to be a “mandatory” forum selection clause and governed by and interpreted consistentLY with FLORIDA law.

 

b.       Governing Law. Except in the case of the Mandatory Forum Selection clause above, this Agreement shall be delivered and accepted in and shall be deemed to be contracts made under and governed by the internal laws of the State of Nevada, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions. To the extent determined by the applicable court described above, the Company shall reimburse the Buyer for any reasonable legal fees and disbursements incurred by the Buyer in enforcement of or protection of any of its rights under any of the Transaction Documents.

 

c.       Waivers. Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy, shall not operate as a waiver thereof.

 

d.       Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto.

 

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e.       Construction. All pronouns and any variations thereof refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the context may require.

 

f.       Facsimiles; E-mails. A facsimile or email transmission of this signed Agreement or a Notice of Conversion under the Debentures shall be legal and binding on all parties hereto. Such electronic signatures shall be the equivalent of original signatures.

 

g.       Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original.

 

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

 

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

 

j.       Amendment. This Agreement may be amended only by the written consent of a majority in interest of the holders of the Debentures and an instrument in writing signed by the Company.

 

k.       Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the other Transaction Documents, supersedes all prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

l.       No Strict Construction. This Agreement shall be construed as if both Parties had equal say in its drafting, and thus shall not be construed against the drafter.

 

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

 

10.       NOTICES.

 

Any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing (unless otherwise specified herein) and shall be deemed effectively given on the earliest of:

 

a.       the date delivered, if delivered by personal delivery as against written receipt therefor or by facsimile or email transmission,

 

b.       the third (3rd) business day after deposit, postage prepaid, in the United States Postal Service by registered or certified mail, or

 

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c.       the first (1st) business day after deposit with a recognized courier service (e.g. FedEx, UPS, DHL, US Postal Service) for delivery by next-day express courier, with delivery costs and fees prepaid,

 

in each case, addressed to each of the other parties thereunto entitled at the following addresses (or at such other addresses as such party may designate by ten (10) days’ advance written notice similarly given to each of the other parties hereto):

 

 

COMPANY:    

VerifyMe, Inc.

75 S. Clinton Ave., Suite 510

Rochester, NY 14604

Attention: Patrick White, Chief Executive Officer

Email: ap@verifyme.com

 

 

 

With copies to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

1600 Bausch & Lomb Place

Rochester, NY 14604

Attention: Alex R. McClean

Email: amcclean@hselaw.com

 

BUYER:

Peak One Opportunity Fund, L.P.

333 South Hibiscus Drive

Miami Beach, FL 33139

Attention: Jason Goldstein

Email: jgoldstein@peakoneinvestments.com

 

 

 

With copies to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

 

Anthony L.G., PLLC

625 N. Flagler Drive, Suite 600

West Palm Beach, FL 33401

Attention: Chad Friend, Esq., LL.M.

Email: CFriend@AnthonyPLLC.com

 

11.       SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Company’s representations and warranties herein shall survive for so long as any Debentures are outstanding, and shall inure to the benefit of the Buyer, its successors and assigns.

 

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12.       FEES; EXPENSES.

 

a.       Commitment Fee. A non-accountable fee (the “Commitment Fee”) of Five Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($5,000.00) on the Signing Closing Date, shall be withheld from the purchase price of the respective debenture to cover the Buyer’s accounting fees, legal fees, and other transactional costs incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Commitment Fee shall be paid on the respective closing dates if Buyer does not withhold such amounts from the respective purchase price pursuant to Section 12(b). In addition, at the Signing Closing Date, the Company shall issue to Investments as a commitment fee, 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Commitment Shares”).

 

b.       Disbursements. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company hereby authorizes the Buyer to deduct the cash portion of the Commitment Fee from the purchase price of each Debenture and transmit same to the respective payee.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by the Buyer and the Company as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

COMPANY:

 

 

VERIFYME, INC.

 

 

  By:   /s/ Patrick White
 

Name: Patrick White

Title: Chief Executive Officer

     
     
 

BUYER:

 

 

PEAK ONE OPPORTUNITY FUND, L.P.

 

  By:

 Peak One Investments, LLC,

General Partner

 

 

 

By: /s/ Jason Goldstein

Name: Jason Goldstein

Title: Managing Member

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Securities Purchase Agreement]

 

   
 

 

SCHEDULE 3(b)

 

 

 

 

 

COMPANY ORGANIZATION CHART

 

 

Subsidiary / Affiliate

Name and Relationship

Jurisdiction of Incorporation Percentage of Ownership
None    
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

   
 

 

SCHEDULE 3(c)

 

 

 


COMPANY CAPITALIZATION TABLE

COMMON STOCK AND COMMON STOCK EQUIVALENTS

ISSUED, OUTSTANDING AND RESERVED

 

DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
Authorized Capital Stock 750,000,000
Authorized Common Stock 675,000,000
Issued Common Stock 110,339,039
Outstanding Common Stock 109,988,499
Treasury Stock 350,540
Common Stock Previously Reserved 65,860,859
Authorized, but unissued Common Stock 498,800,102
   
Authorized Preferred Stock 75,000,000
Issued Preferred Stock (Series B Convertible Preferred Stock) 0.85
   
Reserved for Awards under Equity Incentive Plans 16,562,500
Reserved for Options 20,113,529
Reserved for Convertible Debt N/A
Reserved for Warrants 21,962,608
Reserved for Other Purposes (Series B Convertible Preferred Stock) 7,222,222
   
TOTAL COMMON STOCK AND COMMON STOCK EQUIVALENTS OUTSTANDING 176,199,898

 

   
 

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A FORM OF DEBENTURE
   
Exhibit B FORM OF TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTION LETTER
   
Exhibit C FORM OF RESOLUTIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
   
Exhibit D FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

 

   
 

  

EXHIBIT B

 

VERIFYME, INC.

 

IRREVOCABLE TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTION LETTER

 

(see attached)

 

   
 

 

VERIFYME, INC.

 

IRREVOCABLE TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTION LETTER

 

 

September 18, 2019

 

West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc.

721 N. Vulcan Ave., Suite 205

Encinitas, CA 92024

 

Re: Irrevocable Instructions for Peak One Opportunity Fund, LP and Peak One Investments, LLC

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

VERIFYME, INC., a Nevada corporation (the "Company") and Peak One Opportunity Fund, L.P. (together with its successors and assigns, the "Investor") have entered into a securities purchase agreement dated as of September 18, 2019 (the "Agreement") providing for the issuance of the senior secured convertible debentures, convertible into the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) in the principal amount of up to $600,000.00 (collectively, the "Debentures"). Notwithstanding anything herein, the instructions to the Transfer Agent (as defined herein) contained herein shall also apply to the issuance of, and removal of restrictive legend from, any shares of the Company’s common stock issued to the Investor and/or Peak One Investments, LLC (“Investments”) with respect to the Commitment Shares (as defined in the Agreement) or otherwise.

 

A copy of the form of the Debentures is attached hereto. The shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of the Debentures are to be registered in the name(s) of the registered holder(s) of the Debentures submitted for conversion, or its assignees, as requested by the Investor.

 

West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc. (“West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc.,” the “Transfer Agent” or “you”) are hereby irrevocably authorized and instructed to reserve a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock of the Company to satisfy the Company’s share reservation requirement of 500% of the Debentures under the Agreement (initially, 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock which should be held in reserve for the Investor and Investments pursuant to the subject Debentures as of this date) for issuance upon conversion of any of the Debentures referenced herein in accordance with the terms thereof (without giving effect to the 4.99% limitation on ownership, each as set forth in the Debentures). The amount of Common Stock so reserved may be increased, from time to time, by written instructions of the Company or the Investor. The amount of Common Stock so reserved may not be decreased without the prior written consent of the Investor (unless such decrease in reserved shares is due to an issuance of reserved shares pursuant to the conversion of Debentures). You will adjust the number of reserved shares accordingly, within one (1) business day of receipt of any such instructions, so as long as there are sufficient available authorized shares.

 

   
 

 

The ability to convert the Debentures in a timely manner is a material obligation of the Company pursuant to the Debentures. Your firm is hereby irrevocably authorized and instructed to issue shares of Common Stock of the Company (without any restrictive legend) to the Investor at the request of the Investor without any further action or confirmation by the Company, in which case the issuance shall be deducted against the reserve or, if there are not enough shares held in reserve, from available authorized shares of the Company, either (i) electronically by crediting the account of the Investor’s broker with the Depository Trust Company through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system, provided that the Company has been made FAST/DRS eligible by DTCC (DWAC), or (ii) if requested by the Investor or if a legal opinion is not provided to the Transfer Agent as described below, in certificated form without any legend which would restrict the transfer of the shares, and you should remove all stop-transfer instructions relating to such shares: (A) upon your receipt from the Investor dated within two (2) business days from the date of the issuance or transfer request, of: (i) a notice of conversion under any of the Debentures (each a "Notice of Conversion") executed by the Investor and/or Investments; and (ii) an opinion of counsel of the Investor or the Company, in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions (and reasonably satisfactory to the Transfer Agent), to the effect that the shares of Common Stock of the Company issued to the Investor and/or Investments pursuant to the Notice of Conversion are not "restricted securities" and should be issued to the Investor without any restrictive legend; and (B) the number of shares to be issued is less than 4.99% of the total issued Common Stock of the Company. If an opinion from counsel is not provided, you are instructed and authorized to issue shares to the Investor as restricted and the associated certificate(s) should include the customary restrictive legend. You will issue the Common Stock upon conversion within two (2) business days of receipt of a Notice of Conversion and any other documents and information you reasonably request. The Transfer Agent must issue the shares of Common Stock to the Investor and/or Investments, pursuant to this agreement, despite any threatened or ongoing dispute between the Company and Investor (and/or Investments), unless there is a valid court order prohibiting such issuance.

 

The Company affirms that it has by all appropriate corporate action irrevocably resolved to issue all required Common Stock to the investor and hereby requests that your firm act immediately, without delay and without the need for any action or confirmation by the Company with respect to the reservation of shares and the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to any Notice of Conversion received from the Investor and/or Investments. You agree that the Company’s irrevocable resolutions and this irrevocable letter of instructions constitute sufficient documentation to evidence the Company’s authorization to complete the activities contemplated hereby and that no other Company documentation or confirmation shall be necessary or requested from the Company.

 

   
 

 

The Investor and the Company understand that West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc. shall not be required to perform any issuances or transfers of shares if (a) the Company or request violates, or is in material violation of, any terms of the Transfer Agent Agreement, (b) such an issuance or transfer of shares is, in the opinion of the Transfer Agent’s legal counsel, as demonstrated by a written legal opinion addressed to the Company and the Investor, in violation of any state or federal securities law or regulation or (c) the issuance or transfer of shares is prohibited or stopped as required or directed by a valid court order. If the Company informs you that there is a court order stopping issuances, then the Company agrees to provide West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc. with a copy of such court order immediately, and a legal opinion from counsel within three (3) business days addressing the matter and, once such court order and legal opinion are received, you will not be obligated to perform any issuances related to the Debentures and this agreement. If the Company has an outstanding balance of fees owed to West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc. for any reason, the Investor understands West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc. will not be obligated to issue Common Stock to the Investor unless the Company or Investor first pays all fees owed to West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc., provided that if the Investor and/or Investments pays the fees of West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc. for the specific issuance of Common Stock to the Investor and/or Investments under a given Notice of Conversion, then West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc. will issue such shares notwithstanding any unpaid fees owed it by the Company for other purposes. The Company authorizes West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc. to inform the Investor of the amount and nature of any outstanding transfer agency fee balances owed by the Company if the Investor requests such information.

 

You are hereby authorized and directed to promptly disclose to the Investor without any additional confirmation from the Company, after Investor’s request from time to time, the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding, the total number of shares of Common Stock in the float, and the total number of shares of Common Stock that are authorized but unissued and unreserved.

 

The Company shall indemnify you and your officers, directors, principals, partners, agents and representatives, and hold each of them harmless from and against any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or expense (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of its attorneys) incurred by or asserted against you or any of them arising out of or in connection the instructions set forth herein, the performance of your duties hereunder and otherwise in respect hereof, including the costs and expenses of defending yourself or themselves against any claim or liability hereunder, except that the Company shall not be liable hereunder as to matters in respect of which it is determined that you have acted with gross negligence or in bad faith. You shall have no liability to the Company in respect to any action taken or any failure to act in respect of this if such action was taken or omitted to be taken in good faith, and you shall be entitled to rely in this regard on the advice of counsel.

 

The Board of Directors of the Company has approved the foregoing (irrevocable instructions) and does hereby extend the Company’s irrevocable agreement to indemnify your firm and any successor transfer agent for all loss, liability or expense in carrying out the authority and direction herein contained on the terms herein set forth.

