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): July 15, 2015
 
CICERO, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware   000-26392   11-2920559
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

8000 Regency Parkway
Suite 542
Cary, North Carolina
  27518
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (919) 380-5000

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

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Item 1.01 — Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
 
On July 15, 2015, Cicero, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with investors named therein, including Privet Fund LP (“Privet”), Thomas Avery, four directors of the Company, including John L. Steffens, Donald Peppers, Bruce D. Miller and Mark Landis and three other persons (collectively the nine investors are referred to as the “Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Purchasers severally purchased, in the aggregate, 25,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 205,277,778 shares of the Company’s common stock (“Warrants”) for an aggregate consideration of $1,000,000.
 
The Warrants are exercisable for a period of three years beginning at any time after 60 days of issuance. The exercise prices of the Warrants are as follows: (i) Warrants to purchase up to 87,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock are exercisable at a price of $0.04 per share (“Tranche I”); (ii) Warrants to purchase up to 77,777,778 shares of the Company’s common stock are exercisable at a price of $0.045 per share (“Tranche II”); and (iii) Warrants to purchase up to 40,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock are exercisable at a price of $0.05 per share (“Tranche III”). The Warrants are exercisable only for cash, as the exercise price paid is intended to increase the funding of the Company. All the exercise prices and numbers of shares are subject to customary anti-dilution provisions. The Warrants contain an exercise limitation provision that prohibits exercise of the Warrants to the extent that the exercise would result in the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock that would cause either (a) the Company to be deemed an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or (b) an ownership change within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code Section 382 (and applicable U.S. Treasury regulations pursuant to such section) limiting the use of the Company’s net operating losses, carryforwards and other tax attributes.  Because the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized shares at this time to permit it to issue the shares upon exercise of the Warrants, the exercise of the Warrants is also subject to the Company obtaining authorization of the stockholders and filing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock within 60 days after the closing of the transaction. Once that increase in the capitalization has been completed, the Company is obligated to reserve a sufficient number of shares of the Company’s common stock to enable the exercise of the Warrants.
 
The use of proceeds from this transaction are for general corporate purposes, as approved from time to time by the Board of Directors (the “Board”), which approval must include approval by a majority of the directors that have been designated by Privet. (See below: Description of the Investor Rights Agreement and Voting Agreement.)
 
Mr. Steffens gave an option to the Company for it to require the conversion of outstanding interest due on previously converted notes in favor of Mr. Steffens at a conversion rate of $0.10 per share, which as of July 8, 2015, would have resulted in the issuance of 13,608,700 shares of the Company’s common stock if the Company option were exercised.
 
The Company is obligated to seek the authorization of the stockholders and, if approved, file an Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) to, among other things, increase the authorized but unissued shares of the Company’s common stock to not less than 600,000,000 shares. The Company is required to have the increase in shares completed within sixty days of the closing date of the Purchase Agreement. The Company plans to promptly file a proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, seeking stockholder approval for the amended and restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 
 
 
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In addition to the capitalization changes to be proposed to the stockholders, the Board has also considered and adopted other changes to the Certificate of Incorporation, which will be submitted to the stockholders for their approval.  These changes include the following: (i) a limitation on stockholders being able to act by written consent so long as Privet owns 30% of the outstanding common stock, (ii) a limitation on who may call a special meeting, being restricted to only the Board, (iii) a provision that waives any rights that the Company has in any corporate opportunities that may be separately offered to Privet, (iv) waiver of the application of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporate Law  to the investment by Privet, (v) the designation of the state courts of the State of Delaware as the only forum in which stockholder actions under the Delaware General Corporate Law, Certificate of Incorporation and by-laws of the Company may be brought, and (vi) to authorize a class of “blank check” preferred stock to replace the current form of convertible preferred stock, which will give the Company greater flexibility with respect to creating different preferred stock classes to suit the particular circumstances.
 
In connection with the execution of the Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into an Investor Rights Agreement with Privet and Mr. Steffens (the “Investors”), granting the Investors the right to require the Company to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission up to four requested registration statements to register for resale the Investors’ shares of common stock purchased under the Purchase Agreement and purchased upon exercise of any of the Warrants (the “Registrable Securities”). The Investors also are granted unlimited “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to the Registrable Securities. The obligation to register the Registrable Securities continues until those securities have been sold or transferred by the holders of the registration rights or may be sold without limitation under Rule 144 or otherwise may be sold without restriction.
 
The Investor Rights Agreement also requires that the Company’s Board take the following actions:
 
(i) upon execution of the Investor Rights Agreement to obtain the resignations of four members of the Board designated by the Chairman of the Board, to amend the Company’s Bylaws to reduce the size of the Board from nine members to seven members and to vote to elect two persons designated in writing by Privet to fill the vacancies and serve on the Board;
 
(ii) upon exercise in full of the Tranche I Warrants by Privet to obtain the resignations of one member of the Board designated by the Chairman of the Board and to vote to elect a candidate designated in writing by Privet to serve on the Board; and
 
(iii)           upon full exercise of all tranches of warrants by Privet to obtain the resignations of two members of the Board designated by the Chairman of the Board and to reduce the size of the Board from seven members to five members with the three Privet designees remaining on the Board.
 
The Purchase Agreement, Investor Rights Agreement and Form of Warrant are attached hereto as exhibits and the descriptions above are qualified in their entirety by reference to the exhibits.
 
As a condition to closing under the Purchase Agreement, Privet and Mr. Steffens have entered into a voting agreement covering the shares of common stock owned by them for a period until the later of the date on which the matters governed by the voting agreement have been

 
 
 
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implemented or the expiration of the Warrants.  The voting agreement requires the parties to vote in favor of an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of authorized common stock of the Company sufficient to enable the Company to be able to issue the shares of common stock that may be purchased under the terms of the Warrants, including any anti-dilution provision, and to be able to reserve that number of shares for those exercises. The voting agreement also requires the parties to vote to implement the changes in the Board described above in connection with the Investor Rights Agreement, including taking action to remove directors if resignations to achieve the changes are not obtained.  The parties agree not to transfer their shares unless the transferee takes them subject to the terms of the voting agreement.  In addition to this voting agreement, Privet and Mr. Steffens are entering into similar voting agreements with each of (i) Mark Landis and Carolyn Landis and (ii) Don Peppers to amend the certificates of designations of the Series A-1 and B Preferred Stock, respectively, to cause the automatic conversion of each of the series of preferred stock into common stock upon the occurrence of equity financing in the Company of $1,000,000 or more. The acquisition of the shares under the Purchase Agreement will meet the $1,000,000 dollar requirement; therefore upon approval of the amendments to the terms of the two classes of outstanding preferred stock, all the shares of those two classes will convert into shares of common stock.  Upon conversion, the Company will issue approximately 11,899,628 shares of common stock.   The Company is not a party to any of the voting agreements.
 
As a result of the transaction, (i) Privet will become the record holder of approximately 10.1% of the outstanding and issued shares of common stock, and have the right to purchase under the Warrants an additional 149,852,778 shares of common stock which will correspondingly increase its percentage of ownership and it will have the right to appoint directors as described above, and (ii) Mr. Steffens will decrease his current 65.5% ownership of the common stock of the Company to 59.3%, while retaining his current control position in the common stock.  Together Privet and Mr. Steffens, upon completion of the transaction, excluding the exercise of the Warrants, have a majority of the voting control of the Company.
 
In connection with the closing of the transaction under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Board took action to waive application of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law in respect of the investment in the Company by Privet.  In general, this statute prohibits a publicly-held Delaware corporation from engaging in a business combination with anyone who owns 15% or more of its common stock, for a period of three years after that person has acquired the 15% ownership.
 
The Company has obtained a new inventions assignment and non-competition agreement from employees who previously did not have such agreements.  A form of the agreement is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
 
Item 3.02 — Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
 
The securities described in Item 1.01 above are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and therefore may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The securities were issued in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
 
The information required by this Item 3.02 is incorporated by reference to Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 
 
 
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Item 5.02 – Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
 
On July 15, 2015, Charles Porciello, Jay Kingley, John Atherton and Antony Castagno notified the Company of their respective resignations from the Board, effective immediately.  Each has resigned voluntarily and has not objected to the disclosure about their resignations stated herein.
 
In connection with the resignations, the Board reduced the size of the board from nine directors to seven directors.  See item 5.03 herein.
 
On July 15,  2015, the Board appointed Ryan Levenson and Thomas Avery as new independent directors of the Company to fill vacancies on the Board as a result of the resignations described above.
 
Mr. Levenson is currently and has been Principal and Managing Member of Privet Fund Management LLC, an investment firm, since its founding in February 2007.  Mr. Levenson currently serves as a director of RELM Wireless Corp (NYSE MKT: RWC), a manufacturer and distributor of wireless communications products.  Previously, Mr. Levenson served as a director and member of the Compensation, Organization and Corporate Governance Committee of Material Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: MASC) from May 2013 until its sale in March 2014. Mr. Levenson also served as a member of the board of directors and Compensation and Audit Committees of The Middleby Corporation (NASDAQ: MIDD) from May 2006 until November 2012. Prior to founding Privet Fund Management LLC in February 2007, Mr. Levenson served as Vice President of Business Development at MSI, a privately held building products distributor and construction services company, from 2003 until 2006. Prior to his service with MSI, Mr. Levenson served as a financial analyst for Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn’s long/short equity hedge fund after working at SAC Capital Advisors LLC in a similar capacity. Mr. Levenson graduated from Vanderbilt University with a degree in art history.
 
Mr. Avery has over 37 years of investment banking and venture capital experience which includes serving as a Managing Director at Raymond James & Associates from 2000 until 2014; the head of the investment banking group at Interstate/Johnson-Lane from 1995 to 2000; a general partner at Noro-Moseley Partners from 1989 to 1995; a general partner at Summit Partners from 1984 to 1989; and Senior Vice President at The Robinson-Humphrey Company from 1977 to 1984.  During his career as a venture capitalist, Mr. Avery served on numerous private company boards, assisting those companies with advice and help in financing their enterprises; planning and executing growth strategies; and building effective management teams.  Mr. Avery is currently serving on the board of directors of KIPP Metro Atlanta, a national charter school organization serving low income, minority children.  Mr. Avery graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in industrial management and from the Harvard Business School with a master’s degree in business administration.
 
No family relationship has ever existed between Mr. Levenson or Mr. Avery and any current director or executive officer of the Company or any person contemplated to become such.
 
Except as set forth on this Form 8-K, there are no related party transactions between the Company and Mr. Levenson or Mr. Avery reportable under Item. 5.02 of Form 8-K and Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

 
 
 
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As Mr. Levenson and Mr. Avery are non-employee directors, the Company has not entered into an employment agreement with either Mr. Levenson or Mr. Avery.  Except as set forth herein, there are no arrangements between Mr. Levenson or Mr. Avery and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Levenson or Mr. Avery was selected as a Company director.
 
In connection with the changes in the Board, it also approved a new form of indemnification agreement for all the directors. A copy of the form of indemnification agreement has been filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and replaces the prior agreement.  All the current directors have executed a version of this form.
 
Item 5.03 – Amendment to Bylaws
 
Effective as of July 15, 2015, the Company adopted an amendment and restatement of its bylaws (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”) in connection with the closing of the transaction set forth in this Form 8-K.  The Board had previously approved the Amended and Restated Bylaws to become effective immediately prior to and contingent upon the closing of the Purchase Agreement.
 
Under the Amended and Restated Bylaws, the Board took action to change the number of directors from nine directors to seven directors.
 
A copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
     
 
Amended and Restated Bylaws, as of July 15, 2015,
     
 
Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2015, by and among the Company and the purchasers named thereto.
     
 
Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2015, by and among the Company, Privet Fund LP and John L. Steffens.
     
 
Form of Warrant to Purchase Shares of Common Stock, dated as of July 15, 2015, issued to the purchasers thereof.
     
 
Form of Indemnification Agreement for directors of the Company, as of July 2015.
     
 
Form of Inventions and Non-Competition Agreement for Employees of the Company, as of July 2015.
     
 
Voting Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2015, by and between Privet Fund LP and John L. Steffens.
     
 
Series A-1 Preferred Stock Voting Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2015, by and among Privet Fund LP, John L. Steffens and Mark and Carol Landis.
     
 
Series B Preferred Stock Voting Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2015, by and among Privet Fund LP, John L. Steffens and Don Peppers.
 
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
Cicero, Inc.
 
       
Date: July16, 2015
By:
/s/ John Broderick
 
   
John Broderick,
 
   
Chief Executive Officer
 
       

 
 
 
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Exhibit 3.1
 


 
 
CICERO, INC.
 
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
 
AS ADOPTED ON
 
JULY 8, 2015
 

 
 

 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
             
ARTICLE I
 
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
  
 
1
  
     
Section 1.01
 
Annual Meetings
  
 
1
  
     
Section 1.02
 
Special Meetings
  
 
1
  
     
Section 1.03
 
Participation in Meetings by Remote Communication
  
 
1
  
     
Section 1.04
 
Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice
  
 
2
  
     
Section 1.05
 
Proxies
  
 
2
  
     
Section 1.06
 
Voting Lists
  
 
3
  
     
Section 1.07
 
Quorum
  
 
3
  
     
Section 1.08
 
Voting
  
 
3
  
     
Section 1.09
 
Adjournment
  
 
4
  
 
 
 

 
 
Section 1.10
 
Organization; Procedure; Inspection of Elections
  
 
4
  
     
Section 1.11
 
Stockholder Action by Written Consent
  
 
5
  
     
Section 1.12
 
Notice of Stockholder Proposals and Nominations
  
 
6
  
     
ARTICLE II
 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
  
 
10
  
     
Section 2.01
 
General Powers
  
 
10
  
     
Section 2.02
 
Number and Term of Office
  
 
10
  
     
Section 2.03
 
Annual Meetings; Regular Meetings
  
 
11
  
     
Section 2.04
 
Special Meetings
  
 
11
  
     
Section 2.05
 
Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice
  
 
11
  
     
Section 2.06
 
Quorum; Voting
  
 
11
  
     
Section 2.07
 
Action by Telephonic Communications
  
 
11
  
     
Section 2.08
 
Adjournment
  
 
11
  
     
Section 2.09
 
Action Without a Meeting
  
 
12
  
     
Section 2.10
 
Regulations
  
 
12
  
     
Section 2.11
 
Resignations of Directors
  
 
12
  
     
Section 2.12
 
Removal of Directors
  
 
12
  
     
Section 2.13
 
Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships
  
 
13
  
     
Section 2.14
 
Director Fees and Expenses
  
 
13
  
     
Section 2.15
 
Reliance on Accounts and Reports, etc.
  
 
13
  
     
Section 2.16
 
Interested Directors
  
 
13
  
     
ARTICLE III
 
COMMITTEES
  
 
14
  
     
Section 3.01
 
Designation of Committees
  
 
14
  
     
Section 3.02
 
Members and Alternate Members
  
 
14
  
     
Section 3.03
 
Committee Procedures
  
 
14
  
             
Section 3.04
 
Meetings and Actions of Committees
  
 
14
  
     
Section 3.05
 
Resignations and Removals
  
 
15
  
     
ARTICLE IV
 
OFFICERS
  
 
15
  
     
Section 4.01
 
Officers
  
 
15
  
     
Section 4.02
 
Election
  
 
15
  
     
Section 4.03
 
Compensation
  
 
16
  
     
Section 4.04
 
Removal and Resignation; Vacancies
  
 
16
  
     
Section 4.05
 
Authority and Duties of Officers
  
 
16
  
     
Section 4.06
 
Chairman of the Board
  
 
16
  
     
Section 4.07
 
President
  
 
16
  
     
 
 
 

 
 
Section 4.08
 
Vice Presidents
  
 
17
  
     
Section 4.09
 
Secretary
  
 
17
  
     
Section 4.10
 
Treasurer
  
 
17
  
     
Section 4.11
 
Security
  
 
17
  
     
ARTICLE V
 
CAPITAL STOCK
  
 
17
  
     
Section 5.01
 
Certificates of Stock; Uncertificated Shares
  
 
17
  
     
Section 5.02
 
Facsimile Signatures
  
 
17
  
     
Section 5.03
 
Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates
  
 
18
  
     
Section 5.04
 
Transfer of Stock
  
 
18
  
     
Section 5.05
 
Registered Stockholders
  
 
18
  
     
Section 5.06
 
Transfer Agent and Registrar
  
 
18
  
     
ARTICLE VI
 
INDEMNIFICATION
  
 
18
  
     
Section 6.01
 
Indemnification
  
 
18
  
     
Section 6.02
 
Advancement of Expenses
  
 
20
  
     
Section 6.03
 
Procedure for Indemnification
  
 
20
  
     
Section 6.04
 
Burden of Proof
  
 
20
  
     
Section 6.05
 
Contract Right; Non-Exclusivity; Survival
  
 
21
  
     
Section 6.06
 
Insurance
  
 
21
  
     
Section 6.07
 
Employees and Agents
  
 
22
  
     
Section 6.08
 
Interpretation; Severability
  
 
22
  
     
Section 6.09
 
Subrogation
  
 
22
  
     
ARTICLE VII
 
OFFICES
  
 
23
  
     
Section 7.01
 
Registered Office
  
 
23
  
     
 
 
 

 
 
 
Section 7.02
 
Other Offices
  
 
23
  
     
ARTICLE VIII
 
GENERAL PROVISIONS
  
 
23
  
     
Section 8.01
 
Dividends
  
 
23
  
             
Section 8.02
 
Reserves
  
 
23
  
     
Section 8.03
 
Execution of Instruments
  
 
23
  
     
Section 8.04
 
Voting as Stockholder
  
 
23
  
     
Section 8.05
 
Fiscal Year
  
 
24
  
     
Section 8.06
 
Seal
  
 
24
  
     
Section 8.07
 
Books and Records; Inspection
  
 
24
  
     
Section 8.08
 
Electronic Transmission
  
 
24
  
     
ARTICLE IX
 
AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS
  
 
24
  
     
ARTICLE X
 
CONSTRUCTION
  
 
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CICERO, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
 
As Adopted on July 8, 2015
 
ARTICLE I
 
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
 
Section 1.01                        Annual Meetings . The annual meeting of the stockholders of Cicero, Inc. (the “ Corporation ”) for the election of directors (each, a “ Director ”) and for the transaction of such other business as properly may come before such meeting shall be held each year either within or outside the State of Delaware at such place, if any, and on such date and at such time, as may be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Corporation’s Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized Directors (whether or not there exists any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time such resolution is presented to the Board for adoption) and set forth in the notice or waiver of notice of the meeting, unless, subject to the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and restated from time to time (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”) and Section 1.11 of these bylaws, the stockholders have acted by written consent to elect Directors as permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “ DGCL ”). The Board may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board.
 
Section 1.02                        Special Meetings . A special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time only by or at the direction of the Board pursuant to a resolution of the Board adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized Directors (whether or not there exists any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time such resolution is presented to the Board for adoption) and the stockholders of the Corporation shall not have the power to call a special meeting of the stockholders. Except as otherwise required by law, the business to come before, and be conducted at, a special meeting of stockholders shall be limited exclusively to the business set forth in the notice (and any supplement thereof) and the individual or group calling such meeting shall have exclusive authority to determine the business included in such notice. The Board may postpone, reschedule or cancel any special meeting of the stockholders previously scheduled by the Board. Any special meeting of the stockholders shall be held at such place, if any, within or outside the State of Delaware, and on such date and at such time, as shall be specified in the notice of such special meeting.
 
Section 1.03                        Participation in Meetings by Remote Communication . The Board, acting in its sole discretion, may establish guidelines and procedures in accordance with applicable provisions of the DGCL and any other applicable law for the participation by stockholders and proxyholders in a meeting of stockholders by means of remote communications, and may determine that any meeting of stockholders will not be held at any place but will be held solely by means of remote communication. Stockholders and proxyholders complying with such procedures and guidelines and otherwise entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be

 
 

 
 
deemed present in person and entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders, whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication.
 
Section 1.04                        Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice .
 
(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If the Board so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. The Secretary or any Assistant Secretary shall cause notice of each meeting of stockholders to be given in a manner permitted by the DGCL not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, subject to such exclusions as are then permitted by the DGCL. The notice shall specify (i) the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting), (ii) the place, if any, date and time of such meeting, (iii) the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, (iv) in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is called and (v) such other information as may be required by law or as may be deemed appropriate by the Board. If the stockholder list referred to in Section 1.06 of these bylaws is made accessible on an electronic network, the notice of meeting must indicate how the stockholder list can be accessed. If the meeting of stockholders is to be held solely by means of electronic communications, the notice of meeting must provide the information required to access such stockholder list during the meeting.
 
(b) A written waiver of notice of meeting signed by a stockholder or a waiver by electronic transmission by a stockholder, whether given before or after the meeting time stated in such notice, is deemed equivalent to notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in a waiver of notice. Attendance of a stockholder at a meeting, whether in person or by proxy, is a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business at the meeting on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
 
Section 1.05                        Proxies .
 
(a) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent to or dissent from corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy.

 
 

 
 
(b) A stockholder may authorize a valid proxy by executing a written instrument signed by such stockholder, or by causing his or her signature to be affixed to such writing by any reasonable means, including but not limited to by facsimile signature, or by transmitting or authorizing an electronic transmission (as defined in Section 8.08 of these bylaws) setting forth an authorization to act as proxy to the person designated as the holder of the proxy, a proxy solicitation firm or a like authorized agent. Proxies by electronic transmission must either set forth, or be submitted with, information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder. Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of a writing or transmission created pursuant to this section may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used if such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction is a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.
 
(c) No proxy may be voted or acted upon after the expiration of three years from the date of such proxy, unless such proxy provides for a longer period. Every proxy is revocable at the pleasure of the stockholder executing it unless the proxy states that it is irrevocable and applicable law makes it irrevocable. A stockholder may revoke any proxy that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or by filing another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary.
 
Section 1.06                        Voting Lists . The officer of the Corporation who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of the stockholders (and before any adjournment thereof for which a new record date has been set), a complete list of the stockholders of record entitled to vote at the meeting (provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth (10th) day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Nothing contained in this Section 1.06 shall require the Corporation to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. This list, which may be in any format including electronic format, shall be open to the examination of any stockholder prior to and during the meeting for any purpose germane to the meeting in the manner required by the DGCL and other applicable law. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled by this section to examine the list required by this section or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
 
Section 1.07                        Quorum . Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or by law, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of record of a majority in voting power of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at such meeting, provided, however, that where a separate vote by a class or series is required, the holders of a majority in voting power of all issued and outstanding stock of such class or series entitled to vote on such matter, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to such matter. When a quorum is once present it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholder. The stockholders present at a duly called or convened meeting, at which a quorum is present, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to

 
 

 
 
leave less than a quorum. In the absence of a quorum, the stockholders so present may, by a majority in voting power thereof, adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in Section 1.09 of these bylaws until a quorum shall attend.
 
Section 1.08                        Voting . Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or by law, every holder of record of shares entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders is entitled to one vote for each share outstanding in his or her name on the books of the Corporation (x) at the close of business on the record date for such vote or (y) if no record date has been fixed, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice of the meeting is given, or if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these bylaws, the rules and regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation or pursuant to any other rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation, its securities or its stockholders, the vote of a majority of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders on the subject matter in question represented in person or by proxy at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be sufficient for the transaction of any business at such meeting. The stockholders do not have the right to cumulate their votes for the election of Directors.
 
Section 1.09                        Adjournment . Any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned from time to time, whether or not a quorum is present, by the chairperson of the meeting or by the vote of a majority in voting power of the shares of stock present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting, to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the place, if any, and date and time thereof (and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting) are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken unless the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days or a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting after the adjournment, in which case notice of the adjourned meeting in accordance with Section 1.04 of these bylaws shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board shall fix as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.
 
Section 1.10                        Organization; Procedure .
 
(a) At every meeting of stockholders the presiding officer shall be the Chairman of the Board, or in the event of his or her absence or disability, the President, or in the event of both the Chairman’s and the President’s absence or disability, a presiding officer chosen by resolution of the Board. The Secretary, or in the event of his or her absence or disability, the Assistant Secretary, if any, or if there be no Assistant Secretary, in the absence of the Secretary, an appointee of the presiding officer, shall act as secretary of the meeting.

 
 

 
 
(b) To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Board shall be entitled to make such rules or regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or convenient. Subject to any such rules and regulations, the presiding officer of any meeting shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn the meeting and to prescribe rules, regulations and procedures for such meeting and to take all such actions as in the judgment of the presiding officer are necessary, appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of such meetings. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the presiding officer of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order, decorum, safety and security at the meeting; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the presiding person of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants; (vi) determining when the polls should be opened and closed for voting; (vii) removing any stockholder who refuses to comply with meeting procedures, rules or guidelines as established by the chairman of the meeting; and (viii) complying with any state and local laws and regulations concerning safety and security. The presiding officer at any meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such presiding person should so determine, such presiding person shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter of business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board or the person presiding over the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
 
Section 1.11 Stockholder Action by Written Consent .
 
(a) Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote of stockholders, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, are: (i) signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted (but not less than the minimum number of votes otherwise prescribed by law) and (ii) delivered to the Corporation by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the books in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated valid consent so delivered to the Corporation.
 
(b) If a stockholder action by written consent is permitted under these bylaws and not restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, and the Board has not fixed a record date for the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to participate in such consent to be given, then: (i) if the DGCL does not require action by the Board prior to the proposed stockholder action, the record

 
 

 
 
date shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation at any of the locations referred to in Section 1.11(a)(ii) of these bylaws; and (ii) if the DGCL requires action by the Board prior to the proposed stockholder action, the record date shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution taking such prior action. Every written consent to action without a meeting shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent, and shall be valid if timely delivered to the Corporation at any of the locations referred to in Section 1.11(a)(ii) of these bylaws.
 
(c) The Secretary shall give prompt notice of the taking of an action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation in accordance with the DGCL.
 
Section 1.12                        Notice of Stockholder Proposals and Nominations .
 
(a) Annual Meetings .
 
(i) Nominations of persons for election to the Board and proposals of business to be considered by the stockholders at an annual meeting of stockholders may be made only (x) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (y) by or at the direction of the Board, or a committee appointed by the Board for such purpose, or (z) subject to the then-applicable provisions of the Investor Rights Agreement among the Corporation and certain of its stockholders, dated as of July 15, 2015 (as amended from time to time, the “ Investor Agreement ”), by any stockholder of the Corporation who or which (1) is entitled to vote at the meeting, (2) complies in a timely manner with all notice procedures and other requirements set forth in this Section 1.12, and (3) is a stockholder of record when the required notice is delivered and at the date of the meeting. The immediately preceding sentence shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations at, or bring business (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), and included in the Corporation’s notice of meeting) before, an annual meeting of stockholders.
 
