UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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 24, 2015

 


 

hopTo Inc.

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 


 

Delaware

  

0-21683

  

13-3899021

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

  

Commission File Number

  

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1919 S. Bascom Avenue, Suite 600

 

 

Campbell, CA

 

95008

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (800) 472-7466

 


 

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

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

   



 

 
 

 

 

Item1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On July 24, 2015, hopTo Inc. (the "Company") entered into a purchase agreement (the "Purchase Agreement"), with certain "accredited investors" (within the meaning of Rule 501 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")) (the “Investors”), and, on July 28, 2015 (the “Closing”), the Company completed the sale of an aggregate of 31,588,791 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, at a purchase price of $0.08074 per share. Of the total shares issued, 28,863,995 shares of common stock were issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and an aggregate of 2,724,796 shares of common stock were issued, at the same price, pursuant to basic subscription agreements similar to the Purchase Agreement (but without having any representations, warranties, indemnities or covenants from the Company) to the following officers and directors of the Company: Eldad Eilam (CEO), Jean-Louis Casabonne (CFO), and directors Mike Brochu, Sam Auriemma, John Cronin, and Jeremy Verba.

 

There were no warrants or similar securities issued in the offering.

 

The Company received aggregate gross proceeds of $2,550,479 from the sale of the shares of common stock, which it intends to use for general and working capital purposes, including development, marketing, and monetization of its hopTo Work platform.

 

The Company offered and sold the shares of common stock without registration under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(2) and in reliance on Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder since, among other things, the transactions did not involve a public offering and the securities were acquired for investment purposes only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof. The Company relied on this exemption from registration based in part on representations made by the Investors.

 

On July 28, 2015, the Company also entered into a registration rights agreement (the "Registration Rights Agreement") with the Investors and the officers and directors of the Company who purchased shares agreeing to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) covering the resale of the shares of common stock acquired by them within 45 days of the closing and to use commercially reasonable efforts to have the registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable thereafter; provided, that liquidated damages will apply if the Company is unable to have the registration statement declared effective by a stipulated time. The Registration Rights Agreement includes customary indemnification rights in connection with the registration statement.

 

A complete copy of each of the Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference. The summary of the transactions set forth above does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibits. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement were made solely for the benefit of the parties to the Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties. Accordingly, the Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement are incorporated herein by reference only to provide investors with information regarding the terms of the Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and not to provide investors with any other factual information regarding the Company or its business, and should be read in conjunction with the disclosures in the Company’s periodic reports and other filings with the SEC.

 

Item 3.02

Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities.

 

The disclosure under Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 
 

 

 

Item7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On July 29, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing the sale of the shares pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

10.1

 

Purchase Agreement dated as of July 24, 2015

10.2

 

Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July 28, 2015

99.1

 

Press Release dated July 29, 2015.

 

 
 

 

 

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

hopTo Inc.

 

 

 

Dated: July 30, 2015

By:   

/s/ Jean-Louis Casabonne

 

 

Jean-Louis Casabonne

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

 

THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made as of the 24 th day of July, 2015 by and among hopTo Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Investors set forth on the signature pages affixed hereto (each an “Investor” and collectively the “Investors”).

 

Recitals

 

A.     The Company and the Investors are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by the provisions of Regulation D (“Regulation D”), as promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; and

 

B.     The Investors wish to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the Company, and the Company wishes to sell and issue to the Investors, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, an aggregate of 28,863,995 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (together with any securities into which such shares may be reclassified, whether by merger, charter amendment or otherwise, the “Common Stock”), at purchase price of $0.08074 per Share (the “Per Share Price”), for an aggregate purchase price of Two Million Three Hundred Thirty Thousand Four Hundred and Seventy-Nine Dollars ($2,330,479); and

 

C.     Contemporaneous with the sale of the Common Stock, the parties hereto will execute and deliver a Registration Rights Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company will agree to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.

 

In consideration of the mutual promises made herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.      Definitions . In addition to those terms defined above and elsewhere in this Agreement, for the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, is controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person.

 

Business Day ” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business.

 

 
 

 

 

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

 

Company’s Knowledge ” means the actual knowledge of the executive officers (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) of the Company, after due inquiry.

 

Confidential Information ” means trade secrets, confidential information and know-how (including but not limited to ideas, formulae, compositions, processes, procedures and techniques, research and development information, computer program code, performance specifications, support documentation, drawings, specifications, designs, business and marketing plans, and customer and supplier lists and related information).

 

Control ” (including the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” or “under common control with”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Effective Date ” means the date on which the initial Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC.

 

Effectiveness Deadline ” means the date on which the initial Registration Statement is required to be declared effective by the SEC under the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Insider ” means each director or executive officer (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) of the Company, any other officer of the Company participating in the offering, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, and any promoter connected with the Company in any capacity on the date hereof.

 

Intellectual Property ” means all of the following: (i) patents, patent applications, patent disclosures and inventions (whether or not patentable and whether or not reduced to practice); (ii) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, corporate names, logos, slogans and Internet domain names, together with all goodwill associated with each of the foregoing; (iii) copyrights and copyrightable works; (iv) registrations, applications and renewals for any of the foregoing; and (v) proprietary computer software (including but not limited to data, data bases and documentation).

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means a present event or condition which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (i) the assets, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), business, or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (ii) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.

 

 
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Material Contract ” means any contract, instrument or other agreement to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound which is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, including those that have been filed or were required to have been filed as an exhibit to the SEC Filings pursuant to Item 601(b)(4) or Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K.

 

Person ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, governmental authority or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein.

 

Proposal ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.9.

 

Registration Statement ” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Required Investors ” means (i) each Significant Investor (as long as such Significant Investor continues to hold Shares) and (ii) (A) prior to Closing the Investors who, together with their Affiliates, have agreed to purchase a majority of the Shares to be sold hereunder and (B) from and after the Closing the Investors beneficially owning (calculated in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) a majority of the Shares.

 

SEC Filings ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6.

 

Significant Investor ” means any Investor who, together with its Affiliates, purchases at least 6,192,717 Shares pursuant to this Agreement.

 

SSF Investors ” means the Investors that are Affiliated with AWM Investment Company.

 

Subsidiary ” of any Person means another Person, an amount of the voting securities, other voting ownership or voting partnership interests of which is sufficient to elect at least a majority of its Board of Directors or other governing body (or, if there are no such voting interests, 50% or more of the equity interests of which) is owned directly or indirectly by such first Person.

 

Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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

 

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

 

 
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2.      Purchase and Sale of the Shares . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on the Closing Date, each Investor shall severally, and not jointly, purchase, and the Company shall sell and issue to each Investor, the number of Shares set forth opposite such Investor’s name on the signature pages attached hereto in exchange for a cash payment equal to the number of Shares to be so purchased by such Investor multiplied by Per Share Price as specified in Section 3 below.

 

3.      Closing, Delivery Mechanics for SSF Investors and Other Investors . Unless other arrangements have been made with a particular Investor, upon confirmation that the other conditions to closing specified herein have been satisfied or duly waived by the Required Investors, the Company shall deliver to Lowenstein Sandler LLP (or such other Person designated in writing by an Investor with respect to the Shares to be purchased by such Investor), in trust, a certificate or certificates, registered in such name or names as an Investor may designate, representing the Shares to be purchased by such Investor, with instructions that such certificates are to be held for release to such Investor only upon payment in full of the aggregate purchase price therefor to the Company by such Investor. Unless other arrangements have been made with a particular Investor, upon such receipt by Lowenstein Sandler LLP (or such other Person designated in writing by an Investor with respect to the Shares to be purchased by such Investor) of the certificates, each Investor shall promptly, but no more than one Business Day thereafter, cause a wire transfer in same day funds to be sent to the account of the Company as instructed in writing by the Company, in an amount representing the number of Shares set forth opposite such Investor’s name on the signature pages attached hereto multiplied by Per Share Price. On the date (the “Closing Date”) the Company receives the aggregate purchase price for the Shares to be purchased by each Investor, the certificates evidencing the Shares shall be released to the Investors (the “Closing”). The Closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares shall take place at the offices of Lowenstein Sandler LLP, 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 18th Floor, New York, New York 10020, or at such other location and on such other date as the Company and the Investors shall mutually agree.

 

Each Investor other than the SSF Investors hereby notifies the Company of the following other arrangements: Lowenstein Sandler LLP is not its agent to receive certificates for Shares and such Investor does not need to receive the certificates for its Shares before such Investor causes its wire transfer to be made in same day funds on or before the Closing Date; rather, the Company is instructed to deliver certificates promptly after the Closing Date directly to the Investor at the Address For Notice for such Investor on the signature page hereto. If the Closing does not occur, the Company will promptly return to each Investor the funds it received from such Investor.

 

4.      Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Investors that, except as set forth in the schedules delivered herewith (collectively, the “Disclosure Schedules”):

 

4.1       Organization, Good Standing and Qualification . Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and to own or lease its properties. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property makes such qualification or leasing necessary unless the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing has not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company’s Subsidiaries are listed on Exhibit 21.1 to the 10-K (as defined in Section 4.6 herein).

 

 
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4.2      Authorization . The Company has full power and authority and has taken all requisite action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors and stockholders necessary for (i) the authorization, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, (ii) the authorization of the performance of all obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, and (iii) the authorization, issuance (or reservation for issuance) and delivery of the Shares. The Transaction Documents have been duly authorized, executed and delivered (or, upon the execution and delivery thereof by the Company, will be duly authorized, executed and delivered) by the Company and constitute, or upon the execution and delivery thereof by the Company will constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability, relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

 

4.3      Capitalization . Schedule 4.3 sets forth as of the date hereof (a) the authorized capital stock of the Company; (b) the number of shares of capital stock issued and outstanding; (c) the number of shares of capital stock issuable pursuant to the Company’s stock plans; and (d) the number of shares of capital stock issuable and reserved for issuance pursuant to securities exercisable for, or convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the Company. All of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of pre-emptive rights and were issued in compliance with applicable state and federal securities law and any rights of third parties. Except as described on Schedule 4.3 , all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of pre-emptive rights, were issued in compliance with applicable state and federal securities law and any rights of third parties and are owned by the Company, beneficially and of record, subject to no lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim. Except as described on Schedule 4.3 , no Person is entitled to pre-emptive or similar statutory or contractual rights with respect to any securities of the Company. Except as described on Schedule 4.3 , there are no outstanding warrants, options, convertible securities or other rights, agreements or arrangements of any character under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be obligated to issue any equity securities of any kind and except as contemplated by this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is currently in negotiations for the issuance of any equity securities of any kind. Except as described on Schedule 4.3 and except for the Registration Rights Agreement, there are no voting agreements, buy-sell agreements, option or right of first purchase agreements or other agreements of any kind among the Company and any of the securityholders of the Company relating to the securities of the Company held by them. Except as described on Schedule 4.3 and except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, no Person has the right to require the Company to register any securities of the Company under the 1933 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.