The Investor is intended to be, and is, a beneficiary hereof, and no amendment or modification to the instructions set forth herein may be made without the consent of the Investor. The Transfer Agent agrees that in the event of its resignation, then the Transfer Agent will provide at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice to the Company and the Investor. The Company shall not terminate the Transfer Agent as the Company’s transfer agent, and the Transfer Agent shall not accept any such termination by the Company, without a signed consent from the Investor. The Transfer Agent also agrees that if the Company requests the Transfer Agent provide records pertaining to the register of Common Stock to any third party in what the Transfer Agent has reason to believe is in contemplation of replacing the Transfer Agent with another party, then the Transfer Agent shall notify the Investor within two (2) business days of the Transfer Agent’s receipt of such request.

 

   
 

 

The Company agrees that in the event it seeks to replace or terminate the Transfer Agent, the Company shall (i) provide at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice to the Transfer Agent and the Investor, (ii) obtain a signed written consent from the Investor, and (iii) shall cause the replacement transfer agent to be bound by the terms and conditions of these irrevocable instructions at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed effective date of the transition to the replacement transfer agent. The Transfer Agent shall not transfer any records or documentation pertaining to the Common Stock to any purported successor transfer agent without the Investor’s prior written consent. Any replacement transfer agent (whether approved by the Investor or appointed by the Company without the Investor’s prior consent in breach of the foregoing provisions) shall automatically be bound by this Letter Agreement as if a party hereto, and any such replacement transfer agent shall confirm in writing to the Investor within two (2) business days that it is bound by the terms and conditions of these irrevocable instructions.

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

   
 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

VERIFYME, INC.

 

 

By: _____________________________

Name:   Patrick White

Title:     Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Acknowledged and Agreed:

 

WEST COAST STOCK TRANSFER, INC.

 

 

By: ________________________________

Name: _____________________________

Title: ______________________________

 

 

PEAK ONE OPPORTUNITY FUND, L.P.

 

By: Peak One Investments, LLC,

its General Partner

 

 

By: ___________________________________

Name: Jason Goldstein

Title: Managing Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of September 18, 2019, is entered into by and between VERIFYME, INC., a Nevada corporation, (the “Company”) and TFK INVESTMENTS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (the “Buyer”).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Buyer are executing and delivering this Agreement in accordance with and in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded, inter alia, by Rule 506 under Regulation D (“Regulation D”) as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and/or Section 4(a)(2) of the 1933 Act; and

 

WHEREAS, the Buyer wishes to purchase from the Company, and the Company wishes to sell the Buyer, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, securities consisting of the Company’s senior secured convertible debentures (the “Debentures”), each of which are in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which will be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), in the aggregate principal amount of up to Six Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($600,000.00), for an aggregate Purchase Price of up to Five Hundred Forty Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($540,000.00), all upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the Debentures, and other related documents;

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1. DEFINITIONS; AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE.

 

a.            Certain Definitions. As used herein, each of the following terms has the meaning set forth below, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(i)           “Affiliate” means, with respect to a specific Person referred to in the relevant provision, another Person who or which controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such specified Person.

 

(ii)          “Certificates” means certificates representing the Conversion Shares issuable hereunder, each duly executed on behalf of the Company and issued hereunder.

 

(iii)         “Closing Date” means the date on which one of the two (2) Closings are held, which are the Signing Closing Date and the Second Closing Date.

 

(iv)         “Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 12(a).

 

     
   

 

(v)          “Commitment Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 12(a).

 

(vi)         “Common Stock” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals.

 

(vii)        “Conversion Amount” shall mean the Conversion Amount as defined in the Debentures, provided, however that for purposes of the foregoing calculation, the full indebtedness under the Debentures shall be deemed immediately convertible, notwithstanding the 4.99% limitation on ownership set forth in the Debentures.

 

(viii)       “Conversion Price” means the Conversion Price as defined in the Debentures.

 

(ix)         “Conversion Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Debentures.

 

(x)          “DWAC Operational” means that the Common Stock is eligible for clearing through the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) via the DTC’s Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission or “DWAC” system and active and in good standing for DWAC issuance by the Transfer Agent (as defined herein).

 

(xi)         “Dollars” or “$” means United States Dollars.

 

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

 

(xiii)       [Intentionally Omitted].

 

(xiv)       “Irrevocable Resolutions” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(i).

 

(xv)        “Market Price of the Common Stock” means (x) the closing bid price of the Common Stock for the period indicated in the relevant provision hereof (unless a different relevant period is specified in the relevant provision), as reported by Bloomberg, LP or, if not so reported, as reported on the OTCQB, OTCQX or OTC Pink or (y) if the Common Stock is listed on a stock exchange, the closing price on such exchange, as reported by Bloomberg LP.

 

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(xvi)       “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on the (i) business, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operation of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents; or (iii) Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under the Transaction Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the occurrence of any of the following shall be considered a Material Adverse Effect: (i) any final money, judgment, writ or warrant of attachment, or similar process (including an arbitral determination) in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) shall be entered or filed against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including, in any event, products liability claims against the Company or its Subsidiaries), (ii) the suspension or withdrawal of any governmental authority or permit pertaining to a material amount of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s products or services, (iii) the loss of and inability to replace any material insurance coverage (including, in any case, comprehensive general liability coverage, products liability coverage or directors and officers coverage, in each case in effect at the time of execution and delivery of this Agreement), (iv) an action by a regulatory agency or governmental body affecting the Common Stock (including, without limitation, (1) the commencement of any regulatory investigation of which the Company is aware, the suspension of trading of the Common Stock by the Financial Industry Regulation Authority (“FINRA”), the SEC, the OTC Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”) or the OTC Markets Group, Inc., the failure of the Common Stock to be DTC eligible or the placing of the Common Stock on the DTC “chill list” or (2) the engaging in any market manipulation or other unlawful or improper trading or other activity by any Affiliate), (v) the Company’s independent registered accountants shall resign under circumstances where a disagreement exists between the Company and its independent registered accountants, or (vi) the Chief Executive Officer of the Company shall, for any reason (including, without limitation, termination, resignation, retirement, death or disability) cease to act on behalf of the Company in the same role and to the same extent as his or her involvement as of the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

(xvii)      “Person” means any living person or any entity, such as, but not necessarily limited to, a corporation, partnership or trust.

 

(xviii)     “Purchase Price” means the price that the Buyer pays for the Debentures at each respective Closing, which are the Signing Purchase Price and the Second Purchase Price, as the case may be.

 

(xix)        “Registrable Securities” shall mean the Commitment Shares, Conversion Shares, and, to the extent applicable, and any other shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company or any successor to the Company that are issued upon exchange of Conversion Shares and/or such Restricted Stock.

 

(xx)         “Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement filed or contemplated to be filed by the Company with the SEC under the Securities Act.

 

(xxi)        “Restricted Stock” shall mean shares of Common Stock which are not freely trading shares when issued.

 

(xxii)       “Securities” means the Debentures, the Shares, and Commitment Shares (as defined in this Agreement).

 

(xxiii)      “Shares” means the Conversion Shares.

 

(xxiv)     “Second Closing Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6(b).

 

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(xxv)      “Second Debenture” means the second of the two (2) Debentures, in the principal amount of Three Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($300,000.00), which is issued by the Company to the Buyer on the Second Closing Date.

 

(xxvi)     “Second Purchase Price” shall be Two Hundred Seventy Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($270,000.00)

 

(xxvii)    “Signing Closing Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6(a).

 

(xxviii)   “Signing Debenture” means the first of the two (2) Debentures, in the principal amount of Three Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($300,000.00), to be issued by the Company to the Buyer on the Signing Closing Date.

 

(xxix)      “Signing Purchase Price” shall be Two Hundred Seventy Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($270,000.00).

 

(xxx)       “Subsidiary” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(b).

 

(xxxi)      [Intentionally Omitted].

 

(xxxii)     [Intentionally Omitted].

 

(xxxiii)    [Intentionally Omitted].

 

(xxxiv)    “Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Debentures, the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter, the Irrevocable Resolutions and the other agreements, documents and instruments contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

(xxxv)     “Transfer Agent” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4(a).

 

(xxxvi)    “Transfer Agent Instruction Letter” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5(a).

 

b.        Purchase and Sale of Debentures.

 

(i)       The Buyer agrees to purchase from the Company, and the Company agrees to sell to the Buyer, the Debentures on the terms and conditions set forth below in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. The Commitment Shares shall be earned in full as an inducement fee as of the Signing Closing Date.

 

(ii)       Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the Buyer will purchase the Debentures at certain closings (each, a “Closing”) to be held on certain respective Closing Dates.

 

c.        [Reserved]

 

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(i)        [Reserved]

 

(ii)       [Reserved]

 

2. BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, ETC.

 

The Buyer represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, the Company as follows:

 

a.       Investment Purpose. Without limiting the Buyer’s right to sell the Shares pursuant to a Registration Statement, Buyer is purchasing the Debentures, and will be acquiring the Conversion Shares, as principal for its own account for investment purposes only and not with a view towards the public sale or distribution thereof and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof. The Buyer is purchasing the Debentures in the ordinary course of its business.

 

b.       Accredited Investor Status. Buyer is (i) an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of the General Rules and Regulations under the 1933 Act by reason of Rule 501(a)(3), (ii) experienced in making investments of the kind described in this Agreement and the related documents, (iii) able, by reason of the business and financial experience of its officers (if an entity) and professional advisors (who are not affiliated with or compensated in any way by the Company or any of its affiliates or selling agents), to protect its own interests in connection with the transactions described in this Agreement, and the related documents, and (iv) able to afford the entire loss of its investment in the Securities.

 

c.       Subsequent Offers and Sales. Buyer understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state law. All subsequent offers and sales of the Securities by the Buyer shall be made pursuant to registration of the Shares under the 1933 Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration and compliance with applicable states’ securities laws.

 

d.       Reliance on Exemptions. Buyer understands that the Securities 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 upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Buyer to acquire the Securities.

 

e.       Information. Buyer and its advisors have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Securities which have been requested by the Buyer. Buyer and its advisors have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company and have received complete and satisfactory answers to any such inquiries. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Buyer has also had the opportunity to obtain and to review the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2019.

 

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f.       Investment Risk. Buyer understands that its investment in the securities constitutes high risk investment, its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk, including the risk of loss of the Buyer’s entire investment.

 

g.       Governmental Review. Buyer 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 Securities.

 

h.       Organization; Authorization. Buyer is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full right and power to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Buyer and create a valid and binding agreement of the Buyer enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject as to enforceability to general principles of equity and to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

 

i.       Residency. The state in which any offer to sell Securities hereunder was made to or accepted by the Buyer is the state shown as the Buyer’s address contained herein, and Buyer is a resident of such state only.

 

3. COMPANY REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, ETC. 

 

The Company represents and warrants to the Buyer that:

 

a.       Concerning the Debentures and the Shares. There are no preemptive rights of any stockholder of the Company to acquire the Debentures or the Shares.

 

b.       Organization; Subsidiaries; Reporting Company Status. Attached hereto as Schedule 3(b) is an organizational chart describing all of the Company’s wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries (the “Subsidiaries”) and other Affiliates, including the relationships among the Company and such Subsidiaries, including as to each Subsidiary its jurisdiction of organization and the percentage of ownership held by the Company, and the parent company of the Subsidiary, including the percentage of ownership of the Company held by it. The Company and each Subsidiary is a corporation or other form of businesses entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws its respective jurisdiction of organization, and each of them has the requisite corporate or other power to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. The Company and each Subsidiary is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other 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. The Common Stock is listed and traded on the OTCQB (trading symbol: VRME). The Company has received no notice, either oral or written, from FINRA, the SEC, or any other organization, with respect to the continued eligibility of the Common Stock for such listing, and the Company has maintained all requirements for the continuation of such listing. The Company is an operating company in that, among other things (A) it primarily engages, wholly or substantially, directly or indirectly through a majority owned Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, in the production or sale, or the research or development, of a product or service other than the investment of capital, (B) it is not an individual or sole proprietorship, (C) it is not an entity with no specific business plan or purpose and its business plan is not to engage in a merger or acquisition with an unidentified company or companies or other entity or person, and (D) it intends to use the proceeds from the sale of the Debentures solely for the operation of the Company’s business and uses other than personal, family, or household purposes.

 

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c.       Authorized Shares. Schedule 3(c) sets forth all capital stock and derivative securities of the Company that are authorized for issuance and that are issued and outstanding. All issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. The Company has sufficient authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock as may be necessary to effect the issuance of the Shares, assuming the prior issuance and exercise, exchange or conversion, as the case may be, of all derivative securities authorized, as indicated in Schedule 3(c). The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued upon conversion of, or as interest on, the Debentures, the Shares will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not subject the holder thereof to personal liability by reason of being such holder. At all times, the Company shall keep available and reserved for issuance to the holders of the Debentures shares of Common Stock duly authorized for issuance against the Debentures. As of the effective date of this Agreement, other than as reflected in the SEC Documents (as defined in this Agreement) of the Company (i) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe for, puts, calls, rights of first refusal, agreements, understandings, claims or other commitments or rights of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of its or their securities under the 1933 Act and (iii) there are no anti-dilution or price adjustment provisions contained in any security issued by the Company (or in any agreement providing rights to security holders) that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities.