(ii) Notice in writing of a stockholder nomination or stockholder proposal must be delivered to the attention of the Secretary at the principal place of business of the Corporation by the close of business not fewer than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided that if the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 30 days or delayed by more than 70 days from such anniversary date of the preceding year’s annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than 120 days prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made.
 
(iii) Notice of a stockholder nomination or proposal shall include (A) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a Director: (1) a description of all direct and indirect compensation or other material monetary agreements,

 
 

 
 
arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among each such person and his or her respective affiliates and associates, on the one hand, and the stockholder of record and beneficial owner or owners, if any, or other person on whose behalf the nomination is made and their respective affiliates and associates, on the other hand, including without limitation all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the stockholder of record making the nomination and any beneficial owner or owners, if any, or other person on whose behalf the nomination is made, or any affiliate or associate thereof, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant and (2) all other information relating to such person required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the solicitations of proxies for the election of Directors in a contested election pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (whether or not the proponent or such person intends to or does deliver a proxy statement or conduct its own proxy solicitation), including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a Director if elected, and (B) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and if such business includes proposed amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation and/or bylaws of the Corporation, the text of the proposed amendments), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made.
 
(iv) Notice of a stockholder nomination or proposal shall also set forth, as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made:
 
(1) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books and records, and of any such beneficial owner;
 
(2) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) and of record by such stockholder and any such beneficial owner, provided that such stockholder shall be deemed to beneficially own any shares of any class or series of the Corporation as to which such stockholder has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future;
 
(3) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between or among such stockholder and any such beneficial owner, any of their respective affiliates or associates, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such nomination or other business;
 
(4) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including, regardless of the form of settlement, any derivative, long or short positions, profit interests, forwards, futures, swaps, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding that has been made, the effect or intent of which is

 
 

 
 
to create or mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder or any such beneficial owner or any such nominee with respect to the Corporation’s securities (a “ Derivative Instrument ”);
 
(5) to the extent not disclosed pursuant to clause (4) above, the principal amount of any indebtedness of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries beneficially owned by such stockholder or by any such beneficial owner, together with the title of the instrument under which such indebtedness was issued and a description of any Derivative Instrument entered into by or on behalf of such stockholder or such beneficial owner relating to the value or payment of any indebtedness of the Corporation or any such subsidiary;
 
(6) a representation that such stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination;
 
(7) any other information relating to such stockholder and any such beneficial owner required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in an election contest pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (whether or not such stockholder intends to or does deliver a proxy statement or conduct its own proxy solicitation); and
 
(8) a representation as to whether such stockholder or any such beneficial owner intends or is part of a group which intends (x) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to elect the nominee or to approve or adopt the proposal or and/or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such nomination or proposal.
 
If requested by the Corporation, the information required under clauses (iv)(2), (3), (4) and (5) of the preceding sentence of this Section 1.12(a) shall be supplemented and updated by such stockholder and any such beneficial owner, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice by these Bylaws shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than five (5) business days prior to the date for the meeting, if practicable (or, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to) or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). The foregoing notice requirements of this Section 1.12(a) shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder with respect to business or a nomination if such stockholder has notified the Corporation of his or her intention to present a proposal or make a nomination at an annual meeting in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and such stockholder’s proposal or nomination has been

 
 

 
 
included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting.
 
(b) Special Meetings .
 
(i) Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting pursuant to Section 1.04 of these bylaws. Nominations of persons for election to the Board at a special meeting of stockholders at which Directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting may be made only (x) by or at the direction of the Board, or a committee appointed by the Board for such purpose or (y) provided that the Board (or stockholders, to the extent in accordance with Section 1.02 hereof) has determined that Directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation. Subject to the foregoing and the then-applicable provisions of the Investor Agreement, a stockholder may nominate persons for election to the Board (a “ stockholder nomination ”) at a special meeting only if the stockholder (1) is entitled to vote at the meeting, (2) complies in a timely manner with the notice procedures and other requirements set forth in paragraph (ii) of this Section 1.12(b), and (3) is a stockholder of record when the required notice is delivered and at the date of the meeting.
 
(ii) Notice in writing of a stockholder nomination must be delivered to the attention of the Secretary at the principal place of business of the Corporation not more than 120 days prior to the date of the meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the meeting or the 10th day following the last to occur of (a) the public announcement by the Corporation of the date of such meeting and (b) the public announcement by the Corporation of the nominees proposed by the Board to be elected at such meeting, and must comply with the provisions of Sections 1.12(a)(iii) and (iv) of these bylaws. The foregoing notice requirements of this Section 1.12(b) shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder with respect to a nomination if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of his or her intention to present a nomination at such special meeting in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and such stockholder’s nomination has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such special meeting.
 
(c) General .
 
(i) Except as otherwise expressly provided in any applicable rule or regulation promulgated under the Exchange Act, only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.12 shall be eligible to be elected at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to serve as Directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.12. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, the presiding officer of a meeting of stockholders shall have the power and duty (x) to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.12 and (y) if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this Section 1.12, to declare that such defective nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be transacted.
 
(ii) The Corporation may require any proposed stockholder nominee for Director to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such

 
 

 
 
proposed nominee to serve as a Director. Unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) making a nomination or proposal under this Section 1.12 does not appear at a meeting of stockholders to present such nomination or proposal, the nomination shall be disregarded and/or the proposed business shall not be transacted, as the case may be, notwithstanding that proxies in favor thereof may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 1.12, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.
 
(iii) For purposes of this Section 1.12, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.12, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 1.12; provided, however, that any references in these bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to this Section 1.12. Nothing in this Section 1.12 shall be deemed to affect any rights of (x) stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (y) the holders of any series of preferred stock to elect Directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or of the relevant preferred stock certificate of designation.
 
(v) The announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual or special meeting does not commence a new time period (and does not extend any time period) for the giving of notice of a stockholder nomination or a stockholder proposal.
 
ARTICLE II
 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
Section 2.01                        General Powers . Except as may otherwise be provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the affairs and business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board and the Board may exercise all the powers and authority of the Corporation. The Directors shall act only as a Board, and the individual Directors shall have no power as such.
 
Section 2.02                        Number and Term of Office . The members of the Board shall be elected at each annual meeting of the stockholders, each director so elected to serve until the election and qualifications of his successors or until his earlier resignation or removal as provided in these

 
 

 
 
Bylaws. The initial number of directors shall be such as may be determined by the incorporator and thereafter the number of directors shall be not less than one (1) and not more than nine (10), the exact number within such minimum and maximum limits to be fixed and determined from time to time by resolution of a majority of the Board or by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 50% of all outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. Each director shall serve for a term of one (1) year or until the election and qualification of his successor or until his earlier resignation or removal as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. Any employee of the Corporation or a subsidiary of the Corporation who serves on the Board shall be deemed to have tendered his resignation from the Board at the time such employee gives notice of termination of his employment with the Corporation or any subsidiary, as the case may be, or upon the termination of such employment for any reason, whichever occurs first; provided , however , that the Board, in its sole discretion, may decline to accept the resignation of the former employee from the Board if the former employee agrees to continue to serve on the Board notwithstanding the termination of his employment and if the Board determines that the continued service of the former employee on the Board is in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders. In case of an increase in the number of directors between elections by the stockholders, the additional directorships shall be considered vacancies and shall be filled in the manner prescribed in Article 5 of these Bylaws. Directors need not be stockholders, nor need they be residents of the State of Delaware.
 
Section 2.03                        Annual Meetings; Regular Meetings . The annual meeting of the Board may be held at such time or place (within or outside the State of Delaware) as shall be specified in a notice thereof given as hereinafter provided. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held on such dates, and at such times and places (within or outside the State of Delaware) as are determined from time to time by resolution of the Board.
 
Section 2.04                        Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board or by a majority of the Directors then in office, at such place (within or outside the State of Delaware), date and time as may be specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice of such meetings. Any business may be conducted at a special meeting of the Board.
 
Section 2.05                        Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice .
 
(a) Notices of special meetings shall be given to each Director, and notice of each resolution or other action affecting the date, time or place of one or more regular meetings shall be given to each Director not present at the meeting adopting such resolution or other action, subject to Section 2.08 of these bylaws. Notices shall be given personally, or by telephone confirmed by facsimile or email dispatched promptly thereafter, or by facsimile or email confirmed by a writing delivered by a recognized overnight courier service, directed to each Director at the address from time to time designated by such Director to the Secretary. Each such notice and confirmation must be given (received in the case of personal service or delivery of written confirmation) at least 24 hours prior to the time of a meeting.

 
 

 
 
(b) A written waiver of notice of meeting signed by a Director or a waiver by electronic transmission by a Director, whether given before or after the meeting time stated in such notice, is deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a Director at a meeting is a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the Director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business at the meeting on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
 
Section 2.06                        Quorum; Voting . At all meetings of the Board, the presence of a majority of the total authorized number of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, the vote of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board.
 
Section 2.07                        Action by Telephonic Communications . Members of the Board may participate in a meeting of the Board by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this provision shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
 
Section 2.08                        Adjournment . A majority of the Directors present may adjourn any meeting of the Board to another date, time or place, whether or not a quorum is present. No notice need be given of any adjourned meeting unless (a) the date, time and place of the adjourned meeting are not announced at the time of adjournment, in which case notice conforming to the requirements of Section 2.05 of these bylaws shall be given to each Director, or (b) the meeting is adjourned for more than 24 hours, in which case the notice referred to in clause (a) shall be given to those Directors not present at the announcement of the date, time and place of the adjourned meeting.
 
Section 2.09                        Action Without a Meeting . Unless otherwise restricted in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and such writing or writings or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.
 
Section 2.10                        Regulations . To the extent consistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation and these bylaws, the Board may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of meetings of the Board and for the management of the affairs and business of the Corporation as the Board may deem appropriate. The Board may elect from among its members a chairperson and one or more vice-chairpersons to preside over meetings and to perform such other duties as may be designated by the Board.
 
Section 2.11                        Resignations of Directors . Any Director may resign at any time by submitting an electronic transmission or by delivering a written notice of resignation, signed by such Director, to the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect upon delivery unless the resignation specifies a later effective date or an effective date determined upon the happening of a specified event.

 
 

 
 
Section 2.12                        Removal of Directors .
 
(a) Subject to the rights of the holders of shares of any class or series of preferred stock, if any, to elect Directors pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation thereunder) and the then-applicable terms of the Investor Agreement, any Director may be removed only for cause, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of at least three-quarters of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of Directors, voting together as a single class at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose in accordance with the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation and these bylaws. For purposes of these Bylaws, “cause” shall mean (i) a final conviction (without any further right of appeal) of a felony involving moral turpitude, or (ii) willful misconduct that is materially and demonstrably injurious economically to the Corporation. For purposes of this definition of “cause,” no act, or failure to act, by a Director shall be considered “willful” unless committed in bad faith and without a reasonable belief that the act or failure to act was in the best interest of the Corporation or any affiliate of the Corporation. “Cause” shall not exist unless and until the Corporation has delivered to the Director a written notice of the Director’s failure to act that constitutes “cause” and, if cure is possible, such Director shall not have cured such act or omission within ninety (90) days after the delivery of such notice.
 
Section 2.13                        Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships . Subject to the rights of the holders of shares of any class or series of preferred stock, if any, to elect Directors pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation thereunder) and the then-applicable terms of the Investor Agreement, any newly-created directorship on the Board that results from an increase in the number of Directors, or any vacancy in the Board that results from the death, disability, resignation, disqualification or removal of any Director or from any other cause shall be filled solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of Directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining Director. A Director elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until his or her successor has been elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.
 
Section 2.14                        Director Fees and Expenses . The amount, if any, which each Director shall be entitled to receive as compensation for his or her services shall be fixed from time to time by the Board and, if any Director shall serve as a member of any committee of the Board or perform special services at the request of the Board, such Director may be paid such additional compensation as the Board may from time to time determine. The Corporation will cause each non-employee Director serving on the Board to be reimbursed for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by him or her in connection with such service. Such compensation and reimbursement shall be payable even though there be an adjournment because of the absence of a quorum. No such payment shall preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
 
Section 2.15                        Reliance on Accounts and Reports, etc . A Director, as such or as a member of any committee designated by the Board, shall in the performance of his or her duties be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of the Corporation’s officers or employees, or committees designated by the Board, or by any other person as to the matters

 
 

 
 
the member reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.
 
Section 2.16                        Interested Directors . No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its Directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of its Directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the Director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because such person’s or persons’ votes are counted for such purposes if (a) the material facts as to such person’s or persons’ relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Directors or committee who then in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested Directors, even though the disinterested Directors be less than a quorum, (b) the material facts as to such person’s or persons’ relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders or (c) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the Board, a committee thereof or the stockholders. Interested Directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.
 
ARTICLE III
 
COMMITTEES
 
Section 3.01                        Designation of Committees . The Board shall designate such committees as may be required by applicable laws, regulations or stock exchange rules and such additional committees as it deems necessary or appropriate. Each committee shall consist of such number of Directors, and with such qualifications, as may be required by applicable laws, regulations or stock exchange rules or as from time to time may be fixed by the Board and shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation to the extent delegated to such committee by resolution of the Board (and, in the exercise of any such authority, may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it), which delegation shall include all such powers and authority as may be required by applicable laws, regulations or stock exchange rules. No committee shall have any power or authority as to (a) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter (other than the election or removal of Directors) expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval, (b) adopting, amending or repealing any of these bylaws or (c) as may otherwise be excluded by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation.
 
Section 3.02                        Members and Alternate Members . The members of each committee and any alternate members shall be selected by the Board and the Board may provide that the members and alternate members serve at the pleasure of the Board. Any Committee may be abolished or re-designated from time to time by the Board. An alternate member may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. An alternate member shall be given all

 
 

 
 
notices of committee meetings, may attend any meeting of the committee, but may count towards a quorum and vote only if a member for whom such person is an alternate is absent or disqualified. Each member (and each alternate member) of any committee shall hold office only until the time he or she shall cease for any reason to be a Director, until his or her successor shall have been designated and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.
 
Section 3.03                        Committee Procedures . A quorum for each committee shall be a majority of its members, unless the committee has only one or two members, in which case a quorum shall be one member, or unless a greater quorum is established by the Board. The vote of a majority of the committee members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the committee. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report to the Board when required. The Board shall adopt a charter for each committee for which a charter is required by applicable laws, regulations or stock exchange rules, may adopt a charter for any other committee, and may adopt other rules and regulations for the government of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these bylaws or any such charter, and each committee may adopt its own rules and regulations of government, to the extent not inconsistent with these bylaws or any charter or other rules and regulations adopted by the Board.
 
Section 3.04                        Meetings and Actions of Committees . Except to the extent that the same may be inconsistent with the terms of any committee charter or applicable laws, regulations or stock exchange rules, meetings and actions of each committee shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of the following sections of these bylaws, with such bylaws being deemed to refer to the committee and its members in lieu of the Board and its members:
 
(a) Section 2.03 (to the extent relating to place and time of regular meetings);
 
(b) Section 2.04 (relating to special meetings);
 
(c) Section 2.05 (relating to notice and waiver of notice);
 
(d) Sections 2.07 and 2.9 (relating to telephonic communication and action without a meeting); and
 
(e) Section 2.08 (relating to adjournment and notice of adjournment).
 
Special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the Board.
 
Section 3.05                        Resignations and Removals . Any member (and any alternate member) of any committee may resign from such position at any time by submitting an electronic transmission or by delivering a written notice of resignation, signed by such member, to the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect upon delivery unless the resignation specifies a later effective date or an effective date determined upon the happening of a specified event. Any member (and any alternate member) of any committee may be removed from such position by the Board at any time, either for or without cause; provided that for so long as the Investor Agreement is in effect, the removal of any member of a Committee shall be subject to the then-applicable terms, if any, of the Investor Agreement.

 
 

 
 
Section 3.06                        Vacancies . If a vacancy occurs in any committee for any reason, the remaining members (and any alternate members) may continue to act if a quorum is present. A committee vacancy may be filled only by the Board in accordance with Section 3.02 and, for so long as the Investor Agreement is in effect, the then-applicable terms, if any, of the Investor Agreement.
 
ARTICLE IV
 
OFFICERS
 
Section 4.01                        Officers . The Board shall elect a President, a Treasurer and a Secretary as officers of the Corporation. The Board may also elect a Chairman of the Board (who, if so elected, must be a Director), one or more Vice Presidents, a Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Technology Officer and such other officers and agents as the Board may determine. In addition, the Board from time to time may delegate to any officer the power to appoint subordinate officers or agents and to prescribe their respective rights, terms of office, authorities and duties. Any action by an appointing officer may be superseded by action by the Board. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except that one person may not hold both the office of President and the office of Secretary. For the avoidance of doubt, the term Vice President shall refer to an officer elected by the Board as Vice President and shall not include any employees of the Corporation whose employment title is “Vice President” unless such individual has been elected as a Vice President of the Corporation in accordance with these bylaws.
 
Section 4.02                        Election . Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the officers of the Corporation need not be elected for a specified term but shall serve at the pleasure of the Board or for such terms as may be agreed in the individual case by each officer and the Board. Officers and agents appointed pursuant to delegated authority as provided in Section 4.01 (or, in the case of agents, as provided in Section 4.07) shall hold their offices for such terms as may be determined from time to time by the appointing officer. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor has been elected or appointed and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. A failure to elect officers shall not dissolve or otherwise affect the Corporation.
 
Section 4.03                        Compensation . The salaries and other compensation of all officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board or in the manner established by the Board. An officer of the Corporation shall not be prevented from receiving compensation by reason of the fact that such officer is also a Director.
 
Section 4.04                        Removal and Resignation; Vacancies . Any officer may be removed for or without cause at any time by the Board, without prejudice to the rights, if any, of such officer under any contract to which such officer is a party. Any officer granted the power to appoint subordinate officers and agents as provided in Section 4.01 may remove any subordinate officer or agent appointed by such officer, at any time, for or without cause, without prejudice to the rights, if any, of such officer under any contract to which such officer is a party. Any officer or agent may resign at any time by delivering notice of resignation, either in writing signed by such

 
 

 
 
officer or by electronic transmission, to the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the President, without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Corporation under any contract to which such officer is a party. Unless otherwise specified therein, such resignation shall take effect upon delivery. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, may be filled by the Board or by the officer, if any (provided that the delegated authority as provided in Section 4.01 has not been revoked as of such time), who appointed the person formerly holding such office.
 
Section 4.05                        Authority and Duties of Officers . An officer of the Corporation shall have such authority and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties (a) as may be required by law, (b) to the extent not inconsistent with law, as are specified in these bylaws, (c) to the extent not inconsistent with law or these bylaws, as may be specified by resolution of the Board, and (d) to the extent not inconsistent with any of the foregoing, as may be specified by the appointing officer with respect to a subordinate officer appointed pursuant to delegated authority under Section 4.01. The Board may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent, notwithstanding any provision hereof.
 
Section 4.06                        Chairman of the Board . If the Chairman of the Board shall have been elected or appointed, the Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and Directors at which he or she is present and shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board.
 
Section 4.07                        President . The President shall exercise the powers and authority and perform all of the duties commonly incident to his office, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board if he is a director, and shall perform such other duties as the Board shall specify from time to time. The President or a Vice President, unless some other person is thereunto specifically authorized by the Board, shall sign all certificates for shares, bonds, debentures, promissory notes, deeds and contracts of the Corporation.
 
Section 4.08                        Vice Presidents . If one or more Vice Presidents have been elected or appointed, each Vice President shall perform such duties as may be assigned to them from time to time by the Board or by the President if the Board does not do so. In the absence or disability of the President, the Vice Presidents in order of seniority may, unless otherwise determined by the Board, exercise the powers and perform the duties pertaining to the office of President, except that if one or more Vice Presidents has been elected or appointed, the person holding such office in order of seniority shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of the office of President.
 
Section 4.09                        Secretary . The Secretary or in his absence an Assistant Secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of stockholders and of the Board and any committee thereof, give and serve all notices, attend to such correspondence as may be assigned to him, keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, and affix such seal to all such instruments properly executed as may require it, shall perform all of the duties commonly incident to his office and shall have such other duties and powers as may be prescribed or determined from time to time by the Board or by the President if the Board does not do so.

 
 

 
 
Section 4.10                        Treasurer . Unless otherwise determined by the Board, if the Treasurer shall have been elected or appointed, the Treasurer shall keep or cause to be kept the books of account of the Corporation in a thorough and proper manner and shall render statements of the financial affairs of the Corporation in such form and as often as required by the Board or the President. The Treasurer, subject to the order of the Board, shall have the custody of all funds and securities of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall perform other duties commonly incident to such office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board or the President shall designate from time to time.
 
Section 4.11                        Security . The Board may require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to provide security for the faithful performance of his or her duties, in such amount and of such character as may be determined from time to time by the Board.
 
ARTICLE V
 
CAPITAL STOCK
 
Section 5.01                        Certificates of Stock; Uncertificated Shares . The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, except to the extent that the Board has provided by resolution that some or all of any or all classes or series of the stock of the Corporation shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Every holder of stock in the Corporation represented by certificates shall be entitled to have, and the Board may in its sole discretion permit a holder of uncertificated shares to receive upon request, a certificate signed by the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Such certificate shall be in such form as the Board may determine, to the extent consistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation and these bylaws.
 
Section 5.02                        Facsimile Signatures . Any or all signatures on the certificates referred to in Section 5.01 of these bylaws may be in facsimile form, to the extent permitted by law. If any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed, or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon, a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
 
Section 5.03                        Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates . A new certificate may be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed only upon delivery to the Corporation of an affidavit of the owner or owners (or their legal representatives) of such certificate, setting forth such allegation, and, if required by the Board, a bond or other undertaking, in such form as may be approved by the Board or a financial officer of the Corporation designated by the Board, to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate.
 
Section 5.04                        Transfer of Stock .

 
 

 
 
(a) Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares, duly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books; provided , however , that the Corporation shall be entitled to recognize and enforce any lawful restriction on transfer. Within a reasonable time after the transfer of uncertificated stock, the Corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to Sections 151, 156, 202(a) or 218(a) of the DGCL. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and these bylaws, the Board may prescribe such additional rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate relating to the issue, transfer and registration of shares of the Corporation.
 
(b) The Corporation may enter into additional agreements with stockholders to restrict the transfer of stock of the Corporation in any manner not prohibited by the DGCL.
 
Section 5.05 Registered Stockholders . Prior to due surrender of a certificate for registration of transfer, the Corporation may treat the registered owner as the person exclusively entitled to receive dividends and other distributions, to vote, to receive notice and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of the owner of the shares represented by such certificate, and the Corporation shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or legal claim to or interest in such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not the Corporation shall have notice of such claim or interests; provided , that if a transfer of shares is made for collateral security, and not absolutely, this fact shall be so expressed in the entry of the transfer if, when the certificates are presented to the Corporation for transfer or uncertificated shares are requested to be transferred, both the transferor and transferee request the Corporation to do so.
 
Section 5.06                        Transfer Agent and Registrar . The Board may appoint one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars, and may require all certificates representing shares to bear the signature of any such transfer agents or registrars.
 
ARTICLE VI
 
INDEMNIFICATION

The Corporation shall indemnify its directors, officers and employees to the extent provided in the Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation.
 
ARTICLE VII
 
OFFICES
 
Section 7.01                        Registered Office . The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware shall be located at the location provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 
 

 
 
Section 7.02                        Other Offices . The Corporation may maintain offices or places of business at such other locations within or outside the State of Delaware as the Board may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.
 
ARTICLE VIII
 
GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Section 8.01                        Dividends .
 
(a) Subject to any applicable provisions of law and the Certificate of Incorporation, dividends upon the shares of the Corporation may be declared by the Board at any regular or special meeting of the Board, or by written consent in accordance with the DGCL and these bylaws, and any such dividend may be paid in cash, property or shares of the Corporation’s stock.
 
(b) A member of the Board, or a member of any committee designated by the Board shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of its officers or employees, or committees of the Board, or by any other person as to matters the Director reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation, as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities and/or net profits of the Corporation, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.
 
Section 8.02                        Reserves . There may be set apart out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board from time to time may determine proper as a reserve or reserves for meeting contingencies, equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation or for such other purpose or purposes as the Board may determine conducive to the interest of the Corporation and its stockholders, and the Board may similarly modify or abolish any such reserve.
 
Section 8.03                        Execution of Instruments . Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board or any officer of the Corporation authorized by the Board may authorize any other officer or agent of the Corporation to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name and on behalf of the Corporation. Any such authorization must be in writing or by electronic transmission and may be general or limited to specific contracts or instruments.
 
Section 8.04                        Voting as Stockholder . Unless otherwise determined by resolution of the Board, the President or any officer of the Corporation authorized thereby shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to attend any meeting of stockholders or equityholders of any corporation or other entity in which the Corporation may hold securities, and to act, vote (or execute proxies to vote) and exercise in person or by proxy all other rights, powers and privileges incident to the ownership of such securities at any such meeting, or through action

 
 

 
 
without a meeting. The Board may by resolution from time to time confer such power and authority (in general or confined to specific instances) upon any other person or persons.
 
Section 8.05                        Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on December 31st of each year, or such other twelve (12) consecutive months as the Board may designate.
 
Section 8.06                        Seal . The corporate seal of the Corporation shall be in such form as the Board of Directors shall determine from time to time and may consist of a facsimile thereof or the word "SEAL" enclosed in parentheses.
 
Section 8.07                        Books and Records; Inspection . Except to the extent otherwise required by law, the books and records of the Corporation shall be kept at such place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as may be determined from time to time by the Board.
 
Section 8.08                        Electronic Transmission . “Electronic transmission”, as used in these bylaws, means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.
 
ARTICLE IX
 
AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS
 
(a) Except as provided otherwise by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation or elsewhere in these Bylaws, these Bylaws may be amended or repealed either:
 
(1) at any meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is present by vote of a majority of the number of shares of stock entitled to vote present in person or by proxy at such meeting; or
 
(2) at any meeting of the Board of Directors by a majority vote of the directors then in office;
 
provided that the notice of such meeting of stockholders or directors or waiver of notice thereof contains a statement of the substance of the proposed amendment or repeal.
 