 

 
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Except as described on Schedule 4.3 , the issuance and sale of the Shares hereunder will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any other Person (other than the Investors) and will not result in the adjustment of the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price of any outstanding security.

 

Except as described on Schedule 4.3 , the Company does not have outstanding stockholder purchase rights or “poison pill” or any similar arrangement in effect giving any Person the right to purchase any equity interest in the Company upon the occurrence of certain events.

 

4.4      Valid Issuance . The Shares have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and paid for pursuant to this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and shall be free and clear of all encumbrances and restrictions (other than those created by the Investors), except for restrictions on transfer set forth in the Transaction Documents or imposed by applicable securities laws.

 

4.5      Consents . The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents and the offer, issuance and sale of the Shares require no consent of, action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Person, governmental body, agency, or official other than filings that have been made pursuant to applicable state securities laws and post-sale filings pursuant to applicable state and federal securities laws which the Company undertakes to file within the applicable time periods. Subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of each Investor set forth in Section 5 hereof, the Company has taken all action necessary to exempt (i) the issuance and sale of the Shares and (ii) the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents from the provisions of any stockholder rights plan or other “poison pill” arrangement, any anti-takeover, business combination or control share law or statute binding on the Company or to which the Company or any of its assets and properties may be subject and any provision of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws that is or could reasonably be expected to become applicable to the Investors as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation, the issuance of the Shares and the ownership, disposition or voting of the Shares by the Investors or the exercise of any right granted to the Investors pursuant to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

 

4.6      Delivery of SEC Filings; Business . The Company has made available to the Investors through the EDGAR system, true and complete copies of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 (the “10-K”), and all other reports filed by the Company pursuant to the 1934 Act since the filing of the 10-K and prior to the date hereof (collectively, the “SEC Filings”). The SEC Filings are the only filings required of the Company pursuant to the 1934 Act for such period. The Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged in all material respects only in the business described in the SEC Filings and the SEC Filings contain a complete and accurate description, to the extent required to be set forth in such SEC Filings at the time they were filed, in all material respects of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Since the filing of each of the SEC Filings, no event has occurred that would require an amendment or supplement to any such SEC Filing and as to which such an amendment or supplement has not been filed prior to the date hereof.

 

 
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4.7      Use of Proceeds . The net proceeds of the sale of the Shares hereunder shall be used by the Company for working capital and general corporate purposes.

 

4.8      No Material Adverse Change . Since December 31, 2014, except as identified and described in the SEC Filings or as described on Schedule 4.8 , there has not been:

 

(i)     any change in the consolidated assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results of the Company from that reflected in the financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, except for changes in the ordinary course of business which have not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate;

 

(ii)     any declaration or payment of any dividend, or any authorization or payment of any distribution, on any of the capital stock of the Company, or any redemption or repurchase of any securities of the Company;

 

(iii)     any material damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance to any assets or properties of the Company or its Subsidiaries;

 

(iv)     any waiver, not in the ordinary course of business, by the Company or any Subsidiary of a material right or of a material debt owed to it;

 

(v)     any satisfaction or discharge of any lien, claim or encumbrance or payment of any obligation by the Company or a Subsidiary, except in the ordinary course of business and which is not material to the assets, properties, financial condition, operating results or business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (as such business is presently conducted and as it is proposed to be conducted);

 

(vi)     any change or amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, or material change to any material contract or arrangement by which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or to which any of their respective assets or properties is subject;

 

(vii)     any material labor difficulties or labor union organizing activities with respect to employees of the Company or any Subsidiary;

 

(viii)     any material transaction entered into by the Company or a Subsidiary other than in the ordinary course of business;

 

(ix)     the loss of the services of any executive officer, other key employee, or material change in the composition or duties of the senior management of the Company or any Subsidiary;

 

 
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(x)     the loss or threatened loss of any customer which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(xi)     any other event or condition of any character that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.9      SEC Filings .

 

(a)     At the time of filing thereof, the SEC Filings complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(b)     Each registration statement and any amendment thereto filed by the Company since January 1, 2012 pursuant to the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, as of the date such statement or amendment became effective, complied as to form in all material respects with the 1933 Act and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein not misleading; and each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act, as of its issue date and as of the closing of any sale of securities pursuant thereto did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(c)     Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to, or bound by the terms of, any contract, instrument or other agreement which is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than those that have been filed as exhibits to the SEC Filings pursuant to Item 601(b)(4) or Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K.

 

4.10      No Conflict, Breach, Violation or Default . The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the issuance and sale of the Shares will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of (a) any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or the Company’s Bylaws, both as in effect on the date hereof (true and complete copies of which have been made available to the Investors through the EDGAR system), or (b) any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective assets or properties, except for such conflicts, breaches or violations as have not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any Material Contract, except for such as have not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate.

 

 
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4.11      Tax Matters . The Company and each Subsidiary has timely prepared and filed all tax returns required to have been filed by the Company or such Subsidiary with all appropriate governmental agencies and timely paid all taxes shown thereon or otherwise owed by it, other than taxes being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been made on the Company’s financial statements included in the SEC Filings. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company in respect of taxes for all fiscal periods are adequate in all material respects, and there are no material unpaid assessments against the Company or any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any basis for the assessment of any additional taxes, penalties or interest for any fiscal period or audits by any federal, state or local taxing authority except for any assessment which is not material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. All taxes and other assessments and levies that the Company or any Subsidiary is required to withhold or to collect for payment have been duly withheld and collected and paid to the proper governmental entity or third party when due, other than taxes being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been made on the Company’s financial statements included in the SEC Filings. There are no tax liens or claims pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective assets or property. Except as described on Schedule 4.11 , there are no outstanding tax sharing agreements or other such arrangements between the Company and any Subsidiary or other corporation or entity.

 

4.12      Title to Properties . Except as disclosed in the SEC Filings, the Company and each Subsidiary has good and marketable title to all real properties and all other properties and assets owned by it, in each case free from liens, encumbrances and defects that would materially affect the value thereof or materially interfere with the use made or currently planned to be made thereof by them; and except as disclosed in the SEC Filings, the Company and each Subsidiary holds any leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no exceptions that would materially interfere with the use made or currently planned to be made thereof by them.

 

4.13      Certificates, Authorities and Permits . The Company and each Subsidiary possess adequate certificates, authorities or permits issued by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by it, except where the failure to so possess has not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any written notice (nor has any executive officer of the Company received oral notice) of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit that, if determined adversely to the Company or such Subsidiary, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate.

 

4.14      Labor Matters .

 

(a)     Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14 , the Company is not a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreements or other agreements with labor organizations. The Company has not violated in any material respect any laws, regulations, orders or contract terms, affecting the collective bargaining rights of employees, labor organizations or any laws, regulations or orders affecting employment discrimination, equal opportunity employment, or employees’ health, safety, welfare, wages and hours.

 

 
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(b)     (i) There are no labor disputes existing, or to the Company's Knowledge, threatened, involving strikes, slow-downs, work stoppages, job actions, disputes, lockouts or any other disruptions of or by the Company's employees, (ii) there are no unfair labor practices or petitions for election pending or, to the Company's Knowledge, threatened before the National Labor Relations Board or any other federal, state or local labor commission relating to the Company's employees, (iii) no demand for recognition or certification heretofore made by any labor organization or group of employees is pending with respect to the Company and (iv) to the Company's Knowledge, the Company enjoys good labor and employee relations with its employees and labor organizations.

 

(c)     The Company is, and at all times has been, in compliance with all applicable laws respecting employment (including laws relating to classification of employees and independent contractors) and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, wages and hours, and immigration and naturalization, except for such instances of non-compliance as have not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate. There are no claims pending against the Company before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or any other administrative body or in any court asserting any violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination Act of 1967, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 or 1983 or any other federal, state or local Law, statute or ordinance barring discrimination in employment.

 

(d)     Except as disclosed in the SEC Filings or as described on Schedule 4.14 , the Company is not a party to, or bound by, any employment or other contract or agreement that contains any severance, termination pay or change of control liability or obligation, including, without limitation, any “excess parachute payment,” as defined in Section 280G(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

(e)     To the Company’s Knowledge, each of the Company's employees is a Person who is either (i) a United States citizen, (ii) a permanent resident entitled to work in the United States or (iii) employed pursuant to a valid visa. To the Company's Knowledge, the Company has no liability for the improper classification by the Company of such employees as independent contractors or leased employees prior to the Closing.

 

4.15      Intellectual Property .

 

(a)     All Intellectual Property of the Company and its Subsidiaries which is necessary for the conduct of its respective business as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted as described in the SEC Filings is currently in compliance in all material respects with all legal requirements (including timely filings, proofs and payments of fees) and, to the Company’s Knowledge, is valid and enforceable. Except as described in the SEC Filings (to the extent required to be disclosed therein), no Intellectual Property of the Company or its Subsidiaries which is necessary for the conduct of Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted has been or is now involved in any cancellation, dispute or litigation, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no such action is threatened. Except as described in the SEC Filings (to the extent required to be disclosed therein), no patent of the Company or its Subsidiaries has been or is now involved in any interference, reissue, re-examination or opposition proceeding.

 

 
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(b)     All of the licenses and sublicenses and consent, royalty or other agreements concerning Intellectual Property which are necessary for the conduct of the Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any of their assets are bound (other than  generally commercially available, non-custom, off-the-shelf software application programs having a retail acquisition price of less than $20,000 per license) (collectively, “License Agreements”) are valid and binding obligations of the Company or its Subsidiaries that are parties thereto and, to the Company’s Knowledge, the other parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and there exists no event or condition which will result in a violation or breach of or constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any such License Agreement, except for such violations, breaches and defaults as have not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate.

 

(c)     The Company and its Subsidiaries own or have the valid right to use all of the Intellectual Property that is necessary for the conduct of the Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted as described in the SEC Filings and for the ownership, maintenance and operation of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ properties and assets, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, adverse claims or obligations to license all such owned Intellectual Property and Confidential Information, other than licenses entered into in the ordinary course of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ businesses. The Company and its Subsidiaries have a valid and enforceable right to use all third party Intellectual Property and Confidential Information used or held for use in the respective businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

(d)     To the Company’s Knowledge, the conduct of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ businesses as currently conducted does not infringe or otherwise impair or conflict with (collectively, “Infringe”) any Intellectual Property rights of any third party or any confidentiality obligation owed to a third party, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, the Intellectual Property and Confidential Information of the Company and its Subsidiaries which are necessary for the conduct of Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted as described in the SEC Filings are not being Infringed by any third party. There is no litigation or order pending or outstanding or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened or imminent, that seeks to limit or challenge or that concerns the ownership, use, validity or enforceability of any Intellectual Property or Confidential Information of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ use of any Intellectual Property or Confidential Information owned by a third party, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, there is no valid basis for the same.

