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

December 13, 2013
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

BOVIE MEDICAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter)

Delaware
 
012183
 
11-2644611
(State or other jurisdiction
 of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
734 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, New York 11747
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(631) 421-5452
Registrant's telephone number, including area code

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

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Item 1.01
Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement

On December 13, 2013 (the “Closing Date”), Bovie Medical Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with certain investors (the “Investors’) with respect to which Great Point Partners, LLC (“GPP”) acts as investment manager pursuant to which the Company issued 3,500,000 shares of the Company’s Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) at a purchase price of $2.00 per share (the “Offering”). The shares of Series A Preferred Stock are convertible, at the option of the holder, into shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis and vote with the shares of common stock on an as-converted basis. In addition, the Company issued 5.5 year warrants to purchase up to 5,250,000 shares of our common stock in the aggregate, at an exercise price of $2.387 per share (the “Warrants”). The Warrants may be exercised at any time from or after the date that is the six (6) month anniversary of the Closing Date, may be exercised on a cashless basis and contain customary, structural anti-dilution proctection (i.e., stock splits, dividends, etc).
In conjunction with the Offering, the Company and the Investors also executed a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) whereby the Company has agreed to register, on behalf of the Investors, the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock and upon exercise of the Warrants, as well as the common stock underlying the warrant issued to Gilford Securities Incorporated (525,000 shares of common stock), the placement agent in the Offering (“Gilford”). Pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has agreed to file a registration statement within thirty days of the Closing Date and is required to obtain the effectiveness of such registration statement within ninety days of its filing.
 
Pursuant to an agreement with Gilford, we agreed to issue Gilford a five year warrant to purchase an amount equal to six percent (6%) of the Series A Preferred Stock and Warrants sold in the Offering at an exercise price $2.387 per share and pay Gilford a cash payment equal to six percent (6%) of the purchase price paid by the Investors in the Offering. 

In connection with the Offering Robert Gershon was appointed the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Andrew Makrides will assume the role of the Company’s Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors.

At closing, George Kromer and August Lentricchia resigned from the Board.

Pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, at closing, Mr. Gershon was appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. In addition, GPP was granted the right to appoint two (2) additional individual to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “GPP Designees”). At closing, Ian Sheffield was appointed to the Board as a GPP Designee. The second GPP Designee has not yet been identified, and upon identification of the second GPP Designee, Michael Norman will step down from the Board.

At closing each of Andrew Makrides, J. Robert Saron, Moshe Citronowicz and George Kromer (the “Voting Parties’), executed a Voting Agreement (the “Voting Agreement”) pursuant to which each of the Voting Parties agreed to vote the shares of common stock owned by them in favor of the GPP designees at the next annual meeting of the Company.

The description of the Securities Purchase Agreement, Series A Preferred Stock, Registration Rights Agreement, Voting Agreement and Warrant described in this Item 1.01 does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Securities Purchase Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement, Voting Agreement and Warrant filed as Exhibits 10.1, 3.1, 10.2, 10.3 and 4.1 respectively to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 3.02
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

The information provided in response to Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

The Investors in the Offering were “accredited investors” as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Offering was made in reliance on the exemption from registration afforded under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D under the Securities Act.
 
 
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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

The information provided in response to Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.

The Gershon Agreement

In connection with the appointment of Robert Gershon as Chief Executive Officer at the closing, the Company and Mr. Gershon entered into an employment agreement (the “Gershon Employment Agreement”). The Gershon Employment Agreement has an initial term expiring on December 31, 2015 with automatic renewals for additional period of one year each unless either party provides written notice of the other party of its intent to terminate. The Gershon Employment Agreement provides for the payment of a base salary of $350,000 per year (subject to discretionary increases by the Board) and also entitles Mr. Gershon to participate in any annual bonus program to be constructed by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. In addition, and as an inducement to enter into the Gershon Employment Agreement, the Company awarded Mr. Gershon a non-qualified stock option to purchase up to 750,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a price per share equal to $2.09 per share. The option becomes exercisable with respect to 187,500 shares on each of the first four anniversaries of the Effective Date of the Agreement. The Gershon Employment Agreement provides that Mr. Gershon is entitled to usual and customary benefits and also contains usual and customary restrictive covenants (including non-competition, non-solicitation and confidentiality).

The Gershon Employment Agreement also provides for certain termination payments upon the termination of Mr. Gershon’s employment.

Resignation of Messrs. Kromer, Lentricchia and Norman

Pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, George Kromer and August Lentricchia resigned their positions from the Board of Directors, effective at closing. At closing, Mr. Gershon was appointed to the Board of Directors, together with Ian Sheffield who was a designee of GPP under the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement. GPP also has the right to designate up to one additional individual to serve on the Board and, upon identification of the additional designee, Michael Norman will resign from the Board.
 
Appointment of Robert Gershon and Ian Sheffield to the Board
 
Mr. Gershon has over 25 years of healthcare industry experience. On the operations side he ran the largest sales and marketing business at Covidien. With over $1B in P&L responsibility he consistently led an organization of over 600 people to double-digit revenue growth outpacing market category growth and capturing significant market share points during challenging healthcare economic conditions. He also was VP of sales and marketing at Henry Schein ($1.4B shared P&L for medical division/$115M full P&L for dialysis division) and earlier in his career spent over 13 years as a healthcare consultant for Booz, Allen, KPMG and two boutique consultancies where his practice focused on strategic planning, business development and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Gershon received an MBA from J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a BSBA degree from American University.

Ian Sheffield currently serves as a Senior Associate at Great Point Partners, Greenwich, CT. As part of his investment functions, he leads Great Point Partners’ medical devices and diagnostics investing efforts in public companies. Prior to joining Great Point, he served in various capacities at Versant Ventures, Medtronic, and Procter & Gamble. He holds a B.S. from Miami University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.

The Makrides Employment Agreement

On the Closing Date, the Company and Mr. Makrides entered into an employment agreement (the “Makrides Employment Agreement”). The Makrides Employment Agreement has an initial term expiring on December 31, 2016 with automatic renewals for additional period of one year each unless either party provides written notice of the other party of its intent to terminate. The Makrides Employment Agreement provides for the payment of a base salary of $215,414.52 per year (subject to discretionary increases by the Board) and also entitles Mr. Makrides to participate in any annual bonus program to be constructed by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. The Makrides Employment Agreement provides that Mr. Makrides is entitled to usual and customary benefits and also contains usual and customary restrictive covenants (including non-competition, non-solicitation and confidentiality).
 
 
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The Makrides Employment Agreement also provides for certain termination payments upon the termination of Mr. Makrides’s employment.

The Saron Employment Agreement

On the Closing Date, the Company and Mr. J. Robert Saron entered into an employment agreement (the “Saron Employment Agreement”). The Saron Employment Agreement has an initial term expiring on December 31, 2015 with automatic renewals for additional period of one year each unless either party provides written notice of the other party of its intent to terminate. The Saron Employment Agreement provides for the payment of a base salary of $305,183.84 per year (subject to discretionary increases by the Board) and also entitles Mr. Saron to participate in any annual bonus program to be constructed by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. The Saron Employment Agreement provides that Mr. Saron is entitled to usual and customary benefits and also contains usual and customary restrictive covenants (including non-competition, non-solicitation and confidentiality).

The Saron Employment Agreement also provides for certain termination payments upon the termination of Mr. Saron’s employment.

The Citronowicz Employment Agreement

On the Closing Date, the Company and Mr. Moshe Citronowicz entered into an employment agreement (the “ Citronowicz Employment Agreement”). The Citronowicz Employment Agreement has an initial term expiring on December 31, 2015 with automatic renewals for additional period of one year each unless either party provides written notice of the other party of its intent to terminate. The Citronowicz Employment Agreement provides for the payment of a base salary of $204,774.96 per year (subject to discretionary increases by the Board) and also entitles Mr. Citronowicz to participate in any annual bonus program to be constructed by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. The Citronowicz Employment Agreement provides that Mr. Citronowicz is entitled to usual and customary benefits and also contains usual and customary restrictive covenants (including non-competition, non-solicitation and confidentiality).

The Citronowicz Employment Agreement also provides for certain termination payments upon the termination of Mr. Citronowicz ’s employment.

The description of the Gershon Employment Agreement, Makrides Employment Agreement, Saron Employment Agreement and Citronowicz Employment Agreement described in this Item 5.02 does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Gershon Employment Agreement, Makrides Employment Agreement, Saron Employment Agreement and Citronowicz Employment Agreement filed as Exhibits 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7 respectively to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
 
 
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Item 5.03
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change of Fiscal Year

The information contained in Item 1.01 above of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.

On December 13, 2013, the Company filed a Certificate to Set Forth Designations, Voting Powers, Preferences, Limitations, Restrictions, and Relative Rights (the   Certificate of Designations”) of its Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock (with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to amend our articles of incorporation. The Certificate of Designations sets forth the rights, preferences and privileges of the Series A Preferred Stock. As provided in our articles of incorporation, the filing of the Certificate of Designations was approved by our Board of Directors. The following is a summary of the rights, privileges and preferences of the Series A Preferred Stock:

Number of Shares . The number of shares of Preferred Stock designated as Series A Preferred Stock is 3,500,000,000 (which shall not be subject to increase without the written consent of all of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock).

Stated Value: The initial Stated Value of each share of Series A Preferred Stock is $2.00 (as adjusted pursuant to the Certificate of Designation).

Conversion: The Series A Preferred Stock shall be convertible at the option of the holder, into common stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustments for stock dividends, splits, combinations and similar events as described in the form of Certificate of Designations. In addition, the Company has the right to require the holders to convert to common stock under certain enumerated circumstances.

Redemption : At any time after the 48 month anniversary of the date of issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock, each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, for an amount equal to the Stated Value (the “Redemption Amount”). The Company shall pay the Redemption Amount as follows: (i) one third of such amount not later than five business days following the applicable Redemption Date (as defined in the Certificate of Designations); (ii) one third of such amount one year following the applicable Redemption Date; and (iii) one third of such amount two years following the applicable Redemption Date; provided, however, that if the applicable Redemption Date is a date following the eighty fourth (84 th ) anniversary of the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock, the entire redemption amount shall be payable in one single payment.

Dividends:   Dividends shall accrue on each share of Series A Preferred Stock at the rate of 6% of the stated value per year, compounded annually, whether or not declared. The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, following notice, have the right to be paid an amount equal to one third of all accrued and unpaid dividends on the following dates: (i) the 48 th month following the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock; (ii) the 60 h month following the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock and (iii) the 72 nd month following the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock .

Voting Rights: Except as described in the Certificate of Designations, holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will vote together with holders of the Company common stock on all matters, on an as-converted to common stock basis, and not as a separate class or series (subject to limited exceptions).

Liquidation Preferences.   In the event of any liquidation or winding up of the Company prior to and in preference to any Junior Securities (including common stock), the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive in preference to the holders of the Company common stock a per share amount equal to the Stated Value (as adjusted pursuant to the Certificate of Designations).
 
 
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THE FOREGOING SUMMARY OF THE RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND PREFERENCES OF THE SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS FOR THE SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK WHICH IS FILED AS EXHIBIT 3.1 TO THIS CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K.

Item 8.01
Other Events

On December 13, 2013, the Company issued a press release announcing the execution of the Securities Purchase Agreement and closing of the Offering. A copy of the press release is annexed to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
 
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d)

Exhibit No.
 
Description
3.1
 
Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock of Bovie Medical Corporation
4.1
 
Form of Warrant
10.1
 
Form of Securities Purchase Agreement
10.2
 
Form of Registration Rights Agreement
10.3
 
Form of Voting Agreement
10.4
 
Robert Gershon Employment Agreement, dated December 13, 2013
10.5
 
Andrew Makrides Employment Agreement, dated December 13, 2013
10.6
 
J. Robert Saron Employment Agreement, dated December 13, 2013
10.7
 
Moshe Citronowicz Employment Agreement, dated December 13, 2013
99.1
 
Press release dated December 13, 2013.

 
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SIGNATURES

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

 
BOVIE MEDICAL CORPORATION  
       
Date: December 16, 2013 By:
/s/ Gary Pickett
 
   
Gary Pickett
 
   
Chief Financial Officer
 

 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT 3.1
 
BOVIE MEDICAL CORPORATION
 
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF PREFERENCES,
RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS
OF
SERIES A 6% CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
 
PURSUANT TO SECTION 151 OF THE DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW
 
The undersigned, Andrew Makrides and Gary Pickett, do hereby certify that:
 
They are the Chief Executive Officer and, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, respectively, of Bovie Medical Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”).
 
The Corporation is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, of which no shares are issued and outstanding.
 
The following resolutions were duly adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”):
 
WHEREAS, the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation provides for a class of its authorized stock known as preferred stock, consisting of 10,000,000 shares, $0.001 par value per share, issuable from time to time in one or more series;
 
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is authorized to fix the dividend rights, dividend rate, voting rights, conversion rights, rights and terms of redemption and liquidation preferences of any wholly unissued series of preferred stock and the number of shares constituting any series and the designation thereof, of any of them; and
 
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors, pursuant to its authority as aforesaid, to fix the rights, preferences, restrictions and other matters relating to a series of the preferred stock, which shall consist of 3,500,000 shares of the preferred stock which the Corporation has the authority to issue, as follows:
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors does hereby provide for the issuance of a series of preferred stock for cash or exchange of other securities, rights or property and does hereby fix and determine the rights, preferences, restrictions and other matters relating to such series of preferred stock as follows:
 
 
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TERMS OF PREFERRED STOCK
 
Section 1. Definitions . For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 
Affiliate ” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
 
Alternate Consideration ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).
 
Business Day ” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of Delaware are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.
 
Closing ” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the securities pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Purchase Agreement.
 
Closing Date ” means the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto and all conditions precedent to (i) each Holder’s obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Corporation’s obligations to deliver the securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement have been satisfied or waived.
 
Closing Sale Price ” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing trade price for such security prior to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the principal Trading Market, as reported by Bloomberg, L.P. (or an equivalent, reliable reporting service mutually acceptable to and hereafter designated by the Holders of at least sixty-seven percent (67%) of the then outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock and the Corporation), or if the foregoing do not apply, the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, L.P. (or such equivalent reporting service), or, if no last trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, L.P. (or such equivalent reporting service), the average of the bid prices of any market makers for such security as reported on the OTC Pink Market by OTC Markets Group, Inc.
 
Commission ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
Common Sto ck ” means the Corporation’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and stock of any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
 
Common Stock Equivalents ” means any securities of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
 
Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
 
Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
 
Conversion Shares ” means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof.
 
 
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Daily Failure Amount ” means the product of (x) .005 multiplied by (y) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the applicable Share Delivery Date.
 
Delaware Courts ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(c).
 
Effective Date ” means the date that the initial Registration Statement filed by the Corporation pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the Commission.
 
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
 “ Forced Conversion Trigger ” means the contemporaneous occurrence of all of the following conditions: (a) the principal Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed is the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the NYSE AMEX or the NYSE MKT (or any successors to any of the foregoing); (b) the arithmetic average of the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such measurement date on the principal Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (or an equivalent, reliable reporting service mutually acceptable to and hereafter designated by the Holders of at least sixty-seven percent (67%) of the then outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock and the Corporation) is greater than $5.00 per share with respect to clause (x) of the first sentence of Section 6(b) and $7.00 per share with respect to clause (y) of the first sentence of Section 6(b) (in each case, adjusted in proportion to and under the same circumstances as the Conversion Price is adjusted as provided herein); (c) the average daily trading volume for the ninety (90) consecutive Trading Day period immediately prior to such measurement date as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (or such equivalent reporting service as determined above) exceeds 75,000 shares with respect to clause (x) of the first sentence of Section 6(b) and 100,000 shares with respect to clause (y) of the first sentence of Section 6(b) (in each case, as such number (or such number as may have been previously adjusted pursuant to this parenthetical) shall be adjusted to reflect any stock splits, stock dividends or like events by multiplying such number (or such number as may have been previously adjusted) by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event, in each case, excluding any treasury shares of the Corporation); (d) the Corporation is listed in good compliance by the principal Trading Market; and (e) all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of all of the Preferred Stock are registered under the Securities Act pursuant to an effective registration statement or are otherwise eligible for sale under Rule 144 of the Securities Act.
 
Fundamental Transaction ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).
 
GAAP ” means United States generally accepted accounting principles.
 
Holder ” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 2.
 
Initial Issuance Price ” shall mean $2.00 per share.
 
 
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Junior Securities ” means the Common Stock and all other Common Stock Equivalents of the Corporation other than those securities which are explicitly senior or pari passu to the Preferred Stock in dividend rights or liquidation preference.
 
Liens ” means a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
 
Liquidation ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.
 
Notice of Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
 
Notice of Redemption ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
 
Original Issue Date ” means the date of the first issuance of any shares of the Preferred Stock regardless of the number of transfers of any particular shares of Preferred Stock and regardless of the number of certificates which may be issued to evidence such Preferred Stock.
 
Person ” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
 
Preferred Stock ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.
 
Purchase Agreement ” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Original Issue Date, among the Corporation and the original Holders, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.
 
Purchase Rights ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(c).
 
Redemption Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
 
Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Original Issue Date, among the Corporation and the original Holders.
 
Registration Statement ” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale of the Conversion Shares by each Holder as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement.
 
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
Share Delivery D ate ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(e).
 
Stated Value ” shall mean, with respect to each share of Preferred Stock, $2.00 plus an amount equal to any accrued (whether or not declared) or declared, but unpaid dividends on such share of Preferred Stock.
 
 
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Subscription Amount ” shall mean, as to each Holder, the aggregate amount to be paid for the Preferred Stock purchased pursuant to the Purchase Agreement as specified below such Holder’s name on the signature page of the Purchase Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately available funds.
 
Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of the Corporation as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a) of the Purchase Agreement and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Corporation formed or acquired after the date of the Purchase Agreement.
 
Successor Entity ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).
 
Trading Day ” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for business.
 
Trading Market ” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the NYSE AMEX, the NYSE Euronext or the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
 
Transaction Documents ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
 
Section 2. Designation, Amount and Par Value . The series of preferred stock shall be designated as the Corporation’s Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Preferred Stock ”) and the number of shares so designated shall be 3,500,000 (which shall not be subject to increase without the written consent of all of the holders of the Preferred Stock (each, a “ Holder ” and collectively, the “ Holders ”)). Each share of Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $0.001 per share.
 
Section 3. Dividends .
 
a)    Holders shall be entitled to receive, as, when, and if declared by the Board, out of funds legally available therefor, dividends at an annual rate equal to 6% of the Stated Value per share for each of the then outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, compounding annually. Such dividends shall begin to accrue and shall accumulate (to the extent not otherwise declared and paid as set forth above) on each share of Preferred Stock from the date of issuance of such share of Preferred Stock, whether or not declared. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on the forty eighth (48th) month anniversary of the Original Issue Date, Holders shall be entitled to receive, upon thirty (30) days advance written notice to the Corporation, payment of dividends out of funds legally available therefore, and, to the extent legally available, the Board shall declare such dividends, in cash in an amount equal to one third of all accrued and unpaid dividends (determined as of the applicable payment date), on each of (i) such forty eight (48) month anniversary, (ii) one year following such anniversary and (iii) two years following such anniversary.
 
b)   The Board may fix a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to receive payment of the dividends payable pursuant to this Section 3(b), which record date shall not be more than 60 days nor less than 10 days prior to the date on which any such dividend is paid.
 
 
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c)   All dividends paid with respect to shares of Preferred Stock shall be paid pro rata to the Holders entitled thereto.
 
Section 4. Voting Rights . Except as otherwise provided herein or as otherwise required by law, the Preferred Stock shall vote on an as-if-converted-to-Common-Stock basis with the Common Stock and shall not vote separately as a class; provided , however , that, in any particular ballot, no Holder who has not waived the application of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined in Section 6(d) below) to such Holder may vote shares of Preferred Stock to the extent that the number of shares of Preferred Stock to be voted by such Holder (together with its Affiliates and any Group (as hereinafter defined) of which such Holder is a member), when taken together with the number of shares of Common Stock to be voted by such Holder (and any such other Persons) in such ballot and the number of shares of Common Stock underlying Common Stock Equivalents held by such Holder (and any such other Persons referenced in the prior paranthetical) as of the date of such ballot that are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock within 60 days of such ballot (other than the shares of Preferred Stock to be voted which have been counted above), divided by the sum of the number of all shares of Common Stock eligible to vote in such ballot and the number of shares of Common Stock underlying Common Stock Equivalents held by such Holder (and any such other Persons) as of the date of such ballot that are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock within 60 days of such ballot, would exceed the Maximum Percentage (as hereinafter defined). However, as long as at least 25% of the shares of Preferred Stock issued on the Original Issue Date remain outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote of the Holders of at least sixty-seven percent (67%) of the then outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock, (a) alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the Preferred Stock or alter or amend this Certificate of Designation, (b) offer or sell following the date hereof any debt securities of the Corporation or any preferred stock of the Corporation or any security convertible into or exercisable for preferred stock of the Corporation having rights or preferences senior or pari passu to the Preferred Stock, or permit any subsidiary of the Corporation to offer or sell following the date hereof any capital stock of such subsidiary, (d) except for refinancing of debt existing as of the Original Issuance Date pursuant to commercially reasonable terms, create, incur, issue, assume, guaranty or suffer to exist, or permit any subsidiary of the Corporation to create, incur, issue, assume guaranty or suffer to exist, any indebtedness other than trade debt and capital lease obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (e) declare or pay dividends on, or make distributions with respect to, any capital stock of the Corporation junior in right of payment to the Preferred Stock, (f) effect a stock split or reverse stock split of the Preferred Stock or any like event, (g) directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, or pay or make available monies for a sinking fund for the redemption of, any Common Stock or other Junior Securities, (h) amend its certificate of incorporation or other charter documents in any manner that adversely affects any material rights of the Holders, (i) increase the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock, (j) enter into any Fundamental Transaction or (k) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.
 
 
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Section 5. Liquidation . Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary (a “ Liquidation ”), the Holders shall be entitled to receive, in respect of each share of Preferred Stock and in preference to any distributions of any of the assets or surplus funds of the Corporation legally available for distribution to the holders of the Junior Securities, an amount equal to the Stated Value in respect of such share of Preferred Stock. If the assets of the Corporation shall be insufficient to pay in full such amounts, then the entire assets to be distributed to the Holders shall be ratably distributed among the Holders in accordance with the respective amounts that would be payable on such shares if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full. A Fundamental Transaction shall not be deemed to be a Liquidation; provided however , that a Fundamental Transaction resulting in the Corporation’s stockholders beneficially owning or controlling a majority of the issued and outstanding voting securities of the Corporation immediately prior to the transaction beneficially owning or controlling less than a majority of the voting securities of the Corporation or any successor entity to the Corporation immediately following such Fundamental Transaction shall be deemed to be a Liquidation for purposes of this Section 5 if within 30 days after delivery of written notice of such Fundamental Transaction by the Corporation to the Holders, the Holders of at least sixty-seven percent (67%) of the then outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock provide the Corporation with written notice that such Fundamental Transaction shall be deemed a Liquidation for purposes of this Section 5. The Corporation shall give each Holder written notice of any such Fundamental Transaction within three (3) Trading Days following the occurrence thereof.
 
Section 6. Conversion .
 
a)   Conversions at Option of Holder . Each share of Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at any time and from time to time from and after the Original Issue Date at the option of the Holder thereof, into that number of shares of Common Stock determined by dividing the Initial Issuance Price of such share of Preferred Stock by the Conversion Price. Holders shall effect conversions by providing the Corporation with the form of conversion notice attached hereto as Annex A (a “ Notice of Conversion ”). Notices of Conversion shall be effective upon delivery by the Holder of a duly executed copy of the Notice of Conversion Form annexed hereto sent by facsimile or as a scanned e-mail attachment to the e-mail address provided by the Corporation to the Holder and no notarization, medallion stamp guarantee, guarantee or other requirement shall be required of the Holder to effect conversions of the Preferred Stock hereunder. Each Notice of Conversion shall specify the number of shares of Preferred Stock to be converted, the number of shares of Preferred Stock owned prior to the conversion at issue, the number of shares of Preferred Stock owned subsequent to the conversion at issue and the date on which such conversion is to be effected (any date upon which a conversion of Preferred Stock into Common Stock is effected pursuant this Section 6, a “ Conversion Date ”), which date may not be prior to the date the applicable Holder delivers by facsimile such Notice of Conversion to the Corporation. If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion to the Corporation is deemed delivered hereunder. The calculations and entries set forth in the Notice of Conversion shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical error. To effect conversions of shares of Preferred Stock, a Holder shall be required to surrender the certificate(s) representing the shares of Preferred Stock to the Corporation. The Corporation shall issue the shares of Common Stock promptly following surrender by the Holder of the certificate(s) representing the shares of Preferred Stock to the Corporation.
 