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) no amendment to the Investor Agreement (whether or not such amendment modifies any provision of the Investor Agreement to which these bylaws are subject) shall be deemed an amendment of these bylaws for purposes of this Article IX, and (y) no amendment, alteration or repeal of Article VI shall adversely affect any right or protection existing under bylaws immediately prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal, including any right or protection of a present or former Director or officer thereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment.
 
ARTICLE X
 
CONSTRUCTION
 
In the event of any conflict between the provisions of these bylaws as in effect from time to time and the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation as in effect from time to time, the provisions of such Certificate of Incorporation shall be controlling.
 
 

 
EXHIBIT 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
 
by and between
 
Cicero, Inc.
 
and the Purchasers Identified on Schedule I hereto
 
July 15, 2015
 

 
 

 

Table of Contents
 
    Page
     
1. Purchase and Sale.
1
       
 
(a)
Authorization of Shares
1
       
 
(b)
Purchase of Shares and Warrants
1
     
2. Closing.
1
     
 
(a)
The Closing
1
       
 
(b)
Form of Payment
1
       
 
(c)
Conditions to the Purchaser’s Obligation to Purchase on the Closing Date
2
       
 
(d)
Conditions to the Company’s Obligation to Issue and Sell on the Closing Date
4
       
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company.
4
       
 
(a)
Organization and Qualification
4
       
 
(b)
Subsidiaries
5
       
 
(c)
Authorization; Enforcement; Validity
5
       
 
(d)
Capitalization
5
       
 
(e)
Issuance of Securities.
6
       
 
(f)
No Conflicts
7
       
 
(g)
No Violation or Default
7
       
 
(h)
SEC Documents
7
       
 
(i)
Financial Statements
7
       
 
(j)
No Recent Changes
8
       
 
(k)
Independent Accountants
9
       
 
(l)
Intellectual Property
9
       
 
(m)
Licenses and Permits; Compliance with Law
12
 
 
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(n)
Insurance
13
       
 
(o)
Related Party Transactions
13
       
 
(p)
Tax Matters
13
       
 
(q)
Employees
14
       
 
(r)
Internal Control over Financial Reporting
14
       
 
(s)
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
14
       
 
(t)
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
15
       
 
(u)
Absence of Litigation
15
       
 
(v)
Investment Company Act
15
       
 
(w)
No Market Manipulation
15
       
 
(x)
Foreign Corrupt Practices
15
       
 
(y)
Brokers
15
       
 
(z)
Regulation
16
     
4. Purchasers’ Representations and Warranties.
16
     
 
(a)
Transfer or Resale
16
       
 
(b)
Investment Purpose
16
       
 
(c)
General Solicitation
16
       
 
(d)
Information
16
       
 
(e)
Reliance on Exemptions
17
       
 
(f)
No Governmental Review
17
       
 
(g)
Authorization; Enforcement; Validity
17
       
 
(h)
No Conflicts
17
       
 
(i)
Exculpation Among Purchasers
17
       
 
(j)
No “Bad Actor” Purchasers
18
       
5. Restrictions on Transfer.
18
 
 
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(a)
Resales
18
       
 
(b)
Rule 144
18
       
 
(c)
Legends
18
       
 
(d)
Legend Removal
19
     
6. Survival and Indemnification.
19
     
 
(a)
Survival
19
       
 
(b)
Indemnification
19
       
 
(c)
Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings
20
     
7. Other Agreements and Covenants.
20
     
 
(a)
Use of Proceeds
20
       
 
(b)
Form D; Blue Sky Filings
20
       
 
(c)
Exchange Act Filings
21
       
 
(d)
Integration
21
       
 
(e)
Expenses
21
       
 
(f)
Exchange Act Filings
21
       
 
(g)
Subsequent Equity Sales
21
       
 
(h)
Equal Treatment of Purchasers
22
       
 
(i)
Right of First Offer
22
     
8. Public Statements
22
     
9. Miscellaneous.
23
       
 
(a)
Governing Law
23
       
 
(b)
Entire Agreement
23
       
 
(c)
Amendments and Waivers
23
       
 
(d)
Notices
23
       
 
(e)
No Strict Construction
25
 
 
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(f)
Further Assurances
25
       
 
(g)
Severability
25
       
 
(h)
Successors and Assigns
25
       
 
(i)
Investigation
25
       
 
(j)
No Third-Party Beneficiaries
25
       
 
(k)
Replacement of Securities
25
       
 
(l)
Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights
26
       
 
(m)
Business Day
26
       
 
(n)
Headings
26
       
 
(o)
Execution
26
 
SCHEDULES      
       
Schedule I - The Purchasers  
       
EXHIBITS      
       
Exhibit A - Form of Warrant  
       
Exhibit B - Form of Investor Rights Agreement  
       
Exhibit C - Form of Voting Agreement  
       
Exhibit D - Net Operating Loss Carry Forwards  
       

 
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STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
 
This Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2015 (this “ Agreement ”), is made by and between Cicero, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the “ Company ”), and each purchaser identified on Schedule I hereto (each a “ Purchaser ”, and collectively, the “ Purchasers ”).
 
RECITALS
 
In accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and pursuant to exemptions from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), the Company has agreed to issue and sell, and each Purchaser has agreed, severally and not jointly, to purchase a number of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), and warrants to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock (the “ Warrant ”, and together with all such warrants being issued to Purchasers under this Agreement, the “ Warrants ”, and together with the Common Stock, the “ Securities ”), each as set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule I to this Agreement.
 
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser hereby agree as follows:
 
1.   Purchase and Sale.
 
(a)   Authorization of Shares .  The Company has authorized (i) the sale and issuance to the Purchasers of the shares of Common Stock, (ii) the sale and issuance to the Purchasers of the Warrants, and (iii) the issuance of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of the Warrants (the “ Warrant Shares ”).
 
(b)   Purchase of Shares and Warrants . At the Closing (as defined below), the Company shall issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser shall, severally and not jointly, purchase from the Company, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, (i) the number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule I to this Agreement (the “ Shares ”) and (ii) a Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock at an exercise price per share set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule I to this Agreement for an aggregate purchase price as set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule I to this Agreement (the “ Purchase Price ”).
 
2.   Closing.
 
(a)   The Closing .  The consummation of the purchase and sale of the Shares and the Warrants (the “ Closing ”) shall be effected by facsimile or other electronic exchange of documentation, and held on the date hereof (the “ Closing Date ”), at the offices of Bryan Cave LLP, legal counsel to Privet Fund, LP   (“ Privet ”), at One Atlantic Center, Fourteenth Floor, 2101 West Peachtree Street, NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3488.
 
(b)   Form of Payment . On the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall pay the Company the Purchase Price for the Shares and the Warrants to be issued and sold to such Purchaser, by
 

 
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wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Company’s written wire instructions previously provided to the Purchasers, and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser the original certificate or certificates representing the Shares and the Warrants, duly executed on behalf of the Company and registered in the name of such Purchaser.
 
(c)   Conditions to the Purchaser’s Obligation to Purchase on the Closing Date . Each Purchaser’s obligation to purchase the Shares and the Warrants at the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Purchaser’s sole benefit and may be waived by such Purchaser at any time in its sole discretion:
 
(i)   the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement shall be true, correct and complete as of the Closing Date (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be true, correct and complete as of such date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing;
 
(ii)   no temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order or decree, and no other legal restraint or prohibition, shall exist which questions the validity of this Agreement or the right of the Company or any Purchaser, as the case may be, to enter into this Agreement or prevents or could reasonably be expected to prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or any litigation or court or administrative proceeding have been commenced or threatened with respect to the foregoing;
 
(iii)   the Company shall have amended each of (w) the $700,000 Amended Convertible Stock-Payable Promissory Note, dated as of March 28, 2012, by the Company in favor of SOAdesk, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ SOAdesk ”), as amended (“ SOAdesk Note 1 ”), (x) the $700,000 Short Term Convertible Promissory Note, dated as of January 15, 2010, by the Company in favor of SOAdesk, as amended (“ SOAdesk Note 2 ”), (y) the $25,000 Amended Promissory Note, dated as of March 31, 2013, by the Company in favor of Hervey A. Weitzman, and (z) the 336,154.31 Amended Promissory Note, dated March 10, 2014, by the Company in favor of Richard Nager to:
 
(1)  
extend the maturity date for each note to June 30, 2017, and
 
(2)  
adjust the conversion provision of the SOAdesk Note 1 and SOAdesk Note 2 to permit conversion only into common stock at the price of $0.15 per share;
 
(iv)   the Company shall have converted the outstanding principal on promissory notes issued to John L. Steffens (“ Steffens ”) to Common Stock at $0.10 per share and obtained an option to convert all accrued interest to Common Stock at $0.10 per share;
 
(v)   evidence of irrevocable instructions from the Company to the transfer agent for the Common Stock with respect to the issuance and delivery of one or more certificates representing the Shares;
 

 
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(vi)   receipt of the Warrants in the form attached as Exhibit A;
 
(vii)   the Company shall have received and accepted the resignation of four (4) members of the Board;
 
(viii)   all actions required by the Board of the Company  to decrease the size of the Board to seven (7) directors and to appoint two (2) directors designated by Privet, as described in Section 1(a)(i) of the Voting Agreement between Privet and Steffens;
 
(ix)   all consents, approvals and waivers required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained;
 
(x)   the Company shall have delivered to the Purchasers a Compliance Certificate, executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the conditions specified in subsections (i), (ii), (iii), (vii), (ix) and (x) of this Section 2(c) have been satisfied;
 
(xi)   the Company shall have delivered to the Purchasers a certificate of its Secretary certifying as to (A) the certificate of incorporation and bylaws; (B) the resolutions of the Board approving this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the actions required by the Company pursuant to this Section 2(c); and (C) good standing certificates (including tax good standing) with respect to each of the Company and each Subsidiary from the applicable authority(ies) in Delaware and any other jurisdiction in which the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may be) is qualified to do business, dated a recent date before the Closing;
 
(xii)   the Company shall have executed and delivered the Investor Rights Agreement, by and among the Company, Privet and Steffens, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit B (the “ Investor Rights Agreement ”);
 
(xiii)   the Company shall have terminated the following agreements:
 
(1)  
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 20, 2013, by and among the Company and the Purchasers named thereto; and
 
(2)  
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 15, 2010, by and among the Company and the Purchasers named thereto;
 
(xiv)   Steffens, Privet, Mark Landis, Carolyn Landis and Don Peppers shall have executed and delivered a Voting Agreement as applicable to such person or entity in substantially the form attached as Exhibit C (the “Voting Agreement” );
 
(xv)   delivery of a legal opinion of Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe, LLP, Company counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers;
 
(xvi)   delivery of an opinion of Bassett & Byers, P.A., tax accountants to the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers, to the affect that issuance of the Shares and Warrant to the Purchasers will not result in an “ownership change,” as
 

 
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(xvii)   that term is defined in Section 382(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (“ Code ”) with respect to the stock of the Company; and
 
(xviii)   receipt of such other information, certificates and documents as the Purchasers may reasonably request.
 
(d)   Conditions to the Company’s Obligation to Issue and Sell on the Closing Date . The Company’s obligation to issue and sell the Shares and the Warrant at the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion:
 
(i)   receipt of the Purchase Price from each Purchaser;
 
(ii)   the representations and warranties of each Purchaser in this Agreement shall be true, correct and complete as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be true, correct and complete as of such date) and each Purchaser shall have performed, satisfied and complied with in all material respects the covenants, agreements and conditions of such Purchaser to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date; and
 
(iii)   no temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order or decree, and no other legal restraint or prohibition shall exist which questions the validity of this Agreement or the right of the Company or any Purchaser, as the case may be, to enter into this Agreement or prevents or could reasonably be expected to prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, nor shall any litigation or court or administrative proceeding have been commenced or threatened with respect to the foregoing.
 
3.   Representations and Warranties of the Company.
 
The Company, on its behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries (as defined below), as applicable, represents and warrants to each Purchaser, subject to such exceptions as are set forth in the SEC Documents (as defined below), as follows:
 
(a)   Organization and Qualification . The Company is a corporation, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and has the requisite corporate power and authority to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted and as described in the SEC Documents. Copies of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “ Charter ”) and Bylaws of the Company, as amended (the “ Bylaws ”), and in each case, all amendments thereto, have been filed as exhibits to the Company’s SEC Documents and have not been further modified, and except as otherwise may be required by the transactions contemplated hereby, the Company has no present intention to modify the Charter and Bylaws. The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business, and is in good standing, in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted and proposed to be conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually
 

 
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or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on (i) the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, assets, results of operations, business or properties of the Company, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business or (ii) the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (“ Material Adverse Effect ”).
 
(b)   Subsidiaries . The Company has three (3) wholly-owned subsidiary which are Cicero Technologies, Inc., which has been suspended by the Secretary of State of the state of Delaware, Cicero Technologies Acquisition, LLC, which has been suspended by the Secretary of State of the state of Delaware, and Level 8 Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Subsidiary ”, and together with the Company, the “ Cicero Parties ”).  The Subsidiary is a corporation, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and has the requisite corporate or company power, as applicable, and authority to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted and as described in the SEC Documents. Copies of the each of the Subsidiary’s certificate of incorporation or organization and bylaws (the “ Subsidiary Organizational Documents ”) have been provided to the Purchasers prior to Closing and have not been further modified.  The Subsidiary is duly qualified to do business, and is in good standing, in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted and proposed to be conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in Material Adverse Effect.
 
(c)   Authorization; Enforcement; Validity . The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Investor Rights Agreement, and each of the other agreements entered into by the parties hereto in connection with transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the “ Transaction Documents ”) and to issue the Shares and the Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, except as set forth in Schedule 3(c). The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation and performance by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the issuance of the Shares, Warrants and the Warrant Shares (collectively, the “ Securities ”), have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action. The Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the Company. The Transaction Documents constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies.
 
(d)   Capitalization .  As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 215,000,000 shares of Common Stock and (ii) 10,000,000 shares of undesignated convertible preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”). As of the date of this Agreement and prior to the issuance of the Shares and Warrants under this Agreement, (i) 155,353,377 shares of Common Stock are issued and outstanding; (ii) 1,344,090 shares of Common Stock are allocated for future grants pursuant to the Company’s stock-based compensation plans; (iii) 2,681,333 shares of Common Stock are duly reserved for future issuance pursuant to outstanding options; (iv) 1,499.628 shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock are
 

 
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issued and outstanding; and (v) 10,400 shares of Series B Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding.  All of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and have been issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws. Except as set forth above, (i) no shares of the Company’s capital stock are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any liens or encumbrances and (ii) there are no outstanding options, warrants, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock of the Company, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company or options, warrants, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock of the Company, except as contemplated by this Agreement. Other than pursuant to the Voting Agreement, the Company has no knowledge of any voting agreements, buy-sell agreements, option or right of first purchase agreements or other agreements of any kind among any of the security holders of the Company relating to the securities of the Company held by them. Other than pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, the Company has not granted any person the right to require the Company to register any securities of the Company under the Securities Act, whether on a demand basis or in connection with the registration of securities of the Company for its own account or for the account of any other person.
 
(e)   Issuance of Securities .
 
(i)   The Shares are duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms hereof, will be (A) validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and (B) free from all taxes, liens and charges in the United States of America with respect to the issuance thereof, other than any liens or encumbrances created by or imposed by the Purchaser, and except as contemplated by the Transaction Documents, not subject to preemptive, registration, right of first refusal or other similar rights of stockholders. Except for the filing of any notice prior or subsequent to the Closing that may be required under applicable state and/or federal securities laws (or comparable laws of any other jurisdiction), no authorization, consent, approval, license, exemption of or filing or registration with any court or governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency, instrumentality or other third party, is or will be necessary for, or in connection with, the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, for the offer, issue, sale, execution or delivery of the Shares, or for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement.
 
(ii)   The Warrants are and when the Company has increased the number of authorized shares of Common Stock sufficient for the full exercise of the Warrants, the Warrant Shares will be duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Warrants, the Warrant Shares will be (A) validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and (B) free from all taxes, liens and charges in the United States of America with respect to the issuance thereof, other than any liens or encumbrances created by or imposed by the Purchaser, and except as contemplated by the Transaction Documents not subject to preemptive, registration, right of first refusal or other similar rights of stockholders. Except for the filing of any notice prior or subsequent to the Closing that may be required under applicable state and/or federal securities laws (or comparable laws of any other jurisdiction), no authorization, consent, approval, license, exemption of or filing or registration with any court or governmental department, commission,
 

 
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(iii)   board, bureau, agency, instrumentality or other third party, is or will be necessary for, or in connection with, the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, for the offer, issue, sale, execution or delivery of the Warrants or the Warrant Shares, or for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement and the Warrants.
 
(f)   No Conflicts .  The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not (i) result in a breach or violation of the Company’s Charter or Bylaws, subject to the requirement of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock sufficient to provide for the full issuance of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants; (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or incremental, additional or varied rights under, any material agreement, indenture, or other instrument, obligation or understanding to which the Company is a party; (iii) result in a violation of any statute, law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to the Company; or (iv) result in the imposition of a mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, charge or other lien on any material asset of the Company.
 
(g)   No Violation or Default . The Cicero Parties are not (i) in violation of its Charter or Bylaws or Subsidiary Organizational Documents; (ii) in default (or subject to an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under any material agreement, indenture or instrument to which a Cicero Party is a party; or (iii) in violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree applicable to a Cicero Party; except for such violations or defaults, as described in clauses (ii) or (iii) of this sentence as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(h)   SEC Documents . The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements, exhibits (including certifications of the Company’s principal executive and financial officers pursuant to Section 302 and 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley (as defined below)) and other documents required to be filed by it with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“ SEC ”) pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), since January 1, 2014 (all of the foregoing filed prior to or on the date hereof, or prior to the Closing Date, and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being referred to in this Agreement as the “ SEC Documents ”). As of the date of filing of each such SEC Document, such SEC Document, as it may have been subsequently amended by filings made by the Company with the SEC prior to the date hereof, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to such SEC Document. None of the SEC Documents, as of the date filed and as they may have been subsequently amended by filings made by the Company with the SEC prior to the date hereof, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 
 
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(i)   Financial Statements . The financial statements and the related notes thereto of the Cicero Parties, on a consolidated basis, included or incorporated by reference in the SEC Documents comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and present fairly and accurately in all material respects the financial position of the Cicero Parties, on a consolidated basis, as of the dates indicated and the results of operations and the changes in cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, except as specifically stated therein, and the supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the SEC Documents present fairly the information required to be stated therein. The Cicero Parties do not have any material liability or obligation of any nature, whether or not accrued, contingent or otherwise that would be required by GAAP to be disclosed on a balance sheet of the Company or in the notes thereto that are not so disclosed, other than the accrual of interest on outstanding debt and the obligation to pay interest on certain converted principal of debt that was previously outstanding. The Cicero Parties have not created any entities or entered into any transactions or created any liabilities or obligations of any nature, whether or not accrued, contingent or otherwise, for the purpose of avoiding disclosure required by GAAP.
 
(j)   No Recent Change s . Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Cicero Parties included or incorporated by reference in the SEC Documents, except as disclosed in the SEC Documents and as contemplated by this Agreement and except as disclosed in Schedule 3(j) :
 
(i)   there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than pursuant to the Company's stock plans pursuant to the Company's existing employee stock purchase plan (any such issuances, whenever issued or granted, being collectively “ Employee Equity Transactions ”), pursuant to the conversion or exercise of outstanding securities that are convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock, or pursuant to publicly disclosed equity or debt financings) or long-term debt of the Company, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock;
 
(ii)   none of the Cicero Parties have entered into any transaction or agreement that is material to the Cicero Parties taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Cicero Parties and, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, has not made any material change or amendment to a material contract or arrangement by which any Cicero Party or any of their assets or properties is bound or subject;
 
(iii)   none of the Cicero Parties have sustained any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority; any change in the consolidated assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results of the Cicero Parties from that reflected in the financial statements included in the Company's Form 10-K, except for changes in the ordinary course of business which have not had and could not reasonably be expected to have any material effect, individually or in the aggregate;

 
 
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(iv)   none of the Cicero Parties have granted any waiver, other than in the ordinary course of business, of a material right or of a material debt owed to it;
 
(v)   none of the Cicero Parties have requested or authorized any satisfaction or discharge of any lien, claim or encumbrance or payment of any obligation by a Cicero Party, except in the ordinary course of business and which is not material to the assets, properties, financial condition, operating results or business of such Cicero Party (as such business is presently conducted and as it is proposed to be conducted);
 
(vi)   none of the Cicero Parties have authorized any change or amendment to its certificate of incorporation or organization, as applicable (other than in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby) or its by-laws or operating agreement, as applicable, or material change to any material contract or arrangement by which such Cicero Party is bound or to which any of their respective assets or properties is subject;
 
(vii)   none of the Cicero Parties have any knowledge of any material labor difficulties or labor union organizing activities with respect to employees of a Cicero Party;
 
(viii)   none of the Cicero Parties have entered into any material transaction entered into by a Cicero Party other than in the ordinary course of business;
 
(ix)   none of the Cicero Parties have incurred the loss of the services of any key employee, or material change in the composition or duties of the senior management of such Cicero Party;
 
(x)   none of the Cicero Parties have incurred the loss or, to such Cicero Party's knowledge, threatened loss of any customer which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material effect; and
 
(xi)   there has not been any other event or condition of any character that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material effect.
 
(k)   Independent Accountants . Bassett & Byers, P.A., who has certified certain financial statements of the Company, has advised the Company that they are, and to the Company’s knowledge they are, independent registered public accountants with respect to the Company as required by the Securities Act. Except as pre-approved in accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 10A of the Exchange Act, to the Company’s knowledge, Basset & Byers, P.A. has not engaged in any “prohibited activities” (as defined in Section 10A of the Exchange Act) on behalf of the Company.
 
(l)   Intellectual Property
 
(i)   Except as set forth in Schedule 3(l)(i) , the Cicero Parties own all right, title and interest in and to each item of Business Intellectual Property (as defined below), free and clear of all liens, subject only to the rights of any licensees pursuant to written or oral license agreements with a Cicero Party or its predecessor in interest entered into in the ordinary course of business. The Cicero Parties have not granted any license rights in Business Software (as defined below) that are exclusive in any field or in any manner. The Cicero Parties have valid
 

 
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(ii)   licenses to use all Licensed Intellectual Property (as defined below) in connection with the applicable Cicero Party’s business (“ Business ”) as presently conducted, which licenses, except as set forth in Schedule 3(l)(i) , shall not terminate, be terminable, or put the Cicero Parties in breach of such licenses as a consequence of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Business Intellectual Property and, to the knowledge of the Cicero Parties, the Licensed Intellectual Property, is subsisting, valid and enforceable, and have not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable in whole or part.
 
(iii)   No Licensed Intellectual Property or Business Intellectual Property is subject to any order adversely affecting a Cicero Party's use thereof or contract adversely affecting a Cicero Party's use thereof as it is currently used or has been used within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date hereof.  To the Company’s knowledge and except as set forth in Schedule 3(l)(ii) , the conduct of the Business as presently conducted or previously conducted does not infringe, violate or misappropriate (or has not violated, infringed or misappropriated) the Intellectual Property of any third party, and no actions alleging any such infringement, violation or misappropriation are pending or, to the knowledge of the Cicero Parties, threatened or asserted. To the Company’s knowledge, no third party, directly or indirectly, is infringing, violating or misappropriating any Business Intellectual Property.
 
(iv)   The Business Software operates and performs in all material respects in accordance with its documentation. To the knowledge of the Cicero Parties, the Business Software does not contain any “time bombs,” “Trojan horses,” “back doors,” “trap doors,” “worms,” or viruses that (i) enable or assist any Person to access without authorization the Business Software; or (ii) materially disrupt the operation of the Business Software, except as disclosed in its documentation; or (iii) have an adverse impact on the operation of other software or operating systems.
 
(v)   Except as set forth in Schedule 3(l)(iv) , the Cicero Parties have not and shall not (i) incorporate any Open Source Software (as defined below) in whole or in part into any part of the Business Software or (ii) distribute the Business Software in conjunction with any Open Source Software, that in any of the above cases subjects or purports to subject such Business Software, in whole or in part, to all or part of the license obligations of any Open Source Software or grants, or purports to grant, to any third party, any rights or immunities under a Cicero Party's Intellectual Property rights that are not also granted under a Cicero Party's applicable license to the customer.
 
(vi)   Except as set forth in Schedule 3(l)(v) , no material portion of the source code of any Business Software has been published, placed in escrow (except escrows that have been terminated with the escrowed source code returned to a Cicero Party), or otherwise disclosed by a Cicero Party to any person other than the employees of such Cicero Party or third-party consultants under enforceable non-disclosure agreements, and the Cicero Parties have not granted any licenses or rights to any person to distribute, or to otherwise use the source code of, any of the Business Software, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, has any such source code been misappropriated by any third party. For avoidance of doubt, the term “source code” does not include any application programming interfaces (APIs) that a Cicero Party may have distributed for purposes of enabling third parties to interface other software applications with Business Software.

 
 
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(vii)   The Cicero Parties have taken reasonable precautions to protect the secrecy and confidentiality of its Trade Secrets (as defined below), and no material Trade Secrets of the Cicero Parties have been disclosed or authorized to be disclosed to any person, other than (i) pursuant to an agreement with non-disclosure provisions protecting the Cicero Parties’ proprietary interests in and to such proprietary and confidential information, or (ii) as set forth on Schedule 3(l)(vi) or pursuant to a business decision by a Cicero Party's management that such proprietary and confidential information should be made public or that the Cicero Party no longer has a significant business interest its remaining confidential, including disclosures, such as disclosures of historical financial information, made pursuant to applicable law, disclosures of information regarding products following the commercial release of such products, and similar disclosures in the ordinary course of business.
 