 

 
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(e)     The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Transaction Documents will not result in the alteration, loss, impairment of or restriction on the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ ownership or right to use any of the Intellectual Property or Confidential Information which is necessary for the conduct of Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted as described in the SEC Filings.

 

(f)     The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable steps to protect the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ rights in their Intellectual Property and Confidential Information. Each employee, consultant and contractor who has had access to Confidential Information which is necessary for the conduct of Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted as described in the SEC Filings has executed an agreement to maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential Information and has executed appropriate agreements that are substantially consistent with the Company’s standard forms thereof. Except under confidentiality obligations, there has been no material disclosure of any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ Confidential Information to any third party.

 

4.16      Environmental Matters . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any statute, rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any Environmental Laws, is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws, or is subject to any claim relating to any Environmental Laws, which violation, contamination, liability or claim has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate; and there is no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened investigation that might lead to such a claim.

 

4.17      Litigation . Except as described on Schedule 4.17 , there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of its or their properties; and to the Company’s Knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any current director or executive officer thereof, is or since January 1, 2010 has been the subject of any action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the Company’s Knowledge, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the SEC involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company. The SEC has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act.

 

 
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4.18      Financial Statements . The financial statements included in each SEC Filing comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing (or to the extent corrected by a subsequent restatement) and present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates shown and their consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis (“GAAP”) (except as may be disclosed therein or in the notes thereto, and, in the case of quarterly financial statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q under the 1934 Act). Except as set forth in the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Filings filed prior to the date hereof or as described on Schedule 4.18 , neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any liabilities, contingent or otherwise, except those incurred in the ordinary course of business, consistent (as to amount and nature) with past practices since the date of such financial statements, none of which, individually or in the aggregate, have had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.19      Insurance Coverage . The Company and each Subsidiary maintains in full force and effect insurance coverage that the Company reasonably believes is customary for comparably situated companies for the business being conducted and properties owned or leased by the Company and each Subsidiary, and the Company reasonably believes such insurance coverage to be adequate against all liabilities, claims and risks against which it is customary for comparably situated companies to insure.

 

4.20      Compliance with Certain Requirements . The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act and is quoted on OTCQB maintained by OTC Markets Group Inc. (the “OTCQB”), and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the 1934 Act or removal from quotation of the Common Stock from the OTCQB, nor has the Company received any notification that the SEC, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) or the OTCQB is contemplating terminating such registration or quotation.

 

4.21      Brokers and Finders . No Person will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company, any Subsidiary or an Investor for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of the Company, other than as described in Schedule 4.21 .

 

4.22      No General Solicitation . Neither the Company nor any Person authorized to act 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 Shares.

 

4.23      No Integrated Offering . Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person authorized to act on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any Company security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would adversely affect reliance by the Company on Section 4(a)(2) for the exemption from registration for the transactions contemplated hereby or would require registration of the Shares under the 1933 Act.

 

 
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4.24      Rule 506 Compliance . To the Company's knowledge, neither the Company nor any Insider is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the 1933 Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2)(i) or (d)(3) of the 1933 Act. The Company is not disqualified from relying on Rule 506 of Regulation D under the 1933 Act (“Rule 506”) for any of the reasons stated in Rule 506(d) in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares to the Investors pursuant to this Agreement. The Company has exercised reasonable care, including without limitation, conducting a factual inquiry that is appropriate in light of the circumstances, into whether any such disqualification under Rule 506(d) exists. The Company has furnished to each Investor, a reasonable time prior to the date hereof, a description in writing of any matters relating to the Company and the Insiders that would have triggered disqualification under Rule 506(d) but which occurred before September 23, 2013, in each case, in compliance with the disclosure requirements of Rule 506(e). The Company has exercised reasonable care, including without limitation, conducting a factual inquiry that is appropriate in light of the circumstances, into whether any such disqualification under Rule 506(d) would have existed and whether any disclosure is required to be made to Investor under Rule 506(e). Any outstanding securities of the Company (of any kind or nature) that were issued in reliance on Rule 506 at any time on or after September 23, 2013 have been issued in compliance with Rule 506(d) and (e).

 

4.25      Private Placement . Subject to the accuracy of the Investors’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 hereof, and in reliance thereon, the offer and sale of the Shares to the Investors as contemplated hereby is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act.

 

4.26      Shell Company Status . The Company has previously been an issuer identified in Rule 144(i)(1). The Company meets the requirements specified in Rule 144(i)(2) and more than one year has elapsed since the Company filed Form 10 information (as such term is defined in Rule 144(i)(3)) with the SEC.

 

4.27      Questionable Payments . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any of their respective current or former stockholders, directors, officers, employees, agents or other Persons acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary or in connection with their respective businesses: (a) used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (b) made any direct or indirect unlawful payments to any governmental officials or employees from corporate funds; (c) established or maintained any unlawful or unrecorded fund of corporate monies or other assets; (d) made any false or fictitious entries on the books and records of the Company or any Subsidiary; or (e) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment of any nature.

 

 
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4.28      Transactions with Affiliates . Except as disclosed in the SEC Filings or as disclosed on Schedule 4.28 , none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the Company’s Knowledge, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than as holders of stock options and/or warrants, and 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 Company’s Knowledge, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.

 

4.29      Internal Controls . The Company is in material compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 currently applicable to the Company. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets and liabilities is compared with the existing assets and liabilities at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in 1934 Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including the Subsidiaries, is made known to the certifying officers by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which the Company’s most recently filed periodic report under the 1934 Act, as the case may be, is being prepared. The Company has established internal control over financial reporting (as defined in 1934 Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) 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's certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the 1934 Act (such date, the “Disclosure Controls Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the 1934 Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of such disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Disclosure Controls Evaluation Date. The Company's certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of the end of the Company’s most recent fiscal year (such date, the “Internal Control Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed annual report under the 1934 Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of such internal control over financial reporting based on their evaluations as of the Internal Control Evaluation Date. The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the 1934 Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about any changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter preceding the Disclosure Controls Evaluation Date that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Since the Disclosure Controls Evaluation Date, there has been no significant change in the Company's disclosure controls and procedures, its internal control over financial reporting or, to the Company's Knowledge, in other factors that could significantly affect the Company's disclosure controls and procedures or its internal control over financial reporting. The Company maintains and will continue to maintain a standard system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP and the applicable requirements of the 1934 Act.

 

 
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4.30      Disclosures . Except as provided in the next sentence, neither the Company nor any Person authorized to act on its behalf has provided the Investors or their agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information, other than the terms of the transactions contemplated hereby. Certain Investors have entered into written non-disclosure agreements with the Company pursuant to which they have received certain additional information regarding the Company which may constitute material non-public information. The written materials delivered to the Investors by or on behalf of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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

 

4.32.      No Fiduciary . The Company acknowledges that none of the Investors is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and any advice or other guidance provided by any Investor or any of its representatives and agents with respect to this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such Investor’s entry into such transactions. The Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives and agents.

 

5.      Representations and Warranties of the Investors . Each of the Investors hereby severally, and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

5.1      Organization and Existence . Such Investor, if not a natural Person, is a validly existing corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company and has all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority to invest in the Shares pursuant to this Agreement. Such Investor, if a natural Person, has legal capacity to contract pursuant to this Agreement and does not require the consent of his or her spouse to so contract.

 

5.2      Authorization . The execution, delivery and performance by such Investor of the Transaction Documents to which such Investor is a party have been duly authorized and each will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Investor, enforceable against such Investor in accordance with their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability, relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equity principles.

 

 
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5.3      Purchase Entirely for Own Account . The Shares to be received by such Investor hereunder will be acquired for such Investor’s own account, not as nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof in violation of the 1933 Act, and such Investor has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same in violation of the 1933 Act without prejudice, however, to such Investor’s right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such Shares in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed a representation or warranty by such Investor to hold the Shares for any period of time. Such Investor is not a broker-dealer registered with the SEC under the 1934 Act or an entity engaged in a business that would require it to be so registered.

 

5.4      Investment Experience . Such Investor acknowledges that it can bear the economic risk and complete loss of its investment in the Shares and has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment contemplated hereby.

 

5.5      Disclosure of Information . Such Investor has had an opportunity to receive all information related to the Company requested by it and to ask questions of and receive answers from the Company regarding the Company, its business and the terms and conditions of the offering of the Shares. Such Investor acknowledges receipt of copies of the SEC Filings. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigation conducted by such Investor shall modify, limit or otherwise affect such Investor’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement.

 

5.6      Restricted Securities . Such Investor understands that the Shares are characterized as “restricted securities” under the U.S. federal securities laws inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public offering and that under such laws and applicable regulations such securities may be resold without registration under the 1933 Act only in certain limited circumstances, including additional limitations applicable to former shell companies such as the Company.

 

5.7      Legends . It is understood that, except as provided below, certificates evidencing the Shares may bear the following or any similar legend:

 

(a)     “The securities represented hereby have 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, and, accordingly, may not be transferred unless (i) such securities have been registered for sale pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (ii) such securities may be sold pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) the Company has received an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to it that such transfer may lawfully be made without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.”

 

 
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(b)     If required by the authorities of any state in connection with the issuance of sale of the Shares, the legend required by such state authority.

 

5.8      Investor Status . At the time such Investor was offered the Shares, it was, and at the date hereof it is, an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the 1933 Act. Such Investor is not a registered broker dealer registered under Section 15(a) of the Exchange Act, or a member of FINRA or an entity engaged in the business of being a broker dealer. Except as otherwise disclosed in writing to the Company on or prior to the date of this Agreement, such Investor is not affiliated with any broker dealer registered under Section 15(a) of the 1934 Act, or a member of FINRA or an entity engaged in the business of being a broker dealer. Such Investor maintains his or her principal residence (in the case of an individual) or its principal executive office (in the case of an entity) at the location specified on its signature page hereto.

 

5.9      No General Solicitation . Such Investor did not learn of the investment in the Shares as a result of any general solicitation or general advertising.

 

5.10      Brokers and Finders . No Person will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company, any Subsidiary or an Investor for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of such Investor.