 

d.       Authorization. This Agreement, the issuance of the Debentures (including without limitation the incurrence of indebtedness thereunder), the issuance of the Conversion Shares under the Debentures, and the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, have been duly, validly and irrevocably authorized by the Company, and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company. The Company’s board of directors, in the exercise of its fiduciary duties, has irrevocably approved the entry into and performance of the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation the sale of the Debentures and the issuance of Conversion Shares, based upon a reasonable inquiry concerning the Company’s financing objectives and financial situation. Each of the Transaction Documents, when executed and delivered by the Company, are and will be, valid, legal and binding agreements of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject as to enforceability to general principles of equity and to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

 

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e.       Non-contravention. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, the issuance of the Securities and the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Debentures (including without limitation the incurrence of indebtedness thereunder) do not and will not conflict with or result in a breach by the Company of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under (i) the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company, each as currently in effect, (ii) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, or other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or any of its properties or assets are bound, including any listing agreement for the Common Stock, except as herein set forth or an event which results in the creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any assets of the Company or the triggering of any anti-dilution rights, rights of first refusal or first offer on the part of holders of the Company’s securities, (iii) to its knowledge, any existing applicable law, rule, or regulation or any applicable decree, judgment, or order of any court, United States federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency, or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties or assets, or (iv) the Company’s listing agreement for its Common Stock (if applicable), unless such conflict, breach or default would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

f.       Approvals. No authorization, approval or consent of any court, governmental body, regulatory agency, self-regulatory organization, or stock exchange or market or the stockholders of the Company is required to be obtained by the Company for the entering into and performing this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (including without limitation the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Buyer as contemplated by this Agreement) except such authorizations, approvals and consents that have been obtained, or such authorizations, approvals and consents, the failure of which to obtain would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

g.       SEC Documents; Rule 144 Status. None of the SEC Documents contained, at the time they were filed, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents (other than exhibits to such documents) incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to herein as the “SEC Documents”). Except as disclosed to the Buyer in writing, the Company is not aware of any event occurring on or prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement that would require the filing of, or with respect to which the Company intends to file, a Form 8-K after such time. The Company satisfies the requirements of Rule 144(i)(2), and the Company shall continue to satisfy all applicable requirements of Rule 144 (or any successor thereto) for so long as any Securities are outstanding and not registered pursuant to an effective Registration Statement filed with the SEC.

 

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h.       Absence of Certain Changes. Since June 30, 2019, when viewed from the perspective of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the business, properties, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, a change or development which constitutes, or with the passage of time is reasonably likely to become, a Material Adverse Effect), except as disclosed in the SEC Documents. Since June 30, 2019, except as provided in the SEC Documents, the Company has not (i) incurred or become subject to any material liabilities (absolute or contingent) except liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; (ii) discharged or satisfied any material lien or encumbrance or paid any material obligation or liability (absolute or contingent), other than current liabilities paid in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; (iii) declared or made any payment or distribution of cash or other property to stockholders with respect to its capital stock, or purchased or redeemed, or made any agreements to purchase or redeem, any shares of its capital stock; (iv) sold, assigned or transferred any other tangible assets, or canceled any debts or claims, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; (v) suffered any substantial losses or waived any rights of material value, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, or suffered the loss of any material amount of existing business; (vi) made any changes in employee compensation, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; or (vii) experienced any material problems with labor or management in connection with the terms and conditions of their employment.

 

i.       Full Disclosure. There is no fact known to the Company (other than general economic conditions known to the public generally or as disclosed in the SEC Documents) that has not been disclosed in writing to the Buyer that (i) would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations pursuant to the Transaction Documents, or (iii) would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the value of the rights granted to the Buyer in the Transaction Documents.

 

j.       Absence of Litigation. Except as described in the SEC Documents, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would have a Material Adverse Effect or which would adversely affect the validity or enforceability of, or the authority or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under, any of the Transaction Documents. The Company is not a party to or subject to the provisions of, any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency or instrumentality which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

k.       Absence of Liens. The Company’s assets are not encumbered by any liens or mortgages except as described in the SEC Documents.

 

l.       Absence of Events of Default. No event of default (or its equivalent term), as defined in the respective agreement, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument, to which the Company is a party, and no event which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would become an event of default (or its equivalent term) (as so defined in such document), has occurred and is continuing, which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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m.       No Undisclosed Liabilities or Events. The Company has no liabilities or obligations other than those disclosed in the SEC Documents or those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s business since June 30, 2019, and which individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not have a Material Adverse Effect. No event or circumstances has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its properties, business, condition (financial or otherwise), or results of operations, which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or announcement prior to the date hereof by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or disclosed. Except with respect to a proposal for an increase in the Company’s authorized Common Stock, there are no proposals currently under consideration or currently anticipated to be under consideration by the Board of Directors or the executive officers of the Company which proposal would (x) change the articles of incorporation, by-laws or any other charter document of the Company, each as currently in effect, with or without shareholder approval, which change would reduce or otherwise adversely affect the rights and powers of the shareholders of the Common Stock or (y) materially or substantially change the business, assets or capital of the Company.

 

n.       No Integrated Offering. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, at any time during the six month period immediately prior to the date of this Agreement made any offer or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that would eliminate the availability of the exemption from registration under Rule 506 of Regulation D in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities as contemplated hereby. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, has directly or indirectly made any offers or sales in any security or solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that would require registration under the Securities Act of the issuance of the Securities to the Buyer. The issuance of the Securities to the Buyer will not be integrated with any other issuance of the Company’s securities (past, current or future) for purposes of any shareholder approval provisions applicable to the Company or its securities.

 

o.       Dilution. The number of Shares issuable upon conversion of the Debentures may increase substantially in certain circumstances, including, but not necessarily limited to, the circumstance wherein the Market Price of the Common Stock declines prior to the conversion of the Debentures. The Company’s executive officers and directors have studied and fully understand the nature of the securities being sold hereby and recognize that they have a potential dilutive effect and further that the conversion of the Debentures and/or sale of the Conversion Shares may have an adverse effect on the Market Price of the Common Stock. The Board of Directors of the Company has concluded, in its good faith business judgment that such issuance is in the best interests of the Company. The Company specifically acknowledges that its obligation to issue the Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Debentures is binding upon the Company and enforceable regardless of the dilution such issuance may have on the ownership percentage of other shareholders of the Company.

 

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p.       Regulatory Permits. The Company has all such permits, easements, consents, licenses, franchises and other governmental and regulatory authorizations from all appropriate federal, state, local or other public authorities (“Permits”) as are necessary to own and lease its properties and conduct its businesses in all material respects in the manner described in the SEC Documents and as currently being conducted. All such Permits are in full force and effect and the Company has fulfilled and performed all of its material obligations with respect to such Permits, and no event has occurred that allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or will result in any other material impairment of the rights of the holder of any such Permit, subject in each case to such qualification as may be disclosed in the SEC Documents. Such Permits contain no restrictions that would materially impair the ability of the Company to conduct businesses in the manner consistent with its past practices. The Company has not received notice or otherwise has knowledge of any proceeding or action relating to the revocation or modification of any such Permit.

 

q.       Residency. The state in which any offer to sell Securities hereunder was made or accepted by the Seller is the state shown as the Seller’s address contained herein.

 

r.       Hazardous Materials. The Company is in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws in all respects except where the failure to comply does not have and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of the foregoing:

 

Environmental Laws” means, collectively, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, the Clean Air Act, as amended, the Clean Water Act, as amended, any other “Superfund” or “Superlien” law or any other applicable federal, state or local statute, law, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order or decree regulating, relating to, or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning, the environment or any Hazardous Material.

 

Hazardous Material” means and includes any hazardous, toxic or dangerous waste, substance or material, the generation, handling, storage, disposal, treatment or emission of which is subject to any Environmental Law.

 

s.       Independent Public Accountants. The Company’s auditor is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company, as required by the 1933 Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

t.       Internal Accounting Controls. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, the Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (1) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (2) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (3) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (4) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

 

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u.       Brokers. Except with respect to Maxim Group, LLC, a registered broker-dealer, no Person (other than the Buyer and its principals, employees and agents) is entitled to receive any consideration from the Company or the Buyer arising from any finder’s agreement, brokerage agreement or other agreement to which the Company is a party in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

v.        DWAC Operational; DRS. The Company is currently and shall remain DWAC Operational and eligible for DRS

 

4. CERTAIN COVENANTS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

 

a.       Transfer Restrictions. The parties acknowledge and agree that (1) the Debentures have not been registered under the provisions of the 1933 Act and the Shares have not been registered under the 1933 Act, and may not be transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder or (B) the Securities to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration; (2) any sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act (“Rule 144”) may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of such Securities under circumstances in which the seller, or the Person through whom the sale is made, may be deemed to be an underwriter, as that term is used in the 1933 Act, may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, (3) at the request of the Buyer, the Company shall, from time to time, within two (2) business days of such request, at the sole cost and expense of the Company, either (i) deliver to its transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock (the “Transfer Agent”) a written letter instructing and authorizing the Transfer Agent to process transfers of the Shares at such time as the Buyer has held the Securities for the minimum holding period permitted under Rule 144, subject to the Buyer’s providing to the Transfer Agent certain customary representations contemporaneously with any requested transfer, or (ii) at the Buyer’s option or if the Transfer Agent requires further confirmation of the availability of an exemption from registration, furnish to the Buyer an opinion of the Company’s counsel in favor of the Buyer (and, at the request of the Buyer, any agent of the Buyer, including but not limited to the Buyer’s broker or clearing firm) and the Transfer Agent, reasonably satisfactory in form, scope and substance to the Buyer and the Transfer Agent, to the effect that a contemporaneously requested transfer of shares does not require registration under the 1933 Act, pursuant to the 1933 Act, Rule 144 or other regulations promulgated under the 1933 Act and (4) neither the Company nor any other Person is under any obligation to register the Securities (other than pursuant to this Agreement) under the 1933 Act or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder.

 

b.       Restrictive Legend. The Buyer acknowledges and agrees that the Debentures, and, until such time as the Shares have been registered under the 1933 Act as contemplated hereby and sold in accordance with an effective Registration Statement, certificates and other instruments representing any of the Securities shall bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of any such Securities):

 

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THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

c.        Piggy-Back Registration Rights. From and after the Signing Closing Date and until the earlier of (i) eighteen (18) months after the Signing Closing Date or (ii) the date that the Debentures have been converted in the entirety and/or repaid in the entirety, if the Company contemplates making an offering of Common Stock (or other equity securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock) registered for sale under the Securities Act or proposes to file a Registration Statement covering any of its securities (other than an offering solely to implement an employee benefit plan or a transaction to which Rule 145 of the Securities Act is applicable, or a Registration Statement on Form S-4, S-8 or any successor form thereto or another form not available for registering the Registrable Securities for sale to the public), the Company shall at each such time give prompt written notice to Buyer of its intention to do so and of the registration rights granted under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such registration rights shall apply to a Registration Statement filed by the Company within forty five (45) days of the Signing Closing Date with Maxim Group LLC acting as underwriter. Upon the written request of Buyer made within fifteen (15) days after the receipt of any such notice (which request shall specify the Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by Buyer and the intended method of disposition thereof), the Company shall, at its sole cost and expense, use its best efforts to effect the registration of all Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register Buyer, to the extent requisite to permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended methods of disposition) of the Registrable Securities by Buyer, by inclusion of such Registrable Securities in the Registration Statement which covers the securities which the Company proposes to register; provided, that if the Company is unable to register the full amount of Registrable Securities in an “at the market offering” under SEC rules and regulations due to the high percentage of the Company’s Common Stock the Registrable Securities represents (giving effect to all other securities being registered in the Registration Statement), then the Company may reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amount of Registrable Securities subject to the Registration Statement to a lesser amount which equals the maximum number of Registrable Securities that the Company is permitted to register in an “at the market offering”; and provided, further, that if, at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register any Registrable Securities and prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement filed in connection with such registration, the Company shall determine for any reason either not to register or to delay registration of such Registrable Securities, the Company may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to the Buyer and, thereupon, (i) in the case of a determination not to register, the Company shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such registration (but not from its obligation to pay the expenses of registration in connection therewith), and (ii) in the case of a determination to delay registering such Registrable Securities, shall be permitted to delay registering any Registrable Securities, for the same period as the delay in registering such other securities. If Buyer shall have transferred all or part of its Registrable Securities, then for purposes of this Section, the term “Buyer” shall reference Buyer and/or such transferee(s).

