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Delaware
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001-32919
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20-3672603
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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12300 Grant Street
Thornton, Colorado
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80241
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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(d)
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Exhibits
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Exhibit
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Description
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3.1
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Series I Certificate of Designations (attached as Exhibit 2 to Exhibit 10.1 below and incorporated herein by reference
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10.1
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Series I Securities Purchase Agreement dated July 26, 2016
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ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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July 28, 2016
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By:
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/s/ Victor Lee
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Name: Victor Lee
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Title: Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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3.1
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Series I Certificate of Designations (attached as Exhibit 2 to Exhibit 10.1 below and incorporated herein by reference
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10.1
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Series I Securities Purchase Agreement dated July 26, 2016
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This Agreement; and
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2.
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Certificate of Designations, in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit 2
, as filed with and accepted by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
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All documents, instruments and other writings required to be delivered by Company to Purchaser pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or in order to implement and effect the transactions contemplated herein have been fully executed and delivered, including without limitation those enumerated in
Section II.B
above;
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The Common Stock is listed for and currently trading on the Trading Market, Company is in compliance with all requirements to maintain listing on the Trading Market, and there is no notice of any suspension or delisting with respect to the trading of the shares of Common Stock on such Trading Market (other than with respect to such notices and matters as have been publicly disclosed by the Company prior to the date of this Agreement);
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The representations and warranties of Company set forth in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as if made on such date;
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No material breach or default has occurred under any Transaction Document or any other agreement with Purchaser;
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Company has the number of duly authorized shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance as required pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; and
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There is not then in effect any law, rule or regulation prohibiting or restricting the transactions contemplated in any Transaction Document, or requiring any consent or approval which will not have been obtained, nor is there any pending or threatened proceeding or investigation which may have the effect of prohibiting or adversely affecting any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; no statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction will have been enacted, entered, promulgated or adopted by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and no actions, suits or proceedings will be in progress, pending or, to Company’s knowledge threatened, by any person other than Purchaser or any Affiliate of Purchaser, that seek to enjoin or prohibit the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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Organization and Qualification
. Company and each Subsidiary is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, as applicable, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation or default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of Company and each Subsidiary is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and no proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.
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Authorization; Enforcement
. Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Company and no further consent or action is required by Company other than the filing of the Certificate of Designations. Each of the Transaction Documents has been, or upon delivery will be, duly executed by Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of Company, enforceable against Company in accordance with its terms, except (a) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy,
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No Conflicts
. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by Company, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by Company of the other transactions contemplated thereby do not and will not conflict with or violate any provision of Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, (b) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, (c) conflict with or result in a violation of any material law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (d) conflict with or violate the terms of any material agreement by which Company or any Subsidiary is bound or to which any property or asset of Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (b), (c) and (d), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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Filings, Consents and Approvals
. Neither Company nor any Subsidiary is required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Company of the Transaction Documents, other than the filing of the Certificate of Designations and required federal and state securities filings and such filings and approvals as are required to be made or obtained under the applicable Trading Market rules in connection with the
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Issuance of Securities
. The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens. Company has reserved and will continue to reserve from its duly authorized capital stock sufficient shares of its Preferred Shares and Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents.
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No Integrated Offering
. Neither Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Shares to be integrated with prior offerings by Company that cause a violation of the Act or any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.
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Capitalization
. The capitalization of Company is as described in Company’s most recently filed Public Report. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents which has not been waived or satisfied. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in material compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors of Company or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities.
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Subsidiaries
. All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of Company (if any) are set forth in the Public Reports. Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary, and all of such directly or indirectly owned capital stock or other equity interests are owned free and clear of any Liens. All the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.
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Public Reports; Financial Statements
. Company has filed all required Public Reports for the one year preceding the Effective Date. As of their respective dates or as subsequently amended, the Public Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, as applicable, and none of the Public Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of Company included in the Public Reports, as amended, comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
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Material Changes
. Except as specifically disclosed in the Public Reports, (a) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had, or that could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect, (b) Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (i) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and (ii) liabilities not required to be reflected in Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (c) Company has not altered its method of accounting, (d) Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock, and (e) Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company equity incentive plans.
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Compliance
. Neither Company nor any Subsidiary (a) is in material default under or in material violation of(and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in material default under or that it is in material violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other similar
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Regulatory Permits
. Company and each Subsidiary possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the Public Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“
Material Permits
”), and neither Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
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Listing and Maintenance Requirements
. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. Except as disclosed in the Public Reports, Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the Effective Date, received notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements.