 
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b)   Forced Conversion by the Corporation . At any time following a Forced Conversion Trigger (but only for so long as all of the applicable conditions in the definition of "Forced Conversion Trigger" remain satisfied), the Corporation shall have the right to convert up to, as applicable, (x) half of all, or (y) all, shares of Preferred Stock then outstanding into that number of shares of Common Stock determined by dividing the Initial Issuance Price of such shares of Preferred Stock by the Conversion Price. The Corporation shall effect such conversion by providing the Holders with written notice (a " Notice of Forced Conversion ") sent by facsimile or as a scanned e-mail attachment to the e-mail address provided to the Corporation by each Holder and (i) stating that the Forced Conversion Triggers have been satisfied, (ii) specifying the then applicable Conversion Price of the Preferred Stock, the number of shares of Preferred Stock owned prior to the conversion, and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received as a result of such conversion, and (iii) the date on which such conversion shall be consummated. The calculations and entries set forth in the Corporation’s notice shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical error. From and after the date of issuance of such notice by the Corporation, the shares of Preferred Stock shall be null and void and only represent the right to receive the shares of Common Stock due upon conversion thereof. The Corporation shall issue the shares of Common Stock promptly following surrender by the Holder of the certificate(s) representing the shares of Preferred Stock to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time that a Holder is subject to the limitation in Section 6(d) below, the Conversion Date under this Section 6(b) with respect to such Holder shall not be sooner than 90 days from the date of delivery by the Corporation of the Notice of Forced Conversion.
 
c)   Conversion Price . The conversion price for the Preferred Stock shall equal $2.00, subject to adjustment as provided herein (the “ Conversion Price ”).
 
 
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d)   Beneficial Ownership Limitation .   Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Corporation shall not effect any conversion of the Preferred Stock, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of the Preferred Stock, to the extent that, after giving effect to an attempted conversion set forth on an applicable Notice of Conversion, such Holder (together with such Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Person whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the applicable regulations of the Commission, including any “group” (a “ Group ”) of which the Holder is a member) would beneficially own a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below); provided , however , that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall not apply with respect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Preferred Stock in connection with, and from immediately prior to the consummation of, a Fundamental Transaction in which the Corporation is not the surviving entity to the extent that the number of shares beneficially owned in a Successor Entity by the Holder, its Affiliates and any Group of which the Holder is a member immediately following consummation of such Fundamental Transaction would not exceed the Maximum Percentage (as defined below) of any class of equity securities registered under the Exchange Act of the Successor Entity or of a surviving entity’s parent. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and its Affiliates and any Group of which the Holder is a member shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock subject to the Notice of Conversion with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, unconverted Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates or any member of any Group of which the Holder is a member, and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other Common Stock Equivalents beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates or any member of any Group of which the Holder is a member that are subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise similar to the limitation contained herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 6(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the applicable regulations of the Commission. For purposes of this Section 6(d), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (A) the Corporation’s most recent periodic or annual filing with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Corporation or (C) a more recent notice by the Corporation or the Corporation’s transfer agent to the Holder setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder (which may be by electronic mail), the Corporation shall, within two (2) Trading Days thereof, confirm orally and in writing to such Holder (which may be by electronic mail) the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to any actual conversion or exercise of securities of the Corporation, including shares of Preferred Stock, by such Holder or any of its Affiliates or any member of any Group of which the Holder is a member since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was last publicly reported or confirmed to the Holder. The “ Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” shall be 9.985% (as such percentage, upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Corporation, may be increased or decreased pursuant to the following sentence, the “ Maximum Percentage ”) of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Notice of Conversion (to the extent permitted pursuant to this Section 6(d)). A Holder may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation to any other percentage; provided, that any such increase or decrease (i) will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Corporation and (ii) will apply only to such Holder. A purchaser of shares of Preferred Stock may waive the application of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation as it applies to such Person altogether by providing the Corporation with notice of such waiver prior to the shares of Preferred Stock being issued to such Person. The Corporation shall be entitled to rely on representations made to it by a Holder in any Notice of Conversion regarding its Beneficial Ownership Limitation. Nothing in this Section 6(d) shall limit, modify or otherwise affect the rights and obligations of the parties set forth in Section 6(b).
 
 
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e)   Mechanics of Conversion .
 
i.   Delivery of Conversion Shares Upon Conversion . Not later than three (3) Trading Days following each Conversion Date (the “ Share Delivery Date ”), the Corporation shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the converting Holder a certificate or certificates (which certificate on or after the earlier of (A) the six month anniversary of the Original Issue Date or (B) the Effective Date, shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions (other than those which may then be required by the Purchase Agreement)) representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock. On or after the earlier of (x) the six month anniversary of the Original Issue Date or (y) the Effective Date, the Corporation shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver, not later than two (2) Trading Days following the applicable Conversion Date, any certificate or certificates required to be delivered by the Corporation under this Section 6 electronically through the Depository Trust Corporation DWAC system or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions (a " DWAC Delivery ").
 
ii.   Failure to Deliver Conversion Shares . If, in the case of any Notice of Conversion or any Notice of Forced Conversion, such Conversion Shares are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the second (2nd) Trading Day following the Share Delivery Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Corporation, at any time on or before its receipt of such Conversion Shares, to rescind such Conversion, in which event the Corporation shall promptly return to the Holder any original Preferred Stock certificate delivered to the Corporation and the Holder shall promptly return to the Corporation the Conversion Shares issued to such Holder pursuant to the rescinded Notice of Conversion or Notice of Forced Conversion, as the case may be.
 
 
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iii.   Obligation Absolute . Subject to Section 6(d) hereof and subject to Holder’s right to rescind a Notice of Conversion or Notice of Forced Conversion pursuant to Section 6(e)(ii) above, the Corporation’s obligation to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of Preferred Stock effected in accordance with Section 6(a) or 6(b) and the other terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by a Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by such Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Corporation or any violation or alleged violation of law by such Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Corporation to such Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided, however , that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Corporation of any such action that the Corporation may have against such Holder. Subject to Section 6(d) hereof and subject to Holder’s right to rescind a Notice of Conversion or Notice of Forced Conversion pursuant to Section 6(e)(ii) above, in the event a Holder shall elect to convert any or all of its Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 6(a) or the Corporation shall elect to convert all of a Holder's Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 6(b), the Corporation may not refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless (i) an injunction from a court, issued only after Holder shall have received notice and an opportunity to appear in the relevant proceeding, restraining and/or enjoining conversion of all or part of the Preferred Stock of such Holder shall have been sought and obtained, and (ii) the Corporation posts a surety bond for the benefit of such Holder in the amount of 150% of the value of the Conversion Shares into which would be converted the Preferred Stock which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute. In the absence of such injunction, the Corporation shall, subject to Section 6(d) hereof and subject to Holder’s right to rescind a Notice of Conversion or Notice of Forced Conversion pursuant to Section 6(e)(ii) above, issue Conversion Shares upon an election by a Holder to convert properly made pursuant to Section 6(a) hereof or upon an election by the Corporation to convert properly made pursuant to Section 6(b). If the Corporation fails to deliver to such Holder such certificate or certificates, or electronically deliver (or cause its transfer agent to electronically deliver) such shares in the case of a DWAC Delivery, pursuant to Section 6(e)(ii) on or prior to the fifth (5th) Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date applicable to such conversion (other than a failure caused by incorrect or incomplete information provided by Holder to the Corporation), then, unless the Holder has rescinded the applicable Notice of Conversion or Notice of Forced Conversion in whole pursuant to Section 6(e)(ii) above, the Corporation shall pay (as liquidated damages and not as a penalty) to such Holder an amount payable, at the Corporation’s option, either (a) in cash or (b) in shares of Common Stock that are valued for these purposes at 90% of the Closing Sale Price on fifth (5 th ) Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date, in each case equal to the product of (x) the number of Conversion Shares less any shares of Preferred Stock subject to a partial rescission pursuant to Section 6(e)(ii) required to have been issued by the Corporation on such Share Delivery Date, (y) an amount equal to the Daily Failure Amount and (z) the number of Trading Days actually lapsed after such fifth (5th) Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date during which such certificates have not been delivered, or, in the case of a DWAC Delivery, such shares have not been electronically delivered; provided , however , the Corporation may pay Holder in shares of Common Stock only up to such amount of shares of Common Stock such that Holder and any other persons or entities whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (including shares held by any Group of which the Holder is a member, but excluding shares beneficially owned by virtue of the ownership of securities or rights to acquire securities that have limitations on the right to convert, exercise or purchase similar to the limitation set forth herein) shall not collectively beneficially own greater than the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages for the Corporation’s failure to deliver Conversion Shares less any shares of Preferred Stock subject to a partial rescission pursuant to Section 6(e)(ii) within the period specified herein and such Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit a Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law.
 
 
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iv.   Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Conversion . If the Corporation fails to deliver to a Holder the applicable certificate or certificates or to effect a DWAC Delivery, as applicable, by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 6(e)(ii) (other than a failure caused by incorrect or incomplete information provided by Holder to the Corporation), and if after such Share Delivery Date such Holder is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise), or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Holder of the Conversion Shares less any shares of Preferred Stock subject to a partial rescission pursuant to Section 6(e)(ii) which such Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a “ Buy-In ”), then the Corporation shall (A) pay in cash to such Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by such Holder) the amount by which (x) such Holder’s total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased pursuant to such Buy-In exceeds (y) the product of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such Buy-In multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of such Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) the shares of Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Preferred Stock submitted for conversion or deliver to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Corporation had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 6(e)(ii). For example, if a Holder purchases shares of Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of shares of Preferred Stock with respect to which the actual sale price (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of $10,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Corporation shall be required to pay such Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Corporation written notice, within five (5) Trading Days after the occurrence of a Buy-In, indicating the amounts payable to such Holder in respect of such Buy-In together with applicable confirmations and other evidence reasonably requested by the Corporation. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Corporation’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock as required pursuant to the terms hereof; provided , however , that the Holder shall not be entitled to both (i) require the reissuance of the shares of Preferred Stock submitted for conversion for which such conversion was not timely honored and (ii) receive the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Corporation had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 6(e)(ii).
 
 
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v.   Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion . The Corporation covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the other holders of the Preferred Stock), not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall (subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement) be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 8) upon the conversion of the then outstanding shares of Preferred Stock and payment of dividends hereunder. The Corporation covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
 
vi.   Fractional Shares . No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such conversion, the Corporation shall at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share.
 
vii.   Transfer Taxes and Expenses . The issuance of Conversion Shares on conversion of this Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to any Holder for any documentary stamp or similar taxes (including related tax return preparation and filing costs of the Corporation) that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such Conversion Shares, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such Conversion Shares upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holders of such shares of Preferred Stock and the Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver such Conversion Shares unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Corporation the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid. The Corporation shall pay all transfer agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Conversion.
 
 
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Section 7. Redemption .
 
a)   Redemption at Option of Holder . At any time following the forty eighth (48 th ) month anniversary the Original Issue Date, (each such date, a “ Redemption Date ”) each share of Preferred Stock shall be redeemable at the option of the Holder thereof out of the Corporation’s funds legally available therefore, for an amount equal to the Stated Value. Holders shall effect redemptions by providing the Corporation with the form of redemption notice attached hereto as Annex B at least fifteen (15) days prior the applicable Redemption Date (a “ Notice of Redemption ”). Notices of Redemption shall be effective upon delivery by the Holder of a duly executed copy of the Notice of Redemption Form annexed hereto sent by facsimile or as a scanned e-mail attachment to the e-mail address provided by the Corporation to the Holder and no notarization, medallion stamp guarantee, guarantee or other requirement shall be required of the Holder to effect redemption hereunder. Each Notice of Redemption shall specify the number of shares of Preferred Stock to be redeemed, the number of shares of Preferred Stock owned prior to the redemption at issue, the number of shares of Preferred Stock owned subsequent to the redemption at issue and the date on which such redemption is to be effected, which date may not be prior to the date the applicable Holder delivers by facsimile such Notice of Redemption to the Corporation. The calculations and entries set forth in the Notice of Redemption shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical error. To effect redemptions of shares of Preferred Stock, a Holder shall be required to surrender the certificate(s) representing the shares of Preferred Stock to the Corporation. The Corporation shall pay the redemption amount therefor out of the Corporation’s funds legally available therefore, (which shall include any accrued (whether or not declared) or declared, but unpaid dividends on such shares of Preferred Stock through the time of the applicable payment) to, or as directed by, the applicable Holder as follows: one third of such amount not later than five Business Days following the applicable Redemption Date, one third of such amount one year following the applicable Redemption Date and one third of such amount two years following the applicable Redemption Date; provided, however, that if the applicable Redemption Date is a date following the eighty fourth (84 th ) anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the entire redemption amount shall be payable in one single payment.
 
b)   Mechanics of Redemption .
 
i.   Failure to Pay Redemption Amount . If, in the case of any Notice of Redemption, the redemption amount is not paid to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the second (2nd) Trading Day following the Redemption Date or applicable anniversary thereof, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Corporation, at any time on or before its receipt of such redemption amount, to rescind such Redemption, in which event the Corporation shall promptly return to the Holder any original Preferred Stock certificate delivered to the Corporation and the Holder shall promptly return to the Corporation the redemption amount, if any, delivered to such Holder pursuant to the rescinded Notice of Redemption.
 
 
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ii.   Obligation Absolute . The Corporation’s obligation to pay the redemption amount upon redemption of Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by a Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by such Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Corporation or any violation or alleged violation of law by such Holder or any other person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Corporation to such Holder in connection with the redemption of such Preferred Stock; provided , however , that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Corporation of any such action that the Corporation may have against such Holder. In the event a Holder shall elect to redeem any or all of its Preferred Stock, the Corporation may not refuse redemption based on any claim that such Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and/or enjoining redemption of all or part of the Preferred Stock of such Holder shall have been sought and obtained. In the absence of such injunction, the Corporation shall pay the redemption amount upon a properly noticed redemption. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue damages for the Corporation’s failure to pay the redemption amount within the period specified herein and such Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief, and shall be entitled to attorneys’ fees and disbursements and court costs in connection with such pursuit of remedies. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit a Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law.
 
Section 8. Certain Adjustments .
 
a)   Stock Dividends and Stock Splits . If the Corporation, at any time while this Preferred Stock is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Common Stock on shares of Common Stock or any other Common Stock Equivalents (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Corporation upon conversion of, or payment of a dividend on, this Preferred Stock), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of the Common Stock, any shares of capital stock of the Corporation, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Corporation) outstanding immediately before such event, and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 8(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.
 
 
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b)   Fundamental Transaction . If, at any time while the Preferred Stock is outstanding, (i) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another Person, (ii) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Corporation or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “ Fundamental Transaction ”), then, upon any subsequent conversion of this Preferred Stock, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Corporation, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “ Alternate Consideration ”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Preferred Stock is convertible immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction. For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Corporation shall apportion the Conversion Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any conversion of this Preferred Stock following such Fundamental Transaction. To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Corporation or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall file a new Certificate of Designation with the same terms and conditions and issue to the Holders new preferred stock consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holders’ right to convert such preferred stock into Alternate Consideration. The Corporation shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Corporation is not the survivor (the “ Successor Entity ”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Corporation under this Certificate of Designation and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the holder of this Preferred Stock, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Preferred Stock a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Preferred Stock which is convertible for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon conversion of this Preferred Stock prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with a conversion price which applies the conversion price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such conversion price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Preferred Stock immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Certificate of Designation and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Corporation” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Corporation and shall assume all of the obligations of the Corporation under this Certificate of Designation and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Corporation herein.
 
 
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c)   Subsequent Rights Offerings . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 8(a) above, if at any time the Corporation grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “ Purchase Rights ”), then each Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of such Holder’s Preferred Stock (without regard to any limitations on exercise thereof) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.
 
d)   Pro Rata Distributions . During such time as this Preferred Stock is outstanding, if the Corporation declares or makes any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “ Distribution ”), at any time after the issuance of this Preferred Stock, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete Conversion of this Preferred Stock (without regard to any limitations on Conversion hereof) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution.
 
e)   Calculations . All calculations under this Section 8 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 8, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Corporation) issued and outstanding.
 
 
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f)   Notice to the Holders .
 
i.   Adjustment to Conversion Price . Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 8, the Corporation shall promptly deliver to each Holder a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
 
ii.   Notice to Allow Conversion by Holder . If (A) the Corporation shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Corporation shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Corporation shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Corporation shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Corporation is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property or (E) the Corporation shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, then, in each case, the Corporation shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of this Preferred Stock, and shall cause to be delivered to each Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the stock books of the Corporation, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange, provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice.
 
 
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Section 9. Miscellaneous .
 
a)   Notices . Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders hereunder including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Corporation, at 5115 Ulmerton Road, Clearwater, Florida 33760, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, facsimile number (727) 803-8611, or such other facsimile number or address as the Corporation may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders delivered in accordance with this Section 9. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Corporation hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the facsimile number or address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Corporation, or if no such facsimile number or address appears on the books of the Corporation, at the principal place of business of such Holder, as set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth in this Section prior to 5:30 p.m. Eastern on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. Eastern on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.
 
b)   Lost or Mutilated Preferred Stock Certificate . If a Holder’s Preferred Stock certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated certificate, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, a new certificate for the shares of Preferred Stock so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate, and of the ownership hereof reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation.
 
c)   Governing Law . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Certificate of Designation shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in Delaware (the “ Delaware Courts ”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such Delaware Courts, or such Delaware Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery by nationally recognized overnight courier service (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Certificate of Designation and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Certificate of Designation or the transactions contemplated hereby.
 
 
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d)   Waiver . Any waiver by the Corporation or a Holder of a breach of any provision of this Certificate of Designation shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Certificate of Designation or a waiver by any other Holders. The failure of the Corporation or a Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Certificate of Designation on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party (or any other Holder) of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Certificate of Designation on any other occasion. Any waiver by the Corporation or a Holder must be in writing.
 
e)   Severability . If any provision of this Certificate of Designation is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Certificate of Designation shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law.
 
f)   Next Business Day . Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.
 
g)   Headings . The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Certificate of Designation and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
 
h)   Status of Converted or Redeemed Preferred Stock . Shares of Preferred Stock may only be issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. If any shares of Preferred Stock shall be converted, redeemed or reacquired by the Corporation, such shares shall resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock and shall no longer be designated as Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock.
 
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RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the officers of the Corporation be and they hereby are authorized and directed to prepare, execute and file this Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations in accordance with the foregoing resolution and the provisions of Delaware law.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate as of December 13, 2013.
 
 
/s/ Andrew Makrides
   
/s/ Gary Pickett
 
Name: Andrew Makrides
   
Name: Gary Pickett
 
Title:   Chief Executive Officer
   
Title:   Chief Financial Officer  and Secretary
 
 
 
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ANNEX A
 
NOTICE OF CONVERSION
 
 (TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER IN ORDER TO CONVERT SHARES OF PREFERRED STOCK)
 
The undersigned hereby elects to convert the number of shares of Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock indicated below into shares of common stock, par value $0.0010 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), of Bovie Medical Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”), according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. If shares of Common Stock are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is delivering herewith such certificates and opinions as may be required by the Corporation in accordance with the Purchase Agreement. No fee will be charged to the Holders for any conversion, except, in the case of issuance in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, for any such transfer taxes.
 
Conversion calculations :
 
Date to Effect Conversion: _________________________________________________________________
 
Number of shares of Preferred Stock owned prior to Conversion: ____________________________________
 
Number of shares of Preferred Stock to be Converted: _____________________________________________
 
Number of shares of Common Stock to be Issued: ________________________________________________
 
Applicable Conversion Price:  _______________________________________________________________
 
Number of shares of Preferred Stock subsequent to Conversion: _____________________________________
 
Address for Delivery: _____________________________________________________________________
 
or
DWAC Instructions:
Broker no: _________
Account no: ___________
 
 
[HOLDER]
 
     
 
By:
   
  Name:    
  Title:    
 
 
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ANNEX B
 
NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
 
 (TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER IN ORDER TO REDEEM SHARES OF PREFERRED STOCK)
 
The undersigned hereby elects to redeem the number of shares of Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock of Bovie Medical Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”) indicated below, according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. No fee will be charged to the Holders for any redemption.
 
Redemption calculations :
 
Date to Effect Redemption:
 
Number of shares of Preferred Stock owned prior to Redemption: ____________________________________
 
Number of shares of Preferred Stock to be Redeemed: _____________________________________________
 
Applicable Conversion Price: _______________________________________________________________
 
Redemption Amount to be Paid: _____________________________________________________________
 
Number of shares of Preferred Stock subsequent to Conversion: _____________________________________
 
Address or wire instructions for delivery of payment: _____________________________________________
 
 
 
 
[HOLDER]
 
     
 
By:
   
  Name:    
  Title:    
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT 4.1
 
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ SECURITIES ACT ”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.
 
BOVIE MEDICAL CORPORATION

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
 
Warrant Shares: [ · ]
Warrant No.: W- [ · ]
Issuance Date: December [ · ] , 2013
 
THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “ Warrant ”) certifies that, for value received, [ · ] or its assigns (the “ Holder ”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time from or after the date that is the six (6) month anniversary of the date hereof (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and on or prior to the close of business on the sixty-six (66) month anniversary of the date hereof (the “ Termination Date ”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Bovie Medical Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), up to [ · ] shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “ Warrant Shares ”) of Common Stock. The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).
 
Section 1. Definitions . Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), dated December [ · ] , 2013, among the Company and the purchasers signatory thereto.
 
 
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Section 2. Exercise .
 
a)   Exercise of Warrant . Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed facsimile copy of the Notice of Exercise form annexed hereto and within three (3) Trading Days of the date said Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company, the Company shall have received payment of the aggregate Exercise Price of the shares thereby purchased by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank or, if available, pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Subject to the provisions of Section 2(d)(iv) below, partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise Form within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof .
 
b)   Exercise Price . The exercise price per share of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $2.387, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “ Exercise Price ”).
 
c)   Cashless Exercise . This Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) x (N)] by (A), where:
 
(A) = the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock on the principal Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (or an equivalent, reliable reporting service mutually acceptable to and hereafter designated by (i) the holders of Warrants exercisable for at least sixty-seven percent (67%) of the Warrant Shares then exercisable pursuant to all Warrants and (ii) the Company) on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which Holder elects to exercise this Warrant by means of a “cashless exercise,” as set forth in the applicable Notice of Exercise;
 
(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and
 
(N) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon such full or partial exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such full or partial exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.
 
 
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d)   Mechanics of Exercise .
 
(i)   Delivery of Certificates Upon Exercise. Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the transfer agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s prime broker with The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“ DWAC ”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144, and otherwise by physical delivery to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is three (3) Trading Days after the latest of (A) the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, (B) surrender of this Warrant (if required), and (C) payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above (including by cashless exercise) (such date, the “ Warrant Share Delivery Date ”). The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and the Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been exercised, with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price (or by cashless exercise) and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(d)(v) prior to the issuance of such shares, having been paid.
 
(ii)   Company's Failure to Timely Deliver Securities. If the Company shall fail for any reason or for no reason to issue to the Holder by the applicable Warrant Share Delivery Date a certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or to credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC for such number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of this Warrant, and if on or after such Warrant Share Delivery Date the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a “ Buy-In ”), then the Company shall, within five (5) Trading Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “ Buy-In Price ”), at which point the Company’s obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Sale Price (as defined in the Certificate of Designation) on the date of exercise.
 
 
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(iii)   Exercise Limitations . The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Exercise Notice, such Holder (together with such Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Person whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the applicable regulations of the Commission, including any “group” (a “ Group ”) of which the Holder is a member) would beneficially own a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below); provided, however, that from immediately prior to a Fundamental Transaction, such restriction on the exercise of this Warrant shall not apply if the Holder, its Affiliates and any Group of which the Holder is a member would not, immediately following such Fundamental Transaction, beneficially own more than the Maximum Percentage (as defined below) of any class of equity securities registered under the Exchange Act of a Successor Entity (or of a surviving entity’s parent) in such Fundamental Transaction. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder, its Affiliates and any Group of which the Holder is a member shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or any member of a Group of which the Holder is a member, and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other Common Stock Equivalents) beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or any member of any Group of which the Holder is a member that are subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(d)(iii), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(d)(iii) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder, its Affiliates and any Group of which the Holder is a member) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination as to whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder, its Affiliates and any Group of which the Holder is a member) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. For purposes of this Section 2(d)(iii), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) any more recent notice by the Company or the Company's transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder (which may be by electronic mail), the Company shall within two (2) Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder (which may be by electronic mail) the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to any actual conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or any member of any Group of which the Holder is a member since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported or confirmed to the Holder. The “ Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” shall be 9.985% (as such percentage, upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, may be increased or decreased pursuant to the following sentence, the “ Maximum Percentage ”) of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. A Holder may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation to any other percentage; provided, that any such increase or decrease (i) will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company and (ii) will apply only to such Holder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(d)(iii) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.
 
 
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(iv)   Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise . If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the certificate or certificates representing Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.
 
(v)   Rescission Rights . If the Company fails to cause its transfer agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or the certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder, subject to Section 2(d)(ii) above, will have the right to rescind such exercise.
 
(vi)   No Fractional Shares or Scrip . No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.
 
(vii)   Charges, Taxes and Expenses . Issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax (including related tax return preparation and filing costs of the Company) or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however , that in the event certificates for Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all transfer agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise.
 
(viii)   Closing of Books . The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.
 
(ix)   Disputes . In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 5(k).
 
 
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Section 3. Certain Adjustments .
 
a)   Stock Dividends and Splits . If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification.
 
b)   Subsequent Rights Offerings . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “ Purchase Rights ”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.
 
c)   Pro Rata Distributions . During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “ Distribution ”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution.
 