 

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d.       Securities Filings. The Company undertakes and agrees to make all necessary filings (including, without limitation, a Form D) in connection with the sale of the Securities to the Buyer required under any United States laws and regulations applicable to the Company (including without limitation state “blue sky” laws), or by any domestic securities exchange or trading market, and to provide a copy thereof to the Buyer promptly after such filing.

 

e.       Reporting Status; Public Trading Market; DTC Eligibility. So long as the Buyer beneficially own any Securities, (i) the Company shall timely file, prior to or on the date when due, all reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if the Company had securities registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act; (ii) the Company shall not be operated as, or report, to the SEC or any other Person, that the Company is a “shell company” or indicate to the contrary to the SEC or any other Person; (iii) the Company shall take all other action under its control necessary to ensure the availability of Rule 144 under the 1933 Act for the sale of Shares by the Buyer at the earliest possible date; and (iv) the Company shall at all times while any Securities are outstanding maintain its engagement of an independent registered public accounting firm. Except as otherwise set forth in Transaction Documents, the Company shall take all action under its control necessary to obtain and to continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock (including, without limitation, all Registrable Securities) on the OTC Markets, Inc., OTC Pink, OTCQB, OTCQX, Nasdaq Capital Markets, NYSE, or any other exchange (the “Principal Market”) and will comply in all material respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the by-laws or rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). If, so long as the Buyer beneficially own any of the Securities, the Company receives any written notice from the Principal Market, FINRA, or the SEC with respect to either any alleged deficiency in the Company’s compliance with applicable rules and regulations (including without limitation any comments from the SEC on any of the Company’s documents filed (or the failure to have made any such filing) under the 1933 Act or the Exchange Act) (each, a “Regulatory Notice”), then the Company shall promptly, and in any event within two (2) business days, provide copies of the Regulatory Notice to the Buyer, and shall promptly, and in any event within ten (10) business days of receipt of the Regulatory Notice (a “Regulatory Response”), respond in writing to the Principal Market, FIRNA and/or SEC (as the case may be), setting forth the Company’s explanation and/or response to the issues raised in the Regulatory Notice, with a view towards maintaining and/or regaining full compliance with the applicable rules and regulations of the Principal Market, FIRNA and/or SEC and maintaining or regaining good standing of the Company with the Principal Market, FINRA and/or SEC, as the case may be, the intent being to ensure that the Company maintain its reporting company status with the SEC and that its Common Stock be and remain available for trading on the Principal Market. Further, at all times while any Securities are outstanding, the Common Stock shall be DWAC Operational, and the Common Stock shall not be subject to any DTC “chill” designation or similar restriction on the clearing of the Common Stock through DTC.

 

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f.       Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the proceeds from the sale of the Debentures for working capital purposes only subject to customary restrictions. Absent the prior written approval of a majority of the principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding, the Company shall not use any portion of the proceeds of the sale of the Debentures to (i) repay any indebtedness or other obligation of the Company incurred prior to the date of this Agreement outside the normal course of business, (ii) pay any dividends or redemption amount on any of the Company’s equity or equity equivalents, (iii) pay any amounts, whether on account of debt obligations of the Company or otherwise, except for compensation, to any officer, director or other related party of the Company or (iv) pay deferred compensation or any compensation to any of the directors or officers of the Company in excess of the rate or amount paid or accrued during the fiscal year ended December, 2018 (as base compensation and excluding any discretionary amounts), other than modest increases consistent with prior practice that are approved by the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

g.       Available Shares. Commencing on the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall have and maintain authorized and reserved for issuance, free from preemptive rights, that number of shares equal to Five Hundred percent (500%) of the number of shares of Common Stock (1) issuable based upon the conversion of the then-outstanding Debentures (including accrued interest thereon) as may be required to satisfy the conversion rights of the Buyer pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Debenture (for the avoidance of doubt, this shall be calculated based on the applicable conversion price that would result after the date that is 180 calendar days after the issuance date of the respective Debenture(s) regardless of the date of calculation) (without giving effect to the 4.99% limitation on ownership as set forth in the Debentures), provided, however that for purposes of the foregoing calculation, the full indebtedness under the Debentures shall be deemed immediately convertible and (2) issuable to the Buyer on future Closing Dates, based upon the lowest closing bid price per share of the Common Stock on the date before the most recent Closing Date (as reported by Bloomberg LP) (collectively in the aggregate the “Required Reserve Amount”). The Company shall monitor its compliance with the foregoing requirements on an ongoing basis. If at any time the Company does not have available an amount of authorized and non-issued Shares required to be reserved pursuant to this Section, then the Company shall, without notice or demand by the Buyer, call within thirty (30) days of such occurrence and hold within sixty (60) days of such occurrence a special meeting of shareholders, for the sole purpose of increasing the number of shares authorized. The Board of the Company shall recommend to shareholders to vote in favor of increasing the number of Common Stock authorized at the meeting. The Company will use its best efforts to cause members of the Company’s management to vote all of their own shares in favor of increasing the number of Common Stock authorized at the meeting. If the increase in authorized shares is approved by the stockholders at the meeting, the Company shall implement the increase in authorized shares within one (1) business day following approval at such meeting. Alternatively, to the extent permitted by applicable law, in lieu of calling and holding a meeting as described above, the Company may, within thirty (30) days of the date when the Company does not have available an amount of authorized and non-issued Shares required to be reserved as described above, procure the written consent of stockholders to increase the number of shares authorized, and provide the stockholders with notice thereof as may be required under applicable law (including without limitation Section 14(c) of the Exchange Act and Regulation 14C thereunder). Upon obtaining stockholder approval as aforesaid, the Company shall cause the appropriate increase in its authorized shares of Common Stock within one (1) business day (or as soon thereafter as permitted by applicable law). Company’s failure to comply with these provisions will be an Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures).

 

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h.       Reimbursement. If (i) Buyer becomes a party defendant in any capacity in any action or proceeding brought by any stockholder of the Company, in connection with or as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, or if the Buyer is impleaded in any such action, proceeding or investigation by any Person, or (ii) the Buyer, other than by reason of its own gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of law (as adjudicated by a court of law having proper jurisdiction and such adjudication is not subject to appeal), becomes a party defendant in any capacity in any action or proceeding brought by the SEC against or involving the Company or in connection with or as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, or if the Buyer is impleaded in any such action, proceeding or investigation by any Person, then in any such case, the Company shall promptly reimburse the Buyer for its or their reasonable legal and other expenses (including the cost of any investigation and preparation) incurred in connection therewith. The reimbursement obligations of the Company under this paragraph shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have, shall extend upon the same terms and conditions to any affiliates of the Buyer who are actually named in such action, proceeding or investigation, and partners, directors, agents, employees and controlling Persons (if any), as the case may be, of the Buyer and any such Affiliate, and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives of the Company, the Buyer, and any such Affiliate and any such Person. Except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents, the Company also agrees that neither any Buyer nor any such Affiliate, partners, directors, agents, employees or controlling Persons shall have any liability to the Company or any Person asserting claims on behalf of or in right of the Company in connection with or as a result of the consummation of the Transaction Documents.

 

i.       The Company will instruct its counsel to provide the Transfer Agent and/or the Buyer, or their respective brokerage and/or clearing firm with all relevant legal opinions and other documentation requested by the Buyer in connection with the issuance of the Conversion Shares or the Restricted Stock, or the sale thereof, to confirm the share issuance(s) such that the Conversion Shares and/or Restricted Stock may be deposited with the applicable brokerage and/or clearing firm.

 

j.       No Payments to Affiliates or Related Parties.  So long as any of the Debentures remain outstanding, if the Debentures are in default, the Company shall not, absent the prior written consent of the holders of all Debentures then outstanding, make any payments to any of the Company’s or the Subsidiaries’ respective affiliates or related parties, including without limitation payments or prepayments of principal or interest accrued on any indebtedness or obligation in favor of affiliates or related parties.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the provisions of this Section 4(j) shall not apply to payments to the Subsidiaries, or other businesses in which affiliates have an interest, made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice as disclosed in the SEC Documents.

 

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k.       Notice of Material Adverse Effect. The Company shall notify the Buyer (and any subsequent holder of the Debentures), as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) business days of the Company’s knowledge of any Material Adverse Effect on the Company. For purposes of the foregoing, “knowledge” means the earlier of the Company’s actual knowledge or the Company’s constructive knowledge upon due inquiry.

 

l.       Public Disclosure. Except to the extent required by applicable law, absent the Buyer’s prior written consent, the Company shall not reference the name of the Buyer in any press release, securities disclosure, business plan, marketing or funding proposal.

 

m.       Nature of Transaction; Savings Clause. It is the parties’ express understanding and agreement that the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents constitute an investment and not a loan. If nonetheless such transactions are deemed to be a loan (as adjudicated by a court of law having proper jurisdiction and such adjudication is not subject to appeal), the Company shall not be obligated or required to pay interest at a rate that could subject Buyer to either civil or criminal liability as a result of such rate exceeding the maximum rate that the Buyer is permitted to charge under applicable law, and the Company’s obligations under the Transaction Documents shall not be void or voidable on the basis of the Buyer’s lack of any license or registration as a lender with any governmental authority. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties that neither the amounts payable pursuant to Section 12, any redemption premium, remedy upon an Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) or any Acceleration Amount (as defined in the Debentures), original issue discount nor any investment returns of the Buyer on the sale of the Debentures or the sale of any Conversion Shares (whether unrealized or realized) shall be construed as interest. If, by the terms of the Debentures, any other Transaction Document or any other instrument, Company is at any time required or obligated to pay interest at a rate exceeding such maximum rate, interest payable under the Debenture and/or such other Transaction Documents or other instrument shall be computed (or recomputed) at such maximum rate, and the portion of all prior interest payments (if any) exceeding such maximum shall be applied to payment of the outstanding principal of the Debentures.

 

n. No Integration. The Company shall not make any offers or sales of any security (other than the Securities) under circumstances that would require registration of the Securities being offered or sold hereunder under the Securities Act or cause the offering of the Securities to be integrated with any other offering of securities by the Company for the purpose of any stockholder approval provision applicable to the Company or its securities.

 

o.       Corporate Existence. The Company will, so long as the Buyer beneficially owns any of the Securities, maintain its corporate existence and shall not sell all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

 

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5. TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS.

 

a.       Transfer Agent Instruction Letter. On or before the Signing Closing Date, the Company shall irrevocably instruct its Transfer Agent in writing using the letter substantially in the form of Exhibit B annexed hereto, with only such modifications as the Buyer agrees to, executed by the Company, the Buyer and the Transfer Agent (the “Transfer Agent Instruction Letter”), to (i) reserve that number of shares of Common Stock as is required under Section 4(g) hereof, and (ii) issue Common Stock from time to time upon conversion of the Debentures in such amounts as specified from time to time by the Buyer to the Transfer Agent in a Notice of Conversion, in such denominations to be specified by the Buyer in connection with each conversion of the Debentures. The Transfer Agent shall not be restricted from issuing shares from only the allotment reserved hereunder for the Conversion Amount (as defined in the Debentures), but instead may, to the extent necessary to satisfy the amount of shares issuable upon conversion, issue shares above and beyond the amount reserved on account of the Conversion Amount, without any additional instructions or authorization from the Company, and the Company shall not provide the Transfer Agent with any instructions or documentation contrary to the foregoing. As of the date of this Agreement, the Transfer Agent is West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc. The Company shall at all times while any Debentures are outstanding engage a Transfer Agent which is a party to the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter. If for any reason the Company’s Transfer Agent is not a signatory of the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter while any Debentures or Restricted Stock are outstanding and held by the Buyer, then such Transfer Agent shall nonetheless be deemed bound by the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter, and the Company shall use its best efforts to cause (i) the Transfer Agent to abide by the Transfer Agent’s obligations, terms and agreements set forth in the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter, and will not (ii) issue any instructions to the Transfer Agent contrary to the obligations, terms and agreements set forth in the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter. While the Debentures are outstanding, the Company shall not terminate the Transfer Agent or otherwise change Transfer Agents without at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice to the Buyer and with the Buyer’s prior written consent to such change, which the Buyer may grant or withhold in its sole discretion. The Company shall continuously monitor its compliance with the share reservation requirements and, if and to the extent necessary to increase the number of reserved shares to remain and be at least the Required Reserve Amount to account for any decrease in the Market Price of the Common Stock, the Company shall immediately (and in any event within one (1) business day) notify the Transfer Agent in writing of the reservation of such additional shares, provided that in the event that the number of shares reserved for conversion of the Debentures is less than the Required Reserve Amount, the Buyer may also directly instruct the Transfer Agent to increase the reserved shares as necessary to satisfy the minimum reserved share requirement, and the Transfer Agent shall act accordingly, provided, further, that the Company shall within one (1) business day provide any written confirmation, assent or documentation thereof as the Transfer Agent may request to act upon a share increase instruction delivered by the Buyer. The Company shall provide the Buyer with a copy of all written instructions to the Company’s Transfer Agent with respect to the reservation of shares simultaneously with the issuance of such instructions to the Transfer Agent. The Company covenants that no instruction other than such instructions referred to in this Section 5 and stop transfer instructions to give effect to Section 4(a) hereof prior to registration and sale of the Conversion Shares under the 1933 Act will be given by the Company to the Transfer Agent and that the Conversion Shares shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and to the extent provided in this Agreement and applicable law. If the Buyer provides the Company and/or the Transfer Agent with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company that registration of a resale by the Buyer of any of the Securities in accordance with clause (1)(B) of Section 4(a) of this Agreement is not required under the 1933 Act, the Company shall (except as provided in clause (2) of Section 4(a) of this Agreement) permit the de-legending or transfer of the Securities and, in the case of the Conversion Shares, instruct the Company’s Transfer Agent to issue one or more certificates for Common Stock without legend in such name and in such denominations as specified by the Buyer.