(viii)   The Cicero Parties own, lease or license all Computer Systems (as defined below) that are necessary for the operation of the Business. Since the date that is one year prior to the date of this Agreement, there has been no failure or other material substandard performance of any Computer Systems which has caused any material disruption to the Business. The Cicero Parties have taken commercially reasonable steps to provide for the backup and recovery of data and information, has commercially reasonable disaster recovery plans, procedures and facilities, and, as applicable, has taken commercially reasonable steps to implement such plans and procedures in the Business. As disclosed on Schedule 3(l)(vii), the Cicero Parties have taken actions designed to protect the integrity and security of its Computer Systems and other information stored thereon from unauthorized use, access, or modification by third parties.  The Computer Systems do not, to the Company’s knowledge, contain, and since the date that is one year prior to the date of this Agreement the Business has not suffered any material data loss, business interruption, or other harm as a result of, any “back door,” “time bomb,” “Trojan horse,” “worm,” “drop dead device,” “virus” (as these terms are commonly used in the computer software industry), or other software routines or hardware components intentionally designed to permit (i) unauthorized access to a computer or network, (ii) unauthorized disablement or erasure of software, hardware or data, or (iii) any other similar type of unauthorized activities.
 
(ix)   The Cicero Parties have complied in all material respects with all agreements, privacy policies and applicable laws regarding personally identifiable information, including any data privacy laws, consumer privacy laws, and agreements with third parties, in every jurisdiction where a Cicero Party operates its business. The Cicero Parties have not received any written notification from any customer that such customer intends for the Business to “process personal data” or “sensitive personal data” (as those terms are defined in the Data Protection Act of 1998). To the Company’s knowledge, there has been no unauthorized access to personally identifiable information processed by the Business in connection with services provided by or to the Business.
 
(x)   For purposes of this Agreement, (A) “ Intellectual Property ” means the tangible and intangible rights or interests (other than ownership, lease, bailment or similar possessory right with respect to physical objects) and intellectual property rights evidenced by, embodied in, or associated with: (a) any United States, foreign or international patent, patent application or statutory invention registration, including all renewals, industrial design registrations, patentable inventions, certificates of invention, continuations, continuations in part,

 
 
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(xi)   re-issues and re-examinations, divisionals and extensions thereof; (b) any works of authorship or expression and rights in mask works (as defined in 17 U.S.C. §901), including Software, registrations and applications for registration thereof throughout the world together with any renewal or extension thereof, and all moral and common law rights thereto; (c) any trademarks, uniform resource locator addresses, domain names, service marks, trade names, trade dress, and other legally-protected indicia of source or origin, including all goodwill relating thereto, symbolized thereby or associated therewith, common law rights thereto, and all registrations and applications for registration thereof throughout the world; (d) any trade secrets or confidential know-how, confidential inventions (including all confidential invention disclosures) and other confidential or proprietary technical, business and other information, including, if treated by a Cicero Party as confidential and not generally known or readily ascertainable by proper means by third parties, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, research and development information, technology, drawings, specifications, designs, plans, proposals, technical data, financial, marketing and business data, pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans, customer and supplier lists and information, and all rights in any jurisdiction to limit the use or disclosure thereof (“ Trade Secrets ”), and (e) in each case of the foregoing items (a) through (d), all rights therein provided by international treaties and conventions, and all other rights associated therewith, including the right to prosecute, enforce, obtain damages relating to, settle or release any past, present, or future infringement thereof; (B) “ Business Intellectual Property ” means all Intellectual Property owned by a Cicero Party and used in connection with the Business, and includes, without limitation, all Intellectual Property embodied in the Business Software other than Intellectual Property of direct and indirect licensors of Licensed intellectual Property that is part of the Business Software, (C) “ Licensed Intellectual Property ” means all Intellectual Property that is licensed to the Company for use in the Business from any third party pursuant to any contract or agreement, (D) “ Open Source Software ” means Software that is generally distributed in source code form and is governed by a license commonly recognized as an open source, “copyleft” or community source code license, including, but not limited to, the GNU General Public License, (E) “ Business Software ” means (a) the Software set forth on Schedule 3(ix) , and (b) any other computer Software products that have been made generally commercially available by any Cicero Party as its proprietary Software products within the two (2) year period prior to the date hereof and which are under a warranty, maintenance or support obligation to a customer; for avoidance of doubt, “ Business Software ” does not include third-party Software products that are marketed or re-sold by a Cicero Party under the name or brand of a third party rather than as such Cicero Party’s proprietary products, (F) “ Software ” means computer software in any form, including source code, object code, operating systems, database management code, utilities, software engines, internet web sites and links, all versions, updates, corrections, enhancements and modifications thereof, and all related documentation, and developer notes, comments and annotations, and (G) “ Computer Systems ” means all servers, computer hardware, networks, software, databases, and telecommunications systems and related systems that are directly operated by a Cicero Party, under such Cicero Party's exclusive control and used in the Business, together with the interfaces among the foregoing; provided, however, that for avoidance of doubt, “ Computer Systems ” does not include systems that are not located at a Cicero Party’s facilities and that are owned by third parties, such as, by way of example, the internet, the public telecommunications networks, television, radio, and cable services, third-party intranets to which a Cicero Party is given access, or other off-site systems owned and operated by third parties.

 
 
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(m)   Licenses and Permits; Compliance with Law . The Cicero Parties possess all material licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and has made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities, that are necessary for the ownership or lease of its properties and assets or the conduct of its business as conducted or as contemplated to be conducted. None of the Cicero Parties have received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization, or of any proceeding relating to any such revocation or modification, or has any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course. The Cicero Parties have complied in all material respects with and is not in default or violation in any material respect of, and is not, to the Cicero Parties’ knowledge, under investigation with respect to or has not been, to the knowledge of the Cicero Parties, threatened to be charged with or given notice of any violation of, any applicable federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, ordinance, license, rule, regulation, policy or guideline, order, demand, writ, injunction, decree or judgment of any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authority. Except for statutory or regulatory restrictions of general application, no federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authority has placed any material restriction on the business or properties of the Cicero Parties.
 
(n)   Insurance . The Cicero Parties maintain insurance of the types and in the amounts that the Cicero Parties reasonably believe are adequate for its businesses and consistent with insurance coverage maintained by similar companies in similar businesses, including, but not limited to, insurance covering real and personal property owned or leased by the Cicero Parties against theft, damage, destruction, acts of vandalism, insurance covering the acts and omissions of directors and officers, and insurance covering all other risks customarily insured against by similarly situated companies, all of which insurance is in full force and effect. The Cicero Parties have not received any written notice that the Cicero Parties will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires.
 
(o)   Related Party Transactions . Except as contemplated by this Agreement, none of the officers or directors or managers, as the case may be, of a Cicero Party and, to the knowledge of the Cicero Parties, none of the employees of the Cicero Parties is presently a party to any transaction with a Cicero Party (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Cicero Parties, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, manager, trustee or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than (i) for payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of a Cicero Party and (iii) for other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of a Cicero Party.
 
(p)   Tax Matters . The Cicero Parties (i) have timely filed all necessary federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns for the Cicero Parties or has requested extensions thereof, (ii) have paid all federal state, local and foreign taxes due and payable for which the Cicero Parties are liable, except for any such taxes currently being contested in good faith, and (iii) does not have any tax deficiency or claims outstanding or assessed or, to the best of the Cicero Parties’ knowledge, proposed against the Cicero Parties. All material taxes and
 

 
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other assessments and levies that the Cicero Parties are required to withhold or to collect for payment have been duly withheld and collected and paid to the proper government entity or third party when due. There are no tax liens or claims pending or, to the Cicero Parties’ knowledge, threatened against a Cicero Party or any of its respective assets or property. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, there are no outstanding tax sharing agreements or other such arrangements between a Cicero Party and any other person. Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a schedule showing, by year of origination or utilization and amount, the net operating loss carry forwards of the Company for all taxable periods of the Company through and including 2014, which schedule also identifies the date on which the Company has experienced an ownership change within the meaning of Code Section 382(g) and the amount of the applicable “section 382 limitation” as that term is defined in Code Section 382(b)(1) on such change date, which schedule to the best of the Company’s knowledge and belief is true, correct, and complete in all material respects.
 
(q)   Employees . Except as set forth on Schedule 3(r) hereto, (i) all current and former employees of the Cicero Parties have executed and delivered a confidential information and inventions assignment agreement (a “ CIIA ”) to the appropriate Cicero Party, and (ii) all current and former consultants of the Cicero Parties that had access to confidential or proprietary information of the Cicero Parties have executed and delivered a CIIA to the Cicero Parties or other form of written contract or agreement with the applicable Cicero Party that requires such consultants to maintain the confidentiality of such information and assigns to the Cicero Party all rights to any inventions, improvements, discoveries or information relating to the business of the Cicero Party. The Cicero Parties are not aware that any executive officer of a Cicero Party has plans to terminate his or her employment relationship with the Cicero Party. The Cicero Parties have complied in all material respects with all applicable laws relating to wages, hours, equal opportunity, collective bargaining, workers’ compensation insurance and the payment of social security and other taxes. None of the employees of the Cicero Parties is represented by any labor union, and there is no labor strike or other labor trouble pending or, to the Cicero Parties’ knowledge, threatened with respect to the Cicero Parties. To the Cicero Parties’ knowledge, no employee of the Cicero Parties is obligated under any contract or subject to any judgment, decree or administrative order that would conflict or interfere with (i) the performance of the employee’s duties as an employee, director or officer of a Cicero Party, or (ii) the Cicero Parties’ business as conducted or proposed to be conducted.
 
(r)   Internal Control over Financial Reporting . The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. The Company does not have any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the SEC Documents, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
 

 
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(s)   Disclosure Controls and Procedures . The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act. Such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, by others within those entities.
 
(t)   Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance . The Company and the Company’s directors and officers, in their capacities as such, are in compliance with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (“ Sarbanes-Oxley ”), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications, and neither the Company nor any of its officers has received notice from any governmental entity questioning or challenging the accuracy, completeness, content, form or manner of filing or submission of such certifications. The Company has no reasonable basis to believe that it will not continue to be in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley as in effect on the Closing Date (including, without limitation, the requirements of Section 404 thereof).
 
(u)   Absence of Litigation . There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Cicero Parties, threatened in writing against a Cicero Party which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the Securities or (ii) would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(v)   Investment Company Act . The Company is not, nor, after giving effect to the sale of the Shares and the Warrants, will it become, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.
 
(w)   No Market Manipulation . Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Company’s directors, officers, employees, agents or controlling persons have taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed, or that might reasonably be expected, to cause or result in, under the Securities Act or otherwise, or that has constituted, stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Stock.
 
(x)   Foreign Corrupt Practices . Neither the Cicero Parties nor, to the Cicero Parties’ knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person acting on behalf of a Cicero  Party has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, a Cicero Party, (i) directly or indirectly, used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of in any material respect any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee.
 
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transactions contemplated by this Agreement and no other fee or other compensation is or will be due and owing to any broker, finder, underwriter, placement agent or similar person in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
 
(z)   Regulation . Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties made by the Purchasers in Section 4 of this Agreement, the offer, issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities are or will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and the qualification or registration provisions of applicable state securities laws. Neither the Company nor its authorized agents have taken or will take any action that would cause the loss of such exemption. Neither the Company nor any person acting on its behalf has conducted any general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of any of the Securities. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would adversely affect reliance by the Company on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act for the exemption from registration for the contemplated transactions under this Agreement or would require registration of the Shares or the Common Shares under the Securities Act.
 
4.   Purchasers’ Representations and Warranties.
 
Each Purchaser, for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
 
(a)   Transfer or Resale . The Purchaser understands that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred without registration under the Securities Act or an exemption therefrom and that, in the absence of an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, such Securities may only be sold under certain circumstances as set forth in the Securities Act.
 
(b)   Investment Purpose . The Purchaser is acquiring the Securities for its own account for investment only and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof. The Purchaser does not have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute any of the Securities.
 
(c)   General Solicitation . The Purchaser was contacted regarding the sale of the Securities by an authorized representative of the Company with whom the Purchaser has a prior substantial pre-existing relationship and the Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general advertisement.
 
(d)   Information . The Purchaser (directly or through its advisors, if any) (i) has been furnished with or has had full access to all of the publicly available information that it considers necessary or appropriate for deciding whether to purchase the Securities, (ii) has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the Company regarding the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities, (iii) can bear the economic risk of a total loss of its investment in the Securities and (iv) has such knowledge and experience in business and
 

 
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financial matters so as to enable it to understand the risks of and form an investment decision with respect to its investment in the Securities.
 
(e)   Reliance on Exemptions . At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it exercises any Warrants, it will be either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act. The Purchaser understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Purchaser set forth in this Agreement in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Purchaser to acquire the Securities.
 
(f)   No Governmental Review . The Purchaser understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.
 
(g)   Authorization; Enforcement; Validity . The Purchaser is an entity duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full right, corporate or limited partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or limited partnership action on the part of the Purchaser and any other governmental action with respect to the Purchaser. This Agreement has been duly executed by the Purchaser, and when delivered by the Purchaser in accordance with terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies.
 
(h)   No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Purchaser and the consummation by the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) result in a violation of the Purchaser’s charter, bylaws, or other similar organizational documents; (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under any agreement, indenture or other instrument, obligation or understanding to which the Purchaser is a party; or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree applicable to the Purchaser, except for such conflicts, defaults and violations as described in clauses (ii) or (iii) of this sentence as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a material adverse effect on the Purchaser.
 
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or decision to invest in the Parent. The Purchaser agrees that neither any Purchaser nor the respective controlling persons, officers, directors, partners, agents, or employees of any Purchaser shall be liable to any other Purchaser for any action heretofore taken or omitted to be taken by any of them in connection with the purchase of the Securities.
 
(j)   No “Bad Actor” Purchasers .  The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Company that, to its knowledge, none of the “bad actor” disqualifying events described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i)-(viii) promulgated under the Securities Act (each, a “Disqualification Event”), is applicable to it, except, if applicable, for a Disqualification Event as to which Rule 506(d)(2)(ii) or (iii) or (d)(3) is applicable.
 
5.   Restrictions on Transfer .
 
(a)   Resales . Each Purchaser agrees that the Securities may only be sold or transferred (i) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act (including the Registration Statement (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement)), or (ii) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act.
 
(b)   Rule 144 . Each Purchaser is aware of Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act (as such rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC having substantially the same purpose and effect as such rule, “ Rule 144 ”) and the restrictions imposed thereby and further understands and agrees that so long as such Purchaser beneficially owns 10% or more of the Company’s then outstanding securities or has a designee selected by the Purchaser serving on the Board, the Company will deem the Purchaser to be an “affiliate” as defined in Rule 144(a)(1) and any transfers of the Securities by the Purchaser shall be subject to the limitations applicable to affiliates set forth in the Securities Act and the rules promulgated thereunder, including without limitation Rule 144.
 
(c)   Legends . Each Purchaser agrees to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 5, of a legend on any of the Securities in substantially the following form:
 
“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 AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A
 

 
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REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(A) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.”
 
The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and the Investor Rights Agreement and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities, including, if the Securities are subject to registration pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of selling stockholders (who are defined in the Investor Rights Agreement as “Investors”) thereunder.
 
(d)   Legend Removal . The Company shall cause its counsel to promptly issue a legal opinion to the transfer agent for the Common Stock with respect to removal of the legend set forth in Section 5(c) above, (i) following any sale of such Shares or Warrant Shares pursuant to an effective registration statement, (ii) following any sale of such Shares or Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) when such Shares or Warrant Shares may be sold under Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such Shares and Warrant Shares and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions.
 
6.   Survival and Indemnification.
 
(a)   Survival . The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as follows: (i) those in Section 3(a), (c), (d) and (e) shall survive for six years, (ii) those in Section 3(q) will survive until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, (iii) those in Section 3 not specified in this Section will survive for a period of 36 months, and (iv) those in Section 4 and other than in sections of the Agreement as specified herein will survive until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations.
 
(b)   Indemnification . The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser and its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, trustees, members, managers, employees and agents, and their respective successors and assigns, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney fees and disbursements (subject to Section 6(c) below) and other expenses incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim or proceeding, pending or threatened and the costs of enforcement thereof) (collectively, “ Losses ”) to which such person may become subject as a result of any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by or to be performed on the part of the Company under the Transaction Documents, and will reimburse any such person for all such amounts as they are incurred by such person.
 
(c)   Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings . Any person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification and (ii) permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; provided that any person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in the defense of such claim, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such person unless (a) the indemnifying party has agreed to pay such fees or expenses, (b) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such claim and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such person or (c) in the reasonable judgment of any such person, based upon written advice of its counsel, a conflict of interest exists between such person and the indemnifying party with respect to such claims (in which case, if the person notifies the indemnifying party in writing that such person elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such claim on behalf of such person); and provided, further, that the failure of any indemnified party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations hereunder, except to the extent that such failure to give notice shall materially adversely affect the indemnifying party in the defense of any such claim or litigation. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for fees or expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all such indemnified parties. No indemnifying party will, except with the consent of the indemnified party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation. The Company will not be liable to any indemnified party under this Agreement (x) for any settlement by such indemnified party effected without the Company's prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, or (y) for any Losses incurred by such indemnified party which a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final judgment which is not subject to further appeal are solely attributable to (A) a breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such indemnified party under this Agreement or in any other Transaction Document or (B) the fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct of such indemnified party.
 
7.   Other Agreements and Covenants .
 
(a)   Use of Proceeds . The proceeds from the sale of the Shares and Warrants under this Agreement shall be used as approved from time to time by the Board, which approval must include approval by a majority of the Privet Designees (as such term is defined in the Voting Agreement).
 
(b)   Form D; Blue Sky Filings . The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and, promptly upon request of any Purchaser, to provide a copy thereof. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the Securities for, sale to the Purchasers at each Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of any Purchaser. The Company shall make all filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Securities to the Purchasers required under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States following each Closing Date.
 
(c)   Exchange Act Filings . Until such time that all of the Securities may be sold without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144, the Company covenants to use commercially reasonable efforts to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act.
 
(d)   Integration . The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any trading market such that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.
 
(e)   Expenses . The Company shall pay the reasonable legal and other fees and expenses of the Purchasers incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as well as any out of pocket expenses associated with any post-Closing waivers and amendment to the Transaction Documents.
 
(f)   Exchange Act Filings .  Assuming receipt of required information in a timely manner, the Company shall be responsible for the filing (and for all expenses in connection therewith) of required filings under the Exchange Act and all required amendments thereto relating to ownership of the Securities and appointment as a member of the Board, including any required Forms 3, 4 and 5 for the Privet Designees. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to file such forms within the time period allowed for such forms under the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC.
 
(g)   Subsequent Equity Sales .  From the date hereof until twelve (12) months after the Closing, without the consent of the Purchasers, the Company shall not issue shares of Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 7(g) shall not apply to (i) the issuance of Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents upon the exercise of the Warrants or the conversion or exercise of any securities of the Company outstanding on the date hereof, provided that the terms of such security are not amended after the date hereof to decrease the exercise price or increase the Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents receivable upon the exercise, conversion or exchange thereof, (ii) the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents pursuant to any Company group or individual equity incentive plan, agreement or other arrangement in place as of the date hereof, (iii) the issuance of Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents to any employees, officers or directors of the Company during the twelve (12) month period following the Closing Date representing less than 893,777 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate; (iv) the issuance of Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents in a strategic transaction, including, without limitation, joint ventures, manufacturing, marketing, licensing or distribution arrangements or technology transfer or development arrangements, in each case approved by a majority of the disinterested directors, provided any such issuance shall only be to a person which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and in which the Company receives benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities, or (v) the issuance of Common Stock or other equity or forms of equity derivatives in connection with any acquisition of assets or merger or acquisition of any entities, approved by the majority of the board of directors of the Company ((i) – (v), together, “ Exempt Offerings ”).
 
(h)   Equal Treatment of Purchasers .  No consideration shall be offered or paid to any person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents. For clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser by the Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for the Company to treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.
 
(i)   Right of First Offer .  From the date hereof until twelve (12) months after the Closing Date, in the event that the Company decides at any time after the date hereof to (a)(i) issue equity securities in the Company (other than shares issued for compensation or services) or (ii) issue debt securities that are convertible, exchangeable or exercisable into equity securities or equity-linked securities of the Company (“ Convertible Securities ”), in either case, which are effected at a price that is below the exercise price of the Warrants or that are secured, or (b) to enter into a debt financing (which shall not include any loans from banks or commercial lending institutions that are not Convertible Securities), then in each case the Company shall first provide the Purchasers with the opportunity to purchase such equity securities or Convertible Securities or to provide such debt financing. If, within ten (10) days of notice to the Purchasers of such opportunity, including a description in reasonable detail of all material terms of the proposed securities or financing, no Purchaser has notified the Company of its election to purchase such equity securities or Convertible Securities or to provide such debt financing, then the Company shall be entitled to proceed with such issuance or financing, as the case may be, with persons other than the Purchasers, but only on the terms so described. The Company shall be obligated to provide the Purchasers with the opportunity to purchase such securities or provide such financing with respect to each separate transaction contemplated by the Company. The rights granted under this Section 7(j) shall not apply to Exempt Offerings.
 
8.   Public Statements .  The Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K within the time required by Form 8-K disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, which Form 8-K shall include this Agreement (including conformed signature pages thereto), the Investor Rights Agreement (including conformed signature pages thereto) and the form of Warrant as exhibits thereto. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed; provided , however , with respect to any press release relating to Privet, neither the Company nor any other Purchaser shall issue any press releases nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Privet which can be withheld at Privet’s sole discretion, except as required by law.
 
9.   Miscellaneous.
 
(a)   Governing Law . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Delaware, United States of America, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware. 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 in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.
 
(b)   Entire Agreement . This Agreement and the documents referenced herein and therein constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein and therein. This Agreement and the documents referenced herein and therein supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
 
(c)   Amendments and Waivers . Except as otherwise set forth herein, no provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Purchasers holding at least a majority in interest of the Shares then outstanding (which amendment shall be binding on all Purchasers) or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.
 
(d)   Notices . Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); (iii) upon receipt when delivered by email delivery of a “.pdf” format data file or (iv) upon receipt, when sent via a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses, facsimile numbers and email addresses for such communications shall be:
 
If to the Company :
 
Cicero, Inc.
8000 Regency Parkway, Suite 542
Cary, NC 27518
Attention:
Telephone: (919) 380-5000
Facsimile:
 
With a copy to:
 
Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe, LLP
437 Madison Avenue – 40 th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: Lawrence Bell, Esq.
Telephone: 212-907-7370
Facsimile: 212-754-0330
 
If to Privet :
 
Privet Fund LP
79 West Paces Ferry Rd
Suite 200B
Atlanta, GA 30305
Attention: Ryan Levenson
Telephone: (404) 419-2670
Facsimile: (678) 999-5908
 
With a copy to:
 
Bryan Cave LLP
One Atlantic Center, 14th Floor
1201 W. Peachtree Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
Attention: Rick Miller
Telephone: (404)572-6600
Facsimile: (404) 420-0787
 
If to John L. Steffens :
 
John L. Steffens
c/o Spring Mountain Capital
65 East 55 th Street, 33 rd Floor
New York, NY 10022
Telephone:
Facsimile:
 
If to any other Purchaser, then to the address set forth on the signature page to this Agreement.
 
(e)   No Strict Construction . The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.
 
(f)   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.
 
(g)   Severability . If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
 
(h)   Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Purchaser (other than by merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets). Except as specifically set forth herein, any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of this Agreement and the documents referenced herein that apply to the Purchasers.
 
(i)   Investigation . No investigation by or knowledge of a party or its representatives, before or after the date of this Agreement, will affect in any manner the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of another party set forth in this Agreement (or in any document to be delivered in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) or the rights to rely thereon, and such representations, warranties, covenants and agreements will survive any such investigation.
 
(j)   No Third-Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person or entity.
 
(k)   Replacement of Securities . If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity or bond) associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.
 
(l)   Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights . The obligations of each Purchaser under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under this Agreement. Nothing contained herein or in any other document referred to herein, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereof or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of this Agreement and the other documents referred to herein.
 
(m)   Business Day . “Business Day” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein or in the Investor Rights Agreement shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.
 
(n)   Headings . The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
 
(o)   Execution . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to each other party, it being understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
 
  COMPANY:  
  CICERO, INC.  
       
 
By:
   
  Name :    
  Title :    
       
       
  PURCHASERS:  
  PRIVET FUND LP  
       
 
By:
   
  Name :    
  Title :    
 
[Signature Page to Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement]
 
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    John L. Steffens  
       
 
[Signature Page to Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement]
 
21

 
 
 
       
       
    Tom Avery  
       
 
[Signature Page to Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement]
 
22

 
 
 
       
       
    Scott Lucas  
       
 
[Signature Page to Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement]
 
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    Kenneth Casey  
       
 
[Signature Page to Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement]
 
 
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    Stephen H. Paneyko  
       
[Signature Page to Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement]
 
25

 
 
       
       
    Bruce Miller  
       
[Signature Page to Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement]
 
 
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    Donald Peppers  
       
[Signature Page to Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement]
 
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    Mark Landis  
       
       
       
    Carolyn Landis  

[Signature Page to Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement]
 
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SCHEDULE I
 
The Purchasers
 
         
Tranche I
   
Tranche II
   
Tranche III
       
Purchaser
 
Shares
   
Warrants
   
Exercise Price per Share
   
Warrants
   
Exercise Price per Share
   
Warrants
   
Exercise Price per Share
   
Purchase Price
 
Privet Fund LP
    18,250,000       63,875,000     $ 0.04       56,777,778     $ 0.045       29,200,000     $ 0.050     $ 730,000  
Tom Avery
    500,000       1,750,000     $ 0.04       1,555,555     $ 0.045       800,000     $ 0.050     $ 20,000  
John L. Steffens
    4,750,000       16,625,000     $ 0.04       14,777,778     $ 0.045       7,600,000     $ 0.050     $ 190,000  
Mark & Carolyn Landis
    375,000       1,312,500     $ 0.04       1,166,667     $ 0.045       600,000     $ 0.050     $ 15,000  
Scott Lucas
    125,000       437,500     $ 0.04       388,889     $ 0.045       200,000     $ 0.050     $ 5,000  
Kenneth Casey
    125,000       437,500     $ 0.04       388,889     $ 0.045       200,000     $ 0.050     $ 5,000  
Stephen H. Paneyko
    250,000       875,000     $ 0.04       777,778     $ 0.045       400,000     $ 0.050     $ 10,000  
Bruce Miller
    375,000       1,312,500     $ 0.04       1,166,667     $ 0.045       600,000     $ 0.050     $ 15,000  
Donald Peppers
    250,000       875,000     $ 0.04       777,778     $ 0.045       400,000     $ 0.050     $ 10,000  
Total
    25,000,000       87,500,000               77,777,778               40,000,000             $ 1,000,000  
 
 

 
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Exhibit 10.2

FORM OF

INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2015 (this “ Agreement ”), by and among Cicero, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), Privet Fund LP, a Delaware limited partnership   (“ Privet ”), and John L. Steffens , an individual and a resident of New York (“ Steffens ”, and together with Privet, the “ Investors ” and each individually, an “ Investor ”).