 
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d)   Fundamental Transaction . If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “ Fundamental Transaction ”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “ Alternate Consideration ”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction. For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction that is (1) an all cash transaction, (2) a “Rule 13e-3 transaction” as defined in Rule 13e-3 under the Exchange Act, or (3) a Fundamental Transaction involving a person or entity not traded on a national securities exchange, the Company or any Successor Entity (as defined below) shall, at the Holder’s option, exercisable at any time concurrently with, or within 30 days after, the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder an amount of cash equal to the Black Scholes Value of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction. “ Black Scholes Value ” means the value of this Warrant based on the Black and Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg, L.P. (“ Bloomberg ”) determined as of the day of the Trading Day immediately following the first public announcement regarding the applicable Fundamental Transaction for pricing purposes and reflecting (A) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date, (B) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg as of the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (C) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of any non-cash consideration, if any, (such value being determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith) being offered in such Fundamental Transaction and (D) a remaining option time equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “ Successor Entity ”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.
 
 
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e)   Calculations . All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
 
f)   Notice to Holder .
 
(i)   Adjustment to Exercise Price . Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly mail to the Holder a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
 
(ii)   Notice of Events . If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice.
 
 
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Section 4. Transfer of Warrant .
 
a)   Transferability . Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof and to the provisions of Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.
 
b)   New Warrants . This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the Initial Exercise Date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.
 
c)   Warrant Register . The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “ Warrant Register ”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.
 
d)   Transfer Restrictions . If , at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be either (i) registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, comply with the provisions of Section 5.6 of the Purchase Agreement.
 
 
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e)   Representation by the Holder . The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.
 
Section 5. Miscellaneous .
 
a)   No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise . This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3.
 
b)   Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant . The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.
 
c)   Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc . If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.
 
 
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d)   Authorized Shares . The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).
 
e)   Noncircumvention . Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant. Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.
 
f)   Jurisdiction . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
 
g)   Restrictions . The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.
 
 
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h)   Nonwaiver and Expenses . No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies, notwithstanding the fact that all rights hereunder terminate on the Termination Date. If the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.
 
i)   Notices . Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
 
j)   Limitation of Liability . No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
 
k)   Dispute Resolution . In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile within two (2) Business Days of receipt of the Notice of Exercise giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation of the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days, submit via facsimile (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the Company’s independent, outside accountant. The Company shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than ten (10) Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.
 
l)   Remedies . The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
 
 
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m)   Successors and Assigns . Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.
 
n)   Amendment . This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.
 
o)   Severability . Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.
 
p)   Headings . The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.
 
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(Signature Page Follows)
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.
 
 
  BOVIE MEDICAL CORPORATION  
       
 
By:
   
  Name:    
  Title:    
       
 
 
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NOTICE OF EXERCISE

TO: BOVIE MEDICAL CORPORATION
 
(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the undersigned's Warrant (such Warrant is attached if the Warrant is being exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
 
(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):
 
[ ] lawful money of the United States; or
 
[ ] if permitted the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).
 
(3) Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
 
_____________________________
 
The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number or by physical delivery of a certificate to:
 
_____________________________
 
_____________________________
 
_____________________________
 
(4) Accredited Investor. The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]
 
Name of Investing Entity:________________________________________________________
 
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity:_________________________________
 
Name of Authorized Signatory:____________________________________________________
 
Title of Authorized Signatory:_____________________________________________________
 
Date:_________________________________________________________________________
 
 
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ASSIGNMENT FORM

(To assign the foregoing warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to exercise the warrant.)
 
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, [all / _______ shares] of the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to___________________ whose address is ______________________
 
Dated: ______________, _______
 
Holder’s Signature:_____________________________
 
Holder’s Address:______________________________
 
 ______________________________
 
Signature Guaranteed: ___________________________________________
 
 
NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT 10.1
 
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
 
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of December [__], 2013, between Bovie Medical Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “ Purchaser ” and collectively, the “ Purchasers ”).
 
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Compan y desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as follows:
 
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
 
1.1   Definitions . In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement: (a) capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Certificate of Designation (as defined herein), and (b) the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
 
Acquiring Person ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.6.
 
Action ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
 
Affiliate ” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
 
Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Company.
 
Business Day ” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.
 
Certificate of Designation ” means the Certificate of Designation to be filed prior to the Closing by the Company with the Secretary of State of Delaware, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
 
Closing ” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.
 
Closing Date ” means the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities, in each case, have been satisfied or waived, but in no event later than the third Trading Day following the date hereof.
 
 
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Commission ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
 
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, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
 
Company Counsel ” means Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C., with offices located at 1425 RXR Plaza, East Tower, 15 th Floor, Uniondale, New York 11556.
 
Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Certificate of Designation.
 
Conversion Shares ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Certificate of Designation.
 
Disclosure Schedules ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1.
 
Effective Date ” means the earliest of the date that (a) the initial Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission, (b) all of the Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 or may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or (c) following the one year anniversary of the Closing Date provided that a holder of Registrable Securities is not an Affiliate of the Company, all of the Registrable Securities may be sold pursuant to an exemption from registration under Section 4(1) of the Securities Act without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and Company counsel has delivered to such holders a standing written unqualified opinion that resales may then be made by such holders of the Registrable Securities pursuant to such exemption which opinion shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to such holders.
 
Evaluation Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(r).
 
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
Exempt Issuance ” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, consultants, officers, or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan or other arrangement duly adopted for such purpose by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities and (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company.
 
 
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GAAP ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
 
GPP ” means Great Point Partners, LLC and its affiliated funds.
 
Indebtedness ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(aa).
 
Intellectual Property Rights ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o).
 
Legend Removal Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).
 
Liens ” means a lien, charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
 
Material Adverse Effect ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).
 
Material Permits ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).
 
Permitted Liens ” shall mean the liens set forth on Schedule 3.1(n)(iii) .
 
Person ” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
 
Preferred Stock ” means up to 3,500,000 shares of the Company’s Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock issued hereunder and having the rights, preferences and privileges set forth in the Certificate of Designation, in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
 
Proceeding ” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
 
Purchaser Party ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.8.
 
Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company and the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.
 
Registration Statement ” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale of the Underlying Shares by each Purchaser as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement.
 
 
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Required Approvals ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).
 
Required Purchasers ” means, as of any date, the Purchasers then holding at least sixty-seven percent (67%) of the shares of the Preferred Stock.
 
Required Minimum ” means, as of any date, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issued or potentially issuable in the future pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including any Underlying Shares issuable upon exercise in full of all Warrants or conversion in full of all shares of Preferred Stock, ignoring any conversion or exercise limits set forth therein.
 
Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
 
Rule 424 ” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
 
SEC Reports ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
 
Securities ” means the Preferred Stock, the Warrants and the Underlying Shares.
 
Securities Act ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the recitals.
 
Short Sales ” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock).
 
Stated Value ” means $2.00 per share of Preferred Stock.
 
Subscription Amount ” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for the Preferred Stock and Warrants purchased hereunder as specified below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately available funds.
 
Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a) and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.
 
Tax ” means any federal, state, local, or foreign income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, customs duties, capital stock, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, value added, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated, or other tax of any kind whatsoever, including any interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not.
 
 
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Trading Day ” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.
 
Trading Market ” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE AMEX, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the NYSE Euronet or the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
 
Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the Certificate of Designation, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement, and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
 
Transfer Agent ” means Manhattan Transfer Registrar Company, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 57 Eastwood Road, Miller Place, New York 11764, and a facsimile number of (631) 928-6171, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.
 
Underlying Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock and upon exercise of the Warrants.
 
Voting Agreement ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.2(a) hereof.
 
Warrants ” means, collectively, the Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof, which Warrants shall be exercisable commencing on the date that follows by six months the Closing Date and continuing for five years thereafter, in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto.
 
Warrant Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
 
ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
 
2.1   Closing . On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, (a) an aggregate of $7,000,000 of shares of Preferred Stock with an aggregate Stated Value for each Purchaser equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as set forth on the signature page hereto executed by such Purchaser, and (b) Warrants as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a). Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company, via wire transfer, immediately available funds equal to the sum of its Subscription Amount and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective shares of Preferred Stock and Warrant as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of Company Counsel or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree.
 
 
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2.2   Deliveries .
 
(a)   On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following:
 
(i)  
this Agreement, duly executed by the Company;
 
(ii)  
a legal opinion of Company Counsel, substantially in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto;
 
(iii)  
a certificate evidencing a number of shares of Preferred Stock equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Stated Value, registered in the name of such Purchaser and evidence of the filing and acceptance of the Certificate of Designation from the Secretary of State of Delaware;
 
(iv)  
a Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase such number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Preferred Stock issued to such Purchaser, with an exercise price equal to $ [ · ] per share, subject to adjustment therein;
 
(v)  
the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company;
 
(vi)  
a good standing certificate of each of the Secretary of State of Delaware, New York and Florida with respect to the Company;
 
(vii)  
Indemnification agreements between the Company and each director of the Company appointed pursuant to Section 4.13;
 
(viii)  
duly executed resignation letters from each of the directors who are resigning pursuant to Section 4.13(a);
 
(ix)  
duly executed amendments to the employment agreements for each of Andrew Makrides, Rob Saron and Moshe Citronowicz, in the forms attached hereto as Exhibits E-1 , E-2 and E-3 , respectively; and
 
(x)  
Voting agreements, substantially in the form of Exhibit F attached hereto, (each, a “ Voting Agreement ”), duly executed by stockholders of the Company holding at least 7.5% of the Shares of Common Stock of the Company.
 
(b)   On or prior to the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:
 
(i)  
this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
 
(ii)  
such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the account specified by the Company; and
 
 
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(iii)  
the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser.
 
2.3   Closing Conditions .
 
(a)   The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
 
(i)  
the accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date (unless as of a specific date therein) of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein not already qualified by materiality and the accuracy in all respects when made and on the Closing Date (unless as of a specific date therein) of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein already qualified by materiality;
 
(ii)  
all obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed (or waived by the Company);
 
(iii)  
the obtaining by the Company of all Required Approvals necessary to be obtained at or prior to Closing; and
 
(iv)  
the delivery by each and every Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.
 
(b)   The respective obligations of each Purchaser hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
 
(i)  
the accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date (unless as of a specific date therein) of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein not already qualified by materiality and the accuracy in all respects when made and on the Closing Date (unless as of a specific date therein) of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein already qualified by materiality;
 
(ii)  
all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company and each other Purchaser required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed (or waived by the Purchasers);
 
(iii)  
the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement;
 
(iv)  
 receipt by the Purchasers of a certificate signed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer to the effect that the Company has satisfied in all material respects all of the conditions set forth in this Section 2.3(b);
 
 
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(v)  
there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof; and
 
(vi)  
the obtaining by the Company of all Required Approvals necessary to be obtained at or prior to Closing.
 
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
 
3.1   Representations and Warranties of the Company . Except as set forth in the schedules delivered herewith (the “ Disclosure Schedules ,” which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation or warranty made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each Purchaser as of the date hereof and as of Closing Date (except for the representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be made as of such date):
 
(a)   Subsidiaries . All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on Schedule 3.1(a) . The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens other than Permitted Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities and there are no outstanding options to purchase, or any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, any securities or obligations convertible into, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell, shares of any Subsidiary’s capital stock or any such options, rights, convertible securities or obligations.
 
(b)   Organization and Qualification . The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “ Material Adverse Effect ”) and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.
 
 
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(c)   Authorization; Enforcement . The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s stockholders in connection herewith or therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
 
(d)   No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, (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, except for Permitted Lines, 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 agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(e)   Filings, Consents and Approvals . The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings required pursuant to Section 4.5 of this Agreement, (ii) the filing with the Commission pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, (iii) and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws, and (iv) filings required by the rules and regulations of the Trading Market (collectively, the “ Required Approvals ”).
 
 
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(f)   Issuance of the Securities . The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Underlying Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents and under applicable securities laws. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock a number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of the Underlying Shares at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date hereof.
 
(g)   Capitalization . The capitalization (including both the authorized and issued capital stock) of the Company is as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) , the Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees, consultants, and directors pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) or as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire any shares of Common Stock or other capital stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or other capital stock. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g), the issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities other than the Required Approvals. There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders. There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness having general voting rights (or convertible into securities having such rights) of the Company issued and outstanding.
 
 
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(h)   SEC Reports; Financial Statements . The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the eighteen months preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “ SEC Reports ”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(h), as of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(h), the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(h), such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“ GAAP ”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
 
(i)   Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments . Except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(i) , since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the date hereof: (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock, (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans or arrangements, and (vi) there has been no material loss or damage (whether or not insured) to the physical property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i) , no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, properties, operations, assets or financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.
 
 
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(j)   Litigation . Except as set forth in the SEC Reports and on Schedule 3.1(j) , there is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “ Action ”) if determined adversely to the Company could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof, is or 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 knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company. To the Company’s knowledge, the Commission 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 Exchange Act or the Securities Act. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party or subject to, and none of their respective assets are bound by, the provisions of any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency or instrumentality which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(k)   Labor Relations . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice except for matters which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. There is (A) no unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries before the National Labor Relations Board, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under collective bargaining agreements is pending or threatened, (B) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (C) no union representation dispute currently existing concerning the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, (A) no union organizing activities are currently taking place concerning the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (B) there has been no violation of any federal, state, local or foreign law relating to discrimination in the hiring, promotion or pay of employees or any applicable wage or hour laws. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees are good. No executive officer (as defined in Rule 501(f) of the Securities Act) of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company has notified the Company or any such Subsidiary that such officer intends to leave the Company or any such Subsidiary or otherwise terminate such officer's employment with the Company or any such Subsidiary. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or any Subsidiary, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
 
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(l)   Compliance . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(l) , is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety, and employment and labor matters, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is or has been in violation of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“ HIPAA ”), or any applicable state privacy laws, statutes, rules, ordinances or regulations. To the extent required by law, the Company and its Subsidiaries have entered into HIPAA-compliant business associate agreements with each of its customers and are in compliance with all material terms of such business associate agreements.
 
(m)   Regulatory Permits . The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“ Material Permits ”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
 
 
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(n)   Title to Assets . The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for (i) Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries, (ii) Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves have been made therefor in accordance with GAAP and, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties, and (iii) Permitted Liens. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance, except where the failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries own or lease all such properties as are necessary to its operations as now conducted.
 
(o)   Intellectual Property . The Company and the Subsidiaries own, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights as necessary or required for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports (collectively, the “ Intellectual Property Rights ”). None of, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a written notice of a claim that remains unresolved or otherwise has any knowledge that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, including trade secrets, proprietary data and other confidential information. To the knowledge of the Company, there has been no unauthorized disclosure of and no employee or other third person has any interest or right to, any of the foregoing , except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(p)   Insurance . The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage at least equal to $5 million in the aggregate. The Company has provided to the purchasers a correct and complete copy of its directors and officers insurance policy as in effect on the date hereof. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of cancellation of any insurance described in this paragraph nor has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in cost.
 
 
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(q)   Transactions With Affiliates and Employees . Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 per fiscal year other than for: (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option plans and option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.
 
(r)   Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls . The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. 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 is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “ Evaluation Date ”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
 
 
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(s)   Certain Fees . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(s) , no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiary to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
 
(t)   Private Placement . Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.
 
(u)   Investment Company . The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become an “investment company” subject to registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
 
(v)   Registration Rights . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(v), no Person other than each of the Purchasers has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary.
 
(w)   Listing and Maintenance Requirements . The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements.
 
(x)   Application of Takeover Protections . The Company and the Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s certificate of incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership of the Securities.
 
 
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(y)   Disclosure . Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(y) , the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, is true and correct in all material respects and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The press releases disseminated by the Company during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made and when made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.
 
(z)   No Integrated Offering . Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of (i) the Securities Act which would require the registration of any such securities under the Securities Act, or (ii) any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.
 
(aa)   Solvency . Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder: (i) the fair saleable value (in an orderly sale) of the Company’s assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as they mature, and (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business for the current fiscal year as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, consolidated and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date. Schedule 3.1(aa) sets forth as of the date hereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “ Indebtedness ” means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $100,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (z) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $100,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.
 
 
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(bb)   Tax Status .
 
(i)  
The Company and its Subsidiaries each (A) has filed all United States federal, state and local and all material foreign Tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject (or obtained valid extensions thereof), (B) has paid all of Taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are due and payable (whether or not shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations) and (C) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all Taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid Taxes claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction. All such Tax returns, reports and declarations were correct and complete in all material respects. None of the Company and its Subsidiaries has waived any statute of limitations in respect of Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency.
 
(ii)  
Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has withheld and paid all Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, stockholder, or other third party.
 
(iii)  
No director or officer (or employee responsible for Tax matters) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, expects any authority to assess any additional Taxes for any period for which Tax returns have been filed. There is no dispute or claim concerning any Tax liability of any of the Company and its Subsidiaries either (A) claimed or raised by any authority in writing or (B) as to which any of the directors and officers (and employees responsible for Tax matters) of the Company and its Subsidiaries has knowledge based upon personal contact with any agent of such authority.
 
 
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(iv)  
None of the Company and its Subsidiaries (A) has been a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated federal income Tax return (other than an affiliated group the common parent of which was the Company) or (B) has any liability for the Taxes of any person (other than any of the Company and its Subsidiaries) under Treas. Reg. § 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign law), or as a transferee or successor, or by contract, or otherwise.
 
(cc)   No General Solicitation . Neither the Company nor any person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising. The Company has offered the Securities for sale only to the Purchasers and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.
 
(dd)   Accountants . The Company’s accounting firm is set forth in the SEC Reports. To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such accounting firm: (i) is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and (ii) shall express its opinion with respect to the financial statements to be included in the Company’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013.
 
(ee)   Seniority . As of the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(ee) , no Indebtedness or other claim against the Company is senior to the Preferred Stock or in right of payment, whether with respect to interest or upon liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise, other than indebtedness secured by purchase money security interests (which is senior only as to underlying assets covered thereby), ordinary course trade payables and capital lease obligations (which is senior only as to the property covered thereby).
 
(ff)   No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers . There are no disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company to arise, between the Company and the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the Company and the Company is current with respect to any fees owed to its accountants and lawyers which could affect the Company’s ability to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents.
 
(gg)   Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities . The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.
 
 
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(hh)   Regulation M Compliance . The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Company’s placement agent in connection with the placement of the Securities.
 
(ii)   Stock Option Plans . Each stock option granted by the Company under the Company’s stock option plan was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the Company’s stock option plan and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock option granted under the Company’s stock option plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects .
 
(jj)   Office of Foreign Assets Control . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“ OFAC ”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
 
(kk)   U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation . The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Purchaser’s request.
 
(ll)   Bank Holding Company Act . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “ BHCA ”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “ Federal Reserve ”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.
 
 
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(mm)   Money Laundering . The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company and any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened.
 
(nn)   Material Contracts . Each indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan or other agreement or instrument of a character that is required to be described or summarized in the SEC Reports or to be filed as an exhibit to the SEC Reports under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “ Material Contracts ”) is so described, summarized or filed. The Material Contracts to which the Company or its Subsidiaries are a party have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, and constitute the legal, valid and binding agreements of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, enforceable by and against the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights.
 
(oo)   Environmental Matters . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) 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 ”), (ii) owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is in violation of any Environmental Laws, (iii) is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws, or (iv) is subject to any claim relating to any Environmental Laws; which violation, contamination, liability or claim has had or would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and there is no pending investigation or, to the Company’s knowledge, investigation threatened in writing that might lead to such a claim. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, where the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
 
 
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(pp)   Off Balance Sheet Arrangements . There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company (or any Subsidiary) and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in SEC Reports and is not so disclosed or that otherwise would be reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. There are no such transactions, arrangements or other relationships with the Company that may create contingencies or liabilities that are not otherwise disclosed by the Company in its Exchange Act filings.
 
(qq)   Foreign Corrupt Practices . Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person acting on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (a) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity, (b) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds, (c) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended or (d) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee.
 
(rr)   ERISA . The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (herein called “ ERISA ”); no “reportable event” (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any “pension plan” (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries would have any liability; the Company has not incurred and does not expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “pension plan”; or (ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “ Code ”); and each “Pension Plan” for which the Company would have liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.
 
3.2   Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers . Each Purchaser, for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows (unless as of a specific date therein):
 
(a)   Organization; Authority . Such Purchaser is either an individual or an entity duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right, corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
 
 
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(b)   Own Account . Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has no present intention of distributing any of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law (this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.
 
(c)   Purchaser Status . At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it exercises any Warrants or converts any shares of Preferred Stock, it will be an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act. Such Purchaser is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act.
 
(d)   Experience of Such Purchaser . Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.
 
(e)   General Solicitation . Such Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general advertisement.
 
(f)   Certain Transactions and Confidentiality . Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser, directly or indirectly, executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).
 
 
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The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby.
 
ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
 
4.1   Transfer Restrictions .
 
(a)   The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an Affiliate of a Purchaser, the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and shall have the rights and obligations of a Purchaser under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.
 
(b)   The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.1, of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form:
 
[NEITHER] THIS SECURITY [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS [EXERCISABLE] [CONVERTIBLE] HAS [NOT] BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.
 
 
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(c)   Certificates evidencing the Underlying Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof): (i) while a registration statement (including the Registration Statement) covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) if such Underlying Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such Underlying Shares and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Transfer Agent promptly after the Effective Date if required by the Transfer Agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder. If all or any shares of Preferred Stock are converted or any portion of a Warrant is exercised at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the Underlying Shares, or if such Underlying Shares may be sold under Rule 144 and the Company is then in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144, or if the Underlying Shares may be sold under Rule 144 without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such Underlying Shares and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or if such legend is not otherwise required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission) then such Underlying Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that following the Effective Date or at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 4.1(c), it will, no later than three Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Transfer Agent of a certificate representing Underlying Shares, as applicable, issued with a restrictive legend (such third Trading Day, the “ Legend Removal Date ”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 4. Certificates for Underlying Shares subject to legend removal hereunder may be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Purchaser by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such Purchaser. The Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 4.1(c) may be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section 4.1(c) with respect to any Purchaser, the Purchaser shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an order and/or injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.
 
(d)   Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees with the Company that such Purchaser will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein, and acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance upon this understanding.
 
 
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4.2   Acknowledgment of Dilution . The Company acknowledges that the issuance of the Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. The Company further acknowledges that its obligations under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, its obligation to issue the Underlying Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents, are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any right of set off, counterclaim, delay or reduction, regardless of the effect of any such dilution or any claim the Company may have against any Purchaser and regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership of the other stockholders of the Company.
 
4.3   Furnishing of Public Information . The Company shall timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act.
 
4.4   Integration . The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.
 
4.5   Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity . The Company shall (a) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, issue a press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and (b) file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission within the time required by the Exchange Act. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not use the name of, or make any reference to, any Purchaser or any of its affiliates in any press release or in any public manner, and shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, in each case, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except: (x) as required by federal securities law in connection with (i) any registration statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement and (ii) the filing of final Transaction Documents with the Commission and (y) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (y).
 
 
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4.6   Shareholder Rights Plan . No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an “ Acquiring Person ” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers.
 
4.7   Use of Proceeds . The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder to fund clinical and commercial development activities and for general corporate purposes.
 
4.8   Indemnification of Purchasers . Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.8, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a “ Purchaser Party ”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against the Purchaser Parties in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser Party, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon a breach of such Purchaser Party’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser Party may have with any such stockholder or any violations by such Purchaser Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser Party which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to such Purchaser Party, provided that the Company shall not agree to any settlement which may directly or indirectly adversely impact such Purchaser Party without the prior written consent of such Purchaser Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of such Purchaser Party’s counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (z) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents. The indemnification required by this Section 4.8 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are incurred. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Purchaser Party against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company may be subject to pursuant to law.
 
 
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4.9   Reservation and Listing of Securities .
 
(a)   The Company shall maintain a reserve from its duly authorized shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents in such amount as may then be required to fulfill its obligations in full under the Transaction Documents.
 
(b)   If, on any date, the number of authorized but unissued (and otherwise unreserved) shares of Common Stock is less than 100% of (i) the Required Minimum on such date, minus (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock previously issued pursuant to the Transaction Documents, then the Board of Directors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Company’s certificate or articles of incorporation to increase the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to at least the Required Minimum at such time (minus the number of shares of Common Stock previously issued pursuant to the Transaction Documents), as soon as possible; provided that the Company will not be required at any time to authorize a number of shares of unissued Common Stock greater than the maximum remaining number of shares of Common Stock that could possibly be issued after such time pursuant to the Transaction Documents.
 
(c)   The Company shall maintain the listing or quotation of the Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to the Preferred Stock and Warrants on any date at least equal to the Required Minimum on such date on such Trading Market or another Trading Market.
 
4.10   Subsequent Equity Sales .
 
(a)   Except as set forth on Schedule 4.10 , from the date hereof until the Effective Date, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall issue, enter into any agreement to issue or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of any debt securities or shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents without the prior written consent of the Required Purchasers.
 
(b)   From the date hereof until such time as no shares of Preferred Stock are outstanding, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall issue, enter into any agreement to issue, or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of any debt or equity securities, or other Common Stock Equivalents that are senior in right to the Preferred Stock without the prior written consent of the Required Purchasers.
 