 

5.11      Prohibited Transactions . Since the earlier of (a) such time as such Investor was first contacted by the Company or any other Person acting on behalf of the Company regarding the transactions contemplated hereby or (b) thirty (30) days prior to the date hereof, neither such Investor nor any Affiliate of such Investor which (x) had knowledge of the transactions contemplated hereby, (y) has or shares discretion relating to such Investor’s investments or trading or information concerning such Investor’s investments, including in respect of the Shares, or (z) is subject to such Investor’s review or input concerning such Affiliate’s investments or trading (collectively, “Trading Affiliates”) has, directly or indirectly, effected or agreed to effect any short sale, whether or not against the box, established any “put equivalent position” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the 1934 Act) with respect to the Common Stock, granted any other right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to the Common Stock or with respect to any security that includes, relates to or derived any significant part of its value from the Common Stock or otherwise sought to hedge its position in the Shares (each, a “Prohibited Transaction”). Prior to the earliest to occur of (i) the termination of this Agreement, (ii) the Effective Date or (iii) the Effectiveness Deadline, such Investor shall not, and shall cause its Trading Affiliates not to, engage, directly or indirectly, in a Prohibited Transaction. Such Investor acknowledges that the representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Section 5.11 are being made for the benefit of the Investors as well as the Company and that each of the other Investors shall have an independent right to assert any claims against such Investor arising out of any breach or violation of the provisions of this Section 5.11.

 

 
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6. Conditions to Closing .

 

6.1      Conditions to the Investors’ Obligations . The obligation of each Investor to purchase the Shares at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by such Investor (as to itself only):

 

(a)     The representations and warranties made by the Company in Section 4 hereof qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct at all times from the date hereof and prior to and on the Closing Date, except to the extent any such representation or warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, and, the representations and warranties made by the Company in Section 4 hereof not qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct in all material respects at all times from the date hereof and prior to and on the Closing Date, except to the extent any such representation or warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date. The Company shall have performed in all material respects all obligations and covenants herein required to be performed by it on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(b)     The Company shall have obtained any and all consents, permits, approvals, registrations and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the purchase and sale of the Shares and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, all of which shall be in full force and effect.

 

(c)     The Company shall have executed and delivered the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

(d)     The Company shall have entered into one or more subscription agreements with one or more of its directors and/or executive officers pursuant to which such Persons have agreed on or prior to the Closing to purchase at least an aggregate of $220,000 of Shares at the Per Share Price and containing other terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Required Investors (the “ Other Agreements ”).

 

(e)     On or prior to the Closing, the Company shall have received gross proceeds from the sale of the Shares as contemplated hereby and under the Other Agreements of at least Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000).

 

(f)     No judgment, writ, order, injunction, award or decree of or by any court, or judge, justice or magistrate, including any bankruptcy court or judge, or any order of or by any governmental authority, shall have been issued, and no action or proceeding shall have been instituted by any governmental authority, enjoining or preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or in the other Transaction Documents.

 

(g)     The Company shall have delivered a Certificate, executed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying to the fulfillment of the conditions specified in subsections (a), (b), (d), (e), (f) and (j) of this Section 6.1.

 

 
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(h)     The Company shall have delivered a Certificate, executed on behalf of the Company by its Secretary, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company, or a duly appointed committee thereof, approving the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the issuance of the Shares, certifying the current versions of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company and certifying as to the signatures and authority of persons signing the Transaction Documents and related documents on behalf of the Company.

 

(i)     The Investors shall have received an opinion from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, the Company's counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Investors and addressing such legal matters as the Investors may reasonably request.

 

(j)     No stop order or suspension of trading shall have been imposed by FINRA, the OTCQB, the SEC or any other governmental or regulatory body with respect to public trading in the Common Stock.

 

6.2      Conditions to Obligations of the Company . The Company's obligation to sell and issue the Shares at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by the Company:

 

(a)     The representations and warranties made by the Investors in Section 5 hereof, other than the representations and warranties contained in Sections 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8 and 5.9 (the “Investment Representations”), shall be true and correct in all material respects when made, and shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of said date. The Investment Representations shall be true and correct in all respects when made, and shall be true and correct in all respects on the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of said date. The Investors shall have performed in all material respects all obligations and covenants herein required to be performed by them on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(b)     The Investors shall have executed and delivered the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

(c)     Each Investor shall have delivered its pro rata portion of the aggregate purchase price for the Shares to the Company.

 

6.3      Termination of Obligations to Effect Closing; Effects .

 

(a)     The obligations of the Company, on the one hand, and the Investors, on the other hand, to effect the Closing shall terminate as follows:

 

(i)     Upon the mutual written consent of the Company and the Required Investors;

 

 
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(ii)     By the Company if any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.2 shall have become incapable of fulfillment, and shall not have been waived by the Company;

 

(iii)     By an Investor (with respect to itself only) if any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.1 shall have become incapable of fulfillment, and shall not have been waived by the Investor; or

 

(iv)     By either the Company or any Investor (with respect to itself only) if the Closing has not occurred on or prior to July 31, 2015;

 

provided, however, that, except in the case of clause (i) above, the party seeking to terminate its obligation to effect the Closing shall not then be in breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents if such breach has resulted in the circumstances giving rise to such party’s seeking to terminate its obligation to effect the Closing.

 

(b)     In the event of termination by the Company or any Investor of its obligations to effect the Closing pursuant to this Section 6.3, written notice thereof shall forthwith be given by the Company to the other Investors and the other Investors shall have the right to terminate their obligations to effect the Closing upon written notice to the Company and the other Investors. Nothing in this Section 6.3 shall be deemed to release any party from any liability for any breach by such party of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or to impair the right of any party to compel specific performance by any other party of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

 

7.      Covenants and Agreements of the Company .

 

7.1     [Reserved]

 

7.2      Reports . The Company will furnish to the Investors and/or their assignees such information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries as from time to time may reasonably be requested by the Investors and/or their assignees; provided, however, that the Company shall not disclose material nonpublic information to the Investors, or to advisors to or representatives of the Investors, unless prior to disclosure of such information the Company identifies such information as being material nonpublic information and provides the Investors, such advisors and representatives with the opportunity to accept or refuse to accept such material nonpublic information for review and any Investor wishing to obtain such information enters into an appropriate confidentiality agreement with the Company with respect thereto.

 

7.3      No Conflicting Agreements . The Company will not take any action, enter into any agreement or make any commitment that would conflict or interfere in any material respect with the Company’s obligations to the Investors under the Transaction Documents.

 

7.4     [Reserved]

 

 
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7.5      Compliance with Laws . The Company will comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders and decrees of all governmental authorities.

 

7.6      Listing of Common Stock and Related Matters . If the Company applies to have its Common Stock or other securities traded on any national stock exchange or market, it shall include in such application the Shares and will take such other action as is necessary to cause such Common Stock to be so listed. Thereafter, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock on such exchange or market and, in accordance, therewith, will use commercially reasonable efforts to comply in all respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of such exchange or market, as applicable.

 

7.7      Termination of Covenants . The provisions of Sections 7.2 through 7.5 shall terminate and be of no further force and effect on the date on which the Company’s obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement to register or maintain the effectiveness of any registration covering the Registrable Securities (as such term is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) shall terminate.

 

7.8      Removal of Legends . In connection with any sale or disposition of the Shares by an Investor pursuant to a Registration Statement, Rule 144 or to any other exemption under the 1933 Act such that the purchaser acquires freely tradable shares and upon compliance by the Investor with the requirements of this Agreement, the Company shall cause the transfer agent for the Common Stock (the “Transfer Agent”) to issue replacement certificates representing the Shares sold or disposed of without restrictive legends. Upon the earlier of (i) registration for resale pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or (ii) six months after the Closing Date, the Company shall (A) deliver to the Transfer Agent irrevocable instructions that the Transfer Agent shall reissue a certificate representing shares of Common Stock without legends upon receipt by such Transfer Agent of the legended certificates for such shares, together with either (1) a customary representation by the Investor that the shares of Common Stock represented thereby have been sold or transferred in accordance with Rule 144 or (2) a statement by the Investor that such Investor will sell the shares of Common Stock represented thereby in accordance with the Plan of Distribution contained in the Registration Statement, and (B) cause its counsel to deliver to the Transfer Agent one or more blanket opinions to the effect that the removal of such legends in such circumstances may be effected under the 1933 Act. From and after the earlier of such dates, upon an Investor’s written request, the Company shall promptly cause certificates evidencing the Investor’s Shares to be replaced with certificates which do not bear such restrictive legends. When the Company is required to cause an unlegended certificate to replace a previously issued legended certificate, if: (1) the unlegended certificate is not delivered to an Investor within three (3) Business Days of submission by that Investor of a legended certificate and supporting documentation to the Transfer Agent as provided above and (2) prior to the time such unlegended certificate is received by the Investor, the Investor, or any third party on behalf of such Investor or for the Investor’s account, purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Investor of Shares represented by such certificate (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall pay in cash to the Investor (for costs incurred either directly by such Investor or on behalf of a third party) the amount by which the total purchase price paid for Common Stock as a result of the Buy-In (including brokerage commissions, if any) exceeds the proceeds received by such Investor as a result of the sale to which such Buy-In relates. The Investor shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Investor in respect of the Buy-In.

 

 
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7.9      Reverse Split . Promptly following the Closing, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to seek stockholder approval for a reverse split of the Common Stock (the “Reverse Split”) at the immediately succeeding annual meeting of stockholders. The terms of the Reverse Split shall be determined by the Company’s Board of Directors in the good faith exercise of its business judgment. Subject to its fiduciary obligations under applicable law (as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors after consultation with the Company’s outside counsel), the Company's Board of Directors shall recommend to the Company's stockholders that the stockholders vote in favor of the Reverse Split (the “Company Board Recommendation”) and take all commercially reasonable action (including, without limitation, the hiring of a proxy solicitation firm of nationally recognized standing) to solicit the approval of the stockholders for the Reverse Split unless the Board of Directors shall have modified, amended or withdrawn the Company Board Recommendation pursuant to the provisions of the immediately succeeding sentence. The Company covenants that the Board of Directors of the Company shall not modify, amend or withdraw the Company Board Recommendation unless the Board of Directors (after consultation with the Company’s outside counsel) shall determine in the good faith exercise of its business judgment that maintaining the Company Board Recommendation would violate its fiduciary duty to the Company’s stockholders. Whether or not the Company's Board of Directors modifies, amends or withdraws the Company Board Recommendation pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall in accordance with Section 146 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the provisions of its Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, (i) take all action necessary to convene the annual meeting to consider and vote upon the approval of the Reverse Split and (ii) submit the Reverse Split to the stockholders of the Company for their approval at the annual meeting. Promptly following approval of Reverse Split by the stockholders at the annual meeting, but not more than five (5) Business Days thereafter, the Company shall effect the Reverse Split.

 

7.10      Subsequent Equity Sales; Registration Statements .

 

(a)     From the date hereof until ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, without the consent of the Required Investors, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall issue shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 7.10(a) shall not apply to (i) the issuance of the Shares, (ii) the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Other Agreements, (iii) the issuance of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents upon the conversion or exercise of any securities of the Company or a Subsidiary 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, (iv) Common stock or Common Stock Equivalents issued as consideration for an acquisition or in a strategic transaction approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equityholders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not, for the purposes of this clause (iv), 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 (a “Strategic Transaction”), or (v) the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents pursuant to any Company equity incentive plan approved by the Company’s stockholders and in place as of the date hereof.