This Agreement is made in connection with the Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and each Investor (the “ Purchase Agreement ”).

The Company and each Investor hereby agree as follows:

1.            Definitions .

Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Advice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d).

Effectiveness Date ” means, with respect to any Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder, the fifth Trading Day following the date on which the Company is notified by the SEC that such Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments.

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

Filing Date ” means the earlier of: (i) 30 days after receipt of a Filing Notice by the Company and (ii) the earliest practical date on which the Company is permitted by SEC Guidance to file an additional Registration Statement related to the Registrable Securities.

Filing Notice ” means the written request by Privet for the Company to file a Registration Statement.

Indemnified Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).

Indemnifying Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).

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

Plan of Distribution ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
 
 
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Proceeding ” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.

Prospectus ” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

Registrable Securities ” means, as of any date of determination, (a) all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Investors pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, including any exercised Warrants, and (b) any securities issued or then issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing; provided, however , that any such Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (and the Company shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of any, or file another, Registration Statement hereunder with respect thereto) for so long as (a) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such Registrable Securities is declared effective by the SEC under the Securities Act and such Registrable Securities have been disposed of by the Investor in accordance with such effective Registration Statement, (b) such Registrable Securities have been previously sold in accordance with Rule 144, or (c) such securities become eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and without current public information pursuant to Rule 144, as reasonably determined by the Company, upon the advice of counsel to the Company.

Registration Deadline ” means, with respect to any Registration Statement required hereunder, the 120th calendar day following the Filing Date.

Registration Statement ” means any registration statement required to be filed hereunder pursuant to Section 2(a), which may be on Form S-3 or any successor forms thereto as the SEC may adopt, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to any such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in any such registration statement.

Rule 415 ” means Rule 415 promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

Rule 424 ” means Rule 424 promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
 
 
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Selling Stockholder Questionnaire ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

SEC Guidance ” means (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance of the SEC staff, or any comments, requirements or requests of the SEC staff and (ii) the Securities Act.

Trading Day ” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.
 
Trading Market ” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT, the NASDAQ Capital Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the OTCQB or the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
 
2.            Demand Registration .

(a)   At any time when the Company is eligible to register the Registrable Securities for resale by the investors on an appropriate Registration Statement with the SEC, Investors holding at least 35% of the then issued Registrable Securities may request that the Company register some or all of the Registrable Securities pursuant a Registration Statement by submitting a Filing Notice with the Company (each a “ Demand Registration ”). After receipt of each Filing Notice, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC, on or before the Filing Date, a Registration Statement covering the resale of all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Demand Registration or such maximum portion of such Registrable Securities as permitted by SEC Guidance (provided that, the Company shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to obtain the registration of all such Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 612.09) that are not then registered on an effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415.  Each Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on the appropriate form under the Securities Act and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least a majority in interest of the Investors) substantially the “ Plan of Distribution ” attached hereto as Annex A .  Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to cause a Registration Statement filed hereunder to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to keep such Registration Statement current and continuously effective under the Securities Act until such date as all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (i) have been sold, thereunder or pursuant to Rule 144, or (ii) in the opinion of counsel to the Investors, (A) may be sold without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 and (B) (I) may be sold without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144 or (II) the Company is in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144 (the “ Effectiveness Period ”).  Such Registration Statement (including any amendments or supplements thereto and prospectuses contained therein), except for information provided by an Investor or any transferee of an Investor, shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  The Company shall telephonically request effectiveness of a Registration Statement as of 5:00 p.m. New York City time on a Trading Day.   The Company shall immediately notify the Investors via facsimile or by e-mail of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement on the same Trading Day that the Company telephonically confirms effectiveness with the SEC, which shall be the date requested for effectiveness of such Registration Statement.  The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the Trading Day after the effective date of such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the SEC as required by Rule 424.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement (and notwithstanding that the Company used its reasonable commercial efforts to obtain the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will first be reduced by Registrable Securities represented by Warrant Shares (applied, in the case that some Warrant Shares may be registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Warrant Shares held by such Holders).  In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Investor at least five (5) Trading Days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Investor’s allotment.
 
 
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(b)   The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to Section 2(a) (i) during the period that is ninety (90) days before the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date that is one-hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration, provided that the Company is actively employing its good faith and commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or (ii) after the Company has effected four registrations pursuant to Section 2(a).  A registration shall not be counted as “effected” for purposes of this Section 2(b) until such time as the applicable Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC.

3.
Registration Procedures .

In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:

(a)   Not less than five (5) Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement and not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to the filing of any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, but not including (i) any Exchange Act filing (including any post-effective amendment filed solely to update the Registration Statement for an Exchange Act filing) or (ii) any supplement or post-effective amendment to a registration statement that is not related to such Investor’s Registrable Securities), the Company shall (i) furnish to each Investor copies of all such documents proposed to be filed and any comments made by the staff of the SEC with respect to such Registration Statement and the Company’s responses thereto, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such Investors, and (ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent registered public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel to each Investor, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall not file a Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Investors of a majority of the Registrable Securities shall reasonably object in good faith, provided that, the Company is notified of such objection in writing no later than five (5) Trading Days after the Investors have been so furnished copies of a Registration Statement or one (1) Trading Day after the Investors have been so furnished copies of any related Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto. In the event that the Company is prevented from making such filing on account of the objections described in the previous sentence (provided that the Company uses reasonable commercial efforts to address the objections described in the previous sentence and to promptly file thereafter), the failure of the Company to make such filing shall not be deemed a breach or default hereunder or otherwise with respect to the Securities.  Each Investor agrees to furnish to the Company a completed questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex B (a “ Selling Stockholder Questionnaire ”) on a date that is not less than two (2) Trading Days prior to the Filing Date or by the end of the fourth (4 th ) Trading Day following the date on which such Investor receives draft materials in accordance with this Section.
 
 
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(b)   (i) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements to a Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep a Registration Statement current and continuously effective (subject to any requirement that a post-effective amendment be declared effective by the SEC) as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the SEC such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities subject to any SEC Guidance that sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement, (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424, (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the SEC with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, and (iv) comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended methods of disposition by the Investors thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.

(c)   If during the Effectiveness Period, the number of Registrable Securities at any time exceeds 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock then registered in a Registration Statement, then the Company shall file as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any case prior to the applicable Filing Date, an additional Registration Statement covering the resale by the Investors of not less than the number of such Registrable Securities.  The Company shall use its commercial efforts to cause such new Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable following the filing thereof.  For all purposes of this Agreement, such additional Registration Statement shall be deemed to be the Registration Statement required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 2(a), and the Company and the Investors shall have the same rights and obligations with respect to such additional Registration Statement as they shall have with respect to the initial Registration Statement required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 2(a).
 
 
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(d)   Notify the Investors of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall, pursuant to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made) as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to such filing) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one (1) Trading Day following the day: (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed (but not including (1) any Exchange Act filing (including any post-effective amendment filed solely to update the Registration Statement for an Exchange Act filing) or (2) any supplement or post-effective amendment to a registration statement that is not related to such Investor’s Registrable Securities), (B) when the SEC notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of such Registration Statement and whenever the SEC comments in writing on such Registration Statement, and (C) with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose, (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (vi) of the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company believes may be material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it not in the best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provided that, any and all of such information shall remain confidential to each Investor until such information otherwise becomes public, unless disclosure by an Investor is required by law.

(e)   Use its reasonable commercial efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order stopping or suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.

(f)   Furnish to each Investor, upon request, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each such Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference to the extent requested by such Person, and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the SEC; provided, that any such item which is available on the EDGAR system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form.
 
 
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(g)   Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Investors in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after the giving of any notice pursuant to Section 3(d).

(h)    The Company shall cooperate with any broker-dealer through which an Investor proposes to resell its Registrable Securities in effecting a filing with the FINRA Corporate Financing Department pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110, as requested by any such Investor.

(i)   Prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by an Investor, use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Investors in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the Registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Investor under the state securities laws of such jurisdictions within the United States  (“ Blue Sky ”) as any Investor reasonably requests in writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement; provided, that, the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.

(j)   If requested by an Investor, cooperate with such Investor to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Investor may request.

(k)   Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(d), as promptly as reasonably possible under the circumstances taking into account the Company’s good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its stockholders of the premature disclosure of such event, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to a Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, neither a Registration Statement nor such Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  If the Company notifies the Investors in accordance with clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section 3(d) above to suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been made, then the Investors shall suspend use of such Prospectus.  The Company will use its reasonable commercial efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable.  The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right under this Section 3(k) to suspend the availability of a Registration Statement and Prospectus for a period not to exceed 60 calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) in any 12-month period.
 
 
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(l)   Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC in connection with obtaining and maintaining the effectiveness of any Registration Statement required to be filed and maintained with the SEC hereunder.

(m)   To the extent reasonably required, request that each selling Investor shall furnish to the Company a certified statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Investor, the natural persons thereof that have voting and dispositive control over such shares and any affiliations with members or registered persons with FINRA or similar organizations. If the requested information is not provide within fifteen (15) Trading Days after the request is made, then the Company may discontinue the registration of the Registrable Securities of the Investor, and proceed to register the Registrable Securities of any other Investor or person on the Registration Statement without any penalty.

(n)   At the reasonable request of an Investor and at such Investor’s expense, prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to a Registration Statement and any Prospectus used in connection with the registration statement as may be necessary in order to change the plan of distribution or name of any selling shareholder and the information thereof set forth in such Registration Statement.

(o)   Hold in confidence and not make any disclosure of information concerning an Investor provided to the Company (excluding any information provided on the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire) unless (i) disclosure of such information is necessary to comply with federal or state securities laws or the rules of any securities exchange or trading market on which the Company’s securities are then listed or traded, (ii) the disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement, (iii) the release of such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction, or (iv) such information has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this or any other agreement. The Company agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such information concerning an Investor is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt notice to such Investor prior to making such disclosure, and allow such Investor, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, such information

4.            Piggyback Registration .  Whenever the Company proposes to register the offer and sale of any shares of its Common Stock under the Securities Act, whether for its own account or for the account of one or more stockholders of the Company, and the form of Registration Statement (a " Piggyback Registration Statement ") to be used by the Company may be used for registration of Registrable Securities (a " Piggyback Registration "), the Company shall give prompt written notice (in any event no later than 30 days prior to the filing of such Registration Statement) to the Investors of its intention to effect such a registration and shall include in such registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion from the Investors within 10 days after the Company's notice has been given to each Investor. A Piggyback Registration shall not be considered a Demand Registration for purposes of Section 2. If any Piggyback Registration Statement pursuant to which Investors have registered the offer and sale of Registrable Securities is a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or the then appropriate form for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto (a " Piggyback Shelf Registration Statement "), the Investors shall have the right, but not the obligation, to be notified of and to participate in any offering under such Piggyback Shelf Registration Statement.
 
 
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5.            Registration Expenses . All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with, this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent registered public accountants) (A) with respect to filings made with the SEC, (B) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading and (C) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities), (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, (vi) fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Investors for each Registration Statement, not to exceed $25,000 for each Registration Statement, and (vii) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder.  In no event shall the Company be responsible for any broker or dealer or other selling commissions of any Investor in connection with the Registrable Securities or, except as set forth under (vi) above and to the extent provided for in the Purchase Agreement, any legal fees or other costs of the Investors or their brokers/dealers.

6.            Indemnification .

(a)   Indemnification by the Company . The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify, hold harmless and defend each Investor, the officers, directors, members, managers, partners and employees (and any other persons with a functionally equivalent role of a person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each of them, each person who controls any such Investor (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, members, stockholders, partners, and employees (and any other persons with a functionally equivalent role of a person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each such controlling person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “ Losses ”), as incurred, arising out of or relating to (1) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading or (2) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any other law, including any state securities law, or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (i) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Investor furnished in writing to the Company by such Investor expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Investor or such Investor’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Investor expressly for use in a Registration Statement, such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that the Investor has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Investor of an outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable Prospectus after the Company has notified such Investor in writing that the Prospectus is outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable for use by such Investor and prior to the receipt by such Investor of the Advice contemplated in Section 7(d).  The Company shall notify the Investors promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware.
 
 
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(b)   Indemnification by Investors . Each Investor shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising out of or based solely upon (x) such Investor’s failure to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act or (y) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by such Investor to the Company in such Investor’s capacity as a selling Investor specifically and expressly for inclusion in such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or (ii) to the extent that such information relates to such Investor’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Investor expressly for use in a Registration Statement (it being understood that the Investor has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Investor of an outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable Prospectus after the Company has notified such Investor in writing that the Prospectus is outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable for use by such Investor and prior to the receipt by such Investor of the Advice contemplated in Section 7(d).  In no event shall the liability of any selling Investor under this Section 6(b) be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Investor upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

(c)   Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings . If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “ Indemnified Party ”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the person from whom indemnity is sought (the “ Indemnifying Party ”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure materially prejudiced the Indemnifying Party’s ability to defend such action.

An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless:  (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses, (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding, or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and counsel to the Indemnified Party shall reasonably believe that a material conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one separate counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party).  The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.  No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.
 
 
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Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party; provided, that, the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is judicially determined not to be entitled to indemnification hereunder.

(d)   Contribution . If the indemnification under Section 6(a) or 6(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission.  The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in accordance with its terms.

The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6(d), no Investor shall be required to contribute pursuant to this Section 6(d), in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Investor from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such Investor has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties, provided that no amount shall be reimbursed twice in any event.

7.            Board Matters .
 
(a)   Agreement to Vote .  The Company’s board of directors (the “ Board ”) shall take all actions necessary such that the Board shall consist of such number of members, and shall be composed, as follows:

 
 
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(i)   upon execution of this Agreement to remove four members of the Board designated by the Chairman of the Board, to amend the Bylaws to reduce the size of the Board from nine members to seven members and to vote to elect two persons designated in writing by Privet, which shall be Ryan Levenson and Thomas Avery, to fill the vacancies and serve on the Board;

(ii)   upon exercise in full of the first tranche of Warrants by Privet to remove one member of the Board designated by the Chairman of the Board, to vote to elect an addition candidate designated in writing by Privet to serve on the Board.  For the avoidance of doubt, the composition of the seven member Board would include three Privet designees; and

(iii)   upon full exercise of all tranches of Warrants by Privet to remove two members of the board of directors designated by the Chairman of the Board, to reduce the size of the Board from seven members to five members with the three Privet designees remaining on the board.

The directors designated by Privet pursuant to clauses (i) – (iii) above, shall be collectively referred to as the “ Privet Designees .”

(b)   Nominations of Privet Designees .  For so long as Privet has the right to designate directors pursuant to clauses (i) – (iii) above, any Privet Designee designated by Privet shall be nominated by the Board (or a committee thereof) for election at the annual meeting of stockholders.  At least ninety (90) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided that if the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 30 days or delayed by more than 70 days from such anniversary date of the preceding year’s annual meeting, then not earlier than 120 days prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made, Privet shall notify the Company in writing of the Privet Designees to be nominated for election as a director.  The Company shall disclose in its proxy statement the nominated Privet Directors.  In the absences of any such notification, it shall be presumed that Privet’s then incumbent directors have been designated.

(c)   Stockholder Proposals .  Within sixty (60) days of the date hereof, the Board shall take all necessary action, including but not limited to holding a special meeting of stockholders, to present (i) to the Company’s stockholders for a vote a proposal to amend the Company’s certificate of incorporation, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A ; (ii) to the Company’s Series A-1 holders of Preferred Stock for a vote a proposal to amend the Certificate of Designations of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock to cause the automatic conversion of Series A-1 Preferred Stock into Common upon the consummation of an equity financing for at least $1,000,000 at any time after the first issuance of Series A-1 Preferred Stock; and (iii) to the Company’s Series B holders of Preferred Stock for a vote a proposal to amend the Certificate of Designations of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock to cause the automatic conversion of Series B Preferred Stock into Common upon the consummation of an equity financing for at least $1,000,000 at any time after the first issuance of Series B Preferred Stock.  During such sixty (60) day period, the Company shall not authorize or approve any other amendments to the Company’s certificate of incorporation including the certificates of designations incorporated therein except as contemplated by this Agreement.
 
 
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(d)   Indemnification Agreements .  The Company shall enter into an indemnification agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex C , with each of the Privet Designees prior to the commencement of his or her service on the Board.

(e)   Committees of the Board .  For so long as Privet has the right to designate the Privet Designees and provided that such individuals meet the requirements imposed by the SEC and any exchange upon which the Common Stock may be traded for membership on such committees, the Board shall appoint at least one Privet Designee to each of the audit committee, the compensation committee and the nominating and corporate governance committee.

(f)   Successor Privet Designees .  If a Privet Designee shall cease to serve as a director for any reason, then Privet shall notify the Company in writing of the individual to replace such Privet Designee, and the Board shall appoint and elect such replacement director to serve out the remaining term of such director.

(g)   Board Meetings .  Unless otherwise determined by the vote of a majority of the directors then in office, the Board of Directors shall meet at least quarterly in accordance with an agreed-upon schedule.  The Company shall reimburse the nonemployee directors for all reasonable out-of-pocket travel expenses incurred (consistent with the Company’s travel policy) in connection with attending meetings of the Board of Directors.

8.            Miscellaneous .

(a)   Remedies .  In the event of a breach by the Company or by an Investor of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Investor or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement.  Each of the Company and each Investor agrees that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

(b)   No Piggyback on Registrations . Neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Investors in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in any Registration Statements filed as a result of a Demand Registration.

(c)   Compliance . Each Investor covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.
 
 
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(d)   Discontinued Disposition .  By its acquisition of Registrable Securities, each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d)(iii) through (vi), such Investor will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “ Advice ”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or amended) may be resumed.  The Company will use its reasonable commercial efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable.

(e)   Amendments and Waivers . The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Investors of a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities (including, for this purpose any Registrable Securities issuable upon exercise or conversion of any Security) originally issued to the Investors.  If a Registration Statement does not register all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a waiver or amendment done in compliance with the previous sentence, then the number of Registrable Securities to be registered for each Investor shall be reduced pro rata among all Investors and each Investor shall have the right to designate which of its Registrable Securities shall be omitted from such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of an Investor or some Investors and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Investors may be given by such Investor or Investors of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided , however , that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 7(e).

(f)   Notices . Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

(g)   Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Investor. The Company may not assign (except by merger) its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all of the Investors of the then outstanding Registrable Securities.  Each Investor may assign their respective rights hereunder in the manner and as permitted under Sections 4 and 5 of the Purchase Agreement.

(h)   No Inconsistent Agreements; Prior Agreements Terminated . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Investors in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to any of its securities to any person or entity that have not been satisfied in full or waived with respect to any Registration Statement filed under this Agreement. This Agreement shall supersede and replace the following agreements, which are terminated as of the date hereof:
 
 
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(i)   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 20, 2013, by and among the Company and the Purchasers named thereto; and
 
(ii)   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 15, 2010, by and among the Company and the Purchasers named thereto.

(i)   Execution and Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart.  In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

(j)   Governing Law; Jurisdiction .  ALL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, ENFORCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THEREOF. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND EACH OF THE HOLDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR WITH ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR DISCUSSED HEREIN, AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND EACH OF THE HOLDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF VIA REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL OR OVERNIGHT DELIVERY (WITH EVIDENCE OF DELIVERY) TO SUCH PARTY AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT UNDER THE STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE THEREOF. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT IN ANY WAY ANY RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND EACH OF THE HOLDER HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY. 

(k)   Waiver of Jury Trial .  EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION HEREWITH, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN), OF ANY PARTY.
 
 
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(l)   Cumulative Remedies . The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.

(m)   Severability . If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

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

(o)   Independent Nature of Investors’ Obligations and Rights . The obligations of each Investor hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Investor hereunder, and no Investor shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Investor hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Investors are in any way acting in concert with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Investor shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Investor to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

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(Signature Pages Follow)
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Investor Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
 
 
CICERO, INC.
 
       
 
By:
/s/   
  Name:    
  Title:    
       
       
  PRIVET FUND LP  
  By: Privet Fund Management LLC, its Managing Partner  
       
 
By:
/s/  
  Name:    
  Title:    
       
       
 
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT]
 
 
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John L. Steffens
 
       
       
 
 
 
 
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Annex A

Plan of Distribution

Each Selling Stockholder (the “ Selling Stockholders ”) of the shares of common stock and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their shares of common stock covered hereby on the [OTCBB] or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions.  These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices.  A Selling Stockholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares:
 
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ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
 
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block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;
 
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purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;
 
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an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;
 
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privately negotiated transactions;
 
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settlement of short sales entered into after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part;
 
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in transactions through broker-dealers that agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;
 
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through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;
 
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a combination of any such methods of sale; or
 
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any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.
 
The Selling Stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), if available, rather than under this prospectus.
 
Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other broker-dealers to participate in sales.  Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA IM-2440.
 
 
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In connection with the sale of shares of Common Stock or interests therein, the Selling Stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of shares of common stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume.  The Selling Stockholders may also sell shares of common stock short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the shares of common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities.  The Selling Stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or create one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
 
The Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales.  In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act.  Each Selling Stockholder has informed the Company that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the shares of common stock. In no event shall any broker-dealer receive fees, commissions and markups which, in the aggregate, would exceed eight percent (8%).
 
The Company is required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the registration of the shares.  The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
 
Because Selling Stockholders may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, they will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act including Rule 172 thereunder.  The Selling Stockholders have advised us that there is no underwriter or coordinating broker acting in connection with the proposed sale of the resale shares by the Selling Stockholders.
 
We agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the shares may be resold by the Selling Stockholders without registration and without regard to any volume or manner-of-sale limitations by reason of Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the shares have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect.  The resale shares will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale of shares of common stock covered hereby may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.
 
Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale shares may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the Common Stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution.  In addition, the Selling Stockholders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of shares of common stock by the Selling Stockholders or any other person.  We will make copies of this prospectus available to the Selling Stockholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).
 
 
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Annex B
 
CICERO, INC.
 
Selling Stockholder Notice and Questionnaire
 
The undersigned beneficial owner of shares of common stock (the “ Registrable Securities ”) of Cicero Inc., a company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Company ”), understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) a registration statement (the “ Registration Statement ”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), of the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Investor Rights Agreement (the “ Investor Rights Agreement ”) to which this document is annexed.  A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below.  All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.
 
Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.  Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
 
NOTICE
 
The undersigned beneficial owner (the “ Selling Stockholder ”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities owned by it in the Registration Statement.
 
 
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The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate:
 
QUESTIONNAIRE
 
 
1.
Name.
 
 
(a)
Full Legal Name of Selling Stockholder
 
 
 

 
(b)
Full Legal Name of Registered Investor (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities are held:
 
 
 

 
(c)
Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by this Questionnaire):
 
 
 

 
2.
Address for Notices to Selling Stockholder:
 
 
 
 
Telephone:  
Fax:  
email:  
Contact Person:  
 
 
3.
Broker-Dealer Status:
 
 
(a)
Are you a broker-dealer?
 
Yes  o                         No  o   
 
 
(b)
If “yes” to Section 3(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for investment banking services to the Company?
 
Yes  o                         No  o   
 
 
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Note:
If “no” to Section 3(b), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
 
 
(c)
Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer?
 
Yes  o                         No  o   
 
 
(d)
If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you purchased the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities?
 
Yes  o                         No  o   
 
 
Note:
If “no” to Section 3(d), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
 
 
4.
Beneficial Ownership of Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Stockholder.
 
Except as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the securities issuable pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
 
 
(a)
Type and Amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling Stockholder:
 
 
 
 
 
 
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5.
5. Relationships with the Company:
 
Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.
 
 
State any exceptions here:
 
 
 
 

 
The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective.
 
By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 5 and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto .  The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.
 
Date:                                                        Beneficial Owner:                                                                          

By:                                                                          
Name:
Title:

PLEASE FAX A COPY (OR EMAIL A .PDF COPY) OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:


[NOTE – insert Company address]

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Exhibit 10.3
 
Form of Warrant
 
NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ SECURITIES ACT ”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.  THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (B) 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 OR BLUE SKY LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS TRANSFER AGENT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.
 
CICERO, INC.
 
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
 
     
 
  
Original Issue Date: _____________, 2015
 
Cicero, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby certifies that, for value received, [______________________________________] , or its permitted registered assigns (the “ Holder ”), is entitled to purchase from the Company up to a total of ___________________ shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “ Common Stock ”), of the Company (each such share, a “ Warrant Share ” and all such shares, the “ Warrant Shares ”) at an exercise price per share equal to $ [$0.04/$0.045/$0.05] per share (as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 9 herein, the “ Exercise Price ”), at any time and from time to time on or after the date that is sixty days after the date hereof (the “ Original Exercise Date ”) and through and including 5:30 p.m., New York City time, on [__], 2018 (the “ Expiration Date ”), and subject to the following terms and conditions:
 
This Warrant (this “ Warrant ”) is one of a series of similar warrants issued pursuant to that certain Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated [     ], 2015, by and among the Company and the Purchasers identified therein (the “ Purchase Agreement ”).  All such warrants are referred to herein, collectively, as the “ Warrants .”
 
1.   Definitions . In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
 
2.   Registration of Warrants .  The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “ Warrant Register ”), in the name of the record Holder (which shall include the initial Holder or, as the case may be, any registered assignee to which this Warrant is permissibly assigned hereunder) from time to time.  The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.
 
 
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3.   Registration of Transfers . Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 5 of the Purchase Agreement and compliance with all applicable securities laws, the Company shall register the transfer of all or any portion of this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with the Form of Assignment attached as Schedule 1 hereto duly completed and signed, to the Company’s transfer agent or to the Company at its address specified in the Purchase Agreement and delivery by the transferee of a written statement to the Company certifying that the transferee is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and making the representations set forth in Section 4 of the Purchase Agreement, to the Company at its address specified in the Purchase Agreement.  Upon any such registration or transfer, a new warrant to purchase Common Stock in substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new warrant, a “ New Warrant ”) evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the transferee, and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations in respect of the New Warrant that the Holder has in respect of this Warrant. The Company shall prepare, issue and deliver at its own expense any New Warrant under this Section 3.
 