 
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4.11   Certain Transactions and Confidentiality . Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that neither it, nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending on the public announcement set forth in Section 4.5. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.5, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction and the information included in the Transaction Documents and the Disclosure Schedules.
 
4.12   Capital Changes . Until the one year anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company shall not undertake a reverse or forward stock split or reclassification of the Common Stock without the prior written consent of the Required Purchasers.
 
4.13   Board Nominations; Observation Rights .
 
(a)   On or prior to the Closing, three members of the Board shall resign and the Board shall adopt resolutions appointing up to two individuals nominated by GPP and the Company’s new Chief Executive Officer to fill the newly created seats and serve as members of the Board until the next annual meeting of stockholders of the Company. Such GPP nominees may or may not be Affiliates or employees of Purchasers, although it is the understanding of the parties that GPP, following an initial three to six month period, intends to nominate individuals who are not Affiliates of GPP, shall not be deputized to, and shall not, represent GPP on or to the Board, shall not function as directors on behalf of GPP, shall not seek to promote, protect or consult with GPP in regard to any interest particular to GPP or provide any benefit particular to GPP, shall not be influenced or controlled by or under the influence or control of GPP as a result of any relationship with GPP or otherwise, shall not share material non-public, proprietary or confidential information concerning the Company with GPP and shall in all ways discharge such nominee’s responsibilities as a member of the Board and otherwise contribute to the functioning of the Board independently of GPP.
 
(b)   The Board shall continue to nominate the director candidates specified by GPP pursuant to clause (a) above to serve as a director of the Company at each annual meeting of stockholders of the Company; provided, however , that the Company’s obligation to nominate such a candidate does not guarantee that such candidate will be elected by the stockholders and the Company shall have no obligation to guarantee such election. In the event that any director candidate specified by GPP, as the case may be, is not so elected, or if GPP elects to have board observation rights in lieu of having the right to nominate directors for election to the Board, then such individual shall have observation rights on the terms set forth in clause (c) below, it being understood, that in the case of GPP, such individual having observation rights pursuant to this clause (b) shall be in addition to any representative of GPP acting as an observer pursuant to clause (c) below. At such time as the Common Stock ownership percentage (on an as-issued and fully diluted basis) of GPP falls below 10% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (on a fully diluted basis), then the Company shall no longer have the obligation to nominate director candidates put forth by GPP.
 
 
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(c)   Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as GPP is entitled to nominate a director pursuant to clause (a) above, one representative of GPP (in addition to any individual having observation rights under clause (b) above), reasonably acceptable to the Board, shall have the right to attend all meetings of the Board in a non-voting capacity, and shall receive the same notice of such meetings, and all information and materials that are distributed to the members of the Board. The Company will reimburse such observer for reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred traveling to and from such meetings in accordance with the policies applicable to reimbursement of director expenses. The Board shall have the right to exclude the GPP observer from any meetings of the Board or from receiving any information and materials (or the relevant portions thereof) to the extent that the Board or the Company’s legal counsel determines that such exclusion is necessary or desirable to avoid a potential or perceived conflict of interest or to protect attorney-client privilege.
 
(d)   Promptly following the Closing the Company’s current Chief Executive Officer will resign as Chief Executive Officer and will remain on as the Executive Chairman of the Company and the Board shall appoint Robert Gershon as its new Chief Executive Officer.
 
(e)   Promptly following the end of the forty-eighth (48th) month following the Original Issue Date (as defined in the Certificate of Designation), provided that GPP at that time continues to be entitled to nominate directors pursuant to Section 4.13(b), the Board shall approve the following: (i) the formation of a strategy committee consisting of three members, two of whom shall be the two directors nominated by GPP pursuant to this Section 4.13; and (ii) the adoption of a charter of the strategy committee in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G .
 
4.14   Form D; Blue Sky . The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to the Purchasers (provided that the posting of the Form D on the SEC’s EDGAR system shall be deemed delivery of the Form D for purposes of this Agreement). The Company, on or before the Closing, shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary, if any, in order to obtain an exemption for or to qualify the Securities for sale to the Purchasers under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification) and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly to the Purchasers.
 
4.15   Pledges . The Company acknowledges and agrees that any Purchaser may from time to time pledge, and/or grant a security interest in, some or all of the Securities in connection with applicable securities laws, pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement in compliance with a bona fide margin loan. Such a pledge would not be subject to approval or consent of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel to the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection with the pledge, but such legal opinion shall be required in connection with a subsequent transfer or foreclosure following default by the Purchaser transferee of the pledge. No notice shall be required of such pledge, but any Purchaser’s transferee shall promptly notify the Company of any such subsequent transfer or foreclosure. Each Purchaser acknowledges that the Company shall not be responsible for any pledges relating to, or the grant of any security interest in, any of the Securities or for any agreement, understanding or arrangement between such Purchaser and its pledgee or secured party. At the Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities, including the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement to any registration statement filed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement under Rule 424(b)(3) of the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of selling stockholders thereunder.
 
 
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4.16   Increase in Directors and Officers Insurance Coverage . The Company and the Subsidiaries shall use reasonable efforts to increase their directors and officers liability insurance coverage within 90 days following the Closing Date with insurers of recognized financial responsibility to at least equal to the aggregate Subscription Amount provided that such additional insurance coverage is available on commercially reasonable terms.
 
ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
 
5.1   Fees and Expenses . Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company), stamp Taxes and other Taxes (and related Tax return and filing costs) and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Purchasers. The Company agrees to reimburse the Purchasers for all actual and reasonable legal fees, consulting expenses, and general expenses related to its due diligence and the negotiation of the Transaction Documents, whether or not the Closing occurs; provided , that such expenses shall not exceed $100,000.
 
5.2   Entire Agreement . The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
 
5.3   Notices . Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto at or prior to 5:30 p.m. Eastern on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. Eastern on any Trading Day, (c) the second (2 nd ) Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.
 
 
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5.4   Amendments; Waivers . No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Required Purchasers or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.
 
5.5   Headings . The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
 
5.6   Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Purchaser. Any Purchaser may assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder to any funds or accounts managed by such Purchaser. In addition, any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Purchasers.”
 
5.7   No Third-Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.8.
 
5.8   Governing Law . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in Delaware. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in Delaware for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
 
 
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5.9   Survival . The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.
 
5.10   Execution . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to each other party, it being understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
 
5.11   Severability . If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
 
5.12   Rescission and Withdrawal Right . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights; provided, however , that in the case of a rescission of a conversion of the Preferred Stock or exercise of a Warrant, the applicable Purchaser shall be required to return any shares of Common Stock subject to any such rescinded conversion or exercise notice concurrently with the return to such Purchaser of the aggregate exercise price paid to the Company for such shares and the restoration of such Purchaser’s right to acquire such shares pursuant to such Purchaser’s Warrant (including, issuance of a replacement warrant certificate evidencing such restored right).
 
5.13   Replacement of Securities . If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction or upon the execution by the holder thereof of an affidavit and indemnity agreement in usual and customary form, reasonably acceptable to the Company, certifying such loss or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.
 
 
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5.14   Remedies . In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and not to assert in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
 
5.15   Payment Set Aside . To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
 
5.16   Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights . The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser 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 Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any of the Purchasers.
 
5.17   Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.
 
 
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5.18   Construction . The parties agree that each of them 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. In addition, each and every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in any Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.
 
5.19   WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
 

 
(Signature Pages Follow)
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
 
 
BOVIE MEDICAL CORPORATION
 
 
By: _________________________
Name:
Title:
 
With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
 
Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.
1425 RXR Plaza
East Tower, 15 th Floor,
Uniondale, New York 11556
Attention: Adam P. Silvers, Esq.
Fax: (516) 663-6719
Address for Notice
 
Bovie Medical Corporation
5115 Ulmerton Road
Clearwater, FL. 33760
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Fax : (727) 803-8611
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT 10.2
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
 
This Registration Rights Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of December 13, 2013, between Bovie Medical Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and each of the several purchasers signatory hereto (each such purchaser, a “ Purchaser ” and, collectively, the “ Purchasers ”).
 
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and each Purchaser (the “ Purchase Agreement ”).
 
The Company and each Purchaser hereby agrees as follows:
 
1. Definitions . Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 
Advice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(e).
 
Effectiveness Date ” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder, the 90th calendar day following the Filing Date and with respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 2(c) or Section 3(c), the 90th calendar day following the date on which an additional Registration Statement is required to be filed hereunder; provided, however , that in the event the Company is notified by the Commission that one or more of the above Registration Statements will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments, the Effectiveness Date as to such Registration Statement shall be the fifth (5 th ) Trading Day following the date on which the Company is so notified if such date precedes the dates otherwise required above, provided, further, if such Effectiveness Date falls on a day that is not a Trading Day, then the Effectiveness Date shall be the next succeeding Trading Day.
 
Effectiveness Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
 
Filing Date ” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required hereunder, the 30th calendar day following the date hereof and, with respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 2(c) or Section 3(c), the earliest practical date on which the Company is permitted by SEC Guidance to file such additional Registration Statement related to the Registrable Securities.
 
Holder ” or “ Holders ” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.
 
Indemnified Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
 
Indemnifying Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
 
Initial Registration Statement ” means the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement.
 
 
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Losses ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
 
Plan of Distribution ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
 
Prospectus ” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
 
Registrable Securities ” means, as of any date of determination, (a) all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, (b) all Warrant Shares then issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (assuming on such date the Warrants are exercised in full), (c) any additional shares of Common Stock issuable in connection with any anti-dilution provisions in the Certificate of Designation relating to the Preferred Stock or in the Warrants, and (d) any securities issued or then issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing; provided, however , that any such Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (and the Company shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of any, or file another, Registration Statement hereunder with respect thereto) at such time as (i) such Registrable Securities have been disposed of by the Holder pursuant to a Registration Statement declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act, (ii) such Registrable Securities have been previously sold in accordance with Rule 144, or (iii) such securities become eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and without current public information pursuant to Rule 144 as set forth in a written opinion letter of counsel to the Company to such effect, addressed, delivered and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders (assuming that such securities and any securities issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of which, or as a dividend upon which, such securities were issued or are issuable, were at no time held by any Affiliate of the Company, and all Warrants are exercised by “cashless exercise” as provided in Section 2(c) of each of the Warrants). For purposes of this Agreement, Warrants shall also include that certain common stock purchase warrant issued to Gilford Securities Incorporated (“ Gilford ”) pursuant to that certain Placement Agent Agreement dated as of June 10, 2013, between the Company and Gilford (the “ Placement Agent Agreement ”). For the avoidance of doubt, Gilford shall be deemed a Purchaser and a Holder of Registrable Securities for purposes of this Agreement.
 
Registration Statement ” means any registration statement required to be filed hereunder pursuant to Section 2(a) and any additional registration statements contemplated by Section 2(c) or Section 3(c), including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to any such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre-effective and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in any such registration statement.
 
Rule 415 ” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
 
 
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Rule 424 ” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
 
Selling Stockholder Questionnaire ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
 
SEC Guidance ” means (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance of the Commission staff, or any comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff and (ii) the Securities Act.
 
2. Shelf Registration .
 
(a)   On or prior to the applicable Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities that are not then registered on an effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. Each Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance herewith, subject to the provisions of Section 2(d)) and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least a two-thirds majority in interest of the Holders) substantially the “ Plan of Distribution ” attached hereto as Annex A , provided that no change to the attached Plan of Distribution shall apply to Gilford without Gilford’s prior written consent. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause a Registration Statement filed under this Agreement (including, without limitation, under Section 3(c)) to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than the applicable Effectiveness Date (including filing with the Commission a request for acceleration of effectiveness in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act), and shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the later of (i) the third (3 rd ) anniversary of the date of this Agreement, (ii) such time that all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold, thereunder or pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) such time that all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement may be sold without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144, as determined by counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders (the “ Effectiveness Period ”). The Company shall telephonically request effectiveness of a Registration Statement as of 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a Trading Day. The Company shall immediately notify the Holders via facsimile or by e-mail of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement on the same Trading Day that the Company telephonically confirms effectiveness with the Commission, which shall be the date requested for effectiveness of such Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time on the Trading Day after the effective date of such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424.
 
 
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(b)   Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in Section 2(a), if the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly inform each of the Holders thereof and use its reasonable best efforts to file amendments to the Initial Registration Statement as required by the Commission, covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the Commission, on Form S-3 or withdraw such Initial Registration Statement and file such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering, subject to the provisions of Section 2(d); provided, however , that prior to filing such amendment, the Company shall be obligated to use reasonable best efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 612.09.
 
(c)   Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the Commission or any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used reasonable best efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced as follows:
 
(i)  
First, the Company shall reduce or eliminate any securities to be included by any Person other than a Holder;
 
(ii)  
Second, the Company shall reduce Registrable Securities represented by Warrant Shares (applied, in the case that some Warrant Shares may be registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Warrant Shares held by such Holders); and
 
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Third, the Company shall reduce Registrable Securities represented by Conversion Shares (applied, in the case that some such Conversion Shares may be registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of such unregistered Conversion Shares held by such Holders).
 
In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Holder at least five (5) Trading Days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Holder’s allotment. In the event the Company amends the Initial Registration Statement in accordance with the foregoing, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Initial Registration Statement, as amended.
 
(d)   If Form S-3 is not available for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall (i) register the resale of the Registrable Securities on another appropriate form and (ii) undertake to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 as soon as such form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the Commission.
 
 
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(e)   If: (i) any Registration Statement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to its applicable Filing Date, (ii) any Registration Statement is not declared effective by the Commission (or otherwise does not become effective) for any reason on or prior to its applicable Effectiveness Date or (iii) after any Registration Statement is declared effective and except for the reasons as set forth in Sections 2(d), 2(f), and 3(k), (A) the Registration Statement ceases for any reason (including without limitation by reason of a stop order, or the Company’s failure to update the Registration Statement), to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement or (B) the Holders are not permitted to utilize the Prospectus to resell such Registrable Securities for any reason (other than due to a change in the “Plan of Distribution” or the inaccuracy of any information provided by the Holders), in each case for more than an aggregate of thirty (30) consecutive calendar days or sixty (60) calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) during any twelve (12) month period (other than as a result of a breach of this Agreement by a Holder, or due to a circumstance set forth in Section 2(f) below), or (iv) if no Registration Statement is effective and the Company fails to satisfy the current public information requirement pursuant to Rule 144(c)(1) as a result of which the Holders are unable to sell Registrable Securities without restriction under Rule 144 (or any successor thereto), (any such failure or breach in clauses (i) through (iv) above being referred to as an “ Event ,” and, for purposes of clauses (i), (ii) or (iv), the date on which such Event occurs, or for purposes of clause (iii), the date on which such twenty (20) or forty (40) calendar day period is exceeded, being referred to as an “ Event Date ”), then in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under applicable law, (x) within five Business Days after an Event Date, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 1% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder under the Purchase Agreement for its Preferred Stock and Warrants (the “ Purchase Price ”); and (y) on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date thereof (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 1% of the Purchase Price. The amounts payable pursuant to the foregoing clauses (x) and (y) are referred to collectively, as “ Liquidated Damages ”. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to pay any liquidated damages pursuant to this Section 3(c) with respect to the Registrable Securities of any Holder that such Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself and the Registrable Securities held by it. The liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a pro rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum payment to any Holder associated with all Events in the aggregate shall not exceed (i) in any 30-day period following an Event Date, an aggregate of 1% of the Purchase Price and (ii) 10% of the Purchase Price. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Liquidated Damages shall be due to any Holder with respect to any period during which all of such Holder’s Registrable Securities may be sold by such Holder without restriction under Rule 144.
 
(f)   In the event a Holder is able to prove actual damages in excess of the amount of Liquidated Damages received by such Holder hereunder as the result of an Event, then nothing herein shall relieve the Company of any obligation to pay such excess.
 
 
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3. Registration Procedures . In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:
 
(a)   Not less than five (5) Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement and not less than three (3) Trading Days prior to the filing of any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), the Company shall (i) furnish to each Holder copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such Holders, and (ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent registered public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel to each Holder, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. Notwithstanding the above, the Company shall not be obligated to provide the Holders advance copies of any universal shelf registration statement registering securities other than the Registrable Securities required to be registered hereunder, or any Prospectus prepared thereto. The Company shall not file a Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Holders of more than one-third of the Registrable Securities shall reasonably object in good faith, provided that, the Company is notified of such objection in writing no later than three (3) Trading Days after the Holders have been so furnished copies of a Registration Statement or one (1) Trading Day after the Holders have been so furnished copies of any related Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto. Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex B (a “ Selling Stockholder Questionnaire ”) on a date that is not less than two (2) Trading Days prior to the Filing Date or by the end of the fourth (4th) Trading Day following the date on which such Holder receives draft materials in accordance with this Section.
 
(b)   (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments and supplements, to each Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep a Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the applicable Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities, (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424, (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the Commission with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and provide as promptly as reasonably possible to the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to a Registration Statement, and (iv) comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 3(b)) by reason of the Company filing a report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K or any analogous report under the Exchange Act, the Company shall have incorporated such report by reference into such Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the Commission on the same day on which the Exchange Act report which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement such Registration Statement was filed.
 
 
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(c)   If during the Effectiveness Period, the number of Registrable Securities at any time exceeds 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock then registered in a Registration Statement, then the Company shall file as soon as reasonably practicable an additional Registration Statement (or amendment to the existing Registration Statement) covering the resale by the Holders of not less than the number of such Registrable Securities.
 
(d)   Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall, pursuant to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made) as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to such filing) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one (1) Trading Day following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed, (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of a Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on such Registration Statement (in which case the Company shall provide to each of the Holders true and complete copies of all comments and all written responses thereto), and (C) with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose, (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and (vi) of the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company believes is material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it not in the best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration Statement or Prospectus.
 
(e)   Use its reasonable best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order stopping or suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.
 
 
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(f)   Furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each such Registration Statement and Prospectus, and each amendment and supplement thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference to the extent requested by such Person, and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission; provided , that any such item which is available on the EDGAR system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form.
 
(g)   Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after the giving of any notice pursuant to Section 3(d).
 
(h)   The Company shall cooperate with any broker-dealer through which a Holder proposes to resell its Registrable Securities in effecting a filing with the FINRA Corporate Financing Department pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110, as requested by any such Holder, and the Company shall pay the filing fee required by such filing within five (5) Business Days of request therefor.
 
(i)   Prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the Registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement; provided , that, the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject, or file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.
 
(j)   If requested by a Holder, cooperate with such Holder to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holder may request. Gilford’s rights under the previous sentence shall not be subject to any restriction, including, without limitation, any restriction in the Purchase Agreement.
 
(k)   Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(d), as promptly as reasonably possible under the circumstances taking into account the Company’s good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its stockholders of the premature disclosure of such event, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to a Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, neither a Registration Statement nor such Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading. If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance with clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section 3(d) above to suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right under this Section 3(k) to suspend the availability of a Registration Statement and Prospectus for a period not to exceed 60 calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) in any 12-month period, provided that such limitation shall not apply with respect to suspensions arising from notifications under clause (vi) of Section 3(d).
 
 
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(l)   Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission.
 
(m)   The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain eligibility for use of Form S-3 (or any successor form thereto) for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities.
 
(n)   With respect to any Registration Statement other than the Initial Registration Statement, the Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and, if required by the Commission, the natural persons thereof that have voting and dispositive control over the shares.
 
4. Registration Expenses . All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with, this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent registered public accountants) (A) with respect to filings made with the Commission, (B) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading, (C) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities), and (D) if not previously paid by the Company in connection with Section 3(h) above, with respect to any filing that may be required to be made by any broker through which a Holder intends to make sales of Registrable Securities with FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110, so long as the broker is receiving no more than a customary brokerage commission in connection with such sale), (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is reasonably requested by the Holders of at least one third of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any broker or similar commissions of any Holder or, except to the extent provided for in the Transaction Documents, any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.
 
 
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5. Indemnification .
 
(a)   Indemnification by the Company . The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, members, partners, agents, brokers (including brokers who offer and sell Registrable Securities as principal as a result of a pledge or any failure to perform under a margin call of Common Stock), Affiliates, investment advisors and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, members, stockholders, partners, agents and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable costs of preparation and reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “ Losses ”), as incurred, arising out of or relating to (1) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading or (2) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (i) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement, such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable for use by such Holder and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(e), but only if and to the extent that following the receipt of the Advice the misstatement or omission giving rise to such Loss would have been corrected. The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such indemnified person and shall survive the transfer of any Registrable Securities by any of the Holders in accordance with Section 6(h).
 
 
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(b)   Indemnification by Holders . Each Holder shall, severally as to such Holder’s own actions or omissions and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising out of or based solely upon: (x) such Holder’s failure to comply with any applicable prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act through no fault of the Company or (y) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company expressly for inclusion in such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such information relates to such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (iii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), to the extent, but only to the extent, related to the use by such Holder of an outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable for use by such Holder and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(e), but only if and to the extent that following the receipt of the Advice the misstatement or omission giving rise to such Loss would have been corrected. In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder under this Section 5(b) be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
 
(c)   Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings.
 
(i)   If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “ Indemnified Party ”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the “ Indemnifying Party ”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided, that, the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have materially and adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
 
 
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(ii)   An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses, (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding, or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and counsel to the Indemnified Party shall reasonably believe that a material conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one separate counsel (together with appropriate local counsel) shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to indemnification from any Person who is not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
 
(iii)   Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof (which shall, include reasonable substantiation of such fees and expenses) to the Indemnifying Party; provided , that, the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is finally judicially determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) not to be entitled to indemnification hereunder. The failure to deliver written notice to the Indemnifying Party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such Indemnifying Party of any liability to the Indemnified Party under this Section 5, except and to the extent such failure materially prejudices the rights of such Indemnifying Party in connection with such proceeding.
 
 
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(d)   Contribution.
 
(i)   If the indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in accordance with its terms.
 
(ii)   The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), (A) no Holder shall be required to contribute pursuant to this Section 5(d), in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission; and (B) no contribution will be made under circumstances where the maker of such contribution would not have been required to indemnify the Indemnified Party under the fault standards set forth in this Section 5. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
 
(e)   The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties and are not in diminution or limitation of the indemnification provisions under the Purchase Agreement or, with respect to Gilford, under the Placement Agent Agreement, except that no party shall be entitled to recover duplicate amounts for the same loss under this Agreement and the Purchase Agreement.
 
 
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6. Miscellaneous.
 
(a)   Rule 144 . With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144 and any other rule or regulation of the Commission that may at any time permit the Holders to sell Registrable Securities to the public without registration, as long as any Holder owns Registrable Securities, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) timely file all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Holders and make publicly available the information specified in Rule 144(c)(2) promulgated under the Securities Act, including, without limitation, annual and quarterly financial statements, together with a discussion and analysis of such financial statements in form and substance substantially similar to those that would otherwise be required to be included in reports required by Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as well as any other information required thereby, in the time period that such filings would have been required to have been made under the Exchange Act, and (ii) furnish to the Holder upon request, as long as such Holder owns any Registrable Securities, (A) a written statement by the Company, if true, that it has timely complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 and of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and (B) such other information as may be reasonably requested in order to avail such Holder of any rule or regulation of the Commission that permits the sale of any such Registrable Securities without registration.
 
(b)   Remedies . In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. Each of the Company and each Holder agrees that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
 
(c)   No Piggyback on Registrations; Prohibition on Filing Other Registration Statements . Except as set forth on Schedule 6(c) attached hereto, neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Holders in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in any Registration Statements other than the Registrable Securities. The Company shall not file any other registration statements until all Registrable Securities are registered pursuant to a Registration Statement that is declared effective by the Commission, provided, that this Section 6(c) (i) shall not prohibit the Company from filing amendments to registration statements filed prior to the date of this Agreement or a Registration Statement on Form S-8 covering stock option or Equity Incentive Plans existing as of the date hereof and (ii) shall not prohibit the Company from filing a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 for a primary offering by the Company, provided, in each case, that the Company makes no offering of securities pursuant to such shelf registration statement prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement required hereunder that includes all of the Registrable Securities.
 
(d)   Compliance . Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it (unless an exemption therefrom is available) in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.
 
 
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(e)   Discontinued Disposition . By its acquisition of Registrable Securities, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d)(iii) through (vi), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “ Advice ”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable.
 
(f)   Piggy-Back Registrations . If, at any time during the Effectiveness Period, there is not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or equity securities issuable in connection with the Company’s stock option or other employee benefit plans, then the Company shall deliver to each Holder a written notice of such determination and, if within fifteen (15) days after the date of the delivery of such notice, any such Holder shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such registration statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such Holder requests to be registered; provided, however , that the Company shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 6(f) that are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act (without volume restrictions or current public information requirements) or that are the subject of a then effective Registration Statement.
 
(g)   Amendments and Waivers . The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Holders of 67% or more of the then outstanding Registrable Securities (for purposes of clarification, this includes any Registrable Securities issuable upon exercise or conversion of any Security), provided that no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent to depart from this Agreement, which disproportionately affects Gilford, shall apply to Gilford without Gilford’s prior written consent (this sentence is subject to Gilford’s right in Section 2(a) to approve a modification to the Plan of Distribution affecting Gilford). If a Registration Statement does not register all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a waiver or amendment done in compliance with the previous sentence, then the number of Registrable Securities to be registered for each Holder shall be reduced pro rata among all Holders and each Holder shall have the right to designate which of its Registrable Securities shall be omitted from such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of a Holder or some Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given only by such Holder or Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however , that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 6(g). No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.
 