 

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b.       Conversion. (i) The Company shall permit the Buyer to exercise the right to convert the Debentures by faxing, emailing or delivering overnight an executed and completed Notice of Conversion to the Company or the Transfer Agent. If so requested by the Buyer or the Transfer Agent, the Company shall within one (1) business day respond with its endorsement so as to confirm the outstanding principal amount of any Debenture submitted for conversion or shall reconcile any difference with the Buyer promptly after receiving such Notice of Conversion.

 

(ii)       The term “Conversion Date” means, with respect to any conversion elected by the holder of the Debentures, the date specified in the Notice of Conversion, provided the copy of the Notice of Conversion is given either via mail or facsimile to or otherwise delivered to the Transfer Agent and/or the Company in accordance with the provisions hereof so that it is received by the Transfer Agent and/or the Company on or before such specified date.

 

(iii)      The Company shall deliver (or will cause the Transfer Agent to deliver) the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion as follows: (1) if the Company is then DWAC Operational, via DWAC, (2) if the Common Stock is then eligible for the Depository Trust Company’s Direct Registration System (“DRS”), if so requested by the Buyer, or (3) if the Company is not then DWAC Operational or the Common Stock is not then eligible for DRS, in certificated form, to the Buyer at the address specified in the Notice of Conversion (which may be the Buyer’s address for notices as contemplated by Section 10 hereof or a different address) via express courier, in each case within two (2) business days (the “Delivery Date”) after (A) the business day on which the Company or the Transfer Agent has received the Notice of Conversion (by facsimile, email or other delivery) or (B) the date on which payment of interest and principal on the Debentures, which the Company has elected to pay by the issuance of Common Stock, as contemplated by the Debentures, was due, as the case may be.

 

c.       Failure to Timely Issue Conversion Shares or De-Legended Shares. The Company’s failure to issue and deliver Conversion Shares to the Buyer (either by DWAC, DRS or in certificated form, as required by Section 5(b)) on or before the Delivery Date shall be considered an Event of Default, which shall entitle the Buyer to certain remedies set forth in the Debentures and provided by applicable law. Similarly, the Company’s failure to issue and deliver Common Stock in unrestricted form without a restrictive legend when permitted by applicable law and required under the Transaction Documents shall entitle the Buyer to damages for the diminution in value (if any) of the relevant shares between the date delivery was due versus the date ultimately delivered in unrestricted form. The Company acknowledges that its failure to timely honor a Notice of Conversion (or the occurrence of any other Event of Default) shall cause definable financial hardship on the Buyer(s) and that the remedies set forth herein and in the Debentures are reasonable and appropriate.

 

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d.       Duties of Company; Authorization. The Company shall inform the Transfer Agent of the reservation of shares contemplated by Section 4(g) and this Section 5, and shall keep current in its payment obligations to the Transfer Agent such that the Transfer Agent will continue to process share transfers and the initial issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of Debentures. The Company hereby authorizes and agrees to authorize the Transfer Agent to correspond and otherwise communicate with the Buyer or their representatives in connection with the foregoing and other matters related to the Common Stock. Further, the Company hereby authorizes the Buyer or its representative to provide instructions to the Transfer Agent that are consistent with the foregoing and instructs the Transfer Agent to honor any such instructions. Should the Company fail for any reason to keep current in its payment obligations to the Transfer Agent, the Buyer may pay such amounts as are necessary to compensate the Transfer Agent for performing its duties with respect to share reservation, issuance of Conversion Shares and/or de-legending certificates representing Restricted Stock, and all amounts so paid shall be promptly reimbursed by the Company. If not so reimbursed within thirty (30) days, such amounts shall, at the option of the Buyer and without prior notice to or consent of the Company, be added to the principal amount due under the Debenture(s) held by the Buyer, whereupon interest will begin to accrue on such amounts at the rate specified in the Debentures.

 

e.       Effect of Bankruptcy. The Buyer shall be entitled to exercise its conversion privilege with respect to the Debentures notwithstanding the commencement of any case under 11 U.S.C. §101 et seq. (the “Bankruptcy Code”). In the event the Company is a debtor under the Bankruptcy Code, the Company hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted, any rights to relief it may have under 11 U.S.C. §362 in respect of the Buyer’s conversion privilege. The Company hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted, any rights to relief it may have under 11 U.S.C. §362 in respect of the conversion of the Debentures. The Company agrees, without cost or expense to the Buyer, to take or to consent to any and all action necessary to effectuate relief under 11 U.S.C. §362.

 

6. CLOSINGS.

 

a.       Signing Closing. Promptly upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Signing Debenture and all conditions in Sections 7 and 8 herein are met (the “Signing Closing Date”), (A) the Company shall deliver to the Buyer the following: (i) the Signing Debenture and Commitment Shares; (ii) the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter; (iii) duly executed counterparts of the Transaction Documents; and (iv) an officer’s certificate of the Company confirming the accuracy of the Company’s representations and warranties contained herein, and (B) the Buyer shall deliver to the Company the following: (i) the Signing Purchase Price and (ii) duly executed counterparts of the Transaction Documents (as applicable). The Company shall immediately pay the fees due under Section 12 of this Agreement upon receipt of the Signing Purchase Price if Buyer does not withhold such amounts from the Signing Purchase Price pursuant to Section 12.

 

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b.       Second Closing. At any time after sixty (60) days following the Signing Closing Date, subject to the mutual agreement of the Buyer and the Company, for the “Second Closing Date” and subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 7 and 8, (A) the Company shall deliver to the Buyer the following: (i) the Second Debenture; (ii) an amendment to the Transfer Agent Instruction Letter instructing the Transfer Agent to reserve that number of shares of Common Stock as is required under Section 4(g) hereof, if necessary; and (iii) an officer’s certificate of the Company confirming, as of the Second Closing Date, the accuracy of the Company’s representations and warranties contained herein and updating Schedules 3(b), 3(c) and 3(k) as of the Second Closing Date, and (B) the Buyer shall deliver to the Company the Second Purchase Price.

 

c.       Additional Investors. If, at any time after sixty (60) days following the Signing Closing Date, (i) the Company submits a request to the Buyer with respect to the consummation of the closing of the Second Debenture and (ii) the Buyer elects not to consummate the closing of the Second Debenture within three (3) business days of the Company’s request, then the Company may raise up to $300,000.00 from an Affiliate of the Company and/or other individual investors (but not from an entity similar to the Buyer) (the “Additional Investors”), so long as the Additional Investors are contractually prohibited from (i) assigning such investment to any other party as well as (ii) selling, transferring, or otherwise disposing of Common Stock issued in connection with or underlying such investment until the Buyer no longer owns any of the Securities.

 

d.       Location and Time of Closings. Each Closing shall be deemed to occur on the related Closing Date at the office of the Buyer’s counsel and shall take place no later than 5:00 P.M., east coast time, on such day or such other time as is mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Buyer.

 

7. CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATION TO SELL.

 

The Company’s obligation to sell the Debentures to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement on each Closing Date is conditioned upon:

 

a.       Purchase Price. Delivery to the Company of good funds as payment in full of the respective Purchase Price for the Debentures at each Closing in accordance with this Agreement;

 

b.       Representations and Warranties; Covenants. The accuracy on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Buyer contained in this Agreement, each as if made on such date, and the performance by the Buyer on or before such date of all covenants and agreements of the Buyer required to be performed on or before such date; and

 

c.       Laws and Regulations; Consents and Approvals. There shall not be in effect any law, rule or regulation prohibiting or restricting the transactions contemplated hereby, or requiring any consent or approval which shall not have been obtained.

 

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8. CONDITIONS TO THE BUYER’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.

 

The Buyer’s obligation to purchase the Debentures at each Closing is conditioned upon:

 

a.       Transaction Documents. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company;

 

b.       Debenture(s). Delivery by the Company to the Buyer of the Debentures to be purchased in accordance with this Agreement;

 

c.       Section 4(a)(2) Exemption. The Debentures and the Conversion Shares shall be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended), pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof;

 

d.        DWAC Status. The Common Stock shall be DWAC Operational;

 

e.       Representations and Warranties; Covenants. The accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement, each as if made on such date, and the performance by the Company on or before such date of all covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed on or before such date;

 

f.       Good-faith Opinion. It should be Buyer’s reasonable belief that (i) no Event of Default under the terms of any outstanding indebtedness of the Company shall have occurred or would likely occur with the passage of time and (ii) no material adverse change in the financial condition or business operations of the Company shall have occurred;

 

g.       Legal Proceedings. There shall be no litigation, criminal or civil, regulatory impairment or other legal and/or administrative proceedings challenging or seeking to limit the Company’s ability to issue the Securities or the Common Stock;

 

h.       [Reserved];

 

i.       Corporate Resolutions. Delivery by the Company to the Buyer a copy of resolutions of the Company’s board of directors, approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Irrevocable Resolutions”);

 

j.       Officer’s Certificate. Delivery by the Company to the Buyer of a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D;

 

k.       Search Results. Delivery by the Company to the Buyer of copies of UCC search reports, issued by the Secretary of State of the state of incorporation of the Company and each Subsidiary, dated such a date as is reasonably acceptable to Buyer, listing all effective financing statements which name the Company or Subsidiary (as applicable), under its present name and any previous names, as debtor, together with copies of such financing statements;

 

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l.       Certificate of Good Standing. Delivery by the Company to the Buyer of a copy of a certificate of good standing with respect to the Company, issued by the Secretary of State of the state of incorporation of the Company, dated such a date as is reasonably acceptable to Buyer, evidencing the good standing thereof;

 

m.       Laws and Regulations; Consents and Approvals. There shall not be in effect any law, rule or regulation prohibiting or restricting the transactions contemplated hereby, or requiring any consent or approval which shall not have been obtained; and

 

n.       Adverse Changes. From and after the date hereof to and including each Closing Date, (i) the trading of the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the SEC, FINRA, or any other governmental or self-regulatory organization, and trading in securities generally on the Principal Market shall not have been suspended or limited, nor shall minimum prices been established for securities traded on the Principal Market; (ii) there shall not have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or any material adverse change in any financial market that in either case in the reasonable judgment of the Buyer makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Debentures.

 

9. GOVERNING LAW; MISCELLANEOUS.

 

a.       MANDATORY FORUM SELECTION. Any dispute arising under, relating to, or in connection with the Agreement or related to any matter which is the subject of or incidental to the Agreement (whether or not such claim is based upon breach of contract or tort) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state COURTS located in PALM BEACH County, FLORIDA and/or federal courts located in PALM BEACH County, FLORIDA.  This provision is intended to be a “mandatory” forum selection clause and governed by and interpreted consistentLY with FLORIDA law.

 

b.       Governing Law. Except in the case of the Mandatory Forum Selection clause above, this Agreement shall be delivered and accepted in and shall be deemed to be contracts made under and governed by the internal laws of the State of Nevada, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions. To the extent determined by the applicable court described above, the Company shall reimburse the Buyer for any reasonable legal fees and disbursements incurred by the Buyer in enforcement of or protection of any of its rights under any of the Transaction Documents.

 

c.       Waivers. Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy, shall not operate as a waiver thereof.

 

d.       Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto.

 

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e.       Construction. All pronouns and any variations thereof refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the context may require.

 

f.       Facsimiles; E-mails. A facsimile or email transmission of this signed Agreement or a Notice of Conversion under the Debentures shall be legal and binding on all parties hereto. Such electronic signatures shall be the equivalent of original signatures.

 

g.       Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original.

 

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

 

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

 

j.       Amendment. This Agreement may be amended only by the written consent of a majority in interest of the holders of the Debentures and an instrument in writing signed by the Company.

 

k.       Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the other Transaction Documents, supersedes all prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

l.       No Strict Construction. This Agreement shall be construed as if both Parties had equal say in its drafting, and thus shall not be construed against the drafter.