 

 
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(b)     From the date hereof until the earlier of (i) three years from the Closing Date or (ii) such time as no Investor holds any of the Shares, the Company shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into an agreement to effect any “Variable Rate Transaction” without the consent of the Required Investors which may be withheld, delayed or conditioned by them in their sole discretion. The term “Variable Rate Transaction” shall mean a transaction in which the Company issues or sells (i) any debt or equity securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or include the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock either (A) at a conversion, exercise or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the shares of Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity securities, or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the Common Stock or (ii) enters into any agreement, including, but not limited to, an equity line of credit, whereby the Company may sell securities at a future determined price. For the avoidance of doubt, the issuance of a security which is subject to customary anti-dilution protections, where the conversion, exercise or exchange price is subject to adjustment as a result of stock splits, reverse stock splits and other similar recapitalization or reclassification events, shall not be deemed to be a “Variable Rate Transaction.”

 

(c)     The Company shall not, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that no Affiliate of the Company shall, sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the 1933 Act) that will be integrated with the offer or sale of the Shares in a manner that would require the registration under the 1933 Act of the sale of the Shares to the Investors, or that will be integrated with the offer or sale of the Shares for purposes of the rules and regulations of any trading market such that it would require stockholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless stockholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.

 

(d)     The Company shall not, from the date hereof until ninety (90) days after the Effective Date, prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the 1933 Act of any of its equity securities, other than (i) a Registration Statement pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, (ii) any registration statement or post-effective amendment to a registration statement (or supplement thereto) relating to the Company’s employee benefit plans registered on Form S-8 or, in connection with an acquisition, on Form S-4, or (iii) a registration statement registering for sale or resale the Common Stock and/or Common Stock Equivalents issued in a Strategic Transaction.

 

 
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7.11      Equal Treatment of Investors . 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 Investor by the Company and negotiated separately by each Investor, and is intended for the Company to treat the Investors as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the Investors acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of Shares or otherwise.

 

8.      Survival and Indemnification .

 

8.1      Survival . The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

8.2      Indemnification . The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Investor and its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, trustees, partners, 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 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 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.

 

8.3      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, or (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 that makes it inadvisable or improper under applicable legal ethics rules for one counsel to represent both the indemnifying party and such person (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.

 

 
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9.      Miscellaneous .

 

9.1      Successors and Assigns . This Agreement may not be assigned by a party hereto without the prior written consent of the Company or the Investors, as applicable, provided, however, that an Investor may assign its rights and delegate its duties hereunder in whole or in part to an Affiliate or to a third party acquiring some or all of its Shares in a transaction complying with applicable securities laws without the prior written consent of the Company or the other Investors. Promptly following such assignment the assignor shall provide written notice of such assignment to the Company. The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective permitted successors and assigns of the parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Company is a party to a merger, consolidation, share exchange or similar business combination transaction in which the Common Stock is converted into the equity securities of another Person, from and after the effective time of such transaction, such Person shall, by virtue of such transaction, be deemed to have assumed the obligations of the Company hereunder, the term “Company” shall be deemed to refer to such Person and the term “Shares” shall be deemed to refer to the securities received by the Investors in connection with such transaction. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

9.2      Counterparts; Faxes . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may be delivered by facsimile or other form of electronic transmission, which shall be deemed an original.

 

9.3      Titles and Subtitles . The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

 

 
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9.4      Notices . Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or permitted under this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given as hereinafter described (i) if given by personal delivery, then such notice shall be deemed given upon such delivery, (ii) if given by telex or telecopier, then such notice shall be deemed given upon receipt of confirmation of complete transmittal, (iii) if given by mail, then such notice shall be deemed given upon the earlier of (A) receipt of such notice by the recipient or (B) three days after such notice is deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, and (iv) if given by an internationally recognized overnight air courier, then such notice shall be deemed given one Business Day after delivery to such carrier. All notices shall be addressed to the party to be notified at the address as follows, or at such other address as such party may designate by ten days’ advance written notice to the other party:

 

If to the Company:

 

hopTo Inc.

1919 S. Bascom Avenue Suite 600

Campbell, California 95008

Attention: Eldad Eilam, Chief Executive Officer and

                  Jean-Louis Casabonne, Chief Financial Officer

Fax: (408) 626-9722

 

With a copy to:

 

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

11355 W. Olympic Blvd

Los Angeles, CA 90064

Attention: Ben Orlanski and Katherine Blair

Fax: (310) 914-5470

 

If to the Investors:

 

to the addresses set forth on the signature pages hereto.

 

9.5      Expenses . The parties hereto shall pay their own costs and expenses in connection herewith, except that the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of Lowenstein Sandler LLP not to exceed $30,000, regardless of whether the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated; it being understood that Lowenstein Sandler LLP has only rendered legal advice to the SSF Investors and not to the Company or any other Investor in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that each of the Company and each Investor has relied for such matters on the advice of its own respective counsel. Such expenses shall be paid at the Closing or, if the Closing does not occur, within five (5) Business Days of the termination of this Agreement. The Company shall reimburse the Investors upon demand for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Investors, including without limitation reimbursement of attorneys’ fees and disbursements, in connection with any amendment, modification or waiver of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents. In the event that legal proceedings are commenced by any party to this Agreement against another party to this Agreement in connection with this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, the party or parties which do not prevail in such proceedings shall severally, but not jointly, pay their pro rata share of the reasonable attorneys’ fees and other reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the prevailing party in such proceedings.

 

 
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9.6      Amendments and Waivers . Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Required Investors. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon each holder of any Shares purchased under this Agreement at the time outstanding, each future holder of all such Shares, and the Company.

 

9.7      Publicity . Except as set forth below, no public release or announcement concerning the transactions contemplated hereby shall be issued by the Company or the Investors without the prior consent of the Company (in the case of a release or announcement by the Investors) or the Investors (in the case of a release or announcement by the Company) (which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld), except as such release or announcement may be required by law or the applicable rules or regulations of any securities exchange or securities market, in which case the Company or the Investors, as the case may be, shall allow the Investors or the Company, as applicable, to the extent reasonably practicable in the circumstances, reasonable time to comment on such release or announcement in advance of such issuance. By 8:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the trading day immediately following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall issue a press release disclosing the execution of this Agreement and describing the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Transaction Documents. The Company also shall timely file a Current Report on Form 8-K attaching the press release described in the foregoing sentence as well as copies of the Transaction Documents. In addition, the Company will make such other filings and notices in the manner and time required by the SEC, FINRA or the OTCQB.

 

9.8      Severability . Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof but shall be interpreted as if it were written so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereby waive any provision of law which renders any provision hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.

 

9.9      Entire Agreement . This Agreement, including the Exhibits and the Disclosure Schedules, and the other Transaction Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereof with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

 

9.10      Further Assurances . The parties shall execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents and take all such other actions as may reasonably be required to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and to evidence the fulfillment of the agreements herein contained.

 

9.11      Construction . The parties agree that they and/or their respective counsel have reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments thereto.

 

 
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9.12      Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to the choice of law principles thereof. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in New York County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Service of process in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on each party hereto anywhere in the world by the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under this Agreement. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding and to the laying of venue in such court. Each party hereto irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR ARISING OUT OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY AND REPRESENTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS WAIVER.

 

9.13      Independent Nature of Investors' Obligations and Rights . The obligations of each Investor under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Investor, and no Investor shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Investor under any Transaction Document. The decision of each Investor to purchase Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by such Investor independently of any other Investor. Nothing contained herein or in any Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant 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 or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Investor acknowledges that no other Investor has acted as agent for such Investor in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no Investor will be acting as agent of such Investor in connection with monitoring its investment in the Shares or enforcing its rights under the Transaction Documents. Each Investor shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Investor to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The Company acknowledges that each of the Investors has been provided with the same Transaction Documents for the purpose of closing a transaction with multiple Investors and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Investor.

[signature page follows]

 

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement or caused their duly authorized officers to execute this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

The Company:

HOPTO INC.  

 

   

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

By:  

/s/ Jean-Louis Casabonne

 

 

Name:

Jean-Louis Casabonne

 
  Title: CFO  

 

 
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The Investors    

 

 

 

By:      

 

Name:    
  Title:    

 

Aggregate Purchase Price: $

Number of Shares:

 

Address for Notice:

 

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 28 th day of July, 2015 by and among hopTo Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the “Investors” named in that certain Purchase Agreement by and among the Company and the Investors (the “Purchase Agreement”) and the holders of the Other Registrable Securities (as defined below) (each, an “Other Holder” and, collectively, the “Other Holders”). Capitalized terms used herein have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Purchase Agreement unless otherwise defined herein.

 

The parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.      Certain Definitions .

 

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Common Stock ” means the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and any securities into which such shares may hereinafter be reclassified.

 

Investors ” means the Investors identified in the Purchase Agreement and any Affiliate or permitted transferee of any Investor who is a subsequent holder of any Registrable Securities.

 

Other Registrable Securities ” means (i) the Other Shares, (ii) the Other Investor Shares, and (iii) any other securities issued or issuable with respect to or in exchange for the Shares, whether by merger, charter amendment, or otherwise; provided , that, a security shall cease to be an Other Registrable Security upon (A) sale pursuant to a Registration Statement, Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, or otherwise in a transaction in which the transferee received unlegended securities, or (B) such security becoming eligible for sale without restriction pursuant to Section 4(1) of the 1933 Act; provided , however , that, any restrictive legend on any certificate representing such security shall have been removed or there shall have been delivered to the transfer agent for such security irrevocable documentation (including any necessary legal opinion of counsel to the Company reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the applicable Other Holder) to the effect that, upon submission by the applicable Other Holder of the certificate representing such security, any such restrictive legend shall be removed.

 

Other Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Other Agreements.

 

Other Investor Shares ” means shares of Common Stock previously issued by the Company to the SSF Investors and certain other Investors (including issued as a result of subsequent warrant exercises) and initially registered for resale by the Company on its Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-177073) (the “Original Registration Statement”) and deregistered by the Company pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Original Registration Statement, in each case, to the extent such shares of Common Stock are held by the SSF Investors and such other Investors, as applicable, on the date hereof.

 

 
 

 

 

Prospectus ” means (i) any prospectus (preliminary or final) included in any Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities and the Other Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and by all other amendments and supplements to the prospectus, including post-effective amendments and all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus, and (ii) any “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.

 

Register ,” “ registered ” and “ registration ” refer to a registration made by preparing and filing a Registration Statement or similar document in compliance with the 1933 Act (as defined below), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement or document.