(h)   Notices . Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Purchase Agreement or, with respect to Gilford, as set forth in the Placement Agent Agreement.
 
 
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(i)   Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not assign (except by merger) its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all of the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign their respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under Section 5.6 of the Purchase Agreement. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, Gilford may freely assign its rights under this Agreement, provided that each assignee of Gilford must agree in writing to the terms of this Agreement as applied to Gilford immediately prior to such assignment.
 
(j)   No Inconsistent Agreements . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Except as set forth on Schedule 6(j) attached hereto, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to any of its securities to any Person that have not been satisfied in full.
 
(k)   Execution and Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
 
(l)   Governing Law . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
 
(m)   Cumulative Remedies . The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.
 
(n)   Severability . If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their reasonable best efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
 
 
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(o)   Headings . The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of the Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
 
(p)   Independent Nature of Holders’ Obligations and Rights . The obligations of each Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder hereunder, and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of group or entity, or create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert or as a group or entity with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other matters, and the Company acknowledges that the Holders are not acting in concert or as a group, and the Company shall not assert any such claim, with respect to such obligations or transactions. Each Holder shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The use of a single agreement with respect to the obligations of the Company contained was solely in the control of the Company, not the action or decision of any Holder, and was done solely for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Holder. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement is between the Company and a Holder, solely, and not between the Company and the Holders collectively and not between and among Holders.
 
 
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(Signature Pages Follow)
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

 
 
Company :
 
     
 
BOVIE MEDICAL CORPORATION
 
     
 
By:
   
  Name:    
  Title:    

 
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ANNEX A
 
Plan of Distribution
 
Each Selling Stockholder (the “ Selling Stockholders ”) of the securities and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their securities covered hereby on the principal Trading Market or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the securities are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. A Selling Stockholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling securities:
 
·  
ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
 
·  
block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the securities 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;
 
·  
settlement of short sales entered into after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part;
 
·  
in transactions through broker-dealers that agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number of such securities at a stipulated price per security;
 
·  
through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;
 
·  
a combination of any such methods of sale; or
 
·  
any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.
 
The Selling Stockholders may also sell securities under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), if available, rather than under this prospectus.
 
Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of securities, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA IM-2440.
 
 
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In connection with the sale of the securities 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 securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling Shareholders may also, to the extent permitted under Rule 105 of Regulation M, sell shares of their common stock short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge shares of their common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The Selling Stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or create one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of securities offered by this prospectus, which securities such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
 
The Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the securities may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the securities purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Each Selling Stockholder has informed the Company that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the securities. In no event shall any broker-dealer receive fees, commissions and markups which, in the aggregate, would exceed eight percent (8%).
 
The Company is required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the registration of the securities however, a Selling Stockholder will pay all underwriting discounts and commissions, if any. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
 
Because Selling Stockholders may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, they will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act including Rule 172 thereunder. In addition, any securities covered by this prospectus which qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act may be sold under Rule 144 rather than under this prospectus. The Selling Stockholders have advised us that there is no underwriter or coordinating broker acting in connection with the proposed sale of the resale securities by the Selling Stockholders.
 
We agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the later of (i) December 13, 2016, (ii) the date on which the securities may be resold by the Selling Stockholders without registration and without regard to any volume or manner-of-sale limitations by reason of Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (iii) the date on which all of the securities have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect. The resale securities will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale securities covered hereby may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.
 
Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale securities may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the common stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the Selling Stockholders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of securities of the common stock by the Selling Stockholders or any other person. We will make copies of this prospectus available to the Selling Stockholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).
 
 
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Annex B
 
BOVIE MEDICAL CORPORATION
 
Selling Stockholder Notice and Questionnaire
 
The undersigned beneficial owner of common stock (the “ Registrable Securities ”) of Bovie Medical Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) a registration statement (the “ Registration Statement ”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), of the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”) to which this document is annexed. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.
 
Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
 
NOTICE
 
The undersigned beneficial owner (the “ Selling Stockholder ”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities owned by it in the Registration Statement. The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate:
 
QUESTIONNAIRE
 
1. Name .
 
(a) Full Legal Name of Selling Stockholder: _______________________
 
(b) Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities are held: ____________________________
 
(c) Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by this Questionnaire): ____________________________
 
 
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2. Address for Notices to Selling Stockholder :
 
 
 
 
Telephone:
Fax:
Contact Person:
 
3. Broker-Dealer Status:
 
(a)           Are you a broker-dealer?  o Yes  o No
 
(b)           If “yes” to Section 3(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for investment banking services to the Company?  o Yes  o No
 
Note: If “no” to Section 3(b), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
 
(c)           Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer?  o Yes  o No
 
(d)           If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you purchased the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities?  o Yes  o No
 
Note : If “no” to Section 3(d), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
 
4. Beneficial Ownership of Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Stockholder.
 
Except as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the securities issuable pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
 
(a) Type and Amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling Stockholder:
 


 
5. Relationships with the Company:
 
Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.
 
 
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State any exceptions here:
 


 
The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective.
 
By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 5 and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.
 
Date:
Beneficial Owner:
 
       
  Name:    
       
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    
 
PLEASE FAX A COPY (OR EMAIL A .PDF COPY) OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO THE COMPANY
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT 10.3
 
VOTING AGREEMENT
 
This VOTING AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of December 13, 2013, is between Bovie Medical Corporation, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and the person executing this agreement as “Stockholder” on the signature page below (the “ Stockholder ”).
 
A. The Company intends to enter into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “ Purchase Agreement ”) providing for the purchase of shares of convertible preferred stock of the Company and warrants (the “ Transaction ”) by certain funds and accounts managed by Great Point Partners, LLC (“ GPP ”), upon the terms to be set forth in the Purchase Agreement;
 
B. Pursuant to Section 4.13 of the Purchase Agreement, GPP has certain rights to nominate directors to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”);
 
C. Stockholder is the beneficial or record owner of the number of shares of common stock of the Company set forth opposite the Stockholder’s name on Schedule A (together with any shares of common stock and any other voting securities of the Company that the Stockholder acquires beneficial ownership of after the date of this Agreement, the “ Owned Shares ”);
 
D. The Stockholder is in favor of the Transaction; and
 
E. As an inducement to the Company to enter into the Purchase Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated thereby, which will inure to the benefit of the Company and, thereby, the Stockholder, the Company has requested that the Stockholder agree, and the Stockholder has agreed, to enter into this Agreement.
 
The parties agree as follows:
 
1.   Representations of Stockholder . Stockholder represents and warrants to the Company that:
 
(a) Stockholder owns beneficially all of the Owned Shares free and clear of all liens and other encumbrances. Except pursuant hereto, there are no options, warrants or other rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character to which Stockholder is a party relating to the pledge, disposition or voting of any of the Owned Shares and there are no voting trusts or voting agreements with respect to the Owned Shares.
 
(b) Stockholder does not beneficially own any shares of common stock of the Company other than (i) the Owned Shares and (ii) any options, warrants or other rights to acquire any additional shares of common stock of the Company or any security exercisable for or convertible into shares of common stock of the Company, set forth on the signature page of this Agreement (collectively, “ Options ”).
 
(c) Stockholder has full power and authority and legal capacity to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform fully Stockholder’s obligations hereunder.
 
 
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2.   Agreement to Vote . So long as this Agreement is in effect, the Stockholder shall, (A) at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company called for the purpose of electing directors, (i) appear, either in person or by proxy, to cause Stockholder’s Owned Shares to be counted as present for purposes of calculating a quorum, and (ii) vote, either in person or by proxy, all of Stockholder’s Owned Shares in favor of electing GPP’s nominees to the Board (to the extent GPP is entitled to nominate such directors pursuant to Section 4.13 of the Purchase Agreement) and to otherwise give effect to the provisions of Section 4.13 of the Purchase Agreement, and (B) with respect to any consent of the stockholders of the Company relating to the appointment of directors, consent to the appointment of GPP’s nominees to the Board (to the extent GPP is entitled to nominate such directors pursuant to Section 4.13 of the Purchase Agreement) and to otherwise give effect to the provisions of Section 4.13 of the Purchase Agreement.
 
3.   No Voting Trusts or Other Arrangement . Stockholder shall not deposit any of the Owned Shares in a voting trust, grant any proxies with respect to the Owned Shares (other than as provided for in Section 2(A)(i) above) or subject any of the Owned Shares to any arrangement with respect to the voting of the Owned Shares other than agreements entered into with the Company.
 
4.   Transfer and Encumbrance . Stockholder shall not, directly or indirectly, transfer, sell, offer, exchange, assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber (“ Transfer ”) any of the Owned Shares or enter into any contract, option or other agreement with respect to, or consent to, a Transfer of, any of the Owned Shares or Stockholder’s voting or economic interest therein. Any attempted Transfer of the Owned Shares or any interest therein in violation of this Section 4 shall be null and void. This Section 4 shall not prohibit a Transfer of the Owned Shares by Stockholder to any member of Stockholder’s immediate family, or to a trust for the benefit of Stockholder or any member of Stockholder’s immediate family, or upon the death of Stockholder; provided, that a Transfer referred to in this sentence shall be permitted only if, as a precondition to such Transfer, the transferee agrees in a writing, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Company, to be bound by all of the terms of this Agreement.
 
5.   Additional Shares . Stockholder agrees that all shares of common stock of the Company that Stockholder purchases, acquires the right to vote or otherwise acquires beneficial ownership (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, but excluding shares of common stock of the Company underlying unexercised Options) of after the execution of this Agreement shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement and shall constitute Owned Shares for all purposes of this Agreement.
 
6.   Stockholder Acknowledgment; Specific Performance . The Stockholder acknowledges that the Company is negotiating the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated therein in reliance upon the Stockholder’s execution and delivery of this Agreement. The Stockholder acknowledges and agrees that the Company will suffer irreparable harm from a breach by the Stockholder of its covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement. In the event of an alleged or threatened breach by the Stockholder of any of the provisions of this Agreement, the Company shall, in addition to all other rights and remedies existing in its favor, be entitled to specific performance and/or injunctive or other equitable relief in order to enforce or prevent any violations of the provisions hereof.
 
 
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7.   Termination . The obligations of the Stockholder under this Agreement shall continue until the earlier to occur of (a) the first meeting of stockholders following the date hereof at which directors are elected, and (b) a sale of the Company.
 
8.   Counterparts; Facsimile . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and delivered by facsimile or other similar electronic means, each of which shall constitute an original and which together shall be considered one and the same agreement.
 
9.   Assignment . Neither party shall assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party. This Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and their respective successors, heirs, executors, administrators and permitted assigns. Any assignment of this Agreement in contravention of this Section 9 shall be void.
 
10.   Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.
 
11.   No Agreement as Director or Officer . Stockholder makes no agreement or understanding in this Agreement in Stockholder’s capacity as a director or officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (if Stockholder holds such office), and nothing in this Agreement: (a) will limit or affect any actions or omissions taken by Stockholder in Stockholder’s capacity as such a director or officer and no such actions or omissions shall be a breach of this Agreement or (b) will be construed to prohibit, limit or restrict Stockholder from exercising Stockholder’s fiduciary duties as an officer or director to the Company.
 
The parties are signing this Agreement as of the date first written above.
 
 
  BOVIE MEDICAL CORPORATION  
       
 
By:
   
  Name:    
  Title:    
       
       
  STOCKHOLDER:  
     
     
       
  Printed Name:    
 
 
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Schedule A
 
Number of Owned Shares:
 
_____________ shares of common stock.
 
Description of any options or other rights to purchase voting securities of the Company:
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT 10.4
 
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT, effective as of December 13, 2013 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Bovie Medical Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter referred to as the “Company") and Robert Gershon (hereinafter referred to as the “Executive").

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company agrees to employ the Executive and the Executive agrees to be employed by the Company on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1)   EMPLOYMENT OF EXECUTIVE : The Company hereby employs the Executive and the Executive hereby accepts employment with the Company, in each case pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

2)   DUTIES : The Executive shall be Chief Executive Officer of the Company and shall have the authority, functions, duties, powers and responsibilities normally associated with such position, and such other title, authority, functions, duties, powers and responsibilities as may be assigned to the Executive from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) consistent with the Executive’s position with the Company. Executive shall report only to the Board. Executive shall be appointed to the Board as of the Effective Date, and during the Term (as defined below) the Company shall take such reasonable action as may be necessary to nominate Executive annually for re-election to the Board. The Executive agrees to devote substantially all of his business time and efforts to the performance of his duties, except for customary vacations and reasonable absences due to illness or other incapacity as set forth herein, and to perform all of his duties to the best of his professional ability and comply with such reasonable policies, standards, and regulations of the Company as are from time to time established by the Board. Without the prior written consent of the Board, Executive shall have no outside business activities that are competitive with or present a conflict of interest with the Company, or that would conflict or interfere with the performance of his duties hereunder ( provided , however , that the Board acknowledges and agrees that the Executive may have on-going duties with respect to an existing consulting relationship for up to 30 days following the Effective Date and that such on-going duties, if they do not interfere with the performance of Executive’s duties hereunder, shall not be a violation of this provision; and provided , further , that the Executive may serve of the boards of directors of any company at the specific request of the Company). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained herein shall be construed so as to prohibit or prevent the Executive from engaging in charitable causes, sitting on the boards of directors of not-for-profit entities, or managing his and his family’s personal finances, so long as such activities do not conflict or interfere with the performance of his duties hereunder.
 
 
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3)   TERM : The initial term of employment under this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue until December 31, 2015 (the “Initial Term”). On December 31, 2015, and on each December 31 thereafter, the term of this Agreement shall be automatically extended for an additional one (1) year term (each, a “Renewal Term”) unless either party provides written notice to the other party of its intention not to extend the Initial Term or Renewal Term, as applicable (which written notice must be delivered at least 60 days before the end of the Initial Term or Renewal Term, as the case may be, in order to be effective). The period from the Effective Date through the date this Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder is terminated in accordance with this Section 3 or 11 is referred to as the “Term.”

4)   PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT : Executive’s principal work location shall be in the Fairfield County, Connecticut area. The Executive shall establish a suitable office there and, with consultation of the Board, will make additional hires that may also be based in the Fairfield County, Connecticut area.

5)   COMPENSATION : For all services rendered to the Company, the Executive agrees to accept as total compensation a sum computed as set forth in this section. All payments of compensation (whether under this Section 5 or under any other section of this Agreement) shall be subject to all applicable withholdings and deductions in accordance with applicable law and Company policies and procedures.

(a)   Base Salary . The Company shall pay the Executive a base salary at the rate of Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand dollars ($350,000) per year (the “Base Salary”), in accordance with the customary payroll practices of the Company applicable to senior executives. During the Term, the Company’s Compensation Committee of the Board shall review the Base Salary and may provide for such increases (but not decreases) in Base Salary as it may, in its sole and exclusive discretion, deem appropriate.

(b)   Automobile Allowance . During the Term, Executive shall receive an automobile allowance in the amount of Five Hundred ($500) Dollars per month.

(c)   Annual Bonuses . During the Term, in addition to the Base Salary, for each fiscal year of the Company ending during the Term, the Executive shall have the opportunity to receive an annual bonus (each, a “Performance Bonus”) under an annual bonus plan to be established by the Board in consultation with the Executive prior to the end of March 2014 (the “Bonus Plan”). The target Performance Bonus for each fiscal year shall be 50% of Base Salary (the “Target Bonus”) with the actual Performance Bonus payable being determined in accordance with the Bonus Plan. In constructing the Company and individual performance objectives and the associated bonus payouts, the Compensation Committee will construct the Bonus Plan in such a way that bonus payments will scale commensurate with Company and individual performance with no predefined limit on bonus payouts. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall limit the Executive’s eligibility to receive any other bonus or incentive under any other bonus plan, stock option or equity–based plan, or other policy or program of the Company. Executive shall be entitled to a minimum Performance Bonus for 2014 equal to the target Performance Bonus for such year.
 
 
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(d)   Sign-On Bonus . As a further inducement to execute this Agreement and commence employment with the Company, the Company shall pay to the Executive, in a single lump sum within 30 days following the Effective Date, an amount equal to $50,000.
 
(e)   Equity Awards .

i.   General. Executive shall be eligible to participate in the equity-based incentive plans of the Company and may receive awards thereunder, as determined by the Compensation Committee from time to time and subject to the terms and conditions of such plans and any award agreement between the company and Executive evidencing such awards.

ii.   Sign-On Award . As of the Effective Date, pursuant to an option award agreement between the Company and the Executive that shall be delivered to the Executive promptly following the Effective Date (the “Award Agreement”) the Company shall grant to the Executive a non-qualified stock option (an “Option”) to purchase 750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”). The exercise price per share subject to the Option shall be equal to the closing price of a share of Common Stock on the Effective Date. The Option shall become exercisable with respect to 187,500 shares of Common Stock on each of the first four anniversaries of the Effective Date, but shall otherwise be subject to the terms and conditions of the Award Agreement. Subject to applicable securities laws, as determined by the Company and its counsel, the Executive shall be entitled to exercise the Option cashlessly and the Company shall register the stock subject to Option.

6)   VACATION/SICK TIME : The Company agrees that the Executive shall be entitled to vacation time with full pay, of three (3) weeks (fifteen (15) working days), during each year of Executive's employment. The scheduling of any vacation shall be coordinated with the Company so that the staffing needs of the Company are met to the extent reasonable possible. The Executive shall be granted sick time in accordance with the policy outlined in the Company's policy manual then in effect from time to time.

7)   REIMBURSEMENT OF BUSINESS EXPENSES : The Company agrees to pay, either directly or indirectly by payment to the Executive, for all of the Executive's reasonable entertainment, travel and other miscellaneous business expenses incurred by him in the performance of his services under this Agreement, in accordance with the Company’s policies regarding such reimbursements. The Executive shall be entitled, on each business related trip, to coach airline tickets on domestic travel of less than three hours and business class airline tickets on domestic travel of three hours or more and international travel, and a full size rental automobile. As a prerequisite to any payment or reimbursement by the Company for business expenses, the Executive shall submit receipts of all such expenses to the Company; and the Company's obligation to effect payment or reimbursement of such expenses shall be only to the extent of such receipts. The Company also agrees to reimburse the Executive for the reasonable costs he incurs in the negotiation of this Agreement.
 
 
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8)   ADDITIONAL BENEFITS : The Executive and his dependents shall be eligible to participate in the Company’s medical and dental insurance plans in accordance with the terms and conditions of such plans.

9)   COMPANY PROPERTY : The Executive understands and agrees that Company files, customer files, legal files, legal research files, form files, forms, examples, samples, and all briefs and memoranda, intellectual property and other work product or property, and all copies thereof (the “Company Property”) are the sole and exclusive property of the Company; and the same shall remain in the possession of the Company and shall constitute the property of the Company irrespective of who prepared the same. The Executive shall not remove, photocopy, photograph, or in any other manner duplicate or otherwise remove, any Company Property other than in the performance of his duties hereunder.

10)   DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYEMENT : In the event the employment of the Executive with the Company is terminated, the Executive agrees and understands that all Company Property in his possession or control shall be promptly returned to the Company, and the Executive shall have no right, title or interest in the same.

11)   TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT : The employment of the Executive may be terminated as follows:

(a)   Termination upon Death or Disability . This Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder shall automatically terminate on the date on which the Executive dies or becomes permanently incapacitated. The Executive shall be deemed to have become “permanently incapacitated” on the date that is thirty (30) days after the Company has determined that the Executive has suffered a Permanent Incapacity (as defined below) and so notifies the Executive. For purposes of this Agreement, “Permanent Incapacity” shall mean that (i) the Executive is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months; or (ii) the Executive is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, receiving income benefits for a period of 90 days under any long-term disability plan.
 
(b)   Termination by the Company for Cause . The Company may terminate this Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause (as defined below), effective upon delivery of written notice (the “Termination Notice”) to the Executive given at any time during the Term (without any necessity for prior notice). For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean the Executive’s: (1) conviction of any felony or any other crime involving dishonesty or moral turpitude, (2) commission of any act of fraud or dishonesty by the Executive, or theft of or maliciously intentional damage to the property of the Company or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, in any case that has or can reasonably be expect to have a significant adverse financial effect on the Company or a significant adverse effect on the Company’s reputation, (3) willful or intentional breach of Executive’s fiduciary duties to the Company, or (4) breach by Executive of any material provision of this Agreement. Prior to a termination by the Company of the Executive's employment for Cause under subsection (3) or (4) of this Section 11(b), the Executive shall first have an opportunity to cure or remedy such breach within fifteen (15) days following the Termination Notice, or such longer period as is reasonable under the circumstances, and provided that Employee diligently pursues such cure within such fifteen (15) day period, and if the same is cured or remedied within such period, such notice shall become null and void.
 
 
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(c)   Termination by the Company without Cause . The Company may terminate this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder without Cause, upon at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Executive.
 
(d)   Termination by the Executive for Good Reason . The Executive may terminate this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder with Good Reason (as defined below). For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean (i) the material reduction of the Executive’s title, authority, duties and responsibilities (other than the removal of the Executive from the Board by a vote of the shareholders of the Company) or the assignment to the Executive of duties materially inconsistent with the Executive’s position or positions with the Company; (ii) any reduction in Base Salary or Target Bonus of the Executive; (iii) a change in the Executive’s principal work location without Executive’s consent to a location that is more than 25 miles from the Executive’s principal work location first established under Section 4 of this Agreement, or (iv) the Company’s material breach of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) Good Reason shall not be deemed to exist unless notice of termination on account thereof (specifying a termination date thirty (30) days from the date of such notice) is given no later than 60 days after the time at which the event or condition purportedly giving rise to Good Reason first occurs or arises and (y) if there exists (without regard to this clause (y)) an event or condition that constitutes Good Reason, the Company shall have fifteen (15) days from the date notice of such a termination is given to cure such event or condition and, if the Company does so, such event or condition shall not constitute Good Reason hereunder.
 
(e)   Termination by the Executive other than for Good Reason . The Executive may terminate this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder other than for Good Reason, provided that the Executive gives the Company no less than thirty (30) days prior written notice of such termination.
 
(f)   Definition of Change of Control . For purposes of this Agreement, “Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following:
 
(i)   any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires ownership of stock of the Company that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the stock of the Company;
 
(ii)   any consolidation or merger of the Company into another corporation or entity where the stockholders of the Company, immediately prior to the consolidation or merger, would not, immediately after the consolidation or merger, beneficially own, directly or indirectly, securities representing in the aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of all the outstanding securities of the surviving corporation (or of its ultimate parent corporation, if any).
 
 
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(iii)   the sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an independent, unaffiliated third party in a single transaction or a series of related transactions.
 
(iv)   the date that a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors is replaced during any twelve (12) month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors prior to the date of the appointment or election.
 
12)   PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION . In the event of the termination of this Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder, the Executive shall receive the amounts and benefits set forth below so long as the Executive (x) executes a general release of claims in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company (the “Release”) and the applicable revocation period with respect to such Release expires without the Executive having revoked the Release, in each case within thirty (30) days following the date of termination, and (y) does not breach any of the restrictive covenants in this Agreement (collectively, “Restrictive Covenants”). Subject to the foregoing, any cash payments to be made in accordance with this Section 12 will be made (or, in the event of continued payments, will commence) on the first payroll date following the end of the 30-day period described in the preceding sentence. The Company agrees that the Release shall not impose restrictive covenants that are broader and/or of longer duration than the Restricted Covenants.

(a)   Upon termination of this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof, the Executive (or the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries in the case of the death of the Executive) (i) shall be entitled to (A) receive any unpaid Base Salary, the sign-on bonus and other benefits (including any bonus for a calendar year completed before termination) earned and accrued under this Agreement prior to the date of termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination), (B) a pro rata bonus for the year of termination, determined by multiplying (I) the Performance Bonus that the Executive would have received under the Bonus Plan for such year had his employment continued by (II) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days employed during such year and the numerator of which is 365, (C) indemnification in accordance with any applicable indemnification plan, program, corporate governance document or other arrangement, and any vested rights pursuant to any insurance plan, benefit plan or retirement plan, and (D) treatment of the Option or other option grants in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan and award agreement, provided that the portion of the Option and options that was exercisable as of the Effective Date, and the portion of the Option that would have become exercisable on the next anniversary of the Effective Date following the date of termination, shall become and remain exercisable for a period of 12 months following the date of termination, and (ii) shall have no further rights to any other compensation or benefits hereunder, or any other rights hereunder.
 
 
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(b)   Upon termination of this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder by the Company for Cause pursuant to Section 11(b) hereof or by Executive other than for Good Reason pursuant to Section 11(e) hereof, the Executive (i) shall be entitled to (A) receive any unpaid Base Salary earned and accrued under this Agreement prior to the date of termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination), and (B) indemnification in accordance with any applicable indemnification plan, program, corporate governance document or other arrangement, and any vested rights pursuant to any insurance plan, benefit plan or retirement plan, and (C) in the case of the termination of the Executive’s employment by the Executive other than for Good Reason pursuant to Section 11(e) hereof, treatment of the Option or other option grants in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan and award agreement, provided that the portion of the Option that was exercisable as of the date of termination shall remain exercisable for a period of 3 months following the date of termination, and (ii) shall have no further rights to any other compensation or benefits hereunder, or any other rights hereunder.
 