 

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

 

10. NOTICES.

 

Any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing (unless otherwise specified herein) and shall be deemed effectively given on the earliest of:

 

a.       the date delivered, if delivered by personal delivery as against written receipt therefor or by facsimile or email transmission,

 

b.       the third (3rd) business day after deposit, postage prepaid, in the United States Postal Service by registered or certified mail, or

 

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c.       the first (1st) business day after deposit with a recognized courier service (e.g. FedEx, UPS, DHL, US Postal Service) for delivery by next-day express courier, with delivery costs and fees prepaid,

 

in each case, addressed to each of the other parties thereunto entitled at the following addresses (or at such other addresses as such party may designate by ten (10) days’ advance written notice similarly given to each of the other parties hereto):

 

 

COMPANY:    

VerifyMe, Inc.

75 S. Clinton Ave., Suite 510

Rochester, NY 14604

Attention: Patrick White, Chief Executive Officer

Email: ap@verifyme.com

 

 

 

With copies to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

1600 Bausch & Lomb Place

Rochester, NY 14604

Attention: Alex R. McClean

Email: amcclean@hselaw.com

 

BUYER:

TFK INVESTMENTS, LLC

1500 NW 10th Ave., Suite 101

Boca Raton, FL 33486

Attention: Chad Friend

Email: Chad@TFKInvestments.com

 

11.       SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Company’s representations and warranties herein shall survive for so long as any Debentures are outstanding, and shall inure to the benefit of the Buyer, its successors and assigns.

 

12.       FEES; EXPENSES.

 

a.       Commitment Fee. A non-accountable fee (the “Commitment Fee”) of Five Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($5,000.00) on the Signing Closing Date, shall be withheld from the purchase price of the respective debenture to cover the Buyer’s accounting fees, legal fees, and other transactional costs incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Commitment Fee shall be paid on the respective closing dates if Buyer does not withhold such amounts from the respective purchase price pursuant to Section 12(b). In addition, at the Signing Closing Date, the Company shall issue to the Buyer as a commitment fee, 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Commitment Shares”).

 

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b.       Disbursements. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company hereby authorizes the Buyer to deduct the cash portion of the Commitment Fee from the purchase price of the Debenture.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by the Buyer and the Company as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

COMPANY:

 

 

VERIFYME, INC.

 

 

  By:   /s/ Patrick White
 

Name:    Patrick White

Title:      Chief Executive Officer

   
   
 

BUYER:

 

 

TFK INVESTMENTS, LLC

 

 

  By:   /s/ Chad Friend
 

Name:    Chad Friend

Title:     Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Securities Purchase Agreement]

 

   
   

 

SCHEDULE 3(b)

 

 

 

 

 

COMPANY ORGANIZATION CHART

 

 

Subsidiary / Affiliate

Name and Relationship

Jurisdiction of Incorporation Percentage of Ownership
None    
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

   
   

 

SCHEDULE 3(c)

 

 


COMPANY CAPITALIZATION TABLE

COMMON STOCK AND COMMON STOCK EQUIVALENTS

ISSUED, OUTSTANDING AND RESERVED

 

DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
Authorized Capital Stock 750,000,000
Authorized Common Stock 675,000,000
Issued Common Stock 110,339,039
Outstanding Common Stock 109,988,499
Treasury Stock 350,540
Common Stock Previously Reserved 65,860,859
Authorized, but unissued Common Stock 498,800,102
   
Authorized Preferred Stock 75,000,000
Issued Preferred Stock (Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock)
0.85
   
Reserved for Awards under Equity Incentive Plans 16,562,500
Reserved for Options 20,113,529
Reserved for Convertible Debt N/A
Reserved for Warrants 21,962,608
Reserved for Other Purposes (Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock)
7,222,222
   
TOTAL COMMON STOCK AND COMMON
STOCK EQUIVALENTS OUTSTANDING
176,199,898

 

   
   

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A FORM OF DEBENTURE
   
Exhibit B FORM OF TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTION LETTER
   
Exhibit C FORM OF RESOLUTIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
   
Exhibit D FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

 

   
   

  

EXHIBIT B

 

VERIFYME, INC.

 

IRREVOCABLE TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTION LETTER

 

(see attached)

 

   
   

  

VERIFYME, INC.

 

IRREVOCABLE TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTION LETTER

 

 

September 18, 2019

 

West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc.

721 N. Vulcan Ave., Suite 205

Encinitas, CA 92024

 

Re: Irrevocable Instructions for TFK Investments, LLC

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

VERIFYME, INC., a Nevada corporation (the "Company") and TFK Investments, LLC (together with its successors and assigns, the "Investor") have entered into a securities purchase agreement dated as of September 18, 2019 (the "Agreement") providing for the issuance of the senior secured convertible debentures, convertible into the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) in the principal amount of up to $600,000.00 (collectively, the "Debentures"). Notwithstanding anything herein, the instructions to the Transfer Agent (as defined herein) contained herein shall also apply to the issuance of, and removal of restrictive legend from, any shares of the Company’s common stock issued to the Investor with respect to the Commitment Shares (as defined in the Agreement) or otherwise.

 

A copy of the form of the Debentures is attached hereto. The shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of the Debentures are to be registered in the name(s) of the registered holder(s) of the Debentures submitted for conversion, or its assignees, as requested by the Investor.

 

West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc. (“West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc.,” the “Transfer Agent” or “you”) are hereby irrevocably authorized and instructed to reserve a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock of the Company to satisfy the Company’s share reservation requirement of 500% of the Debentures under the Agreement (initially, 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock which should be held in reserve for the Investor pursuant to the subject Debentures as of this date) for issuance upon conversion of any of the Debentures referenced herein in accordance with the terms thereof (without giving effect to the 4.99% limitation on ownership, each as set forth in the Debentures). The amount of Common Stock so reserved may be increased, from time to time, by written instructions of the Company or the Investor. The amount of Common Stock so reserved may not be decreased without the prior written consent of the Investor (unless such decrease in reserved shares is due to an issuance of reserved shares pursuant to the conversion of Debentures). You will adjust the number of reserved shares accordingly, within one (1) business day of receipt of any such instructions, so as long as there are sufficient available authorized shares.

 

   
   

 

The ability to convert the Debentures in a timely manner is a material obligation of the Company pursuant to the Debentures. Your firm is hereby irrevocably authorized and instructed to issue shares of Common Stock of the Company (without any restrictive legend) to the Investor at the request of the Investor without any further action or confirmation by the Company, in which case the issuance shall be deducted against the reserve or, if there are not enough shares held in reserve, from available authorized shares of the Company, either (i) electronically by crediting the account of the Investor’s broker with the Depository Trust Company through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system, provided that the Company has been made FAST/DRS eligible by DTCC (DWAC), or (ii) if requested by the Investor or if a legal opinion is not provided to the Transfer Agent as described below, in certificated form without any legend which would restrict the transfer of the shares, and you should remove all stop-transfer instructions relating to such shares: (A) upon your receipt from the Investor dated within two (2) business days from the date of the issuance or transfer request, of: (i) a notice of conversion under any of the Debentures (each a "Notice of Conversion") executed by the Investor; and (ii) an opinion of counsel of the Investor or the Company, in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions (and reasonably satisfactory to the Transfer Agent), to the effect that the shares of Common Stock of the Company issued to the Investor pursuant to the Notice of Conversion are not "restricted securities" and should be issued to the Investor without any restrictive legend; and (B) the number of shares to be issued is less than 4.99% of the total issued Common Stock of the Company. If an opinion from counsel is not provided, you are instructed and authorized to issue shares to the Investor as restricted and the associated certificate(s) should include the customary restrictive legend. You will issue the Common Stock upon conversion within two (2) business days of receipt of a Notice of Conversion and any other documents and information you reasonably request. The Transfer Agent must issue the shares of Common Stock to the Investor, pursuant to this agreement, despite any threatened or ongoing dispute between the Company and Investor, unless there is a valid court order prohibiting such issuance.

 

The Company affirms that it has by all appropriate corporate action irrevocably resolved to issue all required Common Stock to the investor and hereby requests that your firm act immediately, without delay and without the need for any action or confirmation by the Company with respect to the reservation of shares and the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to any Notice of Conversion received from the Investor. You agree that the Company’s irrevocable resolutions and this irrevocable letter of instructions constitute sufficient documentation to evidence the Company’s authorization to complete the activities contemplated hereby and that no other Company documentation or confirmation shall be necessary or requested from the Company.

 

The Investor and the Company understand that West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc. shall not be required to perform any issuances or transfers of shares if (a) the Company or request violates, or is in material violation of, any terms of the Transfer Agent Agreement, (b) such an issuance or transfer of shares is, in the opinion of the Transfer Agent’s legal counsel, as demonstrated by a written legal opinion addressed to the Company and the Investor, in violation of any state or federal securities law or regulation or (c) the issuance or transfer of shares is prohibited or stopped as required or directed by a valid court order. If the Company informs you that there is a court order stopping issuances, then the Company agrees to provide West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc. with a copy of such court order immediately, and a legal opinion from counsel within three (3) business days addressing the matter and, once such court order and legal opinion are received, you will not be obligated to perform any issuances related to the Debentures and this agreement. If the Company has an outstanding balance of fees owed to West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc. for any reason, the Investor understands West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc. will not be obligated to issue Common Stock to the Investor unless the Company or Investor first pays all fees owed to West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc., provided that if the Investor pays the fees of West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc. for the specific issuance of Common Stock to the Investor under a given Notice of Conversion, then West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc. will issue such shares notwithstanding any unpaid fees owed it by the Company for other purposes. The Company authorizes West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc. to inform the Investor of the amount and nature of any outstanding transfer agency fee balances owed by the Company if the Investor requests such information.

 

   
   

 

You are hereby authorized and directed to promptly disclose to the Investor without any additional confirmation from the Company, after Investor’s request from time to time, the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding, the total number of shares of Common Stock in the float, and the total number of shares of Common Stock that are authorized but unissued and unreserved.

 

The Company shall indemnify you and your officers, directors, principals, partners, agents and representatives, and hold each of them harmless from and against any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or expense (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of its attorneys) incurred by or asserted against you or any of them arising out of or in connection the instructions set forth herein, the performance of your duties hereunder and otherwise in respect hereof, including the costs and expenses of defending yourself or themselves against any claim or liability hereunder, except that the Company shall not be liable hereunder as to matters in respect of which it is determined that you have acted with gross negligence or in bad faith. You shall have no liability to the Company in respect to any action taken or any failure to act in respect of this if such action was taken or omitted to be taken in good faith, and you shall be entitled to rely in this regard on the advice of counsel.

 

The Board of Directors of the Company has approved the foregoing (irrevocable instructions) and does hereby extend the Company’s irrevocable agreement to indemnify your firm and any successor transfer agent for all loss, liability or expense in carrying out the authority and direction herein contained on the terms herein set forth.

The Investor is intended to be, and is, a beneficiary hereof, and no amendment or modification to the instructions set forth herein may be made without the consent of the Investor. The Transfer Agent agrees that in the event of its resignation, then the Transfer Agent will provide at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice to the Company and the Investor. The Company shall not terminate the Transfer Agent as the Company’s transfer agent, and the Transfer Agent shall not accept any such termination by the Company, without a signed consent from the Investor. The Transfer Agent also agrees that if the Company requests the Transfer Agent provide records pertaining to the register of Common Stock to any third party in what the Transfer Agent has reason to believe is in contemplation of replacing the Transfer Agent with another party, then the Transfer Agent shall notify the Investor within two (2) business days of the Transfer Agent’s receipt of such request.

 

   
   

 

The Company agrees that in the event it seeks to replace or terminate the Transfer Agent, the Company shall (i) provide at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice to the Transfer Agent and the Investor, (ii) obtain a signed written consent from the Investor, and (iii) shall cause the replacement transfer agent to be bound by the terms and conditions of these irrevocable instructions at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed effective date of the transition to the replacement transfer agent. The Transfer Agent shall not transfer any records or documentation pertaining to the Common Stock to any purported successor transfer agent without the Investor’s prior written consent. Any replacement transfer agent (whether approved by the Investor or appointed by the Company without the Investor’s prior consent in breach of the foregoing provisions) shall automatically be bound by this Letter Agreement as if a party hereto, and any such replacement transfer agent shall confirm in writing to the Investor within two (2) business days that it is bound by the terms and conditions of these irrevocable instructions.

 

 

 

 

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Very truly yours,

 

 

VERIFYME, INC.
     
     
By:    
Name:   Patrick White  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  
     
     
Acknowledged and Agreed:
     
WEST COAST STOCK TRANSFER, INC.
     
     
By:    
Name:    
Title:      
     
     
TFK INVESTMENTS, LLC
     
     
By:      
Name:    
Title:      
     

  

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), is entered into as of September 18, 2019, by and between VerifyMe, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Borrower"), and Peak One Opportunity Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the "Secured Party" or "Secured Parties"). All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall the meanings ascribed to them in that certain securities purchase agreement and Debenture (as defined below) by and between Borrower and the Secured Party of even date (the "Securities Purchase Agreement").