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Acknowledgments Regarding Purchaser
. Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement has been based solely on the independent evaluation of Company and its representatives, and Company acknowledges and agrees that:
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Organization; Authority
. Purchaser has the full right, power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary company or similar action on the part of Purchaser. Each Transaction Document, to which Purchaser is a party has been, or will be, duly executed by Purchaser, and when delivered by Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of Purchaser, enforceable against Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except (a) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (b) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, and (c) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
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Purchaser Status
. At the time Purchaser was offered the Securities, Purchaser was, and at the Effective Date Purchaser is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Act. If Purchaser is not a “U.S. Person” as defined by Regulation S of the Act, such Purchaser: (i) represents that Purchaser is not acquiring the Securities for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person; (ii) represents Purchaser was not in the United States at the time the offer to purchase the Securities was received; and (iii) acknowledges that the Securities are “restricted securities” within the meaning of the Act and will be issued to the Purchaser in accordance with Regulation S of the Act. Purchaser and Company agree that Company will refuse to register any transfer of the Securities, not made in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S of the Act, pursuant to registration under the Act, pursuant to an available exemption from registration, or pursuant to this Agreement. If Purchaser is not a United States person (as defined by Section
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Experience of Purchaser
. Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.
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Ownership
. Purchaser is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account. Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.
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Ranking
. The Series I Preferred Stock will, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, rank: (a) senior with respect to dividends and
pari passu
in right of liquidation with the Corporation’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“
Common Stock
”); and (b) junior to all existing and future indebtedness of the Corporation.
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Voting
. Except as required by applicable law or as set forth herein, the holders of shares of Series I Preferred Stock will have no right to vote on any matters, questions or proceedings of this Corporation including, without limitation, the election of directors.
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So long as any shares of Series I Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation will not, without the affirmative approval of the Holders of a majority of the shares of the Series I Preferred Stock then outstanding (voting as a class), (i) alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the Series I Preferred Stock or alter or amend this Certificate of Designations, (ii) amend its certificate of incorporation or other charter documents in breach of any of the provisions hereof, (iii) increase the authorized number of shares of Series I Preferred Stock, or (iv) enter into any agreement with respect to the foregoing.
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A “
Deemed Liquidation Event
” will mean: (a) a merger or consolidation in which the Corporation is a constituent party or a subsidiary of the Corporation is a constituent party and the Corporation issues shares of its capital stock pursuant to such merger or consolidation, except any such merger or consolidation involving the Corporation or a subsidiary in which the shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continue to represent, or are converted into or exchanged for shares of capital
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The Corporation will not have the power to effect a Deemed Liquidation Event referred to in
Section I.D.2
unless the agreement or plan of merger or consolidation for such transaction provides that the consideration payable to the stockholders of the Corporation will be allocated among the holders of capital stock of the Corporation in accordance with
Section I.E.
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Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, after payment or provision for payment of debts and other liabilities of the Corporation,
pari passu
with any distribution or payment made to the holders of Common Stock by reason of their ownership thereof, the Holders of Series I Preferred Stock will be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders an amount with respect to each share of Series I Preferred Stock equal to (without duplication): (a) the Original Issue Price,
plus
(b) any accrued but unpaid dividends thereon. If, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the amounts payable with respect to the shares of Series I Preferred Stock are not paid in full, the holders of shares of Series I Preferred Stock will share equally and ratably with the holders of shares of Common Stock in any distribution of assets of the Corporation in proportion to the liquidation preference and an amount equal to all accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any, to which each such holder is entitled.
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If, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the assets of the Corporation will be insufficient to make payment in full to all Holders, then such assets will be distributed among the Holders at the time outstanding, ratably
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Mandatory Redemption by the Corporation
. The Corporation shall redeem all outstanding shares of Series I Preferred Stock on the first anniversary of the date of the issuance of any shares of Series I Preferred Stock (each respectively an “
Issuance Date
”) at a price per share (the “
Redemption Price
”) equal to the sum of the following (without duplication): (a) the Original Issue Price,
plus
(b) any accrued but unpaid dividends.
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Mechanics of Redemption
. The Corporation will deliver written notice of redemption via facsimile and overnight courier (“
Notice of Redemption
”) to each Holder, which Notice of Redemption will indicate (a) the number of shares of Series I Preferred Stock being redeemed and (b) the applicable Redemption Price.
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Payment of Redemption Price
. Upon receipt by any Holder of a Notice of Redemption, such Holder will promptly submit to the Corporation such Holder’s Series I Preferred Stock certificates. Upon receipt of such Holder’s Series I Preferred Stock certificates, the Corporation will pay the Redemption Price to such Holder in cash.
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Mechanics of Conversion
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Holder Conversion
. In the event of a conversion of any Series I Preferred Stock pursuant to a Holder Conversion Notice, the Corporation shall issue to the Holder of such Series I Preferred Stock a number of Conversion Shares equal to (a) the Original Issue Price plus accrued and unpaid dividends thereon,
multiplied by
(b) the number of such Series I Preferred Stock subject to the Holder Conversion Notice
divided by
(c) the Conversion Price with respect to such Series I Preferred Stock.
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Stock Splits
. If the Corporation at any time on or after the Issuance Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately adjusted and the number of Conversion Shares will be proportionately increased. If the Corporation at any time on or after such Issuance Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately adjusted and the number of Conversion Shares will be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment under this Section 3 shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.
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Rights
. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to
Section I.G.3
, if at any time the Corporation grants, issues or sells any options, convertible securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “
Purchase Rights
”), then Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which Holder could have acquired if Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon conversion of all Preferred Stock held by Holder immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.
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Definitions
. For purposes of this
Section I
, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
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Limitations
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