4.   Exercise and Duration of Warrant .
 
(a)           All or any part of this Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered Holder in any manner permitted by Section 10 of this Warrant at any time and from time to time on or after the Original Exercise Date and through and including 5:30 p.m. New York City time, on the Expiration Date. After 5:30 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date, the portion of this Warrant not exercised prior thereto shall be and become void and of no value and this Warrant shall be terminated and no longer outstanding.
 
(b)           The Holder may exercise this Warrant by delivering to the Company an exercise notice, in the form attached as Schedule 2 hereto (the “ Exercise Notice ”), completed and duly signed, in the manner set forth in Section 13.  Within four (4) days after receipt of the Exercise Notice, the Company shall prepare and deliver to Holder an officer’s certificate in the form attached as Schedule 3 hereto (the “Exercise Certificate” ).  Following the Company’s delivery of the Exercise Certificate, Holder may elect to withdraw its Exercise Notice by delivering written notice (the “ Withdrawal Notice ”) of such withdrawal within eight (8) days after its receipt of the Exercise Certificate.  If Holder does not deliver a Withdrawal Notice within eight (8) days of its receipt of the Exercise Certificate from the Company (the “ Withdrawal Period ”), Holder shall have no further right to deliver a Withdrawal Notice.  Upon delivery of a Withdrawal Notice, if any, Holder shall be deemed, for all purposes under this Warrant, not to have delivered an Exercise Notice.  Upon the expiration of the Withdrawal Period without timely delivery of a Withdrawal Notice, Holder shall, in accordance with the terms set forth herein, make payment of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised, and the date on which the last of such items is delivered to the Company (as determined in accordance with the notice provisions hereof) is an “ Exercise Date .”
 
(c)           The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder, but if it is not so delivered then such exercise shall constitute an agreement by the Holder to deliver the original Warrant to the Company as soon as practicable thereafter.  Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice and failure to timely deliver a Withdrawal Notice shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of a New Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares.  The Holder shall be deemed the beneficial owner of the Warrant Shares on the date the Exercise Notice is delivered according to the terms hereof.
 
 
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5.   Delivery of Warrant Shares .
 
(a)           Assuming that the Company has sufficient authorized shares of Common Stock for the Warrant Shares that this Warrant is being exercised, then upon the proper exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than three Trading Days after the expiration of the Withdrawal Period and payment of the Exercise Price) issue or cause to be issued and cause to be delivered to the Holder in such name or in such names as the Holder may designate, (i) a certificate for the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, free of restrictive legends if possible under the securities laws, or (ii), if possible under the securities laws, an electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares to the Holder’s account at the Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) or a similar organization, unless in the case of clause (i) and (ii) a registration statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares and naming the Holder as a selling stockholder thereunder is not then effective or the Warrant Shares are not freely transferable without restriction under Rule 144 by Holders who are not affiliates of the Company, in which case such Holder shall receive a certificate for the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise with appropriate restrictive legends.  The Holder, or any Person permissibly so designated by the Holder to receive Warrant Shares, shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of such Warrant Shares as of the Exercise Date.  If the Warrant Shares are to be issued free of all restrictive legends, the Company shall, upon the written request of the Holder, use its reasonable best efforts to deliver, or cause to be delivered, Warrant Shares hereunder electronically through DTC or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions, if available; provided, that, the Company may, but will not be required to, change its transfer agent if its current transfer agent cannot deliver Warrant Shares electronically through such a clearing corporation.
 
(b)           If by the close of the third Trading Day after expiration of the Withdrawal Period and the payment of the aggregate Exercise Price in accordance with Section 10 of this Warrant, the Company fails to deliver to the Holder a certificate representing the required number of Warrant Shares in the manner required pursuant to Section 5(a), and if after such third Trading Day and prior to the receipt of such Warrant Shares, the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “ Buy-In ”), then the Company shall, within three Trading Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s sole discretion, either (1) pay in cash to the Holder an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased, at which point the Company’s obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant Shares) shall terminate or (2) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant Shares and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased in the Buy-In over the product of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock purchased in the Buy-In, times (B) the closing bid price of a share of Common Stock on the Exercise Date.
 
(c)           To the extent permitted by law, the Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with and subject to the terms hereof (including the limitations set forth in Section 11 below) are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance that might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of Warrant Shares. Nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
 
 
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6.   Charges, Taxes and Expenses . Issuance and delivery of certificates for shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax, transfer agent fee or other incidental tax or expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company; provided, however , that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration of any certificates for Warrant Shares or the Warrants in a name other than that of the Holder or an Affiliate thereof. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding or transferring this Warrant or receiving Warrant Shares upon exercise hereof.
 
7.   Replacement of Warrant .  If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction (in such case) and, in each case, a customary and reasonable indemnity (it being understood that a written indemnification agreement or affidavit of loss of the Holder shall be sufficient), if requested by the Company. Applicants for a New Warrant under such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Company may prescribe. If a New Warrant is requested as a result of a mutilation of this Warrant, then the Holder shall deliver such mutilated Warrant to the Company as a condition precedent to the Company’s obligation to issue the New Warrant.
 
8.   Reservation of Warrant Shares . The Company covenants that after the date hereof it will take all actions necessary, in any event within sixty (60) days of the date hereof, to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock to [600,000,000] shares and to reserve from such increase of authorized shares of Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant.  The Warrant Shares that are issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be free from preemptive rights or any other contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 9). Provided that the Company has sufficient authorized shares of Common Stock to be able to issue the Warrant Shares, (i) the Company covenants that all Warrant Shares so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the payment of the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable, and (ii) the Company represents and warrants that the Warrant Shares, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents and the Warrant, will be issued free and clear of all taxes, security interests, claims, liens and other encumbrances other than restrictions imposed by applicable securities laws.  Assuming that the Company has sufficient authorized shares of Common Stock, the Company will take all such action as may be reasonably necessary to assure that such shares of Common Stock may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Common Stock may be listed.
 
 
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9.   Certain Adjustments . The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 9.
 
(a)            Stock Dividends and Splits . If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) pays a stock dividend on its Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be adjusted to a price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the effective date of such event by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such effective date immediately before giving effect to such event and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification.
 
(b)            Pro Rata Distributions .  If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, distributes to all holders of Common Stock for no consideration (i) evidences of its indebtedness, (ii) any security (other than a distribution of Common Stock covered by the preceding paragraph) or (iii) rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security, or (iv) any other asset, including cash (in each case, “ Distributed Property ”), then, upon any exercise of this Warrant that occurs after the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution, the Holder shall be entitled to receive, in addition to the Warrant Shares otherwise issuable upon such exercise (if applicable), the Distributed Property that such Holder would have been entitled to receive in respect of such number of Warrant Shares had the Holder been the record holder of such Warrant Shares immediately prior to such record date (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such distributions would result in the Holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage (as defined in Section 11), then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such distribution to such extent (or the beneficial ownership of any such shares of Common Stock as a result of such distribution to such extent) and such distribution to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage).
 
(c)            Number of Warrant Shares . Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 9, the number of Warrant Shares that may be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the increased or decreased number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment.
 
 
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(d)            Calculations . All calculations under this Section 9 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest share, as applicable. The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company.
 
(e)            Notice of Adjustments . Upon the occurrence of each adjustment pursuant to this Section 9, the Company at its expense will, at the written request of the Holder, promptly compute such adjustment, in good faith, in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and adjusted number or type of Warrant Shares or other securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (as applicable), describing the transactions giving rise to such adjustments and showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based. Upon written request, the Company will promptly deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Holder and to the Company’s transfer agent.
 
(f)            Notice of Corporate Events . If, while this Warrant is outstanding, the Company (i) declares a dividend or any other distribution of cash, securities or other property in respect of its Common Stock, including, without limitation, any granting of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any capital stock of the Company, (ii) authorizes or approves, enters into any agreement contemplating or solicits stockholder approval for any Fundamental Transaction or (iii) authorizes the voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, except if such notice and the contents thereof shall be deemed to constitute material non-public information, the Company shall deliver to the Holder a notice of such transaction at least ten (10) business days prior to the applicable record or effective date on which a Person would need to hold Common Stock in order to participate in or vote with respect to such transaction; provided, however , that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be described in such notice.
 
10.   Payment of Exercise Price . The Holder shall pay the product of (a) the number of Warrant Shares in respect of which this Warrant is then being exercised, multiplied by (b) the Exercise Price in effect as of the Exercise Date in accordance with the terms of this warrant by delivering to the Company such payment in immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Company.
 
11.   Limitations on Exercise .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Warrant is not exerciseable to the extent that its exercise would result in the issuance of Warrant Shares that would cause either (a) the Company to be deemed an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or (b) an ownership change within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code Section 382 (and applicable Treasury Regulations pursuant to such section) limiting the use of the Company’s net operating losses, carryforwards and other tax attributes (either such event, an “ Exercise Limitation ”).  The Company shall promptly provide such information as the Holder shall reasonably request so as to be able to calculate the Exercise Limitation and, in connection with such calculation, make its employees and advisors available to the Holder, in each case at the Company’s expense.
 
12.   No Fractional Shares . No fractional Warrant Shares will be issued in connection with any exercise of this Warrant.  In lieu of any fractional shares that would otherwise be issuable, the number of Warrant Shares to be issued shall be rounded down to the next whole number and the Company shall pay the Holder in cash the fair market value (based on the Closing Sale Price) for any such fractional shares.  For purposes of this Warrant, “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last trade price for such security on the Principal Trading Market for such security, as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets, or, if such Principal Trading Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the last trade price, then the last trade price of such security prior to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets, or, if no last trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg Financial Markets, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in OTC Pink (also known as “Pink Sheets”) by OTC Markets Group Inc. (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices).  If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder.  If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then the Board of Directors of the Company shall use its good faith judgment to determine the fair market value.  The Board of Directors’ determination shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.  All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.
 
 
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13.   Notices . Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries hereunder (including, without limitation, any Exercise Notice) shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered (A) via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in the Purchase Agreement or (B) via email at the email address specified in the Purchase Agreement, prior to 5:30 p.m., New York City time, on a Trading Day, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered (A) via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in the Purchase Agreement or (B) via email at the email address specified in the Purchase Agreement, on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m., New York City time, on any Trading Day, (iii) the Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service specifying next business day delivery, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the Person to whom such notice is required to be given, if by hand delivery. The address and facsimile number of a Person for such notices or communications shall be as set forth in the Purchase Agreement unless changed by such Person by two Trading Days’ prior notice to the other Person(s) in accordance with this Section 13.
 
14.   Warrant Agent . The Company shall serve as warrant agent under this Warrant. Upon 30 days’ notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a new warrant agent. Any corporation into which the Company or any new warrant agent may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which the Company or any new warrant agent shall be a party or any corporation to which the Company or any new warrant agent transfers substantially all of its corporate trust or shareholders services business shall be a successor warrant agent under this Warrant without any further act. Any such successor warrant agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to be mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder at the Holder’s last address as shown on the Warrant Register.
 
15.   Miscellaneous .
 
(a)            No Rights as a Stockholder .  The Holder, solely in such Person's capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in such Person's capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, amalgamation, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which such Person is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
 
 
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(b)           Except and to the extent waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (a) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (b) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (c) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof as may be necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.
 
(c)           Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.
 
(d)            Successors and Assigns .  Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Warrant and in Section 5 of the Purchase Agreement, and compliance with applicable securities laws, this Warrant may be assigned by the Holder. This Warrant may not be assigned by the Company without the written consent of the Holder except to a successor in the event of a Fundamental Transaction. This Warrant shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the Company and the Holder and their respective successors and assigns. Subject to the preceding sentence, nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company and the Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause of action under this Warrant.
 
(e)            Amendment and Waiver .  Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant and the other Warrants of this series may be amended and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Required Holders (and such amendment shall be binding as to all such Warrants).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) this Warrant may be amended and the observance of any term hereunder may be waived without the written consent of the Holder only in a manner which applies to all Warrants in the same fashion, (ii) the number of Warrant Shares subject to this Warrant and the Exercise Price of this Warrant may not be amended, and the right to exercise this Warrant may not be waived, without the written consent of the Holder, and (iii) the provisions of Section 9, Section 10, Section 11, and Section 15(d) may not be amended without the written consent of the Holder. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Holder of any amendment hereof or waiver hereunder that was effected without the Holder’s written consent.  For purposes of this Section 15(d), “Required Holders” means, as of any date, the holders of Warrants exercisable into at least 50% of the Warrant Shares then issuable pursuant to outstanding Warrants as of such date.
 
 
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(f)            Acceptance .  Receipt of this Warrant by the Holder shall constitute acceptance of and agreement to all of the terms and conditions contained herein.
 
(g)            Governing Law; Jurisdiction . ALL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, ENFORCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THEREOF. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR WITH ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR DISCUSSED HEREIN (INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS), AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF VIA REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL OR OVERNIGHT DELIVERY (WITH EVIDENCE OF DELIVERY) TO SUCH PARTY AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT UNDER THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE THEREOF. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT IN ANY WAY ANY RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY. 
 
(h)            Headings .  The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
 
(i)            Severability .  In case any one or more of the provisions of this Warrant shall be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Warrant shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the Company and the Holder will attempt in good faith to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision which shall be a commercially reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Warrant.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.
 
 
CICERO, INC.


By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
 
 
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SCHEDULE 1

CICERO, INC.

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
 
[To be completed and executed by the Holder only upon transfer of the Warrant]
 
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto                              (the “Transferee”) the right represented by the within Warrant to purchase                  shares of Common Stock of Cicero, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) to which the within Warrant relates and appoints                              attorney to transfer said right on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises. In connection therewith, the undersigned represents, warrants, covenants and agrees to and with the Company that:

(a)
the offer and sale of the Warrant contemplated hereby is being made in compliance with Section 4(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or another valid exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act and in compliance with all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States; and
 
(b)
the undersigned has not offered to sell the Warrant by any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including, but not limited to, any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, and any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising.
 
 
Dated:              ,    
   
   
(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)
     
     
   
Address of Transferee
In the presence of:
   
     
     
     


 
 

 
 
SCHEDULE 2

CICERO, INC.

FORM OF EXERCISE NOTICE

[To be executed by the Holder to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Warrant]
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:

(1)           The undersigned is the Holder of Warrant No. __________ (the “Warrant”) issued by Cicero, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.

(2)           The undersigned hereby exercises its right to purchase __________ Warrant Shares pursuant to the Warrant.
  
(3)           The Holder shall pay the sum of $_______ in immediately available funds to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

(4)           Pursuant to this Exercise Notice, the Company shall deliver to the Holder Warrant Shares determined in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
 
 
Dated:_______________, _____
 
Name of Holder:  ___________________________
 
By:__________________________________
 
Name: _______________________________
 
Title:  _______________________________
(Signature must conform in all respects to name of Holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)


Exhibit 10.4
 
Form of
 
Indemnification Agreement
 
This Indemnification Agreement (the “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of July ____, 2015 between Cicero, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and _______________ (“ Indemnitee ”).
 
W i t n e s s e t h:
 
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) has determined that, in order to attract and retain qualified individuals to serve corporations as directors, officers or in other capacities, the Company will attempt to maintain on an ongoing basis, at its sole expense, liability insurance to protect persons serving the Company and its subsidiaries from certain liabilities.  The Bylaws and Certificate of Incorporation of the Company require indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company.  Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“ DGCL ”);
 
WHEREAS, the uncertainties relating to such insurance and to indemnification have increased the difficulty of attracting and retaining such persons;
 
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and retaining such persons is detrimental to the best interests of the Company's stockholders and that the Company should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of such protection in the future;
 
WHEREAS, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company contractually to obligate itself to indemnify, and to advance expenses on behalf of, such persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law so that they will serve or continue to serve the Company free from undue concern that they will not be so indemnified;
 
WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Bylaws and Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder; and
 
WHEREAS, Indemnitee does not regard the protection available under the Bylaws and Certificate of Incorporation and insurance as adequate in the present circumstances, and may not be willing to serve as an officer or director without adequate protection, and the Company desires Indemnitee to serve in such capacity.  Indemnitee is willing to serve, continue to serve and to take on additional service for or on behalf of the Company on the condition that he be so indemnified.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of Indemnitee’s agreement to serve as a director from and after the date hereof, the parties hereto agree as follows:
 
 
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1.   Indemnification .

1.1           Effective as of the date hereof, the Company will, to the maximum extent permitted by law, defend, indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee and Indemnitee’s heirs, estate, executors and administrators from and against any and all Expenses (as hereinafter defined), judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred by Indemnitee, or on his behalf, (“ Costs ”) to which Indemnitee may become subject which arise out of, are based upon or relate to, Indemnitee’s Corporate Status (as hereinafter defined), including without limitation reimbursement for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with investigation and defending against any Proceeding (as hereinafter defined) to which Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be, made a party; provided , however , that the foregoing shall not apply to Costs arising out of or based upon a breach by Indemnitee of this Agreement or any other agreement between Indemnitee and the Company and/or its subsidiaries.

1.2           Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his Corporate Status, a witness, or is made (or asked) to respond to discovery requests, in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, he shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith.

1.3           The Company shall advance all Expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding within thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements from Indemnitee requesting such advance or advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding.  Such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall include or be preceded or accompanied by a written undertaking by or on behalf of Indemnitee to repay any Expenses advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified against such Expenses.  Any advances and undertakings to repay pursuant to this Section 1.3 shall be unsecured and interest free.

1.4           Indemnitee is affiliated with Privet Fund, L.P. which has invested in the Company (an “ Appointing Stockholder ”), and if the Appointing Stockholder or its affiliates (including Privet Fund Management LLC) is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding relating to or arising by reason of Appointing Stockholder’s position as a stockholder of, or lender to, the Company, or Appointing Stockholder’s appointment of or affiliation with Indemnitee or any other director, including, without limitation, any alleged misappropriation of a Company asset or corporate opportunity, any claim of misappropriation or infringement of intellectual property relating to the Company, any alleged false or misleading statement or omission made by the Company (or on its behalf) or its employees or agents, or any allegation of inappropriate control or influence over the Company or its Board members, officers, equity holders or debt holders, then the Appointing Stockholder or its affiliates (including Privet Fund Management LLC) will be entitled to indemnification hereunder to the same extent as Indemnitee, and the terms of this Agreement as they relate to procedures for indemnification of Indemnitee and advancement of Expenses shall apply to any such indemnification of Appointing Stockholder or its affiliates (including Privet Fund Management LLC).
 
 
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2.   Certain Defined Terms .  For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

2.1           “ Corporate Status ” describes the status of a person who is or was a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company and/or its subsidiaries or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that such person is or was serving at the express written request of the Company.
 
2.2           “ Expenses ” shall include all reasonable attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees and all other disbursements or expenses incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, participating, or being or preparing to be a witness in a Proceeding, or responding to, or objecting to, a request to provide discovery in any Proceeding.  Expenses also shall include Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including without limitation the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent.  Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.
 
2.3           “ Proceeding ” includes any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which Indemnitee was, is or will be involved as a party or otherwise, by reason of his Corporate Status, by reason of any action taken by him or of any inaction on his part while acting in his Corporate Status; in each case whether or not he is acting or serving in any such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification can be provided under this Agreement; including one initiated by Indemnitee to enforce his rights under this Agreement.
 
3.   Non-Exclusivity; Survival of Rights .  The rights of indemnification as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders, a resolution of the Board, or otherwise.  No amendment, alteration, repeal or termination of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by Indemnitee in his Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration, repeal or termination.  To the extent that a change in the DGCL, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification than would be afforded currently under the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change.  No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.  The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.
 
 
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4.   Directors and Officers Insurance .  The Company shall maintain directors and officers liability insurance (“ D&O Insurance ”) in commercially reasonable amounts (as reasonably determined by the Board), and Indemnitee shall be covered under such insurance to the same extent as other directors and officers of the Company during the period that Indemnitee serves as a director and/or officer of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries and for six years thereafter.  At least two (2) business days prior to a decision to make any material change to, or non-renewal of, the Company’s D&O Insurance, the Company shall provide Indemnitee with written notice setting forth either a detailed description of the terms of the new D&O Insurance or a complete copy of the D&O Insurance, as amended, which notice may be effected by providing such information to the Board if Indemnitee is then serving on the Board.

5.   Contribution .

5.1   Whether or not the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification provided in Section 1 hereof, in respect of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), the Company shall pay, in the first instance, the entire amount of any judgment, penalties, fines or amounts paid in settlement of such action, suit or proceeding without requiring Indemnitee to contribute to such payment and the Company hereby waives and relinquishes any right of contribution it may have against Indemnitee.  The Company shall not enter into any settlement of any action, suit or proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding) unless such settlement provides for a full and final release of all claims asserted against Indemnitee.

5.2   Without diminishing or impairing the obligations of the Company set forth in the preceding subparagraph, if, for any reason, Indemnitee shall elect or be required to pay all or any portion of any judgment, penalties, fines or amounts paid in settlement in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), the Company shall contribute to the amount of Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred and paid or payable by Indemnitee in proportion to the relative benefits received by the Company and all officers, directors or employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, from the transaction or events from which such action, suit or proceeding arose; provided , however , that the proportion determined on the basis of relative benefit may, to the extent necessary to conform to law, be further adjusted by reference to the relative fault of the Company and all officers, directors or employees of the Company other than Indemnitee who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, in connection with the transaction or events that resulted in such expenses, judgments, fines or settlement amounts, as well as any other equitable considerations which applicable law may require to be considered.  The relative fault of the Company and all officers, directors or employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, the degree to which their actions were motivated by intent to gain personal profit or advantage, the degree to which their liability is primary or secondary and the degree to which their conduct is active or passive.
 
 
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5.3   The Company hereby agrees to fully indemnify and hold Indemnitee harmless from any claims of contribution which may be brought by officers, directors, or employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who may be jointly liable with Indemnitee.

5.4   To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause to such Proceeding and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or transaction(s).

6.   Procedures and Presumptions for Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification .  It is the intent of this Agreement to secure for Indemnitee rights of indemnity that are as favorable as may be permitted under the DGCL and public policy of the State of Delaware.  Accordingly, the parties agree that the following procedures and presumptions shall apply in the event of any question as to whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement:

6.1           To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification.  The Secretary of the Company shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Board in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any failure of Indemnitee to provide such a request to the Company, or to provide such a request in a timely fashion, shall not relieve the Company of any liability that it may have to Indemnitee unless, and to the extent that, such failure actually and materially prejudices the interests of the Company.
 
 
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6.2           Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to the first sentence of Section 6.1 hereof, a determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto shall be made in the specific case by one of the following four methods, which shall be at the election of the Board (1) by a majority vote of the disinterested directors, even though less than a quorum, (2) by a committee of disinterested directors designated by a majority vote of the disinterested directors, even though less than a quorum, (3) if there are no disinterested directors or if the disinterested directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to the Indemnitee, or (4) if so directed by the Board, by the stockholders of the Company.  For purposes hereof, disinterested directors are those members of the Board who are not parties to the action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.

7.   Remedies of Indemnitee .

7.1           In the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 6 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 1.3 of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification is made pursuant to Section 6.2 of this Agreement within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to this Agreement within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, or (v) payment of indemnification is not made within ten (10) days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or such determination is deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 6.2 of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication in an appropriate court of the State of Delaware, or in any other court of competent jurisdiction, of Indemnitee’s entitlement to such indemnification.  Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking an adjudication within one hundred eighty (180) days following the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 7.1 .  The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication.

7.2           In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 6.2 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 7 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial on the merits, and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of the adverse determination under Section 6.2 .

7.3           If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 6.2 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 7 , absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s misstatement not materially misleading in connection with the application for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.
 
 
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7.4           In the event that Indemnitee, pursuant to this Section 7 , seeks a judicial adjudication of his rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement, or to recover under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, the Company shall pay on his behalf, in advance, any and all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him in such judicial adjudication (within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, which request shall include reasonable evidence of the Expenses incurred), regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement of expenses or insurance recovery.

7.5           The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 7 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement.  The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against any and all Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, which request shall include reasonable evidence of the Expenses incurred) advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, such expenses to Indemnitee, which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee for indemnification or advance of Expenses from the Company under this Agreement or under any directors' and officers' liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement of Expenses or insurance recovery, as the case may be.

7.6           Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement shall be required to be made prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding.

8.            Non-Exclusivity; Survival of Rights; Insurance; Primacy of Indemnification; Subrogation .

8.1           The rights of indemnification as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders, a resolution of directors of the Company, or otherwise.  No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal.  To the extent that a change in the DGCL, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification than would be afforded currently under the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change.  No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.  The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.
 
 
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8.2           To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, officers, employees, or agents or fiduciaries of the Company or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that such person serves at the request of the Company, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary under such policy or policies.  If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a claim pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company has directors' and officers' liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies.  The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies.

8.3           The Company hereby acknowledges that Indemnitee has certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by [Privet Fund LP] and certain of its affiliates (collectively, the “ Fund Indemnitors ”).  The Company hereby agrees (i) that it is the indemnitor of first resort ( i.e. , its obligations to Indemnitee are primary and any obligation of the Fund Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by Indemnitee are secondary), (ii) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall be liable for the full amount of all Expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of this Agreement and the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company (or any other agreement between the Company and Indemnitee), without regard to any rights Indemnitee may have against the Fund Indemnitors, and (iii)  that it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Fund Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Fund Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof.  The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Fund Indemnitors on behalf of Indemnitee with respect to any claim for which Indemnitee has sought indemnification from the Company shall affect the foregoing and the Fund Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee against the Company.  The Company and Indemnitee agree that the Fund Indemnitors are express third party beneficiaries of the terms of this Section 8.3.

8.4           Except as provided in Section 8.3 above, in the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee (other than against the Fund Indemnitors), who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.
 
 
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9.            Exception to Right of Indemnification . Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnity in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee:

9.1           for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, provided, that the foregoing shall not affect the rights of Indemnitee or the Fund Indemnitors set forth in Section 8.3 above; or

9.2           for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law; or

9.3           in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Board authorized the Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) prior to its initiation, or (ii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law.

10.            Duration of Agreement .  All agreements and obligations of the Company contained herein shall continue during the period Indemnitee is an officer or director of the Company (or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise) and shall continue thereafter so long as Indemnitee shall be subject to any Proceeding (or any proceeding commenced under Section 7 hereof) by reason of his Corporate Status, whether or not he is acting or serving in any such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification can be provided under this Agreement.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company), assigns, spouses, heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives.