(c)   Upon termination of this Agreement by reason of the Executive’s non-renewal of the Term pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the provisions of Section 12(b) shall apply (including subsection 12(b)(i)(C)) and, so long as the Executive remains employed through the payment date therefor (unless the Executive is terminated by the Company prior to such payment date without Cause (as defined in this Agreement, notwithstanding the non-renewal of this Agreement)), the Executive shall also be eligible to receive a Performance Bonus calculated and determined in accordance with the Bonus Plan for the final year of the Term (and, for the avoidance of doubt, this provision shall remain in effect through such payment date, notwithstanding any such non-renewal).
 
(d)   Upon termination of this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder (x) by the Company without Cause pursuant to Section 11(c) hereof, (y) by reason of the Company’s non-renewal of the Term pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or (z) by the Executive for Good Reason pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof, the Executive (or the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries in the case of the death of the Executive following the termination of Executive’s employment) (i) shall be entitled to (A) receive any unpaid Base Salary, sign-on bonus, and other benefits (including any bonus for a calendar year completed before termination) earned and accrued under this Agreement prior to the date of termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination), (B) a pro rata bonus for the year of termination, determined by multiplying (I) the Performance Bonus that the Executive would have received under the Bonus Plan for such year had his employment continued by (II) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days employed during such year and the numerator of which is 365, (C) indemnification in accordance with any applicable indemnification plan, program, corporate governance document or other arrangement, and any vested rights pursuant to any insurance plan, benefit plan or retirement plan, (D) continued payment of his Base Salary and monthly payments of one-twelfth (1/12 th ) of the Target Bonus, in each case for the 12-month period following the date of termination, (E) reimbursement of the cost to the Executive of his COBRA premiums for the 12-month period following the date of termination, and (F) treatment of the Option or other option grants in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan and award agreement, provided that the portion of the Option that was exercisable as of the Effective Date, and the portion of the Option that would have become exercisable on the next anniversary of the Effective Date following the date of termination, shall become and remain exercisable for a period of 12 months following the date of termination, and (ii) shall have no further rights to any other compensation or benefits hereunder, or any other rights hereunder.
 
 
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(e)   Upon termination of this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder by the Company without Cause pursuant to Section 11(c) hereof or by Executive for Good Reason pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof, in either case within three months prior to and 12 months following a Change of Control, the provisions of Section 12(d) shall apply, except that subsections 12(c)(i)(C) and (D) shall be deleted and replaced with the following: (C) receive a lump sum cash payment equal to two times the sum of Executive’s Base Salary and Target Bonus in effect immediately prior to any such termination, and (D) exercise 100% of the Option and any other option granted to the Executive that was outstanding immediately prior to the Change of Control, and such Option and options shall remain exercisable for a period of 3 months following the date of termination.
 
(f)   Executive shall be under no obligation to seek other employment and there shall be no offset against amounts due under this Agreement on account of amounts earned by Executive from any subsequent employment.
 
13)   RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.

(a) Noncompetition . Executive acknowledges and agrees that during the period of his employment with the Company and for the 12-month period following the termination of such employment, regardless of the reason for such termination and regardless whether this Agreement has terminated or expired (the “Restricted Period”), he shall not, directly or indirectly: (i) engage in, manage, operate, control, supervise, or participate in the management, operation, control or supervision of any business, entity or division that competes with any business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (a “Competitor”) or serve as an employee, consultant or in any other capacity for a Competitor; (ii) have any ownership or financial interest, directly, or indirectly, in any Competitor including, without limitation, as an individual, partner, shareholder (other than as a shareholder of a publicly-owned corporation in which the Executive owns less than five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of such corporation), officer, director, employee, principal, agent or consultant; or (iii) serve as a representative of any Competitor. Subject to the prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), Executive shall not be prohibited from working for a noncompetitive part of a Competitor provided he does not provide any services, directly or indirectly, for the competitive part of the Competitor (including but not limited to supervising employees in the competitive part of any such Competitor).
 
(b) Non-Solicitation; No-Hire . Executive acknowledges and agrees that during the Restricted Period he shall not, directly or indirectly, other than in connection with carrying out his duties hereunder, (i) solicit or induce any employee or consultant of the Company (or any individual who was an employee or consultant of the Company at any time during the 6-month period preceding any such solicitation or inducement) to (A) terminate his or her employment or relationship with the Company, and/or (B) work for the Executive or any Competitor, or (ii) hire, or be involved in the process of any business, entity or division in hiring, any employee or consultant of the Company (or any individual who was an employee or consultant of the Company at any time during the 6-month period preceding any such hiring). Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 13(b) shall not apply to any employee or consultant whose relationship with the Company was involuntarily terminated by the Company.
 
 
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(c) Non-Solicitation of Clients . Executive acknowledges and agrees that during the Restricted Period he shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit, take away or divert, or attempt to solicit, take away or divert, the business or patronage of any client or customer of the Company with the intention or for the purpose of providing services that compete with the services provided by the Company at the time of Executive’s termination.
 
(d) Disparaging Comments . Executive agrees not to make critical, negative or disparaging remarks about the Company or its management, business or employment practices; provided that nothing in this Section 13(d) shall be deemed to prevent the Executive from responding fully and accurately to any question, inquiry or request for information when required by applicable law or legal process, or to enforce this Agreement. The Company and its officers and directors shall not make critical, negative or disparaging remarks about the Executive; provided that nothing in this Section 13(d) shall be deemed to prevent the Company or its officers or directors from responding fully and accurately to any question, inquiry or request for information when required by applicable law or legal process, or to enforce this Agreement.
 
(e) Confidentiality . The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company’s business is highly competitive and that the Executive will be involved in and become aware of the Company’s trade secrets, materials, know-how (whether or not in writing), technology, product information and intellectual property belonging to the Company (“Trade Secrets”) and all confidential matters (whether available in written, electronic form or orally) relating to the Company and its business (including without limitation its strategies, models, business and marketing plans, pricing, sales and revenue information, financial performance, etc.), and personal and other confidential information relating to its owners, managers, investors, members, shareholders, executives, and employees (the “Confidential Information”), all of which has been developed at great investment of time and resources by the Company so as to engender substantial good will, and all of which are and will remain the exclusive property of the Company. Therefore, the Executive agrees that during the period of his employment with the Company and at all times thereafter, Executive shall not disclose, shall keep secret, shall retain in strictest confidence and shall not use for his benefit or the benefit of others, except in connection with the business and affairs of the Company, any Trade Secret or Confidential Information.
 
(f) Acknowledgement . Executive agrees and acknowledges that each restrictive covenant in this Section 13 is reasonable as to duration, terms and geographical area and that the same protects the legitimate interests of the Company, imposes no undue hardship on Executive, and is not injurious to the public.

14)   INJUNCTIVE RELIEF . The Executive agrees that the precise value of the covenants in Sections 13 are so difficult to evaluate that no accurate measure of liquidated damages could possibly be established and that, in the event of a breach or threatened breach of such provisions, the Company shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief (without the position of a bond or other security) restraining Executive from such breach or threatened breach. In the event that any of the covenants made in Section 13 shall be more restrictive than permitted by applicable law, such covenant shall be interpreted to be as restrictive as otherwise allowed under applicable law.
 
 
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15)   ARBITRATION . Other than any request for injunctive relief by the Company under Section 14, any and all controversies, claims, or disputes (each, a “Dispute”) between the Executive (or his heirs, beneficiaries, estate, executors or other legal representatives, as applicable) and the Company arising out of, relating to, or resulting from this Agreement, the Executive’s employment with the Company, or the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, shall be resolved through binding arbitration to be held in New York City, New York, and administered by the American Arbitration Association (“ AAA ”) in accordance with its National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes. Except as provided by this Agreement and by the Rules, including any provisional relief offered therein, arbitration will be the sole, exclusive and final remedy for any Dispute. Accordingly, except as provided for by the Rules, neither party will be permitted to pursue court action regarding claims that are subject to arbitration under this Section 15. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement does not prohibit the Executive from pursuing an administrative claim with a local, state or federal administrative body such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or the workers’ compensation board. This Agreement does, however, preclude the Executive from pursuing court action regarding any such claim.

16)   INDEMNIFICATION : During and after the Term, the Company shall indemnify the Executive to the maximum extent permitted by any applicable agreement, arrangement or corporate governance document of the Company or, in the event no such agreement, arrangement or document exists, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in either case against all liabilities, losses, damages and expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Executive in connection with any claim or proceeding arising out of, or relating to, his services for the Company, other than (i) any claim or proceeding by the Company that the Executive breached his obligations to the Company, and (ii) any claim or proceeding by the Executive against the Company (“Losses”). The Company shall advance to the Executive to the extent permitted by law all Losses incurred by him provided the Executive undertakes to repay the amount of such advances if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified against such Losses.

17)   NOTICES : Any notice required or permitted to be given pursuant to the provisions of this shall be sufficient if in writing, and if personally delivered tot he party to be notified or if sent by registered or certified mail to said party at the following addresses:
 
If to the Company: Bovie Medical Corporation
5115 Ulmerton Road
Clearwater, FL 33760
Attn: J. Robert Saron, President
   
With a copy to: Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.
1425 RXR Plaza
East Tower, 15 th Floor
Uniondale, New York 11556
Attn: Adam P. Silvers, Esq.
 
 
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With a copy to: Morrison Cohen LLP
909 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attn: David A. Scherl, Esq.
   
If to the Executive: Robert Gershon
4 ½ Hickory Drive
Greenwich, CT 06831
   
With a copy to: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Attn: Paul M. Ritter, Esq.
 
18)   SEVERABILITY : In the event any portion of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalid or unenforceable portion or provision shall not affect any other provision hereof and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the invalid provision had not been included.

19)   BINDING EFFECT : This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Company and upon any person, firm or corporation with which the Company may be merged or consolidated or which may acquire all or substantially all of the Company's assets through sale, lease, liquidation or otherwise. The rights and benefits of Executive are personal to him and no such rights or benefits shall be subject to assignment or transfer by Executive.

20)   GOVERNING LAW : This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.

21)   ENTIRE AGREEMENT : This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes and replaces any prior agreement; and there are no other agreements between the parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein except as set forth herein.

22)   AMENDMENT AND MODIFICATION : All terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless modified, changed, altered or amended, in writing, executed by both parties.
 
 
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23)   SECTION 280G . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that any payment or benefit received or to be received by the Executive (including any payment or benefit received in connection with a Change of Control or the termination of Executive’s employment, whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement) (all such payments and benefits being hereinafter referred to as the “ Total Payments ”) would not be deductible (in whole or part) by the Company as a result of Section 280G of the Code, then, to the extent necessary to make such portion of the Total Payments deductible (and after taking into account any reduction in the Total Payments provided by reason of Section 280G of the Code in any such other plan, arrangement or agreement), the portion of the Total Payments that do not constitute deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code shall first be reduced (if necessary, to zero), and all other Total Payments shall thereafter be reduced (if necessary, to zero), with cash payments being reduced before non-cash payments, and payments to be paid last being reduced first; provided , however , that such reduction shall only be made if the amount of such Total Payments, as so reduced (and after subtracting the net amount of federal, state and local income taxes on such reduced Total Payments) is greater than or equal to the amount of such Total Payments without such reduction (but after subtracting the net amount of federal, state and local income taxes on such Total Payments and the amount of the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code on such unreduced Total Payments). It is possible that, after the determinations and selections made pursuant to this Section 23, the Executive will receive Total Payments that are, in the aggregate, either more or less than the amount properly determined under this Section 23 (hereafter referred to as an “ Excess Payment ” or “ Underpayment ”, as applicable). If it is established, pursuant to a final determination of a court or an Internal Revenue Service proceeding that has been finally and conclusively resolved, that an Excess Payment has been made, then Executive shall promptly repay the Excess Payment to the Company, together with interest on the Excess Payment at the applicable federal rate (as defined in Section 1274(d) of the Code) from the date of Executive’s receipt of such Excess Payment until the date of such repayment. In the event that it is determined by a court or by the accounting firm which was, immediately prior to the Change in Control, the Company's independent auditor, upon request of either party, that an Underpayment has occurred, the Company shall promptly pay an amount equal to the Underpayment to Executive (but in any event within ten (10) days of such determination), together with interest on such amount at the applicable federal rate from the date such amount would have been paid to the Executive had the provisions of this Section 23 not been applied until the date of payment.
 
 
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24)   SECTION 409A . This Agreement is intended to comply with or be exempt from Section 409A of the Code and will be interpreted, administered and operated in a manner consistent with that intent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at the time of the Executive’s separation from service with the Company he is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Code (and the regulations thereunder) and any payments or benefits otherwise payable hereunder as a result of such separation from service are subject to Section 409A of the Code, then the Company will defer the commencement of the payment of any such payments or benefits hereunder (without any reduction in such payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to the Executive) until the date that is six months following the Executive’s separation from service with the Company (or the earliest date as is permitted under Section 409A of the Code), and the Company will pay any such delayed amounts in a lump sum at such time. If any other payments of money or other benefits due to the Executive hereunder could cause the application of an accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, such payments or other benefits shall be deferred if deferral will make such payment or other benefits compliant under Section 409A of the Code, or otherwise such payment or other benefits shall be restructured, to the extent possible, in a manner, determined by the Company, that does not cause such an accelerated or additional tax. To the extent any reimbursements or in-kind benefits due to the Executive under this Agreement constitute “deferred compensation” under Section 409A of the Code, any such reimbursements or in-kind benefits shall be paid to the Executive in a manner consistent with Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv). Each payment made under this Agreement shall be designated as a “separate payment” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. References to “termination of employment” and similar terms used in this Agreement are intended to refer to “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code to the extent necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code. Whenever a payment under this Agreement may be paid within a specified period, the actual date of payment within the specified period shall be within the sole discretion of the Company. In no event may the Executive, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of any payment to be made under this Agreement. Any provision in this Agreement providing for any right of offset or set-off by the Company shall not permit any offset or set-off against payments of “non-qualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code or other amounts or payments to the extent that such offset or set-off would result in any violation of Section 409A or adverse tax consequences to the Executive under Section 409A.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have set their hands and seals effective on the day and year first above written.

 
      Bovie Medical Corporation  
         
/s/ Robert Gershon
   
/s/ J. Robert Saron
 
Robert Gershon
   
By: J. Robert Saron
 
 
   
Title: President
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT 10.5
 
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), effective as of December 13, 2013 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Bovie Medical Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter referred to as the “Company") and Andrew Makrides (hereinafter referred to as the “Executive").

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company is a corporation existing and authorized to do business in the State of Delaware; and

WHEREAS, the Company is desirous of securing the Executive's continued services and Executive is willing to provide such services.

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1)   EMPLOYMENT OF EXECUTIVE : The Company hereby agrees to employ the Executive, and the Executive hereby agrees to accept said employment, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

2)   DUTIES : The Executive shall render, as an employee, professional services as the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, and shall perform such additional duties as may be assigned to the Executive by the Board of Directors of the Company from time to time in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The Executive agrees to devote such time and effort to the performance of his duties as the Executive deems necessary and reasonable in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, except for customary vacations and reasonable absences due to illness or other incapacity as set forth herein, and to perform all of his duties to the best of his professional ability and comply with such reasonable policies, standards, and regulations of the Company as are from time to time established by the Board of Directors of the Company. Nothing contained herein shall be construed so as to prohibit or prevent the Executive from engaging in charitable causes, sitting on the boards of directors of not-for-profit entities, or managing his and his family’s personal finances, so long as such activities do not conflict or interfere with the adequate performance of his duties hereunder.

3)   TERM : The initial term of employment under this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue until December 31, 2016 (the “Initial Term”). On December 31, 2016, and on each December 31 thereafter, the term of this Agreement shall be automatically extended for an additional one (1) year term (each, a “Renewal Term”) unless either party provides written notice to the other party of its intention not to extend the Initial Term or Renewal Term, as applicable (which written notice must be delivered at least 60 days before the end of the Initial Term or Renewal Term, as the case may be, in order to be effective). The period from the Effective Date through the date this Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder is terminated in accordance with this Section 3 or 11 is referred to as the “Term.”
 
 
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4)   PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT : It is understood that the Executive will permanently reside and work in the Suffolk County, New York area.

5)   COMPENSATION : For all services rendered to the Company, the Executive agrees to accept as total compensation a sum computed as set forth in this section.

(a)   Base Salary . The Company shall pay the Executive a base salary at the rate of Two Hundred Fifteen Thousand Five Hundred Fourteen Dollars and 52/100 ($215,414.52) per year (the “Base Salary”), in accordance with the customary payroll practices of the Company applicable to senior executives. During the Term, the Company’s Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, (for purposes of this Agreement, the “Compensation Committee”) shall review the Executive’s Base Salary and may provide for such increases therein as it may, in its sole and exclusive discretion, deem appropriate.

(b)   Automobile Allowance . During the Term, Executive shall receive an automobile allowance in the amount of Five Hundred ($500) Dollars per month.

(c)   Annual Bonuses . During the Term, in addition to the Base Salary, for each fiscal year of the Company ending during the Term, the Executive shall have the opportunity to receive an annual bonus (each, a “Performance Bonus”) under an annual bonus plan to be established by the Company prior to the end of March 2014 (the “Bonus Plan”). The target Performance Bonus for each fiscal year shall be 35% of Base Salary with the actual Performance Bonus payable being determined in accordance with the Bonus Plan. In constructing the Company and individual performance objectives and the associated bonus payouts, the Compensation Committee will construct the Bonus Plan in such a way that bonus payments will scale commensurate with Company and individual performance with no predefined limit on bonus payouts. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall limit the Executive’s eligibility to receive any other bonus or incentive under any other bonus plan, stock option or equity–based plan, or other policy or program of the Company.

(d)   Equity Awards . Executive shall be eligible to participate in the equity-based incentive plans of the Company and may receive awards threunder, as determined by the Compensation Committee from time to time and subject to the terms and conditions of such plans and any award agreement between the company and Executive evidencing such awards.

6)   VACTION/SICK TIME : The Company agrees that the Executive shall be entitled to vacation time with full pay, of three (3) weeks (fifteen (15) working days), during each year of Executive's employment. The scheduling of any vacation shall be coordinated with the Company so that the staffing needs of the Company are met to the extent reasonable possible. The Executive shall be granted sick time in accordance with the policy outlined in the Company's policy manual then in effect from time to time.
 
 
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7)   REIMBURSEMENT OF BUSINESS EXPENSES : The Company agrees to pay, either directly or indirectly by payment to the Executive, for all of the Executive's reasonable entertainment, travel and other miscellaneous business expenses incurred by him in the performance of his services under this Agreement, in accordance with the Company’s policies regarding such reimbursements. The Executive shall be entitled, on each business related trip, to coach airline tickets on domestic travel and business class airline tickets on international travel, and a full size rental automobile. As a prerequisite to any payment or reimbursement by the Company for business expenses, the Executive shall submit receipts of all such expenses to the Company; and the Company's obligation to effect payment or reimbursement of such expenses shall be only to the extent of such receipts.

8)   ADDITIONAL BENEFITS : The Executive and his dependents shall be eligible to participate in the Company’s medical and dental insurance plans in accordance with the terms and conditions of such plans.

9)   COMPANY PROPERTY DEFINED : The Executive understands and agrees that Company files, customer files, legal files, legal research files, form files, forms, examples, samples, and all briefs and memoranda, intellectual property and other work product or property, and all copies thereof (the “Company Property”) are the sole and exclusive property of the Company; and the same shall remain in the possession of the Company and shall constitute the property of the Company irrespective of who prepared the same. The Executive shall not remove, photocopy, photograph or in any other manner duplicate or remove said Company Property other than in the performance of his duties for or on behalf of the Company.

10)   DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYEMENT : In the event the employment of the Executive with the Company is terminated, the Executive agrees and understands that all Company Property in his possession or control shall be promptly returned to the Company, and the Executive shall have no right, title or interest in the same.

11)   TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT : The employment of the Executive may be terminated as follows:

(a)   Termination upon Death or Disability . This Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder shall automatically terminate on the date on which the Executive dies or becomes permanently incapacitated. The Executive shall be deemed to have become “permanently incapacitated” on the date that is thirty (30) days after the Company has determined that the Executive has suffered a Permanent Incapacity (as defined below) and so notifies the Executive. For purposes of this Agreement, “Permanent Incapacity” shall mean that (i) the Executive is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months; or (ii) the Executive is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, receiving income benefits for a period of 90 days under any long-term disability plan.
 
 
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(b)   Termination by the Company for Cause . The Company may terminate this Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause (as defined below), effective upon delivery of written notice (the “Termination Notice”) to the Executive given at any time during the Term (without any necessity for prior notice). For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean the Executive’s: (1) conviction of any felony or any other crime involving dishonesty or moral turpitude, (2) commission of any act of fraud or dishonesty by the Executive, or theft of or maliciously intentional damage to the property of the Company or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, (3) willful or intentional breach of Executive’s fiduciary duties to the Company, or (4) breach by Executive of any provision of this Agreement. Prior to any termination by the Company of the Executive's employment for Cause, the Executive shall first have an opportunity to cure or remedy such act of default within ten (10) days following the Termination Notice, or such longer period as is reasonable under the circumstances, and provided that Employee diligently pursues such cure within such ten (10) day period, and if the same is cured or remedied within such period, such notice shall become null and void.
 
(c)   Termination by the Company without Cause . The Company may terminate this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder without Cause, upon at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Executive, provided that the Company complies with all provisions of this Agreement, including without limitation, obligations related to severance, vesting of options and continuation of benefits as set forth herein.
 
(d)   Termination by the Executive for Good Reason . The Executive may terminate this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder with Good Reason (as defined below). For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean (i) the material reduction of the Executive’s title, authority, duties and responsibilities or the assignment to the Executive of duties materially inconsistent with the Executive’s position or positions with the Company; (ii) any reduction in Base Salary of the Executive; or (iii) the Company’s material breach of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) Good Reason shall not be deemed to exist unless notice of termination on account thereof (specifying a termination date thirty (30) days from the date of such notice) is given no later than 30 days after the time at which the event or condition purportedly giving rise to Good Reason first occurs or arises and (y) if there exists (without regard to this clause (y)) an event or condition that constitutes Good Reason, the Company shall have fifteen (15) days from the date notice of such a termination is given to cure such event or condition and, if the Company does so, such event or condition shall not constitute Good Reason hereunder.
 
(e)   Termination by the Executive other than for Good Reason . The Executive may terminate this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder other than for Good Reason, provided that the Executive gives the Company no less than thirty (30) days prior written notice of such termination.
 
(f)   Definition of Change of Control . For purposes of this Agreement, “Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following:
 
(i)   any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires ownership of stock of the Company that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the stock of the Company;
 
 
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(ii)   any consolidation or merger of the Company into another corporation or entity where the stockholders of the Company, immediately prior to the consolidation or merger, would not, immediately after the consolidation or merger, beneficially own, directly or indirectly, securities representing in the aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of all the outstanding securities of the surviving corporation (or of its ultimate parent corporation, if any).
 
(iii)   the sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an independent, unaffiliated third party in a single transaction or a series of related transactions.
 
(iv)   the date that a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors is replaced during any twelve (12) month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors prior to the date of the appointment or election.
 
12)   PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION . In the event of the termination of this Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder, the Executive shall receive the amounts set forth below so long as the Executive (x) executes a general release of claims containing usual and customary provisions in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company (the “Release”) and the applicable revocation period with respect to such Release expires without the Executive having revoked the Release, in each case within thirty (30) days following the date of termination, and (y) does not breach any of the restrictive covenants in this Agreement or in any other agreement between Executive and the Company or to which Executive is a party (collectively, “Restrictive Covenants”) or any other ongoing material obligation to which Executive is subject as of the date of termination. Any cash payments to be made in accordance with this Section 12 will be made (or, in the event of continued payments, will commence) on the first payroll date following the end of the 30-day period described in the preceding sentence.

(a)   Upon termination of this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof, (i) the Executive (or the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries in the case of the death of the Executive) shall be entitled to receive any Base Salary and other benefits (including any bonus for a calendar year completed before termination) earned and accrued under this Agreement prior to the date of termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination) and (ii) the Executive (or the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries in the case of the death of the Executive) shall have no further rights to any other compensation or benefits hereunder, or any other rights hereunder (but, for the avoidance of doubt, shall receive such disability and death benefits as may be provided under the Company’s plans and arrangements in accordance with their terms).
 
(b)   Upon termination of this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder by the Company for Cause pursuant to Section 11(b) hereof or by Executive other than for Good Reason pursuant to Section 11(e) hereof, (i) the Executive shall be entitled to receive any Base Salary earned prior to the date of termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination) and (ii) the Executive shall have no further rights to any other compensation or benefits under this Agreement on or after the termination of employment.
 
 
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(c)   Upon termination of this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder by the Company without Cause pursuant to Section 11(c) hereof or by Executive for Good Reason pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof (i) the Executive shall be entitled to receive any Base Salary and other benefits (including any bonus for a calendar year completed before termination) earned and accrued under this Agreement prior to the date of termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination) and the Company shall pay the Executive in a lump sum, an amount equal to three (3) times Executive’s Base Salary then in effect immediately following the date of termination; and (ii) the Executive shall have no further rights to any other compensation or benefits under this Agreement on or after the termination of employment.
 