 

Registrable Securities ” means (i) the Shares, and (ii) any other securities issued or issuable with respect to or in exchange for the Shares, whether by merger, charter amendment, or otherwise; provided , that, a security shall cease to be a Registrable Security upon (A) sale pursuant to a Registration Statement, Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, or otherwise in a transaction in which the transferee received unlegended securities, or (B) such security becoming eligible for sale without restriction pursuant to Section 4(1) of the 1933 Act; provided , however , that, any restrictive legend on any certificate representing such security shall have been removed or there shall have been delivered to the transfer agent for such security irrevocable documentation (including any necessary legal opinion of counsel to the Company reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the applicable Investor) to the effect that, upon submission by the applicable Investor of the certificate representing such security, any such restrictive legend shall be removed.

 

Registration Statement ” means any registration statement of the Company filed under the 1933 Act that covers the resale of any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement.

 

Required Investors ” means (i) each Significant Investor and (ii) the Investors beneficially owning a majority of the Registrable Securities.

 

SEC ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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

 

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

 

 
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2.      Registration .

 

(a)      Registration Statements .

 

(i)      Initial Registration Statement . Promptly following the closing of the purchase and sale of the securities contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (the “Closing Date”) but no later than forty-five (45) days after the Closing Date (the “Filing Deadline”), the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC one Registration Statement on Form S-1, covering the resale of the Registrable Securities and the Other Registrable Securities. Subject to any SEC comments, such Registration Statement shall include the plan of distribution attached hereto as Exhibit A ; provided, however, that no Investor shall be named as an “underwriter” in the Registration Statement without the Investor’s prior written consent. In the event that the SEC requires an Investor to be named as an underwriter and such Investor does not consent thereto, such Investor’s Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities, as applicable, shall be removed from the Registration Statement and shall be treated as “Cut Back Shares” in accordance with Section 2(d) hereof. Such Registration Statement also shall cover, to the extent allowable under the 1933 Act and the rules promulgated thereunder (including Rule 416), such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions with respect to the Registrable Securities and the Other Registrable Securities. Such Registration Statement shall not include any shares of Common Stock or other securities for the account of any other holder without the prior written consent of the Required Investors. The Registration Statement (and each amendment or supplement thereto, and each request for acceleration of effectiveness thereof) shall be provided in accordance with Section 3(c) to the Investors and their counsel prior to its filing or other submission, provided , that no such amendment or supplement occurring solely as a result of the filing by the Company of a report or other document pursuant to the Exchange Act need be provided to any Investor or its counsel. If a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the Filing Deadline, the Company will make pro rata payments to each Investor, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, in an amount equal to 1.5% of the aggregate amount invested by such Investor pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for each 30-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof following the Filing Deadline for which no Registration Statement is filed with respect to the Registrable Securities. Such payments shall constitute the Investors’ exclusive monetary remedy for such events, but shall not affect the right of the Investors to seek injunctive relief. Such payments shall be made to each Investor in cash no later than three (3) Business Days after the end of each 30-day period.

 

(ii)      S-3 Qualification . Promptly following the date (the “Qualification Date”) upon which the Company becomes eligible to use a registration statement on Form S-3 to register the Registrable Securities and the Other Registrable Securities for resale, but in no event more than thirty (30) days after the Qualification Date (the “Qualification Deadline”), the Company shall file a registration statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities and the Other Registrable Securities (or a post-effective amendment on Form S-3 to the registration statement on Form S-1) (a “Shelf Registration Statement”) and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective as promptly as practicable thereafter. Such Shelf Registration Statement shall not include any shares of Common Stock or other securities for the account of any other holder without the prior written consent of the Required Investors. If a Shelf Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the Qualification Deadline, the Company will make pro rata payments to each Investor, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, in an amount equal to 1.5% of the aggregate invested by such Investor pursuant to the Purchase Agreement attributable to those Registrable Securities that remain unsold at that time for each 30-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof following the date by which such Shelf Registration Statement should have been filed for which no such Shelf Registration Statement is filed. Such payments shall constitute the Investors’ exclusive monetary remedy for such events, but shall not affect the right of the Investors to seek injunctive relief. Such payments shall be made to each Investor in cash no later than three (3) Business Days after the end of each 30-day period.

 

 
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(b)      Expenses . The Company will pay all expenses associated with effecting the registration of the Registrable Securities and the Other Registrable Securities, including filing and printing fees, the Company’s counsel and accounting fees and expenses, costs associated with clearing the Registrable Securities and the Other Registrable Securities for sale under applicable state securities laws, listing fees, fees and expenses of one counsel to the Investors up to an aggregate of $10,000 and the Investors’ other reasonable expenses in connection with the registration, but excluding discounts, commissions, fees of underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers or similar securities industry professionals with respect to the Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities being sold.

 

(c)      Effectiveness .

 

(i)     The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to have any Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable. The Company shall notify the Investors and the Other Holders by facsimile or e-mail as promptly as practicable, and in any event, within twenty-four (24) hours, after any Registration Statement is declared effective and shall simultaneously provide the Investors and the Other Holders with copies of any related Prospectus to be used in connection with the sale or other disposition of the securities covered thereby. If (A)(x) a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities is not declared effective by the SEC prior to the earlier of (i) five (5) Business Days after the SEC shall have informed the Company that no review of the Registration Statement will be made or that the SEC has no further comments on the Registration Statement or (ii) the 90 th day after the Closing Date (the 120 th day if the SEC reviews the Registration Statement) or (y) a Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective by the SEC prior to the earlier of (i) five (5) Business Days after the SEC shall have informed the Company that no review of the Registration Statement will be made or that the SEC has no further comments on the Registration Statement or (ii) the 90 th day after the Qualification Deadline (the 120 th day if the SEC reviews the Registration Statement), or (B) after a Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC, sales cannot be made pursuant to such Registration Statement for any reason (including without limitation by reason of a stop order, or the Company’s failure to update the Registration Statement), but excluding any Allowed Delay (as defined below) or the inability of any Investor to sell the Registrable Securities covered thereby due to market conditions, then the Company will make pro rata payments to each Investor, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, in an amount equal to 1.5% of the aggregate amount invested by such Investor pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for each 30-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof following the date by which such Registration Statement should have been effective (the “Blackout Period”). Such payments shall constitute the Investors’ exclusive monetary remedy for such events, but shall not affect the right of the Investors to seek injunctive relief. The amounts payable as liquidated damages pursuant to this paragraph shall be paid monthly within three (3) Business Days of the last day of each month following the commencement of the Blackout Period until the termination of the Blackout Period. Such payments shall be made to each Investor in cash.

 

 
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(ii)     For not more than twenty (20) consecutive days or for a total of not more than forty-five (45) days in any twelve (12) month period, the Company may suspend the use of any Prospectus included in any Registration Statement contemplated by this Section in the event that the Company determines in good faith that such suspension is necessary to (A) delay the disclosure of material non-public information concerning the Company, the disclosure of which at the time is not, in the good faith opinion of the Company, in the best interests of the Company or (B) amend or supplement the affected Registration Statement or the related Prospectus so that such Registration Statement or Prospectus shall not include 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 the case of the Prospectus in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (an “Allowed Delay”); provided, that the Company shall promptly (a) notify each Investor and Other Holder in writing of the commencement of an Allowed Delay, but shall not (without the prior written consent of an Investor or the Other Holder) disclose to such Investor or Other Holder any material non-public information giving rise to an Allowed Delay, (b) advise the Investors and the Other Holders in writing to cease all sales under the Registration Statement until the end of the Allowed Delay and (c) use commercially reasonable efforts to terminate an Allowed Delay as promptly as practicable.

 

(d)      Rule 415; Cutback If at any time the SEC takes the position that the offering of some or all of the Registrable Securities in a Registration Statement is not eligible to be made on a delayed or continuous basis under the provisions of Rule 415 under the 1933 Act or requires any Investor or Other Holder to be named as an “underwriter”, the Company shall use its best efforts to persuade the SEC that the offering contemplated by a Registration Statement is a bona fide secondary offering and not an offering “by or on behalf of the issuer” as defined in Rule 415 and that none of the Investors is an “underwriter”. The Investors shall have the right, at their own expense to the extent that the expense reimbursement provision in Section 2(b) is exceeded, to participate or have their counsel participate in any meetings or discussions with the SEC regarding the SEC’s position and to comment or have their counsel comment on any written submission made to the SEC with respect thereto. No such written submission shall be made to the SEC to which the Investors’ counsel reasonably objects. In the event that, despite the Company’s best efforts and compliance with the terms of this Section 2(d), the SEC refuses to alter its position, the Company shall (i) remove from the Registration Statement such portion of the Other Registrable Securities and the Registrable Securities (the “Cut Back Shares”) and/or (ii) agree to such restrictions and limitations on the registration and resale of the Registrable Securities and the Other Registrable Securities as the SEC may require to assure the Company’s compliance with the requirements of Rule 415 (collectively, the “SEC Restrictions”); provided, however, that the Company shall not agree to name any Investor as an “underwriter” in such Registration Statement without the prior written consent of such Investor. Any cut-back imposed by the SEC Restrictions shall be applied as follows: first, to the Other Shares, second, to the Other Investor Shares, and third, to the Registrable Securities. Any such cut-back shall be allocated among the holders of the securities subject to such cut-back on a pro rata basis based on the number of Other Shares, Other Investor Shares or Registrable Securities, as applicable, held by them unless the SEC Restrictions otherwise require or provide or such holders otherwise agree. No liquidated damages shall accrue as to any Cut Back Shares until such date as the Company is able to effect the registration of such Cut Back Shares in accordance with any SEC Restrictions (such date, the “Restriction Termination Date” of such Cut Back Shares). From and after the Restriction Termination Date applicable to any Cut Back Shares, all of the provisions of this Section 2 (including the liquidated damages provisions) shall again be applicable to such Cut Back Shares; provided, however, that (i) the Filing Deadline and the Qualification Deadline, as applicable, for the Registration Statement including such Cut Back Shares shall be ten (10) Business Days after such Restriction Termination Date, and (ii) the date by which the Company is required to obtain effectiveness with respect to such Cut Back Shares under Section 2(c) shall be the 60 th day immediately after the Restriction Termination Date.

 

 
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(e)      Right to Piggyback Registration .

 

(i)     If at any time following the date of this Agreement that any Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities remain outstanding, (A) there is not one or more effective Registration Statements covering all of the Registrable Securities and Other Registrable Securities and (B) the Company proposes for any reason to register any shares of Common Stock under the 1933 Act (other than pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (or a similar or successor form)) with respect to an offering of Common Stock by the Company for its own account or for the account of any of its stockholders, it shall at each such time promptly give written notice to the holders of the Registrable Securities and the Other Holders of its intention to do so (but in no event less than thirty (30) days before the anticipated filing date) and, to the extent permitted under the provisions of Rule 415 under the 1933 Act, include in such registration all Registrable Securities and Other Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the Company’s notice (a “Piggyback Registration”). Such notice shall offer the holders of the Registrable Securities and the Other Holders the opportunity to register such number of shares of Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities as each such holder may request and shall indicate the intended method of distribution of such Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities.