11.            Security .  To the extent requested by Indemnitee and approved by the Board, the Company may at any time and from time to time provide security to Indemnitee for the Company’s obligations hereunder through an irrevocable bank line of credit, funded trust or other collateral.  Any such security, once provided to Indemnitee, may not be revoked or released without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee.
 
 
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12.            Enforcement .

12.1           The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumes the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as an officer or director of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as an officer or director of the Company.

12.2           Without limiting any of the rights of Indemnitee under any of the DGCL, the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and the Company’s Bylaws, as they may be amended from time to time, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

12.3           The Company shall not seek from a court, or agree to, a "bar order" which would have the effect of prohibiting or limiting the Indemnitee's rights to receive advancement of expenses under this Agreement.

13.   Governing Law and Consent to Jurisdiction.   This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. The Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (the “ Delaware Court ”), and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court, and (iv) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.
 
14.   Amendments; Waiver .  No supplement, modification, termination or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto.  No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar) nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.
 
15 .             Severability .  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.  Further, the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof as to either Indemnitee or Appointing Stockholder shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any provision hereof as to the other.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Agreement is intended to confer upon Indemnitee and Appointing Stockholder indemnification rights to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws.  In the event any provision hereof conflicts with any applicable law, such provision shall be deemed modified, consistent with the aforementioned intent, to the extent necessary to resolve such conflict.
 
 
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16 .             Notice By Indemnitee .  Indemnitee agrees promptly to notify the Company in writing upon being served with or otherwise receiving any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding or matter which may be subject to indemnification covered hereunder.  The failure to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of any obligation which it may have to Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise unless and only to the extent that such failure or delay materially prejudices the Company.
 
17.            Notices .  Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be delivered under this Agreement shall be ( a ) in writing; ( b ) delivered personally, by facsimile, by courier service or by certified or registered mail, first class postage prepaid and return receipt requested; ( c ) deemed to have been received on the date of delivery or, if so mailed, on the third business day after the mailing thereof; and ( d ) addressed as follows (or to such other address as the party entitled to notice shall hereafter designate in accordance with the terms hereof):
 
(i)   If to the Company:

Cicero, Inc.
8000 Regency Parkway
Suite 542
Cary, NC  27518
Attention:  John Broderick
Telephone:  (919) 380-5320
Fax:                                                       

(ii)   If to Indemnitee:

[Address]
Telephone:                                                       
Fax:                                                       
 
18.            Condition Precedent .  The effectiveness of this Agreement is contingent on the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Contribution and Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), by and among the Company, the Indemnitee and the other parties thereto.
 
19.            Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  The parties hereto agree to accept a signed facsimile copy or “PDF” of this Agreement as a fully binding original.
 
20.            Headings .  The section and other headings contained in this Agreement are for the convenience of the parties only and are not intended to be a part hereof or to affect the meaning or interpretation hereof.
 
– Signature page follows –
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has duly executed this Agreement by its authorized representative, and Indemnitee has hereunto set Indemnitee’s hand, in each case effective as of the date first above written.
 
COMPANY:

CICERO, INC.
 
By:                                                                            
Name:                                                                            
Title:                                                                            



INDEMNITEE:


                                                                          
[Name]

 
 
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT]
 
 
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Exhibit 10.5

CICERO INC.
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND
INVENTION ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
 
As a condition of my becoming employed (or my employment being continued) by or retained as a consultant (or my consulting relationship being continued) by Cicero Inc., presently located at 8000 Regency Parkway, Suite 542, Cary, North Carolina 27518, or any of its current or future subsidiaries, affiliates, successors or assigns (collectively, the "Company"), and in consideration of my employment or consulting relationship with the Company and my receipt of the compensation now and hereafter paid to me by the Company, I agree to the following:
 
1. EMPLOYMENT OR CONSULTING RELATIONSHIP. I understand and acknowledge that this Agreement does not alter, amend or expand upon any rights I may have to continue in the employ of, or in a consulting relationship with, or the duration of my employment or consulting relationship with, the Company under any existing agreements between the Company and me or under applicable law. Any employment or consulting relationship between the Company and me, whether commenced prior to or upon the date of this Agreement, shall be referred to herein as the "Relationship."
 
2. AT-WILL RELATIONSHIP. I understand and acknowledge that, to the extent I am an employee of the Company, my Relationship with the Company is and shall continue to be at-will, as defined under applicable law, meaning that either I or the Company may terminate the Relationship at any time for any reason or no reason, without further obligation or liability.
 
3. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
 
(a) Company Information . I agree at all times during the term of my Relationship with the Company and thereafter, to hold in strictest confidence, and not to use, except for the benefit of the Company, or to disclose to any person, firm, corporation or other entity without written authorization of the Board of Directors of the Company, any Confidential Information of the Company which I obtain or create. I further agree not to make copies of such Confidential Information except as authorized by the Company. I understand that "Confidential Information" means any Company proprietary information, technical data, trade secrets or know-how, including, but not limited to, business plans and strategies, research, product plans, products, services, suppliers, customer lists and customers (including, but not limited to, customers of the Company on whom I called or with whom I became acquainted during the Relationship), prices and costs, markets, software, developments, inventions, laboratory notebooks, processes, formulas, technology, designs, drawings, engineering, hardware configuration information, marketing, licenses, finances, budgets or other confidential proprietary business information disclosed to me by or on behalf of the Company either directly or indirectly in writing, orally or by drawings or observation of interfaces, parts or equipment or created by me during the period of the Relationship on behalf of or within the course and scope of my performance of services to the Company, whether or not during working hours. I understand that "Confidential Information" includes, but is not limited to, information pertaining to any aspects of the Company's business which is either information not known by actual or potential competitors of the Company or is proprietary information of the Company or its customers or suppliers, whether of a technical nature or otherwise. I further understand that Confidential Information does not include any of the foregoing items which has become publicly and widely known and made generally available through no wrongful act of mine or of others who were under confidentiality obligations as to the item or items involved.
 
 
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(b) Former Employer Information . I represent that my performance of all terms of this Agreement as an employee or consultant of the Company has not breached and will not breach any agreement to keep in confidence proprietary information, knowledge or data acquired by me in confidence or trust prior or subsequent to the commencement of my Relationship with the Company, and I will not disclose to the Company, or induce the Company to use, any inventions, confidential or proprietary information or material belonging to any previous employer or any other party.
 
(c) Third Party Information. I recognize that the Company has received and in the future will receive confidential or proprietary information from third parties subject to a duty on the Company's part to maintain the confidentiality of such information and to use it only for certain limited purposes. I agree to hold all such confidential or proprietary information in the strictest confidence and not to disclose it to any person, firm or corporation or to use it except as necessary in carrying out my work for the Company and consistent with the Company's agreement with such third party.
 
4. INVENTIONS.
 
(a) Inventions Retained and Licensed . I have attached hereto, as Exhibit A , a list describing with particularity all inventions, original works of authorship, developments, improvements, and trade secrets which were made by me prior to the commencement of the Relationship (collectively referred to as "Prior Inventions"), which belong solely to me or belong to me jointly with another, which relate in any way to any of the Company's proposed businesses, products or research and development, and which are not assigned to the Company hereunder; or, if no such list is attached, I represent that there are no such Prior Inventions. If, in the course of my Relationship with the Company, I seek to incorporate such a Prior Invention into a Company product, process or machine, I will obtain the Company’s written consent to do so, and upon obtaining such written consent,  I hereby grant the Company a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, fully assignable, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to make, have made, copy, modify, license, make derivative works of, and otherwise use, sell and distribute such Prior Invention as part of or in connection with such product, process or machine in all ways now known or hereafter developed.
 
(b) Assignment of Inventions . I agree that I will promptly make full written disclosure to the Company, will hold in trust for the sole right and benefit of the Company, and hereby assign to the Company, or its designee, all my right, title and interest throughout the world in and to any and all inventions, works of authorship, developments, concepts, know-how, improvements or trade secrets, whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright or similar laws, designs, trademarks, data and databases, which I may solely or jointly conceive or develop or reduce to practice, or cause to be conceived or developed or reduced to practice, during the period of time in which I am employed by or a consultant of the Company, whether or not during working hours (collectively referred to as "Inventions"). I further acknowledge that all copyrightable Inventions which are made by me (solely or jointly with others) within the scope of and during the period of my Relationship with the Company shall be deemed "works made for hire" under the copyright laws of the United States (to the greatest extent permitted by applicable law) and are compensated by my salary (if I am an employee) or by such amounts paid to me under any applicable consulting agreement or consulting arrangements (if I am a consultant), unless regulated otherwise by the mandatory law of the state of North Carolina. In the event any such copyrightable Invention is deemed not to be a “work made for hire”, and with respect to all other Inventions, I hereby irrevocably and absolutely assign, set over and grant to the Company, its successors and assigns free from all restrictions and limitations, all right, title and interest in and to such Inventions, whether now known or hereafter created, throughout the universe and in perpetuity.
 
 
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, you will not be obligated to assign to the Company any Invention made by you while employed by or a consultant of the Company which does not relate to any business or activity in which the Company is or may reasonably be expected to become engaged, except that you will be so obligated if the same relates to or is based on Confidential Information to which you had access during and by virtue of being employed by or a consultant of the Company or which arises out of work assigned to you by the Company. You will not be obligated to assign any Invention which may be wholly conceived by you after you are no longer an employee or consultant of the Company, except that you will so obligated if such Invention involves the utilization of Confidential Information obtained while being employed by or a consultant of the Company.
 
(c) Maintenance of Records . I agree to keep and maintain adequate and current written records of all Inventions made by me (solely or jointly with others) during the term of my Relationship with the Company. The records may be in the form of notes, sketches, drawings, flow charts, electronic data or recordings, laboratory notebooks, and any other format, and I acknowledge and agree that the records themselves are Inventions owned by the Company pursuant to this Section 4. The records will be available to and remain the sole property of the Company at all times. I agree not to remove such records from the Company's place of business except as expressly permitted by Company policy which may, from time to time, be revised at the sole election of the Company.
 
(d) Patent and Copyright Rights . I agree to assist the Company, or its designee, at the Company's expense, in every proper way to secure, record, maintain and/or transfer the Company's rights in the Inventions and any copyrights, patents, trademarks, mask work rights, moral rights, or other intellectual property rights relating thereto in any and all countries, including the disclosure to the Company of all pertinent information and data with respect thereto, the execution of all applications, specifications, oaths, assignments, recordation's, and all other instruments which the Company shall deem necessary or advisable in order to apply for, obtain, record, maintain and/or transfer such rights and in order to assign and convey to the Company, its successors, assigns and nominees the sole and exclusive rights, title and interest in and to such Inventions, and any copyrights, patents, mask work rights or other intellectual property rights relating thereto. I further agree that my obligation to so assist the Company and to execute or cause to be executed, when it is in my power to do so, any such instrument or papers shall continue after the termination of this Agreement until the expiration of the last such intellectual property right to expire in any country of the world. If the Company is unable because of my mental or physical incapacity or unavailability or for any other reason to secure my signature on any documentation, instruments and/or papers of the type identified in this Section 4(d), then I hereby irrevocably designate and appoint the Company and its duly authorized officers and agents as my agent and attorney in fact, to act for and in my behalf and stead to execute and file any such documentation, instruments or papers and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the application for, prosecution, issuance, maintenance or transfer of letters patent or copyright registrations with the same legal force and effect as if originally executed by me. I hereby waive and irrevocably quitclaim to the Company and all claims, of any nature whatsoever, which I now or hereafter have for infringement of any Inventions and all proprietary rights assigned to the Company.
 
 
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5. RETURNING COMPANY DOCUMENTS . I acknowledge and agree that, at the time of termination of my Relationship with the Company, I will deliver to the Company (and will not keep in my custody, possession or control, recreate or deliver to anyone else) any and all devices, records, data, notes, reports, proposals, lists, correspondence, specifications, drawings, blueprints, sketches, laboratory notebooks, materials, flow charts, equipment, other documents or property, or materials incorporating any Confidential Information, or any reproductions of any aforementioned items developed by me pursuant to the Relationship or otherwise belonging to the Company, its successors or assigns, in any form, whether physical, digital or otherwise. I further acknowledge and agree that all property situated on the Company's premises and owned by the Company, including disks and other storage media, filing cabinets or other work areas, is subject to inspection by Company personnel at any time with or without notice. In the event of the termination of the Relationship, I agree to sign and deliver the "Termination Certification" attached hereto as Exhibit B .
 
6. NOTIFICATION TO OTHER PARTIES.
 
(a) Employees . In the event that I leave the employ of the Company, I hereby consent to notification by the Company to my new employer about my rights and obligations under this Agreement.
 
(b) Consultants . I hereby grant consent to notification by the Company to any other parties besides the Company with whom I maintain a consulting relationship, including parties with whom such relationship commences after the effective date of this Agreement, about my rights and obligations under this Agreement.
 
 
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7. SOLICITATION OF EMPLOYEES, CONSULTANTS AND OTHER PARTIES . I agree that during the term of my Relationship with the Company, and for a period of twelve (12) months immediately following the termination of my Relationship with the Company for any reason, whether with or without cause, I shall not either directly or indirectly solicit, induce, recruit or encourage any of the Company’s then current employees or consultants to terminate their relationship with the Company, or hire or engage such employees or consultants, or attempt to solicit, induce, recruit, encourage or hire or engage such employees or consultants of the Company, either for myself or for any other person or entity. Nothing in the previous sentence shall apply to hiring any employee or consultant through general, non-specific solicitations. Further, for a period of twenty-four (24) months following termination of my Relationship with the Company for any reason, with or without cause, I shall not solicit any licensor to or customer of the Company or licensee of the Company's products, in each case, that are known to me, with respect to any business, products or services that are competitive to the products or services offered by the Company or under development as of the date of termination of my Relationship with the Company.
 
8. REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS.
 
(a) Facilitation of Agreement . I agree to execute promptly any proper oath or verify any document reasonably deemed required or advisable (as determined by the Company) to carry out the terms of this Agreement upon the Company's written request to do so.
 
(b) Conflicts . I represent that my performance of all the terms of this Agreement will not breach any agreement to keep in confidence proprietary information acquired by me in confidence or in trust prior to commencement of my Relationship with the Company. I have not entered into, and I agree I will not enter into, any oral or written agreement in conflict with any of the provisions of this Agreement.
 
(c) Voluntary Execution . I certify and acknowledge that I have carefully read all of the provisions of this Agreement and that I understand and will fully and faithfully comply with such provisions.
 
9. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
 
(a) Governing Laws . The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws.
 
(b) Entire Agreement . This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement and understanding between the Company and me relating to the subject matter herein and merges all prior discussions between us. No modification or amendment to this Agreement, nor any waiver of any rights under this Agreement, will be effective unless in writing signed by the party to be charged. Any subsequent change or changes in my duties, obligations, rights or compensation will not affect the validity or scope of this Agreement.
 
 
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(c) Severability . If one or more of the provisions in this Agreement are deemed void by law, then the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.
 
(d) Successors and Assigns . This Agreement will be binding upon my heirs, executors, administrators and other legal representatives and will be for the benefit of the Company, its successors, and its assigns.
 
(e) Survival . If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, and if the rights or obligations of any party hereto under this Agreement will not be materially and adversely affected thereby, (a) such provision will be fully severable, (b) this Agreement will be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part hereof, (c) the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Agreement and (d) in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a legal, valid and enforceable provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible.
 
(f) Signatures . This Agreement shall be signed by John Broderick on behalf of Cicero Inc., and by myself, _________________.
 
(g) Advice of Counsel . I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, IN EXECUTING THIS AGREEMENT, I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL, AND I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD ALL OF THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AGAINST ANY PARTY BY REASON OF THE DRAFTING OR PREPARATION HEREOF.
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , The parties have executed this Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreement on the respective dates set forth below.
 
 
COMPANY :
 
Cicero Inc.
 
 
By: ___________________________________ Date: __________________
 
 

EMPLOYEE/CONSULTANT:
 
 
By: ___________________________________ Date: __________________
 
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT A
TO CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND INVENTIONS ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
 
LIST OF PRIOR INVENTIONS
AND ORIGINAL WORKS OF AUTHORSHIP
EXCLUDED FROM SECTION 4
 
 
Title:   Date:   Description:                                               Number:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  No inventions or improvements
  Additional Sheets Attached
 
EMPLOYEE/CONSULTANT:
 
By: ___________________________________ Date: __________________
 
 
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EXHIBIT B
TO CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND INVENTIONS ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
 
TERMINATION CERTIFICATE
 
This is to certify that I do not have in my possession, nor have I failed to return, any devices, records, data, notes, reports, proposals, lists, correspondence, specifications, drawings, blueprints, sketches, laboratory notebooks, flow charts, materials, equipment, other documents or property, or any materials incorporating any Confidential Information, or copies or reproductions of any aforementioned items belonging to Cicero Inc., its subsidiaries, affiliates, successors or assigns (together the "Company").
 
I further certify that I have complied with all the terms of the Company's Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreement signed by me, including the reporting of any inventions and original works of authorship (as defined therein), conceived or made by me (solely or jointly with others) covered by that agreement.
 
I further agree that, in compliance with the Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreement, I will preserve as confidential all proprietary information, technical data, trade secrets or know-how, including, but not limited to, business plans and strategies, research, product plans, products, services, suppliers, customer lists and customers, prices and costs, markets, software, developments, inventions, laboratory notebooks, processes, formulas, technology, designs, drawings, engineering, hardware configuration information, marketing, licenses, finances, budgets or other confidential proprietary business information pertaining to any business of the Company or any of its employees, clients, consultants or licensees (collectively, "Confidential Information").
 
I further agree that for twelve (12) months from the date of this Certificate, I shall not either directly or indirectly solicit, induce, recruit or encourage any of the Company's employees or consultants to terminate their relationship with the Company, or hire or engage such employees or consultants, or attempt to solicit, induce, recruit, encourage or hire or engage employees or consultants of the Company, either for myself or for any other person or entity. Nothing in the previous sentence shall apply to non-specific solicitations. Further, for a period of twenty-four (24) months from the date of this Certificate, I shall not solicit any licensor to or customer of the Company or licensee of the Company's products, in each case, that are known to me, with respect to any business, products or services that are competitive to the products or services offered by the Company or under development as of the date of termination of my Relationship with the Company.
 
 
EMPLOYEE/CONSULTANT:
 
 
By: ___________________________________ Date: __________________
 
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EXHIBIT 99.1

FORM OF

VOTING AGREEMENT

 
This Voting Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2015 (this “ Agreement ”), by and among Privet Fund LP (“ Privet ”), John L. Steffens (“ Steffens ”, and together with Privet, the “ Stockholders ”).
 
Recitals :
 
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, the Stockholders and others and the Company have entered into a Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Stockholders will acquire 25,000,000 shares (the “ Investment Shares ”) of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company (the “ Common Stock ”) and warrants to purchase 205,277,778 additional shares of Common Stock (the “Warrants” and, together with the Investment Shares, the “ Investment ”); and
 
WHEREAS, the Stockholders, after the issuance of the Investment Shares, are the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule l3d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of a number of outstanding shares of Common Stock and preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company (the “ Preferred Stock ”) as indicated on Schedule I attached hereto, which Common Stock shares constitute an aggregate of 69.4% (125,142,669 divided by 180,353,377) of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, 1% of the issued and outstanding shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock and 61.5% of the issued and outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock and on a voting basis, constitute a total of 65.1% of the shares eligible to vote at a stockholders meeting; and
 
WHEREAS, in consideration of the agreement of each of the parties to enter into the Purchase Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, each Stockholder has agreed to vote, as applicable, all of the shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such Stockholder to constitute the Company’s Board of Directors as provided in Section 1 hereto, and to amend and restate the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation; and
 
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used herein shall, unless this Agreement or the context requires otherwise, have the same meanings in this Agreement as in the Purchase Agreement.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual premises, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
 
1.   Agreement to Vote .
 

 
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(a)   Board of Directors .  Each Stockholder hereby agrees that during the Term (as defined in Section 8 below) to vote or cause to be voted all shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock identified on Schedule I as owned of record and/or beneficially (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) by such Stockholder as well as all subsequently acquired shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, however acquired, whether through purchase, warrant exercise, stock splits, stock dividends, reclassifications, recapitalizations, similar events or otherwise (with respect to each such Stockholder, such “ Stockholder’s Shares ”) including taking all actions necessary:
 
(i)   upon execution of this Agreement to remove four members of the Company’s board of directors (the “ Board ”) designated by the Chairman of the Board, to amend the Bylaws to reduce the size of the Board from nine members to seven members and to vote to elect two persons designated in writing by Privet, which shall be Ryan Levenson and Thomas Avery, to fill a vacancy and serve on the Board;
 
(ii)   upon exercise in full of the first tranche of Warrants by Privet to remove one member of the Board designated by the Chairman of the Board and to vote to elect an additional candidate designated in writing by Privet to serve on the Board.  For the avoidance of doubt, the composition of the seven member Board would include three Privet designees; and
 
(iii)   upon full exercise of all tranches of Warrants by Privet to remove two members of the board of directors designated by the Chairman of the Board and to reduce the size of the Board from seven members to five members with the three Privet designees remaining on the board.
 
(b)   Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation .  Each Stockholder agrees to vote or cause to be voted all Stockholder’s Shares owned by such Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to cause a vote of the Company’s stockholders to occur within sixty (60) days after the date hereof and, at such meeting, to authorize the amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A .
 
2.   Additional Voting Provisions .
 
(a)   Restrictions on Transfer .   On or after the date of this Agreement and during the Term hereof, each Stockholder agrees not to transfer, sell, offer, exchange, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber any of such Shareholder’s Shares, unless the transferee agrees in writing, reasonably acceptable to the Stockholders, to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.
 
(b)   Non-Contravention .  Each Stockholder hereby agrees that such Stockholder shall not enter into any agreement or understanding with any other Person the effect of which would be to violate the provisions and agreements contained in Section 1 or Section 2 .  For purposes of this Agreement, “Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, joint stock company, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization, or governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.
 
3.   Failure to Designate a Board Member .  To the extent that any of Section 1(a)(ii) or (iii) above shall not be applicable, or Privet shall fail to designate members for the Board as provided,

 
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4.   any member of the Board who would otherwise have been designated in accordance with the terms thereof shall instead be voted upon by all of the stockholders of the Company entitled to vote thereon in accordance with, and pursuant to, the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation.

5.   Removal of Board Members .  Each Stockholder also agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all Stockholder’s Shares owned by such Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure that:
 
(a)   no director elected pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) – (iii) of this Agreement may be removed from office unless (i) such removal is directed or approved in writing by Privet, or (ii) Privet is no longer entitled to designate or approve such director;
 
(b)   any vacancies created by the resignation, removal or death of a director elected pursuant to Section 1 shall be filled pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 ; and
 
(c)   upon the written request of Privet to remove such director, the Board of Directors and/or the Stockholders will take all such action as may be required to remove the director.
 
All Stockholders agree to execute any written consents required to perform the obligations of this Agreement, and the Company agrees at the request of any party entitled to designate directors to call a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing directors.
 
6.   No Liability for Election of Recommended Directors .  Neither Privet, nor any affiliate of Privet, shall have any liability as a result of designating a person for election as a director for any act or omission by such designated person in his or her capacity as a director of the Company, nor shall any Stockholder have any liability as a result of voting for any such designee in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
 
7.   No “Bad Actor” Designees .  Privet hereby represents and warrants to the Company that, to Privet’s knowledge, none of the “bad actor” disqualifying events described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i)-(viii) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”) (each, a “ Disqualification Event ”), is applicable to its initial designees named above except, if applicable, for a Disqualification Event as to which Rule 506(d)(2)(ii) or (iii) or (d)(3) is applicable.  Any director designee to whom any Disqualification Event is applicable, except for a Disqualification Event as to which Rule 506(d)(2)(ii) or (iii) or (d)(3) is applicable, hereinafter referred to as a “ Disqualified Designee ”.  Privet hereby covenants and agrees (A) not to designate or participate in the designation of any director designee who, to Privet’s knowledge, is a Disqualified Designee, and (B) that in the event such Person becomes aware that any individual previously designated by Privet is or has become a Disqualified Designee, Privet shall as promptly as practicable take such actions as are necessary to remove such Disqualified Designee from the Board and designate a replacement designee who is not a Disqualified Designee.
 
8.   Other Proxies Revoked .  Each Stockholder represents and warrants that any proxies heretofore given in respect of such Stockholder's Shares are not irrevocable, and that all such proxies have been or are hereby revoked.
 

 
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9.   Term of Agreement .  The term of this Agreement shall commence on the date of hereof and shall remain in full force and effect until the later of (i) the day following the date on which the matters set forth in Section 1(a) above have been effected, and (ii) the expiration of the Warrants (the “ Term ”).
 
10.   Representations and Warranties of each Stockholder .  Each Stockholder hereby severally, and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Stockholders (as to such Stockholder) as follows:
 
(a)   Authority, etc .  Such Stockholder has all necessary power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by such Stockholder have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Stockholder and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Stockholder, enforceable against such Stockholder in accordance with its terms.
 
(b)   Ownership of Shares .  Such Stockholder is the beneficial owner of the shares listed beside such Stockholder's name on Schedule I attached hereto.  Such Stockholder has sole voting power and sole power to issue instructions with respect to the matters set forth in Section 1 hereof, sole power of disposition and sole power to agree to all of the matters set forth in this Agreement, in each case with respect to all of such shares, with no limitations, qualifications or restrictions on such rights, subject only to applicable securities laws and the terms of this Agreement.
 
(c)   No Conflicts .  No filing with, and no permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Authority is necessary for the execution of this Agreement by such Stockholder and the consummation by such Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby.  None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Stockholder, the consummation by such Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby or compliance by such Stockholder with any of the provisions hereof shall (A) conflict with or result in any breach of any applicable documents to which such Stockholder is a party, or (B) violate any order, writ, injunction, decree, judgment, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to such Stockholder.
 
(d)   No Encumbrances .  The shares listed beside such Stockholder's name on Schedule I hereto and the certificates, if any, representing such shares are now, and at all times during the term hereof will be, held by such Stockholder, or by a nominee or custodian for the benefit of such Stockholder, free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests, proxies, voting trusts or agreements, understandings or arrangements or any other encumbrances whatsoever, except for any such encumbrances or proxies arising hereunder.
 