(d)   Upon termination of this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder by the Company without Cause pursuant to Section 11(c) hereof or by Executive for Good Reason pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof, in either case within twelve months following a Change of Control, (i) the Executive shall be entitled to receive any Base Salary and other benefits (including any bonus for a calendar year completed before termination) earned and accrued under this Agreement prior to the date of termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination) and a lump sum cash payment equal to three (3) times the Executive’s Base Salary in effect immediately prior to any such termination; and (ii) the Executive shall have no further rights to any other compensation or benefits under this Agreement on or after the termination of employment.
 
13)   RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.

(a) Noncompetition . Executive acknowledges and agrees that during the period of his employment with the Company and for the 12-month period following the termination of such employment, regardless of the reason for such termination and regardless whether this Agreement has terminated or expired (the “Restricted Period”), he shall not, directly or indirectly: (i) engage in, manage, operate, control, supervise, or participate in the management, operation, control or supervision of any business, entity or division that competes with any business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (a “Competitor”) or serve as an employee, consultant or in any other capacity for a Competitor; (ii) have any ownership or financial interest, directly, or indirectly, in any Competitor including, without limitation, as an individual, partner, shareholder (other than as a shareholder of a publicly-owned corporation in which the Executive owns less than five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of such corporation), officer, director, employee, principal, agent or consultant; or (iii) serve as a representative of any Competitor.
 
(b) Non-Solicitation; No-Hire . Executive acknowledges and agrees that during the Restricted Period he shall not, directly or indirectly, other than in connection with carrying out his duties hereunder, (i) solicit or induce any employee or consultant of the Company (or any individual who was an employee or consultant of the Company at any time during the 12-month period preceding any such solicitation or inducement) to (A) terminate his or her employment or relationship with the Company, and/or (B) work for the Executive or any Competitor, or (ii) hire, or be involved in the process of any business, entity or division in hiring, any employee or consultant of the Company (or any individual who was an employee or consultant of the Company at any time during the 12-month period preceding any such hiring).
 
 
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(c) Non-Solicitation of Clients . Executive acknowledges and agrees that during the Restricted Period he shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit, take away or divert, or attempt to solicit, take away or divert, the business or patronage of any client or customer of the Company with the intention or for the purpose of providing services that compete with the services provided by the Company at the time of Executive’s termination.
 
(d) Disparaging Comments . Executive agrees not to make critical, negative or disparaging remarks about the Company or its management, business or employment practices; provided that nothing in this Section 13(d) shall be deemed to prevent the Executive from responding fully and accurately to any question, inquiry or request for information when required by applicable law or legal process. The Company and its officers and directors shall not make critical, negative or disparaging remarks about the Executive; provided that nothing in this Section 13(d) shall be deemed to prevent the Company or its officers or directors from responding fully and accurately to any question, inquiry or request for information when required by applicable law or legal process, or to enforce this Agreement.
 
(e) Confidentiality . The Executive acknowledges and agrees that he Company’s business is highly competitive and that the Executive will be involved in and become aware of the Company’s trade secrets, materials, know-how (whether or not in writing), technology, product information and intellectual property belonging to the Company (“Trade Secrets”) and all confidential matters (whether available in written, electronic form or orally) relating to the Company and its business (including without limitation its strategies, models, business and marketing plans, pricing, sales and revenue information, financial performance, etc.), and personal and other confidential information relating to its owners, managers, investors, members, shareholders, executives, and employees (the “Confidential Information”), all of which has been developed at great investment of time and resources by the Company so as to engender substantial good will, and all of which are and will remain the exclusive property of the Company. Therefore, the Executive agrees that during the period of his employment with the Company and at all times thereafter, Executive shall not disclose, shall keep secret, shall retain in strictest confidence and shall not use for his benefit or the benefit of others, except in connection with the business and affairs of the Company, any Trade Secret or Confidential Information.
 
(f) Acknowledgement . Executive agrees and acknowledges that each restrictive covenant in this Section 13 is reasonable as to duration, terms and geographical area and that the same protects the legitimate interests of the Company, imposes no undue hardship on Executive, and is not injurious to the public.

14)   INJUNCTIVE RELIEF . The Executive agrees that the precise value of the covenants in Sections 13 are so difficult to evaluate that no accurate measure of liquidated damages could possibly be established and that, in the event of a breach or threatened breach of such provisions, the Company shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief (without the position of a bond or other security) restraining Executive from such breach or threatened breach. In the event that any of the covenants made in Section 13 shall be more restrictive than permitted by applicable law, such covenant shall be interpreted to be as restrictive as otherwise allowed under applicable law.
 
 
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15)   ARBITRATION . Other than any request for injunctive relief by the Company under Section 14, any and all controversies, claims, or disputes (each, a “Dispute”) between the Executive (or his heirs, beneficiaries, estate, executors or other legal representatives, as applicable) and the Company arising out of, relating to, or resulting from this Agreement, the Executive’s employment with the Company, or the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, shall be resolved through binding arbitration to be held in [New York City, New York,] and administered by the American Arbitration Association (“ AAA ”) in accordance with its National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes. Except as provided by this Agreement and by the Rules, including any provisional relief offered therein, arbitration will be the sole, exclusive and final remedy for any Dispute. Accordingly, except as provided for by the Rules, neither party will be permitted to pursue court action regarding claims that are subject to arbitration under this Section 15. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement does not prohibit the Executive from pursuing an administrative claim with a local, state or federal administrative body such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or the workers’ compensation board. This Agreement does, however, preclude the Executive from pursuing court action regarding any such claim.

16)   INDEMNIFICATION : The Company shall indemnify the Executive in accordance with the Company’s by-laws against all liabilities, losses, damages and expenses (“Losses”) actually and reasonably incurred by the Executive in connection with any claim or proceeding arising out of, or relating to, his services for the Company, other than Losses arising out of, or relating to, the Executive’s negligence, misconduct, fraud, illegal actions, self-dealing, or dishonesty.

17)   NOTICES : Any notice required or permitted to be given pursuant to the provisions of this shall be sufficient if in writing, and if personally delivered to the party to be notified or if sent by registered or certified mail to said party at the following addresses:

If to the Company:
Bovie Medical Corporation
5115 Ulmerton Road
Clearwater, FL 33760
Attn: J. Robert Saron, President

With a copy to:
Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.
1425 RXR Plaza
East Tower, 15 th Floor
Uniondale, New York 11556
Attn: Adam P. Silvers, Esq.

If to the Executive:
Andrew Makrides
20 Damin Circle
St. James, New York 11780

 
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18)   SEVERABILITY : In the event any portion of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalid or unenforceable portion or provision shall not affect any other provision hereof and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the invalid provision had not been included.

19)   BINDING EFFECT : This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Company and upon any person, firm or corporation with which the Company may be merged or consolidated or which may acquire all or substantially all of the Company's assets through sale, lease, liquidation or otherwise. The rights and benefits of Executive are personal to him and no such rights or benefits shall be subject to assignment or transfer by Executive.

20)   GOVERNING LAW : This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of [New York], without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.

21)   ENTIRE AGREEMENT : This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes and replaces any prior agreement; and there are no other agreements between the parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein except as set forth herein.

22)   AMENDMENT AND MODIFICATION : All terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless modified, changed, altered or amended, in writing, executed by both parties.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have set their hands and seals effective on the day and year first above written.
 
 
      Bovie Medical Corporation  
         
/s/ Andrew Makrides
   
/s/ J. Robert Saron
 
Andrew Makrides, Executive
   
J. Robert Saron, President
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT 10.6
 
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), effective as of December 13, 2013 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Bovie Medical Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter referred to as the “Company") and J. Robert Saron (hereinafter referred to as the “Executive").

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company is a corporation existing and authorized to do business in the State of Delaware; and

WHEREAS, the Company is desirous of securing the Executive's continued services and Executive is willing to provide such services.

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1)   EMPLOYMENT OF EXECUTIVE : The Company hereby agrees to employ the Executive, and the Executive hereby agrees to accept said employment, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

2)   DUTIES : The Executive shall render, as an employee, professional services as President and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of the Company, and shall perform such additional duties as may be assigned to the Executive by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company from time to time. The Executive agrees to devote all of his time and efforts to the performance of his duties, except for customary vacations and reasonable absences due to illness or other incapacity as set forth herein, and to perform all of his duties to the best of his professional ability and comply with such reasonable policies, standards, and regulations of the Company as are from time to time established by the Board of Directors of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained herein shall be construed so as to prohibit or prevent the Executive from engaging in charitable causes, sitting on the boards of directors of not-for-profit entities, or managing his and his family’s personal finances, so long as such activities do not conflict or interfere with the adequate performance of his duties hereunder.

3)   TERM : The initial term of employment under this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue until December 31, 2015 (the “Initial Term”). On December 31, 2015, and on each December 31 thereafter, the term of this Agreement shall be automatically extended for an additional one (1) year term (each, a “Renewal Term”) unless either party provides written notice to the other party of its intention not to extend the Initial Term or Renewal Term, as applicable (which written notice must be delivered at least 60 days before the end of the Initial Term or Renewal Term, as the case may be, in order to be effective). The period from the Effective Date through the date this Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder is terminated in accordance with this Section 3 or 11 is referred to as the “Term.”
 
 
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4)   PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT : It is understood that the Executive will permanently reside and work in the Clearwater, Florida area.

5)   COMPENSATION : For all services rendered to the Company, the Executive agrees to accept as total compensation a sum computed as set forth in this section.

(a)   Base Salary . The Company shall pay the Executive a base salary at the rate of Three Hundred Five Thousand One Hundred Eighty Three and 84/100 ($305,183.84) per year, in accordance with the customary payroll practices of the Company applicable to senior executives. During the Term, the Company’s Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, (for purposes of this Agreement, the “Compensation Committee”) shall review the Executive’s Base Salary and may provide for such increases therein as it may, in its sole and exclusive discretion, deem appropriate.

(b)   Automobile Allowance . During the Term, Executive shall receive an automobile allowance in the amount of Five Hundred ($500) Dollars per month.

(c)   Annual Bonuses . During the Term, in addition to the Base Salary, for each fiscal year of the Company ending during the Term, the Executive shall have the opportunity to receive an annual bonus (each, a “Performance Bonus”) under an annual bonus plan to be established by the Company prior to the end of March 2014 (the “Bonus Plan”). The target Performance Bonus for each fiscal year shall be 35% of Base Salary with the actual Performance Bonus payable being determined in accordance with the Bonus Plan. In constructing the Company and individual performance objectives and the associated bonus payouts, the Compensation Committee will construct the Bonus Plan in such a way that bonus payments will scale commensurate with Company and individual performance with no predefined limit on bonus payouts. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall limit the Executive’s eligibility to receive any other bonus or incentive under any other bonus plan, stock option or equity–based plan, or other policy or program of the Company.

(d)   Equity Awards . Executive shall be eligible to participate in the equity-based incentive plans of the Company and may receive awards threunder, as determined by the Compensation Committee from time to time and subject to the terms and conditions of such plans and any award agreement between the company and Executive evidencing such awards.

6)   VACTION/SICK TIME : The Company agrees that the Executive shall be entitled to vacation time with full pay, of three (3) weeks (fifteen (15) working days), during each year of Executive's employment. The scheduling of any vacation shall be coordinated with the Company so that the staffing needs of the Company are met to the extent reasonable possible. The Executive shall be granted sick time in accordance with the policy outlined in the Company's policy manual then in effect from time to time.

7)   REIMBURSEMENT OF BUSINESS EXPENSES : The Company agrees to pay, either directly or indirectly by payment to the Executive, for all of the Executive's reasonable entertainment, travel and other miscellaneous business expenses incurred by him in the performance of his services under this Agreement, in accordance with the Company’s policies regarding such reimbursements. The Executive shall be entitled, on each business related trip, to coach airline tickets on domestic travel and business class airline tickets on international travel, and a full size rental automobile. As a prerequisite to any payment or reimbursement by the Company for business expenses, the Executive shall submit receipts of all such expenses to the Company; and the Company's obligation to effect payment or reimbursement of such expenses shall be only to the extent of such receipts.
 
 
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8)   ADDITIONAL BENEFITS : The Executive and his dependents shall be eligible to participate in the Company’s medical and dental insurance plans in accordance with the terms and conditions of such plans.

9)   COMPANY PROPERTY DEFINED : The Executive understands and agrees that Company files, customer files, legal files, legal research files, form files, forms, examples, samples, and all briefs and memoranda, intellectual property and other work product or property, and all copies thereof (the “Company Property”) are the sole and exclusive property of the Company; and the same shall remain in the possession of the Company and shall constitute the property of the Company irrespective of who prepared the same. The Executive shall not remove, photocopy, photograph or in any other manner duplicate or remove said Company Property other than in the performance of his duties for or on behalf of the Company.

10)   DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYEMENT : In the event the employment of the Executive with the Company is terminated, the Executive agrees and understands that all Company Property in his possession or control shall be promptly returned to the Company, and the Executive shall have no right, title or interest in the same.

11)   TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT : The employment of the Executive may be terminated as follows:

(a)   Termination upon Death or Disability . This Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder shall automatically terminate on the date on which the Executive dies or becomes permanently incapacitated. The Executive shall be deemed to have become “permanently incapacitated” on the date that is thirty (30) days after the Company has determined that the Executive has suffered a Permanent Incapacity (as defined below) and so notifies the Executive. For purposes of this Agreement, “Permanent Incapacity” shall mean that (i) the Executive is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months; or (ii) the Executive is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, receiving income benefits for a period of 90 days under any long-term disability plan.
 
(b)   Termination by the Company for Cause . The Company may terminate this Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause (as defined below), effective upon delivery of written notice (the “Termination Notice”) to the Executive given at any time during the Term (without any necessity for prior notice). For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean the Executive’s: (1) conviction of any felony or any other crime involving dishonesty or moral turpitude, (2) commission of any act of fraud or dishonesty by the Executive, or theft of or maliciously intentional damage to the property of the Company or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, (3) willful or intentional breach of Executive’s fiduciary duties to the Company, or (4) breach by Executive of any provision of this Agreement. Prior to any termination by the Company of the Executive's employment for Cause, the Executive shall first have an opportunity to cure or remedy such act of default within ten (10) days following the Termination Notice, or such longer period as is reasonable under the circumstances, and provided that Employee diligently pursues such cure within such ten (10) day period, and if the same is cured or remedied within such period, such notice shall become null and void.
 
 
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(c)   Termination by the Company without Cause . The Company may terminate this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder without Cause, upon at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Executive, provided that the Company complies with all provisions of this Agreement, including without limitation, obligations related to severance, vesting of options and continuation of benefits as set forth herein.
 
(d)   Termination by the Executive for Good Reason . The Executive may terminate this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder with Good Reason (as defined below). For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean (i) the material reduction of the Executive’s title, authority, duties and responsibilities or the assignment to the Executive of duties materially inconsistent with the Executive’s position or positions with the Company; (ii) any reduction in Base Salary of the Executive; or (iii) the Company’s material breach of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) Good Reason shall not be deemed to exist unless notice of termination on account thereof (specifying a termination date thirty (30) days from the date of such notice) is given no later than 30 days after the time at which the event or condition purportedly giving rise to Good Reason first occurs or arises and (y) if there exists (without regard to this clause (y)) an event or condition that constitutes Good Reason, the Company shall have fifteen (15) days from the date notice of such a termination is given to cure such event or condition and, if the Company does so, such event or condition shall not constitute Good Reason hereunder.
 
(e)   Termination by the Executive other than for Good Reason . The Executive may terminate this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder other than for Good Reason, provided that the Executive gives the Company no less than thirty (30) days prior written notice of such termination.
 
(f)   Definition of Change of Control . For purposes of this Agreement, “Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following:
 
(i)   any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires ownership of stock of the Company that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the stock of the Company;
 
(ii)   any consolidation or merger of the Company into another corporation or entity where the stockholders of the Company, immediately prior to the consolidation or merger, would not, immediately after the consolidation or merger, beneficially own, directly or indirectly, securities representing in the aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of all the outstanding securities of the surviving corporation (or of its ultimate parent corporation, if any).
 
 
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(iii)   the sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an independent, unaffiliated third party in a single transaction or a series of related transactions.
 
(iv)   the date that a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors is replaced during any twelve (12) month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors prior to the date of the appointment or election.
 
12)   PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION . In the event of the termination of this Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder, the Executive shall receive the amounts set forth below so long as the Executive (x) executes a general release of claims containing usual and customary provisions in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company (the “Release”) and the applicable revocation period with respect to such Release expires without the Executive having revoked the Release, in each case within thirty (30) days following the date of termination, and (y) does not breach any of the restrictive covenants in this Agreement or in any other agreement between Executive and the Company or to which Executive is a party (collectively, “Restrictive Covenants”) or any other ongoing material obligation to which Executive is subject as of the date of termination. Any cash payments to be made in accordance with this Section 12 will be made (or, in the event of continued payments, will commence) on the first payroll date following the end of the 30-day period described in the preceding sentence.

(a)   Upon termination of this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof, (i) the Executive (or the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries in the case of the death of the Executive) shall be entitled to receive any Base Salary and other benefits (including any bonus for a calendar year completed before termination) earned and accrued under this Agreement prior to the date of termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination) and (ii) the Executive (or the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries in the case of the death of the Executive) shall have no further rights to any other compensation or benefits hereunder, or any other rights hereunder (but, for the avoidance of doubt, shall receive such disability and death benefits as may be provided under the Company’s plans and arrangements in accordance with their terms).
 
(b)   Upon termination of this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder by the Company for Cause pursuant to Section 11(b) hereof or by Executive other than for Good Reason pursuant to Section 11(e) hereof, (i) the Executive shall be entitled to receive any Base Salary earned prior to the date of termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination) and (ii) the Executive shall have no further rights to any other compensation or benefits under this Agreement on or after the termination of employment.
 
 
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(c)   Upon termination of this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder by the Company without Cause pursuant to Section 11(c) hereof or by Executive for Good Reason pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof (i) the Executive shall be entitled to (x) an amount equal to Executive’s then Base Salary and other benefits (including any bonus for a calendar year completed before termination) earned and accrued under this Agreement prior to the date of termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination); and (y) a lump sum cash payment equal to three (3) times the Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the date of termination; and (ii) the Executive shall have no further rights to any other compensation or benefits under this Agreement on or after the termination of employment.
 
(d)   In the event this Agreement is not renewed on substantially the same terms and conditions as contained herein and a Change of Control has not occurred, (i) the Executive shall be entitled to (x) an amount equal to Executive’s then Base Salary and other benefits (including any bonus for a calendar year completed before termination) earned and accrued under this Agreement prior to the date of termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination); and (y) a lump sum cash payment equal to one (1) times the Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the date of termination; and (ii) subject to Section 12(e) below, the Executive shall have no further rights to any other compensation or benefits under this Agreement on or after the termination of employment, provided however, that if a Change of Control occurs within twelve months following such non-renewal of this Agreement, then Executive shall be entitled to a lump sum cash payment equal to three (3) times the Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the date of termination less any amounts already paid pursuant to Section 12(d)(i)(y) above.

(e)   Upon termination of this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder by the Company without Cause pursuant to Section 11(c) hereof, or by Executive for Good Reason pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof, or if this Agreement is not renewed on substantially the same terms and conditions as contained herein, in either case within twelve months following a Change of Control, (i) the Executive shall be entitled to (x) an amount equal to Executive’s then Base Salary and other benefits (including any bonus for a calendar year completed before termination) earned and accrued under this Agreement prior to the date of termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination); and (y) a lump sum cash payment equal to three (3) times the Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the date of termination; and (ii) the Executive shall have no further rights to any other compensation or benefits under this Agreement on or after the termination of employment.
 
13)   RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.

(a) Noncompetition . Executive acknowledges and agrees that during the period of his employment with the Company and for the 12-month period following the termination of such employment, regardless of the reason for such termination and regardless whether this Agreement has terminated or expired (the “Restricted Period”), he shall not, directly or indirectly: (i) engage in, manage, operate, control, supervise, or participate in the management, operation, control or supervision of any business, entity or division that competes with any business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (a “Competitor”) or serve as an employee, consultant or in any other capacity for a Competitor; (ii) have any ownership or financial interest, directly, or indirectly, in any Competitor including, without limitation, as an individual, partner, shareholder (other than as a shareholder of a publicly-owned corporation in which the Executive owns less than five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of such corporation), officer, director, employee, principal, agent or consultant; or (iii) serve as a representative of any Competitor.
 
 
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(b) Non-Solicitation; No-Hire . Executive acknowledges and agrees that during the Restricted Period he shall not, directly or indirectly, other than in connection with carrying out his duties hereunder, (i) solicit or induce any employee or consultant of the Company (or any individual who was an employee or consultant of the Company at any time during the 12-month period preceding any such solicitation or inducement) to (A) terminate his or her employment or relationship with the Company, and/or (B) work for the Executive or any Competitor, or (ii) hire, or be involved in the process of any business, entity or division in hiring, any employee or consultant of the Company (or any individual who was an employee or consultant of the Company at any time during the 12-month period preceding any such hiring).
 
(c) Non-Solicitation of Clients . Executive acknowledges and agrees that during the Restricted Period he shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit, take away or divert, or attempt to solicit, take away or divert, the business or patronage of any client or customer of the Company with the intention or for the purpose of providing services that compete with the services provided by the Company at the time of Executive’s termination.
 
(d) Disparaging Comments . Executive agrees not to make critical, negative or disparaging remarks about the Company or its management, business or employment practices; provided that nothing in this Section 13(d) shall be deemed to prevent the Executive from responding fully and accurately to any question, inquiry or request for information when required by applicable law or legal process. The Company and its officers and directors shall not make critical, negative or disparaging remarks about the Executive; provided that nothing in this Section 13(d) shall be deemed to prevent the Company or its officers or directors from responding fully and accurately to any question, inquiry or request for information when required by applicable law or legal process, or to enforce this Agreement.
 
(e) Confidentiality . The Executive acknowledges and agrees that he Company’s business is highly competitive and that the Executive will be involved in and become aware of the Company’s trade secrets, materials, know-how (whether or not in writing), technology, product information and intellectual property belonging to the Company (“Trade Secrets”) and all confidential matters (whether available in written, electronic form or orally) relating to the Company and its business (including without limitation its strategies, models, business and marketing plans, pricing, sales and revenue information, financial performance, etc.), and personal and other confidential information relating to its owners, managers, investors, members, shareholders, executives, and employees (the “Confidential Information”), all of which has been developed at great investment of time and resources by the Company so as to engender substantial good will, and all of which are and will remain the exclusive property of the Company. Therefore, the Executive agrees that during the period of his employment with the Company and at all times thereafter, Executive shall not disclose, shall keep secret, shall retain in strictest confidence and shall not use for his benefit or the benefit of others, except in connection with the business and affairs of the Company, any Trade Secret or Confidential Information.
 
 
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(f) Acknowledgement . Executive agrees and acknowledges that each restrictive covenant in this Section 13 is reasonable as to duration, terms and geographical area and that the same protects the legitimate interests of the Company, imposes no undue hardship on Executive, and is not injurious to the public.

14)   INJUNCTIVE RELIEF . The Executive agrees that the precise value of the covenants in Sections 13 are so difficult to evaluate that no accurate measure of liquidated damages could possibly be established and that, in the event of a breach or threatened breach of such provisions, the Company shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief (without the position of a bond or other security) restraining Executive from such breach or threatened breach. In the event that any of the covenants made in Section 13 shall be more restrictive than permitted by applicable law, such covenant shall be interpreted to be as restrictive as otherwise allowed under applicable law.

15)   ARBITRATION . Other than any request for injunctive relief by the Company under Section 14, any and all controversies, claims, or disputes (each, a “Dispute”) between the Executive (or his heirs, beneficiaries, estate, executors or other legal representatives, as applicable) and the Company arising out of, relating to, or resulting from this Agreement, the Executive’s employment with the Company, or the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, shall be resolved through binding arbitration to be held in Tampa, Florida, and administered by the American Arbitration Association (“ AAA ”) in accordance with its National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes. Except as provided by this Agreement and by the Rules, including any provisional relief offered therein, arbitration will be the sole, exclusive and final remedy for any Dispute. Accordingly, except as provided for by the Rules, neither party will be permitted to pursue court action regarding claims that are subject to arbitration under this Section 15. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement does not prohibit the Executive from pursuing an administrative claim with a local, state or federal administrative body such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or the workers’ compensation board. This Agreement does, however, preclude the Executive from pursuing court action regarding any such claim.

16)   INDEMNIFICATION : The Company shall indemnify the Executive in accordance with the Company’s by-laws against all liabilities, losses, damages and expenses (“Losses”) actually and reasonably incurred by the Executive in connection with any claim or proceeding arising out of, or relating to, his services for the Company, other than Losses arising out of, or relating to, the Executive’s negligence, misconduct, fraud, illegal actions, self-dealing, or dishonesty.
 
 
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17)   NOTICES : Any notice required or permitted to be given pursuant to the provisions of this shall be sufficient if in writing, and if personally delivered to the party to be notified or if sent by registered or certified mail to said party at the following addresses:

If to the Company:
Bovie Medical Corporation
5115 Ulmerton Road
Clearwater, FL 33760

With a copy to:
Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.
1425 RXR Plaza
East Tower, 15 th Floor
Uniondale, New York 11556
Attn: Adam P. Silvers, Esq.

If to the Executive:
J. Robert Saron
9807 Ashley Drive
Seminole, Florida 33772

18)   SEVERABILITY : In the event any portion of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalid or unenforceable portion or provision shall not affect any other provision hereof and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the invalid provision had not been included.

19)   BINDING EFFECT : This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Company and upon any person, firm or corporation with which the Company may be merged or consolidated or which may acquire all or substantially all of the Company's assets through sale, lease, liquidation or otherwise. The rights and benefits of Executive are personal to him and no such rights or benefits shall be subject to assignment or transfer by Executive.

20)   GOVERNING LAW : This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.

21)   ENTIRE AGREEMENT : This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes and replaces any prior agreement; and there are no other agreements between the parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein except as set forth herein.

22)   AMENDMENT AND MODIFICATION : All terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless modified, changed, altered or amended, in writing, executed by both parties.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have set their hands and seals effective on the day and year first above written.
 
 
      Bovie Medical Corporation  
         
/s/ J. Robert Saron
   
/s/ Andrew Makrides
 
J. Robert Saron, Executive
   
Andrew Makrides, Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT 10.7
 
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), effective as of December 13, 2013 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Bovie Medical Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter referred to as the “Company") and Moshe Citronowicz (hereinafter referred to as the “Executive").

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company is a corporation existing and authorized to do business in the State of Delaware; and

WHEREAS, the Company is desirous of securing the Executive's continued services and Executive is willing to provide such services.

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1)   EMPLOYMENT OF EXECUTIVE : The Company hereby agrees to employ the Executive, and the Executive hereby agrees to accept said employment, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

2)   DUTIES : The Executive shall render, as an employee, professional services as Senior Vice President of the Company, and shall perform such additional duties as may be assigned to the Executive by the President of the Company from time to time. The Executive agrees to devote all of his time and efforts to the performance of his duties, except for customary vacations and reasonable absences due to illness or other incapacity as set forth herein, and to perform all of his duties to the best of his professional ability and comply with such reasonable policies, standards, and regulations of the Company as are from time to time established by the Board of Directors of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained herein shall be construed so as to prohibit or prevent the Executive from engaging in charitable causes, sitting on the boards of directors of not-for-profit entities, or managing his and his family’s personal finances, so long as such activities do not conflict or interfere with the adequate performance of his duties hereunder.

3)   TERM : The initial term of employment under this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue until December 31, 2015 (the “Initial Term”). On December 31, 2015, and on each December 31 thereafter, the term of this Agreement shall be automatically extended for an additional one (1) year term (each, a “Renewal Term”) unless either party provides written notice to the other party of its intention not to extend the Initial Term or Renewal Term, as applicable (which written notice must be delivered at least 60 days before the end of the Initial Term or Renewal Term, as the case may be, in order to be effective). The period from the Effective Date through the date this Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder is terminated in accordance with this Section 3 or 11 is referred to as the “Term.”
 
 
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4)   PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT : It is understood that the Executive will permanently reside and work in the Clearwater, Florida area.

5)   COMPENSATION : For all services rendered to the Company, the Executive agrees to accept as total compensation a sum computed as set forth in this section.

(a)   Base Salary . The Company shall pay the Executive a base salary at the rate of Two Hundred Four Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy Four and 96/100 ($204,774.96) per year, in accordance with the customary payroll practices of the Company applicable to senior executives. During the Term, the Company’s Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, (for purposes of this Agreement, the “Compensation Committee”) shall review the Executive’s Base Salary and may provide for such increases therein as it may, in its sole and exclusive discretion, deem appropriate.

(b)   Automobile Allowance . During the Term, Executive shall receive an automobile allowance in the amount of Five Hundred ($500) Dollars per month.

(c)   Annual Bonuses . During the Term, in addition to the Base Salary, for each fiscal year of the Company ending during the Term, the Executive shall have the opportunity to receive an annual bonus (each, a “Performance Bonus”) under an annual bonus plan to be established by the Company prior to the end of March 2014 (the “Bonus Plan”). The target Performance Bonus for each fiscal year shall be 35% of Base Salary with the actual Performance Bonus payable being determined in accordance with the Bonus Plan. In constructing the Company and individual performance objectives and the associated bonus payouts, the Compensation Committee will construct the Bonus Plan in such a way that bonus payments will scale commensurate with Company and individual performance with no predefined limit on bonus payouts. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall limit the Executive’s eligibility to receive any other bonus or incentive under any other bonus plan, stock option or equity–based plan, or other policy or program of the Company.

(d)   Equity Awards . Executive shall be eligible to participate in the equity-based incentive plans of the Company and may receive awards threunder, as determined by the Compensation Committee from time to time and subject to the terms and conditions of such plans and any award agreement between the company and Executive evidencing such awards.

6)   VACTION/SICK TIME : The Company agrees that the Executive shall be entitled to vacation time with full pay, of three (3) weeks (fifteen (15) working days), during each year of Executive's employment. The scheduling of any vacation shall be coordinated with the Company so that the staffing needs of the Company are met to the extent reasonable possible. The Executive shall be granted sick time in accordance with the policy outlined in the Company's policy manual then in effect from time to time.

7)   REIMBURSEMENT OF BUSINESS EXPENSES : The Company agrees to pay, either directly or indirectly by payment to the Executive, for all of the Executive's reasonable entertainment, travel and other miscellaneous business expenses incurred by him in the performance of his services under this Agreement, in accordance with the Company’s policies regarding such reimbursements. The Executive shall be entitled, on each business related trip, to coach airline tickets on domestic travel and business class airline tickets on international travel, and a full size rental automobile. As a prerequisite to any payment or reimbursement by the Company for business expenses, the Executive shall submit receipts of all such expenses to the Company; and the Company's obligation to effect payment or reimbursement of such expenses shall be only to the extent of such receipts.
 
 
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8)   ADDITIONAL BENEFITS : The Executive and his dependents shall be eligible to participate in the Company’s medical and dental insurance plans in accordance with the terms and conditions of such plans.

9)   COMPANY PROPERTY DEFINED : The Executive understands and agrees that Company files, customer files, legal files, legal research files, form files, forms, examples, samples, and all briefs and memoranda, intellectual property and other work product or property, and all copies thereof (the “Company Property”) are the sole and exclusive property of the Company; and the same shall remain in the possession of the Company and shall constitute the property of the Company irrespective of who prepared the same. The Executive shall not remove, photocopy, photograph or in any other manner duplicate or remove said Company Property other than in the performance of his duties for or on behalf of the Company.

10)   DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYEMENT : In the event the employment of the Executive with the Company is terminated, the Executive agrees and understands that all Company Property in his possession or control shall be promptly returned to the Company, and the Executive shall have no right, title or interest in the same.

11)   TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT : The employment of the Executive may be terminated as follows:

(a)   Termination upon Death or Disability . This Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder shall automatically terminate on the date on which the Executive dies or becomes permanently incapacitated. The Executive shall be deemed to have become “permanently incapacitated” on the date that is thirty (30) days after the Company has determined that the Executive has suffered a Permanent Incapacity (as defined below) and so notifies the Executive. For purposes of this Agreement, “Permanent Incapacity” shall mean that (i) the Executive is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months; or (ii) the Executive is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, receiving income benefits for a period of 90 days under any long-term disability plan.
 
(b)   Termination by the Company for Cause . The Company may terminate this Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause (as defined below), effective upon delivery of written notice (the “Termination Notice”) to the Executive given at any time during the Term (without any necessity for prior notice). For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean the Executive’s: (1) conviction of any felony or any other crime involving dishonesty or moral turpitude, (2) commission of any act of fraud or dishonesty by the Executive, or theft of or maliciously intentional damage to the property of the Company or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, (3) willful or intentional breach of Executive’s fiduciary duties to the Company, or (4) breach by Executive of any provision of this Agreement. Prior to any termination by the Company of the Executive's employment for Cause, the Executive shall first have an opportunity to cure or remedy such act of default within ten (10) days following the Termination Notice, or such longer period as is reasonable under the circumstances, and provided that Employee diligently pursues such cure within such ten (10) day period, and if the same is cured or remedied within such period, such notice shall become null and void.
 
 
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(c)   Termination by the Company without Cause . The Company may terminate this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder without Cause, upon at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Executive, provided that the Company complies with all provisions of this Agreement, including without limitation, obligations related to severance, vesting of options and continuation of benefits as set forth herein.
 
(d)   Termination by the Executive for Good Reason . The Executive may terminate this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder with Good Reason (as defined below). For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean (i) the material reduction of the Executive’s title, authority, duties and responsibilities or the assignment to the Executive of duties materially inconsistent with the Executive’s position or positions with the Company; (ii) any reduction in Base Salary of the Executive; or (iii) the Company’s material breach of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) Good Reason shall not be deemed to exist unless notice of termination on account thereof (specifying a termination date thirty (30) days from the date of such notice) is given no later than 30 days after the time at which the event or condition purportedly giving rise to Good Reason first occurs or arises and (y) if there exists (without regard to this clause (y)) an event or condition that constitutes Good Reason, the Company shall have fifteen (15) days from the date notice of such a termination is given to cure such event or condition and, if the Company does so, such event or condition shall not constitute Good Reason hereunder.
 
(e)   Termination by the Executive other than for Good Reason . The Executive may terminate this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder other than for Good Reason, provided that the Executive gives the Company no less than thirty (30) days prior written notice of such termination.
 
(f)   Definition of Change of Control . For purposes of this Agreement, “Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following:
 
(i)   any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires ownership of stock of the Company that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the stock of the Company;
 
(ii)   any consolidation or merger of the Company into another corporation or entity where the stockholders of the Company, immediately prior to the consolidation or merger, would not, immediately after the consolidation or merger, beneficially own, directly or indirectly, securities representing in the aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of all the outstanding securities of the surviving corporation (or of its ultimate parent corporation, if any).
 
 
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(iii)   the sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an independent, unaffiliated third party in a single transaction or a series of related transactions.
 
(iv)   the date that a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors is replaced during any twelve (12) month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors prior to the date of the appointment or election.
 
12)   PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION . In the event of the termination of this Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder, the Executive shall receive the amounts set forth below so long as the Executive (x) executes a general release of claims containing usual and customary provisions in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company (the “Release”) and the applicable revocation period with respect to such Release expires without the Executive having revoked the Release, in each case within thirty (30) days following the date of termination, and (y) does not breach any of the restrictive covenants in this Agreement or in any other agreement between Executive and the Company or to which Executive is a party (collectively, “Restrictive Covenants”) or any other ongoing material obligation to which Executive is subject as of the date of termination. Any cash payments to be made in accordance with this Section 12 will be made (or, in the event of continued payments, will commence) on the first payroll date following the end of the 30-day period described in the preceding sentence.

(a)   Upon termination of this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof, (i) the Executive (or the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries in the case of the death of the Executive) shall be entitled to receive any Base Salary and other benefits (including any bonus for a calendar year completed before termination) earned and accrued under this Agreement prior to the date of termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination) and (ii) the Executive (or the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries in the case of the death of the Executive) shall have no further rights to any other compensation or benefits hereunder, or any other rights hereunder (but, for the avoidance of doubt, shall receive such disability and death benefits as may be provided under the Company’s plans and arrangements in accordance with their terms).
 
(b)   Upon termination of this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder by the Company for Cause pursuant to Section 11(b) hereof or by Executive other than for Good Reason pursuant to Section 11(e) hereof, (i) the Executive shall be entitled to receive any Base Salary earned prior to the date of termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination) and (ii) the Executive shall have no further rights to any other compensation or benefits under this Agreement on or after the termination of employment.
 
 
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(c)   Upon termination of this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder by the Company without Cause pursuant to Section 11(c) hereof or by Executive for Good Reason pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof (i) the Executive shall be entitled to (x) an amount equal to Executive’s then Base Salary and other benefits (including any bonus for a calendar year completed before termination) earned and accrued under this Agreement prior to the date of termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination); and (y) a lump sum cash payment equal to three (3) times the Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the date of termination; and (ii) the Executive shall have no further rights to any other compensation or benefits under this Agreement on or after the termination of employment.
 
(d)   In the event this Agreement is not renewed on substantially the same terms and conditions as contained herein and a Change of Control has not occurred, (i) the Executive shall be entitled to (x) an amount equal to Executive’s then Base Salary and other benefits (including any bonus for a calendar year completed before termination) earned and accrued under this Agreement prior to the date of termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination); and (y) a lump sum cash payment equal to one (1) times the Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the date of termination; and (ii) subject to Section 12(e) below, the Executive shall have no further rights to any other compensation or benefits under this Agreement on or after the termination of employment, provided however, that if a Change of Control occurs within twelve months following such non-renewal of this Agreement, then Executive shall be entitled to a lump sum cash payment equal to three (3) times the Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the date of termination less any amounts already paid pursuant to Section 12(d)(i)(y) above.

(e)   Upon termination of this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder by the Company without Cause pursuant to Section 11(c) hereof, or by Executive for Good Reason pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof, or if this Agreement is not renewed on substantially the same terms and conditions as contained herein, in either case within twelve months following a Change of Control, (i) the Executive shall be entitled to (x) an amount equal to Executive’s then Base Salary and other benefits (including any bonus for a calendar year completed before termination) earned and accrued under this Agreement prior to the date of termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination); and (y) a lump sum cash payment equal to three (3) times the Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the date of termination; and (ii) the Executive shall have no further rights to any other compensation or benefits under this Agreement on or after the termination of employment.
 
13)   RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.

(a) Noncompetition . Executive acknowledges and agrees that during the period of his employment with the Company and for the 12-month period following the termination of such employment, regardless of the reason for such termination and regardless whether this Agreement has terminated or expired (the “Restricted Period”), he shall not, directly or indirectly: (i) engage in, manage, operate, control, supervise, or participate in the management, operation, control or supervision of any business, entity or division that competes with any business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (a “Competitor”) or serve as an employee, consultant or in any other capacity for a Competitor; (ii) have any ownership or financial interest, directly, or indirectly, in any Competitor including, without limitation, as an individual, partner, shareholder (other than as a shareholder of a publicly-owned corporation in which the Executive owns less than five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of such corporation), officer, director, employee, principal, agent or consultant; or (iii) serve as a representative of any Competitor.
 
 
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(b) Non-Solicitation; No-Hire . Executive acknowledges and agrees that during the Restricted Period he shall not, directly or indirectly, other than in connection with carrying out his duties hereunder, (i) solicit or induce any employee or consultant of the Company (or any individual who was an employee or consultant of the Company at any time during the 12-month period preceding any such solicitation or inducement) to (A) terminate his or her employment or relationship with the Company, and/or (B) work for the Executive or any Competitor, or (ii) hire, or be involved in the process of any business, entity or division in hiring, any employee or consultant of the Company (or any individual who was an employee or consultant of the Company at any time during the 12-month period preceding any such hiring).
 
(c) Non-Solicitation of Clients . Executive acknowledges and agrees that during the Restricted Period he shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit, take away or divert, or attempt to solicit, take away or divert, the business or patronage of any client or customer of the Company with the intention or for the purpose of providing services that compete with the services provided by the Company at the time of Executive’s termination.
 
(d) Disparaging Comments . Executive agrees not to make critical, negative or disparaging remarks about the Company or its management, business or employment practices; provided that nothing in this Section 13(d) shall be deemed to prevent the Executive from responding fully and accurately to any question, inquiry or request for information when required by applicable law or legal process. The Company and its officers and directors shall not make critical, negative or disparaging remarks about the Executive; provided that nothing in this Section 13(d) shall be deemed to prevent the Company or its officers or directors from responding fully and accurately to any question, inquiry or request for information when required by applicable law or legal process, or to enforce this Agreement.
 
(e) Confidentiality . The Executive acknowledges and agrees that he Company’s business is highly competitive and that the Executive will be involved in and become aware of the Company’s trade secrets, materials, know-how (whether or not in writing), technology, product information and intellectual property belonging to the Company (“Trade Secrets”) and all confidential matters (whether available in written, electronic form or orally) relating to the Company and its business (including without limitation its strategies, models, business and marketing plans, pricing, sales and revenue information, financial performance, etc.), and personal and other confidential information relating to its owners, managers, investors, members, shareholders, executives, and employees (the “Confidential Information”), all of which has been developed at great investment of time and resources by the Company so as to engender substantial good will, and all of which are and will remain the exclusive property of the Company. Therefore, the Executive agrees that during the period of his employment with the Company and at all times thereafter, Executive shall not disclose, shall keep secret, shall retain in strictest confidence and shall not use for his benefit or the benefit of others, except in connection with the business and affairs of the Company, any Trade Secret or Confidential Information.
 
 
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(f) Acknowledgement . Executive agrees and acknowledges that each restrictive covenant in this Section 13 is reasonable as to duration, terms and geographical area and that the same protects the legitimate interests of the Company, imposes no undue hardship on Executive, and is not injurious to the public.

14)   INJUNCTIVE RELIEF . The Executive agrees that the precise value of the covenants in Sections 13 are so difficult to evaluate that no accurate measure of liquidated damages could possibly be established and that, in the event of a breach or threatened breach of such provisions, the Company shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief (without the position of a bond or other security) restraining Executive from such breach or threatened breach. In the event that any of the covenants made in Section 13 shall be more restrictive than permitted by applicable law, such covenant shall be interpreted to be as restrictive as otherwise allowed under applicable law.

15)   ARBITRATION . Other than any request for injunctive relief by the Company under Section 14, any and all controversies, claims, or disputes (each, a “Dispute”) between the Executive (or his heirs, beneficiaries, estate, executors or other legal representatives, as applicable) and the Company arising out of, relating to, or resulting from this Agreement, the Executive’s employment with the Company, or the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, shall be resolved through binding arbitration to be held in Tampa, Florida, and administered by the American Arbitration Association (“ AAA ”) in accordance with its National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes. Except as provided by this Agreement and by the Rules, including any provisional relief offered therein, arbitration will be the sole, exclusive and final remedy for any Dispute. Accordingly, except as provided for by the Rules, neither party will be permitted to pursue court action regarding claims that are subject to arbitration under this Section 15. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement does not prohibit the Executive from pursuing an administrative claim with a local, state or federal administrative body such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or the workers’ compensation board. This Agreement does, however, preclude the Executive from pursuing court action regarding any such claim.

16)   INDEMNIFICATION : The Company shall indemnify the Executive in accordance with the Company’s by-laws against all liabilities, losses, damages and expenses (“Losses”) actually and reasonably incurred by the Executive in connection with any claim or proceeding arising out of, or relating to, his services for the Company, other than Losses arising out of, or relating to, the Executive’s negligence, misconduct, fraud, illegal actions, self-dealing, or dishonesty.
 
 
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17)   NOTICES : Any notice required or permitted to be given pursuant to the provisions of this shall be sufficient if in writing, and if personally delivered to the party to be notified or if sent by registered or certified mail to said party at the following addresses:

If to the Company:
Bovie Medical Corporation
5115 Ulmerton Road
Clearwater, FL 33760
Attn: J. Robert Saron, President

With a copy to:
Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.
1425 RXR Plaza
East Tower, 15 th Floor
Uniondale, New York 11556
Attn: Adam P. Silvers, Esq.

If to the Executive:
Moshe Citronowicz
2806 Meadow Hill Dr N
Clearwater, Florida 33761

18)   SEVERABILITY : In the event any portion of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalid or unenforceable portion or provision shall not affect any other provision hereof and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the invalid provision had not been included.

19)   BINDING EFFECT : This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Company and upon any person, firm or corporation with which the Company may be merged or consolidated or which may acquire all or substantially all of the Company's assets through sale, lease, liquidation or otherwise. The rights and benefits of Executive are personal to him and no such rights or benefits shall be subject to assignment or transfer by Executive.

20)   GOVERNING LAW : This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.

21)   ENTIRE AGREEMENT : This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes and replaces any prior agreement; and there are no other agreements between the parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein except as set forth herein.

22)   AMENDMENT AND MODIFICATION : All terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless modified, changed, altered or amended, in writing, executed by both parties.

[Signatures follow on next page]
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have set their hands and seals effective on the day and year first above written.
 
 
      Bovie Medical Corporation  
         
/s/ Moshe Citronowicz
   
/s/ J. Robert Saron
 
Moshe Citronowicz, Executive
   
J. Robert Saron, President
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT 99.1
 
BOVIE MEDICAL CORPORATION CLOSES STRATEGIC $7.0M EQUITY INVESTMENT THROUGH GREAT POINT PARTNERS
APPOINTS ROBERT GERSHON NEW CEO TO PROMOTE
GROWTH AND FUEL J-PLASMA® EXPANSION

Melville, New York, December 13, 2013 - Bovie Medical Corporation (the “Company”) (NYSE MKT: BVX), a manufacturer and marketer of electrosurgical products, announced today that it completed a $7.0 million funding through Great Point Partners LLC (GPP).  Gilford Securities Incorporated acted as sole placement agent.

In conjunction with the funding, Bovie’s board appointed Robert Gershon as the Company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), replacing Andrew Makrides, who will assume the position of Executive Chairman of the Board.  In addition, Mr. Gershon will also serve as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.

Mr. Gershon has over 25 years of healthcare industry experience.  On the operations side he ran the largest sales and marketing business at Covidien.  With over $1 billion in P&L responsibility he consistently led an organization of over 600 people to double-digit revenue growth outpacing market category growth and capturing significant market share points during challenging healthcare economic conditions.  He also was VP of Sales and Marketing at Henry Schein ($1.4 billion shared P&L for medical division/$115 million full P&L for dialysis division) and earlier in his career spent over 13 years as a healthcare consultant for Booz, Allen, KPMG and two boutique consultancies where his practice focused on strategic planning, business development and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Gershon received an MBA from J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a BSBA degree from American University.

“These are the most dynamic times our industry has ever seen and with innovative growth technologies such as J-Plasma® coupled with a robust pipeline of great new products Bovie is well-poised for explosive growth. I’m honored to join a company with such a rich history and bright future,” commented Robert Gershon.

Mr. Gershon entered into an employment agreement within the Company, and as part thereof, was awarded a non-qualified stock option to purchase an aggregate of 750,000 shares of Bovie common stock, exercisable at the closing price on the effective date of his employment agreement.  The option shall vest and be exercisable in four equal annual installments of 187,000 shares each, beginning on the first anniversary of the effective date.

Bovie also welcomes, Ian Sheffield of GPP to its Board.  Mr. Sheffield was previously employed by Versant Ventures and Medtronic and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.  Mr. Sheffield and Mr. Gershon fill vacancies of resigning board members August Lentricchia and George Kromer.  Mr. Sheffield said, “We look forward to participating in Bovie’s next phase of growth.  We are pleased to partner with the company during this exciting period of Bovie’s history.” GPP also has the right to designate an additional director to Bovie’s Board, and upon identification and designation of this individual, Michael Norman will resign his position as a director.

The $7.0 million funding is structured as 3.5 million shares of Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock and 5.25 million common stock purchase warrants.  The Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of the Company’s Common Stock on a 1:1 basis and accrue a 6% annual cash dividend, compounded annually, which is payable by the Company on demand of the holders forty-eight months after closing.  The holders of the Preferred Stock have certain redemption rights as well.  Additionally, the Company has agreed to register the sale of the shares of common stock underlying the shares of Preferred Stock and into which the warrants are exercisable.  Bovie’s management believes that this funding and the associated operational changes will accelerate the growth of J-Plasma® which continues to gain support from influential surgeons across the United States.

About J-Plasma®

J-Plasma®, Bovie’s innovative new product, utilizes a gas ionization process to produce a stable, thin beam of ionized gas emitted from the J-Plasma® hand piece.   It can be controlled in a wide range of temperatures and intensities, providing the surgeon great precision, minimal invasiveness and an absence of conductive currents during surgery.  Currently, there are six patents issued on J-Plasma® and another six pending.

As previously reported, the Company is focusing on the gynecological surgery market and anticipates entry into other surgical specialties such as dermatology, oncology and ENT.

About Great Point Partners

Great Point Partners (“GPP”), founded in 2003 and based in Greenwich, CT, is a leading health care investment firm with approximately $700 million of equity capital under management.  GPP is currently making new private equity investments from GPP II, which has closed on approximately $200 million in commitments.  Great Point manages capital in private (GPP I and GPP II) and public equity (BMVF) funds.

Great Point Partners has provided growth equity, growth recapitalization, and management buyout financing to more than 100 health care companies.  Both the private and public funds invest across all sectors of the health care industry including biologics and pharmaceutical infrastructure, devices and diagnostics, health care services, hospital outsourcing, information technology, specialty pharmaceuticals, and workers compensation.  The firm pursues a proactive and proprietary approach to sourcing investments. Reach Great Point at 203-971-3300. www.gppfunds.com .

Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements

Certain matters discussed in this news release and oral statements made from time to time by representatives of the Company may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the Federal securities laws.  Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved.

Forward-looking information is subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected.  Many of these factors are beyond the Company’s ability to control or predict.  Important factors that may cause actual results to differ materially and that could impact the Company and the statements contained in this news release can be found in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including the Company’s Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.  For forward-looking statements in this new release, the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

For further information about the Company’s current and new products, please refer to the Investor Relations section of Bovie’s website www.boviemed.com .
 
For further information contact :
 
Bovie Medical Investor Relations and Shareholder Information
Joseph M. Vazquez III
Phone: (800) 448-7097
Email: infinityglobalconsulting@gmail.com