 

(ii)     Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) if such registration involves an underwritten public offering, the Investors and the Other Holders, as applicable, must sell their Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities to, if applicable, the underwriter(s) at the same price and subject to the same underwriting discounts and commissions that apply to the other securities sold in such offering (it being acknowledged that the Company shall be responsible for other expenses as set forth in Section 2(b)) and subject to the Investors and the Other Holders entering into customary underwriting documentation for selling stockholders in an underwritten public offering, and (B) if, at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(e)(i) and prior to the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection with such registration, the Company shall determine for any reason not to cause such registration statement to become effective under the 1933 Act, the Company shall deliver written notice to the Investors and the Other Holders and, thereupon, shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities in connection with such registration; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section 2(e)(ii) shall limit the Company’s liabilities and/or obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the obligation to pay liquidated damages under this Section 2.

 

 
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3.      Company Obligations . The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities and the Other Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms hereof, and pursuant thereto the Company will, as expeditiously as possible:

 

(a)     use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and to remain continuously effective for a period that will terminate upon the earlier of (i) the date on which all Registrable Securities and Other Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement as amended from time to time, have been sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, or otherwise in a transaction in which the transferee received unlegended securities, and (ii) the date on which all of the securities covered thereby no longer constitute Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities, as applicable (the “Effectiveness Period”), and advise the Investors and the Other Investors in writing when the Effectiveness Period has expired;

 

(b)     prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective for the Effectiveness Period and to comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act with respect to the distribution of all of the Registrable Securities and Other Registrable Securities covered thereby;

 

(c)     provide copies to and permit counsel designated by the Investors to review each Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto no fewer than three (3) Business Days prior to their filing with the SEC and not file any document to which such counsel reasonably objects; provided , that no such amendment or supplement occurring solely as a result of the filing by the Company of a report or other document pursuant to the Exchange Act need be provided to any Investor or its counsel;

 

(d)     furnish to the Investors, the Other Holders and their respective legal counsel (i) promptly after the same is prepared and publicly distributed, filed with the SEC, or received by the Company (but not later than two (2) Business Days after the filing date, receipt date or sending date, as the case may be) one (1) copy of any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto (other than an amendment occurring solely as a result of the filing by the Company of a report or other document pursuant to the Exchange Act), each preliminary prospectus and Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto (other than an amendment or supplement occurring solely as a result of the filing by the Company of a report or other document pursuant to the Exchange Act), and (in the case of the Investors and their counsel only) each letter written by or on behalf of the Company to the SEC or the staff of the SEC, and each item of correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC, in each case relating to such Registration Statement (other than any portion thereof which contains information for which the Company has sought confidential treatment), and (ii) such number of copies of a Prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto (other than an amendment or supplement occurring solely as a result of the filing by the Company of a report or other document pursuant to the Exchange Act) and such other documents as each Investor or Other Holder may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities owned by such Investor or Other Holder that are covered by the related Registration Statement; provided , that any document filed and available on the SEC’s EDGAR system (or its successor) shall be deemed to have been furnished to the Investors, the Other Holders and their respective counsel upon the Company notifying the Investors and the Other Holders, as applicable, of the filing thereof;

 

 
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(e)     use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness and, (ii) if such order is issued, obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest possible moment;

 

(f)     prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities and Other Registrable Securities, use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the Investors, the Other Holders and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of such Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions requested by the Investors and do any and all other commercially reasonable acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the distribution in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities and Other Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement ; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (i) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(f), (ii) subject itself to general taxation in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be so subject but for this Section 3(f), or (iii) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction;

 

(g)     use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable Securities and Other Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be listed or quoted, as applicable, on each securities exchange, interdealer quotation system or other market on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or quoted;

 

(h)     immediately notify the Investors and the Other Holders, at any time prior to the end of the Effectiveness Period, upon discovery that, or upon the happening of any event as a result of which, the Prospectus includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing, and promptly prepare, file with the SEC and furnish to the Investors and the Other Holders a supplement to or an amendment of such Prospectus as may be necessary so that such Prospectus shall not include 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 not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing;

 

(i)     otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, including, without limitation, Rule 172 under the 1933 Act, file any final Prospectus, including any supplement or amendment thereof, with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act, promptly inform the Investors and the Other Holders in writing if, at any time during the Effectiveness Period, the Company does not satisfy the conditions specified in Rule 172 and, as a result thereof, the Investors and the Other Holders are required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with any disposition of Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities and take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to facilitate the registration of the Registrable Securities and Other Registrable Securities hereunder; and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, but not later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an earnings statement covering a period of at least twelve (12) months, beginning after the effective date of each Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act, including Rule 158 promulgated thereunder (for the purpose of this subsection 3(i), “Availability Date” means the 45th day following the end of the fourth fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of such Registration Statement, except that, if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter); and

 

 
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(j)     With a view to making available to the Investors and the Other Holders the benefits of Rule 144 (or its successor rule) and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Investors to sell shares of Common Stock to the public without registration, the Company covenants and agrees to: (i) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144, until the earlier of (A) such date as all of the Registrable Securities and Other Registrable Securities shall have been resold pursuant to a Registration Statement, Rule 144 or otherwise in a transaction in which the transferee received unlegended shares, or (B) the date on which all of the securities covered by this Agreement no longer constitute Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities, as applicable, (ii) file with the SEC in a timely manner (including any period provided by Rule 12b-25 under the 1934 Act) all reports and other documents required of the Company under the 1934 Act; and (iii) furnish to each Investor and Other Holder upon request, as long as such Investor or Other Holder owns any Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities, as applicable, (A) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act, (B) a copy of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and (C) such other information as may be reasonably requested in order to avail such Investor or Other Holder of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities without registration. In the event that the Company fails to comply with the requirements of this Section 3(j) after the 180th day after the Closing Date, the Company will make pro rata payments to each Investor, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, in an amount equal to 1.5% of the aggregate amount invested by such Investor pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for each 30-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof until such failure is cured; provided, however , that only Investors that have not sold or otherwise disposed of all of their Registrable Securities prior to such failure shall be entitled to receive liquidated damages pursuant to this Section 3. Such payments shall constitute the Investors’ exclusive monetary remedy for such events, but shall not affect the right of the Investors to seek injunctive relief. Such payments shall be made to each Investor in cash no later than three (3) Business Days after the end of each 30-day period.

 

4.      Due Diligence Review; Information . The Company shall make available, during normal business hours, for inspection and review by the Investors, advisors to and representatives of the Investors (who may or may not be affiliated with the Investors and who are reasonably acceptable to the Company), all financial and other records, all SEC Filings (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and other filings with the SEC, and all other corporate documents and properties of the Company as may be reasonably necessary for the purpose of such review, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees, within a reasonable time period, to supply all such information reasonably requested by the Investors or any such representative, advisor or underwriter in connection with such Registration Statement (including, without limitation, in response to all questions and other inquiries reasonably made or submitted by any of them), prior to and from time to time after the filing and effectiveness of the Registration Statement for the sole purpose of enabling the Investors and such representatives, advisors and underwriters and their respective accountants and attorneys to conduct initial and ongoing due diligence with respect to the Company and the accuracy of such Registration Statement.

 

 
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The Company shall not disclose material nonpublic information to the Investors, or to advisors to or representatives of the Investors, unless prior to disclosure of such information the Company identifies such information as being material nonpublic information and provides the Investors, such advisors and representatives with the opportunity to accept or refuse to accept such material nonpublic information for review and any Investor wishing to obtain such information enters into an appropriate confidentiality agreement with the Company with respect thereto.

 

5.      Obligations of the Investors and the Other Holders .

 

(a)     Each Investor and Other Holder shall furnish in writing to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities, as applicable, held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities held by it, as shall be reasonably required to effect the registration of such Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request. At least five (5) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of any Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Investor and Other Holder of the information the Company requires from such Investor or Other Holder if such Investor or Other Holder elects to have any of the Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement. An Investor or Other Holder shall provide such information to the Company at least two (2) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement if such Investor or Other Holder elects to have any of the Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement. In the event that an Investor or Other Holder does not provide such information on a timely basis, the Company shall provide prompt written notice to such Investor or Other Holder that the Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities attributable to such Investor or Other Holder, as applicable, will be excluded from the Registration Statement unless such Investor or Other Holder provides the required information within one (1) Business Day after its receipt of such notice. If such Investor or Other Holder does not provide the required information to the Company by the end of the next Business Day after its receipt of such notice, the Company shall have the right to exclude the Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities attributable to such Investor or Other Holder, as applicable, from the Registration Statement and any such Investor shall not be entitled to receive any liquidated damages pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement with respect to such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any Investor that elects not to have any of its Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement, shall not be entitled to receive any liquidated damages pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement with respect to such Registration Statement.

 

 
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(b)     Each Investor, by its acceptance of the Registrable Securities agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of a Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Investor has notified the Company in writing of its election to exclude all of its Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.

 

(c)     Each Investor and Other Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of either (i) the commencement of an Allowed Delay pursuant to Section 2(c)(ii) or (ii) the happening of an event pursuant to Section 3(h) hereof, such Investor or Other Holder will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities, as applicable, pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities, until the Investor or Other Holder, as applicable, is advised by the Company that such dispositions may again be made.

 

6.      Indemnification .

 

(a)      Indemnification by the Company . The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Investor, each Other Holder, and its respective officers, directors, members, managers, partners, trustees, employees and agents and other representatives, successors and assigns, and each other person, if any, who controls such Investor or Other Holder, as applicable, within the meaning of the 1933 Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they may become subject under the 1933 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereof; (ii) any blue sky application or other document executed by the Company specifically for that purpose or based upon written information furnished by the Company filed in any state or other jurisdiction in order to qualify any or all of the Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities, as applicable, under the securities laws thereof (any such application, document or information herein called a “Blue Sky Application”); (iii) the omission or alleged omission to state in a Blue Sky Application a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (iv) any violation by the Company or its agents of any rule or regulation promulgated under the 1933 Act applicable to the Company or its agents and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with such registration; or (v) any failure to register or qualify the Registrable Securities and Other Registrable Securities included in any such Registration Statement in any state where the Company or its agents has affirmatively undertaken or agreed in writing that the Company will undertake such registration or qualification on an Investor’s or Other Holder’s behalf and will reimburse such Investor, such Other Holder and each such officer, director, member, manager, partner, trustee, employee and agent and each such representative, successor and assign and each such controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided , however , that the Company will not be liable to any Investor or Other Holder or its respective officers, directors, members, managers, partners, trustees, employees and agents and other representatives, successors and assigns and controlling persons, as applicable, in any such case if and to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission so made in conformity with information furnished by such Investor or Other Holder or any such controlling person of such Investor or Other Holder in writing specifically for use in such Registration Statement or Prospectus.