11.   Covenants of Each Stockholder .  Each Stockholder covenants and agrees that, during the Term, such Stockholder shall not (i) directly or indirectly, transfer, sell, offer, exchange, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber any of such Shareholder’s Shares, unless the transferee agrees in writing, reasonably acceptable to the Stockholders, to be bound by the terms of this Agreement; (ii) grant any proxies or powers of attorney, deposit any of such Stockholder’s Shares into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement with respect to any of such Stockholder’s Shares; or (iii) take any action that would make any representation or warranty of such Stockholder contained herein untrue or incorrect or have the effect of preventing, disabling
 

 
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12.   or delaying such Stockholder from performing such Stockholder's obligations under this Agreement.
 
13.   Miscellaneous .
 
(a)   Further Assurances .  From time to time, at any other Party’s written request and without further consideration, each Party hereto shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further lawful action as may be necessary or desirable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
 
(b)   Entire Agreement .  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all other prior agreements and understanding, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
 
(c)   Assignment .  This Agreement shall not be assigned by operation of law or otherwise without the prior written consent of the other party, provided that the Stockholders may assign and transfer, at its sole discretion, its rights and obligations hereunder to any of its Affiliates.
 
(d)   Amendments, Waivers, Etc .  This Agreement may not be amended, changed, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified or terminated, except upon the execution and delivery of a written agreement executed by all of the relevant parties hereto, provided that Schedule I attached hereto may be supplemented by the Company by adding the name and other relevant information concerning any stockholder of Company who agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement without the agreement of any other party hereto, and thereafter such added stockholder shall be treated as a “Stockholder” for all purposes of this Agreement.
 
(e)   Notices .  All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly received if so given) by hand delivery, telegram, telex or telecopy, or by mail (registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested) or by any courier service, such as Federal Express, providing proof of delivery.  All communications hereunder shall be delivered to the respective parties at the following addresses:
 

 
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If to Privet:
Privet Fund LP
79 West Paces Ferry Road, Suite 200B
Atlanta, GA 30305
Attention: Ryan Levenson
Telephone: (404) 419-2670
Facsimile: (678) 999-5908
 
With a copy to:
 
Bryan Cave LLP
One Atlantic Center, 14 th Floor
1201 W. Peachtree Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
Attention: Rick Miller
Telephone: (404)572-6600
Facsimile: (404) 420-0787

If to Steffens :
John L. Steffens
c/o Spring Mountain Capital
65 East 55 th Street, 33 rd Floor
New York, NY 10022
Telephone:
Facsimile:

or to such other address as the Person to whom notice is given may have previously furnished to the others in writing in the manner set forth above.
 
(f)   Severability .  Whenever possible, each provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law but if any provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision or portion of any provision in such jurisdiction, and this Agreement will be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or portion of any provision had never been contained herein.
 
(g)   Specific Performance .  Each of the parties hereto recognizes and acknowledges that a breach by it of any covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement will cause the other party to sustain damages for which it would not have an adequate remedy at law for money damages, and therefore each of the parties hereto agrees that in the event of any such breach the aggrieved party shall be entitled to the remedy of specific performance of such covenants and agreements and injunctive and other equitable relief in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity.
 
(h)   Remedies Cumulative .  All rights, powers and remedies provided under this Agreement or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity shall be cumulative and
 

 
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(i)   not alternative, and the exercise of any thereof by any party shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise of any other such right, power or remedy by such party.
 
(j)   No Waiver .  The failure of any party hereto to exercise any right, power or remedy provided under this Agreement or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity, or to insist upon compliance by any other party hereto with its obligations hereunder, and any custom or practice of the parties at variance with the terms hereof shall not constitute a waiver by such party of its right to exercise any such or other right, power or remedy or to demand such compliance.
 
(k)   No Third Party Beneficiaries .  This Agreement is not intended to be for the benefit of, and shall not be enforceable by, any Person who or which is not a party hereto.
 
(l)   Governing Law; Jurisdiction .  ALL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, ENFORCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THEREOF. EACH OF THE STOCKHOLDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR WITH ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR DISCUSSED HEREIN, AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT. EACH OF THE STOCKHOLDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF VIA REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL OR OVERNIGHT DELIVERY (WITH EVIDENCE OF DELIVERY) TO SUCH PARTY AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT HEREUNDERAND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE THEREOF. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT IN ANY WAY ANY RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW. EACH OF THE STOCKHOLDERS HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY. 
 
(m)   Waiver of Jury Trial .  EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION HEREWITH, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN), OF ANY PARTY.
 
(n)   Descriptive Headings .  The descriptive headings used herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
 

 
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(o)   Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
 

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(Signature Pages Follow)

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Voting Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.


 
PRIVET FUND LP
By: Privet Fund Management LLC, its Managing Partner
 
 
By: ________________________________
Name:     Ryan Levenson
Title:       Sole Manager
 
 
   
   
   
 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO VOTING AGREEMENT]

 
 

 


 
 
 
 
 
________________________________
John L. Steffens
 
 
 
   
   
 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO VOTING AGREEMENT]

 
 

 
 
SCHEDULE I

After Investor Transaction

Name of Stockholder
Number of Shares of   Common Stock Owned
Number of Warrant Shares Owned
Number of Shares of Series A-1
Number of Shares of Series B
Privet
18,250,000
149,852,778
-0-
-0-
Steffens
106,892,669*
43,470,229**
14.832
6,400

*           Includes 5,125,000 Investor Shares.
**           Includes 42,081,944 shares underlying Investor Warrants.

 
 

 
EXHIBIT 99.2

EXECUTION VERSION
 
SERIES A-1 PREFERRED STOCK
VOTING AGREEMENT

 
This Series A-1 Preferred Stock Voting Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2015 (this “ Agreement ”), by and among Privet Fund LP (“ Privet ”), John L. Steffens (“ Steffens ”, and together with Privet, the “ Investors ”), and Mark Landis and Carolyn Landis (together “ Landis ” and, together with the Investors, the “ Stockholders ”).
 
Recitals :
 
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, the Investors and others and the Company have entered into a Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Investors will acquire 25,000,000 shares (the “ Investor Shares ”) of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company (the “ Common Stock ”) and warrants to purchase 205,277,778  additional shares of Common Stock (the “Warrants” and, together with the Investor Shares, the “ Investment ”); and
 
WHEREAS, after issuance of the Investor Shares, the Stockholders are the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule l3d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of a number of outstanding shares of Common Stock and preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company (the “ Preferred Stock ”) as indicated on Schedule I attached hereto, which shares constitute an aggregate of 71.5% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and 89.4% of the issued and outstanding shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock; and
 
WHEREAS, to effect a change in the capitalization of the Company so as to encourage the entry into the Purchase Agreement by the Investors and for other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, each Stockholder has agreed to vote, as applicable, all of the shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such Stockholder to amend certain provisions relating to the certificates of designations of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock in order to effect a conversion to Common Stock; and
 
WHEREAS, the consequence of the proposed change will be to cause an automatic conversion of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock into Common Stock under the terms of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock; and
 
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used herein shall, unless this Agreement or the context requires otherwise, have the same meanings in this Agreement as in the Purchase Agreement.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual premises, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
 
1.   Agreement to Vote to Amend Provisions to the Certificate of Designations .  Each Stockholder agrees to vote or cause to be voted all of the Stockholder’s Shares to amend the requirement in Article IV (Conversion) of the Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock Certificate of Designations which provides that the Series A-1 Preferred Stock to be automatically converted
 

 
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2.   into Common Stock upon the Company consummating an equity financing for at least $5,000,000 to an equity financing for at least $1,000,000.
 
3.   Additional Voting Provisions .
 
(a)   Restrictions on Transfer .   On or after the date of this Agreement and during the Term hereof, each Stockholder agrees not to transfer, sell, offer, exchange, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber any of such Shareholder’s Shares, unless the transferee agrees in writing, reasonably acceptable to the Investors, to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.
 
(b)   Non-Contravention .  Each Stockholder hereby agrees that such Stockholder shall not enter into any agreement or understanding with any other Person the effect of which would be to violate the provisions and agreements contained in Section 1 or Section 2 .  For purposes of this Agreement, “Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, joint stock company, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization, or governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.
 
4.   Other Proxies Revoked .  Each Stockholder represents and warrants that any proxies heretofore given in respect of such Stockholder's Shares are not irrevocable, and that all such proxies have been or are hereby revoked.
 
5.   Term of Agreement .  The term of this Agreement shall commence on the date of hereof and shall remain in full force and effect until the later of (i) the day following the date on which the matters set forth in Section 1(a) above have been effected, and (ii) the expiration of the Warrants (the “ Term ”).
 
6.   Representations and Warranties of each Stockholder .  Each Stockholder hereby severally, and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Investors (as to such Stockholder) as follows:
 
(a)   Authority, etc .  Such Stockholder has all necessary power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by such Stockholder have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Stockholder and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Stockholder, enforceable against such Stockholder in accordance with its terms.
 
(b)   Ownership of Shares .  Such Stockholder is the beneficial owner of the shares listed beside such Stockholder's name on Schedule I attached hereto.  Such Stockholder has sole voting power and sole power to issue instructions with respect to the matters set forth in Section 1 hereof, sole power of disposition and sole power to agree to all of the matters set forth in this Agreement, in each case with respect to all of such shares, with no limitations, qualifications or restrictions on such rights, subject only to applicable securities laws and the terms of this Agreement.
 
(c)   No Conflicts .  No filing with, and no permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Authority is necessary for the execution of this Agreement by such Stockholder and the consummation by such Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby.  None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Stockholder, the consummation
 

 
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(d)   by such Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby or compliance by such Stockholder with any of the provisions hereof shall (A) conflict with or result in any breach of any applicable documents to which such Stockholder is a party, or (B) violate any order, writ, injunction, decree, judgment, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to such Stockholder.
 
(e)   No Encumbrances .  The shares listed beside such Stockholder's name on Schedule I hereto and the certificates, if any, representing such shares are now, and at all times during the term hereof will be, held by such Stockholder, or by a nominee or custodian for the benefit of such Stockholder, free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests, proxies, voting trusts or agreements, understandings or arrangements or any other encumbrances whatsoever, except for any such encumbrances or proxies arising hereunder.
 
7.   Covenants of each Stockholder .  Each Stockholder covenants and agrees that, during the Term, such Stockholder shall not (i) directly or indirectly, transfer, sell, offer, exchange, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber any of such Shareholder’s Shares, unless the transferee agrees in writing, reasonably acceptable to the Investors, to be bound by the terms of this Agreement; (ii) grant any proxies or powers of attorney, deposit any of such Stockholder’s Shares into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement with respect to any of such Stockholder’s Shares; or (iii) take any action that would make any representation or warranty of such Stockholder contained herein untrue or incorrect or have the effect of preventing, disabling or delaying such Stockholder from performing such Stockholder's obligations under this Agreement.
 
8.   Miscellaneous .
 
(a)   Further Assurances .  From time to time, at any other Party’s written request and without further consideration, each Party hereto shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further lawful action as may be necessary or desirable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
 
(b)   Entire Agreement .  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all other prior agreements and understanding, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
 
(c)   Assignment .  This Agreement shall not be assigned by operation of law or otherwise without the prior written consent of the other party, provided that the Investors may assign and transfer, at its sole discretion, its rights and obligations hereunder to any of its Affiliates.
 
(d)   Amendments, Waivers, Etc .  This Agreement may not be amended, changed, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified or terminated, except upon the execution and delivery of a written agreement executed by all of the relevant parties hereto, provided that Schedule I attached hereto may be supplemented by the Company by adding the name and other relevant information concerning any stockholder of Company who agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement without the agreement of any other party hereto, and thereafter such added stockholder shall be treated as a “Stockholder” for all purposes of this Agreement.
 

 
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(e)   Notices .  All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly received if so given) by hand delivery, telegram, telex or telecopy, or by mail (registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested) or by any courier service, such as Federal Express, providing proof of delivery.  All communications hereunder shall be delivered to the respective parties at the following addresses:
 

If to Privet :
Privet Fund LP
79 West Paces Ferry Road, Suite 200B
Atlanta, GA 30305
Attention: Ryan Levenson
Telephone: (404) 419-2670
Facsimile: (678) 999-5908
 
With a copy to:
 
Bryan Cave LLP
One Atlantic Center, 14 th Floor
1201 W. Peachtree Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
Attention: Rick Miller
Telephone: (404)572-6600
Facsimile: (404) 420-0787

If to Steffens :
John L. Steffens
c/o Spring Mountain Capital
65 East 55 th Street, 33 rd Floor
New York, NY 10022
Telephone:
Facsimile:

If to Landis :
Mark and Carolyn Landis
54 Dillon Way
Washington Crossing, PA 18977
Telephone:
Facsimile:

or to such other address as the Person to whom notice is given may have previously furnished to the others in writing in the manner set forth above.
 
(f)   Severability .  Whenever possible, each provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law but if any provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such
 

 
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(g)   invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision or portion of any provision in such jurisdiction, and this Agreement will be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or portion of any provision had never been contained herein.
 
(h)   Specific Performance .  Each of the parties hereto recognizes and acknowledges that a breach by it of any covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement will cause the other party to sustain damages for which it would not have an adequate remedy at law for money damages, and therefore each of the parties hereto agrees that in the event of any such breach the aggrieved party shall be entitled to the remedy of specific performance of such covenants and agreements and injunctive and other equitable relief in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity.
 
(i)   Remedies Cumulative .  All rights, powers and remedies provided under this Agreement or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity shall be cumulative and not alternative, and the exercise of any thereof by any party shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise of any other such right, power or remedy by such party.
 
(j)   No Waiver .  The failure of any party hereto to exercise any right, power or remedy provided under this Agreement or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity, or to insist upon compliance by any other party hereto with its obligations hereunder, and any custom or practice of the parties at variance with the terms hereof shall not constitute a waiver by such party of its right to exercise any such or other right, power or remedy or to demand such compliance.
 
(k)   No Third Party Beneficiaries .  This Agreement is not intended to be for the benefit of, and shall not be enforceable by, any Person who or which is not a party hereto.
 
(l)   Governing Law; Jurisdiction .  ALL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, ENFORCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THEREOF. EACH OF THE STOCKHOLDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR WITH ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR DISCUSSED HEREIN, AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT. EACH OF THE STOCKHOLDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF VIA REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL OR OVERNIGHT DELIVERY (WITH EVIDENCE OF DELIVERY) TO SUCH PARTY AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT HEREUNDER AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE THEREOF. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT IN ANY
 

 
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(m)   WAY ANY RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW. EACH OF THE STOCKHOLDERS HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY. 
 
(n)   Waiver of Jury Trial .  EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION HEREWITH, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN), OF ANY PARTY.
 
(o)   Descriptive Headings .  The descriptive headings used herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
 
(p)   Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Series A-1 Preferred Stock Voting Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.


 
 
PRIVET FUND LP
By: Privet Fund Management LLC, its Managing Partner
 
 
By:________________________________                                                 
Name:   Ryan Levenson
Title:     Sole Manager
 
 
   
   
   


[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES A-1 PREFERRED STOCK VOTING AGREEMENT]

 
 

 


 
 
 
 
 
________________________________
John L. Steffens
 
 
 
   
   


 
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES A-1 PREFERRED STOCK VOTING AGREEMENT]

 
 

 


 
 
 
 
 
________________________________
Carolyn Landis
 
 
 
 
 
________________________________
Mark Landis
 
 
 
 
 
   
   

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES A-1 PREFERRED STOCK VOTING AGREEMENT]

 
 

 
 
SCHEDULE I


Name of Stockholder
Number of Shares of   Common Stock Owned
Number of Warrant Shares Owned
Number of Shares of Series A-1
Number of Shares of Series B
Privet
18,250,000
149,852,778
-0-
-0-
Steffens
106,892,669*
43,470,229**
14.832
6,400
Landis
3,771,717
-0-
1,326.136
-0-

*           Includes 5,125,000 Investor Shares.
**           Includes 42,081,944 shares underlying Investor Warrants.

 
 
 

 
EXHIBIT 99.3

EXECUTION VERSION
 
SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK
VOTING AGREEMENT

 
This Series B Preferred Stock Voting Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2015 (this “ Agreement ”), by and among Privet Fund LP (“ Privet ”), John L. Steffens (“ Steffens ”, and together with Privet, the “ Investors ”), and Don Peppers (“ Peppers ” and, together with the Investors, the “ Stockholders ”).
 
Recitals :
 
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, the Investors and others and the Company have entered into a Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Investors will acquire 25,000,000 shares (the “ Investor Shares ”) of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company (the “ Common Stock ”) and warrants to purchase 205,277,778 additional shares of Common Stock (the “Warrants” and, together with the Investor Shares, the “ Investment ”); and
 
WHEREAS, after issuance of the Investor Shares, the Stockholders are the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule l3d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of a number of outstanding shares of Common Stock and preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company (the “ Preferred Stock ”) as indicated on Schedule I attached hereto, which shares constitute an aggregate of 70.4% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and 74.4% of the issued and outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock; and
 
WHEREAS, to effect a change in the capitalization of the Company so as to encourage the entry into the Purchase Agreement by the Investors and for other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, each Stockholder has agreed to vote, as applicable, all of the shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such Stockholder to amend certain provisions relating to the certificates of designations of the Series B Preferred Stock in order to effect a conversion to Common Stock; and
 
WHEREAS, the consequence of the proposed change will be to cause an automatic conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock into Common Stock under the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock; and
 
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used herein shall, unless this Agreement or the context requires otherwise, have the same meanings in this Agreement as in the Purchase Agreement.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual premises, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
 
1.   Agreement to Vote to Amend Provisions to the Certificate of Designations .  Each Stockholder agrees to vote or cause to be voted all of the Stockholder’s Shares to amend the requirement in Section 6 (Automatic Conversion) of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock Certificate of Designations which provides that the Series B Preferred Stock to be automatically
 

 
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2.   converted into Common Stock upon the Company consummating an equity financing for at least $5,000,000 to an equity financing for at least $1,000,000.
 
3.   Additional Voting Provisions .
 
(a)   Restrictions on Transfer .   On or after the date of this Agreement and during the Term hereof, each Stockholder agrees not to transfer, sell, offer, exchange, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber any of such Shareholder’s Shares, unless the transferee agrees in writing, reasonably acceptable to the Investors, to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.
 
(b)   Non-Contravention .  Each Stockholder hereby agrees that such Stockholder shall not enter into any agreement or understanding with any other Person the effect of which would be to violate the provisions and agreements contained in Section 1 or Section 2 .  For purposes of this Agreement, “Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, joint stock company, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization, or governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.
 
4.   Other Proxies Revoked .  Each Stockholder represents and warrants that any proxies heretofore given in respect of such Stockholder's Shares are not irrevocable, and that all such proxies have been or are hereby revoked.
 
5.   Term of Agreement .  The term of this Agreement shall commence on the date of hereof and shall remain in full force and effect until the later of (i) the day following the date on which the matters set forth in Section 1(a) above have been effected, and (ii) the expiration of the Warrants (the “ Term ”).
 
6.   Representations and Warranties of each Stockholder .  Each Stockholder hereby severally, and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Investors (as to such Stockholder) as follows:
 
(a)   Authority, etc .  Such Stockholder has all necessary power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by such Stockholder have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Stockholder and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Stockholder, enforceable against such Stockholder in accordance with its terms.
 
(b)   Ownership of Shares .  Such Stockholder is the beneficial owner of the shares listed beside such Stockholder's name on Schedule I attached hereto.  Such Stockholder has sole voting power and sole power to issue instructions with respect to the matters set forth in Section 1 hereof, sole power of disposition and sole power to agree to all of the matters set forth in this Agreement, in each case with respect to all of such shares, with no limitations, qualifications or restrictions on such rights, subject only to applicable securities laws and the terms of this Agreement.
 
(c)   No Conflicts .  No filing with, and no permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Authority is necessary for the execution of this Agreement by such Stockholder and the consummation by such Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby.  None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Stockholder, the consummation
 

 
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(d)   by such Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby or compliance by such Stockholder with any of the provisions hereof shall (A) conflict with or result in any breach of any applicable documents to which such Stockholder is a party, or (B) violate any order, writ, injunction, decree, judgment, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to such Stockholder.
 
(e)   No Encumbrances .  The shares listed beside such Stockholder's name on Schedule I hereto and the certificates, if any, representing such shares are now, and at all times during the term hereof will be, held by such Stockholder, or by a nominee or custodian for the benefit of such Stockholder, free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests, proxies, voting trusts or agreements, understandings or arrangements or any other encumbrances whatsoever, except for any such encumbrances or proxies arising hereunder.
 
7.   Covenants of each Stockholder .  Each Stockholder covenants and agrees that, during the Term, such Stockholder shall not (i) directly or indirectly, transfer, sell, offer, exchange, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber any of such Shareholder’s Shares, unless the transferee agrees in writing, reasonably acceptable to the Investors, to be bound by the terms of this Agreement; (ii) grant any proxies or powers of attorney, deposit any of such Stockholder’s Shares into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement with respect to any of such Stockholder’s Shares; or (iii) take any action that would make any representation or warranty of such Stockholder contained herein untrue or incorrect or have the effect of preventing, disabling or delaying such Stockholder from performing such Stockholder's obligations under this Agreement.
 
8.   Miscellaneous .
 
(a)   Further Assurances .  From time to time, at any other Party’s written request and without further consideration, each Party hereto shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further lawful action as may be necessary or desirable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
 
(b)   Entire Agreement .  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all other prior agreements and understanding, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
 
(c)   Assignment .  This Agreement shall not be assigned by operation of law or otherwise without the prior written consent of the other party, provided that the Investors may assign and transfer, at its sole discretion, its rights and obligations hereunder to any of its Affiliates.
 
(d)   Amendments, Waivers, Etc .  This Agreement may not be amended, changed, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified or terminated, except upon the execution and delivery of a written agreement executed by all of the relevant parties hereto, provided that Schedule I attached hereto may be supplemented by the Company by adding the name and other relevant information concerning any stockholder of Company who agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement without the agreement of any other party hereto, and thereafter such added stockholder shall be treated as a “Stockholder” for all purposes of this Agreement.
 

 
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(e)   Notices .  All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly received if so given) by hand delivery, telegram, telex or telecopy, or by mail (registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested) or by any courier service, such as Federal Express, providing proof of delivery.  All communications hereunder shall be delivered to the respective parties at the following addresses:
 
If to Privet :
Privet Fund LP
79 West Paces Ferry Road, Suite 200B
Atlanta, GA 30305
Attention: Ryan Levenson
Telephone: (404) 419-2670
Facsimile: (678) 999-5908
 
With a copy to:
 
Bryan Cave LLP
One Atlantic Center, 14 th Floor
1201 W. Peachtree Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
Attention: Rick Miller
Telephone: (404)572-6600
Facsimile: (404) 420-0787

If to Steffens :
John L. Steffens
c/o Spring Mountain Capital
65 East 55 th Street, 33 rd Floor
New York, NY 10022
Telephone:
Facsimile:

If to Peppers :
Don Peppers
340 West 40 th Street
Cottage 435
Sea Island, GA 31561
Telephone:
Facsimile:

or to such other address as the Person to whom notice is given may have previously furnished to the others in writing in the manner set forth above.
 
(f)   Severability .  Whenever possible, each provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law but if any provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid,
 

 
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(g)   illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision or portion of any provision in such jurisdiction, and this Agreement will be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or portion of any provision had never been contained herein.
 
(h)   Specific Performance .  Each of the parties hereto recognizes and acknowledges that a breach by it of any covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement will cause the other party to sustain damages for which it would not have an adequate remedy at law for money damages, and therefore each of the parties hereto agrees that in the event of any such breach the aggrieved party shall be entitled to the remedy of specific performance of such covenants and agreements and injunctive and other equitable relief in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity.
 
(i)   Remedies Cumulative .  All rights, powers and remedies provided under this Agreement or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity shall be cumulative and not alternative, and the exercise of any thereof by any party shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise of any other such right, power or remedy by such party.
 
(j)   No Waiver .  The failure of any party hereto to exercise any right, power or remedy provided under this Agreement or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity, or to insist upon compliance by any other party hereto with its obligations hereunder, and any custom or practice of the parties at variance with the terms hereof shall not constitute a waiver by such party of its right to exercise any such or other right, power or remedy or to demand such compliance.
 
(k)   No Third Party Beneficiaries .  This Agreement is not intended to be for the benefit of, and shall not be enforceable by, any Person who or which is not a party hereto.
 
(l)   Governing Law; Jurisdiction .  ALL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, ENFORCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THEREOF. EACH OF THE STOCKHOLDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR WITH ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR DISCUSSED HEREIN, AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT. EACH OF THE STOCKHOLDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF VIA REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL OR OVERNIGHT DELIVERY (WITH EVIDENCE OF DELIVERY) TO SUCH PARTY AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT HEREUNDER AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE
 

 
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(m)   THEREOF. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT IN ANY WAY ANY RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW. EACH OF THE STOCKHOLDERS HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY. 
 
(n)   Waiver of Jury Trial .  EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION HEREWITH, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN), OF ANY PARTY.
 
(o)   Descriptive Headings .  The descriptive headings used herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
 
(p)   Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
 

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(Signature Pages Follow)



 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Series B Preferred Stock Voting Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.


 
PRIVET FUND LP
By: Privet Fund Management LLC, its Managing Partner
 
 
By:  ________________________________________                                                       
Name:  Ryan Levenson
Title:    Sole Manager
 
 
   
   
   


[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK VOTING AGREEMENT]

 
 

 


 
 
 
 
 
________________________________________
John L. Steffens
 
 
 
   
   

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK VOTING AGREEMENT]

 
 

 


 
 
 
 
 
________________________________________
Don Peppers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK VOTING AGREEMENT]

 
 

 
 
SCHEDULE I

After Issuance of Investor Shares


Name of Stockholder
Number of Shares of   Common Stock Owned
Number of Warrant Shares Owned
Number of Shares of Series A-1
Number of Shares of Series B
Privet
18,250,000
149,852,778
-0-
-0-
Steffens
106,892,669*
43,470,229**
14.832
6,400
Peppers
1,832,179***
2,252,778****
-0-
1,333

*           Includes 5,125,000 Investor Shares.
**           Includes 42,081,944 shares underlying Investor Warrants.
***           Includes 250,000 Investor Shares.
****           Includes 2,052,778 shares underlying Investor Warrants.