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Secured Parties have loaned monies to Borrower, as more particularly described in the Securities Purchase Agreement and as evidenced by the senior secured convertible debenture in the original principal amount of $300,000.00 issued by Borrower to the Secured Party on September 18, 2019 (the "Debenture");

 

WHEREAS, the term "Secured Party" as used in this Agreement shall mean, collectively, all holders of the Debenture, including those persons who become holders of the Debenture subsequent to the date hereof; and

 

WHEREAS, this Agreement is being executed and delivered by Borrower to secure the

Debenture.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each of the parties hereto hereby agrees as follows:

 

1.            Obligations Secured. This Agreement secures, in part, the prompt payment and performance of all obligations of Borrower under the Debenture, and all renewals, extensions, modifications, amendments, and/or supplements thereto (collectively, the "Secured Obligations").

 

2.            Grant of Security.

 

a.           Collateral. Borrower hereby grants, pledges, and assigns for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and there is hereby created in favor of each of the Secured Parties, a security interest in and to all of Borrower’s (inclusive of all of Borrower’s subsidiaries) right, title, and interest in, to, and under all of the collateral set forth on Exhibit A hereto (collectively, "Collateral").

 

b.          Effective Date. This grant of security shall be effective as of the date hereof.

 

c.           Subordination. The Debenture and the Secured Obligations shall not be subordinated, or junior in right or interest, to any other obligations of Borrower, subject to the definition of Permitted Liens herein.

 

     
 

 

d.          Filings to Perfect Security. The Company will (and is hereby authorized to) file with any filing office such financing statements, amendments, addenda, continuations, terminations, assignments and other records (whether or not executed by Borrower) to perfect and to maintain perfected security interests in the Collateral by the Secured Parties, whereby (a) promptly upon the execution of this Agreement, a Financing Statement on Form UCC-1 (the "Financing Statement'') shall be filed in the appropriate jurisdiction(s) on behalf of the Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral; The Financing Statement shall designate each of the Secured Parties as a Secured Party and Borrower as the debtor, shall identify the security interest in the Collateral, and contain any other items required by law.

 

3.            Transfers and Other Liens. Except as set forth herein or in the Debenture, Borrower shall not, without the prior written consent of all of the Secured Parties, at their sole and absolute discretion:

 

a. Sell, transfer, assign, or dispose of (by operation of law or otherwise), any of the Collateral outside of the ordinary course of business; or

 

b. Create or suffer to exist any lien, security interest, or other charge or encumbrance upon or with respect to any of the Collateral, except (i) the security interests created hereby and (ii) Permitted Liens (as defined herein); or

 

c.          Permit any of the Collateral to be levied upon under any legal process.

 

For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Permitted Liens” means (i) mechanic’s, materialmen’s, warehousemen’s, carriers’, landlord’s, or manufacturer's liens on assets acquired by the Borrower after the date of this Agreement in the ordinary course of business (which do not materially impair the use of such assets in the operation of business) with respect to obligations which are not overdue for a period longer than thirty (30) days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with generally accepted accounting principals, (ii) purchase money liens held by a regional bank or national bank securing indebtedness incurred after the date of this Agreement for the purchase of fixed or capital assets after the date of this Agreement, which, if properly perfected, shall be senior in priority to the security interest of the Debentures as to the fixed or capital asset so purchased, and (iii) checks deposited by the Borrower into the Borrower's bank account which have bounced within five (5) business days thereafter due to insufficient funds in the payor's bank account.

 

4.            Representations and Warranties. Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Secured Parties as follows: (a) to Borrower's knowledge, Borrower is the owner of the Collateral (or, in the case of after-acquired Collateral, at the time Borrower acquires rights in the Collateral, will be the owner thereat) and that, except as expressly provided herein, no other person has (or, in the case of after-acquired Collateral, at the time Borrower acquires rights therein, will have) any right, title, claim or interest (by way of Lien or otherwise) in, against or to the Collateral; (b) to Borrower's knowledge, except as expressly provided herein, upon the filing of a Financing Statement as provided herein, the Secured Parties (or in the case of after-acquired Collateral, at the time Borrower acquires rights therein, will have) will have a perfected security interest in the Collateral to the extent that a security interest in the Collateral can be perfected by such filing; (c) all Accounts Receivable (as defined in Exhibit A) are genuine and enforceable against the party obligated to pay the same; (d) Borrower has full power and authority to enter into the transactions provided for in this Agreement and the Debenture; (e) this Agreement and the Debenture, when executed and delivered by Borrower, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of Borrower enforceable in accordance with their respective

 

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terms (subject to general principles of equity and to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally); (f) the execution and delivery by Borrower of this Agreement and the Debenture and the performance and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not violate Borrower's Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or any material judgment, order, writ, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to Borrower; (g) there does not exist any default or violation by Borrower of or under any of the terms, conditions or obligations of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, franchise, permit, contract, agreement, or other instrument to which Borrower is a party or by which Borrower is bound, or (ii) any law, ordinance, regulation, ruling, order, injunction, decree, condition or other requirement applicable to or imposed upon Borrower by any law, the action of any court or any governmental authority or agency; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will not result in any such default or violation; (h) there is no action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation, charge, complaint, claim, or demand pending or, to the knowledge, of Borrower, threatened which adversely affects Borrower's business or financial condition and there is no basis known to Borrower for any action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation, charge, complaint, claim, or demand which could result in the same; and (i) this Agreement and the Debenture do not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained in this Agreement and the Debenture not misleading.

 

5.            Events of Default. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Event of Default" shall mean and refer to any of the following:

 

a. Failure of Borrower to perform or observe any covenant set forth in this Agreement, or to perform or observe any other term, condition, covenant, warranty, agreement or other provision contained in this Agreement, where such failure continues for fifteen (15) days after receipt of written notice from Lender specifying such failure;

 

b. Any representation or warranty made or furnished by Borrower in writing in connection with this Agreement and the Debenture or any statement or representation made in any certificate, report or opinion delivered pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with this Agreement is false, incorrect or incomplete in any material respect at the time it is furnished; or

 

c. Occurrence of any Event of Default as defined in the Debenture.

 

6.            Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default (subject to the notice and cure provisions provided for herein, if any), each Secured Party shall have the rights of a secured creditor under the Uniform Commercial Code of the applicable jurisdiction(s), all rights granted by the Debenture, this Security Agreement and by law, including the right to require Borrower to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Secured Parties at a place to be designated by Borrower. The rights and remedies provided in this Agreement and the Debenture are cumulative and may be exercised independently or concurrently, and are not exclusive of any other right or remedy provided at law or in equity. No failure to exercise or delay by the Secured Parties in exercising any right or remedy under this Agreement or the Debenture shall impair or prohibit the exercise of any such rights or remedies in the future or be deemed to constitute a waiver or limitation of any such right or remedy or acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy granted to the Secured Parties under this Agreement and the Debenture or by law or in equity may be exercised by any Secured Party at any time and from time to time.

 

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7.             Further Assurances. Borrower agrees that, from time to time, at its own expense, it will:

 

a. Protect and defend the Collateral against all claims and demands of all persons at any time claiming the same or any interest therein, and preserve and protect Secured Party's security interest in the Collateral.

 

b. Promptly execute and deliver to Secured Parties all instruments and documents, and take all further action necessary or desirable, as any Secured Party may reasonably request to (i) continue, perfect, or protect any security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby, and (ii) enable a Secured Party to exercise and enforce any of Secured Party's rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Collateral.

 

c. Permit a Secured Party's representatives to inspect and make copies of all books and records relating to the Collateral, wherever such books and records are located, and to conduct an audit relating to the Collateral at any reasonable time or times.

 

8.             Notices. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by confirmed telex, e-mail or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, if not, then on the next business day, (c) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent as follows:

 

If to the Borrower, to:

 

VERIFYME, INC.

75 S. Clinton Ave., Suite 510

Rochester, NY 14604

e-mail : ap@verifyme.com

 

If to the Secured Party:

 

PEAK ONE OPPORTUNITY FUND, L.P.

333 South Hibiscus Drive

Miami Beach, FL 33139

e-mail: jgoldstein@peakoneinvestments.com

 

or to such other address or telecopy number as the party to whom notice is to be given may have furnished to the other party in writing in accordance herewith.

 

10.           Amendments and Waivers. No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of, or consent required by, this Agreement, nor any consent to any departure herefrom, shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by each of the parties hereto. Such modification, amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.

 

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11.           Exclusivity and Waiver of Rights. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising on the part of any party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.

 

12.           Invalidity. Any term or provision of this Agreement shall be ineffective to the extent it is declared invalid or unenforceable, without rendering invalid or enforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement.

 

13.           Headings. Headings used in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning of any term or provision of this Agreement.

 

14.          Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original instrument, but all of which collectively shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

15.          Assignment. This Agreement and the rights and obligations hereunder shall not be assignable or transferable by the any of the parties without the prior written consent of all Secured Parties, at their sole and absolute discretion.

 

16.         Survival. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all representations warranties, agreements and covenants contained in this Agreement shall survive the execution hereof and shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest to occur of (a) the payment in full of the Debenture, and (b) the conversion of the principal and accrued and unpaid interest and all other amounts owing under the Debenture into common stock of Borrower.

 

17.          Miscellaneous. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and all their respective successors and permitted assigns. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give to any other person, firm or corporation any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained.

 

18.          GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OR CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS).

 

19.          CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. Each of the parties consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state located in Miami-Dade County, Florida and/or federal courts located in Miami-Dade County, Florida in connection with any dispute arising under this Agreement, and each waives any objection based on forum non conveniens. This provision is intended to be a “mandatory” forum selection clause and governed by and interpreted consistent with Florida law (Nevada law governing all other, substantive matters). Each of the parties hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any state or federal court having its situs in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and each waives any objection based on forum non conveniens.

 

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20.          Attorneys' Fees. In the event that any suit or action is instituted to enforce any provision in this Agreement, the prevailing party in such dispute shall be entitled to recover from the losing party all fees, costs and expenses of enforcing any right of such prevailing party under or with respect to this Agreement, including without limitation, such reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys and accountants, which shall include, without limitation, all fees, costs and expenses of appeals.

 

21.           Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements or understandings among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

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

 

 

“SECURED PARTY”

 

PEAK ONE OPPORTUNITY FUND, L.P.

 

By:      Peak One Investments, LLC,

General Partner

 

 

 

By: /s/ Jason Goldstein

Name: Jason Goldstein

Title:   Managing Member

 

 

"BORROWER"

 

VERIFYME, INC.

 

 

 

By: /s/ Patrick White

Name: Patrick White

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT A COLLATERAL

Borrower hereby grants, pledges, and assigns for the benefit of each Secured Party, and there is hereby created in favor of the Secured Parties, a security interest in and to all of Borrower's right, title, and interest in, to, and under all assets and all personal property of Borrower and its subsidiaries, whether now or hereafter existing, or now owned or hereafter acquired, including but not limited to the following (collectively, "Collateral"):

 

1.          All accounts, chattel paper, contracts, contract rights, accounts receivable, tax refunds, note receivable, documents, other choses in action and general intangibles, including, but not limited to, proceeds of inventory and returned goods and proceeds from the sale of goods and services, and all rights, liens, securities, guaranties, remedies and privileges related thereto, including the right of stoppage in transit and rights and property of any kind forming the subject matter of any of the foregoing ("Accounts Receivable");

 

2.          All time, savings, demand, certificate of deposit or other accounts in the name of Borrower or in which Borrower has any right, title or interest, including but not limited to all sums now or at any time hereafter on deposit, and any renewals, extensions or replacements of and all other property which may from time to time be acquired directly or indirectly using the proceeds of any of the foregoing;

 

3.          All inventory and equipment of every type or description wherever located, including, but not limited to all raw materials, parts, containers, work in process, finished goods, goods in transit, wares, merchandise furniture, fixtures, hardware, machinery, tools, parts, supplies, automobiles, trucks, other intangible property of whatever kind and wherever located associated with the Borrower's business, tools and goods returned for credit, repossessed, reclaimed or otherwise reacquired by Borrower;

 

4.          All documents of title and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, exchange or substitution for or addition to any of the foregoing including, but not limited to, any documents of title;

 

5.       All know-how, information, permits, patents, copyrights, goodwill, trademarks, trade names, licenses and approvals held by Borrower, including all other intangible property of Borrower;

 

6.           All assets of any type or description that may at any time be assigned or delivered to or come into possession of Borrower for any purpose for the account of Borrower or as to which Borrower may have any right, title, interest or power, and property in the possession or custody of or in transit to anyone for the account of Borrower, as well as all proceeds and products thereof and accessions and annexations thereto; and

 

7.           All proceeds (including but not limited to insurance proceeds) and products of and accessions and annexations to any of the foregoing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.4

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), is entered into as of September 18, 2019, by and between VerifyMe, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Borrower"), and TFK Investments, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (the "Secured Party" or "Secured Parties"). All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall the meanings ascribed to them in that certain securities purchase agreement and Debenture (as defined below) by and between Borrower and the Secured Party of even date (the "Securities Purchase Agreement").

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Secured Parties have loaned monies to Borrower, as more particularly described in the Securities Purchase Agreement and as evidenced by the senior secured convertible debenture in the original principal amount of $300,000.00 issued by Borrower to the Secured Party on September 18, 2019 (the "Debenture");

 

WHEREAS, the term "Secured Party" as used in this Agreement shall mean, collectively, all holders of the Debenture, including those persons who become holders of the Debenture subsequent to the date hereof; and

 

WHEREAS, this Agreement is being executed and delivered by Borrower to secure the

Debenture.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each of the parties hereto hereby agrees as follows:

 

1.       Obligations Secured. This Agreement secures, in part, the prompt payment and performance of all obligations of Borrower under the Debenture, and all renewals, extensions, modifications, amendments, and/or supplements thereto (collectively, the "Secured Obligations").

 

2.       Grant of Security.

 

a. Collateral. Borrower hereby grants, pledges, and assigns for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and there is hereby created in favor of each of the Secured Parties, a security interest in and to all of Borrower’s (inclusive of all of Borrower’s subsidiaries) right, title, and interest in, to, and under all of the collateral set forth on Exhibit A hereto (collectively, "Collateral").

 

b. Effective Date. This grant of security shall be effective as of the date hereof.

 

c. Subordination. The Debenture and the Secured Obligations shall not be subordinated, or junior in right or interest, to any other obligations of Borrower, subject to the definition of Permitted Liens herein.

 

 

   
 

 

d. Filings to Perfect Security. The Company will (and is hereby authorized to) file with any filing office such financing statements, amendments, addenda, continuations, terminations, assignments and other records (whether or not executed by Borrower) to perfect and to maintain perfected security interests in the Collateral by the Secured Parties, whereby (a) promptly upon the execution of this Agreement, a Financing Statement on Form UCC-1 (the "Financing Statement'') shall be filed in the appropriate jurisdiction(s) on behalf of the Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral; The Financing Statement shall designate each of the Secured Parties as a Secured Party and Borrower as the debtor, shall identify the security interest in the Collateral, and contain any other items required by law.

 

3.       Transfers and Other Liens. Except as set forth herein or in the Debenture, Borrower shall not, without the prior written consent of all of the Secured Parties, at their sole and absolute discretion:

 

a. Sell, transfer, assign, or dispose of (by operation of law or otherwise), any of the Collateral outside of the ordinary course of business; or

 

b. Create or suffer to exist any lien, security interest, or other charge or encumbrance upon or with respect to any of the Collateral, except (i) the security interests created hereby and (ii) Permitted Liens (as defined herein); or

 

c. Permit any of the Collateral to be levied upon under any legal process.

 

For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Permitted Liens” means (i) mechanic’s, materialmen’s, warehousemen’s, carriers’, landlord’s, or manufacturer's liens on assets acquired by the Borrower after the date of this Agreement in the ordinary course of business (which do not materially impair the use of such assets in the operation of business) with respect to obligations which are not overdue for a period longer than thirty (30) days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with generally accepted accounting principals, (ii) purchase money liens held by a regional bank or national bank securing indebtedness incurred after the date of this Agreement for the purchase of fixed or capital assets after the date of this Agreement, which, if properly perfected, shall be senior in priority to the security interest of the Debentures as to the fixed or capital asset so purchased, and (iii) checks deposited by the Borrower into the Borrower's bank account which have bounced within five (5) business days thereafter due to insufficient funds in the payor's bank account.

 

4.       Representations and Warranties. Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Secured Parties as follows: (a) to Borrower's knowledge, Borrower is the owner of the Collateral (or, in the case of after-acquired Collateral, at the time Borrower acquires rights in the Collateral, will be the owner thereat) and that, except as expressly provided herein, no other person has (or, in the case of after-acquired Collateral, at the time Borrower acquires rights therein, will have) any right, title, claim or interest (by way of Lien or otherwise) in, against or to the Collateral; (b) to Borrower's knowledge, except as expressly provided herein, upon the filing of a Financing Statement as provided herein, the Secured Parties (or in the case of after-acquired Collateral, at the time Borrower acquires rights therein, will have) will have a perfected security interest in the Collateral to the extent that a security interest in the Collateral can be perfected by such filing; (c) all Accounts Receivable (as defined in Exhibit A) are genuine and enforceable against the party obligated to pay the same; (d) Borrower has full power and authority to enter into the transactions provided for in this Agreement and the Debenture; (e) this Agreement and the Debenture, when executed and delivered by Borrower, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of Borrower enforceable in accordance with their respective terms (subject to general principles of equity and to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally); (f) the execution and delivery by Borrower of this Agreement and the Debenture and the performance and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not violate Borrower's Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or any material judgment, order, writ, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to Borrower; (g) there does not exist any default or violation by Borrower of or under any of the terms, conditions or obligations of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, franchise, permit, contract, agreement, or other instrument to which Borrower is a party or by which Borrower is bound, or (ii) any law, ordinance, regulation, ruling, order, injunction, decree, condition or other requirement applicable to or imposed upon Borrower by any law, the action of any court or any governmental authority or agency; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will not result in any such default or violation; (h) there is no action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation, charge, complaint, claim, or demand pending or, to the knowledge, of Borrower, threatened which adversely affects Borrower's business or financial condition and there is no basis known to Borrower for any action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation, charge, complaint, claim, or demand which could result in the same; and (i) this Agreement and the Debenture do not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained in this Agreement and the Debenture not misleading.

 

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5.       Events of Default. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Event of Default" shall mean and refer to any of the following:

 

a. Failure of Borrower to perform or observe any covenant set forth in this Agreement, or to perform or observe any other term, condition, covenant, warranty, agreement or other provision contained in this Agreement, where such failure continues for fifteen (15) days after receipt of written notice from Lender specifying such failure;

 

b. Any representation or warranty made or furnished by Borrower in writing in connection with this Agreement and the Debenture or any statement or representation made in any certificate, report or opinion delivered pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with this Agreement is false, incorrect or incomplete in any material respect at the time it is furnished; or

 

c. Occurrence of any Event of Default as defined in the Debenture.

 

6.       Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default (subject to the notice and cure provisions provided for herein, if any), each Secured Party shall have the rights of a secured creditor under the Uniform Commercial Code of the applicable jurisdiction(s), all rights granted by the Debenture, this Security Agreement and by law, including the right to require Borrower to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Secured Parties at a place to be designated by Borrower. The rights and remedies provided in this Agreement and the Debenture are cumulative and may be exercised independently or concurrently, and are not exclusive of any other right or remedy provided at law or in equity. No failure to exercise or delay by the Secured Parties in exercising any right or remedy under this Agreement or the Debenture shall impair or prohibit the exercise of any such rights or remedies in the future or be deemed to constitute a waiver or limitation of any such right or remedy or acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy granted to the Secured Parties under this Agreement and the Debenture or by law or in equity may be exercised by any Secured Party at any time and from time to time.

 

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7.       Further Assurances. Borrower agrees that, from time to time, at its own expense, it will:

 

a. Protect and defend the Collateral against all claims and demands of all persons at any time claiming the same or any interest therein, and preserve and protect Secured Party's security interest in the Collateral.

 

b. Promptly execute and deliver to Secured Parties all instruments and documents, and take all further action necessary or desirable, as any Secured Party may reasonably request to (i) continue, perfect, or protect any security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby, and (ii) enable a Secured Party to exercise and enforce any of Secured Party's rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Collateral.

 

c. Permit a Secured Party's representatives to inspect and make copies of all books and records relating to the Collateral, wherever such books and records are located, and to conduct an audit relating to the Collateral at any reasonable time or times.

 

8.       Notices. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by confirmed telex, e-mail or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, if not, then on the next business day, (c) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent as follows:

 

If to the Borrower, to:

 

VERIFYME, INC.

75 S. Clinton Ave., Suite 510

Rochester, NY 14604

e-mail : ap@verifyme.com

 

If to the Secured Party:

 

TFK INVESTMENTS, LLC

1500 NW 10th Ave., Suite 101

Boca Raton, FL 33486

e-mail: Chad@TFKInvestments.com

 

or to such other address or telecopy number as the party to whom notice is to be given may have furnished to the other party in writing in accordance herewith.

 

10.       Amendments and Waivers. No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of, or consent required by, this Agreement, nor any consent to any departure herefrom, shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by each of the parties hereto. Such modification, amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.

 

11.       Exclusivity and Waiver of Rights. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising on the part of any party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.

 

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12.       Invalidity. Any term or provision of this Agreement shall be ineffective to the extent it is declared invalid or unenforceable, without rendering invalid or enforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement.

 

13.       Headings. Headings used in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning of any term or provision of this Agreement.

 

14.       Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original instrument, but all of which collectively shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

15.       Assignment. This Agreement and the rights and obligations hereunder shall not be assignable or transferable by the any of the parties without the prior written consent of all Secured Parties, at their sole and absolute discretion.

 

16.       Survival. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all representations warranties, agreements and covenants contained in this Agreement shall survive the execution hereof and shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest to occur of (a) the payment in full of the Debenture, and (b) the conversion of the principal and accrued and unpaid interest and all other amounts owing under the Debenture into common stock of Borrower.

 

17.       Miscellaneous. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and all their respective successors and permitted assigns. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give to any other person, firm or corporation any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained.

 

18.       GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OR CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS).

 

19.       CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. Each of the parties consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state located in PALM BEACH County, Florida and/or federal courts located in PALM BEACH County, Florida in connection with any dispute arising under this Agreement, and each waives any objection based on forum non conveniens. This provision is intended to be a “mandatory” forum selection clause and governed by and interpreted consistent with Florida law (Nevada law governing all other, substantive matters). Each of the parties hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any state or federal court having its situs in PALM BEACH County, Florida, and each waives any objection based on forum non conveniens.

 

20.       Attorneys' Fees. In the event that any suit or action is instituted to enforce any provision in this Agreement, the prevailing party in such dispute shall be entitled to recover from the losing party all fees, costs and expenses of enforcing any right of such prevailing party under or with respect to this Agreement, including without limitation, such reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys and accountants, which shall include, without limitation, all fees, costs and expenses of appeals.

 

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21.       Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements or understandings among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

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

 

 

“SECURED PARTY”

 

TFK INVESTMENTS, LLC

 

 

 

By: /s/ Chad Friend     

Name: Chad Friend

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

"BORROWER"

 

VERIFYME, INC.

 

 

 

By: /s/ Patrick White     

Name: Patrick White

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

COLLATERAL

 

Borrower hereby grants, pledges, and assigns for the benefit of each Secured Party, and there is hereby created in favor of the Secured Parties, a security interest in and to all of Borrower's right, title, and interest in, to, and under all assets and all personal property of Borrower and its subsidiaries, whether now or hereafter existing, or now owned or hereafter acquired, including but not limited to the following (collectively, "Collateral"):

 

1.       All accounts, chattel paper, contracts, contract rights, accounts receivable, tax refunds, note receivable, documents, other choses in action and general intangibles, including, but not limited to, proceeds of inventory and returned goods and proceeds from the sale of goods and services, and all rights, liens, securities, guaranties, remedies and privileges related thereto, including the right of stoppage in transit and rights and property of any kind forming the subject matter of any of the foregoing ("Accounts Receivable");

 

2.       All time, savings, demand, certificate of deposit or other accounts in the name of Borrower or in which Borrower has any right, title or interest, including but not limited to all sums now or at any time hereafter on deposit, and any renewals, extensions or replacements of and all other property which may from time to time be acquired directly or indirectly using the proceeds of any of the foregoing;

 

3.       All inventory and equipment of every type or description wherever located, including, but not limited to all raw materials, parts, containers, work in process, finished goods, goods in transit, wares, merchandise furniture, fixtures, hardware, machinery, tools, parts, supplies, automobiles, trucks, other intangible property of whatever kind and wherever located associated with the Borrower's business, tools and goods returned for credit, repossessed, reclaimed or otherwise reacquired by Borrower;

 

4.       All documents of title and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, exchange or substitution for or addition to any of the foregoing including, but not limited to, any documents of title;

 

5.       All know-how, information, permits, patents, copyrights, goodwill, trademarks, trade names, licenses and approvals held by Borrower, including all other intangible property of Borrower;

 

6.       All assets of any type or description that may at any time be assigned or delivered to or come into possession of Borrower for any purpose for the account of Borrower or as to which Borrower may have any right, title, interest or power, and property in the possession or custody of or in transit to anyone for the account of Borrower, as well as all proceeds and products thereof and accessions and annexations thereto; and

 

7.       All proceeds (including but not limited to insurance proceeds) and products of and accessions and annexations to any of the foregoing.