 

 
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(b)      Indemnification by the Investors . Each Investor and Other Holder agrees, severally but not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, its directors, officers, employees, stockholders and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the 1933 Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expense (including reasonable attorney fees) resulting from any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required to be stated in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, to the extent, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information furnished in writing by such Investor or such Other Holder, as applicable, to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto. In no event shall the liability of an Investor or Other Holder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such Investor or Other Holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 6 and the amount of any damages such Investor or Other Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or omission) received by such Investor or Other Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities, as applicable, included in the Registration Statement giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 

(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, or (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 that makes it inadvisable or improper under applicable legal ethics rules for one counsel to represent both the indemnifying party and such person 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.

 

 
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(d)      Contribution . If for any reason the indemnification provided for in the preceding paragraphs (a) and (b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient to hold it harmless, other than as expressly specified therein, then the indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act shall be entitled to contribution from any person not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. In no event shall the contribution obligation of a holder of Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities, as applicable, be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 6 and the amount of any damages such holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission) received by it upon the sale of the Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities, as applicable, giving rise to such contribution obligation.

 

7.      Miscellaneous .

 

(a)      Amendments and Waivers . Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Required Investors.

 

(b)      Notices . All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made as follows: in the case of notices to or from the Investors, as set forth in Section 9.4 of the Purchase Agreement, and in the case of notices to or from an Other Investor, as set forth in the agreement pursuant to which the Other Investor acquired its Other Registrable Securities.

 

(c)      Assignments and Transfers . The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Investors, the Other Holders and their respective successors and assigns. An Investor or Other Holder may transfer or assign, in whole or from time to time in part, to one or more persons its rights hereunder in connection with the transfer of Registrable Securities or Other Registrable Securities, as applicable, by such Investor or Other Holder to such person, provided that such Investor complies with all laws applicable thereto and provides written notice of assignment to the Company promptly after such assignment is effected.

 

(d)      Assignments and Transfers by the Company . This Agreement may not be assigned by the Company (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the Required Investors; provided, however , that no consent of the Required Investors shall be required in the event that the Company is a party to a merger, consolidation, share exchange or similar business combination transaction in which the Common Stock is converted into the equity securities of another Person, from and after the effective time of such transaction, and such Person shall, by virtue of such transaction, be deemed to have assumed the obligations of the Company hereunder, in which case the term “Company” shall be deemed to refer to such Person and the terms “Registrable Securities” and “Other Registrable Securities” shall be deemed to include the securities received by the Investors and the Other Holders, as applicable, in connection with such transaction unless such securities are otherwise freely tradable by the Investors and the Other Holders, as applicable, after giving effect to such transaction.

 

 
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(e)      Benefits of the Agreement . The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and permitted assigns of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

(f)      Counterparts; Faxes . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may be delivered via facsimile or other form of electronic communication, which shall be deemed an original.

 

(g)      Titles and Subtitles . The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

 

(h)      Severability . Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof but shall be interpreted as if it were written so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereby waive any provision of law which renders any provisions hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.

 

(i)      Further Assurances . The parties shall execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents and take all such other actions as may reasonably be required to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and to evidence the fulfillment of the agreements herein contained.

 

(j)      Entire Agreement . This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

 

 
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(k)      Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to the choice of law principles thereof. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in New York County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Service of process in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on each party hereto anywhere in the world by the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under this Agreement. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding and to the laying of venue in such court. Each party hereto irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION WITH RESPECT TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND REPRESENTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS WAIVER.

 

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement or caused their duly authorized officers to execute this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

The Company:

HOPTO INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:      /s/ Jean-Louis Casabonne                                             

Name: Jean-Louis Casabonne 

Title: CFO

                    

 
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The Investors:

 
  _________________________________

 

(Name of Other Holder)

 

 

   
 

By:_______________________________

Name:

Title:

                    

 
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Other Holders:

 
  _________________________________

 

(Name of Other Holder)

 

 

   
 

By:_______________________________

Name:

Title:

                    

 
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Exhibit A

Plan of Distribution

 

The selling stockholders, which as used herein includes donees, pledgees, transferees or other successors-in-interest selling shares of common stock or interests in shares of common stock received after the date of this prospectus from a selling stockholder as a gift, pledge, partnership distribution or other transfer, may, from time to time, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of their shares of common stock or interests in shares of common stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These dispositions may be at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market price, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices.

 

The selling stockholders may use any one or more of the following methods when disposing of shares or interests therein:

 

 

ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;

 

 

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;

 

 

purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

 

 

an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

 

 

privately negotiated transactions;

 

 

short sales effected after the date the registration statement of which this Prospectus is a part is declared effective by the SEC;

 

 

through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;

 

 

broker-dealers may agree with the selling stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;

 

 

a combination of any such methods of sale; and

 

 

any other method permitted by applicable law.

 

 
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The selling stockholders may, from time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares of common stock owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of common stock, from time to time, under this prospectus, or under an amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act amending the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling stockholders under this prospectus. The selling stockholders also may transfer the shares of common stock in other circumstances, in which case the transferees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.

 

In connection with the sale of our 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 the common stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The selling stockholders may also sell shares of our common stock short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the 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 the creation of 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 aggregate proceeds to the selling stockholders from the sale of the common stock offered by them will be the purchase price of the common stock less discounts or commissions, if any. Each of the selling stockholders reserves the right to accept and, together with their agents from time to time, to reject, in whole or in part, any proposed purchase of common stock to be made directly or through agents. We will not receive any of the proceeds from this offering.

 

The selling stockholders also may resell all or a portion of the shares in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, provided that they meet the criteria and conform to the requirements of that rule.

 

The selling stockholders and any underwriters, broker-dealers or agents that participate in the sale of the common stock or interests therein may be "underwriters" within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act. Any discounts, commissions, concessions or profit they earn on any resale of the shares may be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. Selling stockholders who are "underwriters" within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

 

To the extent required, the shares of our common stock to be sold, the names of the selling stockholders, the respective purchase prices and public offering prices, the names of any agents, dealer or underwriter, any applicable commissions or discounts with respect to a particular offer will be set forth in an accompanying prospectus supplement or, if appropriate, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.

 

In order to comply with the securities laws of some states, if applicable, the common stock may be sold in these jurisdictions only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the common stock may not be sold unless it has been registered or qualified for sale or an exemption from registration or qualification requirements is available and is complied with.

 

 
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We have advised the selling stockholders that the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act may apply to sales of shares in the market and to the activities of the selling stockholders and their affiliates. In addition, to the extent applicable we will make copies of this prospectus (as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time) available to the selling stockholders for the purpose of satisfying the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. The selling stockholders may indemnify any broker-dealer that participates in transactions involving the sale of the shares against certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.

 

We have agreed to indemnify the selling stockholders against liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act and state securities laws, relating to the registration of the shares offered by this prospectus.

 

We have agreed with the selling stockholders to keep the registration statement of which this prospectus constitutes a part effective until the earlier of (1) such time as all of the shares covered by this prospectus have been disposed of pursuant to and in accordance with the registration statement, Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, or otherwise in a transaction in which the transferee received unlegended securities, and (ii) the date on which all of the securities covered hereby are freely tradable without restriction and are replaced with certificates not bearing restrictive legends.

 

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

hopTo Announces Approximately $2.5 Million in Private Financing

 

Proceeds to be Used to Support Go-To-Market for hopTo Work

 

--Investment Includes Participation by Board and Management--

 

 

CAMPBELL, Calif., July 29 ,2014 / PRNewswire / -- hopTo Inc. (OTCQB/OTCBB: HPTO), developer and provider of the most comprehensive mobile productivity platform, today announced that it has sold approximately $2.5 million of its common stock to institutional investors, hopTo directors and hopTo executives in a private placement. Members of hopTo’s Board and executive management invested $220,000 of the total proceeds. hopTo entered into securities purchase agreements with the investors, board members and executives pursuant to which it sold an aggregate of approximately 31,589,000 shares of its common stock. The shares were sold for a purchase price of $0.08074 per share without any warrants or other similar securities.

 

 

The funding provided by the offering will support hopTo’s continued operations and go-to-market strategy for hopTo Work.

 

 

The securities sold in this private placement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold in the U.S. absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. As part of the transaction, the Company has agreed to file a resale registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 45 days of the closing for purposes of registering the resale of the shares of common stock issued in the private placement.

 

 

This press release does not and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities, nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state.

 

 

About hopTo Inc. :

Founded in its current form in 2012, hopTo Inc. is an innovator of a unique mobile productivity workspace platform.  The hopTo mobile solution delivers an unparalleled user experience without compromising enterprise security.  hopTo brings a new standard of mobile productivity with custom, touch enabled access to existing Windows applications and documents. The company is based in Campbell, CA. For more information on hopTo, please visit:  www.hopTo.com , https://www.linkedin.com/company/hopto  or download the hopTo IRapp from the hopTo investor page.

 

 
 

 

 

About hopTo Work:

 

hopTo Work, first launched in November 2014, and was built upon hopTo’s successful consumer application launched in 2013.  hopTo Work‘s mobile workspace was the first app to address the challenges of transporting Windows applications to mobile devices, delivering a rich user interface to take full advantage of the devices native technologies. By delivering existing Windows applications to mobile environments, hopTo Work continues to offer a secure and flexible mobile workspace for transforming and “mobilizing” existing Windows applications and touch enabled editing of Office documents from internal and cloud storage.

 

 

 

For more information on hopTo, please visit:  hopTo.com  or facebook.com/hopTo. hopTo is available for free on the Apple App Store:  appstore.com/hopto .

 

 

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS:  This press release contains statements that are forward looking as that term is defined by the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include statements regarding future growth and the expected impact of our products on the marketplace.  These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks that could cause actual results to differ significantly from those described in the forward looking statements.  Factors that may cause such a difference include the following: the success of our new products depends on a number of factors including market acceptance and our ability to manage the risks associated with new product introduction and developing and marketing new versions of the product; and other factors, including those set forth under Item 1A, "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, and in other documents we have filed with the SEC.

 

 

Investor contact:

 

Julie Silber

 

KCSA Strategic Communications

 

310-766-9760

 

jsilber@kcsa.com

 

 
 

 

 

Media contact:

 

Jill Pescosolido

 

408-688-2674 x 5073

 

jill@hopto.com

 

 